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Current
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| At the February club meeting, Roy Walker
WA5YZD, did a great presentation on HDTV. If you were
unable to attend the meeting you can view the presentation
here (powerpoint) |
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| The Annual Skywarn Recognition Days are
coming up on November 30th and December 1st. The gathering
/contest will be held at the NWS in New Braunfels. This
will be one of Larry Eblen's last events as he is retiring
in January. Contact Larry in advance if you plan to attend. |
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| The Radio Roundup Swapfest is in a couple
of weeks. Remember we will be holding the club Xmas Party
on Friday Night, December 7th. Come to the party
and receive free admission to the swapfest on Saturday.
We have a lot of fun activities planned and hope to see
everyone there! |
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The Austin
Amateur Radio Club is having a raffle for a brand new
ICOM 7000 HF Mobile radio. The tickets will be $10
a piece for each chance to win. There
will be only 250 tickets sold! The drawing for
the radio will be at the Austin Radio Roundup swapfest
in December. Download your entry form for your chance
to win this radio. Limited sales of tickets will make
everyone's chances better.
Winners need not be present
to win. Additional rules and
details. |
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| It Official; no code
required for ham radio!
Newington, CT January 24, 2007 -- Morse code will no
longer be a requirement for earning an Amateur Radio
(often called “ham” radio) license. In a
ruling published in the January 24 Federal Register,
the FCC announced the elimination of testing for Morse
code proficiency for all Amateur Radio licenses. The
change will take effect February 23. The FCC will also
allow new Amateurs to use more frequencies --including
those which can talk all over the world.
The FCC also announced that the holders of the entry
level, Technician Class, license will gain new privileges
previously reserved for Amateurs who had passed a Morse
code exam. The new privileges will allow worldwide communication
under certain conditions, but the major change is that
the other two classes of Amateur licenses - General
and Amateur-Extra – no longer require Morse code
proficiency. The General license provides full operating
privileges except in some frequency bands that are reserved
for the Extra class operators. The change means that
more Amateur Radio operators will be available to assist
during communications emergencies such as Katrina in
2005 when hundreds of Amateurs helped plug a communications
gap.
For more information see www.arrl.org
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President Bush has written the ARRL in recognition
of the just-ended Hello Amateur Radio public relations
campaign and to extend “greetings to all
those celebrating 100 years of voices over the
airwaves.” Story is on the ARRL website
at www.arrl.org
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