[NLRS] Aurora 2021

[Matt Arthur]

Hi all,

Well had it not been for covid i had planned on coming this past year.

I would not be interested in a  verchual confrence but would be 
interested in a real one.

Thanks 73 Matt ka0pqw


On 12/23/2020 10:44 AM, Rob Jahnke wrote:
> I agree with Paul 100%. An online conference has the virtue of expanding
> the reach of NLRS considerably.
> Rob K0XL
>
> On Wed, Dec 23, 2020 at 9:52 AM Paul Beckmann <wa0rse at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi, Jon.
>>
>> I would vote for a virtual conference on our usual date. Online
>> conferencing has been done often enough now nationally by many groups and
>> companies that we should be able to pull it off with high quality.
>>
>> I would not count on us being in good enough shape vaccination-wise by June
>> 1st to hold an in-person event. It appears now that it could take all of
>> 2021 to get everyone vaccinated in the U.S. While our average age isn't 30,
>> it isn't 75 either (I don't think!) which means some of the club may not
>> have been through both innoculations by the beginning of June. Putting a
>> tentative in-person event (flea-market, test range, etc.) on the calendar
>> in late August or early September and hoping for the best would be what I'd
>> advocate.
>>
>> 73
>> --Paul, wa0rse
>> * Paul Beckmann*
>> *Vista Meadows Homestead*
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>> *wa0rse at gmail.com <wa0rse at gmail.com>*
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>>
>>
>> On Tue, Dec 22, 2020 at 11:14 AM Jon Platt via NLRS <nlrs at mailman.qth.net>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Hello NLRS land
>>> As we all know Aurora'20 was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
>>> Aurora'20, which was planned for April 25th 2020, was to have been our
>> 37th
>>> annual gathering of weak signal VHFers.  Conferences such as this don't
>>> occur without some advanced planning and given that our Aurora
>>> conferences have traditionally been held in late April, occasionally
>> early
>>> May, we need to consider our plans for Aurora'21 if we wish to stay with
>>> these same dates and conference format.   In discussion with others,
>>> although there is certainly some hopeful news regarding at least two
>>> vaccines, the vaccine roll out and its effectiveness timing make
>> planning a
>>> traditional April based Aurora conference iffy.   As such, and at this
>>> time, it doesn't appear that we will be holding a traditional
>>> format April Aurora conference in 2021.  ...However, looking into the tea
>>> leaves, it does appear likely that we may be able to have a social
>>> gathering/conference later in 2021, perhaps sometime in June or later.
>>>   Also, such a social gathering/conference doesn't necessarily have to be
>> of
>>> the same format as our traditional Auroras.  For example we could hold a
>>> NLRS picnic with a flea market, maybe some antenna or system testing, a
>>> rover rove, etc.  Aurora has traditionally been held in late April
>> because
>>> as we move later into the Summer and Fall months we run into other
>>> conferences such as Dayton, CSVHFS and MUD, along with then the VHF then
>> HF
>>> contest seasons.  Finding a post April date is a challenge.  So a
>> question
>>> to ask the club (i.e., you) is this; if we were to have such a gathering
>>> where and when would we do this, and what would be the format? ...In
>>> summary, while we have not formally cancelled it, it looks unlikely that
>> we
>>> will be holding our traditional April based Aurora conference at this
>>> time.  More likely to occur would be a NLRS social event of some type and
>>> at some date & place later in the year and as outlined above.  If you
>> have
>>> some ideas as to where to hold such a picnic (or other event), when, and
>> a
>>> format please drop me an email direct.  Perhaps such a gathering is
>>> something that could be merged with another conference and/or
>>> club....Comments welcomed....73, JonW0ZQ
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