 Joe Rodgers Works on new HF and 6 Meter Beam Antenna Installations |
| Club Calendar & Programs for August 2001 to December 2001 |
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| August 4 (Sat) - Club Organization and Shack Cleanup Meeting - 4-6 PM |
| August 22 (Wed) - Student Organizations Fair Program -
Hughes Trigg
W5YF Amateur Radio Club Booth at SMU's Organization Fair Welcome to the 50+ new members to our Club's Email List!! Look for an upcoming article on our club in the SMU Daily Campus this week! |
| August 23 - Sept 6 - Club Publicity & History Display - Hughes Trigg - (See display photos one, two, and three) |
| August 30 (Thur) Club Startup and Welcome Back
Meeting Room 228 - Caruth Engineering Bldg (behind Student Center) - 6:30 PM Club plans, upcoming station expansion, and video Intro to Ham Radio.. (Talk-in on 145.190 Mhz Repeater - Thanks! to Billy Mac KC5NQ) |
| Sept 1 (Sat) First Saturday Electronics - Ross & Central Expwy (check weather, void if raining!) |
| Sept 7 - Dec. 21 - New Training Videos & Manuals Available at CMIT for all ham licenses from code free Technician to Amateur Extra, self-paced video instruction |
| Sept 8 (Sat) Ham Radio Licensing Exams - contact Larry Herring 214-350-9580 WR3J, co-sponsored with Dallas Amateur Radio Club (DARC) (held at Love Field, Piedmont-Hawthorne Terminal, 8321 Lemmon Ave, 9AM - cost $10/license) |
| Sept 15 (Sat) Antenna Raising Party for VHF Satellite and Amateur TV Station |
| Sept 22 (Sat) - SMU MOM Meeting & Club Officer Training and Orientation |
| Sept. 27 Club Meeting, Video Presentation "About Amateur Radio"
by Tony K. (Club President) (Talk-in on 145.190 Mhz Repeater - Thanks! to Billy Mac KC5NQ) |
| Oct 6 (Sat) First Saturday Electronics - Ross & Central Expwy |
| Oct 13 (Sat)DARC Ham Radio Licensing Exams - contact Larry Herring 214-350-9580 WR3J |
| Oct 25 (Thur) Club Meeting, Video, and local
Speaker> (Talk-in on 145.190 Mhz Repeater - Thanks! to Billy Mac KC5NQ) |
| Nov 3 (Sat) First Saturday Electronics - Ross & Central Expwy |
| Nov 10 (Sat)DARC Ham Radio Licensing Exams - contact Larry Herring 214-350-9580 WR3J |
| Nov 29 (Thur) Club Meeting and Seminar on Antennas All you ever wanted to know about antennas but were afraid to ask with Mr. Frank Rutter, K3AW - Advisory Engineer for Westinghouse Video Seminar from Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory Amphitheatre Join us for this is fascinating hour's discussion on various antennas used by amateurs and commercial operators of wireless equipment. Using working physical models of a wide variety of antennas, Mr. Rutter explains the operation in a simple yet informative manner. If you want to become a practical expert on antennas, this session if for YOU! For more info, Download flyer (MS-WORD .doc) (Talk-in on 145.190 Mhz Repeater - Thanks! to Billy Mac KC5NQ) |
| Dec 1 (Sat) First Saturday Electronics - Ross & Central Expwy |
| Dec 6 (Thur) End of Semester Club Meeting and Program (Talk-in on 145.190 Mhz Repeater - Thanks! to Billy Mac KC5NQ) |
| Dec 8 (Sat)DARC Ham Radio Licensing Exams - contact Larry Herring 214-350-9580 WR3J |
| Proposed Events for Spring 2002 semester: |
| Jan.31 (Thurs) Video - Last Voice from Kuwait on the Ham Radio Hero Of Kuwait a local Kuwaiti ham fooled Iraqis and operated during occupation helping free Kuwait... |
| Feb. 28 (Thurs) Video - When Disaster Strikes! on The Role of Ham Radio in Disaster Situations |
| Ides of March Madness Weekend Antenna Raising Party (March 16/17) |
| March 28 (Thurs) Video - Antennas - Everything You Wanted To Know.. |
| April 25 (Thurs) Video - Videos: Ham Radio in Space & SAREX Space Shuttle & Amateur Radio |
| Current Club Projects for August 2001 to December 2001 |
| NASA Astronaut - Amateur Radio in Space Program for mid-November 2001 (tentative, with DARC) |
| ARRL Ham Radio Licensing Videos and Licensing Q&A Manuals - on order, expected by late August 2001, will be available via CMIT reserve early Sept. 2001 |
| New VHF/UHF Satellite Station - using donations and old gear sales on EBAY, a new VHF/UHF station is coming in Sept. 2002 |
| VHF/UHF Satellite Tracking Antenna Station with dual x-y rotator and beam antennas (Sept 8) |
| Amateur Television Station Setup - permanent antenna and complete transmitter purchase |
| New Station Furniture - Like the new chairs (thanks to Luther Pulley!) - new operating tables planned too |
| Related SMU and Dallas Groups and Programs |
| Dallas Amateur Radio Club (programs, meetings, emergency communications, classes...) |
| SMU I.E.E.E. Student Branch Website (programs, trips, job seminars, projects..) |
| Master Index of Amateur Radio (hundreds of links to sites and resources..) |
 Texas Tornadoes & Skywarn Warming System - Al Moller (NWS) December 7 Club Meeting at 7 p.m. room 205 Caruth Engineering Bldg SMU Don't miss this chance to learn more about Tornado Spotting and tracking using ham radio and the Skywarn system with Al Moller of the National Weather Service!... |
| National
Weather Service - ARRL Special Events Station Saturday December 2nd, 2000 - Work NWS Stations; Earn Certificate! |
| Students Make First Ham Radio Contact with International Space Station |
| Solar Maximum Hits (mid-Feb 2001)! (make those DX contacts while you can!) |
| Join SMU
Amateur Radio Club's Mailing List -With 59 members and alumni on and off campus and counting! (Oct. 2000) |
| Ham Radio Satellite Passes (averages 100+ passes for next 24 hours over Dallas Tx) |
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North Central Texas Emergency Communicators Hamfest November 11, 2000 Saturday 7am-3pm - Ham Flea market - Azle Tx. |
| Ham Electronics Sidewalk Sale November 4, 2000 8am-11am |
| Amateur Radio Aboard Space Station (starts mid-November 2000!) |
| Phase 3D Geosynch Ham
Sat To Orbit (launch at Nov. 15, 2000 1:17 UTC) |
| ITVA Amateur Radio TV Spot (quicktime) |
| Coming for Fall
2000:
New HF and VHF Antenna Tower Installations |
| July 30, 2000 - 6 Meter Beam Antenna Raising Parties |
| July 29, 2000 - HF Antenna and Tower Raising Parties |
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May 2000 - W5YF Radio Station Cleanup and Upgrade Photos Historic QSL Contact Card Photos posted thanks to Luther! |
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W5YF For Sale Pages - New Station Upgrades Force Sale No Space for this gear, so we are selling it now! |
| K2M Millenium Special Event Station |
| America's only Y2K Special Events Station |
| December 31, 1999 - January 1, 2000 |
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Amateur Televion W5YF Club Meeting (Photos..) Topic: Amateur Television in North Texas with Lee Rhoden AB5IG.. |
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