This Saturday morning we tentatively plan on holding a short trailer work party, to make our first serious evaluation of what needs to be fixed or added onto the trailer, and perhaps do a little spring cleaning.

We need a volunteer to replace five or so coroded bulkhead connectors, another to devise a better means of attaching the tarp, and a few other odds and ends like that.

We will be meeting at the trailer beginning at 9am so we can be finished in time to make the first lecture at Am-Tech Day.

This is no April Fool’s. At 7:30pm on Friday, April 1st, our own Mark Cohen, KR1PTO will introduce us to the wonderful world of 2.4GHz.

Mark is a computer networking expert with more antennas on his VW than any police car you’ve ever seen, and he will introduce us to the world of 2.4GHz data communication–a band where hams are licensed to operate, but which has also become extremely popular for providing wireless Internet and networking under the so-called unlicensed spectrum rules.

Mark will introduce us to amateur radio High-Speed Multi-Media (HSMM)–the use of 2.4GHz and other bands capable of high data rates give us hams more sophisticated transmission capabilities and ensure we don’t lose our privlidges on these frequencies. He will also teach us how to adapt Wi-Fi networking products meant for unlicensed operation for use under the amateur radio Part 97 rules, and using VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) for making phone calls over Wi-Fi in the HAM spectrum with experimental power and features.

Come for the lecture, the great raffle prizes, the free coffee and cookies, or just to mingle, but do come and enjoy.