AMATEUR RADIO CLUB OF SAVANNAH

FIELD DAY:

The Amateur Radio Club of Savannah is participating in the annual ARRL Field Day Exercise this coming weekend...Saturday June 27 and Sunday June 28. We will begin setting up after 9am Saturday morning at the National Guard Recreation Pavilion on Darque Ave. just off Dean Forest Rd (aka 307) near the airport. You will make a turn (on the side of the Donut Connection building) away from the airport on Darque. You will encounter a military check-point, which will probaly ask to see a valid ID/drivers license. There will be a talk-in station to help get you to the Field Day Site. Those who help with the setup will be treated to lunch. We will need 3 - 4 HF Transceivers, 6 meter radio, a 2 meter FM radio, 2 meter antenna, good charged storage batteries, battery chargers, and operators. We will also need people to help set up and take down the antennas and equipment. We have a selection of antennas, but if you have a antenna that you wish to use for Field Day, by all means bring it. If you have a special type radio you want to operate...bring it. There will be a 50-50 drawing with proceeds going to ARCS. There will also be a place to sell your surplus equipment, (with a percentage of the sale going to the ARCS treasury.) There will be a covered dish dinner Saturday evening. If you plan to attend, please try to bring a covered dish. Soft Drinks will also be needed. Email me, and I will post what everyone else is bringing to minimize duplication. Please also mention how many people in your family will be participating in the dinner meal. Two Fried turkeys will be cooked on the site and will be the primary meat......Other meats are OK to bring to have a variety. Beth Ann and I will provide paper plates, napkins, and utinsils. For those who stayed overnight and operated there will be a breakfast casserole and orange juice for breakfast Sunday morning. Email me if you plan to attend, what equipment you will be bringing and if you are going eat dinner Saturday evening with us, what covered dish meal will you be bringing.

There will also be a a special Humvee Communications station setup and on-the-air.

Thanks,

Andy Blackburn, WD4AFY
ARCS President

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ARCS JULY 14, 2009 MEETING

Beginning around 5:45pm - 6pm, we will have a pre-meeting dinner at Barnes Restaurant, located at 5320 Waters Avenue. Grab a bite to eat and enjoy some camaraderie before the regular ARCS meeting.

The ARCS meeting will be held at Memorial Health University's Hoskins Building, classroom 4 or 5, at 7:30pm. Plans for Field Day will be one of the items on the agenda. A short program will follow the meeting.

See you all there!

The Amateur Radio Club of Savannah, was founded in 1938, and is a non-profit 501(c)(3)(a) organization dedicated to:

• (a) Recognition and enhancement of the value of the amateur service to the public as a voluntary noncommercial communication service, particularly with respect to providing emergency communications.
• (b) Continuation and extension of the amateur's proven ability to contribute to the advancement of the radio art.
• (c) Encouragement and improvement of the amateur service through rules which provide for advancing skills in both the communication and technical phases of the art.
• (d) Expansion of the existing reservoir within the amateur radio service of trained operators, technicians, and electronics experts.
• (e) Continuation and extension of the amateur's unique ability to enhance international goodwill.

To become a member and to support the ARCS, download the application in Adobe .pdf format here (you will need Adobe's Acrobat reader to view and print the form) and print the form out. Fill it out and mail it to the above address with a $30.00 check for yearly dues. (Family dues $40.00.) Or better yet, bring it to the next meeting!

NEW INTRODUCTORY MEMBERSHIP!!! Beginning in 2009, a newly first-time licensed amateur operator (6 months or less) may opt to initially join ARCS at a special half the regular dues rate. The new member will have all privileges except voting rights for 4 months following the month that their membership application was submitted. After the 4 months, the new member would have all club privileges. (New hams may choose to to pay the full regular dues and have all membership privileges following the month that their membership application was submitted.)

Monthly Meeting
-Meetings are normally held on the 2nd Tuesday of the month @ 7:30pm
-Regular Meeting place...Memorial Health University Medical Center - Hoskins Building
-Dinner or Special Activity Meetings may meet on a day other than the 2nd Tuesday of the month

ARCS Repeaters
-146.97 (146.37 input) W4HBB ARCS's flagship repeater, located in an atomic bunker
-146.88 (146.28 input) W4HBB Savannah's first 2 meter amateur repeater

ARCS 2 Meter Net
-Thursday Nights, 9pm on the 146.37/97 repeater
-Savannah's first 2 meter repeater net

Newsletter - Key Klix
-Key Klix...Articles are needed - Contact Brandy Davis, KI4PZW, Editor, ki4pzw@yahoo.com
-The latest Key Klix and some Key Klix Archives are online

VE Team
-VE sessions are held periodically

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