A successful workday, public viewing at Notchview, and an Astronomy Merit Badge educational session for a group of Boy Scouts from Ludlow, MA, was pulled off on Saturday, November 7, through a great effort by the Arunah crew and some unseasonably terrific weather.
While Joe Zuraw, Bob Osgood, and Ray Burk split firewood, Matt Paine got a crew to raise a radio antenna. We have an antenna on the Club House and Matt will be installing the radio in a secure locking box soon. A preliminary test with Kevin Collins' 5 watt radio and Arunah’s 2000+ foot elevation allowed us to key up a repeater in Boston loud and clear. The 60 watt radio to be installed next week allowed clear contact with someone west of Albany and a so-so contact with a repeater in Manhattan. Matt will (hopefully!) provide details in a future View from Arunah.
While Joe Zuraw, Bob Osgood, and Ray Burk split firewood, Matt Paine got a crew to raise a radio antenna. We have an antenna on the Club House and Matt will be installing the radio in a secure locking box soon. A preliminary test with Kevin Collins' 5 watt radio and Arunah’s 2000+ foot elevation allowed us to key up a repeater in Boston loud and clear. The 60 watt radio to be installed next week allowed clear contact with someone west of Albany and a so-so contact with a repeater in Manhattan. Matt will (hopefully!) provide details in a future View from Arunah.
Kevin and Tom Walker also installed the LED solar recharging light in the Telescope shed and completed the folding shelves. Joe Zuraw and Bob Osgood, and Scott Masey were great with the scouts and those of us who really had no clue in the merit badge department. Dan Carnevale and Kevin set up at Notchview while Steve Herzberg and Matt Paine helped with the scouts. The Notchview crowd was good and the scouts got through a good deal of their requirements (as Joe I’m sure can elaborate). All and all a great day.
For those of you who would like to get a Technician Amateur Radio License, you’ll need the following book which can be ordered online and picked up at Barnes and Noble or Borders… ARRL’s Sixth Edition (with current question pool) Level 1 Technician’s Class License Manual….
http://www.arrl.org/catalog/lm/
For those of you who would like to get a Technician Amateur Radio License, you’ll need the following book which can be ordered online and picked up at Barnes and Noble or Borders… ARRL’s Sixth Edition (with current question pool) Level 1 Technician’s Class License Manual….
http://www.arrl.org/catalog/lm/-Compiled from reports from Bob Osgood and Kevin Collins. Pictures also by Kevin and Bob (click to view larger images) For more photos, see: http://www.amherstastronomy.org/NovWP.zip
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