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February
2008
Jim
McClellan, N5MIJ, setting up his projector for the presentation
We
were pleased to have Jim McClellan, N5MIJ, as our guest speaker for the
February meeting,
which was held at e. l. marsden wireless, inc. Jim gave a presentation describing
D-Star (Digital
Smart Technologies for Amateur Radio technology). D-Star provides digital
voice (DV mode) and
also digital data transmission (DD mode). It sends data files suchas graphics,
images, etc. at
128kbps. Jim describes D-Star as the equivalent of having an ISDN line in
a vehicle.See the links
page for web sites with more information about D-Star and its possibilities.
.
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Carl
presented a plaque to Ed Pucket thanking him for his
contributions to the club in the time that he served as president
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....Jim
and.Marianne in the information Booth......................
Dave, Rusty, Otis, Bill and Kenneth
....................Mark, Neil and Ed ....................................................Neil,
Otis and Ed.
.......................Local
Boy Scouts took advantage of Field Day and tried to make contacts
Emergency
Communications Van
Mark
and Ed operating from the Communications Van
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Every
December the Trinity Valley Amateur Radio Club sets up a table in front
of the
Terrell
Brookshires so that local children can talk to Santa Claus on Ham Radio.
Here are a few of the people who stopped by to talk to Santa over the last
several years.
2005
- 2007
Ted,
Marline, Jim and Johnny waiting for the kids.
David,
Marianne and A.J.
This man begged Santa for a heater! Santa made jokes to him.
Mel
and Ruth
Thanks to Mel for bringing his motor home so some of us could
sit in warm comfort and watch the others out there in the cold.
Rusty and Santa Otis
Some of Our Santas
Santa
Jim........ ........................Santa Rob.
....... .....
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Santa
Otis .....
.................Santa Ed
