LOARC/MARC 2024 FIELD DAY


BE RADIO ACTIVE
June 22-23, 2024
*40332 GRUBB SPRINGS RD, HAMILTON, MS 309746

Setup and Testing: 9:00 AM
Lunch:
Field Day: 12 noon till:
Needed: power supplies, extension cords, tables, chairs, tents, coolers, fans
LUNCH
MEAT: Chicken by Jericho K5ALA
SUGGESTED SIDES:
Baked Beans Potato Salad Chips Green Salad Whole/Sliced Tomatoes
Vegetable Casseroles Other: Fruits/Cantaloupe Desserts Rolls/Bread
DRINKS:
Tea – SWT/UST; Water; Soft Drinks; Other
Please advise Connie Long, KI5IKJ @ 662-436-4311 (text or call, although text is preferred) per what you think you might bring so I can line up more food as needed. You will have access to my house/kitchen for refrigerator or stove use as needed as well as to cool off as well as bathroom facilities.

We are about 10 miles away once you turn off Hwy 45 at the
Sprint Cross Roads Gas station (at the only Stop Light in Hamilton, MS). At about 7 miles up, the road
splits. Go left up on Grubbs Springs Rd for about 3 miles. The road sign is not clearly visible so JUST
VEER LEFT AT THE FORK IN THE ROAD onto Grubb Springs RD. When you are approaching our drive, you
will pass a large, empty fenced in area, then a single family dwelling, then a wooded area with small
family cemetery. Once you pass this, our driveway turn in is a very sharp right turn (again, wooded, so
won’t see until you are up on it). Our mailbox is numbered. There are actually three mailboxes there. If
you pass the driveway/private road, you will see nice brick home on your right. There is a turn-around drive way just past that house, but on the left side of the road.

WE ARE BACK IN THE WOODS SO YOU WILL NOT FIND US UNTIL YOU DRIVE UP OUR LONG DRIVEWAY, UP THE HILL.

AS YOU COME UP THE HILL, TURN RIGHT AT THE TOP OF THE HILL. YOU WON’T MISS THE BARN.

Google Map Directions

LoCoARC Repeaters

The LoCoARC main repeater frequency is 146.625MHz with an offset of -0.6MHz and transmit and receive tones of 136.5Hz. We will have our Tuesday Night QSO Nets on this repeater while it is working and the alternate is the 147.000repeater with an offset of +0.6MHz and the same tone settings. Check ya later 😉

January Newsletter


This is the Lowndes County Amateur Radio Club’s monthly news letter. The newsletter contains important dates, topics of interest, scheduled testing dates for the year, a list of the members of the VE team, and a list of Net Controller assignments.

This month we had one person to take the Technician Exam and become a new ham.

We had 4 Net Calls with a total of 55 check-ins during the month of January. Connie did a wonderful job of calling the Net all 4 times.

During the meeting on January 6th:
We voted two members in.

Discussed the Capital City Hamfest in Jackson, MS.

Doug mentioned the MagARC Awards and the ARRL Awards and QRZ Awards were also mentioned.

John suggested joining ARRL for the multitude of information that the ARRL offers.

On January 8, we gathered at the clubhouse and put PL-259 connecters on cables, worked on using Winlink and discussed multiple topics in 1 to 3 groups.

Important Dates:
3-Feb-22 7pm: Club Meeting – Nominations for new club officers will be taken.
3-Mar-22 7pm: Club Meeting – Elections for the new club officers will be held at the club meeting.

Topics of interest:


JS8Call Grocery supply tracking
Winlink
Winlink Wednesday


If you come across any topics of interest please send them to K5TCO and I’ll see if I can get it in the next news letter.

73 to Y’all!

Testing Dates for the GTVET, times, and locations below.

Feb 036:00 pmLoCoARC
Feb 199:00 amMFJ
Mar 036:00 pmLoCoARC
Apr 076:00 pmLoCoARC
May 0510:00 amLoCoARC
May 289:00 amMFJ
Jun 0210:00 amLoCoARC
Jul 076:00 pmLoCoARC
Aug 046:00 pmLoCoARC
Aug 2710:00 amMFJ
Sep 016:00 pmLoCoARC
Oct 066:00 pmLoCoARC
Nov 036:00 pmLoCoARC
Nov 0910:00 amMFJ