The next Dallas Pi SIG Meeting is going to take place at Makerspace Plano Aug 4th, 2018 at 10am. Makerspace Plano is at: 1915 N Central Expy, #370, Plano, TX 75075, https://thelab.ms – Have something interesting to share/show/tell – bing it!!
Month: July 2018
Tech Net News 07-28-2018
Our next club meeting will be on Tuesday, August 7th; our club officers will present an AREDN update.
If you enjoyed today’s Lecture and Lab, or if you missed it, you can review the antenna dimensions on-line, or contact the club if you have any questions.
This coming Monday is going to be the 5th Monday of the month, so instead of one of our regular nets, we’ll be having trivia night on the air. Get ready to compete against the smartest hams in the area!
Tonight’s Afterglow Movie will be The Green Hornet, and if you can put up with commercials, you can watch it for free on-line.
On the contest calendar, the main stand-out is the RSGB IOTA contest, in progress now, but you’ll have to get moving: the contest ends at 7:00 am tomorrow, Dallas time.
Skynet 7-28-18 NASA Analog Missions (Part 1) & Constellation Cygnus 9PM CT
SKYNET!!!! 9PM CT – 10:30PM CT
Saturday’s Topic: “The NASA Analog Missions (Part 1)” and “Tour of the Constellation Cygnus the Swan”
Net Control: Billye KF5PDS
Afterglow Movie 10:30PM:
“The Green Hornet” (2011)
2-Meter Repeater W5FC: 146.880MHz, PL 110.9, –
Echolink: W5FC-R, node 37247.
Youtube.com Search “DARC Skynet”
Facebook.com Search “DARC Skynet”
Twitch.tv Search “KE5ICX”
Direct Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCishlh8WmW7OXy9Q6sxsaag
Tech Net News 07-21-2018
The contest calendar has a few events this weekend. The CQ WW VHF contest is on, and challenging; the RTTY installment of the North American QSO Party is taking place as well.
The next Dallas Amateur Radio Club Lecture and Lab will be happening a week from today; come on out and build the easy 2-meter antenna discussed at the last meeting!
There hasn’t been too much in the way of ham news; it looks like Slovenian amateurs have received a new 60-meter allocation; it overlaps with two of our channels.
Tech Net News 07-14-2018
Moon Day is coming up in less than a week! Don’t forget to volunteer!
There’s only one big event on this weekend’s contest calendar: the IARU HF Championship. You get multipliers for working national club headquarters stations!
In ham news:
Some rule changes have been announced for the CQ WW contests. Most notably, the penalties for busted exchanges and missed log entries have been slightly reduced.
The ARRL reports that a ham technology—a low frequency radio phone—helped in the famous cave rescue that just took place in Thailand.
Skynet 7-14-18 Parallax Distances Explained! & Tour of Constellation Libra 9PM CT
SKYNET!!!! 9PM CT – 10:30PM CT
Saturday’s Topic: “Parallax Distances Explained!” and “Tour of the Constellation Libra”
Net Controls: Mike KG5P & Tom KE5ICX
Afterglow Movie 10:30PM:
“Ice Planet” (2001)
2-Meter Repeater W5FC: 146.880MHz, PL 110.9, –
Echolink: W5FC-R, node 37247.
Youtube.com Search “DARC Skynet”
Facebook.com Search “DARC Skynet”
Twitch.tv Search “KE5ICX”
Direct Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCishlh8WmW7OXy9Q6sxsaag
Yahoo Groups: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/skynet
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/groups/306498286059167/
Saturday’s DARC SkyNet is at 9PM CT.
Discussion topic of the evening.
Astronomical Parallax – Mike KG5P
DARC Winter Dinner 2018
Come join the DARC for our 2nd annual Winter Dinner Tuesday Dec 11, 2018 7:30pm at the Spring Creek BBQ 14941 Midway Road Addison TX 75001.
Links from Meeting Presentation 07-10-2018: Beyond the J-Pole
The response and interest in my presentation was great! Here are the links from the presentation and the details of my antenna build. Remember, we’ll be building this antenna at the July 28th, 2018, Lecture and Lab.
My modifications to the design by F3WM:
If you want to reproduce my design exactly, use CQ-118 from The Wireman.
I wanted full 2-meter band coverage; I used a 19 11/16” (498mm) upper section and a 19 3/4” (500mm) lower section instead. His size will work better in a radome, if you want to weatherproof the antenna.
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