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GARA
FILES PAGE & FOR SALE ITEMS
MISC. INFORMATION AND DOWNLOADS
Download GARA membership
application
Click
here to download GARA brochure in PDF format
Powerpole™ Information page
(Info below also)
Click Here to download NewsNet Script In PDF format
The For Sale section is open to
ALL local amateurs - you DO NOT have to be a GARA member
to adverttise your items here.
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KENWOOD
TS-430s with matching PS-430 Power Supply and
MC-80 Desk Mic.
Covers 160 through 10 meters including the WARC
bands. AM, SSB, and CW. (FM with optional board).
General coverage receive from 150 kHz to 30 MHz.
All solid-state. MC-80 desk mic has up/down tuning
buttons, locking PTT switch, and built-in preamp
with adjustable level. Good condition, works great
but some scuffs & scratches. Copies of manuals
included. $450. Call Dave, KN4ZO, at (336) 992-3202
or email kn4zoATarrl.net |
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APPLE
POWER BOOK COMPUTER
Apple Power Book laptop computer, running OS 9.2, new
hard drive. This is the Wall-Street version. Comes with
many accessories and nice carry case on wheels. Additional
memory and the battery still holds a charge. Has 10
baseT port (RJ45) and a wireless PCI card. Purchased
new by original owner, non-smoking environment. $275
complete outfit. Call Tom, N4GVK, 294-6771 or e-mail
n4gvkATbellsouth.net (replace
AT with @) |
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VHF
MOTOROLA MT1000 VHF - Portable
radio with 16 channels, 5 Watts, good battery and
new rapid charger, speaker mic, accessory, $125. Computer
programmable. Refurbished and new cases and excellent
condition.
MOTOROLA SPECTRA VHF MOBILE - This radio is
capable of 128 channels and 75 watts out. Great conditiona
nd used very little. $295. For more information on
these, call Tom, N4GVK, 294-6771 or e-mail n4gvkATbellsouth.net
(replace
AT with @)
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QST MAGAZINES - About 6-7 years of QST. Maybe more.
All in excellent condition. Trying to make room for
other things. Just dont use them and they are taking
up space. No charge for them but would like to donate
them to a young individual excited about ham radio.
No picking or choosing. Take entire lot. Bring their
own boxes and transportation, John Shea-N4DSP, 336-684-9253
cell; 336-565-0271 home |
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Welcome
to Powerpole™ information sponsored by GARA
Powerpole
Assembly Information
Please
download the PDF file instruction
sheet for detailed install information
CLICK HERE
Powerpole
power connectors have been adopted by area amateurs as a
standard connector for power sources. In case of emergency
communications are needed, the connectors make a standard
by which power connections will be the same. Listed here
is information about the assembly and technical data about
the connectors. Visit www.powerwerx.com
for information on how to obtain these connectors.
PowerWerx recommends that the housings
should be mated according to the diagram above,
viewing from the contact side (opposite the wire
side), tongue down, hood up, RED on the LEFT, BLACK
on the RIGHT. PowerWerx supplies a 3/32-inch-diameter
roll pin, 1/4 inch long, to keep the housings from
sliding apart.
Note: Some organizations assemble the connector
housings opposite of the above. Check with your
local organization / group for the local "standard".
Highly conductive silver-plated copper contacts
allow minimal contact resistance at high currents.
Self-wiping action on make and break keeps conducting
surfaces clean. Contact dents keep connectors
mated in high-vibration applications and provide
quick-break, snap action upon disconnect.
Non-corrosive stainless-steel leaf springs maintain
constant contact pressure‹ideal for frequent connections/disconnections
and intermittent overloading. Durable, high impact-resistant,
polycarbonate housing with UL94V-2 flammability
ratings comes in many colors for circuit trace
ability and coding.
Identical connector halves are genderless‹making
assembly quick and easy and reducing the number
of parts stocked. Molded-in dovetails allow for
customized harness in a variety of configurations.
The 30-ampere contacts are designed for 12-16
AWG wire. The contacts can be soldered or crimped
to wires. A very expensive crimping tool is available
from Anderson (we offer a very inexpensive alternative
that does just as good a job). After a contact
has been attached to a wire, it should be installed
into the housing so that the housing spring mates
with the underside of the contact. When you slide
it completely in the housing you should hear a
click when it passes the spring detent.
To remove a contact from the housing, use Anderson
insertion/extraction tool #111038G2. You may also
substitute a very small blade (jewelers screwdriver
or X-Acto knife) to lift up the front of the contact
slightly over the detent and pull the contact
out of the rear of the housing, allowing the contact
to be removed.
Here are the Anderson part numbers:
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30 A
Black
Red
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Housing
Only
#1327G6
#1327
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Contact
Only
#1331
#1331
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Accepts
Wire
12-16 gauge
12-16 gauge
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75 A
Black
Red
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Housing
Only
#5916G4
#5916G7
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Contact
Only
#110G16
#110G16
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Accepts
Wire
6 gauge
6 gauge
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Field
Day '07
Field Day Results - Click
Here
Activities at Hagan-Stone Park sponsored
by ARES
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Red
Cross Volunteers supplied the meal for Saturday and
received a tour of a station.
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Kelli
Joyce, KI4LRS and Ernie Wall, NC4EW, make contacts.
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Dave
Collins, KE4IAF and Matt Towe, KG4ZGZ get the rigs working.
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Taking
it easy after a fine prepared meal by the Red Cross.
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Photos
by Tom Forrest, N4GVK
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The
annual Field Day Event for 2005 was held at Hagan-Stone
Park once again this year June 25 & 26th, sponsored
by ARES. Top photo, as the night falls on the operators
the tents are lit as the contest continues. In the second
left photo, Dub Bridges, KG4UFB, checks the 160 meter
dipole; second right, Mike Eagen, K0RRP and Matt Towe,
KF4ZGZ, search for contacts. At left Ernie Wall, NC4EW,
watches as a friend 12 year-old Kelli Joyce really beomes
involved with making her first contacts on Ham radio!
Watch the GARA upcoming news letter "Feed Line",
for July with full photo coverage of the 2005 Field
Day activities.
Photos by Tom Forrest, N4GVK
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tournament - This year marked the 26th annual Wrangler-McDonald
Soccer Tournament held in Greensboro with GARA providing
communications. In right photo, Richard Love, KD4TB and
Bob Schwer, K3ZGA, call in scores from the Jaycee Park.
Other games were played at the Bryan Park Soccer complex.
As a note, Richard, KD4TB, has been a volunteer operator
for the entire 26 years of the tournament. In the left
photo action from a Saturday morning game. (Photos by
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GARA
povides communications for the 25th annual tournament
held in Greensboro. Hundereds of youth soccer players
and families visited for the competitions at various
Greensboro Soccer Fields.
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Photos:
Above: Ann Gibson, N4AIG, mans "Soccer Control",
as Allen Bradley, KD4IUN, who is in charge of the computer
scores, looks on.
Right: Allen's XYL, Madeline, KD4SVJ, receives
a score via radio from a game site.
Left: Richard Love, KD4TB; Bob Mays, KE4MOW
and Al Allred, K4ZKQ, man communications at Jaycee Park.
Below is an overall shot of Bryan Park Soccer Complex.
Photos by Tom Forrest
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Above Photos, Field Day
2004 coordinated by ARES of Guilford County got off
to a great start under cloudy skies Saturday. ARES Coordinator
Dave Collins, KE4IAF, left and Anthony Grieco, KG4KDZ
, start making contacts. At right, the entrance to Hagan
Stone Park, the location of Field Day, was marked by
a sigh for visitors to see.
Photo Below, Left Photo, Ernie Wall, NC4EW,
Matt Towe, KF4ZGZ and XYL Susan, KG4NRI, make contacts
as well as Mark Robertson, KG4STP, with a guest in the
right photo.
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Roy Smith, N4BYU and sidekick "Lucy"
take a break. Time for a nap! |
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