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At the request of W5XX, Malcolm Keown, Mississippi Section Manager, the Magnolia Amateur Radio Club hosted the 2022 ARRL Statewide Meeting on October 15.  The meeting was held in the pavilion at McKee Park, Starkville, MS, with about 75 people in attendance. 8 AM until 11:30 AM was coffee, doughnuts, and tailgating.  Lunch was served at 11:30, and it consisted of homemade soup, chili, and similar offerings provided by MagARC members.  W5XX conducted the business meeting at 1:00 PM. Just prior to lunch, the Magnolia ARC and Lowndes County ARB made a joint presentation to K5FLU, Martin Jue of Starkville. ...

The Cullman hamfest has been a staple of the north Alabama radio community for many years.  In years past, the hamfest was held in the city civic center, which was torn down several years ago.  Supposedly the city was going to build a new civic center, but that effort seems to be slow getting started. The 2022 hamfest was held in Building #1 at the Cullman Fairgrounds.  It is a large, metal building with no air conditioning, and the hamfest was held in July.  In Alabama.  Normally, that would sound like a really bad idea (temps were hovering around 90...

Capitol City Hamfest.  I just needed to get that phrase said on the front end, and be done with it.  Nobody I know actually calls it that, everyone calls it the "Jackson Hamfest", with no further explanation needed.   This is the granddaddy of all Mississippi hamfests, and it (usually) pulls a good crows.  Attendance seemed to be down in 2022, but we were just coming out of the pandemic era, and a lot of folks were probably still skittish about getting out in public.  A lot of folks were still wearing face masks at the event. This took place in...