Holland Amateur Radio Club K8DAA USA

The HARC has decided to split out “swap” messages into their own mailing list on groups.io.  A list has been set up so that anyone already subscribed to the main K8DAA group will be able to post by sending a message to buysell@k8daa.groups.io.  If you’d like to subscribe to the list to receive the messages by email, however, you’ll need to send an email to buysell+subscribe@k8daa.groups.io.

More details about the subgroup are available here:
https://k8daa.groups.io/g/buysell

If you are interested in DMR, the Holland ARC has put a DMR repeater in service, co-located with the 147.06 and the analog UHF repeater at the Holland Community Hospital.

Details: Rptr out 443.8875  Rptr in 448.8875

Color Code is 4   (Repeater is connected to the Brandmeister Network)

Static Talk Groups

Slot 1      3169 (Midwest),   31261 (Mi5-Statewide 1),   31608 (USA Area 8)

Slot 2     3126 (Michigan),    31262  (Mi5-Statewide 2),    31267 (West Michigan),

31268 (UP of Michigan),    31269 (West Michigan Technical group)

Other Brandmeister talkgroups are available using PTT.

This repeater is for experimenting and having fun. Quite a bit of activity on the West Michigan Talk Group, 31267.

The Holland ARC wishes to thank Sam, K8SN and Mike, KB8ZGL for their helping hands in this project.

There is a PDF uploaded that has pictures of the 2018 field day.

Holland ARC Field Day 2018

And Zach, KE8BSM has uploaded a great video to Youtube:

Here are 14 of the folks who helped out with the Tulip Time Parade medical communications on Wednesday, May 10, 2017.  When all else fails, there is amateur radio.

Here is a short pictorial on this year’s Field Day. Thank you to all who participated.

Holland Amateur Radio Club Field Day 2017

Presented here is a simple PDF with several online links that can help you study for your first technician license, and upgrade to the general and extra class:

So you want to get your license ?

“Ham in a Day”  will be held on Saturday, April 13, 2024.  This is an opportunity for anyone wishing to get their amateur radio technician license to study and take the exam all in one afternoon.  Directed study begins at 1:00PM and continues till 6:00PM, when the test will be given.  

The testing location is the Chick-Owa Sportsman’s Club located at 9279 E. Ottogan St., Holland, MI 49423.  Again, the “Ham in a Day” study hall begins at 1:00 PM, and the test session begins at 6:00 PM.

For registration and more information, go to:  http://tinyurl.com/holo-hiad-ve.  Cost for the Ham in a Day study session is $15.  After you pass your Technician exam, the results will be sent to the FCC, who will in turn send you an email with instructions on how to pay their $35 application fee to receive your license.  (The FCC charges $35 only for new licenses, renewals, and vanity call requests – not upgrades.  The Holland Amateur Radio Club does not charge for any paperwork whatsoever.)

Note:  This is a federal exam and the FCC requires you to have a Federal Registration Number (FRN.)  You can obtain your FRN before the test by going to this website:   https://apps.fcc.gov/cores/userLogin.do .  The FCC FRN process is simple and quite fast. 

In addition to the Ham in a Day students, anyone can arrive at 6:00 and take the technician, general, or extra class exam.  Please see the post above for additional testing requirements.

You can listen to the Holland ARC’s 147.060 repeater audio on the Internet.

The direct link is:

http://www.broadcastify.com/listen/feed/13885/web

This is found on the Radio Reference page for Ottawa County:

http://www.broadcastify.com/listen/ctid/1296

Keep in mind that with steaming audio there is a 25-30 second delay in the audio.

This feed makes it handy for many of us to monitor the repeater from our work environment, especially during severe weather.

There is no cost to you or the club for this service.

Tom Bosscher K8TB

The National Weather Service has put an online study course in place. This is a great start.

Take a look at:

http://www.nws.noaa.gov/training/wxspot.php