AA4TA will be heard on the air again. Today, the FCC granted the CORE Group the call sign AA4TA as a second Club Call. This call was formerly held by Jack Byrd (SK), one of the founding members of the group. His family wanted the CORE Group to have the call and petitioned the FCC accordingly. The call will be used at Field Day and other CORE Group events, and also on the new UHF repeater. This is a great way for us to honor and remember Jack, who was truly a Ham’s Ham.
The Clarksville Operating Radio Enthusiasts Group held it’s regular monthly meeting on August 10 2010. The following topics were discussed.
New 70cm repeater.
This new repeater is still waiting on tower work and is still not on the air. More info will be posted as it comes availabe
K4ORE Family Day picnic will be held on Saturday September 18 starting at 12 noon at the Creek-Side Pavilion at Destiny Parks and Pavilions on Fort Campbell.
Map and details to follow at a later date.
Race to the Canal�
The C.O.R.E. group will once again be supporting the Race to the Canal bicycle race at Land Between the Lakes.
John Kee, KI4BWZ will act as net control
Volunteers should contact Communications Organizer Howard, K2CEM.
Date and times to be posted in the near future.
146.925 repeater status.
Repeater is functioning well and is tuned and adjusted properly.
Occasionally interference from a repeater on the same pair located in Cleveland TN may be heard. This is unavoidable and we just have to live with it.
Repeater etiquette reminder
let the carrier drop before keying up.
This helps to allow the radio to stay cooler than if it’s transmitting constantly.
This is also a courtesy issue as it allows plenty of time for other operators to join the conversation.
Upcoming presentations
September
Antenna and Propagation Modeling
Eric Gregory KJ4GXU
October
Weather
Mr. Bower
Confirmation and Details to follow.
K4ORE Monthly meet and greet net Thursday August 19 2010
146.925 repeater – 600 offset
110.9 pl tone
begins at 7:00 am
All amateur radio operators are welcome to check-in
We look forward to seeing you at the next C.O.R.E. Group meeting.
The FCC has just announced that it is changing the Part 97 rules to
allow unlimited paid employee participation in government sponsored
drills and exercises, and will also allow limited paid employee
participation in non-government exercises and drills. This is truly a
great breakthrough for EmComm.
Here is the actual NPRM http://www.fcc.gov/Daily_Releases/Daily_Business/2010/db0714/FCC-10-124A1.pdf
Effective July 1 2010 the new question pool for the Element 2 (Technician) exam is in effect for Amateur Radio licensing Exams. For those who wish to take their amateur radio Element 2 licensing exam at any time in the foreseeable future the new Element 2 test is what you should be studying. Please use the links below to download the new question pool and accompanying graphics.
The last weekend in June once again saw Amateur Radio Operators around the country celebrating ARRL Field Day, and once again the Clarksville Operating Radio Enthusiasts were putting the ham in CunningHAM, TN. Our group was once again hosted at the home of John Kee.
Our members came out with an array of RVs, Generators, Radios, Antennas, Computers and even wired and wireless networking equipment.
While most of our members got to work setting up antennas, radios and rvs, members David Abney and Eric Gregory got to work creating the network backbone which would provide wireless internet and the backbone for N3FJP’s field day contest log software which was being used by the C.O.R.E. Group for the first time this year.
It wouldn’t be field day if everything went smoothly but shortly after the 1PM local start time stations throughout the site were on the air! 20, 40,75 and 6 meters on PSK 31, Phone, CW we presented a broad range of frequencies and modes for visitors to examine and try out and made contacts.
While most of our members were operating, Ed took the opportunity show off his Antenna Launcher to our former state MARS director Chris. Ed’s antenna will definitely reach those high limbs. Take a look for yourself.
The antenna launcher was fun GrillMaster John upped the ante that evening with an outstanding group of ribeyes that were a hit throughout the site. One constant theme about K4ORE field days, John feeds us well.
The food was good, but this was a radio event and the Clarksville Operating Radio Enthusiasts did more than their fair share of operating as the photos below show.
Overall a great time was had by all and there are plenty more pictures of the K4ORE 2010 field day event in the images below. Feel free to browse through them and join us next year for K4ORE Field Day.
C.O.R.E. Repeater Info
K4ORE VHF Repeater
146.925- PL tone 110.9
Meet and Greet net
1st Thursday
of the month at 7:00 pm
K4ORE Repeater Usage Guidelines
AA4TA will be heard on the air again. Today, the FCC granted the CORE Group the call sign AA4TA as a second Club Call. This call was formerly held by Jack Byrd (SK), one of the founding members of the group. His family wanted the CORE Group to have the call and petitioned the FCC accordingly. The call will be used at Field Day and other CORE Group events, and also on the new UHF repeater. This is a great way for us to honor and remember Jack, who was truly a Ham’s Ham.
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August 20, 2010 9:58 am | 
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