Welcome to the Jefferson County, Missouri, Amateur Radio Club - Hillsboro, Mo.
Club Profile
ANNOUNCEMENT:
FIELD DAY 2012
The club's Field Day will be June 23 AND June 24th
at Sunridge County Park on Tower Road. Set-up will be between 9:00 am and
noon. Contests
will start are 12:00 noon. The Registration Tent will be between the
Parking Lot and the Pavilion. Please drop by and register your presence
here when you arrive at the park or when you finish unloading your vehicle.
The first 3 parking places will be reserved for unloading of equipment.
Please move these cars as soon as you have unloaded. Set up your equipment
after you have moved your vehicles and registered. Those that want to
operate in the evening should be able to do so, however, no camping is allowed
in the park at any time. Be at your operating position or resting in your
vehicle. Safety and security at the park will not be the responsibility of
Jefferson County, or the Jefferson County Amateur Radio Club, inc.
SPRING 2012 TECHNICIAN CLASS ANNOUNCED
The Club and the Jefferson County Amateur Radio Emergency Service (R) will be offering a free Cram Course for the Technician License on Saturday, June 16th and Sunday, June 17th at the Jefferson Regional Medical Center in Crystal City. Ray Byers and his testing team will be doing our testing again on Sunday afternoon. Ray will be required to college $15.00 for each test administered to cover administrative expenses as usual. you can take the course and not take the test, or not take the course and still take the test that weekend, but if you are only going to take the test, you must still register with us so Ray knows how many tests to prepare and bring to the Medical Center.
Classes will begin sharply at 8:30 am both days and we should be finished by 5:00 pm on Saturday and 2:00 pm on Sunday. Testing will cost $15.00 and will follow the cram course at 2:00 pm on Sunday afternoon. We should be finished by 4:00 pm, just in time for Father’s Day dinner and the joy of having passed the exam. The hospital cafeteria will be available for breakfast and lunch each day.
We have limited space and we will have a limit of 10 students for this class. So it is important that you register early.
To register call the number below or e-mail me at the e-mail address below. Registration will close June 3rd, 2012, for these classes. I need full name, telephone number, and e-mail address for each person that wants to be registered.
Study material will be provided free for all students and consists of 14 pages of review material for review prior to the cram classes.
William (Bill) Wallace - W0WHW
Jefferson County Amateur Radio Emergency Service (ARES)
Emergency Coordinator
Jefferson County Amateur Radio Club Membership Chairperson
1863 Sonny Dr.
Arnold, Mo. 63010
314-630-7796
Please pass this information to anyone you know that may be interested in taking the course and the test on Sunday afternoon.
MONTHLY MEETINGS
Monthly club meetings are usually on the first Saturday of each month, except December, at 9:00 am at the Winsor Branch Library located at 7479 Metropolitan Blvd, Barnhart, Missouri. Metropolitan Blvd. is on the west side of Interstate 55 between the State Highway M exit and the exit for State Route Z. The Meeting room is located just inside the Library doors to the left as you enter. Come and visit with us when you have time. Please select "Club Meetings" on the left side of this page to verify the actual date of the meetings.
REPEATERS
The Club provides 2 open repeater located in northern Jefferson County, one is located in Antonia, off highway mm where it intersects highway 21. It is on the Jefferson County 911 tower to the northwest of that intersection. Input is 147.705, output on 147.105, 141.3 tone. The other is located on Tower Rd. Appx. 4-1/2 miles north of Hillsboro. and about 1 mile in on Tower Rd. with 147.675 input, output on 147.075 141.3 tone. These repeaters are linked so as to cover most of Jefferson County, and southern St. Louis County, Missouri. Give us a call when you are in our area.
MONDAY NIGHT 2 METER NET
The purpose of this net is to prepare for emergency communications. We meet every Monday evening at 8:00 pm. At the end of this practice net, there will be a swap net. See ACTIVITIES for more information and the Net Control Script.
WE SUPPORT
We support the Jefferson Memorial Hospital, the City of Festus and the Jefferson County Emergency Operations center for the Jefferson County, Missouri, Emergency Operations Center and Skywarn Operations. Join and help us support our citizens.
Contact Information
Our Club President is: ERIC PLATTER - KC0YCJ
- Postal address:
- P.O. Box 123,
- Pevely, MO 63070
- Electronic mail
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ERIC PLATTER eric(at)jcarcmo.org replace the (at) with the @ sign
For additional Information contact
Membership Chairperson
Bill Wallace W0WHW
314-630-7796 or w0whw(at)arrl.net replace the (at) with the @ sign
HERE ARE SOME PICTURES OF OUR MEETINGS AT THE WINSOR BRANCH LIBRARY. COME AND JOIN US!
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