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Server news has been updated on 02/05/2010.  The Handiham Remote Base station, W0EQO, is on line.

Breaking news will appear throughout the week and weekend on www.handiham.org, whether the office is open or closed.  

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You may email Pat at wa0tda@arrl.net, any time with Handiham questions, including nights and weekends.  

 

The audio this week page is set to be updated as new audio is produced during the week.

If you have at least a General Class license, please let us know if you want Remote Base access. You will need to include your SKYPE name and the password you want in an email to wa0tda@arrl.net

Check out this week's news in Handiham World This Week. Tune in today! 

E-Letter audio page

Other news and links:

  1. There is a new article for satellite newbies from the AMSAT Journal on The FM Satellites & considerate operating practices.

  2. There is a new Extra Class audio lecture on interference and noise reduction.

  3. From February 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.m3u
     

    Download the MP3 file of the Doctor is in: 
    http://www.handiham.org/audio/01-doctor.mp3

  4. CQ magazine audio for February, 2010 is available for blind members.  

  5. Worldradio digest for February, 2010 is available for our blind members. 

  6. QST digest for February, 2010 is online in audio for our blind members.

  7. 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!

    Link to the 2010 Technician Question Pool in text format.

    Link to the audio files of the new Technician 2010 pool

  8. 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:
    http://www.handiham.org/files/hhw_print_winter_2009_2010.mp3 

  9. QCWA Journal Digest for Winter - 2009-2010 is now available in audio.

  10. The Handiham offices have moved to Camp Courage.  

    Our address is:

    Camp Courage
    Handiham System
    8046 83rd St. NW
    Maple Lake, MN 55358

    Mail sent to the Golden Valley address will still reach us.

     

  11. Book & Tape List updated

  12. MP3 download: How to get help with your radio problems, an article by WA0TDA, read by N1BLF.

  13. New! The ARRL statement on amateur radio mobile operation and safety

  14. DAISY book version of the ARRL VE Manual Ninth Edition, as modified for DAISY by Handihams

  15. In our manuals section, Matt Arthur, KA0PQW, has recorded some audio notes on CW operation with the Kenwood TS-2000.

  16. From the Handiham History Project: The Handiham World newsletter from 30 years ago, Summer 1979.

  17. Daisy Book rendition of Soundproof Book article. 

  18. Experimental DAISY book Worldradio June 2009 digest.

  19. DAISY book reading software AMIS.

  20. New in antennas: Ground-mounting that first vertical antenna.

  21. New in Manuals: Matt, KA0PQW, does another audio tutorial on the Kenwood TH-F6A, this time covering scanning and troubleshooting. 

  22. Remote Base issues with Skype upgrade are addressed.

  23. Remote Base FAQ is updated!

  24. Remote Base Audio Tutorial Pages added

  25. We are taking applications for Remote Base access and have updated the Remote Base pages.
  26. Op Skills lecture on nets: Excerpt from ARRL Handbook on how to be the kind of station a net control station loves! 
  27. Special CQ interview with K3TUP, inventor
  28. W2VU appears on TIPSnet to discuss FCC & Worldradio
  29. An hour-long audio presentation on batteries by Skip, KS0J.
  30. One of our members requested a link to Amateur Radio NEWSLINE audio. This is a link to FTP the file to your computer.
  31. On the Math Page: Tony Tretter's Extra Class Math Shortcuts Parts 1 and 2
  32. Remote Base Instruction Pages updated
  33. Our main e-letter mailer is now working just fine at http://freelists.org. The list address is: 
    http://www.freelists.org/list/handiham-world

  34. 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.

  35. Audio This Week page is added
  36. New: Check out Avery's List
  37. Kenwood TS-480 audio tutorials by N3AIN added
  38. Link to Manuals Section
  39. Kenwood TM-V71A audio tutorial by N7HVF added
  40. In Operating Skills audio lectures: Learn the Kenwood TH-F6A
  41. WA6IVG Radio Camp Resources List
  42. Matt Arthur, KA0PQW, 2 meter lecture series!

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