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Hamfests & Happenings
10 July
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Tidelands
Hamfest
Talk-In:
147.14 (PL: 167.9)
23
July
-- Ham Holiday
Oklahoma Section
Con.
Talk-In:
146.34 (PL: 88.5)
06 August --
Austin Summer-fest
Talk-In: 146.34 (PL
none)
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Ladies! Join us for the
Ladies Net Out @ 8:00pm on
147.000 (PL 100.00 Greyson Cty-Sherman
Repeater) every Thursday
Questions? please email TxLady@millenicom.com
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| July 08, 2010 The next MARC meeting will host a
presentation by Mike Thomas, NA5U on the K5D DXpedition.
MARC holds its regular business meetings on the
second Tuesday of each month at 7pm.
Meetings are located at:
American Red Cross
1450 North Redbud Blvd.
McKinney, TX
From the intersection of Hwys US-75 and US-380 (University Drive), travel
east to North Redbud (first traffic signal), and right on Redbud. The Red
Cross building is about ½-mile on your left.
From south of town you can exit US-75 at White Ave and go east. Travel to
the first intersection, and turn left (go north) onto
Redbud Blvd. The Red Cross Bldg. will be the first building on the right.
The meeting starts promptly at 7:00 PM local time with a business meeting
followed by a program of interest to Amateur Radio Operators.
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| May 11, 2010 Allan Batteiger (WB5QNG) has announced his
next GENERAL level Amatuer Radio training class. The class will be
held on July 17th and is being sponsored by Rowlett CERT. The class
will be held at the Rowlett Fire Administration Building in Rowlett, TX.
The class will take 14 hours between Saturday and Sunday. The VE Exam
will be given at the end of the class on Sunday.
There is a 50$ fee, which includes the costs of the
license manual, 1 VE exam, and Part 97 handouts.
For more information, please go to
www.wb5qng.org
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| May 11, 2010
May 11-May 15, 1800Z-2359Z Fort Davis, TX. Texas Star Party Amateur
Radio Club, W5TSP. Astronomical Event. www.texasstarparty.org. 18.150 14.250
14.230 7.250. QSL. Texas Star Party W5TSP, PO Box 559, Greenwood, TX
76246-0559.
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May 07, 2010
The K5N saga continues! The K5N Activation Group has applied for a
"Special Use Permit" from the Big Bend National Park to activate DL88 on
6M. DL88 is a very rare grid located at the very bottom of the Park.
We have received a verbal OK from a Park official on our permit.
However, the Park has a "No generators in the Outback" rule, so we will
not be able to run a generator while we are in the Park. We plan to use
two large battery banks--running from one and charging the other from a
vehicle alternator.
We will be operating from campsite Talley2 in the Park, which is just
South of the DL88 line. Talley2 is located at DL88jx just off Talley
Road. We will be using an ICOM Pro2 with a TE Systems brick amp and a
6M5X antenna. We will NOT have Internet or cell phone coverage, but
there is a 2M repeater in the area that belongs to the Big Bend Amateur
Radio Club. We are hoping that we can get someone from their club to
help us put messages out on the Internet. After the DL88 operation, we
will activate DL89.
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April 14, 2010 ZCZC AG13
QST de W1AW
ARRL Bulletin 13 ARLB013
From ARRL Headquarters
Newington CT April 14, 2010
To all radio amateurs
SB QST ARL ARLB013
ARLB013 FCC Looks to Lower Fees for Vanity Call Signs
The FCC released a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking and Order (NPRM)
on April 13 seeking to lower the fee for Amateur Radio vanity call
signs. Currently, a vanity call sign costs $13.40 and is good for 10
years; the new fee, if the FCC plan goes through, will go down to
$13.30 for 10 years, an decrease of 10 cents.
The FCC is authorized by the Communications Act of 1934 (as
amended) to collect vanity call sign fees to recover the costs
associated with that program. The vanity call sign regulatory fee is
payable not only when applying for a new vanity call sign, but also
upon renewing a vanity call sign for a new term. Instructions on how
to comment on this NPRM are available on the FCC Web site at,
http://www.fcc.gov/cgb/consumerfacts/howtocomment.html
The
vanity call sign fee has fluctuated over the 13 years of the current
program -- from a low of $11.70 in 2007 to a high of $70 (as first
proposed in the FCC's 1994 Report and Order). In 2007, the Commission
lowered the fee from $20.80 to $11.70. The FCC said it anticipates some
14,800 Amateur Radio vanity call sign "payment units" or applications
during the next fiscal year, collecting $196,840 in fees from the
program.
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The vanity call sign regulatory fee is payable not only when
applying for a new vanity call sign, but also upon renewing a vanity
call sign for a new term. The first vanity call sign licenses issued
under the current Amateur Radio vanity call sign program that began in
1996 came up for renewal four years ago.
Those holding vanity call signs issued prior to 1996 are exempt from
having to pay the vanity call sign regulatory fee at renewal, however.
That's because Congress did not authorize the FCC to collect regulatory
fees until 1993. Such "heritage" vanity call sign holders do not appear
as vanity licensees in the FCC Amateur Radio database.
Amateur Radio licensees may file for renewal only within 90 days of
their license expiration date. All radio amateurs must have an FCC
Registration Number (FRN) before filing any application with the
Commission. Applicants can obtain an FRN by going to the ULS and
clicking on the "New Users Register" link. You must supply your Social
Security Number to obtain an FRN.
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Welcome to MARC
The McKinney Amateur Radio Club (MARC) is dedicated to serving the
amateur radio community and the general public in North Texas. The
club operates under the call sign of W5MRC.
MARC holds its regular business meeting on the second Tuesday of
each month at the American Red Cross located at 1450 North Redbud
Blvd. in McKinney (click here for maps and directions). The meeting starts promptly at 7:00 PM local time with a
business meeting followed by a program of interest to Amateur Radio
Operators.
For more information on the club send an e-mail to
Neil West at secretary@mckinneyarc.org
Interested in becoming a Ham
Radio Operator?
Here is
some information on
Ham Radio Classes that will help you get you own ticket.
VE Testing / FCC Licensing
McKinney Tests Sessions are held at 1430 local time every first Sunday
(except July and Sept) at
the Heard Museum located at 1 Nature Place in McKinney. For a map,
click
here. Contact: John Bartlette, KM5JQ, (972) 736-1482 for more information.
ARRL Test Sessions - For ARRL sponsored test sessions in the area,
click here.
W5YI Test Sessions - For W5YI sponsored test sessions in the area,
click here.
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Collin County APRS Digipeater
MARC has established a wide-area APRS (Automatic
Position Reporting System) digipeater (digital repeater) on 144.39
MHz located on the Melissa Municipal water tower.
Its callsign is W5MRC-15. Operating at 20 watts, it reliably covers Collin
County and the southern half of Grayson County. The digipeater
utilizes a GE commercial grade transceiver and a Kantronics KPC-3+
for complete 24/7 WIDEn-n operation complimentary to digipeaters in
surrounding counties. An Internet gateway located 2 miles from the
digipeater provides all area users with 24/7 Internet connectivity.
MARC Special
Service Renewal Certificate Awarded by ARRL Representatives
The MARC Special Service Club renewal
certificate was awared by two ARRL officials. To qualify for the rare SSC
certification, an ARRL affiliated club must qualify in each of
several categories, including New Ham Development, Public
Relations, Emergency Communications, Technical Advancement,
Operating Activities, and Misc. Activities unique to the club.
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Pictured left to right are Mike Baker -W8CM club VP,
Dave Dunbar -N0RQ club president, Tom Blackwell -N5GAR ARRL
North Texas Section Manager, and Glen Warnstaff -K5CPD North
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Broadband Over Power Line (BPL)
To know more about BPL,
research the
ARRL's BPL web site. The ARRL also has a free downloadable video
demonstrating the effects of BPL. Click
here for more info and to watch it.
McKinney
Repeater Systems
146.740 (-) (pl 110.9) /
443.200 (+) (pl 100.0)
Local repeater directory for DFW
metroplex.
Click
here for the MARC Polo Shirt
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