[FADCA] Tempereature Forcast for Hamcation

[bud Thompson]

Bundle up for Hamcation! Temperature forecast below.

Hamcation - Feb 10, 11, 12.

For local FADCA group radio contacts (simplex) use 446.950 pl 103.5.  (Let
everyone know where the good deals are before you buy them!)

I'll also have my cell phone on 386 956 0386.

The FADA BOD meeting will be held in John Green's (WB4MOZ) RV at 1900 Hrs
Friday February 10.  Please be prompt.

The FADCA FORUM and membership meeting will be held starting at 1100Hrs on
Saturday Feb 11.  It will be held in the 'Crafts Building' just north of the
main building across the paved walkway that extends the length of the Main
building.  We have the room until 1230 (and maybe beyond.)  I don't plan for
the FORUM part to last more than an hour including Q&A.  The membership
meeting will start immediately thereafter.  President Sinbine N4XEO will
post an agenda here before Thursday (right, Bill?)

There will be no FADCA table/booth/exhibit this year.

N3PPC and I will be hanging around the area of the South Gate (main RV gate)
and likely near WB4MOZ's RV.  We may have a couple of laptops demonstrating
e-mail over ham radio if John can spare some desk space or space for our
table!

E. Central Florida Packet Network -

If you have a 2M antenna 20+ ft in the clear you should be able to use the
packet network on 145.070 from Hamcation.  I hope that several who have RVs
will set something up to test.  We have a digipeater close enough to provide
total E Central Florida Network access from Hamcation.  It is not likely
that N3PPC and I will have a packet station set up this year.

Here are devices that you should be able to reach from Hamcation this year;
most require going through one of the two digipeaters and some then to the
N4PLZ-8/9 switch

Main Digipeater AEOC (Altamonte Springs EOC) great coverage
Digipeater SEOC (Seminole County EOC -Sanford - low antenna)
Orlando Network FPAC switch N4PLZ-8/9 407277 (Deltona - 20m too far north)
W. Volusia (Deland) Network FPAC switch N0IA-8/9 386335 144.91 LAN 40 miles
north of Hamcation
E. Volusia (DAB) Network ROSE switch N4WKQ-5 145.05 LAN 70 miles north of
Hamcation
St. Augustine Network ROSE switch KF4MX-7/6 904829 144.99 LAN 50 miles north
of DAB

Telpac Nodes

            W8EHH-10     Winter Garden (maybe direct)
            AI4KM-10      Altamonte Springs EOC (direct)
            N1FL-10         Seminole County EOC - likely best via AEOC)
            N3PPC-10      Sanford via AEOC, SEOC
            N4PLZ-10       Co-located with FPAC switch (via AEOC)
            N4ZZO-10      DeBary EOC via AEOC, N4PLZ-9, 407275
            N0IA-10          Deltona via AEOC, N4PLZ, 386335

BBSs (VIA N4PLZ-9,386667)

            N4ZKF -     DAB FBB BBS
            K4DMH-3 - Volusia County EOC KAM PBBS

Aliases direct on 145.07 (must reach N4PLZ via AEOC from Hamcation)

TELPAC          n4plz-10 (i.e. C TELPAC V AEOC)
VOLEOC        : k4dmh-3 386677
DABBBS         : n4zkf  386677
EMAIL            : n1fl-10  407277
Telpac-5          : n0ia-10  386335
Telpac-4          : n4zzo-10  386334
Telpac-3          : n3ppc-10  407277  seoc
Telpac-2          : w8ehh-10  407277  aeoc

Connect to the local node, N4PLZ-8, and you can use

TELPAC to get to the N4PLZ-10 Telpac node
TELPAC1 to get to the AI4KM-10 Telpac node

Oh, the temperature?

FRIDAY TEMPERATURE FORCAST DAYTIME HIGH 63F
At least that should not include rain - we had three to four inches of that
this past Fri/Saturday here in E. Central Florida.

See you at Hamcation.

73,
bud N0IA
386 574 4124
386 956 0386 Sprint Cell