"Welcome to Our Amateur Radio Club Web Site"
"THE ANCIENT MODULATORS CLUB"
"Dedicated to the restoration, and preservation of AM Radio"
Club Station Call Sign
"KØAMC"
Founded on March 2Ø, 2ØØ4, by Paul Allen Schlipp
"KØRWU"
"Hi, We are glad you surfed in for a visit",
and you are visitor number
Since the Beginning of our web site" on May 6, 2ØØ4
Our web site was last updated on March 2, 2ØØ8
and is best viewed with your desk top resolution set to 1Ø24 X 768
Click here to view our "GUEST BOOK" and please sign
Our club is known as "The Ancient Modulators Club" or "AMC".
We are also known as "The Ancient Modulators Amateur Radio Club" or "AMARC".
"Information about our club name"
Not to say we don't have a lot of ancient, old foggy ham radio operators in our club, but our club name was derived from the term "Ancient Modulation", which is ham radio slang, and was often used back in the sixties and seventies, when referring to "Amplitude Modulation" or the "AM" mode of voice radio transmissions.
Our new amateur radio club is focused on having fun and lots of rag chewing, as well as restoring and operating old "AM" tube radios.
Most of our club members are from the South West Saint Louis, Missouri County area, and from as far out as Troy, MO.
"You can read, or download, our Officers list, Membership list and Constitution"
Read Our Club Officers List For 2ØØ8
Read Our Club Membership List: Updated Ø1-Ø2-Ø8
Read Our Club Constitution and By-Laws: Amended Ø3-11-Ø6
Download Our Membership and Officers List: Updated Ø1-Ø2-Ø8 Note: This is a RTF file, 2 pages to print.
Download Our Constitution: Amended Ø3-11-Ø6 Note: This is a RTF file, 14 pages to print.
"Information about our Club and Radio Systems"
We have a weekly "On the Air" net meeting, and we try to have at least one yearly group meeting, as well as a separate club picnic.
Our weekly "Net Meeting" is held on the first Sunday of each week, at 2ØØØ hours CST, and is conducted on our 146.925 club repeater with open squelch (No PL Lockout).
All of our "repeater systems are open for use by all licensed amateur radio operators", and you are invited to join in with us at our weekly net meeting.
One of our "club goals" is to promote more AM activity, on ten and six meters, in our area. Our new six meter, AM repeater, will be a great place to operate some of the old radio gear from the fifties and sixties. Believe me, this is fun stuff to talk on, and these old radios can be purchased for a song now days. Also, these old six meter AM radios make a great restoration project. Of course, most of the modern radios will also operate in AM mode.
Our club's "repeater systems" are all located in High Ridge, MO. Our antenna systems are mounted on a Rohn 16Ø foot, self-supporting tower, which is sitting at approximately 98Ø feet AMSL. High Ridge, MO is about 2Ø miles South West of Saint Louis city.
Our club's "radio equipment" consists of a two meter repeater on 146.925/325, with a input, and output, PL tone of 192.8 Hz. It is a Yaesu repeater with a 1ØØ watt Mirage RF Amplifier. This repeater is interfaced with the Echolink internet system.
We have 3 UHF repeaters tuned to 444.55Ø/449.55Ø, 444.75Ø/449.75Ø, and 444.85Ø/449.85Ø mhz. They all have a PL tone of 192.8 hz. The radios are all old GE Master Pro radios, and KØRWU is slowly replacing them with modern equipment.
We are in the process of interfacing the 444.55Ø/449.55Ø mhz repeater with a six meter "AM" remote base station. The operating frequencies will be 5Ø.4ØØ mhz input, and 5Ø.55Ø mhz output, This is what is known as a back-to-back repeater system.
Presently the 444.85Ø/449.85Ø mhz repeater is interfaced with a 146.52Ø mhz simplex radio. This is known as a remote base station.
We are in the process of interfacing the 444.75Ø/449.75Ø mhz with a Yaesu FT-1ØØ multi mode transceiver. It will be a 2ØØ channel, frequency, and mode, selectable remote base operating on the 1Ø, 6, and 2 meter bands for simplex operation. This is known as a multi mode remote base station.
When the multi-mode remote base is completed, there will no longer be a need for the 146.52 remote base, so at that time, the 444.85Ø repeater will be converted for use as a back-to-back repeater with the 146.925 repeater. The reason for this is to in increase portable radio coverage on our main system. UHF will operate better than two meters when using a portable inside a car, or buildings. Two meters will get more "Over the hill" mobile coverage.
If you are interested in our repeater systems, you can click on the following link for more information, and pictures, of the systems completed so far, which includes the tower construction, and the echo link system.
Club Radio Systems 
Information
Our club also maintains a ham radio related, equipment for sale or trade, "Swap Shop", which is intended for our club members equipment listings only, but anyone can purchase these items. You can look at our "Swap Shop" items by clicking on the following link.
Ancient Modulators Radio Equipment 
"Swap Shop"
If you are interested in our club, and would like to join, and if you hold a valid amateur radio license, and agree with our Club Constitution, and it's By-Laws, then you are eligible for membership.
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 $2Ø, for your initiation fee, to our club Secretary-Treasurer. His address is on the application form.
Our club has elected to charge a $20 per year dues, payable on the first of the year. New applicant dues will be pro-rated for their first year of membership, and deducted from the initiation fee, The remainder of the fee will be applied to their next year dues payable on January 1.
"You can down load our membership application form by clicking on the following link"
Download The AMARC Membership Application
"If you are not a licensed amateur radio operator", but you are interested in becoming one, you can get information on how to go about it by contacting one of our club officers.
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 and a 5 WPM morse code test.
3. The Amateur Extra class is the top dog. It requires an advanced written test and a 5 WPM code 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.
"The following links will take you to the Technician Class Questions and Answers"
View or save the "Technician Class Questions and Answers Pool"
View or save the "Technician Class Question Graphics"
ARRL Study Books Catalog"
"Please click on the following links for more related information"
Letters from repeater users
Links to friends and club member's web sites
Club Down loads Page
"FOLLOWING NOTICES ARE FOR OUR CLUB MEMBERS"
ANOUNCEMENT Ø3-Ø2-Ø8
It was decided at the 03-02-08 146.925 Net Meeting to hold our next quarterly get togeather lunch, and club meeting, on 03-16-07 at 1PM or 1300 Hours.
The meeting will be at Uncle Bill's Pancake House.
They are located at 14196 Manchester Road, just east of 141, on the south side of Manchester.
ANOUNCEMENT Ø2-Ø3-Ø8
We are starting a new club sponsored "On The Air Net Meeting" which will be held each Sunday evening, at 19:ØØ Hours on our 28.35Ø mhz Remote Base Repeater.
All club members are encouraged to attend as well as any non-club member amateur radio operators. This meeting will only be for "General Discussion Groups" and non-business activity. This new meeting will be conducted by Cecil Wesp (NØLDA).
MONTHLY STANDING CLUB NOTICE
Our next "Club On The Air Group Meeting" will be held next Sunday evening, at 19:ØØ Hours on our 28.35Ø MHZ remote base repeater, followed by
our next "Club On The Air Net Business and Swap Shop Meeting" at 2Ø:ØØ Hours on our 146.925/444.55Ø dual band repeater.
Club Notice Dated Ø1-Ø2-Ø8
At our December 3Ø, 2ØØ7 Net meeting we voted to elect Stanton A. King, NØNVK to club membership. Stan lives in Webster Groves, MO. Please welcome Stan to our club.
Club Notice Dated Ø1-Ø2-Ø8
As of Ø1-Ø1-Ø8, "Bud" K9IDB, will be conducting our weekly on the air net meetings, beginning on Sunday January 6, 2ØØ8 at 8PM CDST.
Club Notice Dated Ø1-Ø2-Ø8
David Miller, NØPKX, has changed his call sign to KØVB.
Click on the following link to read our past notices.
Club Past Notices Page
Click on the following link to read our club minutes.
Club Minutes Page
"END OF NOTICES FOR OUR CLUB MEMBERS"
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FOOT NOTE
A little about me, Paul Allen Schlipp, "KØRWU"
I am the web master for this web site, and my personal ham radio web site, located at:
http://www.qsl.net/kØrwu
If you encounter any errors ,of any type, on either web site, please contact me.
I also am the station trustee for our club repeater systems, and webring master for:
"Amateur Radio Clubs Only Web Ring"
Thanks for stopping by, and "Have a delightful day",
Paul "KØRWU" 
kØrwu@sbcglobal.net
Our club's e-mail address:
The Ancient Modulators Club 
kØamc@qsl.net
Our club started "The Amateur Radio Clubs Only Web Ring" on January 8, 2ØØ5.
There are now 14 clubs in our web ring.
Our club is a member of the following "WEB RINGS"
