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Free Admission and Free Parking   for attendee's.

Vender & Tailgater Pre-registrations
Have been mailed. If you did not receive, or if you did not attend last year and would like to pre-register, contact A.R.C.A. Registration as follows: A.R.C.A., PMB 312, 16845 N. 29th Ave. Ste #1, Phoenix, AZ. 85053-301 or Email: [email protected], or Voice mail: (602) 779-2722
 
 

Tailgate spaces approx. 10'x20' are $15.00 before June 1st, $20.00 after June 1st.

A.R.C.A. Office Trailer "Registration" Hours
Thursday 07/27 - 3:00 P.M. till 6:00 P.M.
Friday & Saturday 07/28-29 - 8:00 A.M. till Noon
Sunday 07/30 - 8:30 A.M. till Noon

Commercial Vender & Tailgater Space Access Time for Early Setup.
Commercial "Main Hall" Setup - Thursday from 3:00 P.M. to 6:00 P.M.
Commercial & Tailgater "Parking Area" Setup - Thursday from 6:00 P.M. till 8:00 P.M.

Pre-Registration for 2001 at ARCA Trailer
Saturday 07/29 - Noon till 6:00 P.M.
Sunday 07/30 - 8:30 A.M. till Noon.

A.R.R.L. Representation
The A.R.R.L. will be well represented this year by Director Fried Heyn WA6WZO, AZ. Sec. Mgr. Cliff Hauser KD6XH and from A.R.R.L. headquarters Dan Miller K3UFG, Field & Education Services. Don't be surprised to also see N.M. Sec. Mgr. Joe Knight W5PDY in attendance. Come by the ARRL table and visit a spell.
Special Guest  Jim Haynie W5JBP, ARRL President will be in attendance 

Main Drawing Raffle Tickets: - $2.00 each or three for $5.00. 

Raffle Prizes:

First        Yaesu   FT-100 HF,6M, 2M, 440 Mobile/Base
Second       ICOM    IC2800H 2M/440 Dual Band Mobile
Third        ICOM    TA81A Quad Band HT
Fourth       MFJ     269 SWR Meter/Analyzer etc.
Fifth        Alinco  DJ-X10T Scanner
Sixth        MFJ     4245MV 45 Amp Switching Power Supply
Early Bird   Kenwood TH-D7A Dual Band HT w/TNC (APRS)
Ladies Only  Yaesu   VX-5R Tri-Band HT

Must be Present during Sunday's drawing to Win

Astron RS-35M Power Supply, 35 amp Par Elecronics VHDN152 2M Intermod Filter M Sq'd 420-50-11 440 MHz Beam T&S TSM-1610 Tri-band Mobile Antenna Bencher BY-2 Iambic CW Paddle Daiwa CN-101 SWR/Power Meter HF/2M Alpha Delta ATT-3G50U Coxial Surge Protector MFJ 396 Boom Mic/Headphone Set Vectronics LP-30 Low Pass Filter

In addition, there will be a drawing for a $300 Gift Certificate from H.R.O. given away at the BBQ Dinner. Must attend BBQ to be elgible. 
There will be prize drawings at "some" of the seminar/speaker presentations. Must attend to be elgible. "Free" tickets available at the door. See individual events below for those having prizes. NOTE: Some anticipated prizes are shown
for the seminars, but are subject to change without notice. And More Prizes, Prizes, Prizes
Hourly drawings during hours commercial hall is open.
Some speaker presentations will have "free" drawing at end of program.

Guest Speakers:

Dan Miller K3UFG - ARRL Headquarters Field Services/Education Dept.
Bill Pasternak WA6ITF - Editor of Newsline -  Home Page
Robert Syms WO6ZL - Maha Communications
Gordon West WB6NOA - Gordon West Radio School -  Home Page

Suppliers/manufacturers who are expected to attend:
Alinco, ICOM, Kenwood, Yaesu, RT Systems, Starfire Tec, A&A Engineering, Tech America, Kachina Radio, Buckner, HRO, Ink Jet SW, DC Power, Computer Nut, ADI/Premier, Maha Comm., PC Disk, RSVP, Fue Enterprises, Battery Tech, Radio Dan, QRZed, RSVP, Alpha Delta and more. We are also expecting 200 plus tailgaters. 

Need a Room or camping spot?  See list of  Motels/Campground

Convention/Hamfest Hours

    Tailgate Hours                        Exhibit Hall Hours
Friday & Saturday - Dawn to Dusk    Friday -  12:00 P.M. to 5:00 P.M.
Sunday - Dawn to 2:00 P.M.          Saturday - 9:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M.
                                    Sunday -   9:00 A.M. to 2:00 P.M.

Schedule of Events

Friday, July 28th

12:15 - 12:30 P.M.   Main Hall
Opening Ceromony - Bob Baker N7KCB, ARCA Chairman

2:00 P.M. - 3:00 P.M.    Lobby between Bldgs #14 & #15
Gordon West WB6NOA - Topic to be announced.

4:00 P.M. - 5:00 P.M.    Lobby between Bldgs #14 & #15
Pre-Test Orientation - Hints, tips, tricks and how to prepare for taking a license
or upgrade test at Saturday mornings testing session.  Orientation will be presented
by Rick W7RAP, Catalina Radio Club, Tucson.  

Saturday, July 29th

9:00 A.M. – 12:00 P.M.   Bldg. #1 & 2 
V.E. Testing – Catalina Radio Club from Tucson, Contact Rick, W7RAP 520-544-8791
Amateur Radio license testing will be conducted for ALL license classes.  Registration 
for exams is from 8:30 A.M. – 11:00 A.M.  You must have with you the original and one 
copy of your current license and/or any applicable C.S.C.E.  Photo ID is required.
Walk-in and take the exam.  Pre-Registration "Not" required.

9:00 A.M. - 11:00 A.M.   Navajo Ramada across street (east) from Main Hall
SARBA Cactus Group - Annual meeting.  Stan VanPelt K7KNP/Ingo Radike WA7KUM

10:00 A.M. - 11:00 A.M.  Lobby between Bldgs #14 & #15 
Dan Miller K3UFG from ARRL Hdqtrs - Field/Education Services
Topic: What will FCC Restructuring Do To and For the future of Ham Radio.

11:00 A.M. - 12:00 P.M.  Navajo Ramada across street (east) from Main Hall   
Repeater Owners Meeting - Conducted by Ralph Turk W7HSG, Coordination Comm Chairman.

12:00 P.M. - 2:00 P.M.   Navajo Ramada across street (east) from Main Hall
A.R.R.L. Forum - Conducted by Director Fried Heyn WA6WZO with presentations by
AZ. Sec. Mgr. Cliff Hauser KD6XH. 
Prize Drawing ADI AT-600HP Dual Band HT 

2:00 P.M. - 3:00 P.M.    Lobby between Bldgs #14 & #15 
Bill Pasternik WA6ITF Newsline Owner/Editor.
Topic: What is Newsline and how we do it week after week.

3:00 P.M. - 4:00 P.M.    Presently Open

4:00 P.M. - 5:00 P.M.    Lobby between Bldgs #14 & #15
A.R.C.A. Meeting - Annual meeting and election of officers.  Conducted by ARCA
Chairman Bob Baker, N7KCB.  
    
6:00 P.M. - 7:00 P.M.    Navajo Ramada across street (east) from Main Hall
Bar-B-Que Dinner.  Get tickets at the ARCA table inside main hall.  $15.00
Prize Drawing for $300 Gift Certificate from H.R.O. will be held after the BBQ.
Must have purchased ticket for BBQ to be elgible for drawing.
 
7:15 P.M. (After BBQ)  Navajo Ramada across street (east) from Main Hall 
Gordon West WB6NOA will make a presentation after the BBQ.
A musical group Will Not perform this year.

Sunday, July 30th

8:00 A.M. -  9:00 A.M.   Stage south of Main Hall Bldg.
Junque Sale - Actioneer Wilse Morgan KL7CQ.  Bring your junk or anything you want
to get rid of at any price.

10:00 A.M. - 11:00 A.M.  Lobby between Bldgs #14 & #15 
Gordon West WB6NOA Topic to be announced.
Prize Drawing for Alinco DJ-V5TH 2M/440 HT

11:00 A.M. - Noon        Lobby between Bldgs #14 & #15
Bill Pasternak WA6ITF Topic to be announced.
Topic: Growing Up in the 60's on 6 Meter-Then & Now
Prize Drawing

12:00 Noon - 1:00 P.M. Lobby between Bldgs #14 & #15 
Maha Communications Robert Syms WO6ZL - Presentation on HT Battery Care
Prize Drawing MH-C777 Universal Charger

1:00 P.M. -  2:00 P.M.   Stage in Main Hall
Event Closing -  Prize drawings, Ham of the Year & other Awards, Introduction
of New Officers and Closing Ceremony.  ARCA Chairman Bob Baker N7KCB, ARCA Staff
and Wilse Morgan KL7CQ.

Merit Awards If a club or group has a member or members they would like to honor for their contribution and work in the club or organization, for public service or service to ham radio in general, this is an opportunity to recognize them at the state level. ARCA will be very happy to make time for the presentation on Sunday before the "Ham of the Year" award. Presentations can be of any nature (in good taste), i.e., certificates, plaques, gold watches etc. A member of the issuing group may make the presentation or it can be presented by an ARCA officer. Give this some thought as this is an excellent opportunity to recognize someone who has done more than their share for amateur radio. If you have any comments, suggestions, questions, requests etc., they may be emailed to ARCA at: [email protected] ARCA , or Voice Mail at: (602) 779-2722 or to Norm Martin K7OLD, Convention Chairman at: [email protected] Norm 

ARCA's official web site:   http://www.phx-az.com/arca/