Club & Radio News

Upcoming Events

• June 28: Special VE Testing Session (see below) Link
• June 28-29: ARRL Field Day Link
• July 12: Firecracker Hamfest Link
• Aug 30-31: Shelby Hamfest (see below) Link

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KJ4HF 440 Repeater

June 15, 2008

(Salisbury NC) Ken Clifton-KJ4HF recently announced that the KJ4HF repeater which operated at 444.650mhz, had emergency back-up power, and provided excellent coverage in the downtown area has, as of Saturday 14 June 2008 been decommissioned. The repeater was disassembled and removed from atop the Plaza/Wallace Building located on the square in downtown Salisbury NC. It seems the City of Salisbury was to begin charging a $50/month fee for the privilege of having the repeater at that location beginning 1 July 2008. There are no plans to relocate or reactivate the repeater at this time.

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Some EXTRA VE Testing

June 28, 2008

(Concord NC) It seems there will be at least one extra testing session this year. The W4VEC Team of Volunteer Examiners have had numerous requests for a special testing session BEFORE July 1, the date the Extra Class exam changes. So to accomadate those requests an exam session is scheduled to start at 9 AM on Saturday, June 28, 2008, at Fire Station #7 in Concord off of Highway 73 (Map).

The exam fee is $12.00 and please bring your original and photocopy of your Amateur license along with a photo identification.

Please announce on local nets !!
All available Rowan/Cabarrus VE's are requested to attend.

Thank You
73 Billy WA4PVI
Co-Chairman W4VEC

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Shelby Hamfest

August 30-31 2008

(SARC News) Being held for over 30 years at the Cleveland County site that most of us have grown up with and visited each year, the "Grand Daddy" of them all is moving to a new and improved location! The Shelby Amateur Radio Club will hold their "52^nd" Annual Shelby Hamfest at the Gaston County Park in Dallas, NC which is in Gaston County. It will still take place during the Labor Day Weekend Saturday, August 30^th and Sunday, August 31^st. For More information please see their website:

http://shelbyhamfest.org/hamfest.htm

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