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Amateur Radio Exams in Fresno
Unlicensed Thru Extra Class

Sponsored By: The Fresno Volunteer Examiner (VE) Team
and the Fresno Amateur Radio Club
ARRL VEC – American Radio Relay League

Testing info for 2011

Exams for all Amateur license classes will be conducted on the following dates in Fresno California.  All exams are given on Saturday and begin at 9:30 AM. Continue Reading »

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Starnewsonline.com
by: Ben Steelman
August 31, 2010

Ham radio operators to commemorate end of WWII

On the 65th anniversary of the Japanese surrender in World War II, local ham radio operators will try to link up historic battleships that served in the Pacific Theater.

Members of the Azalea Coast Amateur Radio Club will be aboard the Battleship North Carolina on Thursday night. Using original radio gear from the 1940s, they plan to establish radio contact with the battleship USS Missouri, anchored at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii, at 9 p.m. local time.

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Joe Miller, a prospective candidate for senator from Alaska is a Ham

Here is a noteworthy bit of information.  On Joe Miller’s website, the candidate has published some of his records, including copies of his law degrees and his Amateur Radio License.  Mr.  Miller, call sign AL0J, holds an Amateur Extra class license.

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TAPR.org
September 24-26, 2010

2010 Digital Communications Conference

Mark your calendar and start making plans to attend the premier technical conference of the year, the 29th Annual ARRL and TAPR Digital Communications Conference to be held September 24-26, 2010, in Portland, Oregon. The ARRL and TAPR Digital Communications Conference is an international forum for radio amateurs to meet, publish their work, and present new ideas and techniques. Presenters and attendees will have the opportunity to exchange ideas and learn about recent hardware and software advances, theories, experimental results, and practical applications. Topics include, but are not limited to: Software defined radio (SDR), digital voice, digital satellite communications, Global Position System (GPS), precision timing, Automatic Position Reporting System® (APRS), short messaging (a mode of APRS), Digital Signal Processing (DSP), HF digital modes, Internet interoperability with amateur radio networks, spread spectrum, IEEE 802.11 and other Part 15 license-exempt systems adaptable for Amateur Radio, using TCP/IP networking over amateur radio, mesh and peer to peer wireless networking, emergency and Homeland Defense backup digital communications, using Linux in amateur radio, updates on AX.25 and other wireless networking protocols.

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W0OTM.com

iHAB – Iowa High Altitude Balloon

The purpose of the iHAB (Iowa High Altitude Balloon) Project is to design & build a vehicle to fly into Near Space. Near space is the region of Earth’s atmosphere that lies between 65,000 and 325,000–350,000 feet (20 to 100 km) above sea level, encompassing the stratosphere, mesosphere, and thermosphere. A more understandable definition would be above where a commercial airliner flies but below the realm of an orbiting satellite. The area is of interest for military surveillance purposes, as well as to commercial interests for communications. Currently, craft that fly in near space (nearcraft) are generally high altitude balloons, blimps (non-rigid airships) and sounding rockets.

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The North County Times – Californian
By: Ray Huard
August 23, 2010

OCEANSIDE: Residents argue against cell phone tower plan
Planning board says new rules are improvement

A plan to update Oceanside’s rules regulating the placement and appearance of cell phone towers came under fire Monday from people who said it did too little to protect residential neighborhoods.

“This is what the community has been fighting from day one,” Sharon Newbery told the Planning Commission.

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TMCNet.com
August 24, 2010

SIDEWALK SERIES: Amateur radio offers technical assistance during disasters

Aug 24, 2010 (Moscow-Pullman Daily News – McClatchy-Tribune Information Services via COMTEX) — More than two feet of snow and ice has fallen in 24 hours. Roads are impassable. The power is out. Cell phone towers are frozen over and phone lines are down, knocking out all communications. The city of Moscow is being brought to its knees.

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Turlock Amateur Radio Club Fall Auction 2010

More info as it becomes available…

When:
Saturday October 23, 2010 @ 9:00 am

Location:
Turlock Youth Center
1030 East Ave. (cross of Minerva)
Turlock, CA
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Time/Date:
Second Tuesday of each month at 7:30 pm

Location:
Turlock War Memorial
247 E Canal Dr
Turlock, CA 95380
(Corner of Palm St and Canal Dr.)

Website:
http://www.w6bxn.org

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Duane Lutz – KI6QEL
August 22, 2010

20/40 Meter Dipole Assembly Directions

40/80 Meter Ladder Line Dipole - Assembled

Duane Lutz KI6QEL documented the assembly of a 40/80 Meter dipole antenna. You can see the assembly directions with excellent photos here: http://www.lutzphotos.com/450ohmantenna.html

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