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Uploaded to the files section is a copy of the Flier for our 29th of February 2020?
Hide out from Sadie Hawkins on Leap Year Day 2020 at the W?VFW 2nd Dead of Winter Extravaganze.

The flier is double sided , but you may print it to distribute it. Copies will be at the Derby Radio Shack, at the VFW post and I am taking a handful to the TECH-NI-CHAT annual meeting tonight at 7pm. The previous post has information on that meeting tonight.

We will be opening our doors to the public and other hams. We are planning on having chili and hot dogs by donation. A covered dish or dessert would be welcomed. I am asking for volunteers. If you have a go box or a satellite antenna & HT hookup, maybe you can demonstrate working it. I have kn idea what will be over head. WE may have our FUSION REPEATERS OPERATIONAL BY THEN. I myself purchased a NanoVNA this past week. I would hope to be able to demonstrate that. I also have a SharkRF openspot 2.?

Be sure to thank Mark at the Derby Radio Shack for his generous donation of 2 $25 gift certificates. We need people to demonstrate their favorite aspect of ham radio. We have a membership special that day- join for $20? and get 5 FREE raffle tickets. That's a full 2020 membership.

If you can volunteer please do so. If you can talk it up on the air and off, please do so. One thing I think would be a neat club project is to have a group buy of the D4D transceivers. They sell for $29 for the kit with a metal case, the only thing is if you buy 1-5 the postage is the same..Hense the group by.

A little bit of an update. Last Saturday Pat KC?ZRY and I W8LM, attended the TECH-NI-CHAT annual meeting. This group has been active in Wichita since 1963. They own the 146.94 and 444.000 repeaters and thanks to a lot of work by other amateurs and a Federal Grant they were able to make repairs and upgrade their site to a new Motorola commercial repeater. They are located on a TV tower in Colwich at over 500 feet. It requires them to pay big dollars for professional climbers. They are the wide coverage repeater in the area.? At the meeting a number of Door prizes were raffled to various members. They have made their way to W?VFW's extravaganza as donations. We now have a brand new ARRL 2020 Handbook as one of our prizes..
We have invited TECH-NI-CHAT to our Extravaganza, to inform us of their offerings, offer membership and fellowship. At the end of the year they will be insolvent as Insurance is the single biggest expense they have and is on going. You may want to consider joining. There is a membership box at Radio Shack. Membership is $25 for the entire family, if hams.

Our raffle prizes have arrived (Yaesu FT70D and NanoVNA) and when making the order, I mentioned they were raffle prizes, Gigaparts, Inc. sent along 2 baseball hats with their logo on them to include in our door prizes.

I am in the process of obtaining additional things for this event.? I do not plan to let it fail because of lack of participation. However I can't do it all by myself.

We have reserved the VFW middle and back room for the Day, The wait staff asked if any extra barmaids will be needed. I expect anyone that attends uses the front Canteen for beverages. Which brings us to Food. There are a number of ways to go, We could even have one ham I know take over the food end of the event. I'm thinking of Chili and also Hot Dogs. Additionally, covered dishes from other members. Cookies or Donuts and such. We WILL be asking for donations to cover the food expenses and such items as paper plates, plastic sporks and napkins.

If anyone wants to head up our "kitchen" please contact me. It can be by donation, or by reimbursement of expenses by collected donations.

Next- Demonstrations - Show and Tell. Would anyone want to demonstrate their passion in Ham Radio. Demonstrations can include kits, Groups you belong to, Go boxes, Antenna's , NovaVNA, HOTSPOTS,? Microwave and such. In the middle room, there is a widescreen TV that I understand can run You Tube type video's via a laptop attachment. if you'd like to use it.? If you have something you'd like to promote contact me w8lm@...

Finally- (Hallelujah) We need someone (Jennifer?) that can register guests, offer memberships (2020 members get 5 free raffle tickets). Give each guest 1 door prize ticket and on the side sell additional raffle tickets $1 each or 6 for $5.? Volunteers please contact me w8lm@...