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A membership application, in pdf and jpg format, can be found in the Files section. Compete the application and email to club Treasurer or bring the complete form to the next club meeting. Club dues are payable upon application for membership. -- Dave, WB5NHL Treasurer, NABRC

Reminder: NABRC Monthly Meeting - Aiken Location When: Monday, April 14, 2025 6:30pm to 9:00pm (UTC-04:00) America/New York Where: Aiken Regional Medical Center, 6th Floor Classroom Organizer: NABRC View Event Description: Fellowship starts at 6:30PM Meeting starts at 7:00PM

The next NABRC meeting is Monday April14 at the Aiken Regional Medical Center 6th Floor classroom. Fellowship at 6:30pm and meeting at 7:00pm. It has been suggested that the meeting topics start the meeting and hold the reports to later. The meeting topic this month is a short tutorial on installing/using Winlink. We will also be discussing preliminary plans for ARRL Field Day, June 28/29. We will also have a very brief update on Meshtastic activities in the CSRA. April should have something of interest for everyone. -- Dave, WB5NHL Treasurer, NABRC

It is that time of year. We are looking for radio operators to help with Run United on April 26. We need people for the water stations, check points, and base station. Those working the water and check points will need to be in position by 6:30 am and at the base station by 6am. Volunteers will receive a shirt. If interested please let me know no later then March 29. If you have any questions please let me know. cell: 706-631-5645 Thank you.

Last night's NABRC meeting included an excellent presentation by KQ4KK on conducting and participating in over-the-air ham radio nets. The presentation is available for download at https://k4nab.org/download/over-the-air-net-operations/ -- Dave, WB5NHL Treasurer, NABRC

Here they are: https://k4nab.org/download/february-2025-minutes/ Please send me any corrections! 73s, Gerald McMillen KI4BUC Secretary

Reminder: NABRC Monthly Meeting - Public Safety #2 North Augusta Location When: Monday, March 10, 2025 6:30pm to 9:00pm (UTC-04:00) America/New York Where: 501 W. Five Notch Road North Augusta, SC 29841 Organizer: NABRC View Event Description: Fellowship starts at 6:30PM Meeting starts at 7:00PM

The next NABRC meeting is Monday March 10 at Public Safety #2 501 W Five Notch Rd. North Augusta 29860. Fellowship starts at 6:30pm and meeting at 7:00pm If you have renewed your NABRC membership this will be an excellent time. Last month we showed ways to improve access to repeaters with low cost improvements to HT antennas. This month we'll discuss on-the-air net operations. Net participation can be intimidating to a new ham. However, over-the-air net operations are an important and valuable function of ham radio. -- Dave, WB5NHL Treasurer, NABRC

All, Rec'd this text email via the winlink Tuesday group: Source: KJ4YLO Downloaded-from: Telnet:cms.winlink.org Location: 34.812500N, 83.041667W (GRID SQUARE) Subject: Winlink Tuesday & Loss of Six Mile Mtn, Pickens SC Repeater site All, In the event anyone in Upstate SC is not aware - 6 Mile Mountain in Pickens, SC suffered a wildfire this past weekend. ALL amatuer repeaters have been destroyed. Buildings burned, equiptmnet burned, Hardline, Antennsa,. It is all a total loss Certain repeaters were group owned and others were privately owned. A sad day in Amatuer radio. Various involved parties are taking stock of the situation and will formulate and announce plans at a later date. Rick KJ4YLO

SCHEART will be offering Ham (Amateur) Radio classes in March of 2025. This is for Technician, General and Extra. All classes will be running from March 17th to the 21st. from 6pm to 9pm. Some classes will not take the whole week but will finish when all the material is covered. These classes run concurrently. You can only choose one of the classes. We’re presenting the classes by video conference using Zoom (http://zoom.us ) If you didn’t have the time to attend in person before, now is your chance. Email me at midlandsve@.... Make sure you include which class you want. I will forward your email address to your instructors. They will send you an invitation to the video conference. Here’s a tutorial on how to use zoom: https://tinyurl.com/3hj2tska If you’ve never used videoconferencing before, here are a few tips: Use a headset or headphones. Any headphones that plug into your computer will do. Even the wired ones that came with your cell phone, if it’s using the 1/8” plug. This eliminates feedback when you unmute your microphone. Mute your microphone when not speaking to the instructor. Otherwise, the class will hear any background noise from your computer. Find the text/chat function and use it. New hams must start out with the Technician course. All classes are free. If you wish to attend, RSVP to MidlandsVE@.... I’ll need a real name, not a handle. Be sure to tell me which class you want to take and include you cell number. Testing will be offered on March 22nd at 8:30 am at SCETV headquarters, 1041 George Rogers Blvd in Columbia. We’ll take care of the administrative work first and start the testing at when the admin work is done. Bring a photo ID, an original and copy of any Ham Radio license, your FRN and $10.00 cash. If a child is testing and has no photo I.D., bring a copy of a birth certificate. Also, once the FCC processes your application, they will want an additional $35.00. If you are testing for the first time, you must bring your FCC Registration Number (FRN), which you can get here:https://tinyurl.com/yayymn28 If you’re coming for testing only, email us so we can plan accordingly. Please refer any questions to midlandsve@....

Last call for club shirts. I have received requests from George Bryant, Mike Steff and Jim Harris. I will be placing the order on Mon, Feb 24 so time is running short if you'd like a shirt. Reply to email with your choice of short or long sleeve, size (chart below), and name & call sign for embroidery. NABRC embroidered shirts are again available for purchase. We obtain these shirts through the same local company and are individually embroidered locally. Embroidery includes NABRC logo on left and your name & call sign on the right side. Shirts are tan color, made of 60% cotton/40% polyester blend with a patch pocket and curl-free rib-knit collar. Please note due to manufacturer differences this tan color will not match previous NABRC shirts NABRC does not require $$ up front, only a commitment to pay the club on delivery. Lead time is approximately 2 weeks but this depends on total quantity ordered and the embroidery workload. Prices are $35 & sales tax for short sleeve, and $37 & sales tax for long sleeve. There may be a small shipping charge depend on total quantity. To order, Please reply to this email and indicate short or long sleeve, size (see chart below), quantity, call sign and name to embroider. -- Dave, WB5NHL Treasurer, NABRC

For those NABRC members who may be Discord users I have created an NABRC Discord server. What is Discord? Discord is a free communication app used by tens of millions of people to talk and hang out with their friends. 开云体育 will continue to be the primary source for NABRC announcements etc. Our Discord server supplements groups.io and is more amenable to chat dialogs. The rules for posting/ chatting are the same as this group.io Here is the invite link for NABRC Discord https://discord.gg/C2EwHNHF -- Dave, WB5NHL Treasurer, NABRC

NABRC embroidered shirts are again available for purchase. We obtain these shirts through the same local company and are individually embroidered locally. Embroidery includes NABRC logo on left and your name & call sign on the right side. Shirts are tan color, made of 60% cotton/40% polyester blend with a patch pocket and curl-free rib-knit collar. Please note due to manufacturer differences this tan color will not match previous NABRC shirts NABRC does not require $$ up front, only a commitment to pay the club on delivery. Lead time is approximately 2 weeks but this depends on total quantity ordered and the embroidery workload. Prices are $35 & sales tax for short sleeve, and $37 & sales tax for long sleeve. There may be a small shipping charge depend on total quantity. To order, Please reply to this email and indicate short or long sleeve, size (see chart below), quantity, call sign and name to embroider. -- Dave, WB5NHL Treasurer, NABRC

Many club members have already renewed including using the convenience of my Paypal account as explained below. Your NABRC membership renewal is due. Yearly dues are $20 for individuals and $25 for multi-member families. You may pay dues in cash at club meetings or mail me a check to the address below made out to NABRC. I have verified that our bank account does NOT qualify for electronic funds payment such as Zelle or Venmo. Also, NABRC does NOT have a Paypal account. However, you may send your dues payment by Friends & Family to MY family Paypal account and I will manually transfer your payment to NABRC. I will individually confirm your payment by direct email. Here are the steps to pay dues to my family account. PLEASE FOLLOW THEM CAREFULLY. 1. Log into your Paypal account 2. Select Send Money to elaine@... and enter the amount. This is my family Paypal account 3. IMPORTANT - Select Friends & Family Continue 4. IMPORTANT - What's this for? ENTER YOUR CALLSIGN!!! Continue 5. Now select send. You MAY be charged a small fee to send Friends and Family. This depends on how you pay Paypal i.e. credit card, or bank account etc. Several members have successfully paid by PayPal. 191 Aberdeen Dr. Aiken SC 29803 -- Dave, WB5NHL Treasurer, NABRC

On February 12, 2025, RigExpert’s administrative office, in Kyiv, Ukraine, was destroyed by a Russian ballistic missile. All employees are reported to be safe. [Photo from RigExpert.com website] RigExpert is a leading manufacturer of antenna and cable analyzers and officials said they are committed to restoring operations as soon as possible. “Our top priority is the safety of our team and the continuity of our operations,” said Ashot Andeev, Chief Executive Officer. “While our administrative office is in ruins, our production facilities survived, allowing us to continue serving our customers and partners.” The company is working to minimize delays and fulfill its commitments while maintaining customer support operations. -- Dave, WB5NHL Treasurer, NABRC

N4SMS, the school station of Schofield Middle School has been operating in the ARRL School Club Roundup. So far, thru Thursday- 705 total contacts 174,135 points 18 Countries Operating in less than 17 hours so far Highest rate by a student 108 contacts per hour. Operated from about 2:30-6:30PM On Friday we will operate from about 1:30-5PM And have PIZZA to celebrate We have 7 students participating so far. And the following Mentors/Coaches/Elmers WB5NHL Dave KQ4KK Kent KN4OQD Jim KG4ZNN Jim K4JCC John KO4YKK Winston (former Schofield student) KP2L provided us contacts for the local club calls Kent KQ4KK

N4SMS, the school station of Schofield Middle School has been operating in the ARRL School Club Roundup. So far, thru Wednesday- 585 total contacts 130,455 points Operating in less than 12 hours so far Highest rate by a student 108 contacts per hour. Operating from about 2:30-6:30PM We have 6 students participating so far. And the following Mentors/Coaches/Elmers WB5NHL Dave KQ4KK Kent KN4OQD Jim KG4ZNN Jim K4JCC John KO4YKK Winston (former Schofield student) KP2L provided us contacts for the local club calls Kent KQ4KK