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President: Jane Reed K8JGR
jane@K8JGR.radio

VP: Diane Snider KD8SSX

Treasurer: Gail Helwig KD8GGM

Secretary: Ray Orobona K2RWO

Trustees:
Ed Eyerdom K8NVR
Doug McClure KD8SST
Dave Swancer KE8APO
Dave Oravec N8JNX
Amy Panchumarti K2KSU

W8EOC Repeaters: Ken Koyan K8TV

Sunshine: Diane Snider KD8SSX

Newsletter: Jane Reed K8JGR

Program: Toby Kolman WT8O

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RACES: Dave Rickon NF80

AztechSat-1 CubeSat to Demonstrate Intra-Satellite Communication
The AztechSat-1 CubeSat, which traveled to the International Space Station (ISS) last weekend on the 19th Space-X Commercial Resupply Services (CRS-19) mission for NASA, will listen for emergency messages in the 439 MHz range and retransmit them for amateur radio operators to copy on the 437.300 MHz downlink using the Winlink protocol, once the CubeSat […]
Bar Code Lead Developer George Laurer, K4HZE, SK
The lead developer of the bar code system that became the now-ubiquitous Universal Product Code (UPC), George Laurer, K4HZE, of Wendell, North Carolina, died on December 5. He was 94. While an electrical engineer with IBM in North Carolina’s Research Triangle Park in the early 1970s, Laurer led the effort to develop the bar code […]

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