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 AARC, Athens Texas
Athens Amateur Radio Club meets on the air each Monday night at 8 PM on the K5EPH Repeater (147.22+136.5, EM22ce). All licensed hams are welcome and are encouraged to check in. See Weekly 2-Meter Net for more info. We also meet for dinner on the first Thursday of each month, at 6:00 PM, at the Athens Cafe, 607 E. Tyler St. [ Map ]
Monday Net Control Rotations
Several club members who act as Net Control Operator for the Monday Night Net have agreed to serve regularly on a rotating basis. The rotation is currently set as follows:
- 3-17-08 John Becton AD5WO
- 3-24-08 Ed Nusko N5ERF
- 3-31-08 Mike Schaub KE5PNW
- 4-7-08 Bill Bassett K5PUB
All licensed radio amateurs that are members of the club are welcome and encouraged to serve as net control operator. This not only brings variety to the Monday night net, but will also serve to insure we have adequately trained net control operators in case of an emergency.
Should you wish to be placed on the rotation, or just want to try it once, please contact John Becton on 2 meters or at 903-469-3340, he will schedule a time for you.
New Monthly Meetings
We are now holding scheduled club meetings on the third Monday of each month, at the fire station on S. Prarieville Street, from 7 to 8 PM.
Immediately following, we will conduct the regular Monday night NET from the meeting location.
You are welcome to stay and learn the mechanics of net operation, or check in mobile afterwards.
Meeting topics will cover various technical and operating aspects of ham radio and emergency service.
As a club member, you are welcome to present a program if you wish. Just pick a topic in which you are interested, and contact one of the officers.
All hams and their guests are welcome to attend our meetings. We hope to see you there!
New FCC Rules
Dec 15, 2006 - It's official: The phone portions of the 80 and 40 meter bands are now a lot larger! For the latest frequency chart, open or save a PDF from this page.
FCC to drop Morse code test requirement
Dec 15, 2006 - This change does NOT mean that Morse code is "going away," it just means the testing requirement is going away. Many people will still enjoy CW, and you may too! Try it! See ARRL Article.
Now is the time for all Techs to start studying for your General! How? See our page Becomeaham and read that, then follow the link to the NCVEC question pools. Fear Not: The General exam is the easiest of the three, and it also grants the largest increase in operating privileges.
Field Day 2006
June 24-25 at Kiwanis Park - Field Day 2006 was loads of fun! After a bit of a rough start with an antenna (or was it a mic?), the single 1A HF station was continuously utilized throughout the period. Saturday afternoon, Aaron made contact with Rick, which raised a round of cheers. We all missed Rick and Alice!
Special thanks go to Ed and John and others who pulled a full schedule and provided lots of logistical support, and to the Ladies who provided dinner.
Repeater Tone
Our repeater, K5EPH, now requires CTCSS tone access of 136.5. For those without tone generators in their radios, you may dial 11 to temporarily disable the tone access. This step was taken to reduce interference, not to exclude anyone! All licensed hams are welcome.
Traffic Training
Traffic Handler Package - contains everything you need - Training, HX and ARL codes, Phonetics, etc., Standard Texts, Radiogram Forms. (MS-Word doc). The radiogram forms can be filled in on the computer or by hand.
Scouts
The Scouts and Schools page has new material from James, on the Scout repeater and Summer Camp.
Katrina Comes to Athens
Henderson County ARES members assisted county official in the reception of hundreds of Katrina evacuees. See Article and Photos.
Field Day 2005
 Field Day 2005 was a great success and lots of fun! Photos are already online! This year we moved our field day activities to Kiwanis Park, and it was so much better than the field at Wal-Mart! We had a covered pavilion for socializing, and our new communications trailer for radio operations. Lots of new Techs operated HF for the first time!
Field Day Log Software: Members can get the software at http://www.n3fjp.com/FD.htm. Download the latest version of Field Day Contest Log (not the network version) and then contact KV5R or AA5TI for our club registration number.
License Training
See Become a Ham - guides you through the process of preparing for the exam.
New Hams
Check the FCC ULS database for your new call sign! Click Name/Zip Search, put in Last, First name and your zip code. Then click Ok. Then Click ULS Database. When your call is issued, this is the first place it will appear. It will show up in QRZ a day or two later. Congratulations!
E-Book: The KV5R Reformat of the NTS-MPG
The KV5R reformat of the ARRL NTS Methods and Practices Guidelines book is available right here! You can get one even before the ARRL web site gets it. This is the official ARRL book for handling traffic and running traffic nets. Self-extracting Word 2k doc.
What's the Sun up to?
New Pages
 We're the Henderson County Weather Spotters!
When severe weather approaches, Amateurs with Storm Spotter training are contacted by the National Weather Service and instructed to activate the Weather Net. The Net is conducted on the repeater, and Storm Spotters are dispatched to remote locations. What they see is fed back to the Net, and the Net Controller sends it to the National Weather Service. Click on Weather Page for more info and NWS links to training material.
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