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Extra Class Course Historical Electronics Museum in Linthicum 1745 W. Nursery Road, Tuesday nights starting September 21st, 6:30 PM. Must already have General or Advanced license. Contact Les, WR3X at 410-787-0341 or by email wr3x@juno.com or Rol Anders, K3RA, 410-796-4792 County hunters turn to 30 meters County hunting enthusiasts have begun using 30 meters (10.114 MHz) for their CW activities. "With the decline of sunspot activity and worsening propagation on 20 meters, county hunters have established the new frequency for working mobile stations around the US," says Bob Voss, N4CD. "All are welcome to join in and work the mobiles as they travel through the 3077 counties in the USA giving out contacts." ATV Low Band ATV Net, AATN Meeting: Fridays at 9PM 3930 KHz, +/- BRATS Nets: Monday 11:45 AM, Informal ATV Net, Thursday 9 PM, ATV Net, W3WVV Homepages: HATS (Houston ATV Society) http://www.hats.stevens.com Black Mountain AQTV Repeater http://www.w6yx.stanford.edu BRATS http://www.bratsatv.org

Next BRATS Meeting Tuesday September 14th 7:30 PM, Pikesville Library Other Radio Club Meetings QCWA Monday at Noon, Cactus Willie 7315 Ritchie Hwy, Glen Burnie 3rd Thursday, 1 PM: Old Country Buffet, Joppa Road at Satyr Hill Last Wednesday, 1 PM: Denny's Bel Air Rd at Putty Hill AARC: 1st and 3rd Thursdays, 7:30 PM Davidsonville Family Rec. Center, Queen Anne Bridge Rd, Wayson Rd (147.105R) AMRAD: 2nd Thursday, 7:30 PM, Dolley Madison Library; 1244 Oak Ridge Ave. McLean, VA (147.21/R) BARC: 1st and 3rd Wednesday, 7:30 PM 12360 Owings Mills Blvd (near warehouse) Owings Mills, MD (146.67R) CARA: 4th Tuesday, Gateway Center, Rm 401, 6751 Gateway Dr. Columbia South off Rt 175 (147.135/R) BRATS MEETINGS Second Tuesday, 7:30 PM Pikesville Library 1301 Reisterstown Rd

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