CBS 47/Fox 30 Chief Meteorologist Mike Buresh speaks about the upcoming hurricane season at the July 8th meeting of the North Florida Amateur Radio Society (NOFARS) at Hogan Baptist Church, 8045 Hogan Rd. The meeting starts at 7pm.
Since arriving in Jacksonville a dozen or so years ago, Mike has spoken annually to NOFARS and his talks are among our most popular meeting programs. Families, friends and visitors are invited.
Over 40 persons attended and participated. The Salvation Army served BBQ dinner and seven passed license tests at a Jax Laurel FCC exam session Saturday afternoon.
Todd has prepared an excellent article. Click here to read.
MORE FIELD DAY: 2021 was by far the most solar-powered Jax Field Day. Centralized operations date back to post-war 1940s outings by the now-defunct Jacksonville Amateur Radio Society. During the 1960s and 1970s, the Florida Skip Field Day trophy attracted intense competition among Florida ham groups to post the highest score. The trophy was usually presented just prior to the main prize drawings at Miami's Tropical hamboree. Jacksonville, Gainesville, and West Palm Beach were among the fiercest competitors.
Florida Skip was a monthly magazine started by Andy Clark, W4IYT in 1957 as a sideline to his regular job with Aeronautical Radio at the Miami airport. Besides awarding FD trophies, Andy started annual Florida QSO parties with very nice trophies and plaques. As a business, Florida Skip was probably a break-even activity for Andy. Skip's diverse columns, club news, photos and a generous selection of swap ads made Florida Skip a premier publication to many.
NO AUGUST MEETING: NOFARS does not meet in August. The next meeting after July 8th is Thursday, September 9th.
WANTED: NOFARS member Terry Shuya, KN4UWE needs a Hy-Gain rotor control box. He writes "I am looking to see if someone has a spare Hy-Gain rotor control that they are willing to lend me (or sell). I am building a remote control interface for my remote HF location and need a controller to verify I could operate it remotely over the internet."
Preferred is a Hy-Gain CD-45II Controller for a Ham-IV or CD45 rotor. Contact him via terry.shuya@gmail.com
JACKSONVILLE FREE HAMFEST: The Jacksonville FREE Hamfest is Saturday, October 30th in the Terry Parker Baptist Church parking area. The fun starts at sunrise with free admission and tailgate spots. See the hamfest page for more.
LOST FALCON: Wearing a transmitter on 434.015 MHz. If you hear this beacon, please e-mail Karen via hawkmom74@gmail.com
FIFTY YEAR FLASHBACK: Found this old 45 minute aircheck recording from one of my old American Forces Vietnam Network radio shows on YouTube. There's a short gap around the 27 minute mark. Boosted by several 10 kW and 50kW AM transmitters scattered throughout South Vietnam and enhanced by nighttime skywave propagation, I received reception reports and requests from as far as India and Australia. Wish I had that much power now!
DE N4UF
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President----Roger Knight, KI4PIL
Vice President----Billy Williams, N4UF
Secretary----Chris Russell, KF4AAF
Treasurer----Jerry Tabor, N2GLF
Activities Manager----Todd Lovelace, K1KVA
Director----Randy Bahr, KI4RHQ