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Midcoast Maine Digiham

Picture of tower crew at base of antenna tower.

From the photo archives of years past: Club members lend a hand in 2003 erecting self-supporting 55' Rohn tower at QTH of K1BEA in Union, Maine.

Photo Credit WJ1C, Col. John Carr: (l.r.) N1HPU, Ben Benedetti; KB1HZU, Mike McCarty; K1BEA, Ken Orne; KB1LIB, Millie Orne; N1AFV, Gordon Jameson (SK); K1SAM, Sam Godfrey; W1DAL, Dave Lawrence; WC1W, Will Chadwick (SK); KB1LCG, Norm Meyer; W1BDL, Charlie Kigel (SK).





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UPDATE:   November 22, 2012

Our next meeting is December 8, 2012, at 11:00 AM at the Knox County Courthouse in the EMA office in Rockland, Maine. RACES group meets at 10:00 AM, just prior to regular meeting. Club officers will be elected at this meeting.

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Please use the KC1CG 145.490/-600/91.5 repeater as primary access to Chimes Net. The backup repeater is W1PBR/r: 147.060/+600/91.5.

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Happy Thanksgiving to all!!

Check into the "Chimes Net"

145.490 Mhz (91.5 PL)
Daily, 8:00 P.M. local time.



Please use the KC1CG 145.490/-600/91.5 repeater as primary access to Chimes Net.
The backup repeater is W1PBR/r: 147.060/+600/91.5.

In memory of Charlie Kigel, W1BDL


Charlie's Humanitarian Efforts As a Ham Operator Years Ago


Picture of old grandfather clock.

Click Here For Info & Actual Audio Transmission

Thank you Mike, KB1HZU, for recording the original VHF radio transmission of Charlie, W1BDL, opening the Chimes Net. And also thanks to Chad, N1SDR, for converting the original formatting into a much cleaner, high fidelity mp3 file. Great work!



Have you talked to the International Space Station?
Pen Bay ARC was the first in the Pine Tree state
to contact the ISS.   Read Here


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"73 From W1PBR"


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