San Antonio Hams

 Lost Maples SNA , in Bandera County north of Vanderpool, has been chosen as the location of the “Bexar Operators Group” (W5BOG) 2009 Field Day operation.  We will be concentrating on “primitive  camping techniques” along with our amateur radio operations.

Our rigs and LED lighting systems will be powered by several solar energy panels and a wind powered turbine which will charge banks of deep-cycle marine batteries, making this a 100% “Green Operation”.

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This Saturday, January 17, Houston Amateur Radio Supply will host its annual swapfest in the parking lot where it’s been held in the past.   Also, there will be representatives from ICOM, and there will probably be drawings for hourly prizes and a grand prize. There will be free hot dogs, chips, and sodas.

Directions to the HARS can be found on their web site.  http://texasparadise.com/hars/

Other 2009 known Ham Fests include the following (thanks Ben NE5B for some of this info)

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From: david griffith ZC4DG <davidggriffith@hotmail.co.uk>

Back on Cyprus / ZC4 from January 20th for 2 weeks – pass the word to the locals!!   Some propagation info would be useful and save time.  I will be running 20 Meters Voice and possibly even CW.
73s David zc4dg

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I’m working on a major update to the 2009 Event Calendar for this web site, but in the meantime, here is a summary of events, as per the REACT Team’s Operation Officer Gary Tangrady, K5GST.

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Received the following list of prize recipients from SARC President JC Smith N5RXS today via email.  The San Antonio Radio Fiesta was held Saturday, January 10th, out in Schertz, Texas at the Knights of Columbus Hall at 509 Schertz Parkway.  The parking lot overflowed, the meeting room was jam packed, and a good time was had by all who attended.  More info soon as it gets posted to their club’s  www.w5sc.org web site.

Here is the list of prize winners.  Grand / Major prize winners did not need to be in attendance at the time of drawing in order to win.

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To the Bandera 100K Ultra-Marathon Radio Team!

The expression of Thanks and Gratitude for our efforts in support of this event, cannot be properly expressed in words!  The comments about the efforts of the team have been nothing but positive, appreciative and supportive! 

We managed to again increase the level of communication amongst the Aid Stations and Race Controls, with only a few minor glitches.  The smoothness of knowing where the final batch of runners on the course, and continual updating allowed for early and incident free shutdown of all Aid Stations, well in advance of the traditional times! 

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 A great ham radio event has been revived that will provide a weekend of fun and excitement to every ham that participates.  The New Mexico QSO Party, an operating event designed for new and experienced hams alike, will take place on the first weekend of February (Feb 7-8, 2009).

The purpose of this HF and 6-meter event (both of which every ham has privileges to operate on) is to get on the airwaves and have a great time with hams from across New Mexico and the nation.  Simply put, NM hams contact as many hams (inside and outside NM) as possible.  Non-NM hams contact as many NM hams (only) as possible.  Essentially, New Mexico hams will find themselves on the “other” side of the pileup, with stations across the country and perhaps world wanting to make contact with the Land of Enchantment for the duration of the event.  And what good operating event can’t be without awards?

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