In Person Meeting March 10th

Out next in person meeting will be March 10th at 9:00 AM at Fire Station 74.  We will be discussing our upcoming April 21st drill as well as helping people load the "Standard Load" into their memories.  We also expect many of our new Hams to show up so we can get them started on this crazy hobby of ours.

If you are interested in having your radio programmed please add the model of your radio to our list found here so we can try to find the appropriate programming cable and software ahead of time.

If you have your own cable and software please bring it.  If you have some programming cables also please bring them as someone else might have a similar radio that will work with your cable.  If you have questions let us know!

Thanks,

Mat
K2MJM

SOTA - Training

Tonight's net was on SOTA, Summits On The Air.  To find out more go to http://www.sota.org.uk. SOTA is fully operational in nearly a hundred countries across the world. Each country has its own Association which defines the recognized SOTA summits within that Association. Each summit earns the activators and chasers a score which is related to the height of the summit. Certificates are available for various scores, leading to the prestigious "Mountain Goat" and "Shack Sloth" trophies. An Honour Roll for Activators and Chasers is maintained at the SOTA online database.

We have setup a Groups.io group for WVCARC.  This group will allow members to share what they are working on as well as ask questions to other members.  This group will also receive notifications when there are updates to the website.  The old feed burner service will be retired.  This means if you have registered for website updates, you will need to register on our Groups.io account to receive future website notifications.  You can register by going to https://groups.io/g/wvcarc.

Thanks,

Mat Murdock

K2MJM

Club Officers Elected

Saturday WVCARC approved the club bylaws and elected club officers.  Below are the results of the election.

President - Mat Murdock (K2MJM)
Vice-President - Jason Bailey (KG7RZX)
Secretary - Wesley Darton (K0WTD)
Net Coordinator - Curtis Bailey (K7CJB)
Education and Training Coordinator - Mark Hansen (KG7SBN)

Jason and I are excited at the progress that was made Saturday and look forward to a very active 2018.

Saturday In Person Meet - Packet Presentation

Below is the slide deck I used for Saturday's packet presentation.  If you have any questions regarding packet please put them in the comments of this post.

Saturday In Person Meet

This Saturday, January 13th, will be our first in-person meet of the year.  It will be held at station 74 by the fitness center at 9:00 AM.

There are two things that we will be covering.  The first is club elections.  We are looking to fill five positions.  These positions are President, Vice President, Secretary, Net Coordinator, Education and Training Coordinator.  Currently we have only had two nominations.  Jason and I are desperatly looking for more help with WVCARC.  If you are interested in running for one of these positions please respond to this email.  If you would like to nominate someone please respond to this email.  Nominations need to be in by 9:00 AM tomorrow (Friday).   The duties for each postion can be found in the Bylaws here: Bylaws

The second item that we will be covering is the packet radio system that has been implimented at the Fire Stations.  I will be going over what packet is, what is needed to get setup, and how to use it.  I think this will be a fun and information packed training.  It has never been easier to get involved with packet radio as the price of the equipment has come down significantly.  If you have some old packet equipment that you want to see if it will work bring it.

Hope to see each of you there.  If you have any questions feel free to send them my way and please consider nominating yourself for one of the club positions.

Mat
K2MJM

Official 2018 Standard Load Posted

The official 2018 Standard Load has been release. You may view and download it here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1foaur0cFsajkNyX46Dq8tc_UpMTJUEFpL4OxGcoqctg/edit?usp=sharing 

Instructions on using the Standard Load and its purpose can be found here:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1oYb0XtTCSvpUgSZf0XdJB4_HLCcnrA4LMzIfNpFNXhQ/edit?usp=sharing 

Remember that the purpose of the standard load is to create "a standard programming sequence, designed to make your radio operations faster and easier. It is also designed to give you local control over your own frequencies while somewhat standardizing channels and channel names county-wide." This is a first for the Salt Lake Valley as well as West Valley City. Please review the instructions and the standard load out. If you have questions please bring them up at the next NET or post a comment below.

Thanks,

Mat
K2MJM