February 22, 2012
#36: Connect An Audio Mixer To Your TransmitterHam Tails, building a homopolar motor, white noise explained, and more.
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February 22, 2012
February meeting was fun. We enjoyed a Taco/Burrito/Nacho buffet, with coconut layer cake for dessert.
After supper, we watched Bob, KA4PKB; Mike, KI4TWB, and Ken, W4KDS start construction on a Tenna Dipper Deluxe, a small antenna analyzer. Bob manned the soldering iron, while Mike and Ken performed inspection duties.
http://www.qrpkits.com/deluxetennadipper.html
The three of them were not able to finish during this meeting, but made it about two thirds through. They will finish up during the March meeting.
Present during the meeting, Stu, K4JOP; Mike, KI4TWB; Bob, KA4PKB; John, KI4KUT; Tom, KE4KWE; Reta; Gene, KI4EEY; Cheryl, AA4YL; and Ken, W4KDS.
John Glenn: “From our founding days, Americans have been motivated by curiosity about the new and the unknown. That curiosity…coupled with an education system that let all our citizens benefit and contribute, were the twin engines of progress.” Photograph of our +Fragile Oasistaken by +NASA astronaut John Glenn February 20, 1962, as he piloted the Friendship 7 spacecraft on the first manned orbital mission of the United States.
February 8, 2012
February meeting is February 21 at 7 PM at the Health Resource Center, across from East Alabama Medical Center, on Pepperell Parkway. Meeting room is the Dogwood, which is straight back when entering.
We will have a Mexican dinner in the meeting room beginning at 6 PM. As usual, price is $5.00 per person. Dinner will consist of burritos, tacos, nachos, chips, salsa, drinks, dessert, etc.
Bob, KA4PKB is presenting the program for the evening. He will be demonstrating how to build The Deluxe Tenna Dipper, a small antenna analyzer. To see the Tenna Dipper, go to this link. Most builders say it assembles in about an hour.
http://www.qrpkits.com/deluxetennadipper.html
Some eHam reviews.
http://www.eham.net/reviews/detail/9835
If anyone would like to order a kit and build one, we could have a kit
building meeting one month. Price is $70.
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!
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.
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.
September 21, 2011
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.
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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