If anyone's within decent driving distance of Scottsboro, AL, the Crow Mountain Hillclimb (CMHC) is still in need of experienced ham radio operators to maintain a safety and control network. CMHC is an SCCA-sanctioned class-4 time trial where cars race individually from the bottom of a mountain to the top on a closed-off county road (think Pikes Peak but on a paved surface). Workers are stationed along the route so that cars are always visible by one or more stations, and volunteer ham radio operators have maintained the communication network every year. The safety network is on 2m and operators must bring their own eqipment. Good antennae and mobiles with a good power source (lead acid battery) are highly recommended over HTs for the mountainous terrain.

More information is at http://www.crowmountainhillclimb.org or visit the Crow Mountain forum at http://www.teamtac.org

Now K|6|LS /AE... not to be confused with /AG
Passed Element 4 on Sep 24.

Hey there!

Back in 1997 I packed up my Ham gear and sent it off to storage while I was off in England for 6 1/2 years -- originally from SoCal. Once the assignment was over, the SoCal storage unit was moved to Colorado and when I moved to Wyoming in 2005 everything came together in my garage where it's been sitting ever since. I have some totally cool stuff, including a Collins 32-S1/75-S1 Transmitter/Receiver that I'm suddenly itching to put on the air. I also have a Swan SS-200A transceiver if I recall correctly. It's a shame I have 4 1/4 acres at my disposal I have yet to turn into an antenna farm! I was once known for my ridiculously large antenna arrays I erected for Field Day, running the 80 Meter CW station for our club.

Anyway, I've made a modest start planting the base of my old Hustler Five Band Trap Vertical tonight (yeah there were only five HF bands once upon a time and for all I know we might have lost a few since gaining three I think) and ordered up an appropriate desk for the Guest Bedroom / Ham Shack which should arrive tomorrow. It should take a few more days to get everything set up, but in the meantime I need to know what the frequency assignments are nowadays!

I'm an Advanced Class, which if I recall was rounded down to General as far as privleges are concerned but I'm really not sure. If someone could help me out with some info and maybe be my first contact on some equipment that may or may not function after all these years it would be appreciated!

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Hotel News
Events News
Registration News
Artshow News
Conbook News
Flickr Group
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Hotel News.
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We still have some rooms left, we have expanded the room block four times, and if you want to book, now is the time to do so, just a reminder however, our block closes on September 6th, 2008.

http://www.rainfurrest.com/travel.php

The Seattle Airport Marriott
http://www.marriott.com/hotels/travel/seawa-seattle-airport-marriott/
3201 South 176th Street
Seattle, Washington 98188 USA
Phone: 1-206-241-2000
Fax: 1-206-248-0789
Toll-free: 1-800-314-0925
Group Code: rairaia

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Fursuit Floor
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Our Fursuit floor is now full, if you sent in a request, before today, we should be able to accommodate you, however we do have a waiting list for those who are still interested in being on the fursuit floor, if you are please Contact us at http://www.rainfurrest.com/contact.php?contact_selected=Hotel.
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Events
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Our Event Schedule is now Online, please visit it at http://rainfurrest.com/events.php
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Registration News
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Thank you all for booking your pre-registrations! Current preregistrations are far greater than anticipated, and we've gladly had to increase our expected attendance even more than we thought! It's great to see so many furs as excited about attending as we are!

We've been working to make this convention a memorable one, including some freebees just for weekend attendance... But shhh.. It's a surprise!

Remember, preregistration helps us to get a better idea of attendance and gets a potentially cheaper price to boot! If you haven't preregistered yet, visit www.rainfurrest.com/reg.php to register. "Coach" registration is only $35 until September 13th!
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Artshow
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We still have panels available for all Artists. Please visit our website for more information or to obtain registration forms.

http://rainfurrest.com/artshow.php
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Conbook
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Conbook is almost ready to go! After a last minute push for content we're buckling down and hashing out the details. We've got art from some big name artists, up coming names and new faces all in there. Along with some fresh new articles and stories, this year's conbook will be taking off with flight themed goodness.
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Flickr Group
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To make it easier for people to share and see pictures of the convention, we have created a flickr group.

http://www.flickr.com/groups/rainfurrest/
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Please Visit our Website for More Information - http://www.rainfurrest.com

Thanks.. and see you at the convention!

Hello!

Back in the day I remember going online and taking a trial test after studying -it just let me know what my score was which was helpful in continuing studying -after passing the online one maybe 3 times in a row I felt ready to go for my actual exam. Any one else remember taking that -is this feature still available somewhere and can anyone remember the name or website? Thanks for your thoughts!

Those Yaesus are looking mighty fine ;) We've only got 2 meter in town but 440 is also popular in the surrounding area -found some dualbanders on ebay for under 200.

New question though...

I dearly love my Hamstick/Hotrod with the convenient bnc connector -surely there is an adapter for the screw on Yaesu type antenna connection and probably only a buck or two at that -I'm just not sure what that connection is even called -any thoughts?

Thanks again for the help -I really appreciate it! ^_^

Bah I hate to post something like this already =/
My little old ADI AT-201 HT is looking a little rough after all these years -it has been a been through quite a lot and held up like a little tank but the molded plastic that holds the battery in place is cracked and my only option appears to be taping it in place. Not looking forward to that so the wheels started turning -may be time for a new one =/
Any ideas -any opinions on small, semi cheap electronic radio gadgetry goodness?

Thanks!

Hello!

Nice to meet you all -I'm KJ1FOX. Yes I am from NewEngland but living in the south haha. I just found my ht and hit the local repeater -and that's all it took to get hooked again lol.
Take care!

Aug 2-Aug 3, 0000Z-2359Z, Pittsburgh, PA.

Pittsburgh area Amateur Radio clubs, VARIOUS. 250th anniversary of the City of Pittsburgh. Call ins on 147.090 +, 28.350 21.350 14.250 7.250 3.850 and elsewhere.

QSL Certificate. Edward K. Oelschlager, N3ZNI, 60 Carl Ave B2, Eighty Four, PA 15330. Please include $2 for certificate.

www.pittsburgh250ham.org

A reminder to my Amateur Radio friends here, if you haven't had the opportunity please review and provide your input in a recent post and poll here:
http://community.livejournal.com/furryhams/35310.html

We'll work off the polled responses we get up to August 1, 2008, so you've got today & tomorrow to share your input. Thank you to all of you who have already taken the poll.

73!

Swift Fox
Pittsburgh, PA
KS3IFT - Extra