We should be scheduling a new fox hunt soon. But not enough was written about the last fox hunt. Here is a picture of the Fox Hunt transmitter used in our May 2013 fox hunt. A fox hunt is a nickname for a ham radio hidden transmitter hunt.… Read the rest
The default title font settings leaves something to be desired after video is compressed and recompressed by youtube. These were venomous northern copperhead snakes in the repeater shack on marshal manor, south-south-east of Charlottesville, VA.
I have edited together a video of the snakes being evicted from the AARC WA4TFZ 146.760/444.000 repeater shack.… Read the rest
Twitter 8/23/13 12:36 PM ¡CommEmerg: #Albemarle #Charlottesville Today marks 2 yrs since the 5.8 earthquake shook Central VA. Remember: Drop, Cover, and Hold On! (EM 2)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_Virginia_earthquake
Great southeast shakeout earthquake drill is coming up on Oct 17:
http://www.shakeout.org/southeast/
Article backdated to anniversary date.… Read the rest
The configuration on the WA4TFZ 146.760Mhz repeater has been changed today so that, while you still need to send 151.4Hz CTCSS, the repeater does not send CTCSS.… Read the rest
… Read the restK4JEC writes: Just a gentle reminder that time is running out to make your reservation for the club’s annual picnic and silent auction – new location offering new scenery. Please help us out by sending your reservation to Don N4UVA.
Photo: AK4OL. CC-BY-3.0-USKQ9P says:
… Read the restWe’ll have a shortage of Mikes at next Saturday’s breakfast. As the last Mike standing, I have been authorized by the Council of Mikes to convene breakfast on Saturday, 17 August 2013. I’m going to exercise the privileges of the Control Mike and choose the location: Cav Diner (http://thecavalierdiner.com/,
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