[ML-General] HAM Meeting and upcoming events

Tue Mar 10 15:55:26 CDT 2015

http://www.instructables.com/id/J-Pole-Antennas-For-144-and-440/

On Tue, Mar 10, 2015 at 3:52 PM, Alex Smith (K4RNT) <shadowhunter at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Tell you what,
>
> Let's set up a group project where everyone builds a J-pole antenna.
> They're relatively easy, and cheap to make with copper pipe.
>
> " 'With the first link, the chain is forged. The first speech censured,
> the first thought forbidden, the first freedom denied, chains us all
> irrevocably.' Those words were uttered by Judge Aaron Satie as wisdom and
> warning... The first time any man's freedom is trodden on, we’re all
> damaged." - Jean-Luc Picard, quoting Judge Aaron Satie, Star Trek: TNG
> episode "The Drumhead"
> - Alex Smith
> - Huntsville, Alabama metropolitan area USA
>
> On Tue, Mar 10, 2015 at 3:51 PM, Alex Smith (K4RNT) <
> shadowhunter at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Only if you give me one. :)
>>
>> " 'With the first link, the chain is forged. The first speech censured,
>> the first thought forbidden, the first freedom denied, chains us all
>> irrevocably.' Those words were uttered by Judge Aaron Satie as wisdom and
>> warning... The first time any man's freedom is trodden on, we’re all
>> damaged." - Jean-Luc Picard, quoting Judge Aaron Satie, Star Trek: TNG
>> episode "The Drumhead"
>> - Alex Smith
>> - Huntsville, Alabama metropolitan area USA
>>
>> On Tue, Mar 10, 2015 at 3:37 PM, Erik Arendall <earendall at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> just use a high gain yagi :-)
>>>
>>> On Tue, Mar 10, 2015 at 3:32 PM, Alex Smith (K4RNT) <
>>> shadowhunter at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> I'm out of range of the Huntsville repeaters.
>>>>
>>>> I can't reach even the Fayetteville, TN repeater from my house. I can
>>>> reach the Shelbyville, TN repeater though (don't ask why)
>>>>
>>>> " 'With the first link, the chain is forged. The first speech censured,
>>>> the first thought forbidden, the first freedom denied, chains us all
>>>> irrevocably.' Those words were uttered by Judge Aaron Satie as wisdom and
>>>> warning... The first time any man's freedom is trodden on, we’re all
>>>> damaged." - Jean-Luc Picard, quoting Judge Aaron Satie, Star Trek: TNG
>>>> episode "The Drumhead"
>>>> - Alex Smith
>>>> - Huntsville, Alabama metropolitan area USA
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, Mar 10, 2015 at 3:10 PM, Jeff Cotten <omegix at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Why not ham radio?
>>>>>
>>>>> (That was a joke, we don't have an antenna up yet)
>>>>>
>>>>> On Tue, Mar 10, 2015 at 2:57 PM, Erik Arendall <earendall at gmail.com>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Why not Google hangouts?    >=)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Tue, Mar 10, 2015 at 2:30 PM, Jeff Cotten <omegix at gmail.com>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> sure!  I'll also take notes from the meeting and put them up on the
>>>>>>> Ham Shack wiki page afterwards :)
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Tue, Mar 10, 2015 at 2:11 PM, Alex Smith (K4RNT) <
>>>>>>> shadowhunter at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I can't make it, can you see if someone can be on IRC at the time
>>>>>>>> of the meeting to pass along what's being discussed?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> " 'With the first link, the chain is forged. The first speech
>>>>>>>> censured, the first thought forbidden, the first freedom denied, chains us
>>>>>>>> all irrevocably.' Those words were uttered by Judge Aaron Satie as wisdom
>>>>>>>> and warning... The first time any man's freedom is trodden on, we’re all
>>>>>>>> damaged." - Jean-Luc Picard, quoting Judge Aaron Satie, Star Trek: TNG
>>>>>>>> episode "The Drumhead"
>>>>>>>> - Alex Smith
>>>>>>>> - Huntsville, Alabama metropolitan area USA
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Tue, Mar 10, 2015 at 12:22 PM, Jeff Cotten <omegix at gmail.com>
>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Hi all, just a reminder that there will be a HAM Radio meeting at
>>>>>>>>> the makeshop tonight at 7pm up in the AV Area and Library.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Whenever that meeting wraps up a couple of us will be discussing
>>>>>>>>> what we want the Little Library to look like, and what resources are on
>>>>>>>>> hand:  http://littlefreelibrary.org/
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> *  This Friday is the Every-Other-Month Bee-Keeper Meeting at the
>>>>>>>>> Botanical Gardens.  Meeting is at 6:30pm.  I know nothing about this, but
>>>>>>>>> I'm hoping to talk to someone about the new flow hive and see who in the
>>>>>>>>> area purchased one:
>>>>>>>>> http://www.honeyflow.com/
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> *  This Saturday is the Drone Day event in Huntsville:
>>>>>>>>> https://www.facebook.com/events/1544099752508912/
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> * Next Saturday is the Nerd Rummage sale at Makers Local 256:
>>>>>>>>> https://www.facebook.com/events/306806466181371/
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Happy Making!
>>>>>>>>> Jeff
>>>>>>>>>
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