TECHCON February 22nd and 23
February Meeting 2019
Overview Of This Month’s Meeting
This evening we had two successful candidates for Ham Radio licenses. We had a great turnout, which included 19 visitors. Visitors are always welcome to our meetings.
Starting this month we have introduced Show and Tell. Hams who have something to show are encouraged to bring it to the meeting. A table will be provided for you to display your items. This month a free and easy to use software package to record audio from a repeater was displayed along with a dipole that fit into a pill box, and a two-meter seventy-centimeter mobile radio that was for sale.
As usual, members and guests are encouraged to come early, we open the doors at 5:15, enjoy a cup of coffee and mingle.
A reminder for new club members. Please take a moment to sign up for the club’s mailing list. It is easy to do, and you will find instructions by CLICKING HERE
Finally, Techcon is right around the corner. Feb 22nd and 23rd. See the flyer below.
Testing
While everyone else is drinking that coffee and eating those treats, others are hard a work. The intensity on the faces of those taking the test is self evident. Pictures captured by Chris Bloxsom, AA4CB, visiting VE, before assembly into a composite. That’s Chris on the right in a partial selfie. Picture taken with his radio. What else at a ham test?
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Congratulations John on obtaining your General License! |
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Congratulations Ed on obtaining your Technician licnese |
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I find LARC presentations most interesting. |
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Buddy Morgan joint presenter with Matthew addressing VHF Contesting |
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We had a good turnout. 69 in all counting visitors. |
CALL | FIRST | LAST | LICENSE | ARR | ARES | SKYWARN |
AB1DX | Oliver | Richards | Amateur Extra | YES | NO | |
AB4KA | James | Russ | Amateur Extra | YES | NO | |
K0ZD | John | Stanford | Amateur Extra | YES | NO | |
K1DU | Frederick | Delaney | Amateur Extra | YES | NO | |
K1TZD | Gregory | Burton | Amateur Extra | NO | NO | |
K2OU | Gary | Perkins | Amateur Extra | NO | NO | |
K4EMT | Sarah | Clark | Amateur Extra | NO | NO | |
K4JZ | William | Aten | Amateur Extra | LIFE | YES | POL-933 |
K4ZVU | Gilbert | Lucas | Advanced | YES | NO | |
KB0QMN | George | Rezac | General | NO | NO | |
KB4BDQ | Judith | Bukoski | General | LIFE | NO | |
KB4FHP | Joseph | Lunsford | Technician | NO | NO | |
KF4TPW | Lydia | Morgan | Amateur Extra | NO | NO | |
KG2G | Bert | Onachila | Amateur Extra | YES | NO | |
KG4YNI | Ernest | Haynes | Amateur Extra | YES | NO | POL-296A |
KI4CDY | Patrick | O’Neil | Amateur Extra | YES | YES | POL-219A |
KI4EFL | Donald | Jeerings | General | NO | NO | |
KI4NBE | George | Gafford | Amateur Extra | NO | NO | POL-316A |
KI4ZMV | William | Johnson | Amateur Extra | YES | NO | POL-840 |
KJ4DSQ | Roger | Land | Technician | YES | YES | POL-208A |
KJ4UW | George | Mann | Amateur Extra | YES | NO | POL-410 |
KJ4WFS | Tom | Evans | Amateur Extra | YES | YES | |
KK4ITX | John | Leahy | Amateur Extra | YES | NO | PAS-607 |
KK4LYQ | William | Paul | Amateur Extra | YES | NO | POL-834 |
KK4OGM | Ronald | Herring | Amateur Extra | NO | NO | |
KK4VCN | Eleanor | Marshall | Technician | NO | NO | OSC-074 |
KM4CUI | Christy | Evans | Technician | YES | NO | |
KM4DMD | John | Laurent | Amateur Extra | YES | NO | POL-845 |
KN4FRA | Susan | Pugh | Technician | NO | NO | |
KN4OTO | Charlotte | Shaver | Technician | NO | NO | |
KN4PIH | Richard | Lennon | Technician | NO | NO | |
KN4PII | Sharon | Kirkland | Technician | NO | NO | |
KN4PVO | Jesus | Perez | ||||
N2TE | R. | Marchese | Amateur Extra | YES | NO | |
N4ESS | Richard | Kennedy | Amateur Extra | LIFE | NO | PAS-570 |
N4FRK | Victor | Saxe | General | NO | NO | |
N4HCZ | Robert | Griggs | Amateur Extra | NO | NO | |
N4LVG | Robert | Young | Amateur Extra | NO | NO | |
N4PEG | Margaret | Kennedy | Amateur Extra | YES | NO | HIL-1000 |
NC8I | Robert | |||||
NJ4Y | Matthew | Stevens | Amateur Extra | YES | YES | POL-680A |
W4EMT | Eric | Clark | Amateur Extra | NO | NO | |
W4JGC | J. | Culler | Amateur Extra | YES | NO | POL-560A |
W4XDS | James | Stewart | Amateur Extra | YES | YES | |
W7STR | Springer | Rush | Amateur Extra | YES | NO | |
W8DUK | Richard | Grubb | Amateur Extra | YES | NO | POL-782 |
WA4MMO | Geoffrey | Schuck | Amateur Extra | YES | NO | |
WB4OMG | Harmon | Morgan | Amateur Extra | NO | NO | |
WB6ZEQ | Herman | Smith | Extra mea culpa | NO | NO | |
WX4AMS | Andrew | Stevens | General | YES | YES | POL-838 |
Guest, Spouse, or New Member | ||||||
AA4CB | ||||||
K8QOT | Tim | |||||
KC8MNW | Jeannie | |||||
KD8HIH | Jim | |||||
KN4OTS | Harley | |||||
KN4RCO | Mark | |||||
KN4SAV | Ed | New Member | ||||
KO4BQS | Dave | |||||
N4DLW | Dave | |||||
VE3GPM | Paul | |||||
W2THU | Bob | |||||
W9IPR | Tom | |||||
WX4NEX | Norman | New Member | ||||
Terry | Perkins | |||||
Glenn | Smith | |||||
Moira | Restall | |||||
MinHee | ||||||
Joan | Haynes |
This is the log for Thursday night net 2/7/2019 |
Net Control Robert Young |
KN4CHP Jim |
KB4FHP Mike |
KI4ZMV Bill |
WB6ZEQ Top |
KN4PIH Jay |
KN4ITR Tim |
N4HES Lee |
KN4PVO Jesse |
KI4NBE George |
KN4FBD Dan |
KB0QMN George |
N4LVG Robert Young |
n4lvg@aol.com |
Techcon is Right Around The corner
Have You Ever Wondered What Goes On On Our Repeater?
Hamcation Is Just Around The Corner
The 73rd Annual Hamcation will be held February 8th, 9th, and 10th. New hams especially should put this on their calendar. This is the big event of the year. Virtually every ham radio supplier will be present. Everything from connectors and coax to the latest radios will be on display. This your chance to see the stuff of hams.
For more information check out their website at Hamcation
This site contains a link to the official site. If you haven’t already purchased your ticket, price at the gate for all three days is $17. Parking is free.
Thursday Night Net
The log for Thursday night net 1/31/2019 submitted by Robert Young
KI4ZMV Bill
K8TPH Dick
KN4PVO Jesse
K1DU Fred
KB4FHP Mike
WZ1P Dan
AB4KA Jimmy “Has a High Gain 4band trapped vertical antenna for sale $50.00” Check the blog.
W2THU Bob
KN4PIH Jay
K4LKM Dave
KM4PYG Warren
N4HES Lee
KN4CHP Jim
KK4OGM Ron
KN4FBD Dan
KB0QMN George
Thanks,
Robert Young
n4lvg@aol.com
Starting Wednesday at 11:00 AM Rag Chew Two
We are trying something new.
Well, sorta new. Bill Paul volunteered to head up a rag chew on our club’s repeater, Wednesdays starting at 11:00 AM. The time and day may change at his discretion. This is a great opportunity for all hams, but especially those new to amateur radio. Bill will focus on good radio technique.
Some of you may remember the club’s original 2 at 2 rag chew that was headed up by Charley Gribble several years ago. Charley is alive and well and hopefully will join in on the fun as Bill takes up the reigns on Wednesdays.
So what is a rag chew anyway?
Here is one definition. A rag chew is a long informal conversation between two or more amateur radio operators. This is generally what amateur radio operators do on the radio when they’re not contesting, testing equipment, bouncing signals off the moon or meteor showers, providing communications in national emergencies, sending still or moving pictures or text back and forth, connecting to packet radio networks, and partaking in nets.
Show And Tell
“Show and tells” were discussed at length at the last board meeting. Everyone agreed that they are worthwhile, especially for new hams. They have a place at our monthly meetings. The question is not if, but when. In fairness to the main speaker, it was decided that show and tells take place during the coffee hour prior to the formal meting. The club will set up a table in the back of the meeting room each month for anyone who has something to show or demonstrate. So, if you have something to show and tell about, set it up on the provided table, grab a coffee and cookie, get behind the table, and be prepared to answer all the questions about that spiral antenna or flux capacitor you brought to the meeting.
Sharon Ann Kohler Wilkinson Passes
Sharon was diagnosed with leukemia on December 2nd 2016. through the whole
treatment process she kept a positive and happy attitude. As time went by she would
talk about the things that we could do, and the places we could go. Always looking
toward a cancer free life and life as was before.. this last year has been hard on her
health and she had to spend many days in the Moffitt Cancer center to bring her
back in line with normal life. Treatments seemed to slow down and more time in
hospital was needed to again bring her back to feeling good.
that our time together would end. Sharon wanted to be part of a medical study for
advancement in Leukemia research. She hoped that her contribution to this
research would lead to a cure for CML leukemia.
my wife. When you read this please hug your partners and be thankful for the time
you have together. Sharon found a message that she loved and she wanted all of you
W4GFW
Thursday Night Net 1/17/2019