NMARES meeting, June 24

The North Mason Amateur Radio Emergency Services Club meets the fourth Thursday of the month at the Timberland Library in Belfair. Need directions?

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MCARC meeting, June 12

The next meeting of the Mason County Amateur Radio Club will be Saturday, June 12, 2010 at 8:30 am at the Alpine Way Retirement Apartments in Shelton, Washington.

Reminder: we have two auction items up for bid! Sealed bids are due at the club meeting. If you can’t attend, please contact the webmaster for more information or to submit your bid.

Come early for breakfast! Need directions?

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Club members work the moon!

Photo courtesy of the NAIC - Arecibo Observatory, a facility of the NSF

Arecibo Observatory

Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico boasts “the largest and most sensitive radiotelescope.”

Amateur radio operators haven’t worked EME (Earth-Moon-Earth bounce) via the Arecibo radio dish since the 1970s, so it was quite special to have some windows of time open to use the dish on April 16, 17, and 18, 2010.

Several club members participated in an effort to enjoy some EME communications, including the construction of a special antenna for this event!
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ARRL Field Day

Every year, thousands of amateur radio operators get on the air during the last full weekend in June. The ARRL says: “ARRL Field Day is the single most popular on-the-air event held annually in the US and Canada. Each year over 35,000 amateurs gather with their clubs, friends or simply by themselves to operate.” Continue reading

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NMARES meeting, April 22

The North Mason Amateur Radio Emergency Services Club meets the fourth Thursday of the month at the Timberland Library in Belfair. Need directions?

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