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</head><body><p style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">The AMRAD Technet (described in my message below) met this evening, as</p><p style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">it does every Tuesday evening at 8PM Eastern time, via the computer of Sandy,</p><p style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">WB5MMB. Attendees included Sandy, WB3KDU (Hal), N4TS (Bill), A6JT (Walt),</p><p style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">and W3HWN (Dick). Topics of conversation covered equipment and antenna </p><p style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">design for operation on the newly allocated LF bands; various digital modes by</p><p style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">Joe Taylor and others (JT-65, WSJT-X <em>et. al.</em>) and Bill's imminent move to Georgia.</p><p style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">He has just returned from a visit to his daughter in Augusta, has bought a house</p><p style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">there and will be moving after the new year.</p><p style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><br></p><p style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">The net is open to all, AMRAD members or not. Come join us, and bring your</p><p style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">friends.</p><p style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><br></p><p style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">73, Dick, W3HWN </p><blockquote type="cite">---------- Original Message ----------<br>From: RICHARD BARTH <w3hwn@comcast.net><br>To: tacos <tacos@amrad.org><br>Date: November 29, 2017 at 3:49 PM<br>Subject: AMRAD Technet<br><br><p style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; color: #333333;">The AMRAD Technet is a group of amateurs who get together weekly, </p><p style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; color: #333333;">on Tuesday evenings at 8PM Eastern Time, to discuss club doings and</p><p style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; color: #333333;">technology in general. Lately there has been considerable discussion of</p><p style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; color: #333333;">the new LF bands that were recently allocated for amateur use in the U.S.</p><p style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; color: #333333;"><br></p><p style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; color: #333333;">The net meets on Echolink, a network that includes on-the-air connections</p><p style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; color: #333333;">as well as Internet connectivity. Connections on the air can be made to any</p><p style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; color: #333333;">properly equipped repeater that is part of the net, and can be joined either</p><p style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; color: #333333;">by connecting to one of these over the air or via the Net. For further details</p><p style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; color: #333333;">on Echolink see <a href="http://www.echolink.org">www.echolink.org</a>. </p><p style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; color: #333333;"><br></p><p> <br></p><p style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; color: #333333;">While an amateur license is required, it is not necessary to hit any repeaters.</p><p style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; color: #333333;">Connectivity can be provided by accessing a computer that is part of the net,</p><p style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; color: #333333;">and that is how the AMRAD net meets. Access is available using software </p><p style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; color: #333333;">provided via the echolink site, URL above, or via a free Android app available</p><p style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; color: #333333;">from the Google Play Store. If you're going via Android, you might also want</p><p style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; color: #333333;">to download an app called "Echolink Finder", which lets you locate active</p><p style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; color: #333333;">Echolink repeaters throughout the world. Any Iphone users out there care to</p><p style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; color: #333333;">comment on whether a similar app is available for their hardware?</p><p><br></p><p><span style="font-size: 14pt;">You can also oin the group by connecting with the computer of Sandy Sanders,</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 14pt;">WB5MMB, who is now located in Texas. Any changes to this information will be</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 14pt;">announced via the AMRAD mailing list.</span></p><p style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; color: #333333;"> <br></p><p style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; color: #333333;"><br></p><p style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; color: #333333;">Like AMRAD meetings and the weekly Tacos luncheon, participation is open</p><p style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; color: #333333;">to any licensed ham. (The "licensed" part is a restriction imposed by Echolink,</p><p style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; color: #333333;">not by AMRAD. You have to register with Echolink before you can use it.)</p><p style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; color: #333333;"><br></p><p style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; color: #333333;">So come one, come all, and join the conversation.</p><p style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; color: #333333;"><br></p><p style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; color: #333333;">73,</p><p style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; color: #333333;"><br></p><p style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; color: #333333;">Dick, W3HWN</p><p style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; color: #333333;"><br></p><p style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; color: #333333;"><br></p></blockquote></body></html>