Hi Hal...good to see you there and also glad you had fun....I am awaiting more responses from the membership to see if this is a project we want to undertake...lets see where this goes...de Rick nq4i<br><br>
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<p><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">This sounds like a great idea to me. This was my first </span></font><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">
Huntsville</span></font><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> 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
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<p><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">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
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and a good chance to meet and greet our TCG friends. </span></font><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Ill</span></font><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="2">
<span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> be presenting there along with W4PA and other contesters.</span></font></p>
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<p><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">I'm all for sponsoring a hospitality suite – count me in for support. A contest forum sounds good as well.</span>
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<p><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">73, Hal</span></font></p>
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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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<p style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">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.....
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<p style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">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....
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