From phil_snider at hotmail.com Mon Jun 1 22:04:40 2009 From: phil_snider at hotmail.com (Phil Snider) Date: Mon, 1 Jun 2009 22:04:40 -0400 Subject: [Ccarc] repeater work session Message-ID: Work session at EMA on Monday evening, 6-1-09: I went to EMA. I checked the SWR on the 145.230 repeater antenna at the patch pannel upstairs. It was good, less than 10% reflected power when I keyed up the 145.230 repeater. I then switched the antenna leads coming from the 145.230 repeater with the antenna lead coming from the 147.780 PL receiver. It was the 7/8 inch hard line connected to the dual band long Commet antenna mounted almost at the top (part of the antenna reaches above the tower top). Now when I keyed up the 145.230 repeater, I looked at the SWR and saw 60% reflected on the antenna that was previously 147.780 receive. That meant that the antenna or feed line was bad. I then moved the 145.230 repeater coax to the old fiberglass side mounted commercial antenna, and the swr was OK. I left the building and on the way home WB9GOX was getting in mobile from South of Michigantown. Before this he could not bring up the PL receiver at all from his trips to and from work at Kokomo. He was in and out of the carrier receiver the past few days. This should give us more normal receive coverage for now. The 147.780 PL remote receiver now is hooked to the dual band antenna on the top of the tower, if I understand the labeling correctly. Anyway it is working. Phil Snider W9LVY EMAILING FOR THE GREATER GOOD Join me -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From kb9wsl at hotmail.com Tue Jun 2 16:36:32 2009 From: kb9wsl at hotmail.com (Tom Murray) Date: Tue, 2 Jun 2009 16:36:32 -0400 Subject: [Ccarc] Field Day In-Reply-To: <5CBB5ECD7C3144349A34A70E67A22B78@co.cass.in.us> References: <5CBB5ECD7C3144349A34A70E67A22B78@co.cass.in.us> Message-ID: Guys and gals, Got this email from Lori Cass Co 911 Director. When would be the best time for them to come to FD....I am not sure when the cook out begins on Saturday....around 5 or 6PM ????? Since dispatchers work shifts I am thinking they could come anytime after 1 or 2 pm Saturday through Noon or so Sunday?? Tom KB9WSL From: lori.forrer at co.cass.in.us To: kb9wsl at hotmail.com Subject: Field Day Date: Tue, 2 Jun 2009 11:14:15 -0400 Tom, I was so excited to get the invite for the dispatchers to attend Field day. Is there any certain time that is best? I am so looking forward to this. I will also pass on the information to the 911 Board and Commissioners. Thanks again and PLEASE let me know if there is anything I can bring. I really am a good cook. Lol Lori _________________________________________________________________ Windows Live? SkyDrive?: Get 25 GB of free online storage. http://windowslive.com/online/skydrive?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_SD_25GB_062009 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From rervin55 at msn.com Tue Jun 2 19:56:07 2009 From: rervin55 at msn.com (Rae Ervin) Date: Tue, 2 Jun 2009 19:56:07 -0400 Subject: [Ccarc] Field Day In-Reply-To: <5CBB5ECD7C3144349A34A70E67A22B78@co.cass.in.us> References: <5CBB5ECD7C3144349A34A70E67A22B78@co.cass.in.us> Message-ID: tom: We usually try to have the cookout around 5pm but in the end we don't eat till around 6. That is when the drawings will be as well. Maybe we can sell them some tickets. hgdd r a e ----- Original Message ----- From: Tom Murray To: remailer remailer Sent: Tuesday, June 02, 2009 4:36 PM Subject: [Ccarc] Field Day Guys and gals, Got this email from Lori Cass Co 911 Director. When would be the best time for them to come to FD....I am not sure when the cook out begins on Saturday....around 5 or 6PM ????? Since dispatchers work shifts I am thinking they could come anytime after 1 or 2 pm Saturday through Noon or so Sunday?? 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URL: From kb9wsl at hotmail.com Fri Jun 5 14:56:51 2009 From: kb9wsl at hotmail.com (Tom Murray) Date: Fri, 5 Jun 2009 14:56:51 -0400 Subject: [Ccarc] ARLD022 DX news In-Reply-To: <20090605130738.31B5C30D3E@www.arrl.org> References: <20090605130738.31B5C30D3E@www.arrl.org> Message-ID: > Subject: ARLD022 DX news > Date: Fri, 5 Jun 2009 08:36:56 -0400 > To: kb9wsl at hotmail.com > CC: > From: memberlist at www.arrl.org > > SB DX @ ARL $ARLD022 > ARLD022 DX news > > ZCZC AE22 > QST de W1AW > DX Bulletin 22 ARLD022 > From ARRL Headquarters > Newington CT June 4, 2009 > To all radio amateurs > > SB DX ARL ARLD022 > ARLD022 DX news > > This week's bulletin was made possible with information provided by > NC1L, PF4T, PY2WAS, QRZ DX, the OPDX Bulletin, DXNL, 425 DX News, > The Daily DX, Contest Corral from QST and the ARRL Contest Calendar > and WA7BNM web sites. Thanks to all. > > LESOTHO, 7P. Alexander, UX4UL and Ivan, UR9IDX are QRV as 7P8A and > 7P8R, respectively, until June 10. Activity is on all bands. QSL > 7P8A via UY5ZZ and 7P8R via UR9IDX. > > MALDIVES, 8Q. Tom, PF4T will be QRV as 8Q7TB Embudu Island, IOTA > AS-013, from June 8 to 24. Activity will be on 40 and 20 meters > using SSB. QSL direct to home call. > > BAHAMAS, C6. A group of operators are QRV as C6AMS from Nassau on > New Providence, IOTA NA-001, until June 14. This includes possible > activity from Lighthouse WLOTA LH-1115. QSL direct to NA6M. > > ANGOLA, D2. Vasiliy is QRV as D2QMN and has been active using RTTY > on 20 meters around 2000z. QSL via RZ3EC. > > SOUTH COOK ISLANDS, E5. Nigel, G4KIU now lives in Rarotonga, IOTA > OC-013, and is QRV as E51SC. He is active on 80 to 10 meters using > SSB, RTTY, PSK31 and some CW. QSL to home call. > > IRELAND, EI. Members of the Galway Radio Experimenters Club are QRV > as EI09VOR until June 6 in celebration of the Volvo Ocean Yacht Race > which takes place in Galway. Activity is on 30, 20 and 17 meters > using CW and SSB. Activity is from the Mutton Island Lighthouse, > ARLHS IRE-107. QSL via EI8DD. > > FRANCE, F. In commemoration of the 65th anniversary of the ''D-Day > landings'' in Normandy special event station F/ON6JUN/p is QRV from > Ranville until June 8. In addition, special event station TM6SME is > QRV from Emondeville until June 14. QSL via operators' > instructions. > > SAINT MARTIN, FS. John, K9EL is QRV as FS/home call until June 12 > while on vacation. Activity is on 80 to 10 meters using CW, SSB and > RTTY in his spare time, QSL to home call. > > ITALY, I. To commemorate 100 years of the Nobel Prize for Physics > of Guglielmo Marconi, Alfredo, IK7JWX is QRV as IY7NGM and IY7NGM/p > until the end of 2009. Activity is on all HF bands and 6 meters > using all modes. QSL via IK7JWX. > > SVALBARD, JW. Jan, OK1JK, Jiri, OK1JST, Pavel, OK1IPS and Jiri, > OK1IEC are QRV as JW/homecalls from Longyearbyen, IOTA EU-026, until > June 15. Activity is on all bands using CW, SSB, RTTY and PSK. QSL > to home calls. > > NETHERLANDS, PA. Special event station PA6JEROEN is QRV until June > 14 in celebration of the 800-year-old bell tower of St. Jeroenskerk > in Noordwijk. QSL via PA7DA. > > FERNANDO de NORONHA, PY0F. A group of operators will be QRV as ZY0F > from June 10 to 15. Activity will be on 160 to 10 meters, including > 60 meters, using CW, SSB and digital modes. QSL via PY2WAS. > > DODECANESE ISLANDS, SV5. A group of operators will be QRV as SX5LA > from Levitha Island, IOTA EU-001, from June 8 to 14. QSL via > SV1GRM. > > BERMUDA ISLANDS, VP9. Alex, W5YDX will be QRV as VP9/home call from > Hamilton Parish from June 10 to 24. Activity is holiday style > generally on 20 and 17 meters. QSL to home call. > > ASCENSION ISLAND, ZD8. Dean, KJ4GNB is QRV as ZD8DC and has been > active on 20 meter using SSB. His length of stay is unknown. QSL > to home call. > > THIS WEEKEND ON THE RADIO. The SEANET Contest, NCCC CW Sprint > Ladder, Digital Pentathlon, Wake-Up. QRP Sprint, DigiFest, VK Shires > Contest, UKSMG Summer 6-Meter Contest, RSGB National CW Field Day, > IARU Region 1 CW Field Day, Alabama QSO Party will certainly keep > contesters busy this upcoming weekend. The NAQCC Straight Key/Bug > Sprint and RSGB 80-Meter Club CW Championship are scheduled for June > 10. Please see June QST, page 80 and the ARRL and WA7BNM contest > web sites for details. > NNNN > /EX _________________________________________________________________ Insert movie times and more without leaving Hotmail?. http://windowslive.com/Tutorial/Hotmail/QuickAdd?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_HM_Tutorial_QuickAdd_062009 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From phil_snider at hotmail.com Fri Jun 5 19:18:56 2009 From: phil_snider at hotmail.com (Phil Snider) Date: Fri, 5 Jun 2009 19:18:56 -0400 Subject: [Ccarc] AMSAT AO-51 for Field Day Message-ID: HAM RADIO IN SPACE: AO-51 TO BE DUAL FIELD DAY REPEATER AMSAT says that the Oscar 51 ham radio satellite will be configured for Field Day. The bird will have dual FM repeaters with one operating on 1268.700 and 435.150 with the other on 145.920 and 435.300 MHz. No PL tone is required. Please note that the 435.150 downlink is left hand circular polarized, and the 435.300 transmitter is right hand circular polarized. This configuration will be available for the week preceding Field Day, through the Field Day weekend. That's June 22nd to the 28th. (ANS) ** Phil Snider jW9LVY -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From k9dvl at comcast.net Fri Jun 5 20:04:41 2009 From: k9dvl at comcast.net (Dave Rothermel) Date: Fri, 05 Jun 2009 20:04:41 -0400 Subject: [Ccarc] AMSAT AO-51 for Field Day In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <4A29B299.7050908@comcast.net> we need to practice before fielday. Dave Phil Snider wrote: > > HAM RADIO IN SPACE: AO-51 TO BE DUAL FIELD DAY REPEATER > > AMSAT says that the Oscar 51 ham radio satellite will be configured for > Field Day. The bird will have dual FM repeaters with one operating on > 1268.700 and 435.150 with the other on 145.920 and 435.300 MHz. No PL > tone is required. > > Please note that the 435.150 downlink is left hand circular polarized, > and the 435.300 transmitter is right hand circular polarized. This > configuration will be available for the week preceding Field Day, > through the Field Day weekend. That's June 22nd to the 28th. (ANS) > > ** > > Phil Snider jW9LVY > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > ccarc mailing list > ccarc at culcom.net > http://ns1.culcom.net/mailman/listinfo/ccarc > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 8.5.339 / Virus Database: 270.12.53/2156 - Release Date: 06/05/09 06:24:00 > From phil_snider at hotmail.com Fri Jun 5 23:59:30 2009 From: phil_snider at hotmail.com (Phil Snider) Date: Fri, 5 Jun 2009 23:59:30 -0400 Subject: [Ccarc] ccarc@culcom.net Message-ID: Agencies, vendors prepare for hurricane season in Florida Jun 4, 2009 3:51 PM, By Donny Jackson More From Mobile Voice TCS pays $25 million for location-based service provider FDNY Chief Cassano: Is New York ready for another 9/11? ZigBee Alliance proposes ZigBee for energy-distribution standard Reporter's notebook: APCO releases candidate American National Standard DHS approves labs for P25 compliance program ? more With hurricane season starting this week, emergency personnel in the state of Florida spent last weekend preparing for the possibility that disaster-recovery efforts will be needed, including in the area of communications. Organized by Ben Holycross, radio systems manager for Polk County, Fla., the four-day exercise was conducted near Arbuckle Lake in Polk County. Participants include other state and local agencies, as well as vendors Motorola, M/A-COM and Sprint Nextel. "While the state of Florida emergency management directors, planners and ops people were dealing with the statewide hurricane exercise, we were down there testing out and verifying that the disaster-communications equipment works," Holycross said. "If it sits there [unused], after a period of time, you've got to do maintenance on it. You've got to check it and make sure it's running." Holycross said participants "lived on site for four days" in an effort to replicate a possible disaster situation. Personnel used water from a portable 500-gallon and supplied power with 60-kw generators. "The only things we were missing were about 1,000 first responders screaming, ?I need a battery/My radio's broke/How do I get this to operate?' and that smell that permeates a real disaster from rotting, decaying matter," Holycross said. During the exercise, participants shared considerable information, Holycross said. For instance, the state forestry division "did not realize that we had the ability to put VHF repeaters on the air for them in the event of major wildlands fires" prior to the exercise, Holycross said. This is the second year Polk County has hosted such an event, but this was the first time that vendors participated, Holycross said. "We had Motorola, M/A-COM and Sprint Nextel all sitting at a table with us, and everybody was pleasantly cooperative," he said. Sprint Nextel brought some one of its SATCOLT (satellite-based cellular on light truck) communications vehicles to the exercise that provides both telephones and push-to-talk for the Nextel side of the house. "They got a chance to see our capabilities, and we got a chance to look at theirs and figure out what resources we had that we could share in a disaster situation," Holycross said. Phil Snider EMAILING FOR THE GREATER GOOD Join me -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From kb9wsl at hotmail.com Sat Jun 6 06:34:20 2009 From: kb9wsl at hotmail.com (Tom Murray) Date: Sat, 6 Jun 2009 06:34:20 -0400 Subject: [Ccarc] FW: The ARRL Letter, Vol 28, No 22 (Friday, June 5, 2009) In-Reply-To: <20090605202157.BB5DA32098@www.arrl.org> References: <20090605202157.BB5DA32098@www.arrl.org> Message-ID: > > *************** > The ARRL Letter > Vol. 28, No. 22 > June 5, 2009 > *************** > > IN THIS EDITION: > > * + High Speed Telegraphy on the World Stage > * + Changes to ARRL VHF/UHF Contest Rules Now in Place > * + Jeff Beals, WA4AW, Appointed Southeastern Division Vice Director > * + First 2009 ARRL Teachers Institute in the Books > * ARRL In Action: What Have We Been Up to Lately? > * + President Obama to Renominate FCC Commissioner Robert McDowell for > New Term > * + NASA Releases New Predictions for Solar Cycle 24 > * Solar Update > * IN BRIEF: > This Week on the Radio > ARRL Continuing Education Course Registration > + Mal Eiselman, NC4L, Wins May QST Cover Plaque Award > Operation Approved for DXCC Credit > More 2009 Field Day T Shirts on the Way > > +Available on ARRL Audio News > > =========================================================== > ==>Delivery problems: First see FAQ > , then e-mail > > ==>Editorial questions or comments only: S. Khrystyne Keane, K1SFA > > =========================================================== > > ==> HIGH SPEED TELEGRAPHY ON THE WORLD STAGE > > The October 1936 issue of QST reported on the first official "Amateur > Code Speed Contest" ever held. Eugene A. Hubbell, W9ERU, took home the > silver trophy with his wining speed of 52.2 words per minute. Held at > the ARRL Central Division Convention that year, the contest required > operators to decipher plain language text for two minute intervals that > ranged in speed from 25 to 52.7 words per minute. "Only bona-fide > amateurs, holding at least an amateur operator's license, were eligible" > to compete in the contest, the article stated > . > > Fast forward to 1995. Competitors from 15 countries on three continents > traveled to Siofok, Hungary to show off their CW operating skills in the > first IARU High Speed Telegraphy (HST) World Championship. According to > Barry Kutner, W2UP, HST has long been considered a sport in Europe, > especially Eastern Europe, similar to chess or an Olympic sport. Kutner > was the sole US representative at the 2005 HST World Championship in > Macedonia. In 2009, he is leading a team of seven this September to > Obzor, Bulgaria for the Ninth High Speed Telegraphy IARU World > Championship . > > Kutner said that most of the participating IARU Member-Societies hold a > national competition in their country, seeking members to field and > sponsor a team to the World Championship. "In some of the eastern > European countries, where they take this very seriously, there are team > and/or individual coaches, too," he said. Competitors must be licensed > Amateur Radio operators, except entrants in the younger categories may > be SWLs. The IARU HST World Championships follow rules set forth by the > IARU Region 1 High Speed Telegraphy Working Group > . > > In the US, Kutner said those who wish to participate in the World > Championship do so at their own expense. "In past years, there has > either been one -- myself in 2005 and Ilya Kleyman in 2007 -- or no US > participants," he told the ARRL. "This year, we have a team!" > > The US team consists of shortwave listener Brana Kleyman (category A, > women 16 and younger); Kody Low, KB3RUP, and Cal Darula, K0DXC (category > B, men 16 and younger); Ilya Kleyman, KE7OPG, and Ken Low, NV1P > (category H, men age 40-49), and Gary Schmidt, W5ZL, and Kutner > (Category I, men 50 and older). "The 2 OM categories are full," Kutner > said. "But we are always looking for younger hams, especially young > ladies!" There are nine categories, and each country can only send two > competitors per category, for a maximum of 18 competitors. > > There are three main competitive events at HST meets: Transmitting, > receiving and receiving Amateur Radio call signs via RUFZxp > ; the sending and receiving portions of the > competition are referred to as the Radioamateur Practicing Tests (RPT). > There is also a pileup competition. > > In the RPT, random letters and numbers are sent via Morse code -- five > characters at a time -- at a high speed. Separate competitions are held > for the reception of only the 26 letters of the Latin alphabet, only the > 10 Arabic numerals or a mixed content of letters, numbers and some > punctuation symbols. Competitors may choose to record the text by hand > on paper or by typing on a computer keyboard. The competition starts > with one minute of transmission sent at an initial speed defined for the > entry category (usually 50 letters per minute for juniors and 80 letters > per minute for the other age categories). After each test, the > competitors' copy is judged for errors. Subsequent tests are each > conducted at an increased speed until no competitor remains who can copy > the text without excessive error. > > The transmission tests require competitors to send five character groups > in Morse code as fast as possible. Competitors send a printed message of > five character groups at a specific speed that is judged for its > accuracy by a panel of referees. Like the receiving tests, there are > separate competitions for sending five character groups of only letters, > only numbers or a mixed content of letters, numbers and some punctuation > symbols. > > Kutner noted that 100 letters per minute is equivalent to 25 words per > minute and 100 numbers per minute is equal to 36 words per minute. The > mixed category of 100 letters, numbers and punctuation is equal to 29 > words per minute. > > The Amateur Radio Call Sign Receiving Test uses a software program > called RufzXP that generates a score for each competitor. Rufz is the > abbreviation of the German word Rufzeichen-Horen that means "listening > of call signs." In RufzXP, competitors listen to an Amateur Radio call > sign sent in Morse code and must enter that call sign with the computer > keyboard. If the competitor types in the call sign correctly, their > score improves, and the speed at which the program sends subsequent call > signs increases. If the competitor types in the call sign incorrectly, > the score is penalized and the speed decreases. Only one call sign is > sent at a time and the event continues for a fixed number of call signs > (usually 50). Competitors can choose the initial speed at which the > program sends the Morse code and the winner is the competitor with the > highest generated score. > > There is also a Pileup Trainer Test that simulates a pileup situation on > the air -- numerous stations attempt to establish two-way contact with > one particular station at the same time. This competition uses a > software program called MorseRunner > . In this test, more than one > amateur radio call sign is sent at a time via Morse code that is > generated at different audio frequencies and speeds, timed to overlap > each other. Competitors must record as many of the call signs as they > can during a fixed period of time. They may choose to do this either by > recording the call signs by hand on paper or by typing them in with a > computer keyboard. The winner is the competitor with the most correctly > recorded call signs. > > Kutner said that each US team member practices on an individual basis, > using both on-the-air and computer generated CW. As the team gears up > for Bulgaria, "we are in frequent contact via e-mail, exchanging tips > and ideas," he said. > > HST has definitely come a long way since 1936 when Hubbell dazzled the > crowds with 52.2 words per minute; competitors at the IARU HST World > Championships consistently have speeds of more than 500 characters per > minute -- 100 words per minute. While it's too late to join the 2009 US > team, it's not too early to think about upcoming events. If you are able > to copy and/or send CW at dizzying speeds, why not think about attending > the next IARU HST World Championship? For more information on HST > events, contact Kutner via e-mail . > > ==> CHANGES TO ARRL VHF/UHF CONTEST RULES NOW IN PLACE > > The League's Programs and Services Committee has approved > recommendations made by the ARRL's VHF-UHF Advisory Committee (VUAC) > to change two rules in the > ARRL's VHF/UHF contest program. These changes are in effect immediately, > and include the 2009 June VHF QSO Party, scheduled for June 13-15 > . > > The first change concerns the Limited Rover category. The ARRL Programs > and Services Committee accepted the VUAC's proposal that Limited Rovers > may now compete on only the four lowest frequency bands available for > any given contest. For the January, June and September VHF Contests, > this means 6 and 2 meters, as well as 222 and 432 MHz. For the August > UHF Contest, this means 222, 432 and 902 MHz and 1.2 GHz. QSOs on other > bands can be made by Limited Rovers, but they will not count toward the > Limited Rover's score and will be considered a checklog. "We have > already applied changes to the log-checking software that will adjust > the Limited Rover's QSOs above the lowest four bands to zero-point > QSOs," said ARRL Contest Branch Manager Sean Kutzko, KX9X. > > The second change concerns the ARRL UHF Contest > . For the first time, > Kutzko said, the ARRL Awards Committee voted to add Club Competition to > the UHF Contest, beginning in 2009. "This is something that the VHF/UHF > community has been asking for for quite some time," he explained. "The > VUAC made their recommendations and the Awards Committee agreed. We hope > to see VHF/UHF clubs across the country help increase participation and > get involved with this fun contest." > > According to Kutzko, these changes come on the heels of the redesign of > the June VHF QSO Party Plaque Program. "In the past," he said, "plaques > in the June VHF QSO Party have been awarded for first through tenth > place in any category, regardless of location. As any VHFer will tell > you, there are radical differences in propagation from one part of the > country to another. We decided the plaque program needed to be based on > Division, just like every other plaque program that the ARRL offers, not > position in the standings." > > Kutzko explained that the Programs and Services Committee agreed with > this recommendation and voted in favor of it: "This change in structure > recognizes the Division-level competition that takes place in the June > VHF QSO Party, sometimes under conditions of little to no propagation." > > June VHF QSO Party plaque sponsorships are available for all entry > categories in all 15 ARRL Divisions, Canada, Mexico and DX. If you or > your club is interested in sponsoring a plaque ($75, including shipping > charges), contact ARRL Contest Branch Manager Sean Kutzko, KX9X, via > e-mail and he will help you find a plaque that's right > for you or your club to sponsor. > > ==> JEFF BEALS, WA4AW, APPOINTED SOUTHEASTERN DIVISION VICE DIRECTOR > > With the approval of the ARRL Ethics and Elections Committee, ARRL > President Joel Harrison, W5ZN, appointed Southern Florida Assistant > Section Manager Jeff Beals, WA4AW, as Vice Director in the Southeastern > Division, effective June 1. Beals replaces Sandy Donohue, W4RU, who > passed away last month > . > > An Extra class licensee, Beals was first licensed in the early 1960s as > WN2OUK. Beals -- who splits his time between Royal Palm Beach, Florida > and Dothan, Alabama -- has served as Southern Florida Assistant Section > Manager since 2002. Beals has also held appointments as Section > Emergency Coordinator, Affiliated Club Coordinator, Technical > Coordinator, Technical Specialist and District Emergency Coordinator. > > "I am deeply honored to be chosen by President Harrison to serve as Vice > Director of the Southeastern Division," Beals told the ARRL. "I am > looking forward to working with Division Director Greg Sarratt, W4OZK, > to provide quality service and representation to the members of the > Southeastern Division. I feel that my years of service in the ARRL Field > Organization provide me with a unique outlook on what our members expect > of our League. My ability to listen and learn from them will assist Greg > and myself to provide the representation they have come to expect from > the Southeastern Division." > > Sarratt said that was "proud" that Beals was chosen to be the new > Southeastern Division Vice-Director: "Jeff has a heart for Amateur > Radio. He and I have worked together at many hamfests in the > Southeastern Division and I look forward to many more. Please join me in > welcoming Jeff as Southeastern Division Vice Director." > > Beals said he would be "remiss if I didn't mention the many years of > friendship and tutelage given to me by former Southeastern Director > Frank Butler, W4RH, and Vice Director Sandy Donahue, W4RU (SK). Their > years of service to the League and to Amateur Radio are much appreciated > by me and the many members of the Division with whom they came in > contact." > > Beals was a long-time friend of Donahue's. "I knew Sandy for more than > 25 years," he told the ARRL upon Donahue's passing. "He was very, very > devoted to Amateur Radio, especially the public service side: Emergency > Communications, traffic handling and helping out wherever and whenever > he could. We had a lot in common." > > Beals counts emergency communications support, liaison with served > agencies, radio club liaison and support, classic Amateur Radio > operation and restoration, and training of Section volunteers as just > some of his Amateur Radio activities. "I am always promoting Amateur > Radio and the ARRL at community events, and I attend many club meetings, > functions and hamfests throughout the Division," he said. "I am a > participant in a pilot project to provide membership support to members > of the ARRL Southern Florida Section; this project has since grown to > encompass the entire Southeastern Division." He also holds commendations > from the State of Florida for his communications support during > Hurricanes Andrew, Frances, Jean and Katrina. > > "During my tenure as the Southern Florida Section SEC, President > Harrison appointed me to serve on the National Emergency Response > Planning Committee. One of the challenges facing many of our SFL Section > members -- as well as the rest of our nation -- is the ability to > construct an effective antenna system in communities governed by > covenants, conditions and restrictions (CC&Rs) > ," Beals > explained. "I am -- and always have been -- a staunch supporter of any > bill in Congress, such as HR 2160 > , to effect > such change in these most restrictive regulations that prevent hams from > providing needed public service communications, as well as their > enjoyment of Amateur Radio. > > Beals is a Life Member of the ARRL, Quarter Century Wireless Association > and the Antique Wireless Association; he is a Senior Grade member of the > Radio Club of America and the ARRL A-1 Operator Club > . He is Past President of the Fort > Myers and West Palm Beach Amateur Radio Clubs and current member of the > Palms West ARC, North Florida ARS, Wiregrass ARC, OOTC, the Florida and > Alabama Contest Groups and the Florida East Coast DX Club. > > ==> FIRST 2009 ARRL TEACHERS INSTITUTE IN THE BOOKS > > The week of May 25 saw the completion of the first 2009 Teachers > Institute on Wireless Technology > . According to Education and > Technology Program Coordinator Mark Spencer, WA8SME, about half of the > participants came from the host institution, the New Mexico Military > Institute (NMMI) in Roswell . "The NMMI was an > exceptional venue for the Teachers Institute and the school's chaplain, > Major Dan Musgrave, WD8RMG, proved to be a gracious host, as well as one > of the NMMI faculty participants," Spencer recounted. > > Spencer said that the Teachers Institute curriculum -- four days of > intensive in-service training in basic electronics, the science of > radio, bringing space technology into the classroom, microcontroller > programming and basic robotics -- continues to be refined. "One > participant, a Colonel, commented that the Teachers Institute far > exceeded her expectations, and that she could not even imagine the > amount of material that was covered during the course," Spencer said. > Another participant -- a Lieutenant Colonel who is the NMMI choir and > band director -- quickly made connections between the operation of the > musical instruments he instructs (and his cadet students use) and the > five building blocks of radio that are presented in the Science of Radio > unit. > > "This connection between content areas -- in this case music and > electronics -- is an example of what the program and the Teachers > Institutes are all about," Spencer said. "This instructor will now be in > a better position to help his students to make their own connections > between the subjects they are studying in school. These connections make > learning relevant." > > The next two Teachers Institutes -- in Rocklin, California and in > Tucson, Arizona -- are scheduled for this coming week, marking the first > time that two Teachers Institutes have been held at the same time. > Spencer and Teachers Institute Instructor Miguel Enriquez, KD7RPP, plan > to connect the two sessions by making a satellite contact using AO27. > "This will demonstrate to participants how amateurs connect with each > other via satellites," Spencer explained, "making a practical > demonstration of the Space in the Classroom unit." > > ==> ARRL IN ACTION: WHAT HAVE WE BEEN UP TO LATELY? > > This feature -- including convenient Web links to useful information -- > is a concise monthly update of some of the things ARRL is doing on > behalf of its members. This installment covers the month of May. > > The ARRL solicited support for HR 2160, the Amateur Radio Emergency > Communications Enhancement Act of 2009 > . > > An ARRL Freedom of Information Act request forced the FCC to release the > redacted portions of the studies on which they relied with regard to > their Broadband over Powerline (BPL) rulemaking in 2004 > . > > The ARRL hosted their 2009 National Convention at the Dayton Hamvention > on May 15-17 . > > The ARRL honored those who donated more than $1000 to the League in 2008 > with a reception just prior to the 2009 ARRL National Convention and > Dayton Hamvention. Three new members of the ARRL's Maxim Society > were introduced at the > reception . > > The ARRL's Programs and Services Committee approved two changes to ARRL > VHF and UHF contests > . > > The first of seven ARRL Teachers Institute on Wireless Technology took > place in Roswell, New Mexico > . > > The ARRL Public Relations Committee honored three Public Information > Officers for going above and beyond in ensuring that the role of Amateur > Radio is explained to media and the public, especially in unanticipated > situations in the field > . The Committee > also introduced the new PR-101 course > at the 2009 ARRL National > Convention at the Dayton Hamvention > . > > ARRL President Joel Harrison, W5ZN, presented former ARISS International > Chairman Frank Bauer, KA3HDO, with the ARRL President's Award at Dayton > . > > W1AW and W1HQ received some new antennas during their semi-annual tower > inspection . > > At month's end, the ARRL had awarded 269 Triple Play Awards > since the award's inception > January 1, 2009 > . > > The ARRL participated in the 2009 Maker's Faire in San Mateo, California > . > > Mel Parkes, NM7P, of Layton, was re-elected as the Utah Section Manager. > Dan Pruitt, AE6SX, is the new Section Manager in the San Joaquin Valley > Section. The Rhode Island, Maryland-DC, West Texas, Nevada, Northern New > Jersey and New Hampshire Sections will keep their incumbent Section > Managers . > > The current 7Z1CQ operation in Saudi Arabia has been approved for DXCC > credit . > > ==> PRESIDENT OBAMA TO RENOMINATE FCC COMMISSIONER ROBERT MCDOWELL FOR > NEW TERM > > On Tuesday, June 2, President Barack Obama announced that he will > renominate current FCC Commissioner Robert McDowell for another term > s-Intent-to-Nominate-Robert-McDowell-for-Another-Term-at-the-FCC/>. > McDowell, a Republican, was first nominated by President George W. Bush > and sworn into office in June 2006, filling the unexpired term of > Republican Kathleen Q. Abernathy. McDowell, whose present term expires > June 30, 2009, would need to be confirmed by the Senate. Commissioners' > terms are five years long. > > According to the White House, McDowell has collaborated with his fellow > Commissioners to develop and establish American communications policy > covering the wireless, media and Internet industries, as well as > international policy matters. He has worked to create rules governing > wireless auctions, establish a framework for unlicensed use of TV "white > spaces" spectrum, develop incentives to encourage the development of new > broadband technologies, review public interest benefits as part of the > approval process of proposed corporate mergers and adjudicate > enforcement proceedings. > > McDowell brings to the FCC approximately 16 years of private sector > experience in the communications industry. Immediately prior to joining > the Commission, McDowell was a senior executive for a trade association > representing competitive facilities-based telecommunications service > providers. He has served on the North American Numbering Council (NANC) > and on the Board of Directors of > North American Numbering Plan Billing and Collection (NBANC) > . > > Acting Chairman Michael Copps congratulated McDowell on his > renomination, saying he was "truly delighted that he will continue on as > a fellow Commissioner. Since becoming Acting Chairman several months > ago, I appreciate more than ever Rob's collegiality, his openness, his > creative intellect, and the deep sense of purpose he brings to his work. > I especially want to thank him for all the talent and energy he has > brought to our work on next week's DTV transition. He has traveled near > and far to help consumers prepare and he has done an outstanding job in > helping us deploy an extensive DTV Call Center operation. I look forward > to our continuing work together as we tackle the many tough > communications issues confronting the Commission and the country." > > McDowell was graduated cum laude from Duke University in 1985. After > serving as chief legislative aide to a member of the Virginia House of > Delegates, he attended the Marshall-Wythe School of Law at the College > of William and Mary. Upon his graduation from law school, McDowell > joined the Washington, DC office of Arter & Hadden, a national law firm, > now closed, that was based in Cleveland. McDowell is admitted to > practice law before the courts of the Commonwealth of Virginia, the US > District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia and the US Courts of > Appeals for the District of Columbia, First, Fourth and Fifth Circuits, > as well as the US Supreme Court. He lives in Fairfax County, Virginia on > his family's farm with his wife Jennifer and their three children. > > ==> NASA, NOAA RELEASES NEW PREDICTIONS FOR SOLAR CYCLE 24 > > An international panel of experts -- led by the National Oceanic and > Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and sponsored by NASA -- has released > a new prediction for the next solar cycle: Solar Cycle 24 will peak in > May 2013 with a below-average number of sunspots > 00638>. "If our prediction is correct, Solar Cycle 24 will have a peak > sunspot number of 90, the lowest of any cycle since 1928 when Solar > Cycle 16 peaked at 78," said panel chairman Doug Biesecker of NOAA's > Space Weather Prediction Center. This report clarifies a NOAA report > from May 2009 that stated that Solar Cycle 24 would bring "90 sunspots > per day on average" > . > > The latest forecast revises a prediction issued in 2007 > . At that time, a > sharply divided panel believed solar minimum would come in March 2008 > followed by either a strong solar maximum in 2011, or a weak solar > maximum in 2012. "It turns out that none of our models were totally > correct," said Dean Pesnell of the Goddard Space Flight Center and > NASA's lead representative on the panel. "The Sun is behaving in an > unexpected and very interesting way." > > In 2007, experts varied in their predictions on when the solar cycle > would peak and how strong it would be. In April of that year, NOAA, in > coordination with an international panel of solar experts, predicted > that the next 11-year cycle of solar storms "would start in March 2008, > plus or minus six months, and peak in late 2011 or mid-2012" > . In the cycle forecast issued in > April 2007, half of the panel predicted a "moderately strong cycle of > 140 sunspots, plus or minus 20, expected to peak in October 2011. The > other half predicted a moderately weak cycle of 90 sunspots, plus or > minus 10, peaking in August 2012. An average solar cycle ranges from 75 > to 155 sunspots. The late decline of Cycle 23 has helped shift the panel > away from its earlier leaning toward a strong Cycle 24. The group is > evenly split between a strong and a weak cycle." > > At a meeting of the American Geophysical Union in San Francisco in > December 2007, David Hathaway of NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center, > along with colleague Robert Wilson, said that Solar Cycle 24 "looks like > it's going to be one of the most intense cycles since record-keeping > began almost 400 years ago." They said they believe the next solar > maximum should peak around 2010 with a sunspot number of 160, plus or > minus 25. "This would make it one of the strongest solar cycles of the > past 50 years -- which is to say, one of the strongest in recorded > history." Four of the five biggest cycles on record have come in the > past 50 years. "Cycle 24 should fit right into that pattern," Hathaway > said. > > Right now -- June 2009 -- the solar cycle is in a valley, the deepest of > the past century. In 2008 and 2009, the Sun showed some of the lowest > sunspot counts on record, as well as weak solar winds and a low solar > irradiance, going more than two years without a significant solar flare. > "In our professional careers, we've never seen anything quite like it," > Pesnell said. "Solar minimum has lasted far beyond the date we predicted > in 2007." > > In recent months, however, Pesnell said that the Sun has begun to show > some small signs of life: Small sunspots and "proto-sunspots" are > popping up with increasing frequency. Enormous currents of plasma on the > Sun's surface are gaining strength and slowly drifting toward its > equator. Radio astronomers have detected a tiny but significant uptick > in solar radio emissions. All these things are precursors of an > awakening Solar Cycle 24 and form the basis for the panel's new, almost > unanimous forecast. > > Pesnell cautioned optimism, telling the ARRL that there is an "error bar > of +/- 20." This means Solar Cycle 24's sunspot number could be as high > as 110, or as low as 70. "Based upon my own personal research, I don't > think we'll see 90 [sunspots in Solar Cycle 24]," he said. > > When asked if such a low number foretold the beginnings of a Maunder > Minimum , Pesnell said > that a Maunder Minimum takes several cycles to appear: "Sunspots [in > solar cycles] leading up to the Maunder Minimum took several cycles to > disappear. I really can't predict what will happen in Solar Cycle 25. > What we're seeing now is something that looks like a sunspot, but it > looks as if someone has come along and 'stomped' on it, creating a > multitude of little things. We don't have a name for this and we've > never seen anything like it before." > > There could be more surprises, panelists acknowledge -- and more > revisions to the forecast. "Go ahead and mark your calendar for May > 2013," Pesnell said. "But use a pencil." -- Some information from NASA > > ==>SOLAR UPDATE > > Tad "In the Sun he sang with cheerful heart" Cook, K7RA, this week > reports: It is so great to see some real Solar Cycle 24 sunspot activity > this week. Instead of a phantom that pops into view one day and is gone > the next, we have sunspot 1019, which has persisted for five days so > far. Emerging on Sunday, May 31, the resulting daily sunspot numbers > through June 4 are 15, 23, 19, 17 and 17. This is a Solar Cycle 24 spot, > and at high latitude too -- an indication of a new cycle spot. > Meanwhile, the low solar wind and quiet geomagnetic conditions continue. > Currently, spot 1019 is about to fade, although it is still a few days > away from crossing the eastern limb to the far side. NOAA and the US Air > Force expect geomagnetic conditions to continue to be quiet, and a > planetary A index around 5 is predicted until June 29. Predicted solar > flux values are 72 for June 5-6, then 74 on June 7-13. Geophysical > Institute Prague predicts quiet geomagnetic conditions June 5-8, quiet > to unsettled June 9-10 and quiet again June 11. Sunspot numbers for May > 28-June 3 were 0, 0, 0, 15, 23, 19 and 17 with a mean of 10.6. The 10.7 > cm flux was 67.7, 68.2, 68.5, 68.5, 72.5, 71.9 and 72.5 with a mean of > 70. The estimated planetary A indices were 7, 5, 3, 3, 3, 2 and 4 with a > mean of 3.9. The estimated mid-latitude A indices were 5, 4, 2, 3, 2, 2 > and 4 with a mean of 3.1. For more information concerning radio > propagation, visit the ARRL Technical Information Service Propagation > page . To read this > week's Solar Report in its entirety, check out the W1AW Propagation > Bulletin page . This week's "Tad > Cookism" brought to you by William Allingham's "A Singer" > . > > __________________________________ > > ==>IN BRIEF: > > * This Week on the Radio: This week, the SEANET Contest, IARU Region 1 > Field Day and the Alabama QSO Party are all June 6-7. Next week is the > ARRL June VHF QSO Party on June 13-15. The Asia-Pacific Sprint is June > 13. The GACW WWSA CW DX Contest and the ANARTS WW RTTY Contest are June > 13-14. All dates, unless otherwise stated, are UTC. See the ARRL Contest > Branch page , the ARRL Contest Update > and the WA7BNM Contest Calendar > for more info. Looking > for a Special Event station? Be sure to check out the ARRL Special Event > Station Web page . > > * ARRL Continuing Education Course Registration: Registration remains > open through Sunday, June 28, 2009, for these online course sessions > beginning on Friday, July 10, 2009: Amateur Radio Emergency > Communications Level 1; Antenna Modeling; Radio Frequency Interference; > Antenna Design and Construction; Ham Radio (Technician) License Course; > Propagation; Analog Electronics, and Digital Electronics. Each online > course has been developed in segments -- learning units with objectives, > informative text, student activities and quizzes. Courses are > interactive, and some include direct communications with a > Mentor/Instructor. Students register for a particular session that may > be 8, 12 or 16 weeks (depending on the course) and they may access the > course at any time of day during the course period, completing lessons > and activities at times convenient for their personal schedule. Mentors > assist students by answering questions, reviewing assignments and > activities, as well as providing helpful feedback. Interaction with > mentors is conducted through e-mail; there is no appointed time the > student must be present -- allowing complete flexibility for the student > to work when and where it is convenient. To learn more, visit the CCE > Course Listing page or contact the > Continuing Education Program Coordinator . > > * Mal Eiselman, NC4L, Wins May QST Cover Plaque Award: The winner of the > QST Cover Plaque Award for May is Mal Eiselman, NC4L, for his article > "Troubleshooting Radios." Congratulations, Mal! The winner of the QST > Cover Plaque award -- given to the author or authors of the best article > in each issue -- is determined by a vote of ARRL members on the QST > Cover Plaque Poll Web page > . Cast a ballot for your > favorite article in the June issue by Tuesday, June 30. > > * Operation Approved for DXCC Credit: ARRL DXCC Manager Bill Moore, > NC1L, reports that the HZ1EA operation in Saudi Arabia has been approved > for DXCC credit. "If you had cards that were recently rejected for this > operation, please send an e-mail to the ARRL DXCC Desk > and you will be placed on the list for update," Moore said. "Once > completed, if you have an account in Logbook of the World (LoTW), the > update will be posted to your account" . > > * More 2009 Field Day T Shirts on the Way: The 2009 ARRL Field Day T > shirts are a huge hit , > topping demand from previous years. "While the current supply of Field > Day shirts has stocked out, we expect to be re-supplied before the end > of next week -- in time to fulfill all orders to clubs and individuals," > said ARRL Sales and Marketing Manager Bob Inderbitzen, NQ1R. "We > appreciate everyone's patience and apologize for shipping delays." This > year's logo captures the spirit of Field Day in camp-like fashion. The > artwork depicts a woodland outdoor scene on a green-colored shirt. The > logo was designed by ARRL Graphic Arts Supervisor Sue Fagan, KB1OKW, and > Senior Technical Illustrator David Pingree, N1NAS. "We've received some > really nice compliments about the design -- and a couple of funny > remarks asking why we left out the grizzly bear," Inderbitzen said. 2009 > ARRL Field Day is June 27-28 . > > =========================================================== > The ARRL Letter is published Fridays, 50 times each year, by the > American Radio Relay League: ARRL--the national association for Amateur > Radio, 225 Main St, Newington, CT 06111; tel 860-594-0200; fax > 860-594-0259; . Joel Harrison, W5ZN, President. > > The ARRL Letter offers a weekly e-mail digest of essential and general > news of interest to active radio amateurs. Visit the ARRL Web site > for the latest Amateur Radio news and news > updates. 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They took here to Millers Marry Manner. She steadily got worse. She couldn't feed herself. The family took her to St.Vincent Hospital. They found out that she has three separate brain tumors. There is not anything they can do. Today they took her to St.Vincent Health?s comprehensive hospice programs for adults. Sometimes she knows whats going on, sometimes not. We need to send cards. I haven't found an address yet. K9DVL Dave From k9dvl at comcast.net Mon Jun 8 22:33:05 2009 From: k9dvl at comcast.net (Dave Rothermel) Date: Mon, 08 Jun 2009 22:33:05 -0400 Subject: [Ccarc] K9HST Chuck Mayes Message-ID: <4A2DC9E1.7030806@comcast.net> Chuck K9HST got his house struck by lightning today. I think it was a direct hit. He lost two TV's, cordless phones, His 2 meter rig. His 2 meter ant. is mostly laying in his yard. This is all he knows about. his radio room stinks. A lot of lights don't work. Don't think he will be on the wet net for awhile. dave From kb9wsl at hotmail.com Tue Jun 9 00:07:42 2009 From: kb9wsl at hotmail.com (Tom Murray) Date: Tue, 9 Jun 2009 00:07:42 -0400 Subject: [Ccarc] VHF Contest this weekend Message-ID: 2009 ARRL June VHF QSO Party Rules General Rules Object: To work as many amateur stations in as many different 2 degrees by 1 degree grid squares as possible using authorized frequencies above 50 MHz. Foreign stations work W/VE amateurs only. Date and Contest Period: The second full weekend in June. Begins 1800 UTC Saturday, ends 0300 UTC Monday (June 13-15, 2009). Entry Categories: 3.1 Single Operator. 3.1.1. Low Power 3.1.2. High Power 3.2 Single Operator Portable. 3.3 Rover. A rover is comprised of no more than two operators that moves among two or more grid squares during the course of a contest. An operator may perform any or all rover functions, but a driver's function shall be limited to driving the vehicle. Drivers may be switched out during the event. Any number of observers is also allowed, however observers may not perform any rover function at any time. Rover vehicles with only one occupant are allowed to perform all functions listed above. 3.3.1. A rover vehicle may transport only one station using a single call sign. An exception is provided for in "General Rules for All ARRL Contests" number 3.5 (Family Rule). 3.3.2. A rover may not operate with more than one call sign. 3.3.3. Rover vehicles must transport all the equipment, power supplies, and antennas used at each operating site. 3.3.4. Rovers MUST sign "rover" on Phone and /R on CW and digital modes after their call sign. 3.3.5. All Rovers are encouraged to adopt operating practices that allow as many stations as possible to contact them. 3.3.6. Rover operators may submit separate logs for single operator (fixed station) in addition to their rover entries. Rovers submitting a score for inclusion in a club competition must also include a secondary summary sheet indicating the portion of the score that counts for the club score if any of the QSOs submitted take place outside of their club's territory. 3.3.7. Rovers are permitted to use APRS. Rovers using APRS transmit only their call sign and position. Any multi-op station may access rover APRS data directly or via the Internet. 3.3.8. A rover may not make more than 100 QSOs with any other one rover. 3.4. Limited Rover. Same as the "Rover" class above, but operation is permitted only on the 6 Meter, 2 Meter, 220 MHz and 432 MHz bands. Output power limits shall be the same as those defined for the Single Operator Low Power category. 3.5 Unlimited Rover. Same as ?Rover? class above, but Unlimited Rovers may use more than two operators and are exempt from rules 3.3.3 and 3.3.8. Please see ?General Rules For All ARRL Contests Above 30 MHz for more information on the Rover categories. 3.5.1. Unlimited Rover scores may NOT be applied to a club score for Club Competition. 3.6. Multioperator: 3.6.1. Multioperator (Unlimited): Stations submit logs with more than four bands used. 3.6.2.Limited Multioperator: Stations submit logs with a maximum of four bands used. (Logs from additional bands used, if any, should be included as checklogs.) Exchange: Grid-square locator (see April 1994 QST, p 86). 4.1. Exchange of signal report is optional. Scoring: 5.1. QSO points: 5.1.1. Count one point for each complete 50- or 144-MHz QSO. 5.1.2. Count two points for each 222- or 432-MHz QSO. 5.1.3. Count three points for each 902- or 1296-MHz QSO. 5.1.4. Count four points for each 2.3 GHz (or higher) QSO. 5.2. Multiplier: The total number of different grid squares worked per band. Each 2 degrees by 1 degree grid square counts as one multiplier on each band it is worked. 5.3. Final score: Multiply the total number of QSO points from all bands operated by the total number of multipliers for final score. 5.4. Rovers only: The final score consists of the total number of QSO points from all bands times the sum of unique multipliers (grid squares) worked per band (regardless of which grid square they were made in) plus one additional multiplier for every grid square from which they successfully completed a contact. 5.4.1. Rovers are listed in the contest score listings under the Division from which the most QSOs were made. Reporting: 6.1. Entries may be submitted as follows: 6.1.1. Electronic submissions in the Cabrillo format may be emailed to JuneVHF at arrl.org 6.1.2. Hand written paper logs or diskettes mailed to June VHF, ARRL, 225 Main St, Newington, CT 06111. 6.1.3. Web entries submitted via the web-based applet at: http://www.b4h.net/cabforms/ 6.2. Entries that have been electronically generated must submit their log file in the Cabrillo file format. Paper print outs of electronic files are not acceptable substitutes. 6.3. Entries must be emailed or postmarked no later than 0300 UTC Wednesday, July 15, 2009. Late logs may be designated as checklogs only. Miscellaneous: 7.1. Stations may be worked for credit only once per band from any given grid square, regardless of mode. This does not prohibit working a station from more than one grid square with the same call sign (such as a Rover). 7.2. Only permitted one signal per band (6, 2, 11/4, etc) at any given time is permitted, regardless of mode. 7.3. Multi-operator stations may not include QSOs with their own operators except on frequencies higher than 2.3 GHz. Even then, a complete, different station (transmitter, receiver and antenna) must exist for each QSO made under these conditions. 7.4. Forms may be obtained by: 7.4.1. Downloading from the Internet at the Contest Branch Website: http://www.arrl.org/contests/forms. 7.4.2. Sending an SASE with 2 units of postage to June VHF Form Request, ARRL, 225 Main St, Newington, CT 06111. Awards: Certificates will be awarded in the following categories: 8.1. Single operator. 8.1.1. Top Single Operator Low and High power entry in each ARRL/RAC Section. 8.1.2. Top Single Operator Low and High power on each band (50, 144, 222, 432, 902, 1296 and 2304-and-up categories) in each ARRL/RAC Section where significant effort or competition is evident. (Note: Since the highest score per band will be the award winner for that band, an entrant may win a certificate with additional single-band endorsements.) For example, if W1INF has the highest Single-Operator all-band score in the CT Section and his 50- and 222-MHz scores are higher than any other CT single operator's, he will earn a certificate for being the single-operator Section leader and endorsements for 50 and 222 MHz. 8.2. Top Single-Operator Portable in each ARRL/RAC Section where significant effort or competition is evident. (Single-operator Portable entries are not eligible for single-band awards.) 8.3. Top Rover, Limited Rover and Unlimited Rover in each ARRL Division and Canada where significant effort or competition is evident. (Rover entries are not eligible for single-band awards.) 8.4. Top Multioperator score in each ARRL/RAC Section where significant effort or competition is evident. (Multioperator entries are not eligible for single-band awards.) 8.5. Top Limited Multioperator in each ARRL/RAC Section where significant effort or competition is evident. (Limited multioperator entries are not eligible for single-band awards.) 8.6. Plaques, if sponsored, will be awarded in the following categories: 8.6.1. Top 10 Single Operator (both High and Low Power) scorers. 8.6.2. Top 5 Single Operator Portable scorers. 8.6.3. Top 5 Rover, Limited Rover and Unlimited Rover scorers. 8.6.4. Top 10 Multi-Operator scorers. 8.6.5. Top 5 Limited Multi-Operator scorers. Other: 9.1. See "General Rules for All ARRL Contests" and "General Rules for ARRL Contests on bands above 50 MHz (VHF)" at www.arrl.org/contests/forms 9.2. For more information, queries or questions contact contests at arrl.org or (860) 594-0232. _________________________________________________________________ Windows Live? SkyDrive?: Get 25 GB of free online storage. http://windowslive.com/online/skydrive?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_SD_25GB_062009 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From kb9wsl at hotmail.com Tue Jun 9 00:50:33 2009 From: kb9wsl at hotmail.com (Tom Murray) Date: Tue, 9 Jun 2009 00:50:33 -0400 Subject: [Ccarc] web surfing using D-Star Message-ID: Found this story on QRZ.com Tom KB9WSL Surf the Web Wirelessly via D-Star! The D-Star digital mode is becoming more popular with nearly 10,000 registered D-Star gateway users worldwide. These Icom radios allow you to deliver voice and data communications simultaneously over the same frequency! Imaging being able to surf the web from a laptop or iPod Touch over wireless internet for free! Chris Matthieu, N7ICE, demonstrates how to surf the web via an Icom ID-1 D-Star ham radio! Check out the latest HamBrief.TV video at 73s.org! _________________________________________________________________ Windows Live?: Keep your life in sync. http://windowslive.com/explore?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_BR_life_in_synch_062009 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From bdelorenzo at shepherdsgm.com Tue Jun 9 08:38:04 2009 From: bdelorenzo at shepherdsgm.com (Brandon DeLorenzo) Date: Tue, 9 Jun 2009 08:38:04 -0400 Subject: [Ccarc] club website Message-ID: <004001c9e8ff$22dea190$689be4b0$@com> I am thinking that it is about time to refresh the website. I would like everyone to take a look at it and give me some feed back on what you think we should add, subtract, or just change around. I am planning on condensing the website down so its not so spread out and try to have more info on the main page. I did a link exchange with dxzone.com to help drive more traffic to our website and the Google ads now include more local stuff. I saw a Papa John's ad on there yesterday. Let me know what you think. Brandon J. DeLorenzo - Parts Manager Shepherd's Chevrolet-Buick-Pontiac-Cadillac GM Performance Parts Authorized Center 1520 East 9th St. Rochester, IN 46975 Phone: 574-223-2136 Fax: 574-223-2718 Parts Direct Line: 574-224-PART (7278) http://www.shepherdsgm.net -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From kb9vmw at comcast.net Tue Jun 9 13:08:25 2009 From: kb9vmw at comcast.net (Tom Denton) Date: Tue, 09 Jun 2009 13:08:25 -0400 Subject: [Ccarc] AMSAT Online Satellite Pass Predictions Message-ID: <4A2E9709.10006@comcast.net> Handy calculator to see when the best passes will occur. The Grid Square at my QTH is EN60ts. That should be close enough to calculate for any location in Cass County. http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/tools/predict/index.php -- 73, Tom Denton KB9VMW CCARC Board of Directors http://www.w9vmw.org/ Six Club #1963 http://www.6mt.com/ From kb9wsl at hotmail.com Tue Jun 9 14:55:27 2009 From: kb9wsl at hotmail.com (Tom Murray) Date: Tue, 9 Jun 2009 14:55:27 -0400 Subject: [Ccarc] Digital TV deadline Message-ID: See attachment.... Tom KB9WSL _________________________________________________________________ Windows Live? 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Carl K8NU has written an iPhone/iTouch application called iGridSquare that will calculate a grid square from latitude and longitude. On an iPhone with built-in GPS, the latitude and longitude values are automatically available. Saw this on ARRL Contest Letter....Tom KB9WSL _________________________________________________________________ Windows Live? SkyDrive?: Get 25 GB of free online storage. http://windowslive.com/online/skydrive?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_SD_25GB_062009 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From kb9wsl at hotmail.com Wed Jun 10 17:01:53 2009 From: kb9wsl at hotmail.com (Tom Murray) Date: Wed, 10 Jun 2009 17:01:53 -0400 Subject: [Ccarc] News Release In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Date: Wed, 10 Jun 2009 12:42:05 -0400 From: Kevin.Lilly at pharostribune.com To: kb9wsl at hotmail.com Subject: Re: News Release Tom, Sorry for the late response. Life as a new father has been trying but I'm starting to get it figured out. Anyway, we will get something in the paper previewing the event. As of right now, we are also planning to cover the event. Kevin Lilly Pharos-Tribune news editor (574) 732-5117 -----Original Message----- From: Tom Murray To: Date: Wed, 20 May 2009 17:07:43 -0400 Subject: News Release Kevin, My name is Tom Murray. I am a member of the Cass County Amateur Radio Club. Our club will be holding a special event in June. If you have space in your paper please consider using the following press release. My contact information is included in the release. If you require a hard-copy of this release I can send it to you upon request. If possible....could you send me a reply so I know you received this news release. Thank you very much for your assistance. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2009 Amateur Radio Field Day will be held the weekend of June 27th and 28th Logansport??. The Cass County Amateur Radio Club will join amateur radio operators from around Indiana and the nation again this year in operating their equipment for 24 consecutive hours the last full weekend in June. The event, known as ?Field Day? simulates operations during an emergency or disaster situation. Local amateur radio operators will bring their radios and set-up antennas at the Cass County Emergency Management building located at 1227 N. State Rd 17, a mile north of Logansport. Amateur radio is often the only means of communications in an area hit by a disaster such as hurricanes, tornadoes, floods, earthquakes or blizzards. When normal communications fail, amateur radio operators can operate their equipment on battery or generator power, solar panels and several other means. Amateur radio operators, also known as ?Hams? have access to thousands of frequencies and many modes of communications that are not available to public safety agencies like police and fire departments. Those types of agencies usually operate their radio systems on a fixed number of frequencies or channels. Amateur radio operators can operate their radio equipment from their homes, vehicles, bicycles, boats, aircraft and while on foot. All amateur radio operators are required to obtain a license from the Federal Communications Commission. Currently there are three classes of licenses available to amateur radio operators. They are Technician, General, and Extra. The Cass County Amateur Radio Club meets the third Saturday of each month at 9am at the Cass County EMA building. Testing is available after each club meeting. Meetings are open to the public. The public is invited to stop by the Cass County EMA building during this year?s Field Day event to observe amateur radio in action. To learn more visit the Club?s website at: www.w9vmw.org or the American Radio Relay League website at: www.arrl.org. *** News Editors: For more information contact: Tom Murray at 574-223-4496 (home) or 574-721-8961 (cell). Or by email at: kb9wsl at hotmail.com Hotmail? has a new way to see what's up with your friends. Check it out. _________________________________________________________________ Lauren found her dream laptop. Find the PC that?s right for you. http://www.microsoft.com/windows/choosepc/?ocid=ftp_val_wl_290 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From kb9wsl at hotmail.com Wed Jun 10 17:16:58 2009 From: kb9wsl at hotmail.com (Tom Murray) Date: Wed, 10 Jun 2009 17:16:58 -0400 Subject: [Ccarc] Club Meeting Message-ID: Hope to see everyone at the Club Meeting Saturday. I would also like to do some checking for equipment for Field day after the meeting. I do not know who has keys to the EMA trailer and or camper where some of the Club equipment is stored. I just want to verify extension cords, antennas, coax, ropes and stuff. Also, I will try to get with Todd regarding the hoist from the school to support the antennas like we have used in the past for the vhf station. Here are some other loose ends I am working on... 1. a grill for the cook out. 2. verify food donations and items for raffle 3 I can bring a 300 watt manual antenna tuner, antenna analyzer, and some extension cords if needed. 4. We may need some basic tools and some stakes for guy ropes. 5. computers for logging contacts. 6. I have ARRL display and brochures for information table. Anything else anyone can think of that I may be forgetting. 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Like I mentioned before, I will bring my Yaesu 847 and a power supply. I will also have a laptop for the VHF logging and satellite predictions. I found some fenceposts cut to 2 foot lengths, maybe 20 of them. Will those be long enough for us? I have plenty of full size posts if those are needed. 73, Tom Denton KB9VMW CCARC Board of Directors http://www.w9vmw.org/ Six Club #1963 http://www.6mt.com/ Tom Murray wrote: > Hope to see everyone at the Club Meeting Saturday. > > I would also like to do some checking for equipment for Field day > after the meeting. > > I do not know who has keys to the EMA trailer and or camper where some > of the Club equipment is stored. I just want to verify extension > cords, antennas, coax, ropes and stuff. > > Also, I will try to get with Todd regarding the hoist from the school > to support the antennas like we have used in the past for the vhf > station. Here are some other loose ends I am working on... > > 1. a grill for the cook out. > 2. verify food donations and items for raffle > 3 I can bring a 300 watt manual antenna tuner, antenna analyzer, and > some extension cords if needed. > 4. We may need some basic tools and some stakes for guy ropes. > 5. computers for logging contacts. > 6. I have ARRL display and brochures for information table. > > Anything else anyone can think of that I may be forgetting. > > Tom KB9WSL > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Windows Live?: Keep your life in sync. Check it out. > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > ccarc mailing list > ccarc at culcom.net > http://ns1.culcom.net/mailman/listinfo/ccarc > From kb9wsl at hotmail.com Thu Jun 11 10:43:04 2009 From: kb9wsl at hotmail.com (Tom Murray) Date: Thu, 11 Jun 2009 10:43:04 -0400 Subject: [Ccarc] New Products from Morse Express In-Reply-To: <4A2FDA7C.12688.F60E4B@news1.mtechnologies.com> References: <4A2FDA7C.12688.F60E4B@news1.mtechnologies.com> Message-ID: > From: news1 at mtechnologies.com > To: Morse.Express.Announcement.List at mtech.whsites.net > Date: Wed, 10 Jun 2009 16:08:28 -0600 > Subject: New Products from Morse Express > > New Products from Milestone Technologies > (Morse Express, Oak Hills Research, and AMECO) > > June 10th, 2009 > > THE HEADLINES... > > -- Three new Portable Paddles from Scheunemann > > -- More varieties of the Junker DBGM key > > -- New MK704 Single Paddle and MK71 Dual Mechanism from Hi-Mound > > -- Handy Hint: Translating non-English Web Pages > > ------------------------------------------------------- > > -- Three new Portable Paddles from Scheunemann > Remember the famous Schurr Portable Wabbler? It's back, in three different > varieties, from Uli Scheunemann. The Portable 3 is the direct descendent of > the the Schurr Portable Wabbler; Scheunemann has added a few refinements and > resurrected the popular bevelled base, which allows for fingerpieces to extend > farther down toward the table. As always the Portable 3 is "ruggedized" but not > all that much smaller or lighter than the full-size Morse Dirigent-- the > Portable 3 weighs 2-1/4 pounds, which is more than many "full-sized" paddles. > > If you do want a lighter paddle, then the Portable 3S may be just what you are > looking for. It's identical to the Portable 3 except that it is on a clear > acrylic base, which is nearly as durable as the brass base with half the > weight. The Portable 3S weighs 12.5 Oz. For the hardcore traveler and > portable operator, the new Portable 3X "Blue Line" offers the maximum in paddle > protection. The mechanism slides back and forth in the surrounding blue > acrylic case, and in held in either the operating or storage position with a > brass screw through the base. The Portable 3 is reasonably priced at $289.95 > and the 3S and 3X are $259.95. All three portables are in stock now, and you > can see pictures and place your order at http://www.MorseX.com/scheun . > > ------------------------------------------------------- > -- More Varieties of the Junker DBGM key > > Our last bach of Junkers (and it might literally be the last) included some > "varieties" that we had not seen before. Apart from the usual variations in > condition, cables, and plugs, we got some gray ones which were said to have > originated with the German Navy. There are two varieties, with the click-stop > mechanism for contact adjustment and without. The ones without the click-stop > are of more recent manufacturer, and thus a little closer to the keys in > production now (and selling for 300 Euros at the factory door). We also > received a number of keys with substandard covers, including re-paint jobs and > stenciled numbers, and we are making these available at a reduced price of > $79.95. These should be attractive to someone who needs to save $20, is > prepared to do a bit of refinishing, doesn't care about the appearance, or > wants to remove the key from the original base and housing and do something > else with it. Details at http://www.MorseX.com/junker . > > ------------------------------------------------------- > > --New MK704 Single Paddle and MK71 Dual Mechanism from Hi-Mound > Funny story. We ordered the MK704 single lever paddle from Hi-mound and > received a batch of dual-lever paddle mechanisms (no base), clearly marked MK- > 704. Finally we got the MK704 single paddle, along with new labels for the > mechanism, identifying it as an MK701. The MK704 is a new paddle for Himound-- > the last single-lever paddles were mounted on marble bases, and the current > MK704 uses the same heavy steel base as the MK706. Very attractive, and a > great choice for single-lever paddle users. Photos and details at > http://www.MorseX.com/himound . > > ------------------------------------------------------- > > -- Handy Hint: Translating non-English Web Pages > > We've been using on-line translations services for many years, starting with > Babelfish which is part of Altavista. But Google has become the search engine > of choice, and if a Google search turns up a foreign web page, Google will > offer to translate it for you. For example, search "GHD Telegraph Key" and you > will see a link "[translate this page]" right after the main link. Or you can > go to http://translate.google.com/ and enter a URL (or text that you want to > translate). Once you are viewing a translated web page, any links on that page > will be translated as well when you click on them. It's even pretty good with > Japanese, if you want to try the GHD search. Translations can be hysterically > funny, but you will usually know the context and be able to do your own > refinements. > ------------------------------------------------------- > As always, pictures and more information about the products > mentioned above can be found on the Morse Express web site at > http://www.MorseX.com > > Please use our secure on-line ordering facilities or call > 1-877-DOT-DASH (877-368- 3274) TOLL FREE to order by phone. And > feel free to call me personally on (303) 752-3382 for more > information about any of our products or services. > > 73 DE Marshall, N1FN, > for Milestone Technologies, Morse Express, OHR, and AMECO. > n1fn at MTechnologies.com > "Everything for the Morse Enthusiast" > http://www.MTechnologies.com > http://www.ohr.com > (303)752-3382 > -- _________________________________________________________________ Hotmail? has ever-growing storage! Don?t worry about storage limits. http://windowslive.com/Tutorial/Hotmail/Storage?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_HM_Tutorial_Storage_062009 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From kb9wsl at hotmail.com Thu Jun 11 10:38:57 2009 From: kb9wsl at hotmail.com (Tom Murray) Date: Thu, 11 Jun 2009 10:38:57 -0400 Subject: [Ccarc] Low Power FM Update Message-ID: Low Power FMs ? a big flock of them ? get closer with today's House Commerce Committee hearing. This is about removing something full-power FMs have taken for granted for decades ? protection on their "third-adjacent" channel, 3 clicks up or down from their licensed frequency. 54 House members now support "The Local Community Radio Act of 2009", HR 1147, says Pat Cloonan in the McKeesport, PA Daily News. He's tracking this due to the enthusiastic legislative sponsorship of western Pennsylvania Rep. Mike Doyle. Doyle is delighted by last Friday's ruling by the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals protecting 40 existing LPFMs against the plans of full-power stations. Now he's eager to help launch what could be thousands of new community radio stations ? if Congress repeals third-adjacent protection. _________________________________________________________________ Windows Live?: Keep your life in sync. http://windowslive.com/explore?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_BR_life_in_synch_062009 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From kb9wsl at hotmail.com Thu Jun 11 10:42:30 2009 From: kb9wsl at hotmail.com (Tom Murray) Date: Thu, 11 Jun 2009 10:42:30 -0400 Subject: [Ccarc] June Newsletter In-Reply-To: <20090611130511.CB147307EE@www.arrl.org> References: <20090611130511.CB147307EE@www.arrl.org> Message-ID: > From: memberlist at www.arrl.org > To: kb9wsl at hotmail.com > Subject: June Newsletter > Date: Thu, 11 Jun 2009 09:05:11 -0400 > > June, 2009 > > The following Amateur Radio Operators became a Silent Key: Ernest > Blazer, AA9N, Cindy Sorrell, KC9NCU, and Mike Truax, KB9OCE. Our > condolences go out to the families. They will be missed by all. > > Please insure that you forward me the information on hams that we lose > during a month, so I may pay tribute here and submit them to QST. > > RedEye Net Closes > > Jimmie, N9VXQ who ran the RedEye Net on the 147.285 repeater in > Plymouth on Saturday nights has pulled the plug after 13 years. Not > being able to hear the repeater down in Lebanon, IN, Jimmie has decided > not to burden other hams with having to run the net and therefore, has > decided to end the net. > > I would like to thank Jimmie for all the years of service that he did > provide running this net and those hams that picked up the net when he > was not receiving the repeater. > > It seems that more and more ragchew nets are falling apart. Gone are > the times when people had things to say that were worth listening to by > all. Now most nets are check me in and out. It is a shame, but I guess > we have to blame it on the times that we live in and realize that there > isn't time in people's lives to sit back and talk for a long period. > > Summer time is here at last! > > We have many antenna projects going on, the contest season is in full > swing, and Field Day is not too far off. > > We are still waiting to hear just how many contacts were made in the > Indiana QSO Party. But like any big contest, it takes time to count all > the votes. I am sure as soon as they get it all tabulated we will hear > that the number of contacts was very large. Thanks goes out to those > involved in the checking of logs and working behind the scenes after > the QSO Party is all over. > > June is here, are you ready for Field Day? > > Hopefully, everyone has a plan and has started collecting all the great > food; I mean gear that will be needed for field day 2009. > > I hope everyone has a great time and that no mishaps happen at any > location. > > BPL begins operating in Indiana > > From their website at http://www.sciremc.coop/bplpilot.aspx South > Central Indiana REMC is working with International Broadband Electric > Communications (IBEC) to help provide high-speed Internet access > (broadband) to SCI members served by the Martinsville substation. The > Martinsville substation serves 1,400 SCI members along 114 miles of > line. Members on the Martinsville substation had no access to broadband > Internet access prior to our pilot project. The ARRL published a > document on the company that is providing REMC with the BPL, here is a > segment of that article that explains some of the important information > that Hams will be interested in knowing. > > "'IBEC's equipment doesn't use the ham bands,' said BPL expert and ARRL > Laboratory Manager Ed Hare, W1RFI, `making it less likely that they > will have any interference complaints from amateurs. Their equipment, > however, does interfere with shortwave broadcast and other spectrum, > but in the US, not many users have complained. IBM has been in the BPL > business for a few years now, so this venture is nothing new for them.' > IBEC staff member Brent Zitting, KB4SL, serves as a member of ARRL's > EMC Committee." > > If interference does start, remember that politely explaining to the > electric Company what the noise problem is rather yelling at them will > get you a lot farther along. Also, don't forget to give me an email or > call if this does cause problems, so I can submit it up to the proper > individuals at ARRL HQ. > > One Man's Opinion > > Reprinted here with permission, from author, out of the Sparks June > 2009 newsletter. > > In all of my many years as a ham radio operator I have seen the best > and worst type of operators on our amateur bands. The best often > surface in the form of public service and hams assisting in times of > natural disasters. Aiding communications in the search for lost > children or missing adults plus providing reliable radio communications > when all else has failed. We have heard other positive stories of hams > lending their communications skills and expertise in cases of forest > fires; hurricanes, tornadoes floods. The list goes on... > > Because of this dedicated group of individuals we can hold our heads > high and be proud of our hobby. This group indeed has added stars to > our crown and certainly helps give amateur radio a very positive > image. > > However, as with all phases of human nature we have those individuals > that delight in causing others difficulties in the enjoyment of their > hobby. This can come in many forms on the air and I have often wondered > what pleasure agitators gain out of this activity. > > Some delight in placing unmodulated carriers on established net > channels, the logic if any exists, objects to the presence of networks > using a frequency others want to use at the same time. In their warped > sense of thinking they justify the interference by stating if I cannot > use this frequency, then no one else will either. How utterly childish > this approach is, sort of reminds me of schoolyard squabbles, totally > ridiculous, nothing really accomplished. > > Other acts abound on the air - noises, cat calls, whistles, horns, you > name it, the agitator will try it, do it, or encourage others to engage > in this activity. Let's look at some examples involving repeaters; you > have your classic jammer. This person delights in placing carriers on > the input of repeaters totally jamming the system. My question is what > logical reason would anyone have by deliberately jamming a local > repeater? > > Perhaps these people resent the presence of a repeater, or a certain > group, club, individual responsible for its operation who has offended > them in some manner. > > Perhaps, they lost a battle for a specified channel, or their radio > club lost a bid for a new machine in town. Whatever the reason I would > encourage them to abandon their hostilities, petty differences, and > mental futility on this activity. > > If you tune across the ham bands you have diverse opinions on many > subjects, everything from self-proclaimed experts on fixing the > country's economic woes, DXing, award hunting, audio quality or > antennas. There are those who promote Christian nets and those who do > not. > > My point is if you do not like what you hear two functions on your > radio work very well; the On/Off switch and the VFO. To retaliate in a > childish manner, jamming a repeater, using noises, horns, carriers, and > anything else that lets you hide in an unidentified manner is childish. > Our rules and regulations state plainly about deliberate and malicious > interference, you are subjecting yourself to fines, loss of license and > maybe even jail time. > > Hopefully, we all will do our part to discourage this type of operation > and everyone can use the frequencies in peace and harmony. > > As always, my friend this is One Man's Opinion, > > Bill K4LRX > > Official Observer and Technical Specialist Activity > > I know for a fact that some of our OO and TSs are busy tracking down > individuals just like those mentioned in the above article. With > today's Direction Finding equipment it is not hard to locate an > individual throwing a carrier on several repeaters. Once these > individuals are identified, a report will be filed via ARRL HQ to the > FCC for action. If you are one of them that is partaking in this > activity of ker-chunking repeaters and making weird sounds, I strongly > suggest that you quit before you are indentified and reported to the > FCC. > > ARES Emergency Coordinators > > SEC REPORT FOR------------------- JUNE 2007 MAY 2009 > > NUMBER OF ARES MEMBERS (REPORTED): 580 1135 > > NUMBER OF DEC/EC REPORTS RECEIVED: 23 58 > > This is an outstanding accomplishment made during the last two years. > The Section Emergency Coordinator wants to get a standardized Emergency > Communication training program going this year. I support him 100 > percent and hope that you will also. He has been working hard on this > and coordinating with Indiana Homeland Security to insure that we are > all on the same page when an emergency occurs. We need to be able to > display a professional operation, even if they do call us Amateurs. > > However, it appears that some are not running an ARES net at least once > a month. This is a requirement and also a fact that we can not do our > jobs in ARES without some practice. A local net is a great way to > provide training to your members, without having to arrange for a > classroom. > > Tony, W9AL the SEC reports that most of you are running nets and that > your reports are looking good. Remember, you must report in each and > every month, even if you didn't do anything. > > Next month, I will discuss the 2008 SET results, not too many ECs > turned in their results. > > Hams recognized at Dayton > > Two Indiana Amateurs, KB9STR Keith Austermiller and NA9L Vernon > Austermiller, visited Gordon West WB6NOA at the Dayton Hamvention and > receive Certificates of Achievements for using the Gordon West code > tapes to pass their code. You can see a picture of all them on the > INARRL.org web site. > > Region 9 Cycle 2 net report for April > > QNS 13 Net Sessions > > QNI 54 Total number of stations checked in > > QTC 46 Traffic Handled > > QTR 224 Total Time in Session (min.) > > Monday WB9YBI -- Wednesday WB9FHP -- Friday NA9L > > As you can see there are only 3 net controls, if you would like to pick > up the days that are not covered, please email NA9L, Vernon at > na9l at att.net . They could use some help for the days that are free. > > May Public Service Honor Roll Report > > PSHR total points > > K9EOH 82 > > WB9FHP 152 > > W9ILF 78 > > W9AL 136 > > W9WXN 71 > > NA9L 100 > > > For an explanation of what this Public Honor Roll is all about go to > this website: > > http://www.arrl.org/FandES/field/pshr/ > > 73, > > John, W3ML > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > ARRL Indiana Section > Section Manager: John M. 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Phil Snider W9LVY > Date: Thu, 11 Jun 2009 00:53:03 -0400 > From: kb9vmw at comcast.net > To: ccarc at culcom.net > Subject: Re: [Ccarc] Club Meeting > > Hi Tom, > The Club meeting is on the 20th, not this Saturday, right? > > Like I mentioned before, I will bring my Yaesu 847 and a power supply. I > will also have a laptop for the VHF logging and satellite predictions. > > I found some fenceposts cut to 2 foot lengths, maybe 20 of them. Will > those be long enough for us? I have plenty of full size posts if those > are needed. > > 73, > Tom Denton KB9VMW > > CCARC Board of Directors > http://www.w9vmw.org/ > > Six Club #1963 > http://www.6mt.com/ > > > > Tom Murray wrote: > > Hope to see everyone at the Club Meeting Saturday. > > > > I would also like to do some checking for equipment for Field day > > after the meeting. > > > > I do not know who has keys to the EMA trailer and or camper where some > > of the Club equipment is stored. I just want to verify extension > > cords, antennas, coax, ropes and stuff. > > > > Also, I will try to get with Todd regarding the hoist from the school > > to support the antennas like we have used in the past for the vhf > > station. Here are some other loose ends I am working on... > > > > 1. a grill for the cook out. > > 2. verify food donations and items for raffle > > 3 I can bring a 300 watt manual antenna tuner, antenna analyzer, and > > some extension cords if needed. > > 4. We may need some basic tools and some stakes for guy ropes. > > 5. computers for logging contacts. > > 6. I have ARRL display and brochures for information table. > > > > Anything else anyone can think of that I may be forgetting. > > > > Tom KB9WSL > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Windows Live?: Keep your life in sync. Check it out. > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > _______________________________________________ > > ccarc mailing list > > ccarc at culcom.net > > http://ns1.culcom.net/mailman/listinfo/ccarc > > > _______________________________________________ > ccarc mailing list > ccarc at culcom.net > http://ns1.culcom.net/mailman/listinfo/ccarc -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From kb9wsl at hotmail.com Thu Jun 11 19:52:17 2009 From: kb9wsl at hotmail.com (Tom Murray) Date: Thu, 11 Jun 2009 19:52:17 -0400 Subject: [Ccarc] Club meeting Message-ID: Club meeting is Saturday June 20th...not the 13th....my new schdlue has my internal calendar all screwed up! Sorry !!! 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Enjoy the contest and hope to hear many on the air this weekend-- Aim your beams/dishes ?East?! 73, Dan- WA2BTR George- W1JHR _______________________________________________ Microwave mailing list microwave at lists.valinet.com http://www.valinet.com/mailman/listinfo/microwave -------------- next part -------------- An embedded message was scrubbed... From: "Herb" Subject: [Mw] contest Date: Thu, 11 Jun 2009 21:37:09 -0400 Size: 3842 URL: From kb9vmw at comcast.net Fri Jun 12 09:26:19 2009 From: kb9vmw at comcast.net (Tom Denton) Date: Fri, 12 Jun 2009 09:26:19 -0400 Subject: [Ccarc] Club Meeting In-Reply-To: References: <4A308DAF.2070908@comcast.net> Message-ID: <4A32577B.2040405@comcast.net> I did hear AO-51 this morning at 9:05, on my dual-band vertical. Copied a few Grid numbers, but not clear enough to pull out any call signs. The hand-held beam will work much better. 73, Tom Denton KB9VMW CCARC Board of Directors http://www.w9vmw.org/ Six Club #1963 http://www.6mt.com/ Phil Snider wrote: > yes, club meeting is the 20th. Have you heard the sattelite yet? > > Phil Snider W9LVY > > From kb9vmw at comcast.net Fri Jun 12 10:03:04 2009 From: kb9vmw at comcast.net (Tom Denton) Date: Fri, 12 Jun 2009 10:03:04 -0400 Subject: [Ccarc] AO-51 In-Reply-To: <4A32577B.2040405@comcast.net> References: <4A308DAF.2070908@comcast.net> <4A32577B.2040405@comcast.net> Message-ID: <4A326018.2020505@comcast.net> Forgot to mention the pass was only 32 degrees elevation at the max. Tom Denton wrote: > I did hear AO-51 this morning at 9:05, on my dual-band vertical. > Copied a few Grid numbers, but not clear enough to pull out any call > signs. The hand-held beam will work much better. > > From kb9wsl at hotmail.com Fri Jun 12 10:13:04 2009 From: kb9wsl at hotmail.com (Tom Murray) Date: Fri, 12 Jun 2009 10:13:04 -0400 Subject: [Ccarc] Six Meters is Open Message-ID: Hi everyone Having a blast on 6 meters right now...stations from 50.125 up to 50.190. Tom KB9WSL _________________________________________________________________ Lauren found her dream laptop. Find the PC that?s right for you. http://www.microsoft.com/windows/choosepc/?ocid=ftp_val_wl_290 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From kb9wsl at hotmail.com Fri Jun 12 11:26:04 2009 From: kb9wsl at hotmail.com (Tom Murray) Date: Fri, 12 Jun 2009 11:26:04 -0400 Subject: [Ccarc] HURRY: ARRL Field Day is June 27-28. SHOP NOW and join the fun! In-Reply-To: <20090612145452.0048931A38@www.arrl.org> References: <20090612145452.0048931A38@www.arrl.org> Message-ID: Subject: HURRY: ARRL Field Day is June 27-28. SHOP NOW and join the fun! 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URL: From kb9wsl at hotmail.com Fri Jun 12 19:18:29 2009 From: kb9wsl at hotmail.com (Tom Murray) Date: Fri, 12 Jun 2009 19:18:29 -0400 Subject: [Ccarc] VHF contest In-Reply-To: <4A32D8C5.9020106@insightbb.com> References: <4A32D8C5.9020106@insightbb.com> Message-ID: > Date: Fri, 12 Jun 2009 18:37:57 -0400 > From: dan.evans at insightbb.com > To: inham at mailman.qth.net; IndyHamRadio at yahoogroups.com > Subject: [InHam] c > > Everything is coming together very slow, but I'm making progress. > > I'll have my 3 bands, 6, 2, & 432. > > 6 meters, FT897D, 100 watts, to a Par Moxon @ 24'. > 2 meters, FT897D, 160 watts, 10 elements @ 18'. > 432 Mhz, FT897D, 100 watts, 18 elements @ 21'. > > Here's the schedule: > > 1800 to 1930 EM67xw a beautiful park just out side of Fort Knox, KY > 2030 to 2200 EM77aw about 10 miles from the park. > 2300 to 0000 EM68wo in Salem, Indiana. The city park here is around > 900' elevation. Very good for Indiana:-) > 0030 to 0200 EM78cn a hilltop near Henryville, Indiana. This hilltop is > over 1000' and one of the best sites I've found. I'll stay here as > long as activity holds out. > > > On Sunday, I plan to hit the grid corner just north of Indianapolis, > near Noblesville. I haven't been here in a couple of years so I don't > remember the 6 digit grids, but the spots will be near the grid corner. > > ~1300-1500 EN60 > 1530-1730 EN70 > 1800-2000 EM79 > 2030-2230 EM69 > > Hoping 6 will cooperate, > 73 and GL! > > 73 > Dan > -- > Amateur Radio Emergency Service, Clark County Indiana. 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URL: From kb9wsl at hotmail.com Fri Jun 12 19:19:09 2009 From: kb9wsl at hotmail.com (Tom Murray) Date: Fri, 12 Jun 2009 19:19:09 -0400 Subject: [Ccarc] ARLP024 Propagation de K7RA In-Reply-To: <20090612200434.B2D5530863@www.arrl.org> References: <20090612200434.B2D5530863@www.arrl.org> Message-ID: > Subject: ARLP024 Propagation de K7RA > Date: Fri, 12 Jun 2009 15:01:29 -0400 > To: kb9wsl at hotmail.com > CC: > From: memberlist at www.arrl.org > > SB PROP @ ARL $ARLP024 > ARLP024 Propagation de K7RA > > ZCZC AP24 > QST de W1AW > Propagation Forecast Bulletin 24 ARLP024 > From Tad Cook, K7RA > Seattle, WA June 12, 2009 > To all radio amateurs > > SB PROP ARL ARLP024 > ARLP024 Propagation de K7RA > > Sunspot numbers from May 31 through June 5 ranged from 13 to 23, > then the Sun was blank for two days, followed by sunspot numbers of > 12 for both June 8 and 9. This fleeting sunspot was number 1020, > and like last week's spot, 1020 had the magnetic signature of a new > Cycle 24 spot. Alas, it was another of the frequent sunspots we've > seen lately which appear briefly, then vanish. > > The last Cycle 23 spot was number 1016, which appeared April 29-30. > > Leonard Halversen, WA2AMW of Princeton, New Jersey asked how Cycle > 24 spots are differentiated from Cycle 23 spots, and we last > mentioned this in Propagation Forecast Bulletin ARLP044 from 2008, > so now is a good time to go over it again. > > The sunspots have a magnetic signature. As you watch them move from > left to right, they lead with a dark patch in front and a white tail > in the rear. That is how Cycle 24 spots appear above the equator, > and it is just the opposite south of the Sun's equator. Also, new > cycle spots tend to appear at higher northern or southern latitudes > away from the equator, while old cycle spots appear nearer the > equator. > > Go to http://sohowww.nascom.nasa.gov/data/realtime/ to look for > images. Click on the "Search and Download Images" link, and select > MDI Magnetogram from the image types. Try entering start/end dates > of April 28 and April 30 of this year, and click Search. Select one > of the links from the middle of the list, and note that the sunspot > on the right side is near the equator, indicating a spot from the > old cycle, and that it leads with black on the right. Because it is > slightly below the equator, this indicates a Cycle 23 spot. If it > were above the equator, a Cycle 23 spot would lead with white on the > right side. > > Now go back and search dates June 1 through June 3. Note that you > can up the resolution to 1024 from 512. Select one of these images, > and note the large sunspot above the equator has a Cycle 24 > signature. > > Still more comments arrived this week about how dead bands may be an > illusion. Guy Cossette, VA2WT of Saint Roch de Mekinac in Quebec > wrote to tell us about his 80 and 40 meter operation. Using 100 > watts CW and a 40 meter dipole, he worked Crete, Cyprus and Tunisia > at 2200z and he also worked Cyprus on 80 meters at 2300z. > > Ken Sturgill, WS4V in Marion, Virginia says he likes to use the > intelligent features at http://www.ve7cc.net/. If you wish, you can > set it for the countries you are looking for, and you can also set > it to only accept spots from tipsters in your country, so you get > the spots you can work. He recommends hitting the "Tell Cluster" > button often, so the info isn't lost. He also recommends reading > the manual. > > Jim Sullivan, N7TCF of Phoenix, Arizona likes to use "DX Sherlock," > at http://www.vhfdx.net/spots/map.php. He uses it to check out band > conditions, mainly on 6 meters. One feature I like is the Es MUF > tab, where you can see the MUF in various places. I believe this > data comes from ionospheric sounders (ionosondes), which fire a > sweeped RF signal straight up and then measure the strength and > frequency of the signals bouncing back. > > Mark Lunday, WD4ELG of Hillsborough, North Carolina sent a link to a > nice map mash-up of 6 meter beacon stations at, > http://www.k9mu.com/map/. Mark wrote: > > "I have also been experimenting with WSJT weak signal software from > Joe Taylor, K1JT. It's pretty neat to tinker with meteor scatter on > 6 meters, and very challenging with my modest station. But I have > really gotten addicted to JT65A mode on 20 meters. There always > seems to be somebody on the air in the vicinity of the calling > frequency of 14076 kHz, and I have worked some terrific DX that I > normally would struggle with from here with 20 watts. I have also > heard DU on JT65A for the first time ever on any band or mode! All > of my QSOs have been with 40 watts or less, mostly with 20 watts. > In just two months of part-time operation, I have worked 25 > countries on JT65A including VK, JA, CX, lots of Europeans. Also, I > worked ZS6 on 80 meter WSJT last weekend! There were horrendous > thunderstorms all up and down the east coast, but the software > decoded just fine. I could barely see the DX on the WSJT spectrum > waterfall, and decoded his CQ almost by accident while doing > something else in the shack." > > For this week, geomagnetic conditions should remain very quiet. > Solar flux is estimated to be about 68, rising above 70 June 24 > through July 1. > > If you would like to make a comment or have a tip for our readers, > email the author at, k7ra at arrl.net. > > For more information concerning radio propagation, see the ARRL > Technical Information Service web page at, > http://www.arrl.org/tis/info/propagation.html. For a detailed > explanation of the numbers used in this bulletin, see > http://www.arrl.org/tis/info/k9la-prop.html. An archive of past > propagation bulletins is at, http://www.arrl.org/w1aw/prop/. > > Monthly propagation charts between four USA regions and twelve > overseas locations are at http://www.arrl.org/qst/propcharts/. > > Instructions for starting or ending email distribution of this > bulletin are at http://www.arrl.org/w1aw.html#email. > > Sunspot numbers for June 4 through 10 were 17, 13, 0, 0, 12, 12, and > 0 with a mean of 7.7. 10.7 cm flux was 71, 70.1, 69, 68.9, 69, > 69.1, and 69.2 with a mean of 69.5. Estimated planetary A indices > were 6, 6, 5, 6, 4, 3 and 5 with a mean of 5. Estimated > mid-latitude A indices were 5, 5, 2, 3, 2, 2 and 2 with a mean of 3. > NNNN > /EX > > _________________________________________________________________ Lauren found her dream laptop. 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Khrystyne Keane, K1SFA . > =========================================================== > > ==> FUN, FRESH AIR, FRIENDS AND FOOD: IT MUST BE TIME FOR ARRL FIELD DAY! > > The 2009 ARRL Field Day will be here before you know it, so now is the time to grab your rig, grab your friends, grab some grub and get ready to get outside June 27-28 . If you haven't yet started planning for this year's Field Day, it's not too late -- Field Day packets are available for download from the ARRL Web site . > > ARRL Field Day Manager Dan Henderson, N1ND, reminds clubs and groups that the deadline to order exhibit kits and ham radio recruitment handouts is drawing near. "We need to have all orders for kits and brochures no later than Wednesday, June 17. If we have your order by then, we will be able to package your order and get it to you in time for Field Day. Any orders received after June 17 will be fulfilled and they might make it to recipients before Field Day," he explained. Exhibit kits can be ordered online at no cost; there is a small shipping and handling fee . > > If you are looking for a Field Day site to attend, or are looking to publicize your Field Day site, be sure to check out the Field Day Site Locator . For more information on this service, please check out the Locator Site Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) . "More than 1000 Field Day sites have been registered on the Locator, with more being added every day," Henderson said. > > ARRL Field Day is the most popular on-the-air operating event in Amateur Radio. On the fourth full weekend in June, tens of thousands of Amateur Radio operators gather for a demonstration of our service. Field Day is part educational event, part operating event, part public relations event -- and all about fun! > > "We all became hams for our own reasons," Henderson said. "Some of us were interested in public service and helping others in times of need. Many discovered the hobby as an outlet to their curiosity about electronics and communications. Still others joined our ranks because of the quest to meet new people and expand their own personal bank of knowledge. Whatever the reason you became an amateur, there is one compelling thread that brought us all together. It is as simple as can be: We became hams for the fun of the hobby!" > > Henderson said that while Field Day serves a wide array of interests and purposes, "there is no greater 'fun-damental' goal for Field Day than to have fun! While it encompasses a broad range of Amateur Radio interests -- CW, Phone, Digital, emergency preparedness, public service, satellites, recruitment, antennas, new and vintage equipment and so many more -- Field Day is, above all else, a chance for us to have some fun with our hobby." > > Henderson reminded hams that fun is where you find it: "Some will discover the fun by operating overnight, building up their club's total number of QSOs. Others will never make a single Field Day contact, but will derive their fun by helping set up antennas and generators. The joy of sharing your radio knowledge with a newcomer will be fun for many old-timers, while other old-timers will experience the 'Field Day high' when they make their very first QSO using a new digital mode or via one of the Amateur Radio satellites. The camaraderie of the annual club Field Day picnic or covered dish supper will be a fun highlight for many, while still others will find the joy in the hobby by simply being able to spend a couple of hours from home on an otherwise busy weekend, tuning the bands and making a few contacts." > > If you want to be one of the best-dressed hams at your Field Day event, be sure to pick up the 2009 ARRL Field Day T shirt, hat and pin . Featuring a woodsy, outdoor scene, these items are a great way to recognize your involvement in the excitement and fun of this annual operating event. ARRL is also offering Get On The Air (GOTA) pins . It's a great idea to have your GOTA station operators wear these attractive pins. Pins from previous Field Days are also available -- make your collection complete with this year's pin. According to ARRL Sales and Marketing Manager Bob Inderbitzen, NQ1R, a new shipment of 2009 Field Day T shirts has just arrived, so be sure to order yours today. > > ==> CHANGES COMING FOR ARRL NOVEMBER SWEEPSTAKES CONTEST LOG SUBMISSIONS > > ARRL Sweepstakes Contest Manager Ken Adams, K5KA, said he and the ARRL Contest Branch intend to "dramatically reduce the timeframe for producing results that are available to all ARRL Sweepstakes participants." According to Adams, the contesting community has requested that results be made available more quickly. Currently, Sweepstakes results are published six months after the contest has taken place. > > "To facilitate this request, we would like to make the 2009 ARRL Sweepstakes final results available on the Web in 60 days in the form of a PDF file," he said. "If this effort proves successful, we plan to shorten this window to 30 days in 2010. This PDF would simply be the scores in each category -- full write-ups and detailed analysis of the Sweepstakes contest would still appear in QST and on the Web at a later time." > > To meet this aggressive schedule, Adams said that the log submission deadline will be reduced from 30 days to 15 days. For the 2009 Sweepstakes, the deadline for CW Sweepstakes logs will be 0300 UTC on Monday, November 23, 2009. The deadline for the Phone Sweepstakes will be 0300 UTC on Monday, December 7, 2009. > > "The number of non-Cabrillo logs received at ARRL HQ must be reduced," Adams explained. "By receiving logs 15 days earlier, we can begin the log checking process that much faster, but we will we need your help on the paper log issue. In 2008, the ARRL Contest Branch received more than 300 paper logs for the Sweepstakes contests. These paper logs were converted to Cabrillo format by a dedicated, yet small, group of volunteers. This took several hundred person-hours of time." > > Adams said that there are plans to contact as many paper log submitters as possible and point out resources they can use to generate Cabrillo logs: "I am asking that every club have a special project and meeting this year to insure that 100 percent of their members submit Cabrillo logs for Sweepstakes. If you have club members who don't have computers, please form your own volunteer teams to convert their logs after the contest. This would be a great excuse for a big post-Sweepstakes club pizza party, combining data entry with club camaraderie." > > While the ARRL will never turn away a paper log, Adams said that the advantages of electronic log submission are critical to the success of the accelerated presentation of the Sweepstakes results. "Numerous software contest loggers exist for Windows and DOS, including the free packages CT and N1MM ," he said. Entrants are also able to manually convert their own paper logs to a Cabrillo log at the WA7BNM Cabrillo Web site" . > > "You, the members of the contesting community, have requested faster turnaround of contest results for some time," Adams said. "With every contester's help, we can achieve this goal of dramatically reducing the time between contest and results. We have identified several other areas we hope to improve in the future, such as simplified Web access for Sweepstakes information, historical log search capability, easy access to FAQs, records and the like. We will continue to work on those goals. Thank you for your continued participation and help with the ARRL November Sweepstakes, the greatest domestic contest out there." > > ==> ALABAMA HAMS ASSIST DURING STATEWIDE EMERGENCY DRILL > > During the week of May 4-8, emergency responders and support personnel gathered in Robertsdale, Alabama for a communications interoperability training and full-scale exercise, sponsored by the Alabama Department of Homeland Security (ADHS) . Gathering in a field near the Baldwin County Emergency Operations Center, responders came together to test the quality and effectiveness of communications between various State agencies and support personnel. The exercise simulated a Category 5 hurricane that entered Mobile Bay, causing damage throughout the state. > > According to ARRL Alabama Section Manager Jay Isbell, KA4KUN, the Alabama DHS has come to recognize the role that Amateur Radio operators play in emergencies and natural disasters; based on this, the Alabama DHS chose to include Amateur Radio in the exercise. "During Hurricane Katrina, Amateur Radio volunteers played a key part in making sure that communications between agency personnel continued uninterrupted and the public received the help and the timely response needed in this type of catastrophic event," Isbell explained. ARRL Amateur Radio Emergency Service (ARES) operators from SEMA Region 1 and other regions throughout Alabama were on site to support communications. > > The Alabama Emergency Management Agency, the Alabama National Guard, the Alabama Department of Public Safety, Region IV of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) , Alabama Alcoholic Beverage Control Board, Virtual Alabama, Alabama Civil Air Patrol, local sheriffs' office, as well as eight Alabama Regional Communication vehicles also participated in the exercise. > > ARRL Southeastern Division Director Greg Sarratt, W4OZK, together with Alabama Region 1 District Emergency Coordinator Patti Link, KI4JEO, worked diligently with both amateur volunteers and professional partner agencies to coordinate and facilitate the role of Amateur Radio during the exercise. According to Isbell, Sarratt was the liaison at the Incident Command Point, while Link -- working in the Baldwin County EOC -- coordinated amateurs throughout the area, dispatching them with Alabama DHS Regional Communication vehicles and to other locations in the nine-county affected area. Isbell was dispatched to a mock reception center site 60 miles north of the incident, and Section Emergency Coordinator Les Rayburn, N1LF, manned the radio at the State Emergency Operations Center. > > "Since the major hurricanes of recent years, the State of Alabama and the Southeast Region of FEMA have really accepted Amateur Radio as a prime player in any major disaster," Isbell told the ARRL. "SEC Les Rayburn has grown Alabama ARES from several independent groups into a well-organized first responder team. Amateur Radio is being accepted as a critical tool during times that the daily manpower and technical resources are stretched beyond their design." > > Sarratt said that the Amateur Radio participants learned a lot during the week-long exercise: "This was a good test of the ARES processes and improvements in a full-scale exercise with other agencies since Katrina. Everyone shared and learned about each other's communications capabilities. The relationships built and lessons learned here are invaluable to the Amateur Radio Service." > > ==> LOOK FOR THE JULY ISSUE OF QST IN YOUR MAILBOX > > The July issue of QST is jam-packed with the news and information today's Amateur Radio operator needs. From product reviews to experiments to contesting, the upcoming issue of QST has something for just about everyone. > > Al Yerger, WA2EHI, shows you how to take advantage of the multiple leads on a parallel port to control all of your remote operations in his article "A Parallel Port Interface for Your Shack." Follow Richard Kriss, AA6VU, as he solves a pesky TVI problem at his home in Texas. ARRL News Editor S. Khrystyne Keane, K1SFA, along with QST Technical Editor Joel Hallas, W1ZR, give their take on the sights, sounds and smells -- as well as the new radio gear -- of the 2009 Dayton Hamvention in "Dayton DREAM Believer: The 2009 ARRL National Convention and Dayton Hamvention." > > ARRL Technical Relations Manager Brennan Price, N4QX, reviews Yaesu's VX-8R handheld transceiver. According to Price, "Yaesu incorporates GPS and APRS capabilities into its new top-of-the-line, feature-packed handheld." ARRL Chief Executive Officer David Sumner, K1ZZ, reviews Array Solution's QSK-MASTER external QSK TR switch for HF amplifiers. Sumner said that the QSK-MASTER "offers owners of older RF power amplifiers a way to add flawless full break-in (QSK) operation without equipment modification." > > If it's July, it must be time for the IARU HF World Championships . This is a great opportunity to contact many stations all over the world, especially the headquarters station of IARU Member Societies, including W1AW. ARRL Contest Branch Manager Sean Kutzko, KX9X, takes a look multipliers -- what are they, why are they important and how do they work -- in "This Month in Contesting." The results of the 2008 ARRL 10 Meter Contest, the 2009 ARRL RTTY Roundup and the 2009 ARRL January VHF Sweepstakes are in. Did you top your score from last year? How did your closest rival do? Also, find out about upcoming contests in Contest Corral. > > Of course, there are the usual columns you know and expect in July QST: Hints & Kinks, The Doctor Is IN, How's DX, Vintage Radio, Field Organization Reports, Hamspeak and more. Look for your July issue in your mailbox. QST is the official journal of ARRL, the national association for Amateur Radio. QST is just one of the many benefits of ARRL membership. To join or renew your ARRL membership, please see the ARRL Web page . > > ==> JOIN THE FUN IN THE ARRL VHF QSO PARTY THIS WEEKEND > > VHF enthusiasts will be generating lots of RF on 6 meters and up this weekend (June 13-15 UTC) during the 2009 ARRL VHF QSO Party . While many amateurs think of the VHF+ bands as a "local" band used primarily for public service, emergency communications or fun on FM repeaters, weak-signal VHF+ enthusiasts know better. According to ARRL Contest Branch Manager Sean Kutzko, KX9X, even hams who have a modest station can work hundreds -- or even thousands -- of miles on the VHF bands during a good opening. > > Kutzko is a big VHF enthusiast: "In my more than 25 years of Amateur Radio, weak-signal work on 6 and 2 meters remains the most fun and intriguing activity I do. There is nothing like a good VHF opening; with interesting propagation characteristics like sporadic-E, tropospheric ducting, aurora and even meteor scatter and moonbounce, VHF offers QSO opportunities that HF can never satisfy." > > Kutzko said this weekend is a great time to try 6 or 2 meters. "The June VHF QSO Party occurs at the beginning of the summer sporadic-E season, and can produce strong openings on 6 meters and in some cases up to 2 meters," he said. There have been moderate openings on 6 meters in some part of the United States almost nightly for the last two weeks, and southern California enjoyed a brief sporadic-E opening on 2 meters into Texas this past Tuesday evening, over an average path of 1100 miles. "That's fun any way you slice it," Kutzko said. "Because of the contest, many stations will be on. This, coupled with the interesting propagation possibilities, makes for a great weekend." > > Getting on the VHF bands is easy, he said. While there will be some contest activity on FM simplex (especially near large population centers), most long-distance VHF+ QSOs are conducted on CW or SSB; that means horizontally polarized antennas. You will also need a radio that can transmit in those modes. Most of the newer HF transceivers have 6 meters built in, and several come with 2 meters and 70 cm, too. "A dipole on 6 meters will work quite well during a decent opening," Kutzko said. "They're easy to make and less than 10 feet long. Throw it up in a tree as high as you can and you'll be in business. For 2 meters and 70 cm, a horizontal loop will work nicely for SSB and CW contacts." You can find plans for simple VHF antennas at the Technical Information Service area of the ARRL Web site , in the Antennas chapter of the ARRL Handbook, or in the VHF and UHF Antenna Systems chapter of the ARRL Antenna Book. > > Because VHF antennas are generally smaller than their HF counterparts, portable operation is easy. "You can operate from your favorite hilltop, camp site or any location with high terrain and make many QSOs," Kutzko said. All you need to know is the Maidenhead grid square of your operating location; this is the contest exchange. Find your Maidenhead grid square here . > > For SSB QSOs on 6 meters, tune between 50.100-50.200 MHz; 50.125 is the W/VE calling frequency, so listen there for band openings. If the band starts to open up, move off the calling frequency and start working folks! Keep in mind that 50.100-50.125 is reserved for intercontinental QSOs, so don't transmit there unless you are trying to work DX. For the CW operators, you will find CW between 50.080-50.100 MHz. Activity on 2 meters will center around the calling frequency of 144.200. Again, monitor the calling frequency for band openings, but move off when activity starts to pick up. Kutzko advises that most activity on 2 meter SSB/CW will be found between 144.170-144.230 MHz, while 70 cm activity will center around 432.100 MHz. > > "This weekend promises to be a tremendous amount of fun on the VHF and UHF bands so don't miss out!" Kutzko said. "All amateurs -- from Technicians to Extras, experienced VHF operators to the first-time VHF dabblers -- are welcome to participate." The ARRL June VHF QSO Party runs this weekend from 1800 UTC Saturday until 0300 UTC Monday (Saturday afternoon to Sunday evening for most of the US and Canada). Complete rules and entry forms may be found here. All logs must be e-mailed or postmarked no later than 0300 UTC Wednesday, July 15. If you have any questions about the ARRL June VHF QSO Party or any other ARRL contest, please contact the Contest Branch via e-mail . > > ==> NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER PREDICTS "NEAR-NORMAL" HURRICANE SEASON > > Forecasters with the National Hurricane Center (NHC) are calling for a "near-normal" Atlantic hurricane season this year. In its initial outlook for the 2009 Atlantic hurricane season -- which runs from June 1-November 30 -- the National Weather Service's Climate Prediction Center (CPC) is calling for a 50 percent probability of a near-normal season, a 25 percent probability of an above-normal season and a 25 percent probability of a below-normal season. According to the CPC, global weather patterns are imposing a greater uncertainty in the 2009 hurricane season outlook than in recent years. > > Forecasters say there is a 70 percent chance of having nine to 14 named storms, of which four to seven could become hurricanes, including one to three major hurricanes (Category 3, 4 or 5). Tropical systems acquire a name -- the first for 2009 will be Ana -- upon reaching tropical storm strength with sustained winds of at least 39 MPH. Tropical storms become hurricanes when winds reach 74 MPH and become major hurricanes when winds increase to 111 MPH. An average season has 11 named storms, including six hurricanes with two becoming major hurricanes. > > "This outlook is a guide to the overall expected seasonal activity. However, the outlook is not just about the numbers, it's also about taking action," said Dr Gerry Bell, lead seasonal hurricane forecaster at the CPC. "Prepare for each and every season regardless of the seasonal outlook. Even a near- or below-normal season can produce landfalling hurricanes, and it only takes one landfalling storm to make it a bad season." > > Rick Palm, K1CE, editor of the ARRL's ARES E-Letter , warns that now is the time for ARES members to assess their portfolio of communications equipment and disaster response knowledge. Palm gives several tips for amateurs involved with hurricane operations: > > Monitor major HF hurricane networks during events this season. The Hurricane Watch Net (HWN) on 14.325 MHz is one of several key players . It serves either the Atlantic or Pacific during a watch or warning period and coordinates with the National Hurricane Center (NHC) in Miami . Frequent, detailed information is issued on nets when storms pose a threat to the US mainland. In addition to hurricane spotting, local communicators may announce that residents have evacuated from low-lying flood areas. Other amateurs across the country can help by relaying information, keeping the net frequency clear and by listening. See the HWN's Web site for more information. The net works closely with the hams at the NHC's Amateur Radio station WX4NHC . > > The SATERN Net (Salvation Army Team Emergency Radio Network) provides emergency communication support to the Salvation Army and populations at large. They also handle health-and-welfare traffic. SATERN holds high profile nets on 20 meters (14.265 MHz) during major hurricanes and has a long history of excellence, discipline and service. Refer to the SATERN Web site for more information. > > The Maritime Mobile Service Net (MMSN) meets on 14.300 MHz and is composed of hams who serve and assist those in need of communications on the high seas. According to its Web site, the primary purpose of the net is for handling traffic from maritime mobile stations. The network is recognized by the United States Coast Guard and has an excellent working relationship with that agency. The MMSN has handled hundreds of incidents involving vessels in distress and medical emergencies in remote locations, as well as passing health and welfare traffic in and out of affected areas. They also work closely with the NWS and NHC by relaying weather reports from maritime stations. > > The VoIP SKYWARN and Hurricane Net operates by combining both the EchoLink and IRLP linked repeater networks, while handling critical wide area communications during major severe weather and tropical events. These operations have gained national stature in recent years, making the Net a critical partner with WX4NHC. Whenever tropical weather is posing a threat to the US mainland and certain other areas of interest, the VoIP WX net will be fully operational. See the VoIP SKYWARN and Hurricane Net Web site for more information. > > Palm said that during hurricane events, there are usually two or three regional nets (usually on 40 or 20 meters) that spring to prominence as major key assets to the disaster response on an ad hoc basis. "Watch for these nets, as well as the nationally recognized networks described above, this season. Don't transmit on their frequencies unless you are absolutely sure you have something substantive to add, and then only under the direction of the net control station," Palm advised. > > ARRL Emergency Preparedness and Response Manager Dennis Dura, K2DCD, added that when ARES activates in response to any tropical event, it is crucial that information flows up through the Section and is reported to Headquarters. "These reports allow us to develop the situational awareness and disaster intelligence that is required for us as an organization to support the Sections that are impacted" he explained. "In this way, we are able to respond to relevant requests from the media and finally to coordinate with the governmental and non-governmental organizations. This information also allows us to make the decision at Headquarters on whether to stand up our Incident Management Team to support and coordinate the operations." > > If you are interested in Emergency Communications, please be sure to check out the monthly ARES E-Letter . You can elect to receive this newsletter free of charge via e-mail by going to the Member Data Page on the ARRL Web site . > > ==> QEX: THE JULY/AUGUST 2009 ISSUE > > The July/August issue of QEX is coming soon, and it is full of theoretical and practical technical articles and columns that you won't want to miss . > > In this issue, Gary Steinbaugh, AF8L, presents Part 3 of "A Cybernetic Sinusoidal Synthesizer." This installment describes some limitations of proportional control systems and explains the advantages of adding integration and differentiation steps to proportional controllers. Steinbaugh also describes the construction of the RF power meter circuit used in the project > > John Magliacane, KD2BD, and Bill Walker, W5GFE, describe "SPLAT!: An RF Signal Propagation and Terrain Analysis Tool." In addition to VHF/UHF line-of-sight paths, this program includes the Longley-Rice propagation model to predict path loss across irregular terrain. A Web interface provides a convenient way to use the extensive geographic terrain database in the calculations. Rudy Severns, N6LF, presents more of his research in "Experimental Determination of Ground System Performance for HF Verticals." Part 5 focuses on the effects of different numbers of radials on received signal strength for 160 meter vertical antennas. > > Tom Warnagiris, K3GSY, introduces the Tapered Area Small Helix (TASH) antenna in "The Chicken Wire Wonder." Chances are, this unique broadband vertical antenna does not look like any antenna you have ever seen! An 80 meter version is 14 feet high and covers an area of about 4 ? 5 feet on the ground. Maynard Wright, W6PAP, provides information on several "Alternatives to Octave" for various electronics calculations. ARRL Technical Advisor Robert J. Zavrel Jr, W7SX, presents the case for "Maximizing Radiation Resistance in Vertical Antennas" to increase the efficiency of our antennas. > > John S. (Jack) Belrose, VE2CV, another ARRL Technical Advisor, presents a brief discussion "On Elevated Radials" after reading earlier installments of Rudy Severns' series about his experiments with HF vertical antenna radial systems. Ray Mack, W5IFS, continues his software defined radio column. In this installment of "SDR: Simplified," he builds an SDR that will tune a single AM broadcast band station. > > Would you like to write for QEX? It pays $50/printed page. Get more information and an Author's Guide . If you prefer postal mail, send a business-size self-addressed, stamped envelope to QEX Author's Guide, c/o Maty Weinberg, ARRL, 225 Main St, Newington, CT 06111-1494. QEX is edited by Larry Wolfgang, WR1B , and is published bimonthly. The subscription rate (6 issues) for ARRL members in the US is $24. For First Class US delivery, it's $37; in Canada and internationally by airmail it's $31. Nonmembers add $12 to these rates. Subscribe to QEX today. > > ==>SOLAR UPDATE > > Tad "Rejoicing in the Sun" Cook, K7RA, this week reports: Sunspot numbers from May 31-June 5 ranged from 13 to 23, then the Sun was blank for two days, followed by sunspot numbers of 12 for both June 8 and 9. This fleeting sunspot was number 1020, and like last week's spot, 1020 had the magnetic signature of a new Solar Cycle 24 spot. Alas, it was another of the frequent sunspots we've seen lately that appear briefly, and then vanish. The last Solar Cycle 23 spot was number 1016 that appeared April 29-30. Sunspot numbers for June 4-10 were 17, 13, 0, 0, 12, 12 and 0 with a mean of 7.7. The 10.7 cm flux was 71, 70.1, 69, 68.9, 69, 69.1 and 69.2 with a mean of 69.5. The estimated planetary A indices were 6, 6, 5, 6, 4, 3 and 5 with a mean of 5. The estimated mid-latitude A indices were 5, 5, 2, 3, 2, 2 and 2 with a mean of 3. For this week, geomagnetic conditions should remain very quiet. Solar flux is estimated to be about 68, rising above 70 June 24-July 1. For more informati > on concerning radio propagation, visit the ARRL Technical Information Service Propagation page . To read this week's Solar Report in its entirety, check out the W1AW Propagation Bulletin page . This week's "Tad Cookism" brought to you by Christina Rossetti's "A Summer Wish" . > > __________________________________ > > ==>IN BRIEF: > > * This Week on the Radio: This week is the ARRL June VHF QSO Party on June 13-15. The Asia-Pacific Sprint is June 13. The GACW WWSA CW DX Contest and the ANARTS WW RTTY Contest are June 13-14. Next week, look for the ARRL Kids Day Contest on June 20. The NCCC Sprint Ladder and the Digital Pentathlon are June 19. The Feld Hell Sprint and the AGCW VHF/UHF Contest are June 20. One June 20-21, look for the West Virginia QSO Party and the All Asian DX Contest (CW). The Run for the Bacon QRP Contest is June 22 and the SKCC Sprint is June 24. All dates, unless otherwise stated, are UTC. See the ARRL Contest Branch page , the ARRL Contest Update and the WA7BNM Contest Calendar for more info. Looking for a Special Event station? Be sure to check out the ARRL Special Event Station Web page . > > * ARRL Continuing Education Course Registration: Registration remains open through Sunday, June 28, 2009, for these online course sessions beginning on Friday, July 10, 2009: Amateur Radio Emergency Communications Level 1; Antenna Modeling; Radio Frequency Interference; Antenna Design and Construction; Ham Radio (Technician) License Course; Propagation; Analog Electronics, and Digital Electronics. Each online course has been developed in segments -- learning units with objectives, informative text, student activities and quizzes. Courses are interactive, and some include direct communications with a Mentor/Instructor. Students register for a particular session that may be 8, 12 or 16 weeks (depending on the course) and they may access the course at any time of day during the course period, completing lessons and activities at times convenient for their personal schedule. Mentors assist students by answering questions, reviewing assignments and activities, as well as providing > helpful feedback. Interaction with mentors is conducted through e-mail; there is no appointed time the student must be present -- allowing complete flexibility for the student to work when and where it is convenient. To learn more, visit the CCE Course Listing page or contact the Continuing Education Program Coordinator . > > * Two New Co-sponsors Pledge Support for HR 2160: Earlier this week, HR 2160 -- The Amateur Radio Emergency Communications Enhancement Act of 2009 -- gained two new Congressional co-sponsors: Republican Roscoe Bartlett (MD-6) and Democrat Bart Gordon (TN-6). Originally sponsored by Representative Sheila Jackson-Lee, a Democrat representing Texas' 18th District, HR 2160 is also sponsored by Madeleine Bordallo (Guam), Brett Guthrie (KY-02), Mary Jo Kilroy (OH-15), Zoe Lofgren (CA-16), Blaine Luetkemeyer, (MO-9) and Bennie Thompson (MS-02). Click here for information on how to encourage your Congressional representative to sponsor HR 2160 . > > * Don Tunstill, W4NO (SK): Don Tunstill, W4NO, founder of the Central America VEC, passed away at his home in Huntsville, Alabama on Monday, June 9. He was 69. Tunstill, an ARRL Life Member, was a charter member of Huntsville Amateur Radio Club and served as president of Huntsville Hamfest for more than 30 years. With the FCC, Tunstill assisted with the formulation and implementation of the Volunteer Examiner Coordinator program and the vanity call sign system. He founded the Central America VEC, one of the first VE programs in the state of Alabama. A memorial service is planned for 10 AM on June 13 at Berryhill Funeral Home in Huntsville. > > * Central States VHF Society Seeks Presentations for Annual Conference: The Central States VHF Society (CSVHFS) is soliciting presentations and poster displays for their 43rd Annual Conference this summer -- July 23-26 -- at the Holiday Inn in Elk Grove Village, Illinois . Possible presentation topics on all aspects of weak-signal VHF and above include, but are not limited to, antennas (modeling, design, arrays and control), equipment construction, propagation, test gear, regulatory issues, operating, digital signal processing and software-defined radio. The submission deadline for presentations and poster displays is June 29; bring posters for display with you to the conference. For more information, visit the CSVHFS 2009 conference Web page or contact Kermit Carlson, W9XA . > > * From the DXCC Desk: According to ARRL DXCC Manager Bill Moore, NC1L, questions have been coming into DXCC regarding the status of 5N/LZ1QK in Nigeria. "DXCC is currently working with his QSL manager to resolve the status of this operation," Moore said. "At this time, DXCC accreditation is on hold pending the outcome of the review." > > =========================================================== > The ARRL Letter is published Fridays, 50 times each year, by the American Radio Relay League: ARRL--the national association for Amateur Radio, 225 Main St, Newington, CT 06111; tel 860-594-0200; fax 860-594-0259; . Joel Harrison, W5ZN, President. > > The ARRL Letter offers a weekly e-mail digest of essential and general news of interest to active radio amateurs. Visit the ARRL Web site for the latest Amateur Radio news and news updates. 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URL: From kb9wsl at hotmail.com Fri Jun 12 19:56:19 2009 From: kb9wsl at hotmail.com (Tom Murray) Date: Fri, 12 Jun 2009 19:56:19 -0400 Subject: [Ccarc] VHF Contest this weekend Message-ID: 2009 ARRL June VHF QSO Party Rules General Rules Object: To work as many amateur stations in as many different 2 degrees by 1 degree grid squares as possible using authorized frequencies above 50 MHz. Foreign stations work W/VE amateurs only. Date and Contest Period: The second full weekend in June. Begins 1800 UTC Saturday, ends 0300 UTC Monday (June 13-15, 2009). Entry Categories: 3.1 Single Operator. 3.1.1. Low Power 3.1.2. High Power 3.2 Single Operator Portable. 3.3 Rover. A rover is comprised of no more than two operators that moves among two or more grid squares during the course of a contest. An operator may perform any or all rover functions, but a driver's function shall be limited to driving the vehicle. Drivers may be switched out during the event. Any number of observers is also allowed, however observers may not perform any rover function at any time. Rover vehicles with only one occupant are allowed to perform all functions listed above. 3.3.1. A rover vehicle may transport only one station using a single call sign. An exception is provided for in "General Rules for All ARRL Contests" number 3.5 (Family Rule). 3.3.2. A rover may not operate with more than one call sign. 3.3.3. Rover vehicles must transport all the equipment, power supplies, and antennas used at each operating site. 3.3.4. Rovers MUST sign "rover" on Phone and /R on CW and digital modes after their call sign. 3.3.5. All Rovers are encouraged to adopt operating practices that allow as many stations as possible to contact them. 3.3.6. Rover operators may submit separate logs for single operator (fixed station) in addition to their rover entries. Rovers submitting a score for inclusion in a club competition must also include a secondary summary sheet indicating the portion of the score that counts for the club score if any of the QSOs submitted take place outside of their club's territory. 3.3.7. Rovers are permitted to use APRS. Rovers using APRS transmit only their call sign and position. Any multi-op station may access rover APRS data directly or via the Internet. 3.3.8. A rover may not make more than 100 QSOs with any other one rover. 3.4. Limited Rover. Same as the "Rover" class above, but operation is permitted only on the 6 Meter, 2 Meter, 220 MHz and 432 MHz bands. Output power limits shall be the same as those defined for the Single Operator Low Power category. 3.5 Unlimited Rover. Same as ?Rover? class above, but Unlimited Rovers may use more than two operators and are exempt from rules 3.3.3 and 3.3.8. Please see ?General Rules For All ARRL Contests Above 30 MHz for more information on the Rover categories. 3.5.1. Unlimited Rover scores may NOT be applied to a club score for Club Competition. 3.6. Multioperator: 3.6.1. Multioperator (Unlimited): Stations submit logs with more than four bands used. 3.6.2.Limited Multioperator: Stations submit logs with a maximum of four bands used. (Logs from additional bands used, if any, should be included as checklogs.) Exchange: Grid-square locator (see April 1994 QST, p 86). 4.1. Exchange of signal report is optional. Scoring: 5.1. QSO points: 5.1.1. Count one point for each complete 50- or 144-MHz QSO. 5.1.2. Count two points for each 222- or 432-MHz QSO. 5.1.3. Count three points for each 902- or 1296-MHz QSO. 5.1.4. Count four points for each 2.3 GHz (or higher) QSO. 5.2. Multiplier: The total number of different grid squares worked per band. Each 2 degrees by 1 degree grid square counts as one multiplier on each band it is worked. 5.3. Final score: Multiply the total number of QSO points from all bands operated by the total number of multipliers for final score. 5.4. Rovers only: The final score consists of the total number of QSO points from all bands times the sum of unique multipliers (grid squares) worked per band (regardless of which grid square they were made in) plus one additional multiplier for every grid square from which they successfully completed a contact. 5.4.1. Rovers are listed in the contest score listings under the Division from which the most QSOs were made. Reporting: 6.1. Entries may be submitted as follows: 6.1.1. Electronic submissions in the Cabrillo format may be emailed to JuneVHF at arrl.org 6.1.2. Hand written paper logs or diskettes mailed to June VHF, ARRL, 225 Main St, Newington, CT 06111. 6.1.3. Web entries submitted via the web-based applet at: http://www.b4h.net/cabforms/ 6.2. Entries that have been electronically generated must submit their log file in the Cabrillo file format. Paper print outs of electronic files are not acceptable substitutes. 6.3. Entries must be emailed or postmarked no later than 0300 UTC Wednesday, July 15, 2009. Late logs may be designated as checklogs only. Miscellaneous: 7.1. Stations may be worked for credit only once per band from any given grid square, regardless of mode. This does not prohibit working a station from more than one grid square with the same call sign (such as a Rover). 7.2. Only permitted one signal per band (6, 2, 11/4, etc) at any given time is permitted, regardless of mode. 7.3. Multi-operator stations may not include QSOs with their own operators except on frequencies higher than 2.3 GHz. Even then, a complete, different station (transmitter, receiver and antenna) must exist for each QSO made under these conditions. 7.4. Forms may be obtained by: 7.4.1. Downloading from the Internet at the Contest Branch Website: http://www.arrl.org/contests/forms. 7.4.2. Sending an SASE with 2 units of postage to June VHF Form Request, ARRL, 225 Main St, Newington, CT 06111. Awards: Certificates will be awarded in the following categories: 8.1. Single operator. 8.1.1. Top Single Operator Low and High power entry in each ARRL/RAC Section. 8.1.2. Top Single Operator Low and High power on each band (50, 144, 222, 432, 902, 1296 and 2304-and-up categories) in each ARRL/RAC Section where significant effort or competition is evident. (Note: Since the highest score per band will be the award winner for that band, an entrant may win a certificate with additional single-band endorsements.) For example, if W1INF has the highest Single-Operator all-band score in the CT Section and his 50- and 222-MHz scores are higher than any other CT single operator's, he will earn a certificate for being the single-operator Section leader and endorsements for 50 and 222 MHz. 8.2. Top Single-Operator Portable in each ARRL/RAC Section where significant effort or competition is evident. (Single-operator Portable entries are not eligible for single-band awards.) 8.3. Top Rover, Limited Rover and Unlimited Rover in each ARRL Division and Canada where significant effort or competition is evident. (Rover entries are not eligible for single-band awards.) 8.4. Top Multioperator score in each ARRL/RAC Section where significant effort or competition is evident. (Multioperator entries are not eligible for single-band awards.) 8.5. Top Limited Multioperator in each ARRL/RAC Section where significant effort or competition is evident. (Limited multioperator entries are not eligible for single-band awards.) 8.6. Plaques, if sponsored, will be awarded in the following categories: 8.6.1. Top 10 Single Operator (both High and Low Power) scorers. 8.6.2. Top 5 Single Operator Portable scorers. 8.6.3. Top 5 Rover, Limited Rover and Unlimited Rover scorers. 8.6.4. Top 10 Multi-Operator scorers. 8.6.5. Top 5 Limited Multi-Operator scorers. Other: 9.1. See "General Rules for All ARRL Contests" and "General Rules for ARRL Contests on bands above 50 MHz (VHF)" at www.arrl.org/contests/forms 9.2. For more information, queries or questions contact contests at arrl.org or (860) 594-0232. _________________________________________________________________ Windows Live? SkyDrive?: Get 25 GB of free online storage. http://windowslive.com/online/skydrive?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_SD_25GB_062009 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From kb9vmw at comcast.net Sat Jun 13 09:23:41 2009 From: kb9vmw at comcast.net (Tom Denton) Date: Sat, 13 Jun 2009 09:23:41 -0400 Subject: [Ccarc] Repeaters On Mt. Mitchell (NC) To Be Removed Message-ID: <4A33A85D.7070309@comcast.net> I have not worked this repeater, but its area of coverage is legendary. http://forums.qrz.com/showthread.php?t=206595 -- 73, Tom Denton KB9VMW CCARC Board of Directors http://www.w9vmw.org/ Six Club #1963 http://www.6mt.com/ From k9dvl at comcast.net Sat Jun 13 09:36:06 2009 From: k9dvl at comcast.net (Dave Rothermel) Date: Sat, 13 Jun 2009 09:36:06 -0400 Subject: [Ccarc] Mt Mitchell repeater Message-ID: <4A33AB46.1010401@comcast.net> http://forums.qrz.com/showthread.php?t=206595 The General Manager of WMIT has ordered that all amateur equipment be removed from their facility which has housed repeaters per gratis on Clingman's Peak (Nr Mt Mitchell) for 27 years. WMIT is owned by Blue Ridge Broadcasting which is part of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association. We don't know why they have been asked to leave. The high-road answer is that this is probably an uninformed decision. But we do know that contacting Dr. Franklin Graham with a straightforward, polite and meaningful mesage regarding the impact this decision will have on the amateur community may help reverse this decision. Dr. Graham is the founder of Samaritan's Purse a disaster relief organization. He should understand the benefit of amateur radio and also be in a position to effect a decision. Please contact him via his executive secretary at - rwinkler at samaritan.org and express your concerns. Dean Blair ~ k2jb Western Carolina Amateur Radio Society President k2jb at bellsouth.net From phil_snider at hotmail.com Sat Jun 13 11:40:40 2009 From: phil_snider at hotmail.com (Phil Snider) Date: Sat, 13 Jun 2009 11:40:40 -0400 Subject: [Ccarc] amateur radio repeater needs to stay at WMIT Blue Ridge broadcasting location Message-ID: In emergency disaster situations, normal communications can be over loaded or knocked out. Normal telephone and cellular phones have too many single points of failure to be 100% reliable in emergencies. That is why amateur radio communications are so vital for emergency communications. Please reconsider removing the amateur radio repeater equipment at WMIT Blue Ridge broadcasting location at Clingman's peak (near Mt. Mitchel) that serves such a wide area of coverage and is needed for emergency communications such as Samaritan's Purse (a disaster relief organization), as well as Red Cross, Emergency Management, severe weather spotting, hospitals and other agencies. I worked for 25 years for a telephone company, and I know first hand how storms or a cable cut can knock out land lines and cell phones and 911 and internet communications. 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FM Repeater, V/U Uplink: 145.920 Mhz FM Downlink: 435.300 Mhz FM FM Repeater, L/U (Subject to interuption for telemetry collection) Uplink: 1268.700 Mhz FM Downlink: 435.150 Mhz FM June 29 - July 5 FM Repeater, V/U Uplink: 145.920 Mhz FM Downlink: 435.300 Mhz FM Phil Snider -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From phil_snider at hotmail.com Sun Jun 14 09:12:13 2009 From: phil_snider at hotmail.com (Phil Snider) Date: Sun, 14 Jun 2009 09:12:13 -0400 Subject: [Ccarc] ao-51 Message-ID: I think the antenna or maybe the feedline is probably the issue. A collinear antenna has a very focused pattern on the horizon and deep nulls overhead. The length and loss characteristics of the feedline may also have much to do with the situation. Omnis are tough on UHF downlinks, especially without a mast mounted preamp and a low loss feedline. An approach more likely to result in you hearing the satellite may be to try listening with an HT with a long whip antenna, a mobile with a 1/4 wave whip, or any radio with a short beam antenna. Look for the highest overhead pass you can find when the satellite is closest for the best chance of success. Remember to unsquelch your receiver as well. The software update is still in process, but the repeater has been active. There is not much to hear on the digital/beacon side without a TNC, as the data sounds much like noise to the ear, plus the downlink is weaker. I would stick to the repeater downlink on 435.300 tuning 10 kHz high at the beginning of the pass through 10 kHz low at the end, and right on .300 for the middle of the pass. Feel free to email me at ko4ma at amsat.org with any other questions. Maybe we can work through an equipment list of what you have available and come up with a configuration most likely to succeed. 73, Drew KO4MA Phil Snider w9lvy EMAILING FOR THE GREATER GOOD Join me -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From kb9vmw at comcast.net Sun Jun 14 14:45:21 2009 From: kb9vmw at comcast.net (Tom Denton) Date: Sun, 14 Jun 2009 14:45:21 -0400 Subject: [Ccarc] ao-51 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <4A354541.5060609@comcast.net> Phil, Was this a response to questions about your home equipment, or the EMA setup? I copied AO-51 again Saturday morning, beginning at only 7 degrees above the horizon, and approx. 12 kHz high (at 435.312). Copied 3 Call signs and Grid locators clearly, many other partials. (K4YYL - EM84, VE3XQ - EN93, KB9N - FM16 thought it was KV9N at first, but in NC??? hihi ) Lost signal not long after maximum altitude, but that might have been from a tree in that direction. My antenna is an Arrow 2m/440 J-Pole at 26'. 73, Tom Denton KB9VMW CCARC Board of Directors http://www.w9vmw.org/ Six Club #1963 http://www.6mt.com/ Phil Snider wrote: > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > I think the antenna or maybe the feedline is probably the issue. A collinear > antenna has a very focused pattern on the horizon and deep nulls overhead. > The length and loss characteristics of the feedline may also have much to do > with the situation. Omnis are tough on UHF downlinks, especially without a > mast mounted preamp and a low loss feedline. > > An approach more likely to result in you hearing the satellite may be to try > listening with an HT with a long whip antenna, a mobile with a 1/4 wave > whip, or any radio with a short beam antenna. Look for the highest overhead > pass you can find when the satellite is closest for the best chance of > success. Remember to unsquelch your receiver as well. > > The software update is still in process, but the repeater has been active. > There is not much to hear on the digital/beacon side without a TNC, as the > data sounds much like noise to the ear, plus the downlink is weaker. I would > stick to the repeater downlink on 435.300 tuning 10 kHz high at the > beginning of the pass through 10 kHz low at the end, and right on .300 for > the middle of the pass. > > Feel free to email me at ko4ma at amsat.org with any other questions. Maybe we > can work through an equipment list of what you have available and come up > with a configuration most likely to succeed. > > 73, Drew KO4MA > > > Phil Snider w9lvy > > > From phil_snider at hotmail.com Sun Jun 14 18:59:30 2009 From: phil_snider at hotmail.com (Phil Snider) Date: Sun, 14 Jun 2009 18:59:30 -0400 Subject: [Ccarc] ao-51 In-Reply-To: <4A354541.5060609@comcast.net> References: <4A354541.5060609@comcast.net> Message-ID: this was from the amsat discussion in reply to another person who was asking about trouble hearing the sattelite. This was just for information. I have not been able to hear the sattelite from home, but I am using a vhf colinear vertical that probably has bad radiation pattern for 435 mHz. It would also probably apply to the antennas at EMA that are on the tower. What is the time for the next passes? thanks Phil Snider > Date: Sun, 14 Jun 2009 14:45:21 -0400 > From: kb9vmw at comcast.net > To: ccarc at culcom.net > Subject: Re: [Ccarc] ao-51 > > Phil, > Was this a response to questions about your home equipment, or the EMA > setup? > > I copied AO-51 again Saturday morning, beginning at only 7 degrees above > the horizon, and approx. 12 kHz high (at 435.312). Copied 3 Call signs > and Grid locators clearly, many other partials. > (K4YYL - EM84, VE3XQ - EN93, KB9N - FM16 thought it was KV9N at > first, but in NC??? hihi ) > Lost signal not long after maximum altitude, but that might have been > from a tree in that direction. My antenna is an Arrow 2m/440 J-Pole at 26'. > > 73, > Tom Denton KB9VMW > > CCARC Board of Directors > http://www.w9vmw.org/ > > Six Club #1963 > http://www.6mt.com/ > > > > Phil Snider wrote: > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > I think the antenna or maybe the feedline is probably the issue. A collinear > > antenna has a very focused pattern on the horizon and deep nulls overhead. > > The length and loss characteristics of the feedline may also have much to do > > with the situation. Omnis are tough on UHF downlinks, especially without a > > mast mounted preamp and a low loss feedline. > > > > An approach more likely to result in you hearing the satellite may be to try > > listening with an HT with a long whip antenna, a mobile with a 1/4 wave > > whip, or any radio with a short beam antenna. Look for the highest overhead > > pass you can find when the satellite is closest for the best chance of > > success. Remember to unsquelch your receiver as well. > > > > The software update is still in process, but the repeater has been active. > > There is not much to hear on the digital/beacon side without a TNC, as the > > data sounds much like noise to the ear, plus the downlink is weaker. I would > > stick to the repeater downlink on 435.300 tuning 10 kHz high at the > > beginning of the pass through 10 kHz low at the end, and right on .300 for > > the middle of the pass. > > > > Feel free to email me at ko4ma at amsat.org with any other questions. Maybe we > > can work through an equipment list of what you have available and come up > > with a configuration most likely to succeed. > > > > 73, Drew KO4MA > > > > > > Phil Snider w9lvy > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > ccarc mailing list > ccarc at culcom.net > http://ns1.culcom.net/mailman/listinfo/ccarc -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From kb9wsl at hotmail.com Mon Jun 15 06:18:42 2009 From: kb9wsl at hotmail.com (Tom Murray) Date: Mon, 15 Jun 2009 06:18:42 -0400 Subject: [Ccarc] FCC to help AM's with FM translators Message-ID: Monday, June 15th 2009 AM dreams fulfilled? AM operators who crave FM translators finally get a policy from the FCC. The Commission?s been granting these requests on a one-by-one basis only for the last year or so, and it?s way past time to put the ad hoc practice into the form of a policy ? and recognize that many AM stations need help. We don?t yet know what the policy would look like. Only that it?s on the agenda for the FCC's July 2 Open Meeting. You wonder if the Commission is setting the stage for additional relief for AMs, recognizing the squeeze that some smaller operators face with economics and AM-band interference. As for the upcoming July 2 Report and Order about FM translators ? we do know the general outline. The rule change will ?expand the permissible service of authorized FM translator stations to allow their use as a fill-in service.? In other words, the coverage area of the translator can?t extend past the authorized coverage of a commercial AM station. I suspect the already-brisk traffic in selling translators is going to speed up considerably. Will daytime-only AMs get priority? _________________________________________________________________ Windows Live?: Keep your life in sync. http://windowslive.com/explore?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_BR_life_in_synch_062009 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From k9dvl at comcast.net Tue Jun 16 16:37:43 2009 From: k9dvl at comcast.net (Dave Rothermel) Date: Tue, 16 Jun 2009 16:37:43 -0400 Subject: [Ccarc] [Fwd: [Mw] FWD:Re: [VHF] Please participate in Field Day] Message-ID: <4A380297.5060600@comcast.net> An embedded message was scrubbed... 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Phil Snider "the earth is one country and mandkind are its citizens" - Baha'i Faith EMAILING FOR THE GREATER GOOD Join me > Date: Tue, 16 Jun 2009 20:49:47 -0400 > From: kb9vmw at comcast.net > To: ccarc at culcom.net > Subject: [Ccarc] satellites > > I copied SO-50 and AO-27 today with my home setup. I should have > everything ready (in the 847 memories) for trying all 3 FM sats > (VHF/UHF) during Field Day. It won't be easy, they will be REAL BUSY! > > -- > 73, > Tom Denton KB9VMW > > CCARC Board of Directors > http://www.w9vmw.org/ > > Six Club #1963 > http://www.6mt.com/ > > _______________________________________________ > ccarc mailing list > ccarc at culcom.net > http://ns1.culcom.net/mailman/listinfo/ccarc -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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That would give the one million or so currently-available HD Radio receivers a better shot at picking up the signal. It would also make the demonstration models in retail stores work better. What I?m hearing out of Washington is that the FCC might split the difference, and allow HD power levels of 5% of the analog power. Call it ?half a loaf.? But it might be the simplest, quickest decision. If you?re interested in filing comments, this is MM Docket 99-325. The graphic here is one of the new generation of portable HD Radio receivers, as previewed at NAB-Las Vegas and modeled for you by Vicki Stearn of iBiquity.From Radio-INfo.com _________________________________________________________________ Hotmail? has ever-growing storage! Don?t worry about storage limits. http://windowslive.com/Tutorial/Hotmail/Storage?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_HM_Tutorial_Storage_062009 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From badbjd at hotmail.com Wed Jun 17 07:53:23 2009 From: badbjd at hotmail.com (Brandon DeLorenzo) Date: Wed, 17 Jun 2009 07:53:23 -0400 Subject: [Ccarc] satellites In-Reply-To: References: <4A383DAB.4030900@comcast.net> Message-ID: Here are the next 10 passes for both satellites: SO-50 AMSAT Online Satellite Pass Predictions - SO-50 View the current location of SO-50 Date (UTC) AOS (UTC) Duration AOS Azimuth Maximum Elevation Max El Azimuth LOS Azimuth LOS (UTC) 17 Jun 09 12:48:13 00:03:03 115 1 102 89 12:51:16 17 Jun 09 14:22:30 00:13:58 189 36 107 41 14:36:28 17 Jun 09 16:03:18 00:13:55 239 30 321 25 16:17:13 17 Jun 09 17:47:47 00:09:38 291 7 331 16 17:57:25 17 Jun 09 19:33:37 00:05:17 338 2 3 22 19:38:54 17 Jun 09 21:15:12 00:09:23 344 7 24 69 21:24:35 17 Jun 09 22:55:26 00:13:20 334 31 58 122 23:08:46 18 Jun 09 00:36:17 00:13:00 317 30 234 175 00:49:17 18 Jun 09 13:13:03 00:11:07 157 11 118 56 13:24:10 18 Jun 09 14:51:21 00:14:34 212 87 308 33 15:05:55 AO-27 AMSAT Online Satellite Pass Predictions - AO-27 View the current location of AO-27 Date (UTC) AOS (UTC) Duration AOS Azimuth Maximum Elevation Max El Azimuth LOS Azimuth LOS (UTC) 17 Jun 09 17:08:36 00:05:35 71 2 58 26 17:14:11 17 Jun 09 18:42:15 00:14:14 138 30 83 357 18:56:29 17 Jun 09 20:21:39 00:14:28 191 31 246 337 20:36:07 18 Jun 09 06:56:11 00:11:39 37 11 77 140 07:07:50 18 Jun 09 08:34:39 00:15:08 12 84 271 197 08:49:47 18 Jun 09 10:15:18 00:11:22 351 11 311 252 10:26:40 18 Jun 09 18:14:51 00:12:49 122 18 63 4 18:27:40 18 Jun 09 19:52:54 00:15:04 175 59 255 343 20:07:58 18 Jun 09 21:36:35 00:08:48 239 5 265 312 21:45:23 19 Jun 09 06:29:14 00:08:10 51 4 77 117 06:37:24 Brandon J. DeLorenzo From: phil_snider at hotmail.com To: ccarc at culcom.net Date: Tue, 16 Jun 2009 21:07:57 -0400 Subject: Re: [Ccarc] satellites when is the next pass? Phil Snider "the earth is one country and mandkind are its citizens" - Baha'i Faith EMAILING FOR THE GREATER GOOD Join me > Date: Tue, 16 Jun 2009 20:49:47 -0400 > From: kb9vmw at comcast.net > To: ccarc at culcom.net > Subject: [Ccarc] satellites > > I copied SO-50 and AO-27 today with my home setup. I should have > everything ready (in the 847 memories) for trying all 3 FM sats > (VHF/UHF) during Field Day. It won't be easy, they will be REAL BUSY! > > -- > 73, > Tom Denton KB9VMW > > CCARC Board of Directors > http://www.w9vmw.org/ > > Six Club #1963 > http://www.6mt.com/ > > _______________________________________________ > ccarc mailing list > ccarc at culcom.net > http://ns1.culcom.net/mailman/listinfo/ccarc _________________________________________________________________ Lauren found her dream laptop. 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DeLorenzo - Parts Manager Shepherd's Chevrolet-Buick-Pontiac-Cadillac GM Performance Parts Authorized Center 1520 East 9th St. Rochester, IN 46975 Phone: 574-223-2136 Fax: 574-223-2718 Parts Direct Line: 574-224-PART (7278) http://www.shepherdsgm.net -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From phil_snider at hotmail.com Wed Jun 17 08:52:42 2009 From: phil_snider at hotmail.com (Phil Snider) Date: Wed, 17 Jun 2009 08:52:42 -0400 Subject: [Ccarc] SO-50 Message-ID: Weekly Satellite ReportThere have been unconfirmed reports on the amsat-bb remailer that SO-50 has shifted downlink frequency as much as 5khz up. This both from Europe. To switch the transmitter on, you need to send a CTCSS tone of 74.4 Hz. The order of operation is thus: (allow for Doppler as necessary) 1) Transmit on 145.850 MHz with a tone of 74.4 Hz to arm the 10 minute timer on board the spacecraft. 2) Now transmit on 145.850 MHz (FM Voice) using 67.0 Hz to PT the repeater on and off within the 10 Minute window. 3) Sending the 74.4 tone again within the 10 minute window will reset the 10 minute timer. Detailed Description SO-50 carries several experiments, including a mode J FM amateur repeater experiment operating on 145.850 MHz uplink and 436.800 MHz downlink. The repeater is available to amateurs worldwide as power permits, using a 67.0 Hertz PL tone on the uplink, for on-demand activation. SO-50 also has a 10 minute timer that must be armed before use. Transmit a 2 second carrier with a PL tone of 74.4 to arm the timer. The repeater consists of a miniature VHF receiver with sensitivity of -124dBm, having an IF bandwidth of 15 KHz. The receive antenna is a 1/4 wave vertical mounted in the top corner of the spacecraft. The receive audio is filtered and conditioned then gated in the control electronics prior to feeding it to the 250mW UHF transmitter. The downlink antenna is a 1/4 wave mounted in the bottom corner of the spacecraft and canted at 45 degrees inward. Phil Snider "the earth is one country and mandkind are its citizens" - Baha'i Faith EMAILING FOR THE GREATER GOOD Join me -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From phil_snider at hotmail.com Wed Jun 17 09:24:17 2009 From: phil_snider at hotmail.com (Phil Snider) Date: Wed, 17 Jun 2009 09:24:17 -0400 Subject: [Ccarc] (no subject) Message-ID: Quick Access to Project Pages: AO-51 Eagle P3E Namaste (Ground station) AO-51 Configuration to Support Kid's Day June 20 Amateur Radio Kids Day will be held on Saturday, June 20, 2009, between 1800 UTC ? 2400 UTC. This on-air event encourages young people (licensed or not) to have fun with Amateur Radio, hopefully interesting them get a ham radio license of their own. It also gives us "older hams" [ahem!] a chance to share our love for amateur radio with the kids. AMSAT VP Operations, Drew KO4MA announced that one of AO-51's repeaters will be dedicated to Kid's Day stations during this period. During the event please limit QSOs to those with youth participants on the satellite. The frequencies for this event will be: AO-51 FM Repeater, V/UUplink: 145.880 Mhz FMDownlink: 435.300 Mhz FM The suggested exchange includes name, age, location and favorite color. To draw attention mention "Kids Day? when you call on the satellite. All participants are eligible to receive a colorful certificate. You can download this certificate for free, customized with the youngster?s names, after filling out the Kid's Day Survey. Alternatively, you can send a 9? x 12? SASE to Boring Amateur Radio Club, PO Box 1357, Boring, OR 97009. An email reflector for Kid's Day has been set up to share experiences. AO-51 Operating Modes Please check the AO-51 Control Team Web Page for latest operating information. AMSAT Field Day information is available now. Phil Snider W9LVY EMAILING FOR THE GREATER GOOD Join me -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From bdelorenzo at shepherdsgm.com Wed Jun 17 10:34:02 2009 From: bdelorenzo at shepherdsgm.com (Brandon DeLorenzo) Date: Wed, 17 Jun 2009 10:34:02 -0400 Subject: [Ccarc] SO-50 Message-ID: <002d01c9ef58$a97de350$fc79a9f0$@com> Just heard some traffic from SO-50 but I could only copy "X-ray" and "Charlie" with my mobile rig. I need to get a ext speaker that is clearer. With the static in the background it drowns out any voice. Brandon J. DeLorenzo - Parts Manager Shepherd's Chevrolet-Buick-Pontiac-Cadillac GM Performance Parts Authorized Center 1520 East 9th St. Rochester, IN 46975 Phone: 574-223-2136 Fax: 574-223-2718 Parts Direct Line: 574-224-PART (7278) http://www.shepherdsgm.net -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From kb9vmw at comcast.net Wed Jun 17 11:10:06 2009 From: kb9vmw at comcast.net (Tom Denton) Date: Wed, 17 Jun 2009 11:10:06 -0400 Subject: [Ccarc] SO-50 In-Reply-To: <002d01c9ef58$a97de350$fc79a9f0$@com> References: <002d01c9ef58$a97de350$fc79a9f0$@com> Message-ID: <4A39074E.5060804@comcast.net> I didn't copy much from this last pass myself, not a very high pass. I have been getting a stronger signal from AO-51 than from the other two. Much easier to copy. 73, Tom Denton KB9VMW CCARC Board of Directors http://www.w9vmw.org/ Six Club #1963 http://www.6mt.com/ Brandon DeLorenzo wrote: > > Just heard some traffic from SO-50 but I could only copy ?X-ray? and > ?Charlie? with my mobile rig. I need to get a ext speaker that is > clearer. With the static in the background it drowns out any voice. > > *Brandon J. DeLorenzo - Parts Manager > > **Shepherd's Chevrolet-Buick-Pontiac-Cadillac** > **GM Performance Parts Authorized Center** > *1520 East 9th St. Rochester, IN 46975* > *Phone: 574-223-2136 Fax: 574-223-2718* > *Parts Direct Line: 574-224-PART (7278)* > *http://www.shepherdsgm.net ** > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > ccarc mailing list > ccarc at culcom.net > http://ns1.culcom.net/mailman/listinfo/ccarc > From k9dvl at comcast.net Wed Jun 17 12:30:08 2009 From: k9dvl at comcast.net (Dave Rothermel) Date: Wed, 17 Jun 2009 12:30:08 -0400 Subject: [Ccarc] AMSAT - AO-51 Control Team News Message-ID: <4A391A10.5060000@comcast.net> http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/echo/CTNews.php Isn't AO 51 In mode S 2401 MHZ downlink? Dave From badbjd at hotmail.com Wed Jun 17 12:35:43 2009 From: badbjd at hotmail.com (Brandon DeLorenzo) Date: Wed, 17 Jun 2009 12:35:43 -0400 Subject: [Ccarc] AMSAT - AO-51 Control Team News In-Reply-To: <4A391A10.5060000@comcast.net> References: <4A391A10.5060000@comcast.net> Message-ID: Yeah, untill the 20th according to the website last time I looked. Brandon J. DeLorenzo > Date: Wed, 17 Jun 2009 12:30:08 -0400 > From: k9dvl at comcast.net > To: ccarc at culcom.net > Subject: [Ccarc] AMSAT - AO-51 Control Team News > > http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/echo/CTNews.php > > Isn't AO 51 In mode S 2401 MHZ downlink? > Dave > _______________________________________________ > ccarc mailing list > ccarc at culcom.net > http://ns1.culcom.net/mailman/listinfo/ccarc _________________________________________________________________ Bing? brings you maps, menus, and reviews organized in one place. 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Phil Snider W9LVY > Date: Wed, 17 Jun 2009 11:10:06 -0400 > From: kb9vmw at comcast.net > To: ccarc at culcom.net > Subject: Re: [Ccarc] SO-50 > > I didn't copy much from this last pass myself, not a very high pass. I > have been getting a stronger signal from AO-51 than from the other two. > Much easier to copy. > > 73, > Tom Denton KB9VMW > > CCARC Board of Directors > http://www.w9vmw.org/ > > Six Club #1963 > http://www.6mt.com/ > > > > Brandon DeLorenzo wrote: > > > > Just heard some traffic from SO-50 but I could only copy ?X-ray? and > > ?Charlie? with my mobile rig. I need to get a ext speaker that is > > clearer. With the static in the background it drowns out any voice. > > > > *Brandon J. DeLorenzo - Parts Manager > > > > **Shepherd's Chevrolet-Buick-Pontiac-Cadillac** > > **GM Performance Parts Authorized Center** > > *1520 East 9th St. Rochester, IN 46975* > > *Phone: 574-223-2136 Fax: 574-223-2718* > > *Parts Direct Line: 574-224-PART (7278)* > > *http://www.shepherdsgm.net ** > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > _______________________________________________ > > ccarc mailing list > > ccarc at culcom.net > > http://ns1.culcom.net/mailman/listinfo/ccarc > > > _______________________________________________ > ccarc mailing list > ccarc at culcom.net > http://ns1.culcom.net/mailman/listinfo/ccarc -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From rervin55 at msn.com Wed Jun 17 22:49:56 2009 From: rervin55 at msn.com (Rae Ervin) Date: Wed, 17 Jun 2009 22:49:56 -0400 Subject: [Ccarc] Field Day fund raising Message-ID: To All: First let me appoligize to anyone who gets this twice. I have several Amateur Radio lists and some of you may be on more that one of them. Also, I have had a major computer disaster here that has prevented me from letting all of you know what is going on with fund raising for Field Day 2009. I am slowly getting this back in order. I just restored my e-mail capability yesterday. I had over 400 e-mails to catch up with. That along with the unexpected inheritance of two grandchildren full time for now and lots of overtime has put a strain on my time. Anyway, here goes. Fund raising for this years event has been going along well. We are going to have another great meal on Saturday night at 5pm. As usual, this time is approximate, but I try to get it done on schedule. Please bare with me on that. The menu will include hot dogs and hamburgers on the grill (who will be providing the grill is still not settled yet). We will also have wings from Domino's in Logansport and maybe pizza from Papa John's. The pizza for Saturday night is still up in the air. I also expect plenty of good carry in food to be provided by club members. If you could let me know what you will be bringing asap it would be great so I can coordinate that as much as possible. We don't want 40 bags of chips. Some chips would be great, but not 40 bags. The Club will be providing drinks such as bottled water and pop. I don't have a sponsor for that yet so we may have to spend some of the budget on that. Hopefully John (KB9SIR) will be able to get ice from the Fire Department. There was some difficulty with their ice machine recently, but I think that has been taken care of. (Thanks Dave, Sorry John). It looks like we will also have pizza to feed those who help with Friday night setup. Little Ceasar's will provide some of that and if needed we will use certificates from Bruno's to suppliment that. We may also have pizza from Pizza Hut. That is still not firm. Again this year we will be having a fund raising raffle, two as a matter of fact. The main raffle will be for the regular type of prizes. They include: A still undetermined prize from NAPA Auto Parts A youth summer membership to the Cass County Family Y A $5 gift card from Family Video Some free coupons good for $6 burgers from Hardee's 2 tool sets from Advanced Auto Parts (I still haven't seen these yet so further details will be coming soon) A car care kit from Auto Zone A $10 dollar gift certificate from Bob Evans A 3 month membership to Ultimate Fitness A $25 dollar gift card from Rural King These are the prizes that I have firm commitments for so far. I am also talking to Applebee's, Home Depot and a couple of other places so more may be added to the list later. Tickets for this raffle will be $1 each and 6 for $5. I hope to be able to start selling them at the meeting this Saturday. Does anyone know where the roll of left over tickets from last year are? I suspect they are in the Field Day box. I need to check this out when I can. The second raffle will work a little different. N9WCQ has graciously donated a Yaesu HT to the Club for raffle (way to step up WC!!!). It is an FT-411 2-meter only handheld. It has a rechargable battery pack and a charger included. I have used it several times and it works great! It is in cherry shape and would make a great addition to anyone's radio stable. Tickets for this raffle will be $5 per ticket and 6 for $25. We will not be giving it away until the ticket sales reach at least $200. If we don't sell at least $200 worth of tickets for this radio by the end of Field Day we will hold it over until we do. I don't want to give this away unless we raise some good bucks for the Club so get off those moldy old wallets and buy some tickets. This radio would be great for anyone and if you won it for the price of $5 ticket it would be a steal!!! I hope to be on the net tomorrow night on this radio. That all depends on when I get home from work. I have been working late lately. It's hot as you have noticed and that means lots of overtime for me. 'Ol Rae needs the money so I am not complaining, but it may interfere with my being on the Net tomorrow night. If I don't make I will depend on Terry or Phil to read this e-mail if you would please. That's what I have so far. Sorry it took so long to get this out, but if you could forward this to anyone not on the remailer I would appreciate it. Anyone you know, in the Club or not, as long as they have money to buy tickets. hgdd r a e(N9YFW) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From annalh at comcast.net Thu Jun 18 06:18:48 2009 From: annalh at comcast.net (Anna Hendrickson) Date: Thu, 18 Jun 2009 06:18:48 -0400 Subject: [Ccarc] Field Day fund raising References: Message-ID: <78B7E424B7D04FC697620C3D4C18CCB6@HP85007484260> Good morning all, Rae sounds like everything is coming together nicely. The cook-out always comes together very well. Thanks everyone for everything that gets done. This will be another great year. I have the tickets, will bring to meeting on Saturday. I also have the paperwork for the information table if needed. There is enough table service for 50 people, (does anyone think we need more than that?) If so I will get it. I also have all the condiments needed. If I left anything out just ask.. Thanks, Have a great day!!!! Anna ----- Original Message ----- From: Rae Ervin To: CCARC Rmailer ; Guy (AC9X) ; John Boughton ; Steve ; Marion Bell ; e.norris at insightbb.com ; Dale(N9ONJ) Gaddis ; TomWer7 at aol.com ; cn9zmw at aol.com ; Rae Ervin ; Flinn, Mike (verizon) ; Todd Ervin ; John Mucker ; TerryGroninger Jr ; Boughton, John ; Tom Murray Sent: Wednesday, June 17, 2009 10:49 PM Subject: [Ccarc] Field Day fund raising To All: First let me appoligize to anyone who gets this twice. I have several Amateur Radio lists and some of you may be on more that one of them. Also, I have had a major computer disaster here that has prevented me from letting all of you know what is going on with fund raising for Field Day 2009. I am slowly getting this back in order. I just restored my e-mail capability yesterday. I had over 400 e-mails to catch up with. That along with the unexpected inheritance of two grandchildren full time for now and lots of overtime has put a strain on my time. Anyway, here goes. Fund raising for this years event has been going along well. We are going to have another great meal on Saturday night at 5pm. As usual, this time is approximate, but I try to get it done on schedule. Please bare with me on that. The menu will include hot dogs and hamburgers on the grill (who will be providing the grill is still not settled yet). We will also have wings from Domino's in Logansport and maybe pizza from Papa John's. The pizza for Saturday night is still up in the air. I also expect plenty of good carry in food to be provided by club members. If you could let me know what you will be bringing asap it would be great so I can coordinate that as much as possible. We don't want 40 bags of chips. Some chips would be great, but not 40 bags. The Club will be providing drinks such as bottled water and pop. I don't have a sponsor for that yet so we may have to spend some of the budget on that. Hopefully John (KB9SIR) will be able to get ice from the Fire Department. There was some difficulty with their ice machine recently, but I think that has been taken care of. (Thanks Dave, Sorry John). It looks like we will also have pizza to feed those who help with Friday night setup. Little Ceasar's will provide some of that and if needed we will use certificates from Bruno's to suppliment that. We may also have pizza from Pizza Hut. That is still not firm. Again this year we will be having a fund raising raffle, two as a matter of fact. The main raffle will be for the regular type of prizes. They include: A still undetermined prize from NAPA Auto Parts A youth summer membership to the Cass County Family Y A $5 gift card from Family Video Some free coupons good for $6 burgers from Hardee's 2 tool sets from Advanced Auto Parts (I still haven't seen these yet so further details will be coming soon) A car care kit from Auto Zone A $10 dollar gift certificate from Bob Evans A 3 month membership to Ultimate Fitness A $25 dollar gift card from Rural King These are the prizes that I have firm commitments for so far. I am also talking to Applebee's, Home Depot and a couple of other places so more may be added to the list later. Tickets for this raffle will be $1 each and 6 for $5. I hope to be able to start selling them at the meeting this Saturday. Does anyone know where the roll of left over tickets from last year are? I suspect they are in the Field Day box. I need to check this out when I can. The second raffle will work a little different. N9WCQ has graciously donated a Yaesu HT to the Club for raffle (way to step up WC!!!). It is an FT-411 2-meter only handheld. It has a rechargable battery pack and a charger included. I have used it several times and it works great! It is in cherry shape and would make a great addition to anyone's radio stable. Tickets for this raffle will be $5 per ticket and 6 for $25. We will not be giving it away until the ticket sales reach at least $200. If we don't sell at least $200 worth of tickets for this radio by the end of Field Day we will hold it over until we do. I don't want to give this away unless we raise some good bucks for the Club so get off those moldy old wallets and buy some tickets. This radio would be great for anyone and if you won it for the price of $5 ticket it would be a steal!!! I hope to be on the net tomorrow night on this radio. That all depends on when I get home from work. I have been working late lately. It's hot as you have noticed and that means lots of overtime for me. 'Ol Rae needs the money so I am not complaining, but it may interfere with my being on the Net tomorrow night. If I don't make I will depend on Terry or Phil to read this e-mail if you would please. That's what I have so far. Sorry it took so long to get this out, but if you could forward this to anyone not on the remailer I would appreciate it. Anyone you know, in the Club or not, as long as they have money to buy tickets. hgdd r a e(N9YFW) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ ccarc mailing list ccarc at culcom.net http://ns1.culcom.net/mailman/listinfo/ccarc -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From rervin55 at msn.com Thu Jun 18 19:17:59 2009 From: rervin55 at msn.com (Rae Ervin) Date: Thu, 18 Jun 2009 19:17:59 -0400 Subject: [Ccarc] Field Day fund raising In-Reply-To: <78B7E424B7D04FC697620C3D4C18CCB6@HP85007484260> References: <78B7E424B7D04FC697620C3D4C18CCB6@HP85007484260> Message-ID: Anna: Great to hear about the tickets. Thanks for handling that and the other stuff. Ritter's Ice Cream is donating some condiments and napkins and plates as well. Looks like we have that covered pretty well. Hope to hear from people about what they will be bringing for the carry-in. Picked up some of the prizes tonight. Will get the rest as time permits. hgdd r a e ----- Original Message ----- From: Anna Hendrickson To: ccarc at culcom.net Sent: Thursday, June 18, 2009 6:18 AM Subject: Re: [Ccarc] Field Day fund raising Good morning all, Rae sounds like everything is coming together nicely. The cook-out always comes together very well. Thanks everyone for everything that gets done. This will be another great year. I have the tickets, will bring to meeting on Saturday. I also have the paperwork for the information table if needed. There is enough table service for 50 people, (does anyone think we need more than that?) If so I will get it. I also have all the condiments needed. If I left anything out just ask.. Thanks, Have a great day!!!! Anna ----- Original Message ----- From: Rae Ervin To: CCARC Rmailer ; Guy (AC9X) ; John Boughton ; Steve ; Marion Bell ; e.norris at insightbb.com ; Dale(N9ONJ) Gaddis ; TomWer7 at aol.com ; cn9zmw at aol.com ; Rae Ervin ; Flinn, Mike (verizon) ; Todd Ervin ; John Mucker ; TerryGroninger Jr ; Boughton, John ; Tom Murray Sent: Wednesday, June 17, 2009 10:49 PM Subject: [Ccarc] Field Day fund raising To All: First let me appoligize to anyone who gets this twice. I have several Amateur Radio lists and some of you may be on more that one of them. Also, I have had a major computer disaster here that has prevented me from letting all of you know what is going on with fund raising for Field Day 2009. I am slowly getting this back in order. I just restored my e-mail capability yesterday. I had over 400 e-mails to catch up with. That along with the unexpected inheritance of two grandchildren full time for now and lots of overtime has put a strain on my time. Anyway, here goes. Fund raising for this years event has been going along well. We are going to have another great meal on Saturday night at 5pm. As usual, this time is approximate, but I try to get it done on schedule. Please bare with me on that. The menu will include hot dogs and hamburgers on the grill (who will be providing the grill is still not settled yet). We will also have wings from Domino's in Logansport and maybe pizza from Papa John's. The pizza for Saturday night is still up in the air. I also expect plenty of good carry in food to be provided by club members. If you could let me know what you will be bringing asap it would be great so I can coordinate that as much as possible. We don't want 40 bags of chips. Some chips would be great, but not 40 bags. The Club will be providing drinks such as bottled water and pop. I don't have a sponsor for that yet so we may have to spend some of the budget on that. Hopefully John (KB9SIR) will be able to get ice from the Fire Department. There was some difficulty with their ice machine recently, but I think that has been taken care of. (Thanks Dave, Sorry John). It looks like we will also have pizza to feed those who help with Friday night setup. Little Ceasar's will provide some of that and if needed we will use certificates from Bruno's to suppliment that. We may also have pizza from Pizza Hut. That is still not firm. Again this year we will be having a fund raising raffle, two as a matter of fact. The main raffle will be for the regular type of prizes. They include: A still undetermined prize from NAPA Auto Parts A youth summer membership to the Cass County Family Y A $5 gift card from Family Video Some free coupons good for $6 burgers from Hardee's 2 tool sets from Advanced Auto Parts (I still haven't seen these yet so further details will be coming soon) A car care kit from Auto Zone A $10 dollar gift certificate from Bob Evans A 3 month membership to Ultimate Fitness A $25 dollar gift card from Rural King These are the prizes that I have firm commitments for so far. I am also talking to Applebee's, Home Depot and a couple of other places so more may be added to the list later. Tickets for this raffle will be $1 each and 6 for $5. I hope to be able to start selling them at the meeting this Saturday. Does anyone know where the roll of left over tickets from last year are? I suspect they are in the Field Day box. I need to check this out when I can. The second raffle will work a little different. N9WCQ has graciously donated a Yaesu HT to the Club for raffle (way to step up WC!!!). It is an FT-411 2-meter only handheld. It has a rechargable battery pack and a charger included. I have used it several times and it works great! It is in cherry shape and would make a great addition to anyone's radio stable. Tickets for this raffle will be $5 per ticket and 6 for $25. We will not be giving it away until the ticket sales reach at least $200. If we don't sell at least $200 worth of tickets for this radio by the end of Field Day we will hold it over until we do. I don't want to give this away unless we raise some good bucks for the Club so get off those moldy old wallets and buy some tickets. This radio would be great for anyone and if you won it for the price of $5 ticket it would be a steal!!! I hope to be on the net tomorrow night on this radio. That all depends on when I get home from work. I have been working late lately. It's hot as you have noticed and that means lots of overtime for me. 'Ol Rae needs the money so I am not complaining, but it may interfere with my being on the Net tomorrow night. If I don't make I will depend on Terry or Phil to read this e-mail if you would please. That's what I have so far. Sorry it took so long to get this out, but if you could forward this to anyone not on the remailer I would appreciate it. Anyone you know, in the Club or not, as long as they have money to buy tickets. hgdd r a e(N9YFW) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ ccarc mailing list ccarc at culcom.net http://ns1.culcom.net/mailman/listinfo/ccarc _______________________________________________ ccarc mailing list ccarc at culcom.net http://ns1.culcom.net/mailman/listinfo/ccarc -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From kb9wsl at hotmail.com Thu Jun 18 21:14:54 2009 From: kb9wsl at hotmail.com (Tom Murray) Date: Thu, 18 Jun 2009 21:14:54 -0400 Subject: [Ccarc] Net Message-ID: Club Members.... I am sorry for missing the Net tonight....I was in my garage painting a sign for use at Field Day. I plan on placing it by the road near EMA driveway during Field Day. Time got away from me....Thank's Mitch we really need daylight till 10PM...LOL ! My days have been mixed up since going to our new 12 hr schedule at work....I go in at 6pm and get off at 6am...so one of my work days actually encompasses two days ont he calendar...really messes you up. Anyway I think things are coming together well. Sounds like rae has done great with the prizes and meal evening during this down economic time...I have brochures for the information table. I think we are set for radios......things that still need to be done include checking antennas, rotators and computers. I will also bring my MFJ HF 300 watt manual antenna tuner, a couple of extension cords, and miscellanous other items. I think ropes and such are in the trailer if memory serves me. I would like to check things out before or after the meeting this saturday. I have to work a 12 hr shoft at 6pm Saturday so I won't be able to stay long after the meeting...however I will be off on Friday-Saturday and Sunday of Field Day weekend.. so I will be OK for the event itself. If there is anything anyone can think of that I may be forgetting let me know..... we have 200 dollars budgeted for FD again this year...I doubt we will come close to spending that amount. It's getting really close now...... Tom KB9WSL _________________________________________________________________ Hotmail? has ever-growing storage! Don?t worry about storage limits. http://windowslive.com/Tutorial/Hotmail/Storage?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_HM_Tutorial_Storage_062009 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From kb9wsl at hotmail.com Thu Jun 18 22:12:27 2009 From: kb9wsl at hotmail.com (Tom Murray) Date: Thu, 18 Jun 2009 22:12:27 -0400 Subject: [Ccarc] 5-21-09 CCARC MINUTES Message-ID: MINUTES OF THE JUNE 21,2009 MEETING OF THE C.C.A.R.C. The meeting was called to order at 7:07PM by Phil, W9LVY. SECRETARY?s REPORT: The Minutes of the April meeting were read by Tom, KB9WSL. The minutes were approved as presented. TREASURER?s REPORT: The Treasurer?s report was presented by Dave, N9WCQ. Beginning balance as of 4-18-2009 was $531.10. Deposit of $10.00 Deposit of 31 cents interest. Ending balance of $541.41 The Treasurer?s report was approved as presented. REPEATER: Dave, K9DVL reported he was able to buy a transistor at Dayton to repair the 100 watt amplifier he purchased at the Peru Ham-fest. He also reported there is a low audio problem with the 450 repeater. He believes it may be a problem with the controller. FIELD DAY: Tom, KB9WSL, reported that the invitation letters and press releases for Field Day have been sent out. Bob, K9AWH, reported he had about 50 dollars worth of prizes for the FD raffle. Rae was trying to get a prize from Radio Shack for the raffle but has not been able to contact the Manager of the store yet. Phil, W9LVY, spoke with EMA Director Alvin Beckman. Alvin thought the poles at EMA for antennas might still be placed in the ground in June. Phil also asked members to bring something for the cook-out for field day such as salads or desserts. A motion was made and seconded to approve up to 200 dollars for Field Day expenses. Motion carried. OLD BUSINESS: It was reported that the lady would was interested in the back-up batteries at the Water Tower repeater site needed 24 volt batteries not 12 volts. NEW BUSINESS: Chuck, N9PMW, briefly reported on the CERT program..which is Community Emergency Response Team. BILLS: $56.00 for Master II amp $29.90 for Instruction manual for controller $12.40 for postage for May meeting notices $12.00 postage for April meeting notices. Motion was made and seconded to pay the bills?Motion carried. GOOD OF THE CLUB: Chuck reported that the Club received a check for $200 for assisting at the North Central Indiana Ham-Fest at Peru this year. 50/50: $9.00 raised?..winner was ED, K9PSR. 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Dave http://ve2zaz.net/Arrow_Ant/Arrow_Style_Ant.htm From k9dvl at comcast.net Fri Jun 19 21:19:56 2009 From: k9dvl at comcast.net (Dave Rothermel) Date: Fri, 19 Jun 2009 21:19:56 -0400 Subject: [Ccarc] Homebrew Arrow Antenna Message-ID: <4A3C393C.1040600@comcast.net> http://www.g6lvb.com/HomebrewArrow.htm From k9dvl at comcast.net Fri Jun 19 21:26:29 2009 From: k9dvl at comcast.net (Dave Rothermel) Date: Fri, 19 Jun 2009 21:26:29 -0400 Subject: [Ccarc] Homebrew Yagi question - Satellites Forum at eHam.net Message-ID: <4A3C3AC5.8050603@comcast.net> http://www.eham.net/forums/Satellites/1777 From k9dvl at comcast.net Fri Jun 19 21:40:52 2009 From: k9dvl at comcast.net (Dave Rothermel) Date: Fri, 19 Jun 2009 21:40:52 -0400 Subject: [Ccarc] Sat. Ant. Message-ID: <4A3C3E24.8020100@comcast.net> Here is the ant that I made. Phil will bring it to the club meeting tomorrow. Dave http://www.wa5vjb.com/references/Cheap%20Antennas-LEOs.pdf From k9dvl at comcast.net Fri Jun 19 21:50:15 2009 From: k9dvl at comcast.net (Dave Rothermel) Date: Fri, 19 Jun 2009 21:50:15 -0400 Subject: [Ccarc] cheerp sat. ant. Message-ID: <4A3C4057.6000103@comcast.net> Red the bottom of page 6. Dave From k9dvl at comcast.net Fri Jun 19 21:53:05 2009 From: k9dvl at comcast.net (Dave Rothermel) Date: Fri, 19 Jun 2009 21:53:05 -0400 Subject: [Ccarc] cheerp sat. ant. In-Reply-To: <4A3C4057.6000103@comcast.net> References: <4A3C4057.6000103@comcast.net> Message-ID: <4A3C4101.3040104@comcast.net> That Read the bottom of page 6.!! Dave Rothermel wrote: > Red the bottom of page 6. > Dave > _______________________________________________ > ccarc mailing list > ccarc at culcom.net > http://ns1.culcom.net/mailman/listinfo/ccarc > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 8.5.339 / Virus Database: 270.12.80/2187 - Release Date: 06/19/09 06:53:00 > From rervin55 at msn.com Fri Jun 19 22:23:47 2009 From: rervin55 at msn.com (Rae Ervin) Date: Fri, 19 Jun 2009 22:23:47 -0400 Subject: [Ccarc] FD Food In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: thanks Tom! hgdd r a e ----- Original Message ----- From: Tom Murray To: remailer remailer Sent: Thursday, June 18, 2009 10:42 PM Subject: [Ccarc] FD Food Rae and or Anna.... Put me down for (2) Angel Food Cakes to start with. Tom KB9WSL ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Microsoft brings you a new way to search the web. Try Bing? now _______________________________________________ ccarc mailing list ccarc at culcom.net http://ns1.culcom.net/mailman/listinfo/ccarc -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From phil_snider at hotmail.com Fri Jun 19 23:21:14 2009 From: phil_snider at hotmail.com (Phil Snider) Date: Fri, 19 Jun 2009 23:21:14 -0400 Subject: [Ccarc] club meeting Saturday June 29 at 9 AM at EMA. Message-ID: club meeting Saturday at 9 am at EMA. Checking Field Day stuff follows meeting. Phil Snider W9LVY -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From phil_snider at hotmail.com Fri Jun 19 23:26:11 2009 From: phil_snider at hotmail.com (Phil Snider) Date: Fri, 19 Jun 2009 23:26:11 -0400 Subject: [Ccarc] correction to date of meeting for CCARC Message-ID: Club meeting is Saturday, June 20, at 9 AM. I hit the wrong key. Field day set up starts 2 pm on Friday June 26. Field day runs from 2 pm Saturday June 27 to 2 pm Sunday June 28 at Cass County EMA. Carry in meal and raffel Saturday evening. See you there. Phil Snider "the earth is one country and mandkind are its citizens" - Baha'i Faith EMAILING FOR THE GREATER GOOD Join me -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From kb9wsl at hotmail.com Sat Jun 20 07:00:28 2009 From: kb9wsl at hotmail.com (Tom Murray) Date: Sat, 20 Jun 2009 07:00:28 -0400 Subject: [Ccarc] ARRL CLUB NEWS E-LETTER Message-ID: ARRL Club Newsletter June 20, 2009 ____________________________________________________________ Norm Fusaro, W3IZ, Editor IN THIS ISSUE: + Field Day Safety + Filed Day Bulletin Schedule + Reader's Response + Filed Day Chili Recipe Field Day is just around the corner. (June 27-28) With your help we can ensure it is a safe and fun weekend for everyone by reminding all participants about the importance of electrical safety. Please take a moment to share these safety tips from Southern California Edison: Field Day Electrical Safety Outdoor Field Day sites often place hams in spots where they're unfamiliar with the location of overhead power lines. Before anyone sets up the antennas and equipment all of the operators and assistants need to walk the site together, assess the safety of the location and discuss the following safety pointers: Your first step is to locate the overhead power lines. Point them out to everyone and discuss how you will all approach the set up and breakdown of the antennas, towers, guy wires, awnings and tents. Ask yourself... "At any time can arms, legs, head, the antenna, wires or tools come in contact with power lines?" Assume all overhead power lines are energized and dangerous. Remember, these wires are not covered. This includes the service drops, which typically run from a power pole to a home or business. Look closely for power lines hidden by trees and buildings. Use a safety spotter. Nobody can do the work alone and assess safety distances. A safety spotter's only job is to keep people and equipment safely away from power lines. Remember the 10-foot rule. Locate your antenna as far as possible away from power lines -- and never closer than 10 feet. Never use metal ladders or long-handled metal tools when working near power lines. Make sure your antenna cannot be rotated into power lines. Or that it cannot fall into a power line if the guy wires fail and the tower falls. Never set up an antenna in the dark. But if you feel you must do so, first use a high powered spotlight to locate overhead power lines. They are not reflective so take your time. Look for where the power lines are, as well as where they are not. Never throw an antenna wire, guy wire or rope into a tree which is located near a power line. And if a power line is touching a tree, stay away. The tree could be energized and deadly. If you encounter a downed power line, stay away and keep others away. Call 9-1-1 immediately. Have fun and good luck. 73, Charles Basham, N6DZW Manager of Public Safety Southern California Edison Editor's note: Don't forget fire extinguishers and first-aid kits for your Field day site. W1AW Field Day Bulletin Schedule Day Mode Pacific Mountain Central Eastern Friday CW 5:00 PM 6:00 PM 7:00 PM 8:00 PM Teleprinter 6:00 PM 7:00 PM 8:00 PM 9:00 PM Phone 6:45 PM 7:45 PM 8:45 PM 9:45 PM CW 8:00 PM 9:00 PM 10:00 PM 11:00 PM Saturday CW 7:00 AM 8:00 AM 9:00 AM 10:00 AM Phone 8:00 AM 9:00 AM 10:00 AM 11:00 AM CW 5:00 PM 6:00 PM 7:00 PM 8:00 PM Teleprinter 6:00 PM 7:00 PM 8:00 PM 9:00 PM Phone 6:45 PM 7:45 PM 8:45 PM 9:45 PM Sunday CW 7:00 AM 8:00 AM 9:00 AM 10:00 AM Phone 8:00 AM 9:00 AM 10:00 AM 11:00 AM PSK31 9:00 AM 10:00 AM 11:00 AM 12:00 PM K6KPH Field Day Bulletin Schedule Saturday CW 7:30 AM 8:30 AM 9:30 AM 10:30 AM CW 5:30 PM 6:30 PM 7:30 PM 8:30 PM Teleprinter 6:30 PM 7:30 PM 8:30 PM 9:30 PM Sunday CW 7:30 AM 8:30 AM 9:30 AM 10:30 AM Teleprinter 9:30 AM 10:30 AM 11:30 AM 12:30 PM W1AW will operate on the regularly published frequencies. The special PSK31 bulletin will be transmitted on the regular W1AW frequencies. CW frequencies are 1.8025, 3.5815, 7.0475, 14.0475, 18.0975, 21.0675, 28.0675 and 147.555 MHz. Teleprinter frequencies are 3597.5, 7.095, 14.095, 18.1025, 21.095, 28.095 and 147.555 MHz (includes PSK31). Phone frequencies are 1.855, 3.990, 7.290, 14.290, 18.160, 21.390, 28.590 and 147.555 MHz. The Maritime Radio Historical Society's station K6KPH will transmit the "W1AW" Field Day message for the benefit of West Coast stations on 3.5815, 7.0475, 14.0475, 18.0975 and 21.0675 MHz. The frequencies for K6KPH Teleprinter (RTTY and FEC AMTOR) will be 7.095 and 14.095 MHz. At the time of publishing this packet, the K6KPH schedules are accurate, but may change. In Response to "QSL Direct" Hi Norm - there are many good points in your article, and many valuable tips on how to QSL direct, but the advice to include a foreign postage stamp is not always valid. Speaking on behalf of a number of Indian hams that I know personally, I can say that they want dollars, not their own currency stamps. The ability to acquire foreign currency is very useful to them, and they like to build up a small stash of dollars that can then be used for foreign purchases. Stamps sent are often the wrong value, or are old stock, making them subject to questioning at the post office. Sometimes they are the pictorial issues, which stand out and can get stolen. You say 'Buying foreign postage is often less expensive than the oft-requested two green stamps...' but is this really important to the US ham? It certainly IS important to a third-world ham, who uses the extra few cents to help pay for the card printing costs. By including a stamp and no dollars cash, the third-world ham has to pay for the card himself. Why should he? What does he have to gain from the transaction? Nothing - he loses out by sending the card. I know some hams in India with home made CW rigs, and for whom the price of a card is a real issue. Just the fact that they have received one from you makes no difference at all - it doesn't pay the printing bill! I would guess that in a lot of cases, an envelope received with no dollars just gets tossed in the bin. The US ham certainly wouldn't have added stamps if he knew that! I hope these comments from the 'real world' may help. Best wishes and 73s, Tim Makins, EI8IC Bison Chili 1 lb ground bison or venison or beef. 1 yellow onion, chopped 1 green pepper, chopped 6 cloves garlic, minced 2 -- 28 oz cans of diced tomatoes 2 -- 15 oz cans of red kidney beans 2 -- 15 oz cans of black beans ? cup olive oil ? cup chili powder (more or less to taste) Your favorite hot Sauce to taste Shredded Mexican cheese blend or cheddar (optional) - In a large skillet brown meat until no longer pink. - Drain grease from meat. - Heat a large stock pot. Add olive oil, onions, peppers and garlic. Stir often. - When onions begin to soften add browned meat and chili powder, stir. - Add tomatoes and beans - Bring to a simmer then cook slowly over very low heat for about 45 minutes. Best if made a day ahead and reheated before serving. Serve topped with shredded cheese and a side of corn bread or biscuit. Add hot sauce to your liking. Milestones June 2009 60Years June *W1 EMA Quannapowitt Radio Association W1EKT *W2 WNY Lockport Amateur Radio Association W2RUI *W3 EPA University of Pennsylvania Amateur Radio Club W3ABT *W8 OH Ohio Valley Amateur Radio Association W4FU OH Portsmouth Radio Club N8QA *W0 KS Central Kansas Amateur Radio Club W0CY IA Northeast Iowa Radio Amateur Association W0MG ====================================================================== The ARRL CLUB NEWS is published on the first Wednesday of each month by the American Radio Relay League--The National Association For Amateur Radio--225 Main St, Newington, CT 06111; tel 860-594-0200; fax 860-594-0259; www.arrl.org. Joel Harrison, W5ZN, President. The ARRL CLUB NEWS is an e-mail digest of news and information of interest to active members of ARRL Affiliated Clubs. Material from The ARRL CLUB NEWS may be republished or reproduced in whole or in part in any form without additional permission. 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I have confirmed some other prizes for the regular raffle. I will send out an updated list soon. Worked 10.5 hours today(Saturday) I'm pooped! hgdd r a e ----- Original Message ----- From: Anna Hendrickson To: Ham Stuff Sent: Saturday, June 20, 2009 1:34 PM Subject: [Ccarc] Raffle Tickets Just a reminder to everyone the tickets are now available: Radio: Regular: $5.00 for 1 ticket $1.00 for 1 ticket $25.00 for 6 ticket $ 5.00 for 6 ticket _______________________________________________ ccarc mailing list ccarc at culcom.net http://ns1.culcom.net/mailman/listinfo/ccarc -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: image/gif Size: 4331 bytes Desc: not available URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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REPEATER UPDATE 06/14/2009 - The KC9PQA is now mounted in it's permanent cabinet but will be off the air until preparations are made at the Chalmers water tower for the install of the antenna and repeater. We are currently waiting on the power to be run for the repeater which will also be on back-up generator. Sorry for the inconvenience but the wait is worth it! -- 73, Tom Denton KB9VMW CCARC Board of Directors http://www.w9vmw.org/ Six Club #1963 http://www.6mt.com/ From k9dvl at comcast.net Sun Jun 21 19:43:10 2009 From: k9dvl at comcast.net (Dave Rothermel) Date: Sun, 21 Jun 2009 19:43:10 -0400 Subject: [Ccarc] Adding to an Arrow Satellite Antenna by dxzone.com Message-ID: <4A3EC58E.1040002@comcast.net> http://www.dxzone.com/cgi-bin/dir/jump2.cgi?ID=16594 From phil_snider at hotmail.com Sun Jun 21 20:07:04 2009 From: phil_snider at hotmail.com (Phil Snider) Date: Sun, 21 Jun 2009 20:07:04 -0400 Subject: [Ccarc] next pass 7:22 am Monday morning AO-51 Message-ID: next pass 7:22 am Monday AMSAT Online Satellite Pass Predictions - AO-51 View the current location of AO-51 Date (UTC) AOS (UTC) Duration AOS Azimuth Maximum Elevation Max El Azimuth LOS Azimuth LOS (UTC) 21 Jun 09 21:38:10 00:10:21 106 9 65 12 21:48:31 21 Jun 09 23:14:10 00:14:19 163 82 51 349 23:28:29 22 Jun 09 00:55:23 00:10:56 221 10 262 322 01:06:19 22 Jun 09 11:22:10 00:13:09 25 26 84 165 11:35:19 22 Jun 09 13:00:59 00:13:09 2 30 305 220 13:14:08 22 Jun 09 14:43:00 00:03:57 326 1 313 292 14:46:57 22 Jun 09 21:02:09 00:05:14 74 2 61 29 21:07:23 22 Jun 09 22:35:21 00:13:39 142 33 55 357 22:49:00 23 Jun 09 00:14:23 00:13:23 196 25 254 334 00:27:46 23 Jun 09 10:43:38 00:10:42 38 10 80 139 10:54:xt Phil Snider "the earth is one country and mandkind are its citizens" - Baha'i Faith EMAILING FOR THE GREATER GOOD Join me -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From rervin55 at msn.com Sun Jun 21 23:00:10 2009 From: rervin55 at msn.com (Rae Ervin) Date: Sun, 21 Jun 2009 23:00:10 -0400 Subject: [Ccarc] Updated Raffle list Message-ID: To All: Here is the updated list of prizes available for the raffles for Field Day; A still undertimined prize fron NAPA Auto Parts A youth Summer membership from the Cass County Family Y A $5 gift card from Family Video A 75 piece multi-drive socket set from Advanced Auto Parts A car wash kit from Auto Zone A $10 Gift card from Bob Evans A 3 month membership from Ultimate Fitness A $20 gift card from Martin's Supermarket A $25 gift card from Home Depot A $25 gift card from Rural King A gift package from Pulaski-White Rural Telephone Company. I also have some information that some other things may be donated by Club members for this raffle. More details on that will coming later. Tickets for the regular raffle are priced at $1/ticket, 6 for $5. Also don't forget the separate raffle for the Yaesu FT-411 2-meter hand-held radio donated by Dave Wandrei (N9WCQ). Tickets for this raffle are separate from the regular raffle and are priced at $5/ticket, 6 for $25. A minimum of $200 in tickets must be sold before this radio will be given away. Friday night we will have pizza from Little Ceasar's. If we need to suppliment it to feed everyone helping with set-up we will use two certificates for large two-topping pizzas from Bruno's. If we don't use them Friday night, those certificates will also go into the prize pot for the raffle. Saturday night we will have hot dogs provided by B-K Root Beer East, hamburgers provided by the Royal Center Locker Plant, and wings provided by Domino's pizza, along with whatever carry-in food brought by families. Buns will be provided by the Club. Anna and Chuck have purchased pop, chips and condiments for the meal. Some condiments, napkins and plates have also been privided by Ritter's Ice Cream. Ice will be provided by the Logansport Fire Department. We are shooting for the meal around 5pm, but as usual, that is subject to conditions of the evening. Rent-A-Center has graciously agreed to provide us the use of a refrigerator to store food for the weekend at no cost. That will be delivered on Friday night during set-up around 6pm. It needs to be set up back in the garage at EMA and plugged in so it can be getting cold. It's going to be another great Field Day event this year so make sure you bring your family and come out and enjoy some great social time with the rest of the club. I am really looking forward to Field Day this year, getting on the air and spending some time with Club members as well. If you know anyone who is not on this list or who may be interested in seeing the set-up or helping, please forward this e-mail to them -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Dues are $20.00 per year > for the first member in a family and $5.00 per year for > additional family members. You can pay your dues via > the web page using a credit card or you can send a > check to: > Illiana Radio Club > PO BOX 5163 > Terre Haute, IN, 47805 > > We are ARRL affliated. We have a monthly meeting at > the Ryves Youth Center in Terre Haute, IN. We're just > wrapping up teaching a Technician class at Ryves. Our > usual meeting date is the 3rd Thursday of the month at > 7:00 PM. However, the next meeting will be held at a > different place and time than usual. We're having it at > our Field Day site, Saturday, 6/27/09, 11:00 AM CDT. > > The big event this coming weekend is Field Day and the > Illiana Radio Club hopes to make good use of it's club > call, W9IRC, in that. We'd like to see a good turn out > at our very first Field Day and so if you're nearby we'd > like to see you there. We'll be in a big tent at Dub's CB > Shop, which is just off exit 154 on I-70 in Illinois. You > can use the ARRL Field Day locator to find us. > http://www.arrl.org/contests/announcements/fd/locator.php > Enter W9IRC and you will get a map to the location. > > We've already scored the 100 bonus points for media > publicity. Here's a link to an article that appeared last > week in the Paris Beacon-News about our Field Day. > http://www.parisbeacon.com/articles/2009/06/18/news/doc4a3a6cf205b7f554833793.txt > > 73, > > Jim, WD9EYB > > ______________________________________________________________ > InHam mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/inham > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:InHam at mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html _________________________________________________________________ Insert movie times and more without leaving Hotmail?. http://windowslive.com/Tutorial/Hotmail/QuickAdd?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_HM_Tutorial_QuickAdd_062009 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From kb9wsl at hotmail.com Mon Jun 22 11:29:17 2009 From: kb9wsl at hotmail.com (Tom Murray) Date: Mon, 22 Jun 2009 11:29:17 -0400 Subject: [Ccarc] Field Day 2009 in 6 days In-Reply-To: <20090622150254.1E76E30817@www.arrl.org> References: <20090622150254.1E76E30817@www.arrl.org> Message-ID: > > Date: Mon, 22 Jun 2009 11:02:54 -0400 > > Field Day 2009, can it be possible that a year has gone by already? If > you are an old-timer to Field Day, then you are probably thinking about > how can we improve our score this year? Should we add more radios, > operators, or what? > > If you are a new ham and this is your first Field Day, then you are in > for a great time. Plan on staying the whole time (you can always catch > a nap during the night). The operating is fast and furious, one contact > after another. The food is pretty good, too. > > The June QST told the story of the "Green" Field Day in Hancock County. > If you read the article you will remember that their best hour was 119 > contacts. Now that is a lot of QSOs in an hour using an alternative > power. Are you expected to keep up with that? Not really. > > Some clubs look at it as a competition, like one club up in the North > who really wants to beat a neighboring county this year, because they > were beat by only a few points last year. Other clubs go for the fun of > getting together, making a few contacts and eating some great food. > > Whatever reason you have, please go out and enjoy Field Day. It is the > best practice we have to set up in the field and show that we can be > ready in case of an emergency to operate and pass messages for whoever > needs the help with their communications. > > I had David, N9KT the State Government Liaison, ask the Governor's > Office for a Proclamation for Amateur Radio Week. The aide told David > that since the first of this year, there have been 11 requests for > various Amateur Radio Proclamations. He is reducing the number of > proclamations he is doing and we may not get one, or if we do, it may > not come until after the event is over. If we do get it early, I will > have it posted on the INARRL web site. So, look there on Friday night > and you will be able to print it out if you want a copy at your Field > Day site. > > I would like to visit all the sites, but that is just impossible. I do > plan on making some around a 100 mile circle; of course some visits may > be in the middle of the night, so I hope someone is still awake. > > Good luck and have fun! That is what it is all about, having fun and > practicing being prepared if an emergency comes along. > > One last note, don't forget to turn in your score to the ARRL. We all > will be looking to see how good we did when the results are published. > > 73 > John, W3ML > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > ARRL Indiana Section > Section Manager: John M. Poindexter, W3ML > w3ml at arrl.org > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > This message is being sent to you via the ARRL Members Only Web site. > If you do not want to receive further messages, go to the site at: > http://www.arrl.org/members-only/memdata.html?modify=1 > Log in with your username and password and change your email options. > Unchecking the "News and information from your Division Director and > Section Manager" box will prevent messages such as this one from > being sent to you. > -- webmaster at arrl.org _________________________________________________________________ Lauren found her dream laptop. 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If you know what you are bringing...let Rae, Anna or myself know. 6.Bring sunscreen...the forecast as of today calls for sunny and hot with a chance of storms Saturday night/early Sunday morning. 7. For those who can...Please come to EMA on Friday around Noon to help with set-up. The more people we have the quicker we get set-up done and the quicker we can eat and go home to prepare for Saturday. 8. Please think about helping tear-down on Sunday Afternoon ! Again the more we have to help the quicker the job gets done. 9. PLAN TO COME TO FIELD DAY AND HAVE FUN !!!!!! Thanks to everyone for all of your assistance so far! Tom KB9WSL FD Chairman _________________________________________________________________ Microsoft brings you a new way to search the web. Try Bing? now http://www.bing.com?form=MFEHPG&publ=WLHMTAG&crea=TEXT_MFEHPG_Core_tagline_try_bing_1x1 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From rervin55 at msn.com Wed Jun 24 20:52:56 2009 From: rervin55 at msn.com (Rae Ervin) Date: Wed, 24 Jun 2009 20:52:56 -0400 Subject: [Ccarc] Field Day In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Tom: Good list. We are supposed to get pizza from Little Ceasar's Friday night. We have to call them to order it and probably pick it up. The time on that is up in the air. I hope to be there for set-up Friday night but I still don't know. Already over 30 hours of OT this week and it's still Wednesday. If I am there, I can call for the pizza, if not, someone else will have to take care of it. Even if I'm not there I will try to call you on the phone or the repeater. Good luck to us all. Looking forward to a good time hgdd r a e ----- Original Message ----- From: Tom Murray To: remailer remailer Sent: Wednesday, June 24, 2009 5:00 PM Subject: [Ccarc] Field Day Hi everyone, Field Day is almost here. Just a reminder list as I think about things: 1. If you are bringing radios or computers,please check them out between now and Field Day to make sure everything is up and running properly. 2. If you are bringing any prizes or donated items...don't forget them. 3. If you are bringing multiple items....make a list and check them off before heading to the FD site. 4. Are the headphones we use for the two HF stations in the box in the trailer?? I do not remember seeing them after the last club meeting...when we checked the trailer. 5. Please bring something on Saturday for the cook-out. If you know what you are bringing...let Rae, Anna or myself know. 6.Bring sunscreen...the forecast as of today calls for sunny and hot with a chance of storms Saturday night/early Sunday morning. 7. For those who can...Please come to EMA on Friday around Noon to help with set-up. The more people we have the quicker we get set-up done and the quicker we can eat and go home to prepare for Saturday. 8. Please think about helping tear-down on Sunday Afternoon ! Again the more we have to help the quicker the job gets done. 9. PLAN TO COME TO FIELD DAY AND HAVE FUN !!!!!! Thanks to everyone for all of your assistance so far! Tom KB9WSL FD Chairman ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Microsoft brings you a new way to search the web. Try Bing? now _______________________________________________ ccarc mailing list ccarc at culcom.net http://ns1.culcom.net/mailman/listinfo/ccarc -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From kb9vmw at comcast.net Wed Jun 24 22:55:44 2009 From: kb9vmw at comcast.net (Tom Denton) Date: Wed, 24 Jun 2009 22:55:44 -0400 Subject: [Ccarc] Field Day In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <4A42E730.8050105@comcast.net> I have a pair of white Pioneer headphones that I bring every year, but maybe they were only used in the VHF trailer. I'll have them again this year. I will bring some homemade salsa and some Scoop chips for Saturday. 73, Tom Denton KB9VMW CCARC Board of Directors http://www.w9vmw.org/ Six Club #1963 http://www.6mt.com/ Tom Murray wrote: > > 4. Are the headphones we use for the two HF stations in the box in the > trailer?? I do not remember seeing them after the last club > meeting...when we checked the trailer. > > 5. Please bring something on Saturday for the cook-out. If you know > what you are bringing...let Rae, Anna or myself know. > From badbjd at hotmail.com Thu Jun 25 06:54:00 2009 From: badbjd at hotmail.com (Brandon DeLorenzo) Date: Thu, 25 Jun 2009 06:54:00 -0400 Subject: [Ccarc] Capacitors Message-ID: I need 2 4.7pF and 1 10pF capacitors to complete my LEO Satellite Antenna that I was hoping to use for field day. Radio Shack does not carry anything close to this, does anybody know where I could get some of these quickly so I can get this antenna done? Thanks! Brandon J. 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URL: From phil_snider at hotmail.com Thu Jun 25 11:11:20 2009 From: phil_snider at hotmail.com (Phil Snider) Date: Thu, 25 Jun 2009 11:11:20 -0400 Subject: [Ccarc] FW: QIN and field day In-Reply-To: <20090625135142.41D4C302E2@www.arrl.org> References: <20090625135142.41D4C302E2@www.arrl.org> Message-ID: Phil Snider "the earth is one country and mandkind are its citizens" - Baha'i Faith EMAILING FOR THE GREATER GOOD Join me > From: memberlist at www.arrl.org > To: phil_snider at hotmail.com > Subject: QIN and field day > Date: Thu, 25 Jun 2009 09:51:42 -0400 > > Indiana Stations participating in field day should note that bonus > points 7.3.5 Message Origination to Section Manager and 7.3.6 Message > handling is a part of field day that is good practice in getting a > message out in a field/remote type operation. > > Note that because of the expected business around the normal QIN > frequency 3.535 we will be moving the Sat 0000Z 8:00pm EDT and Sunday > 1330Z 9:30AM EDT sessions to on or around 3.600. This is in the Extra > only portion of the band, but the hope is to find a clear frequency to > operate the net. Most of the normal QIN operators are extra class and > most of the clubs will be using extra class calls so I don't see that > this will cause a lot of problems. > > Thanks, > > Ivin Flint W9ILF > Indiana section CW traffic net (QIN) manager > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > ARRL Indiana Section > Section Manager: John M. Poindexter, W3ML > w3ml at arrl.org > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > This message is being sent to you via the ARRL Members Only Web site. > If you do not want to receive further messages, go to the site at: > http://www.arrl.org/members-only/memdata.html?modify=1 > Log in with your username and password and change your email options. > Unchecking the "News and information from your Division Director and > Section Manager" box will prevent messages such as this one from > being sent to you. > -- webmaster at arrl.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From k9dvl at comcast.net Thu Jun 25 14:09:36 2009 From: k9dvl at comcast.net (Dave Rothermel) Date: Thu, 25 Jun 2009 14:09:36 -0400 Subject: [Ccarc] Fielday Message-ID: <4A43BD60.3020702@comcast.net> Hi, Rita is planning on bringing Western Baked Beans & Potato Salad. If this is not ok, let me know. Don't want to many dups. Dave From phil_snider at hotmail.com Thu Jun 25 14:58:56 2009 From: phil_snider at hotmail.com (Phil Snider) Date: Thu, 25 Jun 2009 14:58:56 -0400 Subject: [Ccarc] field day Message-ID: Jenny is planning on bringing sugar free jello with strawberries and low callorie cool whip. Phil Snider W9LVY -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From k9dvl at comcast.net Thu Jun 25 17:10:24 2009 From: k9dvl at comcast.net (Dave Rothermel) Date: Thu, 25 Jun 2009 17:10:24 -0400 Subject: [Ccarc] [Fwd: [Inares] Field Day Bonus Points] Message-ID: <4A43E7C0.60306@comcast.net> An embedded message was scrubbed... From: "Tony" Subject: [Inares] Field Day Bonus Points Date: Thu, 25 Jun 2009 18:38:24 -0000 Size: 20584 URL: From n.ninepvq at verizon.net Thu Jun 25 17:10:37 2009 From: n.ninepvq at verizon.net (Todd Ervin) Date: Thu, 25 Jun 2009 17:10:37 -0400 Subject: [Ccarc] Fielday In-Reply-To: <4A43BD60.3020702@comcast.net> Message-ID: I'm not planning on being at the cook out. Mat has 2 ballgames that afternoon. I will be out ASAP. Todd Ervin N9PVQ http://www.w9vmw.org -----Original Message----- From: ccarc-bounces at culcom.net [mailto:ccarc-bounces at culcom.net] On Behalf Of Dave Rothermel Sent: Thursday, June 25, 2009 2:10 PM To: new remailer Subject: [Ccarc] Fielday Hi, Rita is planning on bringing Western Baked Beans & Potato Salad. If this is not ok, let me know. Don't want to many dups. Dave _______________________________________________ ccarc mailing list ccarc at culcom.net http://ns1.culcom.net/mailman/listinfo/ccarc No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.339 / Virus Database: 270.12.90/2199 - Release Date: 06/25/09 06:22:00 No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.339 / Virus Database: 270.12.90/2199 - Release Date: 06/25/09 06:22:00 From kb9wsl at hotmail.com Thu Jun 25 21:46:32 2009 From: kb9wsl at hotmail.com (Tom Murray) Date: Thu, 25 Jun 2009 21:46:32 -0400 Subject: [Ccarc] Reminder to 911 Director Message-ID: I sent this reminder email out tonight 6-25-2009 Lori, Just a reminder that the Cass County Amateur Radio Club will be holding it's Field Day this Saturday June 27th begining at 2pm. We will operate for 24 consecutive hours at the Cass County Emergency Agency location. You and your dispatchers are welcome to attend. Also, if you could remind other county officials..Commissioners, Council other office holders and Sheriffs Dept.(Feel free to forward this e-mail to other county officials) Saturday we will have the cook-out in the area of 5 to 6pm. We will also have a raffle for prizes such as gift certificates, memberships, a hand held amateur radio, some neat carry bags from the American Radio Relay League and much more. We will also have a "Get on the Air" station where the general public can participate in this exciting event...(You do not need a license) to get on the air with us. Free brochures about amateur radio will also be available. Bring sunscreen and yourself and be ready to have good food and fun!! In case of rain we will have the a garage area of the EMA building to be in so we don't get wet. Hope to see you and some dispatchers there!!! Tom Murray KB9WSL Field Day Chairman & 9-1-1 Dispatcher. 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Fiero II W5TFW" Subject: Re: [SixClub] worked today Date: Fri, 26 Jun 2009 18:31:43 -0500 Size: 5200 URL: From phil_snider at hotmail.com Sat Jun 27 02:07:15 2009 From: phil_snider at hotmail.com (Phil Snider) Date: Sat, 27 Jun 2009 02:07:15 -0400 Subject: [Ccarc] field day set up Friday 6-26-09 Message-ID: Field day set up started Friday around noon. It was very hot. By 1:30 there were 6 or 7 people there. Marion and Tom got the lift for the 2 meters station and put it into place, and also moved the small travel trailer into position. The rotors were checked out and the 2 meter beam was put up, and the six meter tower and beam and rotor were assembled on the ground waiting for more manpower to lift the tower into place. The bob tailed curtain and coax were laid out waiting for more man power to put it up. AC was run to both trailers. At about 5 pm more people arrived (after getting off work). By 6 pm ther were about 15 people present. The six meter beam was put up and the guy wires and stakes put in place. The bob tail curtain was put up. After the usual problems getting the tuner to work for the bob tail curtain, the correct configuration was obtained and the antenna analyzer showed it was working fine. The NVIS antenna for the psk-31 station was put up. The loop antenna was assembled on the four 20 ft poles. Total length of the loop was 264 ft. The ladder line and 4 to 1 balun was attached. Saturady the coax connectors will be put on the coax so it can be attached to the 40 meter station. A bad section of coax on the six meter antenna was found. A new section of coax will be put in place for it on Saturady. Pizza arived about 6:30 as did the refrigerator. Thanks to everyone who helped. Lots of people were tired, and most went home by 9:30. Tomorrow a few things will be started about 10 am, but most of the set up will start around noon. Operation starts at 2 pm, and the meal about 5 or so. We will be cooking on a small charcoal grill this year, since no one had a gas grill that worked. Tomorrow will be very hot also. Be sure to put on sun screen. Also buy lots of raffel ticket. We are expectiing some E-911 people and one or more county commisioners to attend, and maybe some scouts. 73 and thanks to all Phil Snider W9LVY Amateur radio: for when all other communication fails. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From k9dvl at comcast.net Sat Jun 27 09:57:34 2009 From: k9dvl at comcast.net (Dave Rothermel) Date: Sat, 27 Jun 2009 09:57:34 -0400 Subject: [Ccarc] =?windows-1252?q?Pharos-Tribune_-_Roberta_=91Bert=92_Pier?= =?windows-1252?q?cy?= Message-ID: <4A46254E.9000404@comcast.net> http://www.pharostribune.com/obituaries/local_story_177201853.html From rervin55 at msn.com Sun Jun 28 22:46:55 2009 From: rervin55 at msn.com (Rae Ervin) Date: Sun, 28 Jun 2009 22:46:55 -0400 Subject: [Ccarc] Field Day 2009 Message-ID: To All: Another Field Day is in the books and it was another great time. We had lots of contacts, plenty of help it seemed, good organization and great food. I had a really good time this year again. Setup-up Friday night started slow, but the early goers got a lot of preliminary stuff going so when most of the rest of us showed up after work, antennas went up quickly and smoothly. All that hauling and carrying needs to be done and it was handled perfectly. Because of family stuff and working lots of hours I was not able to spend as much time this year as I would have liked. I did get to operate 20-meters for around 90 minutes Saturday night. In the beginning it was frustrating because I couldn't seem to make a contact. Only got two or three in the first half hour. Then we changed over to an antenna built by Bill (WB9GOX) and WOW, what a difference. I dominated a frequency for the next hour with no trouble at all. That is when it is fun. I got to talk to a former Club member, Ralph (WA9ISE) in South Texas. That was really cool!!! Thanks Bill! I should also memtion at this time that Bill hand built a tuner for the bobtail curtain that seems to work great. We tested it Sunday afternoon and it successfully tuned the curtain on 40 meters and can be made to work on other bands. That is great and will save some trouble tuning next year. The cookout went well again. It looked for a while like the turn-out was going to be light, but in the end we had lots of people. Did anyone count the total turnout? I have some pics, and others took video so maybe we can count from that if necessary. I would estimate at least 50 people. The house was packed again. A reporter for the local paper came out for the cookout and got the full tour. She even made a contact on the GOTA station. Look for that story in the near future. If someone sees it please send out the link on the remailer. I was really glad to see some County officials come out. Commissioner Dave Arnold, EMA Director Alvin Beckman and Lori, the E-911 director all showed up for the cookout and raffle. Great to see these people come out to check out the operation. I'm sure we gave them a positive impression both in how we take care of their facility and in our competence to handle emergency communications if needed. We also had some visits from officials from other counties again this year. Out operation and cookout/raffle are becoming well known around this part of the State. I was also glad to see Bill Pickert, W9VP and Walt Downham, W9ALT come out. They have been absent for a number of years and it was great to see them again. I don't know how many people know it, but Bill is the main reason we have the bobtail curtain antenna for 40-meters. He donated the aluminum piping that makes up the verticle elements for the antenna. It is still going strong Bill. Thanks. Please, everyone stop by our advertisers and thank them for supporting CCARC. Take them some of your business and let them know you appreciate their support. Here's a list: Rent-A-Center Silver Lake Restaurant Luxuary Lawn Care NAPA Auto Parts Cass County Family Y Family Video Hardee's Advanced Auto Parts B-K East Root Beer Auto Zone Ritter's Ice Cream Bob Evan's Little Ceasar's Pizza Martin's Supermarket Home Depot Domino's Pizza Pulaski-White Rural Telephone Company Rural King Royal Center Locker Plant Bruno's Pizza. Also, Club members Bob (K9AWH), Tom (KB9WSL), Dave (N9WCQ), donated prizes out of their pockets. Various others purchased buns, pop, condiments, plates and utensils and other stuff that made the weekend a big success again. John (KB9SIR) got us hooked up with the loca Fire Department so we had plenty of ice for drinks. Dan (KV9N) got us those wonderful sausage patties we also had. I also want to send out a big thanks to Anna (KC9IDO) for her invaluable help to me picking up some prizes and generally helping during the cookout and ticket sale. Thanks Anna, I couldn't have done it without you! The hand-held donated by Dave(N9WCQ), was won by Bill, (WB9GOX). Congratulations to all who won prizes. We raised $330 combined between both raffles and spent very little of the money allocated by the Club for expenses. Also big thanks to Walt Downham (W9ALT) for his $100 contribution to the good of the Club. Last but not least, Tom (KB9WSL) did a great job as this year's chairman. Everything seemed to go off with barely a hitch. Way to go Tom and sorry, now you are stuck for the next few years. If I have forgotten someone, I am very sorry, but not all that surprised. My oldest says I suffer from Ervin CRS. If you ask me in person some time I will explain what that means. Anyway, BIG thanks and cudos to everyone who helped, brought food and ate the food. It all was a blast again this year. Now we start thinking about 2010!!! hgdd r a e N9YFW -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From badbjd at hotmail.com Mon Jun 29 06:44:35 2009 From: badbjd at hotmail.com (Brandon DeLorenzo) Date: Mon, 29 Jun 2009 06:44:35 -0400 Subject: [Ccarc] Field day coverage in the Pharos Tribune Message-ID: http://www.pharostribune.com/local/local_story_179202029.html Brandon J. DeLorenzo _________________________________________________________________ Insert movie times and more without leaving Hotmail?. http://windowslive.com/Tutorial/Hotmail/QuickAdd?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_HM_Tutorial_QuickAdd_062009 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From kb9wsl at hotmail.com Mon Jun 29 09:17:55 2009 From: kb9wsl at hotmail.com (Tom Murray) Date: Mon, 29 Jun 2009 09:17:55 -0400 Subject: [Ccarc] New 238C antenna tuner ships today! In-Reply-To: <20090626155842.26360.1873715046.swift@mailing.tentec.com> References: <20090626155842.26360.1873715046.swift@mailing.tentec.com> Message-ID: To: kb9wsl at hotmail.com Subject: New 238C antenna tuner ships today! From: sales at tentec.com Date: Fri, 26 Jun 2009 15:33:56 +0000 Ten-Tec News The new model 238C 2 kW antenna tuner is shipping today! In stock and now available for immediate delivery at $795 plus shipping. To see the information page or to place an order, click here. The 238C manual is now posted to the Ten-Tec web page as an Adobe Acrobat file. Click here to view! We're gearing up for our 10TH ANNUAL TEN-TEC FACTORY HAMFEST on Sept. 25 and 26, 2009. Lots of activities are planned -- on air product demos, sale on all new and used equipment, factory tours, CW copying contest, license exams and more! Amateur Radio is all about FUN, and one of the most fun events of the year is Field Day, this weekend. 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I am sorry I did not see you off, but I was kept hopping from place to place trying to meet the visitors and officials who attended. I was afraid we may have used to many technical terms or "jargon" related to the hobby....but your article came out great! I think your readers will get an understanding of what we were doing. Thanks again! Tom Murray KB9WSL Field Day Chair Secretary of the Cass County Amateur Radio Club _________________________________________________________________ Insert movie times and more without leaving Hotmail?. http://windowslive.com/Tutorial/Hotmail/QuickAdd?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_HM_Tutorial_QuickAdd_062009 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: From kb9wsl at hotmail.com Mon Jun 29 15:08:36 2009 From: kb9wsl at hotmail.com (Tom Murray) Date: Mon, 29 Jun 2009 15:08:36 -0400 Subject: [Ccarc] Bob Barr's Atlanta Journal Constitution Article In-Reply-To: <1246288838559.403069.1630698.92016690@backend.cp20.com> References: <1246288838559.403069.1630698.92016690@backend.cp20.com> Message-ID: Watch lists, guns and government by Bob Barr as published in The Atlanta Journal Constitution Monday, June 29, 2009 at 9:00 AM The secret government "Terrorist Watch List," reportedly already swelled to more than 1.1 million names, will have an addendum, if gun control advocates in Congress have their way. This new addendum ? also to be cloaked in secrecy ? would empower the U.S. Attorney General to deny a person the ability to exercise their Second Amendment rights to purchase a firearm. While it is not surprising that some members of Congress are again using fear of terrorism to implement a gun-control agenda, the openly unconstitutional legislative language proponents are employing is troubling. Sen. Frank Lautenberg (D-N.J.) is leading the effort in the Senate, while another well-known gun control advocate ? Rep. Peter King (R-N.Y.) ? is directing the House initiative. They have introduced identical bills ? the "Denying Firearms and Explosives to Dangerous Terrorists Act of 2009." This proposal would give the attorney general the power to unilaterally and in secret develop a watch list of persons believed to be unworthy of possessing a firearm or any explosive. This new "dangerous terrorist" watch list would include names based not on hard evidence of criminal activity, but on nothing more than the subjective conclusion by the attorney general that a person is "appropriately suspected" (whatever that means) of engaging in some manner of assisting or preparing for acts of domestic or international terrorism. The American people would never be privy to what criteria might be employed by the attorney general to determine whether someone is an "appropriate suspect," and they would have no way of knowing why they might be denied the ability to purchase a firearm. If a person were to be refused "permission" to purchase a firearm or explosive, and if they subsequently filed a lawsuit in federal court to find out why, the government still could keep such information secret. In other words, the attorney general could deny a U.S. citizen the ability to own a firearm, and never have to give the reason. For legislators like Lautenberg and King, who apparently have absolute faith in unelected government officials to make the right decisions for the right reasons at the right times (and never be required to explain those decisions), one has only to consider the checkered history of post-9/11 "terrorist" watch lists to see the folly of such perspective. Stories abound of persons denied the ability to board a commercial aircraft, or greatly delayed in being allowed on board, for no reason other than their name erroneously appeared on some "watch list." Sen. Ted Kennedy (D-Mass.), and Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga.), have been among this not-so-elite group. A report earlier this year by the FBI's inspector general chronicled extensive internal problems with the terrorist watch list maintained by that agency. The IG found numerous examples of inaccuracies, incomplete entries, out-of-date information and inclusion of information "unrelated to terrorism." While the inconvenience of not being able to board an airliner for a business trip or a vacation can be a real headache, being refused the ability to purchase a firearm to protect one's life clearly raises the stakes. The government already has remedies already at its disposal to keep firearms out of the hands of known or suspected terrorists. Under existing federal law, there are numerous categories of persons prohibited from purchasing or possessing firearms; including persons in violation of immigration laws, convicted felons, illicit drug users and others. And if a person truly is a known or suspected terrorist, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives ? as the federal law enforcement agency primarily responsible for enforcing the nation's gun laws ? certainly should be made aware of that information. We don't need a secret, anti-Second Amendment watch list to implement effective law enforcement in America. ### Bob Barr, an Atlanta attorney, is a former member of Congress and Libertarian presidential candidate. To donate by mail: Barr 2008 Presidential Committee 900 Circle 75 Pkwy., Ste. 1280 Atlanta, GA 30339 To donate by phone: Call 770/836-1776 Paid for by Barr 2008 Presidential Committee. Federal law requires us to report the name, address, and name of employer and occupation for any individual whose aggregate contributions total over $200 in a calendar year. Corporate contributions and gifts from foreign nationals are prohibited. Personal Credit Card gifts only. Contributions are not tax deductible for income tax purposes. Limit of $2,300 per person per election and $4,600 per couple if signed by both parties and drawn on a jointly held bank account. You are subscribed to this newsletter as kb9wsl at hotmail.com. Please click here to modify your message preferences or to unsubscribe from any future mailings. We will respect all unsubscribe requests. _________________________________________________________________ Windows Live?: Keep your life in sync. http://windowslive.com/explore?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_BR_life_in_synch_062009 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From phil_snider at hotmail.com Mon Jun 29 15:11:55 2009 From: phil_snider at hotmail.com (Phil Snider) Date: Mon, 29 Jun 2009 15:11:55 -0400 Subject: [Ccarc] price for brass welding rod for antenna project Message-ID: I checked with Weldstar, 1000 E. Main St. 722-1177 for prices on 1/8 inch brass welding rod. They said one pound (about 6 or 8 36" rods) would cost $15.00. How many rods does it take to make one antenna? Is 1/8 inch the best size? How many people want to build one? I do. The antenna can be built in different configurations. 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URL: From laird.realty at verizon.net Mon Jun 29 16:58:18 2009 From: laird.realty at verizon.net (Laird, Michael E) Date: Mon, 29 Jun 2009 15:58:18 -0500 Subject: [Ccarc] price for brass welding rod for antenna project References: Message-ID: Several years ago I put a log periodic together using brass welding rods. You can mount it easily. If your are a stickler for details it's easy to get virtical radiation. Compact in size, rods are self supporting and were cleaned up with scotch brite pad and flux before sodering to the 1/2 inch copper supports. If they get bent, they are easy to adjust. I had good success with this antenna and it was inexpensive and easy to build. Some plastic pipe for insulators, 1/2 inch then wall copper tubing, propane torch, soder, flux and a little time was all it took. N9LMC ----- Original Message ----- From: Phil Snider To: ccarc at culcom.net Sent: Monday, June 29, 2009 2:11 PM Subject: [Ccarc] price for brass welding rod for antenna project I checked with Weldstar, 1000 E. Main St. 722-1177 for prices on 1/8 inch brass welding rod. They said one pound (about 6 or 8 36" rods) would cost $15.00. How many rods does it take to make one antenna? Is 1/8 inch the best size? How many people want to build one? I do. The antenna can be built in different configurations. I thin Dave had 5 elements on 436 and 3 elements on 145.9. It can be built with 3 elements on 440 and 2 elements on 146 Mhz. Phil Snider ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ ccarc mailing list ccarc at culcom.net http://ns1.culcom.net/mailman/listinfo/ccarc ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ No virus found in this incoming message. 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Message-ID: <87C0D1E0965F4F12B5243D82FEC13552@toddgcjaks494m> How do we report this to the NWS Todd Ervin N9PVQ http://www.w9vmw.org When you walk out the door in the morning and see this in the sky...... ......just go back inside, have another cup of coffee, and stay home. It is NOT going to be a good day.. No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.339 / Virus Database: 270.13.0/2209 - Release Date: 06/29/09 14:43:00 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: image/jpeg Size: 37923 bytes Desc: not available URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: image/jpeg Size: 37923 bytes Desc: not available URL: From kb9wsl at hotmail.com Tue Jun 30 06:45:39 2009 From: kb9wsl at hotmail.com (Tom Murray) Date: Tue, 30 Jun 2009 06:45:39 -0400 Subject: [Ccarc] FW: MegaVote: IN 2nd, 6/29/2009 In-Reply-To: <20090630065903.300C4C35C1@outbound.mailmanager.net> References: <20090630065903.300C4C35C1@outbound.mailmanager.net> Message-ID: Subject: MegaVote: IN 2nd, 6/29/2009 From: megavote at mailmanager.net Date: Tue, 30 Jun 2009 02:59:03 -0400 MegaVote presented by: Congress.org June 29, 2009In this MegaVote for Indiana's 2nd Congressional District: Recent Congressional Votes - Senate: Nomination of Harold Hongju Koh to be Legal Adviser of the Department of State House: Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2010 House: Department of Defense Authorization, FY 2010 House: Department of Interior and Related Agencies Appropriation, 2010 House: American Clean Energy and Security Act Editor's Note: Congress is now in recess for the 4th of July holiday. The Senate will return on Monday, July 6. The House will return on Tuesday, July 7. Recent Senate Votes Nomination of Harold Hongju Koh to be Legal Adviser of the Department of State - Vote Confirmed (62-35, 2 Not Voting) The Senate confirmed Yale Law School Dean Harold Koh as Legal Adviser of the State Department. Sen. Richard Lugar voted YES......send e-mail or see bio Sen. Evan Bayh voted YES......send e-mail or see bio Recent House Votes Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2010 - Vote Passed (389-37, 7 Not Voting) On Wednesday, the House passed this bill to fund the Department of Homeland Security for Fiscal Year 2010. Rep. Joe Donnelly voted YES......send e-mail or see bio Department of Defense Authorization, FY 2010 - Vote Passed (389-22, 1 Present, 21 Not Voting) The House approved this bill to authorize funding for military activities and prescribe military personnel strengths in Fiscal Year 2010. Rep. Joe Donnelly voted YES......send e-mail or see bio Department of Interior and Related Agencies Appropriation, 2010 - Vote Passed (254-173, 6 Not Voting) The House passed this bill funding the Department of Interior, Environmental Protection Agency and related agencies for Fiscal Year 2010. Rep. Joe Donnelly voted NO......send e-mail or see bio American Clean Energy and Security Act - Vote Passed (219-212, 3 Not Voting) This climate and energy bill, which includes a cap-and-trade program, was passed by the House on Friday. Rep. Joe Donnelly voted NO......send e-mail or see bio Edit Subscription | Unsubscribe MegaVote c/o Capitol Advantage 2751 Prosperity Ave Suite 600 Fairfax, VA 22031 MegaVote is powered by Capitol Advantage ? 2009. _________________________________________________________________ Windows Live? 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