Mic & Key Jefferson County Amateur Radio Club 923 Boston Ave, Nederland, TX

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2018 Mic & Key Jefferson County Amateur Radio Club 923 Boston Ave, Nederland, TX W5SSV CLUB NET is on Wednesday at 8:00 pm on the Club Repeater 145.470, - offset, pl: 103.

ARES Meeting: Thursday, Jaunary 09, 2017 @ 6:00 pm Mid/South County Hams meet for Saturday Breakfast at Magnolia Diner on Hwy 366 Beaumont Area Hams meet for Saturday Breakfast at Whataburger, Phelan

1 2018 Mic & Key Jefferson County Amateur Radio Club 923 Boston Ave, Nederland, TX W5SSV CLUB NET is on Wednesday at 8:00 pm on the Club Repeater , - offset, pl: ARES Net Immediately Follows the Club Net on the JCARC Repeater ARES Dist 9 WinLink Digital Check In on First Monday of the Month NOTE CHANGES: NEXT MEETING: Tuesday, January 09, 7 pm NEXT ARES Meeting: Thursday, Jaunary 09, 6:00 pm Mid/South County Hams meet for Saturday Breakfast at Magnolia Diner on Hwy 366 Beaumont Area Hams meet for Saturday Breakfast at Whataburger, Phelan & Dowlen, Beaumont Be sure and visit the Club s and CHECK OUT THE NEW JCARC FACEBOOK PAGE: Be sure and visit the Club s FaceBook Page at: President Chuck Vincent, KB5NBJ Kb5nbj@aol.com Vice President Kirk Mahaney, N5WKM n5wkm06@gmail.com Treasurer Kayo Robert Harlow, K5AKO rharlow@gt.rr.com Secretary Randy Leftwich, K5RWL rwleftwich@aol.com JANUARY 2018 MIC & KEY pg. 1

2 Meeting Minutes, November 14, General Meeting called to order by Chuck Vincent, 19:04 pm CST. Self introduction by all present. 2 A motion was made by Rocky Wilson, N5MTX to accept minutes from October The motion was seconded by Raymond Buckingham, KG5VDJ. The Motion carried. 3 A motion was made by Randy Leftwich, K5RWL to approve treasurer s from October The motion was seconded by Rocky Wilson, N5MTX. The motion carried. 4 OLD BUSINESS: Plan to have a Tailgate Sale, VE Testing and Ceiling Work Day on January 20, 2017 Report on Harmony Balloon Program, having issues with Xmitter. N5ALE & K5RWL to go help troubleshoot issues. Officer Nominations for 2018 JCARC Officers. Motion to reinstall current officers by acclamation made by Raymond Buckingham, KG5VDJ and seconded by Marshal McMaster, WD6CQO. Motion passed by oral vote. Raymond would like to shadow officers for future as a club officer. The Christmas Dinner on Monday December 11, 2017 will be in lieu of the JCARC December Club meeting. Orange Hamfest coming up and will need a lot of volunteers. 5 NEW BUSINESS: Look at future club activities for 2018 per list. Please comment or add an activity. Orange Amateur Radio Club to celebrate their 70 th Anniversary on January 13-14, 2017 at the Orange Train Station. Program: 6 UPCOMING PROGRAMS: Discussed some upcoming possibilities for programs. 7 Motion to Adjourn made by Ray Farley, WA5DQW and was seconded by Raymond Buckingham, KG5VDJ. 8 Meeting 20:03 pm CST by Chuck Vincent, KB5NBJ. Members Present: 11 Visitors Present: 0 Meeting Minutes, December 11, General Meeting called to order by Chuck Vincent, 19:08 pm CST. Self introduction by all present. 2 All business as to minutes and treasurer s report tabled until January OLD BUSINESS: Orange Hamfest needs volunteers in all positions and is coming up soon. 4 NEW BUSINESS: January 20, 2017, there will be a Tailgate Sale, VE testing, followed by a working Afternoon to hang sheetrock in big clubhouse. 5 BARC President LB Little WB5YDA addressed BARC club business & info. OCARC President Rocky Wilson addressed OARC club business & info. Blessing was given by Chuck Vincent, KB5NBJ. Food was served! Program: AREA WIDE AMATEUR RADIO CHRISTMAS DINNER 6 Meeting 19:30 pm CST by Chuck Vincent, KB5NBJ. Number Present: 54 JCARC December 2017 Bank Statement Checking Account #6425 Period: 12/01/2017 to 12/31/2017 Opening Balance: Credits: Debits: Closing Balance: Cash On Hand: $ Signed: Randy Leftwich, K5RWL JANUARY 2018 MIC & KEY pg. 2

3 January January 20 February 17 February March 03 March 10 April TBA April 28 April TBA May May 12 May 19 May 26 May 27 June 02 June TBA June July TBA August 17 September 08 September 15 September TBA October 06 October October TBA Nov 03 (Oct 27 poss) December (Nv)30-01 December 11 ARES & RACES INFO 2018 UPCOMING PUBLIC SERVICE EVENTS Orange ARC 70 th Birthday Orange Train Station JCARC Tailgate Sale, VE Testing Ceiling Repair Work Day Emergency Expo Preppers LC Baptist Church Orange HamFest Gusher Marathon Big Thicket Bike Tour JCARC Tailgate Sale, VE Testing March of Dimes, March for Babies Texas ARES/RACES/MARS SET Tour du Rouge US Islands On the Air Don Allen Sports Day, Wildwood Dirty Frog Mud Run Crystal Beach KILO-19 Walk To Remember - Crystal Beach Spindletop Spin Bike-A-Thon Hurricane Drill TDEM ARRL Field Day JCARC Tailgate Sale, VE Testing Gusher- 5K Pleasure Island/Cameron Causeway Run Big Thicket Neches Canoe Trek CCA Kids Fishing Rodeo Laporte Texas ARES/RACES/MARS SET Beaumont Fire Family Fire Safety Fair BSA Jamboree on the Air JCARC Tailgate Sale, VE Testing Gusher Pleasure Island Half Marathon SkyWarn Recognition Day 6:00pm-6:00pm ( :00-24:00UTC) HAM Christmas Party Brazos Cattle Company ******************************************************************************************************************* PLEASE CHECK OUT OUR NEW JEFFERSON COUNTY ARES WEBSITE AT: ANYONE WISHING TO DO A JEFFERSON COUNTY CLUB OR ARES NET, PLEASE CONTACT RANDY, K5RWL. rwleftwich@aol.com or JANUARY 2018 MIC & KEY pg. 3

4 From The Beaumont Club The Beaumont Amateur Radio Club will have their next meeting on January 29 th at the North End Baptist at 5115 Eastex Freeway at Odom Road at 7:30 pm. ALL ARE INVITED!!! Our Club Net is on Thursday evening at 8:00 pm on neg offset with pl tone of Also the is down and repeaters is on line and there to be used. The Beaumont Areas Ham Operators get together for breakfast every Saturday Morning at the Whataburger on Phelan Blvd And Dowlen Rd in Beaumont. Please come join us. Check out our website at: From The Orange County Club The Orange Amateur Radio Club will have their next meeting on February 2 nd at the Red Cross Chapter House in Orange at 3901 IH10 East at MLK. ARES Meeting Starts at 6:30 pm and the Club Meeting Starts at 7:30 pm. PLEASE JOIN US!!! We have our 70 th Anniversary Celebration on January13-14, Please come help us plan for a rememberable Birthday! Our club net is Mon-Thur at 6:30pm on positive offset with a pl tone of Remember our HAM Radio Breakfast Meeting at the Whataburger on Strickland Dr. in Orange on the THIRD Saturday of the month at 8:30am. Hope to see you there!!! Check out our webpage at: From The Big Thicket Club The Big Thicket Amateur Radio Club will have their next meeting on February 6 th at the Kountze Fire Station on East Deer and South Beach Street in Kountze at 7:00pm. PLEASE JOIN US!!!! Our Club Net is on Thursday evenings at 7:00pm on pos offset, pl tone is down for repairs. Check out our webpage at: From The Lakes Area Club The Lakes Area Club will have their next meeting on Thursday, January 25 th, at the Bell Field, Jasper Airport in Jasper at 7:00pm. PLEASE JOIN US!!!! Our Club Net is on Tuesday Evenings at 8:00pm on neg offset and pl tone of EchoLink is available for use. Please check our webpage at: For the latest info. From The Tyler County Amateur Radio Association The Tyler County Amateur Radio Association meets the first Thursday, February 1 st at 7:00pm at the Woodville Emergency Center located at 201 Veterans Way. Turn at the light by Brookshire Bros Grocery Store and you will see the building. It runs parallel to Hwy 69. PLEASE JOIN US!!!! Please check our webpage at: For the latest info. Our ARES net every Mondays on our repeater at 07:00pm. The frequency will be (pl=100.0) Please check in with us. From The Sulphur Amateur Radio Club The Sulphur Amateur Radio Club meets the third Monday, January 15 th at 7:00pm at the Old Sulphur City Hall on 500 North Huntington Street, Sulphur, La in the Business Center. PLEASE JOIN US!!!! Our Club Net is on Tuesday Evenings at 8:00pm on neg offset and pl tone of Please check our webpage at: For the latest info. From The QCWA We meet the third Saturday each month at noon at Baytown Seafood on Hwy 347 just north of Hwy 73 in Groves. Meetings are very informal and usually involve a "show and tell" about some kind of old radio equipment the members have in their collections. You don't have to be licensed 25 years to attend the local meetings, as is required for National QCWA membership. **************************************************************************************** JANUARY 2018 MIC & KEY pg. 4

5 CALENDAR OF EVENTS JANUARY 2018 SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY :30pm ORG ARES Net 7pm TYLERCO ARES Net 7pm BTARC Mtg 8pm LAARC Net 8pm SulfurARC Net 8pm JCARC&ARES Net 7pm TCARA Mtg 7pm BTARC Net 8pm BARC Net 7:30PM OARC Mtg :30pm ORG ARES Net 7pm TYLERCO ARES Net 7:00pm JCARC Mtg 8pm LAARC Net 8pm SulfurARC Net 8pm JCARC&ARES Net 7pm BTARC Net 8pm BARC Net OARC 70 th ANNIV OARC 70 th ANNIV 7:30 SARC Mtg 6:30pm ORG ARES Net 7pm TYLERCO ARES Net 8pm LAARC Net 8pm SulfurARC Net 8pm JCARC&ARES Net 700pm JC ARES Mtg 7pm BTARC Net 8pm BARC Net :30pm ORG ARES Net 7pm TYLERCO ARES Net 8pm LAARC Net 8pm SulfurARC Net 8pm JCARC&ARES Net 7pm LAARC Mtg 7pm BTARC Net 8pm BARC Net 12N QCWA MTG JCARC TG SALE :30pm ORG ARES Net 7pm TYLER ARES Net 7:30 BARC Mtg 8pm LAARC Net 8pm SulfurARC Net 8pm JCARC&ARES Net JANUARY 2018 MIC & KEY pg. 5

6 FREQUENCIES & NETS Meter FM National Calling Frequency Port Arthur (WD5GJP) pl / Groves Repeater (pl 100.0) DOWN H.A.M.S. (Devers, N5FJX, pl 103.5)*# APRS Jasper (W5JAS, pl 118.8)*# BMT Packet Digi NEW BPT (W5SSV) DOWN DuPont (AA5P, pl 103.5) W5SSV-10/N5MTX-11/WB5YDA-10 RMS Packet Beaumont (N5YX, pl 100.0) Coming Soon KC5YSM-10 RMS Packet Orange A.R.C. (W5ND, pl 103.5)* C4FM S.W.L.A.R.C. (W5BII, pl 103.5)* DOWN Port Arthur (KC5YSM) (pl 118.8)*# B.T.A.R.C. (N5BTC, pl 103.5)*# Tyler Co ARA (pl 100.0)* # Tyler Co (KF5YDG, pl 123.0) Mobil Oil (W5XOM) (pl 103.5)* Anahuac (KK5XQ, pl 123.0) Silsbee (KB5OVJ - pl 131.8) NEW Sulphur A.R.C. (W5BII, pl 103.5)* Simplex-Orange ARES Primary Buna (W5JAS, pl 118.8) Simplex-Orange ARES Secondary Beaumont (N5YX, pl 100.0) Wire-X/C4FM Simplex-Hardin Co ARES Secondary J.C.A.R.C. (W5SSV, pl 103.5*) Beaumont (KA5QDG) (pl 123.0) DOWN Sulphur ARC (W5SUL) D-STAR NEW Vidor (KD5UNK) (no CTCSS) Simplex-Jeff Co ARES Secondary Devers (KA5QDG) (pl 123.0) Mid County Simplex Jefferson Co D-Star Repeater National Simplex Devers (KA5QDG, pl 103.5) Simplex Tyler Co ARES Prim Sulphur (AF5XP, pl 146.2) C4FM Simplex Jeff Co ARES Prim & Special Event B.A.R.C. (W5RIN, pl 107.2) Jefferson Co D-Star Repeater Nederland PD (KC5YSM, pl 118.8) Beaumont Repeater (KW5C, pl) # Mobil Oil (W5XOM, pl 103.5) DOWN B.A.R.C. (W5RIN, pl 107.2)*# BACK ON AIR National Simplex UHF S.W.L.A.R.C. (W5BII, pl 173.8)# B.A.R.C. (W5RIN, pl 107.2) C4FM * Denotes transmitted PL tone. # Denotes echo link. NETS BARC Net Thurs Night 8:00pm Daytime Texas Traffic Net Daily 8:30am JCARC Net Wed Night 8:00pm Traffic Net M-Sat 10am-12N, 1-2pm BTARC Net Thurs Night 7:00pm Texas Traffic Net Daily 6:30pm Org ARC Net Nightly 6:30pm Gulf Coast SSB Net Daily 7:30pm (00:30UTC) LAARC (Jasper) Tues Night 8:00pm Delta SSB Net M-Sat 7:00pm TCARA (Tyler CO) Mon Night 7:00pm Ctn Gulf Cst Hurricane Net Daily 8:00pm Sulphur ARC Net Tues Night 7:00pm (XRF057B) Southwest Traffic Net Daily 9:30pm M SSB Gatherers Roundtable Tues Night 7:30pm Gulf Coast Radio Net Sunday 8:00am M CW Net Wed Night 7:30pm Louisiana ARES HF Net Sunday 7:30pm M CW Net Fri Night 7:45pm Texas ARES HF Net Monday 7:30pm M LAARC Ph Net Wed 7:30pm USB Texas RACES HF Net 2 nd & 4 th Sun 2pm JANUARY 2018 MIC & KEY pg. 6

RECENT SKs: Stanley C.L. Cooper KB5HOY passed away November 15, 2017, after a lengthy illness. C.L. was a long time member of the Jefferson County Amateur Radio Club.

Tommy Gene Clark, W5HFJ, 81, of Longview, formerly of Wildwood, passed away Sunday December 24, 2017. He grew up inbuna, and later lived in Port Arthur. He proudly served his country in the U.S. Army where he worked for NORAD and served in the Pacific Command in Okinawa.

7 RECENT SKs: Stanley C.L. Cooper KB5HOY passed away November 15, 2017, after a lengthy illness. C.L. was a long time member of the Jefferson County Amateur Radio Club. No information at this time on services. Please keep his wife Donna and the rest of the Cooper family in your thoughts and prayers. Stanley C.L. Cooper KB5HOY May you rest in peace. Tommy Gene Clark, W5HFJ, 81, of Longview, formerly of Wildwood, passed away Sunday December 24, He grew up inbuna, and later lived in Port Arthur. He proudly served his country in the U.S. Army where he worked for NORAD and served in the Pacific Command in Okinawa. He attended Lamar University and received his undergraduate degree in business and later his Master s Degree at Lamar University in conjunction with The University of Oklahoma. While at Lamar, he was involved with the John Gray Institute. He worked for Gulf States Utilities, which later became Entergy, in the Economic Development Department. Tommy was actively involved in his church at the United Methodist Temple of Port Arthur then the Wildwood Methodist Church. When he found the time, he enjoyed fishing. Tommy was also a HAM Radio enthusiast and would use his knowledge of the radio to assist relief efforts during natural disasters. He was a hard-working man who believed in community involvement. He was preceded in death by his wife, Jill Slavik Clark; parents, Levi and Willie Clark; brothers, Rayford Clark, and Selman Clark. He is survived by his sons, Craig Clark and wife, Lynn of Plano, and Cary Clark and wife, Denise of Hallsville; grandchildren, Shanon Clark Harrington and husband, Bobby of The Colony, Audrey Clark of Atlanta, GA, Nolan Clark of Plano, Drew Clark of Hallsville, and Gray Clark of Hallsville; brothers, Reverend Jerry Clark and wife, Jan of Buna, and Dr. Gary Clark and wife, Barbara of Houston; and sister-in-law, Billie Jean Clark of Buna; and numerous nieces and nephews. The family will receive friends at Farmer Funeral Home on Wednesday, December 27, 2017 from 12:00 pm until 2:00 pm. Graveside services will follow at 2:30 pm, at R. S. Farmer Cemetery, with Reverend Jerry Clark and Dr. Gary Clark officiating. JANUARY 2018 MIC & KEY pg. 7

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The ekilo -What. or 2802 Briargrove Ln San Angelo, Call at Meeting Minutes. Meeting Minutes December

The ekilo -What. or 2802 Briargrove Ln San Angelo, Call at Meeting Minutes. Meeting Minutes December The ekilo -What Monthly Newsletter of the San Angelo Amateur Radio Club December 2008 This is an abbreviated issue of The Kilo-What. The President s column will return next month. The new Editor is Buddy