Richfield Amateur Radio Club

Change to 444.474 PL tone to 103.5

There has been an issue regarding the 444.475 with interference. A visit has been to the repeater site and the PL tone has been changed to 103.5. Please send an Email to w0rrc.rarc@gmail.com if you hear any issues.

Regards

Paul KE0QXV RARC secretary

RARC October 18th Meeting This Wednesday

The RARC October meeting is this Wednesday at 7 pm, Richfield Community Center, 7000 Nicollet Ave S.

Topics to include MN ARRL Section Convention Review ( the first is anyone’s memory), future events such as winter field day, January VHF contest, club project build day.

Also note: the 145.39 repeater is not connected to wiresX, it is still FM and Fusion enabled.

The link to join the club is broken, so please send an email to w0rrc.rarc@gmail.com.

Paul KE0QXV RARC secretary.

RARC September Meeting This Wednesday at 7pm

We will meet in the Fireside room. Topics to include the MN section convention on October 14th at Hennepin Technical College North in Brooklynn Park, MN. Look up tcfmc.org. for a link to sign up. In November there is the ARRL sweepstakes contest, and any other topics that come up.

Regards

Paul KE0QXV

RARC secretary

July 19th, 2023 RARC monthly meeting

RARC will meet this Wednesday at 7 pm at the Richfield Community Center, 7000 Nicollet Avenue, 55423.

Topics to include operating as W1AW in August, POTA and other things people want to talk about.

The Thursday evening net will be held on the 145.39 DCS 047 repeater at 6:30 pm from now on. If anyone would like to take a turn as net control, send an Email or let us know on the Discord server.

The club has some 12vdc 3 and 5 amp power supplies and 2 each, 12 volt 17 AH SLA batteries, free for the asking.

73

Paul KE0QXV

RARC Secretary

RARC Thursday Evening Net will be held on the 145.39 repeater beginning Thursday, July 20th, 2023

At the June 21st, 2023 RARC meeting, it was agreed to move the net to the 145.39 repeater FM (-0.6 MHz D047). The first net will be July 20th, 6:30 pm. There will be a station monitoring the 444.475 repeater to direct other stations to the 145.39. The VHF repeater is no longer connected to WiresX and the 145.39 has better coverage area and sound. Both repeaters remain System Fusion enabled.

Regards

Paul KE0QXV

RARC secretary

June RARC Monthly meeting and Field Day 2023

The RARC monthly meeting will be held in person at the Richfield Community Center, 7000 Nicollet Avenue South on Wednesday, June 21st at 7 pm. Topics to include Field Day 2023 preparations, moving the RARC Thursday evening net to the 145.39 repeater, activating as W1AW as a club in August and holding a fabrication day for connectors and cables.

RARC and BARA will participate in Field Day 2023 as a one day event at the Richfield Community Center, lower level, Saturday June 24th. Set up will begin at 10 am and tear down around sundown. There will be three HF stations set up and talk in will be on the 444.475 repeater. All are welcome. It is a great opportunity to meet other hams and see some station set ups.

Regards

Paul KE0QXV

RARC Secretary

RARC Monthly Meeting and Get on The air Event

The Richfield Radio Amateur Radio Club will be participating in Minnesota’s turn as W1AW on Monday, May 15th at 5pm to 9 pm at the Richfield Community Center, 7000 Nicollet Ave s, 55423, lower level. Talk in on 444.475 repeater.

The RARC May meeting will be on Wednesday, May 17th at 7pm, Richfield Community Center, 7000 Nicollet Ave s, 55423. This month we will talk about the VOTA event, Field Day 2023 planning and upcoming contests.

Regards

Paul KE0QXV RARC secretary

RARC April Meeting In Person

RARC will hold the April meeting on Wednesday April 19th, 7 pm at the Richfield Community Center 7000 Nicollet Ave South 55423. We will be on the first floor.

Paul KE0QXV

RARC Secretary

RARC and the CQ WPX Contest March 25th, 2023

The Richfield Amateur Radio Club will host a get on the air event on Saturday March 25th, 2023 at the Richfield Community Center, lower level. The RCC has an elevator, so if someone needs that, call on the 444.475 pl 118.8 repeater and we’ll let you in the building. Set up begins at 8 am, and joining the contest by 10 am. Tear down at about 6 pm. All are welcome, and non-licensed people can have the opportunity to operate with a licensed ham. We will have a station on 10 meters so technician license people can experience HF. For info on the contest, see cqwpx.com .

73

Paul KE0QXV

RARC March 15th, 2023 Meeting.

This coming Wednesday, the 15th, we will meet in person at the Richfield Community Center, 7000 Nicollet Ave S, 55423, 7:00 pm. We will discuss a date for a get on the air event before Field Day, the MN section convention , an antenna project and there will be a presentation by Brent WG0A about packet communication. Everyone is welcome.

There are some 12 volt 12 Ah SLA batteries and 12vdc power supplies left, free for the asking. Send an email to the club at w0rrc.rarc@gmail.com

Paul KE0QXV

RARC Secretary