Month: January 2020
Tech Net News 01-25-2020
Are you having fun yet? Winter Field Day begins today! Participate with a club if you can, or at home if you prefer…but this is a great day to be on the air. The DARC is participating in the K5T special event station at Alford Media Services in Coppell, Texas. This is a one-day only operation; if you get the urge to join up with a club in the small hours of the morning, the Richardson Wireless Klub will be operating for the full 24 hours.
The only other contest I noticed this weekend is the CQ 160-Meter CW Contest. There’s no reason you can’t do both.
UPDATES: Tom, N5HYP, reports that some more technical information about the satellite with the battery problems can be found here. Larry, N5PQO, reports that you can find more information about the web SDR that lets you listen to the Qatari geosynchronous satellite at this site: https://eshail.batc.org.uk/nb/
Lab And Lecture Feb 2020

Join the DARC for the February 22, 2020 Lab And Lecture, we will be building an internet connected LED Marquee Scroller Clock based on a WeMos D1 Min and a LED matrix panel. It can be configured via WiFi to display/scroll news, local weather, and a lot more. Details below.
Continue readingSkynet 1-18-20 “Solar Sails” & “Constellation Canis Major” (9PM CT)
SKYNET!!!! 9PM CT – 10:30PM CT
Saturday’s Topic: “Solar Sails” & “Constellation Canis Major”
Net Control: Brenda WB5OZL
Afterglow Movie 10:30PM:
“Doctor X” (1932)
Tech Net News 01-18-2020
Winter Field Day is less than 7 days away! Sign up for your preferred operating time and be prepared to have fun. The DARC will be participating in the three-club special event station K5T on Saturday, January 25th, 2020.
Remember that there’s no Lecture and Lab this month due to Winter Field Day…and please don’t forget to pay your dues if they’re due.
There are a lot of small contests and operating events going on this weekend, and one big one: the North American QSO Party is taking place right now.
Tech Net News 01-11-2020
Winter Field Day is fast approaching! Sign up for your preferred operating time and be prepared to have fun. The DARC will be participating in the three-club special event station K5T on Saturday, January 25th, 2020.
Remember that there’s no Lecture and Lab this month due to Winter Field Day…and remember that you might need to pay your dues.
Skynet 1-11-20 “The Universe is Flat!” & “Isaac Asimov at 100” 9PM CT
SKYNET!!!! 9PM CT – 10:30PM CT
Saturday’s Topic: “The Universe is Flat!” & “Isaac Asimov at 100: Life and Times”
Net Control: Tom KE5ICX
Afterglow Movie 10:30PM: The Amazing Colossal Man (1957)
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
2020 Winter Field Day

Come join Winter Field Day 2020 fun – a tri-club event that includes the Dallas Amateur Radio Club, Metrocrest Amateur Radio Club and the Irving Amateur Radio Club. This is an open public invitation – you don’t even need to have a HAM Radio license or a call sign to participate . The tri-club event will be operating under the special event call sign K5T and operating as 3I NTX. Details below.
Continue readingSkynet 1-4-20 “Radiation Clean-up in Space” & “Magnetic Fields and Spiral Galaxy Shapes” – 9PM CT
SKYNET!!!! 9PM CT – 10:30PM CT
Saturday’s Topic: “Radiation Belt Cleanup in Space/Magnetic Fields and Spiral Galaxy Shapes”
Net Control: Bill N5BB
Afterglow Movie 10:30PM: “Voyage to the Prehistoric Planet” (1965)
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
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