BARC Calendar

May 2009

• May 2 (Sat) — TRAINING — Technician License Class (part 1) from 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM, held at the McArdle Suite at Midlands Hospital.  More information is here or contact education@bellevuearc.org.
• May 2 (Sat) — Safety Expo.  Douglas County ARES will participate in the expo to be held at Westroads Mall.  The display will be outside and include VHF, UHF, HF and some digital stations set up to demonstrate the capabilities of ARES and RACES.  Contact NØTRK at n0trk@arrl.net if you can come and help with the demonstrations.
• May 2 (Sat) — HAMFEST — Ashland Annual Swap Meet from 8:00 AM to 1:00 PM at the Saunders County Fairgrounds in Wahoo, NE 1st and South Pine Streets.  Talk-in on 145.310-.  [flyer]
• May 9 (Sat) — TRAINING — Technician License Class (part 2) from 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM, held at the McArdle Suite at Midlands Hospital.  More information is here or contact education@bellevuearc.org.
• May 14 (Thu) — BARC Board Meeting at 7:30 PM, meeting at Lansky's in the Twin Creek shopping area near 36th Street and Highway 370.  Open to the membership.  More info here.
• May 16 (Sat)— FCC license testing.  Testing starts at 1:00 PM at Midlands Hospital in the Smith and McArdle Suites.  More information is here or contact education@bellevuearc.org.
• May 21 (Thu) — BARC General Membership Meeting at 7:30 PM, held at the Masonic Hall in Bellevue.  Open to anyone interested in amateur radio.  Business meeting will be followed by a presentation by Kelly Flint, NM7H, entitled "Qatar — Being the DX".  More info here.  This will also be our quarterly birthday celebration and there will be cake or cookies during the break.
• May 15-17 (Fri-Sun) — HAMFEST — Dayton Hamvention.  More info is at http://www.hamvention.org/.
• May 22-23 (Fri-Sat) — PUBSVC — Nebraska State High School Track Meet, at Burke High in Omaha.  We will be on hand to use our radio skills to help the officials and athletes in case of emergencies or any other communications help that they might need.  Events start at around 8:30 AM and run through the day.  For more info contact Pat Joseph KØCTU.
• May 25 (Mon) — Memorial Day Holiday.  Flag flies at half-staff until noon.
• May 30-31 (Sat-Sun) — PUBSVC — MS Bike Ride.  BARC provides communications and safety support to the Multiple Sclerosis Society's bike ride.  This ride covers two days and a lot of miles and will need several volunteers.