We would be pleased to have
you check into the ECARS net. ECARS is an open
service. If you enjoy "ECARS," consider joining. See
'Become an ECARS Member' below and the "Membership:
Application / Renewal"
menu option
above.
7/27/2016
Dennis Baumgarte, AE2EE In Hospital Due to a Stroke
Dennis AE2EE is back in the hospital and resting. He had a stroke at 2 AM 9/14,
but is talking now although he is weak. No calls please, but cards to the house or
emails are ok. With the ok from the doctors, he could be home Monday. This information
was reported to us from Dennis' son, Scott.
9/14/2017
HD8M DXpedition to Galapogos
"The HD8M DXpedition is in place on Isabella Island of the Galapagos Islands. ECARS' own Ellis Rud,N1MWJ, 10103, is a member of the DXpedition and
he reports that they should be on the air between 0500 & 2300 Galapagos time (GMT-6). Look for HD8M on your favorite cluster and make contact. " For more
information on this event check out
http://www.hd8m.com/. Check out the beautiful photos sent to us by Ellis
here.
9/18/2017
Upcoming Hamfest with an ECARS Presence
Jim Freed, KA1MQ sent us a reminder of a northeast region hamfest.
Plan on attending the Near-Fest New England Amateur Radio Festival in Deerfield, New Hampshire On October 13 and 14 2017. Jim will be at Near-Fest on
October 13. For more information on Near-Fest, check out Near-Fest here.
9/1/2017 updated 9/14/2017
ECARS Grant Awarded
Following a successful application and approval by the ECARS board of directors,
a grant of $948.20 has been awarded to The Educational Alliance for Amateur Radio,
a 501 C3 non-profit corporation in Pottstown, PA, that conducts The Boy Scouts of America
Radio Merit Badge courses for Boy Scouts and the ARRL Wireless Technologies Award for Girl Scouts.
The classes are designed as an outreach program to promote amateur radio awareness.
The programs are also designed to use amateur radio as vehicle for STEM (Science, Technology,
Engineering and Math) education. The awarded funds will purchase Radio receivers, transmitter
and Direction finding antennas to be used in the courses.
The East Coast Amateur Radio Service, Inc. can provide financial support for other worthy
amateur radio related initiatives. The focus of this grant program is to support Amateur Radio
and other non-profit organizations with programs to educate, license and otherwise support
Amateur Radio activities with emphasis on youth-based projects. See menu item 'Organization:
Apply for a Grant' OR click
here
for Information.
6/16/2017
New/Renewed Members
Welcome to our new and renewed
members (8/28/2017 to 9/10/2017)
Call
Name
Call
Name
Call
Name
KF4IXM
Mike
W2BLC
Bill
N3DJI
Frank
W8JMZ
Jim
AF8TV
John
N2QXB
Paul
W2FN
Robert *
WA2GLA
Don *
KC2CWT
Bob *
* Lifetime Memberships
Become an ECARS Member
The annual dues are $3.00 per
year, and you can subscribe for 1 or 3 years, or for a
lifetime membership. Applications can be submitted
either by mailing a paper application form, or by
submitting electronically using the PayPal® application
option.
If using the PayPal® option, use the
'Membership Level' dropdown box to select either a 1
year, 3 year, or lifetime membership. Be sure you
always provide your current call sign when submitting an
application or renewal.
See the 'Membership:
Application / Renewal' menu option. After submitting
your application, you can check that your membership has
commenced using the 'ECARS Member Lookup' option above
in this column, but be patient. It will take a while
for it to show up.
7/16/2016
ECARS Membership Certificates
See additional and revised ECARS Membership Certificate
options at
Membership: Order Membership Certificate
. New
options include signed certificates, on various papers,
in either portrait or landscape, and mailed to you.
9/1/2016
When Did You 1st Operate ECARS?
ECARS has nearly 50
years of operating history, going back to 1968. Who can
demonstrate that they worked, or were members of, ECARS
back in the "good old days"? Tim, K3DPT, has ECARS membership number 204, which Tim reports goes back to 1968.
Rick, K3IW, has made an impressive claim of QSOs back to
1969
.
Jeff, K2CGH, has ECARS QSL cards from 1972
/73 when
serving as an NCS in his mid-teens after school. Who
else has old history with ECARS?
8/1/2016
Modified 12/22/2016, updated 9/6/2017
Visitor Number
Since
3/13/2017
Official Announcements
ECARS Service
The
backbone of ECARS is service by its members for its
members.
1/15/2017
ECARS Net Schedule Changes
ECARS has resumed weekend operations and needs net control operators for Saturday (10-11 & 11-12)and Sunday (9-10).
If you can serve Saturday 10-11 and/or 11-12, and/or Sunday 9-10, please volunteer. 9/2/2017
News Collector/Reporter
ECARS is looking for a
volunteer to serve as our news collector and reporter.
In this capacity, he/she will be responsible to the
Officers and Board for collection of information
regarding activities our members have engaged in (e.g.
ham fests; participation in ham related activites such
as NPOA, or traffic passing, or similar events of note
or interest; home brew construction projects;
Field Days; or non-Ham life events of note). He/she
would prepare short write ups of these and submit them
to the Webmaster or PR Specialist, or both, for
inclusion on the ECARS webstie, the ARRL website, and/or
local news organizations, as appropriate. Please
contact
K3PG
by email if you are interested in this
position.
3/29/2017 Net Control Operators Needed
To volunteer, contact
the Net Manager at
bobgn1@cox.net
ECARS Grants
The East Coast Amateur Radio Service, Inc. can provide
financial support for worthy amateur radio related
initiatives. The focus of this grant program is to
support Amateur Radio and other non-profit organizations
with programs to educate, license and otherwise support
Amateur Radio activities with emphasis on youth-based
projects. See menu item 'Organization: Apply for
a Grant' OR
Click Here for Information. Feb 2017
Swap and Shop
Submit items for sell, or trade or purchase to Swap and
Shop by
email to the Webmaster
. He will post them on the
Swap and Shop page for you.
2/6/2016
End of Official Announcements
Member Information Changes
If
you have changed your Call Sign or email address please
see "Membership: Update Membership Data" page for
instructions about how to update them.
7/16/2016
Show Us Your Shack
It is
always a pleasure to see how other Hams have set up
their Shacks. So, ECARS has a section of the website
dedicated to showing pictures of member's shacks. If
you have not done so already, share your pride and joy
on the website.
Follow the menu option above to view member's shacks.
See the instructions for submitting your "Shack" photo
for inclusion in the slide show on the "Operations: Show
Us Your Shack" page. This is for ECARS members only.
7/16/2016
