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Androscoggin Amateur Radio Club is sponsoring the Maine State ARRL Convention and Andy Hamfest March 27 and 28, 2015 at the Ramada Inn in Lewiston.

Click HERE for the latest information and get registration forms on our convention page.
Read print out and pass around our 2015 Hamfest flyer.

Scenes from previous hamfests.

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		Androscoggin Amateur Radio Club-AARC PO Box 1, Auburn ME 04212-0001 Repeater: 442.000/447.000MHz no pl-tone on Goff Hill, Auburn,Maine is currently off the air. The 146.610 repeater (PL 88.5) in Auburn is on air with the System Fusion repeater. Special Note: There is no courtesy beep, drop the carrier to reset the time-out-timer. World Radio Day is Friday February 13, 2015! Congratulations to the four new technician class operators and Andy Club member Miriam kc1aih who is an extra class operator after the exam session in Lewiston January 21st! Congratuations to Andy club member Fred wa1skp was the winner of a Kits and Pieces gift certificate at Winterfest at Le Club Calumet February 7, 2015! The new DSTAR repeater is on the air at 443.3 Mhz. Please try it and let us know how it works out. The links to the dashboard are http://w1npp.dyndns.org or http://w1npp.gw.ircddb.net Androscoggin ARC Membership Application Form Andy Club Officers President: Bill Woodhead N1KAT Vice President: Cory Golob KU1U Treasurer: Ivan Lazure N1OXA Secretary:Dick Knight N1NYW Trustee: Norm L'Heureux W1SCM News Letter Editor: Harold Hartley N1LLU ARRL Maine Section Page New ARRL Maine Section Page www.arrl-me.org Skywarn Training Wednesday March 25, 2015 7pm Lewiston-Auburn Airport Terminal 80 Airport Drive Auburn ME. Google Map: https://goo.gl/maps/gNYPi Wednesday May 6, 2015 6:30pm Knox County EMA 301 Park Street,Rockland, ME Google Map: https://goo.gl/maps/iMRH6 Weather Spotter Training Pages NWS-Gray: http://www.weather.gov/gyx/skywarn_skywarn.htm NWS-Caribou: http://www.weather.gov/car/Outreach_Spotters WX1GYX SKYWARN(tm) http://www.wx1gyx.org/ For more information: carwebmaster@noaa.gov donald.dumont@noaa.gov National Weather Service Spotting Training Sessions Free of charge, open to the general public and about 90 minutes in length. Learn what the NWS needs reported, why and how to do so SAFELY. "Maine NBEMS VHF Net." Sundays 7pm on the KQ1L Linked System Quick Start Manual: http://midcoastdigiham.belljar.net/Maine_ARES_RACES_NBEMS_Quick_Start.pdf KQ1L Linked System site: http://kq1l.com/ KQ1L Linked System map(NOTE Sanford is now 147.180+131.8Hz) http://dhawke.com/kq1lweb/documents/mainelinkedrepeaters.jpg KQ1L Linked System Frequencies http://wx1gyx.org/index.php/skywarn-training-net-menu
Next Andy Club Meeting:	The Next Andy Club Meeting will be Wednesday March 4, 2015 at 7 p.m. at the Potvin Room of the St. Marys' Medical Associates Building 99 Campus Avenue. We will continue to work on the planning for the ARRL State Convention in March. The D-star repeater is on the air at 443.3 Mhz, audio levels are being adjusted.
AMSAT News International Space Station Sightings Click here	Getting your Amateur Radio License	ARRL Maine State Convention and Andy Hamfest March 27 and 28, 2015	Clubs W1NPP QSL Card	Hamfests and other Events	VE Exams in Maine and New Hampshire	ARRL Library Set and Scholarships	Projects and Part Sources
Acorn Archives Andy Club Calendar February 2015 Andy Club Swap Shop Call Sign Lookup Andy Club News Archive	Androscoggin ARES/RACES Maine ARES Site: http://maineares.org	Community Emergency Response Teams-CERT and Community Animal Response Team-CART Links	National Weather Service-Gray	Yankee SKYWARN WX1GYX Weather Spotter's Training NWS Gray-GYX NWS Caribou-CAR	Other Weather Maps and Links	Mapping Programs and GIS Geographic information system Links	KQ1L-Dave Hawke Nets
Equipment Manuals	APRS Web Client http://aprs.fi/	Radio Adventures of Maine http://k1aom.us/	Digital Modes and SSTV	fldiigi/flwrap/flmsg Download page fldigi Manual	Radio Frequency Programmer http://chirp.danplanet.com CMRRC-Radio-Frequencies Effective 12 7 2014.pdf	VHF-UHF-listings.csv VHF-UHF-listings.pdf VHF-UHF-listings-nolabels.csv Baofeng-UV-5RA-128ch-VHF-UHF.csv	HF-to-UHF-listings.csv HF-to-UHF-listings.pdf HF-to-UHF-listings-nolabels.csv Baofeng-UV-5R_CMRRC_listing.pdf
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Meetings

Andy Club Meeting
First Wednesday of the Month 7:00pm
Potvin Conference Room at
â-¼ St Mary's Medical Associates Building
99 Campus Avenue, Lewiston, ME -Google Map-
(corner of Route 126 Sabattus Street and Campus Ave. across from Auburn Savings)
GPS: 44.101252N 70.198249W
Google Map Link http://goo.gl/maps/iNiVf
Andy Club Breakfast
Last Wednesday of the month 7:30am
Ramada Inn
490 Pleasant Street, Lewiston
GPS: 44.07804N 70.18033W
Google Map Link: http://goo.gl/maps/GTZT1

Androscoggin ARES Meeting
Meeting on the air Thursdays 19:00.
Third Wednesday of the Month NEW TIME 1730 EST
Androscoggin Unified Emergency Management Agency-Emergency Operations Center
Basement of Lewiston Central Fire Station
2 College Street, Lewiston ME
Androscoggin ARES/RACES Application

GPS: 44.098472N 70.214881W
Google Map Link: http://goo.gl/maps/Hd2N

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