The winner for the 9a.m. drawing is K4JCR John Runski.
You have 10 minutes to claim your prize prior to drawing the next ticket. If you are signed in to the WCARS testing and taking an exam, then your name will be matched to the sign in sheet.
Category: Announcements (Page 17 of 21)
The gates are open!
Come on out and get those goodies you have been saving up for, meet old and new friends, put a callsign to a face, win prizes!
The 58th annual Blue Ridge Amateur Radio Society’s Upstate Hamfest is tomorrow, May 6th. The gates open promptly at 8am to the public, if you didn’t buy tickets online, the gate fee is $10. For those that did buy your tickets in advance, please make sure you bring your tickets with you.
Online Hamfest tickets are no longer available for purchase, tickets will be $10 at the gate. We hope to see all of you bright and early on Saturday. The weather is expected to be a nice, beautiful sunny day with the temperatures in the low 70s.
Online ticket sales end Wednesday, May 3rd at noon. After that, tickets will cost $10 per person at the gate!
Hope to see all of you at the Hamfest!
Our annual Hamfest is right around the corner this coming Saturday, May 6th, gates open to the public at 8am. Online ticketing is $8, $10 at the gate. Come on out and join us!
PS You may have noticed that our Facebook event for the Hamfest was cancelled, we are currently looking into how this happened, but rest assured, the event is still on!
Latest Update on the Stratos Project (Eclipse Balloon Launch)
Fleet Thomas Belknap and his engineering colleagues have the following update on their project:
-Funds raised, as of April 3, were $1130 toward a goal of $1700
-The Raspberry Pi and half of the sensors are purchased
-The initial Python program has been written with two additional programs under development.
For more updates on the Stratos Project visit their Facebook page at:
https://m.facebook.com/GRVHAB/?ref=page_internal&mt_nav=1
To donate to the project visit their GoFundMe page at:
https://www.gofundme.com/GRVHAB
The team have a forum thread on QRZ at:
http://forums.qrz.com/index.php?threads/stratos-high-altitude-balloon-launchduring- the-2017-solar-eclipse.559654/
An article was recently published on Hamsci about the project. That article is located at:
http://hamsci.org/basic-project/2017-total-solar-eclipse
Their latest video is available at: https://youtu.be/3KZWgAtIovk
Blue Ridge Amateur Radio Society – 2017 Field Day Site Hunt
We are in need of your assistance to help find a 2017 Field Day site! We want to vote on our Field Day site location at the May 2017 meeting. The criteria for a Field Day site are:
-Is located in Greenville County
-Has sufficient trees for some level of shade and mounting of antennas
-Is not located on a paved lot
-Is easily accessible by vehicles with two-wheel drive
-Will accommodate camping (tents, RVs, or camper-trailers)
-Will accommodate portable toilets if necessary
Do you have a site in mind that meets the criteria above, if so:
-Contact the property owner to inquire if they would be willing to host us
-Take photographs of the site from various perspectives
-Provide basic information about the site such as location, elevation, etc.
– Send the information to Robert (WR8RW) at: wr8rw@mail.com
Thanks and 73 for your help!!!