[ML-General] HAM Meeting and upcoming events
david
ainut at knology.net
Tue Mar 10 17:59:29 CDT 2015
Are they Chinese?
On 03/10/2015 04:24 PM, Alex Smith (K4RNT) wrote:
> I have a Baofeng, and they are surprisingly good. I have the UV-5R,
> and it's quite nice for only 35 dollars. If you're willing to spend a
> little more, the UV-F8+ and the GT-3TP are both ones that are on my
> wish list to upgrade to. You can get them on Amazon.
>
> I highly recommend them, but be sure to get the programming cable as
> well. They use a program called CHIRP to set them up.
>
>
> " '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 4:06 PM, Erik Arendall <earendall at gmail.com
> <mailto:earendall at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
> I have a Yaesu FT-60r that's a nice HT. if you want budget, look
> up Baofeng on Amazon. Ive not used them, but I have heard they are
> a good for the price.
>
>
> On Tue, Mar 10, 2015 at 3:59 PM, Satyam Nayak
> <nayaksatyam at gmail.com <mailto:nayaksatyam at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
> My radio seems to have bitten it. Does anyone have
> recommendations for a good handheld radio?
>
> On Tue, Mar 10, 2015 at 3:55 PM, Erik Arendall
> <earendall at gmail.com <mailto:earendall at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
> 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 <mailto: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
> <mailto: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 <mailto: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
> <mailto: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
> <mailto: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
> <mailto:earendall at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
> Why not Google hangouts? >=)
>
> On Tue, Mar 10, 2015 at 2:30 PM,
> Jeff Cotten <omegix at gmail.com
> <mailto: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
> <mailto: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
> <mailto: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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