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Members as of 01/2019

President – Mike Cook- KC9DJU

Vice President – Lew Baker – K9LBB

Secretary/Treasure – Jeff Dyer – K9DYR

Activities – Franklin Dudley – W9FND

Trustee – Alan Weber – KC9JWO

Tech Committee Chair – Doug Rose – N9DR

Newsletter Editor/Social Media – Kyle James – KD9LJA

Dale Bales – KV9W

Dave Bendt – KB9NTG

Mike Brown – K9MI

Michael Corbin – KC9LWK

Rick Corley – N1RJW

Mike Dewey – Kc9AOM

Frank Dick – WA9JWL

Tom Ecker – KA9SYP

Dick Elmore – WA9STB

Kevin Etchison – KB9NTH

Rick Fuller – N9XQX

Tim Galbraith – KB9VE

Tom Hires – AA9ZA

Mike Hoggatt – KD9CDO

Jerry Johnson – N9RAB

Charlie Jones – K9TZJ

Bill Legg – KB9ECQ

Ferrin Nice – N9VZL

Dennis Owen – N9OWN

Steve Riley – WA9CWE

Rick Rogers – KC9LGP

Dewey Rushin – N9DEW

Gary Sherman – W9GNR

Alex Valdez – K9BLK

Rick Wisely – W9CGA

Tim Young – KC9GBL

Terry Zivney – N4TZ

Members as of July 1, 2020

Current Membership roster as of 7/1/2020

President – Mike Cook- KC9DJU

Vice President – Lew Baker – K9LBB

Secretary/Treasure – Jeff Dyer – K9DYR

Activities – Franklin Dudley – W9FND

Trustee – Alan Weber – KC9JWO

Tech Committee Chair – Doug Rose – N9DR

Tech Committee – Ferrin Nice – N9VZL

Tech Committee – Tim Young – KC9GBL

Newsletter Editor/Social Media – Kyle James – KD9LJA

Dale Bales – KV9W

Dave Bendt – KB9NTG

Dick Bickel – WB9AZY

Alan Blackwell – K9YI

Alex Collins – KD9LMC

Michael Corbin – KC9LWK

Rick Corley – N1RJW

Mike Dewey – KC9AOM

Frank Dick – WA9JWL

Tom Ecker – KA9SYP

Kevin Etchison – KB9NTH

Bryan Frank  – W9BLF

Rick Fuller – N9XQX

Tim Galbraith – KB9VE

Tom Hires – AA9ZA

Gerald Hollon – K9GDH

Jerry Johnson – N9RAB

Charlie Jones – K9TZJ

Bill Legg – KB9ECQ

Mark Mace – KD9NAU

Paul Muething KD9NHQ

Dennis Owen – W9DO

Mike Ratican – W9RAT

Steve Riley – WA9CWE

Rick Rogers – KC9LGP

Dewey Rushin – N9DEW

David Sargent – KE9XF

Scott Shepler – KC9RAX

Gary Sherman – W9GNR

Jeffery Sisk – KC9RMO

Raymond Slingerland – K9RLS

Alex Valdez – K9BLK

D. Alan Weber, II – NA9LA

Gary Wigner – KD9NAW

Rick Wisely – W9CGA

Terry Zivney – N4TZ

Winter Field Day 2020

Another wonderful Field Day has come and gone!!  Our club had a wonderful turnout this year with 18 members that signed in.  While we did not operate the entire 24 hours, we did operate through the evening and some on Sunday morning.  For those of us that are Techs or don’t have much HF experience, this is a great learning opportunity. Field Days also offer a great time for fellowship and refreshments! 

(L to R) K9TZJ, K9DYR, K9DR, & KC9DJU enjoying fellowship while solving the world’s problems!
KD9LJA operating the IC-7300 on 40m & 80m, and W9FND operating the Kenwood on 80m, while K9DYR and W9TDV observe. Photo Credit to KA9SYP.

As a club, we operated 2 radios, indoor giving us the 2I classification.  We had the Icom 7300 on 40m & 80m and the Kenwood on 20m. 

Below are some stats from the entire 24 hours. 

148 Contacts made

29 Contacts on 80m

33 Contacts on 40m

12 Contacts on 20m

W9FD operating the Club’s Kenwood TS-850 on 20m.

We spoke to 34 states, including Hawaii and Alaska, and 2 Canadian Provinces.  We covered all 10 geographic regions of the US plus the Pacific and Canadian regions.

The states or sections we made contact with are: 

AKMTNVUTMIIL
ONECOIAKSMONE
CTEMANHRIENYNNJ
WNYDEEPAMDCWPAAL
GANCSCVAWCFAR
LAMSNMOKSTXAB
LAXPAC

MCARC at the 4-H Fair-July 2019

Members at the Madison County 4-H Fair displaying equipment. (L to R) President Mike-KC9DJU, Tim-KC9GBL, Vice-President Lew-K9LBB, Secretary/Treasurer Jeff-K9DYR, and Ferrin-N9VZL
Go-box belonging to Jeff-K9DYR on display at the Madison County 4-H Fair.
Our President Mike, KC9DJU put together this “Go-Tower” for display at events, such as the Madison County 4-H fair, as it is here. This radio was used during the fair to make some IRLP contacts. It was also used to run our weekly net on Wednesday night.