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Club Activities
- Community Service (communications for municipal parades, walkathons
and bikeathons sponsored by charities, public events, emergency
communications, etc.)
- Classes
- Tutoring (Elmering)
- Construction Projects
- Traffic Handling
- Field Day
- Amateur Satellite Communications (including OSCAR and the Space
Shuttle)
- DX (long distance communications)
- VHF/UHF/Microwave communication
- Mobile Radio Communications
- Computers & Digital Communicaton (Including Packet, RTTY (radio
teletype), AMTOR, PACTOR, Facsimile, Keyboard CW)
- Amateur Radio License Exams
- Special Events Stations
- Contests (HF, VHF/UHF)
- Hamfests
- Certificate and Award Chasing
- QRP (Low power communication)
- Rag Chewing (long conversations)
- Radio Direction Finding (RDF) Including "Fox Hunts"
- hidden transmitter location competitions.
CLUB GOALS - (Revised
9/4/97)
MISSION STATEMENT: The Warminster Amateur
Radio Club familiarizes its members with the many aspects of amateur
radio and encourages its members to use their communication and technical
skills by participating in activities that increase favorable awareness
of amateur radio in the general community.
Major Goals and Activities
1. Enhance the technical and operating skills
of its members
a. General Meeting programs
b. Field Day
c. Contests
d. DXpeditions
e. Elmering
f. Using computers for amateur radio activities
2. Increase awareness of the amateur radio
service in the general community
a. Public relations
b. Provide communications for public service
events
c. Seek opportunities for general exposure
(e.g. Middletown Grange Fair, library
displays, demonstrations)
d. Special event stations
e. Club station
f. Ham wear
3. Encourage licensing of new hams and facilitate
upgrading for existing hams
a. Licensing Classes
b. License (VE) examination sessions
c. Publicize general amateur radio “benefits”
and club activities
4. Support youth participation in amateur
radio
a. Support for KB3BOY
b. Support for local school clubs
b. Sponsor scholarship (future)
5. Develop emergency preparedness skills
a. Traffic handling
b. Radio Direction Finding (e.g. foxhunting)
c. Membership in ARES / RACES
d. Emergency power capability
e. Emergency “junk bag” kit
6. Provide timely information to the membership
about club activities and matters of general amateur radio interest
a. Monthly FEEDBACK
b. Club repeater(s)
c. Weekly nets
d. WARC WEB site
e. e-mail
7. Encourage a fiscally sound club
a. Hamfest
b. Dues structure
c. Fund raising (e.g. 50/50; club auction;
“major” fund raiser)
d. Yearly budget and monthly financial reports
e. Increase membership (including new categories-
e.g. alumni, Feedback subscription)
8. Provide opportunities for club members
(and families) to socialize
a. December holiday party
b. Picnic
c. “Social” foxhunt
d. Awards ceremony
e. “Crying towel” sessions
f. Hamfest “fun” activities
g. Non-ham activities (e.g. bike ride, fishing
trip, theater, bowling,
miniature golf)
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