I have emailed CJ Buck Anderson and he has 6 remaining Kantronics KPC-3 units available. He is wanting $50 each. I am going to pick up two tomorrow night. Here is a great website on these units:
http://freemansgarage.com/blog/?p=153

Here is the PDF manual:

http://www.freemansgarage.com/stuff/KPC3/KPC-3_reference_manual.pdf

If anyone else wants one hit me up and I will pass CJ’s email to you.

-James

The Broken Arrow Amateur Radio holds its monthly meeting at the Broken Arrow Community Center, 1500 S. Main, at 7:00 pm on the first Monday evening of the month.  Anyone with an interest in amateur radio or questions about “ham radio” is welcome to attend.   If the 1st Monday is a holiday, we’ll meet the next evening.

NOTE 1:  The July meeting will be outside in the shelter immediately West of the Community Center.

NOTE 2 : October Meeting will be at Bruce’s home.  Further info TBA.

NOTE 3: December Meeting / Christmas Party will be off-site.  Likely Uncle Bucks again.  Further info TBA.

2012
Jan : Officer Elections

Feb : Fuel Cells and Amateur Radio – Gerry KC5JKU

March : Severe Storm Awareness – National Weather Service
This event is well-attended and publicized.  Please come early to get a seat.

April : Packet Radio / TNCs / APRS – Scott KD5NJR ( there will be a time for Q & A so please bring your questions )

May : Radio Controlled Aircraft – WB5MXo and “General” McArthur

June : Field Day Discussions

July : Ice Cream Social – The club will provide the ice cream this year.  We’ll establish a headcount prior to the event.

August : Amateur Radio at 2.4 GHz (HSMM) – Tony White KA5TRO, et. al.

September : Antennas – K5PX Bruce

October : Fall Social – K5PX Bruce.  More info TBA.

November : Microprocessors and Microcontrollers – Scott KD5NJR and James KE5SWU

December : Christmas Party

Questions ?  Suggestions ?  Let me know.
kd5njr@gmail.com

73

Scott
KD5NJR
BAARC VP

President : James Taggart KE5SWU
Vice President : Scott Haley KD5NJR
Secretary : Dan Woods W5BM
Treasurer : Bruce Burnette K5PX

The new slate of officers was developed and voted on in the January Meeting last night at the Broken Arrow Community Center.  The next meeting of the BAARC will be Monday, February 6th.  7p.  There will be a presentation on fuel cells and their application in Amateur Radio given by Gerry Paschal KC5JKU.

73

Scott
KD5NJR
BAARC VP

BAARC Christmas Dinner
December 5, 2011
6:30 PM

At Uncle Buck’s in the Bass
Pro Shop in Broken Arrow.
We have a room inside the
restaurant.

Remember to bring those dirty Santa
gifts to be exchanged after dinner.
Guys bring a guy gift and gals bring a
gal’s gift.

Sponsored by the good people at
the Broken Arrow Amateur Radio
Club That’s YOU

It’s that time again to start thinking about who you’d like to lead the Broken Arrow Amateur Radio Club in 2012 and beyond.

I am term-limited for the office of President and can not run again.

If you’d like to sit on a nominating committee or if you’d like to throw your hat in the ring, let Bruce K5PX or myself know.

73

Scott

KD5NJR@gmail.com

Keep an eye out on the DX-Sherlock website.  It’s easy to use…

Look at the favorable 10m skip.

http://www.vhfdx.info/spots/map.php?Lan=E&Frec=28&ML=M&Map=NA&DXC=N&HF=N&GL=N

Here comes a Monster Sunspot….

MAGNIFICENT SUNSPOT: One of the largest sunspots in years is rotating over the sun’s northeastern limb. NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory took this picture of AR1339 during the early hours of Nov. 3rd:

Measuring some 40,000 km wide and at least twice that in length, the sprawling sunspot group is an easy target for backyard solar telescopes. Two or three of the sunspot’s dark cores are wider than Earth itself.

Naturally, such a large sunspot has potential for strong flares. NOAA forecasters estimate a 50% chance of M-class solar flares during the next 24 hours. One such eruption has already occured: An M4-flare at 2200 UT on Nov. 2nd produced a bright flash of extreme UV radiation (SDO movie) and hurled a coronal mass ejection (CME) into space. The CME is not heading our way. Future CMEs could have greater effect as AR1339 turns toward Earth in the days ahead.

http://www.enidarc.org/enidhamfest

Hey guys,

We’re back on track with our regular club meetings this Monday Night November 7 at the Community Center.  1500 S. Main.  7p start time.  Brief business meeting followed by a talk about ARES and Emergency Communications from Brian Gnad, KB5TSI.

Hopefully we’ll have some pictures or discussion about the Enid Hamfest (this Saturday) and a few folks will have an item or two for show and tell.

The Christmas Party is just a month out, so stay tuned for the final details.  December 5.  6:30 at Uncle Buck’s (Bass Pro Shop).  Keep your eyes open for a “dirty Santa” type of gift.  Doesn’t have to be big or expensive, but something useful would be nice.  solder, zip ties, a small tool or the like.

Don’t forget about Echolink on 444.000 and the nets on 146.910 .  See what’s happening around town on 144.390 (1200 baud APRS packet) or on www.findu.com and search for Broken Arrow .

Questions or c0ncerns ?  kd5njr@gmail.com

73

Scott