TASMA – Page 5 – Two Meter Area Spectrum Management Association

January 24: Board & Technical Committee Meetings

By Sean Reigle, AJ6B Posted on January 9, 2015 Posted in Uncategorized

The next TASMA Board of Director and Technical Committee meetings will be taking place on Saturday January 24. The minutes have been posted on the minutes page.

December 6: Annual Meeting

By Sean Reigle, AJ6B Posted on November 21, 2014 Posted in Uncategorized

All are welcome to the next TASMA Annual Meeting on Saturday, December 6 at the Rowland Heights Library at 1850 Nogales St, Rowland Heights CA 91748. Registration starts at 9am, the meeting will begin at 9:30am. The agenda can be …

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November 1: Special Meeting

By Sean Reigle, AJ6B Posted on October 17, 2014 Posted in Uncategorized

TASMA is holding a special meeting to amend the bylaws of the Association. The proposed bylaw changes are marked in red here. A summary of the changes follows: 1. Removal of the officer positions of Membership Director and Internet Services …

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November 1: Board & Technical Committee Meetings

By Sean Reigle, AJ6B Posted on October 15, 2014 Posted in Uncategorized

The next TASMA Board of Director and Technical Committee meetings will be taking place on Saturday November 1. The minutes have been posted on the minutes page.

Proposed 2m Band Plan Changes

By Sean Reigle, AJ6B Posted on July 11, 2014 Posted in Uncategorized

(Updated 9/10/14: Changes in red below.) The TASMA Technical Committee is proposing some minor changes in the two meter band plan. These changes are being proposed in an effort to adjust the band plan to current usage patterns and to …

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Missouri S&T Amateur Radio Club to Celebrate 100 Years

27 January 2023

The Missouri S&T Amateur Radio Club, W0EEE, at Missouri University of Science and Technology (Missouri S&T), is gearing up for an early celebration of their 100 years. Club President Morgan Lyons, KI5SXY, said the station first went on the air in 1923 as the M.S.M Radio Club, broadcasting basketball games from the Jackling Gym on the grounds of the Missouri School of Mines and Metallurgy (MSM).... [...]

The K7RA Solar Update

27 January 2023

From the first week of this year, we saw a dramatic and welcomeincrease in solar activity, but it softened in this reporting week,January 19-25.Average daily sunspot numbers starting with the final reporting weekfor 2022 were 96.1, 97, 135.9. 173.4 and 162.Over the same period, average daily solar flux was 143.8, 157.8,181.2, 221.8 and 198.9.The northern hemisphere Winter Solstice was over a mo... [...]

Yaesu Radios Donated to ARRL to Inspire Visitors and Young Hams

26 January 2023

There are two new Yaesu transceivers in use at ARRL Headquarters in Newington, Connecticut. They arrived via a generous donation from Yaesu USA.The Yaesu FTDX101MP transceiver is a welcome addition to Studio 1 in W1AW, the Hiram Percy Maxim Memorial Station.The company has donated an FTDX101MP and FTDX10, both HF/50 MHz transceivers. In arranging the donation, Yaesu Vice President, Sales and Cr... [...]

Mobile App Available to Navigate 2023 Orlando HamCation

26 January 2023

Orlando HamCation® is February 10 - 12, 2023, and hosts the ARRL Southeastern Division Convention. In partnership with HamCation, ARRL's free mobile app is available to help attendees navigate the large event, which is held at the Central Florida Fairgrounds and Expo Park.The free ARRL Events app is now available and already includes HamCation's full program, so attendees can browse and schedul... [...]

Proposals Sought to Host 2026 World Radiosport Team Championship -- WRTC

20 January 2023

The World Radiosport Team Championship Sanctioning Committee (WRTC-SC) is accepting proposals for hosting the 2026 WRTC event. The World Radiosport Team Championship is an on-site amateur radio competition, usually held every 4 years. Previous WRTCs have been held in Seattle, San Francisco, Slovenia, Finland, Brazil, Russia, Boston, and Germany. WRTC 2022, delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, ... [...]

29th Annual Dayton Contest Dinner is May 20, 2023

20 January 2023

The North Coast Contesters will host the 29th Annual Dayton Contest Dinner at the Hope Hotel, located at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton, Ohio, on Saturday night, May 20, 2023, at 6:30 PM. Master of Ceremonies will be John Dorr, K1AR, and the 2023 Keynote Speaker is Bryant Rascoll, KG5HVO. Rascoll, of Montgomery, Alabama, was the 2018 recipient of the Bill Pasternak Memorial Amateur R... [...]

Winter Field Day 2023

20 January 2023

Winter Field Day (WFD), sponsored by the Winter Field Day Association, is coming again. This year, the dates are January 28 and 29. Radio clubs around the country are activating for this event. Complete rules can be found on the WFD website, at Home - Winter Field Day. Combining this with ARRL's yearlong event, Volunteers On the Air, is a great way to make contacts that count for both activitie... [...]

Amateur Satellite FalconSAT-3 Nears Reentry

20 January 2023

Many amateur radio operators and satellite watchers have been predicting the date and time of reentry for FalconSAT-3 (FS-3). While all reentry predictions are something of a guessing game due to the large number of variables affecting the upper atmosphere, it is certain that the end for FS-3 will be coming very soon, possibly the week of January 16 - 21, 2023.Radio Amateur Satellite Corporatio... [...]

The K7RA Solar Update

20 January 2023

Last week's Propagation Forecast Bulletin ARLP002 opened with "Wow!"I don't know what to say about this week, except it is beyond wow.This actually has me thinking about Solar Cycle 19.Lately we have seen solar flux at the same levels we saw at the peakof Solar Cycle 23. If we are about 30 months away from the peak ofthis Solar Cycle 25, could this get us to the 1957-59 levels lastseen in Solar... [...]

HAARP Thanks Amateur Radio Operators for Help with Latest Experiment

13 January 2023

On Tuesday, December 27, 2022, the High-frequency Active Auroral Research Program (HAARP) conducted its latest ionospheric experiment of bouncing radio signals off an asteroid passing near Earth's orbit (see the ARRL News story from December 23, 2022).A frosty landscape surrounds antennas at the High-frequency Active Auroral Research Program site in Gakona, Alaska, on December 20, 2022. [JR Anc... [...]