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September 2012

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Attention Harbor Freight Shoppers!
by Daniel Schultz 27 Sep '12

27 Sep '12

We've all shopped at Harbor Freight. It seems they have a new competitor, "Hazard Fraught Tools". Here is their latest flier: http://hooniverse.com/2012/09/24/truth-in-advertising-hazard-fraught-tools/… Dan Schultz N8FGV

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OPEN HOUSE INVITATION and Fwd: [WA3NAN] GARC Success on ARISS Contact Thursday, September 13
by Pat Kilroy 14 Sep '12

14 Sep '12

http://tinyurl.com/9q939u3 There are a bunch of AMSAT members to thank for their support of our ARISS contact yesterday in Greenbelt. See link below. YOU ARE INVITED. Please come to our club Open House at our new station location next week, Wednesday, September 19, from 5:30 PM to 7:00 PM for fun, free food, friendship, and thanks. Text of invitation and DIRECTIONS are given way below. Cheers, Pat N8PK -----Original Message----- -------------------------------------------------------------- This message traffic is of, by and for members and friends of the NASA Goddard Amateur Radio Club (GARC) and WA3NAN. -------------------------------------------------------------- THE FIRST VIDEO from our successful ARISS contact yesterday was released. More pictures and videos will follow later. Great job, team! The Goddard Amateur Radio Club (GARC) made a major impact around the Center by supporting this event! At our Open House next week on Wednesday we will again thank those members who volunteered their support to our success. For now, please enjoy this link. (CTV) Prince George's Co. Community TV: http://tinyurl.com/9q939u3 Please feel free to share this with your family and friends. Cheers, Pat N8PK ----------------------------------------- Mr. Patrick L. Kilroy Flight Systems Integration and Test (I&T) Building 5, Mail Code 568 NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, Maryland 20771 Phone: 301-286-1984 E-mail: Patrick.L.Kilroy(a)nasa.gov ----------------------------------------- "People don't care about how much we know, until they know how much we care." - Jack Vieira Outreach: http://simsat.net/ ----- Goddard Amateur Radio Club (GARC) OPEN HOUSE ? NEW AMATEUR RADIO STATION Wednesday, September 19, 2012; 5:30 PM ? 7:30 PM EDT at the new club trailers in Area 100 next to the softball fields YOU ARE INVITED Free food, friendly people! Bring a friend or family member! (No security badges needed at Site 100) DIRECTIONS >From the NASA main campus, exit the north gate on Hubble Road to Soil Conservation Road. Go north to Beaver Dam Road and turn right (east). Proceed about one mile to the softball fields/Area 100 gate entrance on the right (?B? on map). Drive through gate and back to the right; pass through the softball fields; look for the tall antenna poles and Club trailers on the right. Call Tom Capon at (301) 286-4210 for more info. Hams: Talk in on repeater WA3NAN, 146.835 MHz, no pl tone. ---------------------------------------------------- Visit our Web site at http://wa3nan.net CQ CQ CQ DE WA3NAN ? Calling all persons who want to find friends locally and around the world, share interests in communications technology, provide related community services and education opportunities. Already a ham? - Please join us for our Weekly Information Net every Thursday night at 9:00 PM local time on the GARC repeater WA3NAN/R on 146.835 MHz FM or via EchoLink. ? New to Amateur Radio? We sponsor classes and can help you get your license. Morse Code is no longer a requirement. ? Interested in digital comm, electronics, antennas, building projects? We have a lab with bench space and test equipment. ? Interested in DX, QRP, Rag Chewing, Field Day operations, contests, demonstrations, Amateur Radio contacts with the International Space Station (ARISS), going to Hamfests? ? We do that too! ? Related member activities in High-Altitude balloon experiments, satellite telemetry and tracking, radio controlled model aircraft, emergency communications, and solar power. -- ##-- ----------------------------------------------------

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