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Field Day is here!
The 2017 edition of Field Day for the Ak-Sar-Ben ARC will be at Freedom Park. 2497 Freedom Park Rd, Omaha, NE.
Freedom Park offers many new challenges but also offers a lot of opportunities, which is one of the major aspects of Field Day, learning to see challenges as oppurtunities. Freedom Park is open to the public only on Saturdays between 10:00 am to 3:00 pm. Setup will occur while the park is open and operations will start at 1:00 pm That is the best time to visit. Field Day Operations will continue for the full 24 hours.
As of this moment, we are planning a 6 Alpha operation, but the addition an 80 meter antenna might push that to 7 Alpha if we find another radio for that band. The plan is to network the operating positions to easily combine the individual logs and to provide communications. The AARC Mesh Networking Team plans to place a phone at each location as well as cameras in some of the "inside" locations. PSK will be in the radio room - limiting visitors due to its size and 20M SSB will be in the club trailer. Again, limiting vistors due to the size of the trailer. Visitors should be mindful of the operations going on around them, and limit conversation while visiting the individual shacks.
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20 meter SSB - KØCTU/KE7RDM
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40 meter SSB - KDØMMG/NØTRK
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15 meter SSB - KAØVNY
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GOTA* - KAØVNYwill be the control op/Callsign used
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6 meter SSB - KA4ZZQ
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20/40 meter PSK - AI7Q
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20/40 meter CW - KBØLF & WEØBEP
Welcome to the World of Amateur Radio
The Ak-Sar-Ben Amateur Radio Club welcomes newly licensed amateur radio operators to the great hobby amateur radio.
We know it can be a bit intimidating figuring out what to do now that you have that new call sign. Joining a club and being active in events is a great way to find those people who are willing and able to help.
To make is easy for a newly licensed ham, the Ak-Sar-Ben Amateur Radio Club offers:
- A free year's membership in the club so you can put your dues money towards your radio purchases.
- Loaner radios - we have two Icom 144MHz handitalkies - so you can get on the air while you decide which new radio to buy. Any member may borrow one of these radios for a month at a time
The Ak-Sar-Ben Amateur Radio Club has an active group who like to take ham radio out of the "shack" and into the field. They have plans to operate from:
- Homestead National Monument of America in Beatrice,NE for the 2017 Total Eclipse in August.
- USS Hazard National Historic Landmark at Freedom Park in Omaha for ham radio event called Museum Ships Weekend in June
- There are tenative plans for operating from other locations so watch the website and Facebook for details
The club also is active in community service, providing communication support to numerous events such as
- Nebraska State High School Track Meet
- Market-to-Market Relay
- The Corporate Cup
- Crop Walk
You can find an application form at this link. Fill it out and bring it with you to a club meeting! We meet the 2nd Friday of the Month at the Red Cross near 84th and Spring. We are looking forward to meeting you!
Nebraska Ham Radio Plates
Amateur Radio Plates are available through the Department of Motor Vehicles to any person who holds a valid Amateur Radio Station License issued by the Federal Communications Commission.
The plates are inscribed with the applicant's official amateur radio call letters and are issued in lieu of regular plates. Amateur Radio Plates may be placed on motor vehicles, motorcycles, trailers, semitrailers and cabin trailers.
Applicants must have a Nebraska Certificate of Title issued in their name, or in the event the vehicle is leased or non-resident military, the name of the applicant must appear on the registration of the vehicle.
Only one motor vehicle or trailer owned or leased by the applicant may be registered with an Amateur Radio Plate at any one time.
A photocopy of the applicant's valid Amateur Radio Station License must accompany the application.
Once the application is processed, the applicant will receive notification from the Department of Motor Vehicles advising them of the date the plate will be available at their County Treasurer's office to be registered to their vehicle. The applicant must show his/her valid Amateur Radio Station License to their County Treasurer before plates can be registered.
The fee for a set of Amateur Radio Plates is $5.00 in addition to any other applicable registration fees and taxes and is paid to the County Treasurer at the time of initial registration and annually when the registration is renewed.
Amateur Radio License Plates do not afford the registered owner any special parking priveleges.
A completed application and a photocopy of the applicant's Amateur Radio Station License should be submitted to:
Nebraska Department of Motor Vehicles Driver and Vehicle Records Division
PO Box 94789
Lincoln, NE 68509-4789
Keep in Touch
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Renew Your AARC Membership Online
You can now renew your dues online via PayPal.
This option is ONLY available to renew your membership if you are currently a member in the Ak-Sar-Ben Amateur Radio Club.
This method cannot be used for new applicants, or anyone who was not a paid member since 2015.
If your membership has lapsed (per the bylaws to remain current dues must be paid by March 1st of each year) after a year of inactivity your name is removed from the primary roster. In that case please resubmit a membership application with your dues to the club's address or bring it to a club meeting.
Also, per the bylaws, new members must submit a membership application and be voted upon by the club membership before we deposit your payment. At this time it was decided not to accept payment for new members via the online method.
Please consider adding $1 to offset the costs of processing through PayPal. You can select this from the drop down menu and add it to your cart.
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AkSarBen ARC
PO Box 24551
Omaha, NE 68124
RENEWALS ONLY!!!!
NE150Hams - A Sesquicentennial Celebration
To help celebrate Nebraska's Sequicentennial there will be a year long QSO Party! The premier event will be the Sesquicentennial QSO Party, from 13:00 UTC Saturday February 25 to 11:00 pm Sunday March 5th. Nebraska's Statehood day is March 1st.
Hams throughout Nebraska are encouraged to participate as NE150Hams using their own callsign with "/NE150" as a suffix. The exchange for Nebraska is : call sign, signal report and county. Additionally participating Nebraska stations are encouraged to operate from historical sites in Nebraska (this is optional) then the station will add the name of that site, "Homestead National Monument" or "Chimney Rock". The response from the station outside Nebraska is call, name, signa report and state or province. If the station is outside of the US, then just their country.
Lots of details are still in the works, so check at http://ne150hams.org/ to get the latest information.
