Every Monday night - club net at 9:00 PM on  147.18+ repeater
Nut Net at 7:30 AM Monday-Friday on 147.18+ repeater
ARES NET WEDNESDAY AT 8:00 PM on 146.67- repeater

 January 2002

       15  Monthly club meeting at New Hanover Hospital - AHEC building. Rag Chews start at 7:00 PM with meeting starting at 7:30 PM, Plan to attend. Annual dues of $20.00 due by March 31, 2002.

February 2002

       19  Monthly club meeting at New Hanover Hospital - AHEC building. Rag Chews start at 7:00 PM with meeting starting at 7:30 PM, Plan to attend. Annual dues of $20.00 due by March 31, 2002.

March 2002

       19  Monthly club Dinner meeting at McAllister's Restaurant 6:30 PM with meeting starting about 7:30 PM. Annual dues of $20.00 due by March 31, 2002.

April 2002

       16  Monthly club meeting at New Hanover Hospital - AHEC building. Rag Chews start at 7:00 PM with meeting starting at 7:30 PM, Plan to attend.

May 2002

       21 Monthly club meeting at New Hanover Hospital - AHEC building. Rag Chews start at 7:00 PM with meeting starting at 7:30 PM, Plan to attend.

June 2002

        8    VEC testing at UNCW 10 AM , Morton Hall

        18  Monthly club Dinner meeting at McAllister's Restaurant 7:00 PM.

        22 Field Day activates.

July 2002

        16  Monthly club meeting at New Hanover Hospital - AHEC building. Rag Chews start at 7:00 PM with meeting starting at 7:30 PM, Plan to attend.

        20-21 The next special Event for the Battleship will be the Museum of Ships Special Event on July 20-21. The club will man the ship on both days.

August 2002

        10   VEC testing at UNCW 10 AM , Morton Hall

        17-18 The International Lighthouse Weekend QSO Party will be on the weekend of August 17th and 18th. The club will be operating at The USCG Station at Oak Island. We need operators for Saturday and Sunday. We had a pretty good turnout at field day so here is your chance to play some more. Lets really make an effort to really let everyone know that the club is alive and well. You may contact me (ED / W4EBR)  in order to sign up. My email address is acarc@ac4rc.org. Click here to see Photos.

        20  Monthly club meeting at New Hanover Hospital - AHEC building. Rag Chews start at 7:00 PM with meeting starting at 7:30 PM, Plan to attend. 

The monthly meeting was held on August 20, 2002 at New Hanover Hospital with 12 members present. Some of the topics discussed were Lighthouse weekend, Battleship operations, ARES, QSL's and the Christmas party. Paul Magnabosco - AD4HZ made an excellent presentation IIS ( International Space Station) amateur operations. The presentation handout is linked in MS Word and pdf formats. Click on the version you want to view.

September 2002

        17  Monthly club Dinner meeting at McAllister's Restaurant on College Road. Dinner starts at 6:30 PM and meeting starts at 7:30 PM.

October 2002

         2   The annual Shriners' Fish Fry, will be held Wednesday October 2. Operators are needed in two hour shifts at 4 locations around Wilmington. Please contact Rick Card KD4JkX at KD4JKX@sedan-central.org to provide your assistance.

         15  Monthly club meeting at New Hanover Hospital - AHEC building. Election of new officers. Rag Chews start at 7:00 PM with meeting starting at 7:30 PM, Plan to attend.

         19-20 45th ANNUAL BOY SCOUT JAMBOREE ON-THE-AIR (JOTA, Saturday, Oct. 19 9AM-5PM and Sunday, Oct. 20 1 PM to 5 PM), Hugh MacRae Park, Shelter #3. Operators welcomed for this fun event. For more information, contact Bill Morine (N2COP) at 452-1770 or by e-mail n2cop@ec.rr.com .

         19-20 Battleship USS North Carolina amateur radio operations on board the ship.

November 2002

         19  Monthly club meeting at New Hanover Hospital - AHEC building. Election of new officers. Rag Chews start at 7:00 PM with meeting starting at 7:30 PM, Plan to attend.

  • Club meeting notes. A very good attendance for the club meeting.  Topics of discussion:
    • Next club meeting will be January 21, 2003 at CFCC down town. More parking, less walking. Try it and we will see how we like it.
    • Dinner meeting will be on even month at Alleigh's restaurant (February, April, June, August, October with Christmas party in December at a place to be determined)
    • Club annual dues for next year will be $20, the same as this year. A committee will contact current and past members for 2003 membership.
    • The January 2003 and March 2003 meetings will be at Cape Fear Community College. The February 2003 meeting will be at McAllister's Restaurant.
    • Discussion on Light House operations. The QSL's have been received.
       
    • Discussion on the original equipment on the Battleship USS North Carolina. Suggestion of special event station using on CW and original equipment. Possible certificate for working the ship.
    • FieldDay 2003 will be the weekend of June 28-29. Will operate again at Hugh MacRae Park this year.
    • Interest is having a new ham class at CFCC. The class would be over 10 weeks with 2 hour classes 1 day per week.
    • VE testing again this year. Jack-WD4OIN will step down as leader and Jeff-KE4LKB will take over.
    • Jeff-KE4LKB will take over the Club Newspaper. Please send information to Jeff by e-mail
    • Election of Club offices for 2003. Ed Redington-President, Glen Day-AG4NO-Vice President, Larry Modlin-KG4SYQ- Treasure and Martha Eason - KD4PSU-Secretary.

    December 2002

             3  Christmas Party - The annual club Christmas Party will be December 3, 2002 at Alleigh's restaurant. Social at 6:30 PM with dinner starting about 7:30 PM. All members and their families should participate. Non members are always welcome. Please get your reservations in immediately for an evening of fun and fellowship. You can e-mail information to acarc@ac4rc.org . Each person attending, should bring a small (not more than $10.00) gift to exchange. Be sure to mark it for MAN or WOMAN. The social event of the year  ...... do not miss it. See all of you there at 6:30 PM.

    • The Christmas party was a great success. The unofficial  count was 52 in attendance. The food was great and the conversation and fellowship was even better.

             14  VE testing at UNCW Morton Hall 10:00AM . As usual, we will meet at K & W for breakfast at 8:00 AM.

             28-29 Amateur Radio Light House Society QSO Party at US Coast Guard Station Oak Island. Glen Day ( AG4NO ) is the contact person ( gday@ec.rr.com ).  

    The Amateur Radio Light House Society sponsors a QSO party starting December 20th and running thru the 5th of January. Members attempt to put as many lighthouses on the air as possible. Our club will operate on the weekend of the 28th and 29th. Several of our members participate and the weekend can be a lot of fun. Saturday morning the 28th those who are interested will go down and set up. The club will provide food and drink to all those who want to go. We will operate from Saturday AM right thru Sunday PM ( 2 or 3 ). Operating times are at your choosing. Come early and stay late. If you have any questions please call Ed - W4EBR @ 686-5206 or email to acarc@ac4rc.org.

    Glenn Day has been working very hard to bring this operation off. We will gather for breakfast at K & W at 8 AM on Saturday December 28 and then proceed to Oak Island to pit up the antenna and get on the air. Operating times are from 11 AM Saturday to around 2PM on Sunday. We will try and have 2 stations on the air id possible. Food and drink will be provided by the club. This will be a time of fellowship and good times, so please come out and support the club.

    The members that turned out had a great time. About 250 QSO's were made including across the pond and New Zealand. The club will be involved in the North Carolina QSO party Sunday February 23, 2003. Details later. Get involved in some club activities and put Wilmington and our club back on the map. This is a time to learn, operate, have fun and really enjoy Ham Radio.

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