ENTERPRISE AMATEUR RADIO SOCIETY
PO BOX 310034
ENTERPRISE, AL 36331-0034

Pres - N4WIG ironmike@snowhill.com
VPres - KF4JTF kf4jtf@wd4roj.ampr.org
Sec/Treas - N4JAG rickpal@snowhill.com
PIO - KD4FNI kd4fni@wd4roj.ampr.org
News Editor - N4RYC geleam@snowhill.com


JUNE 1999 NEWSLETTER
ELECTRONIC EDITION


The June meeting will be held at 7:00 PM,
Thursday, 17 June, in Room S-100 at ESJC.


-- DUES REMINDER

The following members annual dues of $20 ($5 Associate) are due.

May - KD4RIW. 
June - KE4DRW, KF4JTF, KA4AFI/RMY/CXZ, KN4XO.

Please remember that after you are three months overdue, you
will be dropped from the club roster. If you can't attend a
meeting, please mail your check, payable to EARS, to the club
address. Thank you for your support.


-- ROSTER UPDATE

Please drop WD4RBT and KF4GXF from your roster. 


-- EVENT CALENDAR

EARS Meeting - 17 June 
Gun Show - Montgomery - 19-20 June 
ARRL Field Day - 26-27 June 
EARS Meeting - 15 July 
Hamfest - Milton, FL - 23-24 July 
EARS Meeting - 19 August 
Hamfest - Huntsville - 21-22 August 
Hamfest - Pell City - 28 August 
Hamfest - Mobile - 25 September 
Hamfest - Montgomery - 13 November

Boll Weevil Net on 147.24+ each Tuesday at 7 PM.

Saturday morning breakfasts at Dottie's in Enterprise at 7 AM
and at Ann's in Ozark at 8 AM.

Wednesday lunches at the Deli in Daleville around 11:00.

Amateur Exams following EARS meetings. Contact Tom, WA4YQT,
at 464-0532 at least 24 hours in advance to schedule a test.

* * New meeting location - Room S-100 at ESJC. * *


-- FROM THE OVAL OFFICE

This month is the time for the ARRL annual Field Day. It
will be held on 26 &27. The club has decided not to contest but
will have a get-together at the QTH of Duane WA4WQW. The time
has not been firmed up but will be decided at this month's
meeting. The club will provide the hamburgers and everyone is
requested to bring a dish for themselves and others. We will
need to know how many will be coming so please inform one of the
officers listed above of your intentions.

See you at the meeting. Mike


-- APRS (Automatic Position Reporting System)

We have installed an APRS Digi on top of the Houston County
Admin Building in Dothan to try to established a link with the
NWS in Tallahassee,FL. The call sign is N4JAG.


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Electronic Edition:

Regarding Field Day - we'll be getting together at Duane's QTH
on Saturday, the 26th. If you need a map, let me know and
I'll e-mail you one. Talk-in will be on 147.24+ You might want
to bring a lawn chair or two. Also, this is not just for EARS
members. Please invite other area hams to attend. Just try to
get a head count and let me know so I'll know how much meat to 
buy. We will probably have a table set up and be demonstrating
something - probably APRS. We'll decide that at the meeting 
this Thursday night too.

Speaking of APRS - Jerry mentioned that we now have another
wide-area digi set up for APRS in Dothan. Thanks to the
following people for assisting by providing the site, equipment,
expertise, manual labor, etc.: KA4WVO, WA4GIU, KM4JA, N4RYC, N4JAG.
It took three days and a lot of work to get the DHN67 packet
node antenna moved to a new location and the new APRS system
installed and running. Thanks to all.

If you want to see APRS in action go to: http://www.aprs.net
You will need a new version of MS Internet Explorer or Netscape 
Navigator (Ver 4 or above, probably) that is Java enabled to 
view and move around on the interactive map. Otherwise, you'll
just see a fixed sample map.

I've added a few new links on the EARS web site. Check it out at
http://www.snowhill.com/~rickpal/ears.htm then go to the "Amateur
Related Links" page or the "Other Misc Links" page.

Don't forget our breakfast meetings each Saturday at Dotties
in Enterprise at 7 AM or Ann's in Ozark at 8.

Hope to see you at the meeting.

-- Rick

If at first you do succeed,
try not to look too astonished.

Personal Home Page & PGP Public Key at:
http://www.snowhill.com/~rickpal