Greetings! The ninth month has appeared, bringing some welcome cooler temperatures (at least briefly). The annual Labor Day outings are complete (mostly) and the Fall colors have begun to show.
And college football is here! What’s not to like?
We all like to eat as much as (or more than) we like to talk, so we are combining the two for the September meeting of the Decatur Amateur Radio Club. This month is the quarterly “eating meeting” on Tuesday evening, September 2nd at 6:00pm at Libby’s Catfish and Diner on Priceville Mountain off of Highway 67. Follow your nose out of Decatur on Highway 67 (the Beltline) and travel east past the I-65 interchange. Continue through Priceville, and drive up the mountain. When you reach the top, Libby’s is just ahead on the right past the big white cross.
If you’d rather, feel free to go to the usual location at the Morgan County Courthouse in Decatur. Please arrive early at the lower entrance off of Lee Street and hope that you can convince someone to let you into the empty auditorium in the basement. And while you’re there, have some nice conversations with the young uniformed men arriving in the black and white SUV’s with the bright flashing lights!
This meeting will NOT be streamed on Microsoft Teams for obvious reasons.
Did you go to the in Huntsville Hamfest in August? What good deals did you find? Come tell us all about it so we can be jealous while we enjoy some hearty eating.
The Decatur club offers license testing every month on the first Saturday of the month. The testing sessions are held in the Decatur Public Library on 6th Avenue NE (Highway 31) at 1:00. Please bring ID (especially your FRN, which is required on the license application) and your $15 fee. And, most importantly, PLEASE send an email to DecaturHamTest@w4atd.org so we can have the testing materials prepared and available for you. September 6th and October 4th are our next scheduled testing dates. PLEASE NOTE: WE ALWAYS NEED VOLUNTEER EXAMINERS TO HELP WITH THE TESTING PROGRAM! If you want to help in some way (an Extra class license is normally required), please let us know! And if you send an email and do not get a timely response, please let the secretary know.
Remember that the roster of current club members is now online at www.HamClubOnline.com. Set up your free account and if you have paid your dues (and the Secretary has updated the database) you should see that you’re associated with the DARC. If there’s an issue, let us know.
See you on Tuesday evening, September 2nd, 2025, at Libby’s Catfish and Diner in Priceville at 6:00! Don’t be late!
