WØRRC REPEATERS
2-meters
Analog/C4FM
145.3900-, DCS 047
70-centimeters
Analog/C4FM
444.4750+, Tone 118.8
Field Day 2020 will not be held in person.
Due to concerns for the health of the members of the Richfield Amateur Radio Club and the Bloomington Amateur Radio Association, field day 2020 will be different. We can operate as independant stations and count contacts as a club. Please follow this link for the rule from the ARRL: http://www.arrl.org/arrlletter?issue=2020-05-28 We will use N1MMlogger software, as we have in the past.
Regards
Paul KE0QXV
RARC secretary
Saturday, May 30th, 2020 HCES system test.
Hennepin County Emergency Management (HCEM) will be conducting their Spring Simulated Emergency Test (SET) this Saturday May 30 from 9am till approximately 12 noon. The test involves amateur radio operators and public safety entities sharing specifically requested information via a number of different communications pathways.
The Richfield Radio Club members are invited and encouraged to participate.
Attached is a list of amateur radio frequencies (via an ICS205) which will be utilized for this exercise. This includes the Richfield 444.475 repeater.
Please pass this information along to the club members and let them know that they are welcome and frankly encouraged to check into as many of the nets as they are able.
Here is the exercise scenario:
A global pandemic (Coronavirus –SARS-CoV2) –COVID-19 has infected hundreds of thousands across the globe, killed thousands in the United States and has decimated global economies. As hundreds of thousands of Minnesotans maintain a Government-issued ‘Stay-at-Home” order, communications infrastructure is being taxed beyond capacity. Primary failures include an overloading of the 3-4-5G Cellular systems as well as an overloading of some local internet service providers. Local telecom operators are also experiencing random outages due to malicious cable vandalism. Power is stable for the time being. Due to the infectious nature of the COVID-19 virus, all communications personnel are now working remotely from their homes. No inter-personal contact is being advised as “Social Distancing” is the new normal. The Hennepin County Emergency Operations Center is active with stable conditions and is requesting information from ARES and non-ARES amateur Radio Operators as to the status of critical infrastructure within the County and State of Minnesota and specifically the Twin Cities Metropolitan area.
The HCEOC is requesting the following information from each operator who checks in:
Operators Current Location
Station Power Status
Internet Access and availability
Cellular / Telco Service Status
Current Weather conditions
HCEM looks forward to hearing from all those who can participate.
Regards,
Tom York- K0ZZX
RARC Wednesday May 20th, 2020 Meeting will be held on air.
TO All, RARC Wednesday May 20th, 2020 meeting will be held on the air using the W0RRC 444.475 repeater.
We will be discussing Field Day 2020 preparation in the event the Richfield Community Center is open. Also, we will be looking for topics to discuss at future meetings.
The meeting starts at 7:00 pm. 444.475 MHz+, PL Tone 118.8 FM.
Regards
Paul KE0QXV
Thursday, April 30th, 2020 444.475 net and System Fusion simplex round table.
This Thursday following the RARC Thursday night net, there will be a test of C4FM using simplex mode. Please read the following from Don KC0TJ:
Heads up I will be doing a Fusion on the radio test on 147.525 simplex per MRC’s guidelines this Thursday after Richfield’s 6:30pm net. All are welcome. Make sure you are on (DN) mode only. This is not related to RARC, but I am going coordinate on 444.475 repeater in analog for support. My hope is to test Fusion’s capabilities in simplex. We do not want anyone using any WIRES-X linking. My goals are distance testing compared to FM and usability of fringe communications. If that works I might try DStar another day. Your objective comments during and afterwards would be nice. This is for fun and education. Please make sure you have pretested your settings before you check-in. I monitor 444.475 repeater & 146.520 normally if you want any tech support before this test. One last thing, Fusion transmissions are delay audio, so give a second before talking when keying and give gaps before TXing otherwise we may not RX anything.
Again, thanks for your patience for this test.
thx DC moto Z4
April 15th RARC meeting will be held on the air tonight.
Due to the current conditions, the Richfield Ameteur Radio Club will hold this month’s meeting on the air. UHF repeater 444.475+ PL 118.8 FM. 1900 CDT (7:00 p.m.). Topics to include Field Day 2020 preperations, and contingencies, if needed.
Regards
Paul KW0QXV
RARC secretary
Online Webinar Saturday March 21, 2020
From: Matt Holden
Date: Wed, Mar 18, 2020, 7:59 PM
Subject: Please share with all Richfield club members Saturday webinar
Subject: Buffalo MN hamfest postponed. ARRL virtual meeting scheduled
Midwinter Madness, the hamfest
scheduled for Saturday March 21st, in
Buffalo, MN, has been
postponed.
Since most of us are going to hunkered down in our homes, I
thought I
would host a Dakota Division virtual meeting on the Internet.
I
will give an ARRL update and then share the highlights of my recent
trip to
V4 St. Kitts and Nevis.
If you have a topic you would like to present to the
amateur radio
community, please contact me about adding you to the
agenda.
I plan to begin my presentation on Saturday March 21, 2020 at
9:30 AM
CDT. Please sign-up to get specific connection instructions
for
computers and telephones at
https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/3546387199993324547
Let’s
try to make the best of these unusual circumstances spend a little
virtual
time together since we can’t meet in person.
Stay safe and I hope to see you
can join the
webinar.
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ARRL
Dakota Division
Director: Matt Holden, K0BBC
k0bbc@arrl.org
Change for the March 18th Meeting
Following the lead of other radio clubs, due to health concerns, the Richfield Amatuer Radio Club March 18th, 2020 meeting will be held over the air on the 444.475 repeater on FM. Time remains the same at 7:00 p.m. Topics will include preparations for Field Day 2020 and take suggestions for future club activities and projects.
73
Paul KE0QXV
A message from our long distance member.
Hello fellow RARC members,
How is everything back in Minnesota? I am currently in South Korea. I have been here for just over a month and have another 8 more months to go. I am the dining facility manager at camp Hovey so it’s like being the manager of a restaurant. We feed around 1000 soldiers per meal so I am pretty busy here. I unfortunately did not have space to bring any of my ham radio gear with me and I feel like I’m going through radio withdrawal. I did bring my am/fm/shortwave radio with me and listen to the Armed Forces Radio station or there is a shortwave station that is in English that broadcasts from Beijing which I sometimes catch at night. I hope you are starting to prep for field day. Wish I could be there to help out. I have my eye on some radio gear I want to buy when I get back stateside….with the wife’s permission. Don, you are the godfather of the club. Keep the club strong. Herman, Mike, Lucas, and everyone else, have fun and I look forward to seeing some field day pictures.
73
Jeff KG7ONF
Elections
Next meeting is annual elections. All members with valid license can run. please email the club if you like to be President, VP, or Secretary. Don is stepping down as President this term.
We will continue working on the official club radio Aka the Jeff Box. This radio will be used on all club events as the talk-in radio. please bring any Ideas, bling, parts, & accessories. currently we have power supply, and the radio. We need a case, and accessories. The club radio is a Chi-Com copy of a FT-8800R. Please email us for your ideas or bring it to the meeting to make the radio station work.
Nov 20th Fusion & WIRES-X
This is the big meeting for anyone interested in Fusion, WIRES-X, or on our repeaters upgrade information.
We’re going to be having Mr. Yaesu Fusion Guy come to visit us. Please watch his current video https://youtu.be/JPhY5YY8-dQ
We are setting up for you.
We have eliminated November’s business meeting to next month to accommodate the maximum amount time to John’s presentation. We will start at 7pm sharp. Location is moved to the Augsburg Room from the Ruth Johnson Room at the community center to add more space. (Same as our Field Day Room.)
Will our planning to talk about basics of C4FM, WIRES-X, & quick comparison of DR-1X to DR-2X.
7000 Nicollet Ave November 20th, 7-9pm
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We will post here if a weather event or we need to cancel meeting!!
RARC asks all to keep posted on this website before visiting our next meeting for all updates.