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W5YI Testing:   4th Sat each month at 9AM

Pre-registration requested,walk-ins welcome

Mid-continent Library
   Blue Springs Branch
850 NW Hunter DR.
Blue Springs MO.

Contact: Jim Arnold, N0SAK - (816)229-3209 - arnold-j@swbell.net
Contact: Norma Libby, W0KC - (816)353-8408 - normalibby@sbcglobal.net  PLEASE 
CONTACT NORMA OR JIM TO CONFIRM THAT THIS SCHEDULE HAS NOT CHANGED!

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W5YI Testing, 
Second Saturday of each month 
9:00 AM Independence EOC 
950 N Spring street, across from the Truman Library at the back of Fire Station #1 
Independence, MO 
Contact: L. Scott Portz, N0YI - 816-252-2620 - scott.n0yi@att.net
Contact: Norma Libby, W0KC - (816)353-8408 - normalibby@sbcglobal.net  PLEASE 
CONTACT NORMA OR SCOTT TO CONFIRM THAT THIS SCHEDULE HAS NOT CHANGED!
 
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VE Testing - Raytown Amateur Radio Club
Third Tuesday of each month
7:00 PM One Spirit United Methodist Church 79th and Blue Ridge Blvd., 
Southwest Corner
Contact: Steve Lufcy, K0OU - 816-353-6705 - k0ou@comcast.net
Contact: Norma Libby, W0KC - 816-353-8408 - cell:  816-536-0469 
normalibby@sbcglobal.net PLEASE CONTACT NORMA OR STEVE TO CONFIRM THAT THIS 
SCHEDULE HAS NOT CHANGED!
 
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Sep 12 - Olathe Medical Center Women's Triathlon - Deer Creek Park, Olathe - 6:30 a.m. 
Mike Bellinger, K0UAA - 816-363-1118 - mbbelling@aol.com 

Sep 12 - FEMA Class, MARC Offices, 600 Broadway, Kansas City, MO for all the details, see:
http://www.marc.org/emergency/html/areyouready.htm

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Sep 12 & 13 - Bike MS Kansas City Ride 
Duane Haverty, WA0BVX - 816-223-5842 - dhaverty@kc.rr.com 
 
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Sep 14 - CCARC Club meeting in Clay county Sheriff's training room.
7:00 PM Election of officers main topic

Sep 17 & Sep 19 - Cemetery Walk, Gardner, KS Dan Reed, N0ZIZ - 913-884-7172 -  “We will meet at Gardner Cemetery on South Poplar Street across the railroad. Poplar exits off Old Hwy 56, west side of Gardner”
 
Sep 19 - Missouri Valley Amateur Radio Club HAMFEST 
American Legion Post, No. 359, 4826 Frederick Ave., St. Joseph, MO 64506 
See: http://www.w0nh.com/index_files/hamfest.htm 
 
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Sep 19 & 20 - Bike MS Ozark Ride 
Kenneth Baremore, W0KRB - 417-886-7137 w0krb@yahoo.com 
 
Sep 20 - Bikers for Babies (Kansas Speedway) 
Matt May, KC4WCG - 913-384-6549 - matthewmay@kc.rr.com 

Sep 26 - American Royal Parade
Dick Carter, N0TO - 913-381-5874 - clayfeet@att.net
 
Sep 26 & 27 - Bike MS Topeka Ride 
Terry Hoss, KA0BHO - 785-272-9370 - ka0bho@arrl.net 
 
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Sep 25, 26, 27 - 2009 ARRL/TAPR DCC (Digital Communications
Conference)  Chicago on September 25 - 27.

More information: http://www.tapr.org/dcc

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Oct 11 - Heart of America CROP Walk
Larry Staples, W0AIB - 913-341-3068 -  

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Oct 17 - South-Side Hamfest - OCTOBERFEST 2009
8 a.m. to 2 p.m.  Talk-in 147.12 (tone 151.4) Donna Quick, KB0YJN -  - 816-537-7464 Be sure to access: 
The Overland Park, Kansas VE Team will be administering Amateur Radio Exams at the South-Side Hamfest again this year.  We will be giving exams from 9:00 A.M. - 10:30 A.M.  You will need a piece of positive ID, such as a driver's license.  If you are wanting to upgrade to a General or Extra Class we will need to see your original license and we will also need a COPY to send into W5YI.  The fee is $14.00  (CASH,
Please)

To pre-register, or if there is a question, please contact:

Jim Lee - N0KCB
913 745-5121
jimlee@kc.rr.com

OR:

Norma Libby - W0KC
816-353-8408 (H)
816 536-0469 (C)
normalibby@sbcglobal.net


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For a full calendar of all ham events in the Kansas City area see:
http://home.sprintmail.com/~chuckpalmer/

Another good site for regional events:
http://www.qsl.net/evarc/news.html#Hamfests

And for the KC Metro Ham Radio Information Page see:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/KansasCityMetroHamRadioInfoPage/

For a terrific weather radar site for this area (courtesy of WAØKS):
http://www.geocities.com/jocoecs/radar.html

For the National Weather Service web site:  http://www.crh.noaa.gov/eax/

For weather spotter training sessions schedule:
Kansas City Area: http://www.crh.noaa.gov/eax/Spotter2ØØ5.htm
Topeka Area: http://www.crh.noaa.gov/top/spØ5.htm

For phonetics:  
http://montgomery.cas.muohio.edu/meyersde/PhoneticAlphabets.htm

Interesting Emergency Services web site:
http://www.spacetoday.org/k3rxk/EmergencyComms.html

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Larry Staples, WØAIB
7862 Howe Circle
Shawnee Mission, KS 662Ø8-426Ø
Tel/FAX:  913-341-3Ø68
Email address:  lstaples@kc.rr.com
Web Site:  http://www.geocities.com/lsstaples/mypage.html