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What’s new at MCARC

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Public Dipole Calculator

  • The Dipole Calculator is now available publicly without signing in at /tools/dipole-calculator/.
  • Visitors can calculate overall and per-side wire lengths from an exact frequency or a common amateur band on desktop and mobile devices.

Public Meeting Minutes Library

  • Nineteen historical monthly meeting minutes are now organized by meeting date in the public Documents library.
  • Administrators can publish future documents with a document date, public visibility, and categories that can be added, renamed, or removed.
  • The public library adapts to phones and desktop browsers, with full-width mobile controls and flexible multi-word search.

New Dipole Calculator

  • Members can now calculate the overall wire length and matching side lengths for a center-fed half-wave dipole using an exact frequency or common amateur band.
  • The calculator shows feet, inches, and meters, along with practical guidance for safely trimming and tuning the finished antenna.

Clearer Homepage Radio Artwork

  • The public homepage now keeps both hero radios visible on wide desktop screens while retaining the 147.285 MHz Loogootee repeater display.

Corrected Hero Radio Frequency

  • The handheld radio in the shared public hero image now displays the club's 147.285 MHz Loogootee repeater frequency. Everything else in the hero remains unchanged.

Expanded Area Repeater Directory

  • The public repeater page now includes all 35 complete listings visible in the supplied club directory: 21 on 2 meters, 10 on 70 centimeters, three on 1.25 meters, and one on 10 meters.
  • Regional listings include the published output, offset, tone, access ID, digital mode, and notes in responsive band-by-band tables.