The Lake Erie Amateur Radio Association - WB8CQR WR8ABC

Recent Announcements:

• Net control stations wanted! Contact KD8ACO if interested

• LEARA Club Net promotion - see the LEARA "On The Air" column in the newsletter for more info

• The last Saturday SSTV net of the season was on May 22, 2010 - the SSTV net will resume in October - Stay Tuned!

• The Wednesday SkyWarn practice net has returned to the 146.88 repeater at 8 PM

• Next LEARA monthly membership meeting at Dimitri's is on 8/31 (Topic: RFI )

• ARES nets 1st and 3rd Tuesdays at 8 PM on 145.41 repeater

• No ARES meeting during May 2010

• Next ARES monthly meeting at 2 PM on August 22 at the Cuyahoga County Public Library in Beachwood

• LEARA is looking for a new Newsletter Editor and Picnic Coordinator. Contact WD8JMM if interested

• Have pictures of your shack or mobile installation? Pass them along to the newsletter editor K2RJ

• USS Cod radio station is now open - Summer hours are 10 AM to 5 PM on Saturdays

• Upcoming Hamfests – 8/15 Warren, 8/22 Cambridge

Past Trivia Questions:

• What is skin effect?

  The characteristic of RF to travel on the surface of a conductor.

• When and where did Amateur Packet Radio begin?

  1978 in Montreal.

• Who was Lindberg's radio operator on his epoch-making flight, now referred to as "North to the Orient"?

  His wife Anne Morrow Lindberg, the daughter of a US ambassador to Mexico, learned to be a CW radio operator.

• The first congress of the United States was convened under the "Articles of Confederation", which was inadequate.  To fix it, a constitutional convention was formed to write its replacement.  Who chaired this effort?

  George Washington.  Thomas Jefferson did not attend this affair -- He was on assignment in Europe.

• Can you name the scientist who obtained his first radio patent at the age of 41 and debated with Edison over the merits of alternating current vs. direct current?

  Tesla.

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