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Treasures From Your Trunk HAMFEST

Treasures From Your Trunk Amateur Radio Hamfest and Swap Meet * Date: Saturday, June 4, 2011 * Time: 7:00am - 2:00pm * Location: Volunteer Center of Racine County, Inc * Street: 6216 Washington Avenue * City/Town: Racine, WI 53406 No Admission Ham Fest (Ham Radio Swap Meet) Free for buyers and vendors Back Parking lot at the Volunteer Center of Racine County, Inc. Free to buyers and sellers. Ham Radio, Computers, Lighting, Stereo, Audio, Electronics, Radios, Video, Car Audio and more. Various Amateur Radio Demonstrations In the Back Parking Lot http://www.rcares.org/

 
 

KR9RK Board 2011

KR9RK 2011 Board The Lakeshore Repeater Association board of directors for 2011 President Tom Burger - KA9KJE Vice-President Dave Hegyera - WB9NF Secretary Paul Giannoni - KC9PG Treasurer Jim Markstrom - KB9MMA Trustee Alex Voss - N9RGX Technical Chairman Gene Haney - WB9ZKY

 
 

Megacycle Club FreeFest

The Racine Megacycle Club, W9UDU will be hosting its Third Annual Freefest hamfest. The hamfest will be on Saturday August 14, 2010 7A-1P in Firemen's Park located at 9600 Charles Street, Sturtevant, WI. The Freefest features free admission to both buyers and sellers.
  • Ham Radio, Electronics, Computers
  • Plenty of free parking
  • Entire event outdoors
  • Bring your own tables and chairs
  • Vendor setup 6:00AM
  • Catch up with old Friends
  • Playground area for children
  • Food and beverages available
  • Restrooms
  • No Electricity
  • No Camping
42.70363900°N, -87.89984900°W Talk-in KR9RK/R 147.270MHz(+) PL 127.3 Download Flyer For Freefest Info: Contact Bob Frederiksen KB9ZAF – (414) 815-6649 Website

 
 

10 Year Old's Ham Radio Tower Must Come Down (Wisconsin)

The Mt. Pleasant Plan Commission decided Wednesday to deny a family's request to keep their ham radio. The Markstrom family has a 62 foot tower in their Mt. Pleasant yard. They say it is used for emergency communications and it's a favorite hobby for their 10 year old son Samm. Samm has Cerebral Palsy. He's won awards for using his radio to help others.

 
 

Neighbors speak out against ham radio tower (Wisconsin)

Ten neighbors have signed a petition asking the village to force a family of ham radio enthusiasts to remove a 62-foot tower from their backyard.

 
 

Third Annual Freefest

The Racine Megacycle Club, W9UDU will be hosting its Third Annual Freefest hamfest. The hamfest will be on Saturday August 14, 2010 7A-1P in Firemen's Park located at  9600 Charles Street, Sturtevant, WI. The Freefest features free admission to both buyers and sellers.
  • Ham Radio, Electronics, Computers
  • Plenty of free parking
  • Entire event outdoors
  • Bring your own tables and chairs
  • Vendor setup 6:00AM
  • Catch up with old Friends
  • Playground area for children
  • Food and beverages available
  • Restrooms
  • No Electricity
  • No Camping
42.70363900°N, -87.89984900°W Talk-in 147.270MHz(+) PL 127.3 Contact Bob Frederiksen KB9ZAF - (414) 815-6649 Third Annual Freefest Flyer

 
 

Treasures from your trunk Hamfest swap meet

The Treasures From Your Trunk swap meet will be held Saturday,  June 5, from 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the back parking lot of 6216 Washington Ave., the Volunteer Center of Racine County. There is no admissioncharge for buyers or sellers. Featured will be ham radio items, computers,  lighting, stereo, audio, electronics, video, car audio and more.

 
 

Robert Schultz, K9ASQ - SK

Robert Schultz, K9ASQ of Oshkosh died unexpectedly Friday, May 14, 2010. He was born March 13, 1930, in Neenah, son of Arthur and Clare (Haertl) Schultz. Bob married Patricia E. Meier June 19, 1954, in Menasha. He was employed at Twin Disc, Inc., Racine, in Human Resources for over 30 years until his retirement.

 
 

Treasures From Your Trunk Hamfest

Treasures from Your Trunk Swap Meet
Saturday June 5, 2010 —7A-2P
6216 Washington Avenue, Racine, WI (Back Parking Lot)

  • Treasures from Your Trunk Amateur Radio Hamfest and Swap Meet
  • No Admission Ham Fest (Ham Radio Swap Meet)
  • Back Parking lot at the Volunteer Center of Racine County, Inc.
  • Free to buyers and sellers.

Featuring Items:
Ham Radio, Computers, Lighting, Stereo, Audio, Electronics, Radios, Video, Car Audio and more.

Back Parking Lot — 6216 Washington Avenue, Racine, WI

http://www.rcares.org/


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Hamfests are events organized by amateur radio enthusiasts, for social gathering and promotion of the amateur radio hobby. It is mainly a flea market featuring radio and electronics items of interest mainly to Amateur Radio enthusiasts, and the general public is encouraged to attend and participate.

It is not unknown for a seller to ask more for a single part from the box than for the entire box, the intent being to have less stuff when it's time to go home than the seller arrived with.

Larger old items are often referred to as boat anchors with the suggestion that they are obsolete and of such low value that this is the only use left for them. Numerous jokes are based on this concept, and some sellers will tie ropes to handles, or post signs on especially large and heavy items seeking customers who own aircraft carriers.

Regular attendees often visit their first hamfest in search of some piece of equipment, but end up returning due to the social aspect.

"Ham" is the slang word often used to refer to amateur radio operators who are tested and licensed by world governments to operate their personal two-way radio sets and do non-commercial (amateur) communication with their fellow hobbyists around the globe.

 
 

We Need Your Help

We need your help We do our part to provide Amateur Radio repeater service in Southeastern Wisconsin. But we need your help to keep going. As the Lakeshore Repeater Association is a 501(c)(3) not for profit corporation, to make a tax deductible contribution is easy. You are also encouraged to join the Lakeshore Repeater Association or renew your membership for 2010. Without your help we may not be able to maintain both the UHF and VHF KR9RK Repeater systems.

 
 

Wisconsin town may silence 10-year-old ham radio operator

Samm Markstrom is a 10-year-old ham radio fanatic who suffers from cerebral palsy. His family says the hobby has changed his life by building his self confidence. "There are a lot of days he can't get outside to play and he gets really depressed and upset," mother Catherine Markstrom says.

 
 

Mt. Pleasant Boy Fights To Keep Ham Radio (Wisconsin)

A 10-year-old Mt. Pleasant boy who has won awards for his ham radio communications may now be forced to take down the tower he uses in his back yard.

 
 

Family fears son will lose tower (Wisconsin)

A 10-year-old ham radio operator from Mount Pleasant won a civic award for relaying severe weather information. But, village leaders in his community are threatening to take down the radio tower that relayed the critical report of a Kenosha tornado to local National Weather Service office.

 
 

10-Year-Old's Radio Tower May be Illegal (Wisconsin)

Samm Markstrom is a 10 year old ham radio fanatic who suffers from cerebral palsy. His family says the hobby has changed his life by building his self confidence.

 
 

Mount Pleasant Officials Will Decide on Boy's Ham Radio Tower Wednesday (Wisconsin)

The Plan Commission in Mount Pleasant will decide Wednesday whether a 10-year-old boy will have to take down his ham radio tower, just days after he won a heroism award for using it. Samm Markstrom was honored by the county?s Volunteer Center, for telling the National Weather Service in Sullivan about a rare winter tornado that hit nearby Kenosha last January.

 
 

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