Drew McDaniel, W8MHV, will be leading the club construction project to build 20-meter / 40-meter trap dipole antennas at 2pm on Sunday, January 21 at the Red Cross of Southeastern Ohio, 100 South May Avenue, Athens. Drew will be providing at no charge the trap kits, insulators, and wire for participants to build the two-band trap dipoles. The builders will need to provide their own coaxial cable feedline before deploying their dipoles for use but the builders do NOT need . . .
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January 16 ACARA Meeting was Canceled
ACARA Participation in Winter Field Day?
ACARA member and portable-operations enthusiast Robert Riordan, KA4VNK, has come to me with an intriguing proposal. Robert would like the ACARA to participate in the Winter Field Day Association’s Winter Field Day on the weekend of January 27-28, 2018. The Winter Field Day Association’s Winter Field Day (https://www.winterfieldday.com/) is very much like annual ARRL Field Day except that Winter Field Day is designed to test hams’ abilities to set up and operate in cold-weather conditions instead of in the heat . . .
ACARA Holiday Dinner & Presentation of NC8V Memorial Trophy
The ACARA Holiday Dinner on Tuesday, December 19 at Lui Lui in Athens was declared “a good time” by those that attended. Turnout by members and guests was high and Lui Lui acquitted themselves well with good food and drink, nice presentation, and good service. Attending the Holiday Dinner were John Biddle, W8PG; Josh Cash, KE8EAS, and his father-in-law Mike Mathues, KC8WIW; Bob Curtis, KD8FRQ, and his wife Kathy; Carl Denbow, N8VZ, and his wife Jane; Tyler Hooker, AK5HT, his . . .
ARRL 10-Meter Contest December 9-10, 2017 — Update
The ARRL 10-Meter Contest is this weekend, December 9-10, 2017. Full rules for the ARRL 10-Meter Contest can be found here at http://www.arrl.org/10-meter. The ARRL 10-Meter Contest is important to Athens County Amateur Radio Association (ACARA) members for two reasons: 1. The club participates in the ARRL 10-Meter Contest as a club, in the Affiliated Club Competition. When you prepare your 10-Meter Contest entry, simply list “Athens County ARA” in the “Club Name” field and your score will count toward . . .
ACARA takes 1st-place in class in Ohio State Parks on the Air 2017!
The results of the 2017 Ohio State Parks on the Air (OSPOTA) operating event have been published and, as expected, the ACARA’s effort at Strouds Run State Park did very well. The ACARA earned 7,725 points operating as W8UKE at Strouds Run State Park and this score earned the ACARA first place in “Multi Op-Single Radio-Low Power In a Park” class; this was 3,696 points more than the second-place finisher in the class earned! Thanks go to Jim Crouse, KC8OVB, . . .
Repeater Relocation Fund
The Athens County Amateur Radio Association (ACARA) must relocate its 145.15MHz repeater to the Athens County 9-1-1 tower this month (December, 2017). We need as much help as we can get to cover the cost of relocation. Please see the details here: Repeater Relocation Fund