Tryon Amateur Radio Club – K2JJI

SKYWARN April 22nd from 7:00PM to 9:00PM

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Is time for the National Weather Service spring SKYWARN session. It has been scheduled for April the 22nd from 7pm to 9pm at the EOC room, located at the back of the Fulton Co Sheriff Dept.

To participate you will need to register. Registration is free. It is open to the public to member of the community interested on weather observation (no ham license required). The online form is located here:
2010 SKYWARN™ SPOTTER TRAINING SESSIONS

S.A.R.A Swapfest this Saturday 3/13/2010 from 8am to 12 noon

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The Saratoga County R.A.C.E.S Association, Inc. will host their annual swapfest this Saturday, March 13, 2010 at the Solar Building in Ballston Spa. Doors open at 8 am – VE test to begin at 12 Noon.

The PL tone required to access the 147.000 repeater is 91.5Hz.

For more information visit the S.A.R.A website.

The website has been linked to Twitter and Facebook.

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Thanks to Rich (KB2MOB) for pointing out the plugin that allows for this feature (Admiyn Twitter).

Repeater is back online … PL Enabled 100Hz

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The repeater is back online. Thank you Andrew (K1YMI) for fixing the issue in such a short time. Please program your radios for PL of 100Hz.
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BBC Recording of ham radio traffic on 09/11/2001

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“Unsung Heroes – Amateur Radio Operators at Ground Zero on 9/11/2001″ It is a nice record of some RACES communications on that day and first hand accounts of survivors of the attack in New York City. Runtime aprox 28 minutes.

First aired on Saturday 4 September 2004 by BBC Radio 4.

Tryon repeater is down until further notice.

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During the last snow storm there was a power outage/surge at the repeater site.  Some electronic equipment stopped working.  It was not until today that it was realized that the repeater also is not functioning.  When it is turned on and transmits, it then shuts down.  It also is not functioning on battery backup which is leading us to believe that the power supply may have an issue. ETA on repair is unknown at the moment.

We will still hold the Fulton County RACES Net on the OUTPUT (146.700 MHz) of the repeater and rely on relays to assist Net Control with check-ins.

This will be a real good test of what can happen during a real incident if there is no power at the repeater site.  We can still have a net on our output frequency without a repeater.  Please come and check in tomorrow and test how far your signal works Simplex.  Program a memory for 146.70 with NO offset and you will be right where you need to be.  See you on the net tomorrow at 7:00 PM EST 03/02/2010.