Hello all! This Saturday, October 9, 2021 at 10:00am we will be holding our next Club Meeting. During this meeting our presenter will be Bill McGowan (KC1EO). Bill will be presenting an overview of FT8 using WSJT-X with JTAlert and DXKeeper. In Bill’s words this won’t be a “deep dive” in to the where’s and
DCARC conducts official W5YI VE test sessions four times a year in March, June, September and December. Testing is always scheduled to begin at 7:00 pm. These tests are normally conducted at the Clearfield City Offices on the 2nd floor. The address is 55 South State, Clearfield, UT. Pre-registration for these sessions is required at
The Davis County Amateur Radio Club Elmer Fest is THIS Saturday, August 7th starting at 8:30am! What is an Elmer Fest? It is an opportunity for you to ask questions, get ideas and get help from some of the Club Elmers. An Elmer is a Ham who is willing to help and share their information
The Davis County Amateur Radio Club is pleased to announce that they will be sponsoring a General Licensing Course. It will be held in Bountiful Fire Station # 81, at 200 S. 1st W, Bountiful, Utah 84014. There is no cost to take the class. We will be using the General License Course book by Stu
The Davis County Amateur Radio Club is pleased to announce that they will be sponsoring a Technician Licensing Course. It will be held at Bountiful Fire Station # 81, at 200 S. 1st W, Bountiful, Utah 84014. There is no cost to take the course. Pre-registration is required due to social distancing limitations. We will be
The Education Committee has published a document resource on FT8. You can find this information at https://www.dcarc.net/ft8-digital-mode/ or by navigating to the Website and clicking on Learn the Hobby – Education Online Resources Thank you Education Committee for your efforts in publishing this document!
Introduction FT8 is one of many Digital modes available to us Hams. It is a “weak signal” mode meaning that the lack of propagation from no/ to few sunspots doesn’t keep this mode from making contacts. FT8 requires a PC (either Mac or Windows) be connected either directly to your transceiver or via use of
Our June Club meeting will be held on Saturday, June 12, 2021 at 10:00 AM. This will be an IN-Person club meeting at the Bountiful City Park Bowery. The address of the park is 400 North 200 West, Bountiful. Seating may be limited so please bring a chair with you! We are fortunate to have
Joe Giraudo – N7JEH and his VE Team did it again. They successfully completed another exam session! Last night the VE Team tried out a new testing session setup and utilized new technology to make the entire process smoother. Last night we had 20 applicants test. Each one passed at least one element. New Amateurs
