From tom at k1ta.com Thu May 2 14:09:03 2019 From: tom at k1ta.com (Tom Alessi) Date: Thu, 2 May 2019 14:09:03 -0400 Subject: [CTSARA] New England QSO Party - May 4th and 5th Message-ID: Reminder: New England QSO Party - May 4th and 5th The NEQP is a great time to check out antenna systems and offers a moderately paced opportunity to work new states and countries. You'll find a wide variety of participants, from newcomers to experienced contesters, all interested in making contacts with New England stations. We're working to make sure that all of the New England counties are active again this year and would appreciate your help. Get on for at least an hour or two and join in on the fun. Please let me know if you can put in any time at all so we can work on activity from the rarest counties. Will you be QRV? Let us know which county you'll be on from with a message to info at neqp.org Oh yes, the NEQP is also lots of fun when mobile. Every time you cross a county line the action starts over again. It's amazing what a 100w radio and mobile whip can do. The QSO Party is 20 hours long overall, in two sections with a civilized break for sleep Saturday night. It goes from 4pm Saturday until 1am Sunday, then 9am Sunday until 8pm Sunday. Operate on CW, SSB and digital modes on 80-40-20-15-10 meters. For each QSO you'll give your callsign, a signal report and your county/state. Top scorers can earn a plaque and everyone who makes 25 QSOs and sends in a log will get a certificate. Last year we had logs from 166 New England stations and 387 more from around the country and world. The full NEQP rules are here -> http://www.neqp.org/rules.html The 2018 results are posted (and the results since 2002 are also available) -> http://www.neqp.org/results.html It's just a few weeks until the 2019 NEQP. Please make some QSOs even if you don't want to send in a log. Thanks! 73 Tom/K1KI K1TA Tom Alessi Tom at K1TA.com | K1TA.com | ARRL DXCC Card Checker State of Connecticut - Justice of the Peace & Notary Public C: (203) 253-7745 | O: (914) 231-1691 | F: (914) 813-4091 "CW Forever !" Look for me on 20m, 30m or 40m CW From svj58 at optonline.net Thu May 2 14:48:14 2019 From: svj58 at optonline.net (Steve, KB1YLQ) Date: Thu, 02 May 2019 14:48:14 -0400 Subject: [CTSARA] Tonight Message-ID: <38.EF.05532.07B3BCC5@mta2.srv.hcvlny.cv.net> Meeting tonight with pizza first at John the Baker.??See Ctsara.org for more information.?Steve, KB1YLQSent from my Verizon Wireless 4G LTE smartphone From ranceiii at aol.com Fri May 3 13:41:04 2019 From: ranceiii at aol.com (ranceiii at aol.com) Date: Fri, 3 May 2019 17:41:04 +0000 (UTC) Subject: [CTSARA] Who is going to Dayton (Xenia) this year References: <1982749081.1004753.1556905264464.ref@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <1982749081.1004753.1556905264464@mail.yahoo.com> Hello, We have a SARA member or two that are considering going to the Dayton Hamfest. I thought it might be a good idea to find out who from SARA and GNARC may be going,so that people can potentially carpool for the trip. So, who's going to the hamfest this year? 73,Terry From jon.perelstein at gmail.com Mon May 6 10:13:00 2019 From: jon.perelstein at gmail.com (Jon Perelstein) Date: Mon, 6 May 2019 10:13:00 -0400 Subject: [CTSARA] Hams Needed for Bloomin Metric June 9 Message-ID: The Bloomin Metric is the premier public service event in southern Fairfield County. It is a bicycle ride (not race) put on by the Sound Cyclists Bicycle Club every year to raise money for donations to various local charities. There are typically about 2600 riders (including "ride marshals"). The ride offers a number of routes, all departing from Sherwood Island State Park, and some going as far north as the Redding/Newtown border. Hams provide radio communications for a small fleet of support vehicles, as well as radio communications to the rest stops. We have a ham in every support vehicle maintaining radio contact back to Sherwood Island. We direct the operations of the support vehicles to keep the routes under patrol, and handle the communications with riders if they call in to the event's help line because they need assistance (typically mechanical breakdowns). We have been providing communications for this event for close to 30 years and have an excellent working relationship with the event organizers. We need ham volunteers for the event. Figure it as a most-of-the-day event. We generally meet at Sherwood Island at about 7am. While most people are done by about 1pm, some people wind up staying until about 3pm to take care of the last of stragglers. We need 18-20 hams. If you can't do 7am - 1pm, but can do part of the time, we can probably use you. You do not need to be an experienced ham or experienced in this kind of work to participate. We will train you on whatever you need to know. It helps if you have a 25 or 50 watt mobile radio and a magnetic mount antenna, but if you don't have one we will provide one. Please contact me at jon.perelstein at gmail.com if you're interested. 73 Jon, AI1V From svj58 at optonline.net Thu May 9 17:59:49 2019 From: svj58 at optonline.net (Steve, KB1YLQ) Date: Thu, 09 May 2019 17:59:49 -0400 Subject: [CTSARA] 3.843 @ 8:30 tonight- HF Message-ID: <9F.B7.17549.6D2A4DC5@mta3.srv.hcvlny.cv.net> Steve, KB1YLQSent from my Verizon Wireless 4G LTE smartphone From svj58 at optonline.net Thu May 9 21:02:53 2019 From: svj58 at optonline.net (Steve, KB1YLQ) Date: Thu, 09 May 2019 21:02:53 -0400 Subject: [CTSARA] 3.843 @ 8:30 tonight- HF In-Reply-To: <9F.B7.17549.6D2A4DC5@mta3.srv.hcvlny.cv.net> Message-ID: <61.EB.17549.DBDC4DC5@mta3.srv.hcvlny.cv.net> 3.842Steve, KB1YLQSent from my Verizon Wireless 4G LTE smartphone -------- Original message --------From: "Steve, KB1YLQ" Date: 5/9/19 5:59 PM (GMT-05:00) To: ctsara at mailman.qth.net Subject: [CTSARA] 3.843 @ 8:30 tonight- HF Steve, KB1YLQSent from my Verizon Wireless 4G LTE smartphone________________________________________________CTSARA mailing listHome: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/ctsaraHelp: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htmPost: mailto:CTSARA at mailman.qth.netThis list hosted by: http://www.qsl.netPlease help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.htmlAll 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/ctsaraAnalog Repeaters:"S": 146.655MHz -600KHz PL 114.8 Hz"H": 146.655MHz -600KHz PL 100 HzDMR: 447.125 Out 442.125, Color Code 2(Listen here)https://www.broadcastify.com/listen/feed/21651 From tom at k1ta.com Tue May 14 08:37:29 2019 From: tom at k1ta.com (Tom Alessi) Date: Tue, 14 May 2019 08:37:29 -0400 Subject: [CTSARA] Extra Class Callsigns Available in the Next 30 days. Message-ID: Good morning GNARC and SARA Family and Friends, The following 1x2 and 2x1 callsigns will be available in the next 30 days. If you are an Extra Class Licensee and are interested "you need to apply ON the filing date listed". (Not before, not after.) Vanity calls are free and you can apply online from your FCC ULS account. If you need help applying, contact me and I will send you a step-by-step instruction sheet. CALL Filing Date ------- ---------------- KV1M 05/19 N1QV 05/20 K1FY 05/21 K1KE 05/21 WT1K 05/23 NS1H 05/23 W1LR 05/27 AC1C 05/28 K1QG 05/29 W1PD 06/03 N1KY 06/07 WB1K 06/08 WB1E 06/11 ------------------------ 73 de Tom K1TA Tom Alessi Tom at K1TA.com | K1TA.com | ARRL DXCC Card Checker State of Connecticut - Justice of the Peace & Notary Public C: (203) 253-7745 | O: (914) 231-1691 | F: (914) 813-4091 "CW Forever !" Look for me on 20m, 30m or 40m CW From tom at k1ta.com Fri May 17 08:48:55 2019 From: tom at k1ta.com (Tom Alessi) Date: Fri, 17 May 2019 08:48:55 -0400 Subject: [CTSARA] FCC is Not Reinstating a Vanity Call Sign Fee Message-ID: FYI: SB QST @ ARL $ARLB015 ARLB015 The FCC is Not Reinstating a Vanity Call Sign Fee ZCZC AG15 QST de W1AW ARRL Bulletin 15 ARLB015 >From ARRL Headquarters Newington CT May 16, 2019 To all radio amateurs SB QST ARL ARLB015 ARLB015 The FCC is Not Reinstating a Vanity Call Sign Fee An erroneous report this week suggested that the FCC planned to again impose an Amateur Radio vanity call sign application (regulatory) fee of $70 for the 10-year term. This incorrect conclusion resulted from an incomplete reading of the May 7 FCC Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) in the matter of the assessment and collection of regulatory fees for fiscal year 2019. Although the Schedule of Regulatory Fees does show a $7 annual fee for Amateur Radio vanity call signs, a boldface heading in that section of the NPRM states, "REGULATORY FEES. This section is no longer is effect as it has been amended by RAY BAUM'S Act of 2018..." Section 9(e)(2) of RAY BAUM'S Act gives the Commission discretion to exempt a party from paying regulatory fees when the FCC determines that the cost of collection exceeds the amount collected. A new section 9(e)(1) incorporated the Amateur Radio vanity fee exemption from FCC rules into the statute. The NPRM makes clear in several other places that regulatory fees no longer apply to Amateur Radio licenses. The FCC eliminated the regulatory fee for Amateur Radio vanity call signs in 2015. NNNN /EX Tom - K1TA Tom Alessi *Tom at K1TA.com |** K1TA.com * * | ARRL DXCC Card Checker * *State of Connecticut - Justice of the Peace & Notary Public* C: (203) 253-7745 | O: (914) 231-1691 | F: (914) 813-4091 *"CW Forever !"* Look for me on 20m, 30m or 40m CW From ranceiii at aol.com Sat May 18 07:46:49 2019 From: ranceiii at aol.com (ranceiii at aol.com) Date: Sat, 18 May 2019 11:46:49 +0000 (UTC) Subject: [CTSARA] Boyscout Camporee operating References: <463704384.4192426.1558180009346.ref@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <463704384.4192426.1558180009346@mail.yahoo.com> Hello all, I am going to be up at the boy scout camporee today in Redding looking to make QSOs to demo ham radio to the scouts. I will be operating mostly on 75 M, around (3.843) and 40 M, around 7.185. Please listen for us if you are on-the-air this afternoon. Thanks and 73,Terry From jon.perelstein at gmail.com Mon May 20 17:50:02 2019 From: jon.perelstein at gmail.com (Jon Perelstein) Date: Mon, 20 May 2019 17:50:02 -0400 Subject: [CTSARA] Hams Still Needed for Bloomin Metric Sunday June 9 Message-ID: We still need a couple of people for the Bloomin Metric on June 9. The Bloomin Metric is the premier public service event in southern Fairfield County. It is a bicycle ride (not race) put on by the Sound Cyclists Bicycle Club every year to raise money for donations to various local charities. There are typically about 2600 riders (including "ride marshals"). The ride offers a number of routes, all departing from Sherwood Island State Park, and some going as far north as the Redding/Newtown border. Hams provide radio communications for a small fleet of support vehicles, as well as radio communications to the rest stops. We have a ham in every support vehicle maintaining radio contact back to Sherwood Island. We direct the operations of the support vehicles to keep the routes under patrol, and handle the communications with riders if they call in to the event's help line because they need assistance (typically mechanical breakdowns). We have been providing communications for this event for close to 30 years and have an excellent working relationship with the event organizers. We need ham volunteers for the event. Figure it as a most-of-the-day event. We generally meet at Sherwood Island at about 7am. While most people are done by about 1pm, some people wind up staying until about 3pm to take care of the last of stragglers. We need 18-20 hams. If you can't do 7am - 1pm, but can do part of the time, we can probably use you. You do not need to be an experienced ham or experienced in this kind of work to participate. We will train you on whatever you need to know. It helps if you have a 25 or 50 watt mobile radio and a magnetic mount antenna, but if you don't have one we will provide one. Please contact me at jon.perelstein at gmail.com if you're interested. 73 Jon, AI1V From svj58 at optonline.net Wed May 22 18:12:19 2019 From: svj58 at optonline.net (Steve, KB1YLQ) Date: Wed, 22 May 2019 18:12:19 -0400 Subject: [CTSARA] Echolink Message-ID: <9C.4C.17549.449C5EC5@mta3.srv.hcvlny.cv.net> W1EE-R? is now active on echolink.?Steve, KB1YLQSent from my Verizon Wireless 4G LTE smartphone From svj58 at optonline.net Tue May 28 11:33:31 2019 From: svj58 at optonline.net (Steve, KB1YLQ) Date: Tue, 28 May 2019 11:33:31 -0400 Subject: [CTSARA] I-95 Message-ID: MOTORIST ALERT:On the weekends of May 31-June 3 and June 7-10, traffic on I-95 northbound and southbound in Stamford will be detoured off the highway at exit 9 and then back on the highway using a new ramp.?Major traffic delays are expected and motorists are strongly advised to avoid this area during these time periods.?The first detour will begin at 11 PM on Friday, May 31st and end on Monday, June 3rd at 5 AM.The second detour will begin at 11 PM on Friday, June 7th and end on Monday, June 10th at 5 AM.Additional traffic details and project information may be found at?www.i95exit9.com?Steve, KB1YLQSent from my Verizon Wireless 4G LTE smartphone