All are welcome to the next SOARA General Meeting on Monday, August 17 at 7pm at the Norman P Murray Center in Mission Viejo. This month’s speaker is Clint Bradford, K6LCS, presenting ‘Working Amateur Satellites With Your HT.’ Admission is absolutely free, and visitors are WELCOME to attend! Between the material presented, the free downloads available on the support Work-Sat.com Web site, and the always-lively Q&A afterward, attendees will be provided with all the information they will need to work FM amateur satellites – and more. Pre-presentation questions are welcomed – send email to: k6lcs@ham-sat.info
Upcoming Activities
- SOARA Auction - 9:00 am – 12:00 pm, May 4, 2024
- SOARA 50th Anniversary Special Event - 9:00 am – 5:00 pm, May 18, 2024 – May 19, 2024
- Ham Radio License Exams - 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm, May 20, 2024
- Membership Meeting - 6:30 pm – 9:00 pm, May 20, 2024
- SOARA Elmer Saturday - 9:00 am – 12:00 pm, May 25, 2024
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Today in History
1919 - "L'Ordine Nuovo" Italian socialist weekly newspaper established in Turin by Antonio Gramsci, Angelo Tasca and Palmiro Togliatti
1928 - Drunken fascist Erich Wichman attacks VARA-radio transmitter
1954 - The Hudson Motor Car Company merges with the Nash-Kelvinator Corporation to form the American Motors Corporation
1963 - Indonesia takes control of Irian Jaya (west New Guinea) from the Netherlands
1996 - "Ideal Husband" opens at Barrymore Theater NYC for 308 performances
2000 - Barry Bonds is first MLB player to hit a homer into San Francisco Bay as Giants beat Mets, 10-3; hits 35 there during his SF career
1924 - Terry Southern, American writer and screenwriter (Dr. Strangelove, Easy Rider), born in Alvarado, Texas (d. 1995)
1954 - Ray Parker Jr, American rock guitarist and vocalist (Ghostbusters), born in Detroit, Michigan
1966 - Johnny Colt [Charles Brandt], American rock bassist (Black Crowes), born in Cherry Point, North Carolina
1966 - Armando Reynoso, Mexican Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher (Atlanta Braves, Colorado Rockies, New York Mets, Arizona Diamondbacks), born in San Luis Potosi, Mexico
1967 - Yael Arad, Israeli middleweight judoka (first Israeli to win an Olympic medal - silver 1996), born in Tel Aviv, Israel
1984 - David Backes, American ice hockey center (NHL All Star 2011; Olympic silver 2010; St. Louis Blues, Boston Bruins), born in Minneapolis, Minnesota
1971 - Glenda Farrell, American actress (Golddiggers of 1935: Grand Slam; Exposed), dies of lung cancer at 66
1982 - Gene Sheldon, actor (Bernardo-Zorro), dies at 72
1986 - Hugo Peretti, American songwriter and record producer, dies at 69
1989 - Antonio Janigro, Italian cellist (Zagreb Soloists), dies at 71
1996 - Ivo Rudolph Jarosy, German-British film scholar and exhibitor, dies at 74
2017 - Janet Pilgrim, American early playmate model for Playboy (July 1955, Dec 1955, Oct 1956), dies at 82