
Field Day 2009 - Aftermath
Submitted by kc9eci on Wed, 07/01/2009 - 03:44The W9IDX group set up for Field Day this year at Pietrek Park near Arcadia, WI. Like any good field day, things were kicked off Friday evening with a hearty meal of steak and potatoes.
The next priority was to set up the temporary antenna farm. First was Jim, W9UUM who set up a SteppIR dipole mounted to the back of his travel trailer.

Wisconsin ARES/RACES conference announcement
Submitted by kc9eci on Tue, 06/09/2009 - 02:00We are pleased to announce the WI ARES/RACES Conference 2009 will take
place this year on October 31 and November 1 at the Hotel Mead and
Conference Center in Wisconsin Rapids. This years' Conference is
presented by WeComm, Ltd.
The Conference will be ghoulishly good this year, not only because it
is taking place on All Hallows Eve and All Saints Day, but we will take

SKCC Press Release, May 24, 2009
Submitted by kc9eci on Mon, 05/25/2009 - 03:50The Straight Key Century Club is pleased to announce that it is sponsoring five award plaques to be presented to the following category winners in the ARRL Sweepstakes November 2009 CW contest.
School Club, College Division, CW, Overall
Single Operator, QRP, CW, Southeastern
Multioperator, CW, Canada
Single Operator, Unlimited CW, Central
Multioperator, CW, Pacific

Code 10 award for making 10 CW contacts
Submitted by kc9eci on Tue, 05/19/2009 - 22:11The North Fulton ARL (www.nfarl.org ) is proud to
offer the Code 10 award for making 10 CW contacts. This award is to
encourage folks who have never operated CW to make CW contacts. It is
an outgrowth of our CW SIG (Special Interest Group) in our club. We
have had 6 club members qualify but now we will open this to the world -

WARC Program - Thursday, May 21.
Submitted by kc9eci on Tue, 05/19/2009 - 10:14The May program of the WARC will include a presentation and discussion led by Bob Bilder, Winona County Emergency Management Coordinator.

CQ announces 2009 Hall of Fame inductees
Submitted by kc9eci on Fri, 05/15/2009 - 16:40The Rev. Paul Bittner, W0AIH - Paul's contest station near Eau Claire, Wisconsin, is known in Midwestern contesting circles simply as "The Farm." Spreading across 120 acres, Paul's farm grows a wide variety of antennas as well as regular crops of new contesters. Paul constantly seeks out and trains new contesters at his multi/multi station, and welcomes visiting hams from around the world.
6 Meter Sprint May 9th, 18:00 CST to 22:00 CST
Submitted by kb9ktd on Sat, 05/09/2009 - 06:5750 MHz Spring Sprint--Phone,CW,Digital, from May 9, 2300Z to May 10, 0300Z. Exchange: Grid Square (6-character preferred). Logs due: 14 days.
The band has been open several times the last week to the usual direction... for us.. Florida-Texas. A high pressure area should be coming over by then ... may make for a
fun time on 6.
FYI
Dave, KB9KTD

PY1AHD - Dayton Hamvention
Submitted by kc9eci on Sat, 05/02/2009 - 21:03Hello everybody;
This will be my first year in Dayton Hamvention. I am dreaming for this for
the last 20 years.
It will be a great oportunity to know many friends that I have here.
I will show the complete portable station mounted on a banner holder, that
was published on October 2008 SKCC Newsletter :
http://www.skccgroup.com/centurion/The%20SKCC%20Centurion%202008-10.pdf

Technician Class Licensing Course and Testing Session - Winona - May/June 2009
Submitted by kc9eci on Sat, 05/02/2009 - 00:46The Winona Amateur Radio Club is sponsoring a ham radio licensing course and license testing session for people to earn their Technician Class license, the entry-level amateur radio license. The course consists of 16 hours of classroom work beginning Monday, May 11, and is followed by a license testing session on June 22.
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