The Unusual Suspects group will have an “upgraded” monthly meeting at a new location this next Saturday, September 1st, at 9am.   Instead of the usual meet & greet at the Taco Cabana in Universal City, the group will be meeting in San Antonio, at the Astro Bowl, near the intersection of Austin Hwy, Eisenhauer Rd & Harry Wurzbach.

LOCATION:ASTRO BOWL {PRIVATE PARTY ROOM}  3203 Harry Wuzbach, San Antonio, TX 78209

Recommend early arrival to get breakfast ordered.  Food & Drink available for purchase.

PROGRAM:

• 9:am to 9:45     Meet & Greet Breakfast…..Casual enjoy your meal and chat
• 9:45 to 10:15    Technical Training:      Topic: Introduction to APRS by Lee Besing

Note: As we are still setting up our VE training sessions, unless we have PRE-SCHEDULED NEW AND UPGRADING HAMS,  there will not be a VE Session this month.  We are putting together a VE Team to hold regular test sessions in the future, following our meetings.   So if interested in testing, please e-mail Greg Lewis right away: n5xo@satx.rr.com.   Effective with the October meeting, this will be a regular scheduled event and walk in’s will be welcome.

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The San Antonio Office of Emergency Managemenet (SAOEM) is hosting the one day AmTrak Passenger Train Emergency Response Training on your choice of dates, September 18th, 19th, 20th, or 21st, at the Emergency Operations Center located at 8130 Inner Circle Road, San Antonio, TX 78235.

This is a one day course that we are offering four days in a row to allow you to have a choice of days to attend. The training is scheduled from 8 am to 5 pm; however, that is contingent upon AmTrak having one of the cars available for students to actually walk through in the afternoon. If the rail car is not available, the class will end at noon.

This training is open to all disciplines: Law Enforcement, Fire, EMS, Public Health, Public Works, Government Administration, Private Sector, and Volunteers.

If you are interested in attending any of these days, please register on www.preparingtexas.org or email us for registration assistance.

Please help us to get the word out to people about the AmTrak training. So far the response has been very low and we need to promote the training class to insure that we do not have to cancel it.

Thank you!

Mark Chadwick, CEM, TEM
Training Officer
San Antonio Office of Emergency Management
PO Box 23339, San Antonio, TX 78235-0339
Voice: 210.206.8688
Fax: 210.206.8570
Email: mark.chadwick@sanantonio.gov
Web site: http://www.sanantonio.gov/emergency/

Don’t be bored, volunteer for some upcoming public service events!

We’ve got a series of public service events happening in the next few months, surely one of them will tickle your fancy?  Hams are needed for all of these events.

• September 8 – Tour for Children bicycle ride
• October 13-14 – BikeMS Valero Ride to the River
• November 3-4 – Tour de Gruene race / ride
• November 3rd – Universal City Veterans Day Parade
• November 11th – San Antonio Rock & Roll Marathon Race
• December 8th – Canyon Lake Christmas Parade

Here are the details about each event….  Scroll down!

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TO  ALL.. 146.42 ECHO LINK IS NOW BACK !!

K5NNN-L   Node #594762

As of Monday (8/20/2012) at 5:00pm CDT, Echo Link is up and running on 146.420 simplex (no tone).

We are using a Icom IC-7000 with 75 watts of power!! On top of a 50 foot mast.. You can reach out 35 to 50 miles..  Transceiver location is on the NW side of town at K5NNN’s house, near Vance Jackson & Callaghan vicinity.

You can do a self test by transmitting on that frequency, and using your hand microphone to send DTMF tones of “999” to test your Audio and then use “#” to disconnect…

More info will be made available so you can connect to specific other nodes, repeaters or users by typing in their node # using your hand microphone. Remember, your conversation is NOT PRIVATE, and you still need to ID yourself as normal.

Please let me know how it works for you..   Andrew K5NNN  Bexartalk@gmail.com

NCTECH Hamfest

Saturday, November 10, 2012
404 West Main Street, Azel, TX (Near Ft. Worth)
7am-Noon

Admission Only $5

Live presentations on Operating & Activities

• ARRL Field Organization
• ARRL / Dr. Woolweaver
• AMSAT
• CERT Team
• Red Cross
• More!
• FCC Amateur Radio License Test Session
• Over 10,000 square feet of indoor table space ($10/table with 1 registration included) – Unclaimed tables will be resold after the event starts
• Outdoor Flea Market (your table or tailgate)
• Large Indoor “Eyeball QSO” Sitting Area
• Coffee & Snack Shop on premises
• Grand Door Prizes & Hourly Prize Drawings
• Grand Prize Icom Dual Band Radio

Talk-in on the 147.16 repeater (PL 110.9)

For more information, visit www.wc5c.org or contact Paul WB5IDM at wb5idm@gmail.com

The Tri-County Amateur Radio Club of North Texas WC5C (ARRL Affiliated Club) welcomes visitors, and serves the area north and west of Fort Worth, including parts of Parker County, Tarrant County and Wise County.  Most of the club’s activities occur around the west side of Eagle Mountain Lake.  Cities served include Agnes, Aledo, Azle, La Junta, Sanctuary, Springtown, Reno, Lake Worth, Lakeside, Boyd, Paradise, Aurora, Rhome, Fort Worth, Sansom Park, Benbrook, White Settlement, Haslet, Saginaw, Keeter, Briar, Pelican Bay, Weatherford, Newark.