Lobstercon 2009!

Hosted by QRPme

Charlie and K1LGQ on lunch BBQ  in 2006

Another Lobstercon happy camper….

Who:        Registrations received Lobstercon2009:

.	CALL	NAME	QTH	ARRIVE	DEPART
1	KD1NA	Dave Robertson.	Groveland. Ma.		Sunday
2	W1REX	Rex Harper	Limerick, Me.	Wednesday	Sunday.
3	.	Kayti Harper	Limerick, Me.	Wednesday	Sunday.
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There is a physical limit to the number of lobsters we can cook so get your registrations in early to reserve yours!

Activities: 

                      No-host dinner Friday night
                      Wake-up coffee & donuts Saturday morning

                      QRP hobnobbing
                      AA1MY will (as always) attempt to launch his Scott Sled kite with vertical antenna
                      BBQ lunch on grill
                      QRPworthy swapfest

                      QRP midway
                      NT1R cooks FRESH MAINE LOBSTERS  right at our campsite
                      QRP musical jam
                      Sunday morning No-host breakfast at May's Restuarant

2008 Raffle Prizes donated by:

Hendricks QRP Kits

What: New England’s premiere QRP gathering – a weekend of QRP camping, BBQ eating, operating, socializing, lobster eating, giant kite flying, prize winning, all round great QRP time. See  NEQRP for pictures of  Lobstercon2008!.  A $40.00 registration fee gets you wake-up coffee & donuts ( if you wake up early enough), 2 meals on Saturday: a BBQ lunch and FRESH lobster dinner. Lobstercon lobsters are so fresh they are guaranteed to pinch you before they go into the pot (but we keep the rubber bands on 'em for your safety & protection) We also have raffle prizes, unlimited hobnobbing and construction contest. Although camping prices are the same as last year: $10 per person per night or $20 per family per night, gasoline prices are not, so it will cost you a little more to attend this year. Preregistered AND prepaid parties will receive a special Lobstercon kit ( 1 kit per party please... ) to be used in the Lobstercon construction contest. 

Where: Thomas Point Beach & Campground, Brunswick Maine

When: July 10, 11 & 12, 2009

How:         Fill out the PDF Registration form or the WORD Registration form  and send it back to QRPme, via Email or snail mail, to hold your spot at the lobster feast. Use Paypal, check or money order to complete the registration. See registration form for details.

News:

Lobstercon2008 was GREAT!  I've been told that Salmoncon was GREAT! The combination of the two was GREAT^^2. Hard to make it any better; but, I will keep trying. In that vein, I have 5 news items for those interested in Lobstercon2009!

1.) Dates are July 10, 11 & 12 2009  I have confirmed the dates with the campground and that there is no problem with campers coming early. We had quite a few show up on Thursday and even N1RX on Wednesday. It is official that next year, early camping is OK, and I hope to be doing it myself!

2,) Lobstercon will have its own website soon:  << www.Lobstercon.me >>
has been purchased and as soon as I have some time, 2009 (and possibly previous years) info will be found there.

3.) I have started a new discussion group  4DIJ-L, 4 days in July, for everyone interested in Lobstercon & Salmoncon to network and stay up to date. Check out the info page and sign up. General information about the mailing list is at:

       << http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/4DIJ-L

To post to this list, send your email to (after you sign up of course):

            <<  4dij-l@mailman.qth.net >>

4.) I conversed with Joe Porter with the 4SQRP Club and he will be attempting to get the 4SQRP guys together on that date.  Now we will have someone in the middle of the country to try to contact.

5.) From the subject line: others, plural, meaning more than 1. I will be actively promoting the idea of other QRP groups camping out the same weekend for additional QRP signal snatching fun.  QRP groups all over the country camping out,  signals flying around everywhere, Qs being made, a real movement underfoot!   Now we need a groups in say Idaho, Iowa, New Jersey and Massachusetts to start Spudcon, Corncon, CranberrySaucecon & BostonCremePiecon and we can have a QRP feast in July, So you might want to get in on the ground floor with the 4DIJ-L (thats: 4 Days in July) discussion list. Probably (& hopefully) won't be a BIG high traffic list,  just a solid group interested in QRPing & camping that single weekend in July.

I guess that is all for now. Please stay tuned for more. See you there!   W1REX