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![]() The Dixie Amateur Radio Club, Inc. is a formally "Affiliated Club" with the American Radio Relay League (ARRL) which is "The National Association for Amateur Radio." Our Club is also a non-profit IRS 501(c)(3) charitable organization. Donations to the Club may be tax deductable (Consult your own tax advisor). Our members are all volunteers. We are experienced and capable of providing non-commercial radio telecommunications, independent of public and/or commercial networks. Members of our Club provide vital communications services in this part of the state of Utah and we strive to live up to ham radio's motto: "When
all else fails... ...Amateur
Radio works!"
![]() Our Club also provides local public safety and health and welfare communications services for local events such as the annual St. George Marathon, the Huntsman World Senior Games, and many other cycling and running events in the area. To explore our web site please use the web site navigation links located directly below on this home page and at the bottom of every other page on the web site. For more information on the Club please CLICK HERE. Or you can 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 in the "Latest News + Announcements" section on this page or using the "Club Meeting Info" page link. Information on how to contact the Club is found using the "Contact the Club" page link. |
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Latest News + Announcements | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Dixie Amateur Radio Club
has many happenings that have been recorded for historical purposes. We
have a "Story Archive Page" other recently archived stories
shown on that page. Click on this LINK to view the Story Archive Page. |
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Longtime Club Member and Former Board
Member Norm Smith, KE7FPG, SK |
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![]() Norm was very active in the Club while health allowed. Norm served in the past on the Dixie Amateur Radio Club Board, including as Secretary in 2008. He participated actively in public service communications activities. Norm was a regular check-in on the daily 12:30 p.m. Beehive Utah Traffic Net on 7272KHz. He will surely be missed by all that knew him. Information on the services, this Friday, for Norm, are available on the McMillan Mortuary website: https://www.mcmillanmortuary.com/obituary/Norman-SmithJr |
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Next Club Meeting on January 20th | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
![]() Here is the link to the "virtual" Club meeting to be held at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday, January 20, 2021: https://uen.webex.com/uen/j.php?MTID=m1d8d218cdc0b752e614434e712956cb0 Also, listen in on the linked Club repeater system (145.45, 145.49, or 146.64) starting at approximately 6:30 p.m. Wednesday. More information on the topic(s) for monthly club meeting are found on the Club Meeting Info page, see link below. Club Meetings are held on the third Wednesday of each month except in December when the Annual Meeting as a social event/dinner is scheduled. Unless otherwise advertised here, Club meetings will be held at the St. George Community Building. The St. George Community Building is located at the far southwest corner of Washington County's Gayle M. & Mary Aldred Senior Citizens Center property which is at 245 North 200 West, St. George, Utah. Anyone and everyone with an interest in Amateur Radio is welcome to attend our Club meetings! |
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Next Test Session is Wednesday, January 20, 2021 in 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 is a regularly scheduled ARRL Volunteer Examiner administered exam test session held at 5:30 p.m. on the third Wednesday of every month, except December, prior to the Club's monthly Club meeting. The monthly exam is held at the same location as the Club Meeting. In addition to eleven regular monthly V.E. test sessions held prior to the Club meeting, each year we also conduct six additional test sessions on the second Saturday of even numbered months, in Hurricane, Utah, commencing at 2:00 p.m. Go there now by using this LINK. |
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Fund Raising for Solar and Battery Backup
for our Area-wide Repeater
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![]() DARC is a 501(c)3 non-profit educational service organization that serves Southern Utah. Our radio operators volunteer to do communications and safety backup for races, triathlons, car rallies and when called-out we can serve the community and local hospital and health department personnel in case of floods, earthquakes, pandemics and other emergencies. Backup power is important in case the power grid goes down--we can communicate then even if the cell system is down. We are raising funds for that project. Please click on the "Donate Now" image to the left to go to our secure crowdfunding page to make a much appreciated donaton. As mentioned, DARC is a non-profit IRS 501(c)(3) charitable organization. Donations to the Club may be tax deductable. Please consult your own tax advisor to confirm this. |
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You can pay your Club membership dues
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![]() You can also use the old fashioned way and mail a check to the Club. Information on that method is also provided on the "Join the Club" page. |
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January 2021 Club Newsletter is Now Available | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
![]() Click on this link: Club Newsletter Page
to read the latest newsletter!
All of the Club's previous Newsletters
are found on the Newletter Archive web page. Use the
Newletter Archive link button
found on any page on this web site to go there.
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Most Recent Volunteer Exam Session Results | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Congratulations to the one candidate
that attended and passed his Technician Class license exam
at the in-person V.E.session held on Saturday, December
12, 2020 in Hurricane, Utah. This session, like all of our
sessions, are conducted by local ARRL-VEC certified
Volunteer Examiners. Below is the result of the session:
Congratulations to the seven candidates that passed license exams at the in-person V.E.session held on Wednesday, November 18, 2020 in St. George, Utah. This session, like all of our sessions, are conducted by local ARRL-VEC certified Volunteer Examiners. Below are the results of the session:
Please note: Please be patient as it may take several days from the exam date for the ARRL-VEC office in Newington, CT to receive the exam packet and process your license information into the FCC database. As soon as possible after you are assigned an FCC license and callsign, the table(s) above will be updated to list the callsign that is assigned by the Federal Communications Commision. The callsign will be a URL a link to your the current license information in the FCC database. |
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The FCC is Paperless! How to Print out
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![]() To help clarify things, ARRL VEC has created this web page, How to Obtain an Official FCC License Copy, devoted to explaining the various ways a licensee can get an official license document from the FCC. An official Amateur Radio license displays the FCC logo and the "Official Copy" watermark across each page. A printer-friendly version of the instructions on how to get a copy of your license is available by clicking HERE (this is a PDF file). The easiest way for a license holder to obtain a license copy is to simply call the FCC toll-free at (877)480-3201 and request one. |
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Check the Status of Your New or Upgraded
Ham License
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![]() On that site you can print out additional "reference copies" of your license and see the status of your license and any application matters related to it. You can choose to search by name, callsign or your FRN number. |
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Join The Club, or Renew Your Membership | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
You are encouraged to join the Dixie
Amateur Radio Club or renew
your membership. Please use
this LINK
or the "Join the Club" link at
the bottom of any page on this site, to learn
how to join the club. Or simply come out to
our Club meeting (see info above) and join at in person
with our Club's Treasurer at that time.
If you are new: "Welcome to the Club!". To renewing
members: "Thank You!"
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Our Club's "Elmer" Mentoring
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![]() Click HERE to find out more about this program and to view a list of these mentors. You can also reach this information by using the "Contact the Club" link found in the navigation section on every page on this site. |
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Equipment Classified Ads | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
There is never a bad time to clean
out the ol' ham "shack" of those items that really need a new
home. We have had many
news ham operators join our ranks at recent
Volunteer Exam sessions who may be looking for rigs
and all of the ancillary equipment that you may
have lying about the shack that could be put to use in
the shack of a new ham.
Please visit the "Equipment Classifieds" page on this web site for items that are for sale and to see items that hams are looking for that you might be willing to part with. Send requests for posting items for sale or wanted to the webmaster at: w7drc@arrl.net |
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ARRL Amateur Radio Exam Practice
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![]() Practice exams follow the same protocol as the actual FCC Amateur Radio license exam – questions are chosen at random from the sub-elements of the question pools and answer order is randomized. To use the practice exam you will need to do a simple free registration. Good luck in your practicing for your actual exam. Here
is the link to the ARRL practice test on-line application:
http://arrlexamreview.appspot.com
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Club Information |
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Mailing address: Dixie Amateur
Radio Club, Inc.; P.O.
Box 2196; St. George, Utah 84771-2196
Club e-mail address: w7drc@arrl.net For additional information on the
Dixie Amateur Radio Club, Inc.,
and Amateur Radio in general, please contact:
Club President Dave Merrill, N7MRL, via e-mail at: davemerrill@infowest.com |
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Dixie
Amateur Radio Club, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) charitable
organization. Your tax deductible donations to the Club are always accepted and very much appreciated. (Consult your own tax advisor) |