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Most of our club members are from the South West County area, and from as far out North as Troy, MO and South as Potosi, MO.
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THE FIRST ROUND TABLE NET:
This round table net is held at 7:3Ø PM every Wednesday on 1Ø meters USB at 28.35Ø mhz.
THE SECOND ROUND TABLE NET:
This round table net is held between 7:15 PM, and 8 PM every Sunday on 6 meters AM, on our clubs 6 meter AM repeater system.
THE THIRD NET MEETING:
This net meeting is held at 8 PM on every Sunday on our 2 meter FM repeater system.
QUARTERLY INFORMAL LUNCH MEETING:
Our club has four informal get together meetings, and we try to have one club picnic a year.
MONTHLY INFORMAL LUNCHS:
Our club has eight informal get together brunches.
This net is open to all amateur radio operators and this is a General Discussion Group about 1Ø meters.
You can access this repeater on 5Ø.4ØØ AM carrier squelch, or 449.75Ø FM, with a PL tone at 192.8 hrz.
The repeater output is at 5Ø.5ØØ AM and 444.75Ø mhz FM.
This net is open to all amateur radio operators and we have a General Discussion Group about 6 meters.
Sometimes after the repeater net, we conduct a simplex net at 5Ø.35Ø.
We call this net a NET MEETING, because we conduct minor club business at this net, such as voting on items and members.
You can access this system on 146.325 mhz with a PL tone of 192.8 hrz, or on 449.55Ø mhz with a PL tone of 192.8 hrz.
The repeater output is at 146.925 and 444.55Ø mhz FM.
This net is open to all amateur radio operators.
The purpose of these meetings is to have lunch, conduct club business, meet one and another, and display unusual, or antique radio equipment.
These meetings are presently conducted at the Ponderosa Banquet Room in Arnold, MO, usually on a Saturday in the months of March, June, September and December.
At the December meeting we elect club officers for the following year.
Meeting dates, and locations, are announced on the club membership information area below, and you are all invited to join our club members at our meeting.
The purpose of these to meet one and another, and display unusual, or antique radio equipment.
These meetings are presently conducted at the Ponderosa Banquet Room in Arnold, MO, usually on a Saturday in the months of Junary, February, April, May, July, August, October and November.
Meeting dates, times and locations, are sent to members by e-mail. Non-members are invited to join our club members for brunch.
Download our AMARC Net Dates and Repeater Frequencies Flier Note: This is a pdf file, 1 page to print.
All of our High Ridge 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.
Recently we built a new Rohn 82 foot, self-supporting tower in Barnhart, MO, where our new 6 meter AM repeater transmitter, and our new UHF Multi-Band, Multi-Mode remote base repeater are located. The tower is sitting at approximately 98Ø feet above mean sea level, placing the antennas around 1Ø62 feet above Mean sea level. The average terrain for St. Louis is around 6ØØ feet AMSL.
Our club's "radio equipment" consists of 4 Repeater Systems.
They were all built between 2ØØ6 and 2Ø1Ø. They replaced our club's old 146.925 repeater with it's 1Ø and 6 meter FM remote bases, and we added 4 more additional UHF repeaters for extra features.
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 other radio systems.
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 Barnhart, MO in order to prevent de-sens to the 6 meter receiver.
The transmitter has 80 watts output to a 3 DB gain Vertical antenna, 82 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 complete, but still needs antenna improvements, and 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.
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 24-7 to the Echolink internet system.
With this repeater system you can talk in on either the 2 meter FM repeater, the UHF FM repeater, or Echolink, and you can copy everything on either rf 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.
This repeater is interfaced through the FT-1ØØD radio, to other repeaters, and simplex frequencies, by remote touch-tone commands.
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.
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.
Our fourth AMARC repeater system is also 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 448.725 mhz with a CTCSS decode frequency of 192.8 hz, and transmits at 443.725 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-857D.
This repeater is interfaced through the FT-857D radio, to other repeaters, and simplex frequencies, by remote touch-tone commands.
The multi-band radio interface is done with a ICS Linker II touch-tone (DTMF) controlled switching system. The FT-857D 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.
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 fudamental written test only, mostly rules.
2. The General class requires some advanced knowledge of radio theory.
3. The Amateur Extra class is the top dog. It requires an advanced knowledge of radio theory and is a written test only.
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 98 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.
We have had 3 of these breakfest and lunches, and we had good turnouts, and everybody has been pleased about it.
Usually there is someone with a project to talk about as well as the good food at Ponderosa.
Our President, Bill has been sending out email notices as to the date and time for the brunches, as well as the club meetings.
The Meeting and Brunches will be held in the back banquet room at the Pondersosa Resturant located in Arnold, MO.
Hope to see you there. Thanks, Paul
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