Groups listing activities: Click for their information. Only the first listing received from each organzation is linked.  Be sure to check other days.

Here is a list of organizations that had special activities in 2007.  Those in bold have listed 2008 activities.

Amateur TV network
American Red Cross
AMSAT/TAPR  Joint Banquet
Contest University
CW Pile Up Contest
The Frankford Radio Club
International Visual Communication Association (IVCA)
Kansas City DX Club
The Mad River Radio Club
North Coast Contesters
Potomac Valley Radio Club (PVRC)
QCWA
QRP Amateur Radio Club International
Southwest Ohio DX Association
TAPR/AMSAT Joint Banquet
VHF Weak Signal Group
Yankee Clipper Contest Club (YCCC)

Wednesday Activities

QRP Amateur Radio Club International: Four Days in May Registration 7.30pm- 9:30 p.m. in the Challenger Room, Fairbon Holiday Inn. See website for details.

Contest Super Suite, 7 p.m.-2 a.m. at the Crowne Plaza (Downtown Dayton) . Hosted by Contest University. Pizza Party at 11 PM sponsored by Contest University. See website for details.

Thursday Activities

Contest University will be held on Thursday May 15, 2008, from 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Dayton, Ohio.  This is the day before the Dayton Hamvention officially opens.  Don’t miss this rare opportunity to gain knowledge that may take you years of practice, trial and error or lost time to learn otherwise. Get the edge to improve your scores and put your station in the winners circle today!  For more info or registration visit the website.

Contest Super Suite, 7 p.m.-2 a.m. at the Crowne Plaza (Downtown Dayton) . Hosted by The Mad River Radio Club (MRRC), Frankford Radio Club (FRC) and North Coast Contesters (NCC) with a 11 p.m. pizza party sponsored by K8CC and K3LR. See website for details.

Friday Activities

 2008 AMSAT / TAPR Banquet will be held Friday evening, May 16, at the Kohler Presidental Banquet Center, Kettering, OH.  Reservations are required and must be made by Monday, 12 May 2008. To make reservations contact Martha (martha@amsat.org) at the AMSAT office from 10 a.m.  to 6 p.m. EDT at (301) 589-6062, or in the US toll free at (888) 322-6728. Presidents Club Gold members should let Martha know if they are planning to attend the banquet.    More info at the website.

ATN/ATV Friday night dinner and meeting will be at 6 p.m. at Roush's Restaurant, 305 W. Main St., Fairborn, OH. For those of you with GPS: 39-49-19N 84-01-30W. Phone: (937) 878-3811.  For more information see the web site: http://www.atn-tv.org/dayton2008.htm

Contest Super Suite, 7pm-2am at the Crowne Plaza (Downtown Dayton) . Hosted by The Mad River Radio Club (MRRC), Frankford Radio Club (FRC) and North Coast Contesters (NCC) with a 11:30 PM pizza party sponsored by the Potomac Valley Radio Club (PVRC).  See website for details.

International Visual Communication Association (IVCA) meeting Friday at 7 p.m. Holiday Inn, 10 Rockridge Rd. in Englewood.  This is just three miles from the Hara Arena.  Go East on Shiloh Springs Rd, turn Left on N Main St (48).  Continue to the I-70 overpass.  Rockridge Rd is on the Left just past the overpass.  Anyone is welcome to present a program. Contact Dave Jones, KB4YZ if you would like to speak to the group on any SSTV related subject. djones@tima.com See website for details. http://www.tima.com/~djones/friday08.txt

Southwest Ohio DX Association 23rd annual DX Dinner will be Friday evening, 16 May, at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, located in Dayton city center.  Up to date information on the DX dinner may be found at www.swodxa.com  or from  n0fw <at> live <dot> com.  N0FW's  CBA is Pete Meyer, N0FW, 3049 New London Rd., Hamilton, OH  45013

 QCWA 2008 Hamvention Banquet,  hosted by Chapter 9 Southwest Ohio will be held Friday, May 16, 2008 at 7:30 p.m. at QCWA Hamvention Headquarters in the Holiday Inn, Dayton Airport which is located at 10 Rockridge Rd in Englewood. Advanced reservation are required.  For more information  go to  http://www.qcwa.org/dayton-qcwa-banquet.htm or call (937) 746-5857

Saturday Activities

North Coast Contesters will host the 16th Annual Dayton Contest Dinner at 6:30 p.m. Saturday night, May 17, 2008.   Dinner tickets are  on sale now! There will be no Contest Dinner tickets for purchase at the door. A quick sell out is expected. Cash bar opens at 5:30pm. Located at the Crowne Plaza Hotel (Official Contest Hotel) at 5th and Jefferson Streets (Next to the Downtown Convention Center) Dayton, Ohio in the Van Cleve Ballroom.

Contest Super Suite, 7pm-2am at the Crowne Plaza (Downtown Dayton) . Hosted by The Mad River Radio Club (MRRC), Frankford Radio Club (FRC) and North Coast Contesters (NCC) with a 11:30 PM pizza party sponsored by the Yankee Clipper Contest Club (YCCC).See website for details.

CW Pile Up Contest The Kansas City DX Club is sponsoring its annual CW Pile Up Contest. Our Hospitality Suite is Room 525, at the Crowne Plaza, as it has been for the last 25+ years! The Test will begin at 7 p.m. until Midnight! An Icom IC-7000 is the top prize again this year! Only the best need apply!"

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