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Date: December 20, 2024 at 11:37:17 AM CST

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Volume 32 Number 12- December 2024 The Modulator Newsletter and happenings of the Big South Fork Amateur Radio Club. 开云体育 the Big South Fork Region since 1992. If you enjoy reading our publication, be sure to open it fully or you will be automatically dropped from our mailing list in 6 months.? Merry Christmas! GET ON THE AIR!! Interested in emergency communications? We have team in Fentress, Morgan and Scott counties looking for volunteers. Are you a YL (Young Lady) looking for your very own net? Look no further we have one for you! If your OM is licensed, he can be your control operator for you to get on the air with us. Next NET is Tuesday November 8th at 7pm EDT. ARRL has announced free membership for full-time students aged 21 and younger. Club Bi-Monthly Meeting January 9, 2025 Our next club meeting will be held on January 9th - 2025 at 7:00pm Eastern at Roane State Community College in Hunstville TN. This will be our bi-monthly business meeting plus a meet & greet. We always meet the 2nd Thursday of each month. Our agenda will include yearly planning of special events and training sessions. Bi-Monthly Training Session (Open to everyone in our communities) February 13, 2025? February 13, 2025 Free Class 6:00pm to 8:00PM Roane State Community College 410 W.H. Swain Boulevard Huntsville, TN 37756 NWS encourages anyone with an interest in public service to join the SKYWARN??program. Volunteers include police and fire personnel, dispatchers, EMS workers, public utility workers and other concerned private citizens. Individuals affiliated with hospitals, schools, churches and nursing homes or who have a responsibility for protecting others are encouraged to become a spotter. As a amateur radio operator we play a special role in providing real time communications. Training is free and typically lasts about 2 hours. You'll learn: Basics of thunderstorm development Fundamentals of storm structure Identifying potential severe weather features Information to report How to report information Basic severe weather safety Please register directly with the NWS as BSFARC is only hosting/promoting the class as a public service to our community. Winlink, or formally,?Winlink Global Radio Email(registered US Service Mark), also known as the?Winlink 2000 Network, is a worldwide radio messaging system that uses amateur-band??and government frequencies to provide radio interconnection services that include?, position reporting,?, emergency and relief communications, and message relay. The system is built and administered by volunteers and is financially supported by the Amateur Radio Safety Foundation. Let us know at the January meeting if you are interested in a hands-on Winlink class. Meeting Minutes If you did NOT receive the meeting minutes for the last meeting you may have been dropped from the club roster. Our member only portal password has also been changed. Contact Kelly KI4JAV (KI4JAV at?) to check on your membership status. Our dues are still only $10.00 per year for the first person in your household!? We are searching for a volunteer for the Morgan County ARES EC position. Must be at least a technician level and have an interest in emergency communications. We can help with the training! The club is also looking for another Extra Class license holder to join our VE team to help us administer licensing exams through the ARRL program. Previous copies of 'The Modulator' are now on our web site. You can also subscribe to the newsletter there too. State QSO Parties A State QSO Party is a contest where you try to work as many stations as possible in a specific state or group of states. Because multipliers are usually counties of that state, you also try to work as many counties as you can. Typically, State QSO Parties are a little more laid back in intensity so they can be a? fun activity for newer contesters. Each state has a 'party host' site where you can submit your logs if you want to compete or just do it for fun! While the state QSO parties are over for 2024 you can start planning for the ones next year! February - 2025 First Weekend: Vermont QSO Party? Minnesota QSO Party? British Columbia QSO Party Last Weekend: South Carolina QSO Party North Carolina QSO Party Club Apparel The club has ordered some extra t-shirts and currently has 7 medium, 3 large and 8 XXL shirts available. Let Kelly KI4JAV know if you want and she will bring them to the next meeting. They are only $7.00 each thanks to Rugby Screen Printers as we are able to purchase at a discounted rate. Show your support for BSFARC and Rugby Screen Printers by ordering yours today! Winter Field Day is held the last full weekend in January. For 2025, it will be held on January 25th and 26th. The 30-hour operational period starts at 1600 UTC on Saturday (11 am EST), the 25th, and ends at 21:59 UTC on Sunday, the 26th?(4:59 pm EST). Stations may begin setting up no earlier than 1600 UTC (11 am EST) on the Friday before. However, cumulative set-up time shall not exceed 12 hours.? The designated Winter Field Day exchange includes your call sign, a category number, a class identifier, and a location identifier. The category is a number designated by the number of transceivers (stations) at your location that are capable of transmitting simultaneously. 1, 2, 3, etc. This means you have the people needed to operate the number of transmitters you choose. Include all HF, VHF, and UHF transceivers. Don’t count a station if it must be left unattended while you make contacts on another. If you decide to operate a satellite station, the satellite station does not increase your category number. H - Home station:?is defined as any station participating from inside their permanent livable residence. I - Indoor station:?is defined as any station operating away from Home but from inside an insulated, weather-protected building or structure on a permanent foundation. Indoor stations typically have plumbing, heating/cooling, and running water. Church, EOCs, a club shack, a cabin, and community centers are all examples of an Indoor station. O - Outdoor station:?Outdoor stations operate from a partly or fully exposed building or shelter that does not typically have plumbing, heating/cooling, or running water available. Operating from a picnic table, park pavilion, tents, or under pop-up canopies are all places that could be considered Outdoor. These are locations where you may have to provide your own heat source and/or protection from the elements.? M - Mobile / Mobile Stationary:?These stations are defined as operations from a mobile or potentially mobile structure like an RV, car, van, sailboat, cargo trailer, mobile EOC, ETC. These are operating positions that may offer some sort of built-in heating/cooling. Mobile Stations do not have to be mobile during the event. They are defined as having the ability to be mobile should it be necessary to move during the event. RVs and Cargo trailers with external antennas set up are still considered Mobile.? For example, if you are operating by yourself using one transmitter from an RV in Tennessee, your exchange would be 1M Tennessee. If you were operating for a house it would be 1H Tennessee. Contest 'Highlights' Corner See link for more details:? Partial Results The weather was warm and the 10-meter band was HOT! We had about 10-11 club members show up for our on-site station under the club call sign of W4BSF. Approximately 9 logs will be submitted with W4BSF having 104 contacts in the log for about 11,856 points. What did everyone learn other than we need to brush up on our Spanish? QSOs QSO Points Multipliers Total Score 15 30 12 360 40 80 35 2800 45 90 40 3600 55 110 32 3520 59 236 29 6844 84 168 48 8064 89 178 41 7298 104 208 57 11856 149 298 61 18178 It was late in the day, but the 5-element 10-Meter Yagi was first checked for SWR (1:1) and then put on the air. Truly a team effort. We had lots of help as everyone did something to make this possible. Stephen KI4NG up on top of things as usual. The 100' tower was not quite ready for the contest, but we are already looking forward to seeing what will be gracing the skys next year. The crank-up tower before it was raised into position on it's pad. Julian W5EDQ is ready to help. President's Corner For those who do not know me. Hi, my name is Kelly KI4JAV. I received my?technician ticket back in March 2005. I took my test with the club at the local armory. What sold me on becoming a ham? It was NASA! I have a love of space and found out that most astronauts are ham radio operators. I might never get to go to space, but my voice can be heard there! I was mainly active on the local 2m repeater, 70cm repeater, and simplex. In 2012 life happened and I was no longer active in the hobby. In 2019 I was looking to get back into the hobby. Just so happens around the same time, I’d received email inviting me to a club meeting. Unfortunately, I’d seen the email a week later and missed the meeting. I thought maybe I should email back and let them know I got the email, but it was on an old account that I just happened to check. I then received an invitation to winter field day at East Rim Overlook in Big South Fork. It wasn’t far from home; I thought why not. Showing up to a place with nothing but strangers is not something I normally do. But I’m sure glad I did! The rest is history! (something else I love) I’d like to thank you all for electing me your club president. My personal goal for the club in 2025 is growth! Grow in numbers, grow in activeness, and grow in the hobby. I think with the Be Radio-Active 2025 Challenge we together can achieve this! Looking forward to all our adventures together in 2025! Be innovative! Be influential! Be inspiring! 73 & 33 Kelly Loyd – KI4JAV Members in the news Avery Honeycutt KQ4PCE By HUNTSVILLE?| Avery L. Honeycutt has been nominated for the position of Scott County Veterans Services Officer, County Mayor Jerried Jeffers informed County Commission Monday evening. While the appointment is subject to approval from County Commission when it meets on Dec. 16, Jeffers said that Honeycutt was the only candidate who formally applied for the job — and that turned out to be quite okay. “After talking amongst ourselves, (the interview committee) didn’t see any reason to post the job again or anything like that,” Jeffers said. “We’re completely satisfied with Avery … I’m tickled that he wound up taking the position.”? Honeycutt, who will replace retiring Veterans Services Officer Ron Keeton, is retired from the U.S. Army, where he spent more than 20 years in service. He is a past commander of American Legion Post 136 in Oneida, and most recently worked in the office of Scott County Clerk.? Lucas Lackey KQ4UAN Congratulations to Lucas Lackey who is not only a club member holding a technician license but also a Computer Information Technology student who has successfully passed his PC Pro Certification, verifying that he has the skills necessary to work as IT support professional. Let us know if you are ready for the exam at?W4BSF@...G?as we can schedule a session just for you! The VE (Volunteer Examiner) team has made the transition to electronic submission for testing documents. While we still only do in-person testing the applicant can choose to take a paper exam or complete their test using a computer. Forms are emailed to the applicant, ARRL and to the FCC for faster processing. The ARRL testing fee is still $15 for adults and under the age of 18 it is only $5. The $35 license fee is paid directly to the FCC and with the ARRL youth program they will reimburse the youths that fee! We will work with you to schedule an exam in your area at a convenient time. No more waiting, long drives or trying to take an on-line test with multiple cameras. We try to make it as easy as possible to take but it's up to you to pass! KQZIP Jamie Christian A BIG shout out to Jamie Christian KQ4ZIP on passing his general class exam on Thursday December 5th. Jamie obtained his technician class license in May of 2024 as has worked some on 10-meters but is looking for the having access to 95% of the bands now! Ken Pasternack (Call Pending) Ken had only been studying for a little while and was getting passing scores on his practice tests. He tested and PASSED his technician exam on December 18th and is waiting for his call sign to be issued now. He is looking forward to hitting the PTT button and joining us on one of our NETS. He also earned 150 points for the Radio Active Challenge. Calendar of Events for 2025 Dates in yellow are from 2024, and exact dates have not been announced for 2025. DATE EVENT 1/9/2025 BSFARC Meeting 1/18/2025 POTA Support Your Parks Weekend 1/19/2025 POTA Support Your Parks Weekend 1/25/2025 Winter Field Day 1/26/2025 Winter Field Day 2/7/2025 HamCation Orlando FL 2/8/2025 HamCation Orlando FL 2/9/2025 HamCation Orlando FL 2/13/2025 BSFARC SkyWarn Training by NWS 3/8/2025 International YL Day 3/7/2025 MTARS Tullahoma Hamfest 3/8/2025 MTARS Tullahoma Hamfest 3/13/2025 BSFARC Meeting 3/22/2025 West TN Hamfest Trenton 3/15/2025 Sevier County 2025 Hamfest 4/5/2025 Freefest Bartlett Swap (Memphis) 4/10/2025 BSFARC Training/Meet & Greet 4/19/2025 Greenville TN Hamfest 4/19/2025 POTA Support Your Parks Weekend 4/20/2025 POTA Support Your Parks Weekend 4/26/2025 Big South Fork Spring Planting Day Festival 5/8/2025 BSFARC Meeting 5/16/2025 Hamvention Dayton OH 5/17/2025 Hamvention Dayton OH 5/17/2025 TN Mountain Laurel Festival 5/18/2025 Hamvention Dayton OH 6/7/2025 KY QSO Party 6/7/2025 Museum Ship Weekend SES 6/8/2025 Museum Ship Weekend SES 6/8/2025 KY QSO Party 6/12/2025 BSFARC Training/Meet & Greet 6/14/2025 Knoxville Hamfest/ARRL convention 6/28/2025 ARRL Field Day 7/10/2025 BSFARC Meeting 7/19/2025 Greater Nashville & Middle Tennessee Hamquest 7/19/2025 MCARC (McMinn) Ham Fest 7/19/2025 POTA Support Your Parks Weekend 7/20/2025 POTA Support Your Parks Weekend 7/25/2025 TN POTA Weekend 7/26/2025 TN POTA Weekend 7/27/2025 TN POTA Weekend 8/14/2025 BSFARC Training/Meet & Greet 8/16/2025 Huntsville AL Hamfest 8/17/2025 Huntsville AL Hamfest 8/24/2024 Cedars of Lebanon Hamfest – Lebanon, TN. 9/7/2025 Tennessee QSO Party 9/11/2025 BSFARC Meeting 9/20/2025 Big South Fork Haunting in the Hills Story Telling Festival 10/9/2025 BSFARC Training/Meet & Greet 10/18/2025 Big South Fork Blue Heron Ghost Mine 10/19/2024 POTA Support Your Parks Weekend 10/20/2024 POTA Support Your Parks Weekend 10/24/2025 NB 100 Race 10/25/2025 NB 100 Race 11/13/2025 BSFARC Meeting 12/6/2025 Skywarn Recognition Day 12/11/2025 BSFARC Training/Meet & Greet 12/13/2025 ARRL 10-Meter Contest 12/14/2025 ARRL 10-Meter Contest It has been suggested that we work on our plans for 2025. There are various areas that we should focus on and look forward to getting input from everyone. New Ham Development and Training:?Develop an effective, coordinated program of public relations, recruiting, training and ongoing assistance targeted to prospective and newly licensed hams in our community. Public Relations:?Establish an effective Amateur Radio presence in our community, including contact with local media and coverage of your activities; Public Information Officer appointment. Emergency Communications:?Club members should become skilled in communicating effectively during communications emergencies and be prepared to assist when needed; Official Emergency Station appointment and participation in ARES. Technical Advancement:?Continuing education in the technical aspects of Amateur Radio to ensure that our club members are technically competent, familiar and comfortable with modern radio-electronics technology; Technical Specialist appointment. Operating Activities:?Active participation as a club in one or more major operating or operating support activities to ensure that our club maintains a high level of operating skill. While many New Year resolutions are quickly forgotten we hope you join us in `making 2025 a year to enhance your skills and knowledge as an amateur radio operator. A certificate will be awarded to the person with the most points. Other categories include The Ambassador for whoever has the most points in that section. A certificate will also be awarded to the person with the most educational points. The ‘Sprint’ certificate is awarded to the person who reaches 1000 points first! Keep track of your points on the honor system. Repeater contacts and contacts using Echolink or similar means do not qualify. Start tracking points now and the certificates will be presented at our December 2025 meeting. Straight Key Night is held every January 1 from 0000 UTC through 2359 UTC. This 24-hour event is not a contest; rather it is a day dedicated to celebrating our CW heritage. Participants are encouraged to get on the air and simply make enjoyable, conversational CW QSOs. The use of straight keys or bugs to send CW is preferred. There are no points scored and all who participate are winners. HAM FESTS 2025 03/07/2025 -?03/08/2025 Location:?Tullahoma, TN Sponsor:?Middle Tennessee Amateur Radio Society Website:? 03/22/2025 -? Location:?Trenton, TN Type:?ARRL Hamfest Sponsor:?Area Wide Amateur Radio Association 06/21/2025 -? Location:?Knoxville, TN Type:?ARRL Convention Sponsor:?Radio Amateur Club of Knoxville Website:? 07/19/2025 -? Location:?Athens, TN Type:?ARRL Hamfest Sponsor:?McMinn County?Radio Amateur Club? Website:? UPCOMING EVENTS AND INFORMATION Special Event Stations Contact these stations and help commemorate an historical occasion or other special event. Many special event stations provide a special QSL card or certificate. Certificates and QSL cards:?To obtain a certificate from any of the special-event stations offering them, send your QSO information along with a 9x12 inch self-addressed, stamped envelope to address listed in the announcement. To receive a special event QSL card (when offered), be sure to include a self-addressed, stamped business envelope along with your QSL card and QSO information. December 2024 QRZ 12 Days of Christmas "12 Days of QRZ" is underway where you can start racking up confirmed contacts now, one per day, a total of (12) twelve confirmed contacts needed to qualify for the QRZ Award.? Once you have (12) twelve confirmed contacts in your QRZ Logbook on (12) different days, you qualify for the award.?ALL confirmed contacts between 12/01/24 and 02/28/25, 1 per day, qualify for the award. You will still need to apply for the award on QRZ. Santa NET 3.916 The Holidays are here, and Santa is firing up his ham radio! Santa Net is back on 3.916 MHz for the 19th year! Starting Friday, November 29th, good girls and boys can talk to Santa Claus, via amateur radio, nightly starting at 7:00 PM (Central). The Santa Net will run every night through Christmas Eve, December 24, 2024. Pete Thomson (KE5GGY), of The 3916 Nets, commented on The Santa Net. He said, "Santa Net and Christmastime is our favorite time of the year on 3916. The band is quiet, and we love connecting kids to Santa at the North Pole!” Youngsters can talk to "Santa at The North Pole" via strategically placed operators (Santa Net Relay Stations) who relay the voice of Santa. Thomson credited the dedication of 3916 net members as the reason for the net’s growth and longevity. He said, "What started with several children talking to Santa on 3916 back in 2005 has truly blossomed into an amazing group effort. Santa Net is only possible because of the net members who volunteer their time and talents as relay stations and in other support roles." In addition to connecting kids with Santa, Thomson said that Santa Net also brings young people into amateur radio. He added, “Santa Net is often the first time many of these kids experience the magic of amateur radio. Every year we hear from parents and sometimes even the kids who go onto get their amateur license after taking part in Santa Net.” Prior to each night's Santa Net, pre-net check-ins can be made at?/ Third party rules and regulations apply. The Santa Net is presented by The 3916 Nets. The Rag Chew Crew, The Tailgaters, 3916 Trivia and The Freewheelers are all amateur radio nets that meet on 3.916 MHz nightly. For more information on The 3916 Nets, go to??For more information on The Santa Net go to??or email KE5GGY at Gmail dot com. January 2025 12/26/2024 |?Battle of Trenton Dec 26-Jan 2, 0059Z-0059Z, W2T, Trenton, NJ. Delaware Valley Radio Association. 14.280 21.280 28.430 7.220. Certificate & QSL. Delaware Valley Radio Association, PO Box 7024, Trenton, NJ 08628.? 01/01/2025 |?155th Anniversary of the Waco Suspension Bridge Jan 1-Jan 12, 1500Z-2359Z, W5B, Waco, TX. Heart of Texas DX Society. 28.437 SSB. Certificate. Larry Merritt, W5DXS, 3200 Colcord Ave, Waco, TX 76707-1814. 01/02/2025 |?"Remembering W?JH Father Metcalf" at Belwin Conservancy Jan 2-Jan 4, 1600Z-2300Z, W0JH, Stillwater, MN. Stillwater (MN) Amateur Radio Assn - SARA. 3.860 7,260 14.260 21.360. Certificate. Shel Mann - N0DRX, 1618 Pine St W, Stillwater, MN 55082. This event pays tribute to the original W0JH, Father George Metcalf. As a WWII Chaplain for General Patton, Fr. Metcalf drafted the famous “Weather Prayer.” The General and his troops believed it ended 3 months of cloudy, rainy skies in December, 1944. QSL certificates may ONLY be requested and will ONLY be sent via email. Send requests WITH W0JH QSO CONTACT INFO to:?W0JHrequest@.... IMPORTANT: ONLY W0JH confirmed contacts qualify (See??and??(W0JH) for more details.)? 01/02/2025 |?19th Annual Straight Key Month Jan 2-Jan 31, 0000Z-2359Z, K3Y, Ellicott City, MO. SKCC - Straight Key Century Club. 3.550 7.055 14.050 21.050. Certificate & QSL. SKCC c/o Ted Rachwal - K8AQM, 6237 Twin Lakes Drive, Kimball, MI 48074. K3Y/0 thru 9 plus KH6, KL7, KP4 and DX member stations in six WAC areas operating straight key, bug and cootie keys. QSL card confirms one QSO per area, up to 19 for all-area sweep. See URL for op sched/map, stats, etc. 01/03/2025 |?Battle of Princeton Jan 3-Jan 12, 0059Z-0059Z, W2P, Trenton, NJ. Delaware Valley Radio Association. 14.280 21.280 28.430 7.220. Certificate & QSL. Delaware Valley Radio Association, PO Box 7024, Trenton, NJ 08628.? 01/11/2025 |?Beaumont Amateur Radio Club 66th Anniversary Jan 11, 0400Z-1100Z, W5RIN, Beaumont, TX. Beaumont Amateur Radio Club. 14.258 14.025 10.136. Certificate. Beaumont Amateur Radio Club , P.O. Box 7073, Beaumont, TX 77726. For QSL/Certificate information view our QRZ page.? To learn more about and to search even more special event stations click the adjacent link: 01/11/2025 |?Commemorating USS Midway arrival at San Diego for museum ship conversion 1/10/04. Jan 11, 1700Z-2359Z, NI6IW, San Diego, CA. USS Midway Museum Ship. 7.250 14.320; 14.070 PSK31; DSTAR on PAPA System Repeaters. QSL. USS Midway Museum Ship COMEDTRA, 910 N Harbor Drive, San Diego, CA 92101.? 01/11/2025 |?Scouters Winter Camp Out SWC2025 Jan 11-Jan 12, 1500Z-0300Z, KB4RK / W4CEC, Blairsville, GA. BSA. 7,257 14,257 21,257 14,057 psk31. QSL. Russ Keller KB4RK, 1129 HIDDEN HILLS DR, Wake Forest, NC 27587. Commemorating the 57th annual event. Latitude: 34.9341294 / 34° 56' 2" N Longitude: -84.136338 / 84° 8' 10" W Grid: EM74ww 01/17/2025 |?REFORGER 85 40th Anniversary Jan 17-Jan 31, 0001Z-2359Z, W9R, Salem, WI. W9AFB. 7.250. Certificate & QSL. Scott Grams, General Delivery, Salem, WI 53168. Commemorating the 40th Anniversary of the 1985 REFORGER Exercise. REFORGER ("REturn of FORces to GERmany") was an annual military exercise and campaign conducted by NATO during the Cold War. The exercise was intended to ensure that NATO had the ability to quickly deploy forces to West Germany. See W9R QRZ page for operating times, modes, and additional details 01/25/2025 |?Discovery of Gold in California Jan 25-Jan 27, 1700Z-0100Z, AG6AU, Coloma, CA. El Dorado County ARC. 7.248 14.248 21.348 28.348. QSL. El Dorado County ARC, PO Box 451, Placerville, CA 95667.? 01/25/2025 |?MRAC 108th Anniversary Jan 25, 1400Z-2100Z, W9RH, Milwaukee, WI. Milwaukee Radio Amateurs' Club. ~7.250 ~14.250 ~21.350 145.390. Certificate. MRAC, P.O. Box 26938, Milwaukee, WI 53226. The Milwaukee Radio Amateurs' Club was started in 1917 and is celebrating its 108th year of continuous service the amateur radio community. MRAC is the oldest club-affiliate of the ARRL. Help us celebrate and receive a certificate by contacting us on HF, our repeater, or WiRES-X. See our website for more information.? 01/25/2025 |?Winter Field day Jan 25-Jan 26, 1900Z-1859Z, W2GSB, West Babylon, NY. GREAT SOUTH BAY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB . 28.340 21.250 14.246 7.245. Certificate. W2GSB, PO BOX 1356 , Lindenhurst, NY 11757. We will be running three stations using CW SSB FT 8 GSBAC prides itself on all its operating activities and the public service it provides for its members and the Town of Babylon and Suffolk County. We are running on Battery power We look forward to working you all on the bands, and good luck to all? We have added a space weather page to our web site?as we are in solar cylce 25. Check out our passing traffic information on the ARES page More pages are being developed and content will be added in the coming months. Come and visit us! Be sure to like and follow us on FaceBook ? Visit us on the web at? ?|?

Subject: Please publicize Free Extra Class Course on Zoom starting Thursday, January 16, 2025

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If you or anyone you know is interested in attending an Amateur Extra Class licensing course, please pass along the following information, and feel free to publicize it with your radio club or any group you feel would benefit.

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A free, weekly, live, Amateur Radio Extra Class Licensing course on Zoom will begin on Thursday, January 16, 2025, and will run through Thursday, March 27.? There will be 11 sessions.? The three-hour sessions will start at 6:30 PM Eastern Time.? Sessions will be recorded.? Those attending should hold (or be studying for) the General Class Amateur Radio License.? These are the classes that we have been holding for years sponsored by the National Electronics Museum.? Please publicize this with anyone that you think would be interested.? Those wishing to sign up should email?roland.anders@....

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Rol Anders, K3RA