Eastern Ozarks Amateur Radio Club

NEXT Meeting:

March 10th at the First Baptist Church in Bismarck!

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

Build a Tape Measure 2 Meter Beam Antenna!

Activities in progress for 2012 include an Ozark Fest in April, Fox Hunt and Field Day

Ozark Spring Fest 2012

April 15, 2012 - 8 AM till Noon

Check out the Flyer Click Here!

The trail leaving Hazel Creek 9.

A great camping weekend out at Hazel Creek supporting the Ozark Trail 100 Mile Endurance Run! Thanks go to Charlotte (KD0GTG), Aaron (AC0QM), Roger (Aaron's Dad), Jim (KD0DRZ), Roberta (KC0YLO),  Justin (KD0OGP) and family! A special thanks goes to Bobbie (KD0JVK) for manning station 7 and suppling us with lots of firewood. The one who made it all possible was Kevin (AB0JC), making Packet work and being an inspiration to get all done! Thanks Kevin, you got 'er did!

Check Out the 4 States QRP Club!

Check Out The St Genevieve Contest and DX Club

ernational Space Station Viewing

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View some of Cassini's best photos of Saturn!

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 Club Meetings!

Our next meeting will be held at the First Baptist Church in Bismarck on the 10th of March. 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

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The 18 of February we'll be at the Family Steak House in Potosi for their breakfast, located at the interesetion of Highway 8 and 21!

   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!