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What's Happening at AARC

Submitted by KK4GV on Sun, 12/14/2008 - 9:54pm.

Check back to this blog often. It is frequently updated but not sent to your e-mail each time.

Club Meetings are held on the first and third Thursdays of the month from 7:30 to 9PM at the clubhouse located at the Davidsonville Family Recreation Center in Davidsonville, MD

2nd and 4th Saturdays of the Month at 3PM - Club Station often OPEN
Also open on dates when specific contests are scheduled. Elmers are available to assist club members, especially new hams, in getting on the air and operating the club's HF station.

License Exams every 2nd Saturday of the Month - Check in at Noon - At the clubhouse

YL Meeting every 3rd Sunday of the Month at 2:00pm

Technician class currently in progress 9AM on Saturdays

Morse Code class currently in progress at noon on Saturdays except during testing

Kit Building sessions currently in progress at 1PM Sundays
You may also bring items to repair or troubleshoot.

Thursday, March 18 - Club Meeting - Keith KM4AA - All About D-Star Digital Radio Systems

Saturday, March 20 & Sunday, March 21 - Contest Operation at Clubhouse
Oklahoma QSO Party – 9:00 am – 9:00 pm (Sat) and 9:00 am – 3:00pm (Sun)

Thursday, April 1 - Club Meeting - Mini-Presentations by Club Members

Sunday April 11 - Cherry Pit 10 Miler

Thursday, April 15 - Club Meeting - Giff K1GAH - Winlink Around the World
Keeping in touch from a sailboat

Saturday April 17 - Contest Operation at Clubhouse
Michigan QSO Party - Noon – Midnight

Saturday April 24 - General Licensing Class Begins 9AM to Noon

Saturday, May 1 & Sunday, May 2 - Contest Operation at Clubhouse
Combining two multi-state QSO parties!
Seventh Call Area QSO Party - 9:00 am (Sat) – 3:00 am (Sun)
New England QSO Party – 4:00 pm (Sat) – 1:00 am (Sun) and 9:00 am – 8:00 pm (Sun).

Thursday, May 6 - Club Meeting - Topic TBA

Thursday, May 20 - Club Meeting - Bryan N3ST - Frequency Coordinator for T-MARC (The Mid-Atlantic Repeater Council)
How the coordination process works and why it is in place.

Thursday, June 3 - Club Meeting - Topic TBA

Saturday June 5 - Contest Operation at Clubhouse
Alabama QSO Party – Noon – Midnight

Thursday, June 17 - Club Meeting - Field Day Preparations

Saturday, June 26 & Sunday, June 27 - Field Day! Field Day! Field Day!

Stay tuned for more exciting programs coming up in 2010!

73, Rick Creager - KK4GV - Club President

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January Newsletter

Submitted by KK4GV on Tue, 01/05/2010 - 11:58pm.

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MD QSO Party

Submitted by KK4GV on Sun, 12/06/2009 - 8:58pm.

The torch has been officially passed. My family and I just attended the Antietam Radio Association Banquet this Saturday evening in Waynesboro, PA (Near Hagerstown, MD). It was a nice dinner and good company with a few short speeches and some awards presentations. I said a few words thanking them for their twenty year sponsorship of the MD QSO Party and letting them know that they could count on AARC to preserve the tradition for at least the next ten years.

Our ARRL Section Manager Jim Cross, WI3N, and Asst. Section Manager Al Brown, KZ3AB were also in attendance.

We are now the official sponsor of the MD QSO Party held on the 2nd weekend each August. Bob, AA3RR, will be the 2010 contest chairman. Let's be sure to operate in the contest as well as give Bob the support he will need to help tabulate the logs and scores and mail the awards.

Long live the MD QSO Party!

73, Rick - KK4GV
AARC President

Maryland Mobillers Hamfest

Submitted by KK4GV on Sun, 12/06/2009 - 9:00am.

Our good friends at the Maryland Mobileers Amateur Radio Club (MMARC) will sponsor a Post Holiday Hamfest on Sunday, Jan 31st - 8 AM to Noon at the Odenton Vol. Fire Dept. Hall, 1425 Annapolis Road (Route 175) -- nine (9) miles east of I-95 -- Indoor Hamfest and some tailgating, refreshments, Free Amateur Radio VE Testing, QSL Card Check and Free Parking. Donation of $5 for entry and $12 for a table. For more information please contact Frank Winner, email n3seo@aol.com (410) 647-3335.

Mobileers Hamfest Sunday, January 25

Submitted by KK4GV on Sat, 01/17/2009 - 11:22am.

Our friends at the Maryland Mobileers Amateur Radio Club will sponsor their hamfest on Sunday, January 25 from 8 AM until Noon at the Odenton Volunteer Fire Hall 1425 Annapolis Rd. (Rt. 175 - 9 miles East of I-95).

$5 donation for entry
$12 for indoor table
Free VE Testing
Free parking

Contact Frank Winner N3SEO - n3seo@aol.com

NEW RADIOS

Submitted by KK4GV on Sun, 01/11/2009 - 10:57pm.

The club has just acquired two HF radios. A local manufacturer of tuners periodically sells off the radios they use to design tuners and offered us an excellent price. We now own a Kenwood TS-870S and a Kenwood TS-570D both in mint condition. The 870 will become the center-piece of the club station. Both can be used in contests and other club events.

ARES to Support Inauguration Communications - 147.105 ARES Priority 1/20/09

Submitted by KK4GV on Sun, 01/11/2009 - 10:26pm.

The AARC Davidsonville 147.105 repeater will be made available to ARES all day and night on January 20 to support Inauguration Communications. ARES will assist with bus routing, stand by at some EOC's, hospitals, and man shelters in the event they are needed.

Normal use of the repeater will be allowed whenever ARES is not in a directed net but please keep QSO's short and be prepared to give ARES PRIORITY at any time.

To volunteer to help go to:

http://www.qis.net/~n3sb/MDC_ARES.htm

2 Meter Net Control Schedule

Submitted by KK4GV on Fri, 12/12/2008 - 10:15pm.

1/7/2009 KA3RNW Mark
1/14/2009 KB3PGU Peter
1/21/2009 K3ACT Chuck
1/28/2009 N3USP Glenn
2/4/2009 KA3ZPE Ed
2/11/2009 KA3RNW Mark
2/18/2009 KB3PGU Peter
2/25/2009 KA3ZPE Ed
3/4/2009 N3USP Glenn
3/11/2009 K3ACT Chuck
3/18/2009 KA3RNW Mark
3/25/2009 KB3PGU Peter
4/1/2009 K3ACT Chuck
4/8/2009 N3USP Glenn
4/15/2009 KA3ZPE Ed