*BVARC NEWS BLAST # 105- January 30, 2022*
*-- K5WH in QST -- Local Ham Mentors the World*
*-- Stir Crazy Net is an information Watering Hole*
*-- Local School Gets Slot with the ISS*
*-- SK's -- In Remembrance*
*NEWS *
-- Read February QST page 13 about Walter Holmes, K5WH, and his world wide,
multi-mode mentoring activities.
Other mentoring articles are in this QST issue also.
-- BVARC's weekday noontime Stir Crazy Net is another mentoring spot.
Subjects range from antennas to on air operation discussions.
-- Houston's St. Stephen's Episcopal School received one of the 8 slots to
talk to the ISS. Autumn time frame.
Keep a lookout for Jeff's, W5JEF, notices on the BVARC reflector about
the event. His children attend school there.
-- Sad to report two recent club SK's -- Dan Gannon -- WA5ANF and Tom
Morton -- W5TOM
*NETS*
Monday Night BVARC Net -- 8 PM. Visit with Terry, K5PGF
All are welcome to check in and stay awhile (or not)
146.94 KE5OOG Repeater
Stir Crazy -- Week days daily at Noon -- various NCS stations. 146.94
repeater
Check in, tell your story or just listen, but do check in.
80 Meter Rag Chew Net -- Wednesday 7 PM(local) with John, K5LKJ, as NCS.
Early check-ins at 6:30
Just a chance to chew the rag for an hour or so.
3910 KHz LSB
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*Local Happenings*
*VE Testing -- BVARC Saturday February 5th at 10:30am*
Bayland Park Community Center, 6400 Bissonnet St., Houston TX 77074
Details for candidates are found at Ham Testing | Brazos Valley Amateur
Radio Club <http://www.bvarc.org/home/amateur-license/>
Contact: Mark Janzer - K5MGJ --- [email protected]
*BVARC Beacon Newsletter -- January -- First Issue of 2022*
In your mailbox now or in color at bvarc.org.
An excellent source for BVARC club info. K5IZO - Editor
Top notch editorial and technical content.
Featured Columns: *The Prez Says*, *The Radio Hotel *and
JP's *Cutting Thru the Static* and *The Feed Point.*
Along with meeting info, eating info, BOD Minutes, FCC
License Testing
and local Hamfest info, plus the new 2022 Board member
listing
*BVARC Board Meeting -- Saturday Feb 5 9 AM*
Zoom joining details on the reflector this week
*BVARC February Meeting -- Feb 10*
Time: Feb 10, 7:00 PM Central Time
ZOOM based meeting, will be about the George Observatory at Brazos
Bend State Park.
Make sure you tune in to find out more about their centerpiece --
a 36-inch Gueymard Research Telescope. It is one of the largest in
the US which the
public has direct access to on a regular basis. There are also two
other telescopes
an 18-inch reflector and 14-inch Schmidt-Cassegrain.
Join Zoom Meeting at......
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81604776785?pwd=R255OVBqRnljZFppaE1nb0RXdXlyZz09
Meeting ID: 816 0477 6785
Passcode: 325536
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*Trivia for the Grey Matter*
* T**he popular movie "A Christmas Story" was written*
* and narrated by what radio personality?*
* A) Walter Cronkite -- KB2GSD*
* B) Arthur Godfrey -- K4LIB *
* C) Jean Shepard -- W9QWN*
* D) Roy Neal -- K6DUE*
Answer to last week's Trivia -- B) Coaxial cable was first used in the US
Civil War
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Be curious and enjoy your hobby -- Ed.
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