Huntingdon County Amateur Radio
ARRL AFFILIATED CLUB
Introduction to
HCAR:
HCAR or Huntingdon County Amateur Radio is a amateur
radio club located in central Pennsylvania. One purpose of our organization is
to promote fellowship and fun with our local ham community. We also provide
emergency communication for ARES other emergency organizations within the
county.
We have been a club since November 20, 1958. The club
original officers were Millard Cramer, President; Joe Lister, Vic-President;
Robert Eichelberger, Secretary; Bernard Swartz, Treasure. The original Board of
directors were: George Appleby, Earl Booth, R. Glenn Corbin, Ralph Cramer,
Charles David, John Garner, Ralph Garner, Thomas Howell, Joe Meyash, Harry
Snyder, Warren Yocum, Richard Stotler.
We are located in the county of Huntingdon in south
central Pennsylvania. The major tourist attraction to this area is Raystown Dam
and Lake. Raystown Lake is both a flood control and recreation lake. Raystown is
the largest lake wholly within the state of Pennsylvania. We are a small club
that has gone through both good and bad times. We are currently expanding our
membership and have a new club house. A picture of our club house as of 1997 is
available below in the Club Meeting area.
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The 2006 Club Officers
are:
President:
Andy Ketner - N3OGT - 814-542-4185 - aketner@localnet.com
Vice-President: Bruce J. Smith III - AA3X - 814-542-5433 - INVESTORSC@aol.com
Secretary: Robert Hern - N3ELE - rhearn@pennswoods.net
Treasure: Ron Yoder - K3OVY - rryoder@penn.com
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Club Meeting
Schedule:
The third Saturday of every month
at 8:30 am (right after Breakfast at
Donna's)
at HCAR Club House
on the hill behind the Country Garden
Market
in Smithfield Township
2006 W3VI Field Day Group
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HCAR Meeting of Minutes Oct 20, 2007
Meeting called to order at 0830 am.
Meeting held at HCAR Club Shack, Westover Hill.
Present were.
K3OVY RON
W3WIV JOE
N3OGT ANDY
N3ELE BOB
KB3PKX ABBIE
WB3CJB DON
KA3EJV DREW (DISTRICT EC)
Minutes of previous meeting read.
Motion to approve. W3WIV Joe
second KB3PKX Abbi
all present voted to approve.
Treasurers report
All present voted to approve report.
Old Business
Emergency plans. N3OGT, ANDY will review with County EMA Office.
K3OVY Ron will distribute a list of the members at our next meeting.
AA3X BRUCE and K3OVY RON to update Electric Panel in Shack.
Antennae & towers discussed.
Remove tower by entrance Sept. 19 1700 hrs.
SET drill, third week of Oct. Andy will distribute the information when a date is set
We need about 2 to 3 people to run this exercise from the EMA office.
New Business
The PA QSO party went well. Excellent food provided by KB3PKX Abbi & AA3X Bruce.
Christmas party to be held Sat. Dec. 8, 2007 at OIP rt#22.
The Scout Jamboree did not take place.
The S.E.T.drill will be Wed. Oct.24 at 1500 hrs.
We now have a base for the vertical antenna.
Discussed moving the antenna from west tower to north tower.
Motion by WB3CJB Don second by W3WIV Joe. All materials donated to the club be inventoried-
and record kept.
Vote, unanimous
KB3PKX Abbi appointed to be inventory clerk.
For the Good of the Order:
HCAR dues are payable for the year 2007. Submit to K3OVY RON, $15.00
Any interest in ARRL publications? Bruce can order them at a discount.
HCAR club house phone # is 644-6541 (Courtesy of Bruce AA3X).
Motion to adjourn K3OVY Ron
Second WB3CJB Don
Vote to adjourn. Unanimous.
N3ELE, BOB, Secretary
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Weekly
Breakfast:
The club holds a weekly breakfast at Donna's
Family Restaurant
located in the Matte
Plaza at 7:30 am every Saturday.
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Local ARES Net:
There is a local ARES Net held every Sunday Night
at 8:30 pm.
This is held on the Loop Tower
Repeater Club repeaters
at 146.70 Mhz and
145.31. Mhz.
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Upcoming Club &Local Events
- Club Meeting - Nov 17 - 8:30 AM
- Christmas Party - Dec 8 - 6:00 PM at Rt 22 OIP
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Interesting Links
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Updated 10/26/2007