[NLRS] Aurora 2023

[Rob Jahnke]

For What it's worth:

Based on what I see so far, potential dates for Aurora'23 may be

   - Late April, like April 22 or 29, albeit we could face weather
issues. Running the
   Antenna Range in April often is iffy due to weather - (cold & or rain has
   cancelled many of the past antenna range activities).
   - Early May, like May 6 (SBMS) or May 13  May 14 is mothers day. May 13
   is Fishing Opener - probably not good days. May 6 would be fine.
   - May 27  Memorial Day Weekend .... a lot of people may have other plans
   for that weekend.
   - June 3, albeit its the ARRL Digi contest  Good possibility. Worked for
   2022.
   - June 17   Father's Day weekend. We will be camping with our son.
   - July 1 or 8.  Tough call. July 4th is on Tuesday, so July 8th might be
   better.

I would cast my vote for June 3rd in spite of the Digi contest. This worked
well for 2022. BUT there are no weather guarantees for the Range then
either :-(  at least it is likely to be warm .... but rain is possible.

Rob - K0XL
Feedback requested


On Mon, Oct 31, 2022 at 10:56 AM Jon Platt via NLRS <nlrs at mailman.qth.net>
wrote:

> Hello NLRS land
>
> Last year we had a bit of a scramble to find a hosting facility for our
> yearly Aurora conference.  Our previous long time host had lots of weddings
> scheduled, perhaps a result of a backlog from the COVID lock down days, and
> seemed that they were less then excited to work with us.  In searching
> around for a venue that would work for our unique needs we were fortunate
> to learn about the Medicine Lake Community Club (MLCC).  The MLCC fit our
> needs to a tee (antenna range, size, access, meeting space, and cost) and
> we would like to use their facility again for 2023 assuming we can find an
> open calendar date.
>
> Which brings me to the question for membership.  If we have the
> flexibility, what date do members want to see for Aurora'23?   Here are
> some Spring/Summer dates that would not work or that have other events
> going on:
>
> May 6/7        SBMS 2304 & Up Contest.  We have in the past held Aurora on
> this date.
>
> May 19/21    Dayton Hamfest
>
> June 3/4       ARRL Digi Contest.  We could meet tho.
>
> June 10/11   ARRL June VHF
>
> June 24/25   ARRL FD
>
> July 15/16    CQWW VHF
>
>
> Are there any other dates that don't work?   I think there may be some
> local hamfests that happen during this time that I am not aware of so
> please let me know.  Aurora'23 was held June 4th.  In previous years we
> have held Aurora as early as late April and there has been a few years
> where we had snow.
>
> Based on what I see so far, potential dates for Aurora'23 may be
>
>    - Late April, like April 22 or 29, albeit we could face weather issues.
>    - Early May, like May 6 (SBMS) or May 13
>    - May 27
>    - June 3, albeit its the ARRL Digi contest
>    - June 17
>    - July 1 or 8.
>
> Feedback requested
>
> 73, Jon
> W0ZQ
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