Volume 5 Number 7 July 5, 2008 Editor Jim Rogers, N4EUX Published Monthly
Lenoir, North Carolina
"Dedicated to Public Service"
Training!
The next
regularly
scheduled meeting of the Lenoir ARC is set for
July 10th (Thursday), 7:00 PM,
at the
Gamewell Fire Department
. The Fire Department is located on Hwy 18 South toward Morganton, NC about 7 miles from downtown Lenoir. Visitors welcome!
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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
click here
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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.
?? Did you know... ??
The sap of the giant sequoia is non resinous. The trees, once they have developed a heavy bark, are practically fireproof, which may account for their long life. Even if they are fire-damaged, the high tannin content of the sap has the same healing action that tannic acid has on human flesh when burned.
Bamboo may grow three feet in twenty-four hours.
The yellow evening primrose opens only at dusk, and so swiftly that it can be seen and
heard.
The buds sound like popping soap bubbles as they burst.
(Reprinted from Isaac Asimov's Book of Facts, 1981 Ed., Pg. 178).
K F 4 W O D
http://www.lenoir-arc.org
One of the best ways to sharpen your emergency communications skills is to check into the weekly CARES Net (see column at right).
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PHILADELPHIA AREA HAMS NAIL ROGUE RADIO SIGNALS
It appears that two Hams tracked down some wayward RF signals at Kohl's Department Store. Exit-door surveillance cameras caused some patrons to not be able to lock their car doors...even tho the auto gave the usual "beeps" to indicate they had done so. DF to the rescue!
IARU HF WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
HF Contesting usually hits a dry spell during the summer months, but the weekend of July 12-13 brings a summer bright spot for HF contesters -- the IARU HF World Championship.
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Field Day
Pictures,
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Catawba Valley
Hamfest Pictures,
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ARRL Audio News Returns
ARRL is pleased to report that ARRL Audio News can once again be accessed via telephone at 860-594-0384; it had been down for a few days due to equipment failure. Compiled and edited from The ARRL Letter, the ARRL states they are sorry for any inconvenience the outage may have caused.
FIELD DAY 2008
TRADER'S NET - 28.374 MHZ, MONDAYS AT 8:30 PM - WZ4I
CQ Field Day!
CQ Field Day!
The race is on! Photos (see right)
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