Promoting Ham Radio in the Cincinnati Area
Things are moving forward quickly toward our Hamfest (Saturday June 15th, 2013; flyer) and Field Day ( 6/22/13 at 2pm EST to 6/23/13 at 2 pm EST flyer). Jim (WB8RRR) is heading up the Hamfest and will be asking for help for setup, parking, cooking, workers, and tear down. Contact Jim to help (513) … [Read more...]
On April 21, NASA successfully launched Three Smartphone Satellites on the Antares/Cygnus launch vehicle, which NASA hopes will soon be resupplying the International Space Station. These "PhoneSats" are the size of a coffeecup are currently emitting packets on the amateur radio spectrum (437.425 … [Read more...]
I am contacting your club about assisting us on our Chili Ride out of Goshen High School, 6707 Goshen Rd, Goshen, OH 45122, on May 18th. I noticed this is the same date as the Dayton Hamfest so perhaps this request cannot be filled at this time. I am aware that your group has not been involved … [Read more...]
We are getting ready to go into our club’s busy month of June, with Dayton Hamfest, MARC Hamfest and MARC Field Day. We need all the members support and help for the Hamfest and Field Day. We will be sending out email requests for both labor and equipment for these events. Please make sure that … [Read more...]
Everyone had a a great time at the annual birthday party! Good food, friends and a presentation by the Cincinnati Museum Center about the old abandoned subway in downtown Cincinnati made for a great evening. Photo's provided by Rob, N8JMV … [Read more...]
The CQ WW WPX SSB contest begins on March 29, 2013 at 8:00 PM EDT and runs until 7:59 PM EDT March 31, 2013. A single operator may work 36 of the 48 hours, with off times at a minimum of 60 minutes. Contest rules The objective is for amateurs world wide to contact as many amateurs and prefixes … [Read more...]
I am looking for volunteers to assist with administrating exams during the Dayton Hamvention ® this year. I need to turn in the information for my volunteers by the end of the month. We tested 300 hams/potential hams last year (2012), and had 30 volunteers for each session. This year we are … [Read more...]
Update: The TX5K Clipperton DXPedition started operating on Saturday and has been very busy!They will be on the island for ~ 7 more days. After you have worked them you can visit their online log which is wonderful! The website shows live updates, current, previous calls and a map of the QSO's as … [Read more...]
North American QSO Party (NAQP) RTTY Denny KC8RPV, Dave K8DV, Carl N8DWN and Bill WS6K represented MARC in the NAQP RTTY contest. Band conditions were fair, a lot US and Canadian stations were on the air, I heard nothing out of Europe. For me the highlight of the contest was Friday night … [Read more...]
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