Boca Raton Amateur Radio Association Community - Communication - Leadership
ANNOUNCEMENTS as of 18-December-2021
Membership Renews OPEN
New DMR TOPICS?
Hello EchoLink - OFFLINE
AED - soon, very soon
Stations 1,3,4 working normally
Next BOD meeting 29-DEC 6.00pm
Lou Okstein: World War II veteran
Thanks to Jay.M W1COW. CLICK FOR VIDEO
We were happy to help celebrate Lou Okstein, a World War II veteran of both the U.S. Army and the U.S. Navy, who just turned 101. Happy birthday, Lou! Thank you for your service.
TRIVIA QUESTION
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What is Yuri Gagarin, Amateur Callsign: UA1LO, famous for?
SIMPLEX EXERCISE
Please note
There is no exercise on January 1st 2022
Station-4 is in the VHF/UHF room on the north facing desk. It has a FT-897 setup sitting to the left of the secured AMARS station (CLICK FMI). A B-Square Terminated Folded Dipole (CLICK FMI) is available. It remains disconnected and requires no tuner.
If any operator wants to use the FT-897, they may connect the B-Square TFD to the FT-897 jumper coax and operate. Please no AMPS and only run 100 watt limit. When done, please disconnect the B-Square TFD.
The B-Square TFD is 124ft located at approx. 45 feet on the VHF/UHF tower with legs going east-west about 15ft off the ground.
Beginning in Jan-2022 we are looking for any BRARA member with a solid IT back ground to assist with the webmaster tasks for BRARA. Please contact John.C N1QFH via email wirehead52@gmail.com
If you have paid your dues and have NOT received an email confirming payment, or if you have paid your dues and are having trouble logging on to the website, please contact Henry Seidner WA2ROA by email hseidner@me.com
Member Logon Password Reset
Every so often a member may need to have their password reset. Please email Henry Seidner WA2ROA via hseidner@me.comand he will work with you to handle your request.
HAVE A QUESTION???
If you have a technical question why not ask the experts, your fellow BRARA members? The best way to do this is to post it on our groups.io distribution list BRARA@groups.io.
Please remember that you need to send your post using the email account you used when signing up for groups.io. If you are not signed up, then see details below.
If you know of an amateur or their family dealing with health issues or may have lost someone, please let us know. Robert K K3SUH is our go to person to send a communication in the form of a card to the person or family.
From inception, here are statistics from what Robert has sent:
What is a truth table?
A. A table of logic symbols that indicate the high logic states of an op-amp
B. A diagram showing logic states when the digital device output is true C. A list of inputs and corresponding outputs for a digital device
D. A table of logic symbols that indicate the logic states of an op-amp
E0A10
What toxic material may be present in some electronic components such as high voltage capacitors and transformers?
A. Polychlorinated biphenyls
B. Polyethylene
C. Polytetrafluoroethylene
D. Polymorphic silicon
TRIVIA ANSWER
Answer: He was the first cosmonaut and the first human in space.
Many Soviet/Russian Cosmonauts and American Astronauts have been Amateur Radio Operators. Yuri Gagarin (UA1LO), a Russian cosmonaut and Hero of the Soviet Union, was the first human in space, his flight taking place on April 21st, 1961.
Be well 73 de N4BRF from The Shack
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