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Monthly Egg Chew on Saturday, May 19 at 9 a.m.
ARROW and Michigan QRP members and other interested parties who will not be in Dayton on Saturday, May 19 are invited to gather at 9 a.m. for good food and good conversation at the Classic Cup Cafe, 4389 Jackson Rd, Ann Arbor.
Due to this falling on Dayton Hamvention weekend, we did NOT reserve the private room, but you will be able to meet in the front portion of the restaurant.
May General Meeting Report
The ARROW monthly meeting for May took place on Wednesday, May 9 in room BE-172 at Washtenaw Community College. Thirty-one people were in attendance. While some members stuffed goodie bags for the upcoming Dayton Hamvention Bus Trip, eleven others participated in building tape-measure Yagis with the help of Jay WB8TKL and Mary Anne W8VWY. Those who also built the K8SB Active Attenuator in September 2010 are now well equipped to participate in fox hunts.
As Jay noted at the meeting, One Helluva Ride is on a later weekend this year (July 14), so we hope to have more ARROW members traveling to the Michigan Section Summer Outing (aka Lupton) during the weekend of July 5-8. This fun campout will include LOTS of fox hunting activities and information, including build sessions for both K8SB’s active attenuators and tape-measure Yagis. There will be a fox hunt with FOUR foxes hidden somewhere in the 420 acre property. There will also be activities for the non-hams in the group. Fox-hunting groups from all over the state will be coming to participate. See more information at sectionouting.info Please note you can come for 1, 2, 3 or all 4 days.
Sam KD8QES reported that as of Wednesday, we had 29 riders on the Dayton bus and were at the break-even point. We anticipate receiving a few more reservations before the bus leaves on May 19.
The next general meeting will take place on Wednesday, June 13 at WCC. That meeting will be used for planning for Field Day.
Mary Anne W8VWY
ARROW Secretary
ARROW General Meeting – Wednesday May 9th
Monthly Meeting – Wednesday, May 9th
Eyeball QSO’s at 7pm
Meeting begins at 7:30pm
Washtenaw Community College campus, room BE-171 (Business Education)
The Room Locator: Campus Map & How to get to room BE171
BE-171 is easily accessed from the North entrance to the BE building (nearest the Handicap parking) -or- from the East doorway beneath the overhead walkway that joins the BE and TI buildings.
Please join us for the ARROW General Meeting. Our presenters will be Jay Nugent WB8TKL and Mary Anne Stoner W8VW. They will be showing us how to build Tape Measure YAGI Antennas used for Fox Hunting. All parts will be available for a nominal cost of $15.
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We have enough parts on hand to build 10 antennas. If you plan to build an antenna, please send an email to Jay (jjn@nuge.com). This will give us an idea of how many people to plan for, and an opportunity to purchase additional parts if necessary.
Feel free to bring with you, any old tape measures, 1/2″ PVC parts, and hand tools – particularly tin snips, 1/4″ flat-blade screwdriver, needle nose, knife, soldering gun. Though tools will be provided, construction will go much faster if there are more tools to go around.
PVC cleaner and glue will be provided. Gluing will be performed *OUTDOORS* so no one will be exposed to the vapours (choke cough!)
Events on Saturday, May 5
A local event is the 5th annual e-waste recycling event. The event is free and offers an opportunity to safely dispose of computer equipment, televisions, telephones, etc. The drop-off point is Ann Arbor Pioneer High School, 601 W. Stadium Boulevard. You can drop off electronics from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Enter from Main Street near the corner of West Stadium.
A more distant event is the Cadillac Hamfest from 8 a.m. to noon at Cadillac Junior High, 500 Chestnut St, Cadillac, MI. Admission is $5.00. Talk-in on 146.980.
Drumroll, please! And the winners of the Dayton Hamvention tickets are…
Doug Scoda, KD8PKI and James Hauser, N8UQ
Congratulations to both! They were entered into the drawing and won their tickets by purchasing their bus passes for our Dayton bus trip by April 11.
Upcoming Events
Saturday, April 14, 8 AM – 1 PM
Milford Swap-N-Shop
Milford High School
2380 S. Milford Rd.
Highland, MI (about 1 mile north of Milford)
Admission: $6
Talk-In: 145.490 (67 Hz PL)
Back-up: 146.52 Simplex
Saturday, April 21, 9-11 AM
ARROW Monthly Egg Chew with the Michigan QRP Group
Classic Cup Café
4389 Jackson Rd.
Ann Arbor (between Wagner and Zeeb)
Drawing for Dayton Hamvention tickets for those who purchased Dayton bus trip passes by April 11.
Saturday, May 5, 9 AM – 2 PM
E-Waste Recycling Event
Pioneer High School
601 W. Stadium, Ann Arbor
Saturday, May 5, 8 AM – noon
Cadillac Amateur Radio and Computer Swap
Cadillac Junior High School
500 S. Chestnut, Cadillac
Admission: $5
Talk-In: 146.980
April General Meeting Report
The April general meeting took place on Wednesday, April 11 in room BE-171 at Washtenaw Community College, with 29 people in attendance. We were entertained and educated by Clark, N8CBW as he talked about and showed us examples of Go-Kits, and related his experiences providing emergency communications to the Red Cross in Mississippi following Hurricane Katrina. Good job, Clark, and thanks.
Sam, KD8QES has lined up several prizes for the Dayton bus trip, including a Heil microphone. As posted earlier, we were not quite prepared with an up-to-date list of everyone who had purchased a bus pass by April 11, so the Dayton Hamvention ticket drawing was postponed until the monthly breakfast on April 21.
Harvey, KB8MUP reported that the ARROW finances continue to be healthy. If you have not yet paid your 2012 dues, please contact Harvey.
Meetings will continue to be held in the same room, BE-171 at WCC for the next four months. The May meeting will be a build night, making tape-meaure Yagis for fox hunting. Jay, WB8TKL will be your guide in this adventure.
We have received permission from the Domino’s Petting Farm management to again use Signal Hill for Field Day. Planning for Field Day will take place at the June general meeting.
Mary Anne, W8VWY
ARROW Secretary
Drawing for Dayton Hamvention Tickets
As you may know, anyone purchasing a Dayton bus trip ticket by April 11, 2012 was entered into a drawing to win one of two Dayton Hamvention tickets. We intended to have the drawing at the general meeting on April 11, but found we weren’t quite prepared with an up-to-date list of who had purchased bus trip tickets. Thus, the decision was made to hold the drawing at the next public gathering of ARROW folk, at the monthly breakfast on Saturday, April 21, 9:00 at the Classic Cup Cafe on Jackson Road. We do sincerely apologize for the delay. You do NOT need to be present to win one of the tickets. We will notify the winners very shortly after the drawing. So if you signed up to ride the bus to Dayton by April 11, you might want to hold off on ordering your Hamvention ticket for just a few more days.
ARROW General Meeting – Wednesday April 11th
Monthly Meeting – Wednesday, April 11th
Eyeball QSO’s at 7pm
Meeting begins at 7:30pm
Washtenaw Community College campus, room BE-171 (Business Education)
The Room Locator: Campus Map & How to get to room BE171
BE-171 is easily accessed from the North entrance to the BE building (nearest the Handicap parking) -or- from the East doorway beneath the overhead walkway that joins the BE and TI buildings.
Please join us for the ARROW General Meeting. Our presenter will be Clark Wierda N8CBW. Clark will be discussing Go Kits, why you need one and how to develop your own. He will cover Go Kits for various purposes including thoughts on their content, storage, and maintenance.
ARROW Board Meeting
The April Board Meeting will take place on Tuesday, April 3, 7:30 p.m. at the Washtenaw Chapter of the Red Cross. All interested ARROW members are invited to attend.
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