A Closer Look at Morse Code
Imagine a time when there were no telephones and the only way to communicate long distance was to send a letter or a personal messenger. Although all the necessary ingredients were available to create a communications system, the only truly usable system at the time was the "Needle Telegraph" in England. Click here to read more.....
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D-Star Special Announcement
Recent number of updates over the past few months by
DSTARInfo.com
www.DSTARInfo.com/update
Cleaning Database
To make sure that we don’t have any stale repeater listings, the site now periodically checks and updates the status of repeaters using information from the USTrust Server, ircDDB, and APRS reports. This allows us to populate a Last_Active field so that we can better determine if repeaters are still active. As of now, of the 1081 systems that we have listed, we haven’t gotten any information on 76 of the systems
If your system was previously in the database, but no longer shows, please drop me a note at info@DSTARInfo.com and we’ll get you updated.
If your system is not listed, feel free to head to www.DSTARInfo.com/update and add it.
Icom ID-31A Information
In case you haven’t seen it, the ID-31A comes with a worldwide list of repeaters loaded from the factory. You can literally, turn on the radio from out of the box, enter your call sign, enable the GPS and it will show you the closest 440MHz D-STAR repeater to you. And then select it and you are on the air. Not a single RPT has to be programmed.
To support this, Icom approached us at www.DSTARInfo.com for much of the information the fills the radio. Since then, we’ve created files explicitly for the radio to update the repeater list from the factory. The radio has 800 memories available for repeaters and I believe there were 796 of them used originally. So we have had to split the world into the Eastern and Western Hemisphere. But you can easily update the radio with the latest and greatest information.
Make sure that your repeater and its 440MHz module are correctly listed (http://www.dstarinfo.com/standard-repeater-list.aspx )
Updated Downloads
In the past we had created some downloads that you could use to populate your radio memories very quickly and easily, but they weren’t that flexible. Now we’ve hopefully got the answer for you.
• The new downloads section allows for you to download a group of memories for a country or state anywhere in the world. This is a list of repeaters in an area, each programmed with the UR of CQCQCQ.
• You can also specify a specific location, like your home or zip code and DSTARInfo will create a download file that contains your closest repeaters, each programmed with the CQCQCQ, I, E, U, and linking commands for your 3 favorite reflectors.
• And especially for the ID-31, you can download an updated repeater list.
• And finally, you can update an updated Call Sign list that includes all of the latest reflectors.
http://www.dstarinfo.com/icom-import-files.aspx
News Items
As always, we try to list the news about D-STAR from all over the world. If you have any announcements, please send them to us at info@DSTARinfo.com . We are particularly looking for articles that can be used in the Dayton edition of DSTARInfo News.
Sharon KJ4TPQ,
W4AAZ - SysOp
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The next NOARC club meeting will be held on
Date: Thursday February 9th
Time: 7:00 p.m.
Place: Old Dorcas Fire Station
------Tech. Night------
Topic: TBA
Date: Thursday February 23rd
Time: 7:00 p.m.
Place: Old Dorcas Fire Station
Old Dorcas Fire Station #42 is located about 8 miles east of Crestview. Fire Station is on dirt road directly behind an Exxon Station off of U.S. 90.
(Click here for an aerial view)
Sunday Club Operation
The club station can be opened at any reasonable time after notifying the
Station Manager.
Point of contact: Richard Bailey-KE4BFX
E-mail Address(es): bailey_richard@yahoo.com
Phone:
Cell:
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New Ham Brochure
(Click Here)
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Florida Panhandle Frequencies
(Click Here) pdf
Thanks, Bob - N4CU
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Satellite for Beginners
Presented by Ron-KI5FR
(Click here for .pdf file)
Help support your local repeater,
become a NOARC member!
$12.00 gets you Associate Privileges, (Non-voting member)
and
$20.00 gets you Full Privileges
Regardless of which membership you choose the repeater access is free to anyone wishing to use it. These dues are mainly to ensure the repeater remains free to the public.
********** CLUB APPLICATION FORM FOR 2012 **********
Please fill this application form out and mail it to David Hayden-WB4EWS. You can also use it to make your Dues payment. He will then forward me your information so I can update you in the membership database.
Click Here
W4AAZ
Operates on 147.360 MHz with +100hz tone
The North Okaloosa Amateur Radio Club, Inc. (NOARC) is a service organization located in Crestview, Florida. It has members from Santa Rosa, Walton, and Okaloosa Counties in Florida and Covington County, Alabama. During the club's history, members have supported the community numerous times by providing emergency communications and were often the only means of communication in and out of areas affected by disasters. Club activities include participation each year in the American Radio Relay League sponsored Field Day event, hidden transmitter hunts, picnics, and hosting Technician Classes. Our goal is to enjoy amateur radio and to introduce and promote the hobby to the public to ensure that there will always be a pool of well trained and well equipped hams ready to support our community when needed.
Special Announcements
Tower Laws
Cal-W4GMH, has put together key legal information on Towers for Amateur Radio Stations.
See "Legal Area" (above), for attached PDF Files that cover
1. ARRL PRB 1 Info Page
2. Chapter 7 of Okaloosa County Ordinances-read section 1.01.073
3. The Original FCC PRB-1 Ruling of 1985
4. An FCC 2000 ruling on CCR's that cites the PRB-1
5. Florida Tower Laws
Thanks,
Cal-W4GMH for this information.
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Satellite Flyby's
We have just added a new link for those who like to track satellites. It's labeled "Satellite Flyby's" click on it and put in your zip code. It's as easy as that.
Thanks,
Tony-K4OZL from MARC and Cal-W4GMH for informing us of this website.
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Technician Classes:
Ron - KI5FR, would like to hold another Technician Class in the not so distant future. If you are interested in getting your amateur radio license please contact him at noarc_class@yahoo.com
