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HAMFESTSAttend a Hamfest next Sunday
September 15-16: Virginia Beach, VA
Sunday, Sept. 30: Wrightstown, PA
Sunday, October 7: West Friendship, MD
Sunday, October 28, Westminster, MD |
VE EXAMSBARC VE Exams for 2007At BARC Clubhouse, 12360 Owings Mills Blvd, Owings Mills. Registration at 1:30, exams begin at 2 PM. No one admitted after exams begin. Rusty, N3WKE; n3wke@arrl.net Saturdays: September 1, November 3, December 1 Sundays: October 7
AERO VE EXAMS
Other Club Exams
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TRUE STORY (Or so I am told ...)
A woman called and asked, “Do airlines put your physical description on your bag so they know who’s
luggage belongs to who?” I said, “No, why do you ask?” She replied, “Well, when I checked in with
the airline, they put a tag on my luggage that said FAT, and I’m overweight, is there any connection?”
After putting her on hold for a minute while I “looked into it” ( I was actually laughing) I came back and
explained the city code for Fresno is FAT, and that the airline was just putting a destination tag on her luggage.
http://www.snopes.com/travel/trap/congress.asp
New look Canadian HF band plan
We have been speaking a fair bit of late about bandplans, the why and how, well Jim Linton VK3PC
tells us that “Radio Amateurs Canada” has released its proposed HF band plans which generally align with
the IARU Region 1 plans but have some unique features. These mainly come in the form of notations to identify
suggested frequencies or centre of activity for things like QRP, QRS CW, SSB DXpedition priority (14.190 - 14.200MHz),
IOTA, AM, Global Emergency, Image Modes and Very Narrow Digital. Also among the proposals is an expansion of the
DX window to 3.775 to 3.800 for two hours either side of dusk and dawn to aid Grey Line propagation. The draft
plan can be read at:
www.rac.ca/service/RAC_Draft_HF_Band_PlanR1.pdf
Syria to Celebrate 60 Years of Amateur Radio
The Technical Institute of Radio, the IARU member-society in Syria, will celebrate
60 years of Amateur Radio in that country from October 15-November 15. In honor of this important
milestone, TIR members will be using special prefix 6C60 on all HF bands during the month.
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