Volume 2   Number 12         December 5, 2005        Editor, Jim Rogers, N4EUX         Published Monthly
Lenoir, North Carolina "Dedicated to Public Service" Training!
The next scheduled meeting of the Lenoir ARC is set fo r December 8 th (Thursday), 6:30PM  at Captain's Galley Restaurant (Hwy 321 South)
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CERT Members:  Our CERT Kits and ID Badges will be issued to Team Members at the Eatin' Meetin' !  See above.  For photo,   click here!
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Go to home page of our website and click on "Calendar of Events" at top of screen for a grid-type calendar for a more comprehensive listing of upcoming events...or  click here .
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 CTCSS tone of 141.3 mhz.     ??   Did you know...  ?? The first successful corneal transplant was performed as early as 1835 by a British army surgeon in India.  His pet antelope had only one eye, and it had a badly scarred cornea.  He removed a cornea from a newly killed antelope & transplated it into his pet's eye. The operation was successful,and the pet was able to see.
(Reprinted from Isaac Asimov's Book of Facts, 1981 Ed., Pg. 229). KF4WOD - 147.195 (N4NIN) http://www.lenoir-arc.org
One of the best ways to sharpen your emergency communications skills is to check into the weekly CARES Net (see column at right).
Pg 1     WinLink Demo
During last month's meeting, the membership was presented an excellent demo of Winlink by David Houser, WA9OTP.  David explained what was required to get in on this exciting mode with, for the most part, your existing equipment!  The software to operate your computer aspect  is available as a free download. David attempted to connect with several nodes but...due to the hour, 80-meters was giving sporadic results as was 40 meters.  But we got the idea and a lot of interest was generated! Thanks David!!   See associated links for new VoIP !  Click here
  Delta Loop Antenna:             Revisited
Not long ago, the plans were made available in this Newsletter for a Delta Loop Antenna. One of our members (Bill Barr, KG4GSV) decided to try it.  He has experienced excellent results with it and is inviting anyone who wants to try it out before putting one up themselves to bring their own rigs & antenna tuner so they can make a comparison.  Bill is home most evenings after 6:00pm.  He suggests you email him so that he may contact you by phone to set up a date and time. Bill's antenna is  540 foot, about 30 feet up. You can click on the camera to download and then print the .pdf file.
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