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May 21
7:30pm
EOC

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Club News
Club Open House
Author: w8jkc :: Posted: Wed Apr 16, 2008 8:35 am
Canton Amateur Radio Club will host an open house at the E.O.C. Wednesday, April 16th 2008. All Club Members and guests are encouraged to attend.

The EOC is located at 4500 Atlantic Blvd. N.E. in Canton and is on the lower level of the Stark County Sheriff's Office.

The meeting will start at 7pm.

Directions will be available on the W8AL Repeater, 146.79-Mhz.


CARC Licensing Courses
Author: w8jkc :: Posted: Fri Mar 07, 2008 8:44 pm
The Canton Amateur Radio Club is hosting licensing courses for new and old hams alike. The Extra class is currently taking place on Tuesdays nights.

The Technician class will begin on Tuesday April 22nd in the evening.

Please contact Bill N8PW @ (330) 454-7793 to reserve a seat, and order your workbook.

73


March Meeting
Author: w8jkc :: Posted: Mon Mar 03, 2008 11:56 pm
This months meeting location has been changed to allow for Skywarn training.

For this month only, the meeting will be held at Stark State College 6200 Frank Rd. NE in Canton.

Skywarn Registration is at 6pm with training starting at 6:30.

73


Website Updated
Author: w8jkc :: Posted: Mon Mar 03, 2008 11:44 pm
This website has been updated, and repaired.

Some of the stuff that was fixed:

65,000 Spam posts to photo gallery were removed, gallery is offline until comments can be disabled.

6,000 Spam accounts were removed from bulletin board and registration captcha was added.
Setting was also changed to allow instant registration instead of emailing for every new user.

Need to do yet:

Upload pictures to photo gallery from W8M, FD '07, QSO Party '07, etc.
Update Roster of current members and info.
Update/Add news to current info.

73
W8JKC
Justin


More Field Day Photos
Author: NG8D :: Posted: Tue Jul 18, 2006 12:49 pm


Dennis Moriarty, K8AGB, sent in these photos.


(Club News Archive)


Other News
NEW SEPTEMBER CONTEST SCHEDULED
Author: w8jkc :: Posted: Wed Apr 23, 2008 3:05 am
[Copied from the Ohio ARRL Section Bulletin]

The Portage County Amateur Radio Service (PCARS) announces the first
Ohio State Parks On The Air Contest to be held on Saturday, September
6, 2008, from the hours of noon to eight p.m. EDT (1600Z to 2400Z).

For hams throughout the...
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K7RA Solar Report: 15 JUL 2005
Author: NG8D :: Posted: Fri Jul 15, 2005 11:09 am
SEATTLE, WA, Jul 15, 2005--The big patch of sunspots that energized activity less than two weeks ago has drifted around the edge of the sun. The result has been falling daily sunspot numbers and solar flux. The average daily sunspot number dropped a little more than 63 points to...
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Double duty for power lines
Author: NG8D :: Posted: Mon Jul 11, 2005 2:20 pm
CenterPoint tests high-speed access via wall sockets

By TOM FOWLER
Copyright 2005 Houston Chronicle

CenterPoint Energy is testing a system to bring high-speed Internet
access to consumers through the medium it knows best -- the electric
wall socket.

The company that owns the power lines throughout Houston...
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Bulletin Board Postings
Most recent Bulletin Board posting:
220mhz
Author: w8jkc :: Posted: Sat Mar 08, 2008 10:19 am
I see only one 220 repeater in N. Industry.

W8TUY: 224.600- Mhz

I like to reference KC8LIN's repeater map available here: http://www.kc8lin.com/repeater_map.htm

73
W8JKC
Justin
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Mon Nov 14, 2005 9:01 pm KA8AHF
Field Day 2005
Mon Jul 11, 2005 4:03 pm NG8D
July Contest Calendar
Sun Jul 10, 2005 7:45 pm NG8D
IARU HF World Championship
Tue Jan 25, 2005 2:21 pm NG8D
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