The August Issue of The Beacon has been uploaded and now available for your information and entertainment.… Read the rest
Month: July 2013
AARC has a Twitter hashtag!
Although many people have strong feeling about Twitter – both positive and negative – there is no denying that it is very useful for instant, one-to-many communications in certain situations. For those times when it would be useful, let’s tweet with the hashtag #albemarleradio.… Read the rest
local GIS data resources
GIS data:
Virginia:
http://www.virginiaplaces.org/boundaries/gisdata.html
Charlottesville:
http://www.charlottesville.org/index.aspx?page=155
Albemarle:
http://www.albemarle.org/department.asp?department=gds&relpage=3914
Green county:
http://greenegis.timmons.com/
Nelson county
http://www.nelsoncountygis.org/
Virginia GeoPDFs
data.usgs.gov/kml/gda/va_drg_geopdf.kml
http://store.usgs.gov/b2c_usgs/usgs/maplocator/%28xcm=r3standardpitrex_prd&layout=6_1_61_48&uiarea=2&ctype=areaDetails&carea=%24ROOT%29/.do
http://www.usgs.gov/pubprod/aerial.html
Good news is that USGS has just recently released 2013 US Topo maps for virginia in geoPDF format. These contain streets, contour lines, elevation maps (which can be shown as shaded relief), and 1m resolution satellite imagery.… Read the rest
CERT events and Emergency Alerts
Register for cell phone text message emergency Alerts from the Albemarle/Charlottesville/UVA Emergency Communications Center at https://acuecc.onthealert.com/.
This is separate from the broadcast addressed Wireless Emergency Alerts (WEA) users of newer model cell phones on participating carriers may be able to receive although the messages may overlap.… Read the rest
Berryville Hamfest
The Shenandoah Valley
Amateur Radio Club, Inc.
ARRL APPROVED HAMFEST
63rd Annual Berryville Hamfest
and Computer Show
Sunday, August 4, 2013
Clarke County Ruritan Fairgrounds, Berryville, VA
- GATE OPENS AT 6:00 AM
- DONATION $6.00, children under 16 free
- ADDITIONAL $10.00 FOR A TAIL-GATE SPACE
- INDOOR VENDOR TABLES BY RESERVATION (see below)
- SPECIAL EVENT PRICING AT HAMPTON INN (1204 Berryville Ave.,
UPDATED AFTER EVENT: Miller School Road Race 2013-07-28 – Public Service Event
Route shown in red with repeater locations as yellow thumbtacks. Click to enlarge or view on
google maps or RideWithGps without repeater locations.
The miller school race is on Sunday, July 28th.… Read the rest
New Club Award
Albemarle Amateur Radio Club
Central Virginia Repeater Century Award
Our President states, “To encourage use of repeaters in Central Virginia and in celebration of our 50th year as a radio club, the Albemarle Amateur Radio Club announces the “Central Virginia Repeater Century Awardâ€.”… Read the rest
Creating Content for the club website – Lesson 2
- Hyperlinks
- Images
- Outlines
- Tables
- Floats
- div/span
- Stylesheets
- Microformats
- Headings
| Callsign | Frequency |
|---|---|
| WA4TFZ | 146.760Mhz |
| WA4DND | 146.730Mhz |
You can use some, but not all HTML markup in your posts/stories on the club website. Just below the box where you type your content, you will see a collapsed section title labelled “Input format”.… Read the rest
Creating Content for the club website- Lesson 1 – simple content
In this tutorial, I will show how to create a basic story on the website with no pictures, tables, lists, code listings, or other HTML. With the information in this tutorial, you should be able to post a simple quick and dirty story on the club website, such as 90% of the stories published in the first 2-1/2 years of this website being hosted using drupal but not a fancier page such as this tutorial page or some of my recent postings.… Read the rest
July 9th Monthly Meeting- Smart meters
The Albemarle Amateur Radio Club will meet in the National Radio Astronomy Observatory, 520 Edgemont Road, Charlottesville, VA on July 9 at 7:30 pm. Charles Battig K4TY will give a presentation on Smart Meters (home electric service meters) and RFI.
The president has called a board meeting for 7 pm.… Read the rest