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WCRA August 2010 Picnic
There will be no monthly meeting in August, instead, there will be a picnic. Details:
When
>Saturday, August 7, 2010
>1 pm Gathering (Soda / Snacks provided)
>5pm Dinner served
>7pm Departure
Where
>Blackwell Forest Preserve South picnic area (southeast corner) - - SEE MAP.
Menu
>Italian Sausage
>Fried Chicken
>Italian Beef
All will be served with the usual side dishes.
Bring a dessert to pass if you wish (this is by no means mandatory)
Activities
There will be a variety of activities available. While socializing
among the membership and their families will be the primary focus,
activities are scheduled to include:
>Fox Hunting
>Badminton
>Tether Ball
>HF/VHF/UHF Radio and antenna experimentation
As an added incentive to attendance, each member attending (based upon
pre-registration) will be entered for a door prize of a Peppercorn
Restaurant Gift Certificate or one of three other prizes which I will
allow the words of Jim, W9DHX describe since he coordinated the prizes.
"...the three second prizes are in the
original cartons and have never been used--the Malibu Lights are by the
famous "Intermatic" electric company; the fog lights are by Sylvania and are
"Halogen"; the "Bucketeer" is bright red canvass that has never seen a
greasy tool. I would like to win any one of them..."
It seems that there is considerable interest in plans for rain on the
picnic. The official plans are as follows: A determination regarding
weather will be made the morning of the picnic with a personal call made
by me to all those who RSVP'd. If we need to re-schedule or re-locate
the announcement will be made via the same call. Light rain will be
little trouble since we have ordered a 20x30 tent. Unfortunately, there
is little that can be said at this time other than any deviation to the
plan will be made by phone.
Repeater Announcement
Wheaton Community Radio Amateurs, with coordination approval from the Illinois Repeater Association and adjacent state coordination organizations has relocated the 145.310/- repeater to its Wheaton site. As part of this coordinated relocation of the 145.310 repeater, the WCRA 145.390 repeater may be down for some period of time for work. Users of the 145.390/- system can use relocated 145.310/- for continued communication while 145.390 is being worked on. For more details, please see the Repeater Page. Thank You.
