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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 Note: The 146.610MHz Repeater is currently off-air Androscoggin ARC Membership Application Form Andy Club Officers President: Bill Woodhead N1KAT Vice President: David LoweWE1U Treasurer: Ivan Lazure N1OXA Secretary:Dick Knight N1NYW Trustee: Norm L'Heureux W1SCM News Letter Editor: Harold Hartley N1LLU ARRL Maine Section Page New ARRLMaine Section Page www.arrl-me.org:8086/arrl-me/
Next Andy Club Meeting:	The Next Andy Club Meeting will be held Wednesday April 2, 2014 at the Potvin Room St. Mary Medical Office Building 99 Campus Ave Lewiston ME. Election of Officers will be held at the April Meeting.
ARRL Convention and Andyfest	ARRL Maine State Convention and Andyfest Hamfest March 28 & 29 2014 Grand prize is a $500 gift certificate from HRO! Confirmed vendors: Cobra Antennas, Couriousity Sales and Kits and Pieces and Ham Source!
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News

AA1PN Fire

Donations are coming in for a three-generation family from Exeter burned out of their home. They lost everything Monday morning January 13. Firefighters were called to the Tibbetts Road around 9 a.m. and by the time they arrived, the house was already up in flames. Everyone made it out safely, but some pets were lost in the fire. There's no official word on what started it but the homeowner, Arlene Rider, tells us sparks from the wood stove may be to blame.The family doesn't have any insurance.

Town officials started a fund at Camden National Bank in Corinth.You can send donations to:
Arlene Rider Fund
c/o Camden National Bank
P.O. Box 28
Corinth, ME 04427

Clothing is also being collected at the Exeter Town Office. For more information on sizes and needs call 379-2191.

WMARC 2014 Ham-Fest March 15th 2014 9:00AM

North Conway Community Center
2628 White Mountain Highway
North Conway, NH 03860
Sellers & Vendors enter 8:00 AM to set up
Tables $10.00
Buyers $3.00 admission
Contact: Gregory Fitch , KB1EZJ
119 Dandi View Road North Conway, NH 03860
Phone: 603-759-6671
Email: kb1ezj@w1mwv.com
Web: http://w1mwv.com/

2014 ARRL Maine State Convention and Andyfest

The Androscoggin Amateur Radio Club presents the 2014 American Radio Relay League (ARRL) Maine State Convention and AndyfestHamfest at the Ramada Convention Center at 490 Pleasant St, Lewiston, Me., on Friday March 28, from 1900(7pm) to 2100(9pm) and Saturday March 29, from 0800(8am) till 1200(12Noon).
Door prize again this year is a $500 gift certificate to Ham Radio Outlet.
Admission is $7 for 18 yrs. and older, free for under 18 yrs old.
VE amateur exams will start at 12:30pm.
Ramada Conference Center is again having their Hamfest Special of $65 (plus tax) per day, single or Double. This includes indoor heated pool, sauna and Jacuzzi. Call (207) 784-2331 for reservations and mention "Androscoggin Hamfest or ARRL Convention". Please Note: if the phone rings more than three times it will be answered by a national call center that will NOT know about the convention discount. Be sure you get the Lewiston Maine Ramada on the phone.

Tables at the Hamfest are $7 for each table in advance and $8 on Saturday. For clubs or non-profit groups, your registration gives you one free table with one free admission to promote your club or group. If you want to sell items, then additional tables are $8 each and $7 for each person working the tables.
Scheduled talks:

Friday:
7pm - Replacing bad equipment lamps with LEDS - Leo Langelier - N1BOK
8pm - ARRL Symposium - Tom Frenaye - K1KI

Saturday:
9am - High Speed Multimedia - Chip Griffin - N1MIE
9am - TDR circuitry - Pete Magee - KA1GHF & Jerry Hume - K1WTX
9am - Fldigi Workshop - David Lowe - WE1U
10am - Skywarn - Tom Berman - N1KTA
10am - The Doctor Is In - Joel Hallis - W1ZR
11am - ARRL Symposium/ARRL Portable 1 event Tom Frenaye K1KI & Doug Grant K1DG

For additional information or questions call or email:
David Lowe WE1U
Telephone: 207-783-1759 leave a message with Name, telephone number and best time to return call.
Email: we1u.david@gmail.com
or
Ivan Lazure, N1OXA
Telephone: 207-784-0350
Cell: 207-577-5152
Email: n1oxa@arrl.net

Foundation for Amateur Radio Scholarship

Important! Scholarship Application Deadline is April 30, 2014 For Foundation for Amateur Radio Scholarship!!
Apply NOW at http://www.farweb.org/!!!

World Radiosport Team Championship (WRTC)2014 in New England

WRTC Website: http://www.wrtc2014.org/
You Tube Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yNyMAMjRNuA

Meetings

Andy Club Meeting
First Wednesday of the Month 7:00pm
Potvin Conference Room at
â-¼ St Mary's Medical Associates Building
99 Campus Avenue, Lewiston,ME -Google Map-
(corner of Route 126 Sabattus Street and Campus Ave. across from Auburn Savings)
GPS: 44.101252N 70.198249W
Google Map Link http://goo.gl/maps/iNiVf
Andy Club Breakfast
Last Wednesday of the month 7:30am
Ramada Inn
490 Pleasant Street, Lewiston
GPS: 44.07804N 70.18033W
Google Map Link: http://goo.gl/maps/GTZT1

Androscoggin ARES Meeting
Meeting on the air Thursdays 19:30.
Third Wednesday of the Month 1800EST
Androscoggin Unified Emergency Management Agency-Emergency Operations Center
Basement of Lewiston Central Fire Station
2 College Street, Lewiston ME
Androscoggin ARES/RACES Application

GPS: 44.098472N 70.214881W
Google Map Link: http://goo.gl/maps/Hd2N

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