Jan24

January Meeting

by admin on January 24th, 2012 at 21:18
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The January meeting of HODARS was very interesting. Dick, K4IQJ presented a program on controlling his remote receiving antennas via the Ethernet port on his Ten Tec Omni VII.

Dick has his Omni VII and a Beverage on Ground (BOG) at the QTH  of KA4PKB east of Auburn. Dick explained the planning, photos of the layout,  and gave a demonstration of the setup.

Members present for the meeting, K4IQJ, KI4TWB, KE4KWE, KA4PKB, K4JOP, Reta, WB4LNM, KI4EEY, AA4YL, KI4KUT.

We were glad to have a visitor from the Auburn University Club; Kyle, W4GNU. Kyle is a Linux fan and his callsign fits!

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Jan24

From Admin

by admin on January 24th, 2012 at 21:02
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Admin sends sincere apologies from for lack of current postings of late.

Due to schedule conflicts at the usual club meeting place, future meetings will most likely be held on nights other than our usual 2nd Tuesday.

I will keep the club updated on dates, times etc.

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Nov29

HODARS Site Has Moved

by admin on November 29th, 2011 at 11:42
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The HODARS site has been down for a few days. I moved the hosting account to a new company,. QTH.COM is now hosting our web site.

QTH is owned by hams and the customer service is outstanding. In the beginning, I had problems with the domain transfer and Scott at QTH.COM was always there to help answer questions. Scott also helped transfer the SQL database for WordPress to the new server.

If anyone is looking for web hosting, I strongly recommend QTH.COM. They host ham clubs, individual ham sites and non ham radio sites too.

http://qth.com/

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Oct25

TWiT TV – Huntsville Hamfest and Martin Jue

by admin on October 25th, 2011 at 20:59
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Oct25

HamNation TWiT TV

by admin on October 25th, 2011 at 20:51
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Admin had no idea Leo Laporte was a licensed ham. I loved to watch his computer technology shows years ago. I learned a lot from them…

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Sep12

W4HOD/0

by admin on September 12th, 2011 at 19:14
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Sep07

WE WILL NEVER FORGET!

by admin on September 7th, 2011 at 09:43
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Jul30

WRTC 2014 Video

by admin on July 30th, 2011 at 17:55
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Jul11

W0ZOK’s New Tower and Beam

by admin on July 11th, 2011 at 16:57
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Received an email from W0ZOK, our host for the NAQP. Gene has finished installing the second tower and beam for the contest. The first contact he made was UY2UA in the Ukraine.

A photo of the new installation is shown below.

 

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Jul10

Heart of Dixie ARS in the Heartland

by admin on July 10th, 2011 at 21:28
Posted In: Fun, Members, Modes, Projects

Work continues on finalizing travel plans to North Dakota.

Club members will gather in Fargo on Thursday, July 14. Setup will begin on Friday morning and if necessary, finish up on Saturday morning. Check back here for any further updates.

Work has begun on the QSL card for the expedition, but won’t be finalized until after the contest is over. It looks very good. It is being printed by KB3IFH.  Randy has printed several different cards for the club. Club member AA4YL, also used Randy for her personal cards. Great service and excellent quality.

HODARS members will be presenting a forum of the expedition at the 2011 Huntsville, AL hamfest. Drop by if you can.

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Jul04

North Dakota Update

by admin on July 4th, 2011 at 08:23
Posted In: Fun, Members, Modes, Projects

Making final plans and lists for the RTTY Expedition to North Dakota for the NAQP. We will do our best to make some contacts outside the contest hours, including RTTY and SSB. We are setting up on Friday, so look for us on the bands then.

We will be operating during the practice session Friday evening. We will work as many stations as possible.

Our host, Gene, W0ZOK was on the cover of the February 2005 issue of CQ magazine.

 

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Jun30

Countdown Is Underway

by admin on June 30th, 2011 at 21:21
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The countdown to Heart of Dixie RTTY in North Dakota has begun.

Air travel plans made, check.

Hotel rooms booked, check.

Writelog programmed on laptop and contest set up, check.

RigExpert installed on laptop and working, check.

W0ZOK has promised us a cookout while we are there. He said he likes brats and beer. Sounds fine to me. We told him to save some 60 degree days for us. We don’t want any 90 degrees. We have that here at home.

We will arrive on Thursday, July 14, set up the station on the 15th and be ready to go on Saturday in the NAQP.

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Jun15

2011 Field Day

by admin on June 15th, 2011 at 13:44
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One of our club members has offered his home as a Field Day site. He has plenty of land and trees for antennas. We will be operating from two travel trailers.

We are operating in 2A category. One station is full time CW. The second station is part time SSB and RTTY.

 

 

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Jun14

Happy Flag Day!

by admin on June 14th, 2011 at 12:20
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HAPPY FLAG DAY!

 

It was on this day in 1777 that the original 13-star version of our flag was adopted.

 

Long May She Wave!


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Jun13

June Meeting

by admin on June 13th, 2011 at 15:04
Posted In: Meetings, Members, Projects

The June meeting of HODARS is Tuesday, June 14th. Location is the Health Resource Center on Pepperell Parkway, across from the East Alabama Medical Center. The meeting is in the first room on the right. The meeting begins at 7 PM CT. Meeting will cover Field Day preparation at the home of KI4KUT. We will also continue work on spud guns.

In honor of the 4th birthday of HODARS, we will be having cake at the meeting. HODARS is 4 years old this month.

The pre meeting supper will be held at Golden Corral, which is diagonal across from the meeting location. Supper begins at 6 PM CT.

Hope to see you there.

 

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