Pack Rat Monthly Meetings

Last Updated Thursday, November 17, 2011

The Pack Rats meet on the third Thursday of each month at 7:30 PM at the Ben Wilson Senior Center in Warminster, PA (except for the June, July and August meetings. See below). See Meetings for a map and more information.

Jan - 01/19/12, Annual contest analysis meeting presentation given by Ben, WA3RLT to prepare everyone for the upcoming January Contest

Feb - 02/16/12, Crying Towel, Members and guests are encouraged to describe their January contest woes and dealings with Murphy. A Towel is awarded to the best story of the night to help sop up the tears.

March - 03/15/12, Homebrew Night: Everyone is encouraged to bring in and describe their latest homebrew project. A panel of select judges will review the projects and award prizes.

April - 04/19/12, ARRL Night - Special guest speaker from headquarters, Contest Branch Manager, Sean Kutzko, KX9X

May - 5/17/12 - TBD

June - 6/16/11, The June Pack Rat election of officers meeting will be held at the Ben Wilson Senior Center. Also, June contest wrap up and more .... Pre-Meeting dutch treat dinner at Giuseppe's on Street Road (Warminster Square Shopping Center, Warminster PA.) starts at 6:00PM and meeting will commence at 7:30PM. Come early, have fun, discuss the VHF contest results.

July - 7/21/11, The July Pack Rat meeting and 'White Elephant' sale/auction will be held again this year at the QTH of Gary Hitchner, WA2OMY. 39 West Mount Kirk Avenue, Norristown PA. Opens at 7 PM for inspection, meeting and auction start at 7:30 PM. Bring your radio or computer related stuff to sell at the auction, money to buy other's goodies and lawn chairs for seating. Refreshments provided. Open to guests. Questions? Contact Gary.
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August - 8/13/11, The Pack Rat annual picnic will be held on Saturday, August 13th from noon til ?? ... at the QTH of N3ITT, Al and Carol Sheppard, 77 Foellner Lane, Ottsville, PA 18942.. Bring lawn chairs and a bathing suit as the pool will be open. Bring a covered dish to share. Burgers, dogs and liquid refreshments provided gratis. Family, children and guests invited. Have a relaxing afternoon with your club friends. Rain date, Sunday, Aug 14th. Questions? RSVP Covered Dish? Contact AL
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September - 9/15/11, "RF Connectors, to Clamp or Crimp" given by Joel Knoblock of 'THE RF Connection', Gaithersburg MD.

October - 10/20/11, Norm Fusaro, W3IZ, will be speaking at our October meeting.  Norm is the Assistant Manager of Member and Volunteer Programs Department. He will be speaking on Logbook of the World. All about it and how to get started.

November - 11/17/11 - Tech Night ... Bring your equipment to have it checked out or serviced, Also, Bert, K3IUV, Do you have problems with a CDE /Hy-Gain style rotor (HAM-M, CD45-II or similar)? Want to know how to disassemble them? K3IUV will have one of each, disassembled, at the November meeting. He'll discuss some do's and don'ts in the care and feeding of rotors, and field questions from the floor.

December - 12/15/11, Contest Strategy and Battleship NJ discussion