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Newsletter of the Silverado Amateur Radio Society W6CO - Napa California An ARRL Special Service Club Updated 3/19/07
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What's the value of that resistor? The cat can't figure it out either. |
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Calendar of Coming Events
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The next License Training will begin April 28th. See the Links Below for details.
The Next Test Session will be May 6th at the Senior Center.
Schedule of Training and Test Dates
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Technician Class in Solano County: Just announced
Technicians: Are you planning to upgrade after 7/1/07? We can help but we'd like your input.
Students of the current Element-3 Question Pool:
Here's a list of the excluded
questions and miscellaneous info.
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The Relay: May 5th and 6th If you can help with ethis please contact Don KG6IZS Tour de Cure May 6, 2007. Volunteers? KE6O
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 Ham Gear and miscellaneous updated: 3/19/07 |
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 Alinco Stolen! |
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Minutes of the February Meeting
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Memory Tricks If you're thinking about upgrading to General after July 1st, you might find this useful. A few months back we posted a link (see the links section at the bottom of this page, not the FOOTER. Entitled "Tips for Operating Repeaters". This month we offer Operating Practice by ON4WW, Mark Demeuleneere of Belgium. The advice given in this well written page is perfect for the new HF operator and even old timers could benefit.
CQ Serenade. Here's a link to a different kind of radio museum. Located in the Monterey area, WA6DIJ has an impressive collection of old-time radios. If you browse this site with IE you can hear some very unusual background music! Thanks KI6GPN
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Looking Back: From the SARS Newsletter, June 1968SARS was in there pitching at Skaggs Island on Armed Forces Day, May 19th 1968. There were nine positions and of the nine SARS had their share. Although there was some criticism heard that people didn't get to operate because the positions were already filled, nevertheless, some of the SARS people had an opportunity to pound brass and hoot-n-holler on SSB.
NPG made 2175 contacts for the twelve hour period from 7AM PDT until 745PM PDT. That's a little over 12 hours but to be sure to those who stuck it out for the entire period it seemed like eleventy-seventy hours! We didn't beat NSS, but we gave them a run for their money. On several occasions during the day we were ahead of them but it was impossible to maintain the lead.
Today's scientific question is: What in the world is electricity and where does it go after it leaves the toaster?
Here is a simple experiment that will teach you an important electrical lesson: On a cool dry day, scuff your feet along a carpet, then reach your hand into a friend's mouth and touch one of his dental fillings. Did you notice how your friend twitched violently and cried out in pain? This teaches one that electricity can be a very powerful force, but we must never use it to hurt others unless we need to learn an important lesson about electricity. Learn More!
By Dave Barry, World famous humorist and scientist. http://www.davebarry.com
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The VE Team: L/R WA6BIS,KE6O,N6APA,KO6FR Rex, KG6TIZ (back to camera), upgraded to General!
KG6CWU Passing the last Morse Test ever 2/22/07, 11:30 PM Congratulations Mark!
by Brittany Evans KG6SNO
The Marathon started early for me, or maybe you could just say late because I spent so many hours the night before preparing my “posse” (Eric Anderson- KG6ABG and Tyson Hunter- KI6FQQ ). So getting to bed early was not an option for me. Morning came and it was already warm with a tint of pink and orange amongst the clouds that almost made me wish I was one of those runners Read More
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Links from the past: Photocredits: Valley Scenes by KE6O
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