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AMSAT Bulletin Board
Alan Kung, BA1DU

HO-68 operating schedule March 14-21

Alan Kung, BA1DU has announced the separate scheduling of Digital and FM repeater modes on the amateur radio satellite HO-68.

On the AMSAT Bulletin Board he writes:

I got a lot of responses about problem of digital mode through HO-68. The main problem is that Packet communication is often interrupted by voice. We are trying a new schedule in this week, voice and packet operations will be separated by the schedule, of course, this just depends on the hams’own discipline. If you have any comment and suggestion, please let me know.

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Oakland Tribune
by Matthew Artz
March 12, 2010

Ham radio: Nerdy until there’s an emergency

FREMONT — The first Saturday of every month, Bernhard Hailer and his ham radio buddies go on a hunt.

With antennas made mostly of plastic pipes and metal tape measurers pointing out of car windows, they set off from Warren Avenue in Fremont and traverse Tri-City area streets trying to locate the signal emitted by a hidden transmitter the size of an envelope box.

The team that takes the shortest path to the transmitter gets bragging rights, but, in this game, everyone in the Tri-City area is a winner.

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CARP Net Control
March 3, 2010

Simulated Repeater Failure Net 3/11/2010

The Clovis Amateur Radio Pioneers Net for 3/11/2010 will be conducted as a simulated repeater failure net. The Net will be conducted on 147.675 MHz simplex at 19:00 local time. This net normally meets on the K6ARP Repeater system. We invite all amateurs in the area to take part in this Net.

After a power and subsequent generator failure during a powerful storm that caused a repeater outage at the high level repeter site, CARP has decided to have periodic simulated Repeater Failure Nets.

Net control station for this net will be Patrick May, KI6QOH located in Clovis near Gettysburg/Fowler. Stations with directional antennas should orient them in that direction. Stations should take note of stations that check-in but are not recognized by Net Control and relay that station to net control when the relaying station is called.

All repeaters will be disabled for the duration of the net.

We look forward to hearing from as many stations as we can.

Date/Time:
Thursday, March 11, 2001 – 19:00

Location:
147.675MHz Simplex
Net Control will be KI6QOH located in SE Clovis.

PRNewswire
March 4, 2010

Students Testing Building Blocks for Spacecraft on NASA Rocket Flight

WALLOPS ISLAND, Va., March 4 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Not much bigger than a child’s toy block, two spacecraft designed and built by university students in Kentucky and California will fly in space for a short period this month to gather information that may be applied to future small Earth orbiting space vehicles.

The spacecraft will fly on a NASA suborbital Terrier-Improved Malemute sounding rocket between 6 and 9 a.m.(EST), March 11, from NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia.  The backup launch days are March 12 and 13.

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ARRL.org
March 3, 2010

A Close Encounter for AMSAT-OSCAR 51

While many in North America were fast asleep Monday morning, March 1, the AMSAT-OSCAR 51 satellite had a potentially dangerous encounter with another spacecraft known as Formosat 3D. OSCAR 51 is a popular Amateur Radio satellite that often functions as a crossband FM repeater, relaying brief conversations over hundreds of miles. Formosat 3D is part of a constellation of six remote sensing microsatellites that collect atmospheric data for weather prediction and for ionosphere, climate and gravity research. Both orbit at an altitude of approximately 500 miles.

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Delmarvanow.com
March 10, 2010

Student-built spacecraft will be launched at Wallops

WALLOPS ISLAND –Not much bigger than a child’s toy block, two spacecraft designed and built by university students in Kentucky and California will fly in space for a short period this month to gather information that may be applied to future small Earth orbiting space vehicles.

The spacecraft will fly on a NASA suborbital Terrier-Improved Malemute sounding rocket between 6 and 9 a.m. March 11, from NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. The backup launch days are March 12 and 13.

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VE Exams in Oakhurst 2010

Bring two forms of personal identification one of which should have a photo. Your Taxpayer ID (Social Security Number) or FRN (FCC registration number). Original and a copy of your license (if any) and the Original and a copy of any CSCE’s that you possess.

The test fee will be $15. Please Bring Exact Change, No checks. Preregistration is not required.

Date/Time:
March 13, 2010 @ 1:00 pm
June 12, 2010 @ 1:00 pm
September 11, 2010 @ 1:00 pm
December 11 @ 1:00 PM

Location:
Community Medical Center
48677 Victoria Lane
Oakhurst CA
(559-683-2992)

Directions:
Highway 41, ¼ mile South of Oakhurst on the West side of the road. Come down Victoria Lane and Community Medical Center will be on the right hand side.  Signs will be posted on Highway 41 and on Victoria Lane .  Talk-in will be on the 147.180+ repeater

Sponsored By:
Mountain Amateur Radio Club

Contact:
John Youngquist
jay@wj6y.com

Madera VE Tem 2010 Exam Sessions

You will need to bring two forms of identification: #1) social security card and #2) picture ID. If you have been issued an FRN number from the FCC, please bring it. If you are upgrading, you will also need to bring any CSCE’s that you have with copies , the original and a copy of your amateur license. You may take as many test elements as you wish during the exam session. The exam session fee is $15.00 (cash only) per person that will be taking exams.

The test session will start at 10:00 AM so you should arrive about 15 minutes early for processing of paper work and payment of exam fee. Walk-in’s only, No pre-registration is required.

Date/Time:
Saturday, July 17th at 10:00 AM
Saturday, October 23rd at 10:00 AM

Location:
United Methodist Church
500 Sunset Ave
Madera, Ca. 93637

Contact:
Frank Reynolds W6BBS
(559) 474-4448

JAMES “Keith” HARTER WB6CXX

James “Keith” Harter was born on August 21, 1942, in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and passed away on Friday, March 5, 2010, at his home in Fresno, California. Keith served eight years in the U.S. Air Force as a Radar Technician at remote radar sites, and was honorably discharged as an Airman First Class in 1967. After his discharge, Keith worked as an electronic technician at Blackstone TV, Bilsten’s and Central Cal Video. Keith then went to work as a Broadcast Engineer first with Channel 47, and later with Channel 24. He also ran a business out of his home, Video Communications. His favorite hobby was Ham Radio, and his call sign was WB6CXX. He also enjoyed hunting, fishing, bowling and was an auto racing fan. Keith was preceded in death by his parents, James Fuller Harter and Patricia Wickens; and his daughter, Erin Harter. He will be loved and missed by his survivors, including daughter, Stacy Harter; son, James Todd Lowery and his wife Michelle, and their son, James Cody; grandson, Julian Drake; companion, Kathleen Jones; half-sister Marianne Moran; aunt and uncle Dorothy and John Hardin; and numerous other relatives and friends. Visitation will be held at Whitehurst, Sullivan, Burns & Blair Funeral Home on Wednesday, March 10, 2010, from 4:00 to 7:00 p.m. A Funeral Service will be held at Whitehurst, Sullivan, Burns & Blair Funeral Home on Thursday, March 11, 2010, at 10:00 a.m. Military burial to follow at San Joaquin Valley National Cemetery in Gustine, California. WHITEHURST Sullivan, Burns & Blair Funeral Home 1525 E. Saginaw Way Fresno (559)227-4048 whitehurstsullivan.com

Links:
Fresno Bee Obituary