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Every Sunday evening, at 2Ø:ØØ Hours, on our club 146.925/444.55Ø dual band repeater system, we conduct an "On The Air Net Meeting".
The purpose of this meeting is to conduct club business, and our radio equipment "Swap Shop".
The meeting is conducted by our club 2 Meter Net Control Officer, KDØEPB, Ann Morrison.
Following the Club Net Meeting, at around 21:ØØ Hours, on our 6 Meter AM Repeater System at 5Ø.4ØØ/5Ø.5ØØ-444.75Ø/449.75Ø, we will have a "General Discussion Group" meeting, conducted by our club 6 Meter AM Net Control Officer, ACØNL, Bryan Hill.
Both our 2 Meter FM repeater system, and our 6 Meter AM repeater system is open for use by all licensed amateur radio operators",
and you are all invited to join in with our club members at our weekly net meeting.
All of our antenna systems are mounted on a Rohn 16Ø foot, self-supporting tower, which is sitting at approximately 98Ø feet above mean sea level, placing the antennas between 1Ø3Ø, and 114Ø feet above Mean sea level. The average terrain for St. Louis is around 6ØØ feet AMSL.
Our club's "radio equipment" consists of 3 Repeater Systems.
They were all built between 2ØØ6 and 2ØØ8. They replaced our club's old 146.925 repeater with the 1Ø and 6 meter remote bases, and added many more additional features for our club.
Our first AMARC repeater system is a 6 Meter AM, and UHF FM, dual band repeater. Both repeaters are interfaced together, and are located at our High Ridge, MO radio tower. This system is not interfaced to any other radio system.
The 6 meter AM repeater receives at 5Ø.4ØØ carrier squelch, and the UHF FM repeater receives at 449.75Ø mhz, with a CTCSS decode frequency of 192.8.
The UHF repeater transmits NBFM at 444.75Ø mhz and modulate a CTCSS tone encoded at 192.8 hz at 1ØØ watts output.
The 6 meter, 5Ø.5ØØ mhz, AM transmitter is located in Kirkwood, MO. in order to prevent de-sens to the 6 meter receiver.
The transmitter has 35 watts output to a 3 DB gain Vertical antenna, 6Ø feet from ground.
The UHF FM repeater is a Yaesu VXR-5ØØØ, with an attached 1ØØ watt RF Amplifier. The 6 meter receiver is a RCI-5Ø54DX transceiver, and the 6 meter transmitter is a RCI-5Ø54DX-1ØØ transceiver.
With this dual repeater system you can talk in on either the 6 meter AM, or on the UHF FM repeater, and you can copy either repeater, on either outputs.
NOTE: This repeater system is open to all amateur stations.
Our Second AMARC repeater system is also a dual band repeater on UHF and 2 Meters. Both repeaters are interfaced together, and are located at our High Ridge, MO radio tower. This system is not interfaced to and other radio system.
Both repeaters transmit NBFM at 146.925 and 444.55Ø mhz, and both modulate a CTCSS tone encoded at 192.8 hz. They receive NBFM at 146.325 and 449.55Ø mhz, and have a decode a CTCSS tone frequency of 192.8 Hz.
Both repeaters are Yaesu VXR-5ØØØ repeaters with separate 1ØØ watt RF Amplifiers on both VHF and UHF. This dual repeater system is also interfaced to the Echolink internet system.
With this repeater system you can talk in on either the 2 meter FM receiver, the UHF FM receiver, or Echolink, and you can copy everything on either outputs.
Our Echo Link Node Number is 185485.
NOTE:
This repeater system is open to all amateur stations.
Our third AMARC repeater system is called a "Remote Base Repeater System", which consists of a UHF repeater, interfaced to a Multi-band, Multi-mode simplex radio.
The UHF NBFM repeater receives at 449.85Ø mhz with a CTCSS decode frequency of 192.8 hz, and transmits at 444.85Ø mhz with an encode CTCSS tone of 192.8 hz.
The UHF repeater is a VXR-5ØØØ repeater with a separate 1ØØ watt RF amplifier. The multi-mode, multi-band, simplex radio is a Yaesu FT-1ØØD.
The multi-band radio interface is done with a ICS Linker II touch-tone (DTMF) controlled switching system. The FT-1ØØD radio can be programmed to operate on any mode, on any HF band, and to include the 6 meter, 2 meter and UHF amateur radio bands.
This repeater can be interfaced through the FT-1ØØD radio, to other repeaters, and simplex frequencies, by remote touch-tone commands.
NOTE: This AMARC Remote Base repeater system is limited to club members use only, but the UHF repeater system is open to all amateur stations. If you are not a club member, and you hear a member using the remote base, you can feel free to break-in and use the remote base as a guest.
You will need to download and complete your application in ink. Then mail it, along with a copy of your amateur radio license, and a check in the amount of $1Ø, made out to "The Ancient Modulators Club", for your initiation fee and first year dues. Mail to our club Secretary-Treasurer. His address is on the application form.
Our club has elected to charge a $1Ø per year dues, payable at the beginning of the year. New applicants will be charged $1Ø between January and June 3Ø. Applicants between July 1, and November 3Ø, will be charged $5, applicants between Dec 1, and January 1, pay $1Ø for December and the following year.
In order to obtain your license you will need to take the FCC examination from a ARRL authorized Volunteer Examiner for any of the three radio classes.
1. The Technician class is the basic class. It requires a basic written test only.
2. The General class requires some advanced knowledge of radio theory.
3. The Amateur Extra class is the top dog. It requires an advanced written test.
We have PDF files posted on this web site with all of the updated, FCC questions and answers for the Technician class license. You can view, or save these files, and start practicing right away.
If you want to print the PDF, it will take over 9Ø pages, so if you want the questions on paper, we recommend that you obtain a current questions and answers book from the ARRL, but for computer study our PDF files will do just fine.
Bud's daughter Cheryl wrote the following
Dear Friends,
Last December 28th, when Bob and I had the service at church, and I shared words that had been coming into my head over and over, in an emphatic way: Emmanuel, "God is with us" is true at Christmas and every day, we all shared how He had been with us in 2008, and would bring us through whatever joys and sorrows, challenges and good times we would experience in 2009........you know I wasn't imagining that papa would be leaving us so soon.
You may know that his cancer had come back and was causing him pain, and surgery was no longer an option. A new, better, milder chemo was his only chance, short of a miracle, and of course, we prayed for healing.
The chemo was too much for his body, though, and wiped out his blood cells. Grit and determination got him through shots to stimulate blood cell production that left him weak and aching, blood transfusions, medication, nausea, lack of appetite, pain from his cancer, and so much tiredness.... By Saturday, April 18th, he was only able to eat a few bites of soft foods and drinkable nourishment, and still we hoped that the next chemo treatment would stop the cancer, and he would get better. Sunday evening, when I woke him up to eat something, we knew he needed more help, and called the paramedics to take him to St. Luke's Hospital, where it was discovered that he had suffered a massive stroke.
The Lord was SO MERCIFUL; in spite of the stroke, daddy knew my voice and would squeeze my hand, answer my yes/no questions and try to open his eyes. One time on Monday, I told him I loved him, and he squeezed my hand and mumbled, "I love you, too." His strong heart fought bravely to the very end, but the cancer, stroke, and his breathing difficulties were too much for his weakened body, and we prayed for God to take him home swiftly, if that was His will. I spent two days at his side and Mama was able to be there at the end; I think he fought to linger until she came, and we were both holding his hands as he went with the angels, to Jesus.
His funeral service will be at the Schrader Funeral Home at 14960 Manchester Rd, Saturday, April 25th, at 10:00 AM. Visitation will be Friday evening from 4-8.
We know many will not be able to come; there is NO pressure to be here, but we will love seeing those who can. Call if you have any other questions, or if I've left anything out: (636) 399-5260 or (636) 675-4095.
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God is good..........all the time. love, Cheryl
When I feel I am completely finished up dating our site, I will email everyone, and ask a final time for you to check out our site.
Please take time to check your membership information page for details and mistakes. Make sure your links all work OK. You should be able to smoothly go from your membership listing, to your personal information page, or to your swap shop items, and between any of these pages OK. If you have time, you could also look at the new repeater, tower, antenna information pages.
Anything you find wrong, spelling, punctuation, ect. please email me with the information, to include anything you want to add, or remove. If you have a digital picture of you, or of you at your ham station preferred, it would be nice to add it to your information page, and as well, if you can write up a short Ham Radio Biography History.
Thanks, Paul
PS: Don't forget to post your email address, your biography, and your picture, on the QRZ call sign lookup, as well.
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You don't have to wear black, if you come; Dad really didn't like black much, and it's a celebration of life over death! After the service, as many as want to will be traveling to the Bement, IL, Township Cemetery, a beautiful little cemetery out in the middle of farm fields, north of Decatur, where mother and dad already have plots among other family members. There, family (not many) who live in the area will gather to bid him goodbye at the graveside.
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