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<DIV>A couple of us got together today at the club and then moved the discussion
over to Chick Fil A. If you were there, thanks for your support to the
club - if not, we missed you! Starting to get a bit more activity on the 2
meter repeater, despite its current deafness. My thought right now is that
we'll add a preamplifier to the receive side. The transmitter side is
doing very well, so the antenna doesn't appear to be a problem. </DIV>
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<DIV>I am not sure just who is on the K4RY mailing list here. If someone
has a listing and will send me a copy, I would appreciate it. We need
to make sure this is current. For instance, I'm not sure that Joel is
getting this, so someone please pass the note to him.
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<DIV>In response to Aubrey's suggestion of a club construction project, I'm
proposing the inexpensive Pixie II HF transceiver, configured for 40
meters. The Pixie II is a full transceiver made from two inexpensive
transistors and one IC. All three license classes can use this
transceiver. For those who don't want to get into Morse code, the input
and output of the transceiver should be 'connectable' to a PC to decode the CW
and send the same. A kit appears to be available from HSC for $10.
That will be a challenging project in itself. </DIV>
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<DIV>Keith, AK4KO, was able to repair cracks to the traces on the Club's IC-207
FM transceiver VHF power module, so now I'll slip it back into the radio and see
where we are. This should make a good transceiver for operating from Broun
411. Keith has also fabricated a bracket to fit on the roof of Broun
to hold a "Copper Cactus" 2 m J-pole antenna. Better weather should see us
getting up there to affix the antenna and connect it to the feedline.</DIV>
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<DIV>I'm hearing on a local net tonight that EAARC is planning its next VEC
testing session on 16 March. I'm not sure if that is really good timing or
not, because I think that is in the middle of spring semester break.
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<DIV>For those of you with a free Saturday morning this Saturday is the
BirmingHamfest at the Zamora Shrine temple just southeast of B'Ham.
Entrance fee is $8. It was a pretty good hamfest last year.
Take your 'buy' list - the weather is supposed to be good and the flea market
will probably be better attended than last year. I'd guess you could go
and be back in Auburn by mid or late afternoon. </DIV>
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<DIV>I attended a meeting at the SGA about University clubs and their
relationship to the school. Very informative, and I'm still digesting the
information. Some of the tools would be very helpful to use, including web
space, and we know that what we have on the current web site is long outdated
and difficult to access. More news on all of that in the future.
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<DIV>I see from the 10 day forecast that antenna hanging time is starting to
form. I hope to get at least some wires up in these trees to operate
this year. </DIV>
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<DIV>Klink...</DIV>
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