"Digital Modes - A primer and an update”
 
March 5th, 2010  7:30 PM - Henrietta Fire Hall, 3129 E. Henrietta Rd.
 

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I know why the named it the 5000.  That's how much you bank account will go down.  At least.

If you don't already know, our club station was forced out of it's long time location due to the sale of the building by Xerox.  Thanks to the efforts of many club members, the antennas were taken down and disassembled on a cold snowy February day, the station equipment was packed up, and all was moved to a safe location for storage.
XARC is alive and well however.  We will have a meeting April 6 (location TBD), a Foxhunt in May, and Field Day in June.

http://www.cnn.com/2010/TECH/01/20/haiti.amateur.radio/index.html?hpt=Sbin

www.nytimes.com/1992/03/30/business/plug-is-pulled-on-heathkits-ending-a-do-it-yourself-era.html

Interesting website:
 
users.tellurian.net/gjurrens/famous_hams.html
NOTE: Former XARC secretary (around 1980-82) Jeff Dunteman K7JPD is on this list.

It seems our HF vertical has met its end, probably last winter some time.  Since this antenna enabled our capibilities on 80m, 40m (and warc bands), I am wondering whether we should look into some sort of HF antenna to enable these bands again.
A vertical may not be a good option, since every one we've had failed in fairly short order.  Also, coax feed is probably a necessity, since we have a long distance to the roof through various steel girders.
 
Any ideas?
 
 

I went to the RARA Meeting last Friday and enjoyed the presentation by Ev Tupis on PropNet.  I've been thinking about asking him to reprise his talk for our club.  Since that would not likely be for a couple of months, here is the link to their website, where you can probably learn a lot just by visiting.
www.propnet.org

I vaguely remember Heathkit previewing this in a catalog not too long before they quit the kit and ham business, but I didn't know any actually were sold.
 
cgi.ebay.com/HEATHKIT-SS-9000-TRANSCEIVER-POWER-SUPPLY-WARC-BANDS_W0QQitemZ280433865834QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0