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Waldo County Amateur Radio Association
The virtual home of amateur station
N1TN
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Welcome to the on-line home of N1TN, the Waldo County Amateur
radio club. We are a club that supports the greater Belfast area and Waldo County ham community. Our interests range from CW -
ARES - APRS - Satellites - DX'ing - EME - Rag chewing. We have
a very diverse group of operators to say the least, and we all
love those great bargains that you can find at the various hamfests around the state! |
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Meetings: |
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We meet the first Monday of the month. Our meetings are located
in the EOC meeting room of the Waldo County Sheriff's office.
Meetings start promptly at 7 pm and our training session starts
at 7:45 after a light break. |
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Ham radio in the movies! Frequency
(You need Quicktime 4.0 or later.)
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Our January training session was done by local VHF'er, Bill - K1DY who gave a slide show about his EME expedition to South America.
More
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Links: |
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Our membership:
WCARA club roster.
Our Newsletter:
Class A Modulation
1996 Field Day!
1999 Field Day!
N1RWY's take on Hosstraders, NH hamfest (spring 97). Photos from fall 97 as well.
VHF Weak Signal: N.E.W.S.
Amsat-NA site: Satellite info
An excellent page concerning the space shuttle Great images!
DXer.com: Info on the Dx!!
Contesting! A lot of links here.
HamRad, Amateur Radio Resource.
Exam test dates in Maine
Hamfests in Maine
The Maine ARRL web page.
The Maine ARES web page.
How about some Waldo County frequencies?
Beverage antennas transformers!
N1TN's Y2K effort |
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Do you want to be a ham??
We are currently organizing another ham class for the fall, as
well as an upgrade class to General! stay tuned for more information.
Email : I want to be a ham!
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Hello.. I am new to the Belfast area, and I have an interest in
amateur radio.. What should I do?
By all means, come to one of our meetings held monthly on Monday
nights at the EOC. We start at 7 pm, with a training session after,
it is a great way to meet your fellow amateurs in the community,
plus learn some new information about the many facets of ham radio!
more info
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Ham radio PSA on the TV!
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Other Maine clubs:
Androscoggin Amateur Radio Club W1NPP
Lincoln County Amateur Radio Club K1LX
Pine State Amateur Radio Club N1ME
M.A.R.A. Radio Club KS1R
Blackstrap repeater Association K1GAX
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The ARRL has begun premoting a new TV campaign for ham radio targeting
the teenage population. The Public Service Announcement is designed
for local television stations to rebroadcast, however a Quicktime version is also available off the web. You can watch it here if you have Quicktime 4.x installed on your system. |
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Year 2000 WCARA
Council members:
Jay N1RWY President
Bruce K1FZ Vice-President
Robin K3FP Secretary
Steve KD1O Treasurer |
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147.270 (+) N1TN repeater |
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The 147.270 repeater is currently up and working. If you are in
the greater Belfast area give it a try, we would be more than happy to hear from you. |
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Pictures from the Maine State Convention in Lewiston (25-03-00)
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We are interested in DX reports as well! If you are out of the
greater Belfast area and you can utilize the repeater, please
let us know! |
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NEW!! 17/08/2000
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Recent photos from N1RWY & N1WTQ playing around with 10 GHz
(Setting a new club 10GHz DX record!)
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WCARA meeting schedule for the remainder of the year:
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| March 6th 7 pm |
April 3rd 7 pm |
May 1st 7 pm |
June 5th 7 pm |
| July 3rd 7 pm |
Aug. 7th 7 pm |
Sept. 11th 7 pm |
Oct. 2nd 7 pm |
| Nov. 6th 7 pm |
**December |
Holiday |
Party 4th 6 pm. |
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N1TN is an ARRL affiliated club
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Last updated: 17/08/00 |
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