Category Archives: CARC

Not this year. And, hell no: never again! With the JARTS WW RTTY Contest approaching this weekend I got a friendly reminder of it in my email from Mr. Hisami 7L4IOU. He was also kind to mention the link to … Continue reading →

KN5S participated in the Makrothen RTTY Contest this past weekend. Big fun, even though part of the team felt like going on a fishing trip. 😉 This is a true DX contest, in that points are based on the number … Continue reading →

You don’t have to look at all the numbers. Numbers can be horribly boring. They’re only “fun” for number crunchers like myself. But in this case they do prove that the new beam antenna works. Jason KF5EJX (*) and I … Continue reading →

Also known as Catherine Tull. She took and passed the Technician license exam after the September meeting; and was assigned KG5EDD. Congrats, again!

The meeting was called to order at 19:05. Present: Richard N5YPJ, Jim AB5JK, Catherine Tull from Sabinal, Jason KF5EJX, David W5DUH and Erik K5WW. Treasurer’s report: Jim reports that last month’s ending balance was $84.40. And that he couldn’t stand … Continue reading →

I see the Depertment of Full Automation has dropped the ball, after a recent website update… Yes, today is the September meeting! Good food, good company, and good door prizes for those who know the magic word. Be there! 🙂

No kidding! He was totally exhausted!!!!!

(Ummmm…. Small warning: the images and videos are quite large; and might not be something you want to be watching on your smartphone with the low bandwidth data plan…) We started working on this “monster” Spiderbeam antenna on Saturday August … Continue reading →

And it’s working! But…. since I managed to misplace my cell phone, you will have to wait for all the images and video until I get it back… Sorry! 🙁

The meeting was called to order at 19:17. Attending: Dave WA6YJW, Jim AB5JK, Richard N5YPJ, Jason KF5EJX, James WB5AIG and Erik K5WW. The treasurer’s report: we’re broke. Well, almost. After the purchase of the Spiderbeam, the Yaesu rotator and the … Continue reading →