From jamelar at yandex.com Tue Dec 18 21:57:51 2018 From: jamelar at yandex.com (Jack Amelar) Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2018 21:57:51 -0500 Subject: [MIham] LINOLEUM ADVENTURE MINI-SWAP (mini-hamfest) Friday evening January 4, Grand Rapids Amateur Radio Assocition (GRARA) Message-ID: <1140891545188271@iva3-294f9af87d55.qloud-c.yandex.net> From jamelar at yandex.com Tue Dec 18 22:00:45 2018 From: jamelar at yandex.com (Jack Amelar) Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2018 22:00:45 -0500 Subject: [MIham] LINOLEUM ADVENTURE MINI-SWAP (mini-hamfest) Friday evening January 4, Grand Rapids Amateur Radio Assocition (GRARA) Message-ID: <1018581545188445@sas1-0a6c2e2b59d7.qloud-c.yandex.net> Try again LINOLEUM ADVENTURE mini-swap (mini-hamfest) Friday evening, January 4 For the first time in over a decade, since Barb N8JML & Dwane KX8D of ComDaC retired, the Grand Rapids Amateur Radio Association (GRARA / W8DC) is holding a mini-swap at the American Red Cross Building This is also the annual Christmas Holiday pot luck dinner and the January meeting night. **Admission and swap tables are FREE** Bring a dish to pass at the pot-luck, if you don?t have anything to pass, COME ANYWAY as there is ALWAYS more than enough. GRARA is providing the meat and beverages. 6 PM: Mini-swap (Setup at 5:30) 7 PM Dinner, mini-swap continues Monthly meeting gets injected somewhere about or after 7. If you haven?t been to GRARA meeting in a while, or never been to one and have been thinking about it, THIS IS THE ONE TO STOP THINKING ABOUT IT AND DO IT! Location, the American Red Cross of West Michigan Building, 1050 Fuller Ave (between the Ford I-196 expressway and Leonard St.), Grand Rapids, MI 49503 Directions: http://www.w8dc.org/pages/Red%20Cross.html Talk-in 147.26+(94.8Hz) http://www.w8dc.org Contact: ny8d at w8dc.org (616)438-5412 From jamelar at yandex.com Sat Dec 29 00:42:00 2018 From: jamelar at yandex.com (Jack Amelar) Date: Sat, 29 Dec 2018 00:42:00 -0500 Subject: [MIham] Events for January 2019 for the WM Amateur Radio community Message-ID: <13386791546062120@sas1-063d61d846d8.qloud-c.yandex.net> Events for January 2019 for the WM Amateur Radio community Coming events: All are welcome at these events! WM Nets Friday Lunch Bunch Saturday Breakfast 2nd Hand Ham Shop HAM IS FOR BREAKFAST MAARC monthly meeting LINOLEUM ADVENTURE, mini-swap (mini-hamfest)/GRARA meeting/Dinner Holland ARC Post Holiday Holiday Dinner Party SATURN monthly meting ACARC monthly meeting MARA monthly meeting HARC monthly meeting VE testing, Grand Rapids MCECS monthly meeting LARC monthly meetings IRA Board meeting NOARC monthly meeting HARC E.A.T. meeting (Education And Training) Winter Field Day HIAD in Lowell NETS on the IRA W8IRA Link System 147.16+(94.8Hz) IRA Michigan Noon Time Roundup Net: Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 12:00 noon Michigan VHF Traffic Net: Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 9:00 PM WMNI SATERN 2M Net: Wednesday 7:00 PM IRA After Work/Dinner Net: Tuesday and Saturday at 6:00 PM primary repeater 147.16+(94.8Hz) http://w8ira.org/ NETS by Michigan Amateur Radio Alliance W8USA 2 Meter, Thursdays, except 3rd 7:30PM 145.23-(94.8Hz) 2 Meter, 3rd Thursdays, 7:30PM 145.23 SIMPLEX 6 Meter, Saturdays 8AM 50.4MHz AM West Michigan Emergency Communication Net: Wednesday 8PM 145.27-(94.8Hz) GRARA Net: Tuesday 7PM 146.76-(94.8Hz) Net Opens Analog, then after closing, there's an option for a C4FM Fusion Net on the same repeater. Sidewinders around Michigan Net: Sunday 9:30PM 144.155 USB WM Six Meter SSB Net: Tuesday 8:30PM 50.140 MHz USB WM Classic Six Meter AM Net: Sunday 8PM 50.400 MHz AM 10M Rag Chew Net: Sunday 4:PM 28.870 MHz USB (presumed) SKYWARN KENT COUNTY: Anyone interest in being a Net Control Station please contact WX8BOB: dennis49544 at gmail.com We will be scheduling training soon. To be NCS you will need 2M/440 base station and a high speed computer to work radar. Want your NET listed here? Send me the information. List of WEST MICHIGAN HAM NETS http://w8lrc.org/net_calendar/ IRA Repeater System news via Tom Behler KB8TYJ: The Big Rapids repeater site will be relocating to a new tower. The move is now tentatively scheduled for sometime during the week of January 7. All links north of Big Rapids, including Ludington, will be down during this transition. Donations are requested to help finance this major move involving 7 antennas, hardline, and associated radio equipment. Every Friday, Lunch Bunch at Noble Restaurant in Wyoming. https://eatnoble.com/ Gather in the back room starting about 11:30. This gathering of hams is sponsored by NOBODY! It's just hams that get together for lunch on Fridays, and there is always room for you. MARA Informal Breakfast, Saturdays 8AM, New Beginnings, 5200 Northland Dr, Plainfield Township. https://goo.gl/maps/ftRbxAfe2t22 2nd Hand Ham Shop, Saturdays, 8AM ?until it ends?. Used equipment, parts (some that are hard to find) and coffee with fellow enthusiasts. Operated by Tom KD8DEG. 7830 80th Ave between Polk and Baldwin, Zeeland (Blendon Township) Map: https://goo.gl/maps/mJ82NL1a9U12 https://www.facebook.com/2nd-Hand-Ham-Shop-1007064166010266/ kd8deg at centurytel.net (616)292-3335 Check out the only (to my knowledge) full time Amateur Radio store in Michigan. HAMSTERS in Dowagiac, new and used radio gear. ?HAMSTERS, Your place for amateur radio items at a fair price.? http://ham-sters.com/ LAST MINUTE REMINDER HAM IS FOR BREAKFAST, Saturday, December 29, 2018 Southside Inn, 192 W 35th St, Holland, MI 49423. 9:00am - ???. Back room reserved table. Map: https://goo.gl/maps/nKYmma5xvr82 PLUS the last Saturday of each month for 2019. Holland ARC Muskegon Area Amateur Radio Council meeting first Thursday, January 3, 7 PM. Held at the MAARC clubhouse, 2888 Scenic Drive, Laketon Township, on the east side of Scenic Drive. Look for our sign. https://goo.gl/maps/A4xAcBzG7wk http://www.w8zho.com/ https://www.facebook.com/w8zho/ 146.94-(94.8Hz) LINOLEUM ADVENTURE, mini-swap (mini-hamfest) PLUS monthly GRARA meeting PLUS Dinner, Friday evening, January 4. For the first time in over a decade, the Grand Rapids Amateur Radio Association (GRARA / W8DC) is holding a mini-swap at the American Red Cross Building This is also the annual Christmas Holiday pot luck dinner and the January meeting night. **Admission and swap tables are FREE** Bring a dish to pass at the pot-luck, if you don?t have anything to pass, COME ANYWAY as there is ALWAYS more than enough. GRARA is providing the meat and beverages. 6 PM: Mini-swap (Setup at 5:30) 7 PM Dinner, mini-swap continues. Monthly meeting gets injected somewhere about or after 7. If you haven?t been to GRARA meeting in a while, or never been to one and have been thinking about it, THIS IS THE ONE TO STOP THINKING ABOUT IT AND DO IT! And bring the family and friends. Location, the American Red Cross of West Michigan Building, 1050 Fuller Ave (between the Ford I-196 expressway and Leonard St.), Grand Rapids, MI 49503 Directions: http://www.w8dc.org/pages/Red%20Cross.html Talk-in 147.26+(94.8Hz) http://www.w8dc.org https://www.facebook.com/W8DCGRARA/ Questions? Contact: ny8d at w8dc.org (616)438-5412 Holland ARC Post Holiday Holiday Dinner Party Monday, January 7, 6:PM The finale on the Holiday season will be Monday, January 7, 2019 at 6:00 PM, when we will meet at the Pizza Ranch located at 734 E. 16th St., Holland. The Pizza Ranch is located on the southeast corner of 16th and Waverly (at the edge of the Meijer parking lot)? We have reserved the two community rooms which open up to each other, and we can seat 60 people. If you haven't been to the Pizza Ranch, it is an all-you-can-eat buffet style restaurant that specializes in, wait for it...Pizza! But that's not all. They have a nice salad buffet, dessert bar, many side dishes, and they have fried chicken that the Colonel wishes for. If you don't see your favorite pizza on the buffet, just ask and they'll make it for you. There is no RSVP for this. Come as you are, but you do need to be clothed. You do not need to be a member of the Holland ARC to attend, you do not need to be a licensed amateur radio operator. Bring your spouse, your significant other, your insignificant other, your well-behaved children, and even your curmudgeonly uncle. Pricing for this gala event is: Kids 1-10 $.79/year of age; Persons 11-64 $12.49; Seniors 65+ $11.24. Prices include beverages, but not taxes. SATURN (Salvation Army Team Emergency Radio Network) monthly meeting January 8, 7:PM, Dickinson Park Facility, 1632 Linden Ave SE, Grand Rapids. Everyone is welcome to our nets and meetings, not just SATERN Members. WX8BOB Meetings are normally on the first Tuesday. Map: https://goo.gl/maps/5xfjFGQHmaA2 http://www.satern.org/ http://eds-satern.sawmni.org/ Allegan County Amateur Radio Club monthly meeting second Tuesday, January 8, 7PM Plainwell Public Safety Complex, 119 Island Avenue, Plainwell, MI 49080. The training room entrance is just North of the main entrance, towards the big doors used by the Fire trucks. Map: https://goo.gl/maps/MrttWWZJc3B2 https://ac8rc.org/ https://www.facebook.com/ac8rc/ 147.24+(94.8Hz) Michigan Amateur Radio Alliance monthly meeting, second Wednesday, January 9, 7:30 PM, at Plainfield Township Fire Department Training Center, SW corner of 5 Mile Rd and Plainfield Ave. https://goo.gl/maps/KzAzaXwWge12 Talk-in W8USA 145.23-(94.8Hz) https://w8usa.org/ Holland Amateur Radio Club (HARC) monthly meeting, Friday, January 11, 7PM, at the Chick-Owa Sportsman?s Club, 9279 E Ottogan Street (just west of Winding Creek). The HARC Club Business Meetings for January, February, and March will NOT be on the second Tuesdays of the month but rather on the second Friday of the month. This is due to an archery class being held during our normal club business meeting times on Tuesday. This change also effects EAT Meeting times. http://www.hollandarc.org/ Map https://goo.gl/maps/qiQPS9EVgTx https://www.facebook.com/groups/233793361844/ 147.06+(94.8Hz) VE TESTING at GRARA on the second Friday of the month, January 11, 6:30 PM. Same location as monthly meetings. Sign-up / information http://w8dc.org/pages/exams.html Muskegon County Emergency Communication Services (MCECS) K8WNJ monthly training / membership meeting second Monday, January 14, 7PM, at the Muskegon EOC, 1611 E Oak Ave, Muskegon. https://goo.gl/maps/cjZPRasF6nS2 http://mcecs.net/ https://www.facebook.com/MCECS/ 146.82-(94.8Hz) Lowell Amateur Radio Club monthly meeting, third Thursday, Janury 17, 6:30 PM social, 7PM meeting. All are welcome. Pizza provided. At the ?Shack? in the Flat River Outreach Ministries (F.R.O.M) Building, 11535 Fulton St E (Hwy M-21), Lowell, just west of the Lowell Meijer. Open Radio Room on the other Thursdays, 7PM. http://www.w8lrc.org https://www.facebook.com/w8lrc/ Map: https://goo.gl/maps/9e7G2FVkriJ2 145.27-(94.8Hz) The Independent Repeater Association (IRA), sponsor of the 147.16-(94.8Hz) link repeater system, monthly board meetings fourth Thursday of the month, January 24, 6PM. Held at the Big Boy Restaurant, 407 Pearl St NW, corner of Mt Vernon Ave at the US-131 Pearl St exit. Map: https://goo.gl/maps/J5XtAM3KGjr http://w8ira.org/ https://www.facebook.com/groups/1764710107178775/ mailto:info at w8ira.org North Ottawa ARC meeting, fourth Thursday January 24, 6:30 PM at the Spring Lake Village Hall, 102 W Savidge Street (HWY M-104). Ben Doctor will discuss a number of good performing transceiver kits that you can buy and build. The Kits are: The $ 50 QCX 40 meter cw transceiver, The $130 ubitx all band cw/ssb transceiver and the $240 PFR-3, 3 band cw transceiver. Map: https://goo.gl/maps/QiEuWyesa2x http://www.w8cso.org/ https://www.facebook.com/groups/401316979888404/ 145.49-(94.8Hz) Holland ARC E.A.T. meeting (Education And Training) is Friday, January 25, 7:PM at the Chick-Owa Sportsman?s Club. The club has purchased a series of instructional electronics videos which are around 30 minutes long. Open to the public need not be a HARC member or have an amateur radio license to attend. If you have questions about amateur radio equipment, operating practices, licensing, test and measurement, or anything remotely related to amateur radio, this is the place to be. http://www.hollandarc.org/ https://www.facebook.com/groups/233793361844/ 147.06+(94.8Hz) WINTER FIELD DAY is Saturday-Sunday January 26-27. As of press time, Grand Rapids ARA, Holland ARC, and Allegan County ARC are participating. See the respective websites and Facebook pages for more information. HIAD (Ham in a Day) class, Lowell, Saturday, February 9. This is an opportunity for anyone wishing to get their amateur radio technician license to study and take the exam all in one afternoon. Directed study starts at 1:00 and continues till 6:00, when the test will be given. For registration and more information http://w8lrc.org/hiad-registration/ Cost for the Ham in a Day study session is $25. Also, anyone wanting to take an exam (technician or upgrade) without the class may arrive at 6:00. There is no cost for the exams. Anyone whose license is within 90 days of expiring can also renew their license between 6:00 and the end of testing at no charge. Additional HIAD sessions for 2018: Holland: Saturday, April 13, http://www.hollandarc.org/?p=3322 Riverside Radio Amateurs and Ionia County RACES/ARES will be helping out with the Dirty 30 bike race, Saturday, March 30, on our back roads in Ionia County again this year. Raymond Passchier is the one doing the race and he was thinking about doing a 50 mile track or more this year, he did a 30 mile last year. With that being said we will need more operators to be placed on the course. Raymond is talking about starting at 10am. The op would need at least a dual band HT, a mobile radio would be better. contact: Email n8mrc at yahoo.com Cell 616-272-1341, leave message... MORLEY RECEIVE SITE GROUNDS CLEANUP, Saturday, May 25, 10:AM start. Arrive when you can, leave when you need to. Donuts and coffee, lunch provided. Yes, we know it?s Memorial weekend. If you like camping out, RV or tent, for the weekend, this is a great place with electric and WiFi. Bring own water. At the 250 ft tower, 3814 155th Ave, just south of 4 Mile Rd. Map: https://goo.gl/maps/48cdZhJ7DCr Lowell ARC. /\/\/\/\/\/\/\ UP COMING HAMFESTS ARRL Hamfest and Convention Database http://www.arrl.org/hamfests/search LINOLEUM ADVENTURE, mini-swap (mini-hamfest) Friday evening, January 4 Grand Rapids Amateur Radio Association (GRARA / W8DC) at the American Red Cross Building See the January 4 listing above for more information. Hazel Park ARC's 53rd Annual Swap and Shop, Sunday, January 27. Location: UFCW Local 876 Hall, 876 Horace Brown Drive, Madison Heights, MI 48071 Website: http://hparc.org Flier: http://hparc.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/53rd-SWAP.pdf Sponsor: Hazel Park Amateur Radio Club Talk-In: 146.64-(100Hz) Public Contact: Hugh Boyle , KE8BED, PO Box 320, Hazel Park, MI 48030 Phone: 248-755-6094, Email: HazelParkSwap at gmail.com Traverse City 46th Annual Swap & Shop, Saturday, February 9 Location: St. Francis High School Gym,123 East 11th Street, Traverse City, MI 49684 Website: http://cherrylandarc.com/?page_id=56 Sponsor: Cherryland Amateur Radio Club Talk-In: 146.86-(114.8Hz) Contact: Joe Novak , W8TVT, 201 South Spruce Street Traverse City, MI 49684 Phone: 231-947-8555, Email: joe at n8cn.com Livonia ARC's 49th Annual Swap & Shop, Sunday, February 17. Location: Livonia Civic Park Senior Center, 15218 Farmington Road, Livonia, MI 48150 Website: http://www.livoniaarc.com/index.php?page=swapshop Flier: http://www.livoniaarc.com/data/attachment.php?id=17 Sponsor: Livonia Amateur Radio Club Talk-In: 145.35-(100Hz) Contact: Doris Kelterborn , K8DXJ, PO Box 51532 Livonia, MI 48151 Phone: 734-941-5043, Email: k8uns at arrl.net LaPorte County Amateur Radio Hamfest, Saturday, February 23. Location: La Porte Civic Auditorium, 1001 Ridge Street, La Porte, IN 46350 Website: http://lpcarc.org Sponsor: La Porte County Amateur Radio Club Talk-In: 146.61-(131.8) Contact: Brian Salzer, KB9HMR, PO Box 148 Michigan City, IN 46361 Phone: 219-851-2133, Email: cabinfeverhamfest at gmail.com 2019 Michigan Crossroads Hamfest & Radio Swap, Saturday, March 16. Location: Wings Event Center, 3600 Vanrick Drive, Kalamazoo, MI 49001 Website: http://www.w8df.com/index.php?content=hamfest Flier: http://www.w8df.com/hamfest/hamfest2019.pdf Sponsor: Southern Michigan Amateur Radio Society Talk-In: 147.000+(94.8Hz) Contact: Thomas Goodson , WR8G, PO Box 934 Battle Creek, MI 49016 Phone: 269-815-8007, Email: crossroadshamfest at w8df.com Allegan County ARC 8th Annual indoor Mini-Swap, Saturday, April 6 .8AM start time. Salem Township hall, 3003 142nd Ave, Burnips, MI 49314. Corner of 142nd Ave and 30th Street, Allegan County. US-131 exit 68 / Dorr. west 8.6 miles. Map https://goo.gl/maps/6GUW1qPMUdJ2 Mike W6RP charles.m.long at gmail.com http://ac8rc.org/ https://www.facebook.com/ac8rc/ 147.24+(94.8Hz) Cadillac Hamfest, Saturday, May 4 Location: Cadillac Jr High School, 500 Chestnut Street, Cadillac, MI 49601 Website: http://wexaukeearc.org/ Flier: http://www.wexaukeearc.org/documents/swap2018-flyer2.pdf Sponsor: Wexaukee Amateur Radio Club Talk-In: 146.980- Contact: Duane Eubanks , KD8ULW, 3950 North Brown Road Manton, MI 49663 Phone: 231-824-9813 Email: kd8ulw at arrl.net 2019 ARRL National Convention at Dayton Hamvention?, Friday-Sunday, May 17-19 Location: Greene County Expo Center, 120 Fairgrounds Road, Xenia, OH 45385 Website: http://hamvention.org Sponsor: Dayton Amateur Radio Association Talk-In: 146.94-(123Hz), Bulletin System - monitor 145.525 Contact: Henry Ruminski , W8HJR, PO Box 964 Dayton, OH 45401 Phone: 937-232-9272 Email: info at hamvention.org IRA Hamfest, Saturday, June 1, 2019, Hudsonville Fairgrounds. http://w8ira.org/hudsonville-hamfest/ GRAHamfest (Grand Rapids Area Hamfest) tentative Saturday, September 7, 2019 Muskegon Color Tour Hamfest, Saturday, October 19 Location: Fellowship Reformed Church, 4200 East Apple Avenue, Muskegon, MI 49440 Website: http://mcecs.net/Download/HamfestFlyer2019a.pdf Sponsor: Muskegon County Emergency Communication Services, Inc. Talk-In: 146.820-(94.8Hz) Contact: James Duram , K8COP, PO Box 386 Fruitport, MI 49415 Phone: 231-638-7010 Email: mcthamfest at gmail.com If I missed something or there is something coming up of interest to the West Michigan Ham community, let me know, email: ny8d at arrl dot net 73 Jack NY8D From jamelar at yandex.com Mon Dec 31 15:34:51 2018 From: jamelar at yandex.com (Jack Amelar) Date: Mon, 31 Dec 2018 15:34:51 -0500 Subject: [MIham] (no subject) Message-ID: <17382231546288491@myt3-2475c4d2af83.qloud-c.yandex.net> LINOLEUM ADVENTURE mini-swap (mini-hamfest) Friday evening, January 4 For the first time in over a decade, since Barb N8JML & Dwane KX8D of ComDaC retired, the Grand Rapids Amateur Radio Association (GRARA / W8DC) is holding a mini-swap at the American Red Cross Building This is also the annual Christmas Holiday pot luck dinner and the January meeting night. **Admission and swap tables are FREE** Bring a dish to pass at the pot-luck, if you don?t have anything to pass, COME ANYWAY as there is ALWAYS more than enough. Oh yea, bring the family as well! GRARA is providing the meat and beverages. 6 PM: Mini-swap (Setup at 5:30) 7 PM Dinner, mini-swap continues Monthly meeting gets injected somewhere about or after 7. If you haven?t been to GRARA meeting in a while, or never been to one and have been thinking about it, THIS IS THE ONE TO STOP THINKING ABOUT IT AND DO IT! Location, the American Red Cross of West Michigan Building, 1050 Fuller Ave (between the Ford I-196 expressway and Leonard St.), Grand Rapids, MI 49503 Directions: http://www.w8dc.org/pages/Red%20Cross.html Talk-in 147.26+(94.8Hz) http://www.w8dc.org Contact: ny8d at w8dc.org (616)438-5412