Archive for September 2007
From 1939, this ten minute “specialty”film, highlights the magic of amateur radio. Even if it stretches the truth, it’s a fun portrayal of the hobby’s bygone days.
Here’s a pdf of my Powerpoint from last week’s presentation at the SCARES meeting.
On September 1, Dennis McCoy, N0AJV began a bicycle odyssey. His goal, to ride from Minnesota to California. During his travels, he passed through New Mexico with an overnight in Santa Fe. Here’s a link to his weblog. (Thanks, Jay!)
The Duke City Hamfest/Rocky Mountain Division Convention went off well.
Attendance was up a bit and everybody seemed to have a good time. Scott Westerman, W9WSW, was the banquet speaker and told about his experience in ham radio as a youngster. Many of us could relate to his experiences. The Duke City Hamfest Board is looking for volunteers to help with next year’s event. They need board members and others to assist in putting on this event. If you’ve been looking for a way to give back something to the hobby, this is your chance. Contact Mike Pendley, K5ATM, at k5atm@arrl.net for information on how to become a member of this event. Continue Reading “September ARRL New Mexico Section News” »
The annual Socorro Hamfest will take place on October 27 from 8:00 a.m. until
3:00 p.m. at the New Mexico Fire Fighters Academy. The talk-in frequency is
146.88, negative offset, 100 Hertz PL tone. This event will include a VE session for all license classes. Registration for the exams will be from 11:00 a.m. until 11:55 a.m., with the test session starting at 12:00 noon.
Coming up is the Roswell Tailgate/Swap Meet. This will be held in the parking lot of the Cahoon Park Clubhouse in Roswell on Saturday, October 6. Setup starts around 0700. Talk-in will be on the W5BLO repeater, 146.94, negative offset, no tone. For more information, including directions to the clubhouse, go to the CARES web site.
I’ll be talking about leveraging new media to help promote your club’s activities. Learn the ins and outs of websites, blogs, podcasting and more. This months meeting will be held at Sandoval Co. Commissioners Room in Bernalillo Monday, September 17 at 7PM. Click for Directions.
Not on Pat’s mailing list for the Caravan Club? Here is their September Newsletter.
September is National Preparedness Month and September 15th is Amateur Radio Public Awareness Day.
Amateur Radio Emergency Service® (ARES) groups have embraced the slogan, “When All else fails … Amateur Radio Works”. While some may question whether anything can be truly “Fail-Safe”, consider this. According to the American Radio Relay League’s (ARRL) Chief Executive Officer, David Sumner, K1ZZ, a skilled Amateur Radio operator with a power source, an HF transceiver and a piece of wire will be able to communicate with someone from virtually any place on the surface of the planet – if not right away, then within a matter of hours. While equipment failure or the loss of a skilled operator may put a given station off the air, there are enough “Hams” in enough different places that the Amateur Radio Service will survive anything short of an unimaginable global calamity. Continue Reading “National Preparedness Month and Amateur Radio Awareness Day” »
During its August meeting, the New Mexico Emergency Management Association recognized the Sandoval County Amateur Radio Emergency Service (SCARES) and several individual Amateur Radio (“Ham”) operators for outstanding service to New Mexico and emergency communications. Continue Reading “New Mexico Emergency Managers Commend Ham Radio Volunteers” »
