- Proposed Maritime Mobile Allocation Gets First Reading at WRC-12 Plenary Session February 3, 2012At the February 3 Plenary Session of the 2012 World Radiocommunication Conference (WRC-12), delegates heard the first reading and approved a worldwide exclusive allocation to Maritime Mobile of 495-505 kHz. There will need to be a second reading to finalize the allocation. According to ARRL Chief Executive Officer David Sumner, K1ZZ, discussion of this alloc […]
- The K7RA Solar Update February 3, 2012Here are some yearly averages that we have neglected at the beginning of the year. These are the average daily sunspot numbers for whole calendar years, from 1994-2011: 48.1, 28.7, 13.2, 30.7, 88.7, 136.3, 173, 170.3, 176.7, 109.2, 68.6, 48.9, 26.1, 12.8, 4.7, 5.1, 25.5 and 29.9. You can see from these numbers that the minimum between Solar Cycles 22-23 -- […]
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Clicking the small thumbnail pictures below will launch a slideshow viewer in an overlay with larger more detailed photographs. These images from the 2001 Firecracker Hamfest were provide courtesy of member Buddy Cauble N4FCC.
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001 Frank Drennan, AD4UW, ROGER KIRKMAN |
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002 GUY WITH BEARD IS JAMES, OWNER OF IRI. |
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003 ROSEWOOD COMPANY |
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004 TAILGATING (Looking North East) |
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005 TAILGATING (Looking South East) |
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006 KITCHEN HELP RICHARD BECK, KG4BAV; DERWOOD PUCKET, K4PXU; RARS VICE PRESIDENT JOHNY PILKENTON, KG4FBK |
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007 RALPH BROWN, WB4AQK ON KNEES TRYING TO GET MORE VOLUME FROM PA; DON BEAVER, K4ZMG; DON FREISS, WB4FOK; RILEY HOLLINGSWORTH |
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008 RARS PRESIDENT BUDDY CAUBLE, N4FCC AND RILEY HOLLINGSWORTH |
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011 GUEST OF HONOR RILEY HOLLINGSWORTH |
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012 NATHAN BOLLINGER, KB4CWR (Cowboy hat in front row) |
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013 GUY WITH CUP IS JOHN COVINGTON, W4CC THE ARRL SECTION MANAGER FOR NC |
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014 The Firecracker Hamfest Gets better every year, with lots of goodies to look at and friends to talk too. |
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015 DON, WB4FOK |
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016 FRANK DRENNAN, AD4UW |
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017 DON, K4ZMG |
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018 RARS SECRETARY RALPH BROWN, WB4AQK |
