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UPCOMING EVENTSSecond Sunday in the Park
(August 13 @ 2 PM ET) (Written by Bill Perkins, KB4KFT, ARC President)
On Aug 30, 2023, at 2:13 PM, Bill Perkins <[email protected]> wrote: September is a cooler month though hurricanes sometimes make it windier in the Atlanta area. But that is not important right now. Well... cooler is. Our August outing in the park was hot but punctuated by a short heavy rain storm about the time we got everything packed to load at the end of the day. Nobody got wet but we did sit for a while talking (AF only) as it rained - nice and cooler too. September is also the month of the famous Route 66 On The Air annual special event. This year we are going to see what we can do working event stations on Sunday, September 10th, in the park. For those who may not know Route 66 started... well... I guess it depended on which direction you were going... (Take 2) For those who may not know one end of Route 66 was near downtown Chicago; the other near the beach in Los Angeles. It crossed parts of: Illinois, Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, and California. At one time the longest "continuous" highways in the US only beaten (finally) by US-1 from Miami to Maine during the cold war years. It was originally a patchwork of local, often dirt, roads and tracks. By the 1930s, just in time for the Great Depression, it was mostly paved and was the main route from dust bowl states to Los Angeles which really was, in those days, about the best place in the west to live - at least there were jobs there... mostly. By the 1970's much of the original route had been supplanted by better four-lane roads going around many many small towns The Route had connected (or had grown up along). Much of the original road was simply bypassed, fell into disrepair, or ignored. Some of it (in Texas for instance) was replaced by Interstates (like I-10 in Texas) and the original road bed became frontage roads or was simply paved over by the Interstates. Here comes the 1990's and a nostalgia over The Mother Road when parts of The Road were recovered, marked as historical; long runs of Route 66 were brought back to life to some degree. Gone are the many mom-and-pop tourist shops, quirky attractions, and motor courts. (By the way, my capitalization of "The Road", "The Mother Road", "The Route", etc. reflect the movement to restore The Route.) Check out: https://national66.org/pages/route-66-history There are also several DVDs out there showing The Road then and now if you are interested. I remember a girlfriend (past) being particularly offended by one DVD narrator always referring to The Route (you could hear the capital letters) as "The Mother Road". For our Atlanta Radio Club purposes we will gather in the park Sunday the 10th and see how many of the stations we can work. It'll be a group effort, several radios on different bands with different antenna configuration. The skill will be finding the station, working through any pile up that may be there, and learning how different bands, antennas, orientation, dipole vs vertical, etc. affect operating. Stations along The Road are going to be at the east end right at the edge of NVIS on 40m (daytime); on the far end will be good 12m, 15m, or 20m targets. Those who have come out to the park before know I routinely check into the QCWA net on Sunday afternoon (control stations in Amarillo and Barstow) so getting The whole Route (Whole Route maybe?) from the Atlanta area is entirely possible, maybe not even that hard. Stations for The Route are: W6A : Santa Monica, CA W6B : Los Angeles, CA W6C : San Bernardino, CA W6D : Victorville, CA W6E : Barstow, CA W6F : Kingman, AZ W6G : Flagstaff, AZ W6H : Albuquerque, NM W6I : Amarillo, TX W6J : Elk City, OK W6K : Oklahoma City,OK W6L : Tulsa,OK W6M : Tribune, KS W6N : Joplin, MO W6O : Lebanon, MO W6P : St Louis, MO W6Q : Chicago, IL (Six Meter Club of Chicago) W6R : Springfield, MO W6S : Rover 1 W6T : Rover 2 W6U : Wilmington, IL W6W : info coming soon Let's plan on meeting up at BrookRun park, at the little pavilion on the hill, around 2pm Sunday, September 10th, 2023, and work some Route 66 On The Air stations for fun. There will be at least radios for 15m, 20m, and 40m; maybe 10m and 6m (one of the clubs out west is the Six Meter Club). Plus an 80m NVIS for later in the afternoon... just in case we want to try real NVIS. If you have a radio you want to try bring it, same for antenna, and we will get it on the air. And, as always, there will be snacks, water, soft drinks. You might want to bring your own folding chair. BrookRun Park 4770 North Peachtree Road Dunwoody, GA Sunday, September 10th, 2023 Starting: around 2pm (eastern) Ending: around dusk _._,_._,_ We will be in the pavilion on the hill above the Tree Top Quest Venue and parking. Contact John N3ACK 470-272-8940 if having problem finding us. If using what3words app select sandwhich.clan.deserved or GPS 33.9346940, -84.3015688 But there are a few things on the agenda for this outing. One, those folks who built antennas in July at this park can bring them and we will get them on the air. We did put analyzers on them on build-day but did not get them all on the air. While low SWR is good, nothing is better than talking to someone on the antenna. Here is your chance. Plus we can do some nice-to-have final touches to them too. Two, Len, KF4JBF, will have his "newly engineered" 6 meter moxon antenna out again. We got it up Field Day, it was working, but needed some physical changes, he has made those changes and is wanting to try it again. 6 meters is often hit or miss but with solar flares and what not 6 meters may be popping - you can never tell. Three, I got a JPC-12 antenna for my birthday (not a surprise as I bought it myself) and have set it up twice at home to experiment with. Anyone curious about this antenna (system) will be able to go hands on with it, it'll be hooked to a radio so we can figure out how well it works. I am curious how well it works too. Currently I can get it good on 15m, 20m, and 40m (the big three) and would like to see if 10m and 6m are do-able. But making contacts on one or more of the big three is the main goal. Four, anything else (reasonable) anyone wants to try is OK too. The goal is to have fun playing radio. Date: Sunday, August 13th, 2023 Time: 2 PM ET (1800Z) - 6 PM (2200Z) Location: Brook Run Park sandwhich.clan.deserved (What3Words) 4770 North Peachtree Rd. Dunwoody, GA 30338 September Meeting - Stuart Smolkin, WA5EYI - Virtual Tour of the Asheville Radio Museum
Date: Thursday, September 7th Time: 7:30 PM ET (2330Z) Location: Zoom -or- Meeting ID: 426 375 5765 Passcode: 791957 Speaker Location: Zoom Presentation: Did you know that, in addition to the mountains, one of the features of Asheville, NC is the Asheville Radio Museum? It features collections of radios in three categories: Radio Discovery and Development Amateur Radio Vintage Home Radio Stuart Smolkin, the curator of the museum, will take us on a tour of the museum by showing slides and providing expert narration. And answering our questions, of course. Friday Lunches
(Next: September 1st @ 12:30 PM ET) The food is good and the company is better. Everyone is invited.
Date: Friday, September 1st Time: 12:30 PM ET (1730Z) Location: Mellow Mushroom 4058 Peachtree Rd NE, Atlanta GA 30319 🗓 August - September Calendar
Event: Monthly Atlanta Radio Club Meeting
Date: Thursday, August 3 2023 Time: 7:30 p.m. ET (2330Z) Location: Zoom Speaker Location: Zoom Event: ARC Friday Lunch
Date: Friday, August 4, 11, 18, 25 2023 Time: 12:30 p.m. (1630Z) - 2:00 p.m (1800Z) Location: Mellow Mushroom Pizza, Brookhaven Event: ARC Saturday Breakfast
Date: Saturday, August 12 2023 Time: 7:30 a.m. (1130Z) - 9:30 a.m (1330Z) Location: Goldberg's Fine Foods @ Toco Hill 3003 North Druid Hills Rd Atlanta, GA 30329 Event: Second Sunday ARC/LARC Ham License Testing
Date: Sunday, August 13 2023 Time: 12 p.m. ET (1600Z) Cost: FREE Location: DeKalb-Peachtree Airport Administration Building Community Room #227 (Opposite side of building from Downwind Restaurant) 2000 Airport Road, Atlanta, GA 30341 Details: https://atlantave.org/ Event: ARC Second Sunday Operating Event
Date: Sunday, August 13 2023 Time: 12 p.m. ET (1600Z) Cost: FREE Location: Brook Run Park 4770 North Peachtree Rd. Dunwoody, GA 30338 Near TreeTopQuest Details: Stay Tuned Event: Huntsville Hamfest (ARC will have a table)
Date: Saturday, Sunday, August 19, 20 2023 Time: (Sat) 9 a.m. CT - 4:30 p.m. CT (1400Z-2130Z) (Sun) 9 a.m. CT - 3 p.m. CT (1400Z-2000Z) Cost: $12 ($15 after August 5) Location: Von Braun Center South Hall 700 Monroe St SW Huntsville AL Website: Here Event: Monthly Atlanta Radio Club Meeting
Date: Thursday, September 7 2023 Time: 7:30 p.m. ET (2330Z) Location: Zoom Speaker Location: Zoom Event: ARC Friday Lunch
Date: Friday, September 8, 15, 22, 29 2023 Time: 12:30 p.m. (1630Z) - 2:00 p.m (1800Z) Location: Mellow Mushroom Pizza, Brookhaven Event: Second Sunday ARC/LARC Ham License Testing
Date: Sunday, September 10 2023 Time: 12 p.m. ET (1600Z) Cost: FREE Location: DeKalb-Peachtree Airport Administration Building Community Room #227 (Opposite side of building from Downwind Restaurant) 2000 Airport Road, Atlanta, GA 30341 Details: https://atlantave.org/ Event CalendarView our Groups.io calendar on the web here
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PAST EVENTSThis column is archived.
Previous ARC Meetings can be found on the Previous Programs page Previous ARC Events and Outings can be found on the Events and Outings page August Meeting - 2023 ARC Election and Mickey Baker, N4MB (ARRL SE Director)
Date: Thursday, August 3rd Time: 7:30 PM ET (2330Z) Location: Zoom -or- Meeting ID: 426 375 5765 Passcode: 791957 Speaker Location: Zoom There are two events coming up in August. 2023 ARC Election. The positions up for election are:
Presentation: The Atlanta Radio Club is happy to announce that our speaker for the August 3 meeting will be Mickey Baker, N4MB. Mickey is Division Director of the ARRL Southeastern Division, which includes the Georgia section. As a division director he’s one of the 15 members of the ARRL Board of Directors. Mickey will be talking about the recently announced ARRL dues increase and membership benefit changes. One of these changes is that members will no longer receive a free printed copy of QST, QEX or NCJ. Needless to say the changes are controversial and have the ham radio social media buzzing. Mickey’s talk is very timely. We want to find out as much as we can from him so feel free to ask questions. Don’t be shy! CLUB BYLAWS
MEMBERSHIPFirst year FREE for new hams! (Details on Membership page)
Click here for details on how to join or renew your membership FREE LICENSE EXAMIn-person Second Sunday License Testing at Peachtree-DeKalb Airport (PDK) by the Laurel VEC
For more information: Meetings & Events An FCC Registration Number (FRN) is REQUIRED Detailed Rules: https://www.atlantave.team/rules.html FCC CORES Registration Results of our last test session on August 13, 2023
WORKED ALL GEORGIA AWARDThe Atlanta Radio Club, with the support of the Georgia Section of the ARRL, is proud to support the "Worked All Georgia" Award. The WAG Award is open to radio amateurs who can provide proof of two-way radio amateur radio contact with all 159 counties in the state of Georgia. This award is nice complement to the annual Georgia QSO Party, which in fact would be a good time to work on some of those hard-to-get counties. The award is embodied in a nice certificate.
More information can be found here. NETSEvery Sunday night - 8:00 PM ET
More details CLUB HISTORYThe Atlanta Radio Club (ARC) was founded in March 1911. It is believed to be the longest continually operating club in Georgia (Georgia Tech was founded earlier). With over 100 members, ARC activities include meetings, operating events, training sessions, membership outings, and community service activities in Metro-Atlanta.
The ARC helps operate the Atlanta Hamfestival and owns, operates or supports 11 repeaters around the metro area. In an average month, the club will hold a regular membership meeting, a tech/training session or operating outing, publish the Atlanta Ham newsletter, have 8 lunch outings and host over 20 nets via club repeaters. 
SISTER Club - Geelong Amateur Radio Club - VK3ATLDid you know the Atlanta Radio Club has a sister club?
In 2010, Dallas Jones (VK3DJ) from Drysdale, Victoria in Australia visited the United States to meet some friends he met on the air. "During his travels, he visited the Atlanta Radio Club and from all accounts had a great time with the guys." BADGESThe official badge supplier of the ARC is The Signman of Baton Rouge.
Badges are $13.50 and can be ordered here.
2023/2024 Leadership TeamPresident - Bill Perkins (KB4KFT)
Vice President - John Talipsky Jr (N3ACK) Secretary and Treasurer - Ed Bevill (KO4SRJ) Member at Large - Val Bruce (WD4EX) Member at Large - Rob Osattin (KI4UTY) Newsletter Editor - Tom Crowley (KT4XN) Program Director - Rob Osattin (KI4UTY) Web "master" - Rob Osattin (KI4UTY) Sunday Night Net Manager - Ade Shamblin (KJ4CUY) Repeater Trustees
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