ARROW Communication Association

Folks,

If you check out

http://www.arrl.org/results-database?fd_category=2A&fd_power=2&fd_sect=MI&ss_call=&sort0=&sort1=&sort2=&event_id=58360

You will see that the Arrow/UM ARC FD Team scored *1st* in Michigan!

Also, according to this:

http://www.arrl.org/results-database?fd_category=2A&fd_power=2&fd_sect=Div-GL&ss_call=&sort0=&sort1=&sort2=&event_id=58360

We scored *2nd* in the Great Lakes Division!

THANK YOU TO EVERYONE that participated in this year’s Field Day effort.
We couldn’t have done it without you!

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Posted by: “Dave New, N8SBE”

The ARROW Monthly Egg Chew (breakfast) will take place on Saturday, October 18 from 9-11 AM at the Classic Cup Cafe, 4389 Jackson Road, Ann Arbor. Come for good food and good conversation. Everyone welcome, including friends and family members.

The ARROW Board of Directors meeting will take place on Tuesday, October 7, 2014 at 7:30 PM at the American Red Cross on Packard between Carpenter and Golfside. All members are invited to attend.

This will be followed on Wednesday, October 8 by the October General Meeting in or near room BE-172 at Washtenaw Community College. We start gathering at 7 PM. The business meeting will begin at 7:30, followed by a talk on what’s new in the ARRL by the Great Lakes Division Director, Dale Williams, WA8EFK. You need not be a member to attend.

Our General Meetings are followed by a casual get-together for dinner at Red Robin on Carpenter Road just north of Ellsworth.

Any questions? Call me at 734 649-2722.

Mary Anne W8VWY
ARROW Secretary

The next General Membership Meeting will be held this Wednesday, September 10th in room BE-172 on the WCC campus.  Doors open at 7pm for eyeball QSO’s, with the business meeting starting at 7:30pm followed by the presentation at about 8pm.

<B><I> Whether it’s Cold or whether it’s Hot, We will have Weather, whether or not </I></B>

Yup, this month’s presentation will be about weather, weather instruments, the DO’s and DONT’s of their placement, how some weather data is calculated and collected, and we will cover the CWOP – Civilian Weather Observation Program.  We will show how to participate in this network using inexpensive weather instruments and inexpensive Linux computers and Bash scripts.  Other geophysical instruments such at Sferics, Geiger Counters, and atmospheric gases measurement sensors will be covered.

If you enjoy Weather, this is the meeting for you!

We have another busy Saturday this week, with the monthly Egg Chew at the Classic Cup Cafe, 4389 Jackson Road in Ann Arbor at 9 a.m.

That will be followed by a fox hunt being hosted by the U-M Amateur Radio Club. Here’s what Jameson, the UMARC President has to say:

UMARC is excited to host a Foxhunt, Saturday, July 19th, starting at 10:30 AM. The event will begin on the North Campus of the University of Michigan, under the Lurie Bell Tower.

For those new to the activity, a Foxhunt is like a scavenger hunt with radios! A hidden transmitter is placed somewhere (in our case, on North and/or Central campus), and various radio direction finding methods are used to locate the ‘Fox’.

Most participants employ some sort of directional antenna and signal attenuator during the ‘Hunt’. If you don’t have any equipment (be it radio/antenna/attenuator) or if you’re new to Foxhunting, don’t worry – we’ll have two or three full setups ready for you to use and you can work in teams if you’d like.

Some walking will be involved, so prepare accordingly. Parking is free in most lots on North Campus, so we recommend you find a spot there and take the bus anywhere else if necessary. The 19th is the final day of the Ann Arbor Art Fair, so we’ll try to avoid that area. However, bonus points are awarded to any participant who has a positive interaction with the public, i.e. someone asking “what are you doing??”

Prizes and certificates will be awarded to the top participants – so come on out and have some fun on a Saturday morning.

See you there,

Jameson Eisele KD8PIJ
UMARC President

Just to add a note to Jameson’s post, the U-M buses that run throughout the campus are FREE. Fox hunting is a lot of fun, so I encourage everyone to participate. I hope to see many of you at one or both of these events on Saturday.

Mary Anne, W8VWY
ARROW Secretary