Radio Happenings May 27, 2022..

 Writing this on Friday Morning the 27^th, 6AM. 

  It has been a busy eight days. Starting with heading down to the Hamvention with the Tower Electronics workers on Wednesday  the 18th. A caravan of four vehicles. Heavy rain all the way down.

   I had never been there and the whole time was an experience.

    Thursday was set up day. From putting up two large tents, setting up tables, placing the trays of items for sale. And if you ever saw what they have, you know it was a bunch. It was late when we finished.

   The next morning we saw that it had rained during the night. Arriving early, the evidence of sagging tents heavy with rain water. The trays had been covered with tarps so they were ok but pushing the water off the tents wet the area and some of us. But by the time the gates opened, we were mostly ready.

   The experience of the others showed as they jumped right into helping find the items that were being sought out.

   Customers from all over including out of the US were there. Many knew that Tower had the items  they were looking for and brought their companions with them. A long, but satisfying day. Gates closed at 5 but we had to cover all the tables and lash them down because the wind had increased raising the poles in the middle off the ground. One of the vans was lashed to the tent for the night just to make sure it was there in the morning.. we left the grounds about 7PM. Had dinner and sleep came quickly.
That was one day with more days to follow.. will tell perhaps over a cup of coffee.

  It was a great experience.. wish I could come back again to see more of the vendors in the many buildings on the Fair Grounds.  It would fill all three days…..

    So  that is one reason for the delay in this newsletter…..

   

CALENDAR OF EVENTS..

May 30^th – Memorial Day…

June 4^th – Our Hamfest !

June 8^th – Siren Test Net

June 9^th – M&K Club Meeting

June 25-26 – Field Day…

Mike & Key Club Meeting

Meeting on Thursday June  9th - 7PM In person or on Zoom. The Zoom information on the web site did not work well - so here is the better version.

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OUR CLUB HAMFEST JUNE 4TH

 We hope you are planning on attending the Hamfest at Our Savior Lutheran Church 120 S.Henry St. Table sales enter at 6 to set up and at 8AM the doors open to the public. $5 at the door. Door prizes, raffles…. Bring your shopping list.. 

All inquires to: 

KBØP, kbØp@yahoo.com

   

Siren Test Net

When I sent out the list of sirens, I sent out the entire Excel file which goes back a long way. Some found that many pages were printed out. So I have modified the file to one year at a time for ease of printing. Thanks for letting me know.. 

Other Hamfests in Wisconsin

    June 4th .. Green Bay Hamfest

  http://www.k9eam.org/

  June 11th.. Lyons Annual “Freefest”

    Email: rfulton1@wi.rr.com Lyons, WI

June 18th Sunshine Swapfest Kaukauna 

http://www.fcarc.club/sunshineswap.php

July 9th,.. WI9M S. Milwaukee ARC Hamfest

http://www.wi9sm.org/

That’s it for this email/ Newsletter.… 

Stay Radio Active..

Radio Happenings May 9, 2022..

Writing this on Monday, May 9th, 3 PM. Mostly Sunny, temperature a great 69.4, wind out of the South at a sustained 22 mph with gusts up to 33mph according to my Ambient weather station.
Just came in after picking up dead branches and found that my USA flag broke the cord… I did not hear the flapping of Old Glory right after 2:30pm. Anytime the temp reaches a nice temperature, something else happens and I cannot fly my kites… If I tried today, I may have had to tie myself to a tree… OK, I’m not that light.. 

CALENDAR OF EVENTS..

May 11th – Siren Test Net…

May 12th – Mike & Key Meeting..

May 15th – Cellcomm Marathon..

May 17th – CQ Tuesday

May 20-22 – Dayton Hamfest

May 30th – Memorial Day…

June 4th – Our Hamfest ! Signup Pls.

Brat Barn Fund Raiser

Our fund raiser was at the Brat Barn at the Festival Foods on the West side of

DePere on Saturday, May 7th. Was an event not easily forgotten.

Usually it is the best weekend with the sale of Mother’s Day flowers and brings in the hungry customers..

We lost some 40 minutes of cooking time.. the cooking started off great going through 2 cases of brats in good time… then the grill loaded up with ash—the air could not get under the charcoal. The grill temp dropped to below 150F.. Problem two.. all the brats were super frozen..

  The grating (very thin) under the embers was flat against the ash plate.. In order to stop the customers from leaving for the rest of the day, we pulled the embers off the plate, dumped the ash into an overflowing ash bin and basically started all over..

Although we lost some time and some customers, the fire came up and we ended up selling a total of 6 cases of Brats … not sure how many burgers were sold… Listen to the report at the meeting on Thursday..

     Not to brag, but a lady drove up and handed me $10 without purchasing any product.. Must have been my M&K Club Shirt being displayed on a great model. .hi..

    Siren Test Net ###Starts at 11:45 list of sirens attached to this email.

Mike & Key Club Meeting

Meeting on Thursday May 12 - 7PM In person or on Zoom. The Zoom information can be found on the K9EAM.ORG website. Right side column.

 Mike and Key Club Ham Fest June 4^th.!!!

If you are someone that waits until they know if they have the  time to assist at any of the events, don’t wait any longer. The volunteer list is not that good and without volunteers, this event may not take place and we are less than a month away and need your name on the list.. DO IT NOW!!   Please volunteer for this…  Contact Pres. Paul KBØP, kbØp@yahoo.com

   

RADIO OPERATORS NEEDED..
  The Cellcom Marathon is on again this year!! They are looking for 2 more radio operators on May 15^th from 6AM to 2PM.. 
Radios will be furnished.. You will be operating from inside a large tent with the other Radio operators. You will be
in contact with a couple of the route Med stations reporting need of medical attention… When signing up, pick on the job square and pick “Medical Communications- Amateur Radio” Here is the link to sign up.. https://www.comevolunteer.com/events/13972-cellcom-green-bay-marathon-medical/volunteer
  There is a short training a couple of days before the event and a party a week later.. see you there. Lunch and snack provided… 

  CQ Tuesday May 17^th…

 All welcome! Gather around 11:30 at the Bay Motel Family Restaurant.. usually order around 11:45.. come and join in the camaraderie… meet some of the people you may only talk to on the radio..  A lot of knowledge there to tap.  

 Memorial Day Flags help needed…

 May 25^th.. rain day, May 26^th..

Help put flags on the graves of our Veterans at Allouez Cemetery. 3000 Flags need to be placed -be there at 8AM on the West side of the Cemetery.

 

Radio Happenings May 1, 2022..

 Horray, hurray, the first of May,
Outdoor radio begins today! 
Not so true with the activity of Parks on the Air going on all winter..

Looking through the calendar.. it is hard not to find a week without some radio activity going on… so let’s take a look ..

CALENDAR OF EVENTS.. 

May 7th .. Club Brat Barn at De Pere 
Festival – 9-5 Come help or purchase.
May 8th – Mothers Day !! Don’t forget!!
May 11th – Siren Test Net… 
May 12th – Mike & Key Meeting.. 
May 15th – Cellcomm Marathon.. 
May 17th – CQ Tuesday 
May 20-22 – Dayton Hamfest
May 30th – Memorial Day…
June 4th – Our Hamfest ! Signup Pls. 

Brat Barn Fund Raiser 

 Our fund raiser is the Brat Barn at the Festival Foods on the West side of DePere on Saturday, May 7th. 9-5.. Big day.. the store will be having it’s Mothers Day Flower Sale, so there will be a lot of potential customers..

Siren Test Net

Mike & Key Club Meeting

Meeting on Thursday May 12 - 7PM In person or on Zoom. The Zoom information can be found on the K9EAM.ORG website. Right side column.

Minutes of the last meeting will be attached to the email that this letter was attached too… 

Mike and Key Club Ham Fest June 4^th.!!!

 Plans continue to be grafted into a working model for the “swap”. Diagrams, sketches and numbers are put into Excel sheets and Google maps to lay out a flow of traffic.

 A lot of things to consider--  table layout, food, parking, setting up and taking down etc…                              The biggest factor -the people resource. Not the customers – but the volunteers to make this happen. If all those that raised their hand and voted

for this event, volunteered.. no problem…    Please plan now to volunteer for this…  Contact Pres. Paul KBØP, kbØp@yahoo.com  

RADIO OPERATORS NEEDED..

   The Cellcom Marathon is on again this year!! They are looking for 10 radio operators on May 15^th from 6AM to 2PM.. (just need 2 more at this time) could be shorter depending which area you will be working with. Radios will be furnished.. You will be operating from inside a large tent with the other operators.. Each operator will be in contact with a couple of the route Med stations reporting need of medical attention… When signing up, pick on the job square and pick “Medical Communications- Amateur Radio” Here is the link to sign up.. https://www.comevolunteer.com/events/13972-cellcom-green-bay-marathon-medical/volunteer

  There is a short training a couple of days before the event and a party a week later.. see you there. Lunch and snack provided… 

  CQ Tuesday May 17th… 

 All welcome! Gather around 11:30 at the Bay Motel Family Restaurant.. usually order around 11:45.. come and join in the camaraderie… meet some of the people you may only talk to on the radio..  A lot of knowledge there to tap.  

Other Hamfests in Wisconsin

  May 7th.. ARAC Hamfest Superior WI

  http://thearac.org/

 ** June 4th .. Green Bay Hamfest

  http://www.k9eam.org/

  June 11th.. Lyons Annual “Freefest”

    Email: rfulton1@wi.rr.com Lyons, WI

June 18th Sunshine Swapfest Kaukauna 

http://www.fcarc.club/sunshineswap.php

July 9th,.. WI9M S. Milwaukee ARC Hamfest

http://www.wi9sm.org/

That’s it for this email/ Newsletter.…

 

Stay Radio Active..