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Pocatello Amateur Radio Club
Since 1957, 53 years of Amateur Radio in Pocatello

If you need information about our club or Ham Radio , contact these Board Members !
Brad Maxwell N7FLM     President
Jonathan Woo KF7BBJ Secretary/treasure
Kirsten Jones KF7CNE VP
John Wilson KØIP           Recording Secretary
Dave Turnmire N7TZK
Paul Smith W7EKG
Jim Hicks K7QMM

You are invited !
Our meetings are the Second Thursday of the month
(unless otherwise noted in the news section below)
7:30pm local time, at the
Roy F. Christensen building, ISU campus
Map to the meeting place.
Monthly Breakfast, 9AM, 3rd Saturday of Month

PARC 2 meter FM net, Sunday evening 147.060mHz 8:00PM local

Life as a HAM
As Good as it Gets !

Want to join our Club? membership form!
Join the ARRL Click here
Subscribe to CQ Magazine
PO Box 2722, Pocatello, Idaho 83206

Hey you !

you new guys!
&
Prospective
new hams

NEWS

Link to Old news

PARC February Club Meeting Notice
DX'ing for those that are new to HF

DX sub-topics
- Sunspot cycle and propagation
- DXCC entities and DXCC award
- LoTW
- DX spotting tools
- DX contests, DXpeditions, DX nets

The board also wants your opinion and input
about what we should accomplish this year .
Give it some thought , and come to the meeting
Thursday Feb 11 ,,

This months Club Breakfast will be at Perkins Feb 20.

a BIG "thank you" to last years board members that are retiring
great job
Gregg Clark AD7UI - President
Mike Vaughn WB7DNU - Secretary/treasure
Elborn Hewett KA7MLM
Larry Babb N7LB
Sue Bird K7SKB - Recording Secretary
if you want, click on their name and send them an email

PARC member Jim K7QMM participated in the NAQP this weekend,
he made 102 contacts with 55 mults for 5610 points.

?? did any other PARC members run this contest ??, if so , email the webmaster

Hello all,

This came across my desk today and I thought it was an interesting article about using ham radios in the aftermath of the Haiti earthquakes.

I think this would be a great article/link to post on the club sites.

http://www.cnn.com/2010/TECH/01/20/haiti.amateur.radio/index.html?hpt=Sbin

73's

Penny KE7NQM

I have used this time utility for years, works good, you need to register,
but I never get any spam from them.

OH' NO MR. Bill, not another one of these things..

anyone else in the club receiver one of these things, please email a picture of
it to the WEB guy

Pocatello VHF radios you can use !!
all repeaters in Pocatello are open for general use.
147.36mHz N7DN/r 100hz PL -- There is NO Squelch Tail. ( malfunctioning )
147.06mHz N7DN/r 100hz.PL
IRLP 147.52 simplex. from downtown Pocatello
            To learn more about IRLP Click here
146.82mHz N7LB 100Hz PL
447.750mHz W7RSR 100Hz PL
APRS -- 144.39mHz

Repeater work party, click the picture to make it bigger

The Club has purchased a quantity of these Anderson Power Pole's, the emergency power connectors we discussed several month ago !

They are available at the meeting for $1.25 a set
in the 15, 30 amp varieties & $1.50 for the 45am

here's a glimpse of what goes on at the board meetings

Utah VHF Society Swapmeet

Feb 28th Link

*To receive PARC Newsletter / meeting reminders via email, contact webmaster

*See "membership roster" button for info about our members.

*PARC LOGO GEAR , like Hats, T-shirts, Jackets, etc, available from
Old Town Embroidery, call 234-2679

Current Space Weather Conditions

		NOAA Scales Activity Click to understand the scales
		Range 1 is minor, to 5 which is extreme
		NOAA Scale	Past 24 hours	Current
		Geomagnetic Storms
		Solar Radiation Storms
		Radio Blackouts


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Be Careful, we want you alive !
FIRE. & RED CROSS,

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saving the club $10 to $20 a month in hosting fees,
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