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August 17, 2022
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- Connect Time 6:30 pm
- Meeting Start 6:40 pm
- Meeting End 7:40 pm
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Event Information
On-The-Air
Two Meter Net
We meet on 146.490 MHz
FM Simplex
each Sunday evening
at 7:00 pm Local Time.
Net Control: Frank KB3PQT
Visitors are welcome
and encouraged to check-in.
Also accessible via EchoLink
Node 259045, Station AF3I-L
Event Status:
On Schedule
On-The-Air
Ten Meter Net
We meet on 28.400 MHz
Upper Side Band
each Wednesday evening *
at 8:00 pm Local Time.
Net Control: Garry K3EYK
Visitors are welcome
and encouraged to check-in.
* except Monthly Meeting Night
Event Status:
On Schedule
Face-To-Face
Monthly Meeting
Members, Guests and Visitors meet the third Wednesday of each month (except December) — usually at Hoss’s, 61 Gettysburg Pike, Mechanicsburg, PA.
Club Members will find the
Zoom Web Meeting ID and Password in
Member Area > Member Links
Visitors should eMail
AF3I@RadioClub-CARC.com
requesting Zoom information
Zoom connection opens at 6:30 pm
Our Meeting begins at 6:40 pm
and ends by 7:40 pm
Visitors are welcome
and encouraged to attend.
Event Status:
August 17
In-Person Meeting at Hoss’s
August 17
Zoom Web Meeting will be offered.
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Commemorating the 120th Anniversary of the Rockville Bridge spanning the Susquehanna River at Harrisburg and Marysville, Pennsylvania.
The longest Stone Masonry Arch Railroad Viaduct ever built anywhere in the world. 3,820 feet
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OPERATING YOUR AMATEUR RADIO STATION — ON-THE-AIR Activities
MANAGING YOUR AMATEUR RADIO STATION — OFF-THE-AIR aspects of using your ham radio station.
RADIO a la MODE — Topics that are specific to one of these transmission modes: CW, PHONE, RTTY, SSTV, DIGITAL.
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An inspirational message brought to you by the Cumberland Amateur Radio Club.
You could advertise here, and on the front page of the CARC Meeting Agenda, for as little as $2 per month.
Contact Website Administrator Andrew Forsyth, AF3I for information. email: AF3I@RadioClub-CARC.com
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Cumberland Amateur Radio Club will conduct its Field Day 2022 operations at Shaffer Park, 1649 Spring Road, Carlisle, PA. Our Members will be on-site beginning at 8:30 a.m. Saturday June 25. Members will continue their Field Day activity until Sunday June 26 about Noon. Between those times visitors are invited to observe and learn about Amateur Radio. We will show you how to make a two-way radio contact,
Contact Club President Frank Mellott, KB3PQT for information. email: president@RadioClub-CARC.com
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A full calendar year of CARC Membership Benefits can be yours for $10.
We have a special offer for First Time Newly Licensed Amateur Radio Operators — Free First Year Membership. Come see us within six months of your first license effective date and the next 12 months of CARC Membership are on us.
We have a special offer for Super-Senior Amateur Radio Operators. If you have achieved the milestone event of Age 90 or greater your CARC Membership dues will be waived.
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I invite and encourage creativity in our Cumberland Amateur Radio Club. Come join us if you wish.
Meeting information can be found in the EVENTS page.
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From The President’s Desk is a monthly article written by Frank Mellott, KB3PQT.
Frank shares his ideas of interesting things our reader can do with his or her ham radio station.
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An inspirational message brought to you by the Cumberland Amateur Radio Club.
You could advertise here, and on the front page of the CARC Meeting Agenda, for as little as $2 per month.
Contact Website Administrator Andrew Forsyth, AF3I for information. email: AF3I@RadioClub-CARC.com
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CARC, through its Website Administrator Andrew Forsyth AF3I, now accepts electronic payments processed by Square.
If you would like to make a payment or a donation please see Andrew Forsyth. For in-person payments we are equipped to securely process Chip Cards, Contactless Cards, and Magnetic Stripe Cards. Or, if you wish to pay from the comfort of your own home we can generate an Square Invoice and eMail it to you for secure processing.
With Square and CARC there is no need for you to sign-up or have special accounts in those other payment processing apps.
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CARC invites you to become a member of the Cumberland Amateur Radio Club.
There is an abundance of information about the club on our JOIN-US page — link to MEMBERSHIP.
If you have unanswered questions our Membership Secretary is at your service. eMail questions to: membership@RadioClub-CARC.com
The HOME page has a Next Meeting block that will tell you about our upcoming meeting and links to additional details of the meeting agenda. The THINGS-TO-DO page has a link to CALENDAR VIEW where you can find information about the many things we do.
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Ham Radio Operators use Q-Signals as a communications shortcut. Q-Signals originated among Morse Code operators because that is where the greatest time-saving benefit can be produced. The use of Q-Signals has, in some cases, migrated into other modes of operation such as Phone (voice).
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Free weekly, live, Amateur Radio Extra Class Licensing course on Zoom beginning Thursday January 20, 2022 through Thursday March 31, 2022.
Eleven Sessions. Each session will start Thursday evening at 6:30 p.m. Eastern Time and run for 3 hours.
Classes are sponsored by the National Electronics Museum and presented by their experienced Instructor — Roland Anders, K3RA.
The museum: https://www.NationalElectronicsMuseum.org/
The radio club: https://www.K3NEM.org/
Register by sending your contact information via eMail to Roland Anders at: roland.anders@comcast.net
Participants should have the current version (12th Edition) of the ARRL Extra Class License Manual (available from ARRL and other booksellers).
ISBN 978-1-62594-131-1 or as a Kindle book.
Thank you.
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Follow this link for information about the Cumberland Amateur Radio Club and how you can become a member.
www.RadioClub-CARC.com/Membership-Information/
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You could advertise here, and on the front page of the CARC Meeting Agenda, for as little as $2 per month.
Contact Website Administrator Andrew Forsyth, AF3I for information. eMail: AF3I@RadioClub-CARC.com
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Contact Website Administrator Andrew Forsyth, AF3I for information. eMail: AF3I@RadioClub-CARC.com
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Contact Website Administrator Andrew Forsyth, AF3I for information. eMail: AF3I@RadioClub-CARC.com
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In preparation for the upcoming Field Day event we encourage fellow ham radio operators to use good operating practices.
When sending your Field Day Exchange there is no need to begin the transmission with the words “Please Copy”.
If you are the RUNNING station, say the other guy’s call sign and go right into sending your exchange.
For example: WF3FD 3 ALPHA EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA OVER
If you are the SEARCH AND POUNCE station, acknowledge receiving the other guy’s exchange and go right into sending your exchange.
For example: ROGER 4 DELTA DELAWARE OVER
Contact Website Administrator Andrew Forsyth, AF3I for information. eMail: AF3I@RadioClub-CARC.com
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Cumberland Amateur Radio Club, and its Past President Andrew Forsyth AF3I, are proud supporters of the Pennsylvania QSO Party.
The group efforts of our members resulted in being awarded this certificate as the High-Scoring entry in category: 2020 Portable Multi-Op, Low Power, York County. Congratulations to our participants: Frank KB3PQT, Doug KC3CPT, Dave W3VRE, Valli N8QVT, and Andrew AF3I
This annual event takes place in October. Watch for us again on October 16, 2021.
Contact Club President Frank Mellott, KB3PQT for information. eMail: president@RadioClub-CARC.com
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Cumberland Amateur Radio Club (CARC) wants to be your local club, of choice.
The American Radio Relay League (ARRL) is the National Association of Amateur Radio.
You can learn more about the ARRL by visiting their website: http://www.arrl.org/
Your ARRL membership helps support the ARRL Contest Program – the world’s largest with
many different events from HF through microwave. Along with your membership, you’ll get
free access to the National Contest Journal, the ARRL’s online archive of QST articles, and the
Technical Information Service. Contesting builds skills and understanding – come join the fun!
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ARRL membership includes a choice of one print magazine: All ARRL members can access all four ARRL magazines — QST, On the Air, NCJ, and QEX – digitally. QST, the monthly membership journal; On the Air, ARRL’s new bimonthly publication for beginner and intermediate hams; NCJ – the National Contest Journal. Published bimonthly, features articles by top contesters, letters, hints, statistics, scores, NA Sprint and QSO Parties; QEX – A Forum for Communications Experimenters. Published bimonthly, features technical articles, construction projects, columns and other items of interest to radio amateurs and communications professionals. |
Most CARC members are also members of the ARRL.
If you are undecided about joining the ARRL, ask almost any CARC Member about the benefits of ARRL membership.
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CONGRATULATIONS TO THE FOUNDER, AND MOST PROLIFIC AUTHOR, OF HOW DO I… ARTICLES.
FRANK MELLOTT, KB3PQT
With his newest article, ANTENNA TOPICS — SWR, Frank has achieved a significant milestone in Amateur Radio Knowledge Sharing.
CARC is proud to present Frank with this How Do I… Century Club Award. Congratulations, Frank !
If you would like to write for the Cumberland Amateur Radio Club please contact Club President Frank Mellott, KB3PQT.
president@RadioClub-CARC.com
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If you ever wondered about those Advertising Sliders at the top of the CARC Home Page you came to the right place.
The slider images move every 15 seconds. You probably can take in the entire on-screen message during that time.
If you need a little bit longer to read our message simply hover your pointing device over the image and the slider will stop.
Some of the slider images contain links to expanded descriptions, similar to this More Information block.
Click on the slider image and you will be taken to the More Information area for that specific slider image.
When finished, click on the Return to TOP of this page link and you will be taken back to the screen from which you started.
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Cumberland Amateur Radio Club invites its members and anyone else within range to participate in our weekly Digital Net VHF.
The net serves as a training and practice area for the use of digital modes as well as a social gathering place where participants can chat.
We use PC-based sound card technology and application software such as FLDigi along with our Two Meter Transceivers.
Start Time is 6:00 p.m. End Time is about 6:40 p.m. so that we can clear the frequency in preparation for the weekly Two Meter Phone Net that begins at 7:00 p.m.
For more information about the CARC Digital Net VHF eMail: AF3I@RadioClub-CARC.com
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