MARC Celebrates Brand-New Amateur Radio Operators !
While many were waiting for their power to return, MARC was full of "electricity" and excitement for three of our newest hams, members, and now friends!
Lauren, Dave & Dave (patriarch of the family) were ecstatic to all become shiny, new Technician-Class Licensed Operators at the Stark County VE Session held at MARC HQ! "Poppa Dave" decided to one-up the rest of the clan by sliding right into an even shinier General Class "ticket!”
We recently ran into this wonderful family at last week's Skywarn Training Session that was held at Jackson High School. All 3 also attended the recent monthly MARC meeting just a few days ago.
It was an absolute pleasure to witness all of the smiles and enthusiasm. You just gotta meet these folks!
We wish you the very best in your "ham journey" and hope you enjoy all that comes with it. We are very proud of all of YOU! Our hats are also off to Rex Simmons, NX8G, and his VE team who volunteer at each of these testing sessions.
And, in last month's meeting the club members were introduced to William Hess, K8SGX.
We are in the planning stages of potentially placing an NWS (National Weather Service) rig/link at the MARC tower location. This would serve as a back-up/ remote rcvr/xmtr for what the area has called "The Backbone.”
This is a tremendous network of stations that has a large coverage area in almost the entirety of Ohio and some surrounding out of state counties. It would be 100% RF and would not use internet or other landline access to operate. In the event a catastrophic situation should arrive it would serve as a viable link for information flow.
We'll provide more information as we continue to explore this opportunity.
73,
Don Rankl, N8IVJ
MARC Club President