2m IRLP Back Online
Posted by kc9cyk in Uncategorized on September 8th, 2009
The 2m IRLP node was off the air for a while due to a bad fuse. It has been replaced and we believe the node to be back online.
Wordpress Worm Spreading
Posted by kc9aap in Uncategorized on September 5th, 2009
Apologies for the brief downtime on the site this afternoon. A severe vulnerability in wordpress has caused some necessary updates to need to be performed with the utmost urgency. Hope to see you at our callout
W9YB Fall Callout
Posted by KC9ECL in Uncategorized on September 2nd, 2009
When: Monday, September 14th, 2009; 7:30pm
Where: W9YB Shack, West Tower, Purdue Memorial Union (PMU 370)
Why: Amateur Radio is a fun and fulfilling hobby that allows experimentation and communication with radio.
Pizza and Soda will be provided.
Membership is $10 for one semester, 0r $15 for a year for all members (Students, Staff/Faculty, and local residents); and includes access to W9YB’s shack, radio operating equipment, and technical workbenches and tools whenever the Union building is open.
Welcome Back For Fall 2009!
Welcome back one and all for the Fall 2009 semester here at beautiful Purdue University.
We’ve got several things going on to kick off the beginning of the new school year, starting out with the first day of class! On Monday, August 24th at 7:30pm in the shack we will be holding our first general business meeting for the 2009-2010 school year. We will be collecting dues from old and new members for the new semester and voting on the approval of a Memorandum of Understanding between W9YB and Tippecanoe County ARES, giving them formal permission to use our 2 meter repeater as the backup system for their operations.
Additionally, W9YB will be present at a table for the PSUB Activities Bonanza on Thursday, August 27th from 11am-3pm between PMU and STEW; and at the Engineering President’s Council Fall Activities Fair on Monday, August 31st from 10am-3pm on the Engineering Mall. Be sure to stop by and visit our table at either of these events.
And of course, we will be holding our Fall Recruitment Callout meeting on September 14th, 2009 at 7:30pm in the shack. All interested new and current members should attend and learn about W9YB and amateur radio. Pizza and soda will be provided.
Here’s to an awesome 2009-2010 year for W9YB!
W9YB Repeater Outtage
Current Repeater Status: ONLINE
Purdue University will be performing roof work on Hawkins Hall, where W9YB’s repeater equipment is located. For the safety of the crews working on the roof in close proximity to the antennas, beginning this Monday and until the roofing work completes, all four of W9YB’s repeaters, as well as other equipment housed at Hawkins Hall (IRLP Node, DX Cluster, etc) will be powered down and out of service while the work progresses. The exact finish date is unknown as weather and other outside influences can affect the roof work, but we do not expect them to be offline for long and the repeaters will be reactivated as soon as we receive word the roofing crews are finished.
The club shack in the Purdue Memorial Union will not be affected.
We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.
Update 6/1 – Roof work has been postponed due to weather. The roof work and repeater shutdown is now scheduled to occur on the morning of Thursday, June 4th.
Update 6/4 - Roof work has begun this morning. The repeaters have been turned off as of 7:30am. Work will be finished and it is anticipated they will be reactivated around 5:00pm Friday 6/5. This is tentative and may change again due to weather or some other circumstance.
Update 6/5 – Roof work did not finish by 5pm today. The repeaters will remain offline so crews may work on Saturday. Continued work through Monday may be possible as well.
Update 6/7 – Repeaters are back online for the time being. Roof work needs to continue but probably will not until later in the week due to rain in the weather forecasts.
Update 6/12 – Repeaters are disabled again this morning so work may continue. Work will continue at least through Saturday.
Update 6/14 – Repeaters are back on. Will be going down again around Wednesday.
Update 6/17 – Repeaters back down for what will hopefully be the last day of roof work. Stay tuned…
Update 6/18 – Repeaters back online for the time being.
W9YB Minutes – 2009/04/06
Posted by kc9cyk in Uncategorized on April 10th, 2009
W9YB Meeting Minutes
2009-04-06
Meeting was called to order at 19:30 by Matt King.
Members in attendance: Alex Younts, David Estes, Matt King, John Bombard, Caitlin Kincaid, and Tim Miller.
Old Business
Since the last meeting, Tim led a small group onto to the roof to survey and check out the status of the antennas. Tim fixed the 20m rotator and it is now functional. He also noted that the feed line on the stack was mostly gone.
Tim reports that a suitable interface for the 440 repeater is easy enough to make, so this IRLP node will be directly connected to the repeater without using a separate radio, hopefully eliminating some of the problems we are seeing on the 2m repeater.
New Business
Elections were held, the outcomes were:
President – John Bombard
Vice President – Matt King
Treasurer – Alex Younts
Secretary – David Estes
The meeting was adjourned at 20:00.
General Meeting + OFFICER ELECTIONS Tonight, April 6th 2009, 7:30pm
Our last meeting of the semester is tonight at 7:30pm in the W9YB Shack, PMU 370.
Old Business:
- TARA Plans
- Antenna/Rooftop Status
- Spring Fox Hunt (Grand Alternative Event?)
New Business:
- 2009-2010 Officer Election
- Field Day Planning
- Summer Planning
W9YB On Facebook!
Join the W9YB Facebook group to get meeting and event reminders for YB and other Lafayette area ham radio events, meetings, and other things.
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2201533731
You must be a member of the Purdue Facebook network to join (You have to list an @purdue.edu email address to your profile).
Big Ten Reflector University Net
This evening a small group of us connected the 146.760 repeater to IRLP node 9440 to listen in on the Big Ten IRLP net as well as participate. We had a very good turn out and look forward to future participation in the NET. This is an excellent way to promote ham activity on our repeaters as well as get more involved with other ham radio clubs.
