Greetings! — This is the December 2024 Issue
Volume 04, Issue 12 – Posted November 25, 2024
Here we are. December 2024
Quite a year this has been! Do you agree?
Your club and individual member accomplishments include:
Attained 60 years serving the community and the hobby.
Published 14 How Do I… articles on the club’s Know-How Resources site.
Successfully promoted Parks On The Air (POTA) with 22 member participants.
Held Field Day @Shaffer Park with 23 participants who scored 2,446 points.
Ran a special event station honoring the National Railway Historical Society.
Celebrated our own 60th anniversary with a special event station.
Served the community by providing communications support for the Dillsburg Farmers Fair Parade Chairperson and Parade Marshals.
Lit approximately 400 Holiday Luminaries at Children’s Lake in Boiling Springs, PA.
Operated weekly 10 meter nets on Wednesday at 8 p.m. local time.
Operated weekly 2 meter FM Simplex Phone nets on Sunday at 7 p.m. local time.
Operated 2 meter digital data nets using analog FM and FLDIGI sound card technology modes to communicate.
At the November meeting we elected officers for 2025.
President Frank Mellott KB3PQT
Vice-President John Luthy WA3KCP
Treasurer Garry Fasick K3EYK
Secretary Paula Anstine KC3UVH
Membership Secretary Richard Johnson N3EPY
Dave Smith W3SOX is the appointed trustee for the club call sign-K3IEC.
Not to forget our other Club Leaders and Volunteers:
Doug Stenger KC3CPT Vice-President 2024
Steve Hancock N3FWE Technology Guru, Photographer
Maura Smith-Mitsky KC3JJH Historian, Archivist, Holiday Event Planner
Mark Anstine KC3UVG Operations Guru
Paula Anstine KC3UVH Operations Guru
Harry Fasick K3EYL CARC Representative to Farmers Fair Parade
Garry Fasick K3EYK CARC Representative to Boiling Springs Civic Association (Luminary Sponsor)
Doug Stenger KC3CPT Quartermaster
Frank Mellott KB3PQT QSL Manager
R J Harris W3HP Amateur Radio Advocate
Bobbe Rothermel WA3BKK CARC Member since Day 1 in June 1964
Roger Wheeler K3SU CARC Member since Day 1 in June 1964
Doug Stenger KC3CPT Net Control Station for 2 Meter Phone Net
Garry Fasick K3EYK Net Control Station for 10 Meter Phone Net
Valli Hoski N8QVT Net Control Station for Farmers Fair Net
Andrew Forsyth AF3I Net Control Station for 2 Meter Digital Net
We saw our club grow to 46 members with a gain of six new members this year.
That is at least a modern record.
Cumberland Amateur Radio Club members have the skills, and we have the talented people to advance the club along its journey for the next 60 years.
What have you done today?
For more information, or if you want to get onboard and be a part of the CARC Radio Road Show,
please see https://www.radioclub-carc.com/touch-base/
See ‘ya down the log.
Frank KB3PQT
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