The clipping is from the US Army Airforce training center, 8th AF, Reno, NV during WW2. Sgt. Carol Briggs (USAAF) lead instructor, is my wife’s late mother. This is a Level 2 class. Those entering could already copy/send 6 wpm and had to copy/send 20 wpm to become a USAAF radioman. It was a 4 week 6 day a week, 12 hour class, broken up with short segments on radio theory and operation and meal breaks.
Shortly after this photo was taken my future father in law returned from flying his 35 missions from Lavenham, England over Germany as a radioman (Capt USAAF) in a B-17 (487th bomb group). 1/3 of the aircraft never made it back to England.
It wasn’t long after they met and married. My wife’s late brother was a Ham in the 1960s. I’m told he had plenty of help learning CW.
While my wife isn’t interested in radio she feels it is part of her roots and doesn’t seem to mind a few wires in the trees.
ARISS Russia recently sent SSTV images to commemorate Cosmonautics Day. The recent SSTV activation sent a sent of 12 images over a 1 week period. We were able to receive the full set using our Portable Satellite Ground Station. You can view each of the images in the gallery below.
Cosmonautics Day Event - ARISS SSTV Image 1 of 12
Cosmonautics Day Event - ARISS SSTV Image 1 of 12
Cosmonautics Day Event - ARISS SSTV Image 2 of 12
Cosmonautics Day Event - ARISS SSTV Image 2 of 12
Cosmonautics Day Event - ARISS SSTV Image 3 of 12
Cosmonautics Day Event - ARISS SSTV Image 3 of 12
Cosmonautics Day Event - ARISS SSTV Image 4 of 12
Cosmonautics Day Event - ARISS SSTV Image 4 of 12
Cosmonautics Day Event - ARISS SSTV Image 5 of 12
Cosmonautics Day Event - ARISS SSTV Image 5 of 12
Cosmonautics Day Event - ARISS SSTV Image 6 of 12
Cosmonautics Day Event - ARISS SSTV Image 6 of 12
Cosmonautics Day Event - ARISS SSTV Image 7 of 12
Cosmonautics Day Event - ARISS SSTV Image 7 of 12
Cosmonautics Day Event - ARISS SSTV Image 8 of 12
Cosmonautics Day Event - ARISS SSTV Image 8 of 12
Cosmonautics Day Event - ARISS SSTV Image 9 of 12
Cosmonautics Day Event - ARISS SSTV Image 9 of 12
Cosmonautics Day Event - ARISS SSTV Image 10 of 12
Cosmonautics Day Event - ARISS SSTV Image 10 of 12
Cosmonautics Day Event - ARISS SSTV Image 11 of 12
Cosmonautics Day Event - ARISS SSTV Image 11 of 12
Cosmonautics Day Event - ARISS SSTV Image 12 of 12
Cosmonautics Day Event - ARISS SSTV Image 12 of 12
NEAR-Fest and the Deerfield Fair Association will be presenting a SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY Exposition for young people and at the Deerfield Fairgrounds in Deerfield, NH on May 4th and 5th 2018 as part of NEAR-Fest XXIII. The event is the New England Tech Trek.
Nashua Area Radio Society and the New England Tech Trek
Nashua Area Radio Society members will be at many of the tables in NETT. The event is for young people but people of all ages are invited and it will be a great opportunity to learn about many aspects of the hobby.
Visit our tables to learn about:
Welcome and Licensing
Kit Building and Raspberry Pi Projects
Morse Code
Fox Hunting
SOTA and Portable Operation
Field Day / Emcomm
High Altitude Balloons
Raspberry Pi ProjectsView from a High Altitude Balloon
We will also have 5 GOTA stations:
2 HF GOTAs
A Satellite GOTA
Mobile Communications/GOTA
Repeater GOTA as part of the Field Day Table
Mobile HF
If you can’t make it to Deerfield this year, you can contact our GOTA stations on the air. We will be using the Special Event Call N1T.
The New England Tech Trek will be held on Friday, May 4th from 10am to 5pm and Saturday, May 5th from 9 am to 2 pm. See the attached brochure for more information by clicking on the link below.
