Spudniks and Ice Cream

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Tonight  was great fun. Deyl, KD4FD; Tom, KE4TWE; his wife Reta; Darrell, K9MUG; Bob, KA4PKB; and Cheryl, AA4YL met at the HRC to finish up as many Spudniks as we could. We did manage to finish one for Deyl, Darrell, and Tom. We will finish up the rest as soon as we can.

Tom, KE4KWE, Reta, and Bob, KA4PKB

John, KI4KUT dropped by for a few minutes and it was great to see him.

Tom and Reta paid dues and are now official members of HODARS. Great to have them with us.

Tom paid the club a great compliment. He said we know how to have fun. That we do.

After the Spudnik session, we all went to Dairy Queen for ice cream and some great talk.

Spud Gun Construction Finale

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Tonight is the Spudnik finale at the Health Resource Center. We will meet at 6 PM to finish up the spud gun construction.

We will be meeting in the large room on the left as you come in the front door. This room has a lots of room to spread out.

Eat before you come, or bring a brown bag supper to eat in the meeting room.

 

 

2011 Dues And Welcome A New Member

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2011 club dues are steadily coming in and the Treasurer appreciates that. Thank all of you for your continued support of HODARS. With our new emphasis on the technical and operating principals of amateur radio, we have a very bright future.

Please welcome our newest member, John Klingelhoeffer, WB4LNM. John has paid his dues and is now a member of our club. Welcome John, although you have seemed like a member for a long time.

 

 

Pardon the dust…

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I changed the theme of the blog and have some tweaking to do on one of the columns. I will have this done in a day or so, as time permits.

Thanks and 73!

 

 

Spud Gun Update

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The Spudnik construction meeting went well.  Six Spudniks were built for club members. Time did not allow for completion of all of them, but we will meet again this month and finish them up.

The best news was the presence of Deyl, KD4FD at the meeting. We have not seen Deyl in a while and it is great to have her back with the club.

 

What’s that sound?! It’s Spudnik!

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The March meeting of HODARS is scheduled for March 8th. As usual the meeting will be held at the Health Resource Center across from EAMC on Pepperell  Parkway. Meeting begins at 7 PM. Pre meeting supper will be at a local eating establishment, which has not been selected yet. We meet at 6 Pm for the evening meal.

The program this month is a do it yourself project, making spud guns. It should be very interesting, as Mr. Spudnik- Mike, KI4TWB  will be heading up the instructions, with assistance from Bob, KA4PKB.

Mike and Bob constructed one for club use and it has worked really well.

WSPR Program for February Meeting

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WSPR is a piece of software that enables you to participate in a world-wide network of low power propagation beacons. It enables your radio transceiver to transmit beacon signals, and to receive beacon signals from similarly-equipped stations in the same amateur band. Because participating stations usually upload spots that they receive in real time to a web server, you can find out within seconds of the end of each transmission exactly where and how strongly it was received, and even view the propagation paths on a map.

(From the http://www.g4ilo.com/wspr.html web site)

W4HOD will have a guest speaker in February to talk about this very subject.  Richard Robinson (AI4RY), will present the program on WSPR.

Special May Meeting

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Dave Morris, N5UP, the founder of eQSL will be our guest speaker at the May meeting.  Dave will be flying throughout the US this Spring and wants to visit as many amateur radio clubs as possible. Dave’s program will be about eQSL of course, how it works, and how to join.

You can read all the details of Dave’s flight plans at this page.

http://www.eqsl.cc/qslcard/ClubTour.cfm

Dave, N5UP in his cockpit

 

October VE Test Sessions

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The schedule for October VE testing has been posted on the ARRL VE page. The VE tab is at the top of this page and has all the details of the testing session.

The sessions will be held on Saturday, October 2 at 9:30 AM CT and Monday, October 11 at 6:00 PM CT. The location is the Career Center located inside the Goodwill Industries retail store. The location is in Midway Plaza located on Pepperell Parkway in Opelika. View Location Map


September Meeting A Success

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September meeting of HODARS was great fun. Frank McLemore, N4TKT had a great program on grounding and protection against lightening. He even had gifts for everyone in attendance.


Supper was very good with lots of fellowship. We were honored to have Dean, KI4LLX visiting us and hope he returns soon. Stew, K4JOP joined the club at the meeting and we look forward to having him and his wife, Aina, KD4SCH join us often.


September Meeting

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September meeting of HODARS is this Tuesday, the 14th at 7 PM CT at the Health Resource Center across from East Alabama Medical Center.

We will have a special guest, Frank McLemore, N4TKT, who will present a program on lightening and grounding.

We will have an Italian supper at 6 PM CT in the meeting room prior to the club meeting. On the menu:

Chicken Alfredo

Lasagna

Salad

Bread Sticks

Ice Tea, Soft Drinks

Desserts


September VE Test Session

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The HODARS VE team is having a ARRL VEC testing session on September 13, 2010. The location is the Goodwill Industries Career Center in Midway Plaza Shopping Center on Pepperell Parkway in Opelika, AL. All three license class exams will be offered, depending on prior registration of applicants for General and Extra class tests.


View Location Map


The session begins at 6:15 PM CT and prior registration is strongly suggested. Registration guarantees we have the correct number of VEs and supplies on hand. Walk-ins for Tech class exams will be accepted, but other license class walk-ins will depend on having proper VEs on hand. For further details on what to bring, and other important information, check our VE Exam Page. To register for the test session or for any questions, contact our VE team