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Brainerd Area Amateur Radio Club  

Special Event on Friday & Saturday, May 11 & 12, 2007
Brainerd Area Amateur Radio Club members showed up at 9 AM on Friday, May 11th, to setup a Ham station at the Brainerd Lakes Area Chamber of Commerce Visitor Center.  It is about five miles south of Brainerd on Highway 371.  (l-r) John WØJGY, Al WØRC, David KCØTGT, Lyle KØLFV, and Mike WAØLVG.  Also at the site was Mark WØMH.
The installation looks great.  It includes an American flag atop the beam near the club trailer.

Equipment used at the Special Event included an Icom 100 watt transceiver into a 3-element 10-20 meter beam and a G5RV.  
Finally, at the microphone on 20 meters are David KCØTGT and Lyle KØLFV.  The special event is to promote the annual Minnesota fishing opener weekend.  The theme is, “It Must Be The Water.”   The fishing opener the starting weekend when the famous, great tasting, Walleye fish can be caught in Minnesota. 

Some 14 contacts were made on 14.240 MHz from 1:30 to 3 PM.  They were from the East Coast and Gulf Coast.  The stations included one QRP at 5 watts and a mobile station. 

A photo of the Brainerd Area Chamber of Commerce Visitor Center.  For more details, see:  http://www.explorebrainerdlakes.com     
Terri, wife of John WØJGY and Shirley KCØDCW at the statue of Paul Bunyan.  Paul is the mythical woodsman who cut down trees throughout the Midwest 100 years ago.
Mark WØMH in the Visitor center greeting guests and telling them about the hobby of Ham Radio.  Mark also spent time on the air Friday from 2 PM until 3 PM and on Saturday from 11 AM to 1 PM. 

(l-r) John WØJGY and Al WØRC.  Some 111 contacts were made on 20 meters from 9:00 AM to 3 PM on Saturday.  They were from the East Coast, Gulf Coast, West Coast, Hawaii, and Alberta Canada.  That brought the total to 125 contacts for the two days.  Also participating in helping at the event was Brian KØEOU.

For an 8-1/2" x 11" Special Event certificate, send a QSL card and a self addressed stamped envelope to:

David Fournier KCØTGT
P. O. Box 189
Ironton, MN  56455-0189

See information on past BAARC Special Events.


David Fournier
KCØTGT
Special
Event
Chairman

 Everyone is welcome and encouraged to participate as an operator in this fun event.  Contact me to sign up to participate.

dfournier76@hotmail.com 218-838-1321

 

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