The newly-formed Headwaters Amateur Radio Club of Montana is growing strong: Members are preparing to hold their first meeting on the 19th of January at the Belgrade Chamber of Commerce office -- and making plans to participate in Winter Field Day a week later. According to their publicity director, Carol Flaherty, KA7ROL, the club was formed recently in Belgrade and has already had some success holding a net using 2-meters simplex. They are hoping soon to establish a repeater.

The biggest priority will be to provide emergency communications to the various communities in this snowstorm- and windstorm-prone region in Montana's Gallatin Valley. For now, the club continues in growth mode. Carol said members expect to welcome area university students and some of the Scouts who received their ham licenses after last summer's Camporee.