Bible
Verse
Philippians 2:5-11
In your relationships with one another, have the same mind set as Christ Jesus: Who, being in very nature God, did not consider equality with God something to be used to his own advantage; rather, he made himself nothing by taking the very nature of a servant, being made in human likeness. And being found in appearance as a man, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to death— even death on a cross! Therefore God exalted him to the highest place and gave him the name that is above every name, that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue acknowledge that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
President's Report
Hello all,
Well hurricane season is in full swing. On Friday, July 2nd, Tropical Storm Elsa strengthened into the first hurricane of the 2021 Atlantic storm season. The storm could impact Florida early next week and officials are urging residents to make preparations. Sustained winds were near 75 mph, making the storm a Category 1 hurricane, according to an advisory from the National Hurricane Center. If your not prepared now is the time to do so.
Check out the net in Zero if you get the chance. Larry Clark (WB5AKR) is running an FRS net with some of the locals and is having good results with it. Larry and Fred (WB5BNV) ran a test just the other day and showed the locals a little Ham magic. They sent a message via the winlink service out to email and back to one of the group, showing how we can provide services when the lines go down. Big attaboy to them.
Come join us for the meeting this Saturday. We will plan to meet at The Checker Board Restaurant about 9 AM and start the meeting around 10. See you there.
Charles Grisham, KB5SZJ
*** Next MARC Business Meeting ***
The next business meeting will be held at the Checker Board Restaurant on Saturday, July 3rd beginning at 10 A.M. Come join us around
9 A.M. for breakfast, coffee and fellowship.
EMTARG has a new name
The EMTARG is changing its name. It will now be known as the Mississippi Digital Radio Group.
The motto of EMTARG was “We believe you can not train too much and when you send a digital message every day you conduct training and perform an operational test of your entire station”. This will be the motto of the Mississippi Digital Radio Group also.
For the last 41 months, the EMTARG averaged over 400 formal messages per month. By changing the name we hope To expand our digital training effort throughout the state.
Fred WB5BNV
Zero Road Neighborhood WX Watch
The Zero Road neighborhood WX watch group is creating interest; not only in Mississippi but also from Tennessee.
I'm getting calls on what radio frequencies to use and what type of radios will meet FCC type acceptance.
We use no license and no call sign service for FRS and MURS. However, GMRS does require a license. I encourage all hams to start a neighborhood watch group.
If I can help please contact Larry: wb5akr@comcast.net
Digital Communications Meeting
There will be a digital communication meeting on July 13th at Queen City Truck Stop. Join us around 6 PM for dinner, with meeting scheduled to start at 7 PM.
What amateur radio clubs and services are worth paying for?
By Dan Romanchik, KB6NU
On the amateurradio subreddit (https://www.reddit.com/r/amateurradio/), someone asked:
I have always wondered what subscriptions/memberships are worth having? Is ARRL worth the $50/year? What about QRZ $30/year for XML data? Is there something that is a must have ?
Several replied in the affirmative about the ARRL: |
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I joined the ARRL so they can lobby for amateur radio when needed.
I think ARRL is worth it.
If you care about things like DXCC awards, and are in the US, you will need to be an ARRL member. Now that QEX, The National Contest Journal, On the Air and QST digital are all member benefits, I would say you get enough for your $50 to make it worthwhile
Of course, there were differing opinions:
They [expletive deleted] up the Parity Act so badly that it’s almost hilarious. ARRL will never see a dime from me.
There were a lot of comments about subscribing to QRZ.Com:
I spend a bunch of time on QRZ every day, and I log every contact in their logbook, and then send it to LoTW, so the XML is well worth it. Also, will all the time on the forums and the articles I spend I enjoy not having the ads, and supporting what I believe is a fantastic web site.
QRZ is worth it so you can integrate with logging software or if you want upload your ADIF file from WSJT-X, if you do FT8, that sort of thing.
I’ve never felt the need for a QRZ subscription. Only when I was the noobest of noobs and couldn’t tell the difference between ON4 and OH2 did I ever run up the 100 lookup a day limit. Now with…alternate… lookup services even hitting the limit might not matter for most hams.
There were some comments about supporting local groups:
You should definitely seek out your local club(s) and join whatever ones seem like a good fit to you. You can learn a lot from a good club, and having a couple of hands to help with antennas/ loan equipment is a fantastic benefit.
I donated to the repeater I use the most.
As for me, I am a member of the ARRL, and at various times, have been a member of:
AMSAT
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Amateur Radio Lighthouse Society (ARLHS)
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TAPR
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QRP Amateur Radio Club Intl. (QRP-ARCI)
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Quarter Century Wireless Assn. (QCWA)
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Northern California DX Foundation (NCDXF)
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Michigan QRP Club
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ARROW – the amateur radio club here in Ann Arbor
My membership is current in AMSAT, ARLHS, QRP-ARCI, MI QRP Club, and ARROW.
I would encourage you to become an ARRL member and a member of other groups that serve your particular interest in amateur radio. I like operating from lighthouses, so I’m a member of ARLHS. If you’re a big DXer, join NCDXF. If you’re a QRPer, then QRP-ARCI is the group for you. Becoming a member really will help you have more fun with amateur radio.
You probably belong to your local club if you’re reading this column, but I’m curious about what other amateur radio subscriptions you have or which services you pay for. Feel free to email me and let me know which groups you support and why you do so.
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Dan Romanchik, KB6NU, is the author of the KB6NU amateur radio blog (KB6NU.Com), the "No Nonsense" amateur radio license study guides (https://KB6NU.Com/study-guides/), and often appears on the ICQPodcast (https://icqpodcast.com). When he's not paying his dues, he teaches online ham radio classes and operates CW on the low end of the HF bands.
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