[FARC] FARC Meeting Reminder - Monday 10/20 - 7 PM

[Bob Moroney]

Don't forget, the October Frederick Amateur Radio Club meeting is coming 
up:

Monday, October 20th, 7:00 PM sharp at the Independent Hose Company fire 
station on Baughmans Lane in Frederick.

The program topic this month is NVIS (Near Vertical Incidence Scatter) 
communications. 

We had a brief NVIS presentation on this last year, but it was squeezed 
in at the end of a meeting, and discussion was cut short  in view of the 
late hour. 

NVIS is not only an interesting HF propagation mode, but it's also an 
important means to establish reliable local communications when 
repeaters are unavailable and VHF simplex doesn't cut it.  Because of 
its usefulness in both emergency and hobby communications, NVIS has been 
getting increased attention in the Ham community of late.  Come out and 
learn more about NVIS propagation.  If you're already experienced with 
it, your insights will be welcome!

Also, I'll have a few used but still very good 12V, 7AH gel batteries 
for anyone looking for a good external or emergency power source for an 
HT (or whatever).  (I got these courtesy of Jim WI3N, our ARRL MDC 
Section Mgr.)  If there are more interested attendees than batteries, 
we'll have a drawing.

See you Monday!

73, Bob K9CMR