[hpsdr] MD State Amateur Radio Convention

[peter at gehughes.us]

As a member of ARA I'd like to invite you all to attend the MD State
Amateur Radio Convention  July 29, 2006

Along with other presentations there will be a presentation on SDR by
local HPSDR/ARA member Carl Morris
and I will be "lurking" on the sidelines.

More information is available at 

www.w3cwc.org 



Also see Press Release below

MD State Amateur Radio Convention comes to Hagerstown.

 

     The Hagerstown Based Antietam Radio Association will host the first
American Radio Relay League affiliated Maryland State Amateur Radio
Convention to be held in Hagerstown on Saturday July 29, 2006.

 

     This historic event has 3 primary components which differ it from
previous regional amateur radio conventions.

 

1.      The convention itself will feature numerous forums between 9 AM
and 3 PM Hi-lighting various aspects of amateur radio.

       9 AM – Golden Age of Short-wave Radio’s

              The Young Ladies Radio System

              The Military Affiliate Radio System

      10 AM-   Software Defined Radio

               Youth in Amateur Radio

               Low Power Operating (QRP)

       11 AM-  The Federal Rules and Regulation (Update)

               Introduction to Contesting

               Getting into Amateur Radio

        Noon –  Lunch Break

                      (Possible meetings of regional organizations)

         1 PM-   Field Day Is Not Enough (Emergency Preparedness)

                 Radio Frequency Interference (Troubleshooting)

                 Emcomm (Emergency Communications Forum)

         2 PM-   The Eagle (Amateur Satellite to be Launched)

                 Simple Projects You Might Like

                 Meet ARRL Officials

         3 PM-  ARRL Keynote Forum (Kay Craigie, ARRL 1st Vice
President)

 

2.      Public Display of Emergency Mobile Communication/Command Centers

        1.      The City of Laurel will have on Display in the morning
hours and Possibly over lunch break its                     “City on
Wheels” Mobile Communications Center. This mid size van is a rolling
ICS Command Postfor emergencies.

2.      Anne Arundel County shows what one million dollars in Homeland
Security Funding can do with its huge Mobile Command Post. This unit
can replace the county/regional communication’s HQ needs with satellite
linking and other technology in an emergency. It is a showpiece of
emergency preparedness and includes operating positions for radio
amateurs and for police, fire and other emergency dispatch.

 

(Although a $5 admission is charged for those attending the convention,
there is no charge for early responders to tour either vehicle the
morning of the convention.)

 

3.      Graveside Memorial Service.

          At the conclusion of the Main convention about 4 PM or
slightly thereafter, there will be a memorial service in Rose Hill
Cemetery to honor Hiram Percy Maxim, a co-founder of the ARRL.
Convention registration is not necessary to attend this service.

 

The MD State Amateur Radio Convention itself will be held at Otterbein
United Methodist Church, 108 E Franklin Street Hagerstown. Registration
for those attending the convention proper should start by 8:30 AM in the
Church Auditorium.

 

It is anticipated the Com Vehicles will be parked in the lot beside the
church on the Locust Street Side next to where the Pizza Shop (and
before that Harry Cromer’s Store) was