2013 DL-DX RTTY contest is July 4 weekend. 6 am local time Saturday morning to 6 am Sunday morning.
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Glad to have another contest coming up. It has been a few weeks and we are READY!
Club member, Dick, K4IQJ has offered to do the program for July meeting. He found a new beverage antenna at this years Dayton hamfest and he will be presenting info on it.
BBQ supper in the meeting room before Dick’s presentation. $5.00 per person.
Date: July 9th
Time: 6 pm to 8:30 pm
Place: Dogwood Room, Health Resource Center across from EAMC.
Hope to see you there!
6 years and counting! It has been a fun ride…looking forward to many more years.
Field Day 2013 was held at the QTH of club member Bob, KA4PKB.
Our class was 2E and we ran a CW station and a SSB station. We were going to run RTTY and CW, but we needed the Rigexpert on the CW station.
It was great fun and we had numerous members on site.
Mike, KI4TWB
John, KI4KUT
Stew, K4JOP
Gene, KI4EEY
Darrell, K9MUG
Dick, K4IQJ
Cheryl, AA4YL
Bob, KA4PKB
Next contest is the German DL-DX RTTY contest on the July 4th weekend. It is usually a great contest.
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.
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.
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.
Dave Morris, W5UP presented a great program Tuesday evening. He explained the beginnings of EQSL, how the system works, the computers and servers that the system is stored, etc.
After the program, he offered discounts to the members on the Silver membership with EQSL. Dave also had EQSL hats for sale at a discount.
The barbecue supper before the meeting was delicious and everyone enjoyed themselves, many going back for seconds.
We had more visitors than we had seats, which was great to see, but we had to scramble to find chairs for everyone.
Lots of great ham radio talk and fellowship. It doesn’t get much better than that.
Ken, AK4KN joined the club Tuesday evening. It is great to have you with us Ken.
Nathan Hickman, NB4J also dropped by. Nathan was a member at one time, but school has taken most of his time lately. It was great to see him and hope he comes back soon.
John, KC4RSN, a regular at our weekly breakfast at Sarah Jays also joined us. Great to see him at our meeting and hope he joins us often.
Left, front to back:
Ken, W4KDS; Susan, KI4GTK; Cheryl, AA4YL; John, KC4RSN;
Darrell, K9MUG; Bob, KA4PKB; Gene, KI4EEY; Matthew; Spencer, W1SAS
Right, front to back:
John, KI4KUT; Deyla, KD4FD; Stew, K4JOP; Tom, KE4KWE; Reta;
Dave Morris, N5UP; Dick, K4IQJ; Ken, AK4KN
Pre-meeting supper was at Durango’s in Opelika. As usual Jesus and staff did a great job. Food and service were very good.
The April meeting was great. John Laney, K4BAI presented a slide program on the 2006 Radiosport Championship in Florianopolis, Brazil. John gave a very good presentation as well as funny anecdotes on the experience.
John also showed slides on an amateur station and home that is available for rental on Bonaire, in the Caribbean. John has been there multiple times and says it is a great place to operate.
It was great to have Ken, KJ4ZYC with us Tuesday evening. I hope he will continue to join us. He is a great addition to the club.
Congrats to Ken, KJ4ZYC, from Montgomery for passing his Extra class exam Tuesday evening. Not only did he pass, but did not miss a single answer. This VE has not seen many amateurs accomplish that.
After the test, Ken, VE Hal- KJ4TD, Bob- KA4PKB; and VE Cheryl- AA4YL adjourned to Moe’s Southwest Grill for happy hour. Great conversation and fellowship was in abundant supply.
Bob loaned Ken one of our spud guns to test out. We will build Ken one as soon as possible.
Speaking of spud guns, we are hearing of people using propane to fuel their launcher. We have found there is no need for such extreme measures. A simple tire stem and bicycle pump or small air compressor work fine.
Ken, KJ4ZYC in back and Hal, KJ4TD
Cheryl, AA4YL
Bob, KA4PKB
ARRL VE test session will be held Thursday, March 31, 2011 at 6:00 PM CDT.
Location is the Career Center inside the Goodwill Industries store on Pepperell Parkway in Midway Plaza. Map Link is shown here.
We will be giving the Extra Class test to an amateur from Montgomery. Other license tests will be offered to walk-ins. If possible, please contact the Lead VE at email address below to let us know you would like to test.
For further info, contact our VE team or see our VE exam page at http://w4hod.com/ve-testing
One of the goals of this admin is to get my CW speed back to at least Extra level. My code is really bad and I am determined to correct that.
I have found this web site and it is really helping.
HODARS is up to 20 dues paying members, including family members. Our club philosophy of learning and having fun is spreading. Members enjoy our casual, relaxed atmosphere.
We don’t read minutes or bulletins out loud. We spend that time discussing projects or listening to a program.
The next meeting is April 12, at 7 PM. Location is the Health Resource Center across from the EAMC on Pepperell Parkway.
Working on the 2011-2012 membership directory for HODARS. Tweaking it and getting it ready to mail next week. It is up to date and has the newest members in it.
I did not include the By-Laws and Constitution, as they are archaic and too exclusive. HODARS will vote and amend them soon to create a more open, positive tone. HODARS is not an exclusive club and we do not want our official documents to sound like we are.
