[PPRAANet] Fwd: 2014 ARRL Rocky Mountain Division Convention -- Two weeks away

[Pam Scott]

> Greetings --
> 
> T-minus two weeks until the 2014 ARRL Rocky Mountain Division
> Convention / Albuquerque Duke City Hamfest.  If you've not registered
> yet, or haven't finalized your plans to attend, please rally friends in
> your club, gather the family, and carpool/caravan to the Duke City to
> join hams from across our Division for a wonderful weekend of ham
> radio.
> 
> The complete Convention schedule and extensive forum lineup has been
> posted at http://dukecityhamfest.org/?page_id=3614 and
> http://dukecityhamfest.org/?page_id=3665
> 
> Below is a message from Convention Chairman Bill Ripley KY5Q, providing
> a thorough description of what is in store for you at the event.  Please
> forward this information far and wide to members of your club, email
> reflectors, friends, etc.  We are excited to see you in a few weeks. 
> 
> Key summary:
> 
> --- Convention master schedule posted at
> http://dukecityhamfest.org/?page_id=3614
> --- Detailed and extensive program/forum schedule posted at
> http://dukecityhamfest.org/?page_id=3665
> --- Manufacturer/exhibitor lineup:
> http://dukecityhamfest.org/?page_id=1440
> --- Friday hors d'oeuvres and meet and greet speaker: Bob Heil K9EID
> --- Saturday morning DX breakfast speakers: Rob Sherwood NC0B and Dave
> Jorgensen WD5COV
> --- Saturday evening banquet speaker: Mike Corey KI1U
> --- Sunday morning breakfast speaker:  Riley Hollingsworth K4ZDH
> --- Meal/banquet purchase cutoff: SUNDAY, AUGUST 3
> --- Online registration and other purchases cutoff: MONDAY, AUGUST 4
> --- Except for meals, registration and other purchases WILL be
> available onsite at the door
> --- Convention website for more details and online registration:
> www.dukecityhamfest.org
> 
> The 2014 ARRL Rocky Mountain Division Convention / Albuquerque Duke
> City Hamfest (DCHF) takes place only a few weeks from now (August 8-10)
> at Hotel Albuquerque at Old Town. The tradition continues with an
> outstanding hotel venue, 3-day format, and regional draw from NM, CO,
> UT, WY, TX, AZ, and beyond.  This year's special guest speakers are
> Mike Corey (KI1U, ARRL Emergency Preparedness Manager), Riley
> Hollingsworth (K4ZDH, Retired FCC Enforcement Special Counsel), Bob
> Heil (K9EID, Radio Engineer and Educator), Rob Sherwood (NC0B, RF
> Engineer and Contester), and Dave Jorgensen (WD5COV, DXer and
> DXpeditioner). There are many parallel tracks of outstanding forums,
> demonstrations, and hands-on activities. Sign up early on the website
> and be eligible for the Pre-Registration prize.  
> 
> The Convention begins 7:00 AM Friday, August 8 with an all-day DX
> University (registration required).  Doors open at 1:00 PM for forums,
> indoor flea market and commercial exhibits.  Ham Radio Outlet will be
> on site with a full line amateur radio store.  Radio manufacturers
> Icom, Yaesu, Flex Radio, Elecraft, and DZ Kit are showing off all the
> latest ham gear, and are joined by many other manufacturers and
> retailers of accessories and equipment. A review session for Saturday's
> amateur radio exams will be offered for those studying. Join the Friday
> Night Mixer featuring hors d'oeuvres, great company, and Bob Heil to
> kick off the Convention.
> 
> Saturday begins with outdoor tailgating at dawn, followed by a
> breakfast buffet with a program especially interesting to the DX and
> Contesting crowd.  Rob Sherwood will speak about the performance of the
> today's most popular rigs.  Dave Jorgensen will take the mic and speak
> about DX and contesting from his enviable antenna farm and shack. 
> Choose from multiple tracks of forums and demonstrations on topics
> including DX/Contesting, technical, educational, public service
> communications, STEM in schools, weather, High Altitude Balloons, and
> other topics of interest to hams.  Participate in demonstrations of
> D-STAR, AMSAT, NVIS, Mesh Networking, and exotic digital modes
> communications, each operating at pre-set times throughout the day. 
> Get your ham ticket at a VE testing session.  Join us for the ARRL
> forum with Emergency Preparedness Manager Mike Corey as well as our
> ARRL Division and Section leadership on the hot topics of the day.
> Operate the Special Event Station and experience what it is like to be
> on the other side of a pile-up, or work the W1AW Centennial Stations
> using our rig and your call. Build a hand-held 2 meter yagi and offset
> attenuator for tomorrow's transmitter hunt. Prior to the close of
> daytime events, be present as prize tickets are drawn. Some lucky
> winners will take home the Saturday Grand Prize, and a host of other
> door prizes. Saturday evening continues with the dinner and awards
> banquet, with keynote speaker Mike Corey addressing the conference. 
> After dinner, join us for a VIP panel discussion about anything related
> to ham radio.  Attention ARRL members: hang around until 11:00PM for a
> special Wouff Hong ceremony featuring Riley Hollingsworth and a genuine
> Wouff Hong. 
> 
> The Convention is hosting a High Altitude Near-Space Balloon launches. 
> The 9:00 AM Saturday mission will be launched from the parking lot
> (winds permitting) by a mix of students, teachers and amateur radio
> personnel.  We'll be flying a variety of student and ham payloads,
> including a 20 meter beacon to be used for a propagation study. Rising
> to around 100,000 feet into the blackness of near-space, carrying a
> parachute, lots of radio equipment, cameras and scientific instruments,
> the balloons will be tracked and recovered by the students and hams from
> the New Mexico Space Studies group, the Civil Air Patrol, and the Search
> & Rescue community. The balloon's photographs, movies and scientific
> payload data will be harvested by the students and turned into a
> presentation for the Sunday banquet. 
> 
> Sunday kicks off with a farewell breakfast buffet and a presentation on
> the results of the Balloon Project, with breathtaking photographs and
> memorable experiences being recounted by the students and mentors.
> Riley Hollingsworth will speak at the breakfast about the future of
> amateur radio, what we owe the hobby, and about what can be done to
> attract new blood and youth into the hobby.   The Sunday program
> continues after breakfast with more forums, programs and
> demonstrations, including a National Weather Service Skywarn class, as
> well as a 2-meter on-foot transmitter hunt on the hotel property. 
> Stick around until 1:00 PM for the drawing of the Sunday Grand Prize
> and a shotgun drawing of all remaining door prizes. 
> 
> We hope to see you at the 2014 Duke City Hamfest / ARRL Rocky Mountain
> Division Convention.  This is the perfect time and venue to bring any
> family and friends that may be interested in Amateur Radio, or simply
> interested in visiting historic Albuquerque, NM. Hotel rooms are
> selling fast, so ask for the special rates at the Hotel Albuquerque and
> the Best Western Rio Grande. Visit www.dukecityhamfest.org for more
> details, or contact Bill Ripley (KY5Q) at chairman at dukecityhamfest.org
> 
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> ARRL Rocky Mountain Division
> Director: Brian P Mileshosky, N5ZGT
> n5zgt at arrl.org
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