Lee County’s Amateur Radio Operators wish to remind all that the EMCOMM simplex frequency for amateur operators in the event of an emergency is 146.420 MHz. Remember to turn you squelch off or to zero when working to receive weak simplex signals.
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Remembering Darrell Penrod
We think of our friend Darrell Penrod – K9MUG (SK) often. Members of the group has a million stories about Darrell.
One thing Darrell loved was to design and implement wire antennas. He often reminded us “Any tree without a wire in it is a wasted tree”.
Well, Darrell changed his wire antenna configurations so often that he didn’t take the time to solder the joints. He just twisted them up and untwisted them to suit the occasion. After a time, the HODARS members gave this technique the name “The Penrod Connector”.
As we said, there are many more stories!
Website Launched!
The updated Heart of Dixie Amateur Radio Society website has been launched. It will yet need corrections, additions, and other changes, but we are eager to produce this updated version for the public. Please help the webmaster by sending suggestions either by using the “Contact” feature on the site, or by direct E-mail. The webmaster acknowledges that he is not going to win any spelling bees, so please feel free to provide even these types of corrections.
Progress Being Made On New Website!
Substantial progress has been made on the development of the new website for HODARS. In fact, the site is almost ready for launch. Thank you to KD4PK and KI4TWB for their guidance in this process. Once the site is launched, the webmaster hopes to get feedback from the group on impressions, suggestions for additions, changes, deletions, imagery used, and so on. Be “on the lookout” for the new site!
Watch the Site for Upcoming Developments!
We are undertaking some changes, additions, and other website development in the coming weeks. Watch for these soon!
