March Meeting Program
The March 9, 2011 meeting program features a DX expedition to Ogasawara Island taken by
Steve Culp in March / April of 2010. Ogasawara Island located 600 miles southeast of Tokyo and only reachable by a 26 hour boat trip.
Traveling with Steve were three other amateur radio operators from the southeastern Michigan area. They operated for two weeks and made several thousand radio contacts around the world. Steve will annotate his adventures with photographs of the island, WWII findings, and his ham radio operation. Furthermore, Steve will bring along some items used during the DX expedition that will be of interest to the radio club members.
Following the Ogasawara presentation will be an excellent 40 minute video of K4M Midway Island DX expedition which will show what it’s like to be on a DX expedition.
The Ogasawara and Midway presentation will take an hour.
February AMPTeam outing location and time
The ARROW Mobile Portable Team is Monday, February 28th starts at 6 pm
and ends at the conclusion of the ARROW Monday Night Net (on the 146.96
repeater).
The purpose of the AMP outing is to regularly exercise and improve our
skills at setting up our portable gear in a remote location and
operating it under all weather conditions. The AMP Team goes into the
field on the 4th Monday of each month all year long. Having no control
over the weather means that sometimes we are out in some of the hottest,
darkest, most cold, windy and wet weather. These conditions oftentimes
represent the kinds of conditions Amateur Radio Operators are called out
into during natural and man-made emergencies. So we practice year
round.
Locations for the AMP Team outings are different each month and are
chosen in an effort to get us close to the General Public. The club
banner is flown and passers-by and the curious are invited over to get
some exposure to amateur radio.
This is also a social event!! After setting up and operating on HF or
making some contacts on VHF/UHF, we gather around a grill and enjoy
dinner together. The cost of the grub is covered out of donations from
those that attend. Please feel free to bring along something to toss on
the grill, a dish to share a your favorite snack to munch.
At 8pm we all check-in to the ARROW Monday Night Net, which is usually
NCS’ed on site! This is a great time for those new to hosting a net to
see how it’s done and even run it yourself. It’s not difficult and
there is a prepared script and many experienced hosts to help you out!
So come on out and join the fun! Bring your gear, or just bring
yourself. Everyone is welcome 
This month we will be meeting at the Manchester Township Fire
Department, 275 S Macomb St, mi 48158.
Mapquest directions from the Washtenaw County Red Cross address:
http://www.mapquest.com/maps?1a=4624+Packard&1s=mi&1z=48108&2a=275+S+Mac
omb+St&2s=mi&2z=48158
Hope to see you there!
73
Michelle Roderick, KD8GWX
Comm Center and 160m and RTTY contest this Saturday night/Sunday morning
I’ll be opening the Comm Center up to those who would like to try their hand at RTTY and 160m voice operations Saturday around 3 pmish.
The RTTY contest starts at 1pm and runs until 1am. The 160m contest starts on Friday night local and runs until Sunday afternoon. The best time for 160m will probably be after about 8pm Saturday evening until 7am Sunday morning. We can swap back and forth between the two contests at our leisure.
CQ WW 160m contest page and rules:
http://cq-amateur-radio.com/cq_contests/cq_ww_160_meter_contest/index_cq_ww_160_meter_contest.html
North American QSO Party contest page and rules:
http://www.ncjweb.com/naqprules.php
James W8ISS
Board of Directors Meeting
The next ARROW Board of Directors meeting is scheduled to take place on Tuesday March 1st at 7:30pm. It will be held at the Washtenaw county Red Cross chapter on Packard Rd, Ann Arbor.
Meetings are open to anyone who wishes to attend.
Repeater Commitee meeting announcement
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ARROW “Repeater Committee”
Meeting Announcement
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What: ARROW “Repeater Committee” meeting
When: Tuesday, February 8th from 7:30pm until ~10pm
Where: Washtenaw Community College campus
Business Education building
Room BE-170 <— (subject to change)
Directions: http://www.wccnet.edu/about-us/visiting/
Who: Any ARROW member or Ham interested in the ARROW repeater systems
Purpose and Scope of this meeting:
(Further goals will be set in future committee meetings)
— This is our 2nd meeting
— Bring any new attendees up to speed
— Report on any updates from Frode regarding the ITC site
o Any date/timeframe been set for ARROW to do inside work?
o Any costs for building refurb?
— Rehash potential antenna systems desired
— Rehash potential sites to link to, and how (IP, 70cm, 5.7GHz)
o Invite CHELSEA club to participate in any linking
— Design/review an “antenna plan”
— Reports from those members delegated to do research:
o Andrew 4-bay folded dipole on 440 MHz
o 146/220/440 sticks, sources and costs
o 902 and 1.2 GHz sticks, sources and costs
o Heliax sources and costs
o 5.7 GHz sources and costs
— Determine optimum feedlines to each antenna
— Ballpark a “plan” & “cost figure” to be presented to the membership
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Thank You!
— Jay Nugent WB8TKL
ARROW Technical Coordinator
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