SCHH ARC “This & That” — December 10, 2024
SCHH ARC Kicks Off the Holidays
Dinner at Jameson’s a Great Time for All in Attendance
Twenty four members and guests kicked off the holiday season in fine fashion at Jameson’s Char House last Thursday evening. Service at the restaurant was friendly and few if any complaints about the food and drink were heard.
Bob Officer, WA6WAY, came up with three door prizes that were awarded through a drawing, including a tri-band HT that was taken home by Charlie Bess, AD5EN. Most hams agree that there is no such thing as having too many radios!
Bob’s wife, Sharon, crafted wonderful holiday ornaments that were placed along both of our tables. Lucky members got to bring one of them home to add to their homes’ holiday decorations.
Outgoing club president Harve Hnatiuk, KB3FW, thanked all for coming out for the evening’s festivities and noted the high level of participation that our ARC members have demonstrated through the past two years.
Harve introduced the club’s new officers for 2025: Daryl Borgman, WB1DXN (2025 President), Bob McCormick, KD8IH (Vice President), Lon Seward, WB4KSG (Treasurer), and Bill Albro, K3WPA (Secretary). Harve will also serve on the ARC’s board as the Immediate Past President.
New members and relatively new members in attendance were also recognized including Dan Kreshak (KO4AQI), Lonnie Trotta (AD2LT), Bill Albro (K3WPA), and Chuck Nehonsky (W8NCA), who was participating in a club in-person gathering for the first time.
Members and guests who came to the Holiday Dinner included Lon and Judy Seward, Bob Officer, Chip and Mary Ann Miller, Bob Kennedy, Lonnie Trotta, Ron and Roberta Kramer, Bob McCormick, Harve and Cyndee Hnatiuk, Larry and Reba Ross, Charlie Bess, Ken Finke, Jack Frisch, Chuck Nehonsky, Dan Kreshak, Ron Frick, Shem and Nancy Goossman, Bill Albro, and Daryl Borgman.
Many thanks to Bob Officer, WA6WAY, for coordinating our event with the folks at Jameson’s and for lining up the door prizes. Thanks also to Lon Seward for taking photos during the dinner.
More photos from the evening will be in next week’s This & That.
Wishing everyone in our ARC the happiest of holiday seasons and a safe, happy, and healthy 2025!
Debut of 10-Meter SSB Net Draws Eleven Check-ins!
Talk about fun on the airwaves! How about starting up a 10-meter after-dinner SSB net and watching the check-in number get into double figures!
Last Tuesday’s net, our club’s first ever HF net, included Frank Pollino, K2OS, and Bob Officer, WA6WAY, as net controls and check-ins AI4HH, K2ITZ, W4YR, KB3FW, WD2LT, KQ4JKI, AD5EN, AE7TU, and W2RJK.
The 10-meter SSB net will be conducted at 8 PM on the Tuesday evening that precedes the date of our membership meeting.
Our next 10-meter SSB net will be on New Year’s Eve (NYE) at 8 PM on USB on 28.450 MHz. Frank Pollino, K2OS, will be net control on NYE.
Several members have indicated that they can participate in a NYE net and since the CW folks have their Straight Key Night on NYE, why not see who checks in to our new net that evening!
Hope to hear a bunch of ARC members on NYE on our New Net!
Dates of 10-meter nets in 2025: February 4, March 4, April 1, April 29, June 3, July 1, August 5, September 2, September 30, November 4, and December 2.
So, mark your calendars and get that HF rig fired up and ready to go! Let’s make this new net a fun time for all!
MARS!
What a wonderful certificate from the MARS folks to recognize participation in their November Special Events operations! Hopefully, many ARC members got one too!
Upcoming Meetings and Events
Thursday, January 2, 2025 7 PM at the Lakehouse – Our first membership meeting of the New Year 2025! Program on propagation by K3WPL will precede our general membership meeting.
Saturday, January 25, 2025 – Winter Field Day at Lake Somerset. Volunteers, including leadership for this event, are needed. It is never too early to step forward. More details to follow. Mark your calendar!
SCHH ARC Nets
Thanks to all who checked into our nets last week. These are our nets. Please enjoy them. They are very special and give us the opportunity to connect with each other on a regular basis while testing our equipment’s connectivity capabilities.
Please keep our nets alive and well by checking in when you can.
Weekly SCHH ARC Nets
Sunday’s Net (8 PM) operates on 147.550 MHz simplex on the last two Sundays of the calendar month. The Sunday net will be on the KE4HAM repeater (147.135 + with a tone of 91.5 on both the input and the output) on all other Sundays of the calendar month. Check-in can be done even if you don’t have a radio up and running via EchoLink by using the link KE4HAM-L when the net is on SIMPLEX and KE4HAM-R when the net is on the SCHH Okatie Repeater.
This week, we will have our first monthly HF net on upper sideband on 28.450 MHz! 8 PM Tuesday, 12/3!
Wednesday‘s Net (8 PM) operates through the KK4ONF/Jasper repeater, 147.060+. The net can be accessed via EchoLink using the link KE4HAM-R.
Net Control Stations and EchoLink Coordinator
Thanks to our regular 2m Net Controls: Frank Pollino, K2OS; and Harve Hnatiuk, KB3FW.
Thanks to Bob, WA6WAY, for being an alternate Net Control Station and 10m Net Coordinator and Net Control.
If you are interested in being a Net Control, please let Harve, Frank, or Ron know. We REALLY do need some help here!
Thanks to Ron Frick, AI4HH, for working diligently to keep EchoLink up and running for our nets.
Net Control Schedule:
— Wednesday, December 11 @ 8 PM ET: Harve Hnatiuk, KB3FW (JASPER COUNTY REPEATER)
— Sunday, December 15 @ 8 PM ET Frank Pollino, K2OS (OKATIE SCHH ARC REPEATER)
SCHH ARC Net Reports:
Thanks to ALL who checked in to our SCHH ARC nets last week.
If you have the time, please check into our club’s nets on a regular basis.
Last week’s check-ins and traffic:
— Wednesday, December 4 : KE4HAM/KB3FW, AI4HH. KJ4BSM, K2ITZ, KQ4JKI, WB4KSG, WB1DXN, W1ZZ, WA6WAY, K3WPA. QNI=10 QTC=0.
— Sunday, December 8: KE4HAM/.K2OS, AI4HH, K2ITZ, KB3FW, WA8NLX, WB1DXN, N0DQD. QNI=7. QTC=0.
Note: QNI = Number of Check-ins to the net, including Net Control; QTC = Traffic handled (Radiograms).
Other Operating
Daily — Monitor the new KE4HAM Repeater: 147.135 MHz + with a tone of 91.5. You may get some good DX spots from time to time and other members may be there if you want to connect/chat.