K1EIC Newsletter

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Betsey reminds us about the two Hamfests this weekend and talks about the World Radiosport Team Championship competition to be held in Massachusetts in July of this year.

Two hamfests this weekend: the Eastern CT ARA hamfest Saturday at St.
Joseph’s Church Hall in Dayville and the Southington Hamfest Sunday
at the Southington High School. See the last Section news at
http://ct.arrl.org for details. Due to a funeral which I must attend,
I will not be at the ECARA fest.

The annual ARES meeting will be held at 11:00 a.m. at the Southington
Hamfest. This is a chance to receive updates and meet other ARES
members you hear on the air.

Here’s another note from Doug K1DG which you will not want to miss.
You can be part of the "Ham Radio Olympics"

The World Radiosport Team Championship (WRTC) will be held in
Massachusetts July 12-13, 2014. Like the Olympics or the Boston
Marathon, this event draws the "best of the best" from around the
world. Fifty-nine two-operator teams will be set up with
Field-Day-style stations on 16 properties around the Route 495
corridor, from Pepperell in the north to Plymouth and Taunton in the
south.

The international teams will compete to see which team can make the
most contacts with the most countries and take home the gold medal.
ThisOlympic-style world championship will be widely covered in the
local, regional, and national media and provide excellent publicity for
amateur radio.

The WRTC2014 organizers need volunteers to help with this
once-in-a-lifetime event. The biggest need at the moment is for people
to help set up and keep an eye on the stations and provide local
transportation for the teams between the headquarters hotel in
Westborough and the sites.

Several clubs in the area have "adopted" one or more sites. Perhaps
your club would be interested in doing this as a club project. We'd be
happy to send someone to your next club meeting to provide more
details.

Please visit http://www.wrtc2014.org/volunteer to sign up and tell us
how you would like to help make this exciting event a success.

Learn more about WRTC2014 at http://www.wrtc2014.org.

73,

Doug Grant, K1DG

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ARRL Connecticut Section
Section Manager: Betsey M Doane, K1EIC
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