N.A.R.C. Monthly Meeting

The Nixa Amateur Radio Club will be holding the monthly meeting on Saturday, June 21st at 6:00 p.m. The meeting will be held at the Nixa Fire Department District Headquarters, 301 S. Nicholas Rd., Nixa, Missouri.

Directions:
From US 160 and MO 14 in Nixa, go west to RT M (also called Nicholas Rd--this will be the second stop light west of US 160 on MO 14). Turn south and go about 1/2 mile and the fire department is on the west (right) side of the roadway. There are only about 10-12 parking spots at the fire department, but we are welcome to use the parking lot at the strip mall right south of the fire department for parking as well.

Everyone is welcome to attend.

N.A.R.C. Testing Session

The Nixa Amateur Radio Club will be holding a testing session on Saturday, June 21st at 4:30 p.m. Testing will be held at the Nixa Fire Department District Headquarters, 301 S. Nicholas Rd., Nixa, Missouri.

To test, please pre-register by contacting Chris Cochran by June 20th by one of the following means: e-mail testing@nixahams.net or over the air on 145.270 MHz repeater, PL 162.2 Hz.

You DO NOT have to pre-pay, just let Chris know you're coming so we can have enough materials for the session. Please remember to bring one valid picture ID or two non-picture ID's and pencils for taking the exam.

Following the test session will be our monthly meeting at 6:00 p.m. in the Nixa Fire Department District Headquarters. Everyone is welcome to attend.

N.A.R.C. Monthly Meeting

The Nixa Amateur Radio Club will be holding the monthly meeting on Saturday, May 31st at 6:00 p.m. The meeting will be held at the Nixa Fire Department District Headquarters, 301 S. Nicholas Rd., Nixa, Missouri.

Directions:
From US 160 and MO 14 in Nixa, go west to RT M (also called Nicholas Rd--this will be the second stop light west of US 160 on MO 14). Turn south and go about 1/2 mile and the fire department is on the west (right) side of the roadway. There are only about 10-12 parking spots at the fire department, but we are welcome to use the parking lot at the strip mall right south of the fire department for parking as well.

Everyone is welcome to attend.

N.A.R.C. Testing Session

The Nixa Amateur Radio Club will be holding a testing session on Saturday, May 31st at 4:30 p.m. Testing will be held at the Nixa Fire Department District Headquarters, 301 S. Nicholas Rd., Nixa, Missouri.

To test, please pre-register by contacting Chris Cochran by May 30th by one of the following means: e-mail testing@nixahams.net or over the air on 145.270 MHz repeater, PL 162.2 Hz.

You DO NOT have to pre-pay, just let Chris know you're coming so we can have enough materials for the session. Please remember to bring one valid picture ID or two non-picture ID's and pencils for taking the exam.

Following the test session will be our monthly meeting at 6:00 p.m. in the Nixa Fire Department District Headquarters. Everyone is welcome to attend.

N.A.R.C. Monthly Meeting

The Nixa Amateur Radio Club will be holding the monthly meeting on Saturday, April 26th at 6:00 p.m. The meeting will be held at the Nixa Fire Department District Headquarters, 301 S. Nicholas Rd., Nixa, Missouri.

Directions:
From US 160 and MO 14 in Nixa, go west to RT M (also called Nicholas Rd--this will be the second stop light west of US 160 on MO 14). Turn south and go about 1/2 mile and the fire department is on the west (right) side of the roadway. There are only about 10-12 parking spots at the fire department, but we are welcome to use the parking lot at the strip mall right south of the fire department for parking as well.

Everyone is welcome to attend.

N.A.R.C. Testing Session

The Nixa Amateur Radio Club will be holding a testing session on Saturday, April 26th at 4:30 p.m. Testing will be held at the Nixa Fire Department District Headquarters, 301 S. Nicholas Rd., Nixa, Missouri.

To test, please pre-register by contacting Chris Cochran by April 25th by one of the following means: e-mail testing@nixahams.net or over the air on 145.270 MHz repeater, PL 162.2 Hz.

You DO NOT have to pre-pay, just let Chris know you're coming so we can have enough materials for the session. Please remember to bring one valid picture ID or two non-picture ID's and pencils for taking the exam.

Following the test session will be our monthly meeting at 6:00 p.m. in the Nixa Fire Department District Headquarters. Everyone is welcome to attend.

224.280 Repeater on the Air

The 224.280 repeater was installed high atop Cox South Hospital in South Springfield on Saturday, March 15th and finished Monday, March 17th. The repeater has met expectations and propagation map predictions to this point. 25-W mobile stations have worked the repeater as far south as Saddlebrooke on US 65, Branson West on US 160, as far north as Walnut Grove on MO 123, as far north on MO 13 as Bolivar and as far west as Halltown on I-44.

Club members worked hard to install the 224.280 repeater, and install the IRLP Link radio and the Arcom RC-210 on the 444.275 repeater to make it our UHF Linking Repeater.

Thank you to Chris Cochran, KB0WZC and his father, Jeremy Tannehill, KC0UJZ; Jim Adkins, KC0IYI; John Copelin, KC0QNM; Randy Jordan, KC0UKB; and James Adkins, KB0NHX.

The input to the 224.280 repeater is 222.80, and the PL tone is 162.2 Hz. Unfortunately, we have had to leave the PL tone enabled due to interference coming from the 250-W Midwest Paging transmitter about 20-feet from our antenna. We may try to obtain bandpass cavities in the near future.

N.A.R.C. Monthly Meeting

The Nixa Amateur Radio Club will be holding the monthly meeting on Saturday, March 29th at 6:00 p.m. The meeting will be held at the Nixa Fire Department District Headquarters, 301 S. Nicholas Rd., Nixa, Missouri.

Directions:
From US 160 and MO 14 in Nixa, go west to RT M (also called Nicholas Rd--this will be the second stop light west of US 160 on MO 14). Turn south and go about 1/2 mile and the fire department is on the west (right) side of the roadway. There are only about 10-12 parking spots at the fire department, but we are welcome to use the parking lot at the strip mall right south of the fire department for parking as well.

Everyone is welcome to attend.

N.A.R.C. Testing Session

The Nixa Amateur Radio Club will be holding a testing session on Saturday, March 29th at 4:30 p.m. Testing will be held at the Nixa Fire Department District Headquarters, 301 S. Nicholas Rd., Nixa, Missouri.

To test, please pre-register by contacting Chris Cochran by March 28th by one of the following means: e-mail testing@nixahams.net or over the air on 145.270 MHz repeater, PL 162.2 Hz.

You DO NOT have to pre-pay, just let Chris know you're coming so we can have enough materials for the session. Please remember to bring one valid picture ID or two non-picture ID's and pencils for taking the exam.

Following the test session will be our monthly meeting at 6:00 p.m. in the Nixa Fire Department District Headquarters. Everyone is welcome to attend.

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N.A.R.C. Monthly Meeting

The Nixa Amateur Radio Club will be holding the monthly meeting on Saturday, February 23rd at 6:00 p.m. The meeting will be held at the Nixa Fire Department District Headquarters, 301 S. Nicholas Rd., Nixa, Missouri.

Directions:
From US 160 and MO 14 in Nixa, go west to RT M (also called Nicholas Rd--this will be the second stop light west of US 160 on MO 14). Turn south and go about 1/2 mile and the fire department is on the west (right) side of the roadway. There are only about 10-12 parking spots at the fire department, but we are welcome to use the parking lot at the strip mall right south of the fire department for parking as well.

Everyone is welcome to attend.

N.A.R.C. Testing Session

The Nixa Amateur Radio Club will be holding a testing session on Saturday, February 23rd at 4:30 p.m. Testing will be held at the Nixa Fire Department District Headquarters, 301 S. Nicholas Rd., Nixa, Missouri.

To test, please pre-register by contacting Chris Cochran by February 22nd by one of the following means: e-mail testing@nixahams.net or over the air on 145.270 MHz repeater, PL 162.2 Hz.

You DO NOT have to pre-pay, just let Chris know you're coming so we can have enough materials for the session. Please remember to bring one valid picture ID or two non-picture ID's and pencils for taking the exam.

Following the test session will be our monthly meeting at 6:00 p.m. in the Nixa Fire Department District Headquarters. Everyone is welcome to attend.

N.A.R.C. Monthly Meeting

The Nixa Amateur Radio Club will be holding the monthly meeting on Saturday, January 26th at 6:00 p.m. The meeting will be held at the Nixa Fire Department District Headquarters, 301 S. Nicholas Rd., Nixa, Missouri.

Directions:
From US 160 and MO 14 in Nixa, go west to RT M (also called Nicholas Rd--this will be the second stop light west of US 160 on MO 14). Turn south and go about 1/2 mile and the fire department is on the west (right) side of the roadway. There are only about 10-12 parking spots at the fire department, but we are welcome to use the parking lot at the strip mall right south of the fire department for parking as well.

Everyone is welcome to attend.

N.A.R.C. Testing Session

The Nixa Amateur Radio Club will be holding a testing session on Saturday, January 26th at 4:30 p.m. Testing will be held at the Nixa Fire Department District Headquarters, 301 S. Nicholas Rd., Nixa, Missouri.

To test, please pre-register by contacting Chris Cochran by January 25th by one of the following means: e-mail testing@nixahams.net or over the air on 145.270 MHz repeater, PL 162.2 Hz.

You DO NOT have to pre-pay, just let Chris know you're coming so we can have enough materials for the session. Please remember to bring one valid picture ID or two non-picture ID's and pencils for taking the exam.

Following the test session will be our monthly meeting at 6:00 p.m. in the Nixa Fire Department District Headquarters. Everyone is welcome to attend.

Larry Wilcox (WBØEXR / SK)

Lawrence Lee Wilcox

Lawrence Lee Wilcox was born March 28, 1938, in Omaha, Nebraska to Myron and Kathryn (Pagelar) Wilcox. He went to be with his Lord and Savior on December 27, 2007. He spent his boyhood in Cedar Bluffs, Nebraska, and graduated from high school there. He joined the U.S. Navy and served from 1955 until 1959. He attended Lincoln School of Commerce for the two year program, and then worked for J.C. Robinson Seed Corn Company in Waterloo, Nebraska as an accountant. He was married to Carla Anderson in 1978. They lived in Elkhorn, Nebraska, until his retirement in 1993, when they moved to Nixa, Missouri. He was a faithful member of Aldersgate United Methodist Church in Nixa. He enjoyed his church and Sunday School, reading, ham radio, fishing and camping. Survivors include: his wife, Carla; daughters, Krysia and Corrie; two brothers, Kenneth Wilcox of Lincoln, Nebraska, and Merideth Wilcox and wife Diana, of Ankeny, Iowa; his mother-in-law, Vera Anderson of Nixa; a brother-in-law, Bryon Anderson and wife Patty, of Elkhorn, Nebraska; numerous nieces, nephews, cousins and friends. He was preceded in death by his parents, Myron and Kathryn Wilcox, and father-in-law, Thomas Anderson. Funeral services will be at 9:30 a.m. Monday, December 31, at Aldersgate United Methodist Church, Nixa, with Pastor Dennis Miller officiating. Burial with military honors will follow in Missouri Veterans Cemetery, Springfield. Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Sunday at Adams Funeral Home, Nixa. Memorial donations may be made to Aldersgate United Methodist Church Building Fund.

Ozark Mountain Hamfest - January 12th, 2008

Ozark Mountain Hamfest will be held January 12th, 2008, at the Faith Lutheran Church on Valley Water Mill Road (just west of Glenstone). Doors open at 8am for the public. WBØW, Associated Radio and Hilltop Embroidery are scheduled. There will also be several demonstrations of various modes, antenna and project building (bring your own or something you get from the tables) and plenty of concessions in the kitchen.

Vendors and Club Tables - There are a limited number of tables. Tables are by reservation ONLY. Load your table on Saturday morning from 6-7:30 a.m. If not there by 7:30 a.m. your table is forfeited to next reserve. For table reservation call Connie KB0ZSG at 417-830-0336.

VE Testing - VE Testing at 11:00 a.m. will provided by the Nixa Amateur Radio Club. Testing fee is $14 cash or check payable to Nixa Amateur Radio Club. Please remember to bring one valid picture ID or two non-picture ID's.

Entry Tickets - $5.00

Prize Drawing - Your ticket is your entry to Prize Drawing. Drawing at High Noon. Must be present to win.

For directions, please refer to the WØOMD.ORG site and click on Faith Lutheran Church in the Hamfest announcement for a map.

NARC does have a table reserved for the hamfest. If you would be willing to spend an hour or so at the table to greet folks and represent the club, please contact Jeff Kerr, KCØVGC via e-mail.

Santa Net - Reprise

Thanks to everyone that checked into the Santa Net. It was truly a great time, for those that participated and for those that enjoyed listening so much they forgot to turn off to go back to Nixa from Joplin and didn't realize they'd missed their turn until Strafford!

Here's the list of Santa Net check-ins:

Brandon Kerr
Mike Park, N0RGR
Chris Cochran, KB0WZC
Noah Potter
Joshua Potter
Jacob Cochran
Shannon Cochran, KC0SQB
Jordan Cochran, KC0SQC
Jeff Kerr, KC0VGC
Stephanie Kerr
Jeff Morrissey, KB0WVT
Garrett Morrissey
Brooke Morrissey, KC0YVF
Jeremy Tannehill, KC0UJZ
Carter Tannehill
Sydney Tannehill
Emily Kerr, KC0YOO
Randy Jordan, KC0UKB (Via his Chrismas tree antenna)
Cameron Jordan
Tristan Jordan

Thanks to everyone that checked in. Santa exclaimed he had a great time this year and looks forward to 2008!

(If I forgot anyone, or mis-spelled any names, please let me know!)

Santa Net - Monday, December 24th at 8:00 p.m. on 145.270 Repeater

Everyone is invited to round the kids & grandkids up and check into the 3rd annual Santa Net on Monday evening at 8:00 p.m. on the 145.270 repeater.

Santa will be checking in with us around 8:00 p.m. and the net will begin with the legendary poem "The Night Before Ham Christmas" read by author Mike Park, N0RGR. If you haven't heard this original poem before, you'll want to hear it now!

Plan now to take a few minutes to join us now and enjoy the festive visit from Santa!

December 2007 Club Meeting

Hello Everyone!

I would like to announce the upcoming December club meeting.

The December club meeting will be at my house located in southwest Springfield. Directions are listed at the bottom of this message. The date and time of the December meeting will be 1:30 pm on Saturday December 29th. Everyone is invited and welcome to attend. Spend the afternoon with good food and good friends talking about the wonderful new HAM gadget you got for Christmas!

As last year some of you have asked if you can bring something, so please feel free to bring your favorite dish.

If you would be so kind as to RSVP by sending a message to my email address with the number attending. Kids are welcome.

Directions:

Google Maps overhead view of my address

Republic Road to Kansas Ave.
Go NORTH on Kansas Ave from Republic Road
First road west is LaSalle. Go WEST on LaSalle to Meadowbrook
Go NORTH (right) on Meadowbrook to first driveway going WEST.
3927 S. Meadowbrook (brick front, brick mailbox on driveway)

Walnut Lawn to Kansas Ave.
Go SOUTH on Kansas Ave from Walnut Lawn to Highland.
Go WEST on Highland to Meadowbrook.
Go SOUTH on Meadowbrook to 3927 S. Meadowbrook.
Last house before Meadowbrook ends and turns into LaSalle.

Looking forward to seeing everyone there!

Wishing everyone a very Merry Christmas!!

73,

Jeff Kerr, KCØVGC
Secretary - Nixa Amateur Radio Club, Inc.
http://www.nixahams.net
http://www.6meter.net

N.A.R.C. Testing Session

The Nixa Amateur Radio Club will be holding a testing session on Saturday, November 17th at 4:30 p.m. Testing will be held at the Nixa Pizza Hut.

To test, please pre-register by contacting Chris Cochran by November 16th by one of the following means: e-mail testing@nixahams.net or over the air on 145.270 MHz repeater, PL 162.2 Hz.

You DO NOT have to pre-pay, just let Chris know you're coming so we can have enough materials for the session. Please remember to bring one valid picture ID or two non-picture ID's and pencils for taking the exam.

Following the test session will be our monthly meeting at 6:00 p.m. at the Nixa Pizza Hut. Everyone is welcome to attend.