What's Happening at AARC

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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

Saturday, February 13 - 9 AM to Noon - Technician Class Begins

Thursday, February 18 - Bryan N3ST - Frequency Coordinator for T-MARC (The Mid-Atlantic Repeater Council)
How the coordination process works and why it is in place.
T-MARC President Dave W8AJR will also attend and have a few things to say.

Saturday, February 20 - Noon to 1:30 - Morse Code class begins

Thursday, March 4 - Andrew K3NHT - Trainspotting and Railroad Communications

Thursday, March 18 - 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 15 - 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, 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).

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

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

UPDATE - 13 Feb Ham License Exam Session

To the best of my knowledge we have never cancelled an amateur radio license exam session.

Having said that, it looks like we might have to do just that.

Naturally, if we decide to cancel the scheduled exam session, it will be based on several factors to include:

    + Weather conditions
    + Accumulated snowfall
    + Road conditions
    + Whether the DFRC has been plowed or not

ARRL Releases 2010 Field Day Package

Greetings.

Below is from this year's ARRL Field Day package:

    Dear Field Day Participant:

    The Amateur Service has as one of its Part 97.1 purposes “the continuation and extension of the amateur's unique ability to enhance international goodwill.” We are more than casual observers or bystanders on this global stage – we are participants in that magical playground. And I am proud to say:

        I’m a Ham – My Playground Is The World!

REMINDER - Morse Code Training Starts 20 February

Greeting Code Fans and Wannabes!

Just a quick reminder of the stellar training event of 2010!

The first class session of the 2010 Morse code training program will be held at the AARC clubhouse on Saturday, 20 February at Noon. This session will last about 90 minutes (maybe less), All other classes will last about an hour.

There will be a code quiz at this and all subsequent code class sessions.

Field Day Training Event CANCELLED

Greetings.

That's right! Our participation in the New Mexico QSO Party is CANCELLED due to the pending snow storm. I doubt that we could locate our pre-set holes for the pipes that support the vertical antennas!

The next event is the Oklahoma QSO Party which will be on 20-21 March. Reminder: we will most likely operate only on Saturday, 20 March.

73

Newsletter

Here it is -- hot off the word processor.

Morse Code Training Starts 20 February!

Greeting Code Fans and Wannabes!

The first class session of the 2010 Morse code training program will be held at the AARC clubhouse on Saturday, 20 February at Noon. This session will last about 90 minutes (maybe less), All other classes will last about an hour.

The "Code Mentor" will discuss this year's teaching plan and goals.

The bottom line is this:

Field Day Training Schedule - UPDATE

Greetings.

This is an update to an earlier posting. Please correct your calendars if you marked 6 Feb as the date of our next operating event (The New Mexico QSO Party). The actual date of the NM QSO Party is Sunday, 7 Feb.

Field Day Planning Committee Meeting #1

The 2010 Field Day Planning Committee met at the clubhouse on Saturday, 9 January at 3:00pm. Here are the major discussion points from this meeting:

    + No significant changes. We reviewed last year’s Field Day layout and decided to move the shelter containing the 10 and 15m phone and PSK stations to a different location. Over the next few months we will resolve the interference issue from the 20m PSK on the 40m phone station (and any other stations) which occurred last year.

January Newsletter

Here is the link to the newsletter.