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Server news has been updated on 03/11/2010.
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Other news and links:
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The Remote Base is experiencing SWR problems. Please bear with us while we figure out the problem.
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From March 2010 QST: Volunteer reader Ken Padgitt, W9MJY, reads the "Doctor is in" column from QST for our blind members:
Play a streaming file of the Doctor is in:
http://www.handiham.org/audio/doctor.m3uDownload the MP3 file of the Doctor is in:
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New: PDF Order Form Page for audio materials and print materials not available as audio downloads.
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CQ magazine audio for March 2010 is available for blind members.
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Worldradio digest for March 2010 is available for our blind members.
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The Handiham Remote Base station, W0EQO, is on line. One user has reportedly been having success working DX with it. Plans are in the works for another remote base, so that we can accommodate more users. If you wish, you can connect to W0EQO-L through your Echolink computer application and listen to the Remote Base, and even control the frequency & mode by typing your receiver commands into the text box and pressing the <Enter> key. Example: 10 <enter> will change the frequency to 10 MHz, and you should hear WWV. Press the letter A to change to AM mode. Press L or U for Lower or Upper sideband. Enter 3.925 to go to 3.925 MHz. Enter the letter L <Enter> to change to lower sideband, which is used on 75 meters. If a control operator is using the station, the system will not let you change the frequency via EchoLink, but you can still listen. You will not hear the transmissions from the remote base in that case, just the receiver.
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There is a new Extra Lecture 60 on digital codes & protocols.
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We have added new directories in the Manuals section, all for Yaesu products:
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QST digest for March, 2010 is online in audio for our blind members.
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The first release of the Technician question pool effective July 1 2010 is now on line as modified by George LaValle, N0SBU. It is modified to show only the correct answers. Any or our student members who are planning to take the Technician exam after June 30, 2010 should study from the new question pool. This is also a wake-up call for those of you who have not been studying regularly - the Technician test and all the study materials change on July 1, so get busy if you want to pass using the old question pool!
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4-page print edition of the Handiham World year-end newsletter in audio or PDF:
Download a PDF:
http://www.handiham.org/files/hhw_winter_2010_final.pdf
Listen to the entire issue, read by volunteer Bob Zeida, N1BLF:
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QCWA Journal Digest for Winter - 2009-2010 is now available in audio.
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The Handiham offices have moved to Camp Courage.
Our address is:Camp Courage
Handiham System
8046 83rd St. NW
Maple Lake, MN 55358Mail sent to the Golden Valley address will still reach us.
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MP3 download: How to get help with your radio problems, an article by WA0TDA, read by N1BLF.
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New! The ARRL statement on amateur radio mobile operation and safety
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DAISY book version of the ARRL VE Manual Ninth Edition, as modified for DAISY by Handihams.
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In our manuals section, Matt Arthur, KA0PQW, has recorded some audio notes on CW operation with the Kenwood TS-2000.
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From the Handiham History Project: The Handiham World newsletter from 30 years ago, Summer 1979.
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New in antennas: Ground-mounting that first vertical antenna.
- We are taking applications for Remote Base access and have updated the Remote Base pages.
- Op Skills lecture on nets: Excerpt from ARRL Handbook on how to be the kind of station a net control station loves!
- Special CQ interview with K3TUP, inventor
- W2VU appears on TIPSnet to discuss FCC & Worldradio
- An hour-long audio presentation on batteries by Skip, KS0J.
- One of our members requested a link to Amateur Radio NEWSLINE audio. This is a link to FTP the file to your computer.
- On the Math Page: Tony Tretter's Extra Class Math Shortcuts Parts 1 and 2
- Remote Base Instruction Pages updated
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Our main e-letter mailer is now working just fine at http://freelists.org. The list address is:
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Members Only login has changed completely. Your old password will not work unless you have specifically requested it to do so already. To get a members only password, you MUST be a Handiham member. Go to the "Create New Account" link,
http://www.handiham.org/user/register
and enter your HAM RADIO CALL SIGN and email address that you have already registered with us when you joined Handihams. Your request for a password will be reviewed and your callsign or email address will be checked against the ones you already entered in our database. Non-members will be rejected.If you get an access denied message when you use the above link, it means you are already logged in to the website. Thus, you already have a user name and password and do not need to use the link.
- Audio This Week page is added
- New: Check out Avery's List
- Kenwood TS-480 audio tutorials by N3AIN added
- Link to Manuals Section
- Kenwood TM-V71A audio tutorial by N7HVF added
- In Operating Skills audio lectures: Learn the Kenwood TH-F6A
- WA6IVG Radio Camp Resources List
- Matt Arthur, KA0PQW, 2 meter lecture series!
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