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Good news! Testing was discussed at the October meeting.
Still nailing down a few details; but this is what it looks like at the
moment.
We will meet at the EMS facility for the November meeting. The current plan
is to have people wanting to test, to show up at 6:30pm (half hour before
the meeting). Steve V and sufficient VEs will be available to test all the
way to Extra. Testing before the meeting will allow us to maintain the
required social distancing (1 wavelength on 2M!). See
Meetings, Training and Testing for location of the EMS building and
Steve Verschoyle's phone number, then call to
make an appointment.
So, break out those books for final studies, take those sample exams, and
good luck.
See the presentation folder
for an extensive brief about Amateur Radio in the International Space
Station (ARISS). See this link <www.swpc.noaa.gov/products/solar-cycle-progression
> for real-time sun-spot data from NOAA.
The next time your FT8 seems to have gone south, check your
time, or better yet install a service that will sync your computer time when
you boot up. See more "how to" information in
Weak Signal World & Digital.
Two
VHF/UHF FM mobiles and two compact vertical antennas are for sale on the Swap Meet page.
For the latest discussions, see our GROUPS.IO page here.
This site is current a/o
17 October, 2020.
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| Introduction |
The seed for Amateur Radio was planted in the 1890's, when
Marconi began his experiments in wireless telegraphy. Soon he was joined
by hundreds. This section tells you what we are about 129 years
later.
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| Radio
Choices |
Many new to Amateur Radio wonder what radio
to choose after their hand-held. Here
is information about Yaesu, Icom and Flex, along with links to others.
There is more about Flex in Presentations.
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| Station Design for HF
to 50MHz |
Our members
operate stations from simple to elaborate. We can give you ideas for
yours.
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| Station Design for VHF |
The Hill
Country has many locations that are good for VHF and UHF. With
proper antennas and low loss coax, one can work much further than could be
imagined.
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| DX |
This page
will provide some "how to" ideas about working DX, tell how to find who is on
the air and give you current propagation reports.
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| LoTW
and Club Log |
This subject
discusses Ham software, how to get the rare one in the log and then how to get the
confirmation.
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| QRP |
Want to get
started in QRP? KARS past President, Bob Rosier - K4OCE, recently inducted into the QRP
Hall of Fame, tells you how.
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| Weak
Signal World & Digital |
New modes like
MSK144, FT4 and
FT8 seem to be the fastest growing segment of our hobby. See this
page for FT4 and FT8 updates from Dave Moore, N7RF.
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| Repeaters |
The 444.9
and 146.64 are both DR-2 machine are located ten miles north of Boerne on Tower Road.
145.19 has been converted to DR-2 at Fair Oaks Ranch. Click on "Repeaters" our current status.
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| Field
Day
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Many
stations on the air for FD 2020 with CW alive and well. Scores
will be published by ARRL in December. |
| Presentations |
We have frequent programs on a variety of amateur radio
subjects. We also look for presentations from other clubs.
Our latest addition to the Presentations folder is an extensive
presentation on ARISS -- Amateur Radio on the International Space
Station provided by Ken Nichols - KD3VK. |
| Technology |
Amateur
radio technology has come a long way since the spark transmitters of 100
years or more ago. See this page for how to use WSJT-X
on
a Raspberry Pi 3.
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| Meetings,
Training and Testing |
We normally meet the first Thursday of each month.
Find directions at the link. We
also provide
direction, mentoring and when you are ready, testing. See this page
for tips how to prepare. We have 11 Volunteer Examiners and can test from Tech to Extra
once a month during our regular club meetings. See Training, Meetings
and Testing below and then call Steve
Verschoyle
or follow the "testing" link to make an
appointment. You do not need to be a member of our club to test.
We are open to all.
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| Links |
Here are links to various websites of interest. If you
want to hear how ship to shore CW was done just 25 years ago, check out the
Maritime Radio Historical Society.
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| Community Activities |
We have a
strong association with Kendall Co. EMS, the Kendall County Sheriff's
Department and other organizations. See our communication plan for
interoperability with local agencies.
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| Swap Meet |
Four items listed for sale:
Icom ID-5100 Deluxe. Comet 250B. Tar Heel 100HP.
Alinco DR-635T VHF/UHF FM. Send text and picture to
Webmaster. |
| Forms |
KB5TX agenda template,
Membership Application and other club related forms.
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| Officers |
In addition
to information in the footer, you will
find the mailing address, email address, and a listing of KARS officers for
2020 here.
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| Constitution
and By-Laws |
Our
Constitution and By-Laws are current as of Summer, 2016. These are
updated for approval by the membership as circumstances dictate.
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| History of
the Club |
KARS commenced informally around 1975 and was formally
incorporated in 1980. See this link for all the details.
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| Ideas
for Improvement |
Please direct your flaming arrows at the Webmaster.
A web site lives or dies depending on its content. Judging from the
hit-counter, we must be doing pretty well. Your ideas are welcome. K5NOF@arrl.net
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