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Enterprise Amateur Radio Society
June 2003 Newsletter
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17 Jun - Tue at 8:00pm: Boll Weevil Net
19 Jun - Thu at 7:00pm: EARS Meeting at EOCC in the Science Building
24 Jun - Tue at 8:00pm: Boll Weevil Net
28 Jun - Sat at 9:00am: Field Day 2003 with EARS Operations
in the Pavillion at Enterprise's Johnny Henderson Family Park
on Highway 167 North; setup begins at around 9:00am Saturday
morning with a dinner cookout at around 6:30pm Saturday evening
01 Jul - Tue at 8:00pm: Boll Weevil Net
08 Jul - Tue at 8:00pm: Boll Weevil Net
15 Jul - Tue at 8:00pm: Boll Weevil Net
17 Jul - 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. |
This article (and its continuation on the web site hyperlink referenced
below) is intended for those who have been hearing about sound cards and
new digital modes but thought it might be too complicated, too expensive,
too technical, or whatever.
Sound card digital is easy, it's fun, and it's cheap!
It's Easy. You download a freeware program (or two). You plug
one end of an audio cable into your transceiver and the other end into
your computer. This is all you'll need to receive. To transmit, you'll
need another audio cable, this one with a two-resistor 100:1
attenuator ... we'll cover all the details.
It's Fun. You can work QRP DX with an attic antenna. You can
copy WX faxes. You can send and receive Slow Scan TV pictures and lots
more! Imagine monitoring several (as many as 10 or more) PSK31 QSO's
simultaneously, without touching your dial, copying traffic in heavy QRM,
rag-chewing with stations too weak to hear on SSB, or competing in a
world wide RTTY contest without a TNC. You can participate in CW contests
or DXing even with marginal CW skills.
It's Cheap. You already have a transceiver, and you probably
have a computer with a sound card. If you don't have a junk box with
everything else needed, you can get it for around $10, even at Radio
Shack® prices. We'll show you just how to set it up.
This online article is about how to get started quickly and easily.
Trust me; it's not nearly as complex as it sounds. If you have a
computer with a sound card and an extra ten bucks or so, you're almost
on the air already.
For the rest of Bill's excellent presentation, please head to the
following web page:
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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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05/13 W4UZR/Jack 8
05/20 N4JAG/Rick 7
05/27 N4JAG/Rick 6
06/03 WA4WQW/Duane 6
06/10 K4EXT/Gary 8
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:
Two Kenwood TS-941A tri-band transceivers, 146 MHz, 440 MHz and 1.2 GHz.
Also, a Minolta Maxim 9000 35mm SLR camera system. And a Sears electric
treadmill with power elevation. Contact N4JAG.
3 Nokia model 918 cellular phones with leather case, cigar-lighter plug,
extra battery. Contact KA4AFI.
Jerry/KA4HJU has advised some EARS members that he is moving overseas
the 1st of July and needs to get rid of a whole hamshack full of
equipment including:
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Please note that the following member's annual dues of $20 ($5 Associate)
are due:
Saturday June 21 www.triode.org/ucara
Gainesville, Georgia Hamfest
Dayton, Tennessee Hamfest
Milton, 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. |
