Hamfests

Sunday, July 23 - W. Friendship, MD
BRATS at Howard County Fairgrounds
410-461-0086 (24 hours); 147.03/R
http://www.bratsatv.org

Sunday, August 6 - Berryville,VA
Shenandoah Valley ARC Winchester Hamfest , Clarke Co. Ruritan Fairgrounds Bus. Rte. 7, Berryville, VA ( 146.82/R Tom, AF2D, 540-869-7067, af2d@arrl.net

Sunday, August 6 - Mountaintop, PA
Jonestown Mountain Repeater Ass'n. Wright Township Fire Dept. 477 South Main Rd. (146.805/R, PL 82.5) 570-825-8856

Sunday, August 13 - Westminster, MD
Carroll County Tailgate Fest , Carroll Co. Agricultural Center, Westminster, MD. (145.410/R) 301-829-8791

Sunday, August 20 - W. Manheim, PA
HAHA Tailgate Fest, Pleasant Hill Volunteer Fire Co. Carnival Grounds PA Rte 94, 4 miles north of Manchester, MD. Michael, N3KTX, 410-848-0159. (146.895/R)

Sat./Sun. Sept. 9-10 - Gaithersburg, MD
FARFEST , Montgomery Co. Fairgrounds Gaithersburg, MD. (146.955/R) ; 301-3345-7381 ; http://www.farfest.org

Sunday, October 1 - W. Friendship, MD
CARAFest; Howard Co. Fairgrounds. (147.135/R, PL 156.7) . Dave, W8AJR, 410-552-2652

Sunday, October 15 - Sellersville, PA
RF Hill ARC (145.31/R PL 131.8) Fire Dept. Grounds, 100 N. Main St. 215-257-6368(d); 215-538-7458 (eve.)

Sunday,. Oct. 29 - Westminster, MD
Mason Dixon Hamfest. Carroll County Agricultural Center, Westminster. (145.41/R) Bill, W3STG, 301-829-8791

BARC VE EXAMS for 2006
BARC Clubhouse, 12360 Owings Mills Blvd, Owings Mills. Info: Rusty, N3WKE, 410-247-0578 Exams at 2 PM, walk-ins allowed.
Saturdays: August 5, September 2, November 4, December 2
Sundays: July 2, October 1

AERO VE EXAMS
$14 Fee, (ARRL VEC)
Sept 30, Nov 18: White Marsh Library, 8133 Sandpiper Circle, White Marsh.
Register at 1 PM, exams begin at 1:30 PM
Frank, AC3P, Pat, AC3F, 410-687-7209

Other Club Exams
2nd Saturday, 1 PM, Davidsonville, by AARC. Register 12 noon. Bob, AA3RR, 410-437-8193
3rd Saturday, 9 AM, Laurel, by LARC, 384 Main St. John Creel, WB3GXW, 301-572-5124.
4th Tuesday, 6 PM, Linthicum. At Historical Electronics Museum. Harold, WB4OGP, 410-757-0493(h); 410-712-6829(w)

DXCC Announces Rule Change
The ARRL DXCC Desk has announced new language to replace the wording of a previously removed DXCC rule pertaining to political entities. The change will add a Paragraph (c) under Section II, DX List Criteria, 1. Political Entities of the DXCC Rules. (FULL STORY ARRL on web site)

ATTENTION: Award Chasers
Bill, N3WD will be at the BRATS Hamfest on Sunday, July 23 from 9 AM till 12 Noon, checking QSL cards for DXCC, WAS and VUCC. Details: http://www.bratsatv.org/hamfest.html