The Beacon was posted late waiting for the minutes of the February meeting. The minutes came in just after posting the newsletter without them. The president asked that the minutes be posted in a special edition of the newsletter. That has been done and can be found in a file “201403 Special” next to the regular edition.… Read the rest
2014-02-23 Hamfest: Vienna Winterfest
The 2014 Vienna Wireless Society Winterfest is on Sunday, February 23 in Vienna, VA (Northern VA) at the gymasium of the NVCC Annandale Campus, 8333 Little River Turnpike, Annandale, VA 22003.‎
geo:38.833216,-77.236872 (Google Maps)
Talkin: 146.91Mhz NV4FM Northern VA FM Association Tysons Corner Repeater.… Read the rest
February Meeting Tues 2014-02-11 -ARES
Mike McPherson, KQ9P, will be doing a presentation on ARES/RACES.
Meeting will be at NRAO but I believe it will be in a different room than usual as another group will be using the auditorium.
Meeting Location: NRAO Auditorium, 520 Edgemont Road, Charlottesville, VA.… Read the rest
Hamfest Saturday 2014-02-01: Richmond Frostfest
Frostfest will be on Saturday, February 1, 2014, from 8:30AM-3:30PM at the Richmond Raceway complex.
Details, directions, website links, floorplan, and video below the fold.
http://frostfest.com/
Address:
Richmond Raceway Complex
600 East Laburnum Avenue
Richmond, VA 23222-2253
GPS Coordinates:
geo:37.586389,-77.423333
37 deg 35 min 31 sec N 77 deg 25 min 23 sec W
Google Map
APRS: If your vehicle is APRS-capable, you can home-in on our APRS object, FROSTFEST.… Read the rest
January meeting
Annual meeting at NRAO 7:30PM Tue Jan 14. Election of officers for 2014.
Update: Bill Arnold K4IB and Mike McPherson KQ9P gave a presentation on the Kicksat project which launches on February 22.… Read the rest
Surplus Pan/Tilt mount as Azimuth/Elevation Rotator and satellite tracker.
No, that isn’t a picture of a cute little robot. Or is it? It is a robot for moving your antenna but in a previous life it was a weatherproof mount for moving large expensive closed circuit TV cameras at secure facilities.… Read the rest
Sat 2013-12-13 VE License Exam Session
AARC will be holding its quarterly VE (Volunteer Examiner) session where people can take exams to obtain or upgrade an Amateur Radio (ham radio) license.
http://www.arrl.org/exam_sessions/charlottesville-va-22906-9999-12
Sat, December 14, 9am – 12pm
NRAO Headquarters, 520 Edgemont Road, Charlottesville, VA 22906-9999
geo:38.036806,-78.518087
Google Map
Note that the breakfast bunch will be gathering at Panera Bread before the VE session.… Read the rest
Annual/50th Anniversary Dinner Banquet
The Albemarle Amateur Radio Club invites you to join the membership for the 50th Anniversary Celebration at the Annual Awards Banquet on Tuesday, December 10th. The celebration will take place at the Elks Lodge across from the entrance to Towe Park.… Read the rest
Microwave Mesh Networks and Services for Emergency Communications
Many of us took note of the article in the July 2013 QST about the HSMM-MESH (now Broadband-Hamnet, broadband-hamnet.org) mesh network and its use by a group of Austin Amateur Radio Club hams in support of a major public service event.… Read the rest
Friday 2013-11-22: Ham Radio on TV: Last Man Standing
Last Man Standing Website (ABC)
Photo Credit: show via eham.net (John Amodeo) ,
American Radio Supply, and KK4SHO.
©Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation.
fair use.
Tim Allen’s character on the show Last Man Standing will work the 20m band and generate a pileup using audio recorded by real hams then videolog about ham radio.… Read the rest