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Enterprise Amateur Radio Society
August 2003 Newsletter
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19 Aug - Tue at 8:00pm: Boll Weevil Net
21 Aug - Thu at 7:00pm: EARS Meeting at EOCC in the Science Building
26 Aug - Tue at 8:00pm: Boll Weevil Net
02 Sep - Tue at 8:00pm: Boll Weevil Net
09 Sep - Tue at 8:00pm: Boll Weevil Net
16 Sep - Tue at 8:00pm: Boll Weevil Net
18 Sep - Thu at 7:00pm: EARS Meeting at EOCC in the Science Building
Amateur Radio Exams are given after each monthly EARS meeting. Please contact Tom/WA4YQT at 763-0532 at least 24 hours in advance to schedule an exam.
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The Blackout of 2003, which began on August 14th, is being touted
as the largest North American power outage in history. Some early figures:
Hams in the Northeast took to the airwaves immediately after going dark
by using rigs and repeaters that had alternate-power capability.
In the first 20 hours of the blackout, the Long Island Mobile Amateur
Radio Club ran an informal 2-meter message net passing roughly 500 pieces
of mostly health-and-welfare traffic.
Since many commercial radio and TV stations were knocked off the air,
hams also provided valuable public service information via local nets
such as where to get gas and which stores/restaurants were open.
In New York City, ARES members rode along with fire and emergency crews
in order to provide much-needed communications assistance.
For more information: www.arrl.org
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The Boll Weevil Net meets every Tuesday evening at 8:00pm on the 147.24+ repeater frequency. Recent activity has been as follows:
Date Net Control QNI Total
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07/15 W4UZR/Jack 8
07/22 W4UZR/Jack 9
07/29 KD4FNI/Glenn 10
08/05 WA4WQW/Duane 11
08/12 K4EXT/Gary 9
Also please note that weekly Boll Weevil Net statistics as well as
scheduled NCS assignments are now available online from the EARS
newsletter site at:
Jim/KLØLN, Rick/N4JAG, and Jerry/N4RYC have collected, tested, and
priced all ham and electronic equipment which belonged to silent key
Mike/N4WIG.
Some of the items have already been sold ... all others went to the
Huntsville Hamfest with Jim/KLØLN.
A complete listing of all items has been posted on the following
Internet site:
This online listing will be kept as current as possible with regards to status, but there is no guarantee that any particular item you desire might still be available.
N4JAG: Two Kenwood TS-941A tri-band transceivers, 146 MHz, 440 MHz
and 1.2 GHz. Also a Minolta Maxim 9000 35mm SLR camera system.
KA4AFI: 3 Nokia model 918 cellular phones with leather case,
cigar-lighter plug, and extra battery.
KD6IJU: 2 RS HTX-10 10m mobile rigs in original boxes etc with
low air time...$75.00 ea. Contact Billy:
www.cilledaire.org/kd6iju
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Please note that the following member's annual dues of $20 ($5 Associate)
are due:
September 13 www.pauldingarc.com
Monroe ARS, Tennessee Hamfest
Starke, Florida Hamfest
Jacksonville, Florida Hamfest
Contributions (articles, stories, equipment ads, tidbits, etc.) to the EARS
newsletter are definitely welcome! Please Email your creative works to:
... or catch Gary/K4EXT on the Tuesday night Boll Weevil Net. |
