[Alexandria Radio Club Reflector] ARC SHORTS - JAN 12 MEETING NOTICE - MEETING LOCATION CHANGE FOR THIS MEETING.

[Rick Bunn]

ARC-SHORTS

January 2012

Club Repeaters: 147.315 (PL 107.2), 444.6 (PL107.2), 224.82
(PL107.2), 53.13 (PL107.2), 927.6 (-25Mhz, PL107.2), and 1282.600
(PL 107.2), DSTAR 145.38Mhz, 442.060, and 1284.600 

NEXT CLUB MEETING

Our next meeting is January 13 at    the Alexandria City's new
Emergency Operations Center at 3600 Wheeler Ave.  We will meet in
the Community Room on the first floor. Parking is the public lot
right in front of the building.  At 7:00 there should be plenty
of spaces.  If not, I believe there is also parking on Wheeler. 

We hope to get an idea of what the city's emergency plan has for
Amateur Radio participation and some of the experiences with
amateur radio the new Director and Deputy Director have had in
the past.

DECEMBER CHRISTMAS PARTY

The December meeting was the Christmas party at Mango Mike's.
All had a good time and a list of awards was read.  All had a
great time.  All in all a great way to end the year and kick off
the new year.  I hope all had a great Christmas and have a Happy
and Safe New Year.

THE NEW YEAR

Now that we have had the Christmas holiday and we are into a new
year.  It's time to think about where we want our club to go this
year.  2011 was a great year for the club and we have the same
set of officers that made that happen.  At this time it appears
that we will have good programs for all of our meetings.  But the
biggest part of a successful club is the activity of it's
members.  

 

I expect that we will kick off with the GW Birthday parade on
February 20th and we will support he 10K run along Eisenhower Ave
on the 18th.  D-Star will be a part of it but the main
communications will still be with 2 meter handhelds.  If possible
we may want to use handheld APRS or DPRS radios to track the
progress of the parade (start and end).

 

Prior to the GW Parade we need to do some updates and repairs to
the club's comm. Trailer.  Rich, KA4GFY did some installations
earlier last year in preparation for the Marine Corps Marathon.
A donation of a Kenwood D710A was made to allow the trailer to
have APRS and PACKET and the club did pick up a newer laptop to
run D-Star.  

 

N4ASX is the lead for the Bull Run Run on April 14th and will
need all the help he can get.  This one is primarily done on 6
meters, but we can also use 2 meters and relay.  

 

Last year a suggestion was made that club members may want to do
a few field trips to non-amateur radio related places.  A few
suggestions were:  The Udvar Hazy Center (National Air and Space
Museum - Dullas Airport), The Flying Circus in Bealeton, VA. (I
see an aviation theme here!).  There are some electronics museums
in the Baltimore area that made a good trip.

 

We will also try to get Jeremy, KF7IJZ to do more coordination
with Newbie's on the Air.

  

 

January Program

 

Our first program was to be Mark from Vienna Wireless to talk to
us about the Virginia QSO Party contest.  We received an
invitation from the City to tour the new EOC and we did not want
to turn it down.  Mark will attend the February meeting which
will give all of us time to hear about the QSO party and be ready
to have AT IT!

 

Future Programs

February - VA QSO Party

March - HAARP - Steve Floyd 

April - ARRL Dennis Bodsen W4PWF

Up Coming Events

Licensing Class  

 

 The next licensing classes are scheduled to begin Tuesday, March
20 and end May 22.  Both Technician and General classes will be
offered.  This is later than we normally start, but the winter
weather should be cleared out by then.  

 

If you know anybody who is looking to become licensed but is
intimidated by the material, a class is a great way to get into
ham radio.  

 

HAMFESTS and CONTESTS

 

1/29 - Post Holiday Hamfest 2012.  Sponsored by the Maryland
Mobileers ARC.  Location is the Odenton VFD station on Route 175.
Talk-in on 146.805 (PL 107.2)

 

2/4 - Richmond Frostfest.  Sponsored by the Richmond Amateur
Telecommunication Society.  Location is the Richmond Raceway
Complex, 600 E. Laburnum Avenue in Richmond.  Talk in on 146.88
(PL 74.4).

 

2/26 - Winterfest - Sponsored by the Vienna Wireless Society.
Located at the Annandale Campus of Northern Virginia Community
College.  Talk in on 146.91.  Don't forget, the Alexandria Radio
Club has tables for club members to sell their unneeded items and
buy more.

 

3/31 - Greater Baltimore Hamboree and Computerfest.  Sponsored by
the Baltimore Amateur Radio Club.  Located at the Maryland State
Fairgrounds in Timonium.  Talk in on 146.67 (PL 107.2)

 

5/18 - 5/20 - Dayton Hamvention.  Sponsored by the Dayton Amateur
Radio Association.  Located at the Hara Arena in Trotwood, OH.
It's not too early to start thinking about going.  We have six
rooms reserved.

 

Upcoming Contests 

 

1/14 - North American QSO Party - CW.

1/21 - North American QSO Party - SSB

1/21 - 1/23 - ARRL VHF Sweepstakes - SSB and CW

1/27 - 1/29 - CQ WW 160 Meter Contest - CW

 

 President's Corner

 

 

Social Events

Monday Night Half Price Burgers - There is a group that gets
together at Shooter McGee's (Duke and Paxton Streets) on Monday
evenings at 6:15 PM. A good burger and soft drink runs about
$9.00.

 

FINAL NOTE:  For many of us DUES and DUE and we need to make some
donations to D-Star for the gateway.

73 Rick

N4ASX

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