MARCA; Inc.
Contact Information
- Club Name:
- MARCA; Inc.
- Call Sign:
- W7MOT
- Contact:
- Norm Johnson AA7OO
- Daytime Phone:
- (480) 278-2886
- Evening Phone:
- (480) 278-2886
- Email:
- aa7oo.az@gmail.com
Basic Information
- Call Sign:
- W7MOT
- Annual Report:
- Mar 03rd 2019
- Meeting Time:
- 3rd Tuesday of each month at 6:30 PM
- Meeting Place:
- Denny's at 48th St & University, Tempe, AZ
- Section:
- AZ
- Affiliation Date:
- Jul 19th 1994
- Specialties:
- Digital Modes, DX, General Interest, Public Service/Emergency, Repeaters, VHF/UHF
- Services Offered:
- License Test Sessions, Mentor, Packet Radio BBS, Repeater
- Description:
-
MARCA, Inc is a 501.c.3 Non-Profit corporation with its roots as Motorola Amateur Radio Club of Arizona (MARCA). Today MARCA is open to all Licensed Hams, Arizona Hams, and those interested in Amateur Radio. Members include just about everyone, local ham residing in Arizona, winter visitors calling Arizona home for the winter, summer visitors (if they exist), and those interested in participating or supporting the club's activities. The majority of our members are in the Phoenix Metro area.
Some of our activities include maintaining & opereating about 2 dozen repeaters located on Arizona mountain tops and the Phoenix area; expaninding our experiences into new types of repeaters, such as Dstar & Fusion; Participating in ARRL Field Day typically held in the mountains near Forest Lakes, Az. (this is a very active activity) ; ARRL FMT contests; and Antenna construction, including mountain top tower climbing. Many members are, individually or in groups, active in HF activities such as Voice, Digital, CW, DXing, Digital HF modes, MESH, and EOC operations around the valley, including contesting,. Not to forget from the new to old like SDR radio building & operations to antique radio restoring and operating. SDR, WSPR, WSJT and operations like Echolink are computer based, prompting a SBC (single board computer group meeting regularly. - Links:
- http://www.w7mot.org
Club Statistics
- Club Members:
- 30
- Voting Members:
- 30
- Voting Licensed Amateur Members:
- 30
- Voting ARRL Members:
- 26
MARCA; Inc. Officers
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Contact, Vice President
Norm Johnson AA7OO -
President
David C. Hall N7ZPY -
Treasurer
Don W. Aldridge WA7RLL