One-Day Tech Class – Sat Jan 8th
The next One-Day Tech Class will be held on Saturday, January 8th, 2010 from 9am to 3pm at the Ann Arbor Hands-On Museum, 220 E. Ann St. Ann Arbor, MI 48104. Immediately after the class, the Technician Class license exam will be administered.
Pre-registration is required. We often fill the class and have to put people on the waiting list. So, if you’d like to
take this class, you should tell me sooner rather than later to ensure that you’ll be sure to get in.
We’re suggesting a $10 donation to take the class. All proceeds go to fund our station at the Hands-On Museum. It really is a suggested donation. While we would really appreciate the donation, if you can’t pay, or simply don’t want to pay, don’t pay.
On the other hand, there is a $15 fee to take the test. This is not a suggested fee; if you don’t pay, you can’t take
the test.
If you haven’t already, download the study guide from www.kb6nu.com/tech-manual. Read through it a couple of times and take some online practice tests (URLs for practice test websites can be found in the study guide). I STRONGLY urge you to do this. You’ll greatly increase the chances that you’ll pass the test if you do some studying beforehand.
To register, reply to this e-mail or phone me at 734-930-6564. If you have any questions, you can email me or phone me as well.
73!
Dan Romanchik, KB6NU
ARROW 146.96 Repeater on the air with improved coverage
The ARROW 146.96 repeater has now been running atop the Wolverine Tower building near I-94 and State Street since October 19th. RF coverage has proven to be excellent!! Though a ‘glitch’ in the audio had caused us some problems, that problem has been cured and the system has been running cleanly for the past week. The Monday night net routinely meets there (8pm), and we encourage members and non-members to use the repeater in their daily commutes and QSO’s with fellow Hams. It is there to be used and enjoyed by all.
SSB Sweepstakes this weekend
Just to let you know that I’ll be out to open up the Red Cross station this weekend for SSB sweeps starting about 2pm Saturday until 10 pm Sunday night if anyone wants to come out and operate during that time.
I am planning the down time for the sweeps to be during the time we all attend the Holiday brunch on Sunday morning.
See you out this weekend for the contest!!!
Arrow Holiday Brunch
Fall is here, and the Arrow’s tradition of the holiday brunch is around the corner. This year it is on Sunday, November 21st (The Sunday before Thanksgiving). For those who want to attend, the information is as follows:
Sheraton Four Points Inn
Garden Room
10:30 am until you can’t eat anymore!
$20/person
$15/65 and older
$10/12 and under
All members are invited. Please come and join us.
Special Event Edmund Fitzgerald rememberance this weekend
This from Don Quarles W8RIF:
For the 14th consecutive year, members of the Stu Rockafellow Amateur Radio Society will be traveling to Whitefish Point, MI and Paradise, MI to do a ham radio ‘Special Event’ “Remembering the Edmund Fitzgerald”. The Fitzgerald went down with her crew of 29 on November 10th 1975 in Lake Superior approximately 17 miles from Whitefish Point, MI. This marks the 35th year of that tragedy.
The call sign used at Whitefish Point will be N8F and the call sign used at Paradise, MI (11 miles South of Whitefish Point) will be K8F. The Whitefish Point Lighthouse # is USA 887. We expect to be operational Friday November 5th thru Sunday November 7th with up to 4 stations.
Our target frequencies are 3860, 7240, 14260, 18160*, 21360, and 28360* (kHz SSB) (* secondary) NOTE: CW operation is not planned.
Only a certificate will be available.
PLEASE OBSERVE THE CORRECT QSL ROUTES!
Also, teaming up with us this year are:
1: The Livonia Amateur Radio Club from Livonia, MI. using the call sign W8F and operating from the Dossin Museum, Sun. Nov. 7th , located on Belle Isle in the Detroit River.
2: The Stillwater Amateur Radio Association from Stillwater, MN, using the call sign W0JH, operating 3 stations from the Split Rock Lighthouse State Park at the west end of Lake Superior ( Lighthouse # USA 783 ).
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