Presentation given at SPARKfest 2023
Winner, Winner, Chicken Dinner!
(With Brownies for dessert)
The winning entry for the August SPARKword puzzle was submitted by Mark, NØOWZ. Congratulations, Mark!!
Mark will receive a pan of Connie’s brownies (but has to provide his own chicken dinner!).
Puzzle solution and Mark’s submission can be found here.
Puzzle Solution Page Added to Website
The solution to this month’s SPARKword puzzle has been posted to the website. Hover over “menu” then click “Puzzle solutions”
Future solutions will be posted to that page about a week after the puzzle comes out in the newsletter.
Also, Connie is offering a pan of brownies to the first person each month (starting next month) that emails a screenshot, photo or other proof that you completed the puzzle correctly to admin@wa0sdo.org !!!!!
Size DOES Matter!
I checked the APRS map this morning and caught Mark, K0NYE road trippin’. He hit the Sedalia Igate past where he crossed the river at Lexington. Google Maps measured it at 49 miles. Something to be said about having your Igate antenna at 400+ feet!
Update: I looked again later and he hit the Sedalia Igate when he was passing through Polo at 72 miles. Good job on the Igate Steve and Doc!
Blast From the Past
Here’s a net from the Stover repeater from 2009 featuring several memorable SKs.
Tom Huff, N0AYI, SK (in the city of Vesailles) Calls the net. Dick Hunt, KC0FDF, SK, Paul Minor, AA0XG, SK checks in as well as Art Thompson, KC0QMP, SK.
Several others who are not SK check in including our very own KJ5ZW (14 years younger than now!) that gets to talk to his son in Texas via Echolink.
I recorded this on the same radio that I was transmitting on, so portions of it are inaudible including the Echolink.
Our Fearless Leader
Proposed Legislation
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SPARK Broadcastify Stream Upgrade
As some of you may have noticed, our Broadcastify stream has been supplying only the 2m repeater for some time due to a radio failure.
The stream has now been restored and actually upgraded!
Now, it provides simultaneously, the 147.03 repeater, 224.44 repeater, and I have, with the acquisition of a new radio, been able to add the 53.11 six meter repeater and the 147.575 simplex frequency.
147.03 has priority over all others.
Enjoy and please report any issues.
73, Chris – KC0TKS