Forwarding on this notice about an upcoming HAMS meeting. July 25, 2024, 7pm - 9pm Pearland Public Library 3522 Liberty Dr., Pearland, TX 77581
-j Sent from my smartphone -------- Original message -------- From: MLandress via OFARC <of...@mailman.qth.net> Date: 7/21/24 5:53 PM (GMT-06:00) To: 'OFARC' <of...@mailman.qth.net> Cc: ki5...@yahoo.com Subject: [OFARC] FW: HAMS Houston Amateur Mobile Society 2024 Summer Meeting 7-25-24 All, the HAMS is having its summer meeting as noted below. Meetings are 2 times per year, lasting about 1 to ½ hours covering the old, new and upcoming activity. Dinner at Kelly’s in Pearland is the warm-up social in advance of the meeting. Dues are $20 for regular and $40 for voting members with funds used primarily for equipment and insurance. The HAMS club is basically a repeater operations organization, that finds, installs, and maintains repeaters in the Houston metro area. The 145.17 repeater maintained by HAMS as well as all other repeaters with the KA5QDG call on the ham side. The footprint of the various repeater covers a wide area including Galveston, Katy, Kingwood, Winnie and Beaumont, some of which are linked but most are standalone. HAMS maintains GMRS and digipeaters for APRS, Winlink and other modes. We are working our way into DMR and other digital modes as the equipment and opportunities arise. The HAMS repeaters support general HAM activity, public service, emergency, and event support. (ie. Red Cross, ARES, TranStar, Hospital network, Marathon, Wings over Houston Air Show, MS-150, Bike around the Bay and others) HAMS also provides technical support and installation for other groups’ repeaters since the pool of non-commercial, experienced climbers and technicians is limited. Equipment comes from donations, commercial liquidation and direct purchase, mostly from hamfests. Repeater locations include commercial buildings, water towers, hospitals, fire stations, EOCs and others secured through longstanding relationships that the organization maintains and the professionalism and good reputation of the people performing the work. HAMS is always looking for new repeater sites, tower climbers and ground crew so if you are interested in doing this kind of activity, come to the meeting and we can get you on the crew. See you there. https://www.qsl.net/hams/ http://www.twometerhams.org Mark Landress WB5ANN, VP Houston Amateur Mobile Society. wb5...@arrl.net From: Michael Cunningham [mailto:ki5...@yahoo.com] Sent: Sunday, July 21, 2024 3:00 PM Subject: HAMS 2024 Summer Meeting 2nd notice Good evening, The date has been set for the H.A.M.S. summer meeting. Put this Thursday night, July 25th at 7:00 p.m. on your calendar. We had a slight drop in attendance at the last couple meetings so let's see if we can get the attendance back up. All HAM operators are welcome along with anyone you may know interested in becoming a HAM. The summer is when we normally collect dues. Due to the rough weather we've had this spring, the club has had to replace a few repeaters and antennas. It is with these dues that we are able to continue maintaining the the network of repeaters we have. The meeting will be held at the Pearland Public Library located at 3522 Liberty Drive, Pearland Tx. You will probably NOT hear the meeting notice on the 145.17 repeater. The computer used for this voice recording is down so make sure to mark your calendar. If interested, a lot of us meet at Kelley's Restaurant located at 2933 East Broadway St. (FM 518) about 5 p.m. for dinner before the meeting. Hope to see everyone there! Michael E. Cunningham KI5FBB H.A.M.S. Secretary/Treasurer Yahoo Mail: Search, Organize, Conquer<https://mail.onelink.me/107872968?pid=NativePlacement&c=Global_Acquisition_YMktg_315_EmailSignatureGrowth_YahooMail:Search,Organize,Conquer&af_sub1=Acquisition&af_sub2=Global_YMktg&af_sub3=&af_sub4=100000945&af_sub5=OrganizeConquer__Static_>
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