Tanner Jones If you’d like to try out contesting, on November 18th, the ARRL Sweepstakes kicks off the SSB segment (CW just concluded last weekend). Never contested? No problem. For this event, you can’t operate for more than 24 hours for the duration of the event and can only have one transmitter on the air. It’s a perfect time … Read more…
Here’s an outlook of activities coming up at the shack:
Sorry, I couldn’t resist…
Every Tuesday and Thursday there will be CW practice transmissions on our 2m repeater. 12:00-12:15 CT will be sent at 5 WPM and 12:15-12:30 CT will be sent at ~15-18 WPM. The 5 WPM will be sent using the Farnsworth method which sends the characters at ~18 WPM but uses longer than usual spaces. This method is designed to force … Read more…
On October 22nd, scouts visited the W5RRR shack to participate in Jamboree-on-the-Air (JOTA) – the largest Scouting event in the world!
By my count, 18 scouts visited the station and each scout made multiple contacts with other scouts!
On Tuesday, October 17th, a mini-training session was held on the repeater by David Fanelli (KB5PGY) on handling and passing traffic.
If you’d like to learn more or practice passing traffic, here are a few links from David and Fred Shetz (AD5FS).
Recently we received one of our QSL cards back that was sent out for a QSO made during the STS-35 mission.
Ken Goodwin (K5RG) will be a guest on this week’s Ham Talk Live! hosted by Neil Rapp (WB9VPG). Ken will discuss the JSCARC’s history, the 50th Year celebration, and the special event scheduled for this weekend. Tune in live on Thursday at 8pm CT at hamtalklive.com. If you have any questions for Ken, please be … Read more…
Remember Paige Veal of Carrollton, GA?
Paige attended the West Georgia Amateur Radio Society’s Field Day back in June and made a QSO with W5RRR via their GOTA station. JSCARC confirmed her QSO and sent her a QSL card and some NASA mementos. In mid-July, JSCARC received word that Paige was studying hard for her license with her Dad, Brian (KM4UPX).
Well, no need for a GOTA callsign anymore… Paige was just granted her Technician license and the callsign KN4GHU!
Club Monthly meetings are now the 2nd Thursday of every month From 6:30PM to 9:00PM The W5RRR shack cipher lock has been changed The new code will be provided when FY18 membership dues are paid Or contact KG5HOK (Keith) Oct 10: JSCARC 2M net 7:00PM NCS: KG5HOK Oct 11: JSC Safety and Health Day … Read more…
