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New Florida WINLINK HF-Forwarding Gateway Opens in Crown District
by Gordon Gibby KX4Z
Retired cardio-thoracic nurse Ray Cook, Jr., WD4SEN of Middleburg, FL, turned on the third WINLINK high frequency (HF) gateway in the North Florida Section in early August. He already had considerable experience with multiple VHF WINLINK gateways and an APRS digipeater in Clay County. Ray’s volunteer Kenwood rig runs about 100 watts output through an automated tuner into an off-center fed dipole and provides both WINMOR (sound-card mode) and PACTOR free radio email access for thousands of miles. Earl Leach, WX4J, graciously donated the PACTOR modem for this effort. Earl put years and years of volunteer service into this system. Continue reading
It’s time to prepare for the 2017 MS-150. This year we will be back on the full route from Sawgrass to Daytona. It will be an awesome 2 day event on October 14 & 15. Please use th link below to sign up to help out!
http://www.crowndistrict.org/wp/2017/08/10/2017-bike-ms-sign-up-sheet/
(from Florida Skip Magazine – 1959)
Have you ever wondered why radio amateurs are called “HAMS?” Well, it goes like this: The word “HAM” as applied to 1908 was the station CALL of the first amateur wireless stations operated by some amateurs of the Harvard Radio Club. They were ALBERT S. HYMAN, BOB ALMY and POOGIE MURRAY. Continue reading
07/25/2017
ARRL President Rick Roderick, K5UR, is calling on League members to urge their US Senators to support the Amateur Radio Parity Act of 2017, S. 1534. ARRL has opened a RallyCongress page to simplify the task. “[W]e are at a crossroad in our efforts to obtain passage of The Amateur Radio Parity Act,” Roderick said. He said the campaign to secure passage of the bill scored a major victory earlier this year when H.R. 555 passed unanimously in the US House of Representatives. Obtaining passage of the companion Senate bill, S. 1534, is the final legislative hurdle. Continue reading