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Welcome to the home of the Middle Georgia Radio Association, MGRA, serving central Georgia. Rather than a business meeting, we hold a Technical Seminar on a topic relative to Amateur Radio every 3rd Thursday of the month at the Church of Christ, 1947 Watson Blvd, Warner Robins, GA, at 7:00 PM. Talk in on 147.300+ MHz, PL 107.2 Hz. License testing for May will be held May 10, 2008, at the Heart of Georgia Hamfest.
Join us for The Amateur Hour Net on Mondays at 8:00 PM on the MGRA Repeater, 147.300+, PL 107.2 Hz. Also check in to the Central Georgia Amateur Radio Club VHF Net, each Tuesday at 8:30 PM on the CGARC repeater, 146.805-, no tone necessary.
Repeater Replacement The 147.300 repeater has developed problems over the last couple of years, and it is in need of replacement. We need your help! We need to replace the existing elderly repeater and controller with modern gear, so we're kicking off the repeater replacement fund.
The replacment repeater will consist of: Hamtronics Transmitter (crystal controlled w/crystal oven)
| $250.00
| Hamtronics Receiver (crystal controlled w/crystal oven)
| $250.00
| Cat 200B Repeater Controller
| $200.00
| Rack Mount Enclosure for Controller
| $60.00
| | Enclosures for RX and TX | $100.00
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Total is about $860.00 The CAT 200B controller will give us the ability to add link radios (CAT sells an additional module allowing up to 3 link transceivers to be mixed into the system) to link the 440 repeater and even the Perry and/or future repeaters. If you can contribute $10, $20, $50 or more, we will all benefit. If you wish to contribute, but need to spread your contribution out, make a pledge of, say, $60, and contribute $20 a month for 3 months. This is a fairly critical upgrade, but not immediately required. We'd like to get this funded within 90 days, or by the first of August, so let us know your pledge as soon as possible. Contributions above that required for the direct repeater replacement will be earmaked solely for the repeater fund, with upgrades and upkeep costs coming from the repeater fund. Priorities for upgrades will be purchase of a 440 link transceiver and antenna to bring our 440 repeater into the system along with the 220 repeater that's already linked (via the controller on the 220 repeater, courtesy of Tim, AF1G).
Membership Forms It's time again to renew your MGRA membership. Dues are $16 for regular membership, $12 for full-time students and those retired and on a fixed income. Due to problems with locating a valid club roster, we are basically "starting over" on the roster, and we need all members to fill out a new membership form. Here is a copy of the form that you can fill out in Adobe Acrobat Reader and print out to bring to the next meeting, or mail in with your check: MGRA_Membership_Interactive.pdf If you have trouble with that one, you can use this one: MGRA_Membership.pdf Please bring one of these completed along with your 2008 dues to the next MGRA meeting . If you can't print either one of these, we will have forms available at the club meeting.
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