[TxHam] ARRL West Gulf Division Newsletter

Mon May 28 09:56:25 EDT 2007

WEST GULF DIVISION NEWSLETTER

IN THIS ISSUE:

	Legislative Issues
	West Gulf Division Convention -- HamCom 2007
	ARRL Foundation Scholarship Winners
	Hamfest Calendar

LEGISLATIVE ISSUES

Congratulations to John Thomason, WB5SYT, Oklahoma
Section Manager and
the team that pushed PRB-1 type legislation  through
the Oklahoma state
legislature.  Check out the entire story on the ARRL
web site at:  
http://www.arrl.org/news/stories/2007/05/23/103/?nc=1

Congratulations to Jim Robinson, K5PNV, South Texas
Section State
Government Liaison.  He and his team in Austin were
successful in
keeping amateur radio excluded from Cell Phone Bills
and others.  More
to come on this.

WEST GULF CONVENTION -- HAMCOM 2007

Ham-Com 2007 is scheduled for Friday, June 8 and
Saturday, June 9 at
the Plano Centre in Plano, TX.  The online admission
discount of $3.00
is available through May 30.  DX dinner tickets are
still available and
can be purchased online.  This year's grand prizes are
an ICOM IC706
MkIIG and a Yaesu 857D.  The online registration prize
is an Alinco
DR635T.  

The Ham-Com Board of Directors has announced that the
event will give
away $100.00 in door prizes each hour during the event
- $25 every 15
minutes!.  The event runs 18 hours over two days so a
total of $1,800
will be awarded.  Winners can use the cash door prizes
as they please. 
Recipients of cash door prizes will still be included
in the grand
prize drawings.

There are over 80 hours of speakers, workshops and
special interest
group meetings scheduled at Ham-Com 2007.  All parking
is F-R-E-E and
on-site.  Eight hotels near the venue are providing
special discounts
for Ham-Com attendees.  The tailgate market has been
moved closer to
the building and other improvements have been added to
the event.  The
commercial area is completely sold-out as is the
indoor flea market. 
All indications is that this is going to be a dynamite
hamfest.  For
complete information visit our web site at
http://www.hamcom.org/ and
download the full-color "Ham-Com Flyer."   

As a special attraction, the first National D-Star
Users Meeting will
be held Saturday evening from 6 -10 PM.  System
administrators and
users will meet to discuss the new uses and
applications of this
rapidly growing digital technology.  Attendees are
expected from
world-wide locations as well as from across the US.

Please join us for "The Biggest Hamfest in Texas!" 

73

The Ham-Com Board of Directors

ARRL FOUNDATION SCHOLARSHIP WINNDERS

Congratulations to the following:

James Aman, KD5UJC,  Grand Prairie, TX winner of the
Tom and Judith
Comstock Scholarship ($2000)

Jonathan Baize, AD5OJ, Fort Davis, TX winner of the
Northern California
DX Foundation Scholarship ($1000)

Ryan Nill, KD5FCT, San Antonio, TX winner of the Carol
J. Streeter
Scholarship ($750)

HAMFEST CALENDAR

8-9 June -- West Gulf Division Convention/HamCom2007,
The Plano Center,
2000 East Spring Creek Parkway, Plano, TX.  Talk-In: 
147.18 +
(PL107.2).  For more information check: 
http://hamcom.org  Khrystyne
Keane, K1SFA, ARRL News Editor, and Bill Moore, NC1L,
ARRL DXCC Desk,
will be attending.  Dr Woolweaver and I will be
attending as well as
the division section managers.

14 July -- Tidelands Amateur Radio Society hamfest,
Doyle Convention
Center, 2010 5th Avenue North, Texas City, TX. 
Talk-In:  147.14/167.9;
alt 442.025 (PL103.5)   For more information check: 
http://tidelands.org/

20-21 July -- Oklahoma Section Convention/Ham Holiday
2007, Oklahoma
Expo Hall OKC Fairgrounds, NW 10th & May, Oklahoma
City, OK.  Talk-In:
146.82- (PL151.4)  For more information check: 
http://www.HamHoliday.org

26-29 July -- Central States VHF Society 41st
Conference, Omni San
Antonio Hotel, 9821 Colonnade Blvd, San Antonio, TX. 
Talk-In: 
147.38/443.875 MHz (PL 162.2)  For more information
check: 
http://www.csvhfs.org/conference/   I plan to attend
this conference.

27-29 July -- 3905 Century Club 2007 Eyeball, American
Legion Building,
123 North 1st Street, Guthrie, OK.  Talk-In:  147.135 
For more
information check:  http://www.3905ccn.com

3-4 August -- Texas State Convention/Austin
Summerfest, Wyndham Garden
Hotel & Conference Center, 3401 South I-35, Austin,
TX.  Talk-In: 
146.34/94  For more information check: 
http://www.austinsummerfest.org
 Joel Hallas, W1ZR, Technical Editor for QST will be
attending.  Our
Vice Director, Dr Woolweaver, K5RAV, and I will also
be attending.

25 August -- Gainesville Hamfest 2007, Gainesville
Civic Center, 311
South Weaver Street, Gainesville, TX.  Talk-In: 
147.34 & 442.775 (both
PL 100)   For more information contact James K. Floyd,
N5ZPU.  Email: 
jfloyd at swbell.net

30 September -- Green Country Fall Classic Hamfest,
AEP-PSO Parking
Lot, 600 South Frankfort, Tulsa, OK.  Talk-In:  146.88
- (PL 88.5)  
For more information check: 
http://www.greencountryhamfest.org

73, Coy - N5OK

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