About the Superstition Amateur Radio Club
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In the Beginning
The Superstition Amateur Radio Club was founded in 1973 in Apache Junction by a group of recreational vehicle enthusiasts who were also hams, and who participated in the 20 meter RV Net.
The club met in Apache Junction High School, in a classroom, which lent itself to blackboard theory discussions and presentations.
Bill Falk, K7WJF, now a Silent Key, was, to the best of my knowledge, its first President, and was still very active in the club in 1976 upon my first arrival on the scene. Bill gave many blackboard presentations during the meetings in the years that followed.
K7WJF spearheaded many other events to show amateur radio to the public. These included taking messages from the public at street-corner events and passing those messages over the National Traffic System via amateur radio. Bill also taught many Novice amateur radio classes.
After the club put up its repeater on 147.12 in 1977, shortly after the FCC Rules change relaxing repeater licensing requirements, he was sending code practice at 5 words per minute every Wednesday ahead of our Wednesday Night Nets on the repeater.
Many Club Officers and Board members used the Wednesday Night Net for advertising club activities to its members. That net still operates today.
-- Larry Kuck, WB7C
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501(c)3 Nonprofit Organization
Superstition Amateur Radio Club, Inc. has been approved by the Internal Revenue Service as a 501(c)3 tax-exempt nonprofit organization, effective with our initial incorporation in July 1977. Our filing was approved in July 2006.
Board Of Directors
The Board of Directors is made up of the four Officers and seven at-large Directors, elected each November.
Constitution & By-Laws
The Constitution and By-Laws of the Superstition ARC were signed by the Board of Directors on Tuesday, February 17, 2009, and provided for publication on the Web in PDF format, greatly increasing accessibility to the blind and handicapped. Presented here are unsigned copies.
CLUB SHIRTS: Ordering information
You can order a club shirt or jacket with the club logo embroidered on the back, and your name and call sign on the front. Your Way Logos will perform the embroidery for the price of $18.75 plus the cost of the article of clothing.
You may provide your own shirt or buy one from Robbie, of Your Way Logos, and you may choose the colors of the shirt and of the embroidery. The shirt color dictates the available choices of embroidery colors.
How to order:
To place an order, please call or send email. Robbie works out of her home, so orders are placed by appointment.
- YOUR WAY LOGOS
- Phone 480-626-2246 Robbie
- Email: YourWayLogos@cox.net
- By Appointment Only
- Provide your own shirt -or-
- Choose from a wide variety of shirt colors and styles at reasonable prices
- Pay $18.75 for the embroidery in addition to the shirt.
My thanks to Gene, K8WQ for this information.
Club Shirts is a page unto itself with a photo of the back of a white shirt.
Our Meeting Time and Location
- Please see the Superstition ARC Meeting Calendar for all upcoming meetings and presentaions as the information becomes available.
We meet at the:
- Mesa Utilities Office
- 640 N Mesa Drive
- Mesa, AZ 85201
- 640 N Mesa Drive
- On Club meeting Nights please go to the main entrance and use the single glass door on your left. Follow the hall to the end and enter the last room on the left.
- As you enter the glass door, you will find restrooms on the right.
- On VE Testing nights, please use the solid metal door on the left instead.
Superstition ARC Meeting date and time:
Driving Directions:
By Light Rail:
- Option 1: At Sycamore Station transfer onto Route 30 Eastbound to University Dr and Mesa Dr.
- Follow Route 30E directions below.
- Option 2: At Sycamore Station transfer onto Link (Only goes East from here) to Mesa Dr and Main St.
- Follow Route 120N Directions Below.
By Bus:
Routes do change, please visit the Valley Metro Website to confirm the times and routes!
East/West Route 30 Bus (University Drive)
- Take Route 30 to University and Mesa Drive in Mesa. Walk 0.3 Miles north from University. Mesa Utilities Office is almost directly across from Royal Palms Drive.
- University Drive Route 30 Bus schedules and times
- Last Route 30 Bus Eastbound leaves University and Mesa Drive at approximately 10:30 PM.
- Last Route 30 Bus Westbound leaves University and Mesa Drive at approximately 10:35 PM.
North/South Route 120 Bus (Mesa Drive)
- Take Route 120 to 6th Street and Mesa Drive in Mesa. Mesa Utilities Office is almost directly across from Royal Palms Drive.
- Mesa Drive Route 120 Bus schedules and times
- Last Route 120 Mesa Drive North Bus leaves University and Mesa Drive at 8:04 PM.
- Last Route 120 Mesa Drive South Bus leaves University and Mesa Drive at 8:49 PM.