The Dixie Amateur
Radio Club, Inc. is a non-profit* 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 do however, have members who live
throughout many areas of Washington County and also 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 members are all volunteers. We are experienced and capable of providing non-commercial radio telecommunications, independent of public and/or commercial networks. We provide vital communications services in this area of Utah as our motto says: "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 and in the days and weeks following Hurricane Katrina along the Gulf Coast in 2005. Our Club also provides local public safety and health and welfare communications services for local events such as the annual St. George Marathon and Huntsman World Senior Games.
Our members are all volunteers. We are experienced and capable of providing non-commercial radio telecommunications, independent of public and/or commercial networks. We provide vital communications services in this area of Utah as our motto says: "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 and in the days and weeks following Hurricane Katrina along the Gulf Coast in 2005. Our Club also provides local public safety and health and welfare communications services for local events such as the annual St. George Marathon and Huntsman World Senior Games.
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, CLICK
HERE or 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.
January
21st Club Meeting
& V.E. Testing Session
The next scheduled regular meeting of the Dixie Amateur Radio Club will be held at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday, January 21, 2009 (always the third Wednesday of each month except in December). (See news item below for the Annual Meeting information). The Club meeting will be held in the St. George Community Building which is located on the southwest corner of the Washington County Gayle M. & Mary Aldred Senior Citizens Center property which is at 245 North 200 West, St. George, Utah.
For
those wanting to take
the FCC test for a new Amateur Radio license
or upgrade to a higher license class,
there will be a ARRL Volunteer Examiner administered exam test
session
held prior to
the club meeting at the same location. If you are
planning to upgrade or take a new Ham Radio test, please contact
Gary Zabriskie, N7ARE, ARRL VEC-Volunteer Exam Liaison, at n7are@arrl.net,
or by phone (435) 674-2678 leaving a message of your intention to test
and for what class of license.
If you desire, you may arrive at 5:30 p.m., or shortly thereafter, to begin filling out the required test session registration paperwork prior to the test. The Club's test session Liaison will be there at 5:30 p.m. Testing will begin at 5:45 p.m. or shortly thereafter. We used to start the testing at 6:00 but the new 5:45 p.m. start will allow you more time to complete your exam without interruption and distraction from early arrivers to the Club Meeting which starts at 7:00 p.m.
If you desire, you may arrive at 5:30 p.m., or shortly thereafter, to begin filling out the required test session registration paperwork prior to the test. The Club's test session Liaison will be there at 5:30 p.m. Testing will begin at 5:45 p.m. or shortly thereafter. We used to start the testing at 6:00 but the new 5:45 p.m. start will allow you more time to complete your exam without interruption and distraction from early arrivers to the Club Meeting which starts at 7:00 p.m.
Stephen
Jeppson, W7WWV, Silent Key
From: Russ Bateman, K7SG
To: Dixie Amateur Radio Club Members
Subject: Steve Jeppson, N7WWV
My Good Friend Steve Jeppson, N7WWV, Silent Key. His brother called us to let us know that he had passed away Christmas Eve morning. Steve was a long time very active member and Officer of the Dixie Amateur Radio Club until he moved to Mt. Pleasant about five years ago.
Several months ago, he came to St. George for treatment for his cancer. He was very sick and stayed with us off and on for six weeks. His funeral was held on December 30th, 2008 in Mt. Pleasant, Utah. (See his obituary pasted below for more information). He tried so hard to and battled his cancer so hard but in the end it took him.
Russ Bateman, K7SG
Stephen Ovid JeppsonStephen Ovid Jeppson, 61, of Mt. Pleasant passed away December 24, 2008 from colon cancer in Delta, Utah.
He was born January 16, 1947 in Lehi, Utah to Ovid and Venice Bottomfield Jeppson. He graduated from Pleasant Grove High School in 1965 and from Provo Technical College in electronics. Married Donna Slade, later divorced. Married Aura Calkins, deceased.
Stephen lived in Colorado, California, St. George, and Mt. Pleasant. Gifted in electronics, he worked for Martin-Marietta, Stellar Electronics and other companies. Active in the LDS Church, he served a mission to the Gulf States. Stephen was kind, gentle, and always willing to help others.
He is survived by two daughters: Jennifer (Chris) Kelly and Jamy (Tyler) Bailey; five grandchildren; siblings: Lee (LaRae) Jeppson, WA; David (Jeanne) Jeppson, WA; Irene (Sherm) Carlson, WA; James (Nadine) Jeppson, South Jordan; preceded in death by parents.
A special thank you to all his many friends in Mt. Pleasant and for the special care given by Millard County Care Center.
WEBMASTERS NOTE: Funeral services were held Tuesday, December 30, 2008 in Mt. Pleasant. Interment was in the Pleasant Grove City Cemetery. Condolences may be sent to the family. Here is a direct link to the Olphin Mortuary web page to leave condolences to the family of Stephen: http://www.olpinmortuary.com/obituaries/90-stephen-ovid-jeppson#comments
Amateur Radio Practice Exam Site
Available
An Amateur Radio operator in Colorado, Hamilton Carter, KD0FNR, has just 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 all 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
Club Newsletter
The Club
has a new Newsletter Editor, Gary Hall, K7ODM, who will be producing
the newsletter this coming year (2009). If
you have any stories, articles, product reviews, or a personal profile
you would
like to submit, please e-mail them to him at: ghall@ezhcare.com.
Check
the Status of Your New or Upgraded Ham License
Those who have just recently taken and
passed
an Amateur Radio examination
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 web site portal
that has up to date information directly from the Federal
Communications Commission database.
Please click on this link: http://www.arrl.org/fcc/fcclook.php3 to look up whether your new license is effective (and discover your newly assigned call sign) and to confirm your upgraded license status (if you took and passed a test to upgrade).
Please click on this link: http://www.arrl.org/fcc/fcclook.php3 to look up whether your new license is effective (and discover your newly assigned call sign) and to confirm your upgraded license status (if you took and passed a test to upgrade).
Most
Recent Amateur Radio Volunteer
Exam Session Results
Congratulations
to those who took Amateur Radio examinations for their Amateur Radio
operator licenses at both the November 19th and the December 17, 2008
ARRL-VEC sessions conducted by ARRL-VEC Certified Dixie Amateur Radio
Club volunteer examiners. The following individuals passed
their
license examination:
| DATE OF EXAM: |
NAME:
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CALLSIGN:
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HOME
TOWN: |
LICENSE:
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| Nov. 19, 2008 |
Scott B. Taylor |
KE7YIQ | St. George,
Utah |
Technician License |
| Nov. 19, 2008 | Gene L. Homer |
KE7VPT | Cedar City, Utah | Upgraded from General to
Extra |
| Dec. 17, 2008 |
Eric J. Feiler |
KE7ZDV |
Boulder, Utah | Technician License |
| Dec. 17, 2008 |
Charles F. Wolcott |
W9DHQ | St. George,
Utah |
Upgraded
from Advanced to Extra |
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Mailing
Address: Dixie
Amateur
Radio Club, Inc.; P.O.
Box 422; Santa Clara, Utah 84765
* Dixie Amateur Radio Club, Inc. is an IRS 501(c)(3) charitable organization. Charitable donations to our Club are always accepted and much appreciated.
* Dixie Amateur Radio Club, Inc. is an IRS 501(c)(3) charitable organization. Charitable donations to our Club are always accepted and much appreciated.