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If you’re in the northwest Ohio area, here’s the next scheduled testing information:

Where:
PeopleWorks
3440 County Road 9
Bryan, OH 43506

When:
Saturday, May, 31 2025 @ 9:30 AM

To register, contact:
Ben Murray (KD8JBS): 419-630-3547
Matt Keck (KE8YDW): 419-553-6976

All levels of testing are available (Technician, General, or Extra Class).

A donation of $15.00 is appreciated.

This Tuesday, April 22, join the Williams County association for WCARA Amateur Radio Day from 10am until 4pm at the Northwest State Community college, Archbold, Ohio. The group will be located between the building and parking lot.

For further details, please reach out to Stan DeGroff (W8SRD). His contact information is accurate on QRZ.

Stan (W8SRD) invites everyone to take part in both basic and advanced SKYWARN training sessions being held this month in Williams County. Event details follow. Note that reservation IS required for either session.

• Monday, April 21, 4pm – 6pm: Advanced SKYWARN training. Reservations required.

https://www.weather.gov/cle/SKYWARN_schedule

• Wednesday, April 23, 6pm – 8pm: Basic SKYWARN training. Reservations required.

https://www.weather.gov/iwx/Spotter_Event_List

Location:
Williams County Government Offices
1425 E. High St
Bryan, Ohio 43506

Google Coordinates: 41.47757139115696, -84.52916324262809

UPDATED 03/11/2025: Everything is configured, and EchoLink is now back online on the 2-meter repeater!

Many thanks to the club for donations to purchase equipment, to Ed (WD8JVV) for guiding the equipment selection process, to Terry (W8UY) for the donation of the mini-computer, and to John (KD8JSP) for his work in configuring the equipment and lending his space and internet electrons!

Hope to hear all the old EchoLink stations on the repeater again soon!

Though advertised on the air for a short while, I felt it was important to get this news out to the general public, and make it available to those who may not have tuned in while discussion was taking place.

In order to combat some rather troublesome interference, we unfortunately had to change our PL tone on the 2-meter repeater to 123.0 Hz. Everything else remains the same.

Frequency: 147.090 MHz
Offset: +0.600 MHz
PL Tone: 123.0 Hz

Please feel free to share, and if you see the old 107.2 PL tone published on a site or catalog, let us know so we can get it updated.

The following changes were proposed to the DCARC Constitution and By-Laws during the February meeting, which will be voted on during the regular March 10 meeting, pending any additions or modifications:

Constitution Article III, Sec. 4, adding: “Monthly recurring bills (such as electric bill, post office box fee, and club insurance costs) may be paid without prior notification, then reported at the next meeting.”

Constitution Article VI, changing: “[Regular annual dues of] $15.00 per member or $20.00 per family” to “$50.00 per member”

By-Laws Section 4 – Dues, changing: “[Regular annual dues of] $15.00 per member or $20.00 per family” to “$50.00 per member”

By-Laws Section 6 – Finances, adding: “Monthly recurring bills (such as electric bill, post office box fee, and club insurance costs) may be paid without prior notification, then reported at the next meeting.”

Notes:

The current $50.00 dues fee schedule has already been in place for a few years, but the current constitution and by-laws had not been officially updated.

The change for monthly recurring billing is to simplify the tasks for the treasurer, and (when possible) take advantage of discounts for automatic and/or on-time payment.

During this month’s DCARC meeting last Monday, the club celebrated with Paul in his recent achievement of passing of both the General and Extra exams. While we’re all eager to welcome him to the full spectrum of HF radio, the group was just as eager to partake in the cake!

Congrats again, Paul!