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Enterprise Amateur Radio Society
May 2004 Newsletter |
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Officers
President: Jim/KLØLN Vice-Pres: Buck/K4HKR Sec/Treas: Rick/N4JAG Public Info: Ken/KG4VBM |
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Mailing Address
EARS P O Box 310034 Enterprise, AL 36331-0034 Web Site Newsletter Index |
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18 May - Tue at 8:00pm: Boll Weevil Net (KD4FNI) 20 May - Thu at 7:00pm: EARS Meeting at EOCC in the Science Building 25 May - Tue at 8:00pm: Boll Weevil Net (W4UZR) 01 Jun - Tue at 8:00pm: Boll Weevil Net (WA4WQW) 08 Jun - Tue at 8:00pm: Boll Weevil Net (K4EXT) 15 Jun - Tue at 8:00pm: Boll Weevil Net (KD4FNI) 17 Jun - Thu at 7:00pm: EARS Meeting at EOCC in the Science Building
Sun at 4:30pm: Dinner at Larry's BBQ on Hwy 84 in Daleville Tue at 6:00pm: Dinner at Po Folks in Enterprise Wed at 11:00am: Lunch at the Deli in Daleville Sat at 7:00am: Breakfast in Enterprise (location varies) Sat at 8:00am: Breakfast at Ann's off Hwy 231 Ozark |
The W4UZR repeater antenna is now operational from its new home atop the water tower on highway 27 in Geneva County. Here's the particulars:
Be sure to attend the May and June EARS meetings as plans for Field Day 2004 are firmed up. Field Day is always the fourth full weekend of June (this year being June 26/27) with contesting from 1800 UTC Saturday to 2100 UTC Sunday. Details on setup, food, rigs, food, antennas, food, personnel, food, operations, food, and of course food will be finalized at the next two EARS meetings.
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Enterprise Amateur Radio Society
May 2004 Newsletter |
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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:
Note that weekly Boll Weevil Net statistics as well as scheduled NCS
assignments are available online from the EARS newsletter site at
www.extsoft.com/ears.
For those who haven't checked into the net, please give it
a shot some time. It's a great chance to chat with club members and
local hams. Remember, every Tuesday evening at 8:00pm ... stop by
and say hey!
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Please note that the following member's annual dues of $20 ($5 Associate) are due:
Please drop WA4AKG/NNM and KD4IDG/IDK from your roster.
The Jackson County Amateur Radio Association 11th Annual Hamfest is May 21-22 at the Jackson County Fairgrounds near Pascagoula, Mississippi. More Info: www.angelfire.com/ms3/jcarc/ The 76th Annual Atlanta Hamfest is June 4 at Jim Miller Park in Marietta, Georgia. More Info: www.atlantahamfest.com The 4th Annual DeKalb County Amateur Radio Club Tailgate is June 12 at the VFW Fairgrounds in Fort Payne, Alabama. More Info: www.w4gbr.org |
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Enterprise Amateur Radio Society
May 2004 Newsletter Online Addendum |
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Since losing the Victoria site for our Automatic Positioning Reporting System (APRS) digipeater, we have not had decent coverage in the local area. That changed on Thursday, May 13th, when the RF BBS at EOCC was removed and WD4ROJ-1 was put into service there. The coverage is not as good as the Victoria site coverage was, but it's certainly better than the nothing we've had lately! With this new installation of the digipeater, the RF side of the BBS was removed, although it is still accessible by Internet via the EARS Home Page link. Once the 2 meter repeater and 440 repeater are linked and the dual band antenna is installed on the EARS tower, another APRS digipeater will be installed at that location which will increase our local coverage even more due to the increased height of the antenna. APRS digipeaters allow for stations to broadcast their position, either stationary or moving, in conjunction with a GPS (Global Positioning Satellite) receiver. Future plans are to connect the EOCC digipeater to the Internet in order to make visibility of local stations available worldwide. Hope this update is useful, and will be available to discuss the system at the EARS club meeting on May 20th. |