Old News:
2003 |
EASTON
AMATEUR RADIO SOCIETY, INC
APRIL
2004 NEWSLETTER
Hello all EARS members.
Our next meeting will be on 4-20-04 Tuesday, 7PM at the Talbot 911
Center
The big news this month is the success of our 3rd annual
Eastern Shore Hamfest. The weather was great on Saturday, April 10th and
many of us were at the hamfest site before 5 am to get things ready.
This year we had the most club participation we have ever had and
also the most attendees we have ever had.
So each year the count is going up.
We had about 175 paid hams attend which netted us $1005.00 at the
gate. The Talbot County
Community Center charged us $235.00 and this was our main expense. Paul,
W3PAW donated all of the door prizes including
an Icom HT and we all should thank him for his generosity.
Even though I have heard some comments that the hamfest was not very
large, I want everyone to realize that this was the largest hamfest ever
held to date on the Eastern Shore, by any ham club.
That is something to be proud of.
Owen,
K6LEW who has been K6LEW since 1952 has changed his call to K3CB!
(Chesapeake Bay?) (Christian
Broadcasting?) (Charlie Brown
?)
Owen
has also recently passed his Extra and is getting ready to set up a new ham
station in Royal Oak.
Also
Dave Handley, KB3KXC has applied for and received his new vanity call W3DMH-
his initials !
We
would like to welcome two new members to our EARS club:
Bob
Luff, W3GAC who has a summer home in Wittman and lives in Manhattan during
the week. Jim Lovell, KB3KXC
lives in Stevensville and is presently taking the General class each week.
The
General classes are going full speed ahead with very good attendance on
Thursday nights. Peter, K3PKC
and John, K3OLE are the teachers and Bob, W9GE and Tinsley, K3RUQ are
teaching the code. Mike, N3OUE will be giving
the tests on May 19th, 7 PM at the Talbot 911 Center.
Anyone wishing to test on that
date must pre- register with Mike by emailing him at
n3oue@fastol.com, or calling in
the evening at 410 822 08573
73,
Tinsley K3RUQ EARS Secretary