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ARRL Vice Director, Honorary Vice President Evelyn Gauzens, W4WYR (SK):

Posted: 02 Feb 2016 06:17 AM PST
http://www.eham.net/articles/36091


A beloved member of the extended ARRL family has passed on. Evelyn
Gauzens, W4WYR, of Dunedin, Florida, died on January 31. She would
have turned 87 this week. An ARRL Life Member, Gauzens served as the
Southeastern Division Vice Director for more than 20 years. The ARRL
Board of Directors elected her as an Honorary Vice President in
2002. She may be best known in the wider Amateur Radio community for
having co-founded the Miami Tropical Hamboree and chairing it for 45
years. Past ARRL President Kay Craigie, N3KN, said that when she
became a Vice Director in 1990, Gauzens was there for her as the
"go-to" person for newcomers to learn the ropes.


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Emergency Two-Way Radio Equipment to be Installed at Hospital:

Posted: 01 Feb 2016 05:21 PM PST
http://www.eham.net/articles/36090


Emergency two-way radio equipment will be installed in St. Vincent Clay
Hospital in Brazil thanks to a nearly $2,000 grant from the Indiana
Department of Homeland Security. Emergency Management Director Bryan
Husband received permission to apply for the grant during Monday's meeting
of the Clay County Commissioners. The equipment will be installed and,
should it be necessary, operated by RACES (Radio Amateur Civil Emergency
Service) amateur radio operators. According to the Federal Communications,
cited by the Amateur Radio Relay League, "RACES members may transmit only
messages related to: 1) Impending danger to the public or affecting
national defense during emergencies; 2) The immediate safety of
individuals, the immediate protection of property, maintenance of law and
order, alleviation of human suffering and need, and combating armed attack
and sabotage; 3) The dissemination of information to the public from a
local civil defense organization or other government or relief organization
and; 4) Communications during RACES drills." Husband said that during an
emergency, the RACES radio station would be on the air, communicating with
those outside Clay County, on behalf of Clay County emergency Management.
The grant was approved 3-0 by County Commissioners Paul Sinders, Bryan
Allender and Jim Bowman.


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Odenton/Gambrills: Relocated Hamfest Draws Big Crowd:

Posted: 01 Feb 2016 05:20 PM PST
http://www.eham.net/articles/36089


It was a Hamfest -- and we aren't talking about pork. The Maryland
Mobileers Amateur Radio Club (MMARC) hosted its 22nd Annual Hamfest last
Saturday, at Odenton Baptist Church. MMARC is a local club dedicated to the
development of Ham operators. Their Hamfest is the club's annual
fundraiser. It helps cover the cost of the Annual Field Day Competition and
other public services offered by the club. Amateur Radio Emergency
Services, or ARES, helps out in the event of an emergency and standard
communication systems failure. MMARC Ham radio operators, who are part of
ARES, step in and help with communications. Hamfest featured 21 commercial
vendors, as well as amateur radio operators and hobbyists sell radio
equipment and accessories, computers and software. The weather cooperated
drawing 272 paid attendees. Boy Scout troop 755 from Gambrills provided
breakfast and lunch. "It was so busy the parking lot was full. People
couldn't find parking space," said David Rinker, treasurer for MMARC. Once
inside attendees found rows of tables, flea market style, filled with radio
equipment and accessories, computers and software. Chuck Olson, a club
member from Odenton, was impressed with the turnout. "Everybody has been
snow bound and probably glad to get out," Olson said, adding he found a few
good deals he couldn't pass up.


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Satellite Package Carrying Amateur Radio Payloads Released from ISS:

Posted: 01 Feb 2016 01:15 PM PST
http://www.eham.net/articles/36088


A package of two satellites carrying Amateur Radio payloads has been
deployed into orbit from the International Space Station (ISS) as
part of a collaborative Texas A and M and University of Texas at Austin
research effort. Built by Texas A and M students, AggieSat4 (AGS4) will
release UT's Bevo-2 CubeSat in about a month, once it is far enough
away from the ISS. Both schools received support from NASA's Johnson
Spaceflight Center (JSC) for the design, construction, testing, and
launch phases. The goal of the overarching LONESTAR (Low Earth
Orbiting Navigation Experiment for Spacecraft Testing Autonomous
Rendezvous and Docking) program is for the two satellites to
individually rendezvous with each other and perform docking and
undocking maneuvers.