January is named after the Roman god Janus who could look into the future and the past at the same time. What do you expect Janus to see at 54 Donald Street?

For one thing, I’m a terrible fortune teller. I can’t predict the future worth a (deleted)! But I can be a pretty good follower. So, tell me, what’s you idea about how we can ensure SEMARA’s rosy future?

Two applications for life membership were ratified at the December 7, 2006 business meeting:

Paul Charboneau, W6BZH, and Keith Donton, no call.

Welcome to the club!

Three candidates successfully passed their Technician written exams at the VE session on November 4. They were:

Marcel L. Dumont, W1MLD
Marc C. Dumont, KB1ODE and
James G. Barrett, KB1ODG.

On December 2,

Douglas E. Johnson, W1RDJ

passed the General written exam.
Job well done!

LOCAL NET ACTIVITY

Please support these local nets by checking in!

2-m Roundtable Net, or more popularly known as the Camel Net, is held every evening at 7 p.m. All are welcome to join in on the SEMARA Repeater, W1AEC, 147.000+ with a PL of 67.0 Hz.

6-m Net held Wednesday at 8:30 p.m. on 50.200 MHz USB. Bob, N1HCW is net control. This informal net discusses everything from antennas to the weather as well as the recent band openings.

3868 kHz SEMARA Morning Net held weekdays from 7:30 - 8 a.m. All are welcome, especially those from outside the area.

RAG CHEW BRAIN TEASER

Consider two capacitors of capacitance C each, one is charged to a voltage V and the other is uncharged. The stored energy in a capacitor is

1/2*(C*V^2).

Now connect the two capacitors together. The charge divides equally between the two and therefore there is a voltage V/2 across each. The total stored energy is now

2*{1/2*(C*[V^2]2)}or 1/4*(C*V^2).

What happened to the other half of the initial stored energy? No, I’m not going to tell you the answer. Let’s discuss it at the next time we meet.

SUDOKU

Here’s something more challenging to keep you occupied while listening for that rare one.

Solution is on page 7.