MicroHAMS October 20, 2015

Participants

Phil N2EU

Dennis *new*

Peter K4PNG

Steven *new*

Scott S. KD7VBS

Kenny KU7M

Andrew *new*

Wayne K7ETW

Dean *new*

Amy *new*

Marc *new*

Michael AJ6E

Bart AE7SJ

Scott H. N7SS

Bill WA7NWP

David W7CF

Tim KK7TM

News

Scott Slack KD7VBS is on the cover of QST!

PNW VHF meeting was last week and Bill won an IC-7100!

MDSR – http://users.skynet.be/myspace/mdsr/

Hamfest near Corvallis, Oregon this weekend

Friday / Saturday Linux club – ask Scott Slack for details

Speaker

Bart Kus – HAMWAN

MicroHAMS made a generous donation to HAMWAN.

http://www.hamwan.org/t/Wiki+Home+Page

• AFEDRI SDR-Net is the hardware used. $259
• http://www.afedri-sdr.com/
• A grid dish is also needed.

HAMWAN worked for ARRL Field Day by providing internet connectivity. There was interest expressed by Mercer Island and Redmond City. If you know any contacts for either EMCOM org. please let Bart know via Tim (kk7tm@kk7tm.com) to follow up.

• 900MHz band is declared dead because of tons of noise.
• 1.2GHz band is being looked at for higher power.
• 5GHz band is in use currently.