Welcome to the Wireless Association of South Hills Club Website....

Everyone is welcome!!! Activities to include Annual Field Day event, Annual PA QSO Party, Annual 2 Meter Contest, Club Picnics, Annual Club Ham Fest, ARRL/VEC exams, special events, local ARES/RACES support, VHF/UHF repeaters and more.

Amateur radio, is a noncommercial, licensed system of communication, and is as old as the medium of radio itself. Ham radio is a hobby to most participants, but hams are best known for the emergency communications they provide during disasters. Hams are licensed by their government to communicate both domestically and internationally on a wide variety of radio bands.

Are you interested in making new friends wherever you go? Would you like to talk without having to worry about roaming, overage, or other cell-phone charges? Would you like the security to know that you can call out for help no matter where you are, or what disaster has happened? Then ham radio might just be for you. Click HERE to find out more information on how to get started. Have you been studying for your license? Come to our next test session at the Peters Township Library. Click HERE for more information.

Please take the time to explore this site, and the many activities of the Wireless Association of South Hills. Email webmaster@n3sh.org with any suggestions, good or bad, content to add (especially upcoming events), photos and what ever you like

 

Club News / Events!!

 

Club Dues Announcement 

The end of 2008 means that Annual Club Dues are due by January 1st. Full membership in the club will remain at $20.00 per member. Family membership add-on will remain at $3.00 per family member.

Membership requirements are as covered in Article V of our Club By laws which are posted on the website.

Membership expires December 31 of current year regardless of the month you joined. That is why we have discounted dues for new members joining later in the year.

Dues can be paid at any meeting, by mail or online via PayPal. Click HERE to pay your dues online for 2008.


Silent Key

Hank Marzina KB3FNM, 67, Bethel Park, March 4th 2009. “Loving husband and best friend of 46 ½ years
to Mary Lou (Gigliotti) Marzina. Proud father of Jeffrey (Lora), Gregory (Janet) and Stephen (Barbara) Marzina. Beloved grandfather of Travis, Alexa, Elena, Emily, Eliza, Jacob, Madelyn and Nathan. Son of the late Henry Jr. and Veronica (Ruffing) Marzina. Spent 21 years with BK Elliott Co. and Oce Industries leaving in 1981 to begin operating his own business, Precision Reproductions, retiring in 2007. He was a member of the So. Hills Power Squadron, Library Sportsmen's Club, Camp Buckhorn, Pleasant Hills Rotary Club, the Greater Pittsburgh Aquarium Society, and Pittsburgh Area Killifish Association. He was a
longtime tropical fish enthusiast, keeping and propagating unusual and exotic fish.”


“WASH lost a great member and friend of the club on March 4th, 2009 after a several year battle with
cancer. Hank Marzina, KB3FNM became a ham through his acquaintance with Don and Margie Stark,
N3HOW and N3HOZ and their mutual interest in the US Power Squadrons. Hank was an active member
both in WACOM and then WASH where he became involved with many things including arranging a Field
Day site at the last minute when we found no other place to go, being a net control station for our weekly
Sunday evening FM net, and operating the club station on Field Day and PA QSO party. Hank's
infectious personality, quick wit as well as his helpfulness will be missed. Our thoughts and prayers go
out to Mary Lou, Hank's wife and his sons Jeff, Gregg and Steven and their families.”
— Kevin Smith N3HKQ


 

Club HAM Fest

Now in our Fourteenth big year!

WASHfest 2009

WashFest 2009 Main Prize Winners

1st Prize: FT897D Yaesu HF/6m/2m/70cm W/60m - Ed Oelschlager, N3ZNI

2nd Prize: IC92AD ICOM 2m/70cm D-STAR SUBMERSIBLE - Bill Menk, W3LAB

3rd Prize: Z100 LDG Electronics .1 to 125 Watt Auto Tuner - Dave Kitzinger, N3DFK

 


 

Club Updates

The clubs newsletter website is not working at this time. for the time being, here are the last few months of newsletters:


2009 Pittsburgh Marathon Needs Your Help!!

Sign up now to help work the 2009 Pittsburgh Marathon! We need around 150 Amateur Radio operators to help make this huge event a success. On-line registration makes it easy to volunteer. Even if you are new to Amateur Radio you can always help.

You will simply be paired up with a more experienced operator. We need people at mile posts, aid stations, shadows, on buses, bicycles and more.

Plan now on working the Pittsburgh Marathon on May 3rd, 2009. You'll be glad you did. For more details and to sign up simply go to:
marathon.central.org
Also: www.pittsburghmarathon.com


Contact: Jeff Hutzelman N3NHS
jhutz@cmu.edu
412-401-8348
Thanks in advance for your support!


 

Coming in May!! NP2SH will be activated once again. Stop back for details!!


Have your Call Sign cut out of White Pine or Red Oak

Lots Sold!!! They make great gifts! Order yours today!!

Each one is handcrafted from solid 3/4 inch thick Top Grade White Pine or Red Oak. You can stain, paint or just leave it the way it comes! The Large Size letters are approximately 2 inches tall and the Small Size letters are approximately 1 inch tall. Overall length varies with each Call Sign. Each Call Sign comes complete with up to 3 coats of Minwax Helmsman ® Spar Urethane .

Get you Call Sign custom made on a High Quality Vinyl for your vehicle. They make perfect Christmas Gifts

 

Click HERE to go to Randy, N3ZK's website to order today!!


Let me tell you about A.R.F. by Todd - W8LEV

ARF is a mobile Amateur Radio operator's dream! Have you ever wanted to know what repeaters are nearby when you travel?  ARF can tell you!
It's an electronic kit that contains the entire U.S. repeater database for the 2m, 70cm, 6m, 10m, 33cm, 23cm & 1.25m bands.  Using GPS technology, it can locate up to 16 of the nearest of any combination of the above and can display them on its 4x20 LCD display.  In addition, it can program your radio so that you can immediately use any repeater it found!
ARF should be available some time in June, so please check back often to see it's progress!
Click HERE to view more information on A.R.F.

 

Other News

 

 

Skywarn Training Meetings

conducted by Rich Kane, Warning Coordination Meteorologist

Click HERE for upcoming meetings

 

 

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