EASTON AMATEUR RADIO SOCIETY

DECEMBER 2004 NEWSLETTER

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Merry Christmas to all !!! 

Our Christmas dinner will be next Tuesday 12-21-04 at Suicide Bridge Restaurant in Secretary, MD at 7 PM..  We have the sun porch reserved for us on the first floor.

Each person can order off the menu and we will all get separate checks.  The last two years we have had a very good turnout at Suicide Bridge and I hope this year we will also. 

Don’t forget the RACES meeting this Tuesday 12-14-04 at the Talbot 911 Center.

The RACES meeting will begin at 7:15 PM, right after the weekly EARS net.

At this meeting the new RACES members will have their pictures taken for the photo ID badge and receive their membership papers.

During 2004 the EARS club has a lot to be proud of.  Here is a list of our accomplishments as a club:

• Ham radio classes for 14 people were taught by K3PKC, W9GE, K3OLE, and K3RUQ.  Exams were given by N3OUE which have resulted in many new Eastern Shore hams.
• In April we had our EARS hamfest led by Paul, W3PAW.  We had 175 people attend, which is our largest hamfest to date.
• Our club provided the communications for the June Eagleman Triathlon headed by Mike, N3OUE.  Almost half the club participated to make this a success.
• In June we had a wonderful Field Day at Horn Point and with 13 operators and 14 other hams from our club visiting and helping set up. This was the first Field Day for many of our new members.  We had a total of 1567 QSO’s and beat all other Eastern Shore radio clubs and came in very well nation wide in the 4 transmitter class. Paul, W3PAW was the main organizer again this year.
• In October our club provided the communications for the second triathlon in Cambridge.  This one went from 7 AM in the morning until the last runner came in at 2 AM the next morning!   Mike, N3OUE was in charge and we had 19 club members participate to make this a success.  Brett, KB3HGP did a wonderful job as net control for the entire triathlon.
• In August, Marty W3SO invited all of us to his Pasture Creek QTH near Annapolis for his annual “fowlfest” picnic.
• Our treasury is at the highest level since the club has been in existence at about $3700.00.  This money has been raised by our hamfests and triathlons. We have saved quite a bit of money the last couple years by not having to pay a phone bill for the auto patch and also by emailing the newsletter to save on postage.

Tinsley Meekins Jr   K3RUQ

tinsleym@comcast.net

(410) 228-8888