NWAPRS Activities and Events Schedule
Newest events are posted at
the top of the page.
11th Annual NWAPRS Summer Gathering
2008, Valley Camp, North Bend, WA Fri-Sun, Sept 5-7.
(Concluded) 2008 Microhams Digital Conference will be held March 22, 2008 on the Microsoft Campus in Redmond, WA. Registration for the event is available now!. Last years presentations and video are now available online.
(Concluded) 10th Annual NWAPRS Summer Gathering 2007, Valley Camp, North Bend, WA, Fri-Sun, Sept 7-9. The 10th annual gathering of the minds at North Bend's Valley Camp will include 2 1/2 days of fun and opportunity to match names and callsigns, here the latest on APRS and other digital modes, and finish those "back burner" tracker projects. The Valley Camp has full-hookup RV sites, tent spaces, cozy bunk room, plenty of vehicle parking, and a great covered meeting area. There'll be ample space for running around, hiking, or leisurely activities. Our hosts are Thom and Teena Proehl, managers of the camp. Thom will start taking RSVPs in June for attendance and RV parking spots. To get to the camp, take exit 34 off I-90, head north about 1/4 mile past the truck stop and then turn right on SE Middle Fork road and follow that to the Y, then take the left (lower) road. It will link back with the right-Y road, just across from the entrance to the Valley Camp. Once inside the camp follow the road to the left and you'll find us. Talk in on APRS or 146.52. Thom's callsign is K7FZO and Teena's is KC7MTG. More info here.
(Concluded-balloon launch canx due to wx) Fire in the Sky 2007, Memorial Day Weekend May 26-28: The Washington Aerospace Club of Puyallup will host rocket launches and balloon launch near Mansfield, WA (east of Chelan) over Memorial Day weekend. Rocketeers from all over the PacNW will attend. A near space balloon launch will occur Sunday from the launch site. An APRS tracker will be used to track the payload trek up and back to earth. Ground search teams equipped with APRS mobile capability are requested. We'll be on the Omak repeater 145.45-, no tone. If you are interested, contact Robert Nech. For more info: http://www.fireinthesky.org
(Concluded) SEAPAC Hamfest, Seaside, OR, June 1-3: Speaker needed to present the APRS presentation, or a demo, for about 45 mins. Please contact Dave K7GPS as soon as possible.
(Concluded) Microhams Digital Conference (incorporating NWAPRS Winter Gathering), Microsoft Corporate campus, Redmond, WA, Sat, Feb 24, 2007. The Puget Sound NWAPRS WG has been "expanded" to include other digital discussions. Meeting starts at 0900. Subway sandwiches will be provided. Cost is $10 per person (to cover expenses). There will be door prizes. Advance registration required for security/access to Microsoft campus. Send registration to registration@microhams.com and include your name, callsign, vehicle description/license number.
(Concluded) NWAPRS Summer Gathering, Valley Camp, North Bend, WA, Fri-Sun, Sept 8. The 9th annual gathering of the minds at North Bend's Valley Camp will include 2 and 1/2 days of fun and opportunity to match names and callsigns, here the latest on APRS and other digital modes, or finish those "back burner" tracker projects. The Valley Camp has full-hookup RV sites, tent spaces, cozy bunk room, plenty of vehicle parking, and great covered meeting area. There'll be plenty of space for running around, hiking, or leisurely activities. Our hosts are Thom and Teena Proehl, managers of the camp. Thom will start taking RSVPs in June for attendance and RV parking spots. To get to the camp, take exit 34 off I-90, head north about 1/4 mile past the truck stop and then turn right on SE Middle Fork road and follow that to the Y, take the left (lower) road. It will link back with the right-Y road, just across from the entrance to the Valley Camp. Once inside the camp follow the road to the left and you'll find us. Talk in on APRS or 146.52. Thom's callsign is K7FZO and Teena's is KC7MTG. More info here.
(Concluded) SEA-PAC: June 16-18, Seaside, OR. Ron Reeves/N7QXO will put on an APRS demo this year. Don Arnold/W6GPS, will be there pushing the AvMap G4T GPS communicator. Dave/K7GPS will not be there due to non-emergency medical commitment.
(Concluded) Fire
in the Sky 2006, Memorial Day
Weekend May 27-29: The Washington
Aerospace Club of Puyallup will host rocket launches and balloon launch
near Mansfield, WA (east of Chelan) over Memorial Day weekend. Rocketeers from
all over the PacNW will attend. A BalloonSat building workshop for high school
students will produce a styrofoam payload bay which will be lifted up about 100k
feet into near space. An APRS tracker will be used to track the payload trek up
and back to earth. Ground search teams equipped with APRS mobile capability are
requested. We'll be
on the Omak repeater 145.45-, no tone. If you are interested, contact Robert
Nech. For more info: http://www.fireinthesky.org
and take a look at some pics from last year's FITS05. Read
the balloon flight debrief here.
(Concluded)
NWAPRS
Spring Digital Gatherings 2006..... Our 3rd round of Winter Gatherings, which are one
day meetings across the region to invite new people to learn more about APRS,
and allow us old timers time to renew friendships and share coffee together, are
now being planned. This year we plan to add discussions on Winlink, Airmail,
regular Packet, and HF digital modes of communication. Last
year we had meetings in Billings, Spokane, Longview, Edmonton, and at the
Puyallup Mike
& Key Hamfest. These meetings can be part of a local hamfest or other related
gathering, or a stand-alone visit. If you would like
to lead one of these one-day Saturday events, please email me your info mailto:k7gps@arrl.net.
Centralia/Chehalis, WA: Sat, Mar 18, 0900-1700, at the Virgil R Lee
Building, Chehalis, WA, 13th St SW and Willaims St SW. Take the I-5 exit 76 to
13th St. Talk-in on the Baw Faw repeater 147.06 T110.9. A $5 donation is
requested to offset lunch and hall rental. For a complete schedule, go to: http://wiki.ampr2.net/nwaprs/SpringGatheringCentralia.
FMI contact Herb/KB7UVC.
Spokane, WA: Saturday, March 25th, from 0900-1500, at Conley's Place Restaurant, 12622 E Sprague, Spokane Valley, just east of Pines, on the south side of Sprague. We've been promised the upstairs room, which seats 40 and can be made dark enough to show a PPT presentation. Their phone is 509-924-5411. Anybody wishing to have breakfast is welcome to show up around 0700. We'll have presentations and demos of APRS, Airmail, Winlink, and good old VHF packet. Help needed with the presentations. Reply to me, Dave.
(Concluded) NWAPRS Summer
Gathering, Valley Camp, North Bend, WA, Fri-Sun, Sept 9-11, 2005. The
8th annual gathering of the minds at
North Bend's Valley Camp will include 2 and 1/2 days of fun and opportunity to
match names and callsigns, here the latest on APRS, or finish those "back
burner" tracker projects. The Valley Camp has full-hookup RV sites, tent
spaces, cozy bunk room, plenty of vehicle parking, and great covered meeting area. There'll be plenty of space for running around, hiking, or leisurely
activities. Our hosts are Thom and Teena Proehl, managers of the camp. Thom will
start taking RSVPs in June for attendance and RV parking spots. To get to the camp, take exit 34 off
I-90, head north about 1/4 mile past the truck stop and large fenced area on
right, then turn right on SE Middle Fork road and follow that to the Y, take the left (lower)
road. It will link back with the right-Y road, just across from the entrance to
the Valley Camp. Once inside the camp follow the road to the left and you'll
find us. Talk in on APRS or 146.44. Thom's callsign is K7FZO and Teena's is
KC7MTG. More info here.
(Concluded) SEA-PAC: June 17-19, Seaside, OR. No APRS demo or presentation this year, but we'll have APRS lunch at Pizza Hut Sunday following the drawing. Dave/K7GPS will be there. The first 5 pizzas are on him.
(Concluded) Fire
in the Sky 2005, Memorial Day Weekend: The Washington
Aerospace Club of Puyallup is hosting a rocket launch and balloon launch
near Mansfield, WA (east of Chelan) over Memorial Day weekend. Rocketeers from
all over the PacNW will attend. A balloonSat building workshop for high school
students will produce a styrofoam payload bay which will be lifted up about 20
miles into near space. An APRS tracker will be used to track the payload trek up
and back to earth. Ground search teams equipped with APRS mobile capability are
requested. Cliff/W7CGA will be base support for the balloon launch, and we'll be
on the Omak repeater 145.45-, no tone. If you are interested, contact Robert
Nech. For more info: http://www.washingtonaerospace.org
or
http://users.crosspaths.net/wallio/ARHAB
Launch Announcements.htm
(Concluded) NWAPRS Winter Gatherings.....
It's time to start planning our 2nd round of Winter Gatherings, which are one
day meetings across the region to invite new people to learn more about APRS,
and allow us old timers time to renew friendships and share coffee together. Last
year we had meetings in Puget Sound, Kelso, Spokane, Boise, Edmonton, and
Billings. These meetings can be part of a local hamfest or other related
gathering, or a stand-alone visit. If you would like
to lead one of these one-day Saturday events, please email me your info mailto:ddobbinswa@yahoo.com
Billings SG: The 3rd Annual APRS Spring Gathering will be held in Billings,
Montana on Saturday, April 2nd, at the Fuddrucker's REstaurant at 875 Main St in
the "Heights", to begin around 11am til 2pm. We will discuss operating
software, settings for mobiles and fixed stations, emergency usage, weather
stations and have some show and tell of home projects. For more info, contact
Rex/KI0BJ at KI0BJ@BHWI.net
Spokane WG: Sat, Mar 19, 0900, Conley's Place Restaurant, 12622 E Sprague, Spokane Valley. Just east of Pines, on south side of Sprague. Phone 509-924-5411.
Longview WG: Sat, Mar 19, 0900-1500, LCARA W7DG clubhouse
Kelso, WA. RSVP to Bob/KB7ADO at kb7ado@aol.com.
Edmonton WG: Sat, Feb 5, 1200, in conjunction with the SARA
Flea Market, Yellowhead Inn, 15004 Yellowhead Trail, Edmonton AB. $3
admission to the flea market.
Puget Sound, WA: An APRS demo table will be set up at the Puyallup Fairgrounds at the Mike & Key Hamfest on Mar 12th 2005. Herb/KB7UVC is leading the effort, and will need help manning the table and answer question from folks interested in APRS. If you can help, sign up for a time slot with Herb at this event.
Note: At this time there is no participation (presentation or demo table) planned for SEAPAC this year, June 17-19, and the deadline to get something in the printed program is past. I will not be available to lead this, and Ron/N7QXO is presenting another topic. We asked for someone to lead this effort, but no one replied.
(Concluded) NWAPRS Summer Gathering, VaLLLey Camp, North Bend, WA, Fri-Sun, Sept 10-12, 2004. The seventh annual gathering of the minds at North Bend's VaLLLey Camp will include 2 and 1/2 days of fun and opportunity to match names and callsigns, here the latest on APRS, or finish those "back burner" tracker projects. The VaLLLey Camp has full-hookup RV sites, tent spaces, cozy bunk room, plenty of vehicle parking, and great covered meeting area. There'll be plenty of space for running around, hiking, or leisurely activities. Our hosts are Thom and Teena Proehl, managers of the camp. Thom will start taking RSVPs in June for attendance and RV parking spots. To get to the camp, take exit 34 off I-90, head north about 1/4 mile past the truck stop and large fenced area on right, then turn right on SE Middle Fork road and follow that to the Y, take the left (lower) road. It will link back with the right-Y road, just across from the entrance to the VaLLLey Camp. Once inside the camp follow the road to the left and you'll find us. Talk in on APRS or 146.44. Thom's callsign is K7FZO and Teena's is KC7MTG. More info here.
(Concluded) SEAPAC, Seaside, OR, June 19-20, 2004: Ron Reeves/N7QXO, will give an APRS presentation again at this year's SEAPAC. There will also be a demonstration table.
NORTHWEST HAMFEST++ SCHEDULE. Here is the schedule for hamfests for 2004 in our region. Volunteers are sought to lead an APRS presentation or demonstration at these opportunities.
FEB 21 Rickreall Salem Hamfair OR:
MAR 6 Puyallup, WA: KB7UVC will do an APRS demonstration table
MAR 20-21 Communications Academy 2004, Shoreline Conference Center
APR 3 Spokane, WA
APR 17 Idaho Falls, ID
APR 17 Yakima, WA
APR 24 Caldwell, ID
JUN 4-6 Wenatchee, WA
JUN 19-20 Seaside, OR (NW Division Convention): Maybe N7QXO will do this one
again
JUL 17-18 Glacier Park, East Glacier, MT
JUL 31 Chehalis, WA
AUG 14 Tacoma area, WA
SEP 25 Spokane, WA: K7GPS will do this one
NOV 13 Lynden, WA: Mt. Baker ARC
(Concluded) NWAPRS Winter/Spring Gathering(S)..... The following NWAPRS Gatherings are in planning now. If you would like to lead one of these one-day Saturday events, please email me your data:
(Concluded) Puget Sound, WA: In lieu of a formal meeting, an APRS demonstration is being given at the Puyallup Fairgrounds Mike & Key Hamfest on Mar 6th, all day. Herb/KB7UV is leading the effort, and will likely need help manning the table to talk with folks interested in APRS.
(Concluded) Kelso, WA: March 13th, 2004...W7DG
Clubhouse, Kelso, WA, starting at 0900. RSVP to Bob/KB7ADO at kb7ado@aol.com.
(Concluded)
Spokane, WA: March 13th, 2004...Sidelines Restaurant, 12909
E Sprague Ave, City of Spokane Valley. From I-90 east bound, take the Pines
exit, go south then take a left (east) on Sprague. The restaurant is on the
north side of the road. From I-90 west bound, take the Evergreen Rd exit, go
south then take a right (west) on Sprague. Go through the McDonald intersection,
then look for the restaurant on the right. RSVP to Dave/K7GPS at ddobbinswa@yahoo.com.
(Concluded) Boise, ID: March 6th, 2004...Fruitland, ID City Hall, 0900-1700. RSVP to Stephanie/KC7DBA at kc7dba@arrl.net and bring a food dish to share.
(Concluded) Edmonton, AB: March 13th, 0900-1500, at the Sherwood Park, AB, Strathcona Health Unit 2 Brower Dr, Sherwood Park. James VE6SRV will lead this one providing there is enough interest locally. RSVP to James at ve6srv@narc.net.
(Concluded) Southcentral/Southeastern Montana: Montana APRS Spring Gathering II, Mar 27, in Billings, MT at the downtown Perkins Restaurant , 825 N 27th (this is on N 27th between 8th and 9th Ave North, 1 block south of Cobb Field. Take I-90 exit 450, North 27th, like you are headed for the airport. Meeting will begin at 11:00. FMI contact Patrick/W7VL at friendps@bresnan.net.