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Courage Center Handiham World Weekly E-Letter for the week of Wednesday, 14 July 2010

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A volunteer summer

Eliot, KE0N, gets the remote base project underway

Eliot, KE0N, at the new remote base control point.

The Handiham Remote Base at Courage North has proven to be reasonably reliable and quite popular with the Handiham membership. Just in case you need a refresher, our Camp Courage North location is in far northern Minnesota near the headwaters of the Mississippi River. The station is at the location where we held many Handiham Radio Camp sessions over the past two decades. It consists of a Kenwood TS-480SAT, a rig control interface and computer,

Morse code is long gone from the military services, but back in the day...

How did the Army introduce Morse code to a class of prospective radio operators? This early film shows us how!

This large sunspot is rotating into view and is promising to be quite active. According to Spaceweather.com, "On July 9th, magnetic fields overlying sunspot 1087 became unstable and erupted."

Read more and follow the story daily at:
http://spaceweather.com/

Image credit: Solar & heliospheric observatory, 11 July 2010

Chris, KG0BP, writes:

We just went over to see Sister Alverna, WA0SGJ, and to set up her Kenwood TM-V7A. When we got there, we were pleasantly surprised to be met by Janet, K0JE, and Janice, K0JA. We were able to get Sister's radio programmed to use my 444.575 repeater, which is connected to the Handiham EchoLink conference server, so she'll be able to check into the Handiham nets from time to time.

Howard, KE7KNN, writes:

Well, I found out that I am going back to school again, but to help teach. My job will be to help 2nd, 3rd, 5th, & 6th grade students. I will be helping out in the classroom with special education, including some math and reading. I will have a chance to run a ham radio net from time to time as well. I credit our ham radio net at radio camp time with getting this going!

Washington, DC -- The FCC’s Technology Showcase, previously scheduled for Monday, July 19 at the FCC Headquarters, will now be held on the same date, in the Main Foyer at the Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Ave., NW, Washington, DC. from 11 AM to 3 PM.

Courage Center Handiham World Weekly E-Letter for the week of Wednesday, 7 July 2010

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