Pine View School Update The school now has a vanity call sign for its amateur radio club. W4PVS went live on 12/13/24. Moving right along, 14 Pine View School students aged 11 to 15 passed their Technician Class license test during a VE session hosted by TARC at the school on 12/16/24. One faculty member …
Hamcation 2025 Hamcation, the Orlando Hamfest is reported to be the second-largest in the country. The 2025 Hamcation will be held Feb 7-9, 2025 at the Central Florida Fairgrounds and Expo Park in Orlando. The sponsors say there will be over 150 commercial booths, 200+ swap table, and a massive tailgate area. People come from …
POTA activations have become a big attraction for many club members in the 2020’s. Started in the late 1990’s by the US Park Service to encourage amateur radio operators to come into the parks and operate, the concept has grown in the 2000’s to become not only a popular nation-wide ham activity; but, now also includes …
The memorial plaque is normally maintained by the club’s Vice President and displayed on the wall in “Al’s W0AL Shack” that the club uses as its radio room for various events. It is also displayed at other club events during the year in memory of our departed former club members.
The following artcile appeared in the July 2023 Communicator club newsletter and was submitted by Tom K7ONE. Print the Article
Great article appeared in QRper.com website that gives a spreadsheet download for a battery capacity calculator. Input your transceiver operating amperages, planned duty cycle (xmit/rx ratio), and desired operating duration (time) to calculate the required battery capacity for BOTH LiFePO4 and lead-acid batteries. https://qrper.com/2023/05/phillip-shares-battery-sizing-calculator-spreadsheet-and-pota-radio-survey-results/
Jesse George Snyder of Venice, FL, aged 80 years, passed away on Sunday, April 16, 2023. He was born on October 23, 1942, in Chicago, IL, son of the late George and Alyce (Bechtel) Snyder. Jesse was a long time club member, who was a regular presence at meetings, breakfasts, VE sessions and QCWA. Having …
Yeasu FT-818ND I recently purchased a Yeasu FT-818ND. I finally got a few VHF & a few UHF channels programmed into the radio. But, I had difficulty with the VFOs, as I do not think the instructions were very clear. I finally figured out how to setup the memory locations in a way that allow …
As amateur (ham) radio entered its 2nd century of existance in the early 2010’s the wonder of the Internet, YouTube, and online Learning Management Systems (LMS) that were available for training opportunites grew exponentially. Most of us rapidly adopted these new learning technologies and now distance learning has made its way into every facet of …