UPDATED NRC/WTFDA 2010 Convention Info!

[Mike-CT]

NRC/WTFDA Convention 2010

The National Radio Club and the Worldwide TV/FM DX Association are coming to

ROCHESTER, NEW YORK for their joint 2010 convention!

The convention takes place Friday, August 27-Sunday, August 29 at the Brookwood Inn in Bushnell’s Basin, a quaint village along the Erie Canal just east of Rochester. For a complete Convention program as of August 22nd, click HERE.

For early arrivals Thursday night, we’ll have an informal dinner and perhaps a Rochester Red Wings baseball game.

On Friday, it’s a day full of station tours around Rochester, followed by a cookout at the home of club member Jim Renfrew - and a chance to play with his elaborate DX setup!

On Saturday, we’ll have more station tours, followed by dinner, a speaker and the world-famous club auction. (Note: please – no children during the business meeting or speaker’s presentation; hold all questions until after the speaker has finished.)

And on Sunday, it’s the Quiz before we all go our separate ways.
If you’re thinking of a family vacation this summer, Lisa Fybush is organizing family activities for non-radio-geek spouses and children.

--LODGING--

Our host hotel is the Brookwood Inn, conveniently located just off I-490 and adjacent to the historic Erie Canal. Rooms are just $65/night for up to four people, and breakfast is included.

To make your reservation, please call (585) 249-6000 and mention you're with the National Radio Club/WTFDA.

--REGISTRATION--

Convention registration information will be announced in May...for now, save the date, and please let your convention hosts know if you're thinking of attending so we can start to get a head count. Drop Scott aline at scott@fybush.com or 92 Bonnie Brae Ave, Rochester NY 14618.

We'll have much more information as the convention gets closer...stay tuned!

Your 2010 Convention Committee:

Scott and Lisa Fybush
Jerry Bond
Greg Coniglio
Rick Lucas
Jim Renfrew

Please e-mail scott@fybush.com

[Jeff-MA]

I mentioned yesterday that Michael Temme-Soifer and I are going to do a little pre-convention FM DXing from a mountain top location in NY on the way out there. We'll be getting to Mt. Utsayantha in Stamford, NY at noon on Thursday, and plan on being there through at least the early afternoon. I'll have my Sony XDR-S3HD and APS-9.

Here's a link to the location on google maps: http://tinyurl.com/2wlmofz

It is pretty much out in the middle of nowhere, with the only nearby stations being a very 60 watt class A (105.3 WGKR), and an even smaller 8 watt translator (104.5 W283BP) up there. It's about 4 hours from there to Rochester. Looking at the stats for WGKR, it appears that the ground elevation there is 3215 feet, 1269 feet above average terrain.

If anyone is interested, just send me an email so we'll know to look for you, and I'll give you my cell number.

Hope to see many of you on Thursday!