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AARC Field Day 2014
AARC 2013 Field Day Station Morse Code (HF CW) Station
Photo Credit: Mark Whitis AK4OL, License: CC-BY-3.0-US
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now to add this event to your google calendar (operating hours only, see below for a link which includes setup and teardown).… Read the rest
Bike MS Tour De Vine June 14-15, 2014; AARC Public Service Event
AARC is once again providing communications support for the Bike MS Tour De Vine (formerly known as the MS-150) which is a two day bike ride on Saturday June 14 and Sunday June 15. AARC has supported this event for decades.… Read the rest
Saturday 2014-05-31: Digital EMComm Summit
We invite you to join us for the next step in this exploration, a ?Digital EmComm Summit,? to be held on Saturday, 31 May 2014, from 9am until noon at the Dunlora Community Clubhouse, 1195 River Oaks Ln., Charlottesville, VA, 22901.… Read the rest
Field Day 2014 Signup!
Signup for operating shifts is now available! Click on the big green button to go to the VolunteerSpot Web site:
More details will be available soon…… Read the rest
Tuesday 2014-05-13 – AARC Monthly Meeting
Meeting is at 7:30PM EST.
Presentation: Dave Damon K4DND will be talking about IRLP
Meeting Location: NRAO Auditorium, 520 Edgemont Road, Charlottesville, VA.
Lat/Long: geo:38.036817,-78.518115
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Board Meeting is at 7:00PM, same room. There may be an ARES meeting at 6:30PM in the Parking Lot.… Read the rest
Sat 2014-05-10 Fontaine Fire Station Grand opening.
Photo: Mark Whitis AK4OL, CC-BY-US-3.0
The grand opening for the New Fontaine Ave Fire Station is Saturday from 11AM to 3PM, Rain or Shine. Be prepared for rain as the hourly weather forecast on weatherbug has 50% chance of rain during the event hours.… Read the rest
ViewRF RTL-SDR Dongle Spectrum Analyzer
I’ve successfully built Stephen Ong’s ViewRF RTL-SDR Spectrum Analyzer. If you are interested in cool things that you can do with these little devices check out Stephen’s YouTube demo and my project page.
73, Mike KQ9P… Read the rest
Dayton Hamvention
The Dayton Hamvention, the largest hamfest in North America is coming Friday 2014-05-16 through Sunday 2014-05-18. Although it is 7 hours away, a number of AARC members will be attending.
Website: http://www.hamvention.org/
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Note that there are one or more hamfests listed on the club calendar in Virginia or neighbouring states almost every weekend for the next 3 months, except for field day and independence day.… Read the rest
Kicksat launch this Friday 2014-04-18 or Sat 2014-04-19
UPDATE: Kicksat has successfully launched.
Sprites will be deployed around 2014-05-04 15:45 EDT.
Kicksat orbit is predicted to decay around 2014-05-14.
Frequencies: https://github.com/zacinaction/kicksat/wiki/Radio-Info
Technical difficulties aside, there is a 40% chance weather will permit kicksat to launch Friday and a 36% chance it will launch saturday for a total probablity of 76%.… Read the rest