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Mike Knerr KI5UBL. 73 On Sun, Feb 25, 2024, 5:02 PM J T via BVARC <bvarc@bvarc.org> wrote: > Costa Rica, that’s awesome! > > We will definitely be back out the next time you guys do this. Jon has > been on his phone looking at radios and antennas since we left the park. > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Feb 25, 2024, at 4:24 PM, Stephen Flowers <s.c.flow...@comcast.net> > wrote: > > Josh, > Good afternoon. Welcome! It was a fun event to be sure. I kept getting > this fellow on CW giving his callsign as TI5JON and I stubbornly replying > to him: “KI5JON ?”. It turned out that he was indeed a TI station in Costa > Rica and not a KI station from the US! > > Don’t be a stranger and hope to see you guys in more Ham radio activities! > > 73, > Stephen (W2WF) > > > On Feb 25, 2024, at 4:10 PM, J T via BVARC <bvarc@bvarc.org> wrote: > > Hey everyone, this is Josh. My brother and I were up there today and > wanted to say thanks again to everyone for helping us out and letting us > mess around with the radios. We had a blast. > > - Josh > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Feb 24, 2024, at 8:16 PM, Sean - N5LNK via BVARC <bvarc@bvarc.org> > wrote: > > Well we tried. There is now a broadcast station on frequency. > > Regards, > Sean - N5LNK > > On Feb 24, 2024, at 8:13 PM, mike.williams shopjubilee.com < > mike.willi...@shopjubilee.com> wrote: > > > I am monitoring 7.271 > > > Mike KK5SC > > > > Sent from my T-Mobile 5G Device > > > > -------- Original message -------- > From: Sean - N5LNK via BVARC <bvarc@bvarc.org> > Date: 2/24/24 8:12 PM (GMT-06:00) > To: Rudolph Ackerman <rudolph_acker...@yahoo.com> > Cc: Sean - N5LNK <sean.n5...@gmail.com>, BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB > <bvarc@bvarc.org>, Kori Rahman <kori...@gmail.com> > Subject: Re: [BVARC] REMINDER: POTA this Sunday! > > I’ve been getting reports that local stations can’t hear me. I was able to > contact one station just south of Tyler Texas so it might look like local > 40 m is not doing well. > > > Regards, > Sean - N5LNK > > On Feb 24, 2024, at 8:08 PM, Rudolph Ackerman <rudolph_acker...@yahoo.com> > wrote: > > > Not hearing your on 7.271 > > > Rudy Ackerman > 281 460 7384 > > > On Saturday, February 24, 2024 at 08:05:12 PM CST, Sean - N5LNK via BVARC < > bvarc@bvarc.org> wrote: > > > 7.271 > > Regards, > Sean - N5LNK > > On Feb 24, 2024, at 5:06 PM, Sean - N5LNK <sean.n5...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > Good afternoon all. This evening on 40m at 8pm I will attempt to make > contact with whomever answers my call. I am camping at the park and with > good band conditions I am planing to have a little rag chew on or near > 7.265 assuming the frequency is available. I will send another email once I > have claimed a frequency. Look forward to chatting with you on the long > wire. > > > Regards, > Sean - N5LNK > > On Feb 23, 2024, at 11:34 PM, Kori Rahman via BVARC <bvarc@bvarc.org> > wrote: > > > Hello all, > > Here's another reminder that we will be going to Brazos Bend State Park > this *Sunday* *February **25th* doing Parks On The AIr (POTA). If > you're interested in participating or just hanging out with us, > we're asking folks to come by between *10am **and 5pm*. If you'd like to > help set up you are welcome to come a little early. We will be located at > the far end of the Elm Lake part of the park. Call us on *146.520 MHz > simplex* if you would like to reach out to us while in the park for > directions. > > *One more reminder: *There will be a *pre-POTA net *on *40m* run by Sean > N5LNK who will be NCS for the net. The approximate frequency for the net > will be 7.265 MHz (this will vary so please turn your VFO if you don't hear > them there) at* 8pm local time on Saturday February *24th (tomorrow). > > The important details: > > - Park access is $7. Ask for a day use area pass. > - *IF* you have a Texas State Park Pass, then admission for the day is > *FREE*. > - *We will have about 4 HF radios *(40m, 20m, 15m, 10m, and > possibly 17m or 80m) that you can use if you don't have your own. So all > you need to bring is yourself, some water, and maybe some snacks. > - If you'd like to bring your own radio, we have a few antennas you > can use and the appropriate filters. But again, you don't *need *to > bring any equipment. > - *Technician class licensees ARE WELCOME!* You *CAN *operate the > stations on ALL HF bands that are available and get POTA credit for > contacts you make. You will be required to use the call sign of the club or > any other operator on-site with the appropriate band privileges (ask me or > Anthony W5LIC for details upon arrival). > - If you're a Tech class license holder and would like to operate on > 10m you may do so under your own call sign if the station is open (10m band > conditions have been quite favorable lately). > - Of course, you do not have to operate the radios, you can just come > out for a fun time with your fellow hams. > - 10 contacts are all that are required to "activate" the park. You > can log with paper, or with any apps you prefer (we recommend the > HAMRS App <http://hamrs.app/>). > - Sign up on the POTA.app <http://pota.app/> website to upload your > logs after the event. > > > *When:* > *Sunday February 25th 2024* > *10am - 5pm* > > *Where:* > *Brazos Bend State Park* > > *21901 FM 762 Needville, TX 77461* > > If you've been curious about trying CW, FT8, or Winlink (VARA HF, 2m > Packet etc.) we will have those as optional modes you can try. If you can't > make this event, Anthony and I will be doing an event ourselves in April. > It's a lot of fun, and we hope to see you out there this Sunday or any > other time we're out at the parks. Contact me or Anthony (W5LIC) if you > have any questions about this event. > > Thanks and 73! > > Kori Rahman, WX5KR > *Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club* > *Vice-President and Club Call Sign KK5W Trustee* > Cell: (770) 298 8516 > kori...@gmail.com > > ________________________________________________ > Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club > > BVARC mailing list > BVARC@bvarc.org > http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org > Publicly available archives are available here: > https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc@bvarc.org/ > > ________________________________________________ > Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club > > BVARC mailing list > BVARC@bvarc.org > http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org > Publicly available archives are available here: > https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc@bvarc.org/ > > ________________________________________________ > Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club > > BVARC mailing list > BVARC@bvarc.org > http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org > Publicly available archives are available here: > https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc@bvarc.org/ > > ________________________________________________ > Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club > > BVARC mailing list > BVARC@bvarc.org > http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org > Publicly available archives are available here: > https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc@bvarc.org/ > > > ________________________________________________ > Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club > > BVARC mailing list > BVARC@bvarc.org > http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org > Publicly available archives are available here: > https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc@bvarc.org/ > > ________________________________________________ > Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club > > BVARC mailing list > BVARC@bvarc.org > http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org > Publicly available archives are available here: > https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc@bvarc.org/ >
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