The Racine Megacycle Club

Meeting Notice

The next monthly meeting of the Racine Megacycle Club will be Monday October 13th at 7:30pm at the Red Cross Building 4521 Taylor Avenue in Racine, WI.

Fox Hunt

The next Fox Hunt will be Friday September 19, 2008 at 7:30 PM. Participants will meet at the west end parking lot at Regency Mall in Racine, WI.

1 Day Ham Cram Class

Entry Level Technician Ham Radio license class. Saturday October 11, 2008 9A-5P at the Volunteer Center of Racine County 6216 Washington Avenue Racine, WI 53406. Prospective students will be required to obtain and study the license manual ($25.00) prior to the class. The class itself is free. Call 886-9612 for information and to register and obtain class materials.

Racine Red Cross Building for Sale

As part of a restructuring, the American Red Cross next week will put its office building at 4521 Taylor Ave. on the market. The asking price on the two-story, 7,719-square-foot building has not yet been determined.

Root River Floods Racine Neighborhoods

Area hams are still on standby after the Root River floods Racine, WI neighborhoods. The Root River was at record 11.3 feet at 9:30 am Monday June 9th, 2008. The highest level ever recorded was 8.54 feet in 1961. Many basements were flooded and some residents were forced to evacuate. See pictures

UPDATE June 16, 2008 - Governor Jim Doyle announced that the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has declared a state of disaster for Racine county, bringing the number of Wisconsin counties where individual assistance is available to seven. The designation frees up federal aid, including grants and low-interest loans.

W9UDU Station Activated for Disaster

"We were ready to go when activated. I couldn't be more proud of our volunteers. We will work with the responding agencies as long as they need us. We'll take what we've learned this time and use it to improve our response in the future." Voss said. More

2008 Board

President: Larry Mc Calvy WA9JMO
Vice-President: Cathy Markstrom KC9EOW
Treasurer: Jim Connor KC9KMZ
Secretary: Alex Voss N9RGX
Activities Manager: Dave Voss WB9USI

Morse Code Requirement

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
47 CFR Part 97
WT Docket No. 04–140, WT Docket No. 05–235; FCC 06–178
Amateur Service Rules
AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.
ACTION: Final rule.

SUMMARY: In this document, the Commission amends its Amateur Radio Service rules to remove the requirement that an individual must pass a Morse code telegraphy examination to qualify for a General Class or an Amateur Extra Class amateur radio service operator license. The Commission also revises the frequency segment of the 80 meter amateur service High Frequency (HF) band on which amateur stations are authorized to be automatically controlled when transmitting RTTY an data emission types, and it make other conforming amendments to the amateur service rules.

DATES: Effective February 23, 2007.

Celebrating a Century of Communicating

Joseph Knox uses a long-range, high-frequency radio to try and reach Dave Voss, the emergency coordinator for the Racine County Amateur Radio Emergency Service, as Voss travels in Oklahoma Thursday. Members of the Racine County Amateur Radio Service, The Racine Megacycle Club and the Lakeshore Repeater Association were celebrating the centennial of the first radio voice broadcast during an open house Thursday at the Volunteer Center of Racine County.
-The Racine Journal Times

Racine Megacycle Club and Lakeshore Repeater Association ARRL Sites of the Week

From August 12, 2006 Article:

This is going to be a one of a kind feature this week. Our usual site of the week will be a "two-fer" and at the end of the message will be a reminder of a very special special event.

For the site(s) of the week, we leave the sunny tropics from last week and travel about 2,100 NNW to the cities of Racine and Kenosha, Wisconsin to join Alexander Voss, N9RGX and members of the Racine Megacycle Club as well as Lakeshore Repeater Association as they say Hello on their links sections. This is yet another beautiful section of our country. I spent part of a summer in Wisconsin as a Boy Scout and returned there a couple of years back. The first listing as a photo of what would appear to be their QSL card and it shows a great water/skyline shot. Hope the fishing in that water is as good a I remember from many years ago on my Scouting adventures.

Jim McDonald, KB9LEI
ARRL PR Committee
Muncie, IN ARC Public Information Officer

When All Else Fails...
...Amateur Radio
Please visit: hello-radio.org

Ham Radio Events Calendar

A Local area Ham Radio events calendar is now available at The Racine Hams Yahoo Group
(Requires Yahoo ID and Group Subscription)

The MegaWiki is live!

The MegaWiki's focus is to allow local amateur radio organizations in Wisconsin to freely create, edit and exchange documents using any web browser by allowing users to easily upload, edit, and interlink pages. The MegaWiki allows us to collaborate freely and more effectively.

Check out the Megawiki!

Publications

The following is a list of articles published about the Racine Megacycle Club.

The Racine Megacycle Club sponsored hidden transmitter (fox) hunt is held every four weeks on a Friday. (Every four weeks, not every fourth Friday. It is possible to have two hunts in one month.) The hunt starts at 7:30PM and is over by 9:00PM Hunters and the fox usually meet afterwards for pizza. The start point is set by the fox and the hunt area is anywhere in Racine or Kenosha counties east of highway 45. The frequency of the the transmitter will be given at the start of the hunt and will be in the 2 meter band. The fox will give the go-ahead to begin the hunt over the Lakeshore Repeater, KR9RK 147.270+ (No PL) and then QSY to the hunt frequency. Amateur Radio Operators and other interested parties are encouraged to participate. If you do not have your own hunt equipment it is usually possible to join one of the other teams in the hunt. E-mail foxhunt@w9udu.org for more information.

ARRL Amateur Radio News