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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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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