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ANNOUNCEMENTS

JULY

HARRISBURG, PENNSYLVANIA — The Harrisburg Radio Amateurs’ Club will hold its 48th Annual Firecracker Electronics Expo and Hamfest beginning 8 a.m., Saturday, July 6 at the Harrisburg Area Community Center, 3599 Industrial Road. Contact: Terry Snyder, WB3BKN, P.O. Box 355, Halifax, PA 17032. Phone: (717) 896-0256. Email: <wb3bkn1@gmail.com>. Website: <www.w3uu.org>. Talk-in 146.13+ (PL 100). DXCC / WAS card checking.

OAK CREEK, WISCONSIN — The South Milwaukee Amateur Radio Club will hold its Swapfest 19’ beginning 6:30 a.m., Saturday, July 6 at the American Legion Post 434, 9327 South Shepard Avenue. Contact: Karen, KC9WQJ, (414) 578-0492 or Mike Lea, W9MRL, (262) 880-2091. Website: <www.qsl.net/wa9txe>. Talk-in 146.91.

SALISBURY, NORTH CAROLINA — The Rowan Amateur Radio Society will hold the 34th Annual Firecracker HAM-FEST from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m., Saturday, July 6 at the Salisbury, NC Civic Center, 315 Martin Luther King Avenue, S. Contact: Doug Spriggs, W4DCS, (704) 762-0192. Email: <w4dcs@arrl.net>. Website: <www.rowanars.com>. Talk-in 145.41 (PL 136.5) or 146.52. VE exams.

will hold the beginning 8 a.m., Sunday, July 7 at the Polish American Veterans, 2 South Oak Street.>. Website: <>. Talk-in 146.61 (PL 82.5). VE exams.

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