March 23, 2018
2878 Ticknor Ct
Ann Arbor, MI 48104-6921
Dear Michigan Amateur Radio Club Members and Friends,
Once again, it is that time of year when lots of hams
around the world start thinking of the Dayton Hamvention. After all,
with 29,296 attendees from all amateur radio interest areas, what’s not
to like!
Don’t you wish you were going? You’re not looking forward
to that long drive? Don’t drive! Take the Arrow bus! It’s inexpensive
and easy. Even if you come from out of the Metro Detroit Area, you still
relieve yourself of more than 8 hours of drive time!
As in years past, The Arrow Communication Association
is sponsoring a bus trip from Ann Arbor, Michigan to the Greene County
Fairgrounds and Expo Center in Xenia, Ohio and back. The date is
Saturday, May 19. We leave the park-and-ride at 5:00 am and get to the
show at 9:00 am. We leave Xenia at 5:30 pm and arrive back to our large
park-and-ride site by 9:30 pm. A continental breakfast is included on
board. What more could you ask for?
Please Note: The
departure time is 5:00 am this year because Xenia is one-half hour
farther and the doors open up this year at 9:00 AM.
Check out our
video!
There is more. If you want to sell your stuff in the flea
market, we have reserved a space there just for you! Every year, Arrow
reserves a swap spot just for the bus trip crowd. You save $70.00. All
we ask is that you keep your items to a reasonable limit and that you
volunteer at least one hour of your time at the swap tables.
There is still more! As in the past several years, we
are giving away DOOR PRIZES! In 2018, we already have donations
from over a dozen Ham Radio Entrepreneurs around the U.S!
Also, again this year, Rex Harper, W1REX, of QRPme.com
will be giving out a free kit to each and every bus rider. We had a
great time putting together a no-solder gadget last time and will surly
enjoy doing so again! Just look at our video!
And…
For those of you who cannot make it to Four Days in
May, you will note that we have several nice QRP prizes on our list!
There is more to come…
The cost is $55.00 for the round trip. (This increases
to $65.00 on or after April 1.) Please mail all applications to ARROW
Communication Association, 2545 S. Lima Center Rd., Chelsea, MI 48118. Please
note that this does not include the Hamvention ticket. That one
you’ll have to do yourself! You may also use the link below to purchase
a seat using PayPal.
We are trying to generate as much publicity as possible,
which is why we are writing you. If you can, please share this
information as widely as you are able. If you have a web page, please
consider adding a paragraph about the trip and a link to https://w8rp.org/activities/dayton-bus-trip/.
We at Arrow deeply appreciate your help in this matter
and we thank you.
73,
John Wasciuk,
WA8TON / VO1TON / VO1HV
Activities Coordinator, ARROW Communication Association
www.w8rp.org
Ann Arbor, Michigan:
jwasciuk at gmail dot com
(616) 560-3365
Ann Arbor: Home of the University of Michigan Amateur
Radio Club, W8UM, Founded in 1913!
