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Stamford Amateur Radio Association
October 2004 www.qsl.net/w1ee/ Issue Number Ten
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Repeaters: W1EE 146.655 Out 146.055 In PL-100Hz. W1EE 447.125 Out 442.125 In PL-114.8Hz.
Unless noted, meetings are held on the first Thursday of every month in the Mural room of the Senior Center, at the Stamford Government Center, Tresser & Washington B'lvds., Stamford, CT. Meeting starts at 8:00 P.M.
Next SARA Meeting: Thursday October 7, 2004 at 8:00 PM. All are welcome.
October Program– Dan Gravereaux, N1ZZ on operating a contest station from the island of Curacao.
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President: Fred Cunningham K1FC, 322-8274. Vice President: Bill Librandi KB1IFY, 353-8131. Secretary: John Sabini WB1GRB, 353-8422. Treasurer: Dick Finn WA1VUU, 323-0982. and Trustee of the Repeater; James Marcus N1ZFS.
Dues are $20.00 for regular members and families, $15.00 for retirees and $10.00 for students and those living 100 miles or more from the repeater.
Stamford Amateur Radio Association ~ Post Office Box 112833 ~ Stamford, CT. 06911-2833.
SARA SUNDAY NIGHT NET We encourage all of the SARA members to join in the informal net on the Stamford Repeater every Sunday night at 8 PM. After about a half hour of friendly discussion, we play the “Amateur Radio Newsline” with the latest happenings in amateur radio. Make yourself heard, join the net.
Squelch Burst: “We need new articles. This is your newsletter so why not write an article related to Amateur Radio. Try to write an article that you feel other members would be interested in. We need someone to continue ”Ask Elmer Column” . Any articles or correspondence contact Dick WA1VUU.
E-Mail Squelch Burst: We are asking SARA members to give their E-mail addresses to Dick, WA1VUU so that the club newsletter can be sent by E-mail thus saving postage!. Your address will not be published and will be kept confidential. Please make sure Dicks e-mail address is not blocked. Postal rates are going up next year. Contact Dick.
We need your ideas and input. What activities would you like the club to participate in? We also need your help in organizing these activities as well as participating in them. How would you increase club membership? Communicate your ideas and comments to any of the board members or to the editors of the Squelch Burst. Your input is very important to the continuing health of the club.
Marvin Fleischman, N1AWJ became a silent key on September 24th. Marv was a vigorous booster
Of Amateur Radio in general and SARA in particular. He will be sorely missed.
Marvin Fleischman of Ridgefield died Friday, Sept. 24, at Danbury Hospital in Danbury. He was 68.
He died of metastatic carcinoma, according to his family.
Born Jan. 18, 1936, in Brooklyn, N.Y., he was a son of the late Louis and Sarah Schloss Fleischman.
Mr. Fleischman was a self-employed engineer. He attended New York City schools and graduated from Queens College. He moved to Ridgefield in 1972.
He was a member of the American Radio Relay League in Newington, the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers, the Stamford Amateur Radio Association and the American Legion Drum Corps of Greenwich.
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MINUTES OF THE MEETING SEPTEMBER 2ND, 2004
Fred, K1FC started the meeting at 8:00pm.
Public Service: Jeanine, KY1Q talked about the Stamford Denmark sail race, which will be held on September 12th. Location will be the Stamford Yacht Club. We will need fewer volunteers this year because there will be a common starting line and finish line so they will not need any stake boats. They will also have a computer on one of the boats so they will not need a station at the Yacht Club.. We will need only seven volunteers.. Battery power needed for at least 8:00am to 4:00pm and dress for the weather. Boat captains do not provide foul weather gear.
Dick, WA1VUU mentioned that we had a successful VE session. The next license examination schedule will be Saturday, Nov. 13 at 10:00am. We need volunteer examiners! Contact Dick, WA1VUU.
Dick also mentioned he needs articles for the Squelch Burst newsletter. We need people with experience with radios, antennas, ham related software. Try to write an article that you feel other members would be interested in. We also need someone to continue the Ask Elmer column.
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Stan. WA2NRV. Fred then introduced Stan, WA2NRV who talked about transmitter hunting and his experience with the Civil Air Patrol.
The meeting ended about 10:00pm.
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WB1GRB 9/7/2004
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MANDRAKE 9.2 CONTINUED
There is Xchat for IRC, no experience with this yet. I am not big into IRC but I will set it up.
For Newsgroups there are two applications. I have set uo the Knode. You should all check out alt.radio.amateur. There is also Pan. It appears to be much more extensive than the Newsgroup program in Netscape. I will have to try this one, it may be better than Knode, but it is all personal preference anyway.
For remote access there are Kppp for modem connections (not in standard installation, I had to add this), Lin Neighborhood (for networks I think). Telnet, TightVNC (for connecting to VNC servers . I do not know what they are), and Virtual Network Connections.
For amusement there are 2 arcade games, I am not a gamer but they do work. Boring.
Multimedia, now there is another entire world including Graphics, Sound and Video.
For Graphics, I have FLPhoto(GPhoto2), FTKam (GPhoto2). The first 2 are for managing your digital camera pictures. Image Magick display is a Graphic manipulatin application, Knapshot is for screen capture and finally The Gimp. The Gimp looks like it can give Photo Shop a run for its money and it comes on the disk.
On the sound side of things there is Kaudio Creator. This looks like it is for manipulating CDs so that you can new make new Tracks out of old Tracks. KsCD is for playing your audio CDs. Last is Totem Media Player for playing DVD, VCD and CDs. I think it views movies also.
Lastly is Totem Movie Player. Guess what it does.
I would be remiss if I did not mention Mandrake Control Center. This is where all system configurations are handled. Such as manage your software, add or remove users, view system logs, set up your security (firewalls etc.) set up the internet, define and resize drive portions, set up sharing hardware, setting up hardware, changing screen resolution, set up a TV card, set up printers etc,etc. The system puts you in control of everything, are you up to the challenge?
Well, I have gone through the menu of applications, As you can see, Mandrake 9.2 is much more than just an operating System. I will probably never use all of these applications but I am sure that I will use some of them extensively. After I have had ample opportunity to try everything I will uninstall the apps that I know I will never use. This will free up more disk space for me. If the description of what you get on the disks does not satisfy you, don’t worry, I have read that there are about 50,000 possible downloads for Linux. Perhaps they all won’t work on the distribution that you choose but you will still have more than you could imagine. Also, all of the radio programs are available like SSTV, PSK31 and Echolink.
The next part will finalize this series about Linux. In it I will give my critique and opinion of Linux. I will wait a while to write it as I need to do much more testing of the applications.
KB1DXC
Linux Part 1, 2, 3. By: Mike KB1DXC.
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TREASURER’S REPORT AS OF 28 SEPTEMBER, 2004
INCOME EXPENSE
Dues 15.00 Phone 21.73
Int. 2.20 Postage 37.00
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Totals $17.20 $58.73
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ICOM IC-2AT 2m HT w/charger, batty, &SS-32MP micro-min CTCSS encoder kit, VGC $100,00, Simpson 260 VOM VGC , $50.00. Geoff, N1CAT 203-966-7444 evenings.
HALLICRAFTERS SX-28A receiver, recapped, $275.00 Works good. Joe, N1GWO 2030322-4061 evenings.
AOR 100XLT 1000channel HH Scanner, 5kHz to 1.3 gHz cont. coverage. Exc. Cond. $275.00. Rick, N12LYK 203-531-1756
MFJ Antenna tuner A-1 condx. $100.00. Cushcraft R4 ant. New $25.00. 1/4 wave mag. Mnt. Ant. $12.00. 5/8 wave mag. Mnt. Ant. $15.00. 5/8 wave trunk mount ant. $10.00. Measurements Grid Dip meter, $25.00. HP signal generator, $15.00. Code practice machine, $15.00. Marv Kronenberg, K1DLT 203-324-2723
HD-73 ROTOR w/CONTROL & CABLE, $50; Cushcraft 10-40M Vert. Ant., $15; Heathkit Station Monitor Mod. 614, $50. 2 South Bend 7.5 HP Go-Cart Engines. Call for Info. Call Irv, N1ATS, 348-3425. Posted by: WB1GRB
Icom 706mkIIG, no box, in excellent condition, have all the small connectors it came with, asking 650$ or Best offer. 203 748 7143.
FT-8100B 2M/70cm Tranceiver with factory CTCSS encode/decode, separation kit, and includes all schematics and manual. Recent o/haul at Yaesu - Installed new style transmitter board and complete alignment. Works and looks as new. $200.00 plus shipping - 203-975-8014 eves.
ICOM IC-735 HF 10-160 meters. Great starter radio. $200.00 Chris N1YNO 203-359-0570.
If above items are sold contact me. Questions. John WB1GRB (203)-353-8422.
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Next meeting Thursday October 7, 8:00pm Mural Room
Stamford Senior Center.
Program: N1ZZ, Dan Gravereaux on operating from a contest station on
the island of Curacao.
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