Skynet 5-25-18 Desert Research and Studies Analog Mission (Desert RATS) 9PM CT

Lunar Electric Rover (LER) Desert Testing in Flagstaff, ArizonaSKYNET!!!! 9PM CT – 10:30PM CT

Net Control: Billye KF5PDS
Afterglow Movie 10:30PM:
“Nightfall” (1988)

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

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Tech Net News 05-25-2019

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Credit: Allen Institute

Our next club meeting on June 4th, 2019, will focus on Field Day. We have exciting plans in store, including a new location—with air conditioning—and great opportunities to get on the air. Get ready, and join us for our next meeting!

There’s one notable contest this weekend, the CQ WW WPX Contest, CW weekend. What’s this? It’s a CW contest where countries count for more points, but callsign prefixes are multipliers. If you’d like to be part of a new and different “country,” possibly a rare one, then this contest is for you.

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Skynet 5-18-19 : Microbots: Visions of an Interstellar Future 9PM CT

quads_combined-01-editedSKYNET!!!! 9PM CT – 10:30PM CT

SKYNET!!!! 9PM CT – 10:30PM CT

Saturday’s Topic: “Microbots: Visions of an Interstellar Future”

Net Control: Brenda WB5OZL

Afterglow Movie 10:30PM:
“The Terminator” (1984)

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

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Tech Net News 05-18-2019

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Become a tomato geneticist and see the world!

Our next club activity will be Lecture and Lab, on May 25th, 2019. Our focus will be Anderson PowerPoles, and there will be kits available for you to build. Check out the details, and let us know which kits interest you!

The contest calendar doesn’t list much of significance for this weekend, but if you catch a good opening to Europe, you could try for the Portuguese Navy Day Contest.

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Skynet 5-11-19 Remember Miss Carolyn KC5OZT 9PM CT

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SKYNET!!!! 9PM CT – 10:30PM CT

Saturday’s Topic: “Miss Carolyn KC5OZT Remembered and the AAVSO”
Net Control: Tom KE5ICX

Afterglow Movie 10:30PM:
“Science Fiction: Double Feature” “Rakka” (2017) and “Prelude to Axanar” (2014)

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

Saying “Goodbye to Miss Carolyn (KC5OZT) and a discussion of her favorite astronomy group “American Association of Variable Star Observers (AAVSO)”

Miss Carolyn KC5OZT
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Tonight’s topic will be about one of her favorite organizations, the American Association of Variable Star Observers (AAVSO).

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Tech Net News 05-11-2019

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Credit: Chung-Tat Cheung

The DARC Lecture and lab is coming up, and it’s going to be a fun one: we’ll be focusing on Anderson Power Poles, and there will be lots of easy, useful projects to build. Let us know which ones you’re interested in!

There aren’t too many contests this weekend, but there’s a QSO party in Arkansas, as well as a Straight-Key Century Club Sprintathon.

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Army MARS Crossband Test: May 11th, 2019

army mars customLogo.gifNormally, I’d wait to give this announcement until Tech Net…but by then, the event will be over. If you’d like to participate in a unique exercise that promotes both amateur radio and national defense readiness, there’s an event for you!

From the Army Mars website:

The Army Military Auxiliary Radio System (MARS) will host this year’s Armed Forces Day (AFD) Crossband Test on Saturday May 11, 2019. This annual event is open to all licensed amateur radio operators. For more than 50 years, military and amateur stations have taken part in this event, which is only an exercise scenario, designed to include hobbyist and government radio operators alike.

 

Carolyn Womack KC5OZT – SK

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Carolyn Womack KE5OZT

It is with great sadness that the DARC shares with you that Carolyn Womack, KC5OZT,  went silent key Sunday morning, May 05, 2019, after a battle with cancer.  Carolyn was longtime member of the DARC and very active in DARC nets and ARRL NTS – as a past Section Manager and active participant.  (See below for details on her service).

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