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!)