Clovis Amateur Radio Pioneers
KDSANDERS.com
May 24, 2011
Alinco announces new 220/902 MHz HT at Dayton Hamvention
Here’s an announcement that didn’t get a whole lot of attention at this year’s Dayton Hamvention: Alinco was soliciting opinions and suggestions for their new DJ-G29T handheld which covers two of the most rarely-used amateur bands: 220 MHz and 902 MHz.
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VentureBeat.com
by Dean Takahashi
November 27, 2011
Charlie Walton, the inventor of an ubiquitous wireless technology known as RFID, has passed away at 89.
Walton, who lived in Los Gatos, died on Nov. 6, according to his wife Ann Walton. I once wrote an article about Walton while at the San Jose Mercury News and his efforts to proselytize RFID, known in long form as radio frequency identification.
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K6ARP.org
November 27, 2011
The CARP Transmitter Hunt Schedule for the First Quarter of 2012
Mark your calendars! The hunt schedule for the first quarter is published. This year we are planing a heavier schedule that varies to attempt to accommodate hunters schedules. There will be a hunt every month, alternating between the second Saturday morning and the second Thursday evening after the CARP net.
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K6ARP.org
by Rob Mavis AE6GE
November 26, 2011
CARP 220 Repeater and Antenna Raised
Saturday November 26 a work crew went up to the CARP repeater site and performed some tower maintenance.
The 220 antenna was moved up to 130′ on the tower and now should play very well across the valley. If you have the capabilities, please perform some testing for us. While around town and the valley, please use the 224.380 – 141.3 repeater and report to us the location, received signal strength, and what power level you used to access the repeater.
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Industry icon Donald Rohn passes away at 72
November 23, 2011 – Donald D. Rohn, an industry leader in communications tower manufacturing, passed away on Nov. 21 at age 72 at Riverview Manor Care in East Peoria, Ill. where he was being treated for an injury he suffered from a fall a number of months ago.
In the late1950s Don began working at his father Dwight’s tower manufacturing plant prior to graduating with a bachelor’s degree in business from the University of Illinois.
Founded in 1948, Rohn’s primary product line was small residential television towers.
But as TVs evolved in the 1950s from utilitarian wonders to pieces of fine furniture art, coupled with speakers that were as large as the screen, the tower structures didn’t change.
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Fox News Radio
Chris Hoenig
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is finding one wireless communication method to be on the rise – to historic levels of popularity.
But there are no apps available for this.
Americans are hamming it up more than ever before…using ham radios, that is. The FCC says licenses for the amateur radios are at an all-time high: more than 700,000 licenses are currently active, and the number is growing at a rate of more than 20,000 a year. Luke Rohn at Amateur Electronics Supply in Las Vegas likes them because they’re cheap and can reach incredible distances, including into space.
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ARRL.org
11/21/2011
FCC Releases New Rules for 60 Meters
On November 18, the FCC released a Report and Order (R&O), defining new rules for the 60 meter (5 MHz) band. These rules are in response to a Petition for Rulemaking (PRM) filed by the ARRL more than five years ago and a June 2010 Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM). In the R&O, the FCC replaced one of the channels in the band, increased the maximum authorized power amateur stations may transmit in this band and authorized amateur stations to transmit three additional emission designators in the five channels in the 5330.6-5406.4 kHz band (60 meters).
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FoxNews.com
By Michelle Macaluso
November 22, 2011
Radio Days Are Back: Ham Radio Licenses at an All-Time High
Fresno, Calif. – iPhone, beware?
The newest trend in American communication isn’t another smartphone from Apple or Google but one of the elder statesmen of communication: Ham radio licenses are at an all time high, with over 700,000 licenses in the United States, according to the Federal Communications Commission.
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Donald D. Rohn, 72 of Dunlap, passed away at 3:00 pm on Monday, November 21, 2011 at Riverview Manor Care in East Peoria.
Born on September 3, 1939 in Beardstown, IL to Dwight and Lela M. (Dodds) Rohn. He married Joyce Anderson on December 5, 1964. He was preceded in death by his parents.
Surviving are his wife, Joyce of Dunlap, three sons, Thomas D. (Belinda) Rohn of Dunlap; Timothy D. (Malisa) Rohn of Peoria and Alan D. (Wanda) Rohn of Bradenton, FL. Also surviving are five grandchildren, Emma, Kyle, Hunter, Kamy and Daniel, one brother, Richard L. (Dixie) of Birmingham, Alabama and several nieces and nephews.
Donald was a 1957 graduate of Limestone Community High School and received a Bachelor’s Degree in Business from the University of Illinois. He was President of Rohn Manufacturing until retiring in 1997 and was a member and Past Chapter Chair of S.C.O.R.E. and a member of Central Illinois Angels. He also served as Treasurer of the Limestone Alumni and Friends Association and served as a Board Member of the Greater Peoria Family YMCA.
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The 2012 M2 Annual Open House and BBQ has been scheduled for March 17, 2012.
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