Next Meeting: Monday, May 20,
2002 8:00 PM at the Sterling Community
Center Annex. Contact Bill Lorentz, KS4II, at 703- 444-6341 or
ks4ii@arrl.net.
Presentation: VA QSO Party Log Checking Party
Refreshments: Ray Mullins, KD4RSL
UPCOMING SPARC ACTIVITIES
Club Officer Nominations May 20, 2002
Club Officer Elections June 17, 2002
ARRL Field Day June 22 & 23, 2002
WEBSITES
www.qsl.net/sterling SPARC Website
www.amateurradio-far.org FAR Website
www.arrl.org/divisions/roanoke/ ARRL Roanoke Division Home Page
http://nist.time.gov NIST time site
HAMFESTS
Manassas Hamfest June 2,, 2002
Franklin VA Hamfest June 8, 2002
CONTESTS
www.arrl.org/contests
June 1 to 2, 2002
WW South America CW Contest-- sponsored by the Confederacao Brasileira
de Radioamadorismo (LABRE) from 0000Z Jun 1 to 1600Z Jun 2
QRP TAC Contest--CW--sponsored by EPA QRP Club from 1800 to 2359Z Jun 1
June 15 to 16, 2002
All-Asian DX Contest--CW--sponsored by the Japan Amateur Radio League
from 0000Z Jun 15 to 2400Z Jun 16 (SSB Sep 7- 8)
West Virginia QSO Party--CW/SSB-- sponsored by the West Virginia State
Amateur Radio Council from 1600Z Jun 15 to 0200Z Jun 16
SPECIAL EVENTS
www.arrl.org/contests/spev
Richfield, PA: Susquehanna Valley ARC, W3VPJ. 1600Z-2300Z Jun 1. 3rd
Annual Spring Bison Festival from the Bison Farm II. 7.240.
Certificate. Chris Snyder, NG3F, 3 N Maple St, Selinsgrove, PA 17870.
Atkinson, NH: Atkinson Amateur Radio Club, K1D. 0400Z Jun 1-0400Z Jun
16. Celebrating Kid's Day and Amateur Radio Awareness. 28.380 21.380
14.270 7.230. Certificate. Peter Schipelliti, W1DAD, 7 Dearborn Ridge
Rd, Atkinson, NH 03811.
Baton Rouge, LA: USS Kidd ARC/Baton Rouge ARC, W5KID. 1400Z-2200Z Jun
6. Honoring D- Day--Normandy Invasion. SSB: 10, 15, 17, 20 m inside
General band and above RTTY subband; CW: QRP sub bands. QSL. W5KID, 305
River Rd, Baton Rouge, LA 70803.
Baltimore, MD: Historical Electronics Museum ARC, W3GR. 1200Z-2200Z Jun
8. Role of electronics in D-Day. 28.348 21.115 14.240 14.040. QSL.
HEMARC W3GR, PO Box 746, MS 4015, Baltimore, MD 21203. Bedford, VA:
Roanoke Valley ARC and Franklin County ARC, WW2DDM. 1400Z-2400Z Jun 8.
First anniversary of the National D-Day Memorial. 40 20 15 10 m. QSL.
Charlie Beckwith, K4BSF, 563 Buzzard Rock Ln, Rocky Mount, VA
24151-4844; http://www.qsl.net/ww2ddm.
Lander, WY: Fremont County Amateur Radio Society, KD7PPP. 1600Z Jun
8-2400Z Jun 9. Spring Time Comes Late in the Wind River Mountains of
Wyoming. 28.360 21.330 14.330 7.240. Certificate. Ray H. Snyder, 300
Wood St, Lander, WY 82520.
Las Vegas, NV: Microcomputer Network ARA, KD7VA. 1600Z-1900Z Jun 9.
Celebrating Microcomputer Network ARA's 20th aniversary and 1000th
session. 14.325. Certificate. David Byrd, KD7VA, 1513 Commanche Dr, Las
Vegas, NV 89109.