Location: Boulder County Fairgrounds, inside the Exhibit Building, conveniently located at 9595 Nelson Rd, Longmont, CO 80501. See this Fairgrounds Site Map to find the Exhibit Bldg.
Date: Saturday, April 6, 2019
Time: Doors open to the public at 8:00am. Event ends at 2pm.
Talk-in frequency: 147.270 MHz (-) 100Hz tone.
Admission $5.00. (Under 12, free) Technical Sessions, door prizes, testing. See their LARCFest event web page for more information.
The Swapfest is an annual event co-sponsored by the Aurora Repeater Association, The Cherry Creek Young Amateur Radio Club, and Rocky Mountain Ham Radio.
The Winter Hamfest is an annual event sponsored by the Northern Colorado Amateur Radio Club.
Location:The Ranch, Larimer County Fairgrounds, Thomas McKee 4H Building. Loveland, CO. To reach The Ranch, exit I-25 at Crossroads Blvd., Exit 259. Travel East 1 mile to Fairgrounds Avenue (County Road 5) and go North to the entrance.
Date: Saturday, January 19, 2019
Time: Doors open to the public at 8:00am. Event ends at 1:00pm.
Admission: $6.00.
Talk-in frequency: 448.025 (-) 100Hz PL
VE Testing at 9:30a.m. See their PDF flyer for more information.
The annual RMRL holiday dinner will be held Wednesday, December 12, 2018 from 6:00 PM to about 8:30-9:00 PM. The location is the Golden Corral buffet restaurant, 3677 S. Santa Fe Drive in Sheridan (west side of Santa Fe immediately south of Hampden).
People can start eating around 6, we will take care of club business about 7, then Santa Joe will make sure everyone receives a gift! That will be followed by a presentation by the Colorado 4×4 Rescue and Recovery group. (You can listen to their nets every Wednesday at 8:00 PM on the 146.94).
The evening will end with a drawing for a special grand prize gift. Must be a member in good standing (dues paid) and present to win! The special gift is courtesy of a generous donor. (Thank you!)
When you arrive at the restaurant, pay for your party individually and tell the cashier you are with the RMRL group. We look forward to seeing everyone there!
Prices (exclusive of tax. Drinks are $2.79 extra for adults/seniors if you want them. The kid prices include a drink):
Adults: $14.49
Seniors 60+: $13.49
Kids 4 to 8: $2.99
Kids 9 to 12: $6.99
At the 2016 annual meeting, our new President, Dunnigan, made a commitment to the club to have a DMR repeater on the air by the end of the year. That commitment was fulfilled in November when the club’s new Motorola SLR5700 Digital Mobile Radio repeater made its debut from Guy Hill on the club’s existing 449.750 frequency pair. For more detailed information, check out our QRZ page “The RMRL Goes Digital!”. We invite all RMRL members with DMR radios to come check it out!
Mike Kionka, KI0GO, was named the Chief Technical Officer for the club, and recognized for his extraordinary efforts and skill in keeping the RMRL repeaters in good repair and on the air. Even when the trip needs to be completed by snowmobile in several feet of snow.
As a matter of fact, all the contributors to the RMRL were recognized. We especially appreciate and acknowledge our Membership Chairman, Mike Weaver, our Monday night net controller, Bruce Minerly, our backup net controller, Steve Cosentino, our crack technical staff and contributors Mike Kionka, Tim Banks, Ed Boyer, Glenn Cascino, and Ed Weston. We also want to say thank you to our Boy Scout Representative, Roy Crosthwaite.
Santa Joe makes sure the presents have been delivered!
RMRL Christmas Party 2017
Members enjoy the 2017 Christmas Party
The gift table – a fun RMRL tradition!
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The annual RMRL holiday dinner will be held Wednesday, December 6, 2017 from 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM. The location is the Golden Corral buffet restaurant, 3677 S. Santa Fe Drive in Sheridan (west side of Santa Fe immediately south of Hampden).
When you arrive at the restaurant, pay for your party individually and tell the cashier you are with the RMRL group. The cost is $12.49 + tax adults, $11.49 + tax seniors (60+) for all-you-can-eat buffet. Drinks are extra, $2.59 + tax.
Twice a year the ARRL offers an event designed to promote Amateur Radio to our youth.
Kids Day is designed to give on-the-air experience to young people and hopefully foster interest in getting a license of their own. It is also intended to give older hams a chance to share their station and love for Amateur Radio with their children, grandchildren, local boy- or girl-scout troop, or other youth group.
We will be connecting our IRLP node on the 145.340 repeater to the IRLP Friends Ham Radio Network that day so that kids in the Denver metro area (and beyond, see the coverage map) can talk to kids in other parts of the United States, and potentially the world. The event starts at noon, local time, and runs until 6:00pm. If there is no traffic, the connection times out, so be active and get on the air!
The ARRL provides a downloadable, printable certificate that you can print and fill out for your kid participant. They would also appreciate it if you would drop them a note via the form provided to let them know about your experiences. ARRL Kids Day web page.
The 63nd annual Hamvention in Dayton, Ohio will be May 18-20, 2018. The Hamvention website is loaded with information including ticket purchases, accommodations, maps, event schedules, forums, live coverage information, special event stations, exhibitors, and so much more.
Dates: Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, May 18-20, 2018
Time: Flea Market opens at 9:00am every day, inside exhibitors open at 9:00am every day. Event ends at 1:00pm on Sunday, the 20th.
Talk-in frequencies: For directions and assistance in the Dayton Area during your visit to Hamvention®, contact “Talk-In” on the DARA Repeater 146.94 (-), alternate 146.985 (-) -123.0 PL. Dayton Hams also monitor 223.94 (-)and 442.1 (+). MIDCARS will again monitor and provide travel assistance on 7.258 MHz. The Dayton gateway will be linked to D-Extra X-Reflector XRF038C during Hamvention weekend. D-Plus REF038C will also be available for the weekend. Use 446.1000 Digital Code Squelch CSQL use #13 as a D-Star simplex frequency at Hamvention®.
