Newsletter
Click here for a copy of our latest monthly newsletter, SquakBox, in PDF format.
Come to a meeting and signup and we'll give you a complimentary paper copy.
Contact Us
president@w7bi.com
webmaster@w7bi.com
editor@w7bi.com
elmer@w7bi.com
Electronics
As a service to the community, we can offer our opinion on what your old electronics or ham radio equipment might be worth. If you have leftover or unused ham radio gear, we may be able to help provide advice on its value, and possibly remove equipment or sell things off, and we gratefully accept donations of surplus electronics. Contact a club volunteer to get started.
Fall HAM Class Completed
These were on December 1st and 8th. Many new licensees passed the tests. Spring 2019 classes: May 4th and 11th. Fall 2019 classes: December 7th and 14th.
Emergency Communications
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Next Club Meeting
Barry Hansen, K7BWH, will describe his excelling coast-to-coast adventure from 2018. For May 1st, we will meet before 6pm at Flying Pie Pizza on East Sunset. This is a short walk to the Senior Center.
Calendar
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Last Meeting
Rod Johnson and Mark White conducted an Elmer panel. We went around the room, collecting questions on amateur radio and discussing answers. This was a very popular exercise. The consensus was that we should do this annually In regular business, we have settled on a location for Field Day, at the Flintoff property on Lake Sammamish. We will work with ICAST and the Issaquah Citizen Corp (CERT team); there will be a mission number. We are recruiting support volunteers. The Amateur Radio Training team has reorganized itself. They are now affiliated with Laurel, not ARRL. This will change levels of service to the students. They have decided that they will ask for a $15 contribution from students, to support training materials; IARC supported this policy, as a training sponsor. The tentative plan for the next few meetings: - June 5: Plan for Field Day, June 22-23
- July 3: Picnic at Confluence Park, and Fox Hunt
- August 7:John MacDuff KA7TTY, antennas and analyzers
- September 4: Quentin Caudron, Antenna Optimization with Genetic Algorithms
- October 2 & November 6 TBD
- December 4: Ice Cream social and gift exchange
offered programs - Mihai Manolache, W4MHI, will continue describing more new digital modes.
- Mihai Manolache W4MHI, GoTennas
See SquakBox for details.
Email Reflector
Read what's happening on our email reflector at groups.google.com/group/issaquah-arc. Members, guests, and anyone interested can join our group!
Issaquah VHF Beacons
IARC was a contributor to the Issaquah beacon project, a set of low-power transmitters on 144, 220 and 432 MHz. As of October 2014, the beacon hardware is running on the west side of Tiger Mountain at about 850 feet ASL on 144.299, 222.050 and 432.301 MHz. Read about the original equipment before the move here.
Membership
Open to any person, regardless of age, sex, race or religion, who is interested in any aspect of Amateur Radio.
"Regular" membership is for those holding a valid Amateur Radio license issued or recognized by the U.S. Federal Communications Commission; and "Associate" membership is for those who do not hold such an Amateur Radio License.
Membership is free for those under 19 years of age.
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