The 145.470 Group has a listing of local nets sorted by day of the week.
Link: http://www.470arg.com/cms/area_net
Thanks to the admin over there for making it available to us all.
Steve, W4HKL
Sunday, February 7, 2010
Installing 220-foot Rohn 45G Tower
Nice pictorial of an amateur and friends installing a 220 foot tower with assistance from a crane...
Link: http://w8ji.com/lifting_rohn_25g_45g_tower.htm
W8JI's main site... a gab-bag of ham info!
Link: http://w8ji.com/
Steve, W4HKL
Wednesday, February 3, 2010
A positive approach earns Georgia hams some state owned tower space. (ARRL)
June 1, 2009 marked the culmination of a project that had begun over 2 years earlier. In a truly impressive display of cooperation between federal, state, commercial and ham radio organizations the means to provide timely communication from trained weather spotters in the field back to the NWS in Peachtree City, Georgia has been restored...
Story Link:
http://www.arrl.org/news/features/2010/02/02/11325/
Photos of the the site: http://fcaresrepeaters.tk/
posted by Steve, W4HKL
Story Link:
http://www.arrl.org/news/features/2010/02/02/11325/
Photos of the the site: http://fcaresrepeaters.tk/
posted by Steve, W4HKL
Tuesday, January 12, 2010
Video Tutorial - Soldering
Excellent Tutorial from the Hams at Amateur Logic.
Skip forward to the 27 minute mark to go directly to the soldering segment...
Youtube Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qBZwaTpJ31E
Steve, W4HKL
Skip forward to the 27 minute mark to go directly to the soldering segment...
Youtube Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qBZwaTpJ31E
Steve, W4HKL
Video Tutorial - Installing Amateur Coaxial Connectors
The good Hams at Amateur Logic have a great "From The Bench" segment on installing Connectors... including some neat tricks on getting a good bond between the braid and gounded portion of the connector. Skip forward to 29minutes 50 seconds if you want to jump straight to the connector segment.
Youtube Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ws8C4YZ5eCQ
- Steve, W4HKL
Youtube Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ws8C4YZ5eCQ
- Steve, W4HKL
Monday, January 11, 2010
442.325 Repeater Link
The Middlesboro/Jonesville repeater is now linked with 444.050 (100Hz) Williamsburg and 444.050 (100Hz) Shelbyville, Ky with coverage into Louisville, and just across the Ohio River into Indiana. Williamsburg also hosts 52.07/53.07 and a 2 Meter simplex link for McCreary County.
Jonesville currently has some issues, but those will be addressed when weather/time permits.
Williamsburg to Shelbyville....IRLP via Reflector
WB4IVB to System........IRLP via Reflector
Middlesboro to WB4IVB Corbin......RF Link
Middlesboro to Jonesville......RF Link
Note above: For example, if 444.050 in Williamsburg was off the air, Middlesboro would still be linked to Shelbyville 444.050 via IRLP via the Michigan Reflector and vice-versa.
The system will use radio rf links and IRLP (NOT ECHOLINK) via the internet. As some of you know, I was the first IRLP node in the state Ky, about seven years ago. I have had a ton of fun listening and talking all over the US and several other countries.
I have decided to use my node/radio to link 442.325 into these other repeaters on a full time basis. The Reflector that will host our IRLP links is located in Michigan. Since the Reflector is "Open" to any IRLP station, there may be any number of repeaters or simplex nodes connected at any given time. My experience this week has been that there are some nodes that will link for a couple of hours, then disconnect the link. But, I will keep my link on 24/7 except for maint/updates.
Feel free to use the system. One thing to keep in mind is that there are some delays with all the switching/audio processing that is taking place. I try to key the mic, and pause a second, keeping the mic keyed, before talking. If you "quick-key" the first word or so, can be lost. However, it okay to pause a some point, giving other stations a chance to drop in, but do not get into the habit of letting the entire system drop on every transmission. That just adds to the delay time. If you don't like to pause after you key your mic, then key, and give your callsign, and then continue with your conversation. If two stations are using the same repeater, then they will not see any reason to do this, but keep in mind someone else in another city may miss your first word or so.
This system is also linked to the Frankfort, Ky Emergency Operations Center. The EOC may contact you for weather or other related info. Frankfort is working on a City/Repeater coverage map, and will probably be working on some nets to get a idea of the coverage.
Do not be intimidated by the system being linked. Use it........There will be small talk, coffee meeting runs, and general ham fun. There are a lot of fairly new hams on this system.
My repeater 444.900 in Corbin will not be added into the system at this time. I feel that between 444.050 and 442.325 the coverage will overlap. I may link in at times, with additional links for nets/emergencies.
Henry
WB4IVB
Jonesville currently has some issues, but those will be addressed when weather/time permits.
Williamsburg to Shelbyville....IRLP via Reflector
WB4IVB to System........IRLP via Reflector
Middlesboro to WB4IVB Corbin......RF Link
Middlesboro to Jonesville......RF Link
Note above: For example, if 444.050 in Williamsburg was off the air, Middlesboro would still be linked to Shelbyville 444.050 via IRLP via the Michigan Reflector and vice-versa.
The system will use radio rf links and IRLP (NOT ECHOLINK) via the internet. As some of you know, I was the first IRLP node in the state Ky, about seven years ago. I have had a ton of fun listening and talking all over the US and several other countries.
I have decided to use my node/radio to link 442.325 into these other repeaters on a full time basis. The Reflector that will host our IRLP links is located in Michigan. Since the Reflector is "Open" to any IRLP station, there may be any number of repeaters or simplex nodes connected at any given time. My experience this week has been that there are some nodes that will link for a couple of hours, then disconnect the link. But, I will keep my link on 24/7 except for maint/updates.
Feel free to use the system. One thing to keep in mind is that there are some delays with all the switching/audio processing that is taking place. I try to key the mic, and pause a second, keeping the mic keyed, before talking. If you "quick-key" the first word or so, can be lost. However, it okay to pause a some point, giving other stations a chance to drop in, but do not get into the habit of letting the entire system drop on every transmission. That just adds to the delay time. If you don't like to pause after you key your mic, then key, and give your callsign, and then continue with your conversation. If two stations are using the same repeater, then they will not see any reason to do this, but keep in mind someone else in another city may miss your first word or so.
This system is also linked to the Frankfort, Ky Emergency Operations Center. The EOC may contact you for weather or other related info. Frankfort is working on a City/Repeater coverage map, and will probably be working on some nets to get a idea of the coverage.
Do not be intimidated by the system being linked. Use it........There will be small talk, coffee meeting runs, and general ham fun. There are a lot of fairly new hams on this system.
My repeater 444.900 in Corbin will not be added into the system at this time. I feel that between 444.050 and 442.325 the coverage will overlap. I may link in at times, with additional links for nets/emergencies.
Henry
WB4IVB
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http://kb5wck.com/antenna_calcs.phpTennessee Phone Net Schedule
Tennessee Phone Net
3980 kHz
The Tennessee Phone Net meets at the following times
(all times are Central)
Weekday Schedule
|
| 5:40 AM | 6:45 AM | 6:30 PM |
| Monday | Larry - WB4NCW | Andy - W4SQE | David - WA4VVX |
| Tuesday | Larry - WB4NCW | Greg - K4KO | Wylodean - WA4HKU |
| Wednesday | Larry - WB4NCW | Larry - WB4NCW | Jerry - KB4VEL |
| Thursday | Tom - K4CMY | Terry - W4SYE | |
| Friday | Larry - WB4NCW | Larry - WB4NCW | Jerry - KB4VEL |
NOTE: The Monday evening Net is a combined TN ARES Net and TN Phone Net
.
Weekend Schedule
|
| 8:00 AM | 6:30 PM |
| Saturday | David - WA4VVX | Jerry - KB4VEL |
| Sunday | Larry - WB4NCW | NO NET |
Holiday Schedule
| 8:00 AM Net Control Station | NO EVENING NET | |
| Monday | Andy - W4SQE | - |
| Tuesday | Greg - K4KO | - |
| Wednesday | Larry - WB4NCW | - |
| Thursday | Terry - W4SYE | - |
| Friday | Larry - WB4NCW | - |
| Saturday | David - WA4VVX | - |
| Sunday | Larry - WB4NCW | - |
.
If you would like to help with the TN Phone Net, please contact one of the following:
Manager for the early morning session: Larry Marshall - WB4NCW at
Net Manager for the morning session: Larry Marshall - WB4NCW at
Net Manager for the evening session: Larry Marshall - WB4NCW at
Net Manager for the morning session: Larry Marshall - WB4NCW at
Net Manager for the evening session: Larry Marshall - WB4NCW at
Sunday, December 27, 2009
Army MARS becomes... Army MARS
MARS Gets New Name As It Fine Tunes Mission
Link on ARRL:
http://www.arrl.org/news/stories/2009/12/24/11267/?nc=1
Saturday, March 14, 2009
Cool Amateur Website.
Click on the logo to go to the main site.
Very nice site illustrating a very cool multi-repeater set up.
Click on the picture below to go to their picture gallery.
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