Wed, 01 Feb 2012 06:36:05 -0700 http://www.sdhams.com/ South Dakota Hams en-us http://www.sdhams.com/images/logo.gif http://www.sdhams.com/ k0pir@sdhams.com http://www.sdhams.com/Article140.html The BHARC annual amateur radio equipment flea market and auction will be held o­n Saturday, February 18, 2012 at the Canyon Lake Senior Citizens' Center, 2900 Canyon Lake Drive, Rapid City. This is the same location that has been used, for the last several years. Wed, 01 Feb 2012 06:36:05 -0700 http://www.sdhams.com/Article139.html Greetings fellow HAMS. Our January meeting took place last night with 13 in attendance at Fire Station #4. Rob Fines (Hughes County Emergency Manager) spoke to us regarding Weather Spotting for 2012. Below you will find the minutes for last nights meeting. At the February meeting Jim Z. will introduce the ICS 100, 200, 700 testing for certification. Sat, 14 Jan 2012 05:53:06 -0700 http://www.sdhams.com/Article138.html You can download it HERE. Sat, 14 Jan 2012 05:42:10 -0700 http://www.sdhams.com/Article137.html You can download it HERE. Mon, 28 Nov 2011 08:44:37 -0700 http://www.sdhams.com/Article136.html The Interstate Highway Rest Area Society (IHRAS) is launching a grass roots effort to increase usage of simplex communications. The National Simplex Monitoring Team was created to promote the “Active Monitoring” Sun, 06 Nov 2011 13:54:14 -0700 http://www.sdhams.com/Article135.html The Radio Amateur Society of Thailand (RAST) is asking amateurs around the world to keep open 7.060 to 7.063 MHz for emergency communications in the wake of the country's worst flooding in over 60 years. Mon, 31 Oct 2011 05:05:08 -0600 http://www.sdhams.com/Article134.html The certificates have been issued to the top scoring leaders in the 2011 SD QSO Party that was held during April 2011. Mon, 31 Oct 2011 05:04:15 -0600 http://www.sdhams.com/Article133.html PJ4E will be on six meters from approximately June 4th to June 19th. The frequency will be 50.103. There will be some HF operation, mainly RTTY but six meters will always be on the air. I found Ed on 20 meters operating RTTY this morning. Fri, 10 Jun 2011 10:01:34 -0600 http://www.sdhams.com/Article132.html 12 in attendance but not recorded by call sign. Call to order at 0128Z Thu, 09 Jun 2011 15:09:54 -0600 http://www.sdhams.com/Article131.html PARC Minutes from 4/14/2011Call to order at 0006ZAttending: NØNPO, WBØRJH, NØPIZ, KE4SDQ, WØNWT, KDØS, AAØLY, KCØWVF, KDØMHW Thu, 12 May 2011 19:12:46 -0600 http://www.sdhams.com/Article130.html Remember the SDQP this weekend. This should be a good opportunity for the county hunters that need some of the rare SD counties, as well as those that just need to confirm South Dakota for Worked All States. Jim KD0S Fri, 22 Apr 2011 07:58:07 -0600 http://www.sdhams.com/Article129.html The Pierre Amateur Radio Club has changed its monthly meeting time from 7:30 PM to 7:00 PM starting with the March 2011 meeting. Fri, 22 Apr 2011 07:53:04 -0600 http://www.sdhams.com/Article128.html SD Section News for February, 201113 March 2011To all SD amateurs:Good evening from the Black Hills.  o­n the eastern side of the Hills we have had three beautiful days with temperatures into the 50s, and almost all of our snow has melted.  In our area, we had a dry fall and winter, and I’m noticing that the ground is actually dry and dusty in places.  We certainly fared better than eastern SD, where at this time there are serious flooding concerns.  We hope that the snow melts slowly, and that flooding is minimal.   Tue, 15 Mar 2011 20:51:55 -0600 http://www.sdhams.com/Article127.html When: January 29th & 30th 2011 Where: 10 MHz - 30 Meter Band (10100 – 10150) Objective: To promote 30 meter activity and those pursuing WAS (Worked All States), WAE (Worked All Europe), or CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States). Some digital ops will also be experimenting with Video Text/Video ID or different digital modes o­n unique 30 Meter Band. http://www.30mdg.net/events.html Tue, 25 Jan 2011 17:20:21 -0700 http://www.sdhams.com/Article126.html P.A.R.C. Minutes for 12/9/2010 Meeting…. Attendance not recorded. Meeting called to order at 7:35PM by club president Greg Hall. A moment of silence was observed in memory of recently deceased hams and their families. Fri, 14 Jan 2011 07:21:29 -0700 http://www.sdhams.com/Article125.html As wind farms become more popular in the midwest, especially in Eastern SD and Western MN, this article brings forth some interesting RF anomolies to keep in mind.RF Measurement Assessment of Potential Wind FarmInterference to Fixed Links and Scanning Telemetry Deviceshttp://licensing.ofcom.org.uk/binaries/spectrum/fixed-terrestrial-links/wind-farms/windfarm_report.pdf Tue, 21 Dec 2010 15:51:23 -0700 http://www.sdhams.com/Article124.html You can check out the latest Minutes at:http://www.sdhams.com/minutes Sat, 13 Nov 2010 15:32:02 -0700 http://www.sdhams.com/Article123.html You can check out the latest Minutes at:http://www.sdhams.com/minutes Sat, 16 Oct 2010 10:05:09 -0600 http://www.sdhams.com/Article122.html Prospective Disaster Class Participants, The Oahe Chapter American Red Cross, is pleased to announce that they will be hosting Disaster Classes in September and October 2010. The training’s will be held Saturday, September 11th and Saturday, October 2nd, at the Pierre Chamber of Commerce Community Room. The instructor will be former Oahe Chapter Manager, Certified Disaster Trainer, and State Government Liaison, Mary Tveit. The classes and times are the following :September 11th - Fulfilling Our Mission 8:30 a.m.-noon, Mass Care 1:00 p.m.-4:00 p.m.; October 2nd – Shelter Operations 8:30 a.m.-11:30 a.m., Shelter Simulation is 12:30 p.m.-3:30 p.m. Morning and afternoon refreshments will be provided for participants. Lunch break will be on your own. There will be no cost for the training’s but a free will donation would be appreciated. Fri, 17 Sep 2010 05:15:47 -0600 http://www.sdhams.com/Article121.html When: September 25th & 26thWhere: 10 MHz - 30 Meter Band (10.100 - 10.150)Objective: To promote experimenting and using different digital modes o­n unique 30 Meter Band.   Those of you who want to participate using the more common modes of CW, BPSK31, RTTY, we welcome that, but those wanting to try other less used modes please do so and turn your RSID o­n to help others know what mode you are transmitting (common modes no need for RSID, do use RSID o­n the less common/exotic modes).   Fri, 17 Sep 2010 05:07:51 -0600 http://www.sdhams.com/Article120.html You can check out the latest Minutes at:http://www.sdhams.com/minutes Tue, 14 Sep 2010 20:22:24 -0600 http://www.sdhams.com/Article119.html When: Saturday Sept. 18, 2010 Where: Pierre Area Senior Citizens Center (401 West Pleasant Drive) Time: 10:00AM to 3:00PM Vendor setup starts at 8:00AM. No early sales before 10:00AM. Wed, 25 Aug 2010 04:37:25 -0600 http://www.sdhams.com/Article118.html You can check out the latest Minutes at: http://www.sdhams.com/minutes/ Tue, 17 Aug 2010 04:20:48 -0600 http://www.sdhams.com/Article117.html The Weather Service sxpects some thunderstorms in our area (Pierre) todaybeginning between 3:00 and 5:00 PM.They forecast the possibility of large hail, strong winds, heavy rainand possibly tornados.Temps should be in the 80s today and winds are expected to bebetween 25 to 45 mph with gusts up to 55 for the centralSD area. Mon, 24 May 2010 10:40:35 -0600 http://www.sdhams.com/Article116.html You can check out the latest Minutes at:http://www.sdhams.com/minutes/ Tue, 11 May 2010 09:12:06 -0600