John – KF5HHC has compiled these online courses and links to other training opportunities.
FEMA Minimum Basic Online Courses
FEMA Additional Online Courses
ARRL Training Information and Courses:
November 19th will be a fun/play day at the Citizens Health Plex in the open field similar to Field Day. Details are in this .pdf flyer from Pat.
The club is seeking donations for a new repeater. Those members and non members who use the repeaters may make a contribution to the new repeater fund. The cost is estimated to be about $2,000. You may contribute at the next meeting or send check to V.A.R.C. P.O. Box 5626 Victoria, TX 77903-5626. Make checks payable to V.A.R.C. with ”Repeater Fund” in the For field.
The ARRL Programs and Services Committee is studying current benefits of
ARRL Club Affiliation. We are interested in learning which benefits are
important to affiliated clubs and what potential benefits affiliated clubs
would like to see in the future. To that end, we’ve put together a survey
to learn what benefits are being used; their importance and to get an idea
of potential future benefits. The survey is open to all current club
officers, past officers and club members.
The survey is located at: http://www.bestvote.org/phpQ/fillsurvey.php?sid=31
and is open to May 20th.
Thank you,
ARRL Programs and Services Committee
NOAA Meteorologist Christina Barron gave us a presentation on being a volunteer rain observer. Your rain report is entered over the Internet. If interested, she will send you a free 10″ precision rain gauge. See details here.
The 2001 BYLAWS have been scanned and placed under the About-Us tab, at the top of this page.
Members, please fill out this Information Form and give to secretary at next meeting. Update as necessary.
Also the Member List has been updated and Minutes are now posted in .pdf format. Both are selected from menu at top of page.
TO SEE FORM 202 ARTICLES OF INC SELECT “FORM 202 ARTICLES OF INC”
HSMM is a mode communication which uses WRT54G routers flashed with the HSMM-MESH software. Todate WA5VBP has 5, KF5HHC has 3, and WB5MCT has 3 (or more).
I have VOIP, VIDEO, and FTP working. By connecting a cat 5 cable between one HSMM routers and the internet all users on the MESH can have access to the internet.
When a regular AP router is connected into the MESH, WIFI can be provided and such things as an Iphone can be configured to make call into the VOIP network.
We are forming a group of HSMM users to put together a plan to setup a HSMM-MESH across the city. The group members are WB5MCT, KF5HHC, and WA5VBP. So for we have permission to put nodes at both DeTars hospitals, Citizens, Red Cross, and EOC. The biggest expense are omni directional antennas.
This system was tested at the Outdoor Expo. Video and voip worked great.
This is my first post. Testing the website
John, WA5VBP
