Events Shared By Cecil - W5CQG
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Orange Hamfest 2012
When: Saturday February 25, 2012. Doors open at 8AM.
Where: VFW Post 2775 Hall
5303 16th Street (Hwy 87 North, 1 mile North of IH-10)
Orange, TX 77632
Time: 8:00AM to 2:00PM
Go to Orange HAMFEST for details, driving directions, and updates.
Ø March 9th and 10th is the RAYNE, Louisiana HamFest. It wll be at the Rayne Civic Center
Ø March 10, 2012 is The Gusher Marathon held in Beaumont, Texas. The Gusher is a marathon, half-marathon, and 5K running event.
Ø March the 17, 2012 is the Big Thicket Bike Tour. http://www.funtrails.org/BTBtour.html
Ø April 12, 2012, March for Babies 2011 to be held at Lamar University- John Gray Center 855 E. Florida Beaumont, TX
Ø May the 6th - 7th, 2012 is the Red Cross Tour du Rougehttp://www.tourdurouge.org/
Ø May 12, 2012 is the Survive WW III.5 event in Winnie, Texas.http://www.survive35.com/
Need minimum of 30 operators for this event. Set up is 7AM and the event ends at 5PM.
Ø May the 19, 2012 is the Wildwood Sports Day. http://wildwoodsports.org/
Ø June 02, 2012 is the Spindletop Spin bike ride with new routes this year.http://www.spindletopspin.com/index.html
Ø October ?, 2012 is the Boy Scout – Jamboree On The Air (JOTA). OARC and Orange Co. ARES will be hosting JOTA in Orange, Texas. Event hours of operation is 9AM to 5PM. Operators needed for JOTA. Contact Rocky Wilson for assignments and details of operations.
A Note From Cecil's Desk! 12/5
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This coming Friday is our 'club meeting' which will be the 9th of December. The usual time is 7:00 PM. On this date we will elect and install NEW officers of the year 2012. If you would care to except one of these positions, please fill free to say so.
Your Club Dues are now due. If you plan to eat with us at our up-and-coming dinner, please have your Dues paid. You can pay at THAT time if you wish.
Don't forget about our Christmas Dinner which will be held at the 'Down Home' restaurant in Toledo Town (same place as last year) on Jan. 14, 2012 @ 7pm. Club member with one quest will eat free of charge. For others the price will be around thirteen dollars ($13.00) plus or minus. I don't remember the actual price.
If I don't see you at the Club Meeting, I hope to see you at the dinner. Take care and my God bless all of you! ......W5CQG aka: Cecil
Club Dues & Milam Settler's Day
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New Members - New Achievements!
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**Submitted From Cecil's - W5CQG Desk!
Here they are .. Father, Mother, and son. Scott Manuel (father) and Morgan (son), passed their General Class tests Friday night and Gail (Mother) passed her Tech. test at the same time. Not only that, but they ALL received a Certificate of Achievement award also.
Scott - KF5MYA passed his Tech about a month ago. Morgan - KF5MZY passed his Tech at the Pineville HamFest two weeks ago. They both upgraded to General Friday night at our club meeting while Gail passed her Tech. test at the same time. How about that, sports fans? Talk about getting 'with it', but that's what they did. It won't be long before Morgan (11 yrs old) will be running thing around here. He already has TWO transceivers and he won't let his daddy (or mother) use them. He says if THEY wanna talk, they need to get something to talk with.
I may have let my mouth over load my brain? But I told Morgan if he would pass his EXTRA between now and the fifteenth of November, I would give him $25.00. You know, I think he might just do it.
Amateur Radio Special Event @ Maritime Museum San Diego
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The oldest active sailing ship in the world, the Barque Star of India,
using call sign NS6IO Mobile, will sail in the San Diego area to
celebrate her 148th birthday on Saturday the 12th and Sunday the 13th
of November. She will be accompanied by the HMS Surprise, also
operating using the call sign NS6OI Mobile. HMS Surprise is a sailing
replica of the 20 gun British Navy Frigate HMS Rose circa 1757.
Star of India, initially named EUTERPE, was completed in the Ramsey
Shipyard, Isle of Man, in November of 1863. She sailed around the world
several times carrying cargo and passengers. She was renamed Star of
India in 1902 when she joined the Alaska Trading Association carrying
cannery workers and cargo from Oakland, CA to canneries in the Bering
Sea and returning to Oakland with canned salmon. The Star of India was
brought to San Diego in 1926, was restored over several decades and
became the flagship of the Maritime Museum San Diego in early 1970s.
HMS Surprise was used for filming the 2003 movie "Master and Commander:
The Far Side of the World", starring Russell Crowe.
Homepage of MMSD is http://www.sdmaritime.org/.
Amateur radio operations each day (12th and 13th November will be as
follows:
Star of India - - 1600Z until 2300Z
20 Meters SSB 14275KHz(+/-), alternating every 2 hours with CW on
14035KHz (+/-)
10 Meters SSB 28350KHz (+/-), alternating every 2 hours with CW on
28025KHz (+/-)
2 Meters & 70 CM VHF & UHF FM, alternating between major repeaters in
Southern California
HMS Surprise - - 1600Z until 2300Z
20 Meters SSB 14265KHz (+/-)
10 Meters SSB 28375KHz (+/-)
2 Meters & 70 CM VHF & UHF FM, alternating between major repeaters in
Southern California
Note: There will be only one operator on duty per vessel each day, so
there will be no capability for simo operations on different modes and
bands. We ask for your patience because of the expected operator
workload and possible occasions of mal de mer on the part of our
landlubber radio crew.
Propagation conditions permitting, we plan to alternate operations
between 20M and 10M, and stick with whichever band is propagating the
best. If the ships venture into international waters, we will append
the suffix "/Maritime Mobile" to NS6OI and indicate which of the ships
is transmitting.
NS6OI QSL cards will be sent to stations which provide their QSL card
and a SASE.
The mailing address for QSL cards is:
Star of India Amateur Radio Club/NS6OI
1492 Harbor Drive
San Diego, CA 92101
Congratulations & Welcome Scott!
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I would like for everyone to welcome Scott Manuel into the ranks of Amateur Radio. Scott passed his 'TECH' test at Rebel State Historical Park this past weekend. His wife will also be trying to get her license. Be sure to welcome them when you get around to meeting them!
