WV8RAG
News Archive
08/25/07 A
New Old Ham in the County and an Upgrade Congratulations
to Lee K. Smith, Jr. of Greenwood, WV who received the call sign KD8GWI
upon passing the Technician class license exam. Lee is no stranger to
Amateur Radio though; he previously held the call sign KN3ZUO as a Novice
class license. Welcome back Lee! I am also
pleased to announce that we have another General among us.
Congratulations to Joyce Bea, KD8EXV, of Salem,
WV who may now operate with the privileges of the General class license. 06/14/07
Field Day 2007 Announcement I.O.O.K. West Virginia Field
Day 2007 operations will be hosted by KE8NK near the
Ritchie County 4-H grounds just outside of Harrisville and will begin at
2:00p.m. (1800 UTC) on Saturday, June 23. We will operate 24
hours total. 05/25/07
Dayton 2007 Highlights The 2007
Dayton Hamvention did not disappoint the thousands of amateurs who attended
the 56th annual event. Hams from all over the world were blessed
with terrific weather conditions in which they browsed cutting edge
technology, vintage favorites from days gone by, plain old junk and copious
curiosities. Here are some personal highlights that I would like to
share. Please click here. 04/29/07 Scarborough
Reef and N8S Stats The operators
have arrived at Scarborough Reef after treading some rough seas. I
expect to copy their signal sometime today. Good luck dxers! Speaking of
dxers, here are some stats from local dxers who worked the N8S, Swains
Island, dxepedition team. N8S logged an amazing 117,205 QSOs. For
more information on this dxpedition please visit the link on this page.
04/22/07
Dayton Hamvention and Scarborough Reef Dxpedition Websites The Dayton
Hamvention will soon be upon us. For details, visit the website at: www.hamvention.org. Also, you can
view the IOOK itinerary at: http://www.iook.org/hamvention.htm.
Don't forget to check out WA5KUB's helmet cam! The tension
is building for the most needed DXCC entity Dxpedtion to
begin. The team should be on the air at the end of April.
You can visit their website here: http://www.scarboroughreef.com/. 04/06/07
Congratulations for Uprgraded Licensees I hope you
are enjoying your new privileges! Congratulations to:
04/01/07 DX
News A group of
operators will begin transmitting on April 3, 2007 from the new DX entity
Swains Islands. They will operate with the call sign N8S. For
more information visit their website here. 02/25/07 West
Virginia Weather Guide I did not
have the correct link in the December newsletter for the West Virginia Weather Guide.
You may download it here; I will also post this on the Club Resources
page. Thanks to James White, KC8QFH, for passing this along. 02/16/07 A
New Ham in the County! Congratulations
to Lanette Davis of Pennsboro, who received the call KD8FGM. Also,
congratulations to Ed Davis, KC8ZVW; Tammy McGinnis, KC8JKO and (Doctor) Bill Pippin, N8RFQ, who each received a CSCE to upgrade
their license class. 01/09/07
Morse Code FAQ For those of
you who are getting ready to enter the world of HF radio, you may find this ARRL FAQ helpful. It
addreses questions about the Morse code elimination. 73 KN8J 01/06/07 Call
Signs Issued Joyce Bea,
who earned her Technician class license at our last testing session, received
the call KD8EXV. Raymond
Croxford, who earned his General class license at the same session, received
the call KD8EXW. I hope to
hear them on-the-air hamming it up soon! Congratulations! KN8J 01/01/07 Web Update:
HAMRADIOCLASS.ORG Happy New
Year! I would like to wish everyone good health and prosperity for
2007. If you have
some extra time, please visit: hamradioclass.org. This
site is by John Martin, KF8KK and Mike Dell, N7LMJ, fellow
International Order of Krazies members. There is a wealth
of Amateur Radio information to be heard in their podcasts. If you
are interested in a new license or an upgrade, I recommend checking it
out. 12/25/06 Test
Session Report I would like
to congratulate those who passed their tests from the December 21,
2006 session:
X 12/16/06 Element
1 No Longer Required The FCC has announced the deletion of the 5 WPM Telegraphy
requirement for access to the HF bands. For more information click
this link: FCC News. Don't forget the club meeting is Thursday, December 21, 2006. 11/17/06
Testing, Web Updates and New Member: N8RFQ Our ARRL VE Team
has administered their first test session. It was held after the club
meeting on 11/16/06. Please visit the new Testing
page for more information. Congratulations
to our new member, "Doctor Bill," N8RFQ,
Pippin who earned the element 3 credit at the session. If you would
like to introduce yourself, you may hear him in the early morning or
mid-afternoon on the WB8NSL VHF repeater as he makes his long commute from
his job in Wood county to his home in Marion county. Welcome to the
club Bill! We look forward to helping you pass element 1. 73 Mike,
KN8J 11/03/06
Website Updates Hello
everyone! I have added a link to the Ritchie County Ambulance Authority on the
links page. This nice looking site was designed by fellow ham, Gary
Williams, KC8RTN. Please give the site a visit. Also, I have
added serveral items to the frequency page. 10/22/06 R.A.G.
Meeting Rescheduled The meeting
has been rescheduled for this upcoming Thursday, 10/26/06, at the
Pennsboro Branch of the Ritchie County LIbrary. 10/09/06
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