News
Congratulations to Harold McMullen KE5WCQ for upgrading to general, to Bryan Loper KG5VDK and 16-year-old Jake Stegall KG5VDL for passing their technician! Special thanks to all the VEs who volunteered with the test sessions.
Danny Richard KG5ESG was appointed the new ARES Emergency Coordinator for Cass and Morris County on June 21. Danny got to work on implementing a county emergency communications plan for the counties. Jim Collom N5YU donated a dedicated ARES repeater that provides wide coverage for both counties.
November marks the final formal club meeting each year for the RACC. The 2017 officers were elected, and the 2016 RACC Christmas Party plans were finalized to be held at the Champions Bible Church on Saturday, December 17, 2016 at 6:30pm.
An unusual band opening on 2 meters allowed for FM contacts to be made on simplex and repeaters further than two hundred miles away late Wednesday night and early Thursday morning (16-17 November 2016).
The ARRL sent a mass email soliciting member support and action to encourage elected representatives to vote in favor of the Amateur Radio Parity Act. The league has made it easy by pre-loading a form on a website where members can type in their information, and an email is sent to the appropriate representatives.
You can help, too! Go to: https://arrl.rallycongress.net/ctas/urge-us-senate-to-pass-amateur-radio-parity-act
I went to the link and followed the instructions with a small twist...
Long Lost QSO
Roger Fouse KB5ROD contacted me earlier after our weekly club net to let me know the club received a QSL card in the mail today. We went back and forth trying to guess if the card was for a contact made during Field Day or the Texas QSO Party. When Roger checked the date, he found something neither of us were expecting... the QSO date was on July 28, 2003!
The significance in that QSO date isn't the fact that it's over 13 years old. The significance in that QSO date is the fact that it was a QSO with Bob Jones K5HCM (sk).
Bob passed away in 2008, and the club didn't officially adopt his call sign until May of 2013.
The QSO was made with Ralph Bible K5MIJ (Moonshiners In Jail). Ralph requested a return QSL card, and while he won't receive one from Bob for obvious reasons, Roger will send him a card from the club.
