September 2006 - Amsat-dc (INACTIVE)

ICOM D-Star Presentation Wednesday evening
by Daniel Schultz 19 Sep '06

19 Sep '06

I was asked to pass this to the Amsat-dc list by a non-subscriber. I'm not sure if it has anything to do with satellites but here it is anyway.... Dan Schultz N8FGV > ICOM D-Star Presentation - "For the 2nd Century of > Amateur Radio" > > Local Amateur Radio Club members and guests are > invited to a presentation on ICOM's D-Star technology. > Steve Gilmore, W4SHG, will give a presentation on > D-Star at the Montgomery Amateur Radio Club (MARC) > September 20 meeting. > > Steve will discuss the inception, open architecture, > and development of ICOM's D-Star. He will also > introduce equipment that currently supports D-Star, > and D-Star's unique characteristics concerning > bandwidth usage and band plan spacing. > > Steve will also explain the D-Star gateway and how it > uses digital technology to make a call to another > DStar user, also using the D-Star system to find the > user even if they are in another country. To accomplish > this D-Star uses VOIP with callsign routing contained > in D-Star tables to direct the VOIP packet to the > proper repeater location. How? Let's find out > at the meeting! > > The Presentation will be held at: > > 7:30 p.m. September 20, 2006 > Stella B. Warner Office Building - Cafeteria > 100 Maryland Ave > Rockville, Md 20850 > > Free parking is available on the ground level in the > parking garage. Anyone interested in learning more > about this technology are encouraged to mark your > calendars and attend. > > More information available at: > > www.marcclub.org or contact Mona NY7P at > NY7P(a)comcast.net See you there!

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NBC4 Connected Expo this weekend
by Daniel Schultz 14 Sep '06

14 Sep '06

We will have an amateur radio exhibit this weekend at the NBC4 Connected Expo at the Washington DC Convention Center from 9 am to 5 pm Saturday and Sunday. We can always use extra help staffing the exhibit to explain to the many young people in attendance why Ham Radio is cool. We are desperately in need of props, even if we can't operate in the basement exhibit hall, we still need some radios and QSL cards that we can show off. We also need young hams in the booth to help convince the kids that it is not just an old man's hobby. Please get in touch with me if you can help out on Saturday or Sunday. Dan Schultz N8FGV

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FAR-Fest & AMSAT are a GO
by Pat Kilroy 07 Sep '06

07 Sep '06

FARFEST 2006 http://www.farfest.org ALL IS GO for the AMSAT table at the FAR-Fest this weekend. Please stop by the table on either or both days to say hello! More FAR-Fest 2006 events are described in the link above and the text below. FYI, the CARA-fest will be on Sunday, October 1. 73 de Pat N8PK ********************************* Date: Thu, 7 Sep 2006 10:03:16 -0400 From: "ARRL Web site" <memberlist(a)www.arrl.org> To: all@amsat-dc Subject: MDC Section News for September, 2006 Upcoming Hamfests FARFest Saturday, September 9th and Sunday, September 10th are the dates for this year's FARFest held at the Montgomery County Fairgrounds in Gaithersburg, Maryland. As always there will be two days of tailgating and vendors. This is also the site of our Maryland-DC ARRL Section Convention. On Saturday at 9:00 am, there will be a safety talk by Heru Walmsley, W3WVV. There will be some very interesting demos that you won't want to miss. At 10:00 am, we will hold the ARRL Forum, which is a gathering of National, Division and Section leadership to give you updates on current and future happenings. At 10:45 am, we will host Harold Kramer, WJ1B, the Chief Operating Officer from the ARRL Headquarters as our keynote speaker. Harold will talk about the League's response to Katrina and preparations for future major disasters. At 11:30 am, Doug Lindsey, KB3HER, our SEC will hold a practicum on digital/Winlink operations. From 12:30 pm until 2:00 pm, Bill Neeriemer, W3STG, will hold a session on the NIMS ICS-100 course and from 2:00 pm until 3:30 pm will have a session on NIMS ICS-700. Both of these courses will review the information you will need to be able to go on-line and complete the test to receive the certifications. Most Emergency Management Offices will need their Amateur Radio volunteers to have these certificates by the end of the year. On Sunday, Bill will run the courses from 9:00 am until 10:30 am for ICS-100 and 10:30 am until 12:00 noon for ICS-700. From 12:00 noon until 1:00 pm, Doug will repeat his digital/Winlink practicum. For those who are interested in becoming amateur radio operators or wish to upgrade their licenses, there will also be an amateur radio test session administered by the Laurel Amateur Radio Club VEC on Sunday morning at 9:00 am. Bill Dobson, N3WD will be checking QSL cards for ARRL WAS, ARRL 5BWAS, ARRL VUCC, ARRL DXCC and 3905CCN awards from 9:00 am until 12:00 noon on Saturday and by appointment on Sunday. Proceeds from FARFest support the Foundation for Amateur Radio's Scholarship Program. For more information, look at <http://www.amateurradio-far.org/>. CARA Hamfest On October 1st, the Columbia Amateur Radio Association will host their CARAfest2006, an amateur radio and technology festival, at the Howard County Fairgrounds. Free amateur radio licensing examination testing will also be available. For more information, look at <http://www.carafest.org>. [snip] ********************************* Date: Fri, 11 Aug 2006 00:00:02 -0700 (PDT) To: amsat-dc-digest(a)AMSAT.Org Subject: AMSAT-DC-digest V2004 #121 AMSAT-DC-digest Friday, August 11 2006 Volume 2004 : Number 121 [snip] >-----Original Message----- >From: Pat Kilroy >Sent: Wednesday, August 09, 2006 9:50 AM >To: amsat-dc(a)AMSAT.Org >Subject: [amsat-dc] AMSAT at FAR Fest 2006 > >I'd like to set up an AMSAT table at the annual FAR-Fest hamfest next >month in Gaithersburg, September 9-10. > >Anyone like to join me for one of those days? > > FAR Fest 2006 Web Page > http://www.farfest.org/ > >Any ideas on a new display, topic or demo to have on hand there to add >interest? I'm open to advice and suggestions. > >Thanks, > >Pat Kilroy, N8PK ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Tue, 08 Aug 2006 11:01:55 -0400 From: "MARTHA SARAGOVITZ" <amsat(a)verizon.net> Subject: [amsat-dc] FARFest The 48th annual FARFest will be held at the Montgomery County Fair Grounds on September 9th and 10th. I am looking for volunteers to "man" the booth. I most likely will be able to do Sunday with help. Bob Carpenter will be working the flea market this year and will not be able to volunteer. [snip] 73- Martha ------------------------------ End of AMSAT-DC-digest V2004 #121 ********************************* At Tuesday 8/29/2006 12:07 PM, Pat Kilroy wrote on the wa3nan e-mail list re FARFEST VOLUNTEERS SOUGHT: [snip] >FAR Fest Volunteer Manpower Contact: > >Vikki Gigante, KA3PVS, at 301-874-5947 >or vikkig(a)adelphia.net. > >Talk-in on 146.955 MHz FM, courtesy the >Montgomery Amateur Radio Club. http://www.farfest.org ********************************* ================================================================= Patrick L. Kilroy WK Integration & Test (I&T) Manager 301-286-1984 Voice NASA Goddard Space Flight Center 301-286-1673 Fax Building 5, Mail Code 568 Patrick.L.Kilroy(a)nasa.gov Greenbelt, Maryland 20771 http://patkilroy.com/balloon/ ================================================================= "No one cares how much you know until they know how much you care." - Don Swartz (or Mary Jane or Jeff Wall or ...)

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