SMU Amateur Radio Club Events for 2004

Programs and events for 2004 School Year include:
• Dec.31/Jan. 1 - Wed./Thurs. - ARRL Straight Key Night
• Jan. 3th - First Saturday - Electronics Sidewalk Sale at Ross & Central Expressway
• Jan. 10th - Second Saturday Love Field Licensing Event
• Jan. 10-11th - Project Diana - First Successful Bounce of a Signal from Surface of Moon Special Event Station
• Jan. 17th - Third Saturday (Westend) Electronics Sidewalk Sale
• Jan. 23rd - Officer's meeting with Club Advisor (repairs to Yaesu FT736R approved..)
• Jan. 24-26th - ARRL January VHF Sweepstakes Contest
• Jan. 25th - MiniPSK soundcard program downloaded
  MiniPSK receives morse code, radioteletype, fax, weather satellites, slowscan TV, and various packet modes...
• Jan. 28th - MOM Mandatory Officers Meeting & Club officer's meeting on budget planning
• Jan. 29th - Club Meeting 3:30 pm Caruth Engineering Bldg (rm 304) Budget and Project Plans
• Feb. 1st - Shuttle Columbia Recovery Effort Special Event with W5NAC Nacogdoches Amateur Radio Club
• TBA - early Feb. - SMU ARC budget presentation and defense (officers welcome)
• Feb. 3rd - DARC meeting (Midway Point Restaurant) (see DARC)
• Feb. 7st - First Saturday - Electronics Sidewalk Sale
• Feb. 9th-13th School Club Roundup on the Air
• Feb. 14th - Second Saturday Love Field Licensing Event
• Feb. 21th - Third Saturday (Westend) Electronics Sidewalk Sale
• Feb. 21-22nd - ARRL International DX Contest - Morse Code (CW)
• Feb. 26th - Last Thursday SMU ARC club meeting (tentatively 3:30pm)
  Possible Topic: Role of Amateur Radio in SMU's Emergency Operations Center
• March 2nd - DARC meeting (Midway Point Restaurant) (see DARC)
• March 6th - First Saturday - Electronics Sidewalk Sale
• March 6th - Monitor-Merrimac Ironclad Battle Special Event Station
• March 6-7th - ARRL International DX Contest (phone/voice)
• March 13th - Second Saturday Love Field Licensing Event
• March 13th - Irving Amateur Radio Club Ham Fest (8-2pm)
• Mid-March Antenna Party (VHF/UHF satellite mounting, 80/40m dipoles..)
• March 20th - Third Saturday (Westend) Electronics Sidewalk Sale
• March 25th - Last Thursday SMU ARC meeting (tentatively 3:30 pm)
  Possible Topic: Flight of Fenix - amateur radio balloon to edge of space!...
• March 27th - Lake Whitney Amateur Radio Society - WA5BU - activates Baylor University Amateur Radio Club at Lake
• April 3rd - First Saturday - Electronics Sidewalk Sale
• April 6th - DARC meeting (Midway Point Restaurant) (see DARC)
• April 10th - Second Saturday Love Field Licensing Event
• April 17th - Third Saturday (Westend) Electronics Sidewalk Sale
• April 29th - Last Thursday SMU ARC meeting - officer elections
• May 1st - First Saturday - Electronics Sidewalk Sale
• May 4th - DARC meeting (Midway Point Restaurant) (see DARC)
• May 8th - Second Saturday Love Field Licensing Event (Extra Class..)
• May 15th - Third Saturday (Westend) Electronics Sidewalk Sale
• May 27th - Last Thursday SMU ARC meeting - final officers meeting
• June 1st - DARC meeting (Midway Point Restaurant) (see DARC)
• June 5th - First Saturday - Electronics Sidewalk Sale
• June 12th - Second Saturday Love Field Licensing Event (Extra Class..)
• June 12-14th - ARRL VHF Party
• June 18/19th - Hamcom Amateur Radio Convention (Arlington Tx)
• June 19th - Third Saturday (Westend) Electronics Sidewalk Sale
• June 24th - Last Thursday SMU ARC meeting - Summer projects - Shortwave Antenna Upgrade Projects
• June 25-27th - Field Day activities - simulated emergency power and field operations
  White Rock Lake Site - with Dallas Amateur Radio Club; emergency communications operations demonstrations
• June 29th - AMSAT OSCAR ECHO Satellite launch (Baikonur)
• July 3rd - First Saturday - Electronics Sidewalk Sale
• July 6th - DARC meeting (Midway Point Restaurant) (see DARC)
• July 10th - Second Saturday Love Field Licensing Event (Extra Class..)
• July 10-11th - International Amateur Radio Union Shortwave HF World Championships
• July 17-18th - Museum Ships Special Event - USS Constitution, USS Kidd, USS Salem (Certificate)
• July 17th - Special Event celebrating the 35th Anniversary of Moon Landings (K8QLY 1300-1900Z; 14.250/7.260; certificate)
• July 17th - Third Saturday (Westend) Electronics Sidewalk Sale
• July 29th - Last Thursday SMU ARC meeting - Antenna Upgrade Projects
• July 31st - Aug. 9th - Indianapolis Motor Speedway Special Event
• August 3rd- DARC meeting (Midway Point Restaurant) (see DARC)
• August 6-8th - Annual Pro Football Hall of Fame Festival Special Event Station
• August 6-10th - Centenary of Marconi's Experiments at Mount Ancona (Italy)
• August 7th - 214th Anniversary of the U.S. Coast Guard (K4CG)
• August 7th - First Saturday - Electronics Sidewalk Sale
• August 7-8th - ARRL UHF Contest
• August 14th - Antenna Raising Party (2 p.m. at W5YF)
• August 14th- Second Saturday Love Field Licensing Event (Extra Class..)
• August 14-15th - Navajo Code Talkers Day Commemoration Special Event
• August 18th - SMU Student Organizations Fair - recruiting new members among incoming students...
• August 21st - Third Saturday (Westend) Electronics Sidewalk Sale
• August 21-22nd - ARRL 10 GHz and Up Contest
• August 21-22nd - Bicentennial of Lewis and Clark Corps of Discovery (Certificate)
• August 26th - Last Thursday SMU ARC meeting - Shortwave Listening and Amateur Radio
• September 4th - First Saturday - Electronics Sidewalk Sale
• September 7th - DARC meeting (Midway Point Restaurant) (see DARC)
• September 11th - Second Saturday Love Field Licensing Event
• September 11-12th - ARRL September VHF QSO Party
• September 18th - Third Saturday (Westend) Electronics Sidewalk Sale
• September 18-19th - ARRL 10 Gigahertz and Up Contest
• September 30th - Last Thursday SMU ARC meeting - Radio Controlled Model Airplane amateur television video (90 min.)
• October 2nd - First Saturday - Electronics Sidewalk Sale
• October 5th - DARC meeting (Midway Point Restaurant) (see DARC)
• October 9th - Second Saturday Love Field Licensing Event
• October 14-16th - Microwave Update Conference by North Texas Microwave Society (Irving)
• October 16th - Dallas Amateur Radio Club Annual Auction - bargains!! ;-)
• October 16th - Third Saturday (Westend) Electronics Sidewalk Sale
• October 23rd - Mentor-fest 2004 free ham mentoring event (in Irving Tx)
• October 28th - Last Thursday SMU ARC meeting - possible topic - Lockheed Martin Club High Altitude Balloon Borne Amateur Radio Project
• November 2nd - DARC meeting (Midway Point Restaurant) (see DARC)
• November 6th - First Saturday - Electronics Sidewalk Sale
• November 6-8th - ARRL November Sweepstakes Contest (CW)
• November 13th - Second Saturday Love Field Licensing Event
• November 18th - (note date due to Thanksgiving) Thursday SMU ARC meeting - possible topic - Amateur Radio Satellite Demonstration
• November 20th - Third Saturday (Westend) Electronics Sidewalk Sale
• November 20-22nd - ARRL November Sweepstakes Contest (Phone)
• November 25th - Thanksgiving Holiday
• December 3-5th - ARRL 160 Meter Contest
• December 4th - First Saturday - Electronics Sidewalk Sale
• December 7th - DARC meeting (Midway Point Restaurant) (see DARC)
• December 9th - Thursday SMU ARC meeting for Club officers - end of term and Xmas vacation projects
• December 11th - Second Saturday Love Field Licensing Event
• December 11-12th - ARRL 10 Meter Contest
• December 25th - Saturday (Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to All!)