Owensboro Amateur Radio Club

Owensboro Amateur Radio Club meeting for July is this coming Tuesday night!!! I can hardly believe a month has gone by already.

We will be meeting on Tuesday 7/16 at the Owensboro Technical and Community College (OTCC) Downtown Campus at 1501 Frederica Street in rooms 18A & B. The club meeting will start at the normal time, 7 PM, with the ARES meeting at 6:30 PM. Best parking is in the back of the OTCC building, accessible from West 15th Street or Daviess Street (across from Steinkamp lumber yard).

All are welcome to attend. Hope to see you there!

(Submitted by Art Jackson W4TOY)

Entry received at: 2024-07-09 18:12:37

Call Used: K4HY GOTA Station Call: (NONE) ARRL/RAC Section: KY Class: 2A

Participants: 14 Club/Group Name: OWENSBORO AMATEUR RADIO CLUB

Power Source(s): Generator

Power Multiplier: 2X

Preliminary Total Score: 1,814

Bonus Points:
100% emergency power 200
Public location 100
Public information table 100
W1AW Field Day message 100 – Documented by ARRL buletin.odt
Safety officer 100 – Documented by Safety Officer Check 2.jpg
Entry submitted via web 50
Total bonus points 650

Score Summary: (Cabrillo log/dupe sheet file: K4HY.dup)
CW Digital Phone Total
Total QSOs 99 176 32
Total Points 198 352 32 582 Claimed Score = (QSO points x power mult) = 1,164

Owensboro Amateur Radio Club meeting for June is tomorrow night!!!
We will be meeting on Tuesday 6/18 at the Owensboro Technical and Community College (OTCC) Downtown Campus at 1501 Frederica Street in rooms 18A & B. The club meeting will start at the normal time, 7 PM, with the ARES meeting at 6:30 PM. The topic of discussion for the club meeting will be Field Day. (It is right around the corner 6/22 & 6/23 Saturday and Sunday.) Best parking is in the back of the OTCC building, accessible from West 15th Street or Daviess Street (across from Steinkamp lumber yard).
All are welcome to attend. Hope to see you there!

Owensboro Amateur Radio Club meeting for May is tomorrow night!!!
We will be meeting on Tuesday 5/21 at the Owensboro Technical and Community College (OTCC) Downtown Campus at 1501 Frederica Street in rooms 18A & B. The club meeting will start at the normal time, 7 PM, with the ARES meeting at 6:30 PM. Best parking is in the back of the OTCC building, accessible from West 15th Street or Daviess Street (across from Steinkamp lumber yard).
All are welcome to attend. Hope to see you there!

Owensboro Amateur Radio Club meeting for April is next week!!!
We will be meeting on Tuesday 4/16 at the Owensboro Technical and Community College (OTCC) Downtown Campus at 1501 Frederica Street in rooms 18A & B. The club meeting will start at the normal time, 7 PM, with the ARES meeting at 6:30 PM. Best parking is in the back of the OTCC building, accessible from West 15th Street or Daviess Street (across from Steinkamp lumber yard).
All are welcome to attend. Hope to see you there!

Owensboro Amateur Radio Club meeting for March is next week!!!
We will be meeting on Tuesday 3/19 at the Owensboro Technical and Community College (OTCC) Downtown Campus at 1501 Frederica Street in rooms 18A & B. The club meeting will start at the normal time, 7PM, with the ARES meeting at 6:30pm. Best parking is in the back of the OTCC building, accessible from West 15th Street or Daviess Street (across from Steinkamp lumber yard).
All are welcome to attend. Hope to see you there!

FREE ON-LINE AMATEUR RADIO OPERATING CLASS

A free, weekly, 3-hour Amateur Radio Operating Class on Zoom will begin on Thursday April 4 and run through June 20 at 6:30 PM Eastern time. The presenters will be various experienced folks in the various subjects.

• Subjects will include:
• All About Operating–A general Introduction
• Amateur Radio Organizations—Local to International
• Ham Radio Awards
• DXing-History and Tips from the Experts
• QSLing-How to get that needed card for DXCC or WAS
• VHF/UHF Weak Signal Work and “Roving”
• Image Operating—Slow Scan and Fast Scan TV
• Remote Station control over internet
• Learning CW in the no-code era
• Digital Modes—From RTTY to FT8 and beyond
• Contesting—How to get started, tips for the beginner and intermediated contester
• Logging Software—What’s available, how to use
• Propagation—A general intro to HF Propagation
• Amateur Satellites—How to get started
• Portable (backpacking) operation—Tips from an expert
• Setting Up a Modern (or not so modern) HF Station
• Lightning Protection and Grounding
• Traffic Handling
• Public Service, Emergency Communications

A detailed syllabus will be published before the classes begin. Attend them all, or any that you like, but you must register for the classes. To receive registration information, contact Rol Anders, K3RA, at roland.anders@comcast.net.

Thanks, Rol, K3RA

Next VE testing dates will be:
Saturday 4/27/24
Saturday 7/13/24
Saturday 9/28/24
Saturday 11/9/24
All testing will be at the Red Cross Building at
1700 Frederica Street Suite 105
Owensboro, KY.
parking is in the back lot. Use the North Side entrance
Testing begins at 09:00 each date.