The 70cm Repeater (444.075 MHz) is back on the air!
MARS Meeting
Thursday, January 12, 2012
IMPORTANT NOTICE: The MARS January Meeting will NOT be held at the normal location. It will be in the Carrollton Fire Training Facility on Josey, just south of Newman Smith High School (under the big water tower.)
Ham Testing will begin at 6PM.
The MARS meeting will begin at 7PM.
Check out the new Public Service page on the website that has a list of events looking for help. Updated with new events (11/14/11).
At the MARS Christmas Party, David K5GIL read the text to Gary Pearce KN4AQ's version of "Twas the Night Before Christmas".
Gary produces Amateur Radio Video News, http://www.arvn.tv
If you want to create an account on the website (which right now doesn't add any features but may in the future), you must use your CALLSIGN. Any other names will be rejected and the account deleted.
If you ordered any MARS logowear at the October meeting - and you missed the November meeting - please contact Randy Johnson at w5wzy@aol.com. Any leftover orders can be picked up at the December Meeting (Christmas Party.)
Thanks.
The 2012 version of the National Weather's Service Skywarn Training class has been set and confirmed for January 14, 2012 at the Carrollton City Hall starting at 9am running until approximately 12pm. You do not need to have an amateur radio licenses to attend the class or participate in the NWS Skywarn Program. However you do need a amateur radio license to participate in the Carrollton RACES/ARES Skywarn nets, but you can report directly to the NWS using their alternate reporting methods.
The class will cover:
Welcome to the new website. It's not much different right now from the old website, but it is much easier to maintain and also easier to add to. You'll notice that it has a logon. It's not necessary to create one to see all the content on the website now, but that may change in the future. If you wish to create a logon, please use your callsign. All accounts must be approved by the webmaster, so it may take a day or so to get the account approved, depending on how busy I am
Any payment to the Metrocrest Amateur Radio Society can now be done via the popular PayPal. This is an easy way to pay your annual dues. Click on the "Read More link" to get the form to make your payment.
MARS now has a supply of stickers for putting on your unwanted ham radio magazines. These stickers are sized specifically for QST, but will work on anything. The intent is for you, our members, to place these into places frequented by the general public in order to generate interest in ham radio and in our club. Please be sure to “obtain permission” from the location before actually leaving them. Any place with a waiting room is perfect. Thanks to Randy, W5WZY and Melanie, W5WZZ, for designing and making the finished product available.
