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Clark County Amateur Radio Club,
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Welcome to
the Clark County Amateur Radio Club website We
are a ‘Volunteer Organization’ and
an ARRL ‘Special
Service Club’! We
appreciate your looking us over and hope you like what you see. |
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CCARC Picnic at Marine Park, August 7th Come
one come all to the annual club potluck picnic, which is our August
“meeting”. It is held at Marine
Park on Columbia Way, just west of the Water Resources Center. The
picnic is for club members, their families, and guests. We start to set
up in the park around 10:00 a.m. The picnic is an opportunity to enjoy the company of your radio friends and family as you fill up on food. We are working on a short bunny hunt so bring your hand-held, and there will be post-picnic prizes. Come to Marine Park on Saturday August 7 at 10:00 to help set up, at Noon to eat, and join in the fun.
ARRL’s Herb S. Brier “Instructor of the Year” awarded to two CCARC
members We
were informed on 16 July by Jim Fenstermaker/K9JF, ARRL Northwestern
Division Director and a member of our club, that Delvin Bunton/N7QMT and
Phil Peterson/AC7NB
were selected to be this year’s recipients of the ARRL’s
Herb S. Brier Instructor of the Year Award. CONGRATULATIONS DELVIN AND PHIL, WAY TO GO!!!! Herb S. Brier/W9AD, a
long-time CQ Novice Editor, represented the spirit of effective, caring
Amateur Radio instruction. The ARRL sponsors this award in conjunction
with the Lake County Indiana Amateur Radio Club, in his memory to recognize
the very best in Amateur Radio instruction and recruitment. The award is bestowed by the
ARRL Board of Directors. The Program & Services Committee of the Board
oversees the nomination and screening process. Also, thanks to Gary Takis/K7GJT for
heading up the nominating process for our club. Field Day 2010 Results are in! The
GOTA (Get on the Air!) station did well using 15 meters for 4 hours on Saturday. We
had it from noon to 4:00 PM to coincide with the visitors events. We had some
non-hams get on the air and they enjoyed it. On
the Contesting side, we did quite well with a total of 619 contacts. - Fifteen meters yielded 94 SSB contacts
with 47 of those in the first hour, before we gave it to GOTA. The
hanging 2 element vertical dipole did well for us again. -Twenty meters Produced 290 contacts
distributed over 84 CW, 167 SSB and 39 Digital, from the tribander on the
crank up tower. - Forty meters had 98 CW, 77 SSB and one
Digital for a total of 176. It ran on a sloping dipole headed to the
east and used the loaded tree for a vertical. - Eighty Meters should have been a
productive band but had antenna problems this year. The problems were
not discovered until after dark and a Plan "B" antenna was not
available at that time. We had two folks produce over 100 contacts each, Jamie (KL7WP) and John (W7BO). To see the full story on the contest results, click here. Gee Creek I-5 Rest Stop We
have the I-5 Gee Creek Rest Area coffee safety stop as one of the public
services we provide that also generates donation revenue for the club’s
annual operating budget. Upcoming
dates are: September
4-5 – Northbound Rest Area. See
schedule here. November
27-28 – Southbound Rest Area. If
you are interested in supporting this great activity and meet some travelers
in the process, contact Jerry/K7KWO at pres@w7aia.org
to get signed up. If you are going to participate, we will
be in need of coffee, cookies, or just plain money to buy the first two. Hope to see you there! W7AIA ‘Swap and Shop’ Net on Tuesdays Do you have extra
and/or unused ham equipment just laying around your shack you would like to
sell, trade-or just give away?
The W7AIA Swap &
Shop net takes place on 8:00pm each Tuesday on the club’s 147.24+
repeater. Your host for this net is
Wade/WB7RDE. The Swap and Shop net is
for posting of information regarding the sale, trade or for free items and is
strictly related to ham items only. No
refrigerators, cars, etc.
The Swap and Shop is a
great time to network with other hams in the area that may be looking for
just what you have to sell. Maybe
someone will have that hard to find item that you are looking for…. Check in
and find out.
Time to renew your annual membership! Mail to CCARC, PO Box 1424, Vancouver, WA 98668 Renew your membership by December 31 and continue receiving
the W7AIA Rocking Chair Copy! PLUS your name will be entered into a drawing
for some great prizes!
Seniors (60 +) or students (18 and under) $12/year Regular membership - $15/year Family membership (2 or more at SAME address) $20/year! ·
Join between June 1
and August 31 and the cost is ½ ·
Join between Sept. 1
and October 31 and the cost is ¼ ·
Join Nov 1 to Dec 31 -
pay full price and get the remainder of the year free plus you get the full
following year. Repeater donations WANTED!
Keep our repeaters alive
and well!
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Club Repeaters 6 Meter Repeater (Note: 6M Offset is -1.700) 2
Meter Repeaters 125 cm Repeater 23
cm Repeater |
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Webmaster: Judith
N7SRS CCARC, providing Community Service & Emergency
Communications
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