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Cross-band repeaters

Setting up a cross-band repeater

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Utah cross-band repeater policy

Legal setup of crossband repeaters

How can I legally make my VHF/UHF station into a crossband repeater?

Setting up a non-profit (amateur radio) club

Creating an amateur radio club

605-C

include the following

Keep his / her own license current
Keep the club license and mailing address current
Maintain good standing with the club
Apply for a club vanity call sign, as directed by the club leadership
Provide the FCC with club station information, upon request
Designate control operator(s) for club station(s) during each club event
Specify which (personal, club, special event) call sign to use for each club event

Utah Nonprofit Articles of Incorporation

Apply for an EIN

Select View Additional types
Select Social or Savings Club
Enter your name and SSN
Select I am a responsible and duly authorized officer or member
Fill in the address, phone, club name
Select No for motor vehicle, gambling, Form 720, alcohol, and employees
What does your business do? Select Other, and then Organization
Select Social or civic, then enter Amateur Radio Club
Select Receive letter online
Click Submit

GuideStar search

EDGAR search

Apply for 501(c)(3) Tax-Exempt Status

Complete the Eligibility Worksheet at the end of the Form 2013-EZ instructions
Register for a company payment account

501(c)(3) Tax-Exempt Status Responsibilities

must read

Apply for a Utah Sales Tax Exemption Number

UVARC Utah Sales Tax Exemption number is N38305

Registering a Utah business

Creating a Utah nonprofit corporation

Apply for Utah sales tax exemption number

How to receipt a cash or in-kind donation

Sample cash donation receipt

Sample in-kind donation receipt

Becoming an ARRL Affiliated Club

Obtaining ARRL Club Liability Insurance

Request an ARRL Club Insurance Add-on

Club Insurance FAQ

Obtaining ARRL Equipment Insurance

Charitable solicitations

Rules for becoming a Utah charity

Utah Charitable Organization Registration

Colorado Charitable Organization Permit

When filing the taxes

Fill out a Utah Statement of Functional Expenses

Note: the State of Utah does not require annual filings by non-profit corporations, but it's good to publish the Statement of Functional Expenses and an Annual Ledger for transparency
Note: the federal government will remove the non-profit status from a corporation that fails to file taxes three years in a row
Note: federal taxes (Form 990-N) cannot be filed from a phone or tablet

If your club income was less than $50,000

the IRS website

Fill out a Form 990-N

(Here are the requirements for using Form 990-N)

Submit Form 990-N (e-Postcard)

Click MANAGE E-POSTCARD PROFILE
Enter your EIN, then click CREATE NEW FILING
Select your EIN, then click CONTINUE
Answer the questions, then click CONTINUE
Answer the questions (correct the website listing), then click SUBMIT FILING
In the e-Postcard Confirmation Warning! window, click OK
Click to Print a copy (Save as PDF) of this filing for your records
Enlarge the receipt and post the PDF file

If your club income was $50,000 or more

Fill out a Form 990-EZ

Instructions for Form 990-EZ

Download the blank form, then fill it out locally

Fill out a Schedule A for Form 990-EZ

Instructions for Schedule A

Fill out a Schedule O for Form 990-EZ

Utah corporations

Utah Department of Commerce

Be prepared with the 990-N receipt in PDF format
In the left nav, select RENEWALS > Annual Report/Renewal with Changes
Must have three Directors, besides the President, and the President is the sole signor

Morse code

No longer required for amateur radio exams, but necessary for CW transmissions and simply fun to know Learn Morse Code Online (LCWO) Morse Code IO (fun way to learn code) CW Academy (CWops) IZ2UUF (popular smartphone app)
CW for the beginner ham (YouTube™ 10:22) Old military training video (YouTube™ 18:34) Your Novice Accent - And What To Do About It (with footnotes by Gordon Smith, K7HFV) See the original text (by Keith Williams, W6DTY, SK, in QST, Nov 1956) Good CW practice (Calling CQ by John Shannon, K3WWP) 20 WPM common words (YouTube™ 6:52) Rhythm of the Code (YouTube™ 2:52)

History

Radio itself

History of ham radio

History of the Phonetic Alphabet

Origins

Where Does '468' Come From?

The word "ham"

The Railroad Telegrapher

by 1896 the term was in full use

The word "ham"

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Radio pioneers

Hans Christian Oersted

Discovered the connection between electricity and magnetism

Carl Friedrich Gauss

Pioneered the study of electricity and magnetism, developed potential theory, inventned the magnetometer and electromechanical telegraph, and was perhaps the greatest mathematician of all time

Michael Faraday

Electromagnetic induction, electrolysis, rotating magnetic field, discovered benzene

Andre-Marie Ampere

The Newton of electricity

James Clerk Maxwell

Theorized the existence of radio waves, invented color photography, the father of elecrical engineering

Heinrich Hertz

Discovered radio waves and proved Maxwell correct, invented the parabolic dish antenna

Mahlon Loomis

very

Samuel Morse

Invented telegraphy (demonstrated it on 01-06-1838)

Edouard Branly

Invented the "coherer" RF detector

Guglielmo Marconi

The father of radio; made the first long-distance radio transmissions (several kilometers) and the first transatlantic wireless transmission (demonstrated on 12-12-1901)

Nikola Tesla

The inventor of radio

John Ambrose Fleming

Invented the vacuum tube, coined power factor

Hiram Percy Maxin

The father of amateur radio

Edwin Armstrong

Pioneer of the airwaves, invented the RF amplifier, FM, superheterodyne receiver

Lee de Forest

Father of electronics, invented the audion and the electronic amplifier

Oliver Lodge

Invented wireless telegraphy and the loudspeaker

Oliver Heaviside

Refined Maxwell's equations, discovered the ionosphere, discovered gravity waves, invented coaxial cable

Reginald Fessenden

Invented AM, heterodyning, SONAR, and much more; made the first two-way transmission and the first voice transmission

Ernst Alexanderson

Invented the RF "alternator"

Hidetsugu Yagi

Patented the Yagi antenna

Hedy Lamarr

The most beautiful woman in the world; invented frequency-hopping

Joe Taylor

First amateur radio Nobel prize winner, invented JT65, JT9, FT8, FT4

Relevant historical figures and VIPs

Kathleen Parkin

Kathleen got licensed at 15 years old in 1916, and made much of her own radio equipment

Granville Woods

Railway telegraph, voice over telegraph

Mary Loomis, W3YA

Radio Theory and Operating for the Radio Student and Practical Operator

Irving Vermilya, the First Ham

Irving met Marconi at a lecture for scientists, built a receiver, then a transmitter, and was the first to get licensed when the government first set up licensing, all at age 11

Jagadish Bose

Pioneered microwave radio, developed the semiconductor junction detector, invented the horn antenna, and invented the waveguide

Thomas Young

Medical doctor who proved light is a wave, was the first to decipher the Rosetta Stone, developed the theory of how eyes detect color, established mathematical principles for the measurement of elasticity, and was dubbed the "Last Man Who Knew Everything"

Violet McKenzie

First Australian female electrical engineer, first Australian female amateur, founded a wireless school, founded a wireless store

Maximilian Kolbe

Patron Saint of Amateur Radio

Virginia Hall

The most dangerous of all Allied spies

Harvey Fletcher

The father of stereophonic sound, made the first stereo recording, invented the hearing aid

Clara Reger

Post-WWII disaster communication manager, long-time CW champion, famous mentor, outstanding ham, founded the YL Radio League, coined "33"

Larry Baysinger

Apollo 11 eavesdropper