<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>I hope to make it!<br><br>John Gervais<div>(979) 865-9137</div><div><a href="mailto:jgervais@valmont.com">jgervais@valmont.com</a></div></div><div><br>On Oct 28, 2016, at 11:30 AM, Roger Klein <<a href="mailto:rwklein@katyweb.net">rwklein@katyweb.net</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 12 (filtered medium)"><style><!--
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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--><div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal">Folks,<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">At the October meeting, it was decided to change the date and time of the club UHF/VHF net.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">The new time and day is:<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in">Day: Tuesday evenings.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in">Time: 7 pm<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in">Repeaters: Bellville VHF and UHF, as well as Columbus VHF<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Refer to the <a href="http://w5sfa.org/repeaters.htm">club web site</a> if you need repeater frequency and offset information. The new schedule will start next week. The net is informal, and it's a great way to check out how your radio and antenna are working.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Other news...the club will be installing a second <a href="http://www.yaesu.com/indexVS.cfm?cmd=DisplayProducts&ProdCatID=249&encProdID=4105F1B8AE65079CAD2D26735B83B302">Yaesu DR-1X</a> repeater in Bellville, once the Arcom interface board is purchased. The new repeater will be installed on VHF, and will complement the identical setup we installed last year on UHF. The repeaters will remain linked, and are backward compatible with analog transmissions. <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">The addition of the 2M digital repeater will allow club members to utilize less expensive Yaesu FTM-3200 transceiver (currently selling for $135 online) as well as the fancier dual-band models.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">73,<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Roger N5RWK<o:p></o:p></p></div></div></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><div><span>_______________________________________________</span><br><span>w5sfa mailing list</span><br><span><a href="mailto:w5sfa@w5sfa.org">w5sfa@w5sfa.org</a></span><br><span><a href="http://mail.w5sfa.org/mailman/listinfo/w5sfa_w5sfa.org">http://mail.w5sfa.org/mailman/listinfo/w5sfa_w5sfa.org</a></span><br></div></blockquote></body></html>