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 | Free Technician Class - August 2008 |
 The two-day Amateur Radio Technician Class will take place on August 16 & 23, 2008;
from 7:30 am SHARP until 4:30 pm on both days. The location is St. Paul’s Lutheran
Church 6100 Cottage Hill Rd, Mobile, Alabama.
Each student must purchase prior to class the ARRL book “The
ARRL Ham Radio License Manual” (ISBN: 0-87259-963-
9) #9639 -- $24.95. This book can be purchased at www.arrl.org,
or by calling the ARRL 888 277-5289.
This course is co-sponsored by St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, and
the Southwestern Alabama ARES Group; there is NO fee for the
course, however, pre-registration is REQUIRED. The form can be
found under the “Announcement” tab at
http://ares.jordannetwork.com/
All registration forms must be received not later that 1 August 2008
Please send your registration forms to:
Charles H. Miller Jr.
3804 Cabana Square #101
Mobile, Al. 36609-1616
kd4nga@arrl.net
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Posted by admin on Sunday, May 11 @ 08:06:45 PDT (20 reads)
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| Hamfest ARRL Forum Added |
 We will have an ARRL forum starting at 11:00 at the Mobile Hamfest & Computer Show. The forum will be led by Greg Sarratt, W4OZK (ARRL Southeastern Division Director). No reservation is required, and all are invited to attend.
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Posted by admin on Monday, April 07 @ 18:00:16 PDT (85 reads)
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| Reserve Your Hamfest Table Online |
 Hamfest table reservations can be made online. Payments MUST BE RECEIVED to reserve a table. With tables at the hamfest being limited, the best way to guarantee a table is to make the reservation online. CLICK HERE to make a table reservation.
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Posted by admin on Friday, April 04 @ 14:09:57 PDT (113 reads)
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Posted by admin on Wednesday, April 02 @ 17:49:55 PDT (122 reads)
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| Hamfest Payments Now Accepted Online |
 Hamfest payments are now accepted online using PayPal. CLICK HERE for more info, and to pay the fees.
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Posted by admin on Wednesday, April 02 @ 06:44:26 PDT (92 reads)
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| NEW! Pay membership dues online. |
 Membership dues can now be paid online! You can pay by major credit card, or bank account. Payments by check are still accepted. New and renewing members can use the following link to sign up - CLICK HERE.
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Posted by admin on Tuesday, April 01 @ 18:22:20 PDT (112 reads)
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| Field Day 2008 Rules and Forms Now Available |
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It's that time of year again -- time to start gearing up for Field Day,
ARRL's flagship operating event. Field Day, held the fourth full
weekend in June, brings together new and experienced hams for 24 hours
of operating fun. ARRL Field Day Manager Dan Henderson, N1ND, says
there are several rules changes this year, mainly concerning "Get on
the Air" (GOTA) stations and the elimination of the Demonstration Mode
Bonus Category. The complete Field Day Packet can be downloaded from the ARRL Web site. A full 2008 Field Day page on the ARRL Web site will be coming in the next few weeks.
2008 Rules Changes
GOTA (Get on the Air) stations are those stations set aside by Field
Day teams designed to get non-hams or newly licensed hams on the air.
Unlike in past years where GOTA stations were limited to only one band,
the 2008 rules state that these stations may operate on any authorized
HF or VHF Field Day band. Keep in mind that only one signal may be
transmitted from the GOTA station at any time.
Henderson said the eligibility for operating the GOTA station
has changed slightly: Anyone who has been licensed since Field Day 2007
is eligible to operate the GOTA station, regardless of license class.
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Posted by admin on Saturday, February 09 @ 15:13:26 PST (222 reads)
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| General VE Testing |
 TO: All Amateur Radio Operators (
Especially those currently in Class).
There will be a VE test session next
Saturday Feb 16, 2008 at St
Paul’s 6100 Cottage Hill at 3
pm.
Please bring $15.00 and a photo
ID.
Please feel free to direct any
questions about location to me, any questions
about the testing to David Robinson
WA4AVC.
Thanks,
Charles H. Miller
Jr.
KD4NGA – Amateur Radio
Operator
ARRL – ELMER
ARRL – ARES – Special
Advisor
ARRL – Volunteer Examiner
ARRL – Volunteer Consulting Engineer
kd4nga@arrl.net
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Posted by admin on Saturday, February 09 @ 14:35:11 PST (179 reads)
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| 146.940 Repeater Update |
 Well a little good news...
the 146.940 is back up and running, sort of. It
should be pretty much good as it ever was, but not quite. Seems that some one
may have tried to move the duplexer, and messed with the knobs, throwing the
duplexer tuning way off. We think this may also have been the cause of the PA
failure......
Should be OK to use, but we will still need to
touch up the duplexer to have it back 100% the way it was or
better.
73
David Roberts CEM MPA
Electronics
Communications/Warning/Radiological Officer
Mobile County Emergency
Management Agency
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Posted by admin on Friday, February 08 @ 16:11:32 PST (214 reads)
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| D-Star Repeater Update |
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OK we have a little good news! The internet
connection is now at the Cranford Burns tower site, and the modem is installed
next to the rack, so when we go back, hopefully, Jason can get the internet
portion of the DSTAR going.
From the reports that I am getting from Todd
and others, the 2 meter side of the DSTAR seems to be doing about what we
expected. Please continue the range checks on this machine so that if there is
any antenna problems we can get them looked at
now- there will not be a better time.
Speaking of problems........ the 440 side of
the DSTAR seems fine -equipment wise. Phillip and I have checked the cables, and
the power output as far as when it leaves the building to go up the tower on the
heliax, and we don't see a major problem. However, we have reports that the
range is very, very limited, and even then the
machine can only be accessed one time out of three......
We did notice something out of the ordinary with
the Polyphaser lightning protector, but even with that out of the line, there
was not a big improvement, so something else if going on. Could be in the
receive side, could be antenna, could be ????
The project manager has been requested to look into
this and check out the antenna with the proper test equipment, so hopefully we
can get this resolved quickly.
73
David Roberts CEM MPA
Electronics
Communications/Warning/Radiological Officer
Mobile County Emergency
Management Agency
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Posted by admin on Friday, February 08 @ 16:08:24 PST (267 reads)
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