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The Courage Center Handiham System provides tools for people with disabilities to learn Amateur Radio and technology skills, and to earn their Amateur Radio licenses.
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VE Session scheduled for December 4th
The SARA VE Team will have a VE session on Dec. 4th at Boutwells Landing, 5600 Parkway Blvd, Oak Park Heights, MN 55082. Registration to begin at 6:30pm with exams to begin at 7pm.
Contact Shel NØDRX at:
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or 651-439-1272 with any questions.
SARA, The Stillwater Amateur Radio Association, is a Handiham-affiliated club. The examination session follows a General Class course offered at Courage Center St. Croix in Stillwater, MN. All are welcome - the VE session is open.
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Handiham World for 19 November 2008
Courage Center's Handiham World Weekly E-Letter for the week of 19 November 2008
This is a free weekly news & information update from Courage Center's Handiham System. Please do not reply to this message. Use the contact information at the end, or simply email
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Avery's QTH
Welcome once again to my Humble QTH:
Before we get into this issue of My Humble QTH we are looking for volunteers to be net controls for our Monday net on 14.265 MHz. The net is scheduled to be on the air immediately after the SATERN Net, so we start at approximately 9:30 A.M. Central Time, or 15:30 GMT.
Anyone wishing to help out please let me or Pat know.
Recently I received an email talking about how the person progressed into the ranks of amateur radio. It seems SWL'ing (Short-Wave Listening) started it all for them.
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Holiday office hours
It's hard to believe, but it's already almost year-end, and that means that we will have some holidays at Courage Center's Handiham office. While Courage Center itself is open almost every day except Thursday, November 27 and Thursday, December 25, our Handiham office is closed for several more days to give staff members a much-needed break to be with their families.
In November, we are closed Thursday and Friday, November 27 and 28 for the United States Thanksgiving holiday.
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AMIS DAISY book reader reaches beta 4
Courage Center's Handiham System has begin to produce DAISY format adapted books for members. The free AMIS player does a good job of reproducing these books on your Windows computer. Ken, KB3LLA, informs us that AMIS has reached beta 4 phase, and testing is invited:
AMIS 3, the free and open source DAISY player for Windows, has just reached its fourth beta release, which is likely to be the last beta before a stable release. This means it's the last chance to stress- test it before widespread distribution.
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Benefits of giving IRA assets
As we approach the end of the year, you may be considering how to support Courage Center's Handiham System. One way you can do so is to give I R A assets to benefit Handihams.
If you are 70 1/2 or older, you may make charitable gifts of IRA assets up to $100,000 until December 31, 2009.
For most Americans, giving IRA assets is the most tax-advantaged way to make a charitable gift. If you take a standard deduction on your income tax return, as do 80% of taxpayers, you'll receive a substantial income tax deduction not otherwise available.
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CQ COMMUNICATIONS ACQUIRES WORLDRADIO MAGAZINE
(Hicksville, NY and Sacramento, CA, November 12, 2008)
CQ Communications, Inc. has acquired WorldRadio magazine, CQ Publisher Dick Ross, K2MGA and WorldRadio Publisher Armond Noble, N6WR, announced jointly today. CQ, based in Hicksville, New York, currently publishes CQ Amateur Radio, CQ VHF and Popular Communications magazines.
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Handiham World for 12 November 2008
Courage Center's Handiham World Weekly E-Letter for the week of 12 November 2008
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Media Hits from Google News - Wednesday, 12 November 2008
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Avery's QTH - In which Avery figures out time zones (we think)
Welcome once again to my humble QTH:
Well, guess what? Only my Editor caught the little error I made. Or, if anyone else did they either didn't say anything or did so to late for me to receive it.
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TIPSnet is an Amateur Radio net (meeting) heard in New England, across America and Around the World Tuesday evenings at 7:30pm EDT (2330z). All Hams are welcome via RF regionally and VoIP on EchoLink (*TIPSNET* Conference Server) and IRLP (NODE #9122). |
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ARRL Delta Division Gets New Leadership; Great Lakes Division Remains Unchanged
On Friday, November 21, ARRL staff members started opening ballots for the Director and Vice Director races in the Delta Division and the Vice Director race in the Great Lakes Division. ARRL Chief Financial Officer Barry Shelley, N1VXY; Dakota Division Director Jay Bellows, W0QB; Southeastern Division Director Greg Sarratt, W4OZK, and a representative from an independent auditor looked on; Sarratt is also a member of the League's Ethics and Elections Committee. After all the ballots were counted, the Delta Division gained a new Director and Vice Director, while hams in the Great Lakes Division voted to keep their Vice Director. The leadership team in the Atlantic, Dakota and Midwest Divisions will remain the same. Terms for Directors and Vice Directors begin at noon on January 1, 2009 and run for three years.
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The K7RA Solar Update
The latest sunspot appearance lasted eight days; the spot passed from view after Monday, November 17. Geomagnetic indices have remained nice and quiet. If you look here for recent geomagnetic data, you will notice certain times which were extremely quiet with many zeroes in the K index. One of those periods is the days after November 16. You won't see quiet conditions like this once we get greater solar activity. The next time we see unsettled geomagnetic conditions should be November 25.
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Canadian Amateurs Receive Limited 500 kHz Privileges
On November 10, Radio Amateurs of Canada ( RAC) announced that Industry Canada, which regulates Amateur Radio in that country, has accepted an RAC proposal for selected Canadian radio amateurs to operate in the vicinity of 500 kHz. The proposal states that RAC would recommend amateurs who would be licensed to operate in the 504-509 kHz band with a maximum power of 20 W ERP and bandwidth up to 1 kHz. Stations operating in this band would be technically operating under Special Developmental Licenses, although they would all be radio amateurs. Distinct call signs would be used and the licenses would be renewable on an annual basis, subject to the amateur demonstrating the research he has carried out. According to the RAC, these amateur operations would support Canada's efforts to place a proposal on the agenda of the 2011 World Radio Conference (WRC-11), which, if adopted, would create an amateur allocation in the 600 meter band. The US, under the auspices of the ARRL's 500 kHz Experimental Station, WD2XSH, is also conducting research in this band. Canada is the eighth country to do experimentation on 500 kHz; along with the US and Canada, Great Britain, Germany, Sweden, Czech Republic, the Netherlands and Romania are also participating. More information on the Canadian proposal will be posted to the RAC Web site as it becomes available.
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Surfin': Revisiting Radio Monitoring Memories
This week's Surfin' reveals new information about broadcast band and shortwave listening.
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ARRL Headquarters Closed for Thanksgiving Holidays
ARRL Headquarters will be closed November 27 and 28 in observance of Thanksgiving. There will be no W1AW bulletins or code practice transmissions those days. The ARRL Letter will be published on Wednesday, November 26, but there will be no ARRL Audio News on Friday, November 28. ARRL Headquarters will reopen Monday, December 1 at 8 AM Eastern Standard Time. We wish everyone a safe and bountiful Thanksgiving holiday.
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Global Emergency Network Marks Record
The Global ALE High Frequency Network ( HFN) -- an international Amateur Radio Service organization of ham operators dedicated to emergency/relief radio communications -- has become the first network to operate continuously for more than 500 days on all international Amateur Radio shortwave bands simultaneously. According to HFN International ALE Coordinator Bonnie Crystal, KQ6XA, the main purpose of the Network is to provide efficient emergency and disaster relief communications to remote areas of the world. "Beginning with a core group of six North American radio operators in June 2007, HFN rapidly expanded to cover large areas of the planet with 24/7 digital communications," she said."HFN was designed to be an open framework for global Amateur Radio emergency services to interoperate on HF using the Automatic Link Establishment ( ALE) system." Relying on ionospheric radio communications, interconnected HFN base stations scan the radio bands every 10 seconds, from 3.5 MHz-28.0 MHz. Through this Net, Crystal said, ham operators stay connected with each other at all hours of the day or night in any mode of operation, and can send Internet e-mail or cell phone mobile text messages from the field."
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Section Manager Election Results Announced
There were nine Section Manager races this fall, four of which saw no opposition. Election ballots were counted and verified on Tuesday, November 18 at ARRL Headquarters for the remaining five races. Terms of office for these new Section Managers will begin on January 1, 2009.
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New England Weather Spotters Receive Award as Severe Weather Comes Calling
On November 15, Amateur Radio operators who serve the National Weather Service in Taunton, Massachusetts received an award from the NWS weather forecasters citing excellence in service and "tireless service" to the NWS and to the people of Southern New England. Presented at a SKYWARN coordinators meeting, the award was accepted by Rob Macedo, KD1CY, on behalf of the more than 24 hams present. Macedo is the ARES® SKYWARN Coordinator for the NWS's Taunton office and is the ARRL Eastern Massachusetts Section Emergency Coordinator.
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New Basic Antenna Book Available from ARRL
For something that is often so simple to make, an antenna is remarkably difficult for many people to understand. The antenna is one of your shack's most important elements and can make your radio system a success. Now available from ARRL, Basic Antennas: Understanding Practical Antennas and Design is a comprehensive introduction to antennas -- basic concepts, practical designs and details of easy-to-build antennas. You'll learn how to make antennas that really work. This book will provide a foundation in antenna theory and design necessary for anyone undertaking more advanced topics and projects such as those presented in The ARRL Antenna Book.
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The Amateur Amateur: Radiomobile
Earlier this year I traded in my old Geo Prizm and bought a new car. This was a whole new ballgame for me. You see, it was the first time that I’d bought a vehicle specifically to fit my Amateur Radio needs.
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