North Queensland
Amateur Radio Convention

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  TIMETABLE OF EVENTS

Friday afternoon 4pm to 6pm
Charters Towers RSL Club Function Room
- Set up displays, signage and layout for Meet and Greet

Friday evening 7pm to 10-30pm
Registered attendees and special guests only.
Charters Towers RSL Club Function Room
- Meet and Greet evening
Official opening of the convention by
Mayor Ben Callcott - Charters Towers Regional Council
around 8pm.
Masters of Ceremonies
Ray Schinkel VK4NET
Lyndall Reibelt VK4ZM
- nibblies supplied by theTARCinc

Saturday morning 8am to 9am
Charters Towers RSL Club Function Room
- finalise set up of Trade Displays
- set up Registration
- set up Demonstrations

Saturday 9am to 5-30pm
Charters Towers RSL Club Function Room
- Trade Displays
- some Demonstrations

Saturday morning 9am to 11am
Charters Towers RSL Club Function Room
- entry in Home Brew Contest Displays
(registered attendees only)
- view Home Brew Displays
(everyone)

Saturday 10-30am to 12pm
Visit to Zara Clark Museum
Mosman Street Charters Towers
(registered attendees only - $5 per head)

Saturday 12pm to 1-30pm
Charters Towers RSL Club Main Bar
- Lunch

Saturday afternoon 1pm to 1-30pm
Charters Towers RSL Club Function Room
Judging of Craft Home Brew Entries
by Lyn Prichard, Class Teacher, QCWA Charters Towers.

Saturday afternoon 1pm to 1-30pm
Charters Towers RSL Club Function Room
Judging of Technical Home Brew
by Don Terrace VK4MC B.Sc.(E.Eng.)

Saturday afternoon 1pm to 1-30pm
Charters Towers RSL Club Function Room
Judging of Produce Home Brew
by Senior Sargeant Graham Lohmann, Queensland Police Service Charters Towers
with Meryl Lohmann, Board of Control of Graham,
and Lieutenant Brian Geoghegan, Queensland Fire and Rescue Service Charters Towers

Saturday afternoon 2pm - 3-30pm
Visit to the Venus Gold Battery
Milchester Road Charters Towers
(registered attendees only - $11 per head)
(enclosed footwear required)

Saturday afternoon 4pm - 5-30pm
Car Boot Sale
(everyone)

Saturday evening 7pm to 10-30pm
Charters Towers RSL Club Function Room
Convention Banquet
(registered attendees only)
- Bistro banquet provided by the RSL Club kitchens
- Home Brew prize announcements
- Mystery Item Auction
- Banquet surprise raffle
- Presentation of the Ken Robertson VK4KT Memorial Award
- Technical and Planning Talks
Master of Ceremonies
Gavin Reibelt VK4ZZ

Sunday morning 7-30am to 9am
Charters Towers RSL Club Grounds
Set up Monster Auction

Sunday morning 8-30am to 10am
Ladies Group invade QCWA Markets
QCWA Hall, Mosman Street Charters Towers

Sunday 9am to 1pm
Charters Towers RSL Club Function Room
- Trade Displays
- some Demonstrations

Sunday morning 10am to 11am
Visit to Historic Ambulance Station
(registered attendees only - $2 per head)

Sunday 11am to 3pm
Charters Towers RSL Club Grounds
Monster Auction and Raffle Draws

Sunday 12pm to 2pm
Charters Towers RSL Club Main Bar
- Lunch

Sunday afternoon 3pm to 5pm
Cleanup outside and inside and keep up the fine
Convention tradtion by watching Don VK4ZCQ
fit heaps of treasure into a little car !

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Trade Displays by
Navcom Electronics - Barry Dionysius VK4TBD/VH4X
TET Emtron - Mark Rawlings VK6MOA
The Townsville Amateur Radio Club Inc. - Gavin Reibelt VK4ZZ

Major Raffle Prizes
Accommodation Package Voucher donated by Jupiters Casino Townsville
Equipment Purchase Voucher donated by TTS Systems Pty Ltd

Prizes
Prizes will be awarded for sections of the Technical Home Brew,
Craft Home Brew and Produce Home Brew competitions and entrants
must be registered and attending the Convention and be on hand
to answer questions from the competition Judges.

Banquet
Those of you who are attending the Convention Banquet are asked to
bring a mysteriously wrapped thingie of not too much value for the
Mystery Item Auction.

Visits
Convention organisers have arranged bulk booking via the
Charters Towers Visitors Information Centre and there
are limiting numbers required to run the tours.
Zara Clark Museum - minimum 10 maximum 35
Venus Battery - minimum 10 maximum 35
Historic Ambulance Station - no minimum or maximum

Registration
Deadline for Registration is PM Tuesday 6th September 2011.
Some have not made the deadline so the absolute final deadline
is PM Monday 12th September - no further extensions.

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