20m Digital Net Changes Effective 10 June 2008
Jim Duncan, KU0G, has been appointed 20m
Digital Nets Coordinator by Club President Pete Thornton, NJ9T. Several
changes to the 20m nets are being made to assist members with better
propagation. Effective June 10, 2008, the new 20 Meter Digital Schedule
is as follows:
PSK-31 EVERY Saturday,
1700z Monday, 1800z
RTTY
EVERY Saturday, 1800z Tuesday, 1800z
This schedule is subject to change based
upon member input and band conditions after a trial period of at least
30 days. Please send any comments directly to the new coordinator at
jdbandman@earthlink.net.
We are also looking for new net control
stations for these nets! If interested send Jim a note.
Net Frequency Changes
From WA6HKE: The 40 Meter Late SSB Net
has now adopted the frequency of 7233.5 kHz as it's permanent home. The
net will no longer use 7178.0 kHz
From N7WH: The 80 Meter PSK Net frequency
has changed to 3572.0 kHz effective 20 May 2008.
VE4ABU Releases CCN PSK Software
Allan Rowe, VE4ABU, has released
version 1.0 of the Century Club PSK program. This program has been in
beta testing by several PSK net NCS and participants the past several
weeks. The program is similar to the popular CCN Logger program and is
capable of logging and posting net check-in rosters to the internet
email groups. More importantly, the software features it's own PSK
decoding and waterfall so all that is needed to get on the PSK nets is
an audio connection to and from your HF radio.
The programs Al provides are free and available
from the following links:
CLICK HERE for the PSK Program
to download the PSK-31 Program.
CLICK HERE for the RTTY Program
to download the RTTY Program.
E-mail Al direct (ve4abu@arrl.net)
To request the VE4ABU Online Live Chat Client and access to the
chat.
National
Park Award Announced!
The Awards Committee announces the creation of
a new award! The National Parks Award is earned for confirmed contacts
made with or from National Parks located in the USA, Canada, or other DX
entities on any combination of awards nets. All contacts must be made on
or after May 1, 2008.
Two
different versions of this award will be available from the 3905 Century
Club. The Park Ranger version of this award is earned for four confirmed
contacts made from each of ten different national parks - 40 cards
required.
The Tourist version of this award is earned for confirmed contacts made
with stations located in twenty different National Parks - 20 cards
required.
Click on the award picture for complete rules and application form.
K5SVC is Master's Degree #32
Completing the 75M DX SBB award, Frank Krize earned Masters Degree Award #32
on April 20, 2008. Frank is well known as one of the "big signal" stations
on our nets and is a frequent net control station. Please join us in
congratulating Frank for achieving the Century Club's highest award!
NC4RS Achieves Master's Degree #31
Masters Degree Award #31 was conferred upon Ronnie
Stanley, NC4RS, by The Board of Directors of The 3905 Century Club
on April 5, 2008. Ronnie completed the requirements by
earning his WAS-YL on 75 meters. Please join the Officers and Board of Directors
in congratulating Ronnie on his accomplishment!
KE4DYG Earns Master's Degree Award
The Board of Directors of The 3905 Century Club are pleased to announce that
Robert Duckworth, KE4DYG, has earned Master's Degree Award number 30. Robert
joins a select group of members who
have reached this level of achievement. To see how challenging this
award is, check out the Master's Degree Award Rules by clicking the MASTERS button to the
right.
