Volume 2 Number 5
May 5, 2005
Published Monthly
Lenoir, North Carolina
"Dedicated to Public Service"
Training!
The next regularly scheduled meeting of the Lenoir ARC is set for
May
12th (Thursday), 7PM
, at our new meeting place, the EOC building.
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The Greenville-Spartanburg
Hamfest
is set for May 7th in Spartanburg.
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Go to home page of our website and click on "Calendar of Events" at top of screen for a grid-type calendar for a more comprehensive listing of upcoming events...or
simply
click here
.
The Caldwell Amateur Radio Emergency Services (CARES) Net is called every Sunday night at 8:30 PM on the 147.33 (Hibriten) repeater. This is a formal directed net and is sponsored by the ARES. Its purpose is to train, and keep in readiness, a pool of qualified emergency radio operators in the event of a local and/or regional emergency. Net checkins will be called by alpha groups and, unless you check in & out, you will be called again during the informal portion to offer any comments, etc. The 147.33 repeater has a CTCSS tone of 141.3 mhz.
Satellite & APRS
by
Rick, N4WYK
?? Did you know... ??
The umbrella, that pedestrian implement, originated in ancient Egypt, where it was used by the royal family and nobles as a symbol of rank in a theocratic society. Practical use came later.
(Reprinted from Isaac Asimov's Book of Facts, 1981 Ed., Pg. 172).
KF4WOD - 147.195 (N4NIN)
(Continued from last month).
We now have the radio, antenna, and duplexer to work FM satellites using QRP. But you need two other required pieces to make it all work; a computer (laptop or Palm)...and the vital tracking program! An excellent tracking program may be downloaded at
Satscape's
website. For a great Palm tracking program try
PocketSat
.
To find out how to link everything up and start enjoying QRP FM Satellite tracking go to
amsat.org
for some beginning pointers or try the
HeavensAbove
website for more information. Remember...patience. ENJOY!
-73, Rick
(This 3-part series began with the March issue of the Newsletter. -Ed.)
http://www.lenoir-arc.org
One of the best ways to sharpen your emergency communications skills is to check in to the weekly CARES Net (see column at right).
CV Hamfest Aftermath
The day dawned perfectly clear, tho chilly, but the daytime temps were a delight at 65 degrees...a perfect day for the Catawba Valley Hamfest! The workers did their job with hardly a glitch. It appeared all had a good time. WELL DONE CATAWBA VALLEY HAMFEST TEAM!!
Looking for an all-band HF antenna that is easy to construct, costs nearly nothing (less than $35), and works great DX? Then you may want to try this Loop antenna described in the November 1985 issue of QST. The performance is vastly superior to a regular dipole and is more-or-less unidirectional. While the antenna performs very well on 20, 15, and 10 meters, it really shines on 80 and 40 due to its high-angle of radiation. A 275 foot spool of wire, 3 or 4 egg-type insulators, & some nylon rope & coax does it! (Plans on Website
)
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