DIXIE AMATEUR RADIO CLUB

NOVEMBER 2004 NEWSLETTER



2004 CHRISTMAS DINNER PARTY
The DARC Christmas Dinner on Tuesday, December 7, 2004, will be the next regularly scheduled meeting of the Club. (See next item below). We have been receiving positive response from members regarding the location and menu change. We will try to make that event a successful completion to this year. Dan Farwell, W8EQA, and Gary Zabriskie, N7ARE, are working on securing the many door prizes that are ever popular at that event.  
 
Please see the DARC Announcements Page for info on the Christmas Dinner:
http://www.dixieham.org/announcements.html
 
We will be requesting a confirmation from Dinner attendees closer to the end of the month to give the caterer a final count.  Be looking for that sometime between Thanksgiving and the end of the month.
  
Thank you for your support!


THIS MONTH'S CLUB MEETING WILL NOT BE HELD

The Dixie Amateur Radio Club Board regrets that we have to inform the Dixie
Amateur Radio Club members that due to scheduling conflicts and the
inability of the planned speaker to attend, the club meeting scheduled for
next Wednesday, on November 17th will not be held.

There will, however, still be a VE session held at 6:00 PM that evening.

V.E.TESTING

A Volunteer Examiner (VE) test session will be held on Wednesday, November 17, 2004
at 6:00 P.M.  at the FCAOG Office building location:
1070 West 1600 South, Building B
Tonaquint Center Business Park
St. George, Utah

The FCAOG building will be open at 6:00 P.M.
 for those coming for the test session.

  The VE test fee for 2004 is $12.00.

If you are a person desiring to take an Amateur Radio test or a ham wanting to upgrade this month, or are a Volunteer Examiner who would like to help out, please contact  Mark Sherbet, KM7DX, km7dx@yahoo.com

Click HERE for a map and driving directions to the test session


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Please help support the club!

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
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REPEATER INFORMATION:

Please see the repeater information link on the DARC home page for information on area repeaters
NOTE:  If you have more current information on repeaters in the area, including surrounding areas such as
 Cedar City, Mesquite, etc. please e-mail that information to the Webmaster




  THERE IS NO BETTER TIME TO JOIN THE ARRL!
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

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REGULARLY OCCURING ACTIVITIES:

Amateur Electronic Supply Swapmeet
 4640 S. Polaris Ave., Las Vegas, Nevada
First Saturday of every month
Starts at 7:00 AM Pacific Time (8:00 AM Mountain Time)

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Don't forget the DARC Sunday evening net!

DON'T FORGET THE NET! THE SUNDAY NIGHT NET
  MEETS AT 8:00 P.M. MDT ON THE 146.91 REPEATER

The DIXIE AMATEUR RADIO CLUB call sign is W7DRC.

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.



HAM CARTOON
courtesy of  www.qsl.net/k4adl



Please send your questions, complaints, newsletter articles, ham gear, money, accolades,
and anything but your troubles to: Gary Zabriskie, N7ARE