*BVARC NEWS BLAST # 106- February 6, 2022*
*-- K5HM Falls in Love*
*-- Local School Gets Slot with the ISS*
*-- SK's -- Dan and Tom*
*-- Digital Pre-Distortion (What?)*
*NEWS *
-- Ron, K5HM, falls in love with an ATU, Read "The Great Harvey Wells
Caper Part 2" on the BVARC reflector. XLNT !
-- 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
-- John Parmalee points us to a Pre-distorton presentation. Maybe we'll
now know what it is all about.
Digital Pre-Distortion An informative presentation on digital
pre-distortion.
http://video.openhpsdr.org/HRF2014/PureSignal1.2.mp4
*NETS*
Monday Night BVARC Net -- 8 PM. Visit with Dwayne, KB5YTA, NCS
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*
*BVARC Beacon Newsletter -- February 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.*
Bill Cordell, W5VOM, writes of his entrance into Amateur
Radio.
Along with meeting info, eating info, BOD Minutes, FCC
License Testing
and local Hamfest info, plus the new 2022 Board member
listing
*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*
* What **popular female country western singer is also a ham?*
* A) LeAnn Rimes*
* B) Patty Loveless *
* C) Tanya Tucker*
* D) Patsy Kline*
Answer to last week's Trivia -- C) Jean Shepard from WOR Radio
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Be curious and enjoy your hobby -- Ed.
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