UPCOMING EVENTS

2009

April 1-3, 2009
CTIA Wireless in Las Vegas, NV
Las Vegas Convention Center
http://www.ctia.org
Please contact Rich Reichler if you are interested in handling a Radio Club booth or event at CTIA. We would like to be there.

April 28, 2009
The 3rd Annual Texas RCA Dinner in conjunction with Texas APCO Training Conference & Exhibition
Galveston Island Convention Center, Ballroom A, 5600 Seawall Blvd, Galveston, TX
Click here for the Registration Form More information to follow, Speaker to be announced later.
2008 Sponsors: DH Marketing, Directions, E Comm International, Inc., Hutton Communications, Intrado, JPS Communications, LRT Communications, Midian Electronics, Mission Critical Communications, Raytheon, Speciality Tower Lighting, Tait Radio Communications, The Hunt Group, and Walker & Associates, Wilson Electronics, Inc.. Click here for Sponsor information.
contact Carroll Hollingsworth or call him at 800-966-3357 ext 701if you are interested in attending, sponsoring or speaking.

May 2, 2009
Seventh Annual Spring RCA QSO Party with W2RCA
Mode: Phone (SSB and AM)
12:00 - 2:59 pm ET ----15 meters
3:00 - 05:59pm ET ---- 20 meters
6:00 - 08:59pm ET ---- 40 meters
9:00 - 11:59 pm ET --- 75 meters
Frequencies for above bands as follows:
15 meters: 21290-21315 kHz
20 meters: 14215-14250 kHz
40 meters: 7215-7240 kHz
75 meters: 3840-3875 kHz
Achieve a "Triple Crown" by making contact with a station in at least 3 of the 4 bands.
RCA members and non-members are welcome to participate in this amateur operator event to talk and/or hear about the Radio Club of America.
RCA member stations "ID" themselves with "RCA member"
For more information and send log sheets to Bob Raide, W2ZM at rlraide@adelphia.net.
For downloabable QSO logsheets, Excel version, Word Version

May 15-17, 2009
Dayton Hamvention ® in Trotwood, OH
http://www.hamvention.org
Visit the RCA Exhibit Booth

May 30, 2009
Rochester Hamfest & Technology Expo 2009
Barnard Carnival Grounds, 360 Maiden Lane, Rochester, NY from 8am to 4pm
http://www.rochesterhamfest.org
Plan on attending and visit the RCA Exhibit Booth

August 16-20, 2009
APCO Conference & Exposition in Las Vegas, NV
http://www.apcointl.org
Visit the RCA Exhibit Booth and RCA Breakfast Meeting which is tentatively set for August 18, 2009
2008 SPONSORS: EMR Consulting, Inc., Intrado, MRT/IWCE, MissionCiritical magazine, RCC Consultants, and Tait Radio Communications
(contact Stan Reubenstein at stan@auroramkt.com to be an sponsor or a speaker)

September 21-24, 2009
PCIA's Wireless Infrastructure Show in Nashville, TN
http://www.pcia.com
Visit the RCA Exhibit Booth
Please contact Tom Thornton if you would like to assist in the booth or help with the event.

November , 2009
Enterprise Wireless
Visit the RCA Exhibit Booth
http://www.enterprisewireless.org/events/events.htm

November 7, 2009
Seventh Annual Fall RCA QSO Party
Mode: Phone (SSB and AM)
12:00 - 2:59 pm ET-----15 meters
3:00 - 05:59pm ET ---- 20 meters
6:00 - 08:59pm ET ---- 40 meters
9:00 - 11:59 pm ET---- 75 meters
Frequencies for above bands as follows:
15 meters: 21290-21315 kHz
20 meters: 14215-14250 kHz
40 meters: 7215-7240 kHz
75 meters: 3840-3875 kHz
Achieve a "Triple Crown" by making contact with a station in at least 3 of the 4 bands.
RCA members and non-members are welcome to participate in this amateur operator event to talk and/or hear aboutthe Radio Club of America.
RCA member stations "ID" themselves with "RCA member" For more informaiton and send log sheets to Bob Raide, W2ZM at rlraide@adelphia.net
For downloabable QSO logsheets, Excel version, Word Version

November 10-14, 2009
Communications Marketing Conference at The Bahia in San Diego
http://www.cma-cmc.org
Visit the RCA Table, contact Mercy Contreras if you are interested in attending or sponsoring an event.

November 21, 2009
The once in a lifetime event !!
The RCA's 100th Anniversary Annual Awards Banquet and Annual Meeting will be held at Georgetown University Conference Center. There will be events starting on Friday night, Nov 20th with a Welcome Reception, Technical Symposium from 8am to 3pm on Saturday,lunch, exhibits and historical, a silent auction, and the Awards Banquet and Special Celebration Event on Saturday night, November 21st. A block of rooms have been reserved just for this special occasion at a rate of $189. Call 888-324-2111 to make your reservation. Please call 303-948-4921 if you have any questions about this.

2010

March 10-12, 2010
IWCE in Las Vegas, NV at the Las Vegas Convention Center
http://www.iwceexpo.com
Visit the RCA Exhibit Booth
The RCA breakfast Meeting TBA
2009 Sponsors:Schwaninger & Associates, RadioSoft, CTA Communications, Inc., Mission Critical Communications,and Tait Radio Communications and RCC Consultants.
Contact Carroll Hollingsworth to be a speaker or sponsor or help.

Every Saturday and Sunday
All Amateur Radio Operators are welcome to check in to the NARTE Net:
Saturdays at 1700 hrs (UTC) at Frequency 18.1400 MHz
Sundays at 2100 hrs (UTC) at Frequency 18.1400 MHz
The NARTE Net is a fraternalism between the members of NARTE and the ARRL, and is used to promote the furtherance of technical understanding and achievement in radio and other telecommunication disciplines. Radio Club members are welcome to participate. More information is posted on the NARTE website at: www.NARTE.org and on the ARRL website at: www.ARRL.org.

Please contact Rich Reichler early at RJRWireles@aol.com to suggest Radio Club presence at a major conference, or to say if you (or someone you know) would like to sponsor, speak at, or help set up a future event, or help staff the exhibit booth.

These events help the Radio Club with its educational and scientific efforts as well as helping to raise donations for its scholarship funds.

For a printable version on this information : RCAUpcomingevents.pdf