Welcome to the SAHS ARC homepage at Yongsan Garrison, Seoul American High School, in the Republic of Korea.
Congratulations to our upgraded Ham!
At our 8 March test session, Adam, KJ6TIL upgraded to General!
New Licensing Classes Set
Students, Teachers, and family members at the Seoul complex: The SAHS ARC is sponsoring a licensing class on Saturdays at SAHS and Sundays at Humphreys AS beginning 21 and 22 April 2012. Classes run until 2 June, and the next licensing test session is 9 June, at SAHS (yes, before graduation).
Week 3 Read Aheads for Saturday/Sunday 5/6 May.
- Chapter 3, pages 3-1 through 3-14 (covers some of what we discussed this weekend and preps for next weekend)
- Chapter 2, pages 2-1 through 2-10 (completely new material)
The week 2 slide show is here (powerpoint-right click, save as-9 MB) or PDF (open directly, 1.1 MB). We will view part of it-this weekend.
The week 3 slide show will be here Tuesday afternoon.
FCC Bulletin 65 (RF Exposure for Ham Radio Stations) A Must Read
Links for Seoul Ham Radio:
- HL9 ARC webpage
- AMSAT (info on satellite operations, including a pass predictor (click on "Passes" tab)
- ARISS (Stations heard by the ISS)
- ISS Fan Club (a site dedicated to "working" the International Space Station)
- FindU (APRS location and telemetry info) stations near HL9PQB in Seoul.
Other links (to Ham shops, kit sources, etc) NO COMMERCIAL ENDORSEMENT INTENDED OR IMPLIED.
- TNC-x, a USB/Serial KISS TNC kit or assembled/tested. This is one possible kit for the General Class sessions in the spring
- North Country Radio, a source for ATV kits. This is another possible kit source for the spring General Class sessions.
- Down East Microwave, a source for VHF, UHF, and microwave kits and equipment. DEMI can be a bit pricey, but quality equipment.
HL9PQB Operating Schedule
- Monitoring 439.600 - 123hz M-F from 0700-1500. Response may be delayed due to teaching commitments. Also during ISS passes, may QSY to 145.825 to monitor packet from ISS or 145.800/145.200 for ISS voice work.
- HL1ZAR-1 (APRS/I-Gate) 144.660 (open). 24/7. APRS/SatGate, cross-linked with I-Gate) 145.825.
- HL9PQB-1 (APRS node) 144.660 (open). 24/7
- WX information from SAHS--see below or visit http://www.findu.com/cgi-bin/wxpage.cgi?call=HL9PQB-1&last=12
| How does it work? The weather station (a Davis VantagePro 2) is located outside room 201 at SAHS... it is connected to a computer running (at present UIView, once I get the Linux box updated with the new version of Xastir, then the UIView goes away)... that is transmitting a beacon every 15 minutes via ham radio as HL9PQB-1 to another ham station (HL1ZAR-1), located in It'aewon. There it's gated from RF to the internet, and then transmitted to the APRS-IS system, where it is available for anyone to use. way cool, eh? |
