Boonville ARC http://www.boonvillearc.com Boonville Amateur Radio Club Sun, 12 Feb 2023 19:35:01 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.1.1 Black River Valley Service Net restart http://www.boonvillearc.com/black-river-valley-service-net-restart/ http://www.boonvillearc.com/black-river-valley-service-net-restart/#respond Sun, 12 Feb 2023 19:34:32 +0000 http://www.boonvillearc.com/?p=357 ]]> We are looking to restart the 9 PM Black River Valley Service Net. Net control and participating stations are needed.

Anyone can be net control. If you do not hear a net control station within a couple minutes of 9 PM, start the net yourself.

The net preamble is available as a guide, but all you really need to do is announce the net, ask for check-ins, and then call stations in order. It is very simple.

If you miss having the net, then YOU have to be part of the solution!

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No meetings February & March 2023 http://www.boonvillearc.com/no-meetings-february-march-2023/ http://www.boonvillearc.com/no-meetings-february-march-2023/#respond Sun, 12 Feb 2023 19:24:59 +0000 http://www.boonvillearc.com/?p=355 Due to members on vacation, there will be no meetings in February and March 2023. See You in April

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2022 Holiday Dinner Dec. 9 http://www.boonvillearc.com/2022-holiday-dinner-dec-9/ http://www.boonvillearc.com/2022-holiday-dinner-dec-9/#respond Wed, 02 Nov 2022 01:38:33 +0000 http://www.boonvillearc.com/?p=339 The 2022 holiday dinner will be 7PM Friday December 9 at the River Valley Inn. Please contact president Dan Hirschey N2OYQ if you would like to attend. You need not be a member. Dinner will be ordering off the menu.

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Black River Valley ARC Restart http://www.boonvillearc.com/black-river-valley-arc-restart/ http://www.boonvillearc.com/black-river-valley-arc-restart/#respond Tue, 01 Nov 2022 23:23:14 +0000 http://www.boonvillearc.com/?p=352 The Black River Valley Amateur Radio Club, our neighbor to the north, has just reorganized with new officers and a new meeting date – third Wednesday of the month. Please visit the club website brvarc.org for more information.

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Ham Radio Information for the Adirondacks http://www.boonvillearc.com/ham-radio-information-for-the-adirondacks/ http://www.boonvillearc.com/ham-radio-information-for-the-adirondacks/#respond Tue, 01 Nov 2022 22:18:25 +0000 http://www.boonvillearc.com/?p=349 If you are heading east from Boonville to the Adirondacks, the new Northern New York Section website nnyarrl.org has information about repeaters and clubs in the Adirondacks.

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Recorded Nightly Nets http://www.boonvillearc.com/recording-nightly-nets/ http://www.boonvillearc.com/recording-nightly-nets/#respond Tue, 01 Nov 2022 21:30:54 +0000 http://www.boonvillearc.com/?p=80 ]]>

UPDATE: Net recordings are available through 2016.


Original post by KD2AIT:

Hi all, I wanted to let everyone know that I have been working on a way to automatically record the nightly service net and then automatically post it to this site.  Using VBScript in combination with Echolink, and windows/linux task managers, I setup the following routine on the Windows and Linux boxes that are connected to echolink:

  1. 8:58pm shill logs in via windows task manager
    This is just my own account logging into echolink.  At least one account must be logged in for echolink to record QSO’s.  I call this my shill account.
  2. 8:59pm recording starts
    This is called by the windows task manager too
  3. 10:00pm recording stops
    Called by windows task manager
  4. 10:01pm shill logs out
    Called by windows task manager
  5. 10:05pm recording is converted to mp3 and moved to the BARC site.
    Using the linux server this site is hosted on, I connect to the windows machine via a network mount.  Using LAME, I encode the WAV file into an MP3, and then transfer it to a directory on this site.  I then rename the old wave file to a different file type so it can be deleted later.  All of this step is done by using PHP and then have it executed every night at 10:05PM with crontab.

Now that all the processing is complete, you can then access the new net on this page:

http://www.boonvillearc.com/net_recordings

I hope to package up this system and release it to the public so other clubs can do the same thing.

– Jeff KD2AIT

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Ham radio info links from Ed KE8ANU http://www.boonvillearc.com/ham-radio-info-links-from-ed-ke8anu/ http://www.boonvillearc.com/ham-radio-info-links-from-ed-ke8anu/#respond Mon, 16 Mar 2020 04:01:33 +0000 http://www.boonvillearc.com/?p=249 ]]> —– Forwarded Message —–

From: Ed Liddle KE8ANU
To: Pete Newell KC2WI
Sent: Sunday, March 15, 2020, 10:36:10 PM EDT
Subject: Ham radio info links

Pete,I’m listening to the round table net on broadcastify. I put together some links on our club website for newer/aspiring hams. You are more than welcome to copy and paste any of them to the site you are working on. I haven’t checked them recently for dead links.
73,Ed, KE8ANU http://ohiohams.net/?q=ham_information

Ham Information

Amateur Radio Service must comply with Part 97 of the FCC Rules
Many of the area Amateur Radio clubs offer testing sessions and some offer classes to help prepare for taking the amateur radio license tests. Check out the club’s website and/or contact the club to find out when these are being offered. Other useful information about licensing can be found on the ARRL getting licensed page  

Videos: 

  • Dave Casler’s youtube channel   – He has a series of videos that go along with the ARRL study guides for Amateur Radio License tests.
  • K7AGE’s Youtube chanel Useful videos by Randy about antennas, radios and other things ham radio related.
  • AmateurLogic – monthly show about ham radio, they also have a video series called Ham College help prepare for the technician test.
  • Ham Nation -Popular weekly video show about Amatuer Radio 

Websites:

  • ARRL -The National Association for Amateur Radio – This is the go-to website to find out about testing sessions, ham fests, and a lot of other useful information.
  • AA9PW -FCC Exam Practice website. I used this a lot to prepare for the technician test.
  • HamExam – FCC test practice website
  • Ham Test Prep -android app. I used this to prepare for the general test
  • David Casler’s website   -David Casler’s Amateur Radio web site
  • Mount Vernon Amateur Radio Club – they have a free to download study guide for the Technician License in their documents section on their site.
  • QSL Card Creator – Create a QSL card PDF file to print out on card stock
  • http://www.miklor.com/  – In depth Information about Chinese radios and other useful information
  • http://vk5ajl.com/projects/baluns.php – VK5AJL site has Information about baluns, how they work and how they are constructed and information about other projects.
  • http://www.jpole-antenna.com/2015/04/29/running-an-effective-skywarn-net/ – How to run an effective skywarn net
  • http://websdr.org/ – Tune around the bands at different locations thorughout the world using your web browser.  A WebSDR is a Software-Defined Radio receiver connected to the internet, allowing many listeners to listen and tune it simultaneously. SDR technology makes it possible that all listeners tune independently, and thus listen to different signals; this is in contrast to the many classical receivers that are already available via the internet.
  • http://wb8nut.com/digital/ – WB8NUT’s page about digital modes. It has sound clips so you can hear the different modes.
  • http://aprs.mennolink.org – VHF Propogation Map. The map shows activity that has happened in the past hour. Paths are combined to create color-coded footprint indicating the distance VHF signals are likely to be traveling. Packet stations typically run low power into small vertical antennas. Better equipped stations should exceed the the distances…
  • https://sourceforge.net/projects/fldigi/files/AndFlmsg/ – AndFLDigi is FlDigi and FLMsg for android
  • Intro to DMR project – https://github.com/wd8kni/DMR-Documentation-Project  – information about DMR that is a work in progress. There is a PDF file listed that can be downloaded to read.

Podcasts/Audio

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Echolink Active http://www.boonvillearc.com/echolink-active/ http://www.boonvillearc.com/echolink-active/#comments Thu, 20 Dec 2012 23:05:46 +0000 http://www.boonvillearc.com/?p=46 ]]> Today I setup an Echolink node on the 146.655 Boonville repeater.  I am still working out some of the kinks, but it appears to be working well.  You can now connect to the repeater from anywhere in the world where internet access is available.  There are even apps for the Android and the Iphone.

Enjoy!

– KD2AIT

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