News

Introducing the BARC Ladies Net
 
Hello to all of the ladies of the Bridgerland Radio Club!

Today in club meeting I announced the start of a ladies' net to be held April 13th (Tuesday) at 8:00 p.m. (local time) using the Valley Floor Repeater 146.640 (minus 600 kHz with no PL tone). This net will be informal, so don't worry about making a mistake--we are all learning.

In the beginning, let's plan to meet on the air the 2nd and 4th Tuesdays of each month to help us get used to using our radios regularly so we will be more comfortable if called on in an emergency. (This does NOT replace check-ins to the regular BARC Net held every Tuesday at 9:00 p.m. on the 146.720 repeater.) Please be thinking about other things you would like to do and learn. I have a few ideas (such as some activities we can do at the BARC Field Day), but want all of you to have input on what to do. 

I will be net control for the first few nets, but would like some of you to try doing it when you feel comfortable. I look forward to meeting all of you on the air, April 13th at 8:00 p.m.!

73 Shirley, AD7HL

One of our own Brent Yeates KA7FAP was intrumental in contacting Emergency Services durring a crash Wednesday December 2nd in Logan Canyon.
Here is a link to the story on the Herald Journal.
hjnews.townnews.com/articles/2009/12/06/news/news04-12-06-09.txt
Here is a link to the story on the Salt Lake Tribune.
www.sltrib.com/news/ci_13943897
And on the ARRL web site.
www.arrl.org/news/stories/2009/12/07/11235/
 

Our November club meeting is the BARC Elections for officers and board members for 2010.  All positions are open:  President, Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer and Board member. Please consider running for a club office or serving on a committee.
All members of BARC are eligible to vote and run for office. Please keep an eye out for the November Ohm Town News for the ballots, club bylaws and instructions.
Kay Hargis, N7KH, will talk about his DXing experiences, QRP and minimal station requirements, QSL cards, Logbook of the World and other DX topics. He holds awards for #1 DXCC Honor Roll, DXCC Mixed, DXCC Phone, DXCC CW, WAS, WAC, 5BDXCC, and others. He operates on HF, VHF, and UHF, using CS, Phone and digital modes.
Be sure to attend our club meeting this Saturday to learn what DXing is all about.
As always, refreshments and visiting with friends.

A new weather station had been added to our valley that is on APRS. Callsign is KF6RAL-3
It is located at the Sheriff's Office.
You can see the data by going to one of these links:
http://aprs.fi/weather/KF6RAL-3
http://www.findu.com/cgi-bin/wxpage.cgi?call=KF6RAL-3
This is a NWS weather station installed by Ted AC7II and Tyler N7UWX
 
Check it out!

On November 6, The ARRL VEC announced that as of January 1, 2009, the fee to take an ARRL Volunteer Examiner (VE)-administered Amateur Radio license exam will increase by $1, from $14 to $15.  This is the first time in four years that the examination fee has been adjusted.
 
Read the full story at arrl.org.

Tonight (Thursday) we had an exam session for some of the folks in the Ham Class. We had 10 show up to take the exam, all 10 passed. Congratulations goes out to… Allen LeBaron Alan Parker Lucille Hadfield Linda Rasmussen Boyd Rowley Connie Rowley Randy Grover Tracy Cox Julie Thurston Kyle Mohlman We also need to add John Elsworth who drove to Kaysville several weeks ago and took the exam. I expect another 10 – 15 will take it on December 8th at our regular test session and a few may try for their general that have already passed. Thanks to Eric Larsen and Ted McArthur who helped me with the test session. Kevin Reeve N7RXE