Everand Logo

Welcome to Everand!

  • CQ Amateur Radio

    ANNOUNSMENTS

    Sep 01, 2019 10 minutes

    SEPTEMBER

    BOXBOROUGH, MASSACHUSETTS — FEMARA will hold the Northeast HamXposition at Boxboro and 2019 ARRL New England Section Convention from noon to 5 p.m., Friday, September 6; 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Saturday, September 7; and 8 a.m. to noon, Sunday, September 8 at the Boxborough Regency Hotel, 242 Adams Place. Contact: Mike Raisbeck, K1TWF, (508) 574-5432. Email: <k1twf@arrl.org>. Website: <www.boxboro.org>. Talk-in 147.270+ (PL 146.2), 449.925- (PL 88.5). VE exams, special event station W1N.

    CEDARBURG, WISCONSIN — The Ozaukee Radio Club will hold its 14th Annual Fall Amateur Radio and Hobby Swapfest from 6 a.m. to noon, Saturday, September 7 at the Cedarburg Fireman’s Park, 796 Washington Avenue. Contact: W9IPR (262) 377-6945 or (262) 844-6331. Website: <www.ozaukeeradioclub.org>.

    MENA, ARKANSAS — The 50th Queen Wilhelmina Hamfest and 2019 ARRL Arkansas State Convention will be held Friday, September 6 and Saturday, September 7 at the Queen Wilhelmina State Park, 3877 Highway 88 West. Contact: James Carnathan, N5AD, <n5ad@att.net>. Website: <www.menahamfest.net>. VE exams.

    OKEMOS, MICHIGAN — The Central Michigan Amateur Radio Club will hold its 2019 Hamfest from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Saturday, September 7 at the Okemos Conference Center Ballroom, 2187 University Park Drive. Email: <hamfest@centralmiarc.com>. Website: <www.centralmiarc.com/hamfest>. Talk-in 145.390 (PL 100). VE exams.

    RUSH CITY, MINNESOTA — The East Central Minnesota Amateur Radio Club will hold the 25th Annual Rush City Radio Rendezvous from 9 a.m. to noon, Saturday, September 7 at Rush City High School, 51001 Fairfield Avenue. Website: <www.magicrepeater.net>. Talk-in 145.33- (PL 146.2).

    will hold the from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m., Saturday, September 7 at the Paroquet Springs>. Talk-in 146.700 (PL 79.7) or 443.700 (PL 79.7). VE exams, DXCC card checking.

    You’re reading a preview, subscribe to read more.

    More from CQ Amateur Radio

    CQ Amateur Radio3 min read
    Antennas
    I have been doing a lot of work on direction-finding antennas lately, so it sure seemed like it would be a good topic for this issue. In Photo A, we have the classic ferrite rod antenna used in most AM radios, often called a wave magnet in the early
    CQ Amateur Radio1 min read
    QSL Of The Month: JT1YL
    JT1YL (home call OK1KX) was Milada (Mila) Klouckova. Her husband was Ludvik Kloucek, JT1AA (OK1KW). In 1957/58 Ludvik was a radio operator at the Czechoslovak Embassy in Ulan Bator, Mongolia’s capital. Mongolia was in great demand on the ham bands, n
    CQ Amateur Radio1 min read
    Oops …
    In September’s digital edition cover story, and on the cover, we repeatedly (but not consistently) transposed the suffix of Terezinha Felix Cordoso’s call sign. It is PT2TF, not PT2FT. We apologize for the errors, especially to Terezinha! ■

    Related