Issued August 2017 Issue No. 89 Club Website: http://www.qsl.net/k7jar/home.html S-Meter e-mail: parcnews@hotmail.com Club Repeater: Output 146.62 MHz; Input 146.02 MHz, No Tone Next Meeting Saturday September 16 th 2017 Meeting QTH is: Evans Campground Pavillion CLUB NET: Sunday Evenings 8:00p.m. Local
Highlights from our August meeting. Attendees: 13 Meeting was called to order by Secretary Randy Jones N7CKJ There was a quorum of Officers present. Minutes of the July meeting were read and accepted. Treasurer's Report Randy N7CKJ $5604.76 ARES Report PARC Net George W7WBN Would still like a couple more bodies for Net Control on Sunday Nights. Board Report Bruce KC7H - NO REPORT Announcements: Old Business: September Picnic was discussed flyers were passed around that were made by Debbie KF7GUB, people are to post them around town. Meeting at 11:30am and potluck lunch will be around Noon. Baron KI7KDU and George W7WBN will send out letters inviting the new Hams to join us. Tom KF7TEG will contact the Statesman Examiner to get it listed on their upcoming calendar of events. New Business Meeting was adjourned Respectfully submitted by: 2
PARC Sunday Night Net 8:00pm on the 146.62. Interested in becoming one of the Net control operators? Gimmie AL7LB, Jim WW7DD and Dakota Just e-mail George W7WBN at audax@gotsky.com The PARC Sunday Night Net continues to be a mainstay of the organization. Many thanks for your continuing professional support. With your help, and that of the members and visitors checking in, it made for a very pleasant Sunday evening. This year we have had a splurge of new Hams in this area getting their license. Please encourage them to check in on the Sunday Night Net and get some local operating experience. Remind them that they do not have to be members of the PARC to check in. 73, George W7WBN BIG THANK YOU TO ENGINE # 343 OF THE DNR FIRE CREW. Thank you for keeping our forests SAFE!! 3
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Calendar of Events 2017 September 2017 3 rd RSGB SSB Field Day and Wake-Up QRP Sprint 3 rd Sunday Night Net 8:00 pm Net Control Operator George W7WBN 4 th Labor Day 7 th NRAU 10m Activity Contest 8 th 20th Annual Northwest APRS/Digital Summer Gathering. Valley Camp, North Bend, WA 9 th Hamfest Gallatin Ham Radio Club. Gallatin County Fair Grounds, Bozeman MT 9 th WAE DX Contest, SSB and ARRL EME Contest 9 th SARL Field Day Contest and ARRL September VHF Contest 10 th North American Sprint, CW 10 th Sunday Night Net 8:00 pm Net Control Operator Cynthia WW7CA 16 th PARC Club Meeting and Annual Picnic at Evans Campground at 11:30am 16 th Washington State Salmon Run 17 th North American Sprint, RTTY 17 th Sunday Night Net 8:00 pm Net Control Operator Jim WW7DD 18 th National Cheeseburger Day!! 23 rd Spokane HamFest see Flyer below 24 th Sunday Night Net 8:00 pm Net Control Operator Tom KE7TEG 25 th National Comic Book Day. 28 th Ask a Stupid Question Day! 30 th Russian WW MultiMode Contest October 2017 1 st Sunday Night Net 8:00 pm Net Control Operator Larry KR7LRJ 1 st North American SSB Sprint Contest 3 rd German Telegraphy Contest 4 th National Golf Day 5 th SARL 80m QSO Party 6 th YLRL Dx/NA YL Anniversary Contest 7 th ARRL EME Contest 8 th Sunday Night Net 8:00 pm Net Control Operator George W7WBN 9 th Four States QRP Group Second Sunday Sprint 9 th Columbus Day 12 th National Gumbo Day 14 th Pacific Northwest VHF Society Conference. Moses Lake, WA 14 th Kitsap County Hamfest. Bremerton, WA 14 th Arizona and Pennsylvania QSO Party 15 th W7DP tailgate party, College Place (Near Walla Walla), WA 15 th Sunday Night Net 8:00 pm Net Control Operator Cynthia WW7CA 16 th Run for the Bacon QRP Contest 16 th ARRL School Club Roundup & Telephone Pioneers QSO Party 20 th PARC Club Meeting 7:30 at the Corner of Hawthorne & Walnut in Colville 21 st Swap-Tober-Fest. Mid-Valley ARES. Polk County Fairgrounds, Rickreall, OR. 21 st Araucaria World Wide VHF Contest 21 st 10-10 International Fall Contest, CW 21 st Worked All Germany Contest and South Dakota QSO Party 22 nd Sunday Night Net 8:00 pm Net Control Operator Jim WW7DD 28 th CQ Worldwide DX Contest, SSB 29 th Sunday Night Net 8:00 pm Net Control Operator Tom KE7TEG 29 th National Frankenstein Day 31 st Happy Halloween Hoot Owl for Colville Area Time & Place TBD 5
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