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ARRL Missouri Section (MO)

Section Manager
Dale C. Bagley, K0KY
1402 Eastern Dr
Macon, MO 63552-1822
k0ky@arrl.org
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  • Assistant Section Manager
    Larry D Ballew, AB0HP
    31993 Knollwood Pl
    Macon, MO 63552-4507
    (660) 385-4956
    lballew@missvalley.com

    William A Coby, KB0MWG
    4946 Pernod Ave
    Saint Louis, MO 63139-1252

    John M Seals, WR0R
    1907 NE 49th St
    Apt 1407B
    Kansas City, MO 64118-6016
    wr0r@earthlink.net

    Affiliated Club Coordinator
    H Keith Haye, WE0G
    70 NW 601st Rd
    Centerview, MO 64019-9228
    (660) 656-3783
    we0g@arrl.net

    Official Observer Coordinator
    Terence Mike McCrann, WD0GSY
    25 Elm Dr
    Saint Peters, MO 63376-1465
    (314) 406-2919
    tmmccrann@aol.com

    Public Information Coordinator
    Dennis J Mc Carthy, AA0A
    5022 Lansdowne Ave
    Saint Louis, MO 63109-2413
    (314) 351-3568
    aa0a@arrl.net

    Section Emergency Coordinator
    Donald K Moore, KM0R
    8825 Shady Oak Ln
    Columbia, MO 65202-6607
    (573) 814-0418, (573) 864-0439
    km0r@arrl.net

    State Government Liaison
    Ernest B De Camp, KD0UD
    605 E Woodland St
    Springfield, MO 65807-3609
    (417) 831-8611, (417) 883-1020

    Section Traffic Manager
    Dale D Huffington, AE0S
    2709 Cimarron Dr
    Columbia, MO 65203-2990
    (314) 882-6578, (314) 870-6170
    ae0s@arrl.net

    Technical Coordinator
    Wayland N Mc Kenzie Jr, K4CHS
    8000 S Barry Rd
    Columbia, MO 65201-9362
    (314) 882-2991, (314) 442-7619
    k4chs@arrl.net

    Section News

    Monthly Summaries

    Monthly Summary for April 2008

    News last updated: Tue, May 13, 2008 at 12:38 PM ET


    MAY 2008 MISSOURI SECTION NEWS

    DALE BAGLEY, KØKY MO SM

    The Month of May brings spring flowers, lots of QRM from thunderstorms, lightning, and more importantly the Dayton Hamvention. I was thinking that the "Rebate Check" would make a nice down payment on some new Amateur Radio or accessories. Again this year the Hamvention will run from May 15th to May 18th in Dayton's Hara Arena. If you plan to attend for the first time, don't be surprised by the large number of people you'll know and friendly atmosphere of the event. I plan to attend this year, so if you see me, I would appreciate having an "eyeball" QSO. If you want to know more about the Hamvention, use the link provided. http://www.hamvention.org/

    Several years ago some of my local Radio Club members and I decided to attend the Hamvention and that we would "Camp-out" at the Dayton KOA campgrounds in a tent. After setting up the tent next to a small Creek, we were pleased find some of the members of the Mid-MO ARC camped next to us. I'm sure you will not be shocked to learn that it rained for 3 days and the water inside the tent was only about 2 inches deep. The upside to our camping misadventure was the fun we had after Larry, ABØHP, bought a Icom 706 and a tuner that we set-up in the Van. We managed to make a good number of radio contacts from the campsite. The Mid-MO crew strung up a longwire antenna in the trees and using a QRP rig they made a ton of contacts between the rains. We all had a great time but I promised myself that I would never again camp in a tent at Dayton. This year I'll be roughing it at the Double Tree.

    2008 HAMFESTS

    There are no Hamfest scheduled for May or June. We can look forward to July when the Warrensburg Hamfest and ZeroBeaters Hamfest in Washington, MO are on the calendar. If you missed the Ozark Amateur Radio Society Hamfest in Mt. Vernon or the Ararat Shrine Hamfest in Kansas City, you missed a couple of nice Hamfests. The OARS group and the Shrine ARC did an excellent job and folks had a great Hamfest experience.

    AFFILIATED CLUB NEWS KEITH HAYE, WEØG, ACC

    The Mississippi Valley DX and Contest Club's May meeting will be hearing a presentation by Roger Volk, KØGOB, on lightning protection. If you are an active Amateur Radio operator you have or know someone that has suffered the significant damage from lightning. Rumor has it that Ward Silver, NØAX, will be a special guest at their next meeting. Ward Silver the QST Contributing Editor and Author of several books has been named the 2008 Amateur of the Year by the Dayton Hamvention.

    The NIXA ARC will be operating a special event station at the May 17th Nixa Sucker Days. The local club members will be practicing the set up and operation during an emergency and they will be will be distributing information about how to get a Amateur Radio License. What the heck is Nixa Sucker Days? Sucker Day (actually a two-day celebration) in Nixa, Missouri, started one spring over forty years ago with three or four Missouri men playing hooky from work to go "grabbing" Sucker Fish that were spawning. Today the event draws about 15,000 visitors to Nixa and they eat a lot of fish sandwiches. If you are in the area, you should stop by booth 67 and say hello to the operators.

    The St. Charles ARC Newsletter the "Garble" has a report by Keith Little, NØTY about an upcoming "Basic Ham Radio Class". The Basic HAM Radio Operator class will be offered at the Eureka Fire Protection District. This 15-hour introductory course on HAM radio operations will be coordinated by Keith Wilson KØZH. The class will meet on five consecutive Monday evenings beginning June 9th and ending July 7th from 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. each night. There will be a limited amount of ARRL license manuals available for $20 each. There is no fee to attend except for the cost of the book. FCC volunteer examiners will administer the license test following the course for Technician class license. The course is made available courtesy of Eureka Fire Protection District, Eureka Police Department and Eureka CERT. Advance registration is required. To register call the Eureka Police Department at 636-938-6600.

    The Ararat Shrine ARC recognized those that had worked hard to support Amateur Radio in the Kansas City area. I know that all those receiving the certificate were honored to be recognized for their contributions. The certificates are a great way to promote Amateur Radio and give a pat on the back for a job well done.

    The Heart of America ARC in the Kansas City area are assisting with several special events this month. On May 18th the Bike Source Duathlon/Triatholon, will be held at Heritage Park those wishing to assist need to contact Mike Bellinger, K0UAA - 816-363-1118 - mbbelling@aol.com . On May 30th,31st, and Jun 1st the MS Challenge Walk will be conducted those wanting to help with this worthy project need to contact Duane Haverty, WA0BVX - 816-223-5842 - dhaverty@kc.rr.com

    SECTION ARES REPORT FOR APRIL 2008 DON MOORE, KMØR SEC

    Total # of ARES members: 707

    Number of drills, tests and training sessions this month: 86 Man hours: 522

    Number of public service events this month: 15 Man hours: 187

    Number of emergency operations this month: 10 Man hours: 90

    Total number of ARES operations this month: 111 Total Man hours: 799

    Comments: 5 of 9 districts reporting

    SECTION TRAFFIC REPORTS APRIL 2008 DALE HUFFINGTON, AEØS,

    MON-CW Sessions 42 QNI 90 QTC 21 NM K9ZTV

    MO Phone Sessions 30 QNI 1113 QTC 141 NM KØRWL

    MESN Sessions 4 QNI 174 QTC 4 NM AEØS

    Audrain Co AARC Sessions 4 QNI 43 QTC 0 NM KBØKWC

    Callaway CARL Sessions 4 QNI 42 QTC 0 NM WBØHKN

    Boone Co Sessions 5 QNI 110 QTC 0 NM WMØH

    Howell HCARC Sessions 3 QNI 16 QTC 0 NM KØRWL

    Jackson Co ARES Sessions 5 QNI 62 QTC 0 NM KØUAA

    Macon Co Sessions 4 QNI 32 QTC 0 NM KØKY

    Rolla RRARS Sessions 30 QNI 393 QTC 14 NM KB9ZBO

    St Louis CO ARC Sessions 8 QNI 93 QTC 10 NM KBØH

    Sullivan ARC Sessions 9 QNI 130 QTC 6 NM KBØROX

    Taney Co TLARC Sessions 1 QNI 5 QTC 346 NM KBØOFD

    WAARCI Sessions 4 QNI 94 QTC 0 NM WBØTOM

    10th Reg Sessions 60 QNI QTC 159 MO 92% with W7FB, KCØM, NDØM, K9ZTV, WØSJS NM WØSS


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