So near, yet so far! I may have to sneak over Friday, and stay for Saturday. I'll be in Boulder for a workshop all the previous week, so I can't get in before Thursday night. This is looking promising, though! 73 gerry n5jxs On Mon, May 6, 2013 at 5:20 PM, Judson Ahern <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Estes Park in June, anyone? > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Steve Williams <[log in to unmask]> > Date: Sun, May 5, 2013 at 8:42 PM > Subject: HamCon Colorado 2013 > To: [log in to unmask] > > > Hello Judson, > > > > As you're probably aware, we're gearing up for an outstanding ARRL Rocky > Mountain Division Convention to be held in Estes Park, Colorado, June > 27-30, 2013. > > > > Yes, you read those dates correctly! > > > > Four days of amateur radio excellence jam packed with technical sessions > and forums, a very rare WWV tour, a Denver ARTCC (Air Route Traffic Control > Center) tour, superb speakers, W1AW/Ø operations, vendors, exhibitors, a > special DX University session, a prominent storm chaser (Tim Samaras of the > Discovery Channel), contests, QSL card checking, a silent auction for > radios, a visit to the Estes Park Astronomical Observatory, and much more. > > > > We had 500 attendees here in 2009 (the division convention is in Colorado > every 4th year), and we're expecting around 650 this time. Our confirmed > exhibitor list now includes Arrow Antenna, Flex Radio Systems, Ham Radio > Outlet, Icom, Pixel Technologies, RT Systems, Southwest Antennas & > Accessories, US Tower, Yaesu, several other pending exhibitors and a number > of area clubs and organizations. > > > > Did we mention prizes? We’ve got a ton of GREAT prizes to win! > > > > We'd be honored to meet you and the other University Of Oklahoma ARCmembers at this stellar event! Would you please consider forwarding this > message to your members, and posting it to your club web site? We've got > some nice web site banners, and if you'd like to include one of those, > please let me know and we'll send them to you right away! > > > > Full details > > http://www.HamConColorado.org <http://www.hamconcolorado.org/>. > > > > Technical sessions: > > http://www.hamconcolorado.org/wordpress/?page_id=210 > > > > DX University: > > > http://www.hamconcolorado.org/wordpress/?page_id=1269#!/~/product/category=0&id=22463619 > > > > Registration: > > http://www.hamconcolorado.org/wordpress/?page_id=137 > > > > Accommodations: > > http://www.hamconcolorado.org/wordpress/?page_id=1116 > > > > Please let me know of any questions or comments, and thanks for your > consideration! > > > > 73, > > > > Steve > > ____________________ > > *Steve Williams, KØSRW* > > *Chairman, HamCon Colorado* > > Email: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]> > > Mobile: 719-337-8103 > > > > > 73, > > Steve > > ____________________**** > > *Steve Williams, KØSRW* > > *Chairman, HamCon Colorado* > > Web: http://www.HamConColorado.org > > Email: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]> > > Mobile: 719-337-8103 > > -- Gerry Creager NSSL/CIMMS 405.325.6371 ++++++++++++++++++++++ “Big whorls have little whorls, That feed on their velocity; And little whorls have lesser whorls, And so on to viscosity.” Lewis Fry Richardson (1881-1953)