All kits have been tested and the forty-9er portions reorganized for ease of assembly. Project Leader Matt now has the kits again, except for one: that kit's owner is soldering it together to check for assembly issues. This will not delay kit distribution.
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Forty-9er Kit Build (cont.)
We now have a reliable parts list for the modified Forty-9er part of the kit, based upon both the information contained in its schematic, and the prescribed modifications thereof . Lack of this list had been a major barrier to prospective volunteers for final inspection and testing .
The first kit is now tested and re-assembled. When six kits are ready, they will go back to Project Leader Matt. The seventh is being soldered together in order to discover any assembly issues.
FLARC Forty-9er project
The parts have been assembled into kits,
The parts in each kit are now being re-inventoried and tested
‘Head Copying’ Morse
August 2016, General Membership Meeting, aka Annual Foxhunt
There will not be a general membership meeting this month. Instead we will be holding the annual foxhunt. Start time is 19:00 at 401 Charmany Ln, the east end of the First Business Bank building parking lot.
The fox will be on 146.465MHz.
The repeater for this will be the 147.150+ pl 123.0.
We hope to see you there!
Beam Me Up, Scotty
Imagine the concept of a lump of matter which, on command, transforms itself into a complete ham rig, including antenna. Here is a documented, long article about Programmable Matter. And here is a casual video about the same subject.
One more post about capacitor markings
Finally, one more post about capacitors and their markings.
The above link is a bit more advanced, and broadens the discussion somewhat. But for now, we'll leave the truly advanced capacitor sites to experts in the field.
Thoughts on Lifetime Licenses and Vanity Callsigns
The following is from Bob, WA9D
I just found this idea suggested online. I am not at all sure how seriously to take it. But in case it might have relevance for you:
- On the one hand, you probably know, the FCC has done away with the fee for requesting a vanity call sign. (They worked out that it cost them more to process it than they received.)
- On the other, you may also know, there is under some consideration a move to make your license last as long as you do. Not expiring after 10 years unless you take action. (Unless you expire after 10 years... but is that taking action?) Whether that will happen, whether it would apply to all classes, etc., is unknown.
But putting those together people have pointed out that there might be fewer "desirable" calls available to request: Whoever has the call you would really like might just keep on owning it, whether active as a ham or not. So the suggestion was made, take this with whatever sized grain of salt you might want, that if you anticipate going for a vanity call you might be better off to look for one you like, soon.
I repeat that I have no extra knowledge about what the FCC will do nor about what effect it would have on availability of calls!
Bob ... WA9D
Further info will be welcomed. --Ed.
Geosynchronous ham radio is coming
In 2017, a new gesynchronous satellite is planned, with Amateur Radio onboard. In effect, this will open up a new ham 'band', according to the ARRL.
Digital operation – some entry links
If you're new to digital ham ops, these might help:
For PSK31 -
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PSK31
For JT65-HF -
http://www.eham.net/articles/25604
Additional links welcomed. Just clik on 'Write a comment', above