Author Archives: WY2E

01.10.11
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MBARC Public Service Event – Boy Scout Eskimo Run James Baird State Park

Time is drawing near and so far Adam has had ONE response to the call for volunteers for this Eskimo Run event.  The event date is January 22, 2011 , 9:00 AM at James Baird Park in the Town of LaGrange (RAIN/STORM date January 29).  All members interested in participating are requested to contact Adam – KC2DAA,  ASAP at 453-4769 or via email.

Boy Scout Eskimo Run
James Baird State Park

January 22, 2011 – Storm Date January 29 – Time 9:00 AM

Scouts will be reporting to 10 skill stations. We need to supply a minimum of 6 operators for this event

Members interested in participating are requested to contact me ASAP (845-452-5196 or via email kc2daa at aol. com).

As a side note, the Dutchess County St. Patricks Day Committee has already
contacted me so mark your calendars for March 5, 2011 the parade will be
held in the Village of Wappingers Falls as in past years.

Adam , KC2DAA

01.08.11
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Build and Use RF Probe, Signal Generator from January 2011 Meeting

Here is the link to the January 8th Powerpoint presentation entitled “The Big Three” which refers to the three basic, yet inexpensive items of test equipment that most amateurs could benefit from.  Two out of three can be easily constructed.  Click here to view the presentation. (References include the Elecraft K2 Assembly Manual and N5ESE’s various web material on classic RF probes)

01.08.11
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DXpedition to Wollaston (SA-031) and Diego Ramirez (SA-097)

FROM THE WEBSITE OF VE3LYC AND PA3EXX:
Cezar/VE3LYC and Johan/PA3EXX will attempt a very challenging expedition to Wollaston islands (SA-031) and Diego Ramirez islands (SA-097) between approximately January 7 and 22, 2011. In demand by 98% of IOTA chasers, SA-031 currently ranks #6 on the Most Wanted IOTA list World Wide and #1 in South America, whereas SA-097 has never been activated. The plan is to operate for 4 days from Herschel Is (SA-031) and Gonzalo Is. (SA-097). However, weather and sea conditions can influence significantly this schedule. The team has retained for this trip the services of Thomas, an experienced skipper, with his 40 ft yacht, well equiped for Antarctic waters.

Callsigns:

CE9/VE3LYC and CE9/PA3EXX

Frequencies and modes:

Frequencies: 15, 17, 20, 30 and 40m depending on the propagation conditions.
Modes: CW and SSB

Operation:

(1) We would like to urge all those who wish to contact us to read one more time the DX Code of Conduct as available on the FOC web site FOC website http://www.g4foc.org/, in March 2010 issue of QST and at www.g4ifb.com/html/dxing.html#PileupTips.
(2) Please refrain from having multiple QSOs, give others a chance!