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Brainerd Area Amateur Radio Club |
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Brainerd Area Hamfest July 19, 2003 |
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The Third Annual Brainerd Area Amateur Radio Club Hamfest
was a huge success. Radio City was there to show the latest
equipment. Many, many great door prizes were given
away. See: Prize
Donors
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The set-up crew on Friday afternoon at the
Brainerd National Guard Armory.
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Saturday morning, bright and early, talk-in
started at 6 AM by Terry KIØFW in
Crosslake, MN. He
was joined at 7:15 AM by Jim KBØTXT who
is pictured at the left.
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Hams started arriving before the start
time. The weather was just right. They congregated in front of the Armory waiting for the door
to open.
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At 9 AM, the rush was on to see and buy the
Hamfest items.
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Here is Paula
WØHA at the Club Table with Steve
Weber.
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BAARC President Al
WØRC is in a green and orange vest talking with a Hamfest patron in
front of the Radio City tables.
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Back in the kitchen, Paula
WØHA is inspecting the work of chefs Bob
WØZPE and Bob KGØZK.
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Out in the cafeteria area, people were
really gobbling down Cactus Bob's (WØZPE's)
Chili. At $2.00.
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DX card checking was done on the floor as
well. Here, Ron N5IN is chatting with Paul WØPJ and DX Card Checker
Glenn Johnson WØGJ. Paul is a son of Glenn. Both live in
Bemidji. Ron is the owner of Digi-Key, which is a well know
electronic part supplier.
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Hamfest announcing was handled by John
WØJGY and Jim WØJDS.
There was a huge list of prizes: Prize Donors Click here for a better look at the photo. |
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The Handi-Ham table was manned by (l-r)
Terry (wife of John WØJGY), Marv WØYHE,
and June KCØNGL. In the background is Jim
KBØTXT doing talk-in. The photo was taken just before the
Hamfest started.
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If patrons did not have the time to run to
the kitchen for food, it was brought to them by Kali Bergman (pushing the
cart) and Orcy WØQT (behind Kali).
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What would a Hamfest be without ARRL
Participation? (l-r) Section Traffic Manager Bob WØLAW, Assistant
Director of the Dakota Division Mike KØBUD, and Section Manager of North
Dakota Kent KAØLDG.
Kent and two others flew into the Brainerd-Crow Wing Regional Airport for the show and were brought into town by John WØJGY. Also, four hams flew in from Faribault, MN. Click here for a better look at the photo. |
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Winner of the Grand Prize was Greg NØLJY.
He is shown on the left in blue with his father Skee KCØDCY. The
prize was a mobile 2-meter radio.
The main door prize, the 2M ICOM HT from Burghardt was won by Jim Nelson, WØOQ of Faribault. He was a member of one of the two "fly in" groups who attended the Hamfest. He was very complimentary of our Hamfest. Click here for a better look at the photo. |
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Photos by Jim WAØAXB and Mark WØMH |
Jim Shubert WØJDS, BAARC V.P. and Hamfest Co-Chairman |
Hope to see you at the next Brainerd Area Hamfest on August 7, 2004. |
This page was last updated 12/19/2006 Ø