Hy-Gains new AV-620 Patriot HF vertical is the best built, best performing and best priced multiband vertical available today. Make full use of you sunspot cycle with the Patriots low angle signal.The AV-620 covers all bands 6 through 20 Meters with no traps, no coils, no radials yielding an uncompromised signal across all bands.

RCI-2970N2 AM-FM-SSB-CW 10 & 12 Meter Mobile Radio

-Mobile no tune Solid State Amplifier - uses four rugged 2SC2879 high power linear RF power transistors.
-Instant bandswitching, no tuning, no warm up - just turn on and operate — makes mobile QSOs safer.
-Very Compact - Just 3 1/2 × 9 × 15 Inches — fits in nearly any mobile installation; weighs only 7 pounds.
-Extremely quiet - quiet low speed, low volume fan stays off and silent until temperature rises.
Output Power - 500 watts PEP, 400 Watts CW

Continuous Coverage — 1.5 to 22 MHz 10/12 Meters with easy to install optional kit.
-Load Fault Protection - disables and bypasses amplifier if antenna has excessively h high reflected power or if bandswitching is set lower than exciter frequency — virtually eliminates damage because of operating error; has Load Fault LED indicator.

Please share this with you clubs.

The Drake Radio Group is sponsoring a free class

“Google for the Amateur Radio Operator”
This class is designed to as a boot camp and for the attendee to follow along.
See it today, use it today type of class covering the use of Google
free applications as a radio operator.
We will discuss online identity, email, mail groups, calendaring,
mapping, etc. as it applies to the radio operator.

Class size is limited to 20 + class support people so Register asap by
sending email to gary.ny8t@gmail.com.

Where:
Class will be held at the City of Springboro Community Room
320 West Central Avenue
Springboro, Ohio 45066
Free parking and restrooms are available.

This is a different location then the “Ham Radio Deluxe fundamentals”
class was held.

When:
Saturday October 9th, 2010
0830-1700 (0830am to 5pm)

Prerequisites:
Laptop with Wifi, bring your charger. Laptop does not have to be Windows.
Should have anti virus current with in a week.
Should have computer operating system patches current.
Should have Browsers current
Suggest having Google Chrome browser installed, use of Firefox and
Internet Explorer is fine as well. Class will not cover extensive use
of browsers.
Copy of FCC Amateur License to be presented at check in.

Suggestion:
Bring a small cooler with drinks and lunch. Learning opportunities during lunch.

Schedule:
830 Checking and personal setup (connect to wifi, ensure Prerequisites
are installed)
0900 Start
1100 Break
1130 Lunch and learn
1300 Break
1315 Start
1500 Break
1630 Tear down
1700 Completed

Contact gary.ny8t@gmail.com for questions.

OK, actually it’s not The Simpsons favorite Con, it’s Dragon*Con in Metro Atlanta over Labor Day weekend. I’ve arranged with the Science Track leaders to get on their agenda. We’re planning two presentations:

Sat 11:30 am
Communications in a Post-Apocalyptic World
No grid means no landlines, no VOIP, and no cell phones. Ham radio communications can get your message out “I am Legend” style “when all else fails.”

Mon 10:00 am
Ham Radio Tricks
Light a light bulb with just radio waves, see Morse code beat text messaging and watch how everyday items become antennas in an emergency.

We had our planning meeting today for the Post-Apocalyptic session. It’s going to be fun, we’re going to start with a Day 0 “Local” disaster and talk about local nets, ARES, linked repeaters, etc. Then expand it out to HF topics, Shortwave, etc as the days go on.

We’re meeting on the second one in the next few weeks, but I think we have a few concepts. If anyone has ideas, I’d love to hear them.

73

The 1900 Group has coordinated a Field Day 2010 expedition to Assateague Island (NA-139) starting Friday, June 25th to Sunday the 27th. Our team is comprised of operators located in the Northeastern portion of the US who can be heard regularly on 1900khz at 8PM EST.

Our planned operating location is approximately 12 miles south of the Assateague Island beach parking lot on the Maryland side of the Virginia border. A 1×1 callsign has been assigned and we will be operating as K3I.

Non-Field Day operation will begin approximately 5PM EST Friday evening until the scheduled start time of Field Day 2010 Saturday afternoon.

If you are an IOTA or grid square collector, we will be on NA-139 in grid square FM28.

For more information including a band plan and operator roster, feel free to visit our website, http://www.k3i.us.

73 and we look forward to working you!

The K3I Field Day 2010 Expedition Team