Reminder Reminder

It’s March already and March is our Club Family Birthday Party.

Saturday 13th at the Milford Masonic Temple is the place.
32 Water St, Milford, OH 45150

Arrive around 6:30 P.M. with plans to eat no later than 7:00 P.M. Park in the Bank lot (if they are closed), West Lot next door, Across the street in old Auctioneer lot, or on the street.

Menu will look something like: At least 2 meat dinner, country green beans, mashed or red skinned potatoes w/gravy, super salad, rolls&butter whatever else, desserts, drinks.

Dinner will be catered and the cost will be, as in the past, @ $9.00 per adult and $5.00 per child.

Prizes and Surprises

We need your reservations by this Sat March 6th so:

START SENDING YOUR RESERVATIONS TO OUR VP JEFF KD8LZK

We do not have a club meeting in March due to the annual MARC Birthday Party.

There will NOT be VE session for March, either.

Our next club meeting is Thursday, February 11th.

The VE testing session starts at 6:00 PM and our meeting follows at 7:30 PM. You do not have to be a member to attend a meeting.

Please welcome our new president Rick Colburn, NV8C and vice president Jeff Clemmons, KD8LZK!

MARC 2010 Officers

President: Rick Colburn, NV8C
Vice President: Jeff Clemmons, KD8LZK
Treasurer: Jim Linn, WB8RRR
Secretary: Barb Steward, KA8AXY

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Our next club meeting is Thursday, November 12th.

The VE testing session starts at 6:00 PM and our meeting follows at 7:30 PM. You do not have to be a member to attend a meeting.

Please welcome our new president Rick Colburn, NV8C and vice president Jeff Clemmons, KD8LZK!

MARC 2010 Officers

President: Rick Colburn, NV8C
Vice President: Jeff Clemmons, KD8LZK
Treasurer: Jim Linn, WB8RRR
Secretary: Barb Steward, KA8AXY

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Provided by Jeff Clemmons, KD8LZK and Toni Friebele.

Everyone had a great time at our Christmas Party last week. The food was good and it was nice talking to all our friends.

I also put these photos in the Photo Section above.

The ARRL Field Day Results are available. Field Day 2009 Results

MARC scored 5,014 points in the 2009 Field Day Competition. We operated as the Class 3A so you can search the pdf file for “W8MRC” on look under3A and go total point section until you come to 5014.

Everyone that came out to help and operate did a great job. I had to miss the past two years events due to one of my daughters getting married in Colorado last year and this year all my daughters and grandkids were in Chicago for Father’s Day. Maybe next year!

We did a great job in placing this year and appears we were 3rd in Class 3A for the Great Lakes Region.

Contacts 1339
Participants 21
Total Points 5014

Our next club meeting is Thursday, November 12th.

The VE testing session starts at 6:00PM and our meeting follows at 7:30. The meeting and testing session is at the same location.

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The Christmas Party will be held on Thursday, December 10th at the Masonic Temple in old Milford.

Additional details will be provided soon.

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Provided by Bill Schroder, WS6K

On Saturday, September 12, 2009, MARC will be operating near the beach at Stonelick State Park during the Ohio State Parks On The Air (OSPOTA) contest.

The contest has been listed in QST, the online ARRL Contest Corral and the online National Contest Journal so we should expect more activity than last year.

If the shelter house on the road to the beach has not been reserved we will set up one or more stations in it.

Setup will start at 8:00 AM. This will give us plenty of time to test antenna’s and band conditions.

The contest period starts at noon local time and ends at 8:00 PM EDT.

If you plan on coming out and operating please download, and read, the attached contest rules. They have changed. In order to play the game successfully you need to know the rules.

I suggest you print and bring a copy with you as they include a list of suggested frequencies and a list of the parks and their Park ID which is a log entry. This information will come in handy while your  operating.  Additional information is available at: http://parks.portcars.org/ospota/index.php

If you plan on coming out please send me an email at ws6k@arrl.net and let me know if you’ll be there in the morning, afternoon or all day.

73, Bill WS6K

We will be having our annual club Picnic on Saturday, September 19th (Please note that we usually have it on a Sunday) at Paxton Ramsey Park. This is at the same place we have been having our picnic and is located on Price Rd. in Loveland – Directions.

The club provides hamburgers,hot dogs and drinks. Please bring a dessert or a covered dish to pass. This is a nice family friendly event so bring them out!