OAARS Club Meeting October 2nd, 2024
The Ogemaw Arenac Amateur Radio Society meets the first Wednesday of every month at the Mills Township Hall, Greenwood Road, Skidway Lake, at 7 PM. For more information on the club or club events, contact Dean W8BUH or Talk to Any Club Officer or Club Member for additional information.
Membership Dues
March is the time to renew your membership. See the Club Secretary or they can be mailed to the Ogemaw Arenac Amateur Radio Society, PO Box 4358, Prescott, MI 48756
Fox Hunt Oct 12th, 2024
The Ogemaw Arenac Amateur Radio Society Fall fox hunt is Oct 12th, 2024. Fox hunters will meet at Irons Park on S.Valley in West Branch at 8:45 am to divide up and get teams going and start at 9:00 am. Come out to show of your direction signal finding skills and join us for the fun. The Fox Tyler KC8JOZ will start broadcasting at 9am..
Field Day June 22nd, 2024
Field Day will be held at the Ogemaw Nature Park, 5626 W Rose City Rd. West Branch, MI 48661. Anyone interested in doing Field Day please contact Dean W8BUH for more information.
OAARS Ham Swap September 14, 2024
9:00AM – 1:00PM
Ogemaw Nature Park
5626 W Rose City Rd.
West Branch, MI 48661
Food and drinks will be available for a donation to fund youth scouting in Ogemaw county. Free admission for everyone. Tables are available for $5.00 each. For information, please contact Chris Barbb [email protected] or call/text 313-320-6009
OAARS Club Christmas Party December 13th, 2023.
Come join us at Dee's Pizza in Skidway lake for our annual Christmas Pizza Party. Festivities start at 7:00pm, come have some fun and good conversations with Club Members, their families and other Hams.
O.A.A.R.S. NET CONTROL
July 1st KE8TSH Don
July 8th K8BD Dave
Aug 12th KE8TSH Don
Aug 19th KC8EHU Alan
Aug 26th W8COP Chris
Sept 2nd K8BD Dave
The 2024 Michigan QSO Party,
Sponsored by the Mad River Radio Club, is from 1600Z April 20 until 0400Z April 21. Stations may operate the full 12 hours. Phone and CW on 80/40/20/15/10 meters. Single-op, multi-op, and mobile categories. Work stations once per band and mode. MI-to-MI QSOs allowed. Work portables and mobiles again as they change county, state or province. Exchange QSO number and location (county for MI stations, state/province or "DX" for others).
Suggested frequencies: CW-3545, 7045, 14045, 21045, 28045; Phone-3825, 7200, 14250, 21300, 28450. One point per phone QSO, two points per CW QSO. Count multipliers once per mode.
Multipliers are MI counties for all entries, plus states, provinces and "DX" for MI entries only. Final score is total QSO points times total multipliers.
Submit logs no later than 30 days after the contest. Electronic logs in Cabrillo format are submitted via the Log Submittal page on the MiQP web site http://www.miqp.org/submitLogFileMiQP.html. Mail paper logs with summary sheets to: Mad River Radio Club, c/o Ron Majewski W8RU, 3463 Pinehaven Road, Commerce, MI 48382.