Annual Membership Dues for January 1, 2021 through December 31, 2021 are coming up soon. Please consider sending in your annual dues if you have not paid in advance. These dues help the club purchase things for HamFest, prizes for meetings, awards for Field Day, and to fix repeaters when they breakdown, to Join or Renew Membership!!! (Click Here),

Winter Field Day is coming, January 30/31 2021

For details about the Winter Field Day

Mark your Calendar!

The Radio Society of Tucson’s Annual Christmas Party

When:

Tuesday, December 15, 2020

6:30 P.M. – 9 P.M.

Menu:


• Order from Biscuits' Menu

Where:

Biscuits Country Cafe
7026 East Broadway Blvd, Tucson, AZ 85710
(520) 290-2556

Cost:

Menu Item Cost!

Agenda:

Dinner!!!!

New this year: Ugly Sweater Contest!

Winner gets BRAGGING rights for the year!!

White Elephant gift exchange (optional)

$25 limit

Bring a gift to get a gift

Items MUST be new and wrapped/bagged
(Size can be a surprise!!!)

Raffle:

Raffle prize is a Kenwood TH-D74A handheld radio with D-Star

Tickets are $2 ea, 3 for $5, 7 for $10, 15 for $20 or 40 for $40

RSVP:

No RSVP is necessary or email Joe, K3TYE

White Elephant Rules:
1. Each player brings one wrapped gift to contribute to a common pool
2. Players draw numbers to determine what order they will go in
• Alternatively, someone can draw names from a hat, or the order can be set by the organizer prior to the event
3. Players display gifts so everyone can see them
4. The first player selects a gift from the pool and opens it
5. The following players can choose to either pick an unwrapped gift from the pool or steal a previous player’s gift
6. Anyone who gets their gift stolen in this way can do the same – choose a new gift or steal from someone else
7. After all players have had a turn, the first player gets a chance to swap the gift he or she is holding for any other opened gift

Additional Notes:
• The White Elephant Gift should be something nice that the bearer would like for themselves, not a gag gift. Suggestions are a Christmas or holiday centerpiece, an adult beverage, or a seasonal treat like a box of candy or anything ham radio related.
• Three Swaps and You’re Out
  If you get stolen from three times during the game, you are out of the game and can no longer be stolen from
• Three Swaps and the Gift is Out
  If a present gets stolen three times, it’s out of the game and the person who holds it gets to walk away with it

CWops is a club for CW Operators. CWOps is a very different club and stands out as a unique international organization because it advances the “state of the art” of CW operating across the full spectrum of CW activities including:

• Early Introduction
• Rag Chewing
• Contesting
• DXing
• Awards Chasing

CW Ops is pleased to announce that it is sponsoring a "CWops Award for Advancing the Art of CW" and is now accepting nominations for this prestigious award for the year 2021.

The purpose of the award is to recognize individuals, groups, or organizations that have made the greatest contribution(s) toward advancing the art or practice of radio communications by Morse code.

For full details see the Award website: Click Here

Candidates for the award may be one or more of the following:

• Authors of publications related to CW
• CW recruiters, trainers, mentors, coaches and instructors
• Public advocates of CW
• Organizers of CW activities
• Designers and inventors who advance the art or practice of CW
• Other contributors to the art or practice of CW

Note: The award is not limited to amateur radio operators or their organizations

Nominations may be made by anybody (not limited to CWops members). Nominations should be emailed to with a copy to . In order to be considered, a nomination should be received by March 18, 2021 and include:

• Name(s) and call sign(s) (if applicable) of nominee(s)
• Complete contact information including
  • Postal Address(es),
  • email Address(es),
  • Telephone Number(s)
• A detailed explanation supporting nominee qualifications
• Name, telephone number, email address, and call sign (if applicable) of the person submitting the nomination

Presentation of Award plaque will be presented at the Dayton Hamvention. If the recipients are not present, it will be sent to them

RST TUCSON SPRING HAMFEST

To Download the Flyer: Click Here

Saturday March 27, 2021

Time: 7:00 AM - 12:00 AM

FREE ADMISSION & PARKING

FREE Testing by The Laurel VEC

Time: 9:00 AM to 11:00 AM

Seller setup starts at 6:00 AM

Seller/Vendor spaces are $10/space

ARCA Meeting

Time: 11:00 AM

Location: TBD

Morning Snacks brought to you by BSA Troop 157

ARRL Awards/Card Checking

LOCATION:

Target, NORTH PARKING LOT

9615 E. Old Spanish Trail

Tucson, AZ

Talk-in Frequencies:

FM: 145.250 MHz, Tone: 156.7 Hz

DSTAR: 445.900, K7RST B

Fusion: 146.800

RAFFLE

Tickets: $2 each, 3 for $5, 7 for $10

Need not be present to win

PRIZES:

• Yaesu FT70D, Fusion Ready Handheld
• Predator 2000 Watt Generator
• MFJ – 822 SWR HF/VHF Mobile SWR Meter
• Target Gift Cards, $100 and $25

The 2020 ARRL Field Day is June 27-28.

With great disappointment, that RST must inform you that our usual Mt. Bigelow Field Day Site is well within the Evacuation Zone of the Bighorn Fire. According to the latest maps, the fire perimeter was approximately 1/4mi North of our Field Day site. The suspicion is that within 24hrs, if the wind and weather conditions continue, the Field Day site will be directly impacted.

Radio Society of Tucson is officially announcing an OPERATE FROM HOME Field Day Operation for Field Day, taking advantage of the special CovID-19 score aggregation rules the ARRL Field Day committee has set up. More information will be provided shortly.

RST hopes that Catalina Radio Club will join us in supporting this effort and we can use a combined "RST+CRC" aggregation for the results.

Possibilities for collaboration:

• Zoom Party from our Shacks
• Over The Air collaboration on operating conditions
  • 146.800 (RST Repeater)
  • 147.340 (CRC Repeater)
  • 147.000 (N7HND Repeater) or
  • 146.520 FM (National Simplex)

This year the ARRL is saying that "A Time to Adapt" (for full details visit Field Day 2020 — A Time to Adapt). The ARRL would like us to do Field Day in a different way. Their highlights are as follows:

• Encourage club members to operate from their home stations on emergency power (Class E)
• Use the club’s repeater as a means for individual participants to keep in touch during the event
• Family members interested in operating Field Day and unable to participate as part of a larger group may want to consider setting up a portable station in the backyard with a temporary antenna

The AZ QSO Party is coming in October!!

The Arizona QSO Party (AZQP) is a fun amateur radio competitive event. Join the party. Make some contacts. Have ham radio fun! The AZ QSO Party Website or see the AZ QSO FLYER has everything you need to know, including up-to-date information on Rules, Activated Counties, Awards, Resources, and more. You do NOT need to “compete” to have lots of fun in the AZQP. Casual non-competitive operation is highly encouraged and can be quite rewarding. Also, if you are just getting started in contesting, Check out the New Contester award.