Local Ham Clubs

One of the Ogden Amateur Radio Club's signature events are the annual Steak Fry with officer elections at the end of their club year in August. I can see some benefits from switching the fiscal year a few months early. From their site and newsletters it appears they have an interest in both emergency preparedness and contesting. A good round mix. They will be joining up with DCARC in 2008 for a joint swap meet. You can learn more about them at their site, http://www.ogdenarc.org/

A couple of the Utah Amateur Radio Club's claims to fame include being the oldest and largest amateur radio club in the state of Utah. It holds the call W7SP, a memorial call for Leonard (Zim) Zimmerman, early UARC member and radio pioneer. They also have a fun name for their monthly newsletter, The Microvolt, and a Ham hotline (local call, not a 900 number. ;) ) Meetings are held on the first Thursday of each month, except for July and August. Meeting topics include many amateur-related items such as DX, satellites, Amateur Television, antennas, and contests. UARC operates three repeaters. On the 9000-foot Farnsworth Peak site (location of the KSL Channel 5 television transmitter) are the 146.62 and 449.10 MHz repeaters. Lake Mountain, west of Utah Lake, at 7600 feet, is home to the 146.76 MHz repeater. The 146.76 repeater is node 3352 in the Internet Repeater Linking Project (IRLP). Each Sunday Night at 9:00PM UARC holds an Information Net on the club's 146.62 Mhz repeater. The net includes announcements of UARC activities, Newsline, ARRL Bulletins, a listing of other clubs and nets, and a roundtable where people with questions or problems can seek out those with answers. They must have some well cooled transmitters/amplifiers in their repeater. Some quick-links into their site:

• Club information and history.
• List of other clubs.

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The Utah VHF Society is a non-profit organization founded in 1968 to promote and coordinate the installation and use of VHF/UHF amateur repeaters throughout Utah. The society also provides financial support for aligned repeaters and serves as the recognized Frequency Coordination entity for the state of Utah. The society, however, does not offer financial support for autopatches, as that is considered to be the responsibility of the autopatch users. A few quick links into their site:

• Repeater list
• Frequency Coordination
• VHF/UHF Band Plan
• The Intermountain Intertie (Hidden Peak (aka "Snowbird") Repeater System).

A quick link to news about the ARRL Utah Section on the ARRL web site: http://www.arrl.org/sections/UT.html.

The Davis County Amatuer Radio Club is active with public service events and activities, Scouting, emergency communications, a few repeaters and a couple of nets. It looks like they have club meetings on the second Saturday of the month, sometime after 9:30AM when an Elmer Pre-Meeting is held. Each Thursday evening at 7:00PM local time the Davis County ARES net is held with training topics, local Ham announcements and formal traffic accepted. The frequency is 147.42 Mhz simplex or 449.925- MHz via a repeater. Just before that at 6:30PM each Thursday evening is an Elmering net on 147.040+ MHz with a "PL" of 123. Learn more about what DCARC is up to at their web site, http://www.dcarc.net/