Posted in information on April 30, 2008 | No Comments »
I received an interesting request from Keith, KB9HOC recently. Keith is a member of the Wayne, Hamilton, Edwards Radio Enthusiasts (WHERE) Club and a co-editor of their newsletter. Keith indicated that they are running a series of articles highlighting area Amateur Radio clubs, and asked for information about PARA.
I was glad to get [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on April 28, 2008 | No Comments »
I just picked this up from the W1AW bulletin service. It’s not my normal practice to repeat information here that you can read elsewhere, but in this case I am assuming that most club members are not regular subscribers or listeners to the W1AW bulletins, and that many of you have probably not seen [...]
Posted in information on April 25, 2008 | No Comments »
I recently heard from John Meyers, NB4K, the ARRL District Legislative Action Chairman. John asked me to pass along some information about the program to the club membership. Here is John’s message:
“As the newly appointed DLAC (District Legislative Action Chairman) I would like to familiarize you with what we are doing, where we’re [...]
Posted in information, recognitions on April 23, 2008 | No Comments »
I was both amazed and impressed at the turnout we had to support Mike (KY4OEM) with the trailer and mast project. Mike sent a list of participants and a whole bunch of pictures.
I picked out just a few of the pictures and sent them to the webmaster to be posted on the W4NJA web [...]
Posted in information, recognitions on April 21, 2008 | No Comments »
I received the following note from Mike (KY4OEM). Thanks to all who helped out to get the project moving along! If Mike gets time to send me the pix and a list of participants, I will try to make some of them available for everyone to see.
“Had our first work session tonight [Wednesday, [...]
Posted in recognitions on April 15, 2008 | No Comments »
Congratulations to Wayne (KI4TTG) and John (KC9NJL) for upgrading to General Class last night!
Posted in meetings on April 15, 2008 | No Comments »
We had a lively and productive meeting last night. Here is a brief summary of the key points:
Ken (WA9WJL) and Bill (KU4RC) will be meeting with Mike (KY4OEM) next Wednesday to work on the trailer and mast project.
Field day preparations are progressing well. It appears that rigs, antennas, computers, generators, and food are [...]
Posted in information on April 14, 2008 | No Comments »
I’m sure you have all seen the E-mail from Larry, WB9F, (distributed by Clint, W5CPT) announcing the new WS9CAN digipeater. The digi is located in the southwest part of Metropolis and runs 50 watts into the coax. The antenna is at 70 feet HAAT.
I spent the last couple of days experimenting with APRS [...]
Posted in meetings, reminder on April 11, 2008 | No Comments »
Besides the election (see “Club Election Continues” on this page), I think the big discussion topic at next Monday’s meeting will be our preparations for Field Day.
We off to a good start on our planning, but need to confirm some of the details and assign action items on others. Below are the issues that [...]
Posted in meetings on April 8, 2008 | No Comments »
The next club meeting will be on Monday, April 14th. Check out the W4NJA web site for location and time.
Please keep in mind that we still need to complete the election process for 2008 club officers. You may recall that at the January meeting we were unable to identify a candidate for the [...]
