Tri-State Amateur Radio Society

We will be offering a FCC Technician Licensing class beginning February 2nd, 2012 running through March 30th at First Christian Church in Newburgh, at Hwy 261 and Outer Lincoln  The weekly Thursday night classes will go from 6:30-8:30 PM.

The class will cover all required material to pass the 35 question FCC exam, plus considerably more to help a new Ham get started.  The FCC exam will be given the Saturday following the last class at the Red Cross in Evansville.  The exam fee is $15.

We will be using the ARRL Ham Radio License Manual Revised 2nd Edition. W/CD published Nov 2010.  You will need this manual at the first class.  You may purchase it yourself or contact me.  Price is around $24.

All the primary instructors for the class hold Amateur Extra Licenses and our previous class of 18 students  had a 100% pass rate on the FCC exam. 

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me.

Rick Williams, KT9B
Warrick ARES EC, Deputy RACES Officer
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[From the IN ARES Group]

Hello Indiana amateur radio groups,

The 2012 Central Indiana Severe Weather Symposium is rapidly approaching, and registration is open. For those who have not attended one before, the CISWS is a biennial all-day weather information session for spotters and weather enthusiasts, providing interesting and informative speakers on various severe weather related topics. This year's symposium will be held on Saturday, March 10th, from 8:30 AM to 4:00 PM, with registration sign-in and breakfast beginning at 7:15 AM.

The agenda is still being finalized, but confirmed speakers as of this time include The Weather Channel's Mike Bettes, and nationally-known tornado damage expert Tim Marshall, along with Fox 59's Brian Wilkes and meteorologists from NWS Indianapolis and NWS Northern Indiana.

Find all the information on the symposium, including the registration form, cost, and directions at:

http://www.crh.noaa.gov/news/display_cmsstory.php?wfo=ind&storyid=40755&source=0

Anything you can do to get the word out through your respective amateur radio contacts would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks,

Joe Nield
NWS Indianapolis

The complimentary January issue of SPARKS, newsletter of the Tri-State Amateur Radio Society, is now available.
The monthly TARS membership meeting is the second Thursday, 7:00 PM  at the Evansville Red Cross Building, Stockwell Rd at the Lloyd.

The January meeting will be TARS annual auction.  Also remember that TARS dues are now due.  For those that have paid their dues, you may have a special suprise, more information will be available at the meeting.

Click the link >>>>   January 2012 SPARKS

2012 membership application link.  2012 Membership Application

Note SPARKS is in PDF format and requires Adobe Reader to open and read. Adobe Reader is free software that may be downloaded from www.adobe.com web page. Once the page opens, scroll down the page and under "Download" click on the label "Adobe Reader." Follow their instructions to download and install it on your computer.

The January TARS regular club meeting is the annual auction.  If you have something you would like to donate to TARS for the auction or radio related itmes to sell, come on out and join in the fun.  Any donation will go straight to TARS while the club will only ask for a small fee for your items sold.  "Little ED" K9HVI will be the emcee/auctioneer for the evening and everyone should have a good time.

Hope to see you 7:00 pm at the Evansville Red Cross January 12, 2012.

Eating Before the Meeting
We will meet at Schlotzsky's Deli for food and fellowship before the regular January club meeting We will meet at 5:30 pm. to give us time to get to the meeting and check out the auction items.

Schlotzsky's is located 301 North Green River just north of the Lloyd Expressway.

Schlotzsky's offers a Sandwiches, Wraps, Soups  and Salads at a reasonable price and also have good desserts.