Mike Gilmore K8RVR writes:
… Read the restCoffee and Danish sound good to you?
This is a reminder for those not going to the VA Beach Hamfest, this Saturday is our bi-weekly breakfast gathering.
We have a VE session and breakfast on saturday and a public service event on sunday, but saturday is also the VA Beach Hamfest, also known as the ARRL Roanoke Division Convention, SEPTEMBER 14, 2013 9AM-4PM.
http://www.vbhamfest.com/… Read the rest
Here is the book Bob K4DU held up at the picnic, the self-published memoirs of our our own blind ham Joe Giovanelli, W2PVY. You can buy it at iUniverse or Amazon Amazon; but you might check with Joe first about the best place to buy it; he might have copies locally or prefer exposure on one site or another and the authors cut may vary depending on source.… Read the rest
The results are in!
Comments:
– Not sure if I can join from the Netherlands…
– I would like to somehow maintain simplicity for new users as well as steadily add more functions.
– Don’t give up Mike – it will be Fall – then Winter – and people will participate again.… Read the rest
There is a lot of action on the Club’s KickSat Sprite ground station project. In the late spring of this year, Bill K4IB, proposed that we establish one of the network of ground stations to support the launch of Cornell graduate student Zac Manchester’s constellation of femtosatellites, named “Sprites†by Zac and colleagues.… Read the rest
Combined map with BGCCC 2013, Gran Fondo Virginia 2013, Miller School Road Race 2013, MS150 Tour de Vine (multiple years), Jefferson cup (multiple years) race/ride routes, local repeaters, 7.5minute quadrangle grid, and line of sight (LOS) propagation overlay for 146.760, 146.925, and 146.895 repeaters.… Read the rest
Volunteers Needed! Contact Joe Flamini W4BXG.
We have sketchy last minute info that our help is needed for an unnamed bike race on sunday:
… Read the restOn another note, Kenneth Kang just e-mailed me informing me of another (new) bike race that he needs comms for.
The following 7.5minute quadrangles cover the routes for the BGCCC, Gran Fondo Virginia, and Miller School Bike Race: Swift Run Gap, Stanardsville, Browns Cove, Free Union, Earlysville, Waynesboro East, Crozet, Greenfield, Covesville, Alberene, Schuyler, Esmont, and Howardsville. Charlottesville West, Charlottesville East, and Simeon would also be desirable as they cover the area immediately around Charlottesville, including some of our repeater locations.… Read the rest
Volunteers Needed! Contact Joe Flamini W4BXG.
Joe Flamini W4BXG wrote:
… Read the restHi, All—
The Boys & Girls Club Race is in two weeks (Sunday, 15 September), and we need a few conscripts. I’m actually gonna be a part of this one, so I need six more souls.
This will be after our usual every other saturday breakfast. You don’t have to come to breakfast but, like last time, we will have the fox there and turn it on at the beginning of breakfast so you can verify your radio is properly set up and hear what it sounds like and even test your antenna close in and at a distance.… Read the rest