Here's a map of all the repeater location for the 2024 Repeater Roundup.  Map is courtesy of Rob McCray, KN4VZR, of the Tuscaloosa ARC.

The Magnolia ARC will host the 2024 Repeater Roundup on November 9, 2024, from 7AM to 7PM. All call signs are welcome to participate; club membership is NOT required to take part.

Three files have been uploaded to the FILES section of the Magnolia ARC Facebook page, and these are the files you will need to download and print. They are Instructions, Log Sheet, and Repeater List. The link to the files page can be found here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/497073537139477/files/files The files can also be found at the bottom of this article.  (Click "Read more" below to see the rest of the article.)

Area 51 Radio Group and Jackson County Amateur Radio Association are working with Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, & Parks (MDWFP) to promote public awareness of amateur radio and Mississippi's State Park system. There are 21 State Parks in Mississippi that are registered with Parks on the Air (POTA). It would be awesome if we are able to activate all 21 parks on the same day during the same time period!

We need help from Ham Radio Operators to make this happen. Please consider signing up for a time to activate a Mississippi State Park on Saturday, May 18, 2024 between the hours of 9:00 am - 6:00 pm CDT. We are looking for activators willing to work a morning shift or an afternoon shift.

Email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it to SIGN UP to Activate a park.

For more information, visit MSPOTA Mississippi Parks on the Air

Steve Akers, N5OMK, was recently presently with a singular recognition, a framed certificate naming him as a Lifetime Member of the Magnolia Amateur Radio Club.

Steve is well known in North Mississippi as an avid supporter of amateur radio, so much so that his semi-official nickname is "The Supreme Net Commander".  Steve spent many years serving as net control for the MSU W5YD weekly net, and currently serves as net control for the twice-monthly Backporch Net (first and third Sunday nights) on the K5DY Maben repeater.

Steve is a second generation ham radio operator.  His father was Jim Akers, W5VZF, who was a mainstay of the amateur radio community in North Mississippi for decades.

Steve is an avid CW operator, and checks in daily on CW nets around the nation.

Congratulations to N5OMK, and our club's appreciation for your lifetime of service to local amateur radio.

(Photo: MARC Club President Doug Camp, K5BAK, presents certificate to Steve akers, N5OMK.)

On April 15, 2023 the Magnolia Amateur Radio Club held an "Antenna Party", and renovated the 2M repeater antenna on the Maben Fire Tower.    This involved taking down the old, non-functional antenna, and installing a new, folded dipole at the top of the tower.

Club members were onsite from before 9 AM until mid-afternoon.  High winds and threats of lightning hampered some of the progress, but all the work was finished except for the actual antenna install.  That was completed April 22.

About a dozen club members took part in the event.  New steps were installed on the tower, platforms were repaired, and new hardline was pulled up the tower.   The old antenna was lowered using a rope and pulley system devised by AD5HM.

The frequency is 147.315, tone 110.9.

Click "Read More" below left to see the photos.

Each year the Magnolia Amateur Radio Club gathers for a Christmas season dinner.  This year we got together on December 8 at La Terraza Mexican Restaurant, and we had a ball.   About 25 folks filled up multiple tables.

The Magnolia Amateur Radio Club will get together at 6:00 PM, December 8, at La Terrazza Mexican Restaurant in Starkville for our December meeting.

Getting together for a Mexican dinner is a tradition for the Magnolia ARC, and this year promises to be a great gathering.   The pandemic is over around here, gas prices have come down a bit, and it's just plain old time to gather for a meal.

K5RFL has set up a sign-up list (the restaurant needs to plan with semi-accurate numbers), so please take a moment to click the link below and register your plans to attend.   You can come whether you sign up or not, but signing up always yields a better-planned meeting.

Click here to register!

Our regular monthly meeting was rescheduled this month (November, 2022), and held in the front yard of Steve, N5OMK.

Andrew (AD5HM) set up his portable grill on the sidewalk, and cooked bacon, eggs, sausage, and pancakes.  Other members brought pigs in a blanket, fruit salad, grits, and sausage biscuits.  N5OMK kept the hot coffee flowing.

El Presidente Doug, K5Bak, presented Angela (KI5SAG) with her ARRL Emergency Coordinator name plate for being the Winston County's new EC.  Several XYLs and even a pair of twin cuties showed up for a hot breakfast on a chilly morning.

In the photo at the left, N5MPC Andy offers AD5HM Andrew some advice on how to do a better job on the sausage. A total of 19 folks showed up to fellowship and dine al fresco this morning.

Click "Read more" under the photo to see more photos of the morning.