UPCOMING MARA LUNCHEONS AND GENERAL HYBRID MEETINGS
MEETINGS AND LUNCHEONS ARE BACK ON THE SCHEDULE. LUNCHEONS ARE SCHEDULED THE WED PRIOR TO THE GENERAL MEETING WHICH ARE SCHEDULED ON THE LAST FRIDAY OF EACH MONTH.. THE LUNCHEONS ARE SCHEDULED AT 1130-1300 AT THE DENALI FAMILY RESTURANT. THE GENERAL MEETING WILL BE AT THE WASILLA CHURCH OF CHRIST ACROSS FROM HOME DEPOT AT 1900.
18th Menard Emergency Fair
What items will be provided at my indoor booth?
Only an 8-foot table and 2 folding chairs are provided. Please plan to bring your own tablecloths, extension cords (if you requested power) and any items necessary for your display etc.
What time should I arrive?
Check in begins at 8am. You may arrive anytime thereafter, but you should plan to have your set up complete by 9:45am.
What should I expect when I check-in for an inside booth?
If you are an indoor exhibitor, please access the indoor exhibit area on the south side of the facility. If you turn off the Parks Highway on to S. Clapp Street, please proceed to the 1st drive for the Menard Center. You should be greeted by a traffic coordinator in a vest when you pull into the parking lot. They will ask if you are an indoor or outside exhibitor. If you are an indoor exhibitor, they will ask you for your table number/loading zone. Table numbers 1-40 will be directed to unload at loading zone 1. Tables 41-88 will be directed to loading zone 2. When you pull into one of the designated unloading zones, a loading zone coordinator (identified in a purple vest) will check you in to the expo at your vehicle, verify your table number and coordinate volunteers to help you unload and carry your supplies to your table. Once unloaded, you should move your vehicle out of the unloading zones and park in one of the available parking lots located around the facility. We request minimizing the time you spend in the loading zones to allow everyone a chance to unload. As a result, please unload first and take your items to your table, then park your vehicle and come back to the table to begin setting up. DO NOT begin setting up your exhibit area until your vehicle is clear of the unloading zone. Unloading zone doors close at 10:00am once the expo opens to attendees.
What should I expect when I check-in for my outside exhibit?
If you are an outside exhibitor (other than a food truck) please access the outdoor exhibit area on the south side of the facility. If you turn off the Parks Highway on to S. Clapp Street, please proceed to the 2nd drive for the Menard Center. You should be greeted by a traffic coordinator in a vest when you pull into the parking lot. They will ask if you are an indoor or outside exhibitor. Identify yourself to the volunteers at the entry to the outdoor exhibit area and they will notify the check-in coordinator (identified in a purple vest) who will direct you to your parking spot and check you in to the expo. DO NOT begin setting up until you have checked with the check-in coordinator.
MARA Brochures & Procedures
New FCC RF Safety Rule for Ham Radio
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*** Paying your Dues & Donating to the Club ***
If you haven't paid your current membership dues or would like to donate to the club, please get with John/KL1XM, our Treasure or follow the below procedures. Our dues is one of our main incomes to maintain the club equipment and activities. The dues are $24 Dollars a year for individual or family. We are also a 501c3 non-profit club so it is all tax deductible. The web site has an application form for you to fill out under the Forms Menu and you can go to the Donate tab listed to the left to pay by PayPal or Credit Card, if you like. For any other club donations we will provide you a Tax Receipt. Also with all the benefits available thru ARRL, you may be interested in joining it also. You have the choice of 2 magazines now, one for new hams "On The Air Magazine and the QST Magazine, with your ARRL membership, you also can get good equipment insurance, pod casts on various ham subjects, new equipment evaluations, construction projects, contest, ham reference books, ham products and what ARRL is doing on our behalf with new legislation.
MARA IS LOOKING FOR DONATIONS TO SUPPORT ACTIVITIES AND MAINTENANCE ON THE COMM TRAILERS.
Check MARA Facebook for additional info. Use this link to donate. DONATION.
We are a Ham Radio Volunteer Group, Want to join me in supporting a good cause? I'm raising money for Matanuska Amateur Radio Association and your contribution will make an impact, whether you donate $5 or $500. Every little bit helps. Thank you for your support. I've included information about Matanuska Amateur Radio Association below.
We are a Ham Radio Volunteer Group, suppling Emergency Communications to the Matanuska Borough in Alaska, training operators, working with Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, public schools and other Service Agencies in the Matsu Borough Emergency Communications to the Matanuska Borough in Alaska, training operators, working with Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, public schools and other Service Agencies in the Matsu Borough
ARES NET AND PACKET NET CONTROLS NEEDED
This is a great way to get practice and learn how to run nets. You will learn how to handle rosters, run packet traffic and help in distributing the load among our current Net Controls. Please contact Don/KL7JFT for additional information or review the Operations Section of the MATSU ARES Website
NOTICE:
To all Alaska Hams with a call sign License Plate
The State DMV is sending out yellow cards to those people needing to re-register their plates. The card indicates you can register online. However, for those that have ham radio plates you can't do it online. It has to be done at a DMV office. I have included below what one administer sent me.
I would advise that those re-registering their plates to take what Karina Garces-Pellon sent to me so if there are any questions, you have some backup. She is from the Anchorage DMV
I’ve included our Vehicle Transaction Application (Form 812) for the renewal, you will need to
- State on form 812 that you’re requesting Amateur Radio Exemption by checking the box “Other” and writing in the Amateur Radio (AR)
- Make the following statement in the Affidavit section on the application “This vehicle meets the requirements outlined in AS 28.10.421 (d) (8) (A) & (B) and I qualify for free registration under this statute.”
- Copy of current FCC License
- Folks need to understand they need a 5 Band HF radio installed in the vehicle with Antenna and power connection.
Click here for the Vehicle Transaction Application (Form 812)
For older vehicles, Claude N7FXX reports, since it’s an older vehicle he bypassed the “free” renewal and changed categories to “old” and “vanity” so now I’m permanent, no renewal. Cost me a little up front but now all seven of my legacy vehicles are “P” designated.
Came across your website and saw a note about updating license plates. Thought I would send a photo of my fathers
plate when we lived in Ketchikan. Now the plate is attached to the front of my pick-up truck in Vermont.
Here is the rest of the story, We lived in Ketchikan in the late 50's and early 60's. My father was in the US Coast Guard and I was in my early teens. Alaska was a territory when we moved there. My father was a "Ham" radio operator and had his call sign on our Alaska plate, KL7VFO. We moved from Ketchikan in the early 60's. My father is gone now (WWII veteran) and I have the plate attached to my truck, here in Vermont. Thanks for the time to tell a little of my fathers story who was a lifelong Ham Radio operator.
Mike Chesley
Bristol, Vermont
SUNSHINE COMMITTEE
MARA members, if you know of a member who needs cheering up because they have lost a loved one, or are laid up with illness or injury, or if someone is in the hospital, please let one of us know. We would love to send a ray of sunshine in their direction.
Help us spread the cheer. Donations are always appreciated and can be made at the general meeting or directly to Sheila/KL3SRO
Contact Sheila at okfam@hotmail.com (best way), or text or phone (907) 631-2356.