[AARA] AARA News

Wed Aug 31 09:47:44 EDT 2011

The Acadiana Amateur Radio Association, Inc. (AARA) monthly newsletter 
LARC is now on line at the link below in Adobe Acrobat .PDF format and 
may be read on line or printed.  The hard copies will be in the mail 
today (Wednesday).  Sorry about the delay.

http://www.w5ddl.org/LARC/2011%20LARC/LARCSEP11.pdf
or
http://www.w5ddl.org/LARC/

*AARA General Meeting*
Date:  Thursday September 1, 2011
Time:  7:00 PM
Place:  Red Cross Building, 101 N. Pat Street, Scott, Louisiana
VE Testing:  6:00 PM - Bring CSCE's, Photo ID, Copy of present license, 
$15.00 test fee.

Don't forget that the "Technician Only Contest" will kick off on 
September 1st....Contacts can be made with any class license operators 
on 2 meter & 440 repeaters, Simplex, IRLP, or EchoLink. Use “Honor 
System”, no QSL cards needed to be exchanged. Use last letter in suffix 
of call. Log Call, Name, Date, Time and Mode. Submit log to Herman 
KN5GRK AARA Club President. kn5grk at lusfiber.net.
Download a Contest Log Sheet in .pdf format at:
http://www.w5ddl.org/clubsite/news/

We are still looking for a Hamfest Chairperson and others to volunteer 
for some upcoming events.  See LARC Newsletter or come to the meeting.

If you have any door prizes, please bring them.
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Hi Educators.

On Tuesday September 6 The Children’s Museum of Acadiana will do a live 
hands on demonstration receiving radio transmission from the ARISS-1 
satellite that was launched from the space station in July.  Please 
invite your students to attend and bring their radios. We will give them 
instruction how to tune in on the satellite at home.

The CMA will send out a formal invitation shortly. If you have any 
questions please call.

Below listed is YouTube video

Audio recordings http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AK9xcRwAstU

Video of the satellite release http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pot8pedYB1I

Grant application for a radio station in your school 
http://www.arrl.org/amateur-radio-grants

Thanks
Nick K5QXJ
Office   337 593 8700
Cell      337 258 2527
*Helping UL become a world Class Engineering  and Educational School*
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*YAESU FT 2000 For Sale*

Yaesu FT 2000 for sale - $1700 plus shipping from Atlanta.  If 
interested, please contact the owner, Ron Todd, K4WZ at:
ron at k4wz.com
or call 404-388-2805
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*AMERITRON AL-80B for Sale*
I have an Ameritron AL-80B desktop kilowatt Amp, bought in June 2011 for 
sale.  Can use 110 or 220V.  Still under warranty for 22 more months.  
Amp uses readily available 3-500Z tube.  All boxes and manual included 
as new. See Ameritron page for more info:
http://www.ameritron.com/Product.php?productid=AL-80B
Will deliver in local area.  $995.00 for DX Club members.  Selling to 
make room for QRO 2500 DX amplifier. *Call N5TF  Terry Foskey at 
228-224-0486.*
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    42nd Annual Queen Wilhelmina Hamfest

*Sept. 9th & 10th 2011
**Friday and Saturday*

A Note From W5AMI 
<http://menahamfest.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=5&Itemid=13>

Come enjoy the beauty of Rich Mountain with family and friends. Forty 
two years ago a number of guys on 75 meters decided to come to this 
place to do just that.  Y’all come enjoy the mountain,  fellowship, and 
let’s get acquainted.  Just 13 miles west of Mena, Arkansas, on Hwy 88, 
Queen Wilhelmina State Park sits at an elevation of 2500 ft on Rich Mt.

More information at:
http://menahamfest.org/
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Greetings friends.

First, let me apologize for sending this out last minute.  Being caught 
up in the AOC move has left me a bit out of touch with some of the other 
projects I am working on.

In a nutshell, I am asking you to click on the link below is a petition 
to our elected officials in support of community radio.  Community radio 
is becoming a vital need as the airwaves are being bought up by the 
major communications companies in the country.  This petition is to 
dismiss the applications of "translator stations".  These stations do 
nothing more than pipe in radio stations from other markets.  Most of 
them do nothing to serve our community.

So, if we can get these applications off of the table, then we will be 
better able to move ahead with the project of getting Lafayette a 
community radio station in the mid part of next year.

http://org2.democracyinaction.org/o/5623/p/dia/action/public/;jsessionid=FC10D8D67861CEF43D9A3EBBD9D28147-n3?action_KEY=7575 

Again, please click through and submit.  For more information, please 
see this link:
(If the automated petition link above does not work, then click on the 
"taking this e-action" link on this page)
http://www.prometheusradio.org/translatorstakeaction

http://www.prometheusradio.org/translatingthetranslators

I will send out more news about this great project once I am past the 
AOC move to the new facilities.  If you are interested in helping out or 
know of someone who would be interested in this, please have them send 
me an email.

Kris Wotipka KD5QYV
kwotipka at aocinc.org
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