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Here is my contest picks for January. It’s a double hitter with the ARRL NCJ North America QSO party and the ARRL VHF Sweepstake the same weekend the 21-22nd.
The NA QSO party counts for points toward a position in the WRTC 2014. Follow my standing for a position on the web.
See the information on the contest http://www.ncjweb.com/naqprules.php
For the Vhf Sweepstakes see the information http://www.arrl.org/january-vhf-sweepstakes
Hope to hear you on the bands
73
Lisa

Greetings fellow hams,
Just wanted to wish all of you a wonderful Christmas and a prosperous (in all ways) New Year! I'm looking forward to seeing all of you at the RASC club meetings in 2012 and the various events we operate at. I'll be one of the members in the back row on Jan. 13th...:) It's been a pleasure serving as one of your club officers for the last 3+ years. I know you'll be supportive of the new officers as they assume their duties in January because you're the BEST!!
73
Anita, KE7GQO
outgoing V.P.

Good evening all,
I am looking to see if anyone could help me out some. I run a FT857D with a Tarheel 400 antenna, I have the hardware and software for digital operation, but I havent had any luck in setting it up. I operate mobile onlyI am also a MARS operator.
Any help would be great.
Thank you,
Mark
KJ4JCG
baldemt2003@yahoo.com

I've posted the details of my Technician (and other license classes) class to be taught in January in all the local newspapers and the ClamDigger for some weeks now. So far there seems to be little interest in such a class. I sent it off to the ARRL long ago but don't know if they ever posted it. The ARRL is not very communicative for a communication organization. I have just three individuals who have expressed interest in the class so far and I need a minimum of fifteen to make the class worth running.

I had my 2 el quad pointed NNW listening for some Asian DX, but I was surprised to hear W1ESE in AZ coming in S-9 of back of antenna along with a pronounced echo. I guess it's fairly common when propagation is good but was a rare event for me to receive the same signal from opposite directions. What i experienced was the time difference between the two paths with only my human senses to hear the difference. I guess this is why I never get tired of listening to the bands. What with improved band conditions and winter coming on both high and low bands giving round the clock fun.

Hi all,
Just wanted to remind everyone that we DON'T have a club meeting in the month of December. Instead, we have our annual club members Christmas party on Friday, Dec. 9th. If you haven't signed up to attend yet, there's still time. The reservation and payment deadline has been extended to Wednesday Dec. 7th by event organizer, Catherine, KF7AFK. I'll be checking the mail box daily between now and then. Sign up and enjoy a great dinner, entertainment and our very own Santa Claus!
73
Anita, KE7GQO

Hello Team,

Every once in a while I get a request on what the site statistics are. It always good to take a look into these but truly there is way more data captured than what is typically needed. So instead of describing everything, I'm attaching a snapshot in time graphically for your view.

Note: This covers through October 2011.

I have added a Facebook Sharing module to the website but don't have a means of testing it out. I don't have a FaceBook account so my request is for one of our users to verify that this function works properly.
Please post your findings as a reply to this announcement.