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Past ARRL Midwest Division Director Lew Gordon, K4VX (SK):

Posted: 27 Feb 2017 04:13 AM PST
http://www.eham.net/articles/38721


Past ARRL Midwest Division Director Lew Gordon, K4VX, of Hannibal,
Missouri, died on February 25. He was 87. Although he had been
suffering from cancer, Gordon had remained active on the air until
his death.


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Ham Radio Operators Broadcast their Enthusiasm for Vintage Electronics:

Posted: 26 Feb 2017 04:07 PM PST
http://www.eham.net/articles/38720


La PORTE -- Forget about the Internet, cell phones and solid-state anything
at all. This group is sticking with old-fashioned vacuum tubes and
antennas. Hundreds came to the Civic Auditorium in La Porte on Saturday to
swap stories and hard-to-find electronic parts at the annual Cabin Fever
Hamfest sponsored by the La Porte County Amateur Radio Club. Given the
remarkable evolution in communications, no one would be surprised to see
interest dwindling in vintage radios. Many who poked around in dusty boxes
at the show Saturday recalled tinkering with electronics as kids in a way
that doesn't seem to interest younger generations as much. But club
president Brian Salzer said the hobby still has life, and in the past
couple of years he's see a resurgence. Although this is one of the only
electronic swap meets left in northern Indiana, those who attend are
avid. "There are some good deals to be had here," he said. "A lot of this
stuff you can't buy on the Internet." Emergency services still rely on ham
radio operators for communications during natural disasters or when there
are extended power outages, a service members of the club are happy to
provide. Proceeds from the swap meet help pay for the maintenance of two
repeaters in the county that help bounce high-frequency radio signals off
the ionosphere to places as far away as Japan, Europe, Canada and even
Antarctica.


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Ham Radio Club Heard from a Bike Ride in Italy to a Battleship in Hawaii:

Posted: 26 Feb 2017 04:06 PM PST
http://www.eham.net/articles/38719


WAXAHACHIE -- During a recent meeting, David Shuford and Jim Hasse
presented Ellis County Amateur Radio Club (ECARC) President Robert Crosby
and members with a check for $2,000 for their participation in the Tour
d'Italia bike rally on June 18, 2016. Shuford thanked the members for their
roles in providing communications and as SAGS (support and gear). SAGs
drive around in front of, or behind, groups of bike riders making sure they
remain safe. Should they decide they cannot make it any further, SAGs are
the ones who pick the rider up and bring them back to the start-finish
line. The next Tour d'Italia bike rally is set for June 17, 2017. In other
news, club members Leo (KW5P) and Sharon (K5SMW) Wrobel were in Honolulu,
Hawaii at the end of January. While there, they met with members of the
Battleship Missouri Radio Club and were able to work the radio in the
original radio room of the USS Missouri in Pearl Harbor as guest operators.


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Amateur Radio Roundtable Live Tuesdays:

Posted: 25 Feb 2017 04:00 PM PST
http://www.eham.net/articles/38718


This week on Amateur Radio Roundtable, Rich
Richard Moseson, W2VU editor of CQ magazine
will be giving us a look into next month's
issue. Katie Allen, WY7YL will also be
talking to Robert Greenberg, W2CYK the
developer of the Worldwide Repeater
Directory and RFinder.