Category Archives: Club Happenings

PA QSO PARTY

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Hey its an party!

Saturday Oct 9th – Noon till Midnight
Sunday Oct 10th – 9:00 AM till 6:00 PM

Save The Date!

Join us on Oct 9th & 10th for the annual PA QSO Party.  Your heard me correctly!  there is an HUGE CASH REWARD for the Steel City Member that works the W3RRR bonus station.  Come on up to the club house and join the team was we have a lot of fun making contacts across the state.   There will be an Ice Cream Social at 2:00 PM on Saturday, Hamburgers & Hot Dogs at 6:00 PM, then on Sunday there will be donuts in the morning.   All the radio’s and antenna’s are reserve for this event the remotes will be shut down during contest times.

So Make Plans To Join the Posse!

We will need operators & loggers

CW & Phone Operators

SHACOG Technical Rescue Demo & Talk

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On Sept 25th the steel City ARC hosted the SHACOG Technical Rescue Team as they practice there yearly recertification on tower rescue.  Dean from the team gave an excellent talk on how to prep for a tower climb, gear that is needed, what to do if an accident does happen, and finally what the ground personnel needs to know.

Tower Rescue

Power Point Down Load Here: Tower Rescue

How to put on a harness: Donning Harness Poster 092019.pdf
Harness inspection form: Inspection Form Harness_Fillable.pdf
Understanding ANSI Z359 Fall Protection: Understanding ANSI Z359.pdf

Here is the the photos taken during the demo:

VE Session – Wednesday 22nd

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Wednesday – Sept 22nd

7:00 PM

People interesting in becoming an amateur radio operator or planning to upgrade their license should get in touch with Chris at the email/phone below.   The testing sessions will be held on the Wednesday after the Steel City Business meeting at 7:00 PM at the Steel City club house. Preregistration is highly recommend and will have priority, but walk-in’s will be allowed if space is available.

PREREGISTRATION STRONG RECOMMEND – WALK-IN’S ALLOWED

To make sure we have enough testing materials on hand, and that you don’t have to wait for us to get ready we are highly recommending that people interested taking the exam preregister.
Got question? Feel free to email and to register?
Chris Grimm,
VE Examiner
K3PQ@W3KWH@COM
(412) 259-3319

Tower Safety Talk & Demo

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DATE NOW CONFIRM:

Saturday Sept 25th @ 1:00 PM

Steel City ARC will be hosting an Tower Safety talk & demo at our club house on Saturday Sept 25th @ 1:00 PM. Due to the importance of this subject we are opening this up to all radio operators in the Tri-State area. Please RSVP below so we can give them a head count.

South Hills Area Council of Governments {SHACOG} – Technical Rescue Team This team is designed to address incidents such as confined space rescue, rope rescue, high angle rescue, trench rescue and water rescue. In addition to having to meet minimum qualifications for membership, team members also undergo routine, continuous training in their specialties and are certified in each.   While they undergo their yearly training they are going to offer ham radio operators a training demo and talk on tower safety.

We have lost some hams due to tower climbing issues this will be a good way to learn  the proper and safe way of doing this.  Attendees will learn the following.

  • What equipment is needed for the climb
  • Electrical and RF safety measures
  • What is needed to prep the tower before the climb
  • Proper way to climb the tower
  • What the ground personal will need to know to support the climb
  • And what to do when thing go wrong

This is only going to be a demo and safety talk no ham radio operators will be allow to be on our towers, only the Technical Rescue Team will be allowed to climb.  Since this is a outside demo please bring an lawn chair to sit in during the demo.  There will  be refreshments at the club house for the attendees.

If your interested in attending this event please RSVP at:
https://forms.gle/99B6QYExtCiQJyGf9

Again we just want to know how many people are going to show up so we can give SHACOG and idea in case they want to break up into smaller groups.

 

Representative Anita Kulik Visit

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At our Sept. 8th social meeting the Steel City ARC got a visit from our State Representative Anita Kulik. It was a very nice visit as we showed her around the club house and describing what Ham Radio is about.   During the visit she presented us with an special citation celebrating out 80th year anniversary. You can click on the image below to read the full citation. 

Click on image to see full size picture of the Citation

Picnic Photos

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Thanks to John, KC3MMC for taking some pictures during our big celebration.

W8O – Final Log Update

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Steel City ARC thanks all the ham that help us celebrate our 80th anniversary this past week.  Follow the link below to check out final online logs.  We are still processing paper logs which will not show up on this online log.   Those who worked us please send in a QSL card to our address listed below and we will send out a certificate of our anniversary in appreciation of our contact.

Send QSL To:

Steel City ARC – W8O
PO Box 281
Carnegie, Pa, 15106
U.S.A

Final Online Log:
https://w3kwh.com/w8o/admin.php

Business Meet Tuesday Aug 17 @ 7:00 PM

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Business Meeting
Aug 17th @ 7:00 PM
Outdoor Meeting

Hello All,
August has been one busy month.  Hopefully it is coming to the end.  On Tuesday Aug 17 we will hold a business meeting at the club house.  It will be another outdoor meeting so please bring your lawn chairs.  We will be reviewing the W8O event and picnic.  We will also plan to finish up our club house improvements.

  • New gravel for driveway $
  • Re-guy the VHF & South Tri-Bander towers $
  • LED Replacements for lights in HF & VHF rooms
  • Participation in the Lewis & Clark Special Event – 2022
  • Demo for Tower Safety & Tower Rescue – Sept 2021

$ = Funds already allocated

Sunday 15th @ 1:00 PM

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Steel City 80th Anv.

Sunday Aug 15th @ 1:00 PM

 

 

  • Operators are needed as early as 10:00 AM to Work W8O
  • Early Helper be there at 12:00 noon
    • Parking attendants
    • Setup Tables
  • Party Starts at 1:00 PM for get together
  • Food is served at 2:00 PM
  • Volunteers are needed afterwards for cleanup

If your taking pictures please bring a cable so we can upload your pictures to be used on website.