2006 JARC Events
January 14 - Mississippi Marathon
Event Sponsor: Mississippi Track Club www.mstrackclub.com
Event Starts: 7:00 a.m.
JARC Event Leader: John Jenkins, K5CEO 601 940-8007
Meetup: Natchez Trace, Clinton, Mississippi
Febuary 3-4 Capital City Hamfest
Event Sponsor: JARC info
Event Chairman: Lew King, W5LEW
Event Location: Mississippi Trade Mart, Mississippi State Fairgounds, Jackson, MS
This years hamfest was a huge success with 1,143 attendees, a 5% increase over last year, and over 5,000 door prize tickets were sold. This year we were please to welcome the Honey Baked Ham store on County Line Road as our co-sponsor. Attendees were from at least five states, the new Delta Division Director WD4Q and four ARRL Section Managers were present: W4OZK from Alabama, W5XX from Mississippi, K5MC from Louisiana, WB4NCW from Tennessee.
Plans are underway for next year and we will need everyones help once again next Febuary.
Photo by Bob Bullock, K5RWB
photo by Bob Bullock, K5RWB
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April 22- Natchez Trace Century Ride
Event Starts: 7:00 a.m.
JARC Event Leader: John Jenkins, K5CEO
Meetup: Natchez Trace, Ridgeland, Mississippi
Sponsor: www.ridgelandms.org
June 3 - Heat Wave Triathlon
Event Starts: 6:30 a.m.
JARC Event Leader: John Jenkins, K5CEO
Meetup: Cock of the Walk, Ridgeland, Mississippi
Sponsor: www.heatwavetri.org
June 10 - Giro d' Brandon
Event Start:
JARC Event Leader: John Jenkins, K5CEO
Meetup: Shilo Park, Brandon, MS
Sponsor:
June 24 & 25 - Field Day
Event Location: Pearl City Park, Pearl, MS.
Event Start: 1:00pm on the 24 and runs 24 hours ending 1:00pm Sunday the 25th. Setup begins Saturday morning.
Event Leader: Johnny K, W5PFR for info send an email to Johnny
Sponsor: JARC
Setup
GOTA and the feast location
View all 2006 JARC Field Day photos.
SEP 30 - ARRL Day in the Park
Sponsor: ARRL & hosted by JARC
Time: 8:00am - 3:00pm
Location: Shilon Park, Brandon
JARC Event Leader: Ron Brown, AB5WF
Talk-in: W5PFC on 146.16/76 and 3.862 MHz
ARRL Delta Division Director - Henry Leggett, WD4Q addressing the crowd
View the entire Day in the Park gallery.
Oct 7 & 8 - MS 150 Bike Ride
Event Start:
JARC Event Leader: John Jenkins, K5CEO
Meetup: Baptist Health Plex, Clinton, MS; Oct 7
Sponsor: Mississippi Chapter, National MS Society
Local MS Chapter info
Photo by Bob Bullock, K5RWB
Photo by Bob Bullock, K5RWB
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Oct 15 - Diabetes Walk
Event Start: 1:00 PM
JARC Event Leader:
Event Location: Southern Farm Bureau
Photo by Bob Bullock, K5RWB
Photo by Bob Bullock, K5RWB
View the entire 2006 Walk for Diabetes gallery.
Dec 21 - JARC Christmas Party
Event Start: 7:00 PM
Event Chairman: Lew King, W5LEW
Event Location: First Baptist Church, Byram
Photo by Bob Bullock, K5RWB
Photo by Bob Bullock, K5RWB
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