[NRVR-Members] Amateur Radio Test Session

Thomas Weeks tweeksjunk2 at theweeks.org
Wed Nov 12 00:06:53 CST 2014


Thanks for letting us know Ben.  I know one person who's been thinking about 
it. :)

Tweeks

On Tuesday 11 November 2014 10:54:48 Ben Williams wrote:
> I have been neglectful in posting Amateur Radio Test session in here for
> rocketry people who may want to get their license to better track their
> rockets (aprs)
> 
> tonight will be the last Scheduled session of the Semester for tests
> given by VTARA
> 
> so if you would like to take the test it will be at 7:00 PM at The
> Graduate Life Center (old Donaldson Brown) room "G".
> 
> On 11/11/2014 09:38 AM, Jason Duane wrote:
> > Yea that would be awesome for those of us that are to far away right
> > now!!
> >
> > Jason
> >
> > On Nov 11, 2014 12:56 AM, "Thomas Weeks" <tweeksjunk2 at theweeks.org
> > <mailto:tweeksjunk2 at theweeks.org>> wrote:
> >
> >     Any volunteers want to video the meeting for us?
> >
> >     Tweeks
> >
> >     On Saturday 08 November 2014 09:11:55 bruce fette wrote:
> >      > Can you video the training for those of us who probably wont drive
> >      > to Blacksburg?
> >      >
> >      >
> >      > ________________________________
> >      >  From: Thomas Weeks <tweeksjunk2 at theweeks.org
> >
> >     <mailto:tweeksjunk2 at theweeks.org>>
> >
> >      > To: nrvr-members at nrvr.org <mailto:nrvr-members at nrvr.org>
> >      > Sent: Saturday, November 8, 2014 1:10 AM
> >      > Subject: Re: [NRVR-Members] Members Meeting on Making your own HP
> >      >  igniters     and ematches, Nov 18th, 5:30pm-8pm
> >      >
> >      >
> >      > BTW.. Bat is going to help show how to make various types of
> >      > igniters/ematches. I'm planning on bringing my pyrogen mixture,
> >      > some nichrome chips (heads), wire and a gas soldering iron.
> >      >
> >      > Anyone else bringing anything?
> >      >
> >      > Bob.. can you bring that silicone mixture you make and talk about
> >
> >     that?
> >
> >      > Tweeks
> >      >
> >      > On Tuesday 04 November 2014 00:39:07 Thomas Weeks wrote:
> >      > > >From the calendar:
> >      > >
> >      > > http://nrvr.org/calendar.html
> >      > >     Map: http://goo.gl/UTL2qd
> >      > >
> >      > > Members Meeting, Nov 18th at space building in the CRC, 5:30pm
> >
> >     - 8pm.
> >
> >      > > Ever had problems with an igniter not lighting your motor? Ever
> >
> >     run out
> >
> >      > > of igniters and wonder what to do (other than call for Bob)?
> >
> >     Or what the
> >
> >      > > actual difference is between an igniter and an ematch and why
> >
> >     they're not
> >
> >      > > interchangeable? Have you ever tried to purchase igniters or
> >
> >     ematches
> >
> >      > > separate from motors and wish you had easy access to extras?
> >      > >
> >      > > The topic for this meeting is Do It Yourself high power rocket
> >
> >     igniters
> >
> >      > > and ematches.  Both ejection ematches (for lighting black
> >
> >     powder) and
> >
> >      > > igniters (for HP lighting motors)  use  nichrome wire and
> >
> >     pyrogen dip
> >
> >      > > kits of various formulations.  Come and learn from seasoned L3
> >
> >     experts in
> >
> >      > > this hands on demos what the differences are as well as what
> >
> >     you need to
> >
> >      > > know to "dip your own".
> >      > >
> >      > > There will also be some out-of-door burn demos showing the
> >
> >     difference
> >
> >      > >  between various ignition technologies and tricks for safely
> >
> >     getting a
> >
> >      > > hard to light motors going.
> >      > >
> >      > >
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