October 2008 School Club Roundup
We will also try to post our HF location on DX Summit Announcements Click here for more pictures from October 2008 SCR (coming soon)!
Some of the Fall 2008 School Club Roundup Team! Josh, Melissa, Andrew, Tyler, Lindsey, Cassie Not pictured - Joseph, Jeffrey, Jared, Jason, Victoria, and Shannon SCHOOL CLUB ROUNDUP HISTORY Winter 2008 Indiana K-12 State Champs Winter 2007 Indiana K-12 State Champs Fall 2006 Indiana K-12 State Champs 2006 Indiana K-12 State Champs 2005 Indiana K-12 State Champs Meetings will be on Thursdays from 2:45 pm to 4:00 pm in A317. Contact Mr. Rapp for more information! Everyone is welcome! The K9SOU/W9EAR Repeater is on the air on 442.925 +, and transmitting on 224.64. Give it a listen. Bloomington ARC has graciously donated the funds to purchase the repeater antenna for the top of the school. We will add a receiver for 224.64 - and a HF/VHF/UHF remote base to the repeater this year.
K9SOU in the news...
Here are some helpful links for getting a ham radio license: The complete list of Technician class questions is at: http://www.arrl.org/arrlvec/pools.html Online practice exams that offer explanations of the answers are available at http://www.hamtestonline.com (subscription required) To take a free practice exam (without explanations), go to: http://www.aa9pw.com/radio/ or http://www.qrz.com/p/testing.pl The study guide books should be available at Radio Shack, Stansifer Radio, or http://www.w5yi.org/Technic.htm. You can get all the tapes and software, but the book itself is really all you need. The local ham radio club's web site is http://www.bloomingtonradio.org Their club meetings are on the first Friday of the month at 7 pm in the auditorium at the hospital. They sponsor license exams, normally on the first Saturday of the month. Check their web site for details. When you take a license exam, you shoud take with you: pencils, calculator, 2 forms of ID (one with a photo... a school ID is fine), $14 test fee (as of 1/1/05). Also take copies and originals of your license and CSCE's if you have any. You will also need to know your social security number (or FCC FRN). You should submit the copies, but keep the originals. Bring along the originals to verify the copies. Places to contact other young hams around the world Indianapolis Radio Club has a kids net and youth web page at: http://www.indyradioclub.org/ircyhams.htm ARRL database of youth nets/scheduled contacts (skeds) Some of the major youth/school nets:
Useful Reference Links Area radio dealers: The Ham Station, R and L Electronics, Amateur Electronic Supply National Amateur Radio Organization: ARRL Ham Radio Scholarships/Awards: Dayton Hamvention, Foundation for Amateur Radio, Newsline Young Ham of the Year Award, ARRL Ham Radio in Space: SAREX, ARISS, AMSAT Ham Radio News: Newsline, ARRL Letter Callsign Locator: QRZ, FCC (updated sooner) Central Indiana SKYWARN (Weather spotters) EchoLink (internet repeater linking) APRS locator - www.findu.com or Form-based version EARS (Mr. Rapp's repeater group) - W9EAR.org Bloomington Repeaters (for more information, click here)
Here
is a spreadsheet of Bloomington,
IN commercial frequencies that I'm working on.
Our "Big Project" station includes:
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