Marple-Newtown Amateur Radio Club

Serving Delaware County and the entire Philadelphia Area

Current MNARC IRLP (Node 4790) Node Status...

IDLE

MNARC EchoLink Node Number 569428 K3MN-R
Status will be reflected above with IRLP status.
Note: Only -L and -R stations are allowed to connect.

Codes for IRLP and EchoLink are for club members only; fill out this form if you are a visitor and need access.

Here is what's happening in the Marple-Newtown ARC

Monthly Meetings

The focal point of the club's activity is our monthly general membership meetings which are held on the first non-holiday Thursday of every month except July and August, at 7:00 pm, at the Robert Gauntlett Community Center in Newtown Square, PA. Click here for a map and directions.

Each monthly meeting usually features a guest speaker who discusses a technical or cultural topic of interest to radio amateurs. Each of these talks is written up in our monthly membership newsletter The Dipole.

The following is the upcoming speaking schedule...

Date Speaker Topic

February 2nd, 2012 Mr. Dan Cashin N3LMY Member of International Guild of Knots. This will be a hands-on learning experience. Line will be provided for training purposes.

Field Day 2010 pictures can be found at the MARC site.

Field Day 2011 pictures can be found here: MNARC Field Day 2011.

Jim Biddle's picture of his receiving an award from Joe Ames: Jim Biddle

Get Your Ham License
The Club is sponsoring Get Your Ham License classes at Boscov's Campus of Courses at the Granite Run Mall. Click the link that follows to get the details: Get Your Ham Radio License

From Left to Right (Front Row): Bill White K3TBZ, Bill Bowers N3ZAV
From Left to Right (Back Row): Nick DePaul KA3SJK, Dan Cashin K3LMY

Daily Local Area Weather Net
The Newtown Square Weather and Information Net meets every morning at 8:30 AM on the 147.195 MHz output, 147.795 MHz input (PL=100.0) repeater. The Weather Net draws check-ins from Allentown to Maryland, and from Lancaster to New Jersey.

The Net Control Operators for this Net are...
Monday - KB3SUS
Tuesday - KB3BMI
Wednesday - W3YDC
Thursday - OPEN
Friday - KB3ACE
Saturday - KB3SUS
Sunday - OPEN

If you are interested in being a Net Control Operator, please call Walt at 610-622-2200.

Now you can access the Springton Reservoir WeatherLink® Network. Just click this link.
Thusday Night Net
The Thursday night net takes place every Thursday except meeting nights at 8:00 PM on the 147.195 MHz (PL=100.0) repeater. Club information and general interest information will be discussed. The current Net Control Ops are Jesse Hasty W3YK, Mike Thomas KB3SUS, and Ace Trexler KB3ACE.
Net Control Operators

Date	Speaker	Topic
February 2nd, 2012	Mr. Dan Cashin N3LMY	Member of International Guild of Knots. This will be a hands-on learning experience. Line will be provided for training purposes.
Field Day 2010 pictures can be found at the MARC site.
Field Day 2011 pictures can be found here: MNARC Field Day 2011.
Jim Biddle's picture of his receiving an award from Joe Ames: Jim Biddle

From Left to Right: Ace Trexler KB3ACE, Joe Gray N3LMV, Jim Simon N3JCS, Joe Hennelly KB3BMI,
Mike Thomas KB3SUS, John Nielands W3YDC
Missing from Photo: Jessey Hasty W3YK

Club Repeaters
The MNARC uses the 147.195 MHz (PL=100.0) and 442.250 MHz (PL=131.8) repeaters in Newtown Square, Delaware County, PA.
Field Day
Field Day takes place on the fourth full weekend in June.
Monthly Newsletter The Dipole
The Marple-Newtown Amateur Radio Club publishes a monthly newsletter to relay news of club events. You may access The Dipole online by clicking here or by clicking the MNARC logo at the top of the page.
IRLP Node 4790
The club 2-meter repeater is equipped with an Internet Radio Linking Project (IRLP) node. If you are a current club member, you may access the codes at http://mnarc.org/irlp by using the email address the club has on file for you. If you would like to become a club member, check out the 2011 Membership Information.

For any Node 4790 information, including if you are traveling into or through the area and would like to use the node, please email Tom K3TAT.
Toys for Tots

From Left to Right: Bill White, Lois Faust, Steve Quinn, Edwina Amoroso

Name Badges
If you are a club member and would like to purchase a name/call badge, please check out this website.

Membership

Membership in the Marple-Newtown Amateur Radio Club is open to anyone interested in Ham Radio in the Philadelphia/Delaware Valley area. Just come to one of our meetings and pick up a membership application or call club President Walt Faust at 610-622-2200 or come to a meeting.