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de N4BCD

Club Officers

President

Mark Brown, N4BCD

[email protected]

Vice President

Tom Hatter, K4AKC

K4AKC.arrl.net

Secretary

Tom Duncan, KG4CUY

[email protected]

Treasurer

Heath Thorson, KC4HRX

[email protected]

Inside this issue:

Hands On Radio Night 2

License Testing 2

Shack of the Month Photo 3

EmComm—QRV? 4

Programs Managers & Nets 6

Meeting Minutes 6

HARC Calendar 7

Area Repeater List 8-9

Southeast VHF Society 10

February, 2011

Volume 51, Issue 2

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An exciting month for K4BFT. Have a look

in the shack and check out the new HF

station featuring the IC-746 Pro. Thanks

Bob K8KI for the successful Ebay bidding

to get the rig below our target cost. We’ll

have pictures in next month’s issue.

Thanks also goes to Gigaparts for sponsor-

ing part of the purchase of the Heil Proset

Elite headphones. We’re indeed fortunate

to have a supportive Ham Radio dealership

in our area, not just for major purchases

but for that weekend “I need another coax

patch cable” moment.

This month’s VOX marks what I hope is a

turning point in that material is coming in

from different sources. Thank you con-

tributors! With the diversity of authors &

subjects, we hope there’s something of inter-

est to all readers.

This month we’re starting a new column fea-

turing a “Hamshack of the Month” photo.

Send yours in to be included in a future edi-

tion. The repeater list is also expanded and

updated. It may not run every month due to

space but will be posted to the HARC web-

site.

There’s still time to get that wire antenna

into the trees before the spring leaves ob-

scure those upper branches. Hope your pro-

jects are nearing completion. Good DX.

73, Mark Brown, N4BCD President

General Class Amateur Radio License train-

ing classes will be conducted by the Hunts-

ville Amateur Radio club at the Red Cross

building which is located at 1101 Washing-

ton Street. Eight Friday classes, beginning on

March 11, are scheduled from 6pm to

7:30pm. Classes are free. Contact Jack

Hemby at 256-883-8815 or Tom Duncan at

256-705-2147.

Amateur Radio License Classes

Meetings are held weekly every

Friday at 7:30 PM at the Red

Cross building located at 1101

Washington Street, Huntsville, AL

Visitors are welcome at all meet-

ings.

Meeting Info

The Exam Team (left to right), Bruce

(callsign?), Andy KB9ZDS, Rick AA4II,

Joe N4CB, Craig KD4IYD, Rick KE4IOH.

Amateur Radio License Testing

The Huntsville CAVEC group gives amateur radio li-

cense exams every first Saturday at the Red Cross

building (1101 Washington Street). Exams start

promptly at 9:00 a.m. Contact: Rick, AA4II at

[email protected] or Larry, KR4GU at

[email protected]. To learn more about the exam-

iner organization, go to http://jschool.troy.edu/

~cavec/.

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Remember the excitement of opening that box containing

your new radio? The club room was full of that excitement as

we opened up the Kenwood TSKenwood TSKenwood TSKenwood TS----590 590 590 590 HF radio brought to the

meeting by Robert Barnett KE4GNN. There certainly was lots

of interest in the new (s/n 00006xx) radio.

The power cable pack-

aging was still sealed!

Tom K4AKC making

contacts on 80/40m SSB.

Hands On Radio Night at HARC—January 28, 2011

Thanks Robert for the Kenwood freebies.

Shack of the Month—Jonathan KD4MPW

MFJ MEMORY DRIVEN KEYER

MODEL MFJ-492X

WEST MOUNTAIN RADIO

RIGBLASTER ALL DIGITAL MODES

B & K 5 POSITION COAXIAL

SWITCH

ARRL AMATEUR RADIO STATION

LOG BOOK

YAESU FT7800R 2 ME-TER/440MHZ TRANSCEIVER MO-

BILE RADIO

ICOM IC-2100H 2 METER TRANS-

CEIVER

SAMLEX SEC 1235M 30 AMP SWITCHING POWER SUPPLY

DELUXE COMMERCIAL SPEAKER

2 REALISTIC WALNUT INTERCOME SPEAKERS (ONE FOR EACH HF

RADIO)

UNIDEN BEARCAT TRUNK TRACKER III CONVENTIONAL/800 MHZ

PUBLIC SAFETY SCANNER

REALISTIC WEATHERRADIO ALERT

ZENITH TRANSOCEANIC SHORTWAVE/STANDARD BROADCAST

RECEIVER

ARVIN AM/FM SOLID STATE RADIO

1959 HOWARD MILLER LIGHTED WORLD TIME CLOCK

1985 SEIKO WORLD TIME TOUCH SENSOR CLOCK

MFJ WORLD TIME CLOCK

TYMETER GMT CLOCK (VINTAGE)

REALISTIC TIMEKUBE MODEL 12-159A

REALISTIC TIMEKUBE/WEATHERADIO MODEL 12-149A

REALISTIC WEATHER CUBE

REPLOGLE LIGHTED WORLD GLOBE

2 ON - AIR LIGHTS

To see your shack featured here, send a medium or high resolution

photo + equipment list to [email protected]

I use mainly 75/80 meter LSB phone mode.

My equipment:

KENWOOD TS 830S HF RADIO

KENWOOD VFO-240 EXTERNAL VFO

KENWOOD TS-430S HF RADIO

KENWOOD TH-75A HANDY TALKIE WITH BC-10 RAPID CHARGER

AND ORIGINAL EXTENSION MICROPHONE

ICOM IC-2GAT HANDY TALKIE

SHURE BROTHERS MODEL #444 MICROPHONE

G5RV 10- THRU 80 METER ANTENNA (40 FEET HIGH INVERTED V)

(BUILT BY NU0R BRUCE BECKETT CARTHAGE,MISSOURI)

HEATHKIT ANTENNA TUNER SA-2040

HEATHKIT SB-220 2KW LINEAR AMPLIFIER

HEATHKIT HM-102 SWR/WATT METER

HEATHKIT DIGITAL FREQUENCY COUNTER IM-2410

TEKTRONIX 465 OSCILLOSCOPE

VIBROPLEX BUG PRESENTATION MODEL (SERIAL NUMBER

#108199 MOBILE,ALABAMA) WITH DUST COVER

Volume 51, Issue 2

ARES stands for Amateur Radio Emergency Service. We are ham radio operators who have made ourselves available and have participated in training and testing of our skills and stations. If local agencies have a communications need, they can call to acti-vate us for operations. We host the Emergency Training Net on Thursday nights at 7:30 on the 146.94 repeater. We also meet together on the second Thursday of each month at the Emergency Operations Center, downtown, about 6pm. Let me introduce you to the leadership of the Madison County, Alabama ARES organi-

zation.

Rolf Goedhart, K4RGG, is the Emer-gency Coordinator, or EC, of our area. He is a past president of HARC. Rolf has the great ability of a leader, in that he finds people to perform tasks, and then lets them do it without micro-managing or nagging. He is always there to help when needed, and has volunteered for many exercises and events like racing. Speaking of racing, Rolf has become quite the athlete. I don't quite know if he is running to

something or away from it, but you will usually find him in the mix of it! Rolf has been quite instrumental in pushing our ARES group harder and equipping them with the newest of technolo-gies. APRS, Digital Modes, and, D-Star are just a few of the things that have come into our arsenal while under his watch. After the exercises and events are all finished, Rolf is the one who stays up late to file the paperwork. He has recently received his Citizen-ship here in the U.S., and probably knows more about our govern-

ment than I can remember from middle school.

Chuck Lewis N4NM, Tim Holland KK5H, and Doug Mathes N4CZ

Doug Mathes, N4CZ, Assistant Emergency Coordinator (AEC), is the newest member of our leadership, but he is definitely not new to Emergency Communications (EmComm). He has completed

volumes of training, and has participated in many different nets and exercises. Doug has taken his training into the “real world” by serv-ing in Haiti during their massive earthquake. More recently, Doug has been spearheading the task of implementing ham stations in our local hospitals. This has been on ongoing task, as putting in the radio is the smallest part. The real difficulty arises with the logistics of the antenna system. He has been very helpful in putting together the D-Star files for our W4HMC stations so they are all on the “same page.”

Always ready to help, Doug has been a real asset to our group.

Alan Sieg, WB5RMG, AEC, may be the most computer-savvy of us. He has set up and maintains our HMCRACES.ORG HMCRACES.ORG HMCRACES.ORG HMCRACES.ORG website that has been a real resource to us here in ARES. He has worked as an Assistant EC in Mississippi, Colorado, Tennessee, South Carolina, and now, Alabama. He works with satellite com-munications, digital modes and has played with Amateur TeleVision (ATV) some too. He most recently has been instrumental in resurrecting the Redstone

Arsenal Amateur Radio Club. Alan is the go-to guy if you need help in connecting through many different resources like our website and

many other social-networking methods.

Chuck Lewis, N4NM, AEC, is the self-proclaimed “geezer of the bunch.” Chuck is an avid DX'er who has a wonderful (if not tactical) qth that overlooks our fair city. Having a lot of experience has not kept Chuck living in the past. He always has a vision and implements it through a lot of planning. His real forte may be in setting up simu-lations like the SET that we went through last fall. He's always a joy to be around and will lend a willing ear and some advice to help. Just

don't get him mad though, he plays ice hockey in the evenings!

As for myself, I am Tim Holland, KK5H, AEC, Deputy Radio Officer. I work as the Net Manager for our group. I help to set up the sched-ules, formats and training for the weekly nets. I also try to have the resources (read, operators, like YOU) in place with some training in case a real event comes our way. I do spend some of my time actu-ally handling “personal issues” between people in our group. I don't shy from this, because we are all different, and may handle situations differently. I just make sure the personalities don't detract from the accomplishment of our mission. I enjoy HF phone, SSTV, and some digital modes. I spend a lot of my day, through my work, in my truck. It is during those times that I try to keep in contact through 2 meters with everyone that I can. I want us to become familiar and comfort-

able with our radios and repeaters.

Well that's all for this month! In upcoming articles, I hope to cover station setups, proper EMCOMM operations, and exercises that we

will be having. Join us on the air, and let's get trained!

Tim,

KK5H

P.S. QRV? means “are you ready?” I hope your response is “I am

ready!”

EmComm – QRV? By Tim Holland KK5H

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Madison County Emergency Coordinator

Rolf Goedhart,, K4RGG

Field Day Chairman

Tim Williams, K4AEE

Fundraising Coordinator

Tim Williams, K4AEE

K4BFT Club Station Trustee

Tom Duncan, KG4CUY

Picnic/Food Coordinator

Peggy Bell, K4EGB

Public Service Event Coordinator

Charlie Tedder, W1CST

Training/Education Coordinator

Jack Hemby, W5WQQ

VOX Publisher

Mark Brown, N4BCD

Website Designer

Joshua Babb, KD7HLX

Program and Project Managers

Limestone County Emergency Training

145.15

Thursday 7:00 pm

Lincoln, TN County Emergency Training

147.03

Monday 6:30 pm

North AL/Southern Middle TN Training

147.24

Thursday 8:00 pm

Please send any additions or corrections to

[email protected]

Area Weekly Nets

Northeast Alabama 6m Net (ragchewing)

50.150

Weeknights 9:00 pm

Madison County Emergency Training

146.94

Thursday 7:30 pm

Lauderdale County Emergency Training

146.68 pl 100

unknown

Lawrence County Emergency Training

145.27 pl 107.2

Thursday 7:45 pm

Volume 51, Issue 2

Meeting was called to order at 7:30 pm by Mark

Brown, N4BCD. There were 31 attendees.

Announcements:Announcements:Announcements:Announcements:

The shack committee's recommendation to pur-

chase an Icom 746 Pro has been fulfilled. The

radio was purchased for $849, shipping included,

and there was another $125 in expenditure for a

new set of Heil Pro Set Elite headphones with

boom mike and Icom adaptor, and a foot T/R

switch, provided by Gigaparts at half price.

Mark, Charlie Tedder W1CST, and others noted

there are HF weather nets operating between

3930 and 3980 kHz, and that these have been

active during recent winter storm events nation-

wide.

Skywarn classes will be held March 8, 2010 from

6:00 to 8:00 pm at the Jaycees building on Airport

Road.

Jack Hemby, W5WQQ reported that HARC's next

license class for General grade will be held from

6:00 to 7:30 pm on eight consecutive Fridays be-

ginning March 11.

The VP8ORK South Orkney Islands DXpedition

continues until Monday, 2/8/2011. NADXC con-

tributed to this DXpedition. A few HARC members

reported having worked VP8ORK.

Old Business:Old Business:Old Business:Old Business:

The Icom 740 for sale because of the shack up-

grade was purchased for $200 by Dan Miller,

KI4PMW.

Woody Ziegler, K8GNM reported on behalf of the

antenna committee that a local sign company

can provide a bucket truck for $85/hour for

work on the Red Cross tower. He proposes tak-

ing down the tower to paint it, refurbush the an-

tenna and rotor, and replace all wiring. During

discussion on this topic Johnny Winter, KR4F

said the tower should not be painted, but cold-

galvanized if rust was a concern. Woody says

there is no intention to work on the tower until

after the weather improves.

New Business:New Business:New Business:New Business:

Tom Duncan, KG4CUY announced the Mt.

Cheaha Pinhoti foot race on Feb. 26, 2010 at

Cheaha State Park in the Talladega National For-

est. The race is soliciting the help of two hams

at each of six aid stations. THere are already

four volunteers. Those interested may contact

Gary Pike, KA4KBX at [email protected].

Maps, lodging details, etc. may be found at

www.pinhoti.com/mountcheaha50k.

New Member Andy Stroik, KB9ZDS presented an

application for membership and was voted in.

The meeting was adjourned at 8:30 pm.

Meeting Minutes from February 4, 2011 de KG4CUY

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Volume 51, Issue 2

HARC Calander 6-Feb 7-Feb 8-Feb 9-Feb 10-Feb 11-Feb 12-Feb

The Art of Chasing DX -

NADXC

CQ WW RTTY WPX

Contest weekend

13-Feb 14-Feb 15-Feb 16-Feb 17-Feb 18-Feb 19-Feb

Net Control During

Emergencies - W1 CST

ARRL Inter. DX

Contest, CW weekend

20-Feb 21-Feb 22-Feb 23-Feb 24-Feb 25-Feb 26-Feb

Hand's On Radio -

Icom IC-746 Pro

CQ 160-Meter

Contest, SSB weekend

27-Feb 28-Feb 1-Mar 2-Mar 3-Mar 4-Mar 5-Mar

Business MeetingARRL Inter. DX

Contest, SSB weekend

6-Mar 7-Mar 8-Mar 9-Mar 10-Mar 11-Mar 12-Mar

Storm Spotter

Train ing - 8PM

Jaycee's Bldg

General License Clas s

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The National Traffic

System - K4AKC



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CQ WW W PX Contest,

SSB weekend

27-Mar 28-Mar 29-Mar 30-Mar 31-Mar 1-Apr 2-Apr

Business Meeting

3-Apr 4-Apr 5-Apr 6-Apr 7-Apr 8-Apr 9-Apr


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Updated: 1/26/2011 Thanks to W4XE & W4VM for this updated l ist.

NARA Repeaters - Huntsville, Alabama

Frequency OFFSET PL Call Location Sponsor/Poc Notes

53.210 - 1 MHz 100.0 W4XE Monte Sano NARA Rembase UHF

145.330 - 600 KHz W4ATV Monte Sano NARA Local

146.940 - 600 KHz 100.0 N4HSV Monte Sano NARA Regional, WX NET, EMG PWR, Voter

147.180 + 600 KHz 100.0 WD4CPF Brindlee Mt NARA Regional, IRLP, EMG PWR

224.940 - 1 MHz 100.0 KC0ONR Monte Sano NARA EMG PWR

443.500 + 5.0 MHz 110.9 W4HSV Monte Sano NARA Rem Base 10,2,440,220. Patch

443.800 + 5.0 MHz 110.9 W4PS Mathis Mtn NARA South HSV

Huntsville Local 2 Meter Machines


145.230 - 600 KHz 186.2 W4XE Monte Sano W4XE AICN & Tn links, RemBase, SAME WX

145.290 - 600 KHz 100.0 KK4AI Brindlee Mt MARA

145.330 - 600 KHz W4ATV Monte Sano NARA 100 Hz soon

145.390 - 600 KHz D539 WA4NPL Monte Sano WA4NPL

145.470 - 600 KHz Closed W9KOP Green Mtn W9KOP Closed

146.450 simplex 100.0 N4OKL South HSV N4OKL IRLP node 3890

146.860 - 600 KHz 100.0 W4TCL New MKT W4TCL soon

146.940 - 600 KHz 100.0 N4HSV Monte Sano NARA Regional, WX NET, EMG PWR, Voter

147.100 + 600 KHz 103.5 W4VM Weeden Mt W4VM www.qsl.net/w4vm

147.180 + 600 KHz 100.0 WD4CPF Brindlee Mt NARA Regional, IRLP, EMG PWR

147.220 + 600 KHz 136.5 K4RSB Monte Sano HSVEMA RACES, Voter

147.240 + 600 KHz 82.5 / 100.0 KB4CRG Brindlee Mt KB4CRG Skywarn

147.300 + 600 KHz 103.5 W4QB Monte Sano NADXC DX CLUB

147.505 - 1 MHz 123.0 KC4HRX Monte Sano KC4HRX KC4HRX

Huntsville regional area machines


145.110 - 600 KHz 107.2 N4YJR Albertville N4YJR

145.150 - 600 KHz 100.0 N4SEV Athens LS ARES

145.170 - 600 KHz K4WWN Guntersville K4WWN

145.250 - 600 KHz KA4DIO Decatur KA4DIO

146.700 + 600 KHz 91.5 W4BLT Oneonta BCARC Wide Coverage N/S

146.720 - 600 KHz KA4DIO Decatur

146.740 + 600 KHz 100.0 WA4III Rogersville WA4III

146.900 - 600 KHz 123.0 W4SBO Scottsboro JCAR

146.920 - 600 KHz 77.0 KE4Y Arab BMARA

146.980 - 600 KHz W4ATD Decatur DARC Temp Down

147.000 + 600 KHz W4ATD Decatur DARC

147.030 + 600 KHz W4BV Fayettville

147.140 + 600 KHz 82.5 N4AZY Monte Sano N4AZY Remote RX

147.200 + 600 KHz 210.7 KF4DLE Boaz MCARC

147.270 + 600 KHz 100.0 W4JBR Ft Payne Linked to 442.775

147.360 + 600 KHz 123.0 W4SBO Scottsboro JCAR Linked to 147.24, Skywarn

147.380 + 600 KHz 100.0 KC0ONR Guntersville GARC

Volume 51, Issue 2

Huntsville Local 440 Machines

Frequency OFFSET PL Call Location Sponsor/POC Notes

442.000 + 5.0 MHz 203.5 KE4BLC Brindlee Mt W9KOP

442.025 + 5.0 MHz 110.9 W4WWM Madison W4WWM Asterick, IRLP, Echolink

442.375 + 5.0 MHz 156.7 KC4HRX Huntsvil le KI4QWP

442.775 + 5.0 MHz 203.5 KB4CRG Drake Mtn KB4CRG Ft Payne Link

443.000 + 5.0 MHz WA4NPL Huntsvil le WA4NPL

443.125 + 5.0 MHz 107.2 WA1TDH Huntsvil le WA1TDH

443.250 + 5.0 MHz 103.5 W4VM Green Mtn W4VM

443.475 + 5.0 MHz 103.5 KE4LRX South HSV QTH W4VM www.qsl.net/w4vm

443.500 + 5.0 MHz 110.9 W4HSV Monte Sano NARA Rem Base 10,2,440,220. Regional

443.625 + 5.0 MHz 127.0 W4XE Monte Sano W4XE Regional Rembase MTEARS link

443.750 + 5.0 MHz W4LDX Huntsvil le W4LDX

443.800 + 5.0 MHz 110.9 W4PS Mathis Mtn NARA South HSV

444.175 + 5.0 MHz 151.4 KD4TFV Monte Sano KD4TFV Regional

444.300 + 5.0 MHz 103.5 W4XE Green Mtn W4XE ww.qsl.net/w4xe

444.375 + 5.0 MHz 100.0 W4XE South HSV QTH W4XE Echolink 316599

444.525 + 5.0 MHz DCS143 K4WLD Brindlee Mt K4WLD

444.575 + 5.0 MHz 100.0 KB4CRG Drake Mtn KB4CRG RB,ca, regional

444.975 + 5.0 MHz 103.5 W4FMX South HSV QTH W4FMX

Other 440 Machines near Huntsville


441.250 + 5.0 MHz 107.2 NQ4Y Mount Eagle NQ4Y Tenn

442.100 + 5.0 MHz 107.2 KF4TNP Lewisburg TN KF4TNP

442.150 + 5.0 MHz 118.8 WD4RBJ Pulaski WD4RBJ

442.250 + 5.0 MHz 100.0 KC0ONR Guntersville KC0ONR

442.350 + 5.0 MHz W9KOP Decatur W9KOP

442.925 + 5.0 MHz 203.5 AE4HF Rogersville AE4HF RACES

443.100 + 5.0 MHz 107.2 KF4TNP Tenn KF4TNP down

443.225 + 5.0 MHz 77.0 KE4Y Brindlee, Arab BMARC Patch

443.300 + 5.0 MHz 156.7 KE4GNN Huntsvil le Down

443.325 + 5.0 MHz 77.0 KE4Y Brindlee, Arab BMARC

444.075 + 5.0 MHz 127.3 KF4TNP Winchester KF4TNP

444.600 + 5.0 MHz 107.3 W4AAB Pulaski W4AAB Link AB4KK

Huntsville DSTAR


145.430 - 600 KHz n/a KI4PPF Huntsvil le HIT Digital Voice

443.375 + 5.0 MHz n/a KI4PPF Huntsvil le HIT Digital Voice

1251.800 simplex n/a KI4PPF Huntsvil le HIT Digital Data

1284.000 -12.0 MHz n/a KI4PPF Huntsvil le HIT Digital Voice

145.360 - 600 KHz n/a W4WBC Huntsvil le Mentone Ed. experimental DV

443.425 + 5.0 MHz n/a W4WBC Huntsvil le Mentone Ed. experimental DV

1251.000 simplex n/a W4WBC Huntsvil le Mentone Ed. Digital Data

1285.000 -12.0 MHz n/a W4WBC Huntsvil le Mentone Ed. experimental DV

The Southeastern VHF Society is calling for the submission of papers and presentations for the upcoming 15th annual Southeastern VHF Society Conference to be held in Huntsville, Alabama on April 29th and 30th, 2011. Papers and presentations are solicited on both the technical and operational aspects of VHF, UHF and Microwave weak signal amateur radio. Some suggested areas of inter-est are: Transmitters Receivers Transverters RF Power Amplifiers RF Low Noise Pre Amplifiers Antennas Construction Projects Test Equipment And Station Accessories Station Design And Construction Contesting Roving DXpeditions EME Propagation (Sporadic E, Meteor Scatter, Troposphere Duct-ing, etc.) Digital Modes (WSJT, etc.) Digital Signal Processing (DSP) Software Defined Radio (SDR) Amateur Satellites Amateur Television In general papers and presentations on non weak signal related topics such as FM repeaters and

packet will not be accepted but exceptions may be made if the topic is related to weak signal. For example, a paper or presentation on the use of APRS to track rovers during contests would be considered. The Technical committee this year is Robin Midgett K4IDC and Steve Kostro, N2CEI. Contact Steve Kostro via SVHFS2011 AT downeastmicrowave DOT com by Jan 8th, 2010 if you wish to make a presentation; please submit your paper for publication to the same adress. Deadline for the submission of papers is March 11, 2011. All submissions for the proceedings should be in Microsoft Word (.doc).Pages are 8 and 1/2 by 11 inches with a 1 inch margin on the bottom and ¾ inch margin on the other three sides. All text, drawings, photos, etc. should be black and white only (no color). Submissions for presentation at the conference should be in PowerPoint (.ppt) format, and delivered in person at the conference to Robin Midgett on either a USB memory stick or CDROM or posted for download on a web site of your choice. Notify or adress Robin with any other A-V questions via K4IDC AT comcast DOT net. For further information and updates about the

conference please go to www.svhfs.org

Call for Papers: 15th Annual Southeastern VHF Society

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