Sparks from the Spa Newsletter - Saratoga County Amateur Radio

A PUBLICATION OF SARATOGA COUNTY AMATEUR RADIO ASSOCIATION
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Annual Swapfest—March 10
Test Session Results
Our annual Swapfest was held on March 10. It is
the replacement for normal monthly club meeting, The
room was packed with hams meeting friends, old an
new. Many found that bargain they were seeking to help
round out the shack, or fix a project. Dave B had
gallons of coffee and a ton of pastries for us to taste.
After the Swapfest, at Noon, we held a test
session for new and upgrading hams. It was
a very successful session. We had 11 candidates. The world now had 5 brand new
Techs, 1 upgraded General, and 4 (count
them, 4) upgraded Extra Class operators .
Darlene and Peter anchored the club booth, selling
Raffel tickets, and taking membship dues.
We raffled off a handheld dual band radio and we split
the remainder of the money collected for the radio in a
50-50 worth a wopping $147.
Thanks to the examiners, Frank (KA2QYE),
Diana (W2NU), Dave (N2FEP), Bill
(KC2NXC), Jim (K2LM), Larry (NT2B), and
Jim (KG2H).
Our next session will be Sept 8, at 9:30 AM
at the same location, the Solar Building.
Board of Directors meeting 3-10
There was no formal Board Meeting in March,
instead there was an informal face to face at the
swapfest. No business was transacted.
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Next
Meeting
April 9
7:30 PM
Jim Polewczak—KG2H
April 2012
… Flash … … Late Breaking
News…
As we go to press Steve
Rosenberg, WA2TTP, reports
flawless remote control operation of his Kenwood TS 480 via
the internet, while he was recently on vacation. Hopefully
we will have a follow up in the
next newsletter with more details.
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Tour De Cure update
We have received a very nice recognition from the ADA (Americal Diabetes Association) of our
participation on last year’s Tour de Cure.
This year’s Tour de Cure is on June 3, and Lee Palmer WB2NSC, is once again organizing the
Ham Radio operators. By now, Lee has contacted all the participants from last year, but if you
would like to help please contact him ( lpalmer@capital.net )
Lee WB2NSC presents ADA recognition to Dave N2FEP
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Take a Break
Here are some upcoming contests which
caught my eye. For more details see the sponsor link. For a more comprehensive list see
the Contest Corral on the ARRL website.
April 7-8 - QRP ARCI Spring QSO Party
www.qrparci.org
April 9—VHF Spring Sprints ( 2 meters)
www.arrl.org
April 14 - QCWA Spring QSO Party (6 meters)
www.qcwa.org/qso-party.htm
April 25—VHF Spring Sprints ( 432 Mhz )
www.arrl.org
April 28—Ten Ten Spring Digital Contest
www.ten-ten.org
April 28— QRP to the Field
www.zianet.com/qrp
Upcoming Programs
Anticipated Upcoming Programs
The following programs will be at our normal location, the Wilton EMS building, at 7:30PM. Board
Meeting at 6:30 before the general meeting
Officers
President
Dave Atwell—N2FEP
P.O. Box 41
Rock City Fallls, NY
12863
datwell@nycap.rr.com
Vice President:
Darlene Lake N2XQG
314 Louden Rd. Lot 84
Saratoga Springs NY
12866
dar@saratogaspringsny.us
Secretary:
Peter Miller—W2BEW
PO Box 353; 3131 Route
9N
Greenfield Center, NY
12833
petermil@aol.com
Treasurer:
Jim Polewczak—KG2H
40 Cook Circle
Gansevoort, NY 12831
kg2h@nycap.rr.com
Radio Officer:
Dave Atwell
Sysop K2DLL DX Cluster:
Rich Casullo—WZ2D
7 Crooked Street
Charlton, NY 12019
Directors:
Dave Bargovic—NR2J
676 East Line Road
Ballston Spa, NY 12020
sardelta@aol.com
Dennis Kagel—WA2JWO
147 Hayes Road
Schuylerville, NY 128711836
kadell@mybluelight.com
Tim Kemp—N2MBX
39 Hemlock Drive
Greenfield Center, NY
12833
tkemp@nycap.rr.com
April 9— program on ARES and Emergency communications
UPCOMING PUBLIC SERVICE
May 14—Jim McKnight tells us all about the
equipment we own, and just what it does
May 6 - MS Walk - Time TBA - Tom Woznack N2SQO
June 11—Elections, Field Day discussions, any
other miscellaneous items that may come up.
May 12 East Greenbush Hamfest 8 AM W2EGB.ORG
May 27—Lions Club Duathlon - 8 AM—Jim McKnight
K2LM
June 3 - Toure deCure - 8AM - Lee Palmer WB2NSC
June 23-24 - Field Day at the Wilton Emergency Squad
Building
Sept 15 - Rosie's Walk - 9 AM - Galway - Dave Atwell
N2FEP
October 14 - Mohawk Towpath Duathlon - 8 AM - Fred Halley W2EMS
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