Ripley County Amateur Radio Club

This site can be found by entering the URL  www.441775.com

THE 441.775 REPEATER IS OPEN TO ALL PROPERLY LICENSED AMATEUR OPERATORS , INCLUDING RIPLEY COUNTY RESIDENTS

You can now catch us on our repeater on the frequency of +441.775 and also our 2 meter simplex link of 147.52!
Our weekly net is held every Sunday at 8:30pm.
The Trivia Net is held the first and 3rd Sunday of each month November through March at 7pm.

Hello,

My name is Delbert Felix,my call sign is WY9L,and I have been a licensed amateur "ham" radio operator since May 2005,and I am currently the club president.

The RCARC is a fairly new radio club here in Ripley county only being organized since January 2008 , starting with 11 members and now we are at 46 members.

As many of you know club membership is very important to us along with having active members.

The FCC database shows that there are 123 licensed amateurs in Ripley county,with only 30 of them being members of the RCARC.

My personal goal and the goal of the club is to promote ham radio and the club itself.

It is a great past time hobby & a great way to meet some really good people all over the world.

There is a phrase that has been coined that goes like this...."Talk around the world...become a ham radio operator" , and this phrase is very true,if you get your license you have the choice to upgrade to higher classes of license and you can talk all over the world.

There is no longer the CW (morse code) requirement which means you will need to get a Technicians level book,study it and then come to a VE test session and take your written test,then you will be on your way to a very fulfilling hobby.

I would like to extend on behalf of the RCARC an invitation to all licensed amateurs in and around Ripley county to come and join our radio club , it is the friendliest  and most active radio club in the county.

Also i would like to invite anyone who is not a licensed amateur to join us as an associate member and maybe in time you will get licensed. Associate members are permitted to attend and participate in all of the club activities and have full voting rights in all matters of the club except when it comes to anything dealing with officers of the club.

The RCARC members have strive to create a radio club that people can enjoy & appreciate being apart of.

So come to a meeting , see what we are all about and join us in making our club and our hobby even greater.

 

Delbert Felix  WY9L

President / Repeater Trustee  / VE team liaison 2009