A special event commemorating ships whose service effected the outcome of conflicts. A local museum ship the USS Lucid designated as a minesweeper from the W6SF Stockton Club will be on the air. Here is a link that you can follow to get a registrar of all 97 ships participating.
An educational outreach program demonstrated to students at Mt. Oaks Charter School in Sonora, the students learned about the history of early radio, and the many facets of the hobby of Amateur Radio At the end of the presentations they were introduced to one of those facets and were given the opportunity of participating in a Pico Balloon Launch. Many students were impressed with how the Balloons can transmits information digitally as it orbits the Earth. Four Hams took part in this unique mission all from different Radio Clubs so you can say it was a collaborative effort. David Voit WB6TOU, Skip Chraft N6NFB (Lodi Amateur Radio Club), Paul Bailey KN6CWT (Tuolumne Radio Club) and Michael Grcevich KB6USJ (Calaveras Amateur Radio Club). Our expectations and that of the students was that the Balloon could orbit the Earth for a time before the Balloon would fail rendering it back to Earth.
The students really enjoyed tracking KB6USJ-11 as it traversed the planet passing over countless countries and continents using tracking software developed like WSPR and APRS.FI. I’m overjoyed to report our mission is not over the Balloons performance in the high altitude has gone far beyond expectations. Today a year later it is orbiting the Earth beaconing its position and other telemetry, the electronics and the materials used in construction of the Balloon have held up admirably. The Pico Balloon group as well as the students wish it to continue on its travels.
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Roundtable Pizza 6:30 pm Hrs(local) 27N main St Angels Camp Ca.
The President’s Corner message was sent via email to members of the Calaveras Amateur Radio Society. A copy of the email is listed below, there are two pages to the President’s message scroll down to the bottom of page one and you should see an icon to proceed to page 2. There will be a presentation by one of our members Mark Price during the business meeting.
