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SWARC 2021 Dues are Now Payable!
Annual dues for SWARC are now payable. Since we currently are not meeting in person due to the Covid-19 pandemic, all dues payments should be mailed to the club treasurer, Greg Day, N8GD. Dues are $24.00 for the year. A check, made out to SWARC is preferable, but if you do not have access to a checking account, a money order is acceptable (again payable to SWARC). PLEASE do NOT send cash! You can mail the payment to Greg Day, N8GD, 109 Meadow Road, Wintersville, OH 43953. All dues are payable by the end of January. If you have not paid by March 31st, you will be dropped from the club roster. Thank you!
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SWARC is Sponsoring a Simplex Net Every Saturday Evening of Every Week at 8:30 PM on 146.535 MHz!
Please read the following announcement for details:
SWARC Simplex Net Announcement.pdf
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Due to the current coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic,
all SWARC in-person meetings are canceled!
(We will meet on-the-air via nets instead)
Beginning immediately, all SWARC Business Meetings (held at the Weirton County Road Fire Station) and SWARC Dinner and Social Meetings (held at the Eat ‘n Park Restaurant at the Fort Steubenville Mall) are suspended until further notice. Some of these meetings, such as the dinner meeting at Eat ‘n Park, are not possible due to the government decree preventing dining-in at restaurants in Ohio and West Virginia.
In place of the above meetings, we will have on-the-air meetings (AKA nets). The nets will be as follows:
Business Meeting replacement net: Meets on the 1st Wednesday of each month at 7:00 PM on the Weirton, W8CWO, 146.94 MHz repeater.
Dinner and Social Meeting replacement net: Meets on the 3rd Wednesday of each month at 6:00 PM on the Steubenville, WD8IIJ, 147.06 MHz repeater.
The above nets will continue until further notice, reverting to their original meeting locations and formats once the pandemic is over and governmental officials have canceled their social distancing decrees.__________________________________________________
For general & current local area Ham info, visit the OVHAMS (Ohio Valley Hams) at Groups.io: https://groups.io/g/OhioValleyHams/
For information specific to current/active SWARC members only, visit the SWARC at Groups.io: https://groups.io/g/SWARC-members/
Membership Application (necessary for NEW members only): SWARC Membership Application.pdf
Both the 147.06+ and 146.94- repeaters require PL tone access of 114.8 Hz. See the Repeater page on this site for more information.
EchoLink is available on the WD8IIJ 147.06+ Repeater via the N8GD-R EchoLink Repeater Link. See the following document for information:
Utilizing the N8GD EchoLink system, with an add-on program called EchoProducer (by EI4JR), the WD8IIJ 147.06+ repeater has the capability to broadcast bulletin/QST programs, various announcements of interest to local Amateurs, weather conditions, weather forecasts, and weather alerts. See the following documents for bulletin schedules and announcement details and other information:
Echo Producer & Bulletin Schedule.pdf EchoProducer Info and Quirks.pdf
PACKET RADIO NOW on 145.070 MHZ:
N8GD operates a PBBS (Packet Bulletin Board System) for the TERA (Tri-county Radio Association) Group on 145.070 MHz @ 1200 baud. Connect using either "WINTOH" (the alias) or the call of N8GD. TERA info as well as ARRL bulletins, weather reports and statistical summaries, and other messages of interest are available (such as ARNewsline in text format). Local Amateurs are encouraged to post both public and private messages on the PBBS. It runs 24/7 and is accessible directly on 145.07 MHz or via TOROH as a digi (C WINTOH V TOROH) or via WINTVL as a digi (C WINTOH V WINTVL). It is located at the Jefferson County EOC at the Jefferson County Airpark.
SKYWARN Links:
Pittsburgh SKYWARN Application Form (to become a member of Pittsburgh SKYWARN)
Print Your SKYWARN Certificate, PGH SKYWARN Class Schedule, & PGH SKYWARN Spotters Page
Other files of interest:
Previous SWARC Business Meeting Minutes.pdf
WD8IIJ REPEATER ANTENNA INSTALLATION.pdf
SWARC Sunday Night Net Script.pdf
Current Weather Conditions at N8GD / Wintersville, OH 43953
Current Weather Conditions & Forecast
Current Conditions:
NEXRAD | Precipitation | Radar LoopCurrent Conditions
Summary:
Weather Forecast:
Local Forecast | Temperature
Precipitation | Wind SpeedSevere Weather:
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Watches & Warnings Map
(click here for information on weekly nets)The Steubenville-Weirton Amateur Radio Club (SWARC) is an ARRL-affiliated club dedicated to amateur radio in the Ohio Valley.
Ham Radio Links:
eHam.net: Ham Radio on the Net
QRZ.com: The Ham Radio SuperSite
FCC Universal Licensing System
ARRL: Amateur Radio Relay League
QST, ARRL's Monthly Membership Journal
CQ Magazine
Dayton (Xenia) Hamvention
Weather data provided by the National Weather Service, Intellicast.com, and AccuWeather.com.
Questions or comments?
Send an e-mail to Greg Day,
N8GD.
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Website updated 4/2/2020