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RCA selects Treasure Island in Las Vegas for February 28 meet. Marty Cooper, RCA vice president, to speak.

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RCA has chosen a venue for this year’s breakfast meeting in Las Vegas, Nevada. Treasure Island Hotel and Casino will play host to RCA’s members and guests on Thursday morning, Feb. 28, 2008. The breakfast is scheduled for 7:30 a.m. to 9 a.m. in the Caribbean Room. The meeting will feature a speech by Radio Club Vice President Marty Cooper, who has given speeches twice before in the past several years at RCA’s Spring Gathering banquet. Advance registration is required. Mail a registration form together with your check to reserve a seat at the breakfast.
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Second annual dinner in Lone Star state

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Updated on Jan. 26, 2008.

The Radio Club of America has scheduled a banquet in conjunction with the 2008 Texas APCO Conference & Expo. This will be the second banquet to be arranged by the Club’s Texas Event Committee, headed by Carroll Hollingsworth. A reception and cash bar begins at 6 p.m.; the dinner meeting is set for 7 p.m. on April 29, 2008 at the Galveston Island Convention Center, 5600 Seawall Blvd. Texas APCO’s convention will be conducted there from April 28-30, 2008.
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2008 APCO Western Regional Conference

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Updated March 19, 2008

RCA has scheduled its Fifth Annual Spring Gathering for April 1, 2008, at the Hyatt Regency Albuquerque, 330 Tijeras NW. The event is to be held in conjunction with the APCO Western Regional Conference in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The guest speaker is Alan Tilles.
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RCA hosts session at New York Athletic Club on November 16

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RCA has scheduled its annual Technical Symposium for Nov. 16, 2007, from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m at the New York Athletic Club, 180 Central Park South, New York, NY 10019. The symposium’s coordinator and moderator, Richard J. “Rich” Reichler, said that this year’s symposium will include presentations about advanced wireless technologies by Dana Dulabone and about software defined radio by Allan Margulies. There is no admission charge for the symposium, but the Club asks those who plan to attend to contact HQ to make a reservation. You can indicate your intention to attend the symposium on your banquet registration form, send an email to HQ, or telephone HQ at 303-948-4921. The Club’s banquet follows the symposium, and paid registration is required to attend the banquet. The New York Athletic Club, a private facility, has a dress code that is enforced at the door.
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Andy Rooney to keynote

Walter Cronkite, KB2GSD; Jack Belrose, VE2CV, to receive Armstrong Medals

Mark your calendar for November 16 for the Radio Club of America’s banquet. The affair returns to the New York Athletic Club where the banquet has been hosted for the past 25 years or so. Andy Rooney, known for his essays on the CBS News program “60 Minutes,” will deliver the keynote speech. Walter Cronkite, KB2GSD; and John S. “Jack” Belrose, Ph.D., VE2CV, will receive the Armstrong Medal. Walter is best known as the anchor of the “CBS Evening News” from 1962 to 1981. Jack is an emeritus researcher at Communications Research Centre Canada. (more…)

Returns to New York Athletic Club venue

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