[HQRP] FW: July General Meeting and more.
MacAllister, Andrew [EPM/HOU]
Andrew.MacAllister@EmersonProcess.com
Tue, 6 Jul 2004 10:00:30 -0500
WE were one of BVARC's 3 satellite QSO's on FD 2004 via Saudi-OSCAR-50! In
fact, we apparently did very well on the satellites compared to other
groups, even though we were QRP. The antennas, super rotators (TNX to
W5GFP) and solid installation made a lot of difference. In addition to
sending in our results to the ARRL, I will also forward our satellite
efforts to AMSAT.
72 de Andy W5ACM
(20 QSO's in the ARS Sprint last night - 3 Watts w/ KX-1)
ARS #1708
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Cameron (lat) [SMTP:k5cam@arrl.net]
> Sent: Tuesday, July 06, 2004 9:34 AM
> To: "b-varc members"
> Subject: July General Meeting and more.
>
> Hi BVARCers,
>
> The July General Meeting will be this Thursday (July 8) at 7:30 PM in the
> Sugar Land Community Center. Please refer to our web site for directions.
>
> The program consists of a ham satellite demonstration featuring Allen
> Mattis,N5AFV, and Scott Medbury, KD5FBA. They will give advice on getting
> started and operating in the satellite area. They were able to make three
> contacts during Field Day to give us points for that mode.
>
> Also, on the program may be
>
> * Discussion of our really successful Field Day and plans for next
> year.
> * Discussion concerning BVARC surrendering 145.47 and transferring
> club activities including the Monday Night Net to another repeater. The
> Board of Directors is leaning toward 146.88 (103.5) which will soon be at
> 1600+ feet on one of the towers near Missouri City. Allen, N5XZ, would
> like to receive your thoughts on this subject - <mailto:n5xz@arrl.net>.
>
> The Monday Night PSN Net had to shift to 145.45 this week again since the
> noise made it impossible for the net control to be understood.
>
> Other club activities this week:
>
> * Monday night 8 PM Public Service Net, depending on a control
> operator being available. We are in serious need of additional control
> ops to call the net. Please contact any member of the board or one of the
> control ops on the net if you are interested. See the club web site or
> newsletter.
> * Wednesday night HF net at 7PM on 3910 +/-. See the club web site or
> newsletter.
> * Saturday breakfasts. See the club web site or newsletter.
>
> 73,
>
> Cam, k5cam