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09/30/2022 | Toccoa-Currahee Military Weekend
Sep 30-Oct 2, 1600Z-1400Z, W4T, Toccoa, GA. Currahee Military Museum. 1.945 3.885 7.270. QSL. Garret Scott, 10236 Birch Hill Lane, Knoxville, TN 37932. Military Weekend commemorating the training of WWII Airborne Troops at Camp Toccoa, Georgia. Parachute Infantry Regiments of the 101st and 82nd Airborne Divisions, and others, trained at Camp Toccoa, notably including the 506st PIR "Easy Company". All operations will be from original WWII radio equipment, including an SCR-177B/BC-191/BC-312, SCR-284/BC-654, SCR-694/BC-1306, SCR-536/BC-611, and SCR-511/BC745. AM and CW modes will be utilized. Radio operations will be conducted from living history encampments at the Toccoa Museum, Toccoa Courthouse, Camp Toccoa, and Currahee Mountain. WWII veterans are expected to participate in this event. w8bug.com/w4t
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10/15/2022 | Don Carter State Park POTA Support Your Parks Autumn Event
Oct 15-Oct 16, 1300Z-2300Z, W4T, Gainesville, GA. Lanierland ARC/ Hall County ARES. 7.225 + or - 14.225 + or - . QSL. W4T Lanierland ARC/Hall ARES, P.O. Box 2182, Gainesville, GA 30503. SASE Please. On October 15 beginning at 9:00 AM the Lanierland Amateur Radio Club and Hall County ARES will be co-hosting a Special Event Station W4T (Whiskey Four Tango) at Don Carter State Park at Pavillion #4 located at 5000 N Browning Bridge Rd, Gainesville, GA 30506 (Just off Clarks Bridge Road SR 284). If you don’t have a GA State Parks Pass there is $5 parking fee to enter the park. This Special Event coincides with POTA (Parks On The Air) Support Your Parks Autumn Event. This should be a fun event for all with a chance to learn more about amateur radio and get a chance to see and operate different radios set up for the Special Event and the POTA Support Your Parks Event. Everyone is invited to attend and participate. So come on out and enjoy the camaraderie and fellowship and do a little HF operating. If you want to bring any amateur gear you might have to sell bring it along. You may also bring your HF radio and/or antenna to set up and operate. See how much fun Parks On The Air is to operate. Jimmy Harris, KN4NZK will be preparing some of his “World Famous Barbeque” (For a Modest Price) at lunch time (Noon Until 1 PM). Those operators that operate the W4T Special Event Station and make at least 10 contacts will receive a nice certificate suitable for framing. All amateurs who contact W4T during this event will receive a QSL by sending a QSL and SASE to: W4T, P.O. Box 2182, Gainesville, GA 30503. Come on out and enjoy a great time. For additional information contact one of the following: Jimmy Harris, KN4NZK jimmys@charter.net; Tony Constabile, KB2DPY kb2dpy@gmail.com; Billy Fallin, KN4ZFB billy.fallin@comcast.net; Terry Jones, W4TL w4tl@arrl.net https://www.lanierlandarc.org/p/2022-pota-meet-up.html
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