The club monthly meeting is Tuesday 2013-08-13 7:30PM EDT at NRAO, preceded by a board meeting at 7:00PM. Presentation: Jim Wilson (K4BAV) will be giving a presentation about his trip to the Green Bank, WV NRAO observatory site for a 4 day Society of Amateur Radio Astronomers (SARA) conference.… Read the rest
Daily Progress says someone accidentally pressed a button next to a canned message during a training session. As a result, about 500 people who had signed up for alerts (I posted the link in an earlier story), received calls and text messages warning of a tornado.… Read the rest
Sam’s Country breakfast plate ($9) plus dutch apple crepes ($6).
Photo: AK4OL. CC-BY-3.0-USThe breakfast bunch (an informal gathering of hams) will be gathering at Sam’s Kitchen (not Panera bread as we have been) in Albemarle County about 2.5 miles north of Charlottesville city limits..… Read the rest
If you ever wondered about Spear’s Mountain in Buckingham County, or Peter’s Mountain in Albemarle County, you will definitely be interested in the following.… Read the rest
Marshal Manor Tower and Shack.
Photo Credit: AK4OL
This photo cost me 300 chigger bites.We had two Repeater Maintenance trips in the last week.
Read on to learn a little more about these two sites.… Read the rest
The August Issue of The Beacon has been uploaded and now available for your information and entertainment.… Read the rest
Although many people have strong feeling about Twitter – both positive and negative – there is no denying that it is very useful for instant, one-to-many communications in certain situations. For those times when it would be useful, let’s tweet with the hashtag #albemarleradio.… Read the rest
GIS data:
Virginia:
http://www.virginiaplaces.org/boundaries/gisdata.html
Charlottesville:
http://www.charlottesville.org/index.aspx?page=155
Albemarle:
http://www.albemarle.org/department.asp?department=gds&relpage=3914
Green county:
http://greenegis.timmons.com/
Nelson county
http://www.nelsoncountygis.org/
Virginia GeoPDFs
data.usgs.gov/kml/gda/va_drg_geopdf.kml
http://store.usgs.gov/b2c_usgs/usgs/maplocator/%28xcm=r3standardpitrex_prd&layout=6_1_61_48&uiarea=2&ctype=areaDetails&carea=%24ROOT%29/.do
http://www.usgs.gov/pubprod/aerial.html
Good news is that USGS has just recently released 2013 US Topo maps for virginia in geoPDF format. These contain streets, contour lines, elevation maps (which can be shown as shaded relief), and 1m resolution satellite imagery.… Read the rest
Register for cell phone text message emergency Alerts from the Albemarle/Charlottesville/UVA Emergency Communications Center at https://acuecc.onthealert.com/.
This is separate from the broadcast addressed Wireless Emergency Alerts (WEA) users of newer model cell phones on participating carriers may be able to receive although the messages may overlap.… Read the rest
The Shenandoah Valley
Amateur Radio Club, Inc.
ARRL APPROVED HAMFEST
63rd Annual Berryville Hamfest
and Computer Show
Sunday, August 4, 2013
Clarke County Ruritan Fairgrounds, Berryville, VA