Yes, thanks Vince for passing along the "official" USAF announcement.
This is also a good lead-in for me to again recruit operators for our
effort in the QSO Party mentioned below.
The SACMARC is planning to operate for the 51st Anniversary of the
United States Air Force during a repeat of last year's QSO Party, to be
held this year on the weekend of September 19th and 20th (same weekend
as the Omaha Corporate Cup 10K Race). Due to an editorial oversight,
this was accidentally omitted from the Ham Hum event calendar.
Plans at present (that look pretty much set in stone, barring any last-
minute exigencies or disapproval) are to operate K0AIR at Fred Groce's
(K0FG) place and K0GRL at the Detachment at Elkhorn. The SAC Museum was
pretty well booked up, but we can probably secure a place for next
year's operation with an early reservation. We're pretty much set up
with HF at Fred Groce's place, but I'm sure Elkhorn could use an HF rig
and antennas (setup of antennas a few days earlier would be desirable at
Elkhorn, especially considering that Elkhorn military staff will be
putting up the antennas for security and liability reasons).
If you are interested, please contact Clay Mayrose at WA6LBU@aol.com, or
me at pschleck@novia.net. More information about the AF Anniversary QSO
Party may be obtained from the SACMARC home page:
http://www.novia.net/~pschleck/sacmarc/
We will also be discussing the operation and finalizing plans at our
September meeting on Wednesday, September 16th at the Bank of Bellevue
at 7:30 PM (I'll also have a more detailed announcement with our exact
meeting agenda about a week prior to that).
73, Paul, K3FU
SACMARC President
K0AIR Trustee
> Thought this might be of interest to the group.
>
> Vince Williams
> N1UFG
>
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> 981244. Air Force seeks 'hams' for anniversary party
> WASHINGTON (AFNS) -- Amateur radio operators or "hams" from around the globe
> can celebrate the 51st anniversary of the Air Force in a high-tech way, with a
> worldwide radio "QSO party." The party is set for 12:01 a.m. Sept. 19th to
> 11:59 p.m. Sept. 20th Universal Coordinated Time. QSO is ham radio shorthand
> for "radio contact." Hams are licensed by their governments to develop radio
> skills, improve radio science, provide disaster and public service
> communications, and build international goodwill. The U.S. Federal
> Communications Commission has issued such licenses to more than 700,000
> people. Hundreds of thousands of citizens of other nations are similarly
> licensed by their governments. Started last year as a one-time celebration of
> the Air Force 50th anniversary, the QSO party has become an annual event at
> the request of
> hundreds of last year's participants from around the world. The event is
> sponsored by the Air Force directorate of communications and information, and
> managed by the Razorback Radio Club. Its trustee, Col. Bernie Skoch (amateur
> radio call sign K5XS), is director of systems at the Air Force Communications
> and Information Center at the Pentagon. Hams have a historical practice of
> using the Morse code to communicate.
>
> They couple this practice with modern communication techniques such as voice
> communications, radio teletype, television, facsimile, and even computer-to-
> computer communications over radio. Space shuttle astronauts communicate
> real-time information to classrooms worldwide via ham radio. The QSO party
> has been structured to make contact with Air Force veterans attractive to
> participants by awarding "points" to those members who entered the Air Force
> the earliest, the colonel said. "A formula will be used which subtracts the
> year a radio operator first entered the U.S. Air Force from 1998," said Skoch.
> "Hams compete in the contest by adding up the point values for all of their
> contacts during the QSO party.
> "Certificates will be awarded to the top three finishers in each U.S. state
> and foreign country; a plaque will be awarded to the overall winner," he said.
>
> For more details e-mail Skoch at k5xs@Compuserve.com or write the club at 8437
> Wesley Stinnett Blvd, Chesapeake Beach, MD 20732.
>
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