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GARA
ARCHIVE PHOTOS & FILESPAGE
FOR
SALE ITEMS
MISC. INFORMATION AND DOWNLOADS
Download GARA membership
application
Click
here to download GARA 2009 brochure in PDF format
Powerpole™ Information page
(Info below also)
Click Here to download NewsNet Script In PDF format
ITEMS
FOR RECYCLE AND FREE - CLICK HERE
The For Sale section is open to
ALL local amateurs - you DO NOT have to be a GARA member
to adverttise your items here.
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These Items are for sale by W4AJC
Tektronix TDS-640 Oscilliscope 4channels
6m Ranger all mode rig, 25 watts, and external tone
encoder
Kenwood 2m TM-261 FM rig. Has loose internal speaker,
would be easy fix
Yaesu FT-840 10-160m HF 100w rig
Samlex APS-15amp linear power supply
Jetstream 28amp power supply
Dell Diminsion 2400 computer
Kantronics Kam XL packet modem
Bencher BY1 Iambic Keyer
VC 2002 Signal Generator
Commercial 3 element 10m beam
Commercial 3 element 2m beam
Home Brew 3 Element beam
2m vertical around 12ft long or so, unsure of make
Photos of items available here
http://www.flickr.com/photos/14223949@N02/tags/w4ajc/
Please contact Andrew, W4AJC <mailto:gijoe62@hotmail.com>gijoe62@hotmail.com
Phone number 336-549-8770 for pricing.
9-1-10
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Welcome
to Powerpole™ information sponsored by GARA
Powerpole
Assembly Information
Please
download the PDF file instruction
sheet for detailed install information
CLICK HERE
Powerpole
power connectors have been adopted by area amateurs as a
standard connector for power sources. In case of emergency
communications are needed, the connectors make a standard
by which power connections will be the same. Listed here
is information about the assembly and technical data about
the connectors. Visit www.powerwerx.com
for information on how to obtain these connectors.
PowerWerx recommends that the housings
should be mated according to the diagram above,
viewing from the contact side (opposite the wire
side), tongue down, hood up, RED on the LEFT, BLACK
on the RIGHT. PowerWerx supplies a 3/32-inch-diameter
roll pin, 1/4 inch long, to keep the housings from
sliding apart.
Note: Some organizations assemble the connector
housings opposite of the above. Check with your
local organization / group for the local "standard".
Highly conductive silver-plated copper contacts
allow minimal contact resistance at high currents.
Self-wiping action on make and break keeps conducting
surfaces clean. Contact dents keep connectors
mated in high-vibration applications and provide
quick-break, snap action upon disconnect.
Non-corrosive stainless-steel leaf springs maintain
constant contact pressure‹ideal for frequent connections/disconnections
and intermittent overloading. Durable, high impact-resistant,
polycarbonate housing with UL94V-2 flammability
ratings comes in many colors for circuit trace
ability and coding.
Identical connector halves are genderless‹making
assembly quick and easy and reducing the number
of parts stocked. Molded-in dovetails allow for
customized harness in a variety of configurations.
The 30-ampere contacts are designed for 12-16
AWG wire. The contacts can be soldered or crimped
to wires. A very expensive crimping tool is available
from Anderson (we offer a very inexpensive alternative
that does just as good a job). After a contact
has been attached to a wire, it should be installed
into the housing so that the housing spring mates
with the underside of the contact. When you slide
it completely in the housing you should hear a
click when it passes the spring detent.
To remove a contact from the housing, use Anderson
insertion/extraction tool #111038G2. You may also
substitute a very small blade (jewelers screwdriver
or X-Acto knife) to lift up the front of the contact
slightly over the detent and pull the contact
out of the rear of the housing, allowing the contact
to be removed.
Here are the Anderson part numbers:
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30 A
Black
Red
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Housing
Only
#1327G6
#1327
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Contact
Only
#1331
#1331
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Accepts
Wire
12-16 gauge
12-16 gauge
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75 A
Black
Red
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Housing
Only
#5916G4
#5916G7
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Contact
Only
#110G16
#110G16
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Accepts
Wire
6 gauge
6 gauge
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BREAKING
NEWS
It's
"Time" to Change That Dial - CHU Moves Frequency
Canadian
time/frequency standard station CHU -- a fixture for
decades on 7335 kHz -- will change frequency to 7850
kHz at 0000 UTC on January 1, 2009. The move
comes as a result of the International Telecommunication
Union's decision in 2007 to expand the 40-meter ham
band in Europe and Africa (Region I) to 7000-7200 kHz.
It was previously 7000-7100 kHz, with -- as every 40-meter
DXer knows -- international broadcasting allocated from
7100-7300 kHz. As part of the 40-meter expansion, the
international broadcast band was shifted to 7200-7350
kHz.
As
broadcasters began relocating, CHU on 7335 began experiencing
significant interference. Thus, officials at Canada's
National Research Council, which operates CHU, decided
to move the time/frequency standard station's transmissions
to 7850 kHz as of the beginning of 2009.
The complete NRC announcement (English version) is online
CLICK
HERE
The
Feed Line first reported in a special feature
about CHU making the possible move in the January,
2007 issue
SEE THE COMPLETE ARTICLE -
CLICK
HERE
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AT
GARA "OPEN HOUSE" JULY 26
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OPEN HOUSE - Area amateurs were treated to an 'Open House"
Saturday, July 26 at the Blanche
Benjamin Branch Library, sponsored by GARA. The
turn-out was GREAT !!! There were a lot of visits from
inactive Hams in the Greensboro area. Presentations and
displays included, software defined radios by Jesse, N4BFD;
a D-Star display with custom software designed by Arch,
KT4AT; SkyWarn table by Al, K4ZKQ, antenna design by Will,
AI4VE, a QSL card table manned by Roy, N4BYU; upccoming
Tech Boot Camp, by Chris, K4HC, and the information table
and video Field Day presentation by Tom, N4GVK. There
were also numerous visits by interested non-Ham citizens
eager to learn about Amateur radio. Many thanks to John,
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Field
Day Activities June 28 & 29, 2008
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Field
Day '07
Field Day Results - Click
Here
Activities at Hagan-Stone Park sponsored
by ARES
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Red
Cross Volunteers supplied the meal for Saturday and
received a tour of a station.
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Kelli
Joyce, KI4LRS and Ernie Wall, NC4EW, make contacts.
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Dave
Collins, KE4IAF and Matt Towe, KG4ZGZ get the rigs working.
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Taking
it easy after a fine prepared meal by the Red Cross.
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Photos
by Tom Forrest, N4GVK
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The
annual Field Day Event for 2005 was held at Hagan-Stone
Park once again this year June 25 & 26th, sponsored
by ARES. Top photo, as the night falls on the operators
the tents are lit as the contest continues. In the second
left photo, Dub Bridges, KG4UFB, checks the 160 meter
dipole; second right, Mike Eagen, K0RRP and Matt Towe,
KF4ZGZ, search for contacts. At left Ernie Wall, NC4EW,
watches as a friend 12 year-old Kelli Joyce really beomes
involved with making her first contacts on Ham radio!
Watch the GARA upcoming news letter "Feed Line",
for July with full photo coverage of the 2005 Field
Day activities.
Photos by Tom Forrest, N4GVK
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tournament - This year marked the 26th annual Wrangler-McDonald
Soccer Tournament held in Greensboro with GARA providing
communications. In right photo, Richard Love, KD4TB and
Bob Schwer, K3ZGA, call in scores from the Jaycee Park.
Other games were played at the Bryan Park Soccer complex.
As a note, Richard, KD4TB, has been a volunteer operator
for the entire 26 years of the tournament. In the left
photo action from a Saturday morning game. (Photos by
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GARA
povides communications for the 25th annual tournament
held in Greensboro. Hundereds of youth soccer players
and families visited for the competitions at various
Greensboro Soccer Fields.
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Photos:
Above: Ann Gibson, N4AIG, mans "Soccer Control",
as Allen Bradley, KD4IUN, who is in charge of the computer
scores, looks on.
Right: Allen's XYL, Madeline, KD4SVJ, receives
a score via radio from a game site.
Left: Richard Love, KD4TB; Bob Mays, KE4MOW
and Al Allred, K4ZKQ, man communications at Jaycee Park.
Below is an overall shot of Bryan Park Soccer Complex.
Photos by Tom Forrest
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Above Photos, Field Day
2004 coordinated by ARES of Guilford County got off
to a great start under cloudy skies Saturday. ARES Coordinator
Dave Collins, KE4IAF, left and Anthony Grieco, KG4KDZ
, start making contacts. At right, the entrance to Hagan
Stone Park, the location of Field Day, was marked by
a sigh for visitors to see.
Photo Below, Left Photo, Ernie Wall, NC4EW,
Matt Towe, KF4ZGZ and XYL Susan, KG4NRI, make contacts
as well as Mark Robertson, KG4STP, with a guest in the
right photo.
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Roy Smith, N4BYU and sidekick "Lucy"
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