From aj4yzmitch at gmail.com  Fri Jun  1 06:56:57 2012
From: aj4yzmitch at gmail.com (AJ4YZ)
Date: Fri, 1 Jun 2012 06:56:57 -0400
Subject: [Alexandria Radio Club Reflector] Congratulatinos to the new
	amateurs and upgrades from our most recent class/testing session!
In-Reply-To: <00c101cd3f7d$8738a230$95a9e690$@radix.net>
References: <00c101cd3f7d$8738a230$95a9e690$@radix.net>
Message-ID: <06400488-313D-4D45-A797-BAD3C4C1ACD3@gmail.com>

Congratulations. 

Mitch Eaton


On May 31, 2012, at 18:34, "Marshall DeBerry" <mdb at radix.net> wrote:

> I and other members of the Alexandria Radio Club would like to extend
> congratulations to the following members of the Alexandria Radio Club's most
> recent class/testing session and their instructors on the award of their new
> tickets and/or upgrades effective as of May 31, 2012:
> 
> Name                                  Call sign            New class
> 
> Vernon Olson                  KK4JQM           Technician
> Mathew A. Kirleis          KK4JQN            Technician
> Dwight A. Nichols           KK4JQO            Technician
> Paul L.  Diaz                       KK4JQP             Technician
> David M. Wilburn           KK4JQQ             General
> Edward J. Bradshaw      KK4JQR              General
> Donghai Yu                        KB3YUN            Technician
> James G. Kincheloe       KL3IA                  General
> Matthew W. Genack    KI4STB                Extra
> 
> 73,
>   Marshall
>    KI4MWP
> 
> 
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From rrbunn at cox.net  Fri Jun  1 12:27:54 2012
From: rrbunn at cox.net (rrbunn at cox.net)
Date: Fri, 1 Jun 2012 12:27:54 -0400
Subject: [Alexandria Radio Club Reflector] Congratulatinos to the new
 amateurs and upgrades from our most recent class/testing session!
In-Reply-To: <06400488-313D-4D45-A797-BAD3C4C1ACD3@gmail.com>
Message-ID: <20120601122754.4XD7T.885860.imail@fed1rmwml113>

All,
    Congratulations and Welcome to the world of Amature Radio.  The Alexandria Radio Club wants to continue to help you whenever you need it and would like to invite you to become a member of the club. 
     Please send me your e-mail addresses and I will add you to our New Letter (ARC SHORTS) e-mail list.  ARC-SHORTS provides details on the next meeting, minutes of the last meeting,  articles on events and articles of interest to the amateur community.

73 
Rick 
N4ASX
---- AJ4YZ <aj4yzmitch at gmail.com> wrote: 
> Congratulations. 
> 
> Mitch Eaton
> 
> 
> On May 31, 2012, at 18:34, "Marshall DeBerry" <mdb at radix.net> wrote:
> 
> > I and other members of the Alexandria Radio Club would like to extend
> > congratulations to the following members of the Alexandria Radio Club's most
> > recent class/testing session and their instructors on the award of their new
> > tickets and/or upgrades effective as of May 31, 2012:
> > 
> > Name                                  Call sign            New class
> > 
> > Vernon Olson                  KK4JQM           Technician
> > Mathew A. Kirleis          KK4JQN            Technician
> > Dwight A. Nichols           KK4JQO            Technician
> > Paul L.  Diaz                       KK4JQP             Technician
> > David M. Wilburn           KK4JQQ             General
> > Edward J. Bradshaw      KK4JQR              General
> > Donghai Yu                        KB3YUN            Technician
> > James G. Kincheloe       KL3IA                  General
> > Matthew W. Genack    KI4STB                Extra
> > 
> > 73,
> >   Marshall
> >    KI4MWP
> > 
> > 
> > ______________________________________________________________
> > AlexandriaRadioClub mailing list
> > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/alexandriaradioclub
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From N4ASX at cox.net  Tue Jun  5 20:47:07 2012
From: N4ASX at cox.net (Rick Bunn)
Date: Tue, 5 Jun 2012 20:47:07 -0400
Subject: [Alexandria Radio Club Reflector] Alexandria Radio Club - Meeting
	Notice for June 11th - ARC SHORTS
Message-ID: <012f01cd437d$e7144250$b53cc6f0$@cox.net>

Rich could you please send to our students from the last two classes

Roy, Please post on the website.

ARC-SHORTS

June, 2012

Club Repeaters: 147.315 (PL 107.2), 444.6 (PL107.2), 224.82 (PL107.2), 53.13
(PL107.2), 927.6 (-25Mhz, PL107.2), and 1282.600 (PL 107.2), DSTAR
145.38Mhz, 442.060, and 1284.600 

 

NEXT CLUB MEETING

 

Our next meeting is FRIDAY, June 11th at Alexandria City's new Emergency
Operations Center at 3600 Wheeler Ave.  We will meet in the Community Room
on the first floor. Parking is the public lot right in front of the
building.  DO NOT PARK ON THE STREET!!!  At 7:00 there should be plenty of
spaces.  

 

Our program will be Field Day!  This is the BIGGEST club event of the year
and it would be GREAT if we could get as many of the club members to come
out for just a few hours as we could.  See the web site for more details,
but we will have at least 5 HF stations on the air and if we had 45 members
come out we could stay on the air for the total 24 hours with each member
only operating about 1.5 to 2 hours.  Don't worry about not having gear to
contribute we have all kinds of gear available.  The club owns four great HF
transceivers. We have four rotatable dipoles available and several members
have the Honda 2K generators.  I know we can count on three and maybe we
have two or three others.  What we need is OPERATORS.  Don't worry about
your class of license.  We have extra class operators act as control
operators so you can use all the bands all the way! 

 

This year's food chairperson is Stephanie Adamy.  She does a gourmet job.
Please bring something to share for dinner.  The club covers the main
course, but sides and deserts would be a nice contribution.  

 

MARCH MEETING - Minutes KJ4FUU

Presiding: Marshall KI4MWP

 

Treasurer's Report: Total - $8,452, Checking $313, Trailer fund  $573,
Education $2,427,Share $5,138

 

Committees:

ARES:    Absent

DSTAR:  New UPS helped, but PC may be an issue, looking for refurbished PC,
Verizon problems? For the Hamvention, 2m will be set to 38C, normal 2m will
be 25C,              70cm will use reflector 1C.

Training: 7 Technicians, 1 General student left; Test is 05/22.

Web: Announcements section on home page; newsletters, attendance, check-ins,
new                                                               privacy
regulations required for club email. 

Repeaters:          Absent

Old Business:

                Bull Run Run was a success.

New Business:

                Dayton Hamvention next week, 05/18-05/20/2012

                Field Day 06/23,06/24 - Jack K5OTZ PowerPoint presentation,
1st Sunday in June, band captains will meet at Armistead Boothe Park for
antenna layout planning.  

                23Cm radar issues?

                Manassas hamfest 06/10

                Holiday party at Mango Mike's, 12/14

                Civil War special event station at Ft. Ward, 09/08 - 09/09,
if issues with the city can be worked out, but an alternate location may be
needed.

 

Program: Dennis Bodson W4PWF ARRL Roanoke Division

 

50-50 Drawing: Vern (no call yet) (BUT, He has one now! KK4JQM -
Congratulations on the call and the win..

 

Net Controls:                     05/17/2012         Tom KJ4FUU

                                                05/24/2012         Larry
KK4CBL

                                                05/31/2012         Rich
KA4GFY

                                                06/07/2012         Ted W9TCE

 

Adjourned

 

73 Tom, KJ4FUU

 

President's Notes

 

Spring  and early summer I think are the best times to be a licensed amateur
radio operator.   First, in mid-May is the Dayton Hamvention, one of the
best places that a ham can have his or her equipment dreams realized
(assuming you have a "flexible" credit card!).   Myself and several other
ARC members went to this year's Hamvention and it was another great
experience--large crowds, interesting new equipment, good flea market buys,
and best of all, fantastic weather!    

 

If you have ever considered visiting Hamvention, I suggest you definitely
make it at least once--it is quite the experience that you'll long remember.


 

Second, In mid-June, we have Field Day.  This year's Field Day activities
are moving along nicely under Jack's (K5OTZ) guidance.  We met recently to
go over the layout for the various stations at Armistead Boothe park, and
hopefully the weather will be as nice the weekend of June 23 and 24 as it
was then--blue skies, comfortable temperatures, and good DX'ing as far as
one could envision!   I'm looking forward to seeing ARC members at this
year's activities, so make sure you have June 23 and 24 marked on your
calendar.    

And lastly, we have the ARRL's June VHF QSO Party held June 9 through 11.
This party can be a lot of fun for those operating on 6M, 2M, 70CM, 220MHz,
900MHz, 1.2 GHz, and  GHz 2.3 GHzz or higher bands.   There's nothing nicer
that combining a drive in the Virginia countryside up to a high location on
a nice day with a station setup (along with a picnic basket) and making some
VHF contacts.    A great outing can be had along with making some new
contacts on some bands you may not have worked in a while.    So, I hope
everyone will have a great summer this year, and I hope to hear you on the
bands soon!

 

73

   Marshall, KI4MWP

Hamfests - 

 

Manassas Old Virginia Hams Hamfest - June 10th

Members of the club usually set up a tailgate spot or two so look for us on
147.315 simplex.  Gates open at 7AM.   

 

>From the Schoolhouse 

 

Congratulations to our new and recently upgraded licensees!

 

Our most recent licensing class wrapped up on May 22 with new licenses for 6
class members and an upgrade for one.  We also had two people join the
festivities for the test, which included one new license and one upgrade.  A
good job by everybody.  If you hear them on the air, say Hi and welcome them
to the world of ham radio. 

 

Vernon Olson                                    KK4JQM
Technician 

Mathew A. Kirleis                            KK4JQN
Technician 

Dwight A. Nichols                             KK4JQO
Technician 

Paul L.  Diaz                                         KK4JQP
Technician 

David M. Wilburn                             KK4JQQ                General 

Edward J. Bradshaw                        KK4JQR                 General 

Donghai Yu                                         KB3YUN
Technician 

James G. Kincheloe                         KL3IA                     General


Matthew W. Genack                      KI4STB                  Extra 

 

Dayton Hamvention Report

 

Our group or travelers was led by KA4GFY, a veteran of 20+ Dayton
Hamventions.  Also attending was KI4MWP, AF2D, W3RST, KG4NRD, KF7IJZ, N8IK,
W9TCE and KI4BXH.  It was the first ever Hamvention for KF7IJZ and KI4BXH.
We also saw some Alexandria Radio Club alumni, N8OQ, K4BAV, and N9ACC.    

 

Most everybody caravanned out on Thursday keeping in touch via our 70 cm
link with an occasional call on 40 meters.  N8IK was on his way back from a
cross country trip on his motorcycle and met up with us at the hotel.  Many
of us were able to follow N8IK's trip via APRS.   His message on the return
trip said "Heading for Hamvention."  

 

The weather this year cooperated with the Hamvention organizers.  Not too
hot, nor too cool, but just enough sun to get slightly red from being
outside without sunscreen.  No rupture problems this year either.

 

Kenwood introduced a new HF rig and Yaesu introduced a new digital handheld.
Kenwood's HF radio looks like it should be a good seller.  Yaasu's plan is
to build an alternative system to DSTAR, with the new handheld as the start.
This is certainly in keeping with the spirit of ham radio, the ability to
experiment with new modes.  One item that caught our interest was a 70 cm
DSTAR repeater being built by a company from the US Northwest.  It is
supposed to have the functionality of the DSTAR repeaters in service now.
The planned selling price is around $400, which should make it very
attractive to anyone interested in putting up a DSTAR repeater.

 

This year's big purchase goes to KF7IJZ, who bought a service monitor that
operates up to 1.5 GHz.  The great part about this is we have a project for
it already.  Our 23 cm analog repeater may need some adjustments, so now we
have test equipment to do the job right.  The most purchased item was the
GRE PSR-800 scanner.  Several vendors were selling them at Hamvention
special prices, so KA4GFY, W3RST and KI4MWP all bought one.  This scanner is
fairly easy to set up.  Just tell it where you are, and it does the rest.
It also is the only scanner on the market right now that is able to track
the new Time Division Multiple Access (TDMA) format that is starting to show
up on some trunking repeater systems in our area.  Don't panic, your current
digital scanner is not outdated. 

 

The flea market was well stocked with used commercial equipment.  With the
pending change to narrowband by Part 90 users, a lot of equipment is showing
up hamfests.  If you are into converting commercial equipment to ham use,
keep an eye open.  The mandatory cut over date is approaching and some of
the current equipment will become unusable for commercial use, but not for
our use on the ham bands.  

 

One of the most notable items for sale was the Drake UV-3 transceiver.
There were at least 3 for sale.  These radios were made in the late 70s and
early 80s.  The unique thing about these radios is they were some of the
first multiple band VHF/UHF mobile radios, with 2 meters, 1.25 meters and 70
cm.  They could also be set up to operate with a separate control head and
RF deck, features we see as standard now.  In their day, this was pretty
forward thinking.

 

One notable item missing this year was the Collins Collectors Association
van.  It had been retired since last year's Hamvention.  In case you're
wondering what's so special about it, it was a 1960s Ford Econoline van that
was outfitted with a complete Collins station built inside.  Keep in mind
that what was considered a mobile radio in the 1960s is not the same concept
we use today. So, the equipment is quite a bit larger than what we are used
to seeing in a mobile setup.  

 

One very good sign on the health of ham radio was the continuous long line
outside the testing room.  Looking at the results posted outside in the
hallway showed quite a few new licenses issued and quite a few more
upgraded.   Not only that, the DARA VE team was able to post directly to
their VEC, which went almost instantaneously to the FCC's computer.  So,
that meant if you took a test on Friday, you had a new license Saturday
morning.  Talk about service!

 

So, if you have attended the Dayton Hamvention, you should consider next
year. It's always the 3rd weekend in May.  You never know what you will
find.  If you can't find it at the Hamvention, you don't need it.    

 

73,

Rich, KA4GFY

 

Future Programs

June - FIELD DAY Planning - Jack K5OTZ

July -  MARS - Gary Sessums - KC5QCN

August -  D-Star 201  - KI4MWP (beyond the local repeater) - Marshall
DeBerry KI4MWP

Oct - AMRAD (tentative)

Nov - Elections

Dec - Party

 

Up Coming Events

 

FIELD DAY 

 

ARRL Field Day is not a fully adjudicated contest, which explains much of
its popularity.  It is a time where many aspects of Amateur Radio come
together to highlight our many roles.  While some will treat it as a
contest, most groups use the opportunity to practice their emergency
response capabilities.  It is an excellent opportunity to demonstrate
Amateur Radio to local elected community leaders, key individuals with the
organizations that Amateur Radio might serve in an emergency, as well as the
general public. For many clubs, ARRL Field Day is one of the highlights of
our annual calendar. 

 

Not  only is this a great deal of fun, it's a great time for those who don't
have HF equipment or are new to the hobby to get some time when the bands
will be REALLY busy.  Do not worry about not having experience this is THE
event to learn.  

We are not a contest club, so the goal is to have fun for 24 hours.

More information and planning at the next meeting.  BE THERE.

 

73 Jack, K5OTZ

 

CLUB Christmas Dinner

Not too early to mark your calendar for this annual event!  This year we
will have the holiday party on our regular meeting night December 14th
(second Friday).  We have two choices of locations, primarily due to no room
charge which is always an issue in this area, and both restaurants are
available on 12/14.  First choice is Mango Mike's
http://www.mangomikes.com/mangos-alexandria.html on Duke Street which we've
been to for a couple of years.  Price range is $25-30.  

 

Social Events

Monday Night Half Price Burgers - There is a group that gets together at
Shooter McGee's (Duke and Paxton Streets) on Monday evenings at 6:15 30 PM.
A good burger and soft drink runs about $9.50.

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From KI4D at arrl.net  Tue Jun  5 13:58:40 2012
From: KI4D at arrl.net (Don Lewis)
Date: Tue, 5 Jun 2012 13:58:40 -0400
Subject: [Alexandria Radio Club Reflector] FW: Solar Penny - Hareon Stock
Message-ID: <00e101cd4344$d82ff0b0$888fd210$@net>

I am forwarding this email to the Club feeling  a bit of disappointment about my portable setup.  For the time being, there will be no more cheap imported solar panels in the near future.  This will immediately hit the ham community concerned with portable operations the hardest, we are the guys with limited resources.  Although the aim of tariffs is to give US companies a fairer shot in the global solar panel marketplace, the practical effect will be to slow down use of relatively inexpensive panels.  For example, I was waiting for the next shipment to arrive this week to buy two more panels and I received the note below.  Obviously, I won?t be adding any more panels soon.

 

Don, KI4D    

 

From: sales at solarpenny.com 

Sent: Tuesday, June 05, 2012 1:44 PM
To: sales at solarpenny.com
Subject: Solar Penny - Hareon Stock

 

Hello All to all of our loyal customers.

 

This email is written in the deepest sadness.

 

Regrettably we will not be receiving any future stock of Hareon Solar Panels.  We where expecting 50 watt and 100 watt panels.  The department of commerce applied a tariff structure on solar panels imported from China.  Although our order was placed long before this decision on May 20th the tariff was applied to this order.  

 

Since we cannot afford the 249.98% tariff on our order we will not be able to retrieve it from the Los Angeles Port.

 

To give you an insight our incoming order was in the tune of $18,000 in merchandise.  Thus the tariff alone totals $44,820.00.  At this sum as a small business we could never come up with that much money for the tariff. 

 

After seven great years my business has hit a brick wall.  I feel like I have been pushed off a cliff.

 

At this time we do not know the future of Solar Penny.  We will be closing our warehouse within the next week thus only leaving our retail store.  

 

Thank you to all of those who have purchased panels and equipment from us over the past seven years.

 

Aaron Flygare..

 

Sales & Technical Support



sales at solarpenny.com
www.SolarPenny.com

www.SolarShopMesa.com
Solar Penny
6247 East Main Street

Suite 5

Mesa, AZ 85205
P: 480-374-3230

F: 888-416-0944

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From ik7565 at verizon.net  Fri Jun  8 16:51:06 2012
From: ik7565 at verizon.net (Ian)
Date: Fri, 08 Jun 2012 16:51:06 -0400
Subject: [Alexandria Radio Club Reflector] Thursday Net, 6/7/2012
Message-ID: <003401cd45b8$6d4b8fe0$47e2afa0$@verizon.net>

N8IK - net control

N4ASX/p

KI4D/p

KJ4FUU

KA4GFY

N4CWP

KK4JQR

KK4CBL

KK4CKJ

K5OTZ

N2KFA

KI4MWP

KF7IJZ

 


From mdb at radix.net  Fri Jun  8 21:23:58 2012
From: mdb at radix.net (Marshall DeBerry)
Date: Fri, 8 Jun 2012 21:23:58 -0400
Subject: [Alexandria Radio Club Reflector] Net contols: June 14 - July 12
Message-ID: <057901cd45de$8ba8bc80$a2fa3580$@radix.net>

The following individuals agreed to be net controls for the period June 14 -
July 12 at our meeting tonight:

June 14:     N4ASX, Rick
June 21:     KA4GFY, Rich
June 28:     KJ4FUU, Tom
July      5:    N8IK, Ian
July    12:   N4ASX, Rick

73,
  Marshall
  KI4MWP



From ik7565 at verizon.net  Fri Jun  8 21:57:49 2012
From: ik7565 at verizon.net (Ian)
Date: Fri, 08 Jun 2012 21:57:49 -0400
Subject: [Alexandria Radio Club Reflector] Panadapter
Message-ID: <000301cd45e3$463036b0$d290a410$@verizon.net>

Larry KK4CBL and Bobby KK4CKJ were discussing panadapters on the repeater
this evening.  If you've ever used one you know how handy they are.  Saw
this at Dayton last month: http://telepostinc.com/LP-PAN.html.  Very nice
unit for selected radios.

73, Ian N8IK 


From ik7565 at verizon.net  Sat Jun  9 17:30:48 2012
From: ik7565 at verizon.net (Ian)
Date: Sat, 09 Jun 2012 17:30:48 -0400
Subject: [Alexandria Radio Club Reflector] FW: [NCDXA] Fwd: 1A0C - Press
	Release #1
In-Reply-To: <29B6612A-E6AC-4EA1-89B3-896D07A8729E@me.com>
References: <CAAZKYnOpiZuz-pbzxZ8NekHO_+S-GciW2yf=3GEjdSHRbzQJsw@mail.gmail.com>
	<29B6612A-E6AC-4EA1-89B3-896D07A8729E@me.com>
Message-ID: <004501cd4687$23b77f90$6b267eb0$@verizon.net>

FYI.

 

From: Hans Blondeel Timmerman [mailto:pb2t at me.com] 
Sent: Saturday, June 09, 2012 4:54 PM
To: ncdxa at ncdxa.org
Subject: [NCDXA] Fwd: 1A0C - Press Release #1

 

Hope to work you all. 

A short operation from HV5PUL is planned on July 3rd.

K2XYL will be sightseeing while we are in Rome.

 

73, Hans NB2T & PB2T





From: 1A0C - SMOM <1a0c at 1a0c.com>

Subject: 1A0C - Press Release #1

Date: 9 juni 2012 16:12:10 EDT

 

Thirty years have passed since 1A made its way onto the DXCC list. And an
activation by an International team looks to celebrate the uniqueness of
this event. So, from the 1st to the 4th July, we will listen them on the air
as 1A0C from Santa Maria del Priorato, home of theSovereign Military Order
of Malta.
The callsign that will be used belongs to the "The Order of Malta's Italian
Relief Corps (CISOM)", an organization specialized in bringing assistance
and relief during emergencies. This underscores the dual value of this
activation. On the one hand, there's the fun side ham radio, giving a not so
easy "new one" to as many stations as possible (especially from the US and
Japan).
On the other hand, however, there's the noble goal, as often seen in ham
radio, where a spirit of cooperation and mutual aid are shared by operators
all over the world. The team's aim, in fact, is to raise funds - thanks to
donations and contributions from QSL requests - in order to buy radio
equipment which The Order of Malta's Italian Relief Corps volunteers will be
able to use in case of emergencies.
The operators list includes: 1A0X, 1A0Z, EA2RY, EA5RM, EA7AJR, EA7KW, F5CWU,
IN3ZNR, IT9YVO, IZ8IYX, PB2T, SP3DOI and KH6CG as a pilot for North America
and Pacific.
They will be active on HF+6m and the QSLs for contacts with 1A0C can be
requested via Francesco Cozzi <http://www.qrz.com/db/1A0Z> , 1A0Z
<http://www.qrz.com/db/1A0Z> .

A website will be online soon, stay tuned!

 

73 de 1A0C



 

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From ik7565 at verizon.net  Sun Jun 10 09:36:49 2012
From: ik7565 at verizon.net (Ian)
Date: Sun, 10 Jun 2012 09:36:49 -0400
Subject: [Alexandria Radio Club Reflector] Hamvention 2012
Message-ID: <003901cd470e$16e5de10$44b19a30$@verizon.net>

Hamvention 2012 pics have been uploaded to our Facebook page,
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Alexandria-Radio-Club/182350465118565 


From N4ASX at cox.net  Wed Jun 13 20:13:48 2012
From: N4ASX at cox.net (Rick Bunn)
Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2012 20:13:48 -0400
Subject: [Alexandria Radio Club Reflector] Pre Field Day Gear pickup
Message-ID: <000301cd49c2$91eec5c0$b5cc5140$@cox.net>

All,

                I have range duty Saturday, but should be home after 2 PM
and I think I'm free Sunday.  Either would be a good day for club members or
team captains to come over and pick up antennas, radios etc.

73 Rick

N4ASX

 


From mdb at radix.net  Thu Jun 14 20:29:50 2012
From: mdb at radix.net (Marshall DeBerry)
Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2012 20:29:50 -0400
Subject: [Alexandria Radio Club Reflector] Net checkins: 6/14
Message-ID: <009f01cd4a8d$f9ca20b0$ed5e6210$@radix.net>

Net control:    N4ASX, Rick

                             KI4MWP, Marshall
                             KJ4FUU, Tom
                             K5OTZ, Jack
                             KK4CBL, Larry
                             KA4GFY, Rich
                            W9TCE, Ted
                             KK4CKJ, Bobby
                             N2KFA, Pete
                             AJ4YZ, Mitch
                             KI4D, Don

73
  Marshall



From N4ASX at cox.net  Fri Jun 15 22:38:13 2012
From: N4ASX at cox.net (Rick Bunn)
Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2012 22:38:13 -0400
Subject: [Alexandria Radio Club Reflector] FW: [ARES-D02-Leadership] Marine
	Corps Marathon volunteer registration is open
In-Reply-To: <004c01cd4b33$3bad7090$b30851b0$@cox.net>
References: <4FDB58AE.3000303@n4zpt.org>
	<004c01cd4b33$3bad7090$b30851b0$@cox.net>
Message-ID: <004201cd4b69$13ebc440$3bc34cc0$@cox.net>

 

 

From: rick and karen bunn [mailto:rrbunn at cox.net] 
Sent: Friday, June 15, 2012 4:13 PM
To: N4ASX at COX.NET
Subject: FW: [ARES-D02-Leadership] Marine Corps Marathon volunteer
registration is open

 

 

 

From: ARES-D02-Leadership at yahoogroups.com
[mailto:ARES-D02-Leadership at yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Tom Azlin N4ZPT
Sent: Friday, June 15, 2012 11:46 AM
To: ARES District 2
Subject: [ARES-D02-Leadership] Marine Corps Marathon volunteer registration
is open

 

  

Hi.

http://www.ncacdc.com/

describes who is needed and a link to the direct registration page 
within the MCM web site.

We are asking for 136 operators. We put hams at the aid stations, mile 
markers, half mile markers on the second half of the course, at food 
stops, at water points and the check in location. We have hams that 
shadow the division commanders, hams at the Arlington and DC fire/ems 
command vehicles, and net control ( off the course and accessible during 
the race).

New hams with HTs only can fit in to some of the positions or be 
assigned to a team with a fully equipped volunteer. Aid station hams 
MUST have far more complex portable higher power gear to handle 9600 
baud packet and 128kbaud DD data ( and know how to set up). Hams who 
have experience running traffic or emergency nets are sought for the NCS 
positions.

Goal is to have everyone registered by mid August so we can assign 
volunteers to the different teams by 1 Sept. Main teams are the Race A 
and B, the shadows, the aid stations.

Please consider this and sign up. Is a rewarding event and we hams are 
the eyes and ears on the course for the medics. A critical role. IN past 
years 3G cell phones have been jammed due to the crowds, so we hams 
provide the robust connections.

thanks and 73, tom n4zpt
aid station team lead

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From achaios at cox.net  Sun Jun 17 18:29:40 2012
From: achaios at cox.net (Tom Kirby)
Date: Sun, 17 Jun 2012 18:29:40 -0400
Subject: [Alexandria Radio Club Reflector] Field Day 2012 participation
In-Reply-To: <CADq6rK1p1on4PphFpAvr29wOoBz1zJSjKSJu_VVw8vCrU6bMeA@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CADq6rK1p1on4PphFpAvr29wOoBz1zJSjKSJu_VVw8vCrU6bMeA@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <4FDE5A54.9030408@cox.net>

Jack:

    I sent this guy the address you sent me, but it didn't work for him, 
and I got a bounce (this was the VA Archaeology address). I don't know 
whether it was mispelled, or what.

    He was asking about Field Day participation, and what he could help 
with. I figured the most sure way of getting his address to you was to 
post it to the club mailing list.

    If you could, please send him a quick message.

    Thanks,

-- Tom Kirby KJ4FUU

-------- Original Message --------
Subject: 	Re: Field Day 2012 participation
Date: 	Sat, 16 Jun 2012 10:27:46 -0400
From: 	Nicholas Curcuru <ncurcuru at gmail.com>
To: 	Tom Kirby <achaios at cox.net>



Tom,

Were you able to find out any info on this?

73's

KI4LFG Nick

On Tue, Jun 5, 2012 at 6:10 PM, Tom Kirby <achaios at cox.net
<mailto:achaios at cox.net>> wrote:

     I'm looking now, but that was the e-mail he gave me. If nothing
     else, I'll either get it on the Thursday net, or at the Friday meeting.

     Sorry for the inconvenience,

     -- Tom Kirby KJ4FUU



From N4CWP at aol.com  Mon Jun 18 12:58:36 2012
From: N4CWP at aol.com (N4CWP at aol.com)
Date: Mon, 18 Jun 2012 12:58:36 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: [Alexandria Radio Club Reflector] Fwd: All LOG EQF and WIN EQF
	Registered Users
Message-ID: <76ba.d61b59e.3d10b83c@aol.com>

For your info,
 
Harry/N4CWP
 
 
  
____________________________________
 From: k1xn1944 at charter.net
Reply-to: golist at gmail.com
Sent: 6/17/2012  8:50:43 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time
Subj: All LOG EQF and WIN EQF Registered  Users


As you know, Tom N3EQF, retired from writing  code for WIN EQF.? Tom did 
pass the WIN EQF software onto another ham, LA6VJA,  Torkel who has now 
started the New WIN EQF* v 2.xx. All this took place in  2010. Since that time, 
Torkel and myself have offered the New WIN EQF* program  to registered users 
of EQF software the upgrade for the discount price of  $25.00 usd. This 
discount period is coming to a close on June 30  2010/

I realize this is late notice, but I have been trying for a very  long time 
to find and update the email addresses for all of you. I have been  unable 
to do a very good job of this, but I am trying to get the word out  about 
the Discount period and the new WIN EQF* program. It has many bug fixes,  more 
features but still remains the simple and easy to use program that we  
enjoy.

WIN EQF* is now distributed as shareware, so you can try it out  before 
making the upgrade. You current EQF log files will work seamlessly with  the 
new program. 

Go to _www.win-eqf.com_ (http://www.win-eqf.com/)  and read all about it 
and  download the new program and give it a try. We know you will love  it.

Remember the upgrade discount pricing ends on June 30  2012
-- 

John K1XN

golist(at)gmail.com

_________________________________

Distributor for

GOLIST Qsl Manager Database Services

WIN EQF*2.0 Computer Logging System

RAC Call Book Cd

_http://shop.golist.net/index.php_ (http://shop.golist.net/index.php) 

Skype:  johnk1xn 



From hranickyj at yahoo.com  Mon Jun 18 11:02:46 2012
From: hranickyj at yahoo.com (William Hranicky)
Date: Mon, 18 Jun 2012 08:02:46 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [Alexandria Radio Club Reflector] Field Day
Message-ID: <1340031766.16756.YahooMailClassic@web130102.mail.mud.yahoo.com>

Field Day
Just a reminder, come out for Field Day...Starts this coming Saturday. Work any time. We could use extra help Sat morning to set up operations. We will be at the park at 9:00 am for sutup. We have the equipment covered.
Check our club webpage for the whole story?
http://w4hfh.org/
?
Jack H.
K5OTZ

From hranickyj at yahoo.com  Mon Jun 18 13:48:28 2012
From: hranickyj at yahoo.com (William Hranicky)
Date: Mon, 18 Jun 2012 10:48:28 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [Alexandria Radio Club Reflector] Log Soft Update
Message-ID: <1340041708.6089.YahooMailClassic@web130106.mail.mud.yahoo.com>

There is an upgrade on our logging software WIN_EQF. Ver 2.25 is out.
?
http://www.win-eqf.com/)
?
Jack H.

From ik7565 at verizon.net  Mon Jun 18 20:21:25 2012
From: ik7565 at verizon.net (Ian)
Date: Mon, 18 Jun 2012 20:21:25 -0400
Subject: [Alexandria Radio Club Reflector] Marine Corps Marathon volunteer
	registration is open
In-Reply-To: <4FDFC4D0.5080304@n4zpt.org>
References: <4FDFC4D0.5080304@n4zpt.org>
Message-ID: <009e01cd4db1$76dda600$6498f200$@verizon.net>

http://www.ncacdc.com/  describes who is needed and a link to the direct
registration page within the MCM web site.

We are asking for 136 operators. We put hams at the aid stations, mile
markers, half mile markers on the second half of the course, at food stops,
at water points and the check in location. We have hams that shadow the
division commanders, hams at the Arlington and DC fire/ems command vehicles,
and net control ( off the course and accessible during the race).

New hams with HTs only can fit in to some of the positions or be assigned to
a team with a fully equipped volunteer. Aid station hams MUST have far more
complex portable higher power gear to handle 9600 baud packet and 128kbaud
DD data ( and know how to set up). Hams who have experience running traffic
or emergency nets are sought for the NCS positions.

Goal is to have everyone registered by mid August so we can assign
volunteers to the different teams by 1 Sept.  Main teams are the Race A and
B, the shadows, the aid stations.

Please consider this and sign up. It is a rewarding event and we hams are
the eyes and ears on the course for the medics. A critical role - in past
years 3G cell phones have been jammed due to the crowds, so we hams provide
the robust connections.

K7BC at arrl.net is the one to contact about volunteer questions.

Sorry if this went out on this reflector already. I missed it if it did.

thanks and 73, tom n4zpt
aid station team lead


From hranickyj at yahoo.com  Wed Jun 20 08:22:29 2012
From: hranickyj at yahoo.com (William Hranicky)
Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2012 05:22:29 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [Alexandria Radio Club Reflector] Club's Field Day
Message-ID: <1340194949.20780.YahooMailClassic@web130102.mail.mud.yahoo.com>

Come out, come out, where ever you are!
?
The national Ham Field Day (FD) starts at 2:00 pm (Eastern time) this Saturday and runs for 24 hours to Sunday at 2:00 pm. Were are holding our club?s FD event?in Armistead Booth Park in Alexandria. The park is off S. Pickett St. on Cameron Station Blvd. ?We will have plenty of food/drinks for everyone. And, we are setting up 8 operating stations. We need operators, young/old, experienced or not, to operate these stations?contacts around the world are possible. Never done a contest, come out and get some training.? No microphone should be quite. You can operate on phone, CW, and digital on all the FD bands.
?
Questions: hranickyj at yahoo.com
?
Webpage information: http://w4hfh.org/
?
See everyone there,
?
Jack Hranicky
FD Chairman
K5OTZ

From ka4gfy at cox.net  Thu Jun 21 21:58:38 2012
From: ka4gfy at cox.net (ka4gfy at cox.net)
Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2012 21:58:38 -0400
Subject: [Alexandria Radio Club Reflector] Thursday night net
Message-ID: <20120621215838.WOHF0.185635.imail@eastrmwml207>


Check-ins for the net, June 21, 2012:

Net control:  KA4GFY

Check-ins:

K5OTZ/m
KF7IJZ/p
KI4MWP
N8IK
KJ4FUU
KK4JQQ
AJ4YZ
N2KFA
N4CWP
W9TCE
KK4JQR
KE4WGL


73,
Rich, KA4GFY

From ik7565 at verizon.net  Thu Jun 21 21:53:01 2012
From: ik7565 at verizon.net (Ian)
Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2012 21:53:01 -0400
Subject: [Alexandria Radio Club Reflector] Get on the Air
Message-ID: <001801cd5019$c26b0350$474109f0$@verizon.net>


If you are new to ham radio this year or have not been on HF within several
years, you can operate our Get-On-The-Air (GOTA) station this Field Day. If
you want to try it, come out and help set up this station. We will provide
radio training. Bring a laptop with the logging software. Get it at:

 

 <http://www.win-eqf.com/> http://www.win-eqf.com/

 

But, we need operators at our regular Field Day stations. There is plenty of
opportunity for everyone.

 

Jack Hranicky

FD Chairman

K5OTZ

 

 


From mdb at radix.net  Thu Jun 21 21:03:06 2012
From: mdb at radix.net (Marshall DeBerry)
Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2012 21:03:06 -0400
Subject: [Alexandria Radio Club Reflector] Net checkins:  6/21/12
Message-ID: <05a001cd5012$c8ddb9a0$5a992ce0$@radix.net>

Net control:   KA4GFY, Rich

                           KK4JQR, Ed, portable
                           K5OTZ, Jack, mobile
                           KF7IJZ, Jeremy, mobile

                           KI4MWP, Marshall
                           N8IK, Ian
                           KJ4FUU, Tom
                           KK4JQQ, Dan
                           AJ4YZ, Mitch
                           N2KFA, Pete
                           N4CWP, Harry
                           W9TCE, Ted
                           KE4WGI, Brian

73
  Marshall



From hranickyj at yahoo.com  Fri Jun 22 15:30:12 2012
From: hranickyj at yahoo.com (William Hranicky)
Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2012 12:30:12 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [Alexandria Radio Club Reflector] SWR Analyzer
Message-ID: <1340393412.23107.YahooMailClassic@web130103.mail.mud.yahoo.com>

My SWR Analyzer quit working today. Ian is bringing one. We need more than one. So people, bring yours out.
Jack H.
K5OTZ

From aj4yzmitch at gmail.com  Mon Jun 25 10:40:30 2012
From: aj4yzmitch at gmail.com (Mitch Eaton)
Date: Mon, 25 Jun 2012 10:40:30 -0400
Subject: [Alexandria Radio Club Reflector] dstar repeater on QRZ
Message-ID: <CANcjNYU7da7=BtefxnyHXXy0neC4QBvh9T0ux6AXz0RUKiZNuQ@mail.gmail.com>

Don''t know if this is appropriate or not, but there is an entire DSTAR
repeater setup for sale on QRZ.
http://forums.qrz.com/showthread.php?351323-D-Star-2m-440-Repeater-w-Servers-wireless

Thought the club might want to know.

From hranickyj at yahoo.com  Tue Jun 26 20:28:37 2012
From: hranickyj at yahoo.com (William Hranicky)
Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2012 17:28:37 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [Alexandria Radio Club Reflector] Field Day Attendance
Message-ID: <1340756917.57787.YahooMailClassic@web130101.mail.mud.yahoo.com>

The following signed into the 2012 Field Day:
KJ4FUU (Tom)
KI4MWP (Marshall)
KI4MWQ (Randy)
N8IF (Ian)
K5OTZ (Jack)
KI4D (Don)
KK4CKI (Yeelang)
AJ4YZ (Mitch)
WA7LB (Larry)
WA7NB (Art)
W9TCE (Ted)
KF4BBT (Kevin)
KI4BXU (Erik)
KV3W (Jay)
KJ4UYH (Joe)
N4CWP (Harry)
K4RKB (Bob)
N2KFA (Pete)
KI4LFG (Nicholas)
K6CLM (Cameron)
KK4JOM (Vern)
AF4ZV (Ken)
KK4JOR (Ed)
K4GOR (Greg with David)
KA4GFY (Rich)
KD4FBT (Art)
KK4JQQ (Dave)
KI4QUG (Sandee)
KK4CBL (Larry)
KF7IJZ (Jeremy)
Visitors - Tim McGhee and Heath Wells 
?
Many THANKS to all that made this a great Field Day for 2012.
Jack Hranicky
K5OTZ
Field Day Chairman (now retired)

From hranickyj at yahoo.com  Tue Jun 26 20:30:53 2012
From: hranickyj at yahoo.com (William Hranicky)
Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2012 17:30:53 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [Alexandria Radio Club Reflector] Field Day Thanks
Message-ID: <1340757053.64952.YahooMailClassic@web130106.mail.mud.yahoo.com>

The Alexandria Radio Club had a great annual Field Day (FD) on June 23 and 24, 2012. Weather was perfect. However, propagation was not our friend. For example, Don (KI4D) did not hear a single 6 meter station. Overall, our FD contacts were down from last year, but we proved that the Club can set up eight working stations and operate them for 24 hours. This was made possible by Band Captains (K5OTZ, N4CWP, KA4GFY, KF7IJZ, KV3W, KI4D, N8IK, and KF4BBT) who set up their stations?lot of great work went into them.

Thanks to Stephanie Adamy?s great effort, the FD food was super. Many thanks to her. 
Jeremy (KF7IJZ ) set up a totally independent 10-15 meter station operating only on solar power
We did two radio ARRL bulletins for points
Both days we had Cub Scouts working radios
We had first-timers on HF
We had newly licensed hams set up the Got-to-Get on the Air station
We had a variety of antennas (most worked very well)
We had 30 people attend, most worked a band station)
?As with last year, the 20 meter station worked the league
We worked stations from Hawaii to Serbia, even Puerto Rico
We had several stations operating the entire 24 hours
We had two CW stations bringing in contacts
We had a PSK station bringing digital calls
We had newspaper coverage
We had an educational table for the public, even the Alex police stopped by
And, we had a great time doing RADIO.
?
Thanks to Roy Wright (K4AXQ) our Webmaster for keeping FD information current on our webpage. Major lesson-learned ? we need to do a better job in our antenna set-ups and placements.
?
Many THANKS to all that made this a great Field Day for 2012.
Jack Hranicky
K5OTZ
Field Day Chairman (now retired)

From mdb at radix.net  Thu Jun 28 15:06:39 2012
From: mdb at radix.net (Marshall DeBerry)
Date: Thu, 28 Jun 2012 15:06:39 -0400
Subject: [Alexandria Radio Club Reflector] Field Day article on ARC in
	Alexandria Gazette Packet
Message-ID: <054401cd5561$2bd6f9b0$8384ed10$@radix.net>

ARC members may be interested in reading the article on our Field Day
activities in this week's Alexandria Gazette Packet, as found in the
following link:

http://connectionarchives.com/PDF/2012/062712/Alexandria.pdf 

The article begins on page 3 of the PDF.
73
  Marshall



From mdb at radix.net  Thu Jun 28 20:37:11 2012
From: mdb at radix.net (Marshall DeBerry)
Date: Thu, 28 Jun 2012 20:37:11 -0400
Subject: [Alexandria Radio Club Reflector] Net checkins: 6/28/12
Message-ID: <05ad01cd558f$530f0530$f92d0f90$@radix.net>

Net control:  KJ4FUU, Tom

                          W9TCE, Ted, mobile

                          N4ASX, Rick
                          K5OTZ, Jack
                          KF4BBT, Kevin
                          KF7IJZ, Jeremy
                          KK4CBL, Larry
                          AJ4YZ, Mitch
                          N4CWP, Harry
                          KI4D, Don
                          K4RKB, Bob
                          KB3MUV, Raven
                          KI4MWP, Marshall
                          N2KFA, Pete
                         KK4CKJ, Bobby

73
  Marshall




