airLink| FCC Announcement regarding License Renewal |
| For personal radio licensees (i.e.,
Amateur, Ship, Aircraft, GMRS, and Commercial Operator Licenses), renewal filings originally
due on October 1, 2025, through and including March 5, 2026, are now due on March 5, 2026.
Further, we confirm that licensees whose licenses have expired and whose renewal filing deadlines have been extended above may rely on their timely renewal filing (by the extended deadline) to support continued operation pursuant to section 1.62 of the Commission’s rules. See: FCC Link Link to the same info on ARRL: ARRL Announcement My own license has been renewed, so the system is working again. 73, KE8DAF Expires Dec 12 9:19am |
Using the ARRL RF Exposure Calculator
It may be helpful to show this video as full screen with the box at the bottom RH edge of the video. This will help during the part of the video showing the ARRL calculator screens.
Ham Radio support of IGY Antarctica
Digipeater and Wx Station installed at Moltke site.
W8WLC and KE8DAF have set up an APRS digipeater at the tower site serving our club repeater. The APRS is shared with the receive antenna for the 147.02 MHz phone repeater. The new digi is offering excellent APRS coverage, picking up mobiles and remote fixed sites. Follow the link below to see information and Wx reports.
Also the weather data can be viewed at CWOP: See W8WLC-15 CWOP for a display of current weather.
Minutes from most recent club meeting will appear here when available.
January 26th (Tuesday) 2024, at 1:30 P.M.
Agenda Topics:- Membership cards
- Dues and Financial Report
- Election of Officers
- Old Business: FEMA ICS Forms on Web Site
- Field Day June 22-23
- Nautical City 6K August 3
- Posen Spud Run September 7
- Future plans regarding the Club as an AuxComm asset in the area
- Demo of RF Exposure Calculator
Agenda, finance info and past meeting minutes were distributed by email and are archived in the Club Files repository. (password protected) Meeting minutes will be posted when available.
Annual dues are due at this time. See the form in order to update your information and to facilitate payment. Prospective members should hold off on sending dues until their membership is confirmed. DUES FORM
Home Page
Click on the Repeater Map link under the Navigation bar on the left to view the repeater coverage area.
Weekly Net is Monday Evening at 7:00PM Local Time 2400Z (UTC). Net control by WB8TQZ, or designate.
Welcome to the PICARC home page.
Traffic Handling
Presentation from Mike Horn about Traffic handling.
Here is the original PowerPoint:Traffic Handling Powerpoint File
This is a PowerPoint Show that will not require the Microsoft PowerPoint program:
Traffic PowerPoint Show
Meeting Notices for Presque Isle County ARC will appear as a special announcement banner at the top of this page.
Ever wonder what some of the strange noises are on the radio bands? This site has a collection of audio samples of various signals, like CW, PSK, RTTY, JT65 and some mystery signals.
Signal Identification GuideExplore various Software Defined Radios (SDR) available on the web at WebSDR Some US based Web SDR are at: CONUS HF WEB RECEIVERS.
The Sedona AZ one seems to perform quite well AZ SDR. A Michigan-based WebSDR is available at MI SDR.
Located in beautiful Presque County Michigan.
Officers for 2024
| Position | Name | Call Sign |
|---|---|---|
| PRESIDENT / TRUSTEE | MIKE HORN | WB8TQZ |
| VICE PRESIDENT | STEVE PORTER | WD8KDB | SECRETARY/TREASURER | GREG HAMEL | KE8DAF |
| MEMBER AT LARGE | BOB BROWN | W8CAG |
| PAST PRESIDENT | JIM CARR | N8HGD |
