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Club Events Calendar 09 Dec - Tue at 8:00pm: Boll Weevil Net (K4EXT) 12 Dec - Fri at 6:30pm: EARS Christmas Dinner at Po Folks in Enterprise 16 Dec - Tue at 8:00pm: Boll Weevil Net (KD4FNI) 23 Dec - Tue at 8:00pm: Boll Weevil Net (W4UZR) 30 Dec - Tue at 8:00pm: Boll Weevil Net (N5TKT) 06 Jan - Tue at 8:00pm: Boll Weevil Net (WA4WQW) 13 Jan - Tue at 8:00pm: Boll Weevil Net (K4EXT) 15 Jan - Thu at 7:00pm: EARS Meeting at EOCC in the Science Building Club Dining Calendar Wed at 11:00am: Lunch at the Deli in Daleville Sat at 7:00am: Breakfast at the Enterprise Restaurant on North Main Street Sat at 8:00am: Breakfast at Ann's off Highway 231 in Ozark Sun at 4:30pm: Dinner at Larry's BBQ on Hwy 84 in Daleville

Christmas Dinner The EARS Christmas dinner will be held at Po Folks on the circle in Enterprise this Friday, 12 December. Arrival is 6:30pm with dinner served at 7:00pm. The cost is $12.00 per person (same as last year) and the menu is as follows: Fried Turkey & Dressing Ham Mashed Potatoes & Giblet Gravy Yams & Green Beans Cranberry Sauce Breads & Rolls Desserts Drinks & Wine Now dang it ... stop drooling all over your new EARS newsletter! Note that the Christmas Dinner is not just for EARS members, but for all area hams. So, spread the word ... and please RSVP as soon as possible to N4JAG.

Enterprise Amateur Radio Society December 2003 Newsletter

Nothing But Net! The Boll Weevil Net meets every Tuesday evening at 8:00pm on the 147.24+ repeater frequency. Recent activity has been as follows: November 2003 Date Net Control Check-Ins 11/04 WA4WQW/Duane 6 11/11 K4EXT/Gary 8 11/18 KD4FNI/Glenn 10 11/25 W4UZR/Jack 9 Note that weekly Boll Weevil Net statistics as well as scheduled NCS assignments are available online from the EARS newsletter site at www.extsoft.com/ears. EARS Tid Bits Note that there will be no Amateur Radio testing and no club meeting in December due to the EARS Christmas Dinner An updated listing of available ham/electronic items from silent key Mike/N4WIG remains online at www.hamdepot.com/ears/n4wig.txt Please send your newsletter comments, complaints, criticisms, creative works, or extra helping of turkey & dressing to Gary/K4EXT at: k4ext@hamdepot.com

Dues Reminder de Rick/N4JAG Please note that the following member's annual dues of $20 ($5 Associate) are due: September: KF4JCG November: KF4EHM December: KK4HC, WD4NXP, and N4SJN Also note that after you are three months overdue, you will be dropped from the club roster. If you can't attend a meeting, please mail your check, payable to EARS, to the club address shown on page 1 of this newsletter. Packet Racket de Rick/N4JAG Lack of activity on the Enterprise BBS has led to a discussion amongst BBS sysops (KA4AFI, WA4GIU and N4JAG) to remove the BBS. In its place would be an APRS station with direct connect (IGate) to the Internet. This would ensure that all local APRS stations, both fixed and mobile, show up on the various Internet locator maps. We'll keep you posted. Online Weather Site de Gill/KB4FSK Gill Blue has a comprehensive weather site up and running complete with stats, webcam, radar links, message forum, and more. It's very cool ... so go check it out: alawx.com

One Last Reminder: Friday December 12th - 6:30pm - Po Folks - EARS Christmas Dinner