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![]() The Dixie
Amateur Radio Club, Inc. is an association of federally licensed
Amateur Radio operators (also known
as "ham radio" operators) who primarily reside in
southwestern Utah,
mostly in the greater St. George City metropolitan area. We also have
members who live in rural areas of Washington County and in areas
outside of the county.
The Dixie Amateur Radio Club, Inc. is a formally "Affiliated Club" with the American Radio Relay League (ARRL) "The National Association for Amateur Radio". Our Club is a non-profit IRS 501(c)(3) charitable organization. Our members are all volunteers. We are experienced and capable of providing non-commercial radio telecommunications, independent of public and/or commercial networks. Members of our Club provide vital communications services in this part of the state of Utah and we strive to live up to ham radio's motto: "When all else fails... ...Amateur Radio works!" Amateur Radio operators provide, in many circumstances, the first and only reliable means of communicating to an from an affected area in the first several days following a natural disaster. This was well proven during the deadly Indian Ocean tsunami on December 26, 2004 and in the days and weeks following Hurricane Katrina along the Gulf Coast during the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season. Our Club also provides local public safety and health and welfare communications services for local events such as the annual St. George Marathon, the Huntsman World Senior Games, and many other cycling and running events in the area. To explore our web site please use the web site navigation links located at the bottom of this and every page on this web site. For more information on the Club please CLICK HERE. Or you can use the "About the Club" link found at the bottom of each page this web site. If you are interested in becoming a licensed Amateur Radio operator come and meet us at our next club meeting. Information on our club meetings is available below in the "Latest News + Announcements" section on this page or using the "Club Meeting Info" page link. Information on how to contact the Club is found using the "Contact the Club" page link. |
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| The Dixie Amateur Radio Club has many happenings that have been recorded for historical purposes. We have a "Story Archive Page" with the most recent archived stories shown at the top of that page. Click on this LINK to view the Story Archive Page. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Next Club
Meeting on August 18th top
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The next
scheduled regular meeting of the Dixie
Amateur Radio Club, Inc. will be held at 7:00
p.m. on Wednesday, August 18,
2010 (Club
Meetings are always the third
Wednesday of each
month except in December). Unless otherwise advertised here, our Club's meetings will be held at the St. George Community Building which is located at the far southwest corner of Washington County's Gayle M. & Mary Aldred Senior Citizens Center property which is located at 245 North 200 West, St. George, Utah. SCHEDULED MEETING HIGHLIGHTS: You can also use the "Club Meeting Info" link at the bottom of this and each page on the site. A link to an interactive map of the location is also provided on the Club Meeting Info page. |
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| V.E. Testing Session Every Month of the Year top of page | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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A link to an interactive map of the location of the Exam is also provided on the "Club Meeting Info" page. |
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| July 2010 Club Newsletter Available top of page | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Thanks to Club Newsletter Editor Ric Wayman, K7DLX, the
latest edition of the Club's Newsletter (July 2010)
is now
available. Please use THIS LINK or the "Club Newsletter" link at the bottom of any page on this web site to view it. The newsletter is improving with each edition, but Ric needs your help in order to keep expanding and growing the Newsletter. This is your Newsletter! Please help take ownership by providing Ric with stories, articles, photographs, product reviews, or a personal profile you would like to submit, please e-mail them directly to Ric at: k7dlxham@gmail.com |
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| FOX HUNTS (Hidden Transmitter Searchs) top of page | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
The next hidden
transmitter search exercise known as a "Fox Hunt" has been
scheduled for Saturday July 31, 2010. Everyone should meet at
Vernon Worthen Park (300 South 400 East) at 9:00 a.m. For those interested in participating you can build a tape measure beam (see the info on this below). Here is some information on other types of RDF units: "Homing-type" DF antenna units: PURCHASED KIT: There is an inexpensive ($45) direction finding device that can be purchased as a kit which works very well at locating the fox. You can find information on their "Searcher" direction finder kit on the RainbowKits web site. Here is a direct LINK to the "Searcher" direction finding device. HOMEBUILT: If you want to understand the technology behind this type of RDF unit, an excellent tutorial is available on the Utah Amateur Radio Club (UARC) web site. Mike Mladejovsky, WA7ARK, designed the circuits presented on the UARC website. Click on this LINK to go directly to the RDF page on the UARC web site. Doppler Direction Finder units: If you want a Doppler-type direction finding unit in a complete kit form, they can be obtained from several sources. One of these is at the at the following link: http://www.gssteched.com/rddf1.html |
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| 2meter BandTape Measure Beam and Attenuator Plans/Kits top of page | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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There were numerous requests
for
information on how to build the tape
measure beam that was presented at the January 21, 2010 Club
Meeting. Please use this link to get all the information
you need: http://theleggios.net/wb2hol/projects/rdf/tape_bm.htm
In addition, there are project plans/kit for the construction of an active attenuator that could be used with the 2 meter tape measure antenna above for fox hunting. You can get information about the attenuators here: http://www.homingin.com/joek0ov/offatten.html |
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| Join The Club, or Renew Your Membership top of page | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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You are
encouraged to join the Dixie Amateur Radio Club or renew your
membership for 2010. Please use the "Join the Club" link at
the bottom of any page on
this site to learn how to join the club. Or simply come out to our Club
meeting (see info above) and join at that time. If you are new: "
Welcome to the
Club!". To renewing members: "Thank You!"
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| Club Mentoring Program top of page | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
The
Club has implement a voluntary list of local Amateur Radio operators
who have expressed a willingness to assist aspiring as well as newly
licensed ham radio enthusiasts in learning
more about the hobby and helping when questions/difficulties arise. Click HERE to find out more about this new program and view a list of willing and able mentors to assist you as you come into this exciting hobby. You can also reach this information by using the "Contact the Club" link at the bottom of each page on this site. |
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| Equipment Classified Ads top of page | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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There is never a bad time to clean out
the ol' ham "shack" of those items that really
need a
new home. We have had many news ham operators join our ranks at
recent Volunteer Exam sessions who may be looking for
rigs and all of the ancillary equipment that you may have lying about
the shack that could be put to use in the shack of a new ham.
Please visit the "Equipment Classifieds" page on this web site for items that are for sale and to see items that hams are looking for that you might be willing to part with. Send requests for posting items for sale or wanted to the webmaster at: n7are@arrl.net |
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Amateur Radio Practice Exam Site
Available top
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An Amateur
Radio operator in Colorado,
Hamilton Carter,
KDØFNR, has created a
set of free online exam practice tests that
he hopes hams will find useful.Within the practice tests, online study resources, (Wikipedia, NASA, ARRL, etc.), are provided for many of the questions. The list of resources available for each question is constantly growing because users can add their own favorite links to the study materials. Users can also track their test scores over time and see which subelements are giving them the most trouble. You can see the practice tests at: http://copaseticflow.blogspot.com . Please let Hamilton know if you find it handy, or if you think of any ways to make it better. His e-mail address is: hcarter333@gmail.com |
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Check
the Status of Your New or Upgraded Ham License top
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Those who have
just recently taken and
passed
an Amateur Radio examination
(see below) administered by the Dixie Amateur Radio Club, Inc. at a
ARRL-VEC
Volunteer Exam session may check the status of your first license or
your upgrade by going to American Radio Relay League (ARRL) web site
portal
that has up to date information directly from the Federal
Communications Commission database. Everyone else can verify the
expiration date of your license using this portal.You can use this link to the ARRL: http://www.arrl.org/fcc/fcclook.php3 to look up whether your new license is effective (and discover your newly assigned call sign). You can confirm your upgraded license status (if you took and passed a test to upgrade). Another great link is the ULS lookup on the FCC's web site. On that site you can print out additional "reference copies" of your license and see the status of your license and any application matters related to it. You can choose to search by name, callsign or your FRN number. This helpful search page can be found at this link: http://wireless2.fcc.gov/UlsApp/UlsSearch/searchLicense.jsp |
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| Volunteer Exam Session Results top of page | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Congratulations are in order to the
following individuals that upgraded or passed their initial ham radio
license exams at the July 21, 2010 session conducted by
ARRL-VEC Accredited volunteer examiners from the Dixie Amateur
Radio
Club, Inc.:
Please welcome these new
Amateur Radio licensees (*) to
the hobby and also encourage those who just upgraded (#)
to take advantage of the additional privileges that their upgrade
affords them.
Webmaster
note: Please note that for new licenses it may
take up to several days for the http://www.qrz.com web site to be
updated with
current FCC information. In those cases you can use this
link: FCC
LICENSE SEARCH where you can type in your name and/or
callsign to view
the information
that is in the FCC
database. You can click on the
"callsign" link in the table to view more details about this
Amateur Radio operator at the QRZ.com web site.
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| Club
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Mailing address:
Dixie
Amateur Radio Club, Inc.; P.O. Box 422; Santa Clara, Utah
84765
For additional Information
on the
Club, please
contact: Club President C.R. (Nick) Nickle,
W7CRN via e-mail at w7crn@crnick.com
For new and aspiring Hams with general questions
about Amateur Radio or have specific
technical
questions: Use the "Contact the Club" link on any
page of this site to take advantage of the Club's volunteer mentors.
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| Dixie
Amateur Radio
Club, Inc. is a
501(c)(3) charitable organization. Your tax deductible donations to the Club are always accepted and very much appreciated. (Consult your own tax advisor) |