DARC Calendar of Events

Mobile Relay Associates to Return

At our May meeting Mark Abrams, WA6DPB, (and

possibly Mark Lidikay, KE6TNM, as well) from Mobile

Relay Associates will return to talk about their com-

mercial systems.

Mark Abrams is the President and one of the found-

ers of MRA. He has been involved in Land Mobile

Radio since 1968 as a technician, system engineer

and business owner. He’s led system installations in

Florida and San Francisco for Nextel and has in-

stalled NEXEDGE networks in Southern California

and in the Denver, Colorado areas.

Mark has designed and installed DAS systems, mas-

ter antenna systems and worked for a GE authorized

radio dealer during the 1970s. Mark is an expert in

the field of FCC licensing and has been nationally

recognized by the FCC in many of the Commission

legal proceedings including discovering unused spec-

trum (that was laying fallow nationwide) that the FCC

put into use for the land mobile community as a result

of his work.

Mark Lidikay is a network engineer. Mark has worked

at MRA for 6 years. For the past 21 years, Mark Lidi-

kay has served as a senior network engineer, pro-

grammer and computer/network systems integrator.

He has extensive experience with master antenna

systems, cable TV systems, DAS systems, locating

radio interference, amateur radio, test equipment re-

pair, general electronics design, electronic trouble-

shooting, electronic repair and logic systems.

Workshops for all classes of Amateur Radio Licenses

The Downey Amateur Radio Club 

provides training

for all classes of Amateur Radio licenses. 

The next class is May 30 & 31 from 8am-5pm.

This will be a "Technician" Level Class

Contact Ralph, KI6JAR

wynnsradio@msn.com

 or 

Reach out to 

Dave Glenn, N6TEB

N6TEB@ARRL.NET

for further information.