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The 2018 Calendar of Events is Out!

3/12/2018

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The calendar of events for 2018 has been updated. Check it out for upcoming events in Maui, Hawaii, and across the nation. http://www.kh6rs.com/events.html

Reminder, our next club meeting is this Wednesday at the EOC.
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February 14, 2018 MARC Meeting Minutes

2/14/2018

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Feb 14, 2018 Maui Amateur Radio Club Meeting Minutes

Opened meeting at 7:05pm in the Maui County EOC

KH6HTV provided some desert.

Minutes of the January, 2018 meeting were distributed and formally approved.
The Treasurer's report was distributed and formally approved.

Discussion about how much club money will be needed for File Day activities.

Talk-about:
Visitors Charlie and Barbara Smith, KX4IJ, are staying on Maui for two months every year. Charlie is a
new licensee after many years QRT.
Ron, KH6AH is QRT due to “grow lights”. Cuba visit.
Dave, AH6EE is building a magnetic loop antenna due to antenna restrictions.
Joe, AH6CU will go th a state wide meeting concerning Emmcon that is outside of ARES and Races.
Will report back next month.
Tom, G4BKF is visiting his son here for three weeks. This is his 5th visit to Maui.
Anita, AH6AH needs ham help for VOAD
John and Marry, K6GSS showed off a fancy socket. Mary noted she is a 39 year ham veteran.
Jim, KH6HTV brought desert and has been doing some FT8 operating. He notes a resurgence of PSK
activity.
Trip, Elina, Brea, WH6FAM: Trip showed off his LoTW summary of the last six months of activity.
Elena made one or two QSOs on kids day. Brea made no QSOs.
Tom, Lesli, NH6Y: Tom gave a ham radio demo for the Boys & Girls club and also the Paia CERT
group. There is a rather old and HEAVY FT-1000 for sale. Showed off a single band $50 transceiver
kit. Also, W5JR will operate ARRL DX contest from NH6Y.
Alan AD6E is completing another CW Academy class and will start another one in April.
Leslie, xyl of NH6Y gave a talk about what it's like to be married to a ham. Specifically an EME
addict.

Discussion of doing a membership drive.

Meeting was adjourned at 9:00 pm
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A History of MARC Field Day Operations  #arrl #ARRLFD #Hamradio

12/19/2017

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A huge mahalo to a fellow club member Brett VR2BG (pictured above operating from the MARC Field Day location at Ho'okipa Point) for compiling and researching this history of Field Day results for the Maui Amateur Radio Club. Our club was established in 1936 and records indicate participation in the event dates back to 1939. See the attached document below for the complete list of results. 
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Grid Madness Begins Sunday 9/17 at 1pm HST

9/16/2017

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Don’t forget Grid Madness, this Sunday 1 to 4 pm
Pull out your 2m or 70 cm radio and make some simplex contacts.
Hope to hear you on the air.
For more information click the link below:
http://gridmadness.blogspot.com/
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Hawaii QSO Party Tomorrow August 25 6pm HST

8/24/2017

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Here is everything you need to know to get on the air and participate in Hawaii's QSO Party. Scroll through the presentation above and contact us if you have any questions. 
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The FCC just came out with high resolution ground conductivity maps for the public. #arrl #Hamradio

4/15/2017

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Click the photo above to be taken to the FCC ​maps of the estimated effective ground conductivity in the United States. This data is used to predict the propagation of AM signals across the United States. A higher ground conductivity indicates better AM propagation characteristics.  The map shows that the ground conductivity in the U.S. ranges between 0.5 and 30 millimhos (or millisiemens) per meter.  The conductivity of seawater is 5,000 millimhos per meter, resulting in the best propagation of AM signals.
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MARC Monthly Meeting February 8th, 2017 - AMATEUR TV With JIM KH6HTV

2/8/2017

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Mahalo to Jim KH6HTV for his talk about the many benefits and uses of Amateur TV for public safety. To see his presentation or find out more about Amateur Television visit his website at www.kh6htv.com
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MARC Celebrates Club Member's Milestone

1/17/2017

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Congratulations to Mel (KH6H) for his 100th VECC EXam

The Maui Amateur Radio Club would like to recognize Mel (KH6H) for his long term commitment to Maui hams as we celebrate his 100th ARRL exam session as Volunteer Examiner. If you received your license in Maui in the last 25 years or so, you most likely have tested with Mel. Mel also serves as a volunteer for the Maui County Civil Defense Agency. He has logged many hours in the back room of the Emergency Operations Center manning the Civil Defense radio. There he relays emergency communications to and from volunteers throughout Maui County. It is a thankless and often tiresome job sitting in the windowless radio room, listening through the static for important updates from the field. 

Please join us in thanking Mel for his many years of service. We truly appreciate all you do!

You can catch Mel on the air every Monday night hosting the Maui Emergency Net by
 tuning your radio to the Hawaii State Civil Defense VHF Repeater Network at 7:00 pm HST. 

 ARRL - the National Association for Amateur Radio Hamradio #arrl #Hamradio #vecc 
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​Maui Amateur Radio Club – Aug 10 , 2016 Minutes – Maui EOC Wailuku, HI

8/10/2016

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​Maui Amateur Radio Club – Aug 10 , 2016 Minutes – Maui EOC Wailuku, HI
President Tom Worthington called the meeting to order at 7:00 PM. 
 
The treasurer’s report were approved, and accepted by acclamation. 18 members and guests attended.
 
New Business:
 
Next year for field day, Sun Belt rentals will need the cost of the equipment listed on the insurance policy. Need to follow-up on the thank you letters for Field Day.
 
Talk Around:
KC7ASJ-Dave: Monitoring repeaters, not much activity
AH6AH: Anita yields her time again!
AH6CU –Joe: 600 KHz offset not working on his home radio.
WH7EZ – Everett: Getting back into radio, lots of new equipment offerings, interested in digital. 
WH6FAM – Tripp: Started studying for exam.
WH6EX-Bill: CW course, lots of monitoring on hurricane watch. Passed general exam.
AD6E-Alan: KH6TU. SOTR single operator, two radio. Hard to get going. NA QSO party, 400 Qs. CW class completed. 
K6GSS-John: DX maps, some 6M activity.
KH6RSB-Shawn: Storm prep got me going again.
David: Passed general exam
KH6CJJ-Kent: Operated 6 hrs in NAQP CW contest. 100W, difference in antennas! SteppIR antenna vs G5RV. Big difference in receive. Phone Fray- worked a lot of contacts. 20M SSB.
Won low power Oceania contest.as announced in QST.
NH6Y-Tom: Worked a few contacts IOTA European stations. Worked above Artic circle.
Islands on the Air. Purchased FerroResonant Transformer. Missed the 6M opening.
AH0A-Joe: Section manager, looking for news, wants to inform clubs about amateur radio.
KH7HO-Clem: Met with Anna from Maui CD. Have visited all islands.
KH6JAY-Jay: Off island for a while. Going to Korea. Wants to go for CQWW RTTY contest.as HL2ZED.
Riley-Took tech and general exam in August, Looking forward to learning
Jeff- Passed tech exam, interested
 
This months discussion:
 
Clem Jung -KH7HO: ARES Presentation – Pacific Section Emergency Coordinator
Works with Emergency Management, state Civil Defense.   ARES started with the Big Island and began later in other islands. Offered to all amateur radio operators. Training available. Volunteers are needed.Items to cover: Equipment and skills. ICS213 messages. Disaster psychology, encouraged to take CERT. EMCOMM team courses are available. Skywarn and CERT. MT63 1KL digital format. FLDigi.  Makani Pahili exercise July 10. Simulated Emergency Test Oct 1, 2016.   118 Hawaii hams are in ARES. HawaiiAres.info is the information site. 5 Maui hams are registered with ARES. Rick Ching state frequency coordinator has coordinated repeater list.
 
CERT classes info through Maui CD
Hawaii QSO party coming up later this month.
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Maui Amateur Radio Club – Jul 13 , 2016 Minutes – Maui EOC Wailuku, HI

7/13/2016

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​Maui Amateur Radio Club – Jul 13 , 2016 Minutes – Maui EOC Wailuku, HI
President Tom Worthington called the meeting to order at 7:00 PM. 
 
The treasurer’s report and meeting minutes were approved, and accepted by acclamation. 16 members and guests attended.
 
New Business:
 
Talk Around:
KC7ASJ-Dave: Repeaters working in Lahaina
AH6AH-Anita: Yielded her time to Joe.
AH6CU –Joe: Can use UH classroom to do ham training. UHMC will be scheduling.
VR2BG- Brett: IARU contest, will be on island for a while.
WH7EZ – Everett: Lahaina, getting back into ham radio,
WH6FAM – Tripp: working on next exam session for upgrading.
KH6REO – Ed: Off island for a while
WH6EX-Bill: Lots of family activities, haven’t been on radio much.
Stephen : Interested in electronics and working on getting a license
AD6E-Alan: IARU contest, worked with Brett, on a European centric contest. Lousy conditions, 1640 QSOs. Top 15 worldwide. 24 Hr contest, 100% CW. Still working CW academy. Students doing well.
K6GSS-John: Busy since Field Day, haven’t unpacked from it yet.
KH6RSB-Shawn: Had a good time at Field Day
David: Interested in getting a license.
Tara and & Kiara : Interested in getting a license.
KH6CJJ-Kent: Operated in IARU contest, made 500 Qs,
NH6Y-Tom: Worked IARU, made contacts for 2 hours.
KH6H-Mel: Makana Pahili, this Saturday, emphasis on digital communications. Practicing messages with CSV values. See Mel for ARES signup. Next exam Aug 6.
 
This month’s discussion:
 
Joe Speroni is offered a presentation on how ARES should be operated, accepted by the club.
WEBEOC is a new piece of software that could be used by RACES and ARES. Amateur radio operators would be registered as a resource to WEBEOC.
 
Field Day Results:
2018 Total Q’s 3332 points score. VR2BG 1033 Qs
Night time operations were quite good this year. 20 M at 6PM suddenly got very good.
20M  was the only active band, SSB: we weren’t heard very much, until later in the day. SSB had a much larger density. CW contacts were less crowded, easier to work.
Discussion on antenna performance : Did the ground mounted 40M vertical work well?
15M was only active for a couple of hours, midday.
A discussion on operator scheduling and potential alternatives were discussed
 
Comments about helping operators with radios they are unfamiliar to them.
Desire to have coffee! Power was an issue this year, it was difficult to diagnose during the Field Day event. An oscilloscope would have helped figure this out.
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    Aloha fellow hams! This blog is for you. Remember to stop by if you ever miss a meeting or would like to know what the club has been up to. Please feel free to make suggestions on anything you would like to see here.  

    ​73 - Shawn KH6RSB 

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