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SECTION VE TEST SESSIONS

• ARCA, EBARC, and ORCA sponsor joint ARRL VEC Amateur Radio Test Sessions quarterly (2010 dates are 1/24, 4/25, 7/25, 10/24) at 0900 hours. Exams are held at Fire Station #1 Media Room, 1605 Martin Luther King at 17th Street, Oakland. The 2010 fee (and retest fee) will be $15. For info call 510-846-1587 or 510-741-8227.
• LARK conducts testing sessions on an as-needed/as-requested basis immediately following the Klub meetings. To request or determine if there will be a testing session please contact Ron Kane, AD6KV (AD6KV at arrl.net) at least a week in advance so that arrangements can be made.
• MDARC holds VE test sessions on the 3rd Friday of the month, 1800 hours local, at Our Savior’s Lutheran Church, 1035 Carol Lane, Lafayette, CA
• Tri-City VE Group holds test sessions at their location near highways 680 and 880 at Hurricane Electric, 48233 Warm Springs Boulevard, Fremont. The 2010 scheduled dates are: March 13, Saturday 9:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.; April 15, Thursday 6:30 – 9:00 p.m.; May 8, Saturday, 9:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.; June 17, Thursday 6:30 - 9:0p.m.; July 10, Saturday 9:00 a.m.– 11:30 a.m.; August 19, Thursday 6:30 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.; September 11, Saturday 9:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.; October 21, Thursday 6:30 - 9:00 p.m.; November 13, Saturday 9:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.; December 16, Thursday 6:30 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. For further information, contact Bernhard AE6YN@arrl.net (510) 364-0611 or Rita, KI6SSQ@arrl.net (510) 703-7090, or check the ARRL website.

PACIFIC DIVISION HAMFESTS/CONVENTIONS

• MONTEREY BAY RADIOFEST 2010 - The Santa Clara Valley Section Convention (RadioFest 2010) sponsored by the Naval Postgraduate School Amateur Radio Club will be held on March 20th and 21st , 2010 near Monterey, CA. The event will be held at the Seaside, CA, General Stillwell Community Center (old Fort Ord), 4260 Gigling Road. For more information, go to http://www.radiofest.org/
• INTERNATIONAL DX CONVENTION 2010 - The 2010 International DX convention will be held 16-18 Apr 2010 at the Holiday Inn Hotel and Conference Center, 9000 West Airport Drive, Visalia, CA. This event is sponsored alternately by the Southern California DX Club & Northern California DX Club. Additional information is at http://www.dxconvention.org.
• VALLEY OF THE MOON AMATUER RADIO CLUB HAMFEST 2010 (San Francisco) - The 2010 VOMARC Hamfest will be held on May 1^st, at the Sonoma Veterans Memorial Building, 126 First Street West, Sonoma, CA. For more information, go to: http://vomarc.org.
• EMCOMM WEST 2010 - ARRL Nevada Section will host this event on April 30-May 2, 2010 at the Grand Sierra Resort & Casino 2500 East 2nd Street in Reno, Nevada. Go to http://emcommwest.org/ for more information.
• SACRAMENTO HAMFEST 2010 - The Hamfest sponsored by the North Hills Radio Club will be held 23 May, 2010 at Natomas High School, 3301 Fong Ranch road, Sacramento, CA. Go to http://www.k6is.org/ for more information.
• PACIFICON 2010 - PACIFICON is the ARRL’s Pacific Division convention and will once again be hosted by MDARC October 15-17, 2010, at the San Ramon Marriott 2600 Bishop Ranch Drive, San Ramon, CA. For more info go to: http://www.pacificon.org

LIVERMORE AMATEUR RADIO KLUB SWAP

• 1^st Sunday of the Month (March ~ November)
• Robertson Park, Livermore
• Sellers entrance opens at 0615
• Gates open 0700-1130
• Sellers spaces from $15 to $45
• Free admission to Buyers
• Free E-Waste disposal

For more information and directions:  http://www.livermoreark.org/swap/swap.html
During wet weather months, the Swap committee will assess the conditions of the site and determine if the swap will take place. Please check the website for the current swap status. 
You can also join the larkswap Yahoo Group (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/larkswap/) and receive email notification prior to the swap date.