Bible
Verse
Warnings Against Denying the Son
1 John 2:18-21--- Dear children, this is the last hour; and as you have heard that the antichrist is coming, even now many antichrists have come. This is how we know it is the last hour. They went out from us, but they did not really belong to us. For if they had belonged to us, they would have remained with us; but their going showed that none of them belonged to us.
But you have an anointing from the Holy One, and all of you know the truth. I do not write to you because you do not know the truth, but because you do know it and because no lie comes from the truth.
2023 Officers Elected
During our December meeting officers were elected.
President: Charles Grisham (KB5SZJ)
Vice President: Buford Rochester (KI5HCM)
Secretary: Donna Harrison (KD5GWM)
Treasurer: Ted Valentine (KG5IAX)
President's Report
Hello all, Well it's been an exciting year. We have had a lot of progress over the past year and hopefully will continue. The testing group has had a lot of success and classes have been going well. I can't wait to see what happens next.
The nets will hopefully see more involvement this year. The ones of you that we're on during the weather events this last year, I would like to thank you. If not for you many would not have been alerted to safety. It was with your information we were able to look closer at some of the storms and forward what we had seen. The weather service can't do everything and certainly doesn't have the staff to look at every section of the storms, but all the information we collected and shared with them helped them zoom in on some of our bad ones and send out the alerts.
Thanks for all you do.
73's Charles Grisham KB5SZJ
Next MARC Business Meeting
The next business meeting will be held at the Western Sizzlin Restaurant located on North Frontage Road on Saturday, January 7th beginning at 11 A.M.
*** PLEASE NOTE: We will meet in the back room this month. The small room had already been reserved by another group.
Come join us for sweet tea, lunch, and fellowship. Hope you can join us!
Treasurer Report
Please bring your 2023 dues to the next meeting or mail them to the address below. Thank you for your support. Dues are:
- $23.00 per Year per Member
- $25.00 per Year for Family
- $15.00 per year if 65 or older
Meridian Amateur Radio Club
4887 Valley Rd
Meridian, MS 39302
Capital City Hamfest - Jackson, MS
Dates: January 27th and 28th, 2023
Hamfest table ordering is now open. Tables can also be reserved on the day of the hamfest. We are excited to be able to hold the hamfest in 2023.
Contact hamfest@msham.org for any questions.
Amateur Radio Extra Class Licensing
A free, weekly, live, Amateur Radio Extra Class Licensing course on Zoom will begin on Thursday, January 12, 2023 and will run through Thursday, March 23. There will be 11 sessions. The three-hour sessions will start at 6:30 PM Eastern Time. Sessions will be recorded. Those attending should hold the General Class Amateur Radio License. These are the classes that we have been holding for years sponsored by the National Electronics Museum. Please publicize this with anyone that you think would be interested. Those wishing to sign up should email roland.anders@comcast.net.
Thanks.
73, Rol Anders, K3RA
Operating Tip
From ARRL newsletter...
Non-contesting Frequencies
In a major contest, finding an open frequency to call CQ can be difficult. Besides listening to make sure a frequency isn't in use by another contester, make sure the frequency:
- Is appropriate for your country's band chart for the mode
- Is appropriate for your license class
- Isn't a DX beacon frequency
- Isn't discouraged or disallowed by the contest sponsor
- Isn't already in use by another mode
Examples of inappropriate frequency usage:
- Continental US stations transmitting SSB below 7.125 MHz
- A General-class licensee transmitting CW below 14.025 MHz
- Calling CQ on 14.099 MHz during a RTTY contest with a high-tone frequency of 1275 Hz
- Using 7045 for CW contacts during the Worked All Europe DX Contest
- Using 21.074 - 21.076 MHz for any mode other than FT8
No frequencies are owned by any person or group, however, that doesn't prevent some people from trying. You might think 14.230 MHz is a good frequency to use during a phone contest, and you might not hear anyone using it for minutes on end. But start to call CQ, and you'll likely find that someone thinks it must be kept clear for SSTV. Ditto for other frequencies higher in the 20-meter band, where various nets are held. A frequency fight doesn't produce contest points.
How to Set Up a High Frequency (HF) Radio Station
A recently published book called "How to Set Up a High Frequency (HF) Radio Station <https://www.amazon.com/How-High-Frequency-Radio-Station/dp/0979485045/> " to help technical and non technical hams build an HF station. For those with Amazon Prime there is no charge to download a Kindle version.
Link sent via Buford, KI5HCM and Carl KH7CU. Many thanks!
Quote of the Month
“Let January open with the joy in the Lord, and December close with gladness in Jesus.” – Charles Spurgeon
Have a BLESSED month!
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