Hamfests and Events
Feb. 7, 2009: Richmond Hamfest
Richmond Raceway Complex, 600 East
Laburnum Ave.Richmond. 146.88/R
540-872-5949; casdeb@earthlink.net
Feb 22, 2009: Winterfest,
Northern
VA Community College, 8333 Little
River Tpke, Annandale, VA by
Vienna Wireless Soceity, 703-534-2081
146.79/R; wa4qms@arrl.net
March 28-29, 2009 Timonium, MD,
Greater Baltimore Hamboree and
Computerfest; 146.67/R; by BARC
http://www.gbhc.org;
w3ft67@yahoo.com; 443-590-1444
Turn off cellphones, corral the kids
Fliers overwhelmingly oppose cellphone use in flight and favor separate sections for tots.
At least, that's what TripAdvisor's annual Travel Trends survey of 3,117 U.S. travelers found. Some highlights:
- 80% think cellphones should be banned in flight (but 69% want wireless Internet).
- 71% said families with young children should sit in their own section of a plane.
- The No. 1 irritant: A child kicking the seatback, say 30%, followed by fliers who recline seats too far and yakking on phones before takeoff and after landing (each got 19% of votes).
Also, 24% of respondents said they would not fly if airlines began charging by travelers' weights.
First Chinese Amateur Radio Satellite to be launched in June 2009 [AMSAT]
Michael Chen, BD5RV/4, reports that he recently received an update from Alan, BA1DU, on the progress of the first Chinese amateur satellite. Things are now going smoothly. This satellite was formerly named CAS-1 and is now XW-1. It carries a beacon and three cross band transponders: FM, linear, and digital.
The satellite is planned to be launched into a Sun synchronous orbit in June 2009 by a CZ-2C rocket in Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in North China.
New ARRL Satellite Book Available
The ARRL Satellite Handbook by QST Editor Steve Ford, WB8IMY, brings the thrill of
satellite communications within your reach. Filled with understandable descriptions and illustrations,
this book includes all the tools you need to participate in this exciting field.
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VE EXAMS
BARC VE EXAMS for 2008
12360 Owings Mills Blvd. Owings Mills
Register: 1:30 PM, Exams begin 2 PM.
No one admitted after exams begin
Saturdays:
Nov 2, Dec 1.
n3wke@arrl.net (Thanks, N3YI)
BARC VE Exams for 2008
Sunday, January 4, 2009
Saturday, February 7, 2009
Saturday March 7, 2009
Sunday. April 5, 2008
Saturday, May 2, 2009
Saturday, June 6, 2009
Sunday, July 5, 2009
Saturday, August 1, 2009
Saturday, September 5, 2009
Sunday, October 4, 2009
Saturday, November 7, 2009
Saturday, December 5, 2009
2008 AERO VE EXAMS
Registration at 1 PM, Exams at 1:30.
Fee $14 ( ARRL VEC); All exams at
White Marsh Library, 8133 Sandpiper
Circle;
Nov. 22. Pat Stone, AC3F,
ac3f@juno.com,
410-687-7209
Other Club Exams
2nd Saturday, 1 PM, Davidsonville, by AARC. Register 12 noon. Bob, AA3RR, 410-437-8193
3rd Saturday, 9 AM, Laurel, by LARC, 384 Main St. John Creel, WB3GXW, 301-572-5124.
4th Tuesday, 6 PM, Linthicum. At Historical Electronics Museum. Harold, WB4OGP, 410-757-0493(h);
410-712-6829(w)
Next BRATS Meeting
Tuesday, November 18, 7:15 PM
at the Pikesville Library,
1301 Reisterstown Road.
Please plan to join us!
2008 ARRL Field Day Results Now Online
The results from this year's
Field Day are now available online. "The addition of the online ARRL Field Day Locator site was a huge success,
as more than 1500 sites were listed in this first year of use," said ARRL Field Day Manager Dan Henderson, N1ND.
"When you scan the Online Soapbox, Field Day continues to
be the most popular on-the-air event in Amateur Radio." You can find the results in the Members Only section of
the ARRL Web site.
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