Greetings everyone! We will meet in person at the ETV building and encourage all to join us there. In case you can’t make the meeting below is the Zoom meeting information for Monday.
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Winlink for Emergency Communications: Beginners Workshop
Wait what? Last month’s Ham and Eggs attendees received a USB key packed with tools and software for Winlink, JS8Call, and VARAChat. Perfect timing, there is training posted at ARES-SC.org that will take you through Winlink A-Z. More details are below:
NOTE: This is will a late evening event, it is posted to be a 7 pm PST time, making it 10 pm for the east coast.
Permanent link to this article: https://w4cae.com/february-carc-meeting-zoom/
Winlink for Emergency Communications: Beginners Workshop
Wait what? Last month’s Ham and Eggs attendees received a USB key packed with tools and software for Winlink, JS8Call, and VARAChat. Perfect timing, there is training posted at ARES-SC.org that will take you through Winlink A-Z. More details are below:
NOTE: This is will a late evening event, it is posted to be a 7 pm PST time, making it 10 pm for the east coast.
Permanent link to this article: https://w4cae.com/winlink-for-emergency-communications-beginners-workshop/
Winter Field Day 2023
The last Winter Field Day planning Zoom meeting is Wednesday 25th at 7:00 pm:
Click here for details in the Club Calendar
Continue readingPermanent link to this article: https://w4cae.com/winter-field-day-2023/
RF Line-of-Sight
Line-of-Sight provides radio path information for mapping long-distance SCADA radio communications by using antenna height and topography. Though this tool is designed for cellular service, it has great potential in the ham community. For example, I live in Lugoff and have sporadic issues reaching the club repeater 147.330. I feel certain that my antenna is the problem, either the coax feeding the antenna or its placement.
After checking the coax and antenna, I found using the Rf Line-of-Sight tool there is possibly an elevation increase in my line-of-sight to the repeater of 5 meters; which could cause issues with reaching the repeater.
Using this finding, my next step is to increase my antenna height to obtain a clear line of sight.
Continue readingPermanent link to this article: https://w4cae.com/rf-line-of-sight/
Winter Field Day Planning Meeting.
Tonight’s call for Winter Field Day:
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https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85735594296?pwd=Sk9idHFNYUszRmFuOSs2YXpDajBuZz09 https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85735594296?pwd=Sk9idHFNYUszRmFuOSs2YXpDajBuZz09
Meeting ID: 857 3559 4296
Passcode: 848971
One tap mobile
+13017158592,,85735594296#,,,,*848971# US (Washington DC)
+13052241968,,85735594296#,,,,*848971# US
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January 2023 Club Meeting – Zoom Information
Happy New Year!
January Club Meeting Zoom information is below!
The meeting will open at 6:45 PM Monday, January 9th
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/4529171282?pwd=bGNEYXhmUXh3cUZRVENKc2lTTk1IZz09
Meeting ID: 452 917 1282
Passcode: 468853
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+16469313860,,4529171282#,,,,*468853# US
+19294362866,,4529171282#,,,,*468853# US (New York)
Permanent link to this article: https://w4cae.com/january-2023-club-meeting-zoom-information/
Bill Covey W1GTT
We regretfully announce the unexpected passing of Bill Covey W1GTT, who passed away Tuesday, January 3rd. There will be a silent key ceremony to commemorate the extraordinary life of Bill W1GTT on January 8th Sunday Night Net. We’d love to hear about any memories you shared with him, feel free to send any photos or videos of Bill W1GTT using the club contact form. Currently, there is not much more, please keep Jean and her family in your thoughts and prayers.
Permanent link to this article: https://w4cae.com/bill-covey-w1gtt/
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