http://www.erh.noaa.gov/er/pbz/skymeet.htm

So are there any organized Furryham events or frequencies that we are planning on using at FWA?

After a wild ride with illegal applications, another HAM contesting said applications, cancelations, awards, denials, and much fun, K1TTY came up this past Sunday for list preference vanity calls.

Of course I applied for it =^.^=

So did four other entities. Two clubs, two generals, and one tech. Seems to me vanity calls should favor higher license classes!

Keeping my paws crossed!

So, It looks like my local ARES org has appointed me in charge of field day this year.  I am quite new at these, only having participated in a couple, and sorta helped run a casual one last year at AC..  But a couple questions have come up so far.

If the club's call sign's trustee is only a Tech class license holder, does that mean that call can not broadcast higher than tech privledge, even if there are Extras at the event?  Or would he have to use an Extra's license call sign for the event, or even gain a special even callsign?

Secondly, does anyone have any recommendation on logging software to use in a multi-station competition that would make it easy to locate duplicates and such  (I know they exist, I've only ever done paper logging in the past, and usually the remote stations end up telling us we were duplicating :P )

Here's the news blip: http://www.insidesocal.com/news247/2009/02/motorcyclist-killed-in-twentyn.html Feel free to leave a comment.

Hi folks!

A pair of local Pittsburgh HAMS and good friends, Harry Bloomberg (W3YJ - Assistant Section Emergency Coordinator for Digital Communications, WPA) and Dave Kleber (KB3FXI) will be the featured guests for the January 24th ARRL Atlantic Division webinar. The subject will be NBEMS and the Western PA NBEMS groups' experience and adopted modes and procedures using the NBEMS software.

They will be working with a PowerPoint presentation that Dave produced that covers some of the basics and our adopted modes.

If you're interested in digital communication using HAM radio equipment, feel free to join in. Seating is limited and there is no charge to participate.

Here's the details:

Atlantic Division Digital Mode Webinar

Join us for a Webinar on January 24

Space is limited.
Reserve your Webinar seat now at:
https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/764477825

This presentation will focus on the use of the Narrow Band Emergency Messaging System software (NBEMS), most specifically on the main application in the software suite named FLDIGI.

Digital sound card modes (MT63, Domino, Olivia, MFSK16) have been utilized for many years now by Amateur Radio for contesting and casual conversations. Many of the digital modes in use today are very well suited to emergency communications but are very underutilized in this respect.

Here in Western Pennsylvania, we have been experimenting with sound card-based digital modes and have also put several of them to practical use in drills and public service events with great success. We are now working on taking the sound card digital modes to the next step for emergency communications by trying to come up with some standardized software, software settings and protocols and bringing more operators on board.

We are still in the early stages of testing and development and don't claim to have all the answers (and probably never will). But I believe that those who have never tested the software and modes that we will describe in this presentation will all agree that there is some very promising potential for the use of sound card-based digital communications in emergency communications if they put a modest amount of time in effort into some basic testing and experimentation.

Title: Atlantic Division Digital Mode Webinar

Date: Saturday, January 24, 2009

Time: 1:30 PM - 4:00 PM EST

After registering you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the Webinar.

System Requirements
PC-based attendees
Required: Windows® 2000, XP Home, XP Pro, 2003 Server, Vista

Macintosh®-based attendees
Required: Mac OS® X 10.4 (Tiger®) or newer

I've seen a couple call sign plates in the parking lot, is there a 2m simplex call channel established for FC, or perhaps a repeater? Hope to meet a couple of you guys here!

73,

Jay, KI6LWI

so, my shack has been evolving for a while now. for those of you that don't know, I'm an extra class who works for a radio store. most of my personal gear is "new to me" "pre-owned" "crap that someone else got rid of". I think I've managed to put together a nice collection, bits and pieces at a time.

I wanted to do an inventory, so time for a nose count of sorts..

HF: both radios were picked up second hand.

TS-570SG, with MC-60 mic
FT-857D with MH-59

Samlex 1223 power supply
AEA PK-232MBX with firmware upgrade chips and a copy of pkterm (freebee)
Rigblaster nomic with custom wired acc jack connectors for both rigs.
MFJ-945E
Heil Proset 4
Sennheiser headphones
Both may be connected to a Yeasu SP-8 that I picked up second hand for $30
Kent SK-1
Kent SP-1
MFJ-550 on a chunk of wood for a PTT switch.
industrial foot switch of unknown origin.

HT

VX-6R with SRH320A and MH-57
(I have done the mod on this one, enabling wide band transmit, and turning it into a quad bander that will also cover 6 meters. I have not had a chance to measure the spurrs to see how strong they are, but with an output power of less than 2 watts, they can't be that much. worst case, I'll make a band pass filter and use a mounted antenna rather than a handheld for 6 meter FM.)

I did have a 91AD, but it was only good for pissing me off..

VX-170 (belongs to XYL, but we both use it) with Comet SMA-24 and also an MH-57 a CT-91 is also available for both radios for doing packet, or using a voice recorder.

traded off the FT-60 to get the VX-6 (yay upgrade!)

Mobile

IC-2200H for simplex, mostly used at home for scanning repeaters, and taken out to work events. cheap, effective. doubles as a grill. normally attached to a Diamond X50A also used with comet M-24M now and then.

TM-D700A installed in my Miata, with a Comet SBB5-NMO, trunk mounted with a real hole in the sheet metal.

IC-208H destined for installation in XYL's car.

Other

Cobra 29LTD and 19DX, cause sometimes they come in handy. no... not really..

some FRS HTs..

Shack computer. a laptop with a broken hinge works fine when you leave it in one spot.

And all of the other assorted junk, wires, adapters, antennas, and accumulated things..

Questions? Comments? Want my opinion on how something works for me? Let me know.

Just writing to say happy holidays everyone.

Hey all, Just went and took my Element 3, General Class Test and passed! woohoo. Now time to start shopping around for a decent entry level HF Rig. So someday, probably summertime I'll be on the HF land.. after getting at least a dipole in the air :)

73 for now
KT1GER Auburn, IN