[ML-General] HAM Meeting and upcoming events

Tue Mar 10 16:24:40 CDT 2015

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> 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>
> 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>
>> 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> 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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