NEWS
FROM BARC
Pitt County ARES Net
Beginning Monday, March 1, 2010, the Pitt County
ARES net will begin at 8:30 pm instead of 9:00 pm.
The main reason for the change is to reduce the amount of time
between the BARC Ragchew Net at 8:00 pm. This
is expected to help some of the folks who get involved in other activities in between nets
from losing track of time and missing the ARES net.
We also have a need for more people to step up and become a net
control operator. Everyone who is an ARES
member should be able to run a net if needed during an activation. The time to learn to run a net and become
comfortable with it is during the Monday night net.
There is a new Pitt Co. ARES net script posted on the BARC web site
that will be used starting March 1.
If you would like to volunteer to run a net or have any questions or
suggestions, please contact me at kg4czv@gmail.com.
Pitt
County ARES Net Script: http://www.w4amc.com/ares/pitt_county_ares_net_script.pdf
Updated
3/2/10
KG4CZV |
February VE Session
Results Updated 2/18/10
Three candidates were at the February 12 BARC VE
session. Joseph Minton, K4ORH, Murfreesboro, passed the Amateur
Extra Class exam. James Lyle, KJ4SHO, Roper, and John Wuest, KJ4SHP,
Greenville, passed the Technician Class exams. They received their new call
signs February 18, 2010. BARC congratulates all for their
achievement.
The VE's were VE Liaison Ted Bertrand, KI4PWX, Tom
Parsons, W4TEP, Richard Cox, K4CRD, Bob Moore, N4USB,
Thomas Styron, KB7L, and Dave Langley, W4YDY.
The next regular VE session will be April 16, 2010. |
New date for
Down East Hamfest
The Down East Hamfest in Kinston will be held Saturday, June 19, 2010. This is
about 3 months later that those of the past. |
2010
Dues
Membership dues for BARC are due January 1. Those who
have not paid their dues will not be listed on the roster and will be removed from the Ham
Chatter mailing list starting in April. Membership dues are the same as they were in
2009 and are as follows:
Regular Member $20.00
Family Member $2.00
Associate Member (Non-Licensed) $5.00
Honorary Member $0.00
New Hams: 18 and younger (1st year) $5.00
New Hams: 19 and older (1st year) $10.00
Please mail your dues, along with the member application form to: Brightleaf Amateur Radio Club, P.O. Box 8387,
Greenville, NC 27835. We are requesting that you send the application form in so that
we can have your correct information on file.
The form can be downloaded from http://www.w4amc.com/application.pdf.
If anyone has any questions concerning their membership status or their dues, please call
Dave Pulver, KG4CZV, BARC Treasurer, at (252) 353-7161 or e-mail kg4czv @ gmail.com. Thank
you for your support and participation in BARC. |
Ham
Chatter and BARC photos on CD
A CD with the first 103 issues of Ham Chatter edited by Dave
Langley, W4YDY is available. They are from June 1997 to December 2005 in the
PDF format and Adobe Reader Ver. 7 is included on the CD for those that do not have it
installed.
Also, 10 years of photos and commentary for BARC Field Day operations from 1996 to 2005
is on the CD along with several special event station operations. The menus and
photo pages are in the HTML format and it will use your browser.
Other features of the CD are some Amateur Radio software for CW training, PSK, RTTY,
SSTV and logging. The 2005 ARRL video with Walter Cronkite narrating is also
included.
Cost was $5.00. PRICE CUT! It's cheaper now. It will be used for a small fund
raiser for BARC. Anyone who may be interested may contact Dave Pulver, KG4CZV, BARC Treasurer, kg4czv @
gmail.com or pick up one at the club
meeting or email barc (at) w4amc.com. |
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