From jon.perelstein at gmail.com Tue Dec 1 19:52:19 2015 From: jon.perelstein at gmail.com (Jon Perelstein) Date: Tue, 1 Dec 2015 19:52:19 -0500 Subject: [CTSARA] NO SARA Meeting This Month, But We Will Have Pizza Message-ID: There will be no SARA meeting this month. There will be pizza Thursday Dec 3rd at 7pm at John the Baker, 30 Long Ridge Road, in the Bulls Head section of Stamford. Many of us will be attending the GNARC party on Thursday Dec 10. It's always a great party with hams from all the local clubs and is an excellent opportunity to meet people you don't get to see on a regular basis to talk about ham radio and whatever else. Click here for registration -- http://www.gnarc.net/2015-holiday-party-december-10th/ 73 Jon, WB2RYV From jon.perelstein at gmail.com Thu Dec 3 13:39:54 2015 From: jon.perelstein at gmail.com (Jon Perelstein) Date: Thu, 3 Dec 2015 13:39:54 -0500 Subject: [CTSARA] Pizza Tonight Message-ID: 7pm John The Baker 30 Long Ridge Rd Stamford (Bulls Head) 73, Jon Sent from my not-so-smart phone. Please excuse terseness, autocorrect disasters, and my fumble fingers. From jon.perelstein at gmail.com Fri Dec 4 09:51:00 2015 From: jon.perelstein at gmail.com (Jon Perelstein) Date: Fri, 4 Dec 2015 09:51:00 -0500 Subject: [CTSARA] Fwd: K1MND (SK) Message-ID: I am sorry to report the passing of another former SARA member. Jon ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Serothman Date: Thu, Dec 3, 2015 at 11:37 PM Subject: Re: K1MND To: jon.perelstein at gmail.com Jon, I am sorry to report that Eugene Schlosser K1MND is a silent key. Gene was one of the founding members of SARA and helped guide the club during it's early years. He lived in Greenwich until moving to Florida. He moved quite a few years ago. Please pass this information on to the membership since some of us senior members will remember him with great admiration Thank you, Stan WA2NRV. From wb1grb at hotmail.com Sun Dec 6 19:18:34 2015 From: wb1grb at hotmail.com (John Sabini Jr.) Date: Sun, 6 Dec 2015 19:18:34 -0500 Subject: [CTSARA] LISTEN SARA DMR REPEATER LIVE AUDIO FEED Message-ID: LISTEN SARA DMR REPEATER?LIVE AUDIO FEED http://www.broadcastify.com/listen/feed/21651 ARES Net. SUNDAY 8:30 pm http://www.ctsara.org/ From jon.perelstein at gmail.com Thu Dec 10 23:08:00 2015 From: jon.perelstein at gmail.com (Jon Perelstein) Date: Thu, 10 Dec 2015 23:08:00 -0500 Subject: [CTSARA] Fwd: [GNARC] GFARA Meeting December 16th Comparing HF radios with ARRL Lab Data In-Reply-To: <205560715.241948.1449751841895.JavaMail.yahoo@mail.yahoo.com> References: <205560715.241948.1449751841895.JavaMail.yahoo.ref@mail.yahoo.com> <205560715.241948.1449751841895.JavaMail.yahoo@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: Interesting presentation coming up at FARA on the 16th. 73 Jon, WB2RYV ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Bruce Moore via GNARC Date: Thu, Dec 10, 2015 at 7:50 AM Subject: [GNARC] GFARA Meeting December 16th Comparing HF radios with ARRL Lab Data December 16,2015 - 7:30 PM Selecting your nextHF Transceiver. Joel Hallas, W1ZR, will discuss common sense ways toapproach assessing the performance vs. price balance while evaluatingHF transceivers. By examining the measurement data presented in QST Product Reviews, you willbe better equipped to decide whether you need to spend $600 or $6000, or more,for your next transceiver. He will also show why today?s transceivers arean excellent value in comparison to earlier offerings. From andrew at siegel.org Fri Dec 11 23:35:08 2015 From: andrew at siegel.org (Andrew Siegel) Date: Fri, 11 Dec 2015 23:35:08 -0500 Subject: [CTSARA] Honda 2KW generator on sale Message-ID: <566BA3FC.5070307@siegel.org> The Honda EU2000i 2KW generator is on sale for $899, with free shipping, on Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Honda-EU2000I-Super-Inverter-Generator/dp/B005ND19AE 73, Andy, N2CN From jon.perelstein at gmail.com Sun Dec 13 17:56:37 2015 From: jon.perelstein at gmail.com (Jon Perelstein) Date: Sun, 13 Dec 2015 17:56:37 -0500 Subject: [CTSARA] Fwd: Bloomin' Metric coverage in QST In-Reply-To: <566DDDF8.4070806@siegel.org> References: <566DDDF8.4070806@siegel.org> Message-ID: ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Andrew Siegel Date: Sun, Dec 13, 2015 at 4:07 PM Subject: Bloomin' Metric coverage in QST Nice article on page 85 of January QST, with a picture. From msingewald at gmail.com Mon Dec 14 06:19:23 2015 From: msingewald at gmail.com (Michael Singewald) Date: Mon, 14 Dec 2015 06:19:23 -0500 Subject: [CTSARA] [GNARC] Fwd: Bloomin' Metric coverage in QST In-Reply-To: References: <566DDDF8.4070806@siegel.org> Message-ID: Congratulations! Nice little article. Michael N1PLH On Sun, Dec 13, 2015 at 5:56 PM, Jon Perelstein wrote: > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Andrew Siegel > Date: Sun, Dec 13, 2015 at 4:07 PM > Subject: Bloomin' Metric coverage in QST > > > Nice article on page 85 of January QST, with a picture. > ______________________________________________________________ > GNARC mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/gnarc > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:GNARC at mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > From jon.perelstein at gmail.com Mon Dec 14 09:26:54 2015 From: jon.perelstein at gmail.com (Jon Perelstein) Date: Mon, 14 Dec 2015 09:26:54 -0500 Subject: [CTSARA] Fwd: GFARA December Meeting In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Drummond Grinalds Date: Sat, Dec 12, 2015 at 7:40 AM Subject: GFARA December Meeting On Wednesday, December 16th, at 7:30pm we will meet at the Fairfield Police Department, Reef Rd., Fairfield for our December presentation. Join with us to listen as Joel Hallas, W1ZR discusses common sense ways to evaluate HF transceivers. HF transceivers are often the most expensive part of an amateur station. This presentation will help you understand which features and performance parameters are important for your next HF transceiver, based on your operational requirements. By examining the measurement data presented in *QST* Product Reviews, you will be better equipped to decide whether you need to spend $600 or $6000, or more, for your next transceiver. He will also show why today?s transceivers are an excellent value in comparison to earlier offerings. Joel Hallas, Contributing Editor of *QST, *is retired as Technical Editor of *QST, *the author of seven ARRL books and continues to answer member technical questions and writes the monthly *QST* column, The Doctor Is In. As is customary, light snacks and refreshments will be served. From jon.perelstein at gmail.com Mon Dec 14 09:28:33 2015 From: jon.perelstein at gmail.com (Jon Perelstein) Date: Mon, 14 Dec 2015 09:28:33 -0500 Subject: [CTSARA] Fwd: Recommended SARA Officers 2016 In-Reply-To: <15199419e91-2894-daee@webprd-a101.mail.aol.com> References: <15199419e91-2894-daee@webprd-a101.mail.aol.com> Message-ID: The recommendation of the nominating committee for SARA officers for 2016. If anyone is interested in running for any office, please notify Stan WA2NRV or Andy N2CN as per the info below. We will vote on officers at the Jan meeting. 73 Jon, WB2RYV ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Serothman Date: Sat, Dec 12, 2015 at 9:53 PM Subject: Recommended SARA Officers 2016 To: jon.perelstein at gmail.com Jon, The nominating commIttee recommends the following members for positions as officers to represent SARA during the 2016 year. The election should be conducted during the January 2016 meeting. The members present should be polled before the election for any nominations from the floor. The above list should be sent out to the current paid members with time to reply with member nominations before January 1, 2016 The nominations can be sent to the nominating committee chairman or the club secretary Stanley Rothman WA2NRV serothman at aol.com 90 Havilands Lane White Plains, NY 10605 OR Andrew Seigel N2CN n2cn at seigel.org 113 Gary Road Stamford CT. 06903 SARA list of proposed officers for 2016 President Jon Perelstein WB2RYV Vice President Terry Martin W1TSM Secretary Andrew Siege l N2CN Treasurer Ernest Laug KA1NGG Web master John Sabini WB2GRB Trustee Steve Urso KB1YLQ Programs Fred Cunningham K1FC Thank you, Stan WA2NRV From samd65 at gmail.com Mon Dec 14 14:07:40 2015 From: samd65 at gmail.com (samd65 .) Date: Mon, 14 Dec 2015 14:07:40 -0500 Subject: [CTSARA] Comm Center Dinner Dec17, 2015 Message-ID: Hi everyone, This Thursday the Comm Center at 100 Fairfield Ave in Norwalk will be open from 6:30 to 9:00 (NOT 9:30). Seeing as the following Thursday is Christmas Eve this will be the last opening of 2015. In light of this we are planning an informal dinner open to anyone who wants to come. The only thing we ask is that you RSVP by Wednesday at 8pm. Everyone is welcome to attend, but you MUST say that you are coming so that we have enough food to feed you. There is no charge for this dinner, however it's being personally financed, and donations are welcome but not necessary. Please consider joining us for the final Thursday night opening of the year. 73, Sam Dick - NV1P From kb1ify at yahoo.com Thu Dec 17 15:03:15 2015 From: kb1ify at yahoo.com (kb1ify) Date: Thu, 17 Dec 2015 15:03:15 -0500 Subject: [CTSARA] Missing dmr radio Message-ID: Hi members?My motorola xpr7550 is missing .Ser 871trbf727.Mod aah56rdn9ka1anLid 3109142. Kb1ifyBill Librandi?Cell 203 554 3064?Home 203-353-8131? Sent via the Samsung Galaxy Note? 3, an AT&T 4G LTE smartphone From jon.perelstein at gmail.com Thu Dec 17 23:36:32 2015 From: jon.perelstein at gmail.com (Jon Perelstein) Date: Thu, 17 Dec 2015 23:36:32 -0500 Subject: [CTSARA] January Meeting/Annual Meeting is Jan 7 Message-ID: Our next scheduled meeting will be held on Thurs Jan 7, 2016. This meeting will be our annual meeting where we will vote for the officers for 2016. Please make a point of attending for the election. The topic for the meeting presentation will be Software Defined Radio (SDR) - an overview of how it works and interesting products in the marketplace. This meeting will focus on receivers and we will cover transmitters in a later meeting. 73 Jon, WB2RYV From wb1grb at hotmail.com Sun Dec 20 17:13:45 2015 From: wb1grb at hotmail.com (John Sabini Jr.) Date: Sun, 20 Dec 2015 17:13:45 -0500 Subject: [CTSARA] Listen Live Audio Feed CT. ARES Net Sun. 8:30 pm Message-ID: STAMFORD CONNECTICUT DMR Digital REPEATER NETWORK W1EE 447.125 -5MHz, ARES & emergency traffic during activation's. Motorola MotoTRBO repeater LISTEN SARA DMR REPEATER? LIVE AUDIO FEED CT. ARES Net Sun.? 8:30 pm EST http://www.broadcastify.com/listen/feed/21651? http://www.ctsara.org/ From jon.perelstein at gmail.com Sun Dec 20 17:17:16 2015 From: jon.perelstein at gmail.com (Jon Perelstein) Date: Sun, 20 Dec 2015 17:17:16 -0500 Subject: [CTSARA] Listen Live Audio Feed CT. ARES Net Sun. 8:30 pm In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: The CT ARES DMR net is cancelled for this week (12/20) and next week (12/27) 73 Jon, WB2RYV On Sun, Dec 20, 2015 at 5:13 PM, John Sabini Jr. wrote: > > STAMFORD CONNECTICUT DMR Digital REPEATER NETWORK > W1EE 447.125 -5MHz, ARES & emergency traffic during activation's. > > Motorola MotoTRBO repeater > > LISTEN SARA DMR REPEATER LIVE AUDIO FEED > CT. ARES Net Sun. 8:30 pm EST > http://www.broadcastify.com/listen/feed/21651 > > http://www.ctsara.org/ > > ________________________________________________ > CTSARA mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/ctsara > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:CTSARA at mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > > All posts must be sent in Plain Text, no HTML. Links will Function. No > attachments are allowed. > > Unsubscribe from CTSARA: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/ctsara > > SARA Repeaters: NOW DIGITAL (DMR) 447.125 Out 442.125 In PL-114.8Hz. > > ECHOLINK, WB1GRB-L Node(128679) Simplex: Local RF- 147.525 PL-100 Hz. > RF-65 watts. Connected local conference during the day. > From wb1grb at hotmail.com Sun Dec 20 17:50:55 2015 From: wb1grb at hotmail.com (John Sabini Jr.) Date: Sun, 20 Dec 2015 17:50:55 -0500 Subject: [CTSARA] Listen Live Audio Feed CT. ARES Net Sun. 8:30 pm In-Reply-To: References: , Message-ID: Thank You. Jon J/S WB1GRB ---------------------------------------- > From: jon.perelstein at gmail.com > Date: Sun, 20 Dec 2015 17:17:16 -0500 > To: ctsara at mailman.qth.net > Subject: Re: [CTSARA] Listen Live Audio Feed CT. ARES Net Sun. 8:30 pm > > The CT ARES DMR net is cancelled for this week (12/20) and next week (12/27) > > 73 > Jon, WB2RYV > > On Sun, Dec 20, 2015 at 5:13 PM, John Sabini Jr. wrote: > >> >> STAMFORD CONNECTICUT DMR Digital REPEATER NETWORK >> W1EE 447.125 -5MHz, ARES & emergency traffic during activation's. >> >> Motorola MotoTRBO repeater >> >> LISTEN SARA DMR REPEATER LIVE AUDIO FEED >> CT. ARES Net Sun. 8:30 pm EST >> http://www.broadcastify.com/listen/feed/21651 >> >> http://www.ctsara.org/ >> >> ________________________________________________ >> CTSARA mailing list >> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/ctsara >> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm >> Post: mailto:CTSARA at mailman.qth.net >> >> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net >> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html >> >> All posts must be sent in Plain Text, no HTML. Links will Function. No >> attachments are allowed. >> >> Unsubscribe from CTSARA: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/ctsara >> >> SARA Repeaters: NOW DIGITAL (DMR) 447.125 Out 442.125 In PL-114.8Hz. >> >> ECHOLINK, WB1GRB-L Node(128679) Simplex: Local RF- 147.525 PL-100 Hz. >> RF-65 watts. Connected local conference during the day. >> > ________________________________________________ > CTSARA mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/ctsara > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:CTSARA at mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > > All posts must be sent in Plain Text, no HTML. Links will Function. No attachments are allowed. > > Unsubscribe from CTSARA: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/ctsara > > SARA Repeaters: NOW DIGITAL (DMR) 447.125 Out 442.125 In PL-114.8Hz. > > ECHOLINK, WB1GRB-L Node(128679) Simplex: Local RF- 147.525 PL-100 Hz. RF-65 watts. Connected local conference during the day. From wb1grb at hotmail.com Mon Dec 28 06:17:12 2015 From: wb1grb at hotmail.com (John Sabini Jr.) Date: Mon, 28 Dec 2015 06:17:12 -0500 Subject: [CTSARA] Winter Weather Advisory Message-ID: Winter Weather Advisory Issued: 350 AM EST MON DEC 28 2015 Expires: 600 AM EST TUE DEC 29 2015 http://www.weatherforyou.com/reports/index.php?config=&forecast=warnings&pands=stamford%2Cconnecticut&zipcode=06901&country=us&county=09001&icao=KHPN&zone=ctz009&cwa=OKX http://www.ctsara.org/ctsara_weather.html J/S WB1GRB From tom at k1ta.com Mon Dec 28 10:49:32 2015 From: tom at k1ta.com (Tom Alessi) Date: Mon, 28 Dec 2015 10:49:32 -0500 Subject: [CTSARA] CS800 Codeplug Message-ID: Does anyone in the Stamford or Norwalk clubs have a decent CS800 Codeplug? I just got a new rig for the house and I am being lazy. If anyone has a codeplug please email it to me. Thank. 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