Welcome to the Dial Radio Club Website


About our club

DIAL Radio Club is affiliated with the American Radio Relay League. The DIAL Radio Club has a membership of about 100 members from the southwest Ohio area. We are a general interest club. We have repeaters on 146.61, & 444.825 (W8BLV) and on 147.315 & 53.21 (W8JEU). We have an APRS packet radio system 144.39 (W8BLV).

Meetings

Monthly General Membership Meeting: The third Monday of the month at the Golden Corral Buffet in Middletown, dinner at 6 pm, meeting at 7 pm. Talk-in on 146.61-.

Thursday Dial Intercom Net

The weekly information and intercom net meets each Thursdays at 9 pm on 146.61- , Lori, W8LKU is net manager.

Membership Information

If you are interested in joining the Dial Radio Club, please contact the club treasurer Ron, N8QF at n8qf@cinci.rr.com . An Adobe PDF formatted application may be downloaded from this web site by clicking here. Membership APPLICATION

More information

If you want to learn more about our club, email contact information is at the bottom of the page. Or email the webmaster w8blv @qsl.net

 

Dial E-Mail Reflector

The Dial Radio Club has an email reflector for news and information exchange. To be 'in the know' about what is happening with DIAL, you need to be subscribed. To subscribe to the reflector, go to this web page and enter in your email address:

http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/Dial

 

 

Club News and Calendar

Amateur Radio Classes & Examinations

Radio License Classes

Classes are held on Wednesday evenings, 6 - 9 pm, in Verity Lodge during the fall and winter semesters.

There is no charge for the instructional portion of these classes.

Students are advised that the purchase of appropriate training manuals and supplies may cost $20-$25.

Class announcements are published in our newsletters and on the club email reflector.

For more information, contact Carl Morgan (513-727-3456).

EXAMS

ARRL VE exam sessions will be held at the same location different time throughout the year.

Examinations announcements are published in our newsletters and on the club email reflector.

Questions regarding the examination schedule, practices or procedures may be directed to Dave Williamson (513-424-5819) our Contact Volunteer Examiner, or Carl Morgan (513-727-3456).

Events

FIELD DAY is June 25, 26 & 27 2010 at Smith Park in Middletown.

 

 

    Club Newsletters

The newsletter is in Adobe Acrobat format and if you don't have the free reader, click on the Adobe graphic below and load it on your computer.

Click on the link below to be taken to the directory containing the newsletters. Select the year directory and then click on the newsletter you want to read.

They are named by month and year, mm-yy.pdf is the format.

Click here for the club Newsletters

Any questions should be directed to mailto:w8blv@qsl.net .

 

DIAL Station Information:

 

 

Club Repeater Information

The Dial radio club has two voice repeater systems. 

The W8BLV system is linked together on 2 bands. Outputs on 146.610- and 444.825+.  This system has local autopatch and other special functions.  The repeater controller is a CAT-1000. We have remote receive sites in Monroe and West Middletown.  Antenna is 340 feet above ground.

The W8JEU system is linked together on 2 bands and is the backup system. With outputs on 147.315- 53.21-, this system is located in West Middletown. The repeater controller is a RC-85.  The antenna is 110 feet above ground.

Both systems have battery backup and redundant power supplies.

The 146.61 system has been on the air since the early 70's, other frequencies have been added over the years.

 

Club Packet Radio Systems Information

The Dial Radio Club has several packet radio systems.

The only system active at this time is W8BLV, our APRS Digi at our Breiel tower site on 144.390.


 

 

Links to other amateur radio web pages

 

The American Radio Relay League (ARRL) http://www.arrl.org/

Cincinnati Weather Amateur Network WARN http://www.warn.org/

 

 

 

DIAL Officers Contact Information

 

President:
Bob, NR8R

 

Vice President:
Dave KD8W

Secretary:
Barney, N8HP

Treasurer:
Ron, N8QF

Activities Chairman:
Lori, W8LKU

Or send a message to the webmaster mailto:w8blv@qsl.net

Last updated 03/03/2010