The Upstate Hamfest is this Saturday, May 5th at the Piedmont Interstate Fairgrounds in Spartanburg, SC. Gates open to the public at 8am. Come out and join us!
Memorial Services for Stephen Parrish (AJ4QA) Silent Key
I had a conversation with Pam Parrish today. She asked me to pass along the following information about upcoming services for Steven:
Friday May 4 2018 7.00 PM – Memorial Service
Greer Calvary Chapel
3315 Brushy Creek Road, Greer SC 29650
Feel free to attend in comfortable dress
Saturday May 5, 2018 2.00 PM – Cemetery service (Note Corrected Service Time)
Forest Hill Cemetery
4290 Old York Rd
Rock Hill, SC 29730
Robert (WR8RW)
June and July 2018 Society Meeting Programs and Speakers Confirmed
The June 2018 BRARS program and speaker have been confirmed. Sergeant Natalie Hill, a Crime Prevention Specialist on the Greenville County Sheriff’s service, will present a program on enhancing home protection. This is especially relevant to us in the Amateur Radio Service given our investments in time and money for the building of our stations. Our thanks to member J. D. Norris (KF4RVH) for suggesting this resource.
The July 2018 speaker has also been confirmed. Dr. Marc Tarplee (K4UFP), ARRL SC Section Manager will visit with us…the program topics are still under discussion, stay tuned.
The remaining confirmed programs for 2018 are:
March: Learning CW and Additional Learning Resources, Les Shattuck (K4NK)
April: Digital Mobile Radio (DMR), Adam Shirley (WJ4X)
May: RF-Kit B26 Legal Limit Amplifier, Gary Wise (W4EEY)
June: Sergeant Natalie Hill (GCSS), Enhancing Home Protection
July: Dr. Marc Tarplee (K4UFP), Topics TBD
Additional programs are currently in the discussion and planning phase…watch this space for updates.
If you have an idea or suggestion for a program feel free to contact me.
Standing by and carefully tuning…Robert (WR8RW)
Echolink instructions
One of our Facebook followers pointed out that our instructions regarding Echolink operation of the 610 repeater were not available. This has now been fixed, thank you! The instructions can be found under the Repeaters menu, or directly at Echolink.
FT8 Presentation from January 2018
The FT8 presentation from our January 2018 meeting by Robert Webster (WR8RW) is now viewable online or downloadable from our
Presentations page.
A Snippet From Technology History – Guglielmo Marconi’s Station
As an add on to the “This Week in Technology History” segment I present on Friday evening nets, I want to send along a link to an article from the BBC about Marconi’s first station in Newfoundland Canada. It is part technology history and part travelogue. It gives you a view into Marconi’s dream and the location of his history making station in St. John’s. Have a look at some of the photos…especially the one showing station staff wrestling with a kite used to keep an antenna aloft. A sentence at the end of the article speaks to the station’s role in reporting the sinking of a significant vessel early in the 20th century.
Here is the link:
http://www.bbc.com/travel/story/20170831-canadas-vital-role-in-the-communications-revolution
Enjoy.
73.
Robert (WR8RW)
2018 – Confirmed BRARS Meeting Programs
The confirmed 2018 BRARS General Meetings program list is beginning to fill up! Here are the meetings that are currently confirmed for this year:
January: FT-8 Overview, Robert (WR8RW)
February: “Net” Message and Traffic Handling, Steve Sabin (KM4UVN), SC SSB Net
March: Learning CW and Additional Learning Resources, Les Shattuck (K4NK)
April: Digital Mobile Radio (DMR), Adam Shirley (WJ4X)
May: RF-Kit B26 Legal Limit Amplifier, Gary Wise (W4EEY)
Additional programs are currently in the discussion and planning phase…watch this space for updates.
If you have an idea or suggestion for a program feel free to contact me.
Thanks and 73.
Robert (WR8RW)
Happy New Year
Happy New Year to all of our fellow hams, wishing you the best in 2018!
January Meeting date changed to Jan 8th
Good morning colleagues…After our December meeting, I looked at the January 2018 calendar noticing that our first 2018 meeting would be held on 1 January (New Years Day). Given that New Years Day is a holiday most spend with family and friends, our January meeting date is being moved to Monday 8 January. I have confirmed with Kim Eller at the Red Cross that “our room” is available on that date. We look forward to seeing you then!
Happy holidays to you and your families.
73.
Robert (WR8RW)
(Replies may also be sent to WR8RW@arrl.net)
WCARS testing time
For clarity, the monthly WCARS ham license testing session starts at 9am. WCARS requests that you show up 30 minutes early (at 8:30am) to take care of any paperwork before your test.
Due to an oopsie on my part adding the test sessions to the calendar, I had folks showing up at 7:30am, my apologies.