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Up Coming Club Events / Activities |
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Written by Ron Hambric
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Tuesday, 02 March 2010 16:02 |
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Up Coming Club Events / Activities Saturday, March 6th at 9:30 am - Monthly Club Meeting News from Mike Wisby , KA5HIA on the program topic is this: There will be a QSL Party - no need to dress up, but you are asked to bring your QSL card and a sample those cards that you have received. We will be viewing a program on QSLing from ARRL. Bill Rose, K5WTR will speak about the experience when some local hams talked to an Antartica station. Ron Hambric, N5SBN will speak on “What does your membership dues pay for” Mark your calendar for these dates: March 27th - VE Test Session April 10th – Club Meeting April 17th – Belton Ham Expo May 8th – possible club activity June 26-27th – Field Day at Southwood Valley Park Pavilion |
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Last Updated ( Tuesday, 02 March 2010 16:34 )
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General License Review Sessions - Going on Now |
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Written by Ron Hambric
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Thursday, 18 February 2010 10:59 |
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General License Review Sessions - Going on Now Monday March 1 - all times are 6:15 to 8:30pmThur. March 4 - Thur. March 11 - Thur. March 18 - Monday, March 22 - Thur, March 25 - The test session is on Saturday March 27th at 9 am. The club has ARRL General Manual Study Guides for $20 - If you order them from ARRL they are 24.95 plus postage. We are meeting at the Central Church of Christ at 1600 East 29th Street in Bryan. Enter church parking lot using Luza Street. Email Pancho -
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Last Updated ( Tuesday, 02 March 2010 16:09 )
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Club Meetings dates have changed |
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Written by N5SBN
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The club meetings dates have changed and we meet on the First Saturday except in April and that is on the second Saturday Here are the dates - We still start the meeting at 9:30 am. and still meet at the College Station Conference Center Feb. 6th in room 103 March 6th in room 106 the larger room April 10th - in room 103 this is the second Saturday for Easter falls on the first weekend May 1st in room 106 June 5th in room 103 |
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Written by Ron Hambric
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Saturday, 13 February 2010 12:42 |
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The inventor of Morse code, Samuel Morse (1791-1872), needed to know the frequency of letters used in English text so that he could give the simplest codes to the most frequency used letters. He visited the local print shop to find out. He simply counted the number of printers' type for each letter. The figures he came up with were: | 12,000 | E | 2.500 | F | | 9,000 | T | 2,00 | W,Y | | 8,000 | A, I, N, O, S | 1,700 | G,P | | 6,400 | H | 1,600 | B | | 6,200 | R | 1,200 | V | | 4,400 | D | 800 | K | | 4,000 | L | 500 | Q | | 3,400 | U | 400 | J, X | | 3,000 | C, M | 200 | Z |
How you more of the story about Morse Code. Check back next week for another fact about amateur radio. If you have an interesting fact please email me and I will post it. Thanks for reading Ron Hambric, N5SBN |
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VE Testing - March 27, 2010 |
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Written by N5SBN
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The VE team will be giving Amateur Radio Exams on Saturday, March 27th at 9:00 a.m.
at the College Station Conference Center. The cost is $15 and you will need to know your Social Security Number for the FCC
application form. Also bring two forms of ID, one of which must have your photo on it.
If you are upgrading you also need to bring a copy of license to be turned in with
the FCC application and the original license to compare the copy to.
Should you have any questions please email
Ron Hambric, N5SBN
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Last Updated ( Thursday, 18 February 2010 11:01 )
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