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QSO party - T-ville location
Hello all, This weekend is the QSO party, and as you know the club wil[more ...]
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Re: What's the deal with this website?
Thank you John for all the work getting things updated and back online[more ...]
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What's the deal with this website?
Good question.  This website was officially shuttered on September 30,[more ...]
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In attendance were: Josh Webb-NC4WD, Anthony Laskis-N4AGL, David East-[more ...]
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October minutes
The meeting was called to order at 8:30 am at Loflins Restaurant, on O[more ...]
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The meeting was held 09/08/18 at 14:00 following the Bobby LaBonte Fou[more ...]
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July - no meeting
From: Rick [KK4RR]Date: June 30, 2018 at 18:51:57 EDTTo: NC4AR [member[more ...]
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Silent Key: NC4BB, Bob Farrington
For years, it has been my habit to check the obituaries to see if I am[more ...]
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W4CHI’s presentation on FT-8
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KG4TAH
Thu Jan 11 2018, 08:33AM
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Posts: 68
 Ron put on a great presentation at our club meeting last Saturday on FT8. It put a little spark in me to download the software and give the mode a test run.

I got everything up and running and within a two hour period I had over 50 contacts. I went to bed and got up the next morning and operated a few more hours making another 50 contacts. I already have 25 states confirmed on LOTW as well as a dozen DX entities.

I experimented and operated on a few bands I knew would be dead such as 10 meters. Within 5 minutes I had W1AW in the log as well as a couple stations in the mid west. I gave 6 meters a quick run for a few minutes also but luck was not with me at that point in time.

Thanks Ron for putting the presentation together and Rick for answering my call for help when I was initially getting everything set up.

This mode is very addicting and sure makes time pass when nothing else can be found on the bands worth messing with.
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NC4WD
Thu Jan 11 2018, 08:12PM
Club Secretary 2019
Registered Member #55
Joined: Tue Sep 10 2013, 06:45PM

Posts: 36
 Excellent work Tony! And it was a great presentation. I’ve downloaded the software and have all of my hardware configured. I just need to iron out some kinks.
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