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Regular Meeting Minutes
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The Palmetto Amateur Radio Club, Inc.
January 9, 2012
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The Monthly meeting started at 19:50 Hrs. by Club President, Ed Kashuba, WD4HIP at the Main Auditorium at Memorial Hospital in Hollywood.
Club
President, Ed Kashuba, WD4HIP,
started the meeting by introducing the members and visitors. He stated
that we welcomed all tge visitors and stated that we had some new
amateur radio operators that just passed their license.
We then accepted report from the club Treasurer Richard Trowell WD4FCJ.
There was then a report from Vice President and K4PAL Trustee Robert
Broderick, WE4B. He stated that the repeater were all up and running
and that we will have IRLP Node 4022 up and running by the February
meeting. We moved the node from North Miami Beach to Hollywood at the Club President Ed
Kashuba, WD4HIP's house. We still need to change the Motorola link
radio to the Vertex radio since we were having trouble with the
Motorola audio. We will still use the Motorola as the receiver for the
UHF back-up repeater.
We then had a great presentation and demo on IRLP from Joseph Yanero KD4PVN.
We then broke for cofee and doughnuts at Mc Donalds.
The club meeting was adjourned at 2030 Hours.
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Secretary of The Palmetto Amateur Radio Club, Inc.John Kreider WA4YOG
January 15, 2012
Note to the Membership:
Remember to send in your Membership and Insurance Application The form may be found on the main page of the website, or CLICK HERE to download.
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ARRL
Southern Florida Section
June 19, 2011
Section Manager: David L Fowler, K4DLF
Assistant Section Manager: Jeff Beals, WA4AW
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As
always, first let me thank you for being an ARRL member. Your
ARRL membership is very important to the League and our Section.
ARRL Field
Day is just a few days away (June 25-26). I hope you all have a
change to participate. ARRL Field Day -- the largest on-the-air
operating event -- is the one of the best opportunities of the year for
showing our Amateur Radio capabilities to the public.
Attention
Club Officers - As of today, not all clubs doing Field Day have posted
their event on the ARRL Field Day Station Locator. If you haven't, go
to www.arrl.org/field-day-locator. It only takes a few minutes.
ARRL
Section Officials will be visiting a number of Field Days throughout
the Section next weekend. If your Field Day is posted on the locator,
it will help us find you. We hope to see many of you at Field Day this
year.
Don't
forget to send a formal ARRL radiogram to the Section Emergency
Coordinator, Ted Huf, W4ZE or myself, K4DLF, during Field Day for a
quick 100 bonus points! You should include the club name, number of
participants, Field Day location, and number of ARES operators involved
with your station. There is a sample in the Field Day packet that you
can download from www.arrl.org.
Have fun at Field Day and remember - Safety is First.
73,
David L Fowler, K4DLF,
ARRL Southern Florida Section Manager
Jeff Beals, WA4AW,
ARRL Southern Florida Assistant Section Manager
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ARRL
Southeastern Division
Greg Sarratt, W4OZK
ARRL Southeastern Division Director
February 2,
2012
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Hello Southeastern Division ARRL members,
Here is some updated information on upcoming events and interesting ARRL items.
It's hard to believe that Orlando HamCation is almost here. The 2012
Northern Florida Section Convention, HamCation, is next weekend,
February 10-12th. At HamCation we will be presenting the ARRL
Foundation 2011 Bill Orr Technical Writing Award to Kai Siwiak, KE4PT,
of Coral Springs, FL. The ARRL Division forum will be held at 10AM, and
the ARRL Northern Florida Section forum starts at 11:15AM.
Come by the ARRL booth to meet us, renew your membership or say just
hi. We hope to see you there. Click http://www.hamcation.com for all
HamCation information.
Plan to attend these upcoming Conventions and events:
- Dalton Georgia Hamfest, February 25
- Alabama Section Convention, BirminghamFest, March 3-4
- Southern Florida Section Convention, Stuart Hamfest, March 17
- 2012 National Hurricane Conference, Hilton Orlando, March 26-29
The Southeastern Division web site contains activities and information
that pertain to the entire Division. The web site lists all State
and Section Conventions, special events, QSO parties, and more. Check
out the contest clubs, work the QSO parties and remember to send in
your log. Click www.southeastern.arrl.org for Southeastern
Division information.
We keep a list of every Division tailgate and hamfest that we know about at: www.southeastern.arrl.org/SE_hamfest_2012.htm
Some hamfest dates are from last year and shown in red, so send in your
updates as soon as you can, to give your event the most exposure
possible.
Digital QST is planned to roll out in the summer and will be available
to you at no extra charge and in addition to your mailed QST. You
must be logged in to the ARRL website, "members only" area to receive
the electronic version. Go ahead and click
http://www.arrl.org/Users/login
to check that you can log in, and update your membership information if needed.
ARRL Logbook of The World continues to grow in users and number of
contacts. You can electronically upload your log and then track and
request certificates for your DXCC, VUCC, and WAS awards. Soon,
you will be able to do the same for CQ-sponsored operating
awards. It is
fun to watch your contact confirmations show up. It also allows you to
upload your QSO party and contest logs.
http://www.arrl.org/logbook-of-the-world
Check out the new ARRL forums at: http://www.arrl.org/forum
These are just a few of the activities going on in the ARRL
Southeastern Division. Check your Section web page and the Division web
page for more happenings and information. Hope to see you at an
upcoming event soon!
73,
Greg Sarratt, W4OZK
ARRL Southeastern Division Director
Andrea Hartlage, KG4IUM
ARRL Southeastern Division Vice Director
http://www.southeastern.arrl.org
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THE
ARRL
AMATEUR RADIO NEWS
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W1AW
2011
Operating Schedule |
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Mountain |
Central
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Mon |
Tues |
Wed |
Thur |
Fri |
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7 AM |
8 AM |
9 AM
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Fast Code |
Slow Code |
Fast Code |
Slow Code |
7 to 9 AM
10 AM to 12:45 PM |
8 to 10 AM
11 AM to 1:45 PM |
9 AM to 11 AM
12 PM to 2:45 PM
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10 AM to 12 PM
1 PM to 3:45 PM |
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Visiting Operator Time |
| 1 PM |
2 PM |
3 PM |
4 PM |
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Fast Code |
Slow Code |
Fast Code |
Slow Code |
Fast Code |
| 2 PM |
3 PM |
4 PM |
5 PM |
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Code Bulletin |
| 3 PM |
4 PM |
5 PM |
6 PM |
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Digital Bulletin |
| 4 PM |
5 PM |
6 PM |
7 PM |
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Slow Code |
Fast Code |
Slow Code |
Fast Code |
Slow Code |
| 5 PM |
6 PM |
7 PM |
8 PM |
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Code Bulletin |
| 6 PM |
7 PM |
8 PM |
9 PM |
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Digital Bulletin |
| 6:45 PM |
7:45 PM |
8:45 PM |
9:45 PM |
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Voice Bulletin |
| 7 PM |
8 PM |
9 PM |
10 PM |
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Fast Code |
Slow Code |
Fast Code |
Slow Code |
Fast Code |
| 8 PM |
9 PM |
10 PM |
11 PM |
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Code Bulletin |
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W1AW's transmitting schedule occurs at the same local Eastern time throughout the year.
The schedule may change if your local time does not have seasonal adjustments.
Daily Morse Code Practice QST Source
Code practice text is from the pages of QST magazine, the
League's membership journal. The source is given at the beginning of
each practice session and alternate speeds within each session. For
example, "Text is from January 2010 QST, pages 79 and 81,"
indicates that the practice session's plain text is from the article on
page 79 and its mixed number/letter groups are from page 81.
Click here to see the table for each daily Morse Code Practice text.
Morse Code Transmissions
Frequencies are 1.8025, 3.5815, 7.0475, 14.0475, 18.0975, 21.0675, 28.0675 and 147.555 MHz.
Slow Code = practice sent at 5, 7-1/2, 10, 13 and 15 words per minute (wpm).
Fast Code = practice sent at 35, 30, 25, 20, 15, 13 and 10 wpm.
Code bulletins are sent at 18 wpm.
CW frequencies include code practices, Qualifying Runs and CW bulletins.
World Wide Web: You can also find W1AW code practice here on ARRLWeb, in MP3 format. Other resources can be found on the ARRLWeb Learn CW page.
W1AW Qualifying Runs
are sent on the same frequencies as the Morse code transmissions. West
Coast Qualifying Runs are also transmitted monthly by either K6YR on
approximately 3590 kHz, or other West Coast stations on various
frequencies. At the beginning of each code practice session, the
schedule for the next qualifying run is presented. Underline one minute
of the highest speed you copied, certify that your copy was made
without aid, and send it to ARRL for grading. Please include your name,
call sign (if any) and complete mailing address. The initial
certificate is available for a $10 fee. Subsequent endorsement stickers
are available for a $7.50 fee.
Digital Transmissions
Frequencies are 3.5975, 7.095, 14.095, 18.1025, 21.095, 28.095 and 147.555 MHz.
Bulletins are sent using 45.45-baud Baudot, PSK31 in BPSK mode and MFSK16 on a daily revolving schedule.
Keplerian elements for many amateur satellites
will be sent on the regular digital frequencies on Tuesdays and Fridays
at 6:30 PM Eastern Time using Baudot and PSK31.
Frequencies are 1.855, 3.99, 7.29, 14.29, 18.16, 21.39, 28.59 and 147.555 MHz.
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