North Louisiana Link System
We sponsor the hub repeater, N5RD, located in Bryceland for the link
system. Our own member, Bill Sullivan, trustee for both N5RD-147.300 and
KB5PKW-145.430, maintains the repeaters. The link opens the I-20 corridor
for communications from stateline to stateline. Skywarn and other emergency
communications that may arise may use the link as need dictates.
Meetings Our monthly meetings are held on
the third Saturday of every month at the Exacta Inn, located in Minden just north
of I-20 at the Minden/Sibley exit. The meeting time 12:15pm, but we usually gather
to have lunch earlier (11:15 - 11:30pm). We welcome all - members, guests, amateurs,
and those who are merely interested in the hobby. Please come join us.
Weekly Net Every Tuesday evening at 8:00pm
we hold an informal net over the linked repeaters. Anyone with a valid amateur
license is welcomed and encouraged to check-in.
Public Service MARA is designated as a Special Service Club. We
participate in many events during the year. These have included Mardi Gras
parades, walk-a-thons, bike-a-thons, the Caney Lake Triathlon as well as
Skywarn when the need arises. We are also availble for any communication
needs of north Louisiana.
Skywarn (K5SHV) Operation out of Shreveport uses 146.670 as the
primary repeater. If weather to the east dictates warnings being issued, the
North Louisiana Link System is used to alert users as far to the east as the
Mississippi state line.
Packet DX Cluster
Northwest Louisiana Dx Society
The call for the cluster is K5TL, located in Doyline, LA, and owned and
operated by Troy, W5AU. It may currently be accessed via telnet at
"DXC.K5TL.COM" using any standard telnet client. Please feel free to use it
as much as you would like. It also makes a good local mail drop. Mark the
mail as LOCAL and it stays on the K5TL box. If you mark it ALL it will
propagate world wide.
The help manual is located here:
http://www.ab5k.net/ArcDocs/UserManual/ArcUserManual.htm
A nice, multi-featured, MS Windows based dx cluster program is on the website
here.
At present there is no RF Packet Link for it, but if there is enough
activity and requests for RF, that would be a future possibility. This
cluster has been operational for over 5 years, and is QRV 24 hours a day, 7
days a week.
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Note: The hub repeater, N5RD,
147.300, will now have PL 186.2, encoding only, due to interference.
ARRL Louisiana Section Events and Info
more info...
Sep 10-11 - Mena Hamfest - Mena, AR
more info....
Sep 25 - New Orleans Hamfest - Harahan, LA
more info....
Oct 2 - D-Star Demonstration - Minden, LA
Minden Amateur D-Star group will present a D-Star demonstration at Wal-Mart
between 8:00am and 3:00pm in Minden, LA. All, amateurs and non-amateurs, are
invited to attend.
more info....
Oct 9 - Pineville Hamfest - Pineville, LA
more info....
Dec 18 - MARA Hamfest - Minden, LA
more info....
VE Test Schedule 2009
9:00am - Classroom #1
1 St. Mary's Place
Shreveport, LA
Aug 21, 2010
Oct 16, 2010
Dec 18, 2010
at Minden Hamfest
Note:
Check out Rick's for parts in our
links.
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