Clovis Amateur Radio Pioneers
Amand [Monte] Lamont
Services are Sept. 25 for Amand Leonard Lamont, who died Sept. 17 at his home in Clovis. He was 88. A native of Belgium, Mr. Lamont moved to Watsonville when he was 2 years old. He graduated from Watsonville High School before enlisting in the Army and serving in the Pacific during World War II.
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Clovis Amateur Radio Pioneers
by: Rob Mavis – AE6GE
September 19, 2009
CARP T-Hunt Results – September 19, 2009
This Saturday morning was the latest Clovis Amateur Radio Pioneers (CARP) Transmitter hunt.ClovisFest was going on this day so the start point of the hunt was moved to Letterman Park in Clovis.
Patrick KI6QOH and Duane KI6QEL won the last transmitter hunt and the privilege of being the Fox for today’ hunt. Today’s hunt was limited to a radius of 7.5 miles from the start point.
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National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Sept. 17, 2009
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Wildfires Among Education Topics of NOAA’s
Hazardous Weather Awareness Week in California
The NOAA National Weather Service forecast offices serving California will host the third annual Hazardous Weather Awareness Week for the Golden State, Sept. 21-26, 2009. During the week, meteorologists will educate the public about the dangers of severe weather in California and encourage them to take action when life and property are at risk.
“Preparing for hazardous weather begins with knowing what type of dangerous weather your community is prone to, having an emergency kit on-hand and developing and practicing a plan for what to do during a weather emergency,” said Bob Tibi, director of the National Weather Service’s Western Region. “Stay abreast of quickly changing weather situations through local news and NOAA Weather Radio and heed all orders issued by local officials.”
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I have some exciting news about some big changes at Alpha Radio Products. A newly formed company, RF Concepts, LLC, has acquired all the assets of Alpha Radio Products. RF Concepts will manufacture the world-class amplifiers and other products that, for more than 40 years, our community has come to appreciate. The 3CX1500A7 triode-based Alpha 9500 Amplifier, dual 4CX1000 tetrode-based Alpha 8410 Amplifier, legal-limit Model 2100 Dummy Load/Wattmeter combo, and line of 4500 Wattmeters will continue to be handmade in our Boulder Colorado factory.
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CLOVIS CACHES IN ON MODERN-DAY TREASURE HUNT
City of Clovis Announces First Ever Geocaching Event
There will be 30 new caches placed throughout the City of Clovis all with an FTF (First to Find) trinket guaranteeing you the prize set aside for that specific cache. Not to worry though, if you’re not FTF you still get a raffle ticket for every cache you find good for the general raffle. So the more you find the more chances you have to win! Please obey all traffic laws as we want this to be a positive experience for all. When you sign in you will receive a passport to stamp at each location you visit. There will be a different stamp in each container and you must stamp your passport to receive credit for finding the cache. The number of stamped locations in your passport will determine the number of raffle tickets you will receive.
Time/Date:
Saturday September 26th, 2009 – 10:00 am to 5:00 pm
Location:
Clovis Civic Center
1033 Fifth Street
Clovis, CA
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The National Weather Service from Hanford, California will be presenting the annual Severe Weather Spotter / SKYWARN training at the October CARP Meeting.
Time/Date:
Friday October 2nd, 2009 at 7:00 pm
Location:
Clovis Senior Center
850 Fourth Street
Clovis, CA
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San Jose Mercury News
by Lisa Fernandez
September 12, 2009
In Ron Meadows’ mind, his helium weather balloon journey, which began Saturday morning from his San Jose driveway and ended when the balloon landed about 125 miles away in Merced, was a near picture-perfect success.
Launched south of Los Banos, his balloon soared nearly 20 miles high and had only one slight hitch. Cameras attached to the balloon snapped photographs of the earth as planned. And the ham radio tracking system that the 53-year-old pool-service owner built himself enabled him to track where the soaring balloon was all day long.
“It went great,” he said. Continue Reading »
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San Jose Mercury News
By Julia Prodis Sulek
September 11, 2009
Before dawn today, Ron Meadows and his chase team plan to gather in the driveway of his Cambrian home on their way to the launch site. The equipment from his swimming pool service business will have been unloaded from his pickup truck and replaced with the day’s precious cargo:
Weather balloon? Check. Helium tanks? Check. Simplex repeater? Check.
After a year of research and planning, Ron the pool guy — with no more than a high school education and a fascination with flight and science — will do what few except universities and government agencies do: launch a weather balloon into the stratosphere. Continue Reading »
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LinuxPR.com
by Rodney Sharp
August 25th, 2009
Florida Linux Show 2009 Orlando Sponsored By Red Hat makes Communication History
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