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HamfestsSunday, January 29: Odenton, MD. Mobileers Hamfest, Odenton VFD Hall, 1425 Annapolis Rd (Rte 175) Odenton. Frank, N3SEO, 410-647-3335 (146.805/R) Wednesday, February 1: BARC MINIFEST, Timonium Fairgrounds, 5-10 PM Sunday, February 19: Richmond, VA, RATS Frostfest, The Showplace, 3000 Mechanicsville Turnpike (Hwy 360 East), Richmond. (146.88/R) 804-201-9277
Sunday, February, 26: Annandale, VA Vienna Winterfest; No. Va. Community College, Rte. 236, Annandale, (146.91/R) Jim AG4MA, 703-971-4812 March 25-26, 2006: Greater Baltimore Hamboree and Computerfest, (BARC Hamfest) Timonium Fairgrounds, Timonium, MD, 410-HAM-FEST, (146.67/R) Sunday, April 23, York, PA. York Spring Hamfest, York Co. 4H Grounds, 771 Stoverstown Rd, Jim, W3mYK, 717-812-0037 (146.955/R)
BARC VE EXAMS for 2006BARC Clubhouse, 12360 Owings Mills Blvd, Owings Mills. Info: Rusty, N3WKE, 410-247-0578 Exams at 2 PM, walk-ins allowed.Saturdays: February 4, March 4, May 6, June 3, August 5, September 2, November 4, December 2 Sundays: January 8, April 2, July 2, October 1
Other Club Exams
NOTICE: If you know of any hamfests or VE Exams not listed here, please let us know by sending us an email ... Thanks!
DON'T FORGET TO RENEW! DO IT NOW! Thanks!
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ARRL Web site offers Winlink 2000 pageThe ARRL now has a Web page devoted to Winlink 2000 , the software and hardware system that links Amateur Radio to the Internet and allows sending and receiving e-mail messages via HF Amateur Radio. The League's new Winlink 2000 resource page contains general information about Winlink 2000, including articles, reprints, links and other useful information. A worldwide radio digital messaging system, Winlink 2000 also offers position reporting, weather bulletins and graphics, and emergency communication capabilities. It's already being used extensively by radio amateurs in the sailing and cruising communities as well as by recreational vehicle travelers, missionaries, scientists and explorers. The ARRL Board of Directors in 2004 encouraged the deployment within the Amateur Radio Emergency Service ( ARES) of e-mail via Amateur Radio "as exemplified by Winlink 2000" to meet the needs of served agencies and others involved in providing disaster communications. Amateur Radio volunteers responding to help in the wake of Hurricane Katrina utilized Winlink 2000 with great success.
BC to Quebec transmission of low power 2200m digital signals confirmedScott Tilley, VE7TIL sends us the following story: The first confirmed long distance reception of a weak signal digital signal between two Canadian amateurs operating on the 2200m band occurred on the morning of November 23, 2005. The reception made by Bill de Carle, VE2IQ is the first viable demonstration that trans-Canadian communication should be possible in reasonable time frames on the 2200m band. What makes this feat remarkable is that Scott Tilley, VE7TIL was transmitting with an input power of only 50W into a very inefficient antenna system resulting in less then 25mW EIRP. The distance between VE2IQ and VE7TIL is approximately 3400km. The operating mode used is known as WOLF (Weak-signal Operation on Low Frequency) which is a very robust experimental weak signal mode developed by Stewart Nelson, KK7KA. WOLF uses forward error correction encoding techniques similar to those used by deep space probes but has been adapted to the rigours of weak signal low frequency operation.
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