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JUST SOME OF OUR SPECIAL EVENTS
 In
2001, a group of ham radio operators from the Shelby Amateur Radio Club traveled
to Wilmington, NC to participate in a special event commemorating the 60th
anniversary of Pearl Harbor. The radio operators operated out of the Radio
room of the Battleship USS North Carolina. To view photographs from this
awesome special event, please click here.
This endeavor sparked interest in more special events and
through this the formation of a new amateur radio group in Cleveland County.
This group, is called the North Carolina Special Events Group. Many of our
club members were fortunate to participate with this group. The group
organized a once in a lifetime special event, traveling to the Outer Banks of
North Carolina for the First Flight Celebration. Celebrating 100 years of
flight. The radio group operated
out of the Black Pelican Restaurant in Kitty Hawk. The Black Pelican was
the lifesaving station when Wilbur and Orville Wright made their first flight.
This was also the site of the telegraph office that sent the telegram back to
let the world know that they had achieved flight. There were stations
waiting for us to start. Pileups were plentiful and the station operated
24 hours a day for 7 days, ending operation on the Last day of the celebration.
When we weren't working stations from our ham shack on the roof of the
restaurant, we were out on the roof watching all the vintage and modern aircraft
flyover. The group operated as W4B and you can view pictures of this
special event by clicking here.
This event will never be forgotten by those that were able to be there.
Ham radio operators were allowed to come by and visit with the group and even
make contacts as W4B. One amateur radio operator who visited with us was
from Maryland. His grandfather was on the lifesaving crew that was on duty
during the first flight! We learned a lot of things during this adventure,
some things that were great and some that we would change if we could do it all
over again but all in all everyone involved seemed to be pleased with the
outcome. Folks that couldn't be there for the festivities from all over
the world still were able to be a part of the historical event! As you can tell by the photos located at
http://www.ncseg.org, everyone had a blast!
 In
2006, The Shelby Amateur Radio Club celebrated its 50th anniversary of the
Shelby Hamfest by having a Special Event station set up at the fairgrounds for
the two weeks prior to the hamfest. The station's call was the club call
W4NYR. The station was set up in the Carolina's medical center building at the
Cleveland County Fairgrounds and was complete with a display which documented
the Shelby Amateur Radio Club's Shelby Hamfest 50 years of history in Cleveland
County. Many friends old and new came by to talk about their experience
with the Shelby Hamfest. Some folks who saw the Brackett Cedar Park pictures
remembered winning the prizes that were pictured. Some pictured from the
the 70's as prize winners came by and posed with their picture. This was
truly a great experience and being able to hear how much the hamfest meant in
each person's life was great. Thanks to everyone who made this very
special event even more special. You can view some photos from this very
special event by clicking
here. This event was very similar to our 25th anniversary where we
also sent out silver qsl cards.
In 2008, on June 27, 2008 a special event net was called using
the call sign N4C. The special event commemorated over 40 years of
emergency nets being called in Cleveland County. The certificate was sent
out free of charge and showcased
the "yellow boxes" made by Gonset that many Shelby Amateur Radio Club members
from the 50's / 60's operated as RACES operators.
These are just a few of the special events that we, the Shelby
Amateur Radio Club, have participated in over the past 52 years and of course
our club members have participated in JOTA, setting up at the Cleveland County
Fairgrounds for several years. Some of our members have also set up stations to coincide
with motion pictures that feature amateur radio as a way of promoting amateur
radio to the general public.
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