WØBLK Black Hills Amateur Radio Club, Inc.
P.O. Box 294, Rapid City, SD 57709-0294

The meetings of the Black Hills Amateur radio club will be held at the Clubhouse on Radar Hill.

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Our club, located in Rapid City, South Dakota (Pennington County) was founded in 1935 and became an ARRL affiliated club in 1937.  We are an ARRL Special Service Club.  Our members are from the Black Hills area of Western South Dakota and adjacent states.

We invite you to join us at our monthly general meeting on the third Friday of the month starting at 6:30 PM for the social hour with the meeting and technical presentation to follow at 7:30 PM.
The meetings of the Black Hills Amateur radio club will be held at the Clubhouse on Radar Hill.


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Club Officers
  • President: Harry Martens WAØMFZ
  • Vice President: Scott Rausch, WAØVKC
  • Treasurer: Chris Stallkamp, WØADZ
  • Secretary: Charles Douvier, ACØGD

Board of Directors

  • Harry Martens two year term expires September 2010
  • Scott Rausch two year term expires September 2010
  • Bob Hendricksen two year term expires September 2010
  • Charles Douvier two year term expires September 2011
  • Gary Peterson two year term expires September 2011

  • Persons who are interested in becoming Amateur Radio Operators, are invited to attend one of our monthly meetings or they can check the ARRL web page www.arrl.org , for further information.
  • Our annual general meeting, election of officers and pot luck picnic is held on the first (1st) Sunday following the first (1st) Monday in September each year. Annual dues become due and can be paid at this meeting.
  • In February each year the club has its annual fund raising ham auction, VE test session and holiday dinner in the evening.
  • Club's mailing address is: Black Hills ARC, Inc., P.O. Box 294, Rapid City, SD 57709-0294.
  • Pennington County Emergency Coordinator is Scott Rausch, WAØVKC.
  • Club's Callsign Trustee is Gary Peterson, KØCX.

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REMOTE BASE STATION

The remote base is down for repairs at the present time


The club has a remote base station located at its clubhouse on Radar Hill Road. Operation on 16Ø meters through 7Ø cm bands are possible. It is open to all current club members, restricted by their individual license class. The link is by a UHF repeater. Contact Jeff Halgerson, KØHF for further information. Grid Square 84.


Listed below are some of the South Dakota HF nets.

Net name

Time (MT)

Freq.

Days

SD WX Net 0630 3959 kHz Mon - Fri
QCWA Chapter 102 Net 0700 3889 kHz Sundays
3960 Emergency Net 0800 3960 kHz Sundays
SD NJQ Noon Net 1115 3870 kHz Daily
SD NEO Evening Net 1700 3860 kHz Daily
SD  CW Net 1800 3700 kHz Sundays
SD QRP Net 2000 3700 kHz Wednesdays
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