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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Hi Rick,</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>This sounds like a great idea to me.
This was my first </span></font><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Huntsville</span></font><font
size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:navy'> hamfest – but Ill be going back. I thought the
drive was easy, the venue first rate (air conditioned flea market – OKAY!),
and the size was really FB – not too small, not too big. I got to
see and talk with lots of friends from the extended area as well as the
ARRL. It won’t be an ARRL National Convention next year of course,
but it will still be a very good hamfest. The ARRL crew considers it one
of the “top ten” hamfests in the </span></font><font size=2
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color:navy'>US</span></font><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'> each year.</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>We have good relations now with TCG and ACG
as far as I can tell, but working together on a project for next year will help
strengthen those relationships. The Ten-Tec/SEDCO hamfest is coming up
next month (Sept 29) BTW – another good one that is an easy drive from </span></font><font
size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:navy'>Atlanta</span></font><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'> and a good chance to
meet and greet our TCG friends. </span></font><font size=2 color=navy
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Ill</span></font><font
size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:navy'> be presenting there along with W4PA and other contesters.</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>I’m all for sponsoring a hospitality
suite – count me in for support. A contest forum sounds good as
well.</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>73, Hal</span></font></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>N4GG</span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>-----Original Message-----<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>From:</span></b> secc-bounces@contesting.com
[mailto:secc-bounces@contesting.com] <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>On
Behalf Of </span></b>Rick Dougherty<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Monday, August 20, 2007 7:21
AM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> SECC<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> [SECC] Huntsville Hamfest</span></font></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt'>Hi Guys...just got home yesterday afternoon from the
Huntsville Hamfest...Jim VE7ZO and I were asked by the Ala Contest Group to do
a pair of presentations at the Hamfest...I was really impressed with this
hamfest...it's venue was well chosen...it was perfect size and very convenient
to both the Holiday Inn Select and the Embassy Suites hotels...the drive over
was very delightful....restaurants abound in the area....and the downtown
Huntsville area has a really wonderful historic district and a warm and homey
feel to it...(no I don't work for the Huntsville Chamber of Commerce, but I did
stay at the Holiday Inn Select) </span></font></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt'>The attendance by my estimate was over 2000
people...the fact it was the ARRL National Convention had to have some positive
impact as well...the major equipment manufacturers were well represented, as
well as the publishers of QST and CQ magazines...the flea market was ample, and
could have been a little larger in nature...the whole event was indoors and air
conditioned! </span></font></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt'>For those who made the trip, I am sure that the event
was enjoyed...SECC'ers seen at the Huntsville hamfest include N4GG, WB4SQ,
N4NX, N5BI, KC4BVF, VE7ZO, NQ4I, K4TD, KI4MTU, WA4ILO, and I am
sure others...if I forgot to mention your attendance...I apologize...too
many faces and so little time..... </span></font></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt'>Now for the meat of my post to the reflector...a
little brainstorming session was held, and the result was whether next
year at the Huntsville Hamfest the SECC and ACG, along with TCG and other
contest clubs and maybe dx clubs to have a convention within a convention...my
wife suggested a couple of hospitality suites Friday evening with Pizza,
Beer and Wine....we could have some workshops and presentations along with the
hamfest..if the clubs were sharing the responsibility of presentations, we
could have a very interesting agenda, along with some really neat
workshops...the purpose of this letter is to see if there is any interest in
the SECC to pursue this as a possibility...sound off ...keep your comments
positive please...I am very interested in improving our relationship with some
of the other clubs and forming possible alliances...they are our neighbors, and
as such we need to have good relationships with them...I see this as a possible
"small Dayton" type of hamfest...it could really grow into a drawing
factor from the SE US all the way to Texas and maybe as far east as NC...we
could sure use the social opportunity, and the forums could be of benefit to
all.... </span></font></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt'>73 de Rick NQ4I</span></font></p>
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