Check out the recent interviews on the QSO Today podcast with Friends of ‘EDU Nathaniel Frissell W2NAF (Episode 262) and Phil Erickson W1PJE (Episode 259): http://www.qsotoday.com
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West Mountain Radio Newsletter
Cheers to AD8Y for his article about W8EDU in the West Mountain Radio newsletter. It’s a solid summary of who we are, what we do, and our philosophy of ham radio sloyd: http://www.westmountainradio.com/pdf/Quarter-2-2019.pdf
Field Day Part 1
Very enjoyable Field Day despite the terrible propagation conditions. Thanks to all who stopped by!
We’ll be back at it in the morning with a bird walk and pancakes. Hope to see you here!
Solving a Morse Mystery
We found this mysterious note in a recent donation. Any code breakers want to take a crack at this? 🕵️♀️ It doesn’t seem like Morse code unless it was encoded first and then put into Morse…. (We suspect the message will be something like “Drink your Ovaltine!” 😂) pic.twitter.com/PROgqHoxm5
— VillanovaDigitalLib (@VillanovaDigLib) June 20, 2019
It’s not surprising that the message didn’t parse. This is American Morse Code, the original, which is distinct from the Continental version people think of as Morse Code today. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Morse_code
It’s even more boring than they thought:
(Correction: That RE is actually a CO, as in “County.”)
For what it’s worth, the Morse code message on our tote bags from HamSCI does indeed contain a special message. Most people assume it spells out the place and date of the conference, and never bother to read it.
Also, remember to come play radio at the Pink Pig this weekend: w8edu.wordpress.com/fieldday
73 de KD8OXT,
-Kristina
Giving Tuesday
Please consider donating to W8EDU for Giving Tuesday to support our tower replacement and maintenance! We accept donations through the Case Alumni Association at this link: https://www.casealum.org/giving/radio-club
Giving Tuesday
Help us raise funds to support our tower maintenance and repair: https://www.casealum.org/giving/radio-club
Found photo: A Case for Case
Dr. Merat AC8EY found this photo of radio club students in days of yore in a pamphlet entitled “A Case for Case” that appears to be from about 1960. Alumni, let us know if you recognize anyone in the photos…
Congratulations to W2NAF and W3PR
Two friends of W8EDU received awards at Dayton Hamvention this year: HamSCI founder Nathaniel Frissell W2NAF received the Amateur of the Year Award for his work connecting the amateur and research communities. Angel Vazquez WP3R, Head of Operations at Arecibo Observatory, received the Excellence Award from Yasme for his weeks of exemplary emergency operations on HF in Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria. Congratulations!
W8EDU Featured in IEEE-HKN Bridge Magazine
W8EDU’s QSL card was featured on the front cover of the most recent IEEE-HKN Bridge Magazine, along with several other college clubs. The theme of the issue is “Connecting the World with Amateur Radio” and it includes an excellent writeup from our new friends at Cal Poly.
Field Day: Saturday-Sunday 22-23 June 2019 (plus Friday 21 for setup) at the CWRU Farm in Hunting Valley.
Watch this space for more details, but look for us in The Pink Pig.
The operating period will 2:00 PM Saturday to 2:00 PM Sunday EDT, and we will be building the station and stringing antennas in the trees on Friday. Visitors and helpers for operating the station, keeping the antennas going, cooking, teaching most any radio-related topic you like, schlepping, and even breaking the whole thing down on Sunday afternoon are entirely welcome. Field Day is amateur radio’s open house, come join us! Operate the station, talk into the microphone to amateur radio stations all over the US, Canada, and the world! It’s fun!
We will have an amateur radio exam session, probably Saturday afternoon, so study up and take your license exam then. See our page here on preparing for the test.
