New England QRP Club : The Excitement is Building....

Several die hard kit-masters once again ascended upon Haystack Observatory to delicately place electronics pieces into anti-static pink plastic bags to fore fill 75 or more SCAF filter kits for the New England QRP Club project--NEScaf! There were howls, cajoles, and just laughter rebounding throughout the evening where burgers and hot dogs were the priority of the evening. Our host, once again, was Dave Siegrist - NT1U...along with "John" another star gazing club member, who provided the warm hospitality. Carl Achin - WA1ZCQ was the burger-turner and hot dog provider manning the propane auxiliary BBQ grill. Bob Schmeichel - N1RXV manned his Nikon camera with exceptional pictures to document the hilarity and spontaneity of the kitting party. The following people were present:

I was born at an early age, into what was left of Liverpool (UK) after a recent visit by the Luftwaffe. Growing up into a city that was to become the centre of the universe, my buddies really were John Lennon, Paul McCartney and George Harrison and Stu Sutcliffe (The Beatle Who Died). Also great friends with Anthony Haygarth (the Brit TV actor) and Bill Stewart, now head of London Weekend Television. There was also Roger McGough and Brien Patten (the English poets) and many other artists and musicians. A great place. First job was as bouncer at the Cavern Club where It All Happened. I then decided education was needed to make up for the education I was supposed to get from the Liverpool Education Authority but dyslexia and dyscalculea got in the way. After nearly 45 years, I retired as the Administrator of the Law School at Flinders University of South Australia. Marj and I live with two spoiled cats on two-thirds of an acre of paradise, overlooking the vineyards of the McLaren Wine district of South Australia and the Gulf of St Vincent. Main Rig: HW-8, also SW-40+ and a 20 metre RockMite. And 17 two metre rigs. Don't ask.....Double harnessed yagis for 2 metrees and an OCF windom for HF. Plus a couple of receiving antennas. I just love home brew!

The informal luncheon at the Holiday Inn in Nashua February 28th was well attended and very successful. Items on the open agenda were NEScaf project, QRP Convention possibilities, ARRL QRP band plan and inclusion of QRP frequencies, club coffee cups, treasury direction, and more. Mary, our barmaid, did a super job caring for all of us and we were well fed and attended to! The NEXT formal meeting for the NE QRP club will be April 25th in Newington, Conn. at 9 AM. Ed Hare - W1RFI will be our host and we will have usage of W1AW after lunch and W1HQ within the league headquarters. More information coming.

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We all had a great time! More details to follow.

From: Dennis Marandos - K1LGQ
To: "neqrp List Member" Carl Achin - WA1ZCQ
Subject: [neqrp] ARRL meeting April 25th... {01}
Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2009 13:46:58 -0500

A few up-dates to the New England QRP meeting at league headquarters in Newington April 25th.

All members are allowed to use the W1AW station, according to your license status, and if you chose to bring your rig and use their antenna system...this is okay. Got batteries?

There will be tours of the ARRL Headquarters and also we will be able to use the W1HQ station located in the league building. In addition, if you would like to bring YOUR home brew rig to the ARRL lab and have it tested...about 10 or less at a time will be able to do so. A read-out spread spectral plot just might be in your hands when finished. Ed Hare is not performing magic but will do the best he can to let you know how your rig is functioning. It is QRP...isn't it?