From bcvhfa@mailman.qth.net  Fri Dec  5 12:48:55 2003
From: bcvhfa@mailman.qth.net (K8CM)
Date: Fri, 05 Dec 2003 07:48:55 -0500
Subject: [BCVHFA] Fwd: ARLB069 New General Class Question Pool Released
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>Date: Thu, 04 Dec 2003 15:27:00 -0500
>From: ARRL Web site <memberlist@www.arrl.org>
>Subject: ARLB069 New General Class Question Pool Released
>To: K8CM@cinci.rr.com
>Cc: Subscribed ARRL Members: ;
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>
>SB QST @ ARL $ARLB069
>ARLB069 New General Class Question Pool Released
>
>ZCZC AG69
>QST de W1AW
>ARRL Bulletin 69  ARLB069
> From ARRL Headquarters
>Newington CT  December 4, 2003
>To all radio amateurs
>
>SB QST ARL ARLB069
>ARLB069 New General Class Question Pool Released
>
>The Question Pool Committee (QPC) of the National Conference of
>Volunteer Examiner Coordinators has released a revised and expanded
>Amateur Radio General class (Element 3) question pool into the
>public domain. The new question pool becomes effective July 1, 2004,
>and must be used to generate all General written examinations
>administered on or after that date.
>
>"The pool has been expanded to 432 questions," said ARRL VEC Manager
>Bart Jahnke, W9JJ, a member of the Question Pool Committee, who
>notes that all subelements grew slightly. "The largest increase in
>questions this time around was in our Operating Procedures and
>Amateur Radio Practices subelements," he said. The General class
>question pool does not contain any diagrams or symbols.
>
>The new Element 3 question pool is available on the ARRL Amateur
>Exam Question Pools Web page at
>http://www.arrl.org/arrlvec/pools.html in Adobe PDF and ASCII text
>format. It includes all questions and answers relating to Element 3.
>
>The Question Pool Committee now is turning its attention to
>developing an outline for an updated Amateur Extra class (Element 4)
>question pool, which will be revised over the next 24 months, Jahnke
>said. It will go into effect July 1, 2006. The deadline to submit
>input to the Amateur Extra question pool syllabus is May 1, 2004.
>
>Commenters may address specific Element 3 questions as well as
>inputs to the Element 3 syllabus and question pool to the Question
>Pool Committee via e-mail at, qpc@arrl.org.
>NNNN
>/EX



From bcvhfa@mailman.qth.net  Thu Dec 11 16:19:55 2003
From: bcvhfa@mailman.qth.net (K8CM)
Date: Thu, 11 Dec 2003 11:19:55 -0500
Subject: [BCVHFA] FW: SMILE: Night b4 Xmas]
Message-ID: <6.0.1.1.2.20031211111759.02555480@pop-server.cinci.rr.com>

You may have seen this but it's worth repeating.

73  <>  Carl

>>Twas the night before Christmas,
>>And all through two-meters,
>>Not a signal was keying up
>>Any repeaters.
>>
>>The antennas reached up
>> >From the tower, quite high,
>>To catch the weak signals
>>That bounced from the sky.
>>
>>The children, Tech-Pluses,
>>Took their HT's to bed,
>>And dreamed of the day
>>They'd be Extras, instead.
>>
>>Mom put on her headphones,
>>I plugged in the key,
>>And we tuned 40 meters
>>For that rare ZK3.
>>
>>When the meter was pegged
>>by a signal with power.
>>It smoked a small diode,
>>and, I swear, shook the tower.
>>
>>Mom yanked off her phones,
>>And with all she could muster
>>Logged a spot of the signal
>>On the DX PacketCluster,
>>
>>While I ran to the window
>>And peered up at the sky,
>>To see what could generate
>>RF that high.
>>
>>It was way in the distance,
>>But the moon made it gleam -
>>A flying sleigh, with an
>>Eight element beam,
>>
>>And a little old driver
>>who looked slightly mean.
>>So I thought for a moment,
>>That it might be Wheeler, Dean.
>>
>>But no, it was Santa,
>>The Santa of Hams.
>>On a mission, this Christmas
>>To clean up the bands.
>>
>>He circled the tower,
>>Then stopped in his track,
>>And he slid down the coax
>>Right into the shack.
>>
>>While Mom and I hid
>>Behind stacks of CQ,
>>This Santa of hamming
>>Knew just what to do.
>>
>>He cleared off the shack desk
>>Of paper and parts,
>>And filled out all my late QSLs
>>For a start.
>>
>>He ran copper braid,
>>Took a steel rod and pounded
>>It into the earth, till
>>The station was grounded.
>>
>>He tightened loose fittings,
>>Resoldered connections,
>>Cranked down modulation,
>>Installed lightning protection.
>>
>>He neutralized tubes
>>In my linear amp...
>>(Never worked right before --
>>Now it works like a champ).
>>
>>A new, low-pass filter
>>Cleaned up the TV.
>>He corrected the settings
>>In my TNC.
>>
>>He repaired the computer
>>That would not compute,
>>And he backed up the hard drive
>>And got it to boot.
>>
>>Then, he reached really deep
>>In the bag that he brought,
>>And he pulled out a big box.
>>"A new rig?" I thought!
>>
>>"A new Kenwood? An Icom?
>>A Yaesu, for me?!"
>>(If he thought I'd been bad
>>it might be QRP!)
>>
>>Yes! The Ultimate Station!
>>How could I deserve this?
>>Could it be all those hours
>>that I worked Public Service?
>>
>>He hooked it all up
>>And in record time, quickly
>>Worked 100 countries,
>>All down on 160.
>>
>>I should have been happy,
>>It was my call he sent.
>>But the cards and the postage
>>Will cost two month's rent!
>>
>>He made final adjustments,
>>And left a card by the key:
>>"To Gary, from Santa Claus.
>>Seventy-Three."
>>
>>Then he grabbed his HT,
>>Looked me straight in the eye,
>>Punched a code on the pad,
>>And was gone - no good bye.
>>
>>I ran back to the station,
>>And the pile-up was big,
>>But a card from St. Nick
>>Would be worth my new rig.
>>
>>Oh, too late, for his final
>>came over the air.
>>It was copied all over.
>>It was heard everywhere.
>>
>>The Ham's Santa exclaimed
>>What a ham might expect,
>>"Merry Christmas to all,
>>And to all, good DX."



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From bcvhfa@mailman.qth.net  Sat Dec 13 16:05:12 2003
From: bcvhfa@mailman.qth.net (K8CM)
Date: Sat, 13 Dec 2003 11:05:12 -0500
Subject: [BCVHFA] Fwd: ARLB071 FCC announces new Universal Licensing System
 interface
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>Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2003 16:25:35 -0500
>From: ARRL Web site <memberlist@www.arrl.org>
>Subject: ARLB071 FCC announces new Universal Licensing System interface
>To: K8CM@cinci.rr.com
>Cc: Subscribed ARRL Members: ;
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>
>SB QST @ ARL $ARLB071
>ARLB071 FCC announces new Universal Licensing System interface
>
>ZCZC AG71
>QST de W1AW
>ARRL Bulletin 71  ARLB071
> From ARRL Headquarters
>Newington CT  December 12, 2003
>To all radio amateurs
>
>SB QST ARL ARLB071
>ARLB071 FCC announces new Universal Licensing System interface
>
>The FCC on December 14 will unveil a new on-line filing interface
>for its Universal Licensing System (ULS), on the web at,
>http://wireless.fcc.gov/uls, which includes the Amateur Service.
>
>To implement the changes, the ULS on-line filing system will be down
>from 12 AM EST Saturday, December 13, until 10 AM EST Sunday,
>December 14.
>
>Among other features, the ULS's new look will include easier-to-read
>on-screen forms that guide users through filing and simplify such
>routine tasks as applying for license renewal, address change or
>vanity call sign. The FCC says the introduction of its new system,
>called "ULS License Manager," concludes phase one of an ongoing ULS
>overhaul by the Wireless Telecommunications Bureau.
>
>ULS License Manager will be compatible with most major Web browsers
>and computer platforms and no longer will require downloading Java
>and Java Script files. An FCC staffer involved with implementing ULS
>License Manager notes that all features may not be in place when the
>system debuts.
>
>The ULS will require all filers to log into the system using an FCC
>Registration Number (FRN) and Commission Registration System (CORES)
>password. Taxpayer Identification Numbers (TINs) no longer will be
>accepted for log-in purposes, the FCC said.
>
>Once the new system is up and running, all licenses and applications
>in the ULS database will be converted to the new ULS License Manager
>filing environment.
>
>There's also a new paper version of FCC Form 605, dated December
>2003. One change is that Form 605 no longer requests a date of birth
>and will only accept an FRN and CORES password. There are no Amateur
>Service-related changes to any Form 605 schedules. The FCC says
>Amateur Service applicants may continue to use the March 2001 (or
>later) edition of Form 605, although it encourages use of the newest
>version. The new FCC Form 605 now is available via the FCC Web site
>at, http://www.fcc.gov/Forms/Form605/605.html.
>
>To assist with any ULS issues after the changeover, the Technical
>Support Hotline staff will be available Sunday, December 14, from 10
>AM until 6 PM EST. Normal hours are weekdays (except holidays) from
>8 AM until 6 PM Eastern Time. Technical Support is available via the
>FCC Web site at, http://esupport.fcc.gov, or telephone 877-480-3201
>(TTY 202-414-1255).
>
>ULS licensing support and forms information is available weekdays
>(except holidays) from 8 AM until 5:30 PM Eastern Time via e-mail
>at ulshelp@fcc.gov, or telephone 888-CALLFCC (225-5322),
>Option 2 (users also may call 717-338-2888).
>NNNN
>/EX


From bcvhfa@mailman.qth.net  Wed Dec 24 15:24:29 2003
From: bcvhfa@mailman.qth.net (K8CM)
Date: Wed, 24 Dec 2003 10:24:29 -0500
Subject: [BCVHFA] Eighteenth Annual Southwest Ohio Digital Symposium
Message-ID: <6.0.1.1.2.20031224101549.028d9bf8@pop-server.cinci.rr.com>

Eighteenth Annual Southwest Ohio Digital Symposium

Saturday January 10, 2004, 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. Registration begins at 
8:00 a.m. in Thesken Hall, Middletown Campus, Miami University, Middletown, OH

This is a symposium where we attempt to share the "latest and greatest" in 
digital communications, with emphasis on what local hams are 
doing.   Current topics include Software Defined Radio, Intro to APRS, the 
Spectrum Defense Act, etc.

We still have room for one or two more presenters - do YOU have any special 
activities or interests in digital modes (Packet, CW, RTTY, Amtor, etc?)

This event is an ARRL sanctioned Hamfest and is co-sponsored by The Center 
for Chemistry Education, Miami University, Middletown and the DIAL Radio Club.

Admission and parking is free.  There will be NO flea market.  Talk-in will 
be available on 146.61 (-600), CTCSS 77 Hz.

For additional information, please visit the ARRL web site at 
http://www.arrl.org/hamfests.html, , our local web site at 
http://www.swohdigi.org, or send e-mail inquiries to Hank Greeb, N8XX, 
n8xx@arrl.net


