Jun 30

Cleveland ARC to Offer Introductory Class for Morse Code

morseStarting next Monday, July 6, 2015, The Cleveland Amateur Radio Club will be offering an introductory class for CW (Morse Code). This class is designed for Amateur Radio operators wishing to begin in CW operation. If you are an experienced CW operator feel free to join in as well. If you are interested in participating in this class please contact Ron Akers (W8BF) at W8BF@charter.net or Reggie McCarn at rgmccarn@gmail.com for complete details. Class will begin at 6:30pm at the Clubhouse located at 560 Johnson Blvd.

Jun 25

EchoLink Fixed

It was brought to my attention during Tuesday night’s meeting that the EchoLink node was not working properly. (Thanks to Steve, KA4ELN, who was not at the meeting for sending me an SMS while I was there letting me know!) Turns out someone had installed an external sound interface on the EchoLink computer, and evidently it had taken over EchoLink’s audio input/output.

As of Tuesday evening I did some tweaking within the EchoLink software itself to select the very specific sound card that it should be using. EchoLink was then tested and working fine again. If you had tried to use it recently and it did not work, it should be fine now.

Don’t forget this evening (Thursday, June 25th) we will be testing radios and such at the clubhouse for Field Day. If you’d like to help, feel free to show up. Buddy Kimsey will put you to work!

Jun 24

Field Day – Saturday June 27 and Sunday June 28

Come join the  Cleveland Amateur Radio Club for the annual Field Day communications exercise. It starts promptly at 2 p.m. Saturday and will  end 24 hours later on Sunday afternoon. Field Day is an opportunity to showcase to the public what we do as communicators during severe weather events and other situations that disrupt normal communications that rely on commercially produced electricity.  The CARC clubhouse / communications is located at 560 Johnson Boulevard on the east side of Cleveland a short distance off the city bypass, APD 40. Listen here to our radio spot.

 


 

Or watch us live on YouTube
 

Jun 16

NR4CW – AMELIA ISLAND DXPEDITION

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  The Cleveland Amateur Radio Club is pleased to announce that our very own Ed Moore, NR4CW, will be operating from Fernandina Beach, Florida (EM90gp) between July 4 and July 10.

   Fernandina Beach is located, on Amelia Island (IOTA NA-138). Amelia Island is known as the “Isle of 8 Flags”, it has had the flags of the following nations flown over it since 1562: France, Spain, Great Britain, Spain (again), the Patriots of Amelia Island, the Green Cross of Florida, Mexico, the Confederate States of America, and the United States. It is the only island in the United States that has flown eight different national flags.

   Ed will be operating QRP on the CW portion of the 40 Meter and 20 Meter Bands. Operating conditions include, Rig: Ten-Tec model R4020, Antenna: End-fed Sloper, Key: Mini Straight Key, Tuner: ZM-2 and Meter: Elecraft W1. All of his equipment will be battery power.

ama   We would also like to encourage everyone interested in making a contact with Ed to please monitor the Cleveland Amateur Radio Clubs face book page. His operations, photos, etc…will be posted.

   Ed we wish you the best of luck and hope you make tons of contacts.

Jun 10

CARC Awarded – WAS

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Cleveland Amateur Radio Club President, Jim Blackburn (W4EXG) along with CARC Recording Secretary Chris Hunter (KK4YEM) presents the ARRL Worked All States Award for phone and mixed modes contacts, last night at the club meeting.