[SJDXA] Gloucester County ARC

[Bob Schenck N2OO]

Please pass this along

73s

Tom N2XW SNJ Section Mgr

 

The Gloucester County Amateur Radio Club, W2MMD, on September 1st 2021,
suffered extensive damage to two of its towers and multiple antennas, during
a EF3 tornado spawned by the remnants of Hurricane Ida. Many nearby homes
and several farms were severely damaged or destroyed. The W2MMD club station
building, a 14x70 mobile home, miraculously was undamaged despite being
directly in the path of the twister, and the radio equipment remained safe
and dry, but is unusable now without the towers and antennas.

The GCARC was founded in 1959, and has been an ARRL affiliated club since
its founding. The club is one of the most active general interest ham clubs
in the region, and has about 150 members. We are heavily involved in
education and community service, and operate 3 repeaters and a very popular
SATNOGS station. Our HF station is, or was, completely remote controllable
including antenna rotation and legal limit power. The station in its current
form was the dream project of many club members past and present, and has
taken some 40 years to build, as time and funds permitted.

In order to rebuild the antenna systems promptly and get the station back on
the air as quickly as possible, we will need more funds than we have
available at this time. We are therefore appealing to our fellow hams,
friends, family, and community to help us in any way that you can. Your
donation, no matter how small, will get us back on the air, serving our
community and helping friends around the world with vital HF and VHF
communications. Please see our GoFundMe page under the heading of
"Rebuilding Club Station W2MMD" and donate there, or visit our web site at
W2MMD.org, and click on the link. You may also send a check or money order
to P.O. Box 370, Pitman NJ O8071. There are some pictures of the damage on
the club web site. Thanks and "73" from W2MMD!

 

Note: de N2OO. Acccording to the GCARC website, the 4H Fairgounds are OK.
The 2021 Hamfest is still on for Sept 12.

 

Clubhouse Storm Damage (weebly.com)
<https://gloucestercountyarc.weebly.com/clubhouse-storm-damage.html> 

 

Current Events (weebly.com) <https://gloucestercountyarc.weebly.com/> 

 

 

 

 

See ya' in the Pileups!

73!

Bob Schenck, N2OO

President SJDXA

GO SJDXA!!! www.sjdxa.org

 

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