The HIARC Bulletin

May 2012 Edition

The Official Bulletin of the Harris-Intersil Amateur Radio Club

Club Meetings: Second Thursday of Every Month at Meemaw’s Barbecue on Babcock Street between Palm Bay Road and Port Malabar Road. Supper is at 6:00 PM, and a short business meeting is at 7:00 PM. Our programs start around 7:20 PM. Exception: In December, the HIARC Christmas Dinner is held instead at Paisano's.

Club Station:
The club station is K4HRS in Building 15, Room 321.  E-mail fparsche@harris.com to sign up.

Nets:
The South Brevard Emergency Net meets every Monday at 7:00 PM local on the 146.85 Mc repeater.

Repeaters:
Being repaired

HIARC Web Site:
http://www.qsl.net/hiarc. Website administrator; Jim Tonti, KC7SSW
HIARC Field Day Web Site: http://sites.google.com/site/hiarcfieldday2012/

Officers: President: Francis Parsche (“Butch”), WA4AQV
Treasurer: Clayton KA4NHW
Secretary: Jim Tonti, KC7SSW
Repeater Chairmen: Bud Simciak W4HXP
Program Chairman: Eric Johnson N4SCS
Field Day Chairman: Open
Sunshine Officer: Open
Club Jester: Ken N8KH

Membership:
Dues are $12.00 per year to:
Clayton Bennett, KA4NHW
112 Americana Blvd NW
Palm Bay FL 32905

Annual Events: Annual swap-fest at the September meeting. Field Day (always the fourth full weekend in June) at Grant Community Center Fairgrounds

President's Message

The 2012 HIARC Field Day will be at the Grant Seafood Festival Grounds, map at http://www.arrl.org/field-day-locator

The April HIARC program was “High Frequency Communications – An Introductory Overview – Who, What, and Why?. We had a good turnout too: 19 people. Bill explain the secant rule for selecting HF frequencies and played recordings of many commercial and military data modes. Bill Foose’s HF presentation is posted at the HIARC web site:
<http://www.qsl.net/hiarc/> Thanks Bill!

The next HIARC club meeting is May 10, 2012 at Meemaw’s Barbecue on Babcock Street. Supper starts at 6:00 PM, and the formal meeting is at 7:00 PM.

73's
Butch WA4AQV

Field Day Info:
K4HRS

Harris-Intersil Amateur Radio Club (HIARC)
Grant Seafood Festival Grounds 27°55'46.22"N 80°31'48.63"W
Grant-Valkaria, FL
GOTA: YES
Talk-in: 146.52 Simplex
Contact: Jim Tonti
321-890-3779
jtonti@harris.com
www.qsl.net/hiarc

HIARC Web Site: http://www.qsl.net/hiarc. Website administrator; Jim Tonti, KC7SSW
HIARC Field Day Web Site: http://sites.google.com/site/hiarcfieldday2012/

73

-Jim KC7SSW

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Edited for HIARC web site by Jim Tonti KC7SSW 2012-05-10.