Our Utah Section Manager Mel Parkes, AC7CP, will meet with the members of the Dixie Amateur Radio Club.  This will be a great opportunity to discuss issues within the ham radio community with our representative in ARRL.


 

 

 

Please make your check payable to "DARC" and bring it to the meeting
or mail it to the club address:

Dixie Amateur Radio Club
P.O. Box 422
Santa Clara, UT 84765

DARC IS AN ARRL AFFILIATED CLUB

2004 Board of Directors
President: Dan Farwell W8EQA
Vice President: David Owens KD7VNH
Secretary: Gary Zabriskie N7ARE
Treasurer: Gordon Shipley KD7SGN
Board Members:
Casey Lofthouse KD7HUS
Chuck Hardy KD7RZF
Mark Sherbert KM7DX

 FOR SALE ITEMS:

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I have a 44 ft Texas Tower crank up mast, heavy duty like
new. It's heavy square tubing model, that retracts too I
think about 12 ft when down. it has a winch mounted on the
side near bottom, and the darn thing just glides up, and
down. I paid $1, 650 + $285 motor freight, I would like
about $500.00 if possible, but don't want to leave it here
for the summer, so hope someone need's it, and make's a offer.
 

Also have a Texas tower model MA-40 40 Foot. $999.95 SALE QST
The thing is supporting, but has house- wall bracket.

Please contact:

Steve Kimber, W7VEW
 634-0760

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Please contact:
Dan Farwell W8EQA
95 N 2300 E
St George, UT 84790
w8eqa@infowest.com
435-688-1609 Home
435-668-2436 Cell
 

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HAPPENINGS AND OTHER DARC NEWS

Silver State Classic

Clic on the link below for all the information on this road race
SILVER STATE CLASSIC ROAD RACE

 

Ogden Hamfest

 

The Ogden ARC will Sponsor a Hamfest this summer on Saturday 14 August 2004.  It will be held at the National Guard Armory in South Ogden.  This will be the first time in many years that a Hamfest will be held along the Wasatch Front Area and I would like to encourage everyone to make plans to attend and support this event.  Please note that the Utah Hamfest (Usually held at Bryce Canyon will not be held this year but will return in 2005).  I will provide more information as it becomes available Please feel free to contact Mel Parkes, AC7CP, Utah Section Manager at AC7CP@aol.com if you have any questions.
 

Membership Roster

 

The roster will be on the site shortly. At the club meeting we will have a roll with a place to update your e-mail address and phone number. If you don't want your info posted, please e-mail Gary Zabriskie,  n7are@arrl.net

Jim (WI7J-1), 

Walt (WA7SLK-1)

Dave (KD7VNH-1) 

Martin (KD7RGC-1)

 and sometimes Dan (W8EQA-1)  and Gary (N7ARE-1)

 

Bob Peterson, W7UT

This year marks my 50th year as a ham radio operator.  My Elmer was a close friend just one year older than myself whose father was the local depot agent in the small Minnesota farming community I grew up in.  After graduating from high school, I spent 3 years in the Army as a Morse intercept operator stationed in northern Japan (1961-64).  Shortly after my separation from the army I was recruited by the CIA and had a 26-year career with them. The first half of my career was spent in the telecommunications field, and the remainder of my career was spent in Human Resources with an emphasis in personnel recruiting. My government service has allowed me to see a great deal of the world, with assignments in the Far East, Middle East and Africa.

My wife (Linda) and I spent 20 years in the Atlanta area before moving to St. George in October 1999.  We became acquainted with St. George when we visited an uncle of mine who had retired from Coors in Denver and had moved to Ivins in 1997.  I am a graduate of Minnesota State University - Mankato and have done graduate study in Public Administration at George Washington University.

First licensed in 1954, I have held the following calls: W0VTZ, EL2C, EP2PR, K4HLJ and N4VZ. I have held W7UT since January 2000. Other ham-related organizations I belong to are QCWA, Utah's Dixie DX & Contest Club, and the Mile-High DX Association. I am a Life Member of the ARRL and I am a former member of the First Class CW Operator's Club (FOC - #1449). I recently served as the Rocky Mountain Division representative to the ARRL's Contest Advisory Committee.

My major interests are DX'ing and contesting. Some of the awards I hold are: DXCC Top of the Honor Roll (SSB & Mixed); DXCC Honor Roll (CW); 8BDXCC; 5BWAZ (1990); the first (#1) WAZ's issued on 12M & 17M (both CW & SSB); 160M WAZ (all 40 zones); and DXCC Challenge (2,950+ level).
Current rigs include a TenTec Orion, Yaesu FT-920 and FT-847. Linears are an Acom 1000 and an Emtron DX-2sp. My antennas are a 50 ft. top-loaded vertical for the low bands and a SteppIR 3-element Yagi for the higher bands.

In addition to my life-long addiction to ham radio, my wife and I enjoy travelling and playing bridge.  I have also been very involved in organizing and maintaining my army outfit's reunion group.

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