This is a reminder of the Upstate Prepper meeting being held tonight 01-16-20 at the Golden Corral located on Pleasantburg Drive in Cherrydale. Meeting will begin at 6 PM with Doc Hines and his wife speaking on the CERT program and end with a short planning meeting for the meet up to be held in March. Please join us for a meal and fellowship. Look forward to seeing you there.
Silent Auction at the January Meeting (Mon., Jan. 6th) [UPDATED]
As previously announced, at the January meeting we will have a silent auction of Amateur Radios and related equipment. This will be the last chance to bid on equipment from the Red Cross Ready Room before the remaining equipment is sold off. All proceeds from the auction and sale of the remaining equipment will go towards funding the rebuilding of the Ready Room with modern, working radios & equipment.
All of the equipment has been laid out with accompanying cables, manuals, and accessories wrapped up for easy viewing. We also did some additional equipment testing, and the test results will be included on a sheet for each item.
Please come to January’s meeting and bid on any equipment you would like to purchase! The meeting will be at the Red Cross (940 Grove Road) on Mon., Jan. 6th, 2020 @ 7pm.
Equipment for Auction
(Click on each picture to see a larger version)
Kenwood HF Transceiver, Remote VFO, & Tuner
[Powers on; untested beyond that]
Yaesu FT-60 handheld radios (dual band)
[There are 5 of these radios. All have a AA battery adapter (no rechargeable battery). One is missing the antenna. Untested.]
Can bid on one or multiple radios. The highest per-radio bid will win the # of radios they bid on, followed by the next highest per-radio bid, etc. The lowest per-radio bid will win the radio without an antenna.
2m VHF Amateur Transceivers
Radio Shack HTX242
iCom IC-28A (25 watts)
[Volume control knob not working. Transmit tested OK; couldn’t hear audio on receive]
Power Supplies
Belmorr 20A Power Supply
Motorola 5A Power Supply (Model # HPN3196A)
[Tested & Working]
Audiovox/NPC 4A Power Supplies (two of these)
[Tested & Working]
Packet Controllers
Advanced Electronics Applications PK-88
[Powers on; untested beyond that]
Packet Controller: PacComm Tiny-2 MK-2
Duplexer
CB Radios
Realistic TRC-492
Radio Shack TRC-481
APC UPS model BF250
[Power up; untested beyond that]
Motorola Battery Charger NTN5538C
[Untested]
Motorola MaxTrac 100
Maxon SP-5050D Handheld Radios – 5x
[All have charger, holster, and hand mic; unknown what these were used for or what their frequency range is. Untested.]
Realistic AM / FM Clock Radio Chronomatic 267
PC
[Has 3.5″ and 5.25″ floppy drives, two keyboards with old style large round connectors, and mouse. Untested.]
Reminder Prepper Meeting tonight.
Hey guys, this is a reminder of the Upstate Prepper Meeting tonight 6 PM at The Golden Corral in Cherrydale. They will be celebrating Christmas with a White Elephant exchange if you would like to participate. White Elephant gifts $10 or less. The meeting will also be covering next years events. Which will include planning for programs and the March camp out. Hope to see ya there.
It’s that time of year again!
Hey folks,
It’s that time of year again to renew your dues. If you wish to pay online, you can do that through the Membership Renewal menu link.
Merry Christmas!
Last Chance Amateur Equipment Auction
Hi folks!
We had a silent auction of Amateur Radio equipment at the December club meeting. In preparing to sell the remaining equipment on Ebay, we realized there was some extra equipment which wasn’t on the inventory for the auction. We decided to do a 2nd silent auction at the January meeting. This will be our true “last chance” auction.
All of the equipment has been laid out with accompanying cables, manuals, and accessories wrapped up for easy viewing. We also did some additional equipment testing, and the test results will be included on a sheet for each item.
I will be sending out an updated inventory list for perusal before the meeting.
Please plan to attend the January meeting at the Red Cross (940 Grove Road) on Mon., Jan. 6th, 2020 @ 7pm.
Any questions, let me know!
Danny KN4BEM
Christmas Dinner
A reminder, tonight is our Christmas dinner. Please remember to bring a dish and a drink. For the program, our replacement repeater was successful tested last Saturday, and will be brought to the meeting as part of the program. For those of you that wish to operate the repeater please bring your hand held equipment.
Look forward to seeing you all tonight.
On the mountain…
BRARS Christmas Dinner
Christmas club dinner will be Monday December 2, 2019 at 7:00 PM at the Red Cross. The club is providing the Ham, plates, cups and cutlery and would like for everyone to bring a covered dish of your choice. So if some can bring deserts that would be helpful. Also bring your own drink. The meeting will begin with Christmas dinner followed by the program on the new repeater system, ending with club business. We look forward to seeing everyone there!!!
61 controller and test radios are ready for a live test.
Hello all
The 61 controller and test radios are ready for a live test.
If all falls into place we would like to do a live test (that would be carried out during a net) of the complete replacement repeater system which includes radios, cable systems and controller.
When:
This Saturday 11-30-19 1700 hours until after the net.
Where:
At the 61 site.
We will need a number of resources for the test.
Net control:
It is Nathan’s (KJ4RQZ) night to call the net.
He has agreed to call it on site which will allow for any problems that may arise to be handled quickly.
Remote stations:
Need stations located north and south on highway 85 as well as locations known to have questionable coverage.
With the goal being to acquire signal reports that will assist in the build of the system.
Please if given an opportunity on the air make it known. We will be looking for any information during the test period that would be helpful with the build.
We will be looking forward to hearing from you.
Thank you,
Johnny WD4DYH
Upstate Prepper Meeting
Upstate Prepper Meeting
When:
Third Thursday of this month 11 21 19 at 6 PM
Where:
Golden Corral
3240 N. Pleasantburg Dr.
Greenville SC 29609
Meal and fellowship begins at 6 PM
Program begins at 7 PM
Program topic will be:
Understanding power systems
There will be a speaker present from Blue Ridge elect to give the basics on power generation and distribution followed by a program on alternative power sources.
Please make plans to attend.