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UPCOMING SPECIAL EVENTS:

Making Contacts

Stella's Special Event
Location: Buckingham Air Field
Tuesday-Thursday, March 8-10, 2011
0900-1600 hours local time each day
Volunteers needed to help operate
If you would like to volunteer, please contact Stella Gurka, WB2FAU:
(239) 303-3383 or (239) 691-5217

Foxhunt
Saturday, February 5, 2011 1100 hours
Location: North Fort Myers Community Center, 2021 N Tamiami
North Fort Myers, FL

Frequencies that may be used for this event are: 144.900, 146.565 and 146.430.

The Ft. Myers Amateur Radio Club is celebrating Thomas Edison's Birthday at the Thomas Edison estate in Ft. Myers. This will be our 17th year. We would appreciate volunteers to operate and/or log, any day they can attend and any time. Please call Stella to get put on the list.

We had a very successful special even at the Edison Ford Estate even with weather and other problems. Thanks to all the club and non-club members that made this happen. A special thanks to Roland W4UDK for his guidance and knowledge in making this a successful event.

We had a great crew on Sunday [2/11/07] to put up the antenna. A special thanks to:

G. E. Sammons         Bill Pavela
Ed Radke                Roland Wallace
Wendall Chapman   Leon Rediske
Addison Lawrence   Herman Kuipers

The weather was beautiful today. We met a lot of hams visiting the Edison Home.

Every year as a special event we participate in the week long celebration of the Edison Pageant Of Lights. We operate an amateur radio station between Thomas Edison's and Henry Ford's winter estates in Fort Myers, Florida. We send certificates to contacts made during this week. We also send messages for visitors. To volunteer contact the following:

Stella J.Gurka WB2FAU, Chairlady for "Special Event" that was held at the Thomas Edison Estate in Fort Myers, the week of Feb. 12 to 16, 2007. It was a very fun week. There were a total of 15 folks that volunteered their time to operate, log, set-up and break-down. We made a total of 1066 contacts around the country and some European countries. It was a great exercise in setting up a portable station in case of an emergency situation. It was also a good exercise in managing, hearing call signs with interference. We made contact with many Middle & High Schools and Universities, since it was School Round-up week and we were able to give them extra points by contacting our Special Event. It was a great way to promote our FMARC Club in Fort Myers. Our Club is known around the country because of this activity. Our tent was set-up at the foot of the Caloosahatchee River. We had a few cool days, but had a lot of fun. We also had many folks stop by inquiring what we were doing. Maybe next year some of you would like to participate in the fun. Thanks again for all those that helped out. 73 & 88