Meeting: CARP
Clovis Amateur Radio Pioneers
February Membership Meeting
Come joins us for our February meeting. We will be demonstrating how to create a portable roll-up VHF/UHF J-Pole antenna for portable and emergency use.
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Archive for January, 2009
March of Dimes Fresno March for Babies 2009
March of Dimes Fresno March for Babies 2009
Mark your calendars for Saturday April 18, 2009 – CARP will be providing radio communications for the March of Dimes March for Babies Fresno 2009 event. We have also enlisted the help of Fresno ARES/RACES and other local amateur radio clubs.
The event will again be held at Woodward Park. The start point this year has been moved to the North East corner of the park, just north of the Ft. Washington entrance off of Friant Road.
If you are interested in participating in the event, please contact Rob Mavis AE6GE ae6ge@k6arp.org or 559-272-6791.
Date/Time:
Saturday April 18, 2008 – 7:30am
Please arrive around 7:30. The event will last until around 12 to 1 pm.
Location:
Woodward park
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Amateur Radio Operations to Begin Again on Midway
ARRL News
January 27, 2009
Amateur Radio Operations to Begin Again on Midway Atoll
The US Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) announced on Monday, January 26 that they would once again allow Amateur Radio operators the opportunity to operate from Midway Atoll. This the first time that USFWS has allowed amateurs to operate from the wildlife refuge since 2002. The USFWS started a program earlier this month to encourage visitors to experience Midway’s wildlife, history and culture, as well as non-wildlife-dependent activities — including Amateur Radio.
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Smith New Amateur Radio Enforcer
ARRL News
January 26, 2009
Laura L. Smith Named to Amateur Radio Enforcement Role
Laura L. Smith of Pennsylvania has been named by the FCC to fill the vacancy created when Riley Hollingsworth, K4ZDH, retired in 2008 as Special Counsel for the Spectrum Enforcement Division of the FCC’s Enforcement Bureau. Hollingsworth served in that position for more than 10 years as the FCC’s enforcement watchdog over the Amateur Radio Service.
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Special Event for First Wireless Rescue at Sea
Jack Binns and the FIRST WIRELESS RESCUE AT SEA in 1909
Special Event 100th Anniversary Jan 22-24, 2009
See this web page http://www.jackbinns.org/commemoration_news
The week-end of January 23rd 2009 and the summer of 2009 promise to be filled with events commemorating the first large scale rescue in open sea coordinated by wireless.
The Marconi Radio Club W1AA of Massachusetts USA will take part in the Jack Binns special event with two stations by representing SS Republic (Callsign MKC) as W1AA/MKC and SS Baltic (Call sign BC) as W1AA/BC. The two stations plan to be on the amateur bands on Jan 23 from 0001Z to 0400Z and on Jan 24th from 1200Z to 2000Z. . Both SSB and CW modes will be used. Watch the DX Summit
http://www.dxsummit.fi/DxSpots.aspx?count=50&range=2 for W1AA/MKC and W1AA/BC spots. Special one of a kind photo QSL cards have been created for each call for the event.
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NASA ISS On-Orbit Status 20 January 2009
SpaceRef.com
January 20, 2009
All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below. US Presidential Inauguration Day. [Per special crew request, President Obama’s Taking of the Oath of Office was uplinked to the ISS.]
Continuing the troubleshooting of the CGSE (Common Gas Support Equipment) in the JAXA JPM (JEM Pressurized Module), which has a blockage problem, CDR Fincke had 3:35h set aside for removing and replacing the CO2 valve with the He VU (helium valve unit) and stow the defective CO2 VU for return on 15A. [Since the SSV1 (Self Shut-off Valve 1) is one of the suspected points of the blockage, Mike installed a position holder in the He VU to keep the SSV opened permanently as FE-2 Magnus did for the CO2 VU on 12/15/08. The removal of the CO2 VU, which also removed the CGSE fireport, was determined to be acceptable since the potential risk of fire in the CGSE is extremely low and the capability to inject fire suppressant with PFE (Portable Fire Extinguisher) still exists, as does monitoring with CSA-CP (Compound Specific Analyzer-Combustion Products).]
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Where Walkie-Talkies Dare
Computer World
By Ken Banks, IDG News Service
January 16, 2009
What happens when a rural farmer needs to arrange transport to get his produce to market? Or a health care worker wants to check the availability of a drug in a nearby clinic? How about a trader who wants to find out the price of a commodity in a nearby store, or a person who needs to get in touch with a nearby family member in an emergency? Right now, in almost all cases, these people would either jump on a bike, run, send someone else to do it, not bother, or reach for their mobile phone.
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New paint promises high-speed Wi-Fi shielding
Techworld.com
Tom Jowitt
January 21, 2009
Wireless security in a tin of paint.
IT managers should start familiarising themselves with a new security tool, the paint brush, as Japanese researchers have come up with a paint that they say will block high-speed wireless signals, giving businesses a cheap option to protect their wireless networks.
The problem of securing wireless networks has been an issue for a while now. Wi-Fi LANs with no encryption or running the obsolete WEP system, run the risk of having hackers outside the building eavesdrop on wireless LAN traffic, or simply stealing bandwidth. However, there are a number of solutions, besides encryption, for companies wishing to secure their networks.
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ARRL Continuing Education Online Course Registration
Registration remains open through Sunday, February 8, 2009, for these online course sessions beginning on Friday, February 20, 2009: Amateur Radio Emergency Communications Level 2; Antenna Modeling, and Radio Frequency Propagation.
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Amateur Radio Exams 2009
2009 AMATEUR RADIO EXAMS
UNLICENSED THRU EXTRA CLASS
Sponsored By the FRESNO Volunteer Exam (VE) TEAM
AMERICAN RADIO RELAY LEAGUE
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.
February 21 May 16 August 15 November 21
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