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1 April 2017 Volume 2017, Issue 04 Next Meeting Inside this issue: Calendar 2 Thursday April 6th 7:30 PM Program DX ing Ireland by Dr. Don Lynch W4ZYT/EI2IM DXCC 3 Field Day Shirts 3 Shamrock Pics 4 Public Service 5 Contacts 6

2 Page 2 Newsletter Title VBARC Upcoming Events April 26th VBARC Board Meeting at the Beach Shack April 29th QRP Saturday Location to be determined May 4th General Meeting & VE Test Session at St Andrews May 6th CQ Saturday at the Beach Shack, Ocean Park RS May 6th New Tech Boot Camp at the Beach Shack, Ocean Park RS May 13th VE Test Session at the Beach Shack, Ocean Park RS May 24th VBARC Board Meeting at the Beach Shack May 27th Strawberry Festival Parade in Pungo June 2nd General Meeting and VE Test Session at St Andrews June 24th & 25th Field Day at Great Neck Park June 28th VBARC Board Meeting at the Beach Shack July 6th VBARC Dinner Meeting Details to follow

Volume 2017, Issue 04 Page 3 DXCC List Decreases by two The ARRL DXCC Committee made official changes to the DXCC list which now puts the list at 337 active entities and 64 deleted entities.

3 Volume 2017, Issue 04 Page 3 DXCC List Decreases by two The ARRL DXCC Committee made official changes to the DXCC list which now puts the list at 337 active entities and 64 deleted entities. Dropped from the list were Kingman Reef KH5K effective 3/20/16, Midway Island KH4 effective 8/25/16 and Kure Island KH7K effective 8/25/16. To reach Honor Roll status you must have 328 confirmed entities of the 337 active. Field Day Shirts We are offering embroidery Field Day Shirts for We have Tee shirts and Polo shirts available this year. Basic version of these shirts are $20.00 each. A pocket version will be slightly higher. If there is enough interest we will also offer a sweat shirt or jacket. Price has not been determined on the last few items. See the Treasurer K4NTO to place your order.

4 Page 4 VBARC Wavefront Shamrock Prerace Meeting

Volume 2017, Issue 04 Page 5 PUBLIC SERVICE by Terry Buzzard, KA8TNF & Tom Moore WS9B Public Service: The next Public Service event will be the Strawberry Festival Parade in May.

KK4YCL, Josh; KK4FXS, Scott; KC3BVR, David; KE4GPA, John; W8NLZ, ED; KK4NOL, Carolyn; WA4GDB, George; KN4KL, Ed; KK4FXY, Nancy; KJ4EZE, Terry; KJ4HMV, Robert; KC4JGC, Steve; KJ4EZH, Chris;

K4TOJ, Tom; KF4DAX, Steve; KE8YN, Stephen; KI4LYP, Justin; W4SEE, Dennis; K4MJ, Mike; WA4EUL, Bill; W4YNP, George; KE4DRA, Linda; KE4DRB, Jack; K0IBS, John; KI4RJZ, Steve; KF5WHC, James;

5 Volume 2017, Issue 04 Page 5 PUBLIC SERVICE by Terry Buzzard, KA8TNF & Tom Moore WS9B Public Service: The next Public Service event will be the Strawberry Festival Parade in May. Terry KA8TNF and Tom WS9B Want to thank: WA4TCJ, AL; WB4BAX, Mike; KA4TMS, Doug; KA8TNF, Terry; N8JES, Jim; K4YOU, Bob; KW4MK, Michael; KB0AAJ, Jonathon; KD6FIG, Richard; and KF5WHC, James for helping with Shamrock 8K. Want to thank: WA4TCJ, AL; KA8TNF, Terry; KA4TMS, Doug; WB4BAX, Mike; KE4AZL, Butch; KD6FIG, Richard; KB0AAJ, Jonathon; WB4AXY, John; KE4KDY, Keith; W4KVB, John; N4TRQ, Arthur; KV4JM, Jim; KK4YCL, Josh; KK4FXS, Scott; KC3BVR, David; KE4GPA, John; W8NLZ, ED; KK4NOL, Carolyn; WA4GDB, George; KN4KL, Ed; KK4FXY, Nancy; KJ4EZE, Terry; KJ4HMV, Robert; KC4JGC, Steve; KJ4EZH, Chris; WF4R, Bill; N8JES, Jim; W5ARX, Curt; W2TAX, Chris; KJ4IRJ, Kim; KW4MK, Mike; K4SF, Tom; KQ4ET, Joel; KI4LKW, Claud; KK4FXW, Gretchen; K4YOU, Bob; KK4SDN, Jeremy; KB8ABJ, Trap; K3QQN, Jim; K4TOJ, Tom; KF4DAX, Steve; KE8YN, Stephen; KI4LYP, Justin; W4SEE, Dennis; K4MJ, Mike; WA4EUL, Bill; W4YNP, George; KE4DRA, Linda; KE4DRB, Jack; K0IBS, John; KI4RJZ, Steve; KF5WHC, James; KM4LMP, Ray; and KI4IRI, Steve for helping with the Shamrock Marathon s. NOTE: VBARES/Public Service has selected three (3) crossband frequencies: they are , and We have also selected three (3) 2M frequencies for simplex operation: they are , and These frequencies will have an ENCODE and DECODE tone of

Virginia Beach Amateur Radio Club Informal Breakfast Meetings Every other Wednesday a group meets at the Brass Bell at 1628 Independence Blvd at 8:45am to shoot the bull. Always looking for new faces.

6 Virginia Beach Amateur Radio Club Informal Breakfast Meetings Every other Wednesday a group meets at the Brass Bell at 1628 Independence Blvd at 8:45am to shoot the bull. Always looking for new faces. Chieftain is Stewart K4STW. Next one is April 5th & 19th. PO BOX VIRGINIA BEACH, VA WEB: VBARC.COM OR W4UG.COM FB: FACEBOOK/VBARC Vbarc_news@w4ug.com Every Saturday a group of DX ers from VADXCC/PVRC & VBARC meets at the Golden Corral, 400 South Independence Blvd, VB at 7:15 am. Everyone is invited to attend and there is no agenda. Title Name Call Primary # President John Roberts WB4AXY president@w4ug.com Vice President Mark Passaro KM4EER vicepresident@w4ug.com Secretary Trap Cantebury KB8ABJ secretary@w4ug.com Treasurer Bob Zabot K4NTO treasurer@w4ug.com Past President Ed Gibbs KW4GF Director Jim Arab KV4JM director1@w4ug.com Director Ken Ascher KK4VA director2@w4ug.com Director Doug Duggan N4IRK director3@w4ug.com Director George Schmidt WA4GDB director4@w4ug.com Director Chris Smith KJ4EZH director5@w4ug.com Director Jim Geisinger K3QQN director6@w4ug.com Director open director7@w4ug.com PIO Doug Duggan KJ4IRK pio@w4ug.com VE Liaison Ed Williams KN4KL ve@w4ug.com ARES Terry Buzzard KA8TNF ares@w4ug.com Public Service Tom Moore WS9B communityservices@w4ug.com W4UG Trustee Ron Young W8RJL trustee@w4ug.com TRCI Rep Lew Steingold W4BLO Hamfest@w4ug.com Station Mgr. Butch Burke KE4AZL hamshack@w4ug.com

GMARC Minutes Page 1 of 4 February 21, 2017 v1.1

GMARC Minutes Page 1 of 4 February 21, 2017 v1.1 GMARC MEETING MINUTES 21-FEB-2017 V1.1 I. Call to Order by the Vice-President, Mike W8MJC at 6:55 PM. II. Introductions, Upgrades, and Visitors There were (4) Visitors. Larry Camp WB8R, ARRL Michigan Section