Club News for July 2010, Edited, Limited, Website Version.
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President's Message:
By Gerry Villhauer - WØGV
I hope you are all having a great summer and all you plans for summer activities are coming together. The audio problem on our Hudson 147.330 repeater has been fixed. Thanks to Orlen, WW0LF, for doing the troubleshooting and repair. Give the system a try, especially if you are in the mountains. Please let us know how it worked for you.
Please keep in mind our new meeting place at the El Jebel Shrine Center. We are having a scheduling problem because Wednesdays are the busiest day for the facility. The board is looking at changing our meeting night to Thursday. It may become necessary to make this change to enable us to continue using this great facility.
I would like to welcome and thank new DRC members Leann Stelzer, KD0LZA, and Karen Brandt, who is about to take her tech test. Please check in on the nets, come to the meetings and activities and remain an active member.
Our July program presented by Paul, WA2YZT, at the CBS Channel 4 transmitter site was a huge success. The only problem was hearing Paul describe the workings of the transmitter site because of the noise level. Next time we do something like that we will try to have a portable PA system. Seeing a working broadcast transmitter site like the Lookout Mountain facility is a rare opportunity. We thank Paul for the excellent program.
After last week's walk through of the CBS4 transmitter site you have seen what is involved in getting the high definition digital TV signal to your house. But, now that it's there what's involved in being able to see and hear it? This is a complicated issue if you are not receiving the TV signal off the air with those "rabbit ears," but using a cable or satellite box. It gets more difficult if you put an AV (audio/Video) receiver in the middle. Now, add a Blu-Ray DVD player and we're really getting sophisticated. If you have already done this, or, have started looking into it, you probably have
heard the term “HDMI” cable. Well, what is an HDMI cable and why do they cost so darn much? And, is there a difference between the one's they sell for $100 and those that cost $10? This month's presentation by Bryan KBØA is going to answer those questions and quite a bit more. If you want to learn about those High Definition cables you will not want to miss this meeting.
See you all at the meeting August 18th at the El Jebel Shrine Center which is one block west of the intersection of W. 50th Ave. and Tennyson St. (second level in the East Room). And remember to check our website, www.w0tx.org, for lots of important information about the DRC. The Elmer Session and Tech Meeting start at 6:30 pm followed by the Regular Meeting and Program at 7:30 pm.
73, Gerry, WØGV
President
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