[PPRAANet] PPRAA Megafest July 17th

[Pam Scott]

Don’t miss the PPRAA Megafest July 16th at Lewis Palmer High School, Monument, CO!  Of course, it is a short drive from anywhere!  PPFMA has graciously provided the 146.97- (100Hz) repeater for talk-in. Doors open at 8:00AM.

Meet the “Summits On The Air” YouTube stars, Peanut and Rooster.   Steve, WG0AT will also be available.  If you do not know who Peanut and Rooster are, just ‘Google’ WG0AT and you’ll find that you will not want to miss them.

There will be vendors and and prizes!

The raffle this year consist of:
FlexRadio Flex5000 Software Defined Radio (SDR)
$1,000 gift certificate to HRO
ICOM ID880H DSTAR mobile dual band transceiver
$500 gift card to Best Buy
BuddiPole Deluxe
Yaesu FT 60R HT

There will be door prizes as well, including ARRL publications, food gift cards...etc.

Feel free to attend any of the 9 forums:
9:00 	Remoting an HF Station
	High Frequency Terrain Analysis
	APRS Software demo and mapping
10:00	Station Grounding
	DSTAR Live
	Summits on the Air
11:00	The Big Step Up to 1.5 Kw
	SSB plus Video
	Using free software to model & learn about antennas

Also check out Rocky Mountain Ham’s com trailer to be set up in the parking lot. 

Not licensed class yet?  Drop by the VE testing rooms and get your next first ticket or an upgrade.

Food will again be provided by one of the local Boy Scout troops.  They must have great campfire food as this troop really knows how to flip some tasty burgers!

Check out www.ppraa.org for a map of the location and more details.

Pam, W0PRS and Dan, W0RO
Co-Chairs for PPRAA Megafest