[SMCARA] MDC Section Manager Visit to Jan Meeting.

Wed Dec 2 19:05:38 EST 2015

Jim,  He is the ARRL section manager for the Maryland and DC area.   His 
duties can be found at this link.  http://www.arrl.org/section-manager

Jason Rearick
N3YUG

-----Original Message----- 
From: Jim Wieldt
Sent: Wednesday, December 2, 2015 6:12 PM
To: Gary Ramon ; SMCARA Reflector
Subject: Re: [SMCARA] MDC Section Manager Visit to Jan Meeting.

Would I be showing my general ham ignorance if I asked what an MDC Section
Manager is and does?   I looked in a data base of abbreviations and
accronyms for MDC and it returned 113 hits.   None of them seemed to have
any relevance to SMCARA activities.    KC3WJA  Jim W.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gary Ramon via SMCARA" <smcara at mailman.qth.net>
To: "SMCARA Reflector" <smcara at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Wednesday, December 02, 2015 11:25 AM
Subject: Re: [SMCARA] MDC Section Manager Visit to Jan Meeting.

>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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