2002 YLRL Convention
2002 YLRL 15th International Convention
August 2nd ~ 4th Middleburg Hts, OH Clarion Hotel
The 2002 YLRL Convention in Middleburg Hts, Ohio was held on Aug 2-4 in at the Clarion Hotel in Middleburg Hts, OH. It was sponsored by the Buckeye Belles (the Ohio YL club) and the Chix on Six (a YL club local to the Cleveland area and neighboring cities). We had a hospitality suite at the hotel for the YLs to visit that had coffee/tea for attendees, scrapbooks and others items showing the history of YLRL and the Buckeye Belles.
Our Forum Topics
The Basics of Kit Building
For those that came in on Thursday evening, Aug. 1st, we had some exciting news. Joe Eisenberg K0NEB gave a talk! If his name sounds familiar, he is the same person who gave the kit building talk at Dayton in May. We are very happy to have him at the Convention. He will spoke about the basics of kit building, including some of the basic tools you will need to get started and discuss some of the kits that are available. In addition, several kits built by Joe and various YLs were available for all to see.
YLs on DXpedition
On Friday evening, Aug. 2nd.we had a talk by Ann WA1S about her DXpedition to Kingman Reef, Vicky AE9YL about her YK9A trip and Jan WA2YL about her DXpedition to Niue Island. Following we had Q & A session for people to ask questions about DXpeditions, how the YLs got to go, what is involved, etc.
Special Event Station
We had a special event station in the hospitality suite starting Thursday, Aug. 1st and running through Sunday, Aug. 4th. We will be using the call, W8WRJ, which is the memorial call for the Chix YL Club. Any licensed YL attending the convention is encouraged to get on the air and make contacts. Do not worry if you are not licensed or do not have HF privileges, we will make there is a control station there so you can get on the air.
VE Exams
We had VE Exams at the Convention run by an all YL VE team, with the exception that the VE liason will be an OM, who is already a liason for a monthly VE session in the area. It was on Friday evening, at 6pm. It is highly recommended you let me know if you plan to take an exam. Pre-registration was required/no walk-ins allowed exam but it was open for the convention attendees.
We also had activities
Goodtime III Lunch Cruise
Downtown Sight Tours
- Rock ‘n” Roll Hall of Fame
- Science Museum/Omnimax Theatre
- USS Cod
Tee Shirts and Pins
