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October
2005

 

NEXT MEETING:

Monday, 17 October 2005, 8:00 PM at the Sterling Community Center Annex.


Contact Gordon (NQ4K)

email: nq4k@arrl.net

 

PRESENTATION: "QRP" by Forrest Snyder, Jr., N4UTY.


REFRESHMENTS: Kevin, W4KLS

 

PRESIDENTS THOUGHTS:


Hi,

Sterlingfest did not happen. Even though the flyer said "rain or shine," it was postponed due to rain. Rumor says it will be rescheduled for April.

The October meeting is coming up and we have a full agenda.

First, Forrest, N4UTY, will give a presentation on QRP. I have heard his "antenna" presentation twice and enjoyed it both times. I am eagerly awaiting to hear him discuss QRP operations. However, out of respect to our fellow club member,  I encourage the high power folks to keep their HI HI's to a minimum.

Dick, W2YE, will discuss the upcoming contests and SPARC participation. We recently added a page to the web site with a summary of past SPARC club participation in the major contests. I encourage all to visit the page and think about how we can increase our showing in these events.

Finally, the Virginia QSO Party is only 6 months away. It is time to review the rules. I will bring the comments that we gathered from the logs last year and we can have an initial discussion of any changes.

See you at the meeting,
73,
Gordon, NQ4K

WEBSITES


http://www.qsl.net/sterling/SparcGap/www.qcwa.org Quarter Century Wireless Association
http://www.qsl.net/sterling/SparcGap/www.qsl.net\sterling SPARC Website

http://www.qsl.net/sterling/SparcGap/www.amateurradio-far.org FAR Website

http://www.qsl.net/sterling/SparcGap/www.groups.yahoo.com\group\k4nva

http://www.qsl.net/sterling/SparcGap/www.arrl.org\divisions\roanoke\ ARRL Roanoke Division

http://www.qsl.net/sterling/SparcGap/www.wage.com WAGE Radio, Leesburg, VA

http://nist.time.gov%20/ NIST time site

http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/realdata/tracking/index.html International Space Station tracking information

 

HAMFESTS

 

 

UPCOMING SPARC ACTIVITIES



CONTESTS


29-31 October 2005     CQ WW DX Contest SSB
5-7 November 2005    ARRL November Sweepstakes (CW)

 

OTHER NOTES


None.