August 11 RARC Presidents Address

The annual Rochester Amateur Radio Club (RARC) Picnic will be held at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday August 11th at Oxbow Park, 5731 County Rd 105 NW, Byron, MN

Radio Club Picnic Tues Aug 11 at Oxbow

RARC Picnic Aug 11 at Oxbow, 6:30pm:

Yes, it's been feeling more like September, but it is really August, and time for our annual picnic. It will be at Oxbow park , north of Byron, at the Second Bridge picnic pavilion. (This is the second one you come to after you enter the park, which is the one near the zoo. I'll put a sign of some sort at the turn off.) We'll have a grill running, a limited assortment of soft drinks, and plates, cups, plastic utensils and napkins. Bring something to pass, and any radio-related stuff you'd like to show off.

CW Study Group starting:

"Study Group" is a better description than "Course". It will have three components:
    (1) The K7QO course. This is a set of mp3 files, which start from the individual letters and increase in speed and complexity. You can start wherever feels right for you, and progress at any pace.
    (2) In-person meetings, where we will give each other hand-holding, encouragement, and support, and practice sending and receiving.
    (3) On-air meetings, probably on 10 meters, starting on SSB and moving to CW, on the same frequency -- so, a little different from the usual slow-speed CW net.

The meetings, both in-person and on-air, will start as soon as more than one person wants to start them. A couple of people are interested, but don't want to start working yet (and it is work -- figure a half-hour practice every day). If you want to join in, let me know, and I'll get materials to you. I'll have some CDs at the picnic. As a study group, it's something anyone can join at any time.

Peter N8MHD