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</table><a href="#DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2" width="1" height="1"></a></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sun, May 23, 2021 at 7:41 PM Rick Hiller <<a href="mailto:rickhiller73@gmail.com">rickhiller73@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div><span style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(38,40,42);outline-color:initial;outline-style:initial"><img src="cid:ii_kmal35ip0" alt="image.png" width="228" height="216" style="outline: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"></span><p style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(38,40,42);font-size:13px;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><br></p><p style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(38,40,42);font-size:13px;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><b style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><font size="4"><i>NEWS BLAST Issue # 62</i></font></b></p><p style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(38,40,42);font-size:13px;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><b style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><font size="4"><i><br></i></font></b></p><p style="color:rgb(38,40,42);margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><b style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:xx-large">Andy, W5ACM, now a Silent Key</b><br></p><p style="color:rgb(38,40,42);margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><br></p><p style="color:rgb(38,40,42);margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><font size="4">Andy MacAllister, W5ACM (SK), passed this week after a long illness. We all knew Andy as the master of the balloon launches, NCS for the weekly AmSat Net and occasional columnist for the Beacon along with many other ham radio activities in which he was involved. Visit the Beresford Funerals website for services details. <a href="https://beresfordfunerals.com/" target="_blank">https://beresfordfunerals.com/</a></font></p><div style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(38,40,42)"></div><div style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(38,40,42)"><br></div><p style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(38,40,42);font-size:13px;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><u><b><font size="6">NETS</font></b></u></p><p style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(38,40,42);font-size:13px;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><br></p><p style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(38,40,42);font-size:13px;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:large"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif" style="background-color:inherit"><u style="font-weight:bold">BVARC Stir Crazy Net -- </u></font></span></p><p style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(38,40,42);font-size:13px;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:large"><font face="arial, sans-serif" style="background-color:inherit">Tune into </font></span><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:large">146.94 every weekday at Noon for a fun, information packed 1 hour. Check in and maintain your sanity and improve your Ham Radio knowledge. Spread the word. All are invited, as with all BVARC nets and activities. </span><font size="4"> </font></font><br></p><p style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(38,40,42);font-size:13px;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><font size="4"><br></font></p><p style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(38,40,42);font-size:13px;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:large;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><b><u>Monday Night Net </u></b>-- 8PM, May 24th, visit with Terry, K5PGF, NCS. 146.94 Repeater. C U there. </span></p><p style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(38,40,42);font-size:13px;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:large;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><br></span></p><p style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(38,40,42);font-size:13px;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><b style="font-size:large"><u>Wednesday Night Rag Chew Net </u></b><span style="font-size:large">-- 3910 KHz at 7PM. John, K5LKJ - NCS.</span></p><p style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(38,40,42);font-size:13px;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:large"> A net to just chew the rag. Early check-ins from 6:30. Telephone check-ins call 832-474-3713 during the net.</span><br></p><p style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(38,40,42);font-size:13px;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:large"><br></span></p><p style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(38,40,42);font-size:13px;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:large"><b><u>GHSN -- Greater Houston Simplex Net </u></b>-- </span></p><p style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(38,40,42);font-size:13px;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:large"> </span><span style="font-size:small;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)"><font size="4"><b><a href="https://houstonsimplex.pythonanywhere.com/" target="_blank">https://houstonsimplex.pythonanywhere.com</a></b></font></span></p><p style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(38,40,42);margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:large"> Mark, N5PRD, is the point of contact. Contact him at: </span><a href="mailto:N5PRD@gmail.com" style="font-size:large" target="_blank">N5PRD@</a><a href="http://yahoo.com/" style="font-size:large" target="_blank">yahoo.com</a><br></p><p style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(38,40,42);font-size:13px;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><br></p><p style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(38,40,42);font-size:13px;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><font size="6"><b><u></u></b></font></p></div><div style="color:rgb(38,40,42)"><div style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><font size="4"></font></div><div style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"> <b style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><u><font size="6" face="arial narrow, sans-serif">News, Presentations, and On Air Activities</font></u></b><br></div><div style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br></div><div style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><b style="font-size:large"><u>May 2021 BVARC Beacon Newsletter</u></b><span style="font-size:large"> is on the web site </span><a href="http://www.bvarc.org/" rel="noreferrer noopener" style="font-size:large" target="_blank">www.bvarc.org</a><span style="font-size:large">. </span><br></div><div style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><font size="4"> Read The Radio Hotel -- about what 95% of hams care about when it comes to antennas</font></div><div style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><font size="4"> and the good reason to become a 5 %'er. </font></div><div style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:large"><br></span></div><div style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><font size="4"><b><u>Web presentation of May 19th -- Arizona Historical Society</u></b></font></div><div style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><font size="4"> <b> "The Senator was a Ham: Barry Goldwater and Amateur Radio" </b></font></div><div style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:large"> Video available on the web at</span><font size="4"> <a href="https://youtu.be/tufY6s8KJBc" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/tufY6s8KJBc</a></font></div><div style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px;background-color:rgb(255,255,248)"> Arizona State University Professor of History </span><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,248);color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px">Eric Nystrom presents </span></div><div style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,248);color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px"> the history of Arizona's most famous radio </span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px;background-color:rgb(255,255,248)">amateur, </span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px;background-color:rgb(255,255,248)">K7UGA</span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px;background-color:rgb(255,255,248)">. </span></div><div style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><br></div><div style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><b style="font-size:large"><u>Next BVARC VE Licensing Testing June 12th 10:30 AM </u></b><br></div><div style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><div><span style="font-size:large"> Contact our VE coordinator Mark Janzer for more information.</span></div><div><span style="font-size:large"> Note: Bayland Park- </span><span style="font-size:large">Masks are still required. </span></div><div><span style="font-size:large"> Mark Janzer -- e-mail is </span><a href="mailto:K5MGJ@gmail.com" rel="noreferrer noopener" style="font-size:large" target="_blank">K5MGJ@y</a><a href="http://ahoo.com/" rel="noreferrer noopener" style="font-size:large" target="_blank">ahoo.com</a><br></div><div><b><u><span style="font-size:large">NOTE: </span><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:verdana,arial,courier;font-size:14px">Beginning May 20, 2021, all amateur examination applicants will be required to provide an </span><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:verdana,arial,courier;font-size:14px">FCC</span><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:verdana,arial,courier;font-size:14px"> Registration Number (FRN) to the Volunteer Examiners (VEs) before taking an amateur exam. View the tutorial at </span><span style="font-size:small"><a href="https://youtu.be/7a4doKEPN5M" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/7a4doKEPN5M</a></span></u></b></div><div><b><u><br></u></b></div></div><div style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><b style="font-size:large"><u>Museum Ships Weekend -- June 4th, 5th and 6th</u> -- Galveston, Pelican Island </b><br></div><div style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><font size="4"><b> BVARC will operate from the USS Stewart, the USS Cavala and USS Selma. </b></font></div><div style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><font size="4"> Info -- </font><span style="font-size:medium">Contact Mark Janzer <b>(</b></span><a href="mailto:k5mgj@yahoo.com" style="font-size:medium" target="_blank"><b>k5mgj@yahoo.com</b></a><span style="font-size:medium"><b>)</b> </span></div><div style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><font size="4"> General info can be had at -- </font><b><font size="4"><a href="https://www.nj2bb.org/museum" target="_blank">https://www.nj2bb.org/museum</a></font></b></div><div style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><b><br></b></div><div style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><b><font size="4"><u>ARRL Field Day is June 26 and 27 </u></font>. </b></div><div><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"> </font><font size="4" face="tahoma, sans-serif">Go to<b><u> <a href="http://www.arrl.org/fieldday" target="_blank">www.arrl.org/fieldday</a></u></b> and read all about it and the rules update for 2021.</font></div><div><font size="4" face="tahoma, sans-serif"> BVARC will not be doing our typical gathering due to the Sugar Land Parks restrictions</font></div><div><font size="4" face="tahoma, sans-serif"> still in place. But don't let that deter you. Find a friend, find a place and get on the air.</font></div><div><font size="4" face="tahoma, sans-serif"> Report your score to ARRL and note that you are in the Brazos Valley ARC. </font></div><div><font size="4" face="tahoma, sans-serif"> Watch here and the June newsletter for future updates, etc. </font></div><div style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><br></div><div style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><div dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><b style="font-size:large;color:rgb(38,40,42);font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><u>Texas City Hamfest is on!</u> </b><span style="font-size:large;color:rgb(38,40,42);font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">Saturday, July 10th -- More info at </span><br></div></div><div style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><font size="4"> <u> <a href="https://www.tidelands.org/events/tidelands-texas-city-hamfest/2021-07-10/" target="_blank">https://www.tidelands.org/events/tidelands-texas-city-hamfest/2021-07-10/</a></u></font></div><div style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><div style="font-size:13px"><br></div><div></div></div><div style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><b style="font-size:large"> </b>=================================================================================<br></div><div style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><div><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><font size="6"><b><u>Meetings </u></b></font></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><br></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><font size="4"><b><u>BVARC June 19th Club Meeting</u> -- via Zoom. Details soon</b></font></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><font size="4"><b><u><br></u></b></font></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><b style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font size="4"><u><font face="tahoma, sans-serif">BVARC January Club Meeting -- Museum Ships Presentation on-line</font></u></font></b><br></p></div><div><div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font size="4" style="background-color:inherit"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"> Jeff, W5JEF, has placed Mark Janzer's excellent presentation about BVARC</font></font></span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font size="4" style="background-color:inherit"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"> and the Museum Ships operations on YouTube. Find it at:</font></font></span></div><div><font size="4"><b style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"> </font></b><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KYu225di8YM" id="gmail-m_990790735551872492gmail-m_-4966342899408132473m_-1220101519977920944gmail-m_6135500955849572652m_1136592864861242500gmail-m_-7963736171316951981gmail-m_-2043139302884821140gmail-m_-5910131712118139251gmail-m_-6381582995026845286gmail-m_7296931381352003915gmail-m_-7317105174432985155m_1826191230938646078gmail-m_2169168902910160289gmail-m_-4148855287631301658gmail-m_-8602556065839291903gmail-m_7970929156152338179ydpa6da4e6yiv0250513824gmail-m_-9191484334717191101ydp947b9da2yiv2535234003m_-4221099499125982623m_3365078851302001543gmail-m_6962729283260072030gmail-m_-7980274347628314621gmail-m_7923327723812023156gmail-m_-8746069886866907474m_-7281019027575619506m_1247232182447530405gmail-m_-7742112200298312943m_-5147493533282877871gmail-m_-9152174729136111385gmail-m_-90331244343174782m_-8982136523637118764gmail-m_-169731576177470437LPlnk" rel="noreferrer noopener" style="font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KYu225di8YM</a></font></div><div><br></div><div> <b style="font-size:large"><u>BVARC February Club Meeting -- W6SX Contesting Presentation on-line</u></b></div><div><font size="4"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"> Jeff put notice on the reflector of W6SX, Hank Garretson's presentation on Youtube. </font></font></div><div><font face="tahoma, sans-serif" size="4"> Find it at: </font><font size="4"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif"> </span><a href="https://youtu.be/Qys_xU8lgCs" id="gmail-m_990790735551872492gmail-m_-4966342899408132473m_-1220101519977920944gmail-m_6135500955849572652m_1136592864861242500gmail-m_-7963736171316951981gmail-m_-2043139302884821140gmail-m_-5910131712118139251gmail-m_-6381582995026845286gmail-m_7296931381352003915gmail-m_-7317105174432985155m_1826191230938646078gmail-m_2169168902910160289gmail-m_-4148855287631301658gmail-m_-8602556065839291903gmail-m_7970929156152338179ydpa6da4e6yiv0250513824gmail-m_-9191484334717191101ydp947b9da2yiv2535234003m_-4221099499125982623m_3365078851302001543gmail-m_6962729283260072030gmail-m_-7980274347628314621gmail-m_6308290693039493280LPlnk" rel="noreferrer noopener" style="font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/Qys_xU8lgCs</a> </font></div><div><font size="4"><br></font></div><div><div><span style="font-size:large"><b><u>BVARC March Club Meeting -- </u></b></span><span style="font-size:large"><b><u>ARRL Director, John Stratton, N5AUS</u></b></span></div><div><span style="font-size:large"> John Stratton gave a good presentation on the ARRL.</span></div><div><span style="font-size:large"> A recording of the March 11th </span><span style="font-size:large">Zoom meeting can be found</span></div><div><span style="font-size:large"> at </span><font size="4" style="font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif"><a href="https://youtu.be/D6UEABpuzqo" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/D6UEABpuzqo</a></font></div></div><div><br></div><div><h3 style="padding:0px 0px 6px;margin:0px"><span style="font-size:small"><u><font size="4"><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> </font><font face="tahoma, sans-serif">BVARC April Club Meeting -- </font></font></u> </span><font size="4">Paul Gilbert, KE5ZW, ARRL EmCom Management</font></h3></div><div> <font size="4">Meeting was April 15th -- Recording of the Zoom meeting</font></div><div><font size="4"> will be on YouTube soon.</font></div></div><div><font size="4"><br></font></div><div><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><font size="4"><b><u>BVARC May 13th Club Meeting -- </u> Hurricane Preparation by N5VCX.</b></font></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><font size="4"><b> Recording to soon be on line.</b></font></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><font size="4"><b><br></b></font></p></div></div></div><div style="font-size:13px;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(38,40,42)"><b><font size="4"> </font></b><font size="4"> </font><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font size="4" style="background-color:inherit">Enjoy your hobby....73 Ed. </font></span></div><div><br></div><br><div id="gmail-m_990790735551872492m_-4966342899408132473m_-1220101519977920944DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2"><br>
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