April Meeting
April’s Meeting
Digital Mobile Radio (DMR) is a digital voice mode that is rapidly
gaining in popularity in the Amateur Radio world. The high-quality of the audio and low-cost of the radios makes it a good choice to explore the world of digital voice. DMR allows the user to not only talk digitally with others on a local repeater, but through worldwide networks, users can talk to others around the globe using this mode. In our presentation on April 14th, we'll talk more about what DMR is, how we built a DMR repeater for Davis County, and how to get started.
Brandon Rasmussen, K7BBR has been a ham since 2009. His interests in the hobby have varied from earning DXCC, VUCC satellite, to building a DMR UHF repeater.
He lives in Woods Cross with his wife and four children. His day job is an airline pilot flying the Canadair Regional Jet.
Announcing the 2018 Utah VHF Society Swap Meet
The 2018 Utah VHF Society Swap Meet will beheld on Saturday, February 24, 2018 at the Davis County Fairgrounds - the same location as the past several years. The doors will open for general business at 9 AM with set-up for those selling beginning at 8 AM.
Just a reminder that your Utah VHF Society membership may be expiring at the end of this calendar year, so remember to renew: This may be done via PayPal or old-fashioned snail mail - click HERE to find out how this may be done. If you aren't sure when your membership lapses, check the 2017 expiry list (link). This list will be updated in a few weeks with the most current information.
If you have not been to a Utah VHF Society swap meet - or if you don't remember how to get there - you can download detailed information about the event and how to get therefrom here.
See you there!
March Meeting
Summits On The Air (SOTA)
John Overbaugh (K7JTO) will speak on Summits On The Air (SOTA).
SOTA is a contest wherein amateurs “activate” various summits by transmitting. "Chasers" then make contact with the activated summit and earn points. There are awards based on points for activations and for chasers.
For more information: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Summits_on_the_Air
Map to parking lot: https://goo.gl/maps/yPwiMabND6K2
February 10, 2018 Club meeting
The Moab 240 ultra race lasts 53 (1st place) to 110 hours (last place). The amateur radio volunteers have the opportunity to communicate from very beautiful and very remote locations. Come hear how they do it with no electrical outlets and in the middle of some scenic canyons for 110 hours.
One of those volunteers is: Edward Jones N7RTG. He received a BA from BYU, has been a Ham since 1991 and has a General Class license. He lived in Mexico and Texas speaking Spanish for 2.5 years. He worked 15 years at BYU designing and supervising the operation of sound systems.
He then worked 20 years for Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints designing acoustic, sound and video systems for domestic and international church buildings. He trained local engineers in international areas.
He has been a consultant in acoustics and technology systems since 2003 to present.
Ed is the father of 8 children grandfather of 18 grandchildren. His hobbies and interests include family, off-road 4WD exploring, backpacking, fishing, shooting, and ham radio.
He enjoys developing abilities in providing communications systems for ultra races: Kat’cina Mosa 100 K, Tahoe 200, Bryce Canyon 100, Moab 240.
Please join us Saturday February 10th at 10 am for the monthly club meeting (the second Saturday – as always) at the Davis County Sheriff’s Office meeting room. Enter from the Northwest parking lot across the street from the Cinemark Theatre. Look for a lot of civilian vehicles with antennas
As always you are invited to the get-together before the meeting at the Golden Coral in Layton at 8 AM.
Member Survey 2018
We hope you will take a minute for a three question survey (the link has now been fixed): https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/B6GS8Z9
The plan is to better understand who we are and what interests we have so we can improve our meetings and be more responsive to our needs.
Thanks
DCARC CLUB Presidency
