The Ski Country Amateur Radio Club (SCARC) is a non-profit
501(c)(3) Colorado Corporation, based
in Glenwood Springs, Colorado. We cover a
large portion of western Colorado, including
Garfield, Pitkin, and Eagle counties. We consist of
people of all ages who are interested in ham radio. Most are already ham
operators; we welcome and provide testing for those who are not.
SCARC CLUB MEETINGS
Meeting are held at U.S. Bank located
immediately north of Safeway at 1901
Grand Ave., Glenwood Springs. All meetings are from 10:00 am to 12:00 noon and are held on a Saturday. Upcoming dates are: October 14 and November 11.
TUESDAY MORNING BREAKFASTS
Every
Tuesday morning hams gather at the Glenwood Springs Village Inn (102 West 6th Street) for breakfast
and conversation. Due to traffic being rerouted for finishing the new bridge, we've made a temporary time change and will meet at 9:00 am. We usually have 10-12 hams but had 19 at the August 15 meeting - just look for the loud
group having lots of fun!
SUNDAY NIGHT NET
Time: 8:30 p.m. local time Frequencies: Check in on 146.88, 146.67 or 447.1 (click here for offset and PL details). Also linked to Echolink via N0SWE-R
(#243117)/ IRLP (#7287).
The net covers a great portion of the Western Slope of Colorado utilizing the SCARC's repeater system and the Grand Mesa Repeater Association's repeater
system. Content: The net consists of announcements, general check in, ARRL Audio
News, and all those checking in are given an opportunity to speak to
the net. Visiting stations are welcome and all Amateurs are encouraged
to participate. Net Control: If you are willing to be Net Control, please contact Charles (KJ7TS).
HAM TECH CLASS
Our club will be holding a two day Technician’s
class license session (dates to be scheduled). The
Technician’s test will follow the training. Contact Dave Rahn KD0WQC at
970-625-5019 if interested.
NOTE: Everything below will be moved to the "Scrapbook" page
Silent Key - Eric Rosenquist - NA0AA passed away Thursday, May 18th during Post Heart Surgery Memorial
Service Information: Set for Saturday, June 24th 2017 on Vail Mountain at Mid-Vail (2PM).
Parking is still free in Vail, in the Summer, so folks will meet at
Vail's Gondola One (Vail Village) for the ride up to Mid-Vail. Plan to meet at the base of Gondola One from 1:30 - 1:45PM that Saturday. N0ECT does not know if any local Hams were involved in the scheduling of Eric's Memorial.
MANY THANKS to all of you who planned and participated in FIELD DAY ON June 23-25, 2017. It was a huge success!
MAY 20, 2017 FOX HUNT AND BBQ/POTLUCK
We had a great turnout for this annual event. Eric Grumling
(K0JEG) started us off with an extremely interesting program on drones.
He brought three different models for us to examine.
Close up of the drone Eric let us fly.
Several of us wanted the controls!
Then it was time for the foxhunt.
Fox hunt teams looked for the "fox" in Pat's spacious back yard.
Fox Hunt Winners! 1st Sophia Harwood and Dad Jeremy (KE0HQO) - not pictured 2nd Frank McKibbon (N0AFO) 3rd Team Betty Rahn (KD0YDH) and Debbie Buckley (KE0KRM) 4th Bill Norman (N0MID) Far Right: Brent Williams (KD0WAK) who did a great job organizing and running the Fox Hunt - THANKS, BRENT!
Our annual get-together and fox hunt was again hosted by Pat
Fitzgerald (KV0K) at his beautiful home complete with many antennas and a
gorgeous view. THANK YOU, PAT!
HAM RADIO CLASS
In
a two day Tech class held March/April and led by Ken Rahn KB0HP, 15 people
passed the exam (with several testing again at a future date). This was the
largest group ever tested with Ski Country Amateur Radio Club!
KE0MMN Dave Hallenbeck (Clifton)
KE0MMO Christina Mowdy (GJ) KE0MMP James Williams (GJ)
KE0MMQ Hank Owenby (Clifton) KE0MMR Andrew Bent (Delta)
KE0MMS Glenn Thompson (Aspen) KE0MMT Alyson Breuche (New
Castle)
KE0MMU Larry Bergen (New
Castle) KE0MMV Kenny Swartz* (New
Castle)
KE0MMW Dean Nelson (GJ) KE0MMX Tom Kearns (GJ)
KE0MMY Jerimiah Cooper (Parachute) KE0MMZ Don Davis (Rifle) KE0MNA Bill Cole (Rifle) KE0MNB John Milligan (Craig) * Kenny is the first to participate in our Sunday Night Net!
Special
thanks to Ken for organizing the class and doing an outstanding teaching job.
His co-instructors were Dave Rahn KD0WQC and Jim Legg AD0LI. Others who helped
with the class were Betty Rahn KD0YDH, Gerry Hittinger N6HUQ, Brent Williams
KD0WAK and Dave Bowers K4FMJ.
Thanks
also to Volunteer Examiners (VE) who gave the exam at the conclusion of the
class Clark Heckert K3NI, Bob Ludtke K9MWM, Bryan Frank N0THY and Gary Haas
AC0UZ.
Pictured in the attachment are : Bryan (N0THY) VE coordinator, Debbie
(KE0KRM) New Tech, Bob (K9MWM) VE, and Clark (K3NI) VE. Debbie is the wife of Pete (N0ECT), and she has applied for a vanity call. Should be approved soon! Say hi to her on the air.
New hams & upgrades at the 10-16 Meeting - CONGRATULATIONS!
VE - Jess Craig - W6CKC
New Tech - Dennis Fitzpatrick - KE0KLP
New Extra - Dennis Bader - AD0VU
VE Coordinator - Bryan Frank - N0THY
New Tech - Matthew Starr - KE0KLO
New Tech - Wayne Starr - KE0KLN
VE - Pete Buckley - N0ECT
Fantastic meeting (April 16, 2016. Wampler, WA7EWC, did a great technical program on his new IC-7300 SDR radio. What a radio. The presentation was so convincing that several attendees ordered their own by that afternoon. Bob Cutter, KI0G, did a presentation on his new computerized $17 microscope which he uses for viewing soldier joints during kit building. CE displayed his new antenna launcher. Looks like over kill to get that string over a tree branch, but it works. Finally, Dennis Bader, KE0IHB, upgraded to General. Congrats! The picture above shows Dennis (KE0IHB) new General, VE Robert (K5WRE), VE Gary (AC0UZ), and VE Bryan (N0THY).
Ted Wetzel, KE0TY is a Silent Key
It is with sadness that we announce that Ted Wetzel, KE0TY, passed away Monday November 23rd. It is hard to find a more competent engineer and supporter of Amateur Radio. Ted was always available to assist our Club freely with his time and expertise when we faced difficult technical communication problems. We first met Ted in 1978 when we were installing the first hardline on the Sunlight repeater. His most recent club project was the construction and installation of both the IRLP and Echo Link interface computers for Sunlight. Thanks for all the help through the years, my friend. Rest well!
MAY 30 FOX HUNT & BBQ
Thanks to all who attended the Fox Hunt & Pot Luck picnic this past weekend.
Special thanks to Pat (KV0K) who hosted the outing at his home and Bob
(KI0G)
who did a great job hiding the Fox.
Pictured below are the 4 winners and Bob
(KI0G).
Dave (KD0WQC) & Bill tied for 3rd, Bob (KI0G), Chuck (N0NHJ) 1st place
and Joe
(A0CF) 2nd place. Prizes were awarded to all the winners!
We had 14 total Fox
hunters.
Pictured below are other hunters: Brent (KD0WAK), Betty (KD0YDH), Ken KD0HP, Sue N0DBY and
Ken (KW5KJW)
and their Fox hunting gear!
Also at the May Fox Hunt meeting, Carmen (KD0VOX) pictured below passed her General. CONGRATULATIONS! Pictured
are VE Clark (K3NI),
VE Phil (N0KE), New General Carmen (KD0VOX), and VE Bob (K9MWM).
Ed DeStefano (now KE0DFZ) pass his Tech
test at our April Club meeting. Pictured below are VE Pete (N0ECT), VE Bob (KI0G), New Tech Ed
(KE0DFZ) Carbondale,
VE Bryan (N0THY), and VE Bob (K9MWM).
UPDATE FROM OUR SUPER YOUNG MEMBERS! (April 5, 2015)
Written by Caleb Begly; the
others mentioned are Liam (KD0HDF) and Alex (KD0RML).
I
just wanted to say a quick hi. I have been here at CSU for a little
over a year now and I figured today was a good time to give an update.
While
I've been here, Liam, a guy named Alex Cabrall, and I managed to
restart the CSU ARC club here on campus which has been inactive for
years. We've been working with the community and NCARC to promote ham
radio and help with events in this area.
We
hosted our first on campus test session today with the help of some
extra class VEs from NCARC and 10 people tested. All of them passed the
elements they were working on (a few extras, a few generals, and a
couple of techs). I also went for my Extra class test today and I
passed. I got my VE certification through the ARRL a couple of months
ago, but now the club will have enough Extra class VEs that we will be
able to regularly offer all of the tests.
Anyway, I just wanted to say thank you for the inspiration you and the other members of SCARC have been to me.
Hope
everything is going well. I still get the emails and I really wish I
could attend some of the talks at the meetings, but I'm all the way over
here in Fort Collins. Say hi to the rest of the SCARC club from myself,
Liam, and the newly rechartered CSU ARC.
NEW HAM OPERATOR We have a new Tech! Bob and Sue's granddaughter, Amanda
(14), just received her call sign KG5FJX. Proud parents Steve (N0EEK) and Sarah
(KF5BAX) and grandparents Bob (K9MWM) and Sue (N0DBY). Intense instruction was provided
by Joe (K6WAO).
January 9, 2015 Repeater up date
(146.88 MHz) Turns
out John Banks is the Engineer for KAJX for the 88.9 transmitter on Sunlight. They
had a power supply failure about the same time, and actually had reduced the
power that they put out. He has the replacement parts, and was planning on a
trip up there tomorrow to repair it and work on some other stuff in other
buildings. So, he's aware of the issue and is going to try to see what he can
find and will give me a shout while he's up there to do some testing. He's very interested in resolving the issue, so I think we're headed down the right
path.
SAD NEWS
Shirley Thomson passed away January 2, 1015 in Redstone, CO. She was the wife of Dave Thomson (deceased) KA0EOJ a longtime member of the Ski Country Amateur Radio Club. Also, the mother of John Thomson (W0IG), the manager of HRO Denver and active supporter of The Colorado Connection. A memorial service will be held Sunday - January 11th at 1 PM at The Church of Redstone. The obituary is available at www.postindependent.com
PRESIDENT'S REPORT FOR WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 15-20
This was a busy week for the SCARC. Tuesday we had a crew of 5 up at Snowmass trying to correct an RF noise problem from florescent lights. After a full day - no solution! The crew was Rick (KB0AHR), Bill (N0MID, Jess (W6CKC), Gerry (N6HUQ), and Bob (K9MWM). Larry (K0CL) was in Carbondale giving us a weak signal source all day.
Saturday morning Gerry (N6HUQ) led the communications for Rally the Valley (Valley View Hospital Cancer Center) fund raiser. Assisting were Ken (KB0HP), Tom (KD0WAR), Trish Hittinger (N6SUM) and Sue (N0DBY). Thanks for sacrificing the meeting to support this event.
Our Saturday meeting had great attendance - 31! We had 3 terrific presentations. Jon Banks provided info on Glenwood Springs High's "Solar Rollers" program. This is a solar education program with model car design and racing as the learning vehicle. Fascinating! Anyone interested in contributing can send a check to GSHS - Solar Rollers, Attn: Anne Swanson, 1521 Grand Ave., Glenwood Springs, CO 81601. Steve (K0GUZ) did a wonderful slide show on travel and ham radio operation in South Africa. Nice background material on the country and beautiful pictures. Chuck (N0NHJ) finished the program with his Antarctic experiences over the last 14 years! Wow! Chuck then led the group on a trip to our Sunlight repeater site.
Testing at the September 20, 2014 meeting resulted in our newest Tech; Ken White from Parachute. The picture shows Ken, along with VE Pete (N0ECT), VE Bob (K9MWM) and VE Jess (W6CKC).
We had 17 members attending our Saturday, August 23 Club meeting. Even Sy, AE1V, long time member from Cuzco, Peru attended. The meeting topic was Kit Building. Phil, N0KE, brought in his Heath Kit AT-1 transmitter from his Novice days (late 1950s) and Bob, K9MWM, brought in a box containing an un-built Heath Kit grid dip meter from 1977. Lot of cool kits from the past and present were displayed. Thanks to all who brought in their kits!
In the pictures above (left side), Bob, KI0G, describes his "Magnetic Loop" fishing pole" antenna. It is for backpacking. He uses it to activate SOTA peaks on the 20 mb. You had to be there to see this. Make sure there is no wind when operating! Gary, AC0UZ, is holding the pole demonstrating "fish on"!
GLENWOOD SPRINGS CRUISE-A-THONG
On Saturday, July 19, the seven intrepid SCARC operators pictured below set out to
keep tabs on several hundred revelers (and quite a few pub crawlers) on the
Glenwood Cruise-a-thong. For the
inexperienced, it was a bike ride of 4 or 5 miles, then a walk (in flip-flops or
other water resistant footgear, hence the name) and then a float for half a mile
or so down the Roaring Fork river. The
winners were not the first to finish, but those nearest the “average” time.
Operators were: Clark and Pam Heckert (K3NI, KB3UDU), Ken
and Betty Rahn (KB0HP, KD0YDH), Gerry and Trish Hittinger (N6HUQ, N6SUM), and
Richard Todd (K4ULD). Positioned around the course, we kept an eye on the revelers and a good time
was had by all. Afterward, there was a
big party at Veltus Park which lasted well into the afternoon.
Thanks again to all of the above operators that came out
to help. —Gerry Hittinger (N6HUQ)
FIELD DAY 2014
Thanks to
all who attended the 2014 Field Day. It was a great weekend weather wise but
not that great band condition wise. Wonderful turnout with 54 attendees of
which 41 were licensed hams. Lots of help for the Friday afternoon set up.
Everyone who helped set up received a door prize! We had Field Day hats, pins,
and T-shirts this year.
The morning started with an educational presentation by
Bob (K9MWM) and Eric (K0JEG) on satellite communication. That gave the club
their first 100 point bonus. Next KR7C copied the CW ARRL message for another
100 point bonus. All this before the operating even started. Emit (W0UAW), the
Assistant Section Emergency Coordinator for Colorado, drove over from the
Denver area and did a short presentation on ARES for our club. He also brought
along a couple of able assistants: Lisa (K0UMH) and Greg (N1GEP).
Liam’s (KD0HDF) solar panels provided power for the SSB station
for the full 24 hours. The other stations used generators. Pete (N0ECT)
and Eric (K0JEG) again provided a local network for our logging computers. All
stations were running at the noon start. We had four stations going
(CW/Digital/SSB/GOTA).
The real excitement kicked in about 2 pm when the rumor
was confirmed that one of the astronauts on the ISS space station, Reid
(KF5LKT), was going to be operating voice. We fired up a 50 watt 2mb rig. Ash (KQ0C) was acting as the rotor for the 11
element yagi, while Eric (K0JEG) called CQ for NA1SS, the call sign for the
International Space Station. It took about five minutes and then there was a
big cheer from the group when we heard K0RV QSL from the ISS!
Our annul Field
Day pot luck was another successful event at 6pm Saturday evening. What a spread!
enough food to feed an army, or better yet, an SCARC Field Day crew. Those who were not currently
operating sat around for early evening conversation. The stations churned all
night long. When the sun rose, band conditions improved a bit.
In the end we
had 6,456 points, a full 200 more than 2013. This was due primarily to the CW
group that set a new CW record for the club of 957 contacts, for 3,828 points!
Thanks to the CW ops Stan (KR7C), Phil (N0KE), Christine (K0ALT) and Larry
(N0ACW) for this extraordinary effort.
Well, when noon came around, the tear
down started. I think we set a
record on getting all the equipment packed and stowed away. I was on the road
by 1 PM. Thanks to all who participated in this great event again demonstrating
that hams can provide reliable emergency communications!
ABOUT OUR BLOG Pete (N0ECT) set up a blog for our Club at http://K0RV.Wordpress.com
This is a great place to view and to post pictures, photos, articles, videos, whatever! To post content please contact Pete Buckley at SkierInAvon@Yahoo.com
NEWS FROM OUR CLUB . . .
LeRoy - KB0RCI - Silent Key
Death always has that element of disbelief. LeRoy Snyder (KB0RCI) passed
away Saturday, March 8, 2014. His family was with him at St. Mary's
Hospital at the time. Our sympathy is extended to his family Bonnie Lee
(mother), son Richard and one brother. LeRoy was licensed in
February of 1995. He was the most active volunteer with the Ski Country
Amateur Radio Club. He participated in most public service communication
events from the Owl Creek Chase in the winter (Cross Country Skiing) to
the Bike Ride for the Cure each summer. I'm sure that Navy cap he wore
built that volunteer spirit! LeRoy loved to build antennas and
experiment. One of my early memories was LeRoy bringing his son,
Richard, to a Ham Radio Field Day when he 12. It was a pleasant surprise
to see Richard attend our club's breakfast this morning. He is now
working as an electronics technician in Yakima Washington. It gets
better. He is studying for his Tech license. He will be using LeRoy's
equipment and call in the near future. We miss you LeRoy! SK
2014 YUMA HAMFEST
Eleventh Prize: Kenwood
TM-V71A
Winner: Fred Scully (K0VK), Woody Creek, Colorado
Fred is from Colorado but is a regular in the
Yuma area during the winter, when he likes to dry camp in a small motorhome. He
is also a dirt biker. Fred holds an extra class license.
CONGRATULATIONS TO NEW TECH BEN THORNAL (KD0YWJ)
Pictured above are Phil (N0KE), Ben (KD0YWJ) and Bob (K9MWM) Congratulations, Ben, from the Ski Country ARC VE Team!
CONGRATULATIONS TO GENERAL UPGRADES BETTY & DAVID RAHN
Pictured above are Larry (K0CL), Betty (KD0YDH), Bob (K9MWM) David (KD0WQC) and Bryan (N0THY) Congratulations, Betty and David, from the Ski Country ARC VE Team!
UPDATES FROM BOB LUDKE & GERRY HITTINGER AS OF 12/8/2013
REPEATERS
Snowmass #1 (67) is working as a stand-alone. The 440 link transmitter sending to Sunlight died, although the receiver
was still working. Bob Ludtke, Jess
Craig and Gerry Hittinger went up and checked things out and brought it down
for repair. We also have an intermittent
noise problem, a loud rasping buzz that is evidently a mixing problem; it is
only present when someone is transmitting into 67 and disappears when the
user’s carrier drops out. We are trying
to locate the source of the interference.
We would appreciate it if people living/working up-valley would monitor
67 as much as they can and take note of what time of day they hear the
interference and when they don’t. This
might help in figuring out what is causing it.
#2 Lookout
is now on the air from Bob Ludtke’s house. Bob is awaiting the delivery of a new 450 antenna to improve the link
signal.
ECHOLINK
Echolink is now back on the air from Ken Rahn, KB0HP ’s house.
ANVIL POINTS Bob (KD0WQB)
and Jim (KD0WAJ) will do an attempted run up to the Anvil Points repeater site
this Friday. Snowmobiles? We will know soon. The batteries need topping off at
the solar site as well as some old batteries need hauling out for recycling. Thanks
guys!
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RALLY THE VALLEY Thanks to all who provided ham radio communications support for the Cancer Center fundraiser on September 21. This is our second year helping out at this bike ride event. Everything went very smoothly, including the weather (it rained last year)!
Gerry Hittinger (N6HUQ) was Net Control and is pictured here. Spread over the course were Bryan Frank (N0THY), Ken Rahn (KB0HP), Leroy Snyder (KB0RCI), Richard Todd (K4ULD) and Joe Sprick (AD0CF).
NEW COOLING FAN INSTALLED AT SNOWMASS REPEATER SITE
On September 20, Ken and Betty Rahn and Gerry Hittinger drove to the Snowmass repeater site
and installed a new fan. Ken and Betty's four wheel drive jeep was a huge help on the rough terrain.
Gerry designed the new fan, which reverses the air
flow, sucking cool air in from outside and letting it blow into the room
through the vents in the closet. He removed the flapper on the dryer
type outlet on the outside of the building and replaced it with a piece
of screen ("mouse guard"!). They also installed a thermostat, now set to 80 degrees, which can easily be adjusted.
HAM TESTING AT THE SEPTEMBER MEETING VE Bob (K9MWM), Dave Rahn (KD0WQC) new Tech, VE Bryan (N0THY), VE Fred (K0VK), Brent Williams (KD0WAK) General upgrade,
Bob Glenn (KD0WQB) new Tech, and Jim Legg (KD0WAJ) General upgrade. Congratulations to all those who tested!
SUNLIGHT REPEATER SITE REFURBISHING
Many thanks to those who helped put new siding on our Sunlight repeater building. The before and after pictures show what a huge difference!
ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL RIDE FOR THE CURE (8-17-13) (click here for pictures)
The first annual Susan G. Komen Aspen Ride for the Cure took place
in September, 2005, and SCARC was there. The City of Aspen Events
Coordinator worked with the Komen-Aspen organization to plan and
coordinate the Ride, and they contacted Joe Tuminaro, K6JFT, who
lived in Aspen, and asked him to coordinate the communications.
He set up a communications plan, and SCARC volunteers manned the
sag wagons and the aid stations. Joe soon moved back to
California, but Komen Aspen has continued to rely on SCARC for
Ride communications every year since.
We had 15 hams and 2 spouses volunteer this year: - Sue N0DBY and Bob K9MWM worked at Net Control - Sag Wagons were manned by:
Steve W0SRG
Stan KR7C
Gerry N6HUQ
Bryan N0THY
Charles AC0UY accompanied by 4 year old Merrick - Aid Stations were manned by
Christine K0ALT and Mike
Bob KI0G
Richard K4ULD and Bridget
Liam KD0HDF
Bill KD0VOY
Rob K0ALN
Trish N6SUM
LeRoy KB0RCI
Thanks to all the above volunteers, the Ride went very smoothly.
Problems at aid stations were communicated and quickly addressed. Sag wagons and aid stations dealt with the few bike failures and
minor injuries speedily and
efficiently. We managed to account for all the Ride participants
and break down aid stations as the Ride progressed.
The Ride
started at 7:30 AM, and the final rider arrived at the finish line
at Wagner Park by 5:30 PM, the earliest ever finish for the Ride. Komen Aspen has had a lot of personnel changes over the nine years
we've been helping with the Ride. But every year the Ride
coordinator has gratefully acknowledged our help in keeping the
riders safe and the Ride on target. Thanks again to all the
volunteers who helped this year. Hope to have even more
volunteers for future Rides.
Sue N0DBY
ANTENNA REFURBISHING On
Tuesday, July 23, a group led by N0NHJ spent the day refurbishing the Snowmass
repeater installation in the Ski Patrol shack in the basement of the UP 4 Pizza
at the top of the Big Burn ski area at
Snowmass.
The main 2M antenna was replaced, most of the cable connectors were
replaced with N connectors, and Polyphaser lightning arrestors were installed
on all the cables where they enter the
repeater closet.
Hopefully, we now have
a more robust installation, more resistant to lightning strikes up there at the
top of Snowmass.
Interior of the building (Up 4 Pizza) with a view of the closet where our equipment is housed. Antenna cables with Polyphasers and 2M duplexer is shown.
FIELD DAY 2013 A GREAT SUCCESS! We all had a great time at Field Day this year; 47 people attended and our overall score was 6236
(as compared to 5858 in 2012).
Many thanks to everyone who helped with set-up,
take-down, food and working the stations
for 24 hours. Special
thanks to Prentice (K0VXP) for arranging to let us use such a beautiful venue
each year
Not only
did we beat our 2012 score, but we also had the largest test session ever, with
7 individuals testing (see pictures below). Congratulations to all!
Field Day 2013
Tom Hazard
from Basalt (new Tech)
Bob Montgomery
from Marble (new General)
Kris
Shechter from Aspen (new Tech)
Joe
Stearns from Eagle (new Tech)
FIELD DAY 2013
VE Pete
(N0ECT)
VE Bob
(K9MWM)
Brent
Williams from Parachute (new Tech)
Jim Legg from
Silt (new Tech)
VE Jess
(W6CKC)
MS WALK Thanks to Trish (N6SUM), Charles (AC0UY), Richard (K4ULD), LeRoy (KB0RCI) and Gerry (N6HUQ - not pictured) for providing communications support to the MS Walk in Glenwood Canyon on May 18. Despite rain showers, the event went off without a hitch!
THANK YOU TO PAT & DIANTHA! Many thanks for hosting our annual Foxhunt Potluck Party at your lovely home. As usual, a great time was had by all!
MAY 11 - NEW TECHS Congratulations to Carmen, Bob, Brian and Bill for passing their tech test at the Foxhunt Party.
MARCH 9, 2013 MEETING Thanks to Richard (K4ULD/G4ULD) for his program at the
March meeting. Pete (N0ECT) and Frank (N0AFO) did a great presentation on
"free"phone communication. Thanks to Larry (K0CL) and Steve
(K0GUZ) fortheir behind the scenes work securing a new contract with
one of our
tenants up at Sunlight. That rent helps the club
finances.
MARCH MEETING
THANK YOU
Thanks to all who worked on the Owl
Creek Chase in Aspen. Sue, N0DBY, was net
control. Many thanks to the
following for volunteering their time and equipment.
Steve (W0SRG), Clark (K3NI), Bill (N0MID), Debbie (KD0IRH), Rob (K0ALN), Charles (AC0UY), LeRoy (KB0RCI), Phil (N6VOD) and Bob (K9MWM).
GOT MANUALS? We like to
keep Technician, General or Extra Class license manuals in circulation.
Bob
(k9mwm) constantly gets requests for them and it is nice to hand
one out
rather than have someone wait or procrastinate in ordering one. Please
donate
recent manuals to Bob (k9mwm).
Testing at the September 20, 2014 meeting resulted in our newest Tech; Ken White from Parachute. The picture shows Ken, along with VE Pete (N0ECT), VE Bob (K9MWM) and VE Jess (W6CKC).
LeRoy - KB0RCI - Silent Key
2014 YUMA HAMFEST
CONGRATULATIONS TO NEW TECH BEN THORNAL (KD0YWJ)
CONGRATULATIONS TO GENERAL UPGRADES BETTY & DAVID RAHN
RALLY THE VALLEY
NEW COOLING FAN INSTALLED AT SNOWMASS REPEATER SITE
SUNLIGHT REPEATER SITE REFURBISHING
ANTENNA REFURBISHING
Interior of the building (Up 4 Pizza) with a view of the closet where our equipment is housed. Antenna cables with Polyphasers and 2M duplexer is shown.
Field Day 2013
FIELD DAY 2013
MARCH MEETING
