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A mateur R adio C lub

  Amateur Radio is a Hobby
    Emergency Communication is a Commitment

 

General Information

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2012 
President:   Al Avnet (AB8AA)
Vice President:   Robert Webster (KD8OXJ)
Secretary:   Jane Avnet (K8JAA)
Treasurer:   Maureen Stein (KD8NXS)
Trustees:   Steve Fabry (KC8SOY)
    Ted Filmer (KD8IJE)
    Roy Harren (KD8IJF)
Badge Maker:  John Fabry (KC8SPF)
 
Upcoming Events
May 15, next meeting
 
Testing all license classes June 20, 6:00P.M.
at the EMA, 700 Industrial Rd., Youngstown
and
Test Session at Esler-Metro Airport, June 23, 10:00 A.M.
 
FIELD DAY! June 23 - 24
We will be at Elser-Metro Airport
10800 Sharott Rd., N. Lima
Join us!
Tech class EMA Youngstown, starting Sept. 19
 
EC001 class starting October 6 at ITT, 9:00 A.M.
Prerequisite: FEMA classes IS-100.b & IS-700
pre-registration a must!

For more information on any of the above e-mail Al

 

Club Meeting

WRARC Monthly Club Meeting
 
The Western Reserve Amateur Radio Club meets the third Tuesday each month at Davidson's Restaurant
located at 3636 Canfield Road, Canfield, Ohio (see map below).

Next meeting May 15, 7:00 P.M
Speaker - Dennis Conklin (AI8P) Topic: Terrain Modeling - (HF Terrain Assessment).
How the terrain around your location affects HF signal propagation.
Arrive early and dine with us, we all go dutch

For more information e-mail Al .

 
 

2012 Home & Garden Show

 
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Newsletter Archive

WRARC Wave Bender Newsletter Archive
 
The Western Reserve Amateur Radio Club publishes a monthly newsletter.
An archive of our more recent newsletters is available below.
 
April 2012
March 2012
February 2012
January 2012
December 2011
November 2011
October 2011
September 2011
August 2011
July 2011
June 2011
May 2011

Membership Information

Membership Information
 
The Western Reserve Amateur Radio Club welcomes all Amateur (HAM) radio operators to become club members.
Information and documents related to membership are available below.
 
Membership Application
 

For more information e-mail Al.

Friday Night Nets

 
The Western Reserve Amateur Radio Club invites all amateur radio operators to join all our nets
 
The Western Reserve 10-Meter Rag Chew net 8:15P.M. on 28.410 Mhz +-
 
The two meter net which opens every Friday evening at 9.00 PM on 145.270 Mhz (minus offset), PL 110.9.
 
The Ask the Elmers net immediately after the 2-meter net on 145.270 - Join Us
 
Information files for net controllers are available below.
Net Control Script   11/24/11
Net sign in sheet  11/24/11
 
Club members are encouraged to act as net control.
For information about being the net control
or volunteer for the Net Control position, contact Steve Fabry (KC8SOY).
 
April 20 Dave KC8WY
April 27 This could be you
May 4 Mike KC8WUX
May 11 Ted KD8IJE
May 18 Brent KD8PQN
May 25 Al AB8AA
June 1 Robert KD8OXJ
June 8 Jane K8JAA

Technical Resources and Links

 
HF Propagation Conditions

INFORMATIVE LINKS


  Stores on the net Toys alert!

  Beginners (everyone starts somewhere!)

  News Ham Radio style

  Rules and On-Line sample exams! Go for the top!

  Emergency Communication 

  Research and Reference - more fun than it sounds

  OSCAR Information

  Automatic Packet/Position Reporting System

  Packet Radio

  Space and Time!! Where are you and what time is it anyway?

  Leisure (as if it's not all relaxing)

  Clubs and Groups in Ohio   and elsewhere.

  What's happening in Ohio and the Nation

  Archives for a bunch of things





STORES (known as the candy store by many), Manufacturers and Other Interesting Spots for Toys!

AES Amateur Elecronic Supply
Batteries America The Battery Superstore  
Callsign Wear  Wear your Call-Sign on your Shirt!
DX Engineering
DXZONE Ham Radio Resource Guide to thousands of radio related resources
Ham Radio Outlet
Hy Power Antenna Company Includes some interesting links
ICOM
Kenwood
Quicksilver Radio Products
QTH Looking for Bargans?
The Raymond Sarrio Co., Your Personal Ham Radio Companion on the Web.
 Second Hand radio store
The Sign Man of Ohio - Badges etc.
Ten-Tec
TEXAS TOWERS The online Ham radio store
Universal Radio For manuals/modifications
YAESU

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BEGINNERS   Amateur Radio License Exam Practice Applications The amateur radio license exam practice applications on this site offer two features. First, they provide practice exams randomly constructed from the actual examination question pools. Second, as each exam question is displayed, study materials related to the question are displayed as well.
 ARRL question pools. Study online.
  HAM exams online!
 W5YI Info on how to get the various FCC-issued Ham Operator licenses
  What is Amateur Radio?  

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THE NEWS

 Amateur Radio NewsLine - Great "what's new" page!
  2011 Japan Earthquake
  Haiti Earthquake
  Tsunami from NOAA
 W1AW General Bulletins

RULES and EXAMINATIONS

  FCC - Very nice. I'm not sure if they are smiling at us or laughing. Check it out, great page!
  FCC Part 97 Rules And Regulations and NPRMs
  ARRL publications
  FANTASTIC! You can actually take sample exams right on the page, see how you did, and even check what you got right and wrong. This is an EXCELENT example of what Internet is all about!

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Emergency Communication  

  District 10 ARES
  Summit County ARES
  Stark County ARES
  Emcomm Great resource of emergency communications information
  Satern Salvation Army Team Emergency Radio Network

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RESEARCH and REFERENCE

  Browse Google for FLDIGI
  FLDIGI is a free software suite containing most popular digital soundcard modes such as
PSK31, MT63, and RTTY  
  North America Ham Radio Callbook by QRZ
  Buckmasters Call book I'm told this one is updated daily! Also gives a TON of information
on each person!
  Internet White Pages - Not just ham radio, but a great effort
  eHam.net Ham radio on the Net!
  US Repeaters and other useful info!
  An actual LIVE sat tracker..  very cool!
Mods DK  For modifications repair instructions and improvement of HAM rigs, HAM modems, etc.
Radio Reference the world's largest Radio Communications data provider!
  AC6V - Ham Radio and DX Reference Guide. Featuring 60 pages and over 1277 links to
DX and other Ham Radio information.

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OSCAR INFO

Amsat HQ

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APRS

  WinAPRS information and software download
  UI-View registration and download page
  TinyTrack interface and other devices
  AGWPE - sound card info and download
  APRS-IS - Internet-based network
  KC8NWA - Track him everywhere

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PACKET RADIO

TAPR from Tucson - The Mother of all packet

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SPACE and TIME!

  The EARTH - as viewed from just about anyplace you want.
  Astronomy Picture of the Day, Awesome!
  The Towercam captures an image every 4 minutes, 24 hours a day from Mount Wilson Observatory, Mt. Wilson, California.!
  Web Cams - Links
  ONLY 230,000 Maps of the world...on-line!
  Get the TIME LIVE right here. You can't track the sats without the time!
  UTC Time
  The World time server
  Get the TIME & DATE right here. The World Clock

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LEISURE OPERATING

  OHIO QSO Party every August  
(that's an L after the qrp) That's all you do. Full instructions will follow in your E-mail.
  QRP-L List - check out the ongoing chatter about QRP with the QRP-L list and an archive of sample postings.
To join the list send a message to listserv@lehigh.edu with 'subscribe qrp-l' in the body of the message!
  Electronic QSL card Centre

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Shuttle Amateur Radio Experiment

  GSFC, Goddard Space Flight Center
 ARISS: Amateur Radio on the International Space Station

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Feet up, Relaxing

 Leisure-and-Recreation.
Antennex Amateur Radio Magazine about Antennas
  Ham Forums
 A logging program from Dublin,Ireland - EI5DI
 Youngstown in 1944

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ORGANIZATIONS AND OHIO HAM CLUBS HOME PAGES

  Alliance ARC
  Cuyahoga Falls ARC
  Indian Hills Radio Club
  MVARA
  OH-IN-KY ARC
  Portage ARC
  Portage County Amateur Radio Service
  Salem Area ARA
  Warren ARC
  West Park ARC
  Westchester ARC
  Zanesville ARC

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and ELSEWHERE


  ARRL affiliated Ohio Clubs
  ARRL Home Page
  ARRL Great Lakes Division
  ARRL Ohio Section Web Page
  Breezeshooters - Elwood City, PA
  3905 Century Club - Nationwide membership
  FRED'S WWW HOME PAGE  St. Louis, Missouri USA. This page contains a variety of links useful to the Amateur/Ham Radio Operator, Shortwave Listener, or other Radio Hobbyist. None of these links are considered primarily "commercial."
  North American QRP CW Club - Club call - N3AQC (FISTS #11900)
  National RACES
  Orange County ARC
  S.C.A.R.S. South Canadian Amateur Radio Society, Norman OK.
  Skyview Radio Society - New Kensington, PA
  W4ATC - North Carolina State
  W5YISuper Site
  West Coast ARC
  Find Search for Amateur Radio Clubs all over the U.S.
  Amateur Radio Web Sites sponsored by MPI Computers

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Ohio and the Nation


SU2C
US Gov
NOAA Cleveland

 NOAA National Weather Service Newsletter
  The Pentagon Channel
 

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ARCHIVES


  ANTENNAS Weekly archive of  rec.radio.amateur.antenna
  DIGITAL Weekly archive of rec.radio.amateur.digital.misc
  HOMEBREW Weekly archive of rec.radio.amateur.homebrew
  RADIO & PHONO archives of rec.antiques.radio & phono

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