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![]() The Dixie Amateur Radio Club, Inc. is a formally "Affiliated Club" with the American Radio Relay League (ARRL) which is "The National Association for Amateur Radio." Our Club is also a non-profit IRS 501(c)(3) charitable organization. Donations to the Club may be tax deductable (Please consult your own tax advisor). Our members are all volunteers. We are experienced and capable of providing non-commercial radio telecommunications, independent of public and/or commercial networks. Members of our Club provide vital communications services in this part of the state of Utah and we strive to live up to ham radio's motto: "When
all else fails...
...Amateur Radio works!"
![]() Our Club also provides local public safety and health and welfare communications services for local events such as the annual St. George Marathon, the Huntsman World Senior Games, and many other cycling and running events in the area. To explore our web site please use the web site navigation links located directly below on this home page and at the bottom of every other page on the web site. For more information on the Club please CLICK HERE. Or you can use the "About the Club" link found at the bottom of each page this web site. If you are interested in becoming a licensed Amateur Radio operator come and meet us at our next club meeting. Information on our club meetings is available below in the "Latest News + Announcements" section on this page or using the "Club Meeting Info" page link. Information on how to contact the Club is found using the "Contact the Club" page link. |
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Latest News + Announcements | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Dixie Amateur Radio Club
has many happenings that have been recorded for historical purposes. We
have a "Story Archive Page" other recently archived stories
shown on that page. Click on this LINK to view the Story Archive Page. |
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The Club has a new Interactive Facebook
Page! |
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![]() A new Facebook page for the Club is now available. If you use Facebook, when on your Facebook page use the Search Facebook tool in the upper left corner and type in: "Dixie Amateur Radio Club". Updates, questions, answers, all are welcome on the Facebook page. Join us, won't you? Let's have some fun on Facebook as a Club! |
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Next Club Meeting on Wednesday, February 15th | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
![]() The next regular Club meeting will be held at the St. George Community Building on Wednesday, February 15, 2022 at 7:00 p.m. The Club meeting will be at the usual location, in the St. George Community Building located behind the St. George Active Life 60+ Center (formerly known as the Senior Center) which is at 245 N 200 W, St. George, Utah. PLEASE NOTE: The community building is not the Active Life 60+ Center. Drive to the back of the property and you will see a smaller building that is about the size of a doublewide manufactured home. It clearly says St. George Community Building. More information on the topic(s) for monthly club meeting may be found on the Club Meeting Info page, see link below. Club Meetings are held on the third Wednesday of each month except in December when the Annual Meeting as a social event/dinner is scheduled.
You can also use this direct
LINK , or
the "Club Meeting
Info" link found in the navigation
section of every page on
this web site. A link to
an interactive map of the meeting location
is also provided on the "Club Meeting
Info" page.
Anyone and everyone with an interest in Amateur Radio is welcome to attend our Club meetings! |
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Next Test Sessions are on Saturday, February 11 in Hurricane and Wednesday, February 15th in St. George | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
![]() IMPORTANT! FIRST-TIME APPLICANTS MUST READ THE INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS NOTICE: FRN-INFORMATION.PDF For those wanting to take the FCC test for a new Amateur Radio license or upgrade to a higher license class, there is a regularly scheduled ARRL Volunteer Examiner administered exam test session held at 5:30 p.m. on the third Wednesday of every month, except December, prior to the Club's monthly Club meeting. The monthly exam is held at the same location as the Club Meeting. In addition to eleven regular monthly V.E. test sessions held prior to the Club meeting, each year we also conduct six additional test sessions on the second Saturday of even numbered months, in Hurricane, Utah, commencing at 2:00 p.m. Go there now by using this LINK. |
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Fund Raising for Solar and Battery Backup
for our Area-wide Repeater
System |
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![]() DARC is a 501(c)3 non-profit educational service organization that serves Southern Utah. Our radio operators volunteer to do communications and safety backup for races, triathlons, car rallies and when called-out we can serve the community and local hospital and health department personnel in case of floods, earthquakes, pandemics and other emergencies. Backup power is important in case the power grid goes down--we can communicate then even if the cell system is down. We are raising funds for that project. Please click on the "Donate Now" image to the left to go to our secure crowdfunding page to make a much appreciated donaton. As mentioned, DARC is a non-profit IRS 501(c)(3) charitable organization. Donations to the Club may be tax deductable. Please consult your own tax advisor to confirm this. |
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The Winter 2023 Club Newsletter is Now Available | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
![]() Click on this link: Club Newsletter Page to read the latest newsletter! All of the Club's previous Newsletters
are found
on the Newletter Archive web page.
Use the Newletter Archive link
button found on any page on this web site
to go there.
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Most Recent Volunteer Exam Session Results | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Congratulations to the following
three candidates who passed
their Amateur Extra Class license exams at the scheduled V.E. session held on Wednesday,
January 18, 2023 in St. George, Utah. Our sessions
are conducted by ARRL-VEC certified
Volunteer Examiners who live in the local area.
Below are the result of this session:
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The FCC is Paperless! - How to Print out
your Amateur Radio License: |
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![]() To help clarify things, ARRL VEC has created this web page, How to Obtain an Official FCC License Copy, devoted to explaining the various ways a licensee can get an official license document from the FCC. An official Amateur Radio license displays the FCC logo and the "Official Copy" watermark across each page. A printer-friendly version of the instructions on how to get a copy of your license is available by clicking HERE (this is a PDF file). |
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Check the Status of Your New or Upgraded
Ham License
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![]() On that site you can print out additional "reference copies" of your license and see the status of your license and any application matters related to it. You can choose to search by name, callsign or your FRN number. |
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Join The Club, or Renew Your Membership | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
You are encouraged to join the Dixie
Amateur Radio Club or renew
your membership.
Please use this LINK or
the "Join the Club" link at the bottom
of any page on this
site, to learn how to join the club.
Or simply come out to our Club
meeting (see info above) and join at in
person with our Club's Treasurer at that
time. If you are new:
"Welcome to the Club!". To renewing
members: "Thank You!"
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Our Club's "Elmer" Mentoring
Program
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![]() Click HERE to find out more about this program and to view a list of these mentors. You can also reach this information by using the "Contact the Club" link found in the navigation section on every page on this site. |
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Equipment Classified Ads | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
There is never a bad time to clean
out the ol' ham "shack" of those items that really need a new
home. We have had many
news ham operators join our ranks
at recent Volunteer Exam sessions
who may be looking for rigs and all of
the ancillary equipment that you may
have lying about the shack that could be put
to use in the shack of a new ham.
Please visit the "Equipment Classifieds" page on this web site for items that are for sale and to see items that hams are looking for that you might be willing to part with. Send requests for posting items for sale or wanted to the webmaster at: w7drc@arrl.net |
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ARRL Amateur Radio Exam Practice
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![]() Practice exams follow the same protocol as the actual FCC Amateur Radio license exam – questions are chosen at random from the sub-elements of the question pools and answer order is randomized. To use the practice exam you will need to do a simple free registration. Good luck in your practicing for your actual exam. Here
is the link to the ARRL practice test on-line application:
http://arrlexamreview.appspot.com
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Club Information |
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Mailing address: Dixie Amateur
Radio Club, Inc.; P.O.
Box 2196; St. George, Utah 84771-2196
Club e-mail address: w7drc@arrl.net For additional information on the
Dixie Amateur Radio Club, Inc.,
and Amateur Radio in general,
please contact:
Club President Don Leonard, via e-mail at: don.w7lrp@gmail.com |
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Dixie
Amateur Radio Club, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) charitable
organization.
Your tax deductible donations to the Club are always accepted and very much appreciated. (Consult your own tax advisor) |