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ARRL New Jersey State Convention and

The 35th annual Trenton Computer Festival 

On April 24 -25

 

The 2010 ARRL New Jersey State Convention, sponsored by the Delaware Valley
Radio Association (www.w2zq.com), will be held on Sunday, April 25th, at the
same venue as the Trenton Computer Festival and admission to one event gets
you access to both.

 

As part of the NJ ARRL Convention, multiple "tracks" of ham radio
presentations are scheduled including:

 

*          ARRL National Traffic System Digital Messaging

*          Marketing Ham Radio - How You Can Help it Thrive Today

*          A Brief History of the International Telegraph Code

*          Contributions made to Wireless Communication by G. Marconi

*          Weird Antenna Projects of New Jersey

*          The Modular Rover

*          Getting Started in VHF & VHF Contesting

*          WSPR-ing on the HF Bands

*          Automatic Packet Reporting System

*          From Zone 2, Canada, This is VE2DXY -- A Ham Radio Contest
DXpedition

*          AMSAT - Computer History in Satellite Tracking

*          AMSAT - Open Source Software Defined Radio

*          ARRL Forum

*          EMP & Emergency Communications - Article winner of QST's 2009
"Bill Orr Award"

* VE Testing Session

 

And, of course, there will be many other technical sessions on computers and
electronics. See www.tcf-nj.org <http://www.tcf-nj.org/>  for them all and
the Saturday evening banquet.

 

There will be a large indoor and outdoor (rain or shine) flea market /
vendor area for you to pick up goodies for your shack and your computer. The
flea market will host both commercial and non-commercial sellers so if you'd
like to convert some of the technical "treasures" in your attic or basement
into cash for new rigs (or dinner out) bring them down and pass it on.

 

In addition we're offering VE sessions for initial licenses or license
upgrades. A ham radio "boot camp" is planned for Saturday for those who are
not yet licensed. If you apply yourself, it's possible to get a Technician
class ham license in one day! You can bring along a friend who's expressed
some interest in ham radio and there's a good chance he or she will be going
home a new ham!

 

The site for the TCF / ARRL NJ State Convention is The College of New
Jersey, 2000 Pennington Road, Ewing, NJ. The event runs 10 AM - 4PM both
days. Talk-in 146.67 PL131.8. Admission for Sunday only is $10. Two day
tickets are $15 at the gate or $12 advance purchase. Indoor Vendor area
tables are $150; buy 5 tables and 6th is free. Commercial vendor Flea Market
Spots are $70 for 9'x16' or $100 for tent-sized 14'x16'. Non-commercial Flea
Market spots are $35 for both days.

 

For additional vendor information, email vendor@tcf-nj.org. For Advanced
Ticket Sales, go to www.tcf-nj.org <http://www.tcf-nj.org/> . For additional
info, email hamfests@w2zq.com or contact Mark Bespalko, N2KIV at
215-359-7025.

My station....

My station consists of the following:

• IC-746 HF on bottom left (160 to 10 / 6 / 2 meter) rig,
• IC-2400A dual band 2mtr / 70 cm. mobile,
• IC-970H above 746 (2 meter 140 - 150 Mhz, 70cm 430 - 450 Mhz, 1240 - 1300 Mhz, 2400 - 2450 Mhz, plus general coverage recieve at 50.0 - 905.0 Mhz and  IC TV-970 modules) all-mode satellite rig,
• Icom IC-T2H 2 meter handheld,
• Icom IC-208 dual band mobile in the car
• Icom IC-2800 dual band mobile
• Heathkit SB220 HF 2-kw linear amplifier.
• Motorola Maxtrac 32 channel UHF mobile,
• Motorola GP300 UHF handheld (2),
• Motorola GP350 UHF handheld,
• Motorola P1225 UHF handheld (4), 
• Motorola GR300 UHF repeater, 
• Radio Shack HTX-10  10mtr. mobile,
• Alinco DJ-296 220mhz handheld,
• Kenwood TH-31AT 220mhz handheld,
• Yaesu VX-5 Triband handheld 2mtr./6mtr./70cm,
• Yaesu FT-857D 100 watt HF + 2 mtr + 70 cm mobile rig in the truck,
• Mix W Rig Expert with a Compaq Pentium IV laptop
• MFJ 949C versa tuner,
• Radio Shack PRO 2039 scanner,

The Service Bench

Test Equipment includes: HP 8922M GSM Spectrum Analyzer to 1.1Ghz, HP 8924C Service monitor - Spectrum Analyzer, 100Mhz BK Oscilloscope, Bird Thruline 43 wattmeter, Fluke bench DVM, Ramsey SG-550 digital audio signal generator, MFJ 259B SWR analyzer, MFJ-234 2 meter FM analyzer, MFJ-219 UHF analyzer, Heathkit IM-2420 bench Freq. counter, 1-70 db rf attenuator, Astron RM-35power supply, MFJ 1.5 kw dummy load, Heathkit IG-102 rf signal generator, Bausch & Loumb stereo microscope used for surface mount component install and repair , and numerous accessories.  Note: All items listed are not in the picture.

(Note: All listed items are not in the pictures)