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APRIL CONSORTIUM

 

April 7th 2025 at 7:00 pm??is the scheduled date and time?for the next?CONSORTIUM.??The meeting place is the Manville Rod and Gun club at?250 High Street Manville, RI.??This month's topic is...Basics of Multimeters.? The session will include a follow on from last months meeting relative to essential test equipment for a basic ham station.? Hope you all can attend.? Come early and take advantage of the dicussions that take place before the scheuled meeting. Remember you do not have to be a BVARC memeber or a licensed ham to attend? (although we would like to have you join) There are?no fees required to attend.??
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Bob W1YRC and Jim K1GND
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Follow up to K1RI Equipment Tests

 

This AM I have tested the following and found them to be in operable condition.
Yaesu 2m FT-2500m
Yaesu 2m FT 2500m and Kantronics Communicator 3 plus (Packet control)
Kenwood TM 281A
These items are now at my home QTH.
Apparently the smoke had little on no effect on the gear.? That gives me hope none of the other equipment has been damaged.
I will attempt to assemble all the related items for the Elecraft K3? inclucing Amplifier, ATU, Directional coupler and speakers.
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Jim J K1GND
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Re: partial list of K1RI equipment

 

?No need for the apology, Jim.??

On Tuesday, March 25, 2025 at 07:58:25 AM EDT, Jim and Ann via groups.io <anniemac28@...> wrote:


Partial list.
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Elecraft K3 Transceiver w/many accessories ( will test before sale)
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Kenwood Transceiver TS-950 SDX (Condition unknown)
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Kenwood Transceiver TS-711A (Will test before sale)
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Kenwood FM Transceiver TM 281-A (test before sale)
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Yaesu FM Transceiver FT-2500M (Will test before sale)
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I am reminding persons interested, these items were subjected to smoke resulting from the house fire. None were subjected to flames. If you are interested please contact me via email.? I will set up an appointment for the test.? Please only sincere interest to make it easy on me.?
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Jim J K1GND
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partial list of K1RI equipment

 

Partial list.
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Elecraft K3 Transceiver w/many accessories ( will test before sale)
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Kenwood Transceiver TS-950 SDX (Condition unknown)
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Kenwood Transceiver TS-711A (Will test before sale)
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Kenwood FM Transceiver TM 281-A (test before sale)
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Yaesu FM Transceiver FT-2500M (Will test before sale)
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I am reminding persons interested, these items were subjected to smoke resulting from the house fire. None were subjected to flames. If you are interested please contact me via email.? I will set up an appointment for the test.? Please only sincere interest to make it easy on me.?
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Jim J K1GND
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On my previous message that was incomplete

 

I apologize for not completing the list of K1RI's radio equipment.? I got an emegency phone call from Florida concerning my son.? That took up the rest of the afternoon and evening.
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I will post the list as soon as I'm able to spend more time on it.
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73 Jim K1GND
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Re: Radios for sale

 

GA? Jim,

? ? ? ? ? ? I, too, do not see any first group as of yet... "offered are the transceivers."??


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On Monday, March 24, 2025 at 12:05:29 PM EDT, Bruce Wood via groups.io <brucewood1950@...> wrote:


Have not seen any listings as of yet


On Mon, Mar 24, 2025 at 11:21?AM Bernie Krasowski via <bkrasowski=[email protected]> wrote:

GM,

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What¡¯s he got that I can¡¯t live without?

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73

Bernie

KD5QHV

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From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Jim and Ann via
Sent: Monday, March 24, 2025 7:19 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: [W1DDD] Radios for sale

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By now everyone is aware of the tragic home fire that ended up taking K1RI Bob's life.? His XYL Linda has asked me to arrange for the moving and sale of his radio equipment.? The moving is complete and all items are now in storage.? Because of the volume of the equipment involved, it is impossible to load all of it and move it to a ham fest type setup and subsequently re-loading what does not sell and transport it back to storage.

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Instead what I propose to do is offer any and all of the larger equipment as a single group with the idea of putting together a second and possibly third group as time goes by.? In order to do this those hams interested in viewing and possibly purchasing I would ask that they contact me.

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The first group to be offered are the transceivers consistion of the following:

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Re: Radios for sale

 

Have not seen any listings as of yet


On Mon, Mar 24, 2025 at 11:21?AM Bernie Krasowski via <bkrasowski=[email protected]> wrote:

GM,

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What¡¯s he got that I can¡¯t live without?

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73

Bernie

KD5QHV

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From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Jim and Ann via
Sent: Monday, March 24, 2025 7:19 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: [W1DDD] Radios for sale

?

By now everyone is aware of the tragic home fire that ended up taking K1RI Bob's life.? His XYL Linda has asked me to arrange for the moving and sale of his radio equipment.? The moving is complete and all items are now in storage.? Because of the volume of the equipment involved, it is impossible to load all of it and move it to a ham fest type setup and subsequently re-loading what does not sell and transport it back to storage.

?

Instead what I propose to do is offer any and all of the larger equipment as a single group with the idea of putting together a second and possibly third group as time goes by.? In order to do this those hams interested in viewing and possibly purchasing I would ask that they contact me.

?

The first group to be offered are the transceivers consistion of the following:

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Re: Radios for sale

 

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GM,

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What¡¯s he got that I can¡¯t live without?

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73

Bernie

KD5QHV

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From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Jim and Ann via groups.io
Sent: Monday, March 24, 2025 7:19 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: [W1DDD] Radios for sale

?

By now everyone is aware of the tragic home fire that ended up taking K1RI Bob's life.? His XYL Linda has asked me to arrange for the moving and sale of his radio equipment.? The moving is complete and all items are now in storage.? Because of the volume of the equipment involved, it is impossible to load all of it and move it to a ham fest type setup and subsequently re-loading what does not sell and transport it back to storage.

?

Instead what I propose to do is offer any and all of the larger equipment as a single group with the idea of putting together a second and possibly third group as time goes by.? In order to do this those hams interested in viewing and possibly purchasing I would ask that they contact me.

?

The first group to be offered are the transceivers consistion of the following:

?

?

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Radios for sale

 

By now everyone is aware of the tragic home fire that ended up taking K1RI Bob's life.? His XYL Linda has asked me to arrange for the moving and sale of his radio equipment.? The moving is complete and all items are now in storage.? Because of the volume of the equipment involved, it is impossible to load all of it and move it to a ham fest type setup and subsequently re-loading what does not sell and transport it back to storage.
?
Instead what I propose to do is offer any and all of the larger equipment as a single group with the idea of putting together a second and possibly third group as time goes by.? In order to do this those hams interested in viewing and possibly purchasing I would ask that they contact me.
?
The first group to be offered are the transceivers consistion of the following:
?
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Re: DX-FT8 7 band hF FT8 QRPp transceiver

 

Trust me it's coming for the next one. It's a bit in depth and will take me a few days to write it. 73 Matt NA1Q


On Thu, Mar 13, 2025, 08:16 Ray Vilnit via <kc1hqb=[email protected]> wrote:
This would have been a great article for the newsletter.


On Mar 12, 2025, at 9:44?PM, Matthew Penttila NA1Q via <mcpenttila=[email protected]> wrote:

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Well I was looking into POTA this summer, and wanted a rather minimal setup. I know I like doing FT8 and was looking at my options, the IC-7300 with a tablet, laptop, or cellphone. Then I looked at yhe QRPLabs QDX and QMX transceivers, but I still would need the laptop, tablet or cellphone. Then I ran across WB2CBA and W5BAA's DXFT8 QRP transceiver. This is a you have to build it from components and program it with firmware. So you order the RF board kit from Kees Talen K5BCQ via a paypal payment of $45.00, the STM32f746 Discovery Board from Digikey, a Micro SD card 8GB or larger, a CR2032 button cell for the real time clock, and a Mini USB cable for programming. Once everything arrived, I spent 2 hours using a very slow laptop installing the firmware in the STM32 and setting up the MicroSd card info file. I then spent another 4 hours soldering and assembling the radio. And once hooked up I had transmit but no receive. So I did a couple quick tests listed in the Groups Io DXFT8 board and discovered U1 a SMD IC was only half installed, like it shifted in the solding process, so I slid it back so all 4 tabs made contact with the board and that solved the problem. So I hooked it up to the antenna and powered it up, and it was now receiving. Unfortunately it is a QRPp transceiver which max power out on 40m is only 840 mW, on 10m its around 520 mW. Not bad for running off a 5V 1a USB Cellphone charger. You can power it with a 9 yo 15v external power source but it's only going to give less than 1 watt of RF. Plus side is it will run off one of those cellphone USB battery packs and the radio is about 1-1/8" thick and the same size as my cellphone with 3 times the weight. Now just need to add a SMA antenna and I'll be all set for POTA this year. 73 Matt NA1Q
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Re: DX-FT8 7 band hF FT8 QRPp transceiver

 

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This would have been a great article for the newsletter.


On Mar 12, 2025, at 9:44?PM, Matthew Penttila NA1Q via groups.io <mcpenttila@...> wrote:

?
Well I was looking into POTA this summer, and wanted a rather minimal setup. I know I like doing FT8 and was looking at my options, the IC-7300 with a tablet, laptop, or cellphone. Then I looked at yhe QRPLabs QDX and QMX transceivers, but I still would need the laptop, tablet or cellphone. Then I ran across WB2CBA and W5BAA's DXFT8 QRP transceiver. This is a you have to build it from components and program it with firmware. So you order the RF board kit from Kees Talen K5BCQ via a paypal payment of $45.00, the STM32f746 Discovery Board from Digikey, a Micro SD card 8GB or larger, a CR2032 button cell for the real time clock, and a Mini USB cable for programming. Once everything arrived, I spent 2 hours using a very slow laptop installing the firmware in the STM32 and setting up the MicroSd card info file. I then spent another 4 hours soldering and assembling the radio. And once hooked up I had transmit but no receive. So I did a couple quick tests listed in the Groups Io DXFT8 board and discovered U1 a SMD IC was only half installed, like it shifted in the solding process, so I slid it back so all 4 tabs made contact with the board and that solved the problem. So I hooked it up to the antenna and powered it up, and it was now receiving. Unfortunately it is a QRPp transceiver which max power out on 40m is only 840 mW, on 10m its around 520 mW. Not bad for running off a 5V 1a USB Cellphone charger. You can power it with a 9 yo 15v external power source but it's only going to give less than 1 watt of RF. Plus side is it will run off one of those cellphone USB battery packs and the radio is about 1-1/8" thick and the same size as my cellphone with 3 times the weight. Now just need to add a SMA antenna and I'll be all set for POTA this year. 73 Matt NA1Q
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DX-FT8 7 band hF FT8 QRPp transceiver

 

Well I was looking into POTA this summer, and wanted a rather minimal setup. I know I like doing FT8 and was looking at my options, the IC-7300 with a tablet, laptop, or cellphone. Then I looked at yhe QRPLabs QDX and QMX transceivers, but I still would need the laptop, tablet or cellphone. Then I ran across WB2CBA and W5BAA's DXFT8 QRP transceiver. This is a you have to build it from components and program it with firmware. So you order the RF board kit from Kees Talen K5BCQ via a paypal payment of $45.00, the STM32f746 Discovery Board from Digikey, a Micro SD card 8GB or larger, a CR2032 button cell for the real time clock, and a Mini USB cable for programming. Once everything arrived, I spent 2 hours using a very slow laptop installing the firmware in the STM32 and setting up the MicroSd card info file. I then spent another 4 hours soldering and assembling the radio. And once hooked up I had transmit but no receive. So I did a couple quick tests listed in the Groups Io DXFT8 board and discovered U1 a SMD IC was only half installed, like it shifted in the solding process, so I slid it back so all 4 tabs made contact with the board and that solved the problem. So I hooked it up to the antenna and powered it up, and it was now receiving. Unfortunately it is a QRPp transceiver which max power out on 40m is only 840 mW, on 10m its around 520 mW. Not bad for running off a 5V 1a USB Cellphone charger. You can power it with a 9 yo 15v external power source but it's only going to give less than 1 watt of RF. Plus side is it will run off one of those cellphone USB battery packs and the radio is about 1-1/8" thick and the same size as my cellphone with 3 times the weight. Now just need to add a SMA antenna and I'll be all set for POTA this year. 73 Matt NA1Q
Re: Radio Raffle Idea

 

I just read through the raffle rulles, yea we may need to discuss it further.



On Fri, Mar 7, 2025, 07:43 Lloyd Merrill via <lloydmerrill=[email protected]> wrote:
Not to change the focus of this discussion however, reading through the State Police rules, our 50/50 raffle may be in question.

Lloyd - W1LBM

On Fri, Mar 7, 2025, 7:11?AM Martin Bayes AA1ON via <aa1on=[email protected]> wrote:
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On 03/07/2025 4:03 AM EST Jim and Ann via <anniemac28=[email protected]> wrote:
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GM Mat
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Hi Mat I like the concept and the idea.? Let's discuss with the club.
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Jim J
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On Thursday, March 6, 2025 at 09:42:45 PM EST, Matthew Penttila NA1Q via <mcpenttila=[email protected]> wrote:
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Hi everyone,
I was talking with a friend of mine in Tuscon AZ and he was talking about how his club holds 2 ham flea markets and they do a raffle for a couple radios as a fundraiser for their club.?
Now I've seen other clubs do various items, some have unlimited tickets, some have a set number.?
Now crunching some numbers, say we buy a Icom IC-7300 which is currently $999.99 and limit to selling 250 tickets for $5 per ticket. Selling all 250 tickets would bring in $1250, netting the club $251. The drawing could be at Field Day or Annual Meeting or Club Christmas Party.?
So putting it out there what's people's thoughts on a club fundraiser, thinking $5 for a chance at a $1000 radio is appealing, and I know some folks would buy 1 to 4 tickets on average ($5 to $20).?
The proceeds could go to Field Day expenses, the scholarship fund, or anything the club deems necessary.??
Just an idea. 73 Matt NA1Q

Re: Radio Raffle Idea

 

Hi Matt,
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The following is my personal take on your suggestion. Many club members already own the 7300. Given that we also only ever have 30 or so members show up for meetings, it's doubtfull that we would sell as many tickets that you estimated. Mark's suggestion of offering several smaller amount GCs from HRO or DX Engineering might be a better way to go. Having the club fork over $1K for a radio is a little steep and I stronly doubt we would recoup the money and make a profit. We can certainly kick the idea around at one of the club meetings.
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73
Mickey K1WMC

On 03/06/2025 9:42 PM EST Matthew Penttila NA1Q via groups.io <mcpenttila@...> wrote:
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Hi everyone,
I was talking with a friend of mine in Tuscon AZ and he was talking about how his club holds 2 ham flea markets and they do a raffle for a couple radios as a fundraiser for their club.?
Now I've seen other clubs do various items, some have unlimited tickets, some have a set number.?
Now crunching some numbers, say we buy a Icom IC-7300 which is currently $999.99 and limit to selling 250 tickets for $5 per ticket. Selling all 250 tickets would bring in $1250, netting the club $251. The drawing could be at Field Day or Annual Meeting or Club Christmas Party.?
So putting it out there what's people's thoughts on a club fundraiser, thinking $5 for a chance at a $1000 radio is appealing, and I know some folks would buy 1 to 4 tickets on average ($5 to $20).?
The proceeds could go to Field Day expenses, the scholarship fund, or anything the club deems necessary.??
Just an idea. 73 Matt NA1Q

Re: Radio Raffle Idea

 

Based upon what Lloyd said we need to hold off at the moment. The BOD¡¯s and club officers need to discuss it first. I agree it was a good idea to consider.

Ray

On Mar 7, 2025, at 9:19?AM, shortwaver via groups.io <shortwaver@...> wrote:

?Hi Matt, everyone.

I think it's a great idea.

If I could, I would like to throw out the suggestion of having a gift
card (I know!) from HRO as the prize. Many of us already have a 7300
and may not want to have another one, but would appreciate the gift
card.


Just a thought

73
Marc W1MCX

On Thu, Mar 6, 2025 at 9:42?PM Matthew Penttila NA1Q via groups.io
<mcpenttila@...> wrote:

Hi everyone,
I was talking with a friend of mine in Tuscon AZ and he was talking about how his club holds 2 ham flea markets and they do a raffle for a couple radios as a fundraiser for their club.
Now I've seen other clubs do various items, some have unlimited tickets, some have a set number.
Now crunching some numbers, say we buy a Icom IC-7300 which is currently $999.99 and limit to selling 250 tickets for $5 per ticket. Selling all 250 tickets would bring in $1250, netting the club $251. The drawing could be at Field Day or Annual Meeting or Club Christmas Party.
So putting it out there what's people's thoughts on a club fundraiser, thinking $5 for a chance at a $1000 radio is appealing, and I know some folks would buy 1 to 4 tickets on average ($5 to $20).
The proceeds could go to Field Day expenses, the scholarship fund, or anything the club deems necessary.
Just an idea. 73 Matt NA1Q
Re: Radio Raffle Idea

 

Hi Matt, everyone.

I think it's a great idea.

If I could, I would like to throw out the suggestion of having a gift
card (I know!) from HRO as the prize. Many of us already have a 7300
and may not want to have another one, but would appreciate the gift
card.


Just a thought

73
Marc W1MCX

On Thu, Mar 6, 2025 at 9:42?PM Matthew Penttila NA1Q via groups.io
<mcpenttila@...> wrote:

Hi everyone,
I was talking with a friend of mine in Tuscon AZ and he was talking about how his club holds 2 ham flea markets and they do a raffle for a couple radios as a fundraiser for their club.
Now I've seen other clubs do various items, some have unlimited tickets, some have a set number.
Now crunching some numbers, say we buy a Icom IC-7300 which is currently $999.99 and limit to selling 250 tickets for $5 per ticket. Selling all 250 tickets would bring in $1250, netting the club $251. The drawing could be at Field Day or Annual Meeting or Club Christmas Party.
So putting it out there what's people's thoughts on a club fundraiser, thinking $5 for a chance at a $1000 radio is appealing, and I know some folks would buy 1 to 4 tickets on average ($5 to $20).
The proceeds could go to Field Day expenses, the scholarship fund, or anything the club deems necessary.
Just an idea. 73 Matt NA1Q
Re: Radio Raffle Idea

 

Not to change the focus of this discussion however, reading through the State Police rules, our 50/50 raffle may be in question.

Lloyd - W1LBM

On Fri, Mar 7, 2025, 7:11?AM Martin Bayes AA1ON via <aa1on=[email protected]> wrote:
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On 03/07/2025 4:03 AM EST Jim and Ann via <anniemac28=[email protected]> wrote:
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GM Mat
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Hi Mat I like the concept and the idea.? Let's discuss with the club.
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Jim J
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On Thursday, March 6, 2025 at 09:42:45 PM EST, Matthew Penttila NA1Q via <mcpenttila=[email protected]> wrote:
?
?
Hi everyone,
I was talking with a friend of mine in Tuscon AZ and he was talking about how his club holds 2 ham flea markets and they do a raffle for a couple radios as a fundraiser for their club.?
Now I've seen other clubs do various items, some have unlimited tickets, some have a set number.?
Now crunching some numbers, say we buy a Icom IC-7300 which is currently $999.99 and limit to selling 250 tickets for $5 per ticket. Selling all 250 tickets would bring in $1250, netting the club $251. The drawing could be at Field Day or Annual Meeting or Club Christmas Party.?
So putting it out there what's people's thoughts on a club fundraiser, thinking $5 for a chance at a $1000 radio is appealing, and I know some folks would buy 1 to 4 tickets on average ($5 to $20).?
The proceeds could go to Field Day expenses, the scholarship fund, or anything the club deems necessary.??
Just an idea. 73 Matt NA1Q

Re: Radio Raffle Idea

 

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On 03/07/2025 4:03 AM EST Jim and Ann via groups.io <anniemac28@...> wrote:
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GM Mat
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Hi Mat I like the concept and the idea.? Let's discuss with the club.
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Jim J
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On Thursday, March 6, 2025 at 09:42:45 PM EST, Matthew Penttila NA1Q via groups.io <mcpenttila@...> wrote:
?
?
Hi everyone,
I was talking with a friend of mine in Tuscon AZ and he was talking about how his club holds 2 ham flea markets and they do a raffle for a couple radios as a fundraiser for their club.?
Now I've seen other clubs do various items, some have unlimited tickets, some have a set number.?
Now crunching some numbers, say we buy a Icom IC-7300 which is currently $999.99 and limit to selling 250 tickets for $5 per ticket. Selling all 250 tickets would bring in $1250, netting the club $251. The drawing could be at Field Day or Annual Meeting or Club Christmas Party.?
So putting it out there what's people's thoughts on a club fundraiser, thinking $5 for a chance at a $1000 radio is appealing, and I know some folks would buy 1 to 4 tickets on average ($5 to $20).?
The proceeds could go to Field Day expenses, the scholarship fund, or anything the club deems necessary.??
Just an idea. 73 Matt NA1Q

RI RaffleRulesRegs_rev9-15.pdf
RI RaffleRulesRegs_rev9-15.pdf

Re: Radio Raffle Idea

 

GM Mat

Hi Mat I like the concept and the idea.? Let's discuss with the club.

Jim J




On Thursday, March 6, 2025 at 09:42:45 PM EST, Matthew Penttila NA1Q via groups.io <mcpenttila@...> wrote:


Hi everyone,
I was talking with a friend of mine in Tuscon AZ and he was talking about how his club holds 2 ham flea markets and they do a raffle for a couple radios as a fundraiser for their club.?
Now I've seen other clubs do various items, some have unlimited tickets, some have a set number.?
Now crunching some numbers, say we buy a Icom IC-7300 which is currently $999.99 and limit to selling 250 tickets for $5 per ticket. Selling all 250 tickets would bring in $1250, netting the club $251. The drawing could be at Field Day or Annual Meeting or Club Christmas Party.?
So putting it out there what's people's thoughts on a club fundraiser, thinking $5 for a chance at a $1000 radio is appealing, and I know some folks would buy 1 to 4 tickets on average ($5 to $20).?
The proceeds could go to Field Day expenses, the scholarship fund, or anything the club deems necessary.??
Just an idea. 73 Matt NA1Q
Radio Raffle Idea

 

Hi everyone,
I was talking with a friend of mine in Tuscon AZ and he was talking about how his club holds 2 ham flea markets and they do a raffle for a couple radios as a fundraiser for their club.?
Now I've seen other clubs do various items, some have unlimited tickets, some have a set number.?
Now crunching some numbers, say we buy a Icom IC-7300 which is currently $999.99 and limit to selling 250 tickets for $5 per ticket. Selling all 250 tickets would bring in $1250, netting the club $251. The drawing could be at Field Day or Annual Meeting or Club Christmas Party.?
So putting it out there what's people's thoughts on a club fundraiser, thinking $5 for a chance at a $1000 radio is appealing, and I know some folks would buy 1 to 4 tickets on average ($5 to $20).?
The proceeds could go to Field Day expenses, the scholarship fund, or anything the club deems necessary.??
Just an idea. 73 Matt NA1Q
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