"Amateur Radio FM and Repeaters in the SouthEast"

UPDATE - August 18th, 2010 at 17:10EDT

Like the May Issue, The August issue of the Repeater Journal IS RUNNING LATE.  yOUR PATIENCE IS APPRECIATED AND YOU WILL BE RECEIVING YOUR COPY OF THE AUGUST 2010 EDITION IN THE immediate FUTURE.  THE REPEATER JOURNAL WENT TO PRESS AT 11:50 TODAY!

PLEASE ALSO BE AWARE THAT THE SERA EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE WAS SUCCESSFUL IN FINDING AND APPOINTING A NEW & VERY QUALIFIED EDITOR FOR THE sera rEPEATER jOURNAL.  jOHN gHORMLEY, KJ4UFG, OF WALKERTOWN, NC, IS ON STAFF NOW WORKING WITH OUR FORMER EDITOR, GARY PEARCE, KN4aQ, AND "LEARNING THE ROPES".

Thank you for your patience and your continued support of the SERA.

Interested in advertising in the Repeater Journal?  Contact our editor!

NEWS FROM SERA STATES: News from somewhere near you!

Information from our correspondents in the field.

  HAMFEST CALENDAR & ADVERTISERS: More Details & Information.

Check out our calendar of hamfests.  OK, we forgot to print the reason for the move, so here it is: If you grab the pages between the Hamfest Calendar and the Associate Membership form and yank, you have everything you need to know from hamfests to repeaters to joining SERA in a small, compact wad that will cram quite nicely into your car's glove box.

Behind the Repeater Journal

  The SERA Repeater Journal, our quarterly magazine, is the official voice of SERA and its members. The Journal is published in February, May, August, and November, and distributed to all members. Single copy sales are also available from dealers in the southeast.

News & Features
Submitting News Items
Your State Correspondents
Submitting Hamfest Dates
How To Get The Journal
The Repeater Journal Editor
Repeater Journal Advertising Information
Membership Information
Additional Contact Phone Number & e-Mail Addresses for Help or Information

 

 Repeater Journal Regular Columns:

Randy McKenzie, KK4EJ
"Get The Hammer" - Let's get technical with Randy McKenzie, KK4EJ.  Randy not only provides some good simple technical articles, but on occasion, he shares his own personal situations concerning working on transmitters, towers, and the work done by a RF field technician. Great Stuff!!
David Bower, K4PZT
"Nostalgic Wavelengths" by David Bower, K4PZT.  If you love our history, you'll be delighted with David's articles. Whether it's a visit to Pearl Harbor and the radio rooms of the old ships, to the cockpits of World War II aircraft, or early amateur radio gear, David covers it for the Journal.
Marvin Whatley, AA4YW
"Let's Look at it This Way" by Marvin Whatley, AA4YW . Thought provoking, opinionated and fun to read. Whether Marvin digs into some problems that can pop up from the lack of understanding, or his own pet peeves, he's sure to elicit a comment or two from his readers.


Features and News Stories:

 
We always want news and feature articles.  If it might interest our readers, it interests us.  Contact the editor at  <editor@sera.org>.  Under normal circumstances, and unless specified elsewhere, deadlines for submissions are: December 10th for our February issue, March  10th for our May issue, June 10th for August issue, and September 10th for our November issue. 

Submitting News Items:

Send news to the state correspondents as plain text e-mail.  Send news and feature articles to the editor as plain text or in rtf (rich text format).  Most word processors allow saving your formatted text in rtf, which preserves bold, italics, underlines, etc.

Photos Wanted!   We love printing pictures of hams doing things ... or just standing there, if that's all you can get them to do.  Digital pictures must be high-resolution (one mega-pixel or larger).  Send a copy of the image that came right out of your camera ... don't shrink it, expand it, crop it, or turn it blue (little web-size pictures look fine on your screen, but don't make it in a magazine).  Explain who's in the picture, and what they're doing, and tell us who the photographer was.  Prints should be scanned at 220 dpi minimum, and e-mailed as a high-quality jpeg (file size up to 4 MB OK).  Prints can also be mailed to the editor.  If you want the print back, make that clear in your note.


Repeater Journal State News Correspondents:

Each SERA state has a Correspondent who provides coverage of local clubs, repeaters, activities, and other ham related subjects. These writers are the our eyes and ears for getting news on a local basis. Look below to find your state correspondent and put him or her on your newsletter mailing list, send news of interest.  They are all glad to include your club or activity in future issues of the Repeater Journal

Under normal circumstances and unless specified elsewhere, deadlines for submissions to correspondents are: December 10th for our February issue, March  10th for our May issue, June 10th for August issue, and September 10th for our November issue. 

The SERA State Correspondents are:

GEORGIA - John Talipsky Jr., N3ACK                      n3ack@sera.org
KENTUCKY -  John Farler, K4AVX                           k4avx@sera.org                    
MISSISSIPPI - vacant                
NORTH CAROLINA - Tom Forrest, N4GVK           n4gvk@sera.org
SOUTH CAROLINA - Roger Gregory, W4RWG     w4rwg@sera.org
TENNESSEE - Bob Gault, KD4NEC                        kd4nec@sera.org
VIRGINIA - Joe Landers, KE4EUE                            ke4eue@sera.org
WEST VIRGINIA - Mo Kittle, AD8T                           ad8t@sera.org 


Submitting Hamfest Dates

Hamfest Dates - SouthEastern Hamfest sponsors are urged to keep their hamfest dates current with the Hamfest Calendar Editor. The dates are kept on a database and are run FREE in each issue of the Repeater Journal Hamfest and Convention Calendar. The sooner confirmed dates are received, the more times they will be published correctly, FREE.  Send your information to <hamfest@sera.org> 


 How To Get The Journal:

The Repeater Journal  is  mailed four times every year to members of The Southeastern Repeater Association. By joining SERA as a Full Member (repeater owner) or as an Associate Member (repeater user) you will be assured of getting this valuable magazine every quarter. The Repeater Journal is well worth the annual membership fee (just pennies a day), and you are also supporting a very worthwhile cause - the orderly and efficient coordination of our VHF/UHF repeater spectrum.  If you have membership questions, feel free to inquire to <membership@sera.org>.
 
  1. Join as an Associate or Full Member on the web, or download and print one of the applications here.  You can save 37.5% off the single issue cover price of the Repeater Journal joining the SERA.  (Regular mailings of the Journal are by U.S. Postal Service Bulk Rate to you every quarter.)
  2. Visit our booth at many area hamfests - join, renew, or buy a single copy of the RJ.
  3. Order a single copy of the Journal by Mail. Send Check for $6.00*  (*includes shipping and handling) made out to SERA Repeater Journal.  (Check the dealer list below).

Mail with your name and address to:
SERA Repeater Journal
P. O. Box 215
Tobaccoville, NC  27050-0215

* Single issue orders will be mailed to you, as soon as possible, via First Class Mail.

Repeater Journal Single Copy Dealer List:
 

Ham Radio Outlet
Atlanta, GA


SERA REPEATER JOURNAL EDITORS


If you have any comments, suggestions, or information for or about the SERA Repeater Journal, send them to the editors. We would love to hear from you.

editor@sera.org  

Thank You for your support of the SERA!

REPEATER JOURNAL  ADVERTISING

Display advertising is available in The SERA Repeater Journal. Any dealers, manufacturers, or hamfest sponsors wishing more information about Repeater Journal advertising, should e-mail to <editor@sera.org> .  We will be glad to supply you with any information needed to become a Repeater Journal advertiser.

This is the preferred contact for all administrative aspects - selling, scheduling and billing - and the technical details - receiving graphics, placing ads, creating and modifying ads for those who do not produce their own.

We can accept advertising in any form. Although press-quality PDF is preferred, we have worked with text documents, printed copies, and even MS-PowerPoint slides!

The external dimensions of the Repeater Journal are now 8.125” wide by 10.75” deep (the same as CQ Magazine).  The internal dimensions are 7.25” wide by 9.875” deep.  If you need more information about advertising in the Repeater Journal, please send us an e-mail.

Please contact - editor@sera.org - for complete information and address for submission

 

REPEATER JOURNAL  MAILING

If you should change your mailing address, please notify us at membership@sera.org so that we may update our mailing files.  The Repeater Journal is not normally forwarded by the U.S. Postal Service, because it is sent by third class mail.  As a rule we do request "address correction" when we conduct our mailings, but we do not always receive those update.


FULL AND ASSOCIATE MEMBERSHIP

Don't like using on-line payment links?  Our site is secure, but we still do them the old fashioned way.  For Full Membership make sure you reference the affected repeaters - For Full & Associate Membership send your check or money order (NO CASH), along with your name, call sign, address, phone number, & e-Mail address to us at:

 

SERA Membership
P.O. Box 215
Tobaccoville, NC  27050-0215

<
membership@sera.org>

 

Phone Number for Help or Information:

All general inquiries concerning operation, coordination, repeaters, or memberships are to be sent by e-mail for documentation purposes and the address to use is: <help.info@sera.org>

Only if you need an immediate answer to any general question concerning the operation of the SERA or topics shown above, feel free to contact us by using the toll free SERA Help and Information Line.  Call 888-HAM-SERA (888-426-7372),  between the hours of 08:30 to 18:30 (Eastern) Monday thru Friday.  NOTE - You are calling our secretary at his work location, so if he happens to be busy and away from his phone, leave your message on his voice mail.  

 

Special E-Mail addresses:

help.info@sera.org If you want information about SERA and its services or general assistance when none of the other addresses seem right.
membership@sera.org For address changes made to your information that affects the SERA Repeater Journal delivery.
editor@sera.org Send news, comments, opinions for the Repeater Journal.  
hamfest@sera.org Update your hamfest information for publication in the SERA Repeater Journal Hamfest Calendar.
theircallsign@sera.org The best way to e-mail any SERA officer or staff member.  For example, our President's e-mail address is "w4rwg@sera.org"

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