Greetings Delta Division Members!
Merry Christmas and Happy Hanukah and best wishes to you and your
families during this holiday season! I had a great time last weekend
during the ARRL 10m Contest even though thunderstorms kept me QRT more
time than I was QRV. However, the band was open and I ran some terrific
rates on CW to all corners of the world when the QRN allowed. The bands
are back so get on the air and work those contacts!
This weekend is the Minden ARA Christmas Hamfes2022 - Dec 17, 2022!
MARA Christmas Hamfest
Location: Minden Civic Center
520 Broadway Dr.
Minden, LA 71055
Website:
http://n5rd.org
Sponsor: Minden Amateur Radio Association
Talk-In: 147.300
Public Contact: Mary Sullivan , KD5LKB
6018 Fox Chase Trail Shreveport, LA 71129
Phone: 318-918-9353
Email:
Kjndoll58@gmail.com
This very popular event is held in December and draws participants,
including dealers, from surrounding states and has gotten bigger each
year. There is plenty to see and do for everyone, including testing
sessions, great food, door prizes, and main prizes that any ham would
love to win. This event provides a "hamfest fix" in a period of the year
during which few hamfests are held.
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Location:
Our Annual Christmas Hamfest is held at the Civic Center in Minden, LA,
located on 520 Broadway St, Minden, LA.
Times:
8:00am doors open
Prize drawing held approximately 2:00pm
Door prizes being drawn periodically during the day
Talk-In: 444.650 PL186.2
Swap tables will be available for $15 per table for those who wish to
sell merchandise.
(To reserve swap tables, contact Fran on our "Contact Us" page.) There
are still table available!
Tickets:
Entrance tickets are $10 each (includes 1 prize ticket), available at
door at the hamfest.
Prize tickets for the drawings are available at door or from club
members and are priced: $1 each, 6-$5, 15-$10, 35-$20, 50-$25, 100-$50.
Tickets may be obtained from any member or contact Fran, KD5LKB, or
Dustin, W5CFI (email addresses at 'Contact Us' on main menu strip, top
of page).
VE Testing - Registration for testing - 8:30am-9:30am
Crafts & Gifts: Many tables loaded with crafts - wind chimes, candles,
crochet, etc. - good source for wonderful Christmas gifts.
Those vendors who have agreed to participate this year in the hamfest
include:
Main Trading Company
The SignMan of Baton Rouge
Prizes:
Great door prizes drawn throughout the day! First prize is a new Icom
IC-7300!
For more information got to the MARA webpage n5rd.org
I will see you in Minden! DE K5UZ
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As announced in the January 2023 issue of QST (see announcement link
above), ARRL is celebrating a year-long operating event honoring all
ARRL volunteers: Volunteers On the Air.
In similar fashion to the 2014 ARRL Centennial Celebration, and the 2018 International Grid Chase, this event will be exclusively driven only by
QSOs uploaded to Logbook of The World (LoTW).
Highlights of the event include:
- Earning Points for contacting W1AW Portable Stations: There will be
week-long activations of portable W1AW/# stations in all 50 states, and
in several US Possessions/Territories, that will generate on-air
activity to earn points. Each state will be activated twice. The
schedule of when which states will be activated as posted in the
dashboard above will be updated as changes/additions occur. See the
POINTS TABLE for the full list of points.
- Contacting ARRL Volunteers or Members on the air: ARRL Officers,
Directors, Section Managers (and their appointees), Staff, and even
Members domestically (and DX) can be contacted for points. See the
POINTS TABLE for the full list of points.
Using Logbook of the World
(LoTW - see
http://www.arrl.org/logbook-of-the-world)
as the QSOs data source, the 2023 Volunteers On The Air event features
W1AW activations from all 50 states (twice) and several territories
during 2023. Weeks will begin on a Wednesday and end on a Tuesday.
Some weeks will be shown as off weeks to avoid other major operating
events.
Participants will work W1AW portable stations and ARRL volunteers
(see links in dashboard at top of this page) to earn QSO points.
Participants do not need to upload to, or participate in LoTW.
Uploads to LoTW by W1AW portable stations and by the volunteers will
feed the points scoring system.
A Leaderboard will be activated after the event ramps up, and
Certificates will be availble during and after the event concludes.
Once the year is completed, a final summary will be released.
Revisit this page regularly for updates:
http://www.arrl.org/volunteers-on-the-air
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UPCOMING HAMFESTS/CONVENTIONS
SELARC - 41st Annual - Hammond HamFest
Date: 01/21/2023
Location: Ponchatoula Community Center
300 N. 5th St., Ponchatoula, La. 70454
Ponchatoula, LA 70454
Website:
http://www.selarc.org
Sponsor: Southeast Louisiana ARC (SELARC)
Type: ARRL Hamfest
Talk-In: 147.000 / -600 khz / 107.2 pl
Public Contact: Tyrone Burns , N5XES
POB 1324 Hammond, LA 70404
Phone: 985-687-2139
Email:
n5xes@arrl.net
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Jackson MS Capital City Hamfest 2023, ARRL Mississippi State Convention
Start Date: 01/27/2023
End Date: 01/28/2023
Location: Mississippi Trademart
1200 Mississippi St.
Jackson, MS 39201
Website:
http://www.msham.org
Sponsor: Jackson Amateur Radio Club
Talk-In: 146.76- 77hz
Public Contact: Jim Armstrong , AK5J
1103 Pinehurst Place Jackson, MS 39202
Phone: 601-709-6740
Email:
ak5j@arrl.net
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Until next time,
73 ES DX
DE K5UZ
WB4RHQ
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Director: David A Norris, K5UZ
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