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Posted by ka8ebi on December 20th, 2011 at 4:51am:
Once again with the end of the year coming it's time to renew your membership and pay your club dues. Membership dues are $10.00 for regular club members and $5.00 for additional family members.
If you have any changes to your vital information please click on the "Join the club" link in the left column and fill out the renewal form.
Election of officers will be at our January meeting and you must be a paid member to vote. If you would like to run for office please contact one of the officers of the club and let them know which office you prefer to run for. Posted by ka8ebi on June 14th, 2011 at 4:34am:
I just saw the Monroe County Radio Comm Assn on the arrl.org web site and I noticed that you offer help for newcomers. I’ve written a set of free online FCC ham radio license exam practice tests at http://copaseticflows.appspot.com/hamtest that I’m hoping hams will find useful. There are randomly generated practice exams for all three license classes in the U.S. as well as for the Canadian and New Zealand ham radio exams.
Online help topics are provided for many of the exam questions. The list of help topics is constantly growing as I get time to add to it.
Users can track their test scores, as well as a count of how many of the question pool questions they’ve practiced over time. In addition to random practice exams, users can automatically practice exams with questions they haven’t seen yet in each subelement group, or questions they haven’t gotten correct in each subelement group. There are also embeddable versions of the practice exams that you can add to your clubs own web pages. These are available at:
http://goo.gl/OC1b7
Please let me know if you find it handy, or if you think of any ways to make it better. Also, if you think it's useful, please feel free to add a link to the practice exams at your site. Thanks!
73 de KD0FNR Hamilton Carter
http://copaseticflows.appspot.com/examhelp/acf.html
Posted by ka8ebi on April 20th, 2010 at 4:53am:
2011 Fox Hunt Schedule
Hunt 1 May 14
Hunt 2 June 11
Hunt 3 July 23
Hunt 4 August 27
Hunt 5 September 24
Hunt 6 October 22
JOIN THE FUN !!!
What: MCRCA Foxhunt
When: Saturday, May 14, 2011 at 9:00 am – 12:00 pm
Where: American Red Cross (where we have our monthly MCRCA meetings)
1645 N Dixie Hwy
Monroe, MI 48162-5231
Who: MCRCA members, friends, family, curious onlookers, or anyone interested in foxhunting
Equipment necessary: 2 meter radio set to 146.46 MHz (simplex)
Advanced equipment could include (but not limited to – limited only by your imagination):
Directional antenna
Attenuator
Map of Monroe County
Compass
Protractor and straight edge for drawing on the map
Basic instructions:
o We will start in the parking lot at the Red Cross where you will be given instructions for the foxhunt.
o We will divide into teams in a random fashion.
o Each team will be given a sealed envelope – make sure it stays sealed!!
o Inside this envelope will be the location of where the fox is located.
o Your job is to find the fox without reliance on these instructions.
o If you open the envelope you will receive the same points as those who do not find the fox.
o On the outside of the envelope, write the call signs of the member of your team.
o Use the names of individuals who are not licensed.
o Write the starting mileage on your vehicle to the nearest 1/10th of a mile.
o If your odometer does not support 1/10th mile increments, use your trip odometer.
o The fox will transmit on 146.46 at one minute intervals (1 minute on and one minute off)
o Determine the direction of that transmission and find the location of the fox.
o When you find the fox, record your ending mileage on the envelope (the one that is hopefully still sealed)
o You will be given instructions for a place to go so others do not see you.
o The team that finds the fox in the least amount of mileage is the winner – regardless of how long it takes (within the time limit of the hunt).
o Points will be awarded to each member of the team as follows:
Place Points
1st-----------7 This team will be the fox at the next hunt
2nd----------4
3rd-----------3
4th and up----2
DNF---------1
The Fox------3
o If you don’t find the fox by the end time of the hunt (12:00 pm) open the envelope and go to the fox.
o Points awarded will be accumulated for the season contest.
We are here to have fun. Be safe. Promote amateur radio to those who may not have their ticket yet.
Hope to see you all there !!!
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