[WIARC] Western Illinois ARC newsletter and activities

[Danny Pease]

The June issue of the Western Illinois ARC Feedline is available for
viewing. It can be seen at:

http://www.w9awe.org/feedline.pdf

The June meeting of the WIARC will be Wednesday evening June 1st, 7:30 PM,
at the Red Cross, 3000 N. 23rd in Quincy. I am sure we will be discussing
details about Field Day, as well as usual business.

Field Day is June 25th and 26th. As we decided at last month's meeting, we
will be joining forces with the Hannibal club in Hannibal. The site is
located at the Marion County Ambulance training Center, 142 Jaycee Drive.
Set up will take place on Saturday morning, operating starts at 1800 UTC and
runs through 18oo UTC on Sunday. Teardown will be Sunday afternoon. There
will be a carry in meal on Saturday evening, I assume about 6:00 PM. From
what I understand, the Hannibal club is providing meat, we all need to bring
a covered dish or two to share. More details at the meeting on Wednesday.

Friday June 17th is the final day of the Bicycle Across Missouri, ending in
Hannibal. There is a need for 5 or 6 radio operators to help with
communications that day. There will be several checkpoints, the closer to
the end the later in the day you will be needed. Please let me know if you
can help and I will get the word to Don, KD0HHN.

As it stands right now, there will be a Technician class starting in
Hannibal on Saturday July 23rd and running every Saturday through August
6th. The test session in Quincy on August 13 will serve as the test for the
class. I believe the facility is scheduled for the entire day all three days
but the class time will be more along the lines of 9:00 AM until 1:00 PM. We
can use more instructors, if you are interested let me know.  If you know of
anyone interested, please pass the word, I should have a flier at the June
meeting. The study material will be the ARRL License Manual and it is very
important the students have the manual and have read the first few chapters
prior to the first class session.

See you all on June 1st.

Danny NG9R
dpease at adams.net
217-430-2046