Hello Fellow Amateurs,
Just a quick note of our meeting on October 16th, 08. Our guest speaker will be Mr. Frank Folsom, W4TEG. Frank is a RF engineer and can answer any question we will have for him. He will share his vast knowledge of our hobby and will be an entertaining as well as informative speaker for our meeting.
Our Christmas banquet will be on December 18 at Louie's Restaurant on Old Broadway in Ftn. City. The cost is $20 per ticket and the menu will be a choice between (4) entrees, a side, salad and dessert. The cost is the total cost which includes tip.
I look forward to seeing you at the meeting,
Keep our Military Troops in your prayers,
Jim, N4CFB
President
Sunday, October 12, 2008
Thursday, September 18, 2008
2008 Marine Corp Mud Run
Well if you missed the 2008 Marine Corp Mud Run, you missed two things.
1) Mud, and lots of it!
2) A really cool event and some really good use of Amateur Radio!
We had a total of 11 operators providing communications support at the Mud Run. The organizers have always had trouble with communications at this site and we were able to really come through for them.
With a total of over 1200 runners it was quite a large undertaking and I was told that the event will be moving to a mush larger site next year.
Thanks to Jim for getting this organized, Ron for being an excellent Net Control, and to everyone else who turned out to help!
Wednesday, September 10, 2008
RACK September 18th Meeting
Don Riley (N4CZL) invites you to attend the Radio Amateur Club of Knoxville (RACK) September 18 meeting at Wallace Memorial Baptist Church on Merchant's Road. The meeting starts at 7:00 pm. The speaker will be Bill Renaud, WR4MS, with the subject, 'Emergency Communications and the Incident Command System.' Bill will have a video presentation using a laptop computer along with a video projector for his presentation.
Don Riley (N4CZL), RACK First Vice President, can be reached by e-mail at rileydon@charter.net for additional information.
Don Riley (N4CZL), RACK First Vice President, can be reached by e-mail at rileydon@charter.net for additional information.
Refreshments will be served during the break, and a free prize drawing will be conducted. Family and guests are always welcome.
Monday, September 1, 2008
September '08 President's Corner
Hello Fellow Amateurs.
The guest speakers of the last few months have been outstanding. If you have missed them, the fellowship and knowledge they shared have been great for our hobby. W4TO Don Prater, last month's speaker, has a remote site that is second to none. A tremendous amount of engineering ideas were put into his station and I envy his ability to come up with such outstanding ideas. Don, thanks for sharing this information with the club.
We have some upcoming events that we need to put on our calendars. First, the September meeting is on the 18th this month. Our guest speaker will be Bill Reneud,WR4MS. His topic will be emergency communication and the incident command system. With the hurricane season in full blast, this is information that we all need to have in our thought processes. I look forward to Bill's presentation.
Another event will be Sept. 13. This will be providing communication for the Marine Corp League Mud Run at Melton Lake Park. This will involve a controlled net with information being relayed to the event staff on their needs around the course. If you want to participate in this event, e-mail me at my call sign @tds.net to be put on the list. I have to give it to the MCL a couple of days prior to the event.
Next is our Fall Picnic. The date has been changed to October 12, noon till 4:00pm at Adair Park in Ftn. City. The club will provide the usual burgers and dogs and drinks. If you could bring a side dish or dessert, we would appreciate it.
Outside of our regular meetings, the next event is going to be our Christmas Party. It will be held at Louis' Restaurant in Ftn. City. Tickets will be available later as will details such as price and menu.
Our website is back up and starting to pick up speed. Lou, WB3JKQ, has taken over the site and is putting a great amount of effort into keeping it current. Thanks, Lou.
We will also be attending to some left over business of the election that was delayed till the September meeting. If you would like to serve on the Board of Directors of the Club, contact Hal Moncier, AG4GF, who is leading the nomination committee.
I look forward to seeing you at our upcoming meetings and encourage you to bring a visitor.
Keep our troops in your prayers,
Jim Norman, N4CFB
The Prez
The guest speakers of the last few months have been outstanding. If you have missed them, the fellowship and knowledge they shared have been great for our hobby. W4TO Don Prater, last month's speaker, has a remote site that is second to none. A tremendous amount of engineering ideas were put into his station and I envy his ability to come up with such outstanding ideas. Don, thanks for sharing this information with the club.
We have some upcoming events that we need to put on our calendars. First, the September meeting is on the 18th this month. Our guest speaker will be Bill Reneud,WR4MS. His topic will be emergency communication and the incident command system. With the hurricane season in full blast, this is information that we all need to have in our thought processes. I look forward to Bill's presentation.
Another event will be Sept. 13. This will be providing communication for the Marine Corp League Mud Run at Melton Lake Park. This will involve a controlled net with information being relayed to the event staff on their needs around the course. If you want to participate in this event, e-mail me at my call sign @tds.net to be put on the list. I have to give it to the MCL a couple of days prior to the event.
Next is our Fall Picnic. The date has been changed to October 12, noon till 4:00pm at Adair Park in Ftn. City. The club will provide the usual burgers and dogs and drinks. If you could bring a side dish or dessert, we would appreciate it.
Outside of our regular meetings, the next event is going to be our Christmas Party. It will be held at Louis' Restaurant in Ftn. City. Tickets will be available later as will details such as price and menu.
Our website is back up and starting to pick up speed. Lou, WB3JKQ, has taken over the site and is putting a great amount of effort into keeping it current. Thanks, Lou.
We will also be attending to some left over business of the election that was delayed till the September meeting. If you would like to serve on the Board of Directors of the Club, contact Hal Moncier, AG4GF, who is leading the nomination committee.
I look forward to seeing you at our upcoming meetings and encourage you to bring a visitor.
Keep our troops in your prayers,
Jim Norman, N4CFB
The Prez
Sunday, August 17, 2008
8-21-08 RACK Meeting, Don Prater, W4TO
Don Prater will be telling us all about his Remote Control HF Station at Thursday's Meeting.
Two receivers are used. He can operate "fully" 160 through 6 meters. He can control the various operational controls on each transceiver, switch various antennas, rotate the antenna system, control the high power linear amplifier, turn the various components on and off; as well as other features.
Sounds Cool! Pictures are on the right, click on any picture to be taken to the full size album. See Ya!!!
Two receivers are used. He can operate "fully" 160 through 6 meters. He can control the various operational controls on each transceiver, switch various antennas, rotate the antenna system, control the high power linear amplifier, turn the various components on and off; as well as other features.
Sounds Cool! Pictures are on the right, click on any picture to be taken to the full size album. See Ya!!!
Monday, August 4, 2008
August '08 President's Corner
Hello Fellow Amateurs,
The Fox Hunt was a blast. In case you missed it, we had it on July 26th, and Ron did an excellent job hiding and concealing the x-mitter. The team I participated in was literally going around the block like chasing our tails till we found it. But, we had a blast in the frustrating 1:57 minutes it took to find it. Good job Ron, and I look forward to doing this again in a very few weeks. I believe there were more hunters out there than came forward and let it be known they were participating. A good fellowship and debriefing followed the event.
This month's meeting will be another exciting one. Our guest speaker will Mr. Don Prater, W4TO. He will be talking on his remote operated Ham station. His humor and excitement for the hobby is evident in his presentation. The meeting this month is on the 23rd of August, 7:00pm at Wallace Memorial Baptist Church. We will have refreshments and a couple of door prizes for attendees. I am looking forward to seeing you at the meeting.
The Club has been asked to provide communication for the Marine Corp Mud Run at Melton Hill Park. It will be held on Sept. 13 with the run starting at 09:00 with the comm people needing to be in place by 07:00. This is a very fun event and providing commmunication for the event staff along with fun will be exciting. Their website is www.mclknox.org if you choose to look over the site and pic's from the past. I will have a sign up sheet at the August meeting or e-mail me at N4CFB at tds.net to sign up.
We have our Christmas Party on the calendar. It will be the 3rd Thursday of December at Louis on Old Broadway in Ftn. City. The cost and menu will be available by the September meeting.
Well that is all for now,
Keep our Troops in your prayers,
Jim, N4CFB
The Fox Hunt was a blast. In case you missed it, we had it on July 26th, and Ron did an excellent job hiding and concealing the x-mitter. The team I participated in was literally going around the block like chasing our tails till we found it. But, we had a blast in the frustrating 1:57 minutes it took to find it. Good job Ron, and I look forward to doing this again in a very few weeks. I believe there were more hunters out there than came forward and let it be known they were participating. A good fellowship and debriefing followed the event.
This month's meeting will be another exciting one. Our guest speaker will Mr. Don Prater, W4TO. He will be talking on his remote operated Ham station. His humor and excitement for the hobby is evident in his presentation. The meeting this month is on the 23rd of August, 7:00pm at Wallace Memorial Baptist Church. We will have refreshments and a couple of door prizes for attendees. I am looking forward to seeing you at the meeting.
The Club has been asked to provide communication for the Marine Corp Mud Run at Melton Hill Park. It will be held on Sept. 13 with the run starting at 09:00 with the comm people needing to be in place by 07:00. This is a very fun event and providing commmunication for the event staff along with fun will be exciting. Their website is www.mclknox.org if you choose to look over the site and pic's from the past. I will have a sign up sheet at the August meeting or e-mail me at N4CFB at tds.net to sign up.
We have our Christmas Party on the calendar. It will be the 3rd Thursday of December at Louis on Old Broadway in Ftn. City. The cost and menu will be available by the September meeting.
Well that is all for now,
Keep our Troops in your prayers,
Jim, N4CFB
Monday, July 28, 2008
Sunday, July 20, 2008
More Stuff from Randy
OK I've been playing with the Blog today...added pics from the last meeting, resized some stuff, added a video slide show (on the bottom) from Field Day, added links for Foxhunting stuff, and most importantly I have changed the settings for adding comments. Anyone can now add comments to any posts, even without a Google ID. PLEASE do leave us your name when you comment. We may have problems with this, so if anyone sees a comment that needs to be edited or deleted please let myself, Jim, or Joe know about it and we can take care of it. Thanks and don't forget the Foxhunt on the 26th!!!
Wednesday, July 16, 2008
UTARC @ RACK Meeting
Info from Don Riley on Thursday's meeting....
The RACK meeting on Thursday 17Jul08, 7 pm at the Wallace Memorial Baptist Church on Merchants Road will feature the story of the UT Amateur Radio Club's
(UTARC) balloon flights, how the flights were tracked with modern radio techniques and the work by the UT college students that went into the preparation of the design, procurement, construction, and planning for the appropriate atmospheric conditions for their successful balloon flights. One flight almost reached the British Isles.
No college course could exceed the mental knowledge gained and the understanding obtained by these students as they went through pursuing these balloon flights. Dan Bowen will tell us the inside story of all phases of their record setting and student involvement activities.
Dan's presentation will provide RACK members with an understanding of the technical depth incorporated in these flights and the resulting student development obtained through participation.
The RACK meeting on Thursday 17Jul08, 7 pm at the Wallace Memorial Baptist Church on Merchants Road will feature the story of the UT Amateur Radio Club's
(UTARC) balloon flights, how the flights were tracked with modern radio techniques and the work by the UT college students that went into the preparation of the design, procurement, construction, and planning for the appropriate atmospheric conditions for their successful balloon flights. One flight almost reached the British Isles.
No college course could exceed the mental knowledge gained and the understanding obtained by these students as they went through pursuing these balloon flights. Dan Bowen will tell us the inside story of all phases of their record setting and student involvement activities.
Dan's presentation will provide RACK members with an understanding of the technical depth incorporated in these flights and the resulting student development obtained through participation.
Sunday, July 13, 2008
Calendar
At the urgent request of The Club President, I have created a calendar for this blog. For right now it resides at the bottom of the page, as soon as I learn how to format it correctly I'll make it a little easier to view. If you need anything added to the calendar just leave a comment with the info and I'll get it on there (or you can just email me at kg4szw@arrl.net)
Saturday, July 12, 2008
Foxhunt!
Ron Russell is putting together another Foxhunt for us. If you've never tried this before, this will be a great one to get started on. More info from Ron....
"The area will be the oval area formed by I-40 & I-640. Fox will transmit for 30 seconds then off for 1 minute. All interested should meet @ 9:30ish Shoney's parking lot Western Ave to instruct newbies on how it all works.
Voice will be on 147.300. THE FOX WILL BE ON 146.565 MHz. Fox will start @ 10am. Fox will stop @ 12 noon. Then back to Shoney's on Western for Eatin' Meetin'.. Pass it on to all you know and all nets you check in to"
This is a great opportunity to get kids or other non hams interested, it's a blast!
Wednesday, July 9, 2008
How to Add Comments, etc.
Hello All! We were hoping to see a little more activity here, but maybe the "sign-in" process is a little hazy, so I'll try to explain it a little. To add comments to any post, the easiest way to sign in is with a Google mail account. It's very quick and easy to sign up for, go to http://mail.google.com/ and go for it. After you have a Gmail username and password, you can sign in to the blog and leave comments. If anyone is interested in authoring a post every now and then, let me know and we'll add you as an author. If anyone has any questions please drop me a email at kg4szw@arrl.net
I have also added a site analyzer to this site so we can get an idea of how much traffic it's receiving, I'll keep us posted on the stats. Thanks!
I have also added a site analyzer to this site so we can get an idea of how much traffic it's receiving, I'll keep us posted on the stats. Thanks!
Saturday, July 5, 2008
July '08 Presidents Corner
Hello Fellow Amateurs,
Welcome to the Blog for RACK. Randy, KG4SZW, has been working on this and I believe it is a great idea. It works so simply that even I understand the basics of running it. So let's give this a try and see what becomes of it. Use the comments section and tell us what you think. Great work Randy!
To start a summary of June, we had a fantastic Hamfest. Lou, WB3JKQ, did such a great job that I can't compliment him enough. From the prizes, forums, vendors, tailgate area and the food, it was all great. It will be hard to beat. Lou and his crew deserve a "Thanks Lou" from all us members to show our appreciation.
The last event of the month was ARRL Field Day. As in years past, it was held at Ft. Dickerson Park. The attendance was very good. Attendees included curious hams, visitors to the park, city council member, vacationers, and members of the club. We had (6) stations on the air simultaniously at one point. The vacationers were from Indiana and Chicago. They picked our club out of all their options to come and enjoy field day. I understand we WAS which I believe is outstanding. Good work and thanks to all that participated.
At our last meeting, we held elections. The members voted to extend the current term till September of this year to give our nominating committee time to find new board members.
The new blog will be fun and I hope it to be successful. Give us your comments.
Keep our Military Troops in your prayers,
See you at the meeting, (7/17/08)
Jim, N4CFB
Welcome to the Blog for RACK. Randy, KG4SZW, has been working on this and I believe it is a great idea. It works so simply that even I understand the basics of running it. So let's give this a try and see what becomes of it. Use the comments section and tell us what you think. Great work Randy!
To start a summary of June, we had a fantastic Hamfest. Lou, WB3JKQ, did such a great job that I can't compliment him enough. From the prizes, forums, vendors, tailgate area and the food, it was all great. It will be hard to beat. Lou and his crew deserve a "Thanks Lou" from all us members to show our appreciation.
The last event of the month was ARRL Field Day. As in years past, it was held at Ft. Dickerson Park. The attendance was very good. Attendees included curious hams, visitors to the park, city council member, vacationers, and members of the club. We had (6) stations on the air simultaniously at one point. The vacationers were from Indiana and Chicago. They picked our club out of all their options to come and enjoy field day. I understand we WAS which I believe is outstanding. Good work and thanks to all that participated.
At our last meeting, we held elections. The members voted to extend the current term till September of this year to give our nominating committee time to find new board members.
The new blog will be fun and I hope it to be successful. Give us your comments.
Keep our Military Troops in your prayers,
See you at the meeting, (7/17/08)
Jim, N4CFB
Thursday, July 3, 2008
2008 Field Day
We had a GREAT Field Day at Fort Dickerson! I can't thank everyone enough for all the help, I sure couldn't have done it without you. We ran as an 4 Alpha this year, plus we had Jack's VHF Station and a Satellite Station. We had someone running something for the entire 24 hours! I am still entering the contacts into the log, but we are close to 412 total contacts.
We had 3 operators that were vacationing in Sevierville who came by and operated and we also had City Councilman Joe Holquist on hand. Bad weather came along Saturday afternoon but we weathered the storm quite well. Jim once again did an OUTSTANDING job on the grill, we ate very well!
We also had quite a few younger hams on hand and all of them contributed to the contact count. I've posted some of the pictures I took online, they should be running as a slideshow on this blog. Just click on one of the pictures to go to the full gallery.
There has been some interest in doing some sort of camping/contest/field day type of activity again this year, so we're looking into that. Also I think we are getting another Foxhunt together, looks like July 26th will be the date. Details forthcoming...
Again, many thanks for all the great help at Field Day, I can't wait for next year!
We had 3 operators that were vacationing in Sevierville who came by and operated and we also had City Councilman Joe Holquist on hand. Bad weather came along Saturday afternoon but we weathered the storm quite well. Jim once again did an OUTSTANDING job on the grill, we ate very well!
We also had quite a few younger hams on hand and all of them contributed to the contact count. I've posted some of the pictures I took online, they should be running as a slideshow on this blog. Just click on one of the pictures to go to the full gallery.
There has been some interest in doing some sort of camping/contest/field day type of activity again this year, so we're looking into that. Also I think we are getting another Foxhunt together, looks like July 26th will be the date. Details forthcoming...
Again, many thanks for all the great help at Field Day, I can't wait for next year!
Monday, June 30, 2008
First Post
Hello All!,
My name is Randy Sartin and I am the 2nd Vice-President of the Radio Club of Knoxville (TN). We are going to be testing out this blog format for awhile, let us know what you think!
My name is Randy Sartin and I am the 2nd Vice-President of the Radio Club of Knoxville (TN). We are going to be testing out this blog format for awhile, let us know what you think!
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