Yes, I noticed that too and mentioned it to him. SSTV has been kind quiet with the lack of propagation, but I took a listen yesterday and it was definitely active. Even hear some off in the distance n

Clarification from Phil: Greg KO6TH Greg D via Groups.Io wrote:

Hi folks, Phil, AA5EX (brother of club member Chip) will be deploying to Florida to help with the hurricane communications, and has asked me to forward the following information to the club. If you ha

Hi Herb, It's "Islands On The Air". IOTA is an awards program for making contacts to a number of identified Islands that are activated from time to time. I've never tried it, but there appears to be i

Sierra College is a huge site. How much space do we need? Besides Recreation Park in Auburn, there's also Regional Park out here near me (off Dry Creek Rd.) Two large picnic areas that they rent out,

Hi folks, It looks like there will be a school contact with the International Space Station Tomorrow (9/3) morning at 9:05am local time which should be receivable here in Auburn. The pass will be to t

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Hi Ken, Just so you know, with the completion of WSER and Tevis, the WS8ER-7 repeater has been taken down. I've also taken the KO6TH-10 gateway down and put my APRS iGate station back on the RF. I onl

Hi folks, Videos of the presentations made at the August 2019 SFARC General Meeting are now up on the club's YouTube channel. If you missed either of them, or just want to review or relive what was sa

That'd be me.... Didn't realize I didn't reply to all. Greg KO6TH Birton Gilbert wrote:

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Thanks for letting us know. At least we conquered Colfax Hill today. Greg KO6TH Brian Gohl - AI6US wrote:

Brian AI6US was in contact with Orion via SMS this afternoon, and related it on the radio. Orion's group wasn't able to get to the summit today, and will try again tomorrow. Plan is to announce the de

Another image, just as tonight's net was ending... Next pass tonight at 9:31 pm local, from the north-west, passing through north, setting in the east. It should be visible for the first half of the p

Hi folks, The ISS is running a Slow Scan TV loop, now through the weekend. 145.800 FM. I just copied the attached picture. Almost perfect. Details on tonight's net! Greg KO6TH

Hi folks, If you missed this month's meeting, or want to review the material, I've posted the videos of the presentations by Al NI2U and Gary KC3PO. Al's recap of propagation predictions made for Fiel

Solved? Perhaps understanding the history and/or meaning of the "SO" and "PL" prefixes would help unravel the mystery. I.e., we have Male and Female BNC, N, and SMA, so why isn't it a pair - Male / Fe

It is a good deal, and a nice radio. Just saying... I wonder, though, why the owner thinks they will get better use from a Baofeng? Or are they just wanting the money back, to put to better use? It's

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Yeah... probably not a winning play. What about just getting some large natural-fiber type mats, and just leaving them there? Should last a number of years, given the light use. Or would that be consi

Hi Brian, I wasn't thinking "lawn", but rather "low growing natural vegetation". Something that would re-seed itself once it gets established. By mid-summer, it'd likely be brown and dry, so we'd esse

Hi Brian, Interesting idea, but we'd need the approval of the astronomy club before trying it. If it actually works, perhaps they'd offer to split the cost? Dust is an absolute disaster for telescopes

Actually, Jef, you summarized the problem pretty well. There are so many variables involved in this. Any controlled test would likely be so narrowly applicable to the real world that it would be essen