July program – Field trip to the station and antenna farm of W0AIH

In event Rev. Bittner contracts a job that day, we will alert people to the change
and reschedule the trip to "The Farm" to the August meeting.
Any notice of change will be sent via the RARC web page,
the 97 repeater, and emails. In that case, a backup program will be
presented at the usual time and meeting place.

We agreed to convene at "The Farm" at 7:30 PM July 7.
Those wishing to join a carpool may find others at Wendy's across from
Valley View Mall. Coordinate via .97. Be there a bit early, ready to
depart not later than 6:00 PM and coordinate on .97 if not already
communicating. Enroute you may find others on the La Crosse 146.97,
the Hixton 146.94, tone unknown, or the Eau Claire, 146.91, tone 110.9.

The attached map will help people find "The Farm." A suggested route from
Onalaska is Hwy 53 north to SR 95 near Blair, east to I-94, northwest on 94 to
Foster, North on Hwy 53 to Brackett, east on Co D to Lincoln Town Line Road,
north to Sell Road, and west to 10009 Sell Road, the only house on that road.

We will see 50 poles or towers supporting many antennas! I reviewed the W0AIH
web page and confirmed there are multiple antennas on many of the supports,
including six 160m antennas, seven 80m antennas, two 40m beams, six 20m
antennas including a four wavelength rhombic, over seven 15m antennas, and
eight on 10m. You may have seen some from I-94 southeast of Eau Claire.
For pictures and more information, go to http://www.qth.com/w0aih/index.htm

The following is copied from the ARRL web page,
http://www.arrl.org/news/stories/2009/05/15/10820/:
 /“CQ/ magazine today announced its 2009 Hall of Fame inductees,
welcoming 15 new members into the CQ Amateur Radio Hall of Fame, two
new members of the CQ DX Hall of Fame and one new member of the CQ
Contest Hall of Fame. The CQ Amateur Radio Hall of Fame honors those
individuals, whether licensed hams or not, who have made significant
contributions to Amateur Radio; and those amateurs who have made
significant contributions either to Amateur Radio, to their
professional careers or to some other aspect of life on our planet.
The CQ Contest and DX Halls of Fame honor those amateurs who not only
excel in personal performance in these major areas of Amateur Radio
but who also "give back" to Amateur Radio in outstanding ways.
The 2009 inductee to the CQ Contest Hall of Fame is *The Reverend Paul
Bittner, W0AIH*. Bittner's station near Eau Claire, Wisconsin, is
known in Midwestern contesting circles simply as "The Farm." Spreading
across 120 acres, his farm grows a wide variety of antennas, as well
as regular crops of new contesters. Bittner constantly seeks out and
trains new contesters at his multi/multi station, and welcomes
visiting hams from around the world. He was nominated by the Minnesota
Wireless Association.”

I hope to see you all there at 7:30 PM, July 7.
Regards, WOØW

Local Amateur Events
Anyone interested in amateur radio is invited to participate.

RARC monthly meeting is the first Tuesday of the month
 at 7:00 pm at the Gundersen Clinic in La Crosse,
basement conference room 1

RARC board meeting is the third Wednesday of the month
at 12:30 pm at the King Street Kitchen

Sunday night net at 8:00 pm on 146.970

Wednesday morning breakfast at 8:00 am at Ardie's restaurant

Friday lunch at Hooters in downtown La Crosse.