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President's Message
Although the 1997 Field Day activities are far behind us, reverberations of it continue. Have you seen the November cover of QST? If not, make sure you do. Yes, a FARA photo of Field Day 1997 is indeed on the cover. The photo shows Steve Gilbert, K1SG operating one of the FARA stations. QST claims that two of the cover photos are from the FARA Field Day, but I think we can only claim one. The other photo shows a large house and what appears to be water in the background. Something we don't have at the turkey farm. I'm not sure who took the photo, but it's a dandy. And that's not all. Page 103 of the same issue shows FARA in eighth place in the 3A category. In Eastern Mass we were nudged out of first place by Billerica ARA (sixth place overall) which had 824 more points than us out of our 9,062 total points. Third in EMA was the Capeway RC (tenth place overall) with 8,188 points. Congratulations to all of us and just wait until next year Billerica.
The scouts Jamboree-On-The-Air (JOTA) was held on the weekend of October 18 and Robert, N1UVA , our newsletter editor, brought several scouts down to the club shack for the Saturday morning opening. There they talked to other scouts in Ohio and Pennsylvania and listened to scouts in Sweden and Germany.
One of the neat things about FARA is the variety of activities that go on at the club over the course of a year. Some of the activities are staples like Field Day, Flea Market, and some of the contests. But we're never afraid to try new things depending upon the various (and varying) interests of our club members. Speak up if you've got some ideas and be sure to come down to the shack during our regularly scheduled Wednesday evening and Saturday morning openings. "Radio" is spoken here, as well as a plethora of other topics. 73
Jim, W1EQW
Treasurers Note
by Martin, AA1ON
Club Treasurer
A number of members have noted that their Newsletter mailing label does not correctly reflect the status of their dues payments. I am planning to update these entries in the database this month.
An additional complication this year was that a number of dues checks were mislayed, (probably accidentally thrown away after arriving at the FARA shack). Several people have been kind enough to let us know that their checks have failed to clear.
If any member has questions around their dues or label status, they are very welcome to give me a call (435 0564).
In the meanwhile, the club is always happy to accept dues checks for 1998 !!
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