Welcome To The MICHIANA AMATEUR RADIO CLUB Home Page!
The MICHIANA AMATEUR RADIO CLUB ("MARC"), located in the local Red
Cross facility at 3220 E. Jefferson Boulevard, South Bend, IN 46615,
serves the amateur radio community in St. Joseph County, Indiana. With
the help of its members, MARC maintains a complete amateur
radio station and the W9AB ("Whiskey-Nine-Atomic-Bomb" is the phonetic
sequence sometimes used to attract an immediate response!), open 2 meter
repeater on 147.225 (+). The W9AB call originally was issued to
the late Harry Miller who was an early member and active supporter of MARC.
This ARRL special services club provides members and others interested
in the amateur hobby with monthly educational programs as well as public
service opportunities through regular participation in the ARRL annual
Field Day exercise and local emergency preparedness activities. Monthly
social meetings usually are held at 7:30 pm. on the last Friday of each
month in the Red Cross facility. Information on specific events or
matters of interest to the local amateur community is available through
the club's message center at: (219) 239-4982. E-Mail contact with the club
is available via w9ab@hotmail.com
. Use this link
to see and print out a direct map to the Red Cross facility where the club
maintains its station.
Current Issue of MARC Sparks, the W9AB Newsletter
(click on image to enlarge)
MARC 1999 Field Day Activity Pictures
Experience Counts!
A Reward For Hard Work
Youth Participation
In 1999, MARC members were active in various communication related
activities in the local community. MARC and W9AB members
were again successful in the ARRL Field Day exercise.
MARC and W9AB Operating August 14, 1999 As K9F
Air Conditioned Comfort
Inductee Jim McMahon Lets Go 1972 Discoverer Operations Center
In a continuing endeavor, MARC members participated for the second
year in the annual College Football
Hall Of Fame enshrinement activities held on the weekend of August
14, 1999 by operating a special event station using the assigned call of
K9F
("Kick Nine Footballs") from a motor home belonging to one of the members.
Plans are underway to repeat this activity from inside the Hall Of Fame
in 2000.
ELECTION OF 2001 DIRECTORS/OFFICERS
At the October 2000 social meeting of members, the following Directors
and Officers were elected to serve for 2001:
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Rick Nimtz
N9TJG
(President/Director)
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Keith Wishmeier
WA9S
(Executive Vice-Presiddent/Director)
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Barry Keating
WD4SDM (Vice-President/Director)
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Gregory High
KF4TAD (Secretary/Director)
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Patricia Haden
KA9SUG (Treasurer/Director)
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Noel Kindt
W9EFL
(Director At Large)
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George Scheuer
WB9SCC (Director At LArge)
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Harold E. Brueseke
KA9MXW (Comptroller/Director)
LINKS TO FAVORITE PAGES
Various informational, educational and amateur radio resources are available
on the Internet. Use the following links to connect to sites of interest
to you. Neither MARC as an organization, its directors, or members
assume any responsibility for the content, nature, or accuracy of any of
the material available upon connecting to these links. The links
are provided because they are thought to be of interest to those interested
in the hobby of amateur radio or those seeking further information on the
local community.
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Copyright: Other than site references, (c) 1999,
2000
Originated: April 29, 1999 ---- Last Revised:
March 11, 2001
URL Site: https://members.tripod.com/w9ab/
