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Radio Classes Begin April 15
Get Your HAM LICENSE The EASY WAY
Don’t waste time memorizing hundreds of questions and answers. Get your Ham License the EASY way, by learning the theory behind radio electronics! Why memorize question and answers, when you can learn the reason it all works! Here’s your chance to learn what you need to know about the exciting world of Ham Radio, by taking an eight week class which culminates in an exam session. Under the new FCC Rules, you can earn any grade of ham license without having to learn Morse code. Instead, you’ll be developing the background which builds your understanding of the theory of Radio.
When: First class session is Thursday, April 15, 2010
Time: 7:30 PM – 9:30 PM
Cost of Class: Nothing!
Sponsor: NORTH SHORE RADIO CLUB – www.ns9rc.org
Where: Northbrook Fire Department Administration Building
740 Dundee Road (1/2 mile West of Edens Xpwy) Northbrook, IL 60062
License Examination Session: Thursday, June 3, 2010
We are pleased to announce that John Vittallo, Solar System Ambassador for the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory and a director of the Chicago Society for Space Studies, will be guest speaker at our April 13 meeting. His topic will be the Cassini-Huygens Mission to Saturn. After a 7-year, two-billion-mile journey, the Cassini spacecraft successfully began its mission of exploration and discovery in 2004. The Cassini spacecraft has investigated the mysteries of Saturn, its incredible system of rings and its complement of moons. John's presentation will focus on mission objectives, spacecraft instrumentation, and the exciting images and results of the mission to date, along with the success of the Huygens Probe and its descent to the surface of the giant moon Titan.
SKYWARN is coming to our 442.725+ (PL 114.8) analog
repeater. Some of you may be aware that the National Weather Service years ago
instituted a liaison system where spotters report severe weather into a local
repeater and the net controller of the local repeater relays relevant reports
to the FISHFAR system - where the National Weather Service, WX9LOT is
listening.The reason for this system is
that it 1) Allows only severe reports to reach the NWS since irrelevant reports
are filtered at the local repeater level , 2) Deloads the FISHFAR system
leaving the frequency more open for storm reports from local repeaters, and 3)
Allows the NWS to listen to one frequency instead of 20 regional nets.
March 2010
