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Net
Information
The West Stark Information Net convenes
every Friday evening on the club's 147.18 repeater beginning at 8:00 PM.
There is no net on club meeting night.
This is a general
information net and accepts all check-ins from the
community. Current Net Manager is Tony
Casebolt, KD8UXK. Contact him at kd8uxk@yahoo.com.
Net Managers are currently
looking for stations to assist with net control duties. All
training will be provided.
Net
Control Operators for September are as follows:
The Massillon MRN Net
convenes every Sunday, Tuesday & Thursday evenings on
3600 Khz (+or- QRN) at 7:30 PM.
This net is designed to
provide code practice to all participants regardless of
skill level.
Member
Websites
None Currently Posted.
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yours added here!
Our Mission
It shall be our purpose to further amateur
radio by serving the public; to promote technical knowledge,
fraternalism, and individual operating proficiency;
and to advance the general interest and welfare of amateur
radio in the community.
Amateur
Radio has consistently been the most reliable means
of communications when other systems have failed.
Hams work closely with disaster relief agency
officials from FEMA, the American Red Cross, the
Salvation Army, and other response organizations to
offer wireless communications aid. From wildfires
and earthquakes to marathons and road races, when
getting the message through is critical, ham
radio works.
The Amateur Radio Public
Service Handbook is for
all hams that volunteer their time and skill to
serve their communities. It provides knowledge
needed for communicating quickly and effectively
during disasters, emergencies, and community events,
as well as an opportunity to learn more about the
Amateur Radio Service and its unique role in
supporting the public.
The 2016 Stark County VE Exam Schedule is
posted below.
The next test session will be
held on Sunday, October 23rd. Registration begins at 8:00 AM.
This test session will be held at the Annual Massillon Hamfest.
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What
is the MARC ?
Since 1927, the Massillon Amateur Radio Club has been a diverse
radio hobbyist club that is currently over 80 members strong.
Active within our community as well as an ARRL Special Service
Club, we are actively involved in many facets of Amateur Radio,
including Public Service, Membership,
Field Day, Repeaters, Amateur Television (ATV),
Skywarn plus many other interests. Learn
More....
This Is Amateur Radio !
MARC Hamfest Information
(Sept 17, 2016) -
- The Massillon Amateur Radio Club will once
again sponsor our 56th Annual Hamfest and Auction on Sunday,
October 23rd at the Massillon Boy's & Girls Club located at 730
Duncan Street SW, Massillon, OH 44646 from 8:00 AM until 1:00
PM.
Setup for vendors is at 6:00 AM. Doors
open to the public at 8:00 AM. General admission is still only
$5.00. Under 12 free. Admission ticket good for all main and
door prizes. Extra prize tickets available for $1.00 ea or 6 for
$5.00. Additional information available on our Hamfest Page.
Tables are available for $14.00 per eight
foot table. Electric is generally available at all tables, you
supply an extension cord.
VE Testing available on-site, registration
begins at 8:00 AM. Testing at 9:00 AM.
QSL Card checking will also be available
at the hamfest !
Contact Terry Russ, N8ATZ at (330) 837 -
3091 or by email to
truss@sssnet.com for table reservations and
general information.
National Preparedness Month
(Sept 5, 2016) - - September is recognized as
National Preparedness Month (NPM) which serves as a reminder
that we all must take action to prepare, now and throughout the
year, for the types of emergencies that could affect us where we
live, work, and also where we visit. Due to the success of last
year’s theme, “Don’t Wait, Communicate. Make Your Emergency Plan
Today,” will be returning for this September with a continuing
emphasis on preparedness for youth, older adults, and people
with disabilities and others with access and functional needs.
Thank you for taking time help make America more prepared for
emergencies.
Amateur Radio operators participate in numerous drills and
events throughout the year and are always prepared to respond to
any local or regional emergency. The Stark Co ARES maintains a
core of trained operators ready to assist our community when
needed. We are also a support communications service for the
county Emergency Management Agency as well as our county
hospitals and local public safety departments.
WE'RE READY ! Are you ?
Click Here to see way's you and your family
can get prepared. Make your emergency plan today.
Swiss Festival Fund Raiser
(Sept 5, 2016) -
- The MARC is still looking for volunteers to
assist with this years Sugarcreek Swiss Festival fund raiser.
The Festival is Friday, September 30 and Saturday, October 1.
Our job is to assist with visitor parking over the two day event
in several parking lots. The club earns a small portion of the
parking proceeds and can be a great boost to our club treasury
during a well attended festival.
Last years event was cancelled on Saturday
due to heavy rain. We signed up a number of volunteers at
Friday's club meeting but we still need additional help for
Saturday night from about 2:00 PM until 7:00 PM.
Please consider volunteering some time to
help us out with this event. Hours are flexible, let us know
when you are available. This is an easy event and if a great
club participation exercise.
Vice-President Terry Russ, N8ATZ is taking
volunteers and can be reached by email to
truss@sssnet.com or
by phone at (330) 837-3091.
Thanks for your help !
New Hamvention Site Announced
!
(Aug 01,
2016) -
-
Hamvention®
has
a new
home !
Days
after
Hara
Arena
announced
it will
close
it's
doors,
an
announcement
from
Green
County
officials
revealed
that
Hamvention
will be
held at
the
Green
County
Fairgrounds
next
year.
The
event
for
ham-radio
enthusiasts
generated
about
$21
million
last
year and
drew a
crowd of
more
than
27,000
for
Mongomery
County.
Hamvention
General
Chairman
Ron
Cramer
indicated
that we
believe
this new
venue
will be
a
spectacular
place to
hold our
beloved
event.
Rest
assured
we will
have the
event on
the same
weekend
and,
since it
will be
in the
region,
current
accommodations
and
outside
events
already
planned
for
Hamvention
2017
should
not be
affected.
Field Day Scores Submitted
(Aug
5, 2016)
- -
Gary
Kline,
WC8W has
posted
our 2016
Field
Day
submitted
score in
this
months
newsletter
and in
spite of
the
several
problems
we had
this
year, we
did
pretty
well.
Band
conditions
were not
very
good
causing
problems
for
everyone
this
year.
We also
did
experience
some
equipment
issues
and we
could
have
used
more
operators
on both
stations,
problems
we have
had in
the past
but
overall
I
believe
we had a
great
club
outing
at our
new site
and look
forward
to next
years
Field
Day
exercise.
The
submitted
scores
are
listed
below....
Our
grant
total
score
including
Bonus
points
was
1,666.
Not as
good as
last
year but
still a
great
time !
Field Day Recap
(Jul 3, 2016) - - A special thank you to all those club
members who took part in our annual ARRL Field Day exercise. The
check in log showed over 50 members and guests participating in
this years event. Although the weather was a bit warm it
remained dry all weekend. All stations were in operation
throughout the weekend. Band conditions were not ideal for us
but the goal of the exercise was not to break contact records
but to demonstrate our ability to setup and operate for 24 hours
simulating and emergency condition.
Another important part of our event was
exposing our hobby in action for our new members and the public.
Many of our newly licensed members took an active role in the
event learning what the event was all about and learned
important new skills to assist them in setting up their own
stations and enjoyment of out great hobby. Thanks to club
Secretary Fred, KD8SMO and his great work gaining publicity for
the event in local media, several members of the public stopped
by to understand our hobby and the contributions we make to our
community.
Many thanks are necessary for those who
participated over the weekend especially our setup and tear down
crews. Another success was our always great Field Day Dinner and
thanks to member Shirley for another outstanding job fixing a
great dinner meal including those who also provided extra side
dishes and desserts for us.
Another successful club activity thanks to
the many members who assisted again this year !
In Pursuit of Field Day
by Perry, W8AU
(May 30, 2016) - - In view of the effort
of the last 8 months to work with the new director of Parks and
Recreation for approval of use of one of the city’s best parks
(for our use), here is a summary of events.
1. Obvious need for a new site for FD
since Petros Park no longer has usable green space and last
year’s setup on blacktop required elimination of guy wires and a
lower tower height and no 800’ longwire. Also the ARRL suggested
rule regarding a 3 year concurrent use limit on any given site
in keeping with the spirit of emergency preparedness.
2. Survey of parks for suitability and
selection of best. In late fall of 2015 Shriver Park on the
city’s southeast side was visited by the following FD folks at
various times. Igor-K8INN, Jim- WA8GXM, Terry – N8ATZ, Dan-
N8DZM, Don- W8DEA, and myself. In view of the wide expanse of
open space plus pavilion and rest rooms, and the high elevation
and clear horizon to the west, it was agreed this was the best
choice.
3. Request for approval from newly hired
Parks and Rec Director from Medina. Her first response was that
in 15 years of experience she had never heard of such a use and
didn’t think it appropriate. (Medina has no hams?) So began
the information campaign to help the new director understand the
what and why of Field Day by submitting a few pages of pictures
and information about this national event plus our longstanding
civic involvementin local emergencies
when called on.
4. Early this spring a reservation was
made for Shriver Park to ensure our possible use of it for the
dates June 25/26. Our request from last fall was revisited with
the Director issuing a Q & A list of 9 parts dealing with:
1.Layout; 2. Location of vehicles; 3. Noise levels from start
to finish; 4. Traffic (visitors); 5. Parking; 6. Requests
other than pavilion & restrooms; 7. Clean up; 8. Safety; 9.
Detailed description, advertising and purpose.
We answered all questions positively and
also added a Police report of all events occurring in vicinity
of Shriver Park from Jan1 – May 1, 2016. This report showed
very little activity and nothing criminal. Unfortunately this
report took about three weeks to accumulate since they had no
experience doing that after Capt Joe Herrick had left. (who did
that regularly)This was the reason it
was not available for the last meeting, which would have
alleviated the unnecessary fear that was expressed. Despite the
club vote this process had to run it’s course so we would not
have to repeat it in the future.
5. Parks Director established our request
to be considered at the monthly meeting of the Parks and Rec
Board of Directors, Thursday, May 12. I produced 6 identical
packets of information, photos, Google map layout, and answers
to the Directors Q&A to be given out to each Board member and
her Superintendent, Steve Pedro. Unfortunately these packets
were not given to the board until the last agenda item addressed
by the Board, which was our request. It appeared earlier, due
to our “dotting all I’s and crossing all T’s” that we would have
approval. But a strange thing occurred. A new board member,
saying he lived in the park vicinity, and having heard in
advance about our request, and not knowing anything about us,
immediately said he was against it! This caught all by surprise
and although there was talk of compromise, he prevailed. It was
then that Wampler Park was approved for our event, if we should
accept it.
6. Wampler (Main St west) was surveyed and
found to be possible if one of our stations coulduse one corner of one of the ballfields. After reaching
the Sports Director (who schedules ballpark use) we discovered
that both ballfields were in use during our weekend. End of
feasibility review!
While it seems we will be forced to use
Petros despite all its negatives and limitations to our
operations, (and bugs) there is still time for further
suggestions. After all, isn’t our motto,
“Have trailer, will travel?” ;-)
March Program Details UPDATED
!
(Feb 21, 2016) - - Our scheduled March program was to
have been presented by club member Don Wade, W8DEA on his recent
FEMA assignment. Due to scheduling difficulties, this program
will have to be postponed until later this year.
Fear not however, we have a very nice backup program that we
will have for you at the March meeting. Several months back an
interesting article appeared in either QST or CQ Magazine that
covered how well the new series of handhelds performed up
against the current big three manufacturer's (Icom, Yaesu and
Kenwood). The results were a bit of a surprise as many of the
current crop of very low priced HT's did not fair well during
compliance testing. How about yours ?
Club President Ralph Bugg, K8HSQ will bring along his
portable spectrum analyzer to the meeting and will be happy to
run a simple test on your HT to see how clean your output signal
is. It is simple and quick to test. Just make sure you bring
your HT and it's antenna. I know we all have at least one
handheld, I have one for every day of the week !
So make sure you bring it along to the meeting and let us put
it to the test !
......THE RESULTS OF
THE TESTING......
Our fill-in program on HT Purity testing yielded some very
interesting results as we expected it to. The two pictures below
show the results of testing on two common manufacturers of
current HT's. One was the new infusion of a China made
model BAOFENG - UV-5RA and the current Yeasu FT2D Digital HT.
Several HT types were tested along with a few commercial models.
Have a look and make up your own mind !
This shot is from the Yeasu FT2D. The tall
vertical trace on the left shows a nice signal with only a few
spurious emissions shown by shorter vertical lines to the right.
This shot is from the China made Baofeng
UV-5RA. While the signals are similar you can easily see
multiple spurious emissions on the right. A slightly "dirty"
radio signal.
In all, about 15 handhelds were tested with
various results. Not scientific but it would appear that you do
indeed get what you pay for !
February Program on NPOTA
(Feb 6, 2016) - - The February club program was given by
our Affiliated Club Coordinator John Meyer, KD8MQ who gave us a
great introduction to this years major ARRL operating event,
National Parks On The Air.
John's powerpoint presentation gave us the
full details of this nationwide operating event that promises to
be very exciting and give plenty of fun operating for everyone.
This event will help the NPS celebrate their 100th Anniversary.
Hams from across the country will activate
NPS units, and promote the National Parks Service and showcase
Amateur Radio to the public. The club may even explore the
possibility of operating from one of the nearby NPS units.
John had a great
presentation at the meeting
Steve Hall, KD8ACF Merit Award
(Feb 6, 2016) - - In recognition of his continuing
service to the club in many areas throughout 2015 and before,
member Steve Hall, KD8ACF was presented a Special Recognition
Award at the February meeting. A special thanks to Steve for his
dedication to the club year after year !
Steve Hall, KD8ACF (R)
receives his Special Recognition Award
Club Repeater Updates
(Nov 9, 2015) - - The club Technical Committee recently
completed a few repairs and upgrades to several of our repeaters
that now effect their general operation.
The Affinity Medical Center 442.85 repeater system has had an
upgrade with new hardline and a replacement Diamond antenna. In
addition, the Johnson Repeater was retuned and the receiver
pre-amp was reinstalled.
This work was done to facilitate it's use during the upcoming
Massillon Holiday Parade on Saturday, Nov 21st. The system is
now back to it's full operating capacity and running very well.
The PL tone to operate this repeater is 131.8 Hz. This system
was primarily designed to enhance our Skywarn operations with
the hospital with a coverage pattern designed to cover the
general downtown area.
Our newest Yaesu System Fusion 442.85 repeater will remain on
the air to support digital operations. It's PL access tone has
been changed to 110.9 Hz. This should allow both systems to
easily co-exist with minimal interference. You can easily tell
which repeater you are on as the system at Affinity Hospital is
using our original CAT Controller which has a reset tone.
Feel free to use either system you like, both are fully
operational !
In Memoriam to our dear friend
and member Ed Clinger, WA8DRT
(Jul 5, 2015) - - At age 86, Ed passed away
on Tuesday June 23, 2015. Born in Harpster, Ohio the son of the
late Clifford and Orel (Swihart) Clinger, he had been a resident
of East Sparta and the Canton area since 1940. Ed was a 1947
graduate of East Sparta High School. He retired from Ashland Oil
Refinery in 1989 after 36 years of service where he was an area
supervisor. He was a member of the Ashland Oil Retirees Club,
Otterbein United Methodist Church—Navarre, The Canton Amateur
Radio Club and the Massillon Amateur Radio Club and Quarter
Century Wireless Association Chapter # 21; Ed’s Call sign was
WA8DRT, Ed’s humorous phoneticswere “ Whiskey
Delta 8 Dirty Rotten Tomato” Ed was also a member of Caldwell
Lodge #330, F.A.& M. in Bolivar, A.A.S.R. Valley of Canton, the
Mercy Medical Center Ostomy Club, Wilderness Center Nature Photo
Club and he served in the U.S. Naval Reserve.
Proceeded in death by his son, Jay Clinger. Survived by his
wife, Doris Clinger; two daughters and sons-in—law Jamie Sue and
Steve Voican, of Massillon, and Robyn and Roy Adkins of Lake
Butler, Fla.: two sons and daughters –in-law Stanton and Lois
Clinger of Broomfield, Colo, and Stephen and /Karen Clinger of
Boalsburg, Pa; one sister, Lois Armington, of Willoughby, Ohio;
and ten grandchildren and 14
great
grandchildren.
As per Ed’s wishes he was cremated. A memorial will be held
at a later date at the Otterbein United Methodist Church–
Navarre. Service information will appear in the Repository and
on the Funeral Home website closer to the Service date. Instead
of sending flowers, contributions in Ed’s memory may be made to
the Otterbein Methodist Church –Navarre, 6025 Shepler Church Ave
SW, Navarre, Ohio 44662 or the American Cancer Society, P.O. Box
22718 , Oklahoma City, OK 73123-1718. The Finefrock—Gordon
Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Condolences may be
left at:
Our Most Sincere Condolences to the Family of Ed Clinger.
73’s good friend we wily surely miss you!
Our dear friend and member Ed, WA8DRT (R)
April Meeting - ARRL Night
(Apr 4, 2015) - - Our April meeting was our annual ARRL
Night as our Special Guest was Ohio Section Manager Scott
Yonally, N8SY. Also attending was our Affiliated Club
Coordinator John Myers, KD8MQ. Scott's annual visit included
current happenings within the Ohio Section and the renewed
importance of public service and active club participation in
our community.
His visit also included a presentation of
our active renewal for our ARRL Special Club Status. This elite
ARRL status recognizes a affiliated club that goes above and
beyond for their community and for Amateur Radio is what defines
a Special Service Club. They are leaders in their Amateur Radio
community who provide active training classes, publicity
programs, and actively pursue technical projects and operating
activities.
Thanks to the clubs strong belief in our
hobby and our community, we have been a Special Service Club for
the last ten years.
Affiliated Club Coordinator John Myers,
KD8MQ (L) presents President Ralph, K8HSQ with our renewed
Special Service Club Certificate.
March Mentoring Class
(UPDATED) (Mar 7, 2015) - - - Continuing on the current theme
of kit building and fox hunting, the March Mentoring Class
covered the construction of a Tape Measure Beam for Fox Hunting.
The class was held at the
Massillon Senior Center on Saturday, March 7th. This months Mentor
was
Dan Anastas, N8DZM our resident Fox Hunter. A kit of parts
needed to construct the Tape Measure Beam was provided for
$13.00.
Dan coached the builders on the
construction of the beam antenna providing some theory on its
design and operation.
This will continue in our April
Mentoring Class which will be on learning how to Fox Hunt and
will give you a chance to use both your Attenuator and Tape
Measure Beam. This class will be held on Saturday, April 11th
also at the Massillon Senior Center. Additional details will
follow. Our thanks to club member John, N8CD for the great
pictures !.
Mentor Dan, N8DZM oversees
our beam builders
Wade, WD8MIU put the final
touches on his new DF beam
Dan (R) checks the final DF
Beam for Thomas, KC8ZEH
Another successful
Mentoring Session !
February Mentoring Class Info
(UPDATE) (Feb 7, 2015) - -
Our February Mentoring Program was conducted on Saturday, Feb
7tg at the Senior Center. This training was conducted by John
Wagner, N8CD and was part of a series on Direction Finding. This
part was on the construction of a Variable Offset (Active)
Attenuator built from a kit.
John began with the basics of soldering, a
skill all radio operators should have. This included proper
safety techniques, the theory of how an attenuator works and
testing out the kit when completed.
Approximately 10 club members took part in
this session including builders and mentors. John's program
included an excellent powerpoint presentation following step by
step help and guidance in building the K0OV kit from Marvin
West, KE6HTS. The kit included a great looking case from the
famous Altoids Mint Tin.
Everyone had a fun time during this mentoring
session and learned a lot. We especially want to thank John,
N8CD for the time he spent preparing this training session
including the individual help he and his mentors provided the
members. Everyone's kit went together fine and all worked !
Our March and April Mentoring Sessions will
continue this theme as we build the famous Tape-Measure Beam
used for DX'ing and some actual field training during April.
John has made available the powerpoint
presentation for those who missed the training. You can view it
by clicking the following link.
http://bit.ly/marc-kit
Some pictures of the event are posted
below...
The
members enjoyed a great presentation
The build
station with lots of help provided !
Proper Station Grounding Class
(Jan 18, 2015) - - The clubs first Mentoring Program was
held on Saturday, Jan 17th with about 20 members and guests in
attendance. The class was held at the Massillon Senior Center.
This months Mentor was James Andrews,
KD8VT and the class covered proper station grounding for your
shack. The training included a very informative powerpoint
presentation and lecture from James. The attendees learned the
basics of station grounding including lightning protection for
your equipment and tower installations. James also included some
show & tell on various types of coax and hard line usage.
The club provided coffee and donuts for
the morning. Thanks also to James XYL who brought an assortment
of cookie's and cupcakes.
The presentation was excellent and well
received by everyone. James also will provide a copy of the
powerpoint that will be posted to the club's website for those
who couldn't attend.
Our first Mentoring Class was well
received by the attendee's
A
Bit of Repeater History !
The
clubs 147.18 Repeater is the high profile wide area
coverage repeater in Western Stark county and has been for quite
some time. But it wasn't always so, in fact at one time it was not
even a repeater at all ! Learn about the colorful history of
the repeater thanks to an early issue of the clubs newsletter that
I recently found.
Since 1927, the Massillon Amateur Radio Club has been a diverse
radio hobbyist club that is currently over 80 members strong.
Active within our community as well as an ARRL Special Service
Club, we are actively involved in many facets of Amateur Radio,
including Public Service, Membership,
Field Day, Repeaters, Amateur Television (ATV),
Skywarn plus many other interests.
You are welcome to join us at our monthly club
meetings held on the first Friday of each month at 8:00 PM
at the Massillon Senior Citizens Center, located at 39 Lincoln
Way West, Massillon, Ohio 44647. We usually monitor the club's
147.18 repeater, give us a call and we'll guide you in !
MARC owns and operates repeaters
in the 2 meter and 70 centimeter bands. Our annual Hamfest
is held at the Massillon Boy's & Girls Club in Massillon. We have a large indoor
hamfest area, as well as ample outdoor parking. The prizes are
some of the best you'll find at any area hamfest and the bargains
are many.As
a club member, not only will you have access to the autopatches
on our 2m and 70 cm repeaters, but you will also receive a monthly
subscription to our newsletter, Feedback.
In each issue you will find published, the minutes of the previous
month's meeting, informative articles, and interesting narratives
by our club members.
The
club owns an emergency response communications
trailer that is stocked with radio equipment and back up batteries,
as well as a generator. With little notice, MARC can have an emergency
station on the air, ready to provide any help we can. Our club
station, located at the Senior Center, contains an HF station,
VHF and UHF gear, and a computer system. The station is open to
any club member, during the hours that the center is open.
The club also sponsors quarterly VE Exams
quarterly at the Emergency Operations Center located
at the Stark County Sheriff's office and
during our annual Hamfest. Please check the link for
times and specific dates.
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ARES®, Amateur Radio Emergency Service and the
ARES logo are registered trademarks of the American Radio Relay
League, Incorporated and are used by permission.
Q.
Do I have to give my call sign at the beginning of a
contact ?
A.
You only have to ID at the end of the QSO and at
least once every 10 minutes during it's course as
per Article 97.119(a). There is no requirement to
transmit your call at the beginning of a contact but
it is customary when calling another station to give
your call as part of the exchange so the other
station knows who is calling him !
Q.
How often do I have to give the call sign of the
station I'm talking to ?
A.
You are not legally required to mention the other
amateur's call at all per Article 97.119(a). The
only exception is when handling traffic with foreign
stations - you must then give the other station's
call sign at the end of an exchange of third party
traffic per Article 97.115(c).
(Aug 01,
2016) -
-
Hamvention®
has
a new
home !
Days
after
Hara
Arena
announced
it will
close
it's
doors,
an
announcement
from
Green
County
officials
revealed
that
Hamvention
will be
held at
the
Green
County
Fairgrounds
next
year.
(Feb 21, 2016) - - Our scheduled March program was to
have been presented by club member Don Wade, W8DEA on his recent
FEMA assignment. Due to scheduling difficulties, this program
will have to be postponed until later this year.
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As
a club member, not only will you have access to the autopatches
on our 2m and 70 cm repeaters, but you will also receive a monthly
subscription to our newsletter, 
The
club owns an emergency response 
