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Lake County RACES/ARES, Local and ARRL
National Activities Calendar for 2008

Local Information and ARRL events in black
Lake County RACES/ARES participation events bold and blue

February - 2008

18

LC RACES/ARES Board Meeting

21

Total Lunar Eclipse – North America

23

CQ WW 160-Meter SSB Contest

23

North American QSO Party–RTTY

23

WeLCARS TechFest, Fox Lake, IL, 9 AM – 1 PM

http://welcars.org/Events/2008-Hamfest/WeLCARS%20TechFest%20flyer.pdf

23

Cabin Fever Hamfest LaPort, Indiana http://www.k9jsi.org/

23

CQ WW 160-Meter SSB Contest

23 – 24

North American QSO Party–RTTY

March – 2008

1 – 2

International DX Contest–Phone

TBD

Illinois Severe Weather Awareness Week

3

RACES General Membership Meeting (Training- SKYWARN)

5

Emergency Management Coordinating Council of Lake County

9

Daylight Saving Time Begins “Spring Ahead” one hour

8

North American RTTY Sprint

10

VE Testing

15

Advanced Weather Spotter Seminar – Wheaton Collage Details at: http://weather.cod.edu/skywarn/spotter2008.pdf

17

LC RACES/ARES Board Meeting

22 – 23

CQ WW WPX SSB Contest

28-29

AES Superfest, Milwaukee http://www.aesham.com/superfest.shtml

TBD

Lake County Basic Weather Spotter Training

April – 2008

2

Emergency Management Coordinating Council of Lake County

5

Tornado & Severe Storm Seminar, Fermilab Ramsey Auditorium, 12PM & 6PM, Call (630) 840 2247 for more information.

7

LC RACES/ARES General Membership Meeting (Training- Bird Flu update with Capt. Larry Williams)

14

VE Testing

TBD

Scout First Aid Meet - Van Patten Woods

18

World Amateur Radio Day

21

LC RACES/ARES Board Meeting

22

Lyrids Meteor Shower

19

2007 Madison Area Repeater Assoc Hamfest http://www.qsl.net/mara/swapfest.html

26 - 27

ARRL VEC Amateur Exam Day

TBD

Spring Ham Cram

TBD

DeKalb Hamfest, Sandwich, IL http://www.kish-club.org/

May – 2008

5

LC RACES/ARES General Membership Meeting (Training- Madison to Chicago 200 Mile Relay & EmComm exercise)

7

Emergency Management Coordinating Council of Lake County

12

VE Testing

16 – 18

Dayton Hamvention, http://www.hamvention.org/

17

Armed Forces Day

TBD

Hurricane Awareness Week

18

51^st annual Des Plaines River Canoe Marathon http://www.canoemarathon.com

19

LC RACES/ARES Board Meeting

24 – 25

CQ WW WPX CW Contest

June – 2008

1

Atlantic hurricane season officially begins

2

LC RACES/ARES General Membership Meeting (Training- Field Day)

4

Emergency Management Coordinating Council of Lake County

6 – 7

MC200 Madison-to-Chicago 200 Relay & EMComm exercise

9

VE Testing

14 – 16

ARRL June VHF QSO Party

TBD

51^st Annual Six Meter Club of Chicago Hamfest (DuPage County Fairgrounds)

21

Kid’s Day

21

Amateur Radio Week begins

16

LC RACES/ARES Board Meeting

28 – 29

ARRL Field Day

July – 2008

No General Membership Meeting in July

12 – 13

IARU HF World Championship

13

Lake County RACES/ARES Family Picnic, Old School Forest Preserve, Shelter “D” starting at 1PM

14

VE Testing

21

LC RACES/ARES Board Meeting

19 – 20

CQ WW VHF Contest

19 – 20

North American QSO Party–RTTY

22 - 27

Lake County Fair, Grayslake

August – 2008

No General Membership Meeting in August

TBD

2008 Lake Zurich Triathlon, http://www.lztri.com/

2 – 3

ARRL UHF Contest

2 – 3

North American QSO Party–CW

11

VE Testing

13

Perseids Meteor Shower

16 – 17

ARRL 10 GHz and Up Cumulative Contest

16 – 17

North American QSO Party–Phone

18

LC RACES/ARES Board Meeting

September – 2008

1

National Preparedness Month Begins

3

Emergency Management Coordinating Council of Lake County

6

North American CW Sprint

7

2007 Lake Zurich Alpine Race, http://tinyurl.com/2upkas

8

LC RACES/ARES General Membership Meeting (Training- Care and Feeding of Batteries)

13

North American Phone Sprint

13 – 14

Radio Expo 2008 (Boone Co Fairgrounds, Belvidere IL) http://www.chicagofmclub.org/expoflyer.html

13 – 15

ARRL September VHF QSO Party

15

VE Testing

TBD

W9DXCC Convention, http ://www.w9dxcc.com/

20

Amateur Radio Public Awareness Day

TBD

Peoria Superfest 2008, http://www.peoriasuperfest.com

20 – 21

ARRL 10 GHz and Up Cumulative Contest

22

LC RACES/ARES Board Meeting

26-28

ARRL / TAPR Digital Communications Conference, Holiday Inn in Elk Grove Village, Illinois http://www.tapr.org/dcc.html

27

ARRL VEC Amateur Exam Day

27 – 28

CQ WW RTTY Contest

October – 2008

1

Emergency Management Coordinating Council of Lake County

4 – 5

ARRL Simulated Emergency Test (S.E.T.)

6

LC RACES/ARES General Membership Meeting (Training- TBD)

11

North American RTTY Sprint

13

VE Testing

18 – 19

Scouts – Jamboree On the Air (JOTA)

20

LC RACES/ARES Board Meeting

20 – 24

School Club Roundup

25 - 26

CQ WW DX SSB Contest

November – 2008

1 – 2

ARRL November Sweepstakes—CW

2

Daylight Saving Time Ends

3

LC RACES/ARES General Membership Meeting (Training- TBD)

4

Election Day

5

Emergency Management Coordinating Council of Lake County

10

VE Testing

TBD

Ft. Wayne Hamfest, http://www.acarts.com/hfmain.htm

15 - 16

ARRL November Sweepstakes--Phone

17

LC RACES/ARES Board Meeting

18

Leonids Meteor Shower

22 - 23

CQ WW DX CW Contest

30

Atlantic hurricane season officially ends

December - 2008

TBD

Skywarn Recognition Day

1

LC RACES/ARES General Membership Meeting (Holiday Party)

3

Emergency Management Coordinating Council of Lake County

6 - 7

ARRL 160 Meter Contest

8

VE Testing

13 - 14

ARRL 10 Meter Contest

15

LC RACES/ARES Board Meeting

31

ARRL Straight Key Night