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ARROW General Membership Meeting
Wednesday, May 8th, 7:30pm – 9:00pm

To be held at:

Washtenaw Community College
4800 E Huron River Drive
Ann Arbor, MI 48105
Room BE-172
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PRESENTATION:

This months presentation will be on the subject of Emergency Communications (EMCOMM) services provide by the Washtenaw county “Amateur Radio Public Service Corps” (ARPSC) – a joint organization of the “Amateur Radio Emergency Service (ARES) and the “Radio Amateur Civil Emergency Service” (RACES). Other related organizations such as NTS, Skywarn, DHS/MSP, AUXCOMM, and Washtenaw county Emergency Management will be discussed.

If you are all interested in the EMCOMM services we as Hams provide to our communities nation wide, this is the presentation for you!

December, 1952, from the Argus Eyes newsletter. The Huron Valley Amateur Radio Association (HVARA), with its 55 club members shows off its converted bus as a mobile communications command vehicle.

The HVARA is the organization that gave birth to the ARROW (then called “Amatuer Radio Repeaters Of Washtenaw) when repeaters first became popular.

Click here for the Argus Eyes article

On April 10 at the ARROW general meeting, we had a drawing to give away a Dayton Hamvention ticket to two people who had already purchased tickets for our Hamvention bus trip. Our lucky winners were Peter Lee, K8ACS, and Richard Zarczynski, AC8FJ. Congratulations to both!

The monthly Egg Chew (breakfast) that we share with the Michigan QRP group will take place at the Classic Cup Cafe on Jackson Road between Zeeb and Wagner on Saturday, April 20 from 9 to 11 a.m.

If you’re more in the mood to buy components or other interesting things, the Milford Hamfest is also on Saturday starting at 8 a.m. The location is Milford High School, 2380 South Milford Rd., Highland, MI.

The ARROW board will meet on Tuesday, April 2 at 7:30 p.m. at the Washtenaw Chapter of the American Red Cross, 4624 Packard Rd. Any interested ARROW members are invited to attend.

Mary Anne, W8VWY
ARROW Secretary