Good morning W1YU friends,
Thanks to all who took time to check into the W1YU net last night on the W1WPD Repeater 442.500 + 073 DCS (Echolink/IRLP NEW-ENG Conference Node),
We had 6 check-ins this week….WA6SFY, N1ATB, AA6E, N7GSG, W1YSM, & N3NFP. AB1DQ was NCS.
Topic of the week:
As we have been discussing and promoting over the past several weeks, the Yale Radio Club is going to be hosting back to back presentations at the upcoming New England ARRL Conference in Boxboro. So our topic tonight is all about hamfests. Do you regularly attend hamfests? Do you plan on attending Boxboro? What are your favorite hamfests? Also, what do you like the most and the least about the hamfest experience?
Responses:
- Regularly attend hamfests: 5/7
- Planning on attending Boxboro: 4/7
- Favorite hamfests: Dayton, NEARFest, Nutmeg & Southington
- Hamfest experience LIKES: Spending a whole weekend away with radios, side trips to Wright Patterson at Dayton, seeing vintage gear at the flea markets, VE sessions, and attending workshops & hearing speakers
- Hamfest experience DISLIKES: Long drives and parking costs and other hams disparage your asking prices at the fleas
W1YU NET ANNOUNCEMENTS FOR 30.AUG.2016:
ON AIR EVENTS THIS WEEK…
- The CWOps club is holding their CW Open this Saturday, from 0000 UTC to 2359 UTC on Saturday September 3. www.cwops.org/cwopen.html.
- The Mesilla Valley Radio Club will be operating Special Event Station W5M this weekend celebrating the History of Radio in New Mexico’s Mesilla Valley. Look for W5M on or around 14.250 MHz www.N5BI.org.
UPCOMING HAM FESTS...
- The ARRL New England Convention will be held September 9 – 11 at the Holiday Inn Boxboro Woods in Boxborough, Massachusetts. www.boxboro.org.
- The Connecticut State ARLL Convention, aka Nutmeg, will be held on Sunday October 16, 2016 at the Sheraton Four-Points Hotel in Meriden, CT. www.nutmeghamfest.com.
W1YU NEWS YOU CAN USE…
- The W1YU-W1AF joint presentation at Boxboro is scheduled for Sunday morning, September 11 at 10:00 am in the Director’s Room. This presentation will be followed by a W1YU hosted round table discussion on the state of amateur radio on college campuses today and what can be done to increase membership and activity. We are looking for volunteers to help with the presentations. Please contact Ed, W1YSM@arrl.net.
- W1YU is also looking for volunteers to help staff our information table at the Nutmeg CT Section Hamfest in Meriden on October 16. Email James at ab1dq@arrl.net to learn more or to volunteer.
- W1YU is looking for additional volunteer net control stations for this Tuesday night net. You need not be a member of W1YU to serve as NCS. All volunteers are welcome and we will provide you with the net script and other information you need. It’s great fun. Email AB1DQ@ARRL.NET James to learn more.
OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS…
- The University of Arizona Radio Club held a fall fair on campus attracted 21 students. They raffled off a Technician License manual. [N7GSG]
Thank you to the trustee of the W1WPD repeater, Brian, K1SOX, and the Shore Point Amateur Radio Club for their kind use of the repeater and making the Yale Amateur Radio Net, W1YU possible.
Net closed at 0846 EDT.