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Weekend Express Tech License Class February 5-6, Wesminster

The Carroll Co., ARC's Training and Education Committee will hold a weekend "Express" Course to prepare candidates for the Technician Class Amateur Radio license exam. Instructors will be available for help after the Saturday session. Following the Sunday session, an ARRL Volunteer exam will be administered.
Sat. Feb 5th: 9 AM to 12 Noon; 1 PM to 4 PM
Sunday, Feb 6th : 12 Noon to 5 PM. Review Session, 5 to 6 PM. Exams at 6 PM.
Carroll County Emergency Operations Center bldg, 1345 Washington Rd. (MD 32 at Kate Wagner Road). Westminster. Free. Required fee for license exam $12. Pre-registration required by January 24th.
Contact Al Bisasky, K3ZE, k3ze@verizon.net or 410-795-1131.

CAATN MEETING A SUCCESS

We had an excellent meeting (of the central Atlantic Amateur Television Network- CAATN) at the Historical Electronics Museum in Baltimore on Sunday,December 5.
Dave, KC3AM, walked us through a flow chart showing how the ATV system is working at this time from Wilmington, DE via the relay at Bay View, MD and to the Baltimore ATV repeater.
John, W3HMS presented us with a look into the microwave area with a video showing equipment related to the SHF frequencies.
Gary, WA3CPO, gave us many items to think about as we looked at frequencies that we could use for linking along the paths that we have. Some math was involved and the microwaves look much better for linking now.
Thank you to everyone at the meeting for making it such a success. Many thanks to the BRATS Organization for providing a well stocked lunch spread. The next meeting will be on the Battleship New Jersey in the spring.
73, Ron, K3ZKO

New EchoLink Node in Baghdad:

There is a new EchoLink node in Baghdad is now on the air 24x7 it operates on 144.225 in Baghdad the node number is 209608 and the callsign is yi1irq-l . for more information on echolink visit http://www.echolink.org 73 Ian G3ZHI http://www.qsl.net/g3zhi - many ham radio links

AOR donates digital voice/image units to W1AW

AOR USA has donated two ARD9800 digital voice/image units to Maxim Memorial Station W1AW. The ARD9800 Fast Radio Modem adds digital SSB voice capability to any HF transceiver without having to modify the radio. With the addition of an optional memory module, the unit also enables transmission of high-quality digital images. AOR USA Executive Vice President Taka Nakayama, KW6I, visited W1AW and ARRL Headquarters November 15 to present the ARD9800 units. "AOR is proud to bring digital HF voice communications to W1AW," Nakayama said. "We believe Hiram Percy Maxim would be genuinely excited at this leap in technology." Accepting on behalf of ARRL was W1AW Station Manager Joe Carcia, NJ1Q. "We thank AOR USA very much for these units, which are installed as part of the equipment complement in two of our operating studios," Carcia said. "The ARD9800 enhances W1AW's efforts to keep up with current technology and will provide visiting operators a chance to experiment with digital audio on HF."

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Tuesday, January 11, 2005
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