As discussed on Tech Net tonight 6/11/2016. If you don’t want to pay for a Band Pass Filter already built, why not build your own? This Article shows you how to do it cheaply and for all bands. Read it and Build it.
Month: June 2016
Skynet Tonight! Summer Space Camp: Cosmosphere & Tour of the Constellation Lyra 9PM CT
SKYNET!!!! 9PM CT – 10:30PM CT
Saturday’s Topic: “Summer Space Camp: Cosmosphere” and “Tour of the Constellation Lyra”
Net Control: Tom KE5ICX
HAM-COM 2016
Members of the DARC are eagerly waiting for you to stop by and say hello!
DARC HAM-COM 2016
HAM-COM 2016 in Irving TX is here!! We are ready! Club President Tony-NT5TM kicks it off with an interview. Be sure to stop by and say hello!
The AfterGlow
It is not too late to watch the movie for the AfterGlow for this Sat June 11, 2016 the movie this week is “The Day The Sky Exploded (1958)” The Afterglow is an on-air net dedicated to discussion of good and bad science fiction films. Each week we agree on a movie to watch, individually take notes and then, on Saturday night, comment about the film on the air. Will be using the 146.880 W5FC repeater for the discussion. Hope you can join us.
Skynet Sneak Preview
Saturday’s Skynet will begin a new monthly series, “Summer Space Camp”. We’ll be discussing which great space museums you must visit over the summer. This month we’ll be looking at “Cosmosphere” in Hutchinson, KS. Details and links, coming Saturday…
Welcome to Our New Home
It has been a long time coming, but thanks to David KG5EIU for taking this project on full swinging. The look of this site is ever evolving with all the news and current events of the Club. We are not done yet, but fully engulfed in making this a great place. The format of this site is considered a Blog with Static pages. It is easy to change and easy to add content too. Over the last week it has just taken off and grown with tons of new things as well as keeping some of the old.
We hope you enjoy the new look, so come back and check us out everyday, you are guaranteed to see something new. If you would like to be considered a contributor to the site, please go to Here and ask to be apart of this adventure we now call Home.
Thanks for looking
Bill Brady
KF5ZBL
Philmont Boy Scout Camp On The Air
Dale Finley, KB5NFT, and Dale Hiatt, KC5MAY, will be traveling to New Mexico’s Philmont Boy Scout Camp to demonstrate amateur radio. Using the call K2BSA/5, hams will operate mainly during the day using mostly digital (PSK, RTTY, etc) modes as well as SSB and New Mexico repeaters including Mega-Link, Angel Fire, TAOS and even D-STAR/AllStar Link/EchoLink nodes.
Finley said, “The mission is somewhat like a JOTA/GOTA event, operating during the summer showing and talking about ham radio to as many boys, girls, staffers and visitors as possible.”
ARRL Field Day is also on the schedule. If you go, look for the two Dales and the gang on the porch near Tooth of Time Traders. They plan to be on the air from June 15 until September 1.
Finley thanked Icom America for their generous sponsorship that includes an Icom IC-7700 HF rig as well as 2m/440 HTs. To learn more about Philmont please visit their websites, http://philmontscoutranch.org/ and http://www.k2bsa.net/.
Please feel free to text or call KBNFT at 214-244-2100 for more information and schedules. You may download the planned frequency list at the link below.
Reprinted from Metrocrest Amateur Radio Society website.
DARC June 2016 Newsletter
Fresh off the press – here is the June 2016 DARC newsletter.
Sunday At White Rock
A group of us will meet at White Rock Lake Park in Dallas June 5, 2016 around 10:30am for antenna test/setup and radio gobox shake down. Will try the TP Hill Pavilion first but it is sold out or in use monitor the 442.425 machine for the alternate site.
de kg5eiu
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