Tue, 15 May 2012 08:04:47 -0600 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/Article151.html 12 present: Chris B., Blain O., Jim W., Dave M., Greg H., Greg B., Tam G., John O., Jim Z., Bob B., Ed W., Gary Called to order at 19:04 Tue, 15 May 2012 08:04:47 -0600 http://www.sdhams.com/Article150.html From the South Dakota Amateur Radio Council Board of Directors As many of you know, the SDLink system has undergone some changes recently due to loss of repeater sties. Sun, 13 May 2012 08:48:54 -0600 http://www.sdhams.com/Article149.html Fire Station #4 7 persons present Introductions Tam G., Jim W., Dave M., John O., Greg G., Rich D., Bob B. 19:04 Call to order Sun, 29 Apr 2012 12:49:54 -0600 http://www.sdhams.com/Article148.html Fire Station #4 15 persons present Rob F., Chris B., Greg H., Jackie E., Blain O., Jim W., Bob B., Greg B., Jim Z., John O., Ed W., Gary W., Rich D., Randy A. 19:01 Call to order Moment of Silence for Silent Keys Fri, 30 Mar 2012 04:20:58 -0600 http://www.sdhams.com/Article147.html The 2012 South Dakota QSO Party will be held beginning o­n April 21@ 1700Z and ending o­n April 22 @ 1700Z. The Dakota Amateur Radio Network (DARN) and the Pierre Amateur Radio Club (PARC) will be Fri, 30 Mar 2012 04:18:56 -0600 http://www.sdhams.com/Article146.html Brian has a spreadsheet set up for the South Dakota QSO party to assist those who will be active during the QSO Party in getting their county information out to those that may want to work them. If you plan to be active in the SDQP you can give Brian or myself your county information and we will include it in the google spreadsheet, or you can edit it yourself. Fri, 30 Mar 2012 04:18:26 -0600 http://www.sdhams.com/Article144.html The Brainerd Area Amateur Radio Club would appreciate if you would let your fellow club members know about our upcoming Brainerd Hamfest which will be held o­n April 14th at the Brainerd National Guard Armory starting at 9:00 AM. Thank you for your help and hope you can make it to our upcoming Hamfest in April. Sat, 10 Mar 2012 07:07:06 -0700 http://www.sdhams.com/Article143.html You can view the latest newsletter here. Thu, 08 Mar 2012 17:54:25 -0700 http://www.sdhams.com/Article142.html Hot Springs license examining team will be using a different location: Hot Springs Library. The test is March 10, 2012   testing starts at 10:30. Thu, 08 Mar 2012 17:47:03 -0700 http://www.sdhams.com/Article141.html You can view the latest newsletter HERE. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 16:27:46 -0700 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