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[Jack Amelar]

The following events are scheduled in the Grand Rapids area October 2004 and beyond. Anyone
interested are welcome at these events.
See note at end of listings to notify of corrections and ADDITIONS.

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The next meeting of the Grand Rapids Amateur Radio Association (GRARA) is Friday, October 1,
7PM, at the American Red Cross building, 1050 Fuller Ave NE between the Ford I-196
expressway and Leonard ST. Talk-in 147.26+(94.8Hz) http://www.w8dc.org/
mailto:grara_officer at w8dc.org

The W8DC ham shack at the Red Cross building is open for use Wednesdays 7:15PM to about 9 or
after. Be sure to have a copy of your license if you wish to operate.  mailto:n8dgd at w8dc.org

This Month's VE Amateur Radio license exams is Friday, October 8, 6:30PM, at the Red Cross
Building. All Walk-ins.
http://www.w8dc.org/ve.htm

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DAPR, the Downtown Amateur Packet Radio Group of Grand Rapids, meets for breakfast the
Saturday after the first Friday of each month, October 2, at 8AM. New Beginnings Restaurant,
1455 Michigan St NE. Use the Fuller exit (turn south) off of  I-196 then go east on
Michigan.  "Talk-in" is on 146.760-(94.8Hz).  Anyone interested in digital modes is invited
to attend. Contact mailto:n8lrf at w8dc.org or mailto:w8ipn at w8dc.org for more information.

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The monthly meeting of the Lowell Amateur Radio Club (LARC) is Saturday, October 9. 9AM
social, 10AM meeting at Lowell City Airport, 730 Lincoln Lake Ave SE just north of Lowell
between Main St (Hwy M-21) and Vergennes St. All are welcome. Talk-in 145.27-(94.8Hz)
http://www.qsl.net/w8lrc  mailto:w8lrc at k8sn.org

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The monthly meeting of the Michigan Amateur Radio Alliance (MARA) is Wednesday October 13,
7:30PM, at the Steepletown building,SW corner of 5th St and Davis NW. Talk-in
145.23-(94.8Hz) http://www.w8usa.org  mailto:w8usa at arrl.net

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Upcoming area hamfests AND STATE ARRL CONVENTION:

GREAT LAKESHORE SUPER SWAP & ARRL MICHIGAN SECTION CONVENTION, Holland, Friday evening
November 5, Saturday November 6. http://www.hollandarc.org/04swap/superswap.htm

Mark your calendars for a mini-swap just in time for Christmas.on Friday, December 10, 2004,
at the Red Cross building (Grand Rapids). There will be VE testing in the basement also.
They both get started at 6:30 pm. The swap usually goes till about 8:30 or 9 oclock. There
is no admission or table charge. See you there.
Ed-----N8UXN

Lowell, youth club's Year's End Hamfest, Lowell High School. Saturday, December 18.

Complete listing of Hamfests in North America can be found at
http://www.arrl.org/hamfests.html

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I have had several requests for a CPR class.  I am being told there are a
few starting next week.   Please let me know ASAP if you want to take one of
these. They are free of charge to our members.

 We are having classes on the following dates for our disaster peoples;
Adult CPR classes on either Monday, October 4, Wednesday, October 6 and
Wednesday, October 13 from 6:00pm-10:00pm; First
Aid class on Thursday, October 14 from 6:00pm-10:00pm.

Jeff Nawrot [jeffnawrot at kcraces.org]

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West Michigan Traffic Net meets Sundays, Mondays, Wednesdays, and Friday nights at 9pm on
145.27. The purpose of this net is to handle NTS Traffic coming into West Michigan. All are
welcome to check in. We also are an inlet for outgoing traffic as well.
The other net is the informal 6mtr AM net that meets every Sunday  from 8-9am. This net
originates in Grand Rapids.

The Michigan DX Association (MDXA) 2 meter net that is held every
Tuesday evening, 9PM, on the 145.270-(94.8Hz) LARC/W8LRC repeater.

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I CANNOT PROMOTE EVENTS I DON'T KNOW ABOUT. Send any event information, updates, or
corrections you have to mailto:jamelar at localnet.com?subject=AR_events

73 Jack NY8D
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