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Equipment donations from four leading manufacturers and suppliers of amateur equipment have been received for use in WC8VOA operation. Click on New Equipment in the navigation sidebar at the left. |
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A remote receiver site for the WC8VOA 145.390 repater operating on 446.300 (PL 123.0) has been installed in the operating room at VOA. Click on the navigation link in the left sidebar for details. |
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Through the efforts of Roger Smallwood (N8EKG) of R & L Electronics, representatives of Heil Sound, Icom America, Kenwood, MFJ, and Yaesu visited the WC8VOA operating center and the VOA Museums on Friday evening, Dec. 7. All expressed their congratulations on the efforts of the organizations participating in the VOA restoration, and their interest in support our continuing work. Bob Heil presented the WCARA with an operational Heil Classic Microphone, complete with a VOA nameplate mounted on top of the microphone. Bob participates in the weekly production of Ham Nation webcast at http://twit.tv/hn (Wednesday, 9:00pm ET). He presented a very interesting segment complete with several photographs on Wednesday evening, Dec.12. It is available for viewing at the same website as broadcast #77. The weekly program is hosted by Leo Laporte W6TWT, Bob Heil K9EID, and Gordon West WB6NOA with George Thomas W5JDX covering ‘Smoke and Solder’. Click on the first attachment to see a photo of the microphone presentation. (L to R - Bob Heil (K9EID), Dave Wickelhaus - N8DZ (Pres), Bob Fay - WBØNPN (VP), Karl Howat - N8MIQ (Treas), Mike Murphy - KA8ABR (Engr) and Jim Miller - N8ECI(Chief Engr)) Bob Heil is also an accomplished organist. The second attachment is a picture of him at the Wurlitzer theater organ, which ultimately will be returned to playing condition. Our sincere thanks to the vendors and Roger for thier interest in our project. |
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The club elected the 2013 officers at the January 14, 2013 meeting. President - Dave Wickelhaus, N8DZ |
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The WCARA monthly program meeting is at 7:00pm at the VOA bulding on the second Monday of each month. A technical program dealing with various aspects of amateur radio and communications is presented. The membership decided at the August technical meeting to change the business meeting to two Saturdays before the monthly technical meeting. The members felt that this would give more lead time to manage the business affairs before the monthly meeting. It will continue to be a breakfast meeting, with an email reminder notification sent to all members. A 2m net is held each Monday evening (except on the second Monday meeting night) at 8:00pm on the WCARA - WC8VOA 145.39- repeater. No tone access is required. All amateurs are welcome to participate, and net control is shared by members per the schedule on this website. A one position operating station has been activated using a trailer mounted beam antenna at the east end of the VOA bulding. It is operational on the 40, 20, 15, and 10 meter bands with a maximum power output of 800 watts. The Voice of America building is located at 8070 Tylersville Rd, in West Chester. This is about 1/2 mile east of the I75-Tylersville Rd. exit. Guests are welcome at all technical meetings. |
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Lunches Start at 11:30 AM. Check-in on 145.39 repeater ~11:15AM.
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