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
AARC is holding a VE (Volunteer Examiner) session where people can sit to take their amateur radio license exams in the vicinity of Charlottesville, VA. Walk-ins allowed. There is a modest fee to take the exam. These sessions are held about once every 3 months.… Read the rest
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Bill Pond N0WP writes on Saturday 2013-08-31:
… Read the restIt appears the Marshall Manor repeater site may have experienced some storm related damage today. Mike McPherson notified me around 5:15 PM today that he heard some beeps, then nothing on the 146.760.
If you have been paying attention to the new club calendar you know that it is labor day weekend and that in addition to our every other week breakfast bunch gathering (separate story) it is also time for the Shelby, NC hamfest and that traffic in town will be a mess due to a UVA home game.… Read the rest
Looks like we are back at Panera this saturday. Mike KQ9P writes:
… Read the restThis Saturday is our regular Ham Radio Breakfast Group! Let’s make it Panera in the Barracks Road Shopping Center this time.
Your computer and sound card can be used in lieu of some pieces of test equipment, particularly audio equipment. A couple times in as many weeks, I have needed to generate tones to send over the radio.
Most of the tools described here run on Linux; most are also available on Mac OS X, Windows, FreeBSD, etc.… Read the rest
Thanks for all the responses. The results are in!
A number of interesting suggestions about alternative locations were made:
Bodos off Rt. 29
DoubleTree (breakfast bar)
Harris Teeter (has a breakfast bar and a cafe area and a Starbucks)
IHOP
McDonalds
One of the breakfast buffets
Spudnuts
Waffle House
Tip Top (we’ve checked with them, and they say they can’t handle a group like ours on Saturday)
Wood Grill
Stay tuned for further news as we digest these results…… Read the rest
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I just received an order of SMA to BNC adapters from www.rfsupplier.com. They are cheaper than most other resellers with an adaptor price of $1.60 or $1.80 and $3 shipping for multiple adaptors. More info below the fold for those who are stuck with SMA connectors on their radios, including pictures with various radios and antennas.… Read the rest