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An Executive Board meeting has been called for 9:30 am, Saturday morning, February 4th at the DuBois Diner in the “Coca Cola Room.” All officers and Executive Board members are requested to attend.
Breakfast service will be available, including the Diner’s famous Weekend Breakfast Buffet and Omelet Chef, at affordable prices!
Quad-County Executive Board meetings are open to all members, but only officers and Executive Board members may make motions, debate and vote.
The Quad-County Amateur Radio Club Christmas Dinner will be on our regular meeting night, Friday, December 16th. The Dinner is at the Fort Worth Restaurant, 229 West Long Avenue in Du Bois. We will have a short business meeting at 6:30 pm, followed by Dinner Service. The house specials provided for us will be a choice of Ham or Turkey Dinner. You may also order from the menu.
Hope to see you there!
From your shack to ours, we’re starting a new ragchew net on Wednesday evenings at 7:00pm on the 147.315 repeater. This informal net will give everybody the opportunity to say hello to old friends and new, and fill everybody in on the latest happenings at your QTH. If you are within the coverage of the N3QC Repeater, we hope you’ll join in the fun this Wednesday at 7:00 pm.
After the callup, we’ll take mobile check-ins, followed by weaker and distant stations. Then the big boys can play. Once we have our list, we’ll start things going round the list and keep going until everybody falls asleep or the electric company pulls the plug! Let’s all give this a try and see how it goes!
Club membership isn’t required — everyone who can key the repeater is welcome! (Although why not join the club? It’s cheap!)
UPDATE! First Session a Success!
We had 8 checkins for our first session which lasted the better part of an hour. The topic was, “How’s DX?” and we had a nice roundtable. Here’s a recording:
2011-10-25 Hamshack Net
Help Wanted
This is a simple and friendly net. You can be the net control station for a month. The entire format fits on a 4×6 index card. If you would like to volunteer for a month, (or even just a week to give it a try) contact our Quad-COunty ARC Net Manager Doug W3DWR.
Here’s the PDF of the net format!

 Please help this fellow buy a new hat! Generous donors are requested to dig deep and send this fellow a dollar to help defray the cost of a new hat. The one he is wearing has the wrong callsign, W3KWT, while according to FCC records, his current callsign is K3VFW! When a fellow ham is in need we must all pitch in and help him out of the fix he’s in. Reports are that on October 21, 2011, the FCC canceled his old callsign, W3KWT, and issued in its place a new one, K3VFW. The FCC claims that he requested the change, but we all know how the Government works! Please do your part to help this unfortunate victim of Government efficiency.
Congrats, Tom on the shiny new callsign!
p.s.: Chip in another 50 cents to buy him a new QSL card or two, as well!
JJust a reminder that nominations for QCARC officers will open at this Friday’s meeting.
Remember that the program for the meeting will be remote control aircraft by Pete Carr, WW3O. So be sure to set aside Friday for this once again interesting and informative meeting!
 1984 Quad-County Fall Picnic (Photo by K3LIX) Stroll down Memory Lane this month on Saturday, October 15th, as The Quad-County Amateur Radio Club revisits the Ed Golla QTH for a revival of our Fall Picnic activities. Old Timers will remember with fondness the many good times we shared at that QTH for Field Days and Fall Picnics. Thanks to the generosity of Ed Golla, Jr. K3AHS, we have been invited to return to the home of so many Quad-County activities.
The picnic is for our members, former members, guests and others interested in our club or amateur radio in our area. The club is providing hamburgers and hot dogs, with condiments and soft drinks. You are encouraged (but not required) to being a covered dish to share with the group. This will be a wonderful opportunity to spend some time with your ham radio friends, old and new. Please plan on attending.
The picnic will be held, rain or shine, and in case of blizzard, shovels will be provided.
Directions
From Reynoldsville: Take PA-310 south for 3.5 miles. Watch for the Quad-County sign on the right at the driveway (1.8 miles beyond the Lakelawn Cemetary entrance). Proceed up the driveway past the gray house (with a “G” on the chimney) and back through the field along the trees to the picnic grounds. Talk-in on the 147.315 Quad-County repeater.
From Punxsutawney: take PA 310 north for 9.0 miles. Watch for the Quad-County sign on the left at the driveway (2.1 miles beyond the Amish Restaurant / old PA-952 intersection). Proceed up the driveway past the gray house (with a “G” on the chimney) and back through the field along the trees to the picnic grounds. Talk-in on the 147.315 Quad-County repeater.
GPS Coordinates:
- 41.062992,-78.927251 (driveway)
- 4366 Pennsylvania 310, Reynoldsville, PA 15851
- 41.065015,-78.92907 (Picnic area)
Do you think people thought he was crazy or just afraid of his car?
Our August meeting was home to 21 members and guests who got to enjoy a very excellent program by our special guest Lois Gutshall WB3EFQ. She is the president of the Young Ladies’ Radio League, an international organization of lady hams. She spoke about the activities of the YLRL, how the organization serves radio amateurs and provides international goodwill through service activities worldwide.
Following her presentation, she answered questions and discussed many topics of interest with those in attendance. We are honored to have been visited by Lois, and many of our members and guests expressed their appreciation for her good work and leadership. Recalling that she was our guest in September 1985, she commented that she hopes to see us again in 25 more years. She was encouraged to come back much sooner than that!

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