Southwest Missouri Amateur Radio Club

Southwest Missouri Amateur Radio Club

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Southwest Missouri Amateur Radio Club

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Southwest Missouri Amateur Radio Club

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-SMARC Friday Night Net for September 15th, 2017-

-Regular Announcements-

The Southwest Missouri Amateur Radio Club Meeting is held on the third Saturday of each month, at 5:00pm. Our next meeting will be tomorrow Saturday, September 16th. Our meetings are temporarily being held at the 1st General Baptist Church, at 1400 West Walnut Street in Springfield, MO. Testing will also be available at 3:00pm for anyone wanting to get their technician license, or upgrade to a General or Extra class license. The fee for the tests is $15.

Any one that is interested in becoming a licensed amateur radio operator should attend a meeting, or testing session. You do not have to already have your license, or be a club member to attend. Everyone is welcome including friends, family, and children.

An outstanding cook usually prepares a meal, and anyone is welcome to bring sides dishes, soft drinks, or desserts. Guests are welcome to stay to eat.

This month’s program will be about repeater etiquette, and best practices. Should you call QC on the local repeater? What’s a PL Tone? Is there a limit to how long I can talk on a repeater? We will answer questions on how to talk on a repeater, and how it’s a little different than talking simplex, or on HF frequencies.

-Route 66 On The Air-

The Southwest Missouri Amateur Radio Club had a small station set up at Route 66 Park on Saturday Sept. 9th for the opening day of Route 66 On The Air! This annual event celebrates the "Mother Road", and all those that have traveled on her from Chicago to Los Angeles.

Route 66 Park is on West College Street in Springfield, MO. It is a roadside park next to the sign that is all that remains of Red's Giant Hamburger restaurant. This was the location that the telegram was sent to officially stating that the new cross-country highway would in fact be named Route 66.

On Saturday Club members Jack Young, Rodney Mallonee, Wes White, & myself Franklin Johnson worked contacts at various points throughout the afternoon. We had the station setup from about 12:00pm noon till 6:00pm. Rodney was generous enough to let us use his Yaesu FT 450D, and it worked marvelously! The antenna was a dipole that Jack had made, and it was reaching out, and grabbing contacts! The power was supplied by the club's own solar system & batteries.

There are stations in different cities along Route 66 that will be using different special event calls throughout the week, the call for Springfield is W6R. There are 21 in all including Springfield, MO, and a roving station. See if you can't work them all!

There is still time to work W6R, or any of the other stations for the event. Route 66 On The Air continues through this Sunday, September 17th, at 23:59 Zulu time

You can find more info on the webpage of the parent club for Route 66 On The Air at: w6jbt.org/. You can find info about the local club effort at the following Facebook Page: www.facebook.com/wiskey6romeo/

-Do You Need Any Coax Cable?-

Austin, KD9HIX has some spare coax cable that he doesn’t need, and he is looking to get ride of it. He will be bringing it to the September club meeting on the 16th, and anyone is welcome to it. Here are the details that he has given me:

He has one section that is 60ft, and the other is 70ft. One is a Veriflex, possible RG 8, and the other is Triax double shielded.

If you would be interested in some of this coax cable, please come to the September 16th meeting of the Southwest Missouri Amateur Radio Club. The meeting with be at the 1st General Baptists Church at 1400 E Walnut St, Springfield, MO. The meeting will start at 5:00pm

-Skywarn Youth Net-

I would like to call your attention to the Skywarn Youth Net. It begins at 7:30pm on Sunday nights, on the 145.490 N0NWS repeater. This net is sponsored by the Southwest Missouri Regional Skywarn repeater system to encourage young amateur radio operators & their families to key up, and get out on the air.

This helps create educational awareness among these operators about Skywarn, and basic weather facts.

For more information about this net, please go to www.N0NWS.com/youth.

-R&L Electronics Offer-

R & L Electronics has put together a couple of radio packages for brand new Hams in the Southwest Missouri area! The basic pack includes a Boefeng UV5 hand held radio, and a Gordon West Technician study guide, and is less than $50, with free shipping!!

You can see details for both the basic & deluxe packages at:www.randl.com. Once on the main page, just type "new ham" into the search bar, and you will see both of the radio packages.

-Check Inns-
WA0CFQ / Dale / Springfield, MO
K9EAR / Bill / Springfield, MO
KG6KTR / Wayne / Springfield, MO
KD0YVC / Robert / Aurora, MO
AD0YR / Roger / Springfield, MO
N0SVY / Don / Willard, MO
K0JTR / Jeff / Miller, MO
W0MYQ / Myron / Marshfield, MO
WI4T / Greg / Milford, MO
N0MIO / Richard / Springfield, MO
KD0JGG / Roger / Springfield, MO

-Net Control-
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