February MARC meeting and testing

This coming Tuesday, 3 February is the monthly meeting of the Marianas
Amateur Radio Club. Start time is 7:00 p.m. at the KSTO studio on Nimitz
Hill. This is about 1 mile south of the Top ‘O the Mar on the opposite
side of the road. There is plenty of parking behind the building and the
entrance is on the South side of the building.

The special topic will be the conversion to Digital Broadcast TV. We
will answer all your questions and demonstrate how to connect a digital
converter box to your TV. Please bring in your converter box and we will
show you how to hook it up.

This is a great general subject and everyone is invited whether your have
a Ham License or not.

There will also be a test session before the meeting. If you are ready to
take your first exam or upgrade an existing license this is your opportunity.

The test will begin at 5:30. Please bring a picture ID. If this is your
first Amateur license please bring your Social Security Number. If you
are upgrading an existing license, please bring a photocopy of your license
to give to the examiners. The test fee is $15.00, cash or check please
(we are not equipped to accept credit cards.)

If you have any questions or need detailed directions please reply to this
E-mail at wh2m@hotmail.com or call me at 671-477-7737.

Thank you and 73,

Mike Wendt WH2M

MARC's Dinner with Carter Davis details

Everybody is invited to join the informal dinner meeting this
Friday, January 30 at 7:00 p.m. The venue is the VIP House,
1000 Pale San Vitores, Tumon Bay. This is located above the
Subway and is easy to find.

The guest of honor is Carter Davis who will tell us about the
IRLP node in Saipan as well as the Guam node and Ham Radio
in general.

The VIP House has quality Chinese food at reasonable prices.
Of course, each person is expected to pay their own bill.

Please reply to this E-mail at wh2m@hotmail.com or call me at
477-7737 so I know how large a group to reserve for.

A quick reminder that the next Club meeting will be on Tuesday, 3 February
at the KSTO studio on Nimitz Hill. Bob Kelley will give a presentation on
the conversion to Digital Broadcast TV, what you need to know and how to
connect a digital converter to your TV.

Please let me know if you have a digital converter that we can borrow for
the night as we want to show as many different models as possible.


Thank you and 73,

Mike Wendt WH2M

First MARC meeting of 2009!

I hope everyone had a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

Our first meeting of the Marianas Amateur Radio Club will be on
Tuesday, 6 January starting at 7:00 p.m. The usual meeting place,
the KSTO Studio – about 1 mile South of the Top ‘O the Mar.
There is plenty of parking on the lower level, near the meeting
entrance.

We will be talking about Ham Radio, communications, emergency
preparedness, short wave listening, electronics and the recent
activities of our members.

As always, everybody is invited. Bring your friends, family,
co-workers, neighbors and strangers off the street. In
particular, I want to invite young people, many Hams earned
their license before their 10th birthday.

Finally, I want to thank the MARC membership for their trust in
re-electing me and the other Club Officers, Tim McDow NH2CV,
Mike Manafo K3UOC and Rich Ortloff KE6DUC. We look forward to
making your Ham Radio Club both interesting and useful to you.

One last note, at this time I am scheduled to work Tuesday night.
Unless I can arrange a trade, I will see you at the next MARC
meeting!

Thank you and 73,

Mike Wendt WH2M