- New Stuff -
7-13-2016
WARC had a Great inauguration banquet this evening! Please welcome our new and returning offices for 2016-2017:
President: Rick Beline, KA5EZQ
Vice-President: Eric Benson, AF5JG
Secretary: Paul Griffith, KE5WMA
Treasurer: Herb Robin, N5AUC
Our next meeting will be back at West Jefferson Medical Center at 6:30pm on Wednesday, August 10th. We hope to see you there!
5-5-2016
WARC will have WD0GIV, Richard do an ATV presentation during our regular meeting. The meeting is at 7PM in the Marrero Room at West Jefferson Medical Center. Talk in is on the 146.94 repeater (pl 114.8hz). Hope to see everyone there!
The National Park on the Air event was a success! We had over 100 contacts on 20 and 40 meters voice. We are having some issues with uploading the logs to LoTW due to a certificate error. We are working on it and hope to have is resolved soon.
Officer elections are coming up! All positions are available. Help shape the direction of Westside Amateur Radio club by taking one of the positions. Positions are open to any member in good standing at the June meeting.
3-2-2016
In April, WARC will celebrate the 100th anniversary of the National Park Service. On Saturday, April 16th at 9AM, we will activate Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve. We will operate from 9AM until 4PM. Talk in will be on the 146.94 & 146.86 repeaters. We will be active from 40 meters up to 10 meters, depending on band conditions. For information on the park, click here. Here is a map to the park. We will be in the picnic area. See the map below:
9-22-2015
Update!
In October, WARC and SELCOM will have a joint General Class set of training sessions. The classes will be at West Jefferson Medical Center in the Westwego-Marrero meeting rooms. At the end of the classes, we will test for Technician, General and Extra. We will be using the W5YI General book and test materials. If you would like to go, please send an email to warctraining @ w5abd.org (no spaces in email address). We will be placing a book order 1 week before the class starts. Let us know if you wish to purchase your book through us. The start date will be determined tomorrow evening (9-23-2014) and posted here.
9-9-2015
Meeting Notes!
Our meeting location has changed to West Jefferson Medical Center! We meet in the Marrero-Westwego room. The meetings will start at 7pm with the optional meet-n-greet at 6:30. Talk in is on the 146.94 repeater.
Tonight's guest speaker was Mike, KB5OZE. He gave a high-level over view of packet communications.
At the next meeting, we will have another guest speaker. Topic to be determined.
8-12-2015
Meeting Notes!
WARC will be having a General Class set of training classes in the next 2 months. Once the dates and times have been determined, we will post them.
The Packet Class was a success. We will have another packet class in about 2 months.
Rick (KA5EZQ) demonstrated his new Rig Expert Antenna Analyzer. It was an excellent demo.
7-27-2015
Packet Workshop!
On Saturday, August 8th at 10AM, WARC & SELCOM will have a joint packet workshop. It will be a quick 1-2 hour presentation on how to interface your radio to your computer, then we will build an interface cable to a TNC and get on the Packet BBS. There will also be a demonstration of RMS Express through the W5MCC digi system.
The workshop will be at the Westwgo Community Center at 177 Sala Ave in Westwego.
Talk in will be on 146.94 & 146.86 repeaters. Call either W5MCC or W5ABD.
7-8-2015
WARC Membership Meeting
Congratulations to the new incoming 2015 to 2016 officers!
President – Gary Shuford,
KM5ME
Vice President –
Mike Decossas, KB5OZE
Secretary – Paul Griffith
KE5WMA
Treasurer – Herb Robin
N5AUC
Publicity Manager – Richard Beline KA5EZQ
The Inauguration Banquet will be held at El Mewquite Grill & Restaurant in Gretna. Dinner starts at 6PM and the Inauguration starts at 7PM. Talk in on the 146.94 repeater.
516 Gretna Blvd.
Gretna, La 70053
504-367-1022
5-13-2015
Workshop Date: May 16th
WARC will be having a workshop on Saturday, May 16th at 10AM. We will be assembling a full blown go kit. The kit will contain both voice and data on HF, VHF & UHF. The location will be at St Mark's Episcopal Church on Manhatten Blvd. in Harvey. Talkin will be on 146.94 and 146.86 repeaters.
Workshop Date: June
WARC will be having a workshop in June with SELCOM. This will be a class going over the NIMS classes offered by FEMA. We will also discuss how they are used by amateur radio operators. The class should run from about 10AM to about 3 or 4 pm. Talkin will be on 146.94 and 146.86 repeaters.
9-10-2014
Workshop Date: November 8th
WARC will be having a workshop on Saturday, November 8th at 10AM. We will be building Band Pass filters. Click here for the plans. The location will be at St Mark's Episcopal Church on Manhatten Blvd. in Harvey. Talkin will be on 146.94 repeater.
WARC Christmas Party
The 2014 WARC christmas party will be on December 13th. Gary, KM5ME & his wife Pam have graciously offer their residence for the get together. More information will be sent over email concerning food and beverages.
6-11-2014
WARC Membership Meeting
Congratulations to the new incoming 2014 to 2015 officers!
President – Tommy Anderson, K5LZP
Vice President –
Mike Decossas, KB5OZE
Secretary – Paul Griffith
KE5WMA
Treasurer – Herb Robin
N5AUC
Publicity Manager – Richard Beline KA5EZQ
Membership Coordinator – Bill Bryant, KB5VAJ
The Inauguration Banquet will be held at Empress of China restaurant in Gretna.
There will be an antenna party at Gary's house this weekend. Check in on the 94 repeater Saturday morning.
Field Day 2014 is coming up! We hope to see everyone out at the Wego Farmer's Market in Westwego. Talk in will be on 146.94 with backup on the 147.15 (pl 114.8hz).
The 147.15 repeater is going on the air Friday afternoon. Check it out Saturday and let us know how it sounds.
6-4-2014
WARC Field Day 2014
This year, WARC will be hosting Field Day at the Wego Farmer's Market on the corner of 4th Street and Sala Avenue. Field day will go from Saturday, June 28th at 1pm to Sunday, June 29th at 1pm. We will be meeting at the site Saturday morning at about 9AM. Talk in will be on the 146.94 repeater (pl 114.8hz). We will have HF voice & data as well as VHF/UHF voice and data. There will be a VHF/UHF GOTA radio setup. We will also set up a test table where you can bring your equipment out to play with it. This will include a power supply, swr/watt meters and antenna dummy loads. There will be a spare HF antenna and VHF/UHF antenna for you to connect to also. Food will be served around 3pm, including soft drinks. We will be grilling both hamburgers & hotdogs. We encourage all members to invite a friend or two.
3-12-2014
WARC Picnic
On Saturday, April 5th, the annual WARC Picnic will be held at St Mark's Church on Manhattan Blvd. Talk in will be on 146.94 repeater. The picnic time is 1pm til.....
We will have a modest station setup for the picnic.
WARC Workshop
On Saturday, March 29th, WARC will be having another Workshop. The topic will be "Introduction to digital communications". The time is set for 10AM to about 12PM or so.
The workshop will be at St Mark's Episcopal Church on Manhatten Blvd. in Harvey. Talkin will be on 146.94 repeater.
New Orleans Hamfest 2014!
April 26th, 2014
Woodlake Gym, 131 W. Esplanade Ave, Kenner, La 70065
Talkin on 146.86 repeater; PL 114.8hz
2-12-2014
The WARC christmas party was Great! Thanks to Gary, KM5ME & his wife for being wonderful hosts.
WARC Workshop
On Saturday, March 29th, WARC will be having another Workshop. The topic will be "Introduction to digital communications". The time is set for 10AM to about 12PM or so.
The workshop will be at St Mark's Episcopal Church on Manhatten Blvd. in Harvey. Talkin will be on 146.94 repeater.
10-9-2013
WARC will be getting golf shirts! Callsign and first name on the right side and "Westside Amateur Radio club" on the left. Cost is $35.00 per shirt. Please contact either Tommy or Mike for more info!
Only available to current club members.
9-12-2013
Christmas Party 2013
Sunday, December 14th at KM5ME's home. Please RSVP with Gary KM5ME. Start time is at 6 PM/
WARC Workshop is coming back!
On Saturday, November 16th at 10AM, WARC will be putting on a workshop.
This Technical demo will consist of the theory behind and constructing a multiband dipole that covers 80M/40M/30M/20M/15M.
Steve, N5SC will be teaching us all!
The workshop will be at St Mark's Episcopal Church on Manhatten Blvd. in Harvey. Talkin will be on 146.94 repeater.
8-14-2013
2013 BSA Jamboree on the Air
The Boy Scouts of America Jamboree on the Air is coming in October. We will be at St Mark's Episcopal Church on Saturday, October 19th providing amateur radio communications!
We will have voice & data communications setup as well as a GOTA station.
We will be providing a digital communications demonstration as well as displaying portable radio operations kits (porta-kit).
The following modes will be available on-site!
FM analogue;
SSB; Winmor; PSK; Packet; D-Star; Echolink; IRLP
Talk-in will be on 146.94, 146.86 & 224.000 repeaters. Call W5ABD for directions.
For those Scouts on the East Bank, W5GAD at Wally Pontiff playground will also be active Saturday & Sunday!
2014 Field Day thoughts and ideas
We are currently looking at the following locations for Field Day 2014
Jean Laffite National Preserve
Bayour Segnette State Park
Catfish Bourgeois Park (Westwego)
To further assist in the whole "EMCOMM" philosphy for FD2014, only portable systems will be deployed at the site. We will operate as if we only had minimal time to "evacuate". We welcome all ideas related to "EMCOMM" operations.
7-11-2013
Please congratulate our new officers!
President: Tommy, K5LZP
Vice President: Gary, KM5ME
Secretary: Paul, KE5WMA
Treasurer: Herb, N5AUC
Publicity: Rick, KA5EZQ
Activities: Mike, KB5OZE
Membership: Maggie, KF5SNA
5-16-2013
Please come out to next month's meeting. Nominations for officers have been held and the election is next meeting!
Nominations
President Bill, KB5VAJ & Tommy, K5LZP
Vice president Gary, KM5ME
Secretary Paul, KE5WMA
Treasurer Herb, N5AUC
Publicity Rick, KA5EZQ
Activities Mike, KB5OZE
Membership OPEN
3-13-2013
WARC will have our annual picnic on April 14th at St Mark's Episcopal Church at 3245 Manhatten Blvd, Harvey, La.
Talk in will be on 146.94 repeater with a pl of 114.8
3-12-2013
We are now planning for Field Day 2013. Please attend the next few meetings for more information. We do plan to operate the full 24 hours. At this time, the location is not 100% secured.
Rick and Mike are working on both the 147.15 repeater as well as the 224.000 repeater. We will keep everyone posted on the status.
Hurricane season is coming soon, so start going over your gear and equipment. Test those filed antennas and radios. Test those generators
The April picnic is coming up. More details at Wednesday's meeting.
Old Stuff
6-8-2007
Hurricane season is here. Please review your plans and ensure that your equipment/supplies are ready. Test those field antennas and generators! Contact Mike(KB5OZE) for any help or information.
Westside has joined the new Metro New Orleans Emmergency Communications Committee. This is a joint meeting with the local clubs and emmergency services agencies, including JARC, Coast Guard, New Orleans EOP, SELA-ARC and of course us. Steve(N5SC, Tom(KF6QJQ) and Mike(KB5OZE) are representing WARC in this "meeting of the minds". Click Here for the current frequency list.
Elections are being held at the June meeting. Please make an attempt to attend.
Steve(N5SC), Tom(KF6QJQ), Herb(N5AUC) and Mike(KB5OZE) are working with the Jefferson Parish EOC. Westside will be manning the new Amateur Radio Station that has been purchased and is being installed at the Ames Blvd facility. Contact Steve, N5SC for more information.
The 146.94 repeater has been replaced with a brand new Vertex VX-7000! It is working perfectly. Thanks to Steve, N5SC for helping the club purchase the repeater.
-KB5OZE
8-14-2006
The 146.94 repeater is on the air!
-KB5OZE
8-11-2006
The 146.94 repeater is installed on WJMC. We are waiting for Tomba to test for interference to the Hospital communications systems before powering it up.
-KB5OZE
8-4-2006
The 146.940 Repeater will be installed at its new hope atop West Jefferson Hospital on Friday August 11th at 1PM. All club members are encouraged and invited to help out with the installation. The DB-224 antenna is also repaired but we may be using the one that is already installed there.
WARC members contributed to the new SELA-ARES Emergency communications plan. It is now available for download at the SELA-ARES website.
The classes WARC is conducting to train hospital employees to become hams is going well.
-K5JCJ7-15-2006
Elections were recently held and the installation banquet was held at Empress of China on Wednesday the 12th. Pictures should be up shortly. Congratulations to all the new officers!
WARC will be conducting some ham radio classes for employees of West Jefferson Hospital coming up soon, with testing sessions to follow. We are hoping some of these new hams will be active and join our club to replenish our membership ranks. WARC will be mighty again!
WARC is developing a local "emergency" communications plan to keep our members in touch with each other.
We have put a "member location map" together for our paid members. It is a set of maps that show each members location in relation to the other members. Please click on the 'Members' page to add yourself if you are not already on there.
We will be changing the PL for the 146.94 repeater. It is currently off the air, pending installation in a new Motorola half height cabinet and rebuilding of a DB-224 antenna. The new PL will be 114.8. Also, the repeater will soon have a new home "up high" in a great westbank location with emergency power and a controlled environment. Details will be announced as soon.
-K5JCJ