Eastern Ozarks Amateur Radio Club

NEXT Meeting:

June 9th at the First Baptist Church in Bismarck!

Elections! Don't forget that Dues are due in July!

Meeting begins at 2 PM, VE Testing at 1:30

Activities in progress for 2012 - Fox Hunt, Field Day and Rail Road Days

Coming July 14, 2012 - Black Jack Mobile Fox Hunt!

A mobile fox hunt with a twist! At each location you will draw a card, trying to make Black Jack!

Grand Prize is your choice of $150 or a new mobile Kenwood 2 meter radio.

BBQ and flea market afterwards at Sundale Park in Bismarck. Each mobile station $10 entry fee with a $5 fee for additional entry in the mobile unit. BBQ entry fee without the fox hunt is $5. Fun for all! Test you fox hunting skills and enjoy a great afternoon!

Flyer with entry form will be available soon!

June 2nd Family Day

Maramac Springs Park click here for information!

From 8 AM till ???  BBQ and Family Fun

Use the Contact Page and send us information confirming your attendance with how many attending!

Be sure to visit the newest ham radio store in our area - Dan's Electronics! Amateur Radio Accessories by Dan Gillam N0WNC in Potosi! Give him a call at 573-438-5800 or visit Dan's shop 13940 State Highway P, right outside of Potosi

AC0QM Preparing his rig and operating skills for field day!

Check Out the 4 States QRP Club!

Check Out The St Genevieve Contest and DX Club

ernational Space Station Viewing

For S.E. Missouri Area 

 Go To Nasa's Space Station Sighting page

View some of Cassini's best photos of Saturn!

So you want to contact the space station? Click Here!



 Club Meetings!

Our next meeting will be held at the First Baptist Church in Bismarck on the 9th of June. VE testing will begin at 1:30 PM with the meeting at 2 PM We'll begin our plans for 2012 which include 2 Ozark Fests, Railroad Days and Field Day, just to name a few! 

We'll be looking forward to you being there! Membership application form on About Us page.

VE Testing!

Our sessions continue to be a success with  more new ham and upgrades. We have recently conducted another technician testing session and added 4 new hams to the amateur radio ranks.

Please use our contact page so that we can arrange testing. VE  testing will be conducted at each club meeting date. Upon request special sessions can be requested. You can arrive a little early to test! If you'd like to schedule a session, use the contact page and we'll get back with you as soon as possible.

Visit the St Genevieve County Amateur Radio Club Page

St Genevieve Amateur Radio Club Christmas Dinner

December 5th at Old Brick House on Market Street at 7 PM.

For Information on our next session click here!

Club T-Shirts

Click Here For Order Form

The 26th of May breakfast will be held at the Caledonia United Methodist Church.  This months breakfast will be biscuits and grave with sausage. A great breakfast for a good cause!

   Each Saturday we try and get together for an informal meeting. Just a bunch of hams talking the week events, antennas, radios and whatever we think of.  Its also a family affair where we all can get to know one another.

The subject matter is not all ham radios, just about any other hobby or passion s discussed and  updated. Nothing is left out. Computers, car, motorcycles, hunting, geocaching, fishing are just a few of the topics mentioned.

Feel free to attend and become a part of the group. Being a ham radio operator is not a requirement, but you know how hams got their name so you can understand part of the fun of it all. See you there! The parking lot loaded with antennas!

And you wanted to know about hams

 Have you ever wondered why we radio amateurs are called Hams? Well it goes something like this--the word ham was applied in 1908 and was the call letters of one of the first amateur wireless stations operated by some members of the Harvard Radio Club. They were Albert Hyman, Bob Almy and Peggie Murray. At first they called their station Hyman-Almy-Murray. Tapping out such a long name in code soon called for a revision, and they changed it to Hy-A1-Mu, using the first two letters of each name. Early in 1909 some confusion resulted between signals from HYALMU and a Mexican ship named Myalmo, so they decided to use only the first letter of each name and identified their station as HAM.
   In the early pioneer and unregulated days of radio, amateur operators picked their own frequencies and call letters. Then, as now, some amateurs had better signals than some commercial stations. The resulting interference finally came to the attention of Congressional Committees in Washington and they gave much thought to proposed legislation designed to critically limit amateur activity.
    In 1911, Albert Hyman chose the controversial Wireless Regulations Bill as the topic of his thesis at Harvard. His instructor insisted that a copy be sent to Senator David Walsh, a member of the committee hearing the Bill. The Senator was so impressed that he sent for Mr. Hyman to appear before the Committee. Hyman was put on the stand and described how the little amateur station, HAM, was built, and he almost cried when he told the crowded committee room that if the bill went through, they would have to close up the station because they could not afford the license fees and other requirements which were set up in the Bill. The debate started and the little station, HAM, became a symbol of all the little amateur stations in the country that were crying out to be saved from the menace and greed of the big commercial stations who didn't want them around. Finally the Bill got to the floor of Congress and every speaker talked about the poor little station, HAM. That's how it all got started. You can find the whole story in the Congressional Record. Nationwide publicity identified the station HAM with amateurs. From that time to this, and probably to the end of time, in radio, Every amateur is a ham.

Thank you Roger AI0U for this article!