Volume 5 Number 6 June 5, 2008 Editor Jim Rogers, N4EUX Published Monthly
Lenoir, North Carolina
"Dedicated to Public Service"
Training!
The next
regularly
scheduled meeting of the Lenoir ARC is set for
June 12th (Thursday), 7:00 PM,
at the
Gamewell Fire Department
. The Fire Department is located on Hwy 18 South toward Morganton, NC about 7 miles from downtown Lenoir. Visitors welcome!
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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
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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... ??
Around 1500, Nuremberg in Germany had fourteen public baths with low admission prices, special hours set aside for city employees, and free admission once a week for prostitutes and for children accompanied by their parents. The possibilities of infection-physical and moral-soon led to their closing.
And...
During most of the middle ages, few people, including kings and emperors were able to read or write. The clergy were virtually the only ones who possessed these skills.
(Reprinted from Isaac Asimov's Book of Facts, 1981 Ed., Pg. 175).
K F 4 W O D
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).
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ARRL JUNE VHF QSO PARTY
According to ARRL Contest Branch Manager Sean Kutzko, KX9X, the VHF bands are starting to gain steam. With many HF radios now offering at least 6 meter SSB/CW capabilities -- and some offering 2 meters and 70 cm as well -- any amateur with a Technician class license or higher can experience long-haul communication on the VHF bands," he said.
(Paraphrased, ARRL Letter No. 21)
JUNE VHF QSO PARTY
The ARRL June VHF QSO Party runs from 1800 UTC Saturday, June 14-0300 UTC Monday, June 16. See panel at left.
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Demo! Pictures,
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Catawba Valley
Hamfest Pictures,
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ARRL Field Day June 28-29, 2008
FIELD DAY 2008
Anyone participating in Field Day at Red Wood Park that has a laptop computer that wants to link (sync with the logging program & with other laptops) at the Field Day, please bring them to the June 12th club meeting to work out any problems and to discuss procedures, etc.
TRADER'S NET - 28.374 MHZ, MONDAYS AT 8:30 PM - WZ4I
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