Sunday, January 13, 2008Briarcliffe College1055 Stewart AveBethpage, NY 11714
"A day of education to share ideas, experiences, knowledge and fellowship among
Amateur Radio operators"
Featuring Spreading Ham Radio Knowledge and Know How Keynote Speaker Gordon
West WB6NOA
What is HRU? Many of you have already heard of Ham Radio University but the
idea may be new to some of you. HRU was created by Phil Lewis, N2MUN. Phil was
searching for ways to get inactive hams back into the swing of Amateur Radio.
In addition, Phil wanted to help newly licenced hams who ask "What Now?". Since
1999, HRU has been bringing the local ham community together for a special day
of learning and fellowship. Gordon West, WB6NOA, will be our keynotes speaker.
He always has exciting things to offer to newbies as well as old timers. I have
had the opportunity to hear Gordon speak on a number of occasions. On each
occasion I have learned something new and have walked away with a new sense of
optimism for the future of Amateur Radio. Speaking of the future of Amateur
Radio, we will be treated to a demonstration of D-STAR, a cutting edge
technology developed by ICOM to bring repeater communications into the 21st
century through digital speech technology. What else do we have in store for
2008? For our "Welcome to Amateur Radio" track, we plan to feature a beginner's
forum on setting up your first station as well as a young ham forum aimed at
"Elmers" who are looking for more effective ways to get kids interested in ham
radio. A second track is dedicated entirely to public service, emergency
communications, and public relations as well as a brand new forum dedicated to
radio clubs: "Join a Club, Join the Fun". Our "How-To Workshop" track will
feature DF'ing and hidden transmitter hunting, portable antenna construction,
and VHF propagation. For the technically inclined ham, we have a "technical"
track with an all new forum on RF Interference as well as HRU's first forum
dedicated to power supply technology. Finally, we have an "Operating" track
featuring HF Propagation, operating techniques and current events for serious
DXers, and contest operating at home and abroad. And yes, there will be a VE
session for those who want to obtain their first "ticket" or to upgrade an
existing license. In short, there is something for everybody at Ham Radio
University. If you have not been to an HRU, I encourage you to attend this
year.
Eddie Muro- Amateur Radio Station K2EPM GMRS Station- WQDA 343 Long Island, New
York www.k2epm.com
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