ENTERPRISE AMATEUR RADIO SOCIETY PO BOX 310034 ENTERPRISE, AL 36331-0034 Pres - WA4YQT barefeet@alaweb.com VPres - KD4FNI kd4fni@wd4roj.ampr.org Sec/Treas - N4JAG rickpal@snowhill.com PIO - KD4KT leobet@snowhill.com Newsletter - N4RYC geleam@snowhill.com March 2001 Newsletter The March meeting of the Enterprise Amateur Radio Society will be held at 7:00 PM on the 15th in room S-100 of Enterprise State Junior College DUES REMINDER February - N4MBQ. March - WD4RBT. 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. EVENT CALENDAR EARS Meeting - 15 March Ft Walton Beach Hamfest - 17 March EARS Meeting - 19 April Moulton, AL Hamfest - 28 April Birmingham Hamfest - 5-6 May EARS Meeting - 17 May EARS Meeting - 21 June Boll Weevil Net on 147.24+ each Tuesday at 7 PM. Saturday morning breakfasts in Enterprise at 7 AM and at Ann's in Ozark at 8 AM. Wednesday lunches at the Deli in Daleville at 11:00. Amateur Exams following EARS meetings. Contact Tom, WA4YQT, at 464-0532 at least 24 hours in advance to schedule a test. EARS meeting location: S-100 at ESJC. ROSTER UPDATE Please drop W4WLX from your roster. SKYWARN TRAINING INFO Dothan/Houston County EMA and NWS from TLH will offer 2 Skywarn Severe Weather Spotters training classes on March 15, 2001. One class is at 2pm, the other at 7pm. You only need attend one, they will be identical. Classes will be held at the Houston County Volunteer Firefighters Association Building in Dothan (located at 2358 Columbia Highway) . Classes are open to anyone interested. Anyone coming needs to RSVP to me at EMA38@aol.com or call the office at 334-794-9720, so we will know how many to expect. Call me if you need any more info. 73's Charles N4RNU. FOR SALE I still have some radio equipment for sale for Bob Hawk, K4PKD. If you are interested or know of someone else that is, please contact me at 347-4650. Partial List: Kenwood 440 SAT HF station complete Kenwood 440SAT xcvr Kenwood SP 430 speaker Kenwood hand mike Astatic D-104 mike IPS-30M power supply All manuals $650 Electrostatic Model 200 10 Amp power supply Heathkit SB 100 xcvr Cushcraft 11 element 2 mtr beam Jerry, N4RYC --------------------------------------------- Electronic Edition... Please change Jim Baker's (WD4NXN) E-mail address to: flyingjimb@home.com Field Day is coming up in just a few months (4th full weekend in June). I've already had a few people ask me what the plans were. Perhaps we'd like to actually operate this year. Be thinking about it for the meeting. Bumper Sticker Seen in Palm Beach... HONK IF YOU VOTED FOR GORE...IT'S THE BIG BUTTON IN THE MIDDLE OF YOUR STEERING WHEEL Anything YOU'd like to put in the newsletter? Just drop a note to Jerry - jeleam@snowhill.com - and I'm sure he'll be happy to accommodate. We're still having breakfast on Saturday mornings. In Enterprise it's usually at McDonald's at 7 AM. Listen or call on the repeater to be sure. In Ozark it's at Ann's just off 231 South at 8 AM. Join us. Rick Eat Well, Stay Fit, Die Anyway. Personal Home Page & PGP Public Key at: http://www.snowhill.com/~rickpal Visit the Enterprise Amateur Radio Society at: http://www.snowhill.com/~rickpal/ears.htm