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MARC is an ARRL Special Service Club located in Milford, Ohio. Milford is about 15 miles northeast of Cincinnati. Please see "Club Info" for more information about the club. We invite visitors to our club meetings and welcome any comments you may have.
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Posted by k8ji on July 7th, 2006
By: Lyle Hamilton, AB8SH
June was a busy, but very good month for the club. Our Hamfest was well attended by both vendors and visitors, and the new location seems to be a hit despite the lack of shade trees. Thanks to all of you who participated to make it a success, for our club and the other Hams out there who were able to enjoy it.
Field Day was also a success thanks to Barb KA8AXY & Bill KC8RUG for offering their home again, and because of the hard work of the members who went out to set up on Friday. Here is a summary of the log data:
Station A
281 total contacts, 281 pts
Top Operator: Bill WD6ADM – 150 contacts, 53% of total
Station B
257 total contacts, 257 pts
Top Operator: Gary KC8BTA 76 contacts , 30% of total
Station C
214 total contacts, 428 pts
Top Operator: Dave Yockey K8CMO 214 contacts, 100% of total
MARC Totals:
538 contacts by phone 72% , 538 points 56%
214 contacts by CW 28%, 428 points 44%
752 contacts, 966 QSO points
Top MARC operator: Dave Yockey K8CMO 28% of all contacts, 44% of all QSO points.
Once again, thanks to everyone who helped set up, operate, and clean up at both Hamfest and Field Day, because these events don’t just happen.
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Posted by k8ji on March 26th, 2006
Submitted by Bill, WD6ADM (Posted by Steve, K8JI)
I would like to thank everyone that worked the Winter Guard competition at the Milford High School on Saturday, March 18.
Hopefully Jim WB8RRR, Jack WB8RKY, Glenn KB8STU, Lyle AB8AH, Rob N8JMV, Kim N8OXG, Chuck N8CJB, Trey KD8BVI, Pete N8OGW, Judy N8PGY and Frank K8VTW have recovered from the temporary hearing loss that may result from working the event.
Every year presents a new challenge, last year it was the number and size of the props that many guard unit had that tested our ability to keep a path clear for units entering and exiting the gym. This year only a few guard units had props, however those that did still pushed the limits on what would fit through the exit doors.
The new challenge this year was the size of the percussion groups, which have been getting larger every year. The ready line is a hallway that runs the length of the gym and we had some units that had a problem getting all their equipment into that area. Moving them in the halls between the warm up rooms and the ready line was like running a railroad with only a single track and not enough sidings.
Pete suggested we establish at least two additional control points in the main hallway to give us better control of the percussion units, so plan on us looking for additional volunteers next year for the morning shift.
As in the past, MARC time was on time. The schedule slipped a little toward the end of the day when one unit did not clear the gym on time. It slipped another minute when the sound man played the wrong music for a group.
In addition, this year they did not run out of BBQ.
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