The club's mailing address is:
The Norwood Amateur Radio Club
PO Box 163
Norwood, Mass 02062-0163
Dues:
For current members, annual
dues are payable no later than the January general meeting. For new members,
annual membership dues are payable on the date of the next general membership
meeting. Associate Members, additional Family Members, Blind members
and Student Members shall have their dues discounted by an amount determined
by the Executive Board.
For existing full members, the current
dues structure is $20.00 per year. Additional family members are $5.00
per year per additional family member. Associate, Blind, and Student members
are handled on a case-by-case basis.
For new members, the first year dues structure is as follows:
New Members joining the club in January
through and including May – $20.00 covering the current calendar year.
Additional family members are $5.00 per additional family member.
New Members joining the club in June
through and including October – $10.00 covering the current calendar year.
Additional family members are $2.50 per additional family member.
New Members joining the club in November
or December – $20.00 covering the NEXT calendar year. Additional family
members are $5.00 per additional family member.
Annual dues may be paid at any of the
general meetings, or by mail. Please make all checks payable to The Norwood
Amateur Radio Club. If paying by mail, please mail your check to:
The Norwood Amateur Radio Club
PO Box 163
Norwood, Mass 02062-0163
E-Mail Reflectors:
The club maintains several
E-Mail reflectors hosted by googlegroups.com that are used to disseminate
various types of information. Most of the reflectors are restricted to
current members of the club, and a few are restricted to the various committees
within the club. The following is a list of the current reflectors:
K1JMRCHAT - This is an unmoderated
reflector. As the name implies, it is a chat type of message base that
can be used to post any type of message. All members with E-Mail addresses
are automatically subscribed to this reflector. You can change your subscription
options, and even unsubscribe from this reflector simply by accessing www.googlegroups.com
and selecting the K1JMRCHAT reflector.
K1JMR - This is a moderated reflector
that is used by the E-Board to notify members of important happenings within
the club. Any message sent to this reflector must be approved by an E-Board
member before the message is sent out. All members with E-Mail addresses
are automatically subscribed to this reflector. You can change your subscription
options, and even unsubscribe from this reflector simply by accessing www.googlegroups.com
and selecting the K1JMR reflector.
K1JMR_NEWSCARRIER - This is a moderated
reflector used by the E-Board to send electronic versions of the NewsCarrier
to our members. There are some non-members that are subscribed to this
group; For instance, some ARRL staff, and some former members that have
moved out of the area. Any message sent to this reflector must be approved
by an E-Board member before the message is sent out. All members with E-Mail
addresses are automatically subscribed to this reflector. You can change
your subscription options, and even unsubscribe from this reflector simply
by accessing www.googlegroups.com and selecting the K1JMR_NEWSCARRIER reflector.
NARCEBOARD - This is a restricted,
unmoderated reflector that is used by members of the Executive Board to
communicate ideas, and status of projects they are working on. All members
of the Executive Board with E-Mail addresses are automatically subscribed
to this reflector. You can change your subscription options, and even unsubscribe
from this reflector simply by accessing www.googlegroups.com and selecting
the NARCEBOARD reflector.
World Wide Web:
The club maintains a public
web site at http://www.norwood-arc.org. All members are encouraged to provide
information and feedback on the content of the site. We also have a private
members web site that is accessed via a link from our public site. All members in
good standing are provided access to the members only site. The club webmaster will
provide you with an initial password that you may change at any time. Continued access
to the members only site is controlled by our membership database. As long as your dues
are current, you will be able to access the site.
In addition to access to the members only web site, all members who have an E-Mail address
listed in the membership database will also be provided with a vanity club E-Mail address.
The Norwood Amateur Radio Club E-Mail server is set up to forward member E-Mail sent to
their vanity E-Mail address (callsign@norwood-arc.org) to the E-Mail address listed in the
membership database. It is extremely important that your "real" E-Mail address be kept up-to-date
in the membership database to avoid bouncing E-Mail messages.
Redirected E-Mail addresses such as amsat.org, arrl.net, and qsl.net as well as known problematic
E-Mail systems such as hotmail.com, juno.com, and yahoo.com will not be accepted as the target for
vanity E-Mail addresses.
Club Net:
The club conducts a weekly
net on 2 meter FM and occasionaly 10 meter USB every Tuesday starting at 8:00
P.M. The first round of the net is held on the club's W1JLI Memorial repeater 147.210
(+ offset). The second round may be held on 10 meter USB at or about 28.345.
In order to be able to accommodate our Novice and Technician with code
class license holders, the 10 meter portion of the net is always held within
the Novice portion of the 10 meter band. Net Control for the NARC nets
rotates among members of the club who have expressed an interest in serving
as net control. If you are interested in trying your hand as a net control
station, talk to the net manager. If your license class does
not permit transmitting on the HF bands, the net manager will
find a secondary net control station for you to team with.
Club Repeater
On October 21, 2000, the
management of the W1JLI 147.210 repeater was transferred to the Norwood
Amateur Radio Club. On September 19, 2006, the club was officially granted the W1JLI call sign by the FCC, and the
W1JLI Memorial Repeater was officially launched. The club would like to thank Jeff Schall, KB1AFO for allowing us to
memorialize his father, Lou Schall, by entrusting us with his fathers call sign.
The repeater is currently operating at the Cingular Cell site
located behind the Norwood High School. The repeater antenna, provided by the
Norwood Emergency Management Agency, is mounted on one of
the town water tanks also located behind the Norwood High School. The repeater's
coordinated frequency of 147.210 MHz
runs a plus offset (receives on 147.810 MHz). There is currently no tone required to activate the repeater. The repeater is
configured, and the antenna is directed to reduce interference with the Warren, Mass
147.210 repeater. Therefore, you may encounter difficulties "hitting" the repeater
from Western Mass. Many members of the club can also be
found on the Walpole Emergency Management Agency repeater at 146.895, and the Canton
K1BFD UHF repeater at 449.425.