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Search our site What is the MARC ? Since 1927, the Massillon Amateur Radio Club has been a diverse radio hobbyist club that is currently over 80 members strong. Active within our community as well as an ARRL Special Service Club, we are actively involved in many facets of Amateur Radio, including Public Service, Membership, Field Day, Repeaters, Amateur Television (ATV), Skywarn plus many other interests. Learn More.... Hello Amateur Radio ! February Meeting Update
Make plans to join us for our first official meeting of the new year. See you this Friday, February 12th ! De Wade, WD8MIU. Annual Training Class Info
While Morse Code is no longer required to obtain an Amateur Radio License, it is still in use every day on the HF bands. Again this year, the MARC will sponsor a CW Class beginning Friday evening February 12th also at the Massillon Senior Center. Classes will be held at the club headquarters which is on the 3rd floor of the Senior Center. Time will be from 7:00 - 9:00 PM each Friday evening except for club meeting night when class will run from 6:00 - 8:00 PM. Instructor will be Parry Ballinger, W8AU. Contact Perry at (330) 832 - 8612 or by email to w8au@sssnet.com. VEC Exam February 27th
Registration will begin at 8:00 AM will testing to commence at 9:00 AM. Complete information on this test session are available on our VEC Page. NX8G Participates in CQ Contest
Held in July each year, Rex scored 140 points, on 12 QSO's placing him 12th place in Ohio, Michigan and W. Virginia listings. The results of last years contest appear in the February edition of CQ Magazine. Congratulations Rex on this fine accomplishment ! Annual Club Awards Banquet
Annual Club Dues are Due !
Our customary grace period will extend until March 31, 2010. Members not having renewed by this time will be removed from the roster. Dues can be paid at any club meeting or sent directly to club Treasurer Gary Kline, WC8W at 6500 Highton SW, Navarre, OH 44662. Please remember to renew your membership and help support our great club, we don't want to lose a single member ! Important Newsletter Announcement
As with any major change there is both good and bad points. The good side will be a better looking newsletter. You will receive it in full color with sharp color graphics. Size is no longer a limitation. We were limited to ten pages due to postage weight. More content can be included in an electronic version. The down side is that now each member will have to have access to a computer with an email address in order to receive your newsletter. We will continue to post all monthly newsletters on our website. If you don't have an email address you will be able to download it from our site. Please provide editor Gary Kline, WC8W with your email address in order to continue to receive our newsletter. You may contact Gary with any questions by email to wc8w@sssnet.com or by phone to 330-837-2927. White House Names Ham as New Cybersecurity Coordinator
25th Anniversary of STS-9
On November 28, 1983, STS-9 was launched carrying Mission Specialist Owen Garriot, W5LFL, and his ham radio into orbit. For 10 days the Space Shuttle Columbia streaked through the skies, and for the last seven of those days, hams around the world were sent emotionally into orbit when they heard Dr. Garriot's voice break their radio squelch's calling earthbound stations. But it was just the beginning. Amateur Radio had moved into it's newest frontier, and it was here to stay. By the time the flight had ended, Owen Garriot had made the first ham radio transmissions by an amateur radio operator in space during the flight. This led to many further space flights incorporating amateur radio as an educational and back-up communications tool. QST published an account of Owen's flight in an article in February 1984.
Owen did record over 350 contacts during the flight with amateurs all over the world. While W8NP did not end up in his log, the thrill experienced in just hearing his callsign emanate from space was a great time and made us all proud to be ham radio operators. The tape recorder was running during our attempt and you can hear Owens call to earth by clicking on the audio link below. The recording is in a short WAV file playable by most media players. Click Here to hear Owens Calling from Shuttle Columbia Owens son Richard, W5KWQ continued the family tradition by operating ham radio from the International Space Station during his visit in October 2008, almost 25 years later. Click Here to read his account on the ARRL website. MARC Celebrates 75th Anniversary as ARRL Affilated Club
To celebrate this very special achievement, Mr Jim Weaver, K8JE, Great Lakes Division Director attended our meeting to present the club with a plaque honoring this great achievement. This is quite an honor for the club we encourage everyone to attend the meeting. We are all looking forward to Jim's visit and being with us to celebrate this great club achievement. In 1934, members and Officers of the Massillon Amateur Radio Club voted to become an American Radio Relay League (ARRL) Affiliated Club. In the succeeding years each new club president and Executive Board has continued to uphold the standards set forth by the League to remain an Affiliated Club. We have been honored to maintain the high standards that come with being an ARRL Affiliated Club.
Great Lakes Division Director Jim Weaver, K8JE presents our 75th ARRL Affiliation plaque to the club. A Bit of Repeater History !
Since 1927, the Massillon Amateur Radio Club has been a diverse radio hobbyist club that is currently over 80 members strong. Active within our community as well as an ARRL Special Service Club, we are actively involved in many facets of Amateur Radio, including Public Service, Membership, Field Day, Repeaters, Amateur Television (ATV), Skywarn plus many other interests. You are welcome to join us at our monthly club meetings held on the first Friday of each month at 8:00 PM at the Massillon Senior Citizens Center, located at 39 Lincoln Way West, Massillon, Ohio 44647. We usually monitor the club's 147.18 repeater, give us a call and we'll guide you in ! MARC owns and operates repeaters
in the 2 meter and 70 centimeter bands. Our annual Hamfest
is held at the Massillon Boy's & Girls Club in Massillon. We have a large indoor
hamfest area, as well as ample outdoor parking. The prizes are
some of the best you'll find at any area hamfest and the bargains
are many.
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(UPDATED
Feb 6th) Due to the heavy snow that
fell on Friday, Feb 5th, the monthly MARC Club meeting has been
rescheduled for Friday, Feb 12th. -- The
program for the month of February will be from member Mike
Sciarini, WA8MKH. Mike will lead a discussion on how to bring new
ideas with greater success to Amateur Radio Clubs, especially our
own club. He has spoken many times on new antenna ideas, technical
topics and related ham radio equipment.
(Nov 28, 2009) -- Amateur
Radio has been carried aboard US Space Shuttles for over 25 years.
It all began in the fall of 1983 with Shuttle Mission STS-9. 
The
MARC also took part in this historic flight by activating our club
station W8NP during one pass close to North America and tried to
contact the shuttle. We used our 2 meter rig and a vertical
antenna. Reluctantly after multiple attempts during the short
pass, we were unable to break through the intense pile-up and make
a contact.
(UPDATED)
(Sep 5, 2009) -- A very
special meeting was held on August 7, 2009 at the
Massillon Senior Center at our usual start time of 8:00 PM. We
celebrated our 75th year as an ARRL Affiliated Club.
The
clubs 147.18 Repeater is the high profile wide area
coverage repeater in Western Stark county and has been for quite
some time. But it wasn't always so, in fact at one time it was not
even a repeater at all ! Learn about the colorful history of
the repeater thanks to an early issue of the clubs newsletter that
I recently found. 
As
a club member, not only will you have access to the autopatches
on our 2m and 70 cm repeaters, but you will also receive a monthly
subscription to our newsletter, 
The
club owns an emergency response 
Greetings
from Jim Weaver, K8JE your ARRL Great Lakes
Director.
