[SMCARA] MDC Section Manager Visit to Jan Meeting.

[Gary Ramon]

I like all the comments, but I thought I'd put my two cents in.  I joined the club to associate with people who actually worked amateur radio.  I moved back to the area in 2011, but was not at all active in the hobby.  I owned two HTs I acquired in 2003 when I got licensed.  I was not affiliated with a club then and therefore did not flourish in the hobby.
I had to make a decision in 2013 at the 10 year renewal mark.  Do I let it die, or do I renew.  

Thankfully, I knew Dan Metcalf from church and I found out about the club.  I attended a couple of meetings and was impressed by the quality of the club members and that fact that many had deep technical understanding of radio communications.  I attended the upgrade class in the summer of 2013, learned that there was way more to being a licensed operator than passing a test.  
I bought my first HF transceiver two months after the class and my first mobile radio.  I got introduced to DSTAR and got hooked.  I appreciate being a member of SMCARA, because of the vast talent of club membership, building projects, education through licensing classes, seminars and associating with club members.  

May I mention that I participated in the antenna build project of the OCF dipole and potato gun?  Within two weeks of getting my HF rig on the air using the items mentioned I worked Australia!  I've since participated in HF contesting, getting certificates for special events, building DSTAR hotspots, working two years of Field Day, and participating in community events providing HAM radio ops, and last but not least worked DX with digital modes on HF.
In the 10 years prior to 2013, I only knew about VHF/UHF repeaters and IRLP.  Since joining the club two years ago, I've become a HAM radio enthusiast.
Regards,Gary Ramon K3IH
 


    On Tuesday, December 1, 2015 9:10 PM, JD Delancy <w1jd at comcast.net> wrote:
 

 
I agree with Pete, a "something for everyone" general interest club

    jd

On 12/01/2015 08:50 PM, Pete Butt wrote:
> Jason, et al
>
>    My vote is that we remain a general interest group with a social emphasis.
> There are far too many interesting things to do in this hobby and I
> recommend that the club support all of them, whether it be DX, public
> service, fox hunting, satellite operations, VHF/UHF, etc.  That way there
> is something for everyone's particular interest plus perhaps some of us
> "older" folks can help spread knowledge and wisdom around to all the newer
> folks just now getting into the hobby.
>
>    R/ Pete (WA3UMY)
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: SMCARA [mailto:smcara-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Jason
> Rearick
> Sent: Tuesday, December 01, 2015 4:45 PM
> To: SMCARA Reflector
> Subject: [SMCARA] MDC Section Manager Visit to Jan Meeting.
>
> All,  As you may or may not know, KB3MXM Martin Pittinger our MDC Section
> Manager will be at our January meeting.  Martin would like to know if there
> is a specific subject we would like him to talk to, and what our clubs main
> purpose or direction is.  Our we mostly public service oriented, DX,
> traffic, or what???
>
> What do you say membership, what are we mainly interested in as a club????
>
>
> Thanks for your responses!
>
>
> N3YUG
> Jason Rearick
>
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