Reward for a Job Well-Done

Posted on May 20, 2022January 6, 2024 by Andrew

Tangible Rewards !

Between March 19 and 26, 2022 eleven Cumberland Amateur Radio Club members operated Special Event station W3R, celebrating the 120^th anniversary of the Rockville Bridge. At 3,720 feet, the Rockville Bridge is the longest Stone Arch Masonry Railroad Bridge ever built anywhere in the world.

We seem to live in a digital world. But at the May meeting, the W3R event operators received a unexpected TANGIBLE REWARD to go with the certificates they received via eMail.

The TANGIBLE REWARD came in the form of a stainless steel tumbler or travel mug, bearing the CARC logo and the call sign of the operator.

The recipients were:

Andrew AF3I	Doug KC3CPT	Frank KB3PQT
Garry K3EYK	Harry K3EYL	John WA3KCP

Maura KC3SJE/KC3JJH	Mike KB3GPX	Richard N3EPY
Steve N3FWE	Valli N8QVT

Thank you all! It was a pleasure to have so many club members pitch-in and pull-together to make the event a success.

In addition, an article about the W3R Special Event operation is also being published in the NRHS News, the monthly newsletter of the National Railway Historical Society.

What have you learned today?

For more articles please follow the trail below:

https://www.radioclub-carc.com/resources/

See ‘ya down the log.

Frank KB3PQT

Hey Guys… Watch This !

Posted on March 4, 2021March 4, 2021 by Andrew

Achievement Test… A+ Results

The Cumberland Amateur Radio Club is proud to recognize one of its members for producing A+ results in a recent Achievement Test.

Congratulations to Doug Stenger, KC3CPT for hitting the books, studying, and passing the FCC General Class License Exam.

As a follow-up, the other day Doug got on 20 Meters to exercise his newly earned privileges. He was rewarded with a nice DX QSO with OS8A located in Belgium. Doug worked Didier on the first call, Impressive.

If you look to the left you will see a snapshot of Didier’s Club Log screen showing KC3CPT on the second line from the top.

Ninety-eight more countries and we will have a DXCC Party for Doug.

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Montana Outreach

Posted on December 10, 2020January 18, 2021 by Andrew

Ham Radio on Kate’s Ag

A little birdie told me I should spend a few minutes watching one of the newest YouTube videos on the Kate’s Ag channel. The title is:
A BLAST FROM THE PAST – PART 1

As I watched I learned a lot about farming in Montana. Kate and her father took me on a tour of the farm while explaining several of the retired farm machines.

One of the last scenes shows Kate opening the mail she received at her Post Office Box. What a surprise to see her with an ARRL Ham Radio License Manual in her hand and on- camera.

Publicity such as this is priceless.

Thank you to CARC Vice-President Frank Mellott, KB3PQT, for his far-reaching promotion of Ham Radio.

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