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Clovis Amateur Radio Pioneers
March 2010 Membership Meetings

Come joins us for our March 2010 membership meeting. This month we will have an overview of the CARP repeater system and its functions.

We will be covering the parts of the repeater system as well as how they work. Instruction on how to use the IRLP/Echolink and Phone patch features will be given.

If you have any trouble programming or using your radio, bring it and the manual to the meeting and we will try and help you out.

Topic:
CARP Repeater System Overview – Instruction and use of system and IRLP/Echolink node.

Time/Date:
Friday March 5, 2010 at 7:00 pm

Location:
Clovis Senior Center – Classroom
850 Fourth Street
Clovis, CA

Contact:
info@k6arp.org

Website:
http://www.k6arp.org

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ANNUAL VoIP TOPICAL CONFERENCE IS SATURDAY is APRIL 10, 2010 at
Circus-Circus in Las Vegas .

Each year, since 2002, the meeting is of a broader scope including all the major VoIP systems in use by the amateur radio community for linking repeaters analogue and digital, i.e., IRLP, Echo link, EchoIRLP, All Star, D-Star, and DV Dongle.

Date/Time
Saturday April 10, 2010 – 8:30am to 5pm

Location
Las Vegas Circus-Circus Conference Area.

Contact
Kent W7AOR
w7aor@narri.org
702-452-4412.

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PACIFICON 2010

After a one year hiatus, PACIFICON 2010, the great west coast ham radio convention, returns to the San Francisco Bay Area and will again be sponsored by the Mount Diablo Amateur Radio Club. Pacificon 2010 will take place Friday, October 15th through Sunday, October 17th, at the San Ramon Marriott Hotel

Date/Time
October 15-17, 2010

Location
San Ramon Marriott Hotel
San Ramon, California

Website
http://www.pacificon.org/

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EMCOMMWEST  2010

The 2010 edition of EMCOMMWEST will be held the first weekend in May 2010. Starting on Friday, April 30, and running through Sunday, May 2, EMCOMMWEST will again be hosted in Reno, Nevada.

Featured Speakers:

• Mark Spencer WA8SME will be our Keynote Speaker at 8:00 a.m. Saturday morning.
• Lt Col Corey Keppler USAF will host a two-hour forum and Q&A session on PAVE PAWS at 9:00 a.m. Saturday morning.
• David Sumner K1ZZ is Chief Executive Officer, Executive Vice President, and Secretary of the American Radio Relay League.  He will speak at the Saturday night banquet.
• Tom Taormina K5RC will be our breakfast speaker on Sunday morning.

Other Activites:

• Raffle for a ICOM 756 Pro III
• Ham License Classes
• Special Event Station
• Reno Swap Meet
• NIMS ICS & IS Class

Dates
April 30 – May 2, 2010

Location
Grand Sierra Resort – Reno

Website
http://www.emcommwest.org/

ICOM 756 Pro III Raffle prize
Ham License Classes
Special Event Station
Reno Swap Meet
NIMS ICS & IS Class

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International DX Convention 2010
61st Annual

Date:
April 16-18, 2010

Location:
Visalia Holiday Inn Hotel & Conference Center
9000 W. Airport Drive
Visalia, California 93277

Contact:
http://www.dxconvention.org/

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M2 Open House 2010

Vendors and Guests include:

• Yaesu
• Icom
• Elecraft
• Heil Sound
• The DX Store
• Ham Radio Outlet
• High Sierra Microwave

Date/Time
Saturday, March 20, 2010
8:00am – 1:45pm

Location
M2 Antenna Facility
4402 N. Selland Ave
Fresno, CA

Website
http://m2inc.com/
M2 Facebook page

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Radiofest Monterey Bay 2010 – ARRL Santa Clara Valley Section Convention

The Santa Clara Valley Section Convention (RadioFest 2010) sponsored by the Naval Postgraduate School Amateur Radio Club will be held on March 20th and 21st near Monterey, CA. The event will be held at the General Stillwell Community Center Ord Military Community (old Fort Ord), 4260 Gigling Road, Seaside, CA 93955   The “Ham Cram” is on Saturday and FREE Exams on Sunday.

Events include:

• SATURDAY NIGHT ITALIAN DINNER WITH THE ARRL
• SATURDAY & SUNDAY SEMINARS
• SUNDAY SWAPMEET
• VENDOR BOOTHS
• HAM RADIO DEMOS
• HAM CRAM CLASS
• LICENSE EXAMS
• FANTASTIC SPEAKERS
• DOOR PRIZES

Time/Date:
March 20-21, 2010

Location:
General Stillwell Community Center
Ord Military Community (old Fort Ord)
4260 Gigline Road
Seaside, CA 93955

Contact:
Sal De Franco -N6SPD
Chairman RadioFest
sal@n6spd.com
voice 831-324-0727
fax 831-337-5200

Website:
http://www.radiofest.org/

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The Bonehead and Overload are some of the most prestigious awards that CARP can bestow upon an amateur radio operator. The person does not even need to be a member to be nominated for one of these awards.

The Bonehead award is given to the person who committed the most knuckle-headed, silliest, hair-brained action either on the air or off.

The Overload award is for the person who times out the repeater or even their radio…

The catch to these awards is that the person not only has to be caught doing the offense, but also needs to be nominated to be in the running to win the award.
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Clovis Amateur Radio Pioneers – K6ARP.org
by: Rob Mavis AE6GE
February 13, 2010

CARP Repeater Link Back Online

The RF link between the CARP Mile-High and Clovis Repeater Sites is back online.  This enables the IRLP, Echolink and Phonepatch to be accessible from most all the repeaters in the K6ARP system.

There is an issue with the 220 repeater and had to be unlinked from the rest of the system. It is currently available and operating in stand alone mode.

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The Lindsay Post
by: Lisa Gervais, Lindsay Post Reporter
February 12,  2010

Licensed hams exempt from new rules

-Breaker breaker,The Lindsay Posthas an update on the rules for CB and amateur radio (ham) operators in the area under the new distracted driver legislation.

On Friday (Feb. 5), based on information from City of Kawartha Lakes Police Service, a Victoria-Haliburton Amateur Radio Association board member and the Ministry of Transport -we reported that CB (Citizen’s Band) and ham radio operators had to follow the new rules -meaning hands-off -under the distracted driving legislation, unless they were using their microphones for an emergency.

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