RSS Builder by B!Soft Tri-State Amateur Radio Society News http://www.w9og.net/ Amateur Radio News from the Tri-State Amateur Radio Society en-us Tri-State Amateur Radio Society News http://www.w9og.net/ http://www.w9og.net/web grafix/logored.jpg 178 137 147.79 Repeater Sun, 11 Nov 2007 08:13:51 -0600 ARRL VE Testing Evansville Sun, 11 Nov 2007 08:17:35 -0600  November – No session - Testing at the EARS Hamfest
 December 29th last session for 2007
 January  26th 2008
 February NO TESTING  room conflict
 March  29th
 
 All testing will be administered at 9:00AM local time at the Evansville Red Cross, located at 29 S. Stockwell Rd.
 
 For further information contact
 Terry Brooks – AA9MM
 tbrooks@wowway.com
 812-401-9632
 [Find more info here!]]]> TARS Merchandise Order Sun, 11 Nov 2007 08:15:39 -0600 Counterfeit ICOM IC-V8 transceivers Fri, 9 Feb 2007 12:19:53 -0600 http://reviews.ebay.com/Counterfeit-ICOM-IC-V8-transceivers_W0QQugidZ10000000001870758 a notice on its web site that counterfeit versions of their basic VHF handheld radio, the IC-V8, are showing up at various locations on the internet. ICOM says that "Some of them look almost identical to genuine ICOM products. It has been reported recently that these products are also being sold through internet shopping sites at very low price."]]> FCC Now Processing Amateur Radio Vanity Call Sign Backlog Fri, 9 Feb 2007 10:03:07 -0600 http://www.arrl.org/news/stories/2007/02/09/100/?nc=1 ARRL ARLB008 FCC Now Processing Amateur Radio Vanity Call Sign Backlog

The FCC has resumed processing new Amateur Radio vanity call sign
applications. An initial stab at whittling down the backlog began
February 8 -- five weeks to the day after the Wireless
Telecommunications Bureau (WTB) issued the last vanity call sign
prior to the resumption. The Commission stopped processing new
vanity call sign applications received on or after December 18 while
it readied the Universal Licensing System (ULS) vanity application
software to accommodate a December 15 rule change to discourage the
filing of multiple applications for the same call sign.]]> One Man's Opinion Tue, 6 Feb 2007 21:14:15 -0600 http://www.w9og.net/sparks/2007/SPKS0207c.pdf K4LRX

Amateur radio will reach another milestone on February 23 of 2007.
On that date, the Morse code requirement to obtain the higher grades of ham tickets will vanish forever.
Being a CW proponent all these years, I cannot say I am rejoicing over the demise of the code test. There were a lot of pro and con arguments to either retain it or drop it.

]]> No Instant Midnight Upgrade ! Tue, 6 Feb 2007 20:50:49 -0600 http://63.92.153.234:80/tars/tm.aspx?m=200 AA9MM VE Testing SB QST ARL ARLB007
ARLB007 No Code-Free Upgrades Available Until February 23

Code-free upgrades to General or Amateur Extra will not be available at volunteer examination sessions until the 5 WPM Morse code requirement disappears from the FCC's Amateur Radio Service rules on February 23. ARRL Regulatory Information Specialist Dan Henderson, N1ND, says that, judging from the questions he's been getting, many in the amateur community -- including some Volunteer Examiners (VEs)
-- don't fully understand the new rules that resulted from the FCC's Report and Order (R&O) in the ''Morse code proceeding,'' WT Docket 05-235. He stresses that VE teams may not accept upgrade applications in advance of February 23, then hold the paperwork.

]]> ARES/RACES Net Tue, 6 Feb 2007 20:46:06 -0600 ARES/RACES The February ARES/RACES net will be Sunday February 18 at 7:00pm on the 146.790 repeater.

]]> ARES/RACES Meeting Tue, 6 Feb 2007 20:43:37 -0600 ARES/RACES

The next ARES/RACES meeting is scheduled for 7:00pm February 15 at the Vanderburgh County EMA Emergency Operations Center (Stanley Ave.).

]]> Radio club becomes second set of ears for Dallas first responders Sat, 3 Feb 2007 22:51:16 -0600 http://www.jems.com/products/radios/articles/277312/ High school students learn skills to get certification]]>