PLEASE NOTE CHANGE OF MEETING PLACE & TIMES!

Furr’s Cafeteria 2525 W. Anderson Ln. 7-8:30PM Come early, eat and visit!

Broadband Brigade,

Lots of contacts were heard this past week on the 146.94 and 444.1 Echolink connections. Roy WA5YZD and Joe N5SMN’s connections have been active, connecting the Austin area to both local and exotic places. It’s very much like 10m FM, where signals from unpredictable regions are strong and clear most of the time. Now, all we need for a realistic HF experience is computer-simulated static and QSB!

Lori got our Echolink running and made a contact to WB5NFC in Mountain Home, Ark., very near her parent’s place. He has a 2m simplex connection that we may “phone home” on during 2003’s Dayton trip.

I have some feedback from at least one JOTA deployment: N0XUR’s station in Round Rock supported around 35 scouts, 15 cubs and even 2 girl scouts. Coolest contact was Scout HQ in Mexico City, Mexico. Second best contact was into Manitoba Canada with Troop 40 during their monthly camp out, coldddd! de David N0UXR

Packet SIG meeting Wed. Oct 23rd to post-mortem recent SET deployment.

ARES 5th Tuesday face-to-face meeting Oct 29th at Northcross Furr’s.

Nov 5th ARO meeting- BOD elections!

Nov ARO presentation: A visit to NIST and NTIA: Rick Kirchhof, KD5ABM will cover his recent technical tour of NIST, NTIA, and NOAA at their Boulder Colorado site.

Nov AARC presentation: AM, FM, SSB- Why so different? Jeff N5MNW will highlight the advantages and tradeoffs of the modulation/demodulation techniques, using an allmode Amateur Radio and an HP8921A Communications monitor. We will use a camera and route the images to the video projector for all to see.

To recognize Veterans Day and General Curtis E. LeMay's birthday this year, the Strategic Air Command Memorial Amateur Radio Club (SACMARC) Will be operating KØGRL on November 11th, 2002 from 1200 hours to 2400 hours Zulu (UCT). The station will operate in the General phone bands on or near to the following frequencies ending in 47 (for 1947 when the Air Force became a single entity) 3.947, 7.247, 14.247, 21.347, & 28.347, whichever band seems to be open best to most locations. Also look for us on 51.47MHZ. You should also listen to the 3905 Century Club WAS Net in the evening. Please visit the SACMARC web site at www.sacmarc.org. Contact information and mailing address are listed there also. Please include an 'SASE' with your QSL card. KØGRL is also good in the current call book and on qrz.com. Darwin Piatt W9HZC, President SACMARC.

The newly introduced WR-G303i is the world's first dedicated shortwave receiver on a PC card. It is also the first commercially available receiver where the entire final intermediate frequency stage and an all-mode demodulator are entirely executed in software, running on a personal computer. http://www.winradio.com/home/g303i.htm 73,N2ZVV and N5XWB

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Remember, beginning October, the move to the Furr’s Cafeteria in Northcross Mall.  Meetings will run 7-8:30 and AARC has moved to the 3^rd Tuesday.

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Official New meeting schedule- Furr’s Cafeteria 2525 W. Anderson Ln.:

1st Tue ARO 7-8:30
2nd Tue ATV
2nd Tue? AARC officers meeting 6PM (may change)
3rd Tue AARC 7-8:30 -PLEASE NOTE- 3rd Tue!
2nd Sat QRP 11:30-1PM
3rd Sat QCWA 11:30-1PM
4th Mon TCREACT 7-8:30
4th Wed Packet SIG 7-8:30PM
5th Tue TCARES 7-8:30

If you’re not an ARRL member and are considering it, AARC will waive your first year’s AARC dues if you sign up for ARRL membership through the club!  Contact Don AC5YK@arrl.net for more details.

After-school Amateur Radio instruction-Roger W5WIA 453-2193 leave a msg

Ham Radio Breakfast- Waterloo Ice House 8600 Burnet Rd Sat 7-8:30AM

Ham Radio Lunch- "Who's On 1st?" Walsh-Tarlton 11AM-12:30 Thurs 444.1

ARES Lunch- Weds 11:30-1PM Jim’s N. I-35 - S of St. John’s 146.94/147.36

ARO 1st Tue 7:00PM- Furr’s in Northcross Mall

AARC 3rd Tue 7:00PM- same Furr’s -PLEASE NOTE CHANGE- 3rd Tuesday!

TCARES 5th Tue 7:00PM- same Furr’s

Austin Packet Group SIG 4th Wed 7:00PM- same Furr’s

AQRP 2nd Sat 11 AM same Furr’s as above 263-5700 or k5fx@arrl.net

QCWA meeting 3rd Sat 11AM-1:30PM same Furr’s

TCREACT 4th Mon 7:00PM- same Furr’s

QCWA QSO NET Sat mornings 9AM local 3920Kcps Austin Chapter 67

WCARC 1st Thurs G’town ISD office on Lakeway Dr. WCARES 2nd Thur RR Fire #1

BCARC- 1st Sat eat 6PM- meet 7PM La Cabaña on 71 just west of Smithville

WCARC breakfast Sat 7AM Monument Café Austin Ave- north of Candle Factory

Bastrop County breakfast Sat 7:45AM Smithville's Caboose Restaurant

CTDXCC 4th Mon 6:45PM Old Quarry Lib. Far West near Post Ofc. www.ctdxcc.org

ARES Sunday VHF nets: BCARES- 6:45PM 145.35(114.8PL)/443.75,

TCARES- 7:30PM 147.36(131.8PL), WCARES- 8PM 145.13, 145.73 ARES packet

State-wide ARES net on 3873kHz Mondays 7:30PM right after Tx Traffic Net

Hays Co. ARES net Monday 6:45PM 147.14(+)

Trader's Net Fri 7:30PM 3870kHz

Texas Traders Trader's Net Sunday 9AM 7245kHz

Continental Trader's Net Sun 7PM 3922 www.3922group.com/hamfest.html

Texas Traffic Nets (Daily) 7290, 7285, 3935, 3873, 147.10(+)

**Mark your calendars for Swapfests/Events:**

Upcoming Events Calendar- Coming soon on www.AustinHams.org

Regular Tailgates and exam sessions:

1st Sat- Dallas Tx Jim Geer WB5LXZ jbgeer@swbell.net
3rd Sat- Ft Worth Tandy lot- 1mi W of Main St @ Terminal/Blue Mound
4th Sat- McKinney, Tx Ed Padget KK5WT@arrl.net
Quarterly 3rd Sat- Humble/Kingwood Tx Herb KF9RX@pdq.net 145.430(-)

ARRL Exams 1st Sat Murchison 9AM Joe N5SMN 832-0450 / Joe W5HS 345-0800
W5YI Exams 3rd Sat St Edwards 2PM Moody Hall Jim AB5EK@arrl.net 327-6184

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Oct 26 LCRA, Fire, APD carnival at Zilker Elementary 12-4 pm HAMs & MSET showcase ops during disasters/community events Dan Ogilvie Acting Director- Motorcycle Special Events Team contact@mset-tx.org www.mset-tx.org pgr- 307-8301

Nov 1-2 Odessa West Texas Amateur Radio Club Holiday Inn Center, Hwy 80 in Odessa VE testing will be available at the event www.wt5arc.com/fest.htm

Nov 1-2 Baton Rouge ARC Hamfest- Baker, La. Opens to public 5PM Fri/7AM Sat Baker Civic Auditorium 3325 Groom Rd Friday Setup 11AM FCC forum with Riley Hollingsworth K4ZDH Herb W5LSU 225-654-6087 fax- 225-654-5730 800-256-FEST www.brarc.org W5LSU@worldnet.att.net

Nov 9 Gathering of Memories Airshow in San Marcos- W5CAF special event. To volunteer for comms or Special Event- email n5mnw@arrl.net Airshow info- www.realtime.net/centex/

Nov 9 South Texas ARC 4th Annual Coastal Bend Area Hamfest. Corpus Christi, Texas - Corner of Port and Leopard, off IH-37 Tailgate in Frost Bank parking lot. Forums & VE testing inside FREE BBQ served at 11:30am to 12:30pm 147.060 (107.2 tone) Steve Hampton, N0WZH@arrl.net 361-242-3282 www.starc-corpuschristi.org

Nov 11 Veterans Day & Gen. Curtis E. LeMay's birthday Special Event Strategic Air Command Memorial Amateur Radio Club- KØGRL 3.947, 7.247, 14.247, 21.347, & 28.347, 51.47MHZ 3905 Century Club WAS Net- evening SACMARC web site- www.sacmarc.org. Darwin Piatt W9HZC

***2003***

Jan 11 San Antonio Swapfest03 Little Joe's Country Gold, 7405 Old Pearsall Rd. San Antonio Royce KA5OHJ swapfest03@juno.com 210-680-0432

Jan 18 Arlington Winter-Comm 2003 and VHF-FM Society Winter Meeting 8AM-4PM University of Texas Arlington - Neederman Hall www.wintercom.org/ reservations- nb5x@itexas.net

Feb 2 Georgetown Sunday Swapmeet San Gabriel Park Exams- 8:30A.M. Setup 10AM open at 12noon-3PM Jeff N5MNW 255-6753 n5mnw@arrl.net

Feb 8 Landing Zone Class (helicopter rescue) 9AM Shoreline Christian Ctr Dan KC5SWU Motorcycle Special Event Team contact@mset-tx.org Home: (512) 280-6702 Pager: (512) 307-8301 www.mset-tx.org

Feb 16 Motorola Marathon- Martin KM5CT@arrl.net APRS/packet and voice ops needed to track race and buses

Mar 15 Brenham ARC Dan Lakenmacher, N5UNU 979-836-8739 llakenmacher@yahoo.com www.alpha1.net/~barc

Apr 5 Belton Ham Expo - Mike LeFan, WA5EQQ Register on the website! hamexpo@tarc.org www.tarc.org

May 3-4 Key City ARC West Texas Section Convention Peggy Richard, KA4UPA 915-672-8889 ka4upa@arrl.net

Jun 20-22 Arlington Ham-Com ARRL National Convention Maury Guzick, W5BGP 214-361-7574 chairman@hamcom.org www.hamcom.org

Jun 28-29 AARC FIELD DAY- Anderson High 1PM Sat-1PM Sun

Jul 19 Sherman North Texas Hamfest Gene Hodge, K5DPS 903-893-6082 kc5aft@gte.net http://home1.gte.net/wb5dcu/nortex00.html

Aug 1-2 Austin Summerfest West Gulf Division Convention Austin ARC, Austin Repeater Org., & Texas VHF-FM Society Joe Makeever, W5HS 512-345-0800 w5hs@arrl.net

Official Austin Ham Home on the web (ARO & AARC) LOTS of links!! www.AustinHams.org

FCC Amateur Radio Website- http://wireless.fcc.gov/services/amateur/

If you have submissions for the ARO website- www.AustinHams.org Please email Jeff N5MNW@arrl.net

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The following is generated from a 2m voice net held every Sunday at 9PM on the ARO 146.940 repeater in Austin, TX, and is a 25-year tradition! 

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