International Radio Club of America convention
September 5-7 in Tukwila, WA (suburban Seattle)

registration details at https://www.ircaonline.org/info.php?pnum=8594abfdf5bf02
convention schedule:
Thursday, September 5 2019
Guests arrive by air, train, bus, and cars (hotel provides shuttle van)
Courtyard by Marriott Seattle Southcenter, 400 
Andover Park W, Tukwila WA  98188

  800-321-2211 or 206-575-2500.
 4:00P   Registration in Lobby. HOSTS: Mike Sanburn, Bruce Portzer.
 6:00P   Dinner on your own at near-by 
restaurants (possible group meal at Outback)

 5-9PM  Museum of Flight FREE night, only 10 minutes from the convention
Friday, September 6 2019
 9:00A   Meeting room opens
10:00+  Depart for KIRO tour (tour is at 11 AM)
 1:00P   KNHC tour (student run FM station)
 5:00P   Dinner Break
 6:30P    Transmitter sites - Ben Dawson
            Over the Pole DXing, What a 
Difference a Year Makes - Nick Hall-Patch

            DXing from Japan - Satoshi Miyauchi/Hiroo Nakagawa
             Rockworks' Greatest hits - Tom Rothlisberger
             Life as a DXer/group - Pat Martin group DXcussion
10:00P   Good night (meeting room closes)
Saturday, September 7 2019
 9:00A    Innovative Ferrite Antennas - Gary DeBock
             Antenna phasing, an Introduction, 
by moderator, Bill Whitacre and Nick Hall-Patch

             Fixed Phasers For Pairs of Antennas - Dave Aichelman
              Phasing Backyard Antennas - Nick Hall-Patch
11:30A   Lunch Break
 1:00P   Social time, plus outside (weather 
permitting) informal demonstration of
                antenna arrays and techniques - 
Gary DeBock/Guy Atkins/Nick Hall-Patch

 4:00P   IRCA Business Meeting - Bruce Portzer
 4:45P   Group picture - gather in lobby
 5:00P   Gathering for banquet at Claim Jumper (on your own funds)
 5:30P   Leave for banquet
 6:00P   Banquet at Claim Jumper
 8:00P   Auction in the meeting room ? auctioneers TBBD
10:00P   Good night (meeting room closes) - see you next year!
Sunday, September 8 2019
No events planned, random gatherings with folks waiting to leave
I will have some free passes to the Museum of Flight should anyone
 want to go there.
There  will also be a DXpedition to Grayland WA after the convention,
starting Sunday night. See Bruce Portzer for details.

Nick Hall-Patch

Nick Hall-Patch
Victoria, BC
Canada 


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