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WB0HSI - St. Charles Amateur Radio Club

Field Day 2009

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 JUNE 27-28, 2009

 1825 Dietrich Rd

Foristell, MO

(west off Hwy 61 about 7 miles north of I70)


Members, Family, Friends, Walk-Ins


Make contacts on the radio, partake of good food and visit with old friends as youenjoy the outdoors and meet new hams.


ARRL Field Day T-Shirts and caps - Visit ARRL.org.


Reserve your meals at $2.00/each. - Contact Ken, WB9REQ.

Camping overnight available - Contact Dan, KIØIC at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Field Day Site

Last Updated on Sunday, 17 May 2009 21:46
 

Old "Reflectors" now "On-line Communities"

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While many, especially younger, people are flittering (and "twittering") around the Internet on Twitter, Facebook, MySpace, Linked-In, etc and IM (instant messaging), keeping up with their buddies and meeting new people with common interests, we hams (as well as many other adults) tend to do things the "old-fashioned way", with e-mail. Many remember the old "Reflectors" (I guess some are still in use, but I haven't found any lately, except old posting through Google searches) and Newsgroups.  My experience has been that I try to keep up with "what's going on" or seeking info through website forums and "on-line communities", particularly those on YahooGroups.

Besides well known forums on websites like eHam.net and QRZ.com, there are many great e-mail groups. Yahoo makes it especially easy to set up such groups and provides additional services for free, including member directories, on-line document sharing, archiving of messages, moderating by the group "owner" and designated moderators, limiting membership to bonafide parties (not spammers), and many more.  I belong to and even own several non-ham groups, including genealogy, job search, and others. For Hams there are specialized groups for radio owners and special interests. For example, I belong to the VX-2R owner group and HF Pack, a group interested in mobile (especially foot and bicycle) and portable HF operations, including QRP, backpacking, even picnic table portable ops, contesting, ragchewing, and em-comm.

I especially enjoy HF Pack.  Many members have created videos of their portable and mobile ops. One guy hikes up mountains with his QRP rig and his two pet goats, Rooster and Peanut (Very funny stuff!). Others are experts at portable power supplies including batteries, and solar power, offering tips. Many others have great portable and mobile HF antenna ideas they share. Many share opinions on gear they have used and some even offer gear for sale.Some are owners og "Green" (military, not eco-friendly) man-pack HF rigs, military gear being especially rugged and/or lightweight for better portable ops.

So, what "ham communities" do you belong to?

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Last Updated on Sunday, 03 May 2009 21:45
 

146.67 Faces Downtime

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Club president Matt Anderson, N0MSA reports on the status of the St. Charles Amateur Radio Club's main repeater - 146.670.

What is going on:
Whether you were at the last meeting, heard it on email, or listened on the repeater itself….. The 146.670 Main repeater site it going to be down or roughly 4-5 weeks. Right now, as occupants of the repeater, we have to vacate all equipment from the water tower itself, so that they can proceed with
stripping the old paint and re-painting it. All renters of the tower have to be off by April 6th, as a deadline.

Last Updated on Friday, 10 April 2009 00:25 Read more...
 

A Warm Welcome

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Hello and welcome to the newest version of the St. Charles Amateur Radio Club's online presence. For 36 years, the St. Charles Amateur Radio Club has been bringing news and information about amateur radio to the citizens of St. Charles County through newsletters and in-person meetings. However, as we transition into the second decade of the 21st century, it’s time to look to newer ways of communication.

The technology used in the creation of this site will enable the officers and members to post content without the need of a publisher. This content will be available to be seen by all throughout the community and the world.

The same information that has always been available online will still be here, but in a newer, easier to find fashion. To your left, you will see a search function featured in the top sidebar. There is no more searching for the article you lost or the member you need, it’s all right there.

Over the next few days, more and more members will be added. We invite you to dig into the site and do more than just read – contribute! Any articles or information that you may have is more than welcome to be posted. A guide will be posted in a few days on the correct way to post a story.

We thank you for your patience during this transition. Once again, if there are any questions, comments or concerns, please feel free to contact me at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

Thank you,

Michael Gulledge, Assistant Webmaster - www.wb0hsi.org

Bob Gulledge, Webmaster

 

Last Updated on Thursday, 09 April 2009 23:01
 

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Club Meetings

Fourth Tuesday of Every Month
7:30 PM
St. Peters Citizens' Center
108 McMenamy Road
 
Club Breakfast
Every Saturday at 8:00 AM
Golden Corral in St. Charles
South of I-70 on Zumbehl Road

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WB0HSI Nets

2 Meter Net (146.67)
Monday at 7:30PM CT
 
10 Meter Net (28.410)
Thursday at 7:30pm CT
 
RRT Net (145.33)
Thursday at 7:00pm CT 

Hamfests

Louis and Clark Radio Club
April 25, 2009
 
Egyption Hamfest
June 14, 2009
 
Swapfest 2009
Sponsored by Western Illinois ARC
August 8, 2009
 
SCARC Hamfest
August 16, 2009
08:00AM - 1:00 PM
O'Fallon Elks Lodge
1163 Tom Ginnever Ave.
O'Fallon, MO
 
Halloween Hamfest
Sponsored by St. Louis ARC
October 31, 2009

Club Constitution Preamble

We, the undersigned, wishing to secure for ourselves the pleasures and benefits of the association of persons commonly interested in Amateur Radio, constitute the St. Charles Amateur Radio Club and enact this constitution as our governing law. It shall be our purpose to further the exchange of information and cooperation between members, to promote radio knowledge, fraternalism and individual operating efficiency, and to so conduct Club Programs and activities as to advance the general interest and welfare of amateur radio in the community.