Jackson Amateur Radio Club News Page
Upcoming Middle School Balloon Launch - Titans in Space
The Olde Towne Middle School Radio and Technology Club in Ridgeland, MS is planning a near-space balloon launch March 26, 2011 with a launch time between 8am and 9am. Payload testing and assembly is underway and sometimes may be broadcast on www.ustream.com under the user name kc5nxd. The club also wants ham radio operators to follow their progress on twitter under the username kc5nxd. Follow the path of the balloon at aprs.fi with the callsign kc5nxd-1.
Current mission payload and equipment includes:
APRS with temperature, pressure and velocity in the message box - Argent Data Systems
20 meter CW beacon on 14.060 - Small Wonder Labs Rockmite 20
EZKeyer - 4 States QRP memory keyer
2 meter voice recordable beacon 146.565 FM - Doppler DF Instruments
GOPRO HD camera with snapshots every 15 seconds
Possibly a SPOT Satellite tracker
Various science experiments for the science department
There will also be an analysis of the received reception reports on the 20 meter and 2 meter beacon. Please QSL via the instructions at QRZ.com under the callsign KC5NXD. All funding for the project has come from donations and fundraisers.
For further information email Bill Richardson at brichardson4@gmail.com
Bill Richardson
N5VEI
KC5NXD Sponsor
Field Day 2010 Results
The 2010 Field Day results are out, congradulations to all those that participated
in any way. The JARC results are as follows:
3A in MS . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
3A in Delta Division . . . . . . . 6th out of 18
3A in all Nationally . . . . . . . 77th out of 342
All Classes ranked Delta Division. 24th out of 133
All Classes ranked Nationally. . . 376 out of 2617--
Bill Richardson, N5VEI
Officers and Directors for 2010 - 2011
At the May Club meeting Officers and Directors for the 2010 - 2011 Term were elected:
- President: Matt Fuller, N3TZJ
- Vice-President: Wayne Squires, AD5XR
- Secretary: Doug Spenser, N5CID
- Tresurer: Bill McLarty, KM5GE
- Andy Anderson, NC5Y
- Thomas Gandy, N5WDG
- Billy Richardson, N5VEI
- Todd Warren, K5TDD
Newsletter Information
At the April club meeting it was decided to discontinue the printed newsletter and go to web based newsletter format. The JARC-Mail Group and club website will now be the principal methods of information distribution. Club members will be notified via JARC-Mail of news of an immediate nature or when articles by club members have been submitted for publication. The web site will be used principally to publish member articles. The info pane, the yellow column, of the web site home page will continue to be used for similiar purposes or when a lenghtly reminder is needed, e.g., the construction at the 88 site.
Members that desire to have articles published should submit them in most any format as an attachment to an email to webmaster@msham.org. Please note that except for inappropriate content or video of any nature just about anything will be accepted.
I am the process of preparing the Club Calendar for next year. I have already added the weekly nets, club meetings, Board Meetings, and the special events from last year, I think. Please go through the Monthly Calendars and review them for correctness or additions. Please send changes or additions to webmaster@msham.org.