Date:         Fri, 28 Jun 2002 20:14:25 -0700
Reply-To:     "S.C. Harrison" <diverse_imaging@YAHOO.COM>
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From:         "S.C. Harrison" <diverse_imaging@YAHOO.COM>
Subject:      Fw: QST all Ham Radio VW Owners!!
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Scott Fraser" <kn6f@dolphinsciDELETESPAM.com>
Newsgroups: rec.autos.makers.vw.aircooled
Sent: Friday, June 28, 2002 1:16 PM
Subject: QST all Ham Radio VW Owners!!


> First off, NEATO, SV2s, LIMBO, etc please distribute this message to your
> lists.  We can use as wide of distribution on this as possible.
>
> George Lyle and myself have been in discussion about putting together an
> Amateur Radio Special Event Station for Buses By the Bridge VII (Lake
> Havasu, AZ)  this coming January.  I know it's a long ways off, but these
> things have to be planned well in advance.
>
> We will be setting up a station so that contacts can be made all over the
> world throughout the weekend.  We would especially like to get some
> advertising of the Special Event Station in the German press so that we
can
> attempt to make over the air contacts with German Bus owners.
>
> For those traveling cross country to reach the event, we will be able to
> send third party messages to loved one (or hated ones) back home letting
> them know you survived the trek.
>
> We will also have demonstrations of various Amateur Radio operating modes,
> including the Vehicle Trackers and possibly Satellite communications.
>
> We already have made bunches of progress....
>
> Approval to go ahead with this from the BBB folks.
>
> We have a special event station call sign of W7V for the entire weekend,
> (the 7 is for AZ and the other letters?)  Sorry, V7W belongs to another
> country.
>
> There is a web page that will provide updates and latest information
> http://www.dolphinsci.com/hamradio/bbb.html
>
> George and I both have a bunch of radios.  I am going to try and bring out
a
> satellite tracking station in addition to the vehicle trackers.
>
> We need PEOPLE, licensed Ham Radio operators that are thinking about
making
> the trek to BBB.    Now you have an excuse to spend a weekend enjoying two
> of your hobbies (obsessions) at the same time.  There are only so many
hours
> in a day that George and I can operate by ourselves.  We'd like to spread
> the fun around some.  If you have friends who are hams, bring them
along.If
> you haven't heard, it will be in a new location this year and by all
> accounts in a much nicer area (not that the old was bad, the new is even
> better).
>
>
> There will be more updates later and I'll be making regular (once a month
on
> Friday) appeals for operators.
>
>
> Thanks and 73's
> Scott Fraser
> KN6F
>
>
>