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The Xerox Amateur Radio Club (XARC) is comprised of Xerox employees, retirees, and friends, who have an interest in ham radio. XARC is located at the Xerox complex in Webster, NY (Monroe County FN13).

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February RARA Meeting

5 Feb 2010 7:30 pm

"Stop Thief!”
 
February 5th, 2010  7:30 PM - Henrietta Fire Hall, 3129 E. Henrietta Rd.
 

Feb XARC Meeting

3 Feb 2010 5:30 pm

XARC Meeting
Feb 3 2010 5:30 PM
Bldg 337
Ned Asam, W2NED, will be giving a presentation about the Elecraft K3 Transceiver.

Ham Radio and Haitian Earthquake Story at cnn.com

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

Plug is Pulled On Heathkit (New York Times article from 1992)

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

Famous Hams

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

W2XRX and Low Bands

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?
 
 

PropNet

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

Heathkit SS-9000

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

January RARA Meeting

8 Jan 2010 7:30 pm

"From snail-mail to radio-mail”
 
January 8th, 2010  7:30 PM - Henrietta Fire Hall, 3129 E. Henrietta Rd.