Members of the Story County Amateur Radio Club will be participating in the national Amateur Radio Field Day exercise June 24 – 25 at Hickory Grove Park in Colo IA. Club members will begin operating at 1:00pm on Saturday, June 24th at the Snow Bunting Lodge at Hickory Grove Park (67423 255th St, Colo) and will operate continuously for 24 hours.

Visitors of all ages are welcome and will also have an opportunity to participate in Field Day by making brief contacts on the air with the coaching assistance of one of the club’s FCC-licensed operators.

For more information about Field Day, contact Clint Miller, SCARC Communications Manager at kc0juo@arrl.net

More information about SCARC activities can also be found on our Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/StoryARC/

The Story County Amateur Radio Club will meet on Thursday, June 1, 2017. Clint Miller, KC0JUO, will lead a discussion of the club's preparation for Field Day 2017.

The meeting will begin at 7:30 p.m. in North Conference Rooms A and B on the first floor of Mary Greeley Medical Center. Parking is available near the MGMC northeast entrance. This meeting is free and open to the public.

The Story County Amateur Radio Club will hold its next meeting on May 4, 2017. We will meet at the southwest parking lot off Dotson Drive by the Ames Middle School at 5:45 PM for a field visit to a world-class contest station operated by Toni, N0NI. We expect to be returning to Ames by 10:00 PM. Please contact KB7VML@arrl.net if you are interested in more details.