TBARC Index

ThunderBird Amateur Radio Club

an ARRL Affiliated Club
Phoenix, Arizona

Welcome to the TBARC Website

Home:

About Us:

Calendar:

Education:

IRLP Primer:

Library:

Links:

Meetings:

News:

Thank you for stopping by. Please set your Favorite bookmark to this address to keep informed of the Clubs activities and future programs. This page will be our SPLASH page with headline news you should be aware of. Please check it often.

WHAT'S NEW AT TBARC:

PIR April 8-13, 2008
Another successful NASCAR event at Phoenix International Raceway is history. Thanks to a dedicated group of hams and friends of TBARC, the communications were kept going in the Service Radio area. Service Radios are handed out to everyone required to put on a race. This includes the Tow Truck, Ambulance crew, Fire Truck crews, Sweepers, Blowers, Pit Fire crews and even Hospitality. Twenty members and four friends covered the shifts from 6:00 AM to 11:00 PM as was required. Additionally several hours were required to inventory the equipment on Tuesday and Sunday mornings. A special thanks for Marty Elzig for his planning and organizing our efforts. But, the man of the hour - morning and night - was Nick Bolt, KE7IBK. Nick was our trainer, trouble shooter and chauffeur. He opened the trailers in the morning and closed them at night. A Special thanks to Nick Bolt and to Ryan Weller, KE7RZI, for making it a fun and worthwhile Club activity. See you all next November when NASCAR returns to PIR.

Spring Social
The Annual TBARC Spring Social was a blast. It was a bit windy, but we suffered through. The pot-luck picnic was held at North Mountain Park on Saturday, April 19th. Twenty seven members and guests were in attendance, not including two of Kevin's K-9 friends. The food was very tasty and the fellowship was very enjoyable. Brad Collister should be thanked for his fine effort in making our social a great success. You can thank Brad at bcollister@cox.net.

TAKE A TOUR: Now that you have the headline, check out the other features on the web site and get acquainted with Thunderbird Amateur Radio Club and it's members. Use the navigation bar on the left for your browsing. If you have questions or comments, contact the Webmaster at info@w7tbc.org. 73 Roger W9NCQ