September 2024 MARA Membership Meeting

It’s time for us to meet again! Monday, September 9, 2024 @ 7:30 PM.

You have two choices either virtually or in person. As usual we meet in person at UW Space Place at 2300 S. Park Street, Madison. If you are unable to be there in person you can join us virtually. For information on joining the virtual meeting please send an email to president@w9hsy.org and he’ll send you the virtual connection information. If you are a member of MARA you should have already received an email with this information. If not, send the president an email and we’ll get the connection info to you.

2024 Membership Dues

We are closing in on the beginning of 2024. Dues have not changed from years past. $24 for the first ham in a household and $12 for each additional ham in a household. For those who would like to pay by credit card we welcome you but we need to assess an additional dollar to help defray transaction fees. For both check and credit card please read the information on our dues page.

“15” Repeater will be used for Badger Challenge on September 24

On September 24, the Badger Challenge will be running most of the day on the NorthEast side of Madison. The primary repeater for this event will be the “15” repeater. Please refrain from casual use of this repeater during the event. Of course emergency traffic takes precedent but for casual conversation you are welcome to use the “76” repeater while the event is underway. Thank you.

D-Star Net on 3rd Wednesdays at 7:15

I guess that all we really have to say. We have been joining together for an FM net on the MARA “15” every first Wednesday of the month for a few months. Now it is time to exercise our D-Star repeater. We will have a Net every 3rd Wednesday of the month at 7:15 pm on the MARA D-Star repeater on 145.305. For now it will be local only since we don’t yet have an internet connection at the repeater site but we will be able to test and exercise our D-Star equipment.

Officers to be elected at January 9th Meeting

The next meeting of the Madison Area Repeater Association will be held on January 9th @ 7:30PM using Zoom. We have nominees for the offices of President, Vice President, Secretary and Treasurer and will be holding elections at the meeting. A link to the meeting will be going out in email soon along with the slate of nominees. Please plan to be there for the election. We will also be discussing the date and forming a group to plan our first Hamfest in three years.

February 10, 2022

KC9UNZ was Net Control tonight and the following stations checked in: KD9DZT, KD9RYV, KD9OVK, N9TWA, KD9DOE, N9WIB, KG0XO, N9VWH, N9XJD, WB9VHF. Sorry about the confusion during the net. I’ll be fixing my stations this morning and swapping out a bad antenna. I guess this is why we continue to practice, one never knows when stuff might get in the way of a good QSO.

ARRL Audio News for February 4, 2022