THE DIXIE AMATEUR RADIO CLUB NEWSLETTER
OCTOBER 2003

President: Dan Farwell W8EQA - Vice President: Casey Lofthouse KD7HUS
Secretary: Charles Hardy KD7RZF - Treasurer: Travis Lofthouse KD7FRN
Board Members: Duane Beecher W7BN, Al Mott K7WAM, Ron Sappington WI7Z

The Dixie Amateur Radio Club meets the third Wednesday of every month at 7:00 PM in the
old Harmon's building at 55 South and 900 East in St. George.

There is a Volunteer Examiner test session prior to each club meeting at 6:00 PM. The VE
test fee for 2003 is $12.00.

If you are a Volunteer Examiner and would like to help please contact Ron Sappington, WI7Z
at 673-4552 or 467-4552.

The DARC membership and dues are still only $15.00 yearly

Please make your checks payable to "DARC" and mail them to the club address:
Dixie Amateur Radio Club
P.O. Box 422
Santa Clara, UT 84765

THE DARC IS AN ARRL AFFILIATED CLUB

DON'T MISS OUR NEXT MEETING!

MARK THAT ON YOUR CALENDAR: OCTOBER 15th AT 7:00 PM!

WALT MAY, KA7STK WILL EXPLAIN AND DEMONSTRATE TELPAC-THE NEW PACKET REVIVAL

DIXIE AMATEUR RADIO CLUB BANK BALANCE: $1451.36

THERE IS NO BETTER TIME TO JOIN THE ARRL!

It's the only organization that represents hams at the government level. The current resources available to us through the ARRL are astounding. Check out their web site and find out what's going on!    Click HERE for the ARRL website.

ARRL Trademark and logo courtesy ARRL

UPCOMING EVENTS:

AES Hamfest: 4640 S. Polaris Ave., Las Vegas, NV- First Saturday of every
month starts at 7:00 AM.

Start planning for next year's events now! Click on the link below for all the information on the
Silver State Classic!

SILVER STATE CLASSIC ROAD RACE

Boy Scouts of America Presents:
The 2003 Jamboree On The Air
October 18 & 19, 2003

CLICK HERE FOR JOTA INFO

CQ WW SSB DX CONTEST

OCTOBER 25-26, 2003
See Details in October QST pp. 100

Don't forget the DARC Sunday evening net!

THE SUNDAY NIGHT NET WILL MEET AT 7:00 PM STARTING OCTOBER 26th

DIXIE AMATEUR RADIO CLUB call sign is W7DRC. We sponsor two repeaters:
145.49- (100 Hz tone) and 146.64-. Our Sunday evening net is held on 146.91-(NR7K).
The 146.64 Repeater is no longer in operation - Stay tuned for updates.

In the event that the
146.91 repeater is not operational we will conduct the Sunday evening net on 145.49.
If none of these repeaters are operational we will conduct the DARC Sunday net on 146.91 Simplex.

Please send your questions, complaints and encouragements to: Dan Farwell W8EQA