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

Pres - N4WIG ironmike@awanet.com
VPres - KF4JTF kf4jtf@wd4roj.ampr.org
Sec/Treas - N4JAG rickp@awanet.com
PIO - WA4YQT barefeet@awanet.com
News Editor - N4RYC geleam@awanet.com

MARCH 1998 NEWSLETTER
ELECTRONIC EDITION


March Meeting - Thursday the 19th at City Hall.


DUES REMINDER

The following members annual dues of $20 are due.

March - WD4RBT, W4IEO.

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 to the club address. Thank you for your support.


EVENT CALENDAR

Gun Show - Montgomery - 14-15 March
EARS meeting - 19 March
Hamfest - Fort Walton, FL - 21-22 March
Hamfest - Columbus, GA - 27-28 March
EARS meeting - 16 April
Hamfest - Birmingham - 18-19 April
Hamfest - Gainsville, FL - 24-25 April
Hamfest - Andalusia - 2 May
Hamfest - Dayton, OH - 15-17 May
EARS meeting - 21 May
Hamfest - Talladega - 6 June
Hamfest - Albany, GA - 12-13 June
EARS meeting - 18 June
Gun Show - Montgomery - 20-21 June
Hamfest - Atlanta, GA - 20-21 June

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

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


ROSTER UPDATE

Don't ask me why, but Jim has changed his callsign from 
KB4BMA to KL0LN. His email remains the same for now.) 
The Alaska temperatures must have affected his brain. 
Please change your roster accordingly. de N4JAG


E-MAIL

A question came up about who does what on the newsletter.
I'll clarify it a bit. N4RYC (Jerry) is the Editor of the
Newsletter. I send him the event calendar, dues reminders,
roster updates, and occasionally license renewals and stuff
for packet and the repeater. The President might send him
something, he may get some "For Sale" items from the members,
etc. He then takes the various input, plus whatever he might
put in himself, and sorts it out into the newsletter. He
sends a plain text copy of it as a file to me in e-mail.
While he is out having the copies made to mail out the
printed version, I take the text file and edit it to a format
more appropriate for generic-type Internet e-mail. (I don't
include any graphics, pictures, etc., due to some members
not having the capability to view them.) I then create an
e-mail message and insert the edited text file into the body
of the message. A double-click on "EARS" in my Windows
address book and all the appropriate e-mail address wind up
in the TO block of the message. Click on Send and a few
seconds later it's waiting in your mailbox on your mail
server. Meanwhile, Jerry is still folding, stapling, and
stamp-sticking the printed version which usually goes out
the next day. Now you know. For those of you reading this
in the printed newsletter - if you have an e-mail address
we'd rather send it to you that way. It saves us copying
fees and postage. Drop me a note at rickp@awanet.com and
I'll add you to the list. ValueGate is still offering the
EARS special rates, too. Call Grace at 1-888-695-7200 and
tell her Rick sent you for the EARS Ham radio rate.
de N4JAG


FLOOD

As most of you know, flood waters hit the area hard once
again. Requests for assistance came to the Coffee County
Amateur Radio Emergency Service from the local Emergency
Management Agency, Salvation Army, and the Red Cross. 
Special thanks to the following EARS and/or ARES members
for their help. KD4IDG, KE4VEP, N4RYC, WA4YQT, KF4JCG,
KD4KT, K4HKR, N4WIG, KD4IDK, and KF4DZR. Others
contacted me and told me they would help if needed. Thanks
to all. de N4JAG - Coffee County EC


BREAKFAST

Don't know what to do on Saturday morning? Come by Dottie's
Country Kitchen on North Main Street in Enterprise around 7AM.
We generally have a group of local HAMS that meet there for 
breakfast. We have a good time and food. Come join in on a 
friendly hour or so. Jerry N4RYC

-------------------------------

Electronic Edition:

Please change Jerry's (N4IGG) email address to:
jerry@worldpost.com


CU on the Radio -- N4JAG

-- Rick --
Hiroshima '45 - Chernobyl '86 - Windows '95