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Attention: Local D-Star Users – New Equipment!
The VARC would like to inform local D-Star users that it has received the new D-Star VHF module and 1.2 GHz duplexer for the existing 1.2 GHz voice and data modules. The VARC technical team is in the process of installing the new equipment at the clubs repeater site. The equipment was provided via a […]
Icom announces new mobile radio – IC-7100!
Since ICOM revealed the new IC-7100 transceiver there’s been much speculation on price. Given that it’s an updated replacement to the IC-7000, and that it includes D-STAR, we know that the street price in the US will exceed the $1300 price tag on the 7000. But the question remains, how much more? There are few clues. One […]
D-Star System Testing Update
As many of you already know the D-Star project has been under way. It was last month that the UHF D-Star (443.7125 MHz) repeater was placed on the air for testing. It has been linked to systems all over the world and many contacts have been made by local stations who are D-Star capable. After […]
Repeater Project Update – June 3
Yesterday members of the technical team met to work on the repeater project. Right now all work is focused on the repeater equipment itself. The D-Star equipment was installed in the new 6 ft cabinet and placed in the new equipment room. Both the VHF and UHF repeaters were removed from the short cabinets and […]
New D-Star / APRS / Repeater Equipment Room = Progress!
Again the technical team assembled early this Saturday morning in order to begin work on the new larger equipment room for both the analog and the new digital D-Star repeater systems. They were able to install most of the AC power conduit, breakers, outlets etc. and other electrical equipment needed in order to operate the […]
D-Star System Progress Report
On Thursday June 2 the technical team met with the EMA director during lunch to discuss various logistic issues related to the installation of the new D-Star repeater systems. Main topics covered were system housing and communications connectivity for the new system. The technical team is continuing forward with the system installation.
New D-Star Repeater Antenna Installed
The VARC technical team met on Saturday May 21st to brave the heat and to install the new antenna for the new D-Star repeater systems scheduled to come online later this year. The view from the repeater site was fantastic!
DStar Repeater
The city of Valdosta and surrounding counties will soon have a DStar coverage. Through a grant made by the Tift regional hospital, a 1.2ghz & 440 repeater will be installed at the Valdosta city water tower for licensed amateurs to use. On March 26, 2011, VARC technical team met together to assemble, configure, and test […]
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- The K7RA Solar Update April 16, 2021Tad Cook, K7RA, Seattle, reports: On April 12, new sunspot group AR2814 appeared following 5 days of no sunspots. Daily sunspot numbers on the next 4 days were 16, 16, 17, and 22, taking the average daily sunspot number for the April 8-14 reporting week from 6.4 last week to 7. The April 15 sunspot […]
- Archive of Marconi Papers and Correspondence Acquired by California Museum April 15, 2021The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens in San Marino, California, has acquired an archive of papers and correspondence to, from, and about wireless pioneer and Nobel laureate Guglielmo Marconi. Among the more than 200 pages of correspondence are 31 letters from Marconi to his chief engineer, Richard Vyvyan, written between 1902 and 1909, regarding the […]
- National Science Foundation Funds Creation of Research Lab at Alaska’s HAARP April 15, 2021A 5-year, $9.3 million National Science Foundation (NSF) grant will allow the University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF) Geophysical Institute to establish a new research observatory at the High-frequency Active Auroral Research Program (HAARP). A former military facility, HAARP is now operated by UAF and is home to HAARP Amateur Radio Club’s KL7ERP. The new Subauroral […]