Join us for our 2010 hamfest. We look forward to seeing you Sunday morning June 13 at the SWIC Granite City Campus. Check our website at www.w9aiu.org and click on the link located of our home page for more information
HAMFEST 2010
April 28th, 20102010 Field Day
May 15th, 2010W9AIU will be setting up at the Edwardsville Township Park on Center Grove Rd. again this year. We expect to have our communications van on site. If you are interested in antennas come help us setup. If you want to try operating in bands or conditions you don’t get a chance to experiance the rest of the year come on out. If you just want to sit and talk face to face with some of the people you have been meeting on the air, set up a time and come on out and join the fun.
ISS digipeating again
June 25th, 2008KB0OWD David wanted me to mention that the Space station (ISS) or knowen by it’s call sign ARISS is again in operation. When a shuttle is docked with the station they shut down all ham radio equipment. We are still not sure if they will be digipeating or in Voice Mode during field day. So this will be something to look foward to finding out what mode’s they might be operating on.
Field day 2008
June 22nd, 2008My Idea on field day would include several things that might be fun for Visitors ! Number 1 would be try to work as many aprs contacts as we could not using digi’s. Also during space station Passes work the ISS with packet or Voice. The Rules state this is the one instance you can cross band or Cross Mode communicate. I have sent a msg requesting premision to use my Cargo Trailer and if approved it would also get us extra points as it is using solar charging on the Bat runing a 300 watt inverter.
Anyone else think this might be worth doing ?
Field Day 2008
June 22nd, 2008This is a chance for all of us to get together, invite our friends and potential hams to come out and see what it is like to opperate. As we have seen there is still a major place for us and the unique communications abilities we can provide. Let us hear what you think about field day in general, and this years field day in particular.
There is nothing like getting a microphone in someones hands to make them radio active.
Thanks Marty
June 21st, 2008Here is a list of Stations that heard me directly today while I was in the air with my 8 watt tracker.
Stations which heard KC5LFD-7 directly on radio over the last 48 hours June 21 2008
| callsign | pkts | first heard – UTC | last heard | longest | (tx => rx) | longest at – UTC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WD9SAR | 21 | 2008-06-21 17:46:44 | 2008-06-21 20:15:41 | EM58ER > EM58EU | 15.6 miles 18° | 2008-06-21 19:45:57 |
| W9AIU-8 | 30 | 2008-06-21 17:46:55 | 2008-06-21 20:13:24 | EM58ES > EM58AQ | 35.3 miles 250° | 2008-06-21 18:39:46 |
| KC9LVD-10 | 107 | 2008-06-21 17:50:39 | 2008-06-21 20:05:12 | EM58DS > EM58VB | 152.8 miles 121° | 2008-06-21 17:58:28 |
| W0MA | 30 | 2008-06-21 17:51:19 | 2008-06-21 20:10:14 | EM58ES > EM48TS | 67.6 miles 269° | 2008-06-21 18:29:41 |
| N9AZZ-2 | 59 | 2008-06-21 17:51:20 | 2008-06-21 20:08:48 | EM58DT > EM57SN | 172.9 miles 141° | 2008-06-21 17:58:34 |
| W0BOB-3 | 151 | 2008-06-21 17:52:02 | 2008-06-21 20:10:34 | EM58FS > EM48KK | 142.3 miles 255° | 2008-06-21 18:28:01 |
| W9PFD-1 | 3 | 2008-06-21 17:57:43 | 2008-06-21 18:26:13 | EM58ES > EM59CL | 79.9 miles 349° | 2008-06-21 18:26:13 |
| N0MFD-7 | 4 | 2008-06-21 18:08:15 | 2008-06-21 19:20:43 | EM58ES > EM48IK | 147.7 miles 256° | 2008-06-21 18:51:57 |
| KC9FIQ-8 | 10 | 2008-06-21 18:10:05 | 2008-06-21 20:14:28 | EM58ES > EM58JD | 81.3 miles 153° | 2008-06-21 20:14:28 |
| N9OQW | 30 | 2008-06-21 18:10:30 | 2008-06-21 19:41:17 | EM58DS > EM69AV | 196.5 miles 50° | 2008-06-21 19:23:18 |
| KA9SIU-10 | 10 | 2008-06-21 18:26:34 | 2008-06-21 20:12:57 | EM58ER > EM58QW | 92.8 miles 76° | 2008-06-21 19:27:04 |
| W9KXQ-15 | 1 | 2008-06-21 19:12:36 | 2008-06-21 19:12:36 | EM58ES > EM58HV | 23.1 miles 60° | 2008-06-21 19:12:36 |
| K0STL-15 | 5 | 2008-06-21 19:18:08 | 2008-06-21 20:04:36 | EM58ET > EM48RQ | 80.9 miles 259° | 2008-06-21 20:04:36 |
| KC9FIQ-7 | 1 | 2008-06-21 19:37:36 | 2008-06-21 19:37:36 | EM58ER > EM57HN | 135.1 miles 169° | 2008-06-21 19:37:36 |
| WA9RES | 1 | 2008-06-21 19:39:15 | 2008-06-21 19:39:15 | EM58ER > EN50UF | 199.9 miles 34° | 2008-06-21 19:39:15 |
Ok I agree I need to figure out how to not rattle so many radios. So Marty has come up with a plan to reporgram my tracker to see if we can eliminate how much I bounce around and yet still leep the tracker in the Mode we would like to keep it in.
Today some one called me as I was flying and let me know I was sending out way to much data. So I am going to try and comply with there request. I think I had radios banging all over the place.
If you wish to view my flight today you can see it at http://aprs.fi/?call=KC5LFD-7&mt=m&z=11&timerange=86400
If I go fly before you see todays flight you will see the current one. I am going to try and stay 146.52 when I am in the air if you see me live give me a call !
KC5LFD
Sweet Blogging Site
June 21st, 2008This is sweet!!! Nice job on the Blog site Tim. Thanks for all your efforts.
Aprs Digi Moved
June 20th, 2008The Aprs Digi has been moved to the Ewardsville Water Tower.
Thank you to Marty N9PPJ and a team of highly trained water tower climbers. Sorry I do not know there Names or Call’s right now but many thanks go to you guys for the work you have done.
I Expect that the digi will talk a longer distance then it did in the old location. Currently the Eprom needs to be reporgramed so it is showing it’s location as the old location. I guess this is a stelth Digi lurking out there. Marty tells me as soon as he gets time to he will get it updated with the correct location. Since gas prices are so high I hope he waits till he needs to be in that area.
Hey we might need a lurker number for the digi !
KC5LFD
Ham-fest 2008
June 15th, 2008I know I had fun and was even able to spend some money this year. Seems like Alen held down the front gate well. I helped a little bit giving Alan a break. I also have plenty of pictures I need to Post but since this is on another server not sure quite how to get them posted. I will be working in the future to make it easy for any registered user to post pictures here.