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HARROGATE ENGLAND
The Darley Amateur Radio Club
of North Yorksh ire will operate
special event station GB75USA
throughOut the spring as part of a
raint Brilish and American celebration
01 the ASGB's 75th Anniversary.
The main HF activity
will center on 15, 20 , and so-meter
SSB bands. a Sls via GOFWG or
to Darley Amateur Radio Club,
MHS. Darley, Harrogate, N. Yorkshire
HG32RFEng/and.
BENTON KY
APRIL 4- 5
The Marshall County Ama teur
Rad io Association will operate
KA4WWS, April 4-5 at 1800Z
Sunday t11l2400Z Monday to commemorate
the 145th Annual Tater
Day Celebration. Suggested frequencies
are around the middle of
the General Phone, CW bands
and 10 Meier Novice band. For
aSL send SASE to Clyde Dexter
KA4WWS, Route #1 Box 486,
Benton KY 42025.
CLARKSVILLE TN
APRIL 9
Clarksville Ama teur Transmitting
Society is having its annual
swapfest on April 9th at 8 AM to 4
PM in the National Guard Armory.
Reservations lor tables call 615­
362-3859. FCC Exams will be
administered. call WD4DBJ at
615-232-6141. Talk-in on 145805
- or 147.39 +, For more information
call or write to C.AT.S cia
W040BJ, Rt 1 Box 162A, Indian
Mound TN 37079.
ROCHESTER MN
APRIL 9
Rochester Amateur Radio Club
Nill hold its 11th Annual Ro­
: hester Area Hamfest on Saturjay
April 9. Set up is o n Friday the
Ham Doings Across the Country
8t h . Gates open at 8:30 AM.
Tal k-in on 146.22/82 MHz. For
reservations contact R.ARC. cia
WBDYEE, 2253 Nordic Ct, N. W.,
Rochester MN 55901 ; 507-288­
7688.
SPOKANEWA
APRIL 9
T he Inland Empire Hamfest
committee will hold its 11th Annual
Inland Empire Hamfest on
Saturday, April 9 , at the Red
Cross Bingo Hall. It starts at 8 AM
until 5 PM. There will be Amateur
License Exams at 1:30 PM, Upgrades
and Technician-Extra.
Deanne for exam applicatiOns is
March 12. For more informatiOn
contact Ham/est 88 cia WlEOU,
318 E, courasra Ave., Spokane
WA 99207.
UPPER SADDLE RfVER NJ
AP RIL 9
On April 9th the Chestnut Ridge
Radio Club will sponsor a Ham
Rad io Flea Market. It will be held
at the Educational Building,
Saddle River Reformed Church.
For more informa tion on tables
and limes contact Jack Meagher
W2EHD, 27Fourth sc. ClosterNJ
07624; 201-768-8360.
BRAINTREE MA
APRIL 10
The South Shore Amateur
Radio Club of Braintree MA will
again hold its annual indoor flea
market at the Viking Club on Sunday
April 10th. Hours are 11 AM to
4 PM. For more information on
table reservations co ntact Hal
Jones WB1ABM, 48 Saning Rd .,
N. Weymouth MA 02191 ; 617­
335-5n7.
MADISON WI
APRIL 10
T he Madison Area Repeater
Assoc iation, Inc. (M .A.R .A) is
pleased to announce its 16th
annual Madison sweetest which
will be held on Sunday April 10th ,
at the Dane County Exposition
center Forum BUilding . Doors will
open at 8 AM. Talk-in willbeonthe
MARA repeat, WB9AER/R ,
146.16/.76. For admission tickets,
table reservations, or information
on commercial exhibit space write
to M.A.R.A., P.O. Box 3403,
Madiso n WI 53 704; 608·274-
5153, leave a message on the
answering machine.
RALEIGH NC
APRIL 10
Raleigh, the City of Oaks, and
the Raleigh Amateur Radio Society
is sponsoring the 16th Annual
A.A.R.S. Hamles!, NC State
ARRL Convention and Computer
Fair in the Graham BUilding at the
NC State Faigrounds on April
10th. There will be many programs
meetings and contests,
Dealer setup is on Saturday the
9th . Talk-in on 04f64 and 28f88.
Fo r p re-registration , flyer o r
dealer information con tact Rollin
Ransom NF4P. Rt. 5 Box 267.
Zebulon NC 27597; 919-269·
4406.
AUCKLAND NEW ZEALAN D
APRIL 15-25
Special Amateur RadiO StatiOn
for the Centenary Celebratio n of
Local Government in Birk enhead
will operate from the Public
Library of the Birkenhead City
Council, for which the special call
sign of ZM1BCC has been issued.
It will be operated by local hams
on the high frequency bands as
well as VHF and UHF. Times of
operations will be from 9 AM (local
time) to 5 PM with later times on
Thursday and Friday 21 and 22 of
April. A full-colour OSL card has
been designed, showing our proximity
to Auckland City. It will be of
particular interest to us in Birkenhead
to cont act other hams who
live in districts of Birkenhead,
Bjrkdale, or Beach Haven in omer
parts of the world . For more mtormarion
con tact Ray ToutZL 1BXe ,
Branch 29 NZAR T, 4 Mayall Ave..
Birkenhead Auckland 10, New
Zealand.
ANGLETON TX
APRIL 16
Brazostest '88 will be held on
Saturday, April 16th at the Brazoria
Cou nty Fairgrounds, from 8
AM to 5 PM. Featu res will include
a sweetest. technical semi nars.
Amaleur RadiO examinations and
exhibits. Talk-in on 147.9801380,
For more information send a
SASE to Mark NaC8 N5KAE, 111
Carnation St., Lake Jackson TX
77566
AUBURN NY
APRIL 16
ment. It opens at 8 AM to 4 PM.
For more information on tables
rese rvatio ns co ntact J ames P.
Nash N2DTG, 114 Dunning Ave.,
Auburn NY 1302'; 315-253-C5 12.
FLEMINGTON NJ
APRIL 16
Cherryville Repeater AssccratiOn
is sponsoring its annual Hamfest
on Saturday, Aprit 16th at the
Hunterdon Central High Sc hool
Field House. Doors open at 8 AM.
Talk-in on 146.52. 147.9751.375.
147.6151.015,222.52/224.12. and
449.85/444.85 MHz. For table
reservations and advance ticket
sales. write or call Marty Grozinski
NS2K, 6 Kirkbridge Rd., Flemington
NJD8822; 201-788-4OBD.
LAWTON OK
APRIL 16
FI. Sill Amateur Radio Club Annual
Event, Our 41st year. Starts
at8 AM to 6 PM on April 16 at the
Comanche County Fairground s.
Again, it's an old fashioned oneday
Swapfest. Pre reg istratio n
needed only for tables. For more
information cont act AA5 D S
Edwin, 4624 NE Bell Ave., Lawton
OK 73507.
Tailgate electronics, computer
and amateur radio flea market is
spo nsore d b y the MIT U HF
Repeater Association and the MIT
Elec tronic s Research Society.
Starting at 9 AM to 4 PM. Talk-in
on 146.52, 449.n 5/444 .n 5 (PL
2A) W1 XM/R. Mail advanc ed
reservations before April 5th 10
W2XM, c/o Mike Strange. 229
Commonwealth Ave., Boston MA
02"6.
COLUMBIA TN
APRIL 17
The Maury Amateur Radio Club
will sponsor its 2nd annual indoor
Hamfest from 8 AM to 4 PM at
Maury Cou nty Park in the Baker
Building. Talk-in on 147.72/.1 2.
To reserve tables or gel more information
contact George Russell
WB4JCR. P.O. Box 832, Cotumbia
TN38402; 6 ' 5-388-05n .
CAMBRIDGE MA
APRIL 17
SOUTHINGTON CT
APRtL 17
The Southington Amateur
Radio Association is pleased to
announce their 5th annual Flea
The Auburn Amateur Radio As· Market on Sunday. April 17th at
soctancn will hold its annual Ham- the Southington NatiOnal Guard
fest on Saturday April 16th, althe Armory. Talk-in on 146.28188 and
Aurelius Volunteer Fire Depart- 145.600 Simplex. For more infor-
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