Skynet 4-27-19 The Concordia Experiment 9PM CT

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SKYNET!!!! 9PM CT – 10:30PM CT

Saturday’s Topic: “NASA: The Analog Missions – The Concordia Experiment

Net Control: Billye KF5PDS

Afterglow Movie 10:30PM:
“Anon” (2018)

2-Meter Repeater W5FC: 146.880MHz, PL 110.9, –
Echolink: W5FC-R, node 37247.

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Saturday’s DARC SkyNet is at 9PM CT.

Discussion topic of the evening
Discussion topic of the evening.

NASA: The Analog Missions: The Concordia Analog Mission

https://www.nasa.gov/analogs/concordia

http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Human_and_Robotic_Exploration/Concordia

Waz Up?

Southwest to West, April Evenings
https://en.es-static.us/upl/2010/01/10apr30_430.jpg

Classic Follow the Dipper to the North Star
http://en.es-static.us/upl/2013/05/Big_Dipper_to_Polaris_Abhijit_Juvekar-e1428938802314.jpg

A featured constellation or object(s) or topic.

Various Planetary Nebulae
http://astronomy.swin.edu.au/cms/cpg15x/albums/scaled_cache/0f87a6b179e54f67af579488495a1970-629×480.jpg

Hubble Space Telescope Nebulae
http://gbphotodidactical.ca/images/wallpaper-25-fs-0-space-planetary-nebula-fs.jpg

Recent Astronomical discoveries

New Hubble Measurements Confirm Universe is Expanding Faster than Expected
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/04/190425104128.htm?fbclid=IwAR1UqRIaDN2jG6BUxenRFQuhBSzIA8ZXlsTUtAXAvgRUTwbSG1X6dQgj78s

Rapid Destruction of Earth-like Atmospheres by Young Stars
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/04/190424102244.htm?fbclid=IwAR3ZbcAXOreH7MITYlKupDzRXytzo73ElPuFIaq_ULF8WW3EDGg1iH4Q-48

Space Exploration and Space History

NASA’s InSight Lander Captures Audio of First Likely ‘Quake’ on Mars

Video on Mars Quake

Image taken March 19, 2019 by a camera on NASA’s Mars InSight rover
https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/19-032.png
Messenger Data Suggest Mercury Hides a Huge Core
Mercury
https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/dW4U2KjjxNdUkeyMPsF4BZ-970-80.jpg
Historic Launch Site Might be Decommissioned Later this Year
Sputnik Launch Site
https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/BVRpgc52ebjX5GqSA383JQ-650-80.jpg

Visible satellite passages over the next couple of days.
ISS
https://www.heavens-above.com/PassSummary.aspx?satid=25544&lat=33.0462&lng=-96.9942&loc=LewisvilleTX&alt=110&tz=UCT
April 29
https://www.heavens-above.com/passdetails.aspx?lat=33.0462&lng=-96.9942&loc=LewisvilleTX&alt=110&tz=UCT&satid=25544&mjd=58602.4306596397&type=V

Tiangong 2
https://www.heavens-above.com/PassSummary.aspx?satid=41765&lat=33.0462&lng=-96.9942&loc=LewisvilleTX&alt=110&tz=UCT

May 2
https://www.heavens-above.com/passdetails.aspx?lat=33.0462&lng=-96.9942&loc=LewisvilleTX&alt=110&tz=UCT&satid=41765&mjd=58605.4502125402&type=V

Lecture and Lab, April 27th SolderFest! 10AM – 2PM

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Lecture and Lab, April 27th, “Solderfest!”  Build a Borg LED Cube

This month’s L&L will be a “mixed bag” with several things going on at the same time. So the plan is a soldering exercise, continued DRAWS discussion for those who missed it in March with additional information on using AX.25 and some newly learned “tricks” involving interaction with the APRS system.

Remember, it’s more than just “position reporting” its a “radio network”!

We also have several unassembled Digital Volt Meters waiting for your expert soldering skills ($15 each). Also we’ve got what I guess I can describe as a “Borg Cube” LED display to build. I couldn’t turn down the price, which was $20 for each.

Unfortunately I could only order 5 as that’s all they had in stock. Anywho, it’s called a 3D Squared DIY Kit 8x8x8 LED Cube White LED Blue Light Board. I think it’s easier to simply call it the “Borg Cube”. I think this will be a challenging but rewarding project and something geeky enough, once completed, you’ll put on display in your shack (next to that Starship Enterprise model. Admit it ­ you have one somewhere in the house). I will say it comes with a 5v USB cable to plug into your computer. You may want to use a spare RPi power supply to power this baby.

Here is the video and instructions for the kit.  Note the recommended tools.

8x8x8 LED Cube DIY Kit – How To Build and Review

 

Dallas Medical Center

7 Medical Center Way

3rd Floor Community Room

10:00AM – 2PM

“Bring Your Soldering Station!”

Talk-in 146.880MHz PL 110.9 Hz

 

Skynet 4-20-19 Supernova! & “What Went Wrong!” 9PM CT

dsc-ot0918_01SKYNET!!!! 9PM CT – 10:30PM CT

Saturday’s Topic: “Supernova!” and “What the Heck Went Wrong with that Lunar Landing Last Week?”

Net Control: Tom KE5ICX
Presentor: Mike KG5P

Afterglow Movie 10:30PM:
“Supernova” (2005)
2-Meter Repeater W5FC: 146.880MHz, PL 110.9, –
Echolink: W5FC-R, node 37247.

Youtube.com Search “DARC Skynet”
Facebook.com Search “DARC Skynet”
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Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/groups/306498286059167/
Saturday’s DARC SkyNet is at 9PM CT.

Discussion topic of the evening.

Mike KG5P – Supernovas!

HR Diagram
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Waz Up?

Chaz KF5JHA

From EarthSky.org:
http://www.earthsky.org/tonight
Chaz covers:
Moon Phases
Occultations
Constellation and Navigation Tips and Factoids
Sunrise and Sunset Features
Q and A

Israel’s Attempted Moon Landing Fails Moments Before Touchdown (From The Verge)

Link to Article
https://www.theverge.com/2019/4/11/18306294/spaceil-beresheet-lunar-lander-failure-crash-engine-shut-down

Recent Astronomical discoveries

Two articles from Science Daily

Mercury has a Solid Inner Core: New Evidence
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/04/190417130007.htm?fbclid=IwAR0Rl3SQ4Gdv504Otzmbx7rKVAAEjR3ZfFSNGuQ30Ztk_Jihc5kbRlsinh8

How to Defend the Earth From Asteroids
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/04/190417084607.htm?fbclid=IwAR1g1r7GRlhS-L93a0YqhqH-Hc8wzIOPmcV0xJbiz3p6dSMSWEyx2U97G1w

Visible satellite passages over the next couple of days.
ISS
https://www.heavens-above.com/PassSummary.aspx?satid=25544&lat=33.0462&lng=-96.9942&loc=Lewisville&alt=0&tz=CST

April 26
https://www.heavens-above.com/passdetails.aspx?lat=33.0462&lng=-96.9942&loc=Lewisville&alt=0&tz=CST&satid=25544&mjd=58599.4693701367&type=V

April 29
https://www.heavens-above.com/passdetails.aspx?lat=33.0462&lng=-96.9942&loc=Lewisville&alt=0&tz=CST&satid=25544&mjd=58602.4304649041&type=V

OTV 5
https://www.heavens-above.com/PassSummary.aspx?satid=42932&lat=33.0462&lng=-96.9942&loc=Lewisville&alt=0&tz=CST

April 23
https://www.heavens-above.com/passdetails.aspx?lat=33.0462&lng=-96.9942&loc=Lewisville&alt=0&tz=CST&satid=42932&mjd=58596.4452059064&type=V

April 24
https://www.heavens-above.com/passdetails.aspx?lat=33.0462&lng=-96.9942&loc=Lewisville&alt=0&tz=CST&satid=42932&mjd=58598.0683287254&type=V

2019 DARC ARRL Field Day

Come join in the ARRL Field Day 2019 fun with the Dallas Amateur Radio Club. This is an open invitation – you don’t even need to have a HAM Radio license or call sign. The DARC will be operating from a new and exciting location – we will NOT be at Flag Pole Hill in Dallas. ARRL Field Day actually starts on the air activities at 1pm Saturday June 22, 2019 and runs until Sunday June 23, 2019. The Club will be operating as 3A during the entire time.

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Skynet 4-13-19 “Blackbody, Planck, & Einstein Theories – Oh My!” & Constellation Canes Venatici 9PM CT

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SKYNET!!!! 9PM CT – 10:30PM CT

Saturday’s Topic: “Blackbody, Planck, and Einstein Theories – Oh My!” and “Tour of the Constellation Canes Venatici”
Presented By: Mike KG5P

Net Control: Brenda WB5OZL

Afterglow Movie 10:30PM:
Visit to a Small Planet (1961)

2-Meter Repeater W5FC: 146.880MHz, PL 110.9, –
Echolink: W5FC-R, node 37247.

Youtube.com Search “DARC Skynet”
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Direct Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCishlh8WmW7OXy9Q6sxsaag

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Tech Net News 04-13-2019

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credit: Event Horizon Telescope collaboration et al.

Our next club event will be a “catch-all” lecture and lab day on Saturday, April 27th. We’ll have digital multi-meters you can build (mine works great!), more discussion about APRS and the DRAWS digital workstation, and  a limited supply of “Borg Cube” LED cubes that you can assemble to practice your soldering. The topic for our May Lecture and Lab has also been announced: The Anderson Powerpole!

We have several contests in progress or about to take place this weekend: there’s the Yuri Gagarin International DX Contest, the ARRL Rookie Roundup, the famous Texas State Parks on the Air, and QSO parties in New Mexico, North Dakota, and Georgia. There’s also the European FT-8 Contest, if you know how to get WSJT-X to transmit your state.

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Lab And Lecture May 2019

Anderson Power Pole Workshop

Anderson Power Pole

Join the DARC for Lab and Lecture May 25, 2019 from 10am until 3pm at the Dallas Medical Center. This will be an Anderson Power Pole Workshop – This Workshop will give you a complete overview of Anderson Power Poles and how they are used in HAM Radio. Participants will have a choice of five different Power Pole accessories to purchase and build.

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Skynet 4-6-19 “A Brief History of Anti-Satellite Weapons” & Constellation Ursa Major 9PM CT

allsatszoomoutSKYNET!!!!  9PM CT – 10:30PM CT

Saturday’s Topic: “A Brief  History of Anti-satellite Weapons”  and “Tour of the Constellation Ursa Major”

Net Control: Tony NT5TM

Afterglow Movie 10:30PM:
“The Champions: The Ghost House” (1968)

2-Meter Repeater W5FC: 146.880MHz, PL 110.9, –
Echolink: W5FC-R, node 37247.

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Direct Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCishlh8WmW7OXy9Q6sxsaag

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Tech Net News 04-06-2019

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Credit: Keeling Lab/UBC

Our next club event will be a “catch-all” lecture and lab day on Saturday, April 27th. We’ll have digital multi-meters you can build (mine works great!), more discussion about APRS and the DRAWS digital workstation, help with the latest AREDN software update, and  a limited supply of “Borg Cube” LED cubes that you can assemble to practice your soldering.

Yeah, I know, I keep mentioning this, but I really like Texas. So, here I go again: Texas State Parks on the Air is coming up next weekend, April 13th and 14th.

In the world of contests, the VHF Spring Sprint is coming up on Monday, April 8th. The Italian QRP Club Quarterly Marathon is now in progress, running through 4/8/19 UTC. This weekend features the unusual 31-Flavors PSK contest, Florida State Parks on the Air, and QSO parties in Mississippi and Missouri.

UPDATE: Katherine, KE5ZCM has passed along a message that the organizers of the MS-150 Bike Ride still need ham volunteers. The event is May 4th and 5th, 2019. You can contact John Galvin, N5TIM, using his call sign at arrl.net, or email j.marple at verizon.com.

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