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August 30th Edition
Welcome to the Madison County Amateur Radio Club website.  A mission of the club is to promote amateur radio by way of educational programming and activities.  MCARC is an affiliated club with the ARRL.  Membership in the club is open to all licensed amateur radio operators whether they belong to the ARRL or not.  MCARC also provides the KE8RV Memorial Repeater (147.285 MHz) as an open repeater.  It's located in London, Ohio with three additional remote receive sites throughout the county.


September Club Meeting

The next MCARC Monthly Meeting will be on Wednesday, September 8th at 7 PM at the the firehouse in Plain City.   This will be the 3rd Quarter Business meeting.
  We will meet for a pre-meeting dinner at 5:45 PM at the Der Dutchman Restaurant in Plain City.


Ox Roast Bicycle Tour

The Club will again be providing emergency communications for the 2010 OX ROAST BICYCLE TOUR on Sunday, September 5.  Volunteer radio operators are desperately needed to cover the 100+ miles of the 3 routes that the tour traverses. Complete details are on the Club Events page.

 
Other Upcoming Events

The next monthly club breakfast will be on Saturday morning September 25th, 9 AM, at the London Grill  Restaurant in London.  Complete details are on the Club Events page.

License Exam Schedule
The Madison County VE Team has set up several  (Laurel) License Exam sessions to be held on the following dates:
     November 4, 2010  7 PM to 9 PM
     January 6, 2011
     March 3, 2011
     May 5, 2011
     July 7, 2011
     September 1, 2011
     November 3, 2011

These exam sessions will be held at:
     Madison County Engineer's Office
     825 US 42 NE
     London, Ohio 43140
This is located at the intersection of I-70 and US-42 near London.  The entrance driveway is located between the McDonald's and Wendy's.
Talk-in on the 147.285+ MCARC repeater.
Walk ins are always welcomed.
Exams are free!
 
Contact information:
   Mark Crosbie - N8MNI
   231 Jacqueline Dr.
   London, Ohio 43140
   740-852-4237  (10 AM - 8 PM)
   email:
exams@mcarcoh.org
Complete details are on the Club Events page.

Tuesday Evening 2M Net

The club 2 meter Get Together Net is held each Tuesday evening at 8 PM on the 147.285 repeater.
All amateurs are welcome and encouraged to check in and join us for interesting topics and the latest club news.


Be sure to check out the Club Events page for a list of all of our upcoming events.



Don't forget to visit the
Bulletin Board page for Member's Classified Ads and other interesting Member information.

 

Last Updated:  August 30, 2010