On February 22, 2010 the Williamson County Dispatch Center was contacted by local hams,with the suggestion of installing radios at their location for the purpose of communicating with the surrounding counties. The contact person for this project was Pat Cob the Williamson County Emergency Communications Director.
The installation of the Dual Band Radio was simple. Using an existing Antenna on the roof and about 75 ft. of coaxial cable, the station was ready.The communication center is equipped with WebEOC, a computer based program that links all county agencies together and displays events as they occur. This gives the desired results for the benefit of the community.
On February 23, 2010 the weather arrived a few hours earlier than predicted. The Austin area was covered with a blanket of snow. Accident reports for the early part of the day were up to 47. The reports from hams around the county indicated that the snow was going to be more than it had been expected. Thanks to Herb, K5HMN, and Curtis, KD5UAR, for the reports about road conditions to and from Austin and Temple on IH 35. Although this did not turn out to be a major event for the ham community, the county was grateful that we were there. We now have a place to call home along with the EOC.
Thanks to everyone who was involved with the installation and those that got out in the cold snow to give reports, which in turn helped to make this a successful event.
CLUB CALL IS A WINNER
The Club call N5HW was used by four of your club members to participate in the Multi-operator category in the Texas QSO Party contest held last September. Club members NA6M (Mark) and W5TA (Dick) did the journeyman work at racking up thousands of contest points at station W9BF. W5TSN (Craig) and W9BF (Bob) added a few qso points to the total. N5HW proved a useful call in attracting over a thousand contacts. Our score was good for Second Place in the Multi-Op (MO category). Our score was 440615. While the score was aggregated with other CTDXCC (Central Texas DX and Contest Club) members to bolster the CTDXCC total for the Club category award. Bob W9BF was proud to pick up the plaque inscribed with "Lone Star ARA - N5HW" presented by NO5W (Chuck) at the last CTDXCC club meeting.
The plaque will be at the March LSARA meeting
Austin Autism Bike Ride
LSARA has taken on another good charitable bike ride.
They are using the same routes as Red Poppy No 100 Miler. Same Rest Stops,Total of (6) ,Total riders 300.
If you are interested contact
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Date of Event April 11, 2010
Events Around Town
March 9, Sun City’s Spring Storm Town Hall, Worship Place, contact Lloyd Jeffries
March 11, Deep Wood. A presentation on capacitors will be given to the Ham Club. Contact Dick.
April 24, Georgetown. Red Poppy Ride. Contact Dick.
June 15-18 and June 22-25, Sun City Junior Camp. Contact Lloyd Jeffries
June 26 and 27, Liberty Hill Firehouse, Field Day. Contact Bob Farmer.
Latest News
Farwell Tom & Merri
As we all know, Tom and Merri (KC9FOZ & KE5MNA) are off to a new start in life. They were both active in the local ham community. They were very active in ARES, the Williamson Co. Club and the LSARA club. Tom was our first president and chaired the committee that filed our 501(c) 3. Merri became our social chair and single-handed got the Liberty Hill Fire dept. to give up their station for Field day. What a Gal. Tom and Merri were among the prime movers for the formation of LSARA and devoted much energy and time in establishing the club. Tom's leadership as club president demonstrated his contagious enthusiasm and ability to get things done. Please wish them much success, health, and happiness in their new adventure.
News of a New Donation
The Old 145.130 Repeater
The club received a analog 2-meter repeater from Heart of Texas Emergency Repeater Association (HOTERA) we will rework it and put it on the air to benefit ham community. See february news letter for photos.
Farwell Tom & Merri 