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We welcome you
to the East Coast Amateur Radio Service web site.
ECARS began operation in 1968 as an Amateur Radio public
service net for mobile operators on 7.255 MHz.
You need not be an ECARS member or mobile to check into
the nets. We look forward to your checking in on 7.255
MHz.
Luke is not a stranger to the
Network Manager position and we wish him the best of
luck. And John you deserve a good rest. Thanks for your
outstanding efforts.
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Proposed Change to
ECARS Bylaws |
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This has been recommended by the board and we need to
publisize this for 30 days before asking for a
membership vote and some of this is needed clarification
to be elegible for 501(c)(3) tax-exempt status. The
current language is shown in black with the proposed
changes in red.
ARTICLE 1 - STATEMENT OF NON-PROFIT STATUS
The Corporation shall not be conducted or operated for
profit, and no part of any net income or monetary
surplus from dues or donations shall inure to the
benefit of any member or individual.
The organization shall operate under the Internal
Revenue Rules for a 501(c)(3) non-profit corporation.
All official positions of the Corporation shall be
filled solely on a voluntary, uncompensated basis
Upon the dissolution of this organization, assets shall
be distributed for one or more exempt purposes within
the meaning of section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue
Code, or corresponding section of any future federal tax
code, or shall be distributed to the federal government,
or to a state or local government, for a public purpose.
Posted 6 December 2014. The
vote on this proposed change will take place in January
2015.
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ECARS at HamCation in Orlando |
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WA2DRU, Bill, will be attending HamCation
hamfest in Orlando. He will be representing
ECARS. Please stop by and say hello.
HamCation is being held from February 13 - 15. |
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Annual Dues |
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ECARS
is happy to announce that effective April 1, 2013 the
annual dues are now $3.00 per year. You can
pay for multiple years in advance. For example, a
3 year membership is only $9.00. On the PayPal
TM
form change the quantity to 3 for a
3 year membership
But best
bargin is the Life membership.
ECARS is also offering a Life Membership for a one time
dues payment of $30.00. On the PayPal
TM
form change
the quantity to 10 for a Life Membership.
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Call Sign Searching
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Show Us Your Shack
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All of us take
pride in our Shack
so share you pride with your fellow ECARS members.
Follow the link on the left to view member's shacks.
You can send a
picture of your Shack
to Vince,
k1ah@cox.net,
for inclusion in the slide show.
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Help Wanted! |
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ECARS is always looking for help.
Members in good standing are always invited to serve as
Net Controls. Please contact
John, W1JPZ if
you are interested.
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Vote
Bylaw Changes |
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You will find the draft of the ECARS bylaws changes at
the let. It has been posted for a month so
it is time to go for the vote.
Below you will
find
a link to vote on this issue.
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Election Results |
The ECARS elections are complete and we are pleased to
announce the following results.
For the Board of Directors:
There were four (4) candidates for the three (3) open
positions.
The Top Three Vote Getters and Those Elected to the
Board are:
K3TCU, Gary Kulling, 3145 65 votes
WA1STU, John Zorger 1489 59 votes
WB3CUF, Wells Farr 3782 53 votes
The fourth candidate was:
W1EBM, Gary Smetana 10016 42 votes
There were a total of 73 respondents to the voting site.
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There was only one candidate for each of the following
offices. There was 1 vote cast for each by a member of
the board or by Charlie, W4FI, the ECARS Treasurer.
The results are as follows:
PRESIDENT
K3PG Paul H. Gerhardt
3657
VICE PRES
W1JPZ John P Zabriskie 1955
SEC / TREAS W4FI Charles Stampf
2002
We wish to thank all of the outgoing officers for there
service to the group and welcome all of the incoming
officers with our best wishes.
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Radio Inteference Protocol |
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To ensure the safe opeation of the
ECARS nets you should familarize yourself with the
protocol for dealing with radio inteference.
Please follow the link to the protocol. Read
it. Embrace it.
This is the protocol that NTS
opertors will be following. It will only be
effective if we support them.
Radio
Interference Protocol
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General Membership Meeting |
The ECARS board decided to hold a Genera. Membership
Meeting. This "General Membership Meeting"
will be held on July 12th during the Roll Call period
at 10 AM. |
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HISTORICAL AUDIO
HAM RADIO & ECARS NOW
AVAILABLE |
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ECARS
has received a gift from Lloyd Bankson Roach, K3QNT,
ECARS #3823, consisting
of the recording of a historical commercial radio
broadcast which he wrote and directed in April of 1969.
It was broadcast over WERS-FM and WBZ-AM in
Boston, Massachusetts. It
is entitled,
“200 Meters and Down.”
It has been
donated to ECARS for historical purposes only.
It features amateur radio operators in the
Philadelphia and Boston area including ECARS founding
member Jim Lightfoot, WA1KRN, then VP/Gen Mgr of WBZ
Radio.
Not only does it cover Amateur Radio in general but has
a generous discussion about ECARS, its
origin and its purposes.
The
recording is available for download by clicking the link
below. It is a large audio file (24
MB) and could take a few minutes depending on your
connection. The file is in MP3 format.
If you wish to listen
to the audio file, just click the link.
However, if you wish to download the file then
right-click and choose "Save Target as..." or "Save Link
as..."
200
Meters and Down.
ECARS
is very grateful to Lloyd, K3QNT, for his generous gift.
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Need a Membership Certificate?
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Gary KJ8D has created a really nice membership
certificate that he is happy to share with the members.
Simply send him your name, call sign, ECARS number, and
membership expiration date and he will email you a color
certificate suitable for framing that you can print out.
Gary's email address is kj8d@atlanticbb.net.
Thank you Gary! |
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SOLAR
ACTIVITY
Aurora
Geomag Field
Solar X-rays
Space Weather Alerts
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