DARC NEWSLETTER MARCH 2003
President: Dan Farwell W8EQA V.P.: Casey Lofthouse KD7HUS Treasurer:Travis Lofthouse KD7FRN Secretary: Chuck Hardy KD7RZF
Board of Directors: Al Mott,
Ron Sappington, Duane Beecher
DARC is an ARRL
Affiliated Club
With the New Year comes the time to renew your support for
the DARC. Club membership and dues are still only $15.00 yearly.
Please mail your checks payable to “DARC”
And mail them to our club address:
Dixie Amateur Radio Club
P.O. Box 422
Santa Clara, UT 84765
The DARC club meeting will be the third Wednesday of March the 19th at 7:00 PM in the old Harmon’s building at 55 S. and 900 E.
There will be a VE session before the club meeting at 6:00 PM.
The VE test fee will be $12 for 2003
If you are a VE and would like to help please contact Ron Sappington, WI7Z at 673-4552 or 467-4552.
At our next meeting we will have Richard Caulfield, KL0QL, from our local Red Cross Service Center. We are pleased to have a ham radio operator in this position and look forward to an equally beneficial interaction with the Red Cross of Southern Utah!
Dixie Amateur Radio Club
Bank Balance: $1091.48
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Casey was born on 12-06-1977 in Logan, Utah. He was raised in Paradise…Paradise, Utah that is and grew up in a ham radio family under the watchful eye of his father James Lofthouse, K7OA.
Casey currently lives in Washington, Utah with his wife Becky and their brand new baby girl!
His current occupation is a mechanic / operator for Rogers Construction and has been involved in excavation work for 5 years.
Casey especially likes Field Day and we can always count on him to put lots of contacts in the club log during that event!
His Icom 2100H or one of his HTs can be heard on the local repeaters
daily keeping track of family members and friends with ham radio.
His future plans include upgrading his license class and getting on HF with a nice station and enjoying all ham radio has to offer.
Casey currently serves as the Vice President of the Dixie Amateur Radio Club here in St. George.
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To check the status of our PRB-1 amateur radio antenna bill now in the Utah state legislature please check this website: http://www.le.state.ut.us/~2003/htmdoc/hbillhtm/HB0079.htm
The Davis County Amateur Radio Club has an interesting and informative website at:
There is an article on batteries for backup power in your shack that is solid information (You must have the Acrobat pdf reader).
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If you tried to drop John Hunt, K7XE an email and it wouldn’t go through please try again. The problems have been resolved and I’m sure he’d love to hear from you!
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Letter to be transmitted |
Code word to be used |
Spoken as * |
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A |
Alfa |
AL FAH |
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B |
Bravo |
BRAH VOH |
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C |
Charlie |
CHAR LEE or SHAR LEE |
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D |
Delta |
DELL TAH |
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E |
Echo |
ECK OH |
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F |
Foxtrot |
FOKS TROT |
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G |
Golf |
GOLF |
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H |
Hotel |
HOH TELL |
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I |
India |
IN DEE AH |
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J |
Juliet |
JEW LEE ETT |
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K |
Kilo |
KEY LOH |
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L |
Lima |
LEE MAH |
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M |
Mike |
MIKE |
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N |
November |
NO VEM BER |
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O |
Oscar |
OSS CAH |
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P |
Papa |
PAH PAH |
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Q |
Quebec |
KEH BECK |
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R |
Romeo |
ROW ME OH |
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S |
Sierra |
SEE AIR RAH |
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T |
Tango |
TANG GO |
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U |
Uniform |
YOU NEE FORM or OO NEE FORM |
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V |
Victor |
VIK TAH |
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W |
Whiskey |
WISS KEY |
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X |
X-ray |
ECKS RAY |
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Y |
Yankee |
YANG KEY |
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Z |
Zulu |
ZOO LOO |
Copied from AC6V Website
UPCOMING EVENTS:
AES Hamfest- 4640 S. Polaris Ave. Las Vegas, NV- First Saturday of every month starts at 7:00 AM
CQ WW WPX SSB March 29-30
2003 ARRL Rocky Mtn. Division Convention May 30-31, 2003
Estes Park, CO. www.hamconcolorado.org
The DARC Field Day- June 28-29 at Santa Clara Park.
Utah Hamfest Ruby’s Inn, Bryce Canyon, UT July 11-13
Fort Tuthill Hamfest, Flagstaff, AZ July 25-27
Please direct any questions or desires about this newsletter to:
Dan Farwell W8EQA – 688-1609 – w8eqa@infowest.com
Don’t Forget the DARC Sunday
evening net-146.91- at 7:00 PM
The DARC Sunday Evening Net
will meet at 8:00PM
Beginning on April 6th,
2003 to coincide with daylight savings time.