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NEXT MEETING: PRESENTATION: SPARC Amateur Radio General meeting.
REFRESHMENTS: AI2P
GENERAL: PRESIDENTS THOUGHTS
Dick mentioned ARRL Buro was light this month. Also, mention was made of the FAR attended by him and Marsha. This is definitely noteworthy .Forest was there. He offered to do a demo/presentation on wire antennas. Happy birthday to Floyd W4RW who turned 83. He has been a HAM more than most in the club have been alive.
!! Dues: $10.00 for the year. !!
All offers will be considered for presentation ideas during the meetings. A suggestion to bring in something weird/new/old/refinished that is HAM related was made. ...house plant j-pole for apartment covert operation ...etc.
Antennas for field day were discussed. It was determined that we don't really need anymore. Also, the generator was operational. Dick graciously offered his shack for the K4NVA station during the VA QSO Party with DUEL KW AMPS. He asked for help rehanging some antennas for "Top Band" and 80/75 operation. He recently had some trimming done in trees near his home and things are unsettled.
Strays: That Pieter Guy saw the light and got a Ten Tec OMNI D!!!
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want to wish Svetley Farewell. He went back to Compiled by N3QT
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WEBSITES www.qcwa.org Quarter Century Wireless Association www.qsl.net/sterling SPARC Website www.amateurradio-far.org FAR Website www.groups.yahoo.com/group/k4nva www.arrl.org/divisions/roanoke/ ARRL Roanoke Division www.wage.com WAGE Radio,
http://nist.time.gov NIST time site http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/realdata/tracking/index.html International Space Station tracking information
HAMFESTS Lancaster ARC http://larc.hamgate.net NY
UPCOMING SPARC ACTIVITIES
CONTESTS www.arrl.org/contests http://www.contesting.com/ February 11 - 16 School Club Roundup 15 - 16 ARRL Int DX Contest (CW) Six Club Winter Contest 2300Z, Feb 7 - 0300Z, Feb 10 CQ/RJ WW RTTY WPX Contest 0000Z, Feb 8 - 2400Z, Feb 9 Asia-Pacific Sprint, CW 1100Z - 1300Z, Feb 8 Dutch PACC Contest 1200Z, Feb 8 - 1200Z, Feb 9 YL-OM Contest, CW 1400Z, Feb 8 - 0200Z, Feb 10 FISTS Winter Sprint 1700Z - 2100Z, Feb 8 OMISS QSO Party 1700Z, Feb 8 - 0500Z, Feb 9 RSGB 1.8 MHz Contest, CW 2100Z, Feb 8 - 0100Z, Feb 9 North American Sprint, CW 0000Z - 0400Z, Feb 9 QRP ARCI Winter Fireside SSB Sprint 2000Z - 2400Z, Feb 9 ARRL Inter. DX Contest, CW 0000Z, Feb 15 - 2400Z, Feb 16 YL-OM Contest, SSB 1400Z, Feb 15 - 0200Z, Feb 17 CQ 160-Meter Contest, SSB 0000Z, Feb 22 - 2359Z, Feb 23 REF Contest, SSB 0600Z, Feb 22 - 1800Z, Feb 23 UBA DX Contest, CW 1300Z, Feb 22 - 1300Z, Feb 23 FYBO Winter QRP Field Day 1600Z - 2400Z, Feb 22 North American QSO Party, RTTY 1800Z, Feb 22 - 0600Z, Feb 23 Russian PSK WW Contest 0000Z - 2400Z, Feb 23 High Speed Club CW Contest 0900Z - 1100Z, Feb 23 and 1500Z - 1700Z, Feb 23 CQC Winter QSO Party 2200, Feb 23 - 0359Z, Feb 24 March ARRL Inter. DX Contest, Phone 0000Z, Mar 1 - 2400Z, Mar 2 Open
DARC 10-Meter Digital Contest 1100Z - 1700Z, Mar 2 SARL Field Day Contest 1000Z, Mar 8 - 1000Z, Mar 9 North American Sprint, RTTY 0000Z - 0400Z, Mar 9
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From SPARC Gap Editor. Changes to SparC Gap: We will be offering the newsletter in HTML email format and will be posting it on our webpage at www.qsl.net/sterling. Shortly we will only send out newsletter to members who requested it. Please email any comments to pengel@hotmail.com
Svetly doing it the casual way:
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UBA Spring Contest, CW 0700Z - 1100Z, Mar 9 NSARA Contest 1200Z - 1600Z, Mar 9 and 1800Z - 2200Z, Mar 9 YLISSB QSO Party, SSB 0000Z, Mar 15 - 2400Z, Mar 16 10-10
BARTG Spring RTTY Contest 0200Z, Mar 15 - 0200Z, Mar 17 SARL VHF/UHF Contest 1000Z, Mar 15 - 1000Z, Mar 16 Russian DX Contest 1200Z, Mar 15 - 1200Z, Mar 16 AGCW VHF/UHF Contest 1600Z - 2100Z, Mar 15 Virginia QSO Party 1800Z, Mar 15 - 0200Z, Mar 17
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