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On November 17, 1976, the first board meeting of what was then know as the Keystone ARC took place to turn the users
of the '06 repeater into an Amateur Radio club. The first club meeting took place on December 10, 1976. An early order of business was to choose another club name, since there already was (and still is) a Keystone ARC in the Philadelphia area. The Radnor Repeater Group name had given way to the Mid-Atlantic Radio Club by February, 1977, and in June of that year the "Amateur" had come into the club's title in order to qualify for a club call sign. The club call sign WB3JOE came to us in 1978, but the '06 repeater used WR3AKR, whose trustee was Phil WA3VCS. By August, 1977 MARC was meeting at Metropolitan Federal Savings Bank (City Line and Haverford Aves.), where we stayed until 1985. From REMARCS November 1986
MARC members are invited to join their fellow members for breakfast and an eyeball QSO on the second Saturday of the month, mornings at 0900 at the Country Squire, 2560 West Chester Pike (at the intersection of PA 3 West Chester Pike and PA 320 Sproul Road), Broomall, PA. Shown at the October 2011 get together (below right, clockwise form the left) are Steve KD3WK, Doug NE3U, Jim K3RTU, Jim W3DCL, John KB3MPO, Brenden W3VD, Brandon KB3VYD and Dennis K3DS.
MARC held its annual Holiday Party on Saturday, December 10, 2011 at the Uno Chicago Grill, 3910 West Chester Pike (PA 3 west of PA 252), Newtown Square. The Club subsidized this event and the cost to members was only $10. The Uno Grill provided us with a separate dining room with a fireplace and a flat screen TV for a college football game. Club members were treated to a luncheon with an entree and dessert and the menu for this 2011 Holiday Party is listed here. We hope to see more of you next year as a great time was had by all!
MARC Yahoo Group
MARC has started a Yahoo discussion group to foster communications between and to distribute information to Club members. Announcements about Amateur Radio and related items 'For Sale' or 'Wanted' may be posted to this Group. However, commercial ads are not allowed. MARC accepts no responsibility for any transactions resulting from 'For Sale' or 'Wanted' ads posted to this Group. The Group is moderated and requests for membership to this Yahoo group must be approved. Group members may choose to receive posts via email or by the Yahoo website only. To join: Yahoo Group
2011 PA QSO Party
The results for the participation by MARC members in the 2011 PA QSO party on October 8-9, 2011 have been compiled. The top five scores earned the MARC member a certificate that was presented at the November 2011 Club meeting. Bob WB4PWZ was the 2011 MARC PA QSO Party top scorer.
Bob WB4PWZ 81 076 points Ron W3ZV 60 022 Steve WA2EAJ 13 550 Jim K3RTU 8 840 Dennis K3DS 5 900 MARC Field Day 2011
MARC held its successful 2011 ARRL Field Day at the Lower Providence Fire Company in Eagleville, PA. The trademark MARC Field Day signs along busy Ridge Pike brought many visitors. The Fire Company even posted our Field Day on its bulletin board sign. If you missed the 2011 Field Day make plans to join MARC on June 23-24, 2012 at the same location.
The 2011 FD score is 2378 points, operating 2-Alpha, club station and emergency generator power.
QSO's: 272 CW x 2 (multiplier) x 2 (power) = 1088 points and 370 SSB x 2 (power) = 740 points
Bonus Points:
1. 100% Emergency Power: 100 points per transmitter x 2 stations = 200 points 2. Public Location: 100 bonus points 3. Public Information Table: 100 bonus points (sign-in sheet and ARRL Information Sheet) 4. Site Visitation by a representative of an agency: One (1) 100-points 5. Web submission: 50-points
W3NWA - 2011 Band Statistics:
BAND Phone CW
80 M 88 68
40 M 87 55
20 M 69 58
15 M 99 44
10 M 7 47
6 M 20 0
MARC Honors Dieter Hauer, K3DK
MARC President Steve Werner, KD3WK presented past President Dieter Hauer, K3DK with a special plaque at the Board Meeting on November 9, 2010. This award was given to Dieter for all he has done for the club, especially over the past three years.
Dieter has been a board member, President, REMARCS Newsletter Editor and Field Day Captain. He took over these responsibilities at a critical time in MARC’s history. Past President, Steve Maslin N3ORH was moving to Florida and perennial Board members Carter Craigie N3AO and Kay Craigie N3KN were moving to Virginia. Dieter stepped right in and kept the club thriving. Dieter remains on the Board as the trustee of the Club call W3NWA.
The MARC auction is usually held in April as a regular Club meeting. The rules of the auction are:
1. All items are to be sold as is and any disputes are to be resolved between the seller and buyer. MARC assumes no responsibility for the transaction.
2. The auction sell price is to be paid directly by the buyer to the seller.
3. The seller receives an IOU for 10% of the sale price to a maximum of $10 as a proceed to MARC. The amount can be paid to the Treasury at any time.
4. The direction of the auctioneer is final and all sellers and buyers agree to this.
