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Radio hams active in Argentine floods
Posted: 06 Apr 2013 03:58 AM PDT
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Radio hams active in Argentine floods
Radio amateurs in Argentina are providing
communications support in response to flooding. Nets are currently
operating on 7.070 MHz and 7.120 MHz
A report on RAYNET-HF says:
The flooding rains have been very strong in the city of Buenos Aires and
surrounding areas, and in the city of La Plata, which is the capital of
the Province of Buenos Aires, located 60 kilometers south of the City of
Buenos Aires. So far 57 people have died, 51 of them in La Plata.
The frequencies that are being used on 40 meters are 7070 and 7120, in
addition to VHF and UHF repeaters kept on alert for the radio club La
Plata, LU8DZE.
There is also a lot of communication activity through the Facebook
Emergenciaslu Amateur group, maintained by the Amateur Radio Emergency
Service of Argentina.
EmergenciasLU Radioaficionados on Facebook
https://www.facebook.com/emergenciaslu.radioaficionados
RAYNET-HF
http://raynet-hf.net/
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Mahoning County ARES host webinar with ARES groups involved with Hurricane
Sandy.
Posted: 05 Apr 2013 01:41 PM PDT
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What is being billed as the first of its kind, the local ARES group of
Mahoning County Ohio, will be holding a webinar presentation with several
ARES members of New Jersey and New York who were active before, during, and
after, Hurricane Sandy. The 20/9 ARC K8TKA will be hosting the event at
their regular club meeting on April 9,2013, at 7:00PM. The location of the
meeting is the Austintown Senior Center 100 Westchester Dr. Austintown,
Ohio 44515. This is a presentation conducted and coordinated by Mahoning
County ARES. The ARES groups on the Webinar will be presenting information
on how Amateur Radio responded, what were the strengths, the weaknesses,
and what was learned from this most recent natural disaster.
This event is open to all hams interested. The 20/9 ARC invites any hams in
the local area to attend. The webinar is being conducted with the
GoToWebinar program and the amount of participants online are unlimited.
Additional information on the event can be found at
www.mahoning-ares.org.
The information on the meeting location can be found at
www.20over9.org.
There are also links to maps to the Austintown Senior Center.
73's
KC8RJS
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Eagle 3 Near Space Balloon Launch Announcement
Posted: 05 Apr 2013 07:12 AM PDT
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EAGLE3 Near Space Balloon Launch
Olde Towne Middle School in Ridgeland, MS will be launching a balloon April
13th at approximately 9am Central Time from Olde Towne Middle School.
Missions specifics:
Date: April 13th
Time: Setup 7am, Launch approximately 9am Central Time
Location: Ridgeland, MS
Gas: Helium
Purpose: Carry experiments to altitudes greater than 90k feet
Equipment: GoPro Camera, 2 meter voice beacons, APRS telemetry (KC5NXD-12),
another APRS tracker with slower transmission rates (KC5NXD-11) , HF
Telemetry(trackable at
http://spacenear.us/tracker/), possible SPOT
tracker, radiation detector, and an audio alarm for location in dense
woods. Over one dozen experiments will be on the flight including bacteria
survival rates, radiation detection, cosmic ray capture, micro meteor
capture, and many more.
Telemetry specifics: APRS tracking as standard, HF tracking will be using a
HF transmitter designed and built by WB8ELK and transmitting on or
approximately 14.103 14.104 Mhz. The telemetry will be in short bursts
and can be decoded using the FLDigi High Altitude Balloon version of the
software. Download the latest version of this at
http://ukhas.org.uk/projects:dl-fldigi All telemetry reports would be
greatly appreciated. Send all telemetry reports to
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Any reception QSL cards will also be greatly appreciated and mailed to the
address for KC5NXD in QRZ.com. Special attention is needed to listen to
the descent flight telemetry especially when in the last 30K feet. If
configured right, FLDigi HAB will relay the information to the
spacenear.us/tracker site.
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Ham Nation 92:AES SuperFest & Smoke&Solder
Posted: 05 Apr 2013 06:20 AM PDT
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Ham Nation 92:AES SuperFest & Smoke&Solder is available for download and
viewing at
http://twit.tv/hn
Bob's on the road, various types of microphones, Gordo demonstrates
interference, and part two of building an AM/FM radio.
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Amateur Radio Newsline Report 1860 April 5 2013
Posted: 05 Apr 2013 12:29 AM PDT
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Amateur Radio Newsline Report 1860 April 5 2013
CLOSED CIRCUIT ADVISORY
The following is a closed circuit advisory and not necessarily for air.
With the latest on Amateur Radio Newslines fiscal situation heres our
producer Bill Pasternak, WA6ITF: