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HAMFESTS/CONVENTIONS/SPECIAL MEETINGS/PUBLIC SERVICE EVENTS
Extra Class Training Course: An Extra License Training Course was completed on Saturday, April 24th with overwhelming success. Jack Lunsford, KD7RCJ led a dedicated group of instructors and attentive student to a rewarding conclusion at the VE Testing session held Saturday morning in Glendale. Details will be available soon. Antenna Workshop: An antenna workshop was held at 7300 N. 51st Ave on Saturday May 1st. Paul Playford and Johan Reinalda provided instruction on how to prepare and install coaxial cable connectors and how to design simple homebrew antennas. EmComm Connection Workshop: A Connection workshop was held at 7300 N. 51st Ave on Saturday May 22nd. Several members of the EmComm group participated in the preparation of common design interconnecting cable with Power Pole connectors. ARRL Field Day: Field Day 2010 is history. Teams are now tallying up the scores and stowing the gear for the next great adventure. Most of "Team TBARC" has packed up and returned to the Phoenix area after another successful experience at "Papa's Place" in the outskirts of Flagstaff. Israel Vicente has furnished a trove of photos of the outing and they can be viewed by selecting Field Day Gallery A: on the sidebar. Team "Two Delta AZ" was conspicuously absent this year with some regret. You can check out that Field Day Special in Gallery C. July 16-17, 2010 Williams Hamfest and ARRL Arizona State Convention, Williams, Arizona. For more information see www.ARCA-AZ.org/ 2010 ARRL Southwestern Division Amateur Radio Convention September 17-19, 2010, San Diego, California. See http://www.sandarc.org/ for more information. Scouts Computer Swapmeet: 3rd Sunday of each month 6 AM to 10:30 AM at Scottsdale Pavilions, 9069 East Indian Bend Road, Scottsdale (West of the loop 101 Freeway). See: http://scoutscomputerswapmeet.com/. |