WELCOME TO MARCO ISLAND

Marco Island Radio Club Members:

K4AAT Andrew	AA4GTGeorge
K5MIR Curtis	KG5QD Dale
K4MIF Donna	W4/DK6CX Gitta
K4MGS Jack	K3AVR/HK3AVR Jim
KK9TT Joe	N1DL Karl
W4LFK George	KK9TTL Lisa
KD4IQC Lincoln	KM4MI Mike
K0LAW Monte	KJ5CB Paul
N2CGA Robert	K5MIF Steve
N1UL Ulrich	K5MI Marco Island Radio Club
W4SFR Dave

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Club News:

Lisa KK9TTL has upgraded to General class - congrats! Together with her hubby KK9TT they bought a 40 foot Motorhome and are RV'ing thru the US with IC7000 on board.

K3AVR Jim is periodically at his second QTH in Bogota, Colombia and QRV as HK3AVR. Daughter Sabrina has a ham license now KJ4BMX and will attend the University of Gainsville/FL.

KJ5CB Paul is alternating between his homes in Marco Island, FLorida and Tijeras, New Mexico.

K4MIF Donna and K5MIF Steve have won in the tower battle with the city of Marco Island. The new motorized tower is finally up. Check it out on K5MIF's Home page

Ulrich N1UL replaced his aluminium yagi with a 3 element SteppIR and has a great signal. He is also QRV from his sailing yacht Dragonfly.

N1DL Karl is operating from his Naples Penthouse now with a vertical antenna and in the summer months from the second QTH in the mountains of Blue Ridge, Georgia with a SteppIR yagi.

W4SFR Dave got his Extra class license - Congrats! Now if he would just be more active on the bands!

W4LFK George originally from Roanoake, VA flew down here in his Cirrus airplane and got stuck in Marco Island. He is reactivating his Ham Radio gear after a long QRX and active from the very northern tip of the island with an IC7000 and a Hi-Q screwdriver vertical.

N3ISH George is now AA4GT and his XYL Mary, NV4Z live about 10 miles north of Marco Island and are active county hunters and activators.

KD4IQC Lincoln age 96 who lives on Plantation Island in the Everglades is now a regular on the Marco Repeaters and at our luncheons. He runs a repeater on 145.27 that is accessible from Marco. His QTH runs 100% on solar electricity. Right now he moves back and forth between his Everglades and Ft.Pierce QTHs.

Marco Island Radio Club members meet for lunch several times a week. Contact any member on the repeater for details of the venue. ( Thursdays 1145 at Porky's are a safe bet - table in the far right corner