The Midland High School and Northeast Middle School Electronics and Wireless Communications Clubs will be launching a high altitude balloon carrying an experimental electronic payload and Amateur Radio tracking equipment. The payloads should reach near 100,000 feet before the balloon bursts and the payload parachutes back to earth. The team will be tracking and chasing […]
Author: Max Schneider
April Club Meeting
The next meeting of the Midland Amateur Radio Club is Thursday, April 2. This meeting is open to all members, non-members, and the public. This month’s presentation will be given by Anthony Luscre, K8ZT, Ohio Section Youth Coordinator. He will be giving us a presentation on Field Day. Note: if you are attending remotely, the online […]
March Club Meeting—SKYWARN Spotter Training
The March meeting will be held at 6pm March 5 at the Law Enforcement Center. Anyone age 10 and over are invited to learn about weather climatology, forecast safety, and identifying structure and movement of thunderstorms. More information about SKYWARN is available at the National Weather Service web site.
Thank You for Community Support
The Midland Amateur Radio Club (MARC) is thankful to the Midland Kiwanis Club, the Kiwassee Kiwanis Foundation, and the Midland Noon Rotary Club for their recent financial support of the middle school and high school electronics clubs. The clubs are part of MARC’s educational outreach program for youth in the greater Midland community which began in […]
February Club Meeting
The next meeting of the Midland Amateur Radio Club is Thursday, February 5. This meeting is open to all members, non-members, and the public. Details of the meeting are found in the current newsletter. Note: if you are attending remotely, the online platform will be Zoom. Meeting information is found in the calendar for this event.
Executive Committee Meeting January 29
The MARC Executive Committee will meet on January 29 at 7:00pm to continue discussion of the CMEN request for $5000 to support the installation of a new repeater to cover Midland County and be part of their network. Executive Committee meetings are open to all MARC members. The meeting will be held in the second floor […]
Executive Committee Meeting January 21
The MARC Executive Committee, in accordance with club By-Laws, will meet Thursday, January 21, at 7:00pm at the Salvation Army building. The purpose of the meeting is to discuss the future activities and direction of the club and specifically the proposal presented to the club to donate $5,000 to the CMEN group to support the implementation […]
Club Christmas Party January 8
A reminder that the January club meeting will not be held this month. Instead, come join the Christmas party at The Red Oak Restaurant & Lounge in Sanford. You do not need to be a member to join the fun. Bring a white elephant gift to pass, and label it in case it is specifically […]
December Club Meeting
The next meeting of the Midland Amateur Radio Club is Thursday, December 4. This meeting is open to all members, non-members, and the public. The remote guest speaker will be Robert Schafer, W5IUA. Robert will be sharing information on his app Ham.live and website to support it. This app allows you to manage multiple on-line SDR sites. Note: if […]
November Club Meeting
The next meeting of the Midland Amateur Radio Club is Thursday, November 6. This meeting is open to all members, non-members, and the public. The presentation for this month will be a remote presentation by Paul Morabito, K8PLM, on Standing Wave Ratio—A Refresher.