Category Archives: Club Happenings

Trip Around The Curve To The Game

Posted on by

Attention one and all!  We are planning a train trip to Altoona on July 13th to see the Altoona Curve baseball team game. Stay tuned for more info on departure from Pittsburgh on Amtrak to Altoona. The game starts at 1:00 pm then back to the Altoona train station after the game. If weather turns bad we could visit the “Pennsylvania Railroaders Museum” right near the Altoona station. The Pennsylvanian train departs PGH at 7:30 am arrives in ALT 9:57 price for coach is $46 and Business class $76 round trip. The train has internet service so you can run remotes and Echolink or bring your handheld and work train mobile. Also bring a camera and take pictures going around one of the railroads engineering marvels the WORLD FAMOUS HORSESHOE CURVE.  At the “PNG Field” in Altoona you can sit any where but some are booking tickets in the Grandstand section 303 for $11.

Train #42 – Departs Pittsburgh 7:30 am – Arrives Altoona 9:57 am
Train #43 – Departs Altoona 5:13 pm – Arrives Pittsburgh 7:59 pm

Book Your Tickets Here: AMTRAK – $46
Baseball Information: Altoona Curve Baseball– $11
Parking:  Grant Street Transportation Center – $13
Bad Weather Option: The Railroaders Memorial– $12
To RSVP/Questions contact Karl WA3VXJ at:  wa3vxj {at} hotmail {dit} com
Please attend a SCARC social night if you want to discuss options for car pooling to the train station and how we will use Taxi/Uber/Lyft to get to the ball park. You can also pick up the train in Greensburg & Latrobe

 

ARRL Field Day 2022

Posted on by

This Weekend — Saturday 25th 2:00 PM — Sunday 26th 2:00 PM
Steel City ARC will be hosting our 2022 field day at the Steel City club house.  The public is welcome to attend and to find out what Ham Radio is doing and to look at the equipment we have.  Members are encourage to stop by and operate make sure you check the sign up page below to.  Fellow hams are always welcome to check out the clubhouse and sit down to operate on this very special weekend.

How to find the club house: http://w3kwh.com/find-the-clubhouse/

This year Steel City W3KWH will be operating from 160 meters up into the microwave band 1296 Mhz. We need at least eight people per shift to operate four radio while having four people logging their contacts. So even if you don’t want to talk on the radio you can still help out the club by being a logger.

Steel City Provided Meals:

  • Saturday Evening Meal ~6:00 PM
  • Midnight Rations ~11:30 PM
  • Sunday Morning Breakfast ~8:00 AM
  • Sunday Lunch ~12:00 PM
  • Snacks and drinks are provided for the operators.

If you have any questions please send a email to n3lrg{at} w3kwh {dit} com.

Lewis & Clark On The Air – Ends Sunday

Posted on by

The Steel City ARC is proud to be the eastern terminus of the Lewis & Clark Trail

Look for our members to be making contact on the air as one of the 16 stations on the Special Event trail.  We will be on the air from June 4th though June 19th.  Work all 16 stations along the trail and get the “Expedition Partner Certificate” for a clean sweep.  Work any of the 1-15 stations and you can still get the “Trail Companion Certificate”.

All sixteen station will be on the follow bands: 2m, 6m, 10m, 15m, 20m, 40m, 80m.  To find when any of the stations will be on the air check out the Lewis & Clark On The Air  “LCTOTA” webpage at the link below.

Find an Activator:  https://lctota.org/hunter/find_an_activator
Event Homepage: https://lctota.org/

Steel City Members @ Dayton 2022

Posted on by

I am posting pictures as I get them.  So check back frequently for more and new photos.

« ‹ of 2 › »

Steel City Special Event Station

Posted on by


Steel City Special Event Station
Carnegie Library Grand Opening of Library Park
April 23, 2022 11:00 AM – 3:00 PM

Listen for the “Steel City ARC” special event station W3C from today through Sunday as we celebrate the opening of Library Park here in Carnegie, PA. Tomorrow you can join us at the Library as Steel City will have three different stations located around the library. Up on the second floor in the Lincoln room we will have a Morse Code demonstration with information on how Andrew Carnegie help set up the US Army Morse Code operation during the Civil War. We will also have two Go Boxes set up in the parking lot and within the new park demonstrating how ham radio is alive an well.
There will be many different community events going on at the library for the whole family to enjoy. Plus several different food vendors to

Click For Map Image

Click Here for Google Maps Directions: Carnegie Library

Library Web Page: Grand Opening Celebration

 

The Andrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall (ACFL&MH) has served Carnegie and surrounding communities the “beacon on the hill” since 1901.  The Library & Music Hall was Andrew Carnegie’s legacy gift to the town that incorporated to take his name in 1894. Though he funded 2,500 libraries around the world, the industrialist-turned-philanthropist endowed only five libraries.  The ACFL&MH is proudly one of them.

Business Meeting April 19th

Posted on by

It is that time of the year for the big April – Steel City Business Meeting to be held at the Steel City Clubhouse on April 19th at 8:00 PM.  The social part of the meeting will begin at 7:00 PM with the business meeting starting promptly at 8:00 PM.  Bring your access card along for the yearly card check, and we will go over remote access for 2022.

Also on the agenda is the upcoming summer plans for the club house. The Carnegie Library special event station W3C and the onsite visit of operating at the library. The latest information on the Lewis & Clark special event scheduled for June 4-19th. And announcing our big plans for the upcoming Field Day 2022 on June 25 & 26th.

See you all at the club house….

Rabid Racoon 100 Race

Posted on by

Volunteers Are Needed

March 19 & 20
Link to race organizer: Rabid Raccoon 100

On March 19 & 20  there will be a 100 mile ultra marathon held at Raccoon State Park which is located in Hanover Township to the west of Pittsburgh. They have ask Radio Amateur’s to help with communications during the race. Most of the people will be doing the 20 mile race on Saturday but they need coverage though the whole event which will go over night and into Sunday. We have coverage on Saturday till 7:00 PM. What I am looking for is 4 to 8 hams to cover the over night shift which runs from 7:00 PM till 5:00 AM Sunday. We need to cover 3 aid stations and 1 command post.
I would like to have at least 2 people manning each station. Our duties will be communications only. Other volunteers will be handling the needs of the runner. The duty will include recording a runner arrival and departure from the aid station. Also handling runner request back to the command post for their support crews. Plus relaying emergency communications to the command post and race officials.
If your interested in covering the over night shift
please let me know at n3lrg {at} w3kwh {dit} com 

BELOW IS WHAT THE RACE OFFICIALS SENT ME…

We will have other volunteers manning the aid stations, we just ask the Steel City ARC to have someone at the aid stations to communicate with the command center. This is both to communicate in the event of an emergency and to update the race directors on participant progress/aid station needs.
All aid stations are accessible by car. We would need 3 aid stations covered as well as someone at the command center (so a total of for different locations. The areas that will need coverage are aid stations 1, 2, and 4 as well as the command center at the Recreation Hall.
Aid stations will be fully equipped with tents, tables, lights, a generator, water, first aid kits, sports drinks, and food (although we welcome and encourage people to bring additional food).
The event is 36 hours long so we are trying to get volunteers from a number of different clubs to split up shifts. We appreciate any help you can provide.

Breezeshooter Contest This Weekend

Posted on by

Breezeshooter Fun Event

This Saturday March 5th

Steel City Club House

This Saturday at 8:00 PM to 11:00 PM Steel City ARC will be hosting a FUN PARTY along with the Breezeshooters Ground Wave contest.  We will have Pizza and Snack so make your way up to the club house and have some fun while making some 10 meter contacts.  This should be a good contest this year since the 10 meter band is opening up again. The mode of operation will be phone for the March 5th event.

Going to work the contest from home make sure you enter “W3KWH” under “Club Affiliation”