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Happy Birthday to Us!!

Here’s an excerpt from the history files of the club: The concept for a local Amateur Radio Club was formed in the summer of 1952. …

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Club Officers for 2013

At the November meeting, the club reelected the officers from 2012, so they will be serving a second (or more) term.  They are: President –…

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We’re Number 1! (By One Definition, Anyway!)

We improved! We really did! A lot!! The 2012 Field Day results are now available on the ARRL website.  The December QST magazine has them…

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Field Day 2012 – Pretty Hot!

Field Day 2012 was a hot one.  Temperatures at the site were above 90°F, but for most of the day there was a slight breeze…

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Fame Comes to Us Again!

Look who made the newspaper!  Our own Bob McKenzie K4MLR had a nice feature story yesterday (June 14th). Club president Lester Christophe W5GSU got a…

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National Traffic System – Radiograms

At the April meeting the Vice-President, David Stephenson KJ4OKJ presented a program on radiograms and the National Traffic System. The Powerpoint presentation he used can be…

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2012 Officers

At the November meeting, the club elected officers for 2012.  They are: President – J. Lester Christophe W5GSU Vice-President – David Stephenson KJ4OKJ Secretary –…

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The Results Show That . . .

We tried!  We really did!  We even improved a bit! The 2011 Field Day results are out.  The December QST magazine has them, and you…

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More Face Time for W4RFZ

Lloyd Barnette – W4RFZ is certainly getting a lot of publicity!  First he showed up in CQ Magazine last year after Field Day.  Then he…

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2011 Field Day – So-so Results

Field Day 2011 came and went, as always.  The Decatur club had a reasonable result for its 58th effort. All told, we had 218 CW…

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