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Heart of Dixie ARS, W4HOD will have a special program for the February meeting. Richard Robinson (AI4RY), a friend of Dick Jaeger, K4IQJ, will be presenting a program on Whisper-Mode (WSPR).<br><br>What is WSPR? (The following is from <a href="http://www.g4ilo.com/" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 204); ">www.g4ilo.com</a>)<br>
<br>WSPR stands for Weak Signal Propagation Reporter, but it's pronounced "Whisper" - quite an appropriate name as it is all about sending and receiving signals that are barely audible.<br><br>WSPR is a software application written by Joe Taylor, K1JT, a Nobel Prize-winning Princeton physicist. It was first released in April 2008. It uses a transmission mode called MEPT-JT. The "JT" stands for Joe Taylor, while MEPT stands for Manned Experimental Propagation Transmitter.<div>
<br></div>WSPR is software that enables you to participate in a world-wide network of low power propagation beacons. It enables your radio transceiver to transmit beacon signals, and to receive beacon signals from similarly-equipped stations in the same amateur band. Because participating stations usually upload spots that they receive in real time to a web server, you can find out within seconds of the end of each transmission exactly where and how strongly it was received, and even view the propagation paths on a map.</div>
<div style="font-size: 13px; "><br></div><div style="font-size: 13px; "><br></div><div style="font-size: 13px; "><b><u>Location:</u></b></div><div style="font-size: 13px; "><b><u><br></u></b></div><div style="font-size: 13px; ">
Health Resource Center on Pepperell Parkway. The HRC is diagonally across Pepperell Parkway from the East Alabama Medical Center. </div><div style="font-size: 13px; "><br></div><div style="font-size: 13px; "><b><u>Date/Time:</u></b></div>
<div style="font-size: 13px; "><b><u><br></u></b></div><div style="font-size: 13px; ">Tuesday, February 8. From 6:00 PM to 9:00pm (Supper and Meeting)</div><div style="font-size: 13px; "><br></div><div style="font-size: 13px; ">
<br></div><div style="font-size: 13px; "><b><u>Supper:</u></b></div><div style="font-size: 13px; "><br></div><div style="font-size: 13px; ">We will have supper in the meeting room before the meeting begins. Supper begins at 6:00 PM CT and it will be Italian night: </div>
<div style="font-size: 13px; "><br></div><div style="font-size: 13px; ">The meal is $5.00 per person. Auburn students $1.00.</div><div style="font-size: 13px; "><br></div><div style="font-size: 13px; "><br></div><div style="font-size: 13px; ">
Two Pasta Dishes</div></span></div><div>Salad</div><div>Salad Dressing</div><div>Ice Tea - Milos (Sweet and Diet)</div><div>Coke, Sprite, Diet Coke, etc</div><div>Dessert</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div>
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</b></u></span></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="border-collapse: collapse; ">The meeting will begin at 7:00 PM in the same room immediately after supper. We will have a brief business meeting to allow more time for the program.</span></font></div>
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