Understanding Engineers 1 Two engineering students were riding bicycles across a university campus when one said, "Where did you get the great bike?" The second engineer replied, "Well, I was walking

Between a once-in-a-lifetime comet and the epic meeting of Jupiter and Saturn for the great conjunction, 2020 was a big year for celestial phenomena. But 2021 is starting off strong with the peak of t

https://youtu.be/9gTZc9mTm1k -- 73, Michael J. Foley, K4MJF Tellico Lake Amateur Radio Club Smoky Mountain Amateur Radio Club 470 ARG

SSTV Event to Help ARISS Mark 20 Years of Continuous Ham Radio Operation in Space 12/17/2020 Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) will continue its year-long 20th anniversary celeb

I’m sure somewhere in the hundreds of emails I receive every day there is information regarding where we can mail our TLARC dues payment for 2021. But can someone please shortcut that and give me an a

It just occurred to me that I didn’t include the invite link for tonight’s Zoom session. It’s the same one we’ve been using, but just in case you lost it, here it is: Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web

You don’t want to miss this - Since we won’t be out tomorrow night, we will have a weekly TLARC radio net and a Zoom session instead. KV4XY will be NCS and KF4DKW will log. Please note your calendar;

Link: https://youtu.be/dx0TEOTDf4w Hey everybody, i was watching a new upload on youtube about using Copper Tape as an antenna. I thought it was a neat project and figured someone out there may like i

Folks, Following discussions yesterday between the current TLARC officers, the decision was made to cancel the TLARC Christmas Party next Wednesday. COVID-19 cases are up significantly in Tellico Vill

Fellow Club Members, I was sent this YouTube video on how to program your radio to use the repeater on the ISS. I know many have tried to do this with some success, and others have asked how to do it.

FRM:HQ-spotthestation@... SUBJ:SpotTheStation MSG:Time: Fri Dec 11 5:49 PM, Visible: 6 min, Max Height: 51 degrees, Appears: WNW, Disappears: SSE Mike KK6OKU 🦄 Tellico Lake Amateur Radio Club Loudon C

Some of you already may be aware of this source, but for those of you who are not: While searching for a desk microphone for my IC-7300 rig, I stumbled across a company in Paris,Texas called “Main Tra

Fellow TLARC’ers, Happy holidays. Tonight was the last TLARC Radio Net and the last TLARC Zoom session for 2020. Holiday parties, and competing interests have our attentions elsewhere for the next few

Good afternoon one and all, For those with Yaesu System Fusion Digital capable radios, the W4WVJ 443.050 repeater is connected to WiresX through my gateway, and is currently connected to the America L

FRM:HQ-spotthestation@... SUBJ:SpotTheStation MSG:Time: Tue Dec 08 6:35 PM, Visible: 6 min, Max Height: 81 degrees, Appears: NW, Disappears: SE Mike KK6OKU Tellico Lake Amateur Radio Club Loudon Count

The year we all wish would just go away is almost over. We have one more piece of business to address; the 2020 TLARC Holiday Party. As Sam KV4XY announced at the November meeting, we will meet at the

I am buying some ham gear that is a little too heavy to have sent via USPS or UPS/FedEx. It's located just outside of Boston MA. So I'm wondering if anyone here in TLARC knows of someone driving up to

Just don't hit my antenna!

Hey TLARCers, Some of you might not yet have heard about the launch of a new and really exciting product from my good friend Hans Summers, G0UPL. It is called the QCX-mini. It is a low-cost CW transce

It looks like the recent damage at the Arecibo dish has spelled the end for the iconic observatory. 73, Jim - K0RGI https://arstechnica.com/science/2020/11/famed-arecibo-observatory-to-be-decommission