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Dear club members and friends,
The next meeting of the W5YD club will be at noon on Friday Jan 24th. This is a week earlier than originally announced, in order to accommodate a schedule conflict. The location will be 120-B Morgan Avenue (door on the left).
Remember the open house on Saturday, Feb 1st at 9:30 am!
Members and non-members welcome. Hope to see you at both gatherings.
-W2TM
Jan 16th, GTR airport conducted its 3rd annual Drone Safety and Operations Seminar. This was well attended by local hams, drone operators, local industry, FAA, TSA, hobbyists, and the USAF. It was a very well done and attended.
If you are a drone (or RC aircraft) operator, make sure to put this on your list for the next offering.
Notice for any Hams that are looking to upgrade to Extra; The current question pool will update on 1 JUL.
Join the members and friends of W5YD on the MSU Drill Field, Friday Februrary 14 from 1200-1600.
A separate Special Event Station is in the works, more to follow.
On January 4, the Lowndes County Amateur Radio Club put on a Morse Code Tutor kit build. The build was lead by Mr. Walt, AF5KQ, and helping with assistance was KC5NMB and K5ALA.
The build was a success and a great time was had by all attending. There was a total of 10 builders that showed up.
KG5SEN, KI5GIG, KG5SEO, K5DDT, KI5GVM, KE5SGE, KI5FYQ, KD5QAN, KI5GDY, and KI5GDZ.
Thanks to K5ALA for the following images from day.
It’s coming up soon, folks. The hamfest in Jackson will begin at 5 PM Jan 24th, clsoing at 8 PM that night, then running 8 AM- 3:30 PM on Jan 25th.
2 tables have been acquired to accommodate members from both the Lowndes County ARC and Magnolia ARC who have items for sale. Those table numbers are G13 and G14. We had a good time last year together, with about 7 or 8 club members being around most of the day on Saturday. Some items were sold, some items were bought, and some wives went out doing their own shopping during the day.
Come on down, bring your better half, meet some folks you may have never seen and chat with others you may not have seen in a while. It’s a fun event and we hope to see you there.
73, K5RFL
For anyone in the Starkville area interested, Andrew’s DMR repeater is up around 60′-70′ near downtown. Here’s the information if you have a DMR radio and want to program it in.
