The Utica Shelby Emergency Communication Association is a group of over 150 hams from all over the Metro-Detroit area. This club is the largest and most active club in southeast Michigan. One of our claims to fame is our Field Day events. In the past several years, we have had the distinction of having the largest Field Day in North America (by virtue of our guest list), and we have placed in the Top 10 overall for the past five years (with a 3rd place overall finish in 2000 - running QRP!). In 2004 USECA finished 14 out of 16 in the MI QSO Party in our class. In 2005 USECA finished 6 out of 10 in our class also placing first in class in the Arizona sQRPions FYBO contest. For the past two years USECA has been involved in the SPAR Winter field day. In the 2009 SPAR Winter field day USECA placed first. The Armada Middle School has also seen USECA envolvement with classroom amateur radio presentations, contacts with the International Space Station and establishing an amateur radio station at the school with students working toward amateur licensing. Also, during the summer, listen for USECA on the US Coastguard Ship Bramble during museum ship weekend.

Current issue: Feb, 2012

USECA is affiliated with the ARRL and is a Special Service Club. We hold regular VE Testing in the Mt. Clemens area and work with organizations like: RACES, ARES, Skywarn, SCCA, MS Society, and SATERN. We also have a LOT OF FUN! Club members regularly organize camp-outs, boating excursions, trap and pistol shoots, QRP expeditions, "fox" hunts (hidden transmitter), picnics, road rallies, rock and roll parties, CW nets, and bicycle rides.

One of USECA's main claims to fame is our repeater system. Our repeater is known as the "friendliest repeater in town", and can be found on a frequency of 147.180 MHz, and can be accessed by use of a 100 Hz CTCSS tone.

The USECA Express is the club's regular newsletter. The Express is one of the nation's finest amateur radio club newsletters! Our newsletter has earned the highest rating for newsletters judged all over the country by the Amateur Radio News Service. This fine newsletter is certainly one of the privileges of membership!

Our mailing address is: P.O. Box 46331, Mt. Clemens, MI 48046.