All,

Two people contacted Mike a little later than usual, so he, Lowell, and Bill will be at the Thomas County EOC at 10am on Saturday, May 18th for a Test Session.

The next session will be in June, and that will be a week later than usual, at Field Day on Saturday, June 22nd, at 10am.

My name is Alan, and I came across your page, http://thomasvilleamateurradioclub.com/digital-mode-resources/ while searching for anything related to “Technology” for my class with Ms. Ward.

As part of my project, I am required to find and share a resource with the folks that we have borrowed information from for “using their stuff.”  This is something that I think would be a great addition to your site:

“Amateur Radio Resources: Scanners”

http://www.barcodediscount.com/articles/amateur-radio-resources-scanners.htm

I am an avid Radio Scanner user! My hope is that if you find it useful at all, you might consider posting this along with the other link resources on your site. My friends would be really excited to see our stuff posted on sites like yours.

Anyway, if you are able to post it just shoot me an email and let me know so I can let them know and thanks again:)

Alan and Ms. Ward’s Class

Thanks to KK4HHL, KJ4KUJ, KF4GBS, KJ4KUK, KI4RGD, KE4RWR, KJ4UKR, NY4D, NOTW, KW4EF, and KE4FGF, who were the stations involved.

Four people showed up for testing at the annual TARC Tailgate Hamfest on Saturday, and all 4 left with CSCEs in hand. They were:

Marilyn Webb, KK4HHL, New Extra
Denise Marshall – New Technician
Gary McGehee, KK4OAH, New General
Spencer Cullen, WB4VDM, New Extra

Congratulations to these fine folks!!

TARC sold a lot of tickets during the buildup to the 2013 Tailgate Hamfest. The grand prize was a Yaesu FT-7900 Mobile, and second prize was a Yaesu FT-60 Handheld…and the winner were:

FT-7900 – Andy Clark, KK4HYC, from Moultrie

FT-60 – Steve Williams, KJ4UKR, from Cairo

Congratulations Andy and Steve!!  

We had another productive day this past Saturday. Three more new Techs and two more new Generals.

The final results are:

David Slaughter, KK4PEY – New Technician

Amy Simkins, KK4OWB –New Technician

Brian Tapscott, KK4OWA– New Technician

Steve Haineault Sr., KK4PEV – New Technician

Steve Haineault Jr., KK4PEX  – New Technician

Glenn Brown, KK4NYT – New General

Charlie McPherson, KK4JSR – New General

Jon Francis, KI4JXH – New General

Congratulations to all these fine folks and we look forward to hearing the new one on the air real soon!!

Today at 12:00 noon we had the Grady County ARES Network Antenna Test.  The first question was “Do we have a network?”  It was found that the answer is “Yes, we do have a network.”

The second question was, “Can we pass radio traffic to other stations and outside areas on 2-Meter Simplex?”  The answer to that one is, “Yes we can, but might have to relay to some parts of the county.”

I would like to thank the following for taking their time to help with this test.  And they are:

Dewey Rykard- KI4RGD. Dewey acted as Net Control from Station #2 in Cairo and did a great job.

Dan Farnsworth- KF4WF at Station #5 (Reno).

Bill and Dawn Kitchens- KW4EF & KJ4KUJ at Station #6 (Pine Park).

John Swicord- KE4RWR at Station #7 (Whigham).

Mike Brown- KE4FGF at Station #8 (Pine Level).

Virgil Castleberry-KJ4ZNK at Station #9 (Beachton).  Virgil was mobile only.

Steve Williams-KJ4UKR at Station#11 (Spence).

We also had some folks from outside the county who gave signal reports and comments. We want to thank them as well.  And they are:

Lowell Rieger-NY4D in Merrillville, GA.

Terry Webb-N0TW in Monticello, FL.

Pete Donovan-N4ETA in Thomasville, GA.

Wally Guynn-KJ4KUK.  Wally was monitoring in his mobile down in Tallahassee and gave a verbal report at the meeting.

That tells us that the footprint of our system extends a good distance out there.

A well deserved thank you goes out to each and everyone who took part.  The unselfish giving of their time will not go unnoticed.  Thank you all again for helping make Grady County one of the front runners in ARES for the State of Georgia.

Steve E. Williams; KJ4UKR

“Love has no desire but to fulfill itself. 

To melt and be like a running brook

that sings its melody to the night. 

To wake at dawn with a winged heart

and give thanks for another day of loving.”

Congratulations to Zach and Cassidy

as they start their new life together!

I want to thank  the TARC Radio Family once again for the honor I received last night at the meeting.

I realize there were other people deserving of this as well, but for me to receive the honor was awesome.

Thank you to all the members again and I will try to uphold the standards expected of this honor for the upcoming year and beyond. 

Merry Christmas and 73,

Steve, KJ4UKR   

President – Mike Brown, KE4FGF

Vice President – John Swicord, KE4RWR

VP-Special Events – Dana Swicord, KJ4GWB

Secretary – Leann Doering, KK4HYB

Treasurer – Bobby Cooper, N4KXL

Newsletter Editor – Buddy Peeples, WD4CJI

The members present voted to close the nominations and take a final vote on this group. The result was unanimous, so this is your Officer Team for 2013.

Wynona, KF4HSM, elected to step aside because she has a lot of demands on her time, and didn’t feel she was giving her position enough time. We thank her for her long time service in this and other positions.