WE'RE LOOKING FOR YOU ... AND FOR AMELIA TOO! New Dates! April 17th - 18th You're invited to join us for a fun-filled weekend! Again on the River's edge in Nebraska Sponsored & Hosted by Your 3900 Club ARRL Midwest Division Convention Thirty-Third Annual Event All events held in the Marina Center complex ~ ~ fully handicapped accessible ~ ~ Friday, April 17th - 2:00 to 9:00 P.M. Saturday, April 18th - 8:00 A.M. to 4:00 P.M. Sunday Farewell Brunch - 9:00 to 11:00 A.M. Vendor Market & Seminar Admission $6.00 at the door - Good for both days >>> New to our event this year <<< The Collins Amateur Radio Club - WØCXX Location: Marina Inn Conference Center South Sioux City, Nebraska Take Interstate 29 N and S -- US Hiway 20 W into Nebraska Talk-in on 146.91 (provided by S.A.R.A.) Travel Arrangements: Premier Travel & Cruise Sioux City IA, 1-800-759-0008 Experts at getting you in and out of Sioux City! Area Accomodations: Marina Inn 4th & B Sts., South Sioux City, Nebraska 68776, (402)494-4000 1-800-798-7980 - for reservations only The site of all convention activities Special "Hamboree 2009" room rate of $72 is still being offered. Get your reservation in now! Scenic Park Campground 1021 E. 6th St., South Sioux City, Nebraska Reservations available, with full payment, IN ADVANCE Rate of $17.00 / day includes full hookup Contact: Gene Maffit 1615 - 1st Ave. South Sioux City, NE 68776 (402)494-7531 E-mail: gmaffit@southsiouxcity.org NØGIV's view of the Argosy Riverboat Casino from the campground Chairman: Tom Brosamle - WBØYNX, 501 S. Lewis Blvd., Sioux City, Iowa 51106, (712)252-4107, e-mail at wb0ynx@arrl.net Highlights: Huge, well-lighted, sales arena for commercial & individual vendors: April 10th Update / News Flash -- We are back in the big building across the parking lot Those empty tables in front are for YOU -- come join in the fun! VE testing - 2 sessions: Friday evening & Sat. afternoon See the "Trader Net" page for what to bring Friday night banquet ..... with Left Foot Keying Contest, "Dayton Slide Show" & Prizes A fun event for all you CW enthusiasts! Start practicing now so you'll be ready! The "Ladies Day" activities are back! - SHOW YOUR XYL! Saturday 3900 Club luncheon & meeting Quality forums all day Saturday Doorprizes Sunday Farewell Brunch at Kahill's Flea Market Feature Attractions: Dan & Maline of Radio City will be showing us new equipment again this year! An ARRL official DXCC Card Checker, Jeff Reynolds - NEØDX, will have a table near the ARRL booth on Saturday from 9:00 to 2:00 Find out what to bring: Go to Jeff's site link on our "Links" page A first for us -- a close-of-day "I Don't Want to Take It Home" auction There will be bargains here! Featured Forum: "The Search for Earhart’s Lockheed L-10E Electra" Tom Vinson - NYØV - is the Collins ARC team leader in the Rockwell-Collins sponsored portion of the search for Amelia Earhart's plane, conducting an analysis on her last HF radio transmissions. He is now retired from R-C after 33 years in electrical / industrial engineering & program management. Tom's "go-to guy" is Rod Blocksome - KØDAS, a 41-year Collins electrical engineer; he is the chief systems engineer on the search team. Tom's 42 years & Rod's 49 years in amateur radio, combined with their engineering backgrounds, give them a unique perspective to make this search successful where others have failed -- AND THEIR STORY IS FASCINATING! Joe Eisenberg - KØNEB - presents his popular "Dayton Slide Show" after the Friday night banquet Additional Forums & Seminars: PRESENTERS TOPICS Don Kramper Geocaching with Hams Dennis Crabb Iowa Repeater Council Rod Blocksome History of Collins Radio Tom Vinson & Rod Blocksome T32CXX Dxpedition to Kiritmati Island ARRL's Bruce Frahm Pending Issues Update / Q&A Session We need your help getting the word out this year. Please click on the following link, print out a few copies of the flyer, and distribute them to your local clubs and any interested hams. Flyer -- CLICK HERE Or, you can forward the URL for this page to any of your own ham friends who will want to see it. Please access your Fleamarket Registration form from the "2009 Flea Market" page To print out your Convention Registration form CLICK HERE Please Note:  Advance Flea Market & Seminar admission is available only with accompanying purchase of meal tickets Admission ONLY tickets will be available at the door for the same $6.00 price This form requires use of the Acrobat Reader If you do not have the program downloaded onto your PC, you may click on the Adobe Acrobat logo here. It will take you to their free download site.

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