The MARC hope this year is good to you and that you get all the radio equipment that you need! Happy rag chewing. Happy Contesting. Happy DX's
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W4VIY The Pride of the Florida Panhandle
Milton Amateur
Radio Club
PO Box 4072 Milton,
Florida 32570-4072
an ARRL affiliated Club ( ARES)
The speaker is WX4MM Mary A. Moore
Mary will speak about YLRL, an organization for YL's
(licensed women amateur radio operators)
First Licensed: 1976 Extra Class: 1979
Young Ladies Radio league (YLRL) Continuous Management Certificate Custodian
Former Communication Officers of Lee County Emergency Management Agency
&
Holds FEMA / DHS Coml Certification
Club Meetings: 7 p.m. 3rd Tuesday each month at the
RSVP Retired Senior Volunteer Center
6294 Buckskin Drive Milton Fl 32570
MARC Club Members needing Prayers Request.
As of 01/30/2012
Tom Manning AF4UG is in Health Center of Pensacola Room 240 located at 8475 University Pkwy in Pensacola, FL. 32514. Health Center of Pensacola provides long-term care and rehabilitation treatment to patients of Pensacola area. So here hoping that all your prays have help out and that Tom will make a fully recovery.
Nets: The
2 Meter Net meets each Monday evening at 8:00 P.M.
on the 145.49 - W4VIY Repeater
ESCAROSA 10 Meter SSB Net 28.375 MHz Monday evening 8:30 P.M.
W4VIY Repeater 145.490 connected to Echo link by W5CL-R Node: 628156 (24/7)
W5CL Repeater 444.400 connected to Echo link by W5CL-L Node: 628157 (24/7)
W5CL-R is down for maintenance & parts order right now
W5CL-L is down for maintenance & parts order right now
A few MARC members monitors 24/7 29.600 FM / 52.490 FM / 146.520 FM
Radio amateurs are individuals licensed for private non-commercial use of designated radio bands, for purposes of private recreation, non-commercial exchange of messages, experimentation, and emergency communication. Radio amateurs operate under rules which limit the maximum power of transmissions and the technical and operational characteristics of transmissions. Amateur radio stations are issued with a designated call sign to allow indemnification of stations. The power of their equipment is restricted, and they must not cause interference to other authorized radio users.
Radio Amateurs, are called Hams in certain countries. It is a hobby and self-training. The term "Amateur" is used to differentiate it from commercial and professional two-way radio services. Amateur radio operation in the United States is licensed by the Federal Communications Commission. All countries are coordinated through the International Telecommunication Union. An estimated two million people throughout the world are regularly involved with Amateur Radio.
This is what we are and have been for many years.
We the Milton Amateur Radio Club have around 61 members in the club. We as a club try and teach and give input into our Amateur Radio hobby. We all also have families, so we know how important it is to teach our family and friends about the different things that we learn in ham radio. It's up to us the ham radio operators to teach and guide young minds so they can learn electronics and enjoying our hobby and the sprit of living a good wholesome life.
First step in becoming a license Amateur Radio operator is to Prepare. The test itself is highly structured. It consists of 35 questions for Technician and General and 50 questions for Extra. They are in multiple choice format. The questions come from the pool of 394 questions for Technician, 457 questions for General, 735 questions for Extra Class.. Each question has four possible answers. Only one answer however, is correct. A passing minimum score requires that 26 questions for Technician and General and 37 questions for Extra must be answered correctly. The question pool (downloaded or purchased in book form) lists each of the question and all four possible answers for each question. The only difference between the pool questions and an exam's questions are the order of which the answers are presented.
Below is several practice examination online. It's FREE and a excellent method to determine if you're ready for the test. Try them all and use those you like the best. When you are able to score 85% or better consistently, you are ready to have a reasonable chance of passing the actual test in my eyes. Keep practicing those exams and become a good ham radio operator.
Technician, General, Extra, Amateur Radio Practice Exams.
KD0FNR QRZ E-Ham AA9PW
Dedicate time each day reading the questions and the answers. Read the complete question and the answers each time. If you don't get it right review back to the question and see the correct answer. Then for your on peace of mind look it up in your study book. To see why and understand why, it was the right answer.
Study twenty to 30 minutes once or twice a day should be sufficient preparation for a exam that is 3 to 4 weeks away.
Take the exam. Bring the required documents (identification and any certificates if upgrading) and exam fee to the session. As of this writing (2011), the exam fee is $15. If you fail, you can take the test again right away - no need to wait for the next exam session. A second testing fee will be required, however. If you miss it by more than a couple questions - it might be best to study a bit more before retesting.
Pensacola Junior College Amateur Radio Class's
1000 College Blvd Pensacola, Florida 32504-8998 (850-484-1000)
Pensacola Class: R04169 8498 (02/13 to 04/26 / 6-8 PM Monday & Tuesday)
Milton Class: R04524 8497 (01/31 to 04/26 / 6-8:30 PM Tuesday)
Some Old History about Wireless and Ham Radio
If there is a Storm or any other type of Emergency, coming to Santa Rosa County all Amateur Radio Operators in Santa Rosa County holding a valid Amateur operator license with a Technician Class or General Class or Extra Class can call in on the below listed repeaters and give, net control the request information.
PLEASE NOTE: You do not have to be a member of the EOC or the Milton Amateur Radio Club to check into the Santa Rosa EOC system.
For the Santa Rosa EOC, you would need to ICS-213 message form for formal traffic. The net control would ask you to give him the information per the number block as shone on the form. You can download ICS-213 Message form from www.arrl-nfl.org website.
For the Milton Amateur Radio Club. You would give net control the request formal information using ARRL message delivery cards or message forms on a pad. You can download these from www.arrl-nfl.org website.
On the D-Star system you do need to be set up thru the Magnolia Springs Gateway. Please contact Santa Rosa Communication Officer for more information. Contact: W4SJV Stephen J. Van Den Akker
All HF Emergency Operation Information can be found at www.arrl-nfl.org website
Santa Rosa Frequencies both EOC and MARC.
145.490 W4VIY 100 Tone FM Milton Amateur Radio Club
444.400 W5CL 100 Tone FM Milton Amateur Radio Club
146.700 K4SRC 100 Tone FM Santa Rosa Emergency Communication
147.330 KI4WZA No Tone KI4WZA-C D-Star Santa Rosa Emergency Communication
444.925 KI4WZA No Tone KI4WZA-B D-Star Santa Rosa Emergency Communication
444.200 KC4ERT 131.8 Tone FM Santa Rosa South Community Emergency Response Team
.Weather Stations in Santa Rosa County
Listed in APRS.FI and APRSIS32 on web
K4RPS N4QEP EOC of Santa Rosa County
DW4135 CW3965 DW4362 DW8180 ( Citizen Weather Observers SRC )
Weather Stations in Surrounding County
N4GXX KE4HIE ( Okaloosa County )
WX4US W4NWF-2 KD4YJJ-2 ( Escambia County )
Lighting Strikes for the Panhandle of Florida and surrounding states.
Click on > N4GXX
Florida Weather Information
Click on Home Town Weather - Type in your City and State OR Zip Code A well done
Weather Site with a lot of information covering Florida and other parts of the United States Of America.
God Bless America
Beacon Of Freedom
Milton Amateur Radio Club proud to be American!
I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America,
and to the Republic for which it stands:
One Nation under God
indivisible, With Liberty and Justice for all.
" Democracy is worth dying for, because it's the most deeply
honorable form of government ever devised by man "
A true for the people American President " Ronald Reagan "
" Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance,
and the gospel of envy, its inherent virtue is the equal
sharing of misery" "Winston Churchill"
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Club Information
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MARC Net Preamble
Monday Night 145.490 Net Monday Night 28.375 SSB Net
Wednesday and Thursday are Coffee Club Nets with a lot of BS'S going on.
We can them the Old Buzzard snipes.
Just listen to see if we are there it's not a every week group..
Wednesday Night 29.600 FM Net Thursday Night 52.490 FM Net
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