Utah Amateur Radio Club

Are there any features of your ham shack you are proud of, concerned about, or just plain interested to share? Are you curious about what gear other operators use, how they like it, and how they arrange their station? If so, then please come to UARC's first meeting for 2010, on Thursday, January 14th. Amateurs will describe their equipment, their opinions, and share memorable experiences with and future plans for it.

Each participant is invited to give a brief talk about his or her equipment. Any commercial or homemade ham radio gear is appropriate, whether it's two transistors connected to a coat hanger, your monster fixed station which dims the streetlights on your block when you fire it up and which would be illegal to run at more than 3% of its rated power, or anything in between. Please bring gear along if you can, or bring pictures if the real thing would be too inconvenient. (Feel free to send digital pictures by e-mail to , and we can project them on the night. You can also bring them along on laptop, CD, USB-drive, etc.)

Again, meetings are now on the second Thursday of each month, so the coming meeting will be Thursday, January 14, at 7:30 P.M. Our meetings during the spring semester are being held in room 2230 of the Warnock Engineering Building on the University of Utah campus. Room 2230 is in the same position as 1230 where we have been meeting, but one floor up. Our traditional parking on the east side of the building is blocked off for construction, so recommended parking is near the southeast corner of the Merrill Engineering Building lot. Go south along the east side of Merrill, then go in the north door of Warnock. See the map for information on finding the building.

Of course, the meeting will include the “standard” meeting features:

• Availability of ARRL books from Fred, the “book lady”
• An opportunity to join UARC or renew your membership
• An opportunity to join ARRL or renew your membership
• The chance to meet face-to-face the people you talk to on the air
• The “Meeting after the meeting”: A chance to enjoy pizza or other gastronomic delights with other hams. It happens at Litza's Pizza, 716 E. 400 South.
• The “Meeting before the meeting”: A similar get-together for those who can leave work early enough to get there by 5:15 P.M. The January get-together will be at “Greek Souvlaki,” 404 E. 300 South in Salt Lake City.