Amsat-dc (INACTIVE) January 2011

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Forwarded Message: Rick Hambly, W2GPS, Needs Community Support
by Daniel Schultz 06 Feb '11

06 Feb '11

Forwarded from ARRL members only web site: ==> RICK HAMBLY, W2GPS, NEEDS COMMUNITY SUPPORT Rick, W2GPS has installed a new 70 foot Rohn 45G tower (85' with mast) on his residential property in Severna Park MD. . Although he obtained a valid building permit and no covenants exist (they expired many years ago) some of his neighbors are fighting vigorously against his tower. A formal appeal has been filed against Rick’s building permit claiming that he is a commercial tower. In addition the opponents of the tower are trying to get the Greater Severna Park Counsel to oppose the tower. Rick has retained K1VR and a local Annapolis attorney to represent him at the appeal hearing. The Anne Arundel Count Board of Appeals has scheduled a hearing as follows: Location: Council Chambers Arundel Center, 44 Calvert St., Annapolis MD Date/Time: 02/09/2011 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM Rick needs as many Hams as possible to attend the hearing to balance the crowd that the influential neighbors are gathering. This might be an important test for Ham Radio in Anne Arundel County and the State of Maryland. Please plan to arrive at least an hour early if possible to help fill the available seats with friendly Hams! The more support the better. Let's show Anne Arundel County that there are a lot of us out there and that we want to be recognized as valued members of our community. Maps and other information are available at: http://www.aacounty.org/BdofAppeals. Parking garages are shown at: http://www.annapolis.gov/Government/Departments/Transportation/Parking/Gara…. This installation has been in the planning stages for over a year. The project is partially complete with the tower erected and the antennas on top of the tower but there is no rotor or wiring yet. See www.cnssys.com/~w2gps for pictures of the project. New pictures are added as activity takes place. Rick is trying to get the project basically completed before the hearing. Feel free to call or e-mail Rick if you have any questions at w2gps(a)arrl.net or 410-987-7835. Here are some quotes from neighbors over the past few days that you may find interesting. “In addition to Mr. Hambly [Rick, W2GPS] our opponents are the Anne Arundel Amateur Radio Club (AARC), a Ham Operators club. Check their web site at http://w3vpr.org/node/983 and you can see what we are up against. They have already contacted Al Johnson numerous times opposing the Appeal. Much of the construction work is being done by members of the AARC who are not members of our community. We are being invaded by a special interest group that has no regard to our community and its appearance. As home owners we would be reluctant to purchase property with an 85ft tower on 1/3 acre lots. Different communities have different standards and expectations. Let’s maintain our standards by appearing and registering at the Board of Appeals meeting on Feb 9th.” “This group [of Hams] is well organized and they stick together. So they will be at the meeting on February 9th in force. If the meeting starts at 6:30, they will be at 5:30. Let's take back our streets.”

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CQ ex-GWU ham radio operators
by Samudra Haque 27 Jan '11

27 Jan '11

Hello, I am a graduate student at the mech and aerospace engineering dept at George Washington University. I did some investigation, and am continuing to find information about the old GWU ham radio station that evidently was on the 4th floor (ECE Dept) situated in Tompkins Hall utilizing an HF beam and 2M dual polarization multielement yagi. Does anybody have the history of this station? I haven't gone up to that roof top location yet (weather issues) but both of the masts seem to have a rotator. The RF coax cables are last reported "seen" 10 years ago, and led to a room on the 4th floor (or perhaps 3rd floor). The roof top height + mast height might be approximately 10 stories from ground level. I'm interesting in getting info from former GWU students who may still be active hams/amsat members if they remember if any equipment was left around the place, in a closet somewhere and what the specs of the system were when the station was active. If you are a current ham and attend classes at the Foggy Bottom campus, please contact me, I'm trying to organize a request to School of Engineering and Applied Sciences to let me restart using the rooftop for ham radio and amateur satellite ground station operation. For reference: Google Earth KMZ attached Google Earth Snapshot attached Any ideas? Regards, Samudra, N3RDX

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Amsat-dc (INACTIVE) January 2011