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		Androscoggin Amateur Radio Club-AARC PO Box 1, Auburn ME 04212-0001 Repeater: 442.000/447.000MHz no pl-tone on Goff Hill, Auburn,Maine The Auburn 146.610 Lives! The 146.610 repeater in Auburn is back on air. Special Note:  There is no courtesy beep, drop the carrier to reset the time-out-timer. Androscoggin ARC Membership Application Form Andy Club Officers                                                                                                                           President: Bill Woodhead N1KAT Vice President: Cory Golob KU1U Treasurer: Ivan Lazure N1OXA Secretary:Dick Knight N1NYW Trustee: Norm L'Heureux W1SCM News Letter Editor: Harold Hartley N1LLU ARRL Maine Section Page New ARRL Maine Section Page www.arrl-me.org:8086/arrl-me/ 22 new listings on the http://www.w1npp.org/pages/swapshop.html swap shop page. Get the bargains while they last!
2014 Hamfest News       Next Andy Club Meeting:	We Thank Everyone who attended the 2014 ARRL Maine Convention and we look forward to seeing everyone March 27 and 28 next year. (this date has been confirmed) The club donated its share of the 50/50 drawing to the Clarence Rider AA1PN fire relief fund and the winner of the other 50 percent Paul Leonard ke6pij also donated his winnings to the fund for a total of $ 216. The winner of the $ 500 HRO gift certificate was John Shandorf w1ii. Congratulations!!! The VE team was busy as usual. Ivan reports the session produced four new techs, 2 upgrades to general and 3 extras. Congratulations!!! See Doug Grants' talk at the convention about the upcoming W1AW/1 operations at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IwYZJjV7tzA Watch the video of the ARRL Forum update with Tom Frenaye K1KI at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mhhcfmA88MU&feature=youtu.be A big thank you to Chuck Yahrling for the use of the video. To see the 2013 video http://youtu.be/xrNTkY4LAw0  Andy Hamfest makes news http://www.qsl.net/hrde/Ham_Radio_Down_East/News.html and more more pictures at  http://www.qsl.net/hrde/Ham_Radio_Down_East/My_Albums/Pages/AndyHamfest.html The Next Andy Club Meeting will be held Wednesday May 7, 2014 at the Potvin Room St. Mary Medical Office Building 99 Campus Ave Lewiston ME. We will pick a site for Field Day at the next meeting, for more information click on http://www.androscogginema.org/field%20day/  Also at the next meeting talk about getting other hams on the air after they pass their test with a Gain Group Power Point.
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May 6, 2014 Ham Radio Workshop 7 to 9 p.m. at Wells High School. This one night class will give you information on how to get your first ham radio license.

Field Day June 28 and 29 Location to be determined.  Click here for the Androscoggin EMAs' special Field Day web site for more info

Foundation for Amateur Radio Scholarship

World Radiosport Team Championship (WRTC)2014 in New England

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