Hello all,
Thank you for your continued patience as we work through our repeater difficulties. I wanted to send a few things out to the group –
Firstly, a reminder that our next club meeting will be Thursday, Nov 14th at 7pm. We will meet at the Duncannon EMS building located at 16 Shermanta Drive, Duncannon, PA 17020. After the business meeting, there will be a brief presentation on the ARES task book and where/how to access the required training courses.
Secondly, while our repeater has been down, the Tuscarora Amateur Radio Association (TARA) has very graciously allowed us the use of their repeater for our club activities. TARA has an annual Christmas dinner and this year they invited our club to attend. The dinner will take place on Saturday, Dec 7th at the Original Italian Pizza in Port Royal. They plan to meet at 6pm and will order off the menu at 6:30pm. Please consider attending if you are able! The TARA group is a good group of people and it would be a great opportunity to put a face to some callsigns!
Also, Tom has had the chance to speak with the owner of the 444.550 repeater that is also located in Newport. He mentioned our difficulties with it the other week and the owner requested that we attempt to record the repeater while we are using it to try and catch any abnormalities. If you happen to obtain a recording of a failure, please let me know so we can send it to the owner and he can attempt to diagnose and repair the machine. There was also a check-in to the net tonight who stated that he monitors that repeater nearly every day. If you have a moment, we would appreciate hearing you on the air and helping to collect data about the repeaters’ function.
Finally, we are nearing the end of the year. If you have not paid dues, they can still be submitted to an officer of the club. The temporary price of $25 is still in effect and membership will be valid until Jan 2026.
If you have any questions, please let me know.
Hope to see you all at the meeting!
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