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Come out and support your local ham radio club.  This Fourth of July purchase your fireworks from CARP’s firework stand. The is located on Herndon just east of Clovis Ave on the north side of the street, between McDonalds and Carls Jr.

Show your membership card or ID to any Amateur Radio club or organization and receive 10% off your purchase.

Stand Hours of Operation

• Monday June 28       3pm – 8pm
• Tuesday June 29      5pm – 8pm
• Wednesday June 30  5pm – 8pm
• Thursday July 1        5pm – 8pm
• Friday July 2           12noon – 9pm
• Saturday July 3        8am – 10pm
• Sunday July 4         8am – midnight

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ARRL.org
June 15, 2010

FCC Seeks Comments on Amateur 5 MHz (60 Meters) Allocation

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TCPalm.com
by Joe Crankshaw
June 17, 2010

Radio hams to celebrate 150th anniversary of Army Signal Corps in Hobe Sound

HOBE SOUND — The Army Signal Corps turns 150 years old.

Members of the Martin County Amateur Radio Association will celebrate the milestone Saturday and Sunday with a Special Event Station from the Hobe Mountain watchtower in Jonathan Dickinson State Park.

The site of the event was once the top secret Camp Murphy, the Army’s Southern Signal School. The name of the school was a disguise, it actually trained radar specialists.

The public is invited, said Bill Laakkonen, spokesman for the association.

The Special Event Station will include two tents by the base of Hobe Mountain containing amateur radio units, plus one on Hobe Mountain Tower. They will be transmitting and receiving messages both days. Saturday is designated for children.

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Radio Amateur Society of Thailand
June 2010

Thai hams authorized to use 6-meters during CQWW VHF contest

Thai radio amateurs have been granted temporary permission to use the 6-metre (50-54MHz) amateur band for the first time in almost two decades by the Thai regulator, the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC). This will allow Thai amateur radio operators to operate during the CQ Worldwide VHF contest for 48 hours on July 17-18, 2010. The last time such permission had been granted was in 1992 during the Southeast Asia Net convention staged in Chiang Mai that year. The only other sanctioned six-metre operation in Thailand had been by the late co-founder of RAST, Gen Kamchai Chotikul, HS1WR (SK), in the late 1970s and early 1980s, according to Champ, E21EIC.

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gwinnettdailypost.com
by: Susan Larson
Jun 18, 2010

Ham radio still rules airwaves after 100 years

It’s 2010. We can all text and tweet. So, why would anyone still use a method of communication that employs late 19th century technology?

Kyle Albritton, president of the Gwinnett Amateur Radio Society and known by call sign W4KDA, says the answer is simple.

“When all else fails, ham radio works,” Albritton said. “After Hurricane Katrina, ham radio was often the only way people could communicate. In disasters, members of Amateur Radio Emergency Services are often the first to respond to provide communication. Our ARES, the biggest in the state, can back up the Gwinnett County communications system, including digital and voice data from the 911 center.”

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Look under the Links menu item for a new link to the ProProfs Free online Flashcards for the new 2010 Amateur Technician question pool.

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Kern County – Central Valley Amateur Radio Club
Exams are given on the second Friday of every odd month:

Time/Date:
July 9, 2010 – 6:30pm
September 10, 2010 – 6:30pm
November 12, 2010 – 6:30pm

Location:
Wilson Rd Veterans Hall room 3
1905 Wilson Rd.
Bakersfield, CA

Website:
http://www.w6lie.org/ve.html

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Tuolumne County ARRL VE sessions for the year 2010 have been scheduled as follows :

Time/Date:
Feburary 27,2010 – 9:00 am
April 24, 2010 – 9:00 am
September 25, 2010 – 9:00 am
November 20, 2010 – 9:00 am

Location:
Tuolumne County Library Building
480 Greenly Rd
Sonora Ca.

Contact:
Carl Croci – NI6Z
209-962-7146

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K6ARP.org

Its that time of year again. The Fourth of July is approaching and CARP is selling Fireworks. Please help out by volunteering time to work the fireworks stand. Even if it is only for a couple of hours for a day, you can help out a lot! Please review the stand hours of operation below and email or call us and let us know when you would be available to work the stand.

Stand Hours of Operation

• Monday June 28       3pm – 8pm
• Tuesday June 29      5pm – 8pm
• Wednesday June 30  5pm – 8pm
• Thursday July 1        5pm – 8pm
• Friday July 2           12noon – 9pm
• Saturday July 3        8am – 10pm
• Sunday July 4         8am – midnight

Where:
Herndon just east of Clovis Ave on the North side of the street, between McDonalds and Carls Jr.

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Due to the annual CARP Fireworks Stand fundraiser, there will not be a meeting in July.

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