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Welcome to the Borderline Amateur Radio Club! Our club serves amateurs in the northeatern corner of Utah and the Northwestern corner of Colorado.

The purpose of Borderline Amateur Radio Club is to promote the advancement of amateur radio and fellowship of radio amateurs while providing a valuable service to the public, particularly with respect to emergency communications.

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Borderline News September 2010

In this issue:

  • Flattop repeater returned to service
  • FCC Reaffirms 2×2 Call Signs Are Only for Advanced, Amateur Extra License Classes
  • Hurricane Earl Continues to Strengthen, Watch Nets Activated
  • Surfin’: Send APRS Messages via HF PSK and GMSK
  • Surfin’: Hamming on the Cutting Edge

Flat Top Repeater

The repeater on Flattop was returned to service this morning after almost a years hiatus. A special thanks to Brett WX7Y and Chandler W7BYU for their work in returning this repeater to service. The repeater is linked into the Sinbad system and provides coverage in the Roosevelt, Duchesne, Myton areas. The frequency for this repeater is 145.490 with a minus offset and a tone of 136.5

Borderline News August 2010

In This Issue:

  • ARRL Argues that Oklahoma Town’s RFI Ordinance is “Null and Void”
  • FCC: Vanity Call Sign Fees to Decrease August 17

Entry level Amateur Radio Licensing Course

Borderline Amateur Radio Club is proud to sponsor this entry level Amateur Radio licensing course. The course is taught by Erik Larson, AD7OV, and covers everything you will need to know in order to obtain your Technician amateur radio license. Erik has taught this course for the club now for two years, and each course has had great attendance. Many of those in attendance have earned their General license at the testing session held after this class. Because of the popularity and demand for this course, Erik has decided to teach a second course this year.

Borderline News July 2010

In this issue:

Field Day Report

ARRL Field Day 2010 Direction & GPS Coordinates

For those not familiar with the Field Day site the following directions are from the June newsletter.

To get to Donkey Flats drive North of Vernal on Highway 191.  Turn right (East) at the second entrance to Red Fleet.  The turn off is just past the Simplot entrance. Follow the road about 4 ½ miles.  Only the last “mile” is dirt road. Every time you come to a fork in the road turn right.  There are three forks.

GPS Coordinates

40 35 19.09 N

109 24 04.67 W

Field Day 2010 - June 26-27

Field Day LogoARRL FIELD DAY 2010

When: Saturday June 26 thru Sunday June 27

Where: Donkey Flat, near Redfleet Dam

Uintah Basin “hams” will join with thousands of Amateur Radio operators who will be showing off their emergency capabilities this weekend. Over the past year, the news has been full of reports of ham radio operators providing critical communications during unexpected emergencies in towns across America including the California wildfires, winter storms, tornadoes and other events worldwide.

During Hurricane Katrina, Amateur Radio – often called “Ham Radio” - was often the ONLY way people could communicate, and hundreds of volunteer “hams” traveled south to save lives and property.

New Hams & Upgrades

Congratulations to all those who upgraded or earned their license at the recent test session. Please help in welcoming them to the hobby

Borderline News - June 2010

In this issue of Borderline News:

  • President's Message
  • May Meeting Minutes
  • Field Day Announcement
  • News From The ARRL
  • Amateur Community Needed to Assist Japanese Amateur Interplanetary Satellite
  • Bill Cross, W3TN, Presents FCC Forum at 2010 Dayton Hamvention®
  • IRC's now available on USPS.com

Amateur Radio Test Session

Several people attended our recent licensing course and were unable to attend the associated test session on April 26th. This announcement is to inform everyone that we are planning another Ham Radio License test session to be held on:

When: Thursday, May 27th 2010, 6:30pm
Where: Uintah County Sherriff's Complex, EOC Conference Room. (641 East 300 South, Vernal)

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