Skynet 7-6-19 The Tunguska Event & Death from Outer Space! 9 PM CT

tunguska-event-wideSKYNET!!!! 9PM CT – 10:30PM CT

Saturday’s Topic: “The Tunguska Event & Death From Outer Space”

Net Control: Tony NT5TM

Afterglow Movie 10:30PM:
“Somewhere in Time” (1980)

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 07-06-2019

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Palaeocarcharias stromeri (Credit: Jürgen Kriwet)

Our next Lectue and Lab will focus on a DIY Mini UPS suitable for use with a Raspberry Pi or charging your phone. It has 5v and 12v outputs and uses only 1 18650 Battery.  The kit from the link above will be $10.  Bring your Soldering iron, hot glue gun, clippers and screwdriver.  If you don’t have any of the above, we will have extra on site. And don’t forget that Moon Day is this month. This is the big one: the 50th anniversary…and we’ll be celebrating it on the actual day of the anniversary! Moon Day is a great opportunity to get young people interested in amateur radio and science, so please save the date. More details about how to volunteer for the DARC and AMSAT will be coming soon.

The contest calendar has two 4th-of-July themed events; both of them are going on for just a little bit longer. 10-10 International is sponsoring the Spirit of ’76 QSO Party, and the famous 13 Colonies Special Event is still on the air, too. If you hear K2E, let me know!

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