9 Feb     Traverse City, MI
Cherryland Hamfest, 8 AM to Noon at Immaculate Conception Grade School, 720 Second St. Admission $5 at the door; talk-in on 146.86 repeater. www.carc.tc

17 Feb    Livonia, MI
Livonia Hamfest 8 AM to Noon at Civil Park Senior Center, 15218 Farmington Rd.  Admission $5 at the door; talk-in on 145.35 repeater.  www.livoniaARC.com
Paul WD8JOM

After having dug to a depth of 10 yards last year, New York scientists found traces of copper wire dating back 100 years and came to the conclusion that their ancestors already had a telephone network more than 100 years ago.
Not to be outdone by the New Yorkers, in the weeks that followed, California scientists dug to a depth of 20 yards, and shortly after, headlines in the LA Times newspaper read: 'California archaeologists have found traces of 200 year old copper wire and have concluded that their ancestors already had an advanced high-tech communications network a hundred years earlier than the New Yorkers.
One week later, 'Ames Tribune,' a local newspaper in Iowa reported the following : ' After digging as deep as 30 yards in corn fields near Ames, Hans Johnson, a self-taught archaeologist, reported that he found absolutely nothing. Hans has therefore concluded that 300 years ago, Iowa had already gone wireless.'

Jack L. Stone

ADAMS, KEITH
BLACKMAN, JAMES
BOOTH, BILLY W
BOOTH, BRIDGET E
BUSH, ELIZABETH R
CHAPMAN, ALLAN W
CIPCIC, JAMES A
COX, JACK W
CURTIS, GEOFF C
CURTIS, REBECCA L
DAVIDSON, JOHN R
DAVIDSON, MARION
DAVIDSON, ROSEMARY
DAVIS, NORMAN E
FINDLEY, MARY L
FINDLEY, OSCAR
GERBER, DAVID
GOODIN, PAUL R
GUERIN, GEORGE
HALBERT, STEPHANIE
HILLS, ROBERT F
HURT, GARY P
JOHNSON, JASON
KELLOGG, DAVID
KINGSBURY, ROBERT G
LARKIN, DON
LONGMAN, JERALD L
LYSTER, JOHN J
MORENO, JESSE
PAYNE, LARRY L
PETERSON, RICHARD L
PROSSER, DONALD J
RAUTMAN, KARL M
REED, BRONSON
REED, JAMES E
RYASON, LOUIS H
SHELDON, JIM LEE
SHELDON, NANCY
SMITH, DAVID M
SOOTSMAN, DAVID T
TALBOT, ERIC R
TEW, ARNOLD E
THURTLE, RICHARD V
VANNOCKER, WALTER J
WESTRICK, HOWARD J
WILCOX, HOWARD
WILCOX, MAMIE E
WILLIAMS, BEVERLY J
WILLIAMS, CHARLES O
WILLIAMS, GARY H
WILLIAMS, MARY (GINGER
WILSON, LEO JR

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Kalamazoo SMART Club is sponsoring a bus to the Dayton Hamvention and is looking for enough passengers to fill the bus. Fee of $100 includes transportation to and from, Continental breakfast on the bus, Hamvention tickets, Noon-time storage of purchases on bus and dinner on way home. Travel time is 4:00 leaving in the morning till 10:00 arrival home at night.
$20 will secure your spot and is refundable only if trip is cancelled. It may be transferred, however.
Contact for details:
       Dennis Boersema
       269-720-2520
       dboersema1@charter.net

You are a Redneck Ham Operator if...
1.  One leg of your dipole is tied to the outhouse.
2.  Needle nose pliers are needed to turn your transceiver on and off.
3.  You paid more for your mobile antenna than you did for your wife's wedding ring.
4.  You paused for ID every ten minutes while on your honeymoon.
5.  Your spouse says, "Honey, do you love me?" And your response is ROGER ROGER ROGER!
6.  Your trailer home is part of your antenna.
7.  Your mobile radio costs more than the vehicle it's mounted in.
8.  Your power supply consists of jumper cables hanging out the window of your shack attached to the battery of your truck.
9.  Your HF rig is the latest ICOM or KENWOOD and your Desk Mic came from Radio Shack.
10.  Your idea of RF is REAL FINE audio.
11.  Your homebrew amplifier resembles a moonshine whiskey still in Alabama.
12.  Your TV antenna and 10 Meter Beam are one in the same.
13.  You own a linear amplifier but not a lawn mower.
Matt N8JWC