Matt Ettus N2MJI - AMSAT Geostationary Project

On Friday, April 4^th, Matt will provide an overview of the current AMSAT project and describe some of the hurdles that will need to be overcome to get this huge effort off the ground. The payload will be discussed as well his proposal for the link design and how the ham community will benefit from this design.

Map & directions

The Palo Alto Amateur Radio Association meets on the 1^st Friday of the month at 7:00pm (19:00J) at the Menlo Park Recreation Center, located at 700 Alma Street, Menlo Park, CA.

Dennis Willson, KA6LSW, has relinquished his position as Webmaster, due to health concerns, so our long-planned custom database-driven site redesign has been placed on hold. Instead, we are now using the WordPress “semantic personal publishing platform”. WordPress can be upgraded with plug-ins that increase its functionality without requiring us to design and code custom solutions.

The key, however, to keeping this new site up-to-date, will be the participation of volunteers to edit its content. Our first new Web editor is Joel Wilhite, KD6W, who will keep us all posted on what the upcoming PAARA meeting lectures will be.

Amateur Radio Provides Lifeline During Disaster

This blog posting from December 2007 reports how Oregon hams helped the Red Cross respond to the December power outages, and relayed actual emergency medical requests when the phone lines were down.