No current events at this time. February 2008.
SPECIAL EVENTS
Past
Edison Ford
Birthday Celebration 2007
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.
Edison Ford
Birthday Celebration 2007
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:
Edison
Special Event Station pictures
Stella's message about the 2007
event:
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
Stella
WB2FAU
