Volume 1 Number 6
November 5, 2004
Published Monthly
A new "temporary" website has been developed using
Print Shop
Deluxe and is currently running on the server. It is hoped that this website will serve our needs until such time a more sophisticated website is developed using Microsoft
Front Page
and/or Multimedia's
DreamWeaver
software. Your comments (good or bad) are both invited and encouraged!
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An ARRL movie was shown at the October meeting entitled
"South Sandwich Island DX-Pedition - VP8SSI"
. An excellent 25-minute film! Those leaving early missed it!!
Lenoir, North Carolina
"Dedicated to Public Service"
Happenings!
The next scheduled meeting of the Lenoir ARC is set for
November 11th (Thursday), 7PM
, at the Caldwell County Public Library. The November meeting of each year is the month for
elections of officers
of those nominated at the October meetingl. Please make plans to attend this important meeting!
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The December meeting will be an "eating meeting" at
Captain's Galley
on Hwy 321 South on December 9th at 7:00 PM.
The Caldwell Amateur Radio Emergency Services (CARES) Net is called every
Sunday night
at 8:30 PM on the 147.33 (Hibriten) repeater. This is a formal directed net and is sponsored by the ARES. Its' purpose is to train, and keep in readiness, a pool of qualified emergency radio operators in the event of a local and/or regional emergency. Net checkins will be called by alpha groups and, unless you check in & out, you will be called again during the informal portion to offer any comments, etc. The 147.33 repeater has a tone of 104.3.
Satellite & APRS
by
Rick, N4WYK
?? Did you know... ??
Based on the rate at which knowledge is growing, it can be speculated that by the time today's child reaches 50 years of age, 97 percent of everything known in the world at that time will have been learned since his birth.
(Reprinted from Isaac Asimov's Book of Facts, 1981 Ed., Pg. 81).
Bike Ride Rescheduled! Due to Hurricane Ivan and it's close proximity to the Bike Ride Route during the selected September weekend, the ride was postponed to November 14th (bring your jackets!) by Chamber of Commerce ride officials. Also, the Ride has been shortened from its usual 103.5 miles to 75 miles and the start time has been changed to 8 AM.
KF4WOD - 147.195 (N4NIN)
Several have asked for more info about
APRS
. APRS is an acronym for "Automatic Packet Reporting System". The system allows two similarly equipped stations (a PC or laptop, a 2m radio, a TNC, a GPS unit, and the appropriate software (free) to "see" each other on their computer display. Therefore, you can actually "follow" one another as your mobiles move about...or... a base station (
GPS unit not required
) can track a mobile-in-motion. For an interesting introduction to APRS go to the APRS website by , clicking
here
http://www.lenoir-arc.org
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