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Enterprise Amateur Radio Society
February 2003 Newsletter |
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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. |
Amateur Radio Emergency Service (ARES) and SKYWARN members have been
instrumental in assisting local emergency management officials and the
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) in locating and
cataloging debris from the February 1st Columbia shuttle tragedy.
Due to the dense pine tree forests located in East Texas, ham radio
(including Echolink) has
proven to be the most reliable method of communications available
during the recovery effort.
Federal authorities have even requested that every search team include
at least one Amateur Radio operator in order to help keep the recovery
efforts coordinated and organized.
For more information: www.arrl.org
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TSU is not planning to close the Victoria APRS site, so we may leave the
APRS unit in operation there. The trees have grown a lot faster than the
antenna mast though, so we need to move the antenna to one of the towers.
We are looking into installing an I-Gate (Internet Gateway) for APRS at
our ESJC location. This would involve another radio and antenna at that
location.
We'll keep you posted.
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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01/14 KD4IDG/Sonny 11
01/21 N4RYC/Jerry 11
01/28 N4JAG/Rick 11
02/04 WA4WQW/Duane 10
02/11 KD4IDG/Sonny 9
Two Kenwood TS-941A tri-band transceivers. 146 MHz, 440 MHz and 1.2 GHz.
Also, a Minolta Maxim 9000 35mm SLR camera system. Contact N4JAG for
more info.
3 Nokia Model 918 Cellular phones. Leather case, cigar-lighter plug,
extra battery. Contact KA4AFI.
Contributions (articles, stories, equipment ads, tidbits, etc.) to the EARS
newsletter are definitely welcome! Please Email your creative works to:
... or catch Gary/WA9WZV on the Tuesday night Boll Weevil Net. |
Please note that the following member's annual dues of $20 ($5 Associate)
are due:
The controller for the UHF repeater is now being assembled. Some work
still needs to be done at the site and I'm sure you'll hear about it at
the meeting or on the Tuesday night net.
Try to be available for a tower party!
The annual W4DRC Hamfest sponsored by the Dalton Georgia Amateur Radio
Club will be held Saturday February 22nd at the North Georgia Fairgrounds
in Dalton, Georgia.
For more information:
The HAMFEST 2003 Amateur Radio and Computer Show/Swapfest sponsored by
the Playground Amateur Radio Club (PARC) will be held Saturday March 15th
at the Okaloosa County Fairgrounds in Fort Walton Beach, Florida.
For more information:
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