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SEPTEMBER 2008 GENERAL CLUB MEETING
The SEPTEMBER 2008 general club meeting will be held at 7:00 PM, 8-SEPTEMBER-2008 at the Voice of America facility at 8070 Tylersville Road.
Radio Night Open House
All area ham radio operators, club members and friend of the WCARA are
invited to come to "Radio Night Open House" each and every Wednesday
Night from 6:30 to 8:00 PM local time at the WC8VOA Club Station at the VOA on
8070 Tylersville Road
All area ham radio
operators, club members and friend of the WCARA
are invited to come to "Radio Night Open House" each and every
Wednesday Night from 6:30 to 8:00 PM local
time
at the WC8VOA Club
Station at the VOA on 8070 Tylersville Road.
This is your newsletter!!! Please send Mike Ashley N8XW@arrl.net any and all club news, event updates, digital pictures, buy or sale needs, license upgrades or call sign changes.
SPECIAL WC8VOA PROJECT HELP NEEDED
Firewall Project
Volunteers are needed to help with the WC8VOA
remodeling and new tower installation.
Work sessions will typically be on Wednesday
Evenings (4 to 8 PM) and on Saturdays (9 AM to 2 PM)
Please
contact Dave (N8DZ) at dave.wick@fuse.net, Bob (WB0NPN) or Ken (W8ND) at
kenneth.lowrey@wright.edu if you can share some time to help the club!
Thanks.
'08 FALL/WINTER WCARA NET OPS ASSIGNMENTS
2006 Summer/Fall/Winter WCARA Net OPS Assignments are as follows:
2008 Fall/Winter WCARA Net OPS Assignments are as follows:
The WCARA
Monday Night Roundtable meets each Monday
Night at 8:00 PM local time(except Meeting
Nights on the 2nd Monday of the Month) on the FARA
145.39 (-600) Repeater.
Aug. '08
Sept. '08
Oct. '08
Nov. '08
Dec. '08
8/4/2008 – N8MIQ
9/1/08 – W8ND
10/6/08 – K8CXM
11/3/08 – KA8ABR
12/1/08KC8GPJ
8/11/2008 - Club Mtg.
9/8//08 - Club Mtg.
10/13/08 - Club Mtg.
11/10/08 - Club Mtg.
12/8/08 - Club Mtg.
8/18/2008 - KC8GPJ
8/15/08 – K8DEV
10/20/08 – WB0NPN
11/17/08 – K8BAX
12/15/08 – K8DEV
8/25/2008 - N8DZ
9/22/08 – W8CDA
10/27/08 – K8DST
11/24/08 – KB8ZYE
12/22/08 – W8CDA
9/29/2008 – WB0NPN
12/29/08 – KC8ZGW
If a
scheduled Net Operator can not make his/her assigned date, please contract David
Wickelhaus so a substitute Net Operator can be found.
SPECIAL EVENT PLAN
WCARA SPECIAL EVENT PLANNED:
WCARA SPECIAL EVENT PLANNED:
Sep 6,
1400Z-2000Z,Corwin,
Ohio.West Chester Amateur
Radio Association, W8C. 120th anniversary of the circus train wreck
in Corwin. 146.55 14.250 7.250. QSL.WCARA, PO Box 913,
West Chester, OH45071.n8miq@yahoo.com
"HF CHRONICLES," newsletter of the West Chester Amateur Radio
Association, is the 2007 winner of the 16th annual Ohio
Ham Radio Newsletter Contest. It had won second place in a previous
contest.
Congratulations for an Excellent Job Mike !!
Posted by kc8zrk on Tuesday, September 18 @ 08:32:46 EDT (1698 reads)
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First two moonbounce QSOs!
n8eci writes "On 15-April Mike KA8ABR and Jim N8ECI made WC8VOA's first two QSOs with Al, W5LUA in TX and the club station IQ4DF in Italy via a 10 GHz earth-moon-earth path. With only 8 watts of microwave power and the tremendous gain of the 7.2m satellite antenna, these QSOs were made over a half-million-mile path.
Work continues on improving the antenna's feed system though waveguide matching and tuning!"
Posted by god on Wednesday, April 18 @ 09:01:55 EDT (1956 reads)
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IS YOUR SCANNER QUIET THESE DAYS ?
Anonymous writes "IS YOUR SCANNER QUIET THESE DAYS ?
By : Jim Kimmel W8FEJ
If your scanner seems unusually quiet these days it may not be because of a reduction in crime, 911 calls , or a
reduced frequency of natural disasters. More and moreof the local emergency services are converting to digitaloperation.. Even scanners equipped for trunking such as
the Pro 2052 and its siblings listen in vain for analog signals
which are no longer there. Is it time to go to Dayton or onto eBay and get what you can or even donate that “obsolete
scanner to Goodwill? Not at all.!! Especially when a new digital scanner may cost approximately $400.00 or more.
Radio Shack will print up for you a page or two of frequencies
in Butler and Warren counties and other nearby areas which
still use the analog mode. It might help if you make them awarethat you own a Radio Shack scanner and/or make a purchase.
The manager seemed willing to print a copy from his store
The source of this information is Scancat-Lite ComputerAided Technologies. They produce “full featured programming
software for your Radio Shack scanner.” The frequency list “sampleincludes about 60 analog frequencies in the VHF Lo, VHF HI, and 800mhz bands. The cost for the whole software package is $29.95. It may possibly be purchased from Radio Shack storesfrom their website, or directly from the information below. For a more comprehensive list of local frequencies see National
Communications information below. Your scanner will come to life again using the remaining (and very active) analog channels in the Butler / Warren County area
Contact:
Computer Aided Technologies
1112 Francais Dr.
Shreveport, LA
71118
Ordering: Call 1( 888) 722 6228
Technical Questions: Call1-(318) 687 2555
Website: www.scancat.com/scancat-lite
Or
You can order your local frequency list
from National Communications by calling <
1-800 423- 1331 or visit http://www.nat-com.org.
"
Posted by n8xw on Monday, April 17 @ 22:27:27 EDT (2865 reads)
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