I managed to finish the refurbishing of the last two cavities on that set of Motorola T-1504 UHF BP/BR duplexers yesterday. These are headed to a new home on a repeater down in Florida. They’re working great, doing just over 102 dB of isolation per branch, and only 1.1 dB of insertion loss per branch. […]
Month: March 2018
A More Frustrating and Painful Day Than Usual
Examples of Improper Organizational Conduct and Blatant Disregard for Parliamentary Procedure
Here are some excellent examples of the leadership and other problems which made it even more obvious that it was time for a better frequency coordination organization to form in Alabama. Example 1: Attempt by meeting chair to deny members’ right to vote on a motion which was seconded, on the floor, and under discussion […]
MY GREATEST FAN Got Off To An EARLY Start This Saturday Morning
This guy who lives up in West Blocton, AL has become a regular “one-man fan club.” We know who he is. If you are interested in more of the bizarre “back story,” read on. He has already gotten an early start stalking this website this Saturday morning. We have to give him credit for being […]
AFCRAS – Growing and Continuing to Add More Features and Services
The Alabama Frequency Coordination and Repeater Advancement Society (AFCRAS) is growing in membership and even more new and exciting things are being added. Among other things being added: high definition, professionally produced news and information videos are currently in production. Below is the initial “trailer” video for AFCRAS, with a little info about what’s already […]
A Great Day and a VERY BUSY Week With AFCRAS
Lots of super cool things are happening with the Alabama Frequency Coordination and Repeater Advancement Society (AFCRAS) team lately. This week has been virtually non-stop. Today, the President and I met with the trustee of one of Alabama’s Amateur Radio clubs and they are busy gathering information in order to transfer coordination of one of […]