From k2dsv at msn.com Wed Nov 5 12:26:43 2014 From: k2dsv at msn.com (Don WILSON) Date: Wed, 5 Nov 2014 12:26:43 -0500 Subject: [ETS/PARC List] FT4TA TROMELIN ISLAND Message-ID: >>Yesterday while in the doctor's office W7YAQ, Bob, came across a >>"fascinating and timely article about Tromelin Island and the >>survivors of a 1761 shipwreck" in the September/October 2014 issue of >>Archaeology (pages 46-51), which can be read on-line at: >>http://www.archaeology.org/issues/145-1409/features/2361-tromelin- >>island-castaways From k2dsv at msn.com Sun Nov 16 06:35:36 2014 From: k2dsv at msn.com (Don WILSON) Date: Sun, 16 Nov 2014 06:35:36 -0500 Subject: [ETS/PARC List] FW: Santa Claus Wants You! In-Reply-To: References: <20141115004842.C8322270A3@bmail.arrl.org>, Message-ID: From: salzerj at comcast.net Subject: Fwd: Santa Claus Wants You! Date: Sat, 15 Nov 2014 23:12:12 -0500 To: bandrs at sbcglobal.net; sky27_2002 at yahoo.com; k2dsv at msn.com; bgrandmaval at aol.com I HAD TO SHARE THIS WITH YOU! THIS IS A FOR REAL NOTICE TO HAM RADIO OPERATORS?.DESCRIBING CHRISTAMAS AT JFK WITH SANTA ARRIVING ON A DELTA JET. THEY ARE ASKING FOR RADIO VOLUNTEEERS TO HELP MANAGE THE EVENT. WHY IT?S FUNNY IS WHO IS ASKING. LOOK AT THE BOTTOM?THE NAME OF THE GUY IS DAVID LEKOWITZ! WHAT A WORLD! JERRY Begin forwarded message:From: "ARRL Members Only Web site" Subject: Santa Claus Wants You! To: salzerj at comcast.net Date: November 14, 2014 at 7:48:42 PM EST For the past decade, NYC ARES has provided all the communications for the premiere event of their year: Op Santa. Operation Santa is a half-day event at JFK Airport in which the Community Mayors of New York provide a lunch, gifts, and above all, a visit from Santa to an extraordinary audience. 5,000 screaming special needs kids see Santa taxi into a hangar on a Delta jet. He disembarks and tours through the hangar for all to see, before he has to fly back to the North Pole for final preparations for his Christmas gift-giving. The event has grown over the years, and each year we find we need more help in handling the event. This year, for the first time ever, we find we can use some ?outside? help, and so, the call has gone out to all in the Division for assistance. If you have the time, Op Santa will occur the morning of December 10th. We arrive at 7:00 am and generally leave around 12:30 pm. There is plenty of free parking at the venue. For security reasons, we need to get our volunteer list up to speed now. Please let us know if you would like to participate in this very worthy event. Just send an E-mail to David Lefkowitz, KB2KAB at kb2kab at aol.com OR to Vinnie Mattera, KB2PSI at kb2psi at arrl.net The frequencies that are used MUST be preprogrammed. You MUST have an HT with a head-set. This event takes place in an airport-hanger with close to 6,000 people, and the noise level inside is tremendous! This is a spectacular experience, one that you won't likely forget. 73, Lefty KB2KAB @ Aol.com Vinny KB2PSI @ Arrl.Net Mike N2YBB -------------------------------------------------------------------- ARRL Hudson Division Director: Mike Lisenco, N2YBB n2ybb at arrl.org -------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from messages, go to: http://p1k.arrl.org/oo/d05862b2d19753ffd6ef7616d5c68be0 From k2dsv at msn.com Sun Nov 16 09:08:56 2014 From: k2dsv at msn.com (Don WILSON) Date: Sun, 16 Nov 2014 09:08:56 -0500 Subject: [ETS/PARC List] 300 ohm line Message-ID: GOOD MORNING, ANYBODY HAVE ABOUT 80 FEET OF 300 OHM FLAT LINE I CAN BUY, BORROW, STEAL OR BEG. WANT TO PUT UP A 30/40 METER FOLDED DIPOLE. VRI BEST 73 ES GUD DX DON K2DSV From unclefofo at comcast.net Tue Nov 18 09:05:43 2014 From: unclefofo at comcast.net (unclefofo at comcast.net) Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2014 14:05:43 +0000 (UTC) Subject: [ETS/PARC List] HOLIADAY GET TOGETHER In-Reply-To: <578492467.10469007.1416318408672.JavaMail.zimbra@comcast.net> Message-ID: <1706993635.10482584.1416319543368.JavaMail.zimbra@comcast.net> GOOD DAY EVERYONE ITS THAT TIME OF THE YEAR AGAIN SO CHECK YOUR CALENDAR FOR FRIDAY DECEMBER THE 5TH AT 7:00 PM IS THE ANNUAL HOLIDAY EVENT AT THE CLARK MUNICIPAL BUILDING 430 WESTFIELD AVE CLARK NJ 07066 THIS IS THE NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER MEETING WE WILL BE STARTING EVERYTHING A HOUR EARLER AT 7:00 PM WE WILL BE HAVING PIZZA SODA COFFEE AND WATER EVERYONE ATTENDING MUST RSVP TO ME AT UNCLEFOFO at COMCAST.NET NO LATER THEN DEC. 1 THANK YOU DAVE W2OIL From k2dsv at msn.com Thu Nov 20 10:21:35 2014 From: k2dsv at msn.com (Don WILSON) Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2014 10:21:35 -0500 Subject: [ETS/PARC List] FW: [NJARC] RCA Ham Tips In-Reply-To: <3950F66F9ED24C26BD4C351671890E82@none> References: <3950F66F9ED24C26BD4C351671890E82@none> Message-ID: > From: W2WIQ at VERIZON.NET > Subject: [NJARC] RCA Ham Tips > Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2014 09:28:49 -0500 > > > Subject: RCA Ham Tips > > 1939-`1970 > > > > http://n4trb.com/AmateurRadio/RCA_Ham_Tips/rca_ham_tips.htm > From k2dsv at msn.com Fri Nov 21 12:01:12 2014 From: k2dsv at msn.com (Don WILSON) Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2014 12:01:12 -0500 Subject: [ETS/PARC List] 4U1UN United Nations Station Message-ID: 4U1UN the United Nations (UN) Headquarters station has been off the >air as it was dismantled in early 2010 due to the massive renovation >project on the Secretariat Building. All of the antennas were removed >from the roof and all of the equipment packed up and are being stored >in the UN. The renovations are complete, unfortunately due to >security concerns the club station will not return to its former >penthouse. The concern is the UN Secretary General's office is on the >37th floor. The club has been seeking other options, which at one time >included a remote station, having the club station located on the >ground floor with a 400-500 foot feedline or moving the station to >another UN building. > >The 4U1UN NCDXF-IARU Beacon went back on the air as of mid-June of >this year. They were able to install the beacon with an antenna on >the roof of the Secretariat Building. > >The United Nations Amateur Radio Club has received security clearance >to install antennas on top of the 17 story United Nations Albano >building, located on 46th street between 1st and 2nd avenue. They are >considering this option but it seems it will be a while before we see >4U1UN back on the air anytime soon. > From hank.shannon.49 at gmail.com Fri Nov 21 17:14:29 2014 From: hank.shannon.49 at gmail.com (Hank Shannon) Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2014 17:14:29 -0500 Subject: [ETS/PARC List] DHS' NECP & Hams Message-ID: http://qrznow.com/homeland-securitys-2014-national-emergency-communications-plan-incorporates-amateur-radio/ Hank Shannon hank.shannon.49 at gmail.com From k2dsv at msn.com Mon Nov 24 16:04:02 2014 From: k2dsv at msn.com (Don WILSON) Date: Mon, 24 Nov 2014 16:04:02 -0500 Subject: [ETS/PARC List] FW: A MUST READ...PLEASE FIRE Hazard - 9 Volt Batteries In-Reply-To: <016FA90C98CA4DB4A28F025B305C83B5@MrChips> References: <016FA90C98CA4DB4A28F025B305C83B5@MrChips> Message-ID: A MUST READ...PLEASE FIRE Hazard - 9 Volt Batteries VERY IMPORTANT....PLEASE READ THIS. Loose 9 volt batteries. Who would have thought ? Video (2:57) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CnVDayI-gwI From k2dsv at msn.com Tue Nov 25 08:31:11 2014 From: k2dsv at msn.com (Don WILSON) Date: Tue, 25 Nov 2014 08:31:11 -0500 Subject: [ETS/PARC List] HAM RADIO FEST - NORTHERN NJ - BERGEN COUNTY AREA In-Reply-To: <509724655_118291933@njdxa.org> References: <509724655_118291933@njdxa.org> Message-ID: Northern NJ 2014 HAMFEST Being held in conjunction with our Holiday Flea Market Operator Exams On Premises! Technical Forums! Talk-In Freq: 146.955- (PL 141.3) & 146.52 Simplex Rain, Snow or Shine! Saturday, December 13, 2014 Conlon Hall, 19 N. William St., Bergenfield, NJ GPS: N 40? 55.713 W 073? 59.667 (approx) 8:00 AM - 4:00 PM (Doors for HAMFEST open at 8:00 AM - which is 1 hour prior to the Flea Market) Sponsored by: Boy Scout Troop 139 / Venture Crew 7373 Admission: $3.00 for Buyers (Non-Ham, Spouses & Kids FREE) Our Kitchen will be open for hot breakfast and lunch! SELLERS / VENDORS WANTED! NEW & USED ITEMS! Indoors/Free Parking/Restrooms/? Accessible/Flat, Covered Access/Loading Assistance Vendor Set Up ? 6:00 AM - 8:00 AM Advanced Registration: $30* per space (up to two 8' tables w/chairs provided+) On-site Registration: 1 table $30*; $10 each additional+ (Non-profit? - $15 per space, 501-c3 required) *includes vendor beverages +While quantities last, we can provide you with 8' tables, otherwise, you may bring your own tables. Contact: Gordon Beattie s W2TTT s w2ttt at arrl.net s 201.314.6964 Advanced Vendor Registration Please complete below and mail it with payment to: Diana Valencia, c/o Troop 139, St. John's Church 29 N. Washington Ave., Bergenfield, NJ 07621 Name: _____________________________ City, State: ______________________________ Phone: _______________________________ Email: _________________________________ # of Tables Needed: _______ Payment Enclosed: $ ____________ Check #: ________ (Please make check payable to st. John the Evangelist) ______________________________________________________________________ Directions: St. John the Evangelist's Conlon Hall, 19 N. William Street, Bergenfield, NJ Coordinates: N 40? 55.713 W 073? 59.667 FROM NEW YORK CITY (GWB) George Washington Bridge West to Route 4 West (Exit 72A toward Paramus). After approximately 2.8 miles, take the Teaneck Road ramp toward Bergenfield. Continue on Teaneck Road which turns into S. Washington Avenue. Turn Right onto E. Main Street. Take the 1st Left onto N William Street. FROM THE TAPAN ZEE BRIDGE Tapan Zee Bridge West to NJ. Take the Palisades Interstate Parkway South. Follow signs to Route 9W South (Alpine/Closter). Make a left onto Route 9W South. Turn a sharp right onto Closter Dock Road (CR-502). After about 2.5 miles, turn left onto High Street. Make a left onto Durie Ave. Turn left onto Knickerbocker Road (CR 505). Pass through 1 Roundabout. Turn right onto Riveredge Road (turns into E. Main Street). Make a right onto N William Street. FROM THE WEST Take Route 4 East to the Teaneck Road ramp toward Bergenfield. Continue on Teaneck Road which turns into S. Washington Avenue. Turn Right onto E. Main Street. Take the 1st Left onto N William Street. FROM THE SOUTH via New Jersey Turnpike (Newark Airport) N.J. Turnpike North to exit 18. Follow signs to George Washington Bridge. (You are now on Interstate 95.) Follow signs to local lanes and then follow signs to exit 70. On service road for exit 70, take exit 70B. At second traffic light, turn right onto Teaneck Road. Continue on Teaneck Road which turns into S. Washington Avenue. Turn Right onto E. Main Street. Take the 1st Left onto N William Street. FROM THE SOUTH via Garden State Parkway Garden State Parkway to exit 161 Route 4 East. Follow directions from the West above. FROM THE NORTH via Route 17 Route 17 South to Route 4 East (second exit). Follow directions from the West above. FROM THE NORTH via Garden State Parkway Garden State Parkway South to exit 163 Route 17 South. Follow directions from the North via Route 17 above. From unclefofo at comcast.net Tue Nov 25 08:58:52 2014 From: unclefofo at comcast.net (unclefofo at comcast.net) Date: Tue, 25 Nov 2014 13:58:52 +0000 (UTC) Subject: [ETS/PARC List] Holiday Party In-Reply-To: <1833039896.1937296.1416923370832.JavaMail.zimbra@comcast.net> Message-ID: <1465629822.1943741.1416923932489.JavaMail.zimbra@comcast.net> Good day everyone, Annual K2ETS Holiday party December 5th, 2014 Start time 7:00 p.m. Clark Municipal Building 430 Westfield Avenue Clark, NJ 07066 Directions can be found on K2ETS WEBSITE Following is a list of people attending all ready If you do not see yourself on the list please email me at Unclefofo at comcast.net W2OIL + 2 KC2YRC+ 2 WB2HKK WV2RJR K2DSV +1 N2LGS W2OU WN2SJL N2JUN W2OZO N2VHV +1 N2VHW Note if you are bringing guests please add them with your reservation to get an accurate account for pizza order. There is no cost for attending the party .....There will be a donation can to offset cost for the club Any questions please email me at Unclefofo at comcast.net 73's W2OIL DAVE From k2dsv at msn.com Fri Nov 28 16:23:27 2014 From: k2dsv at msn.com (Don WILSON) Date: Fri, 28 Nov 2014 16:23:27 -0500 Subject: [ETS/PARC List] Good rainy day reading In-Reply-To: <809429611_118315633@njdxa.org> References: <809429611_118315633@njdxa.org> Message-ID: > Date: Fri, 28 Nov 2014 11:54:19 -0500 > > http://www.americanradiohistory.com/index.htm > > 73 Urb W1UL > > > --- > This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. > http://www.avast.com > > > > > From unclefofo at comcast.net Sat Nov 29 19:47:39 2014 From: unclefofo at comcast.net (unclefofo at comcast.net) Date: Sun, 30 Nov 2014 00:47:39 +0000 (UTC) Subject: [ETS/PARC List] Updated Holiday Party List In-Reply-To: <254377462.5215478.1417308309502.JavaMail.zimbra@comcast.net> Message-ID: <2027572669.5215958.1417308459978.JavaMail.zimbra@comcast.net> Good day everyone, Annual K2ETS Holiday party December 5th, 2014 Start time 7:00 p.m. Clark Municipal Building 430 Westfield Avenue Clark, NJ 07066 Directions can be found on K2ETS WEBSITE Following is a list of people attending all ready If you do not see yourself on the list please email me at Unclefofo at comcast.net W2OIL + 2 KC2YRC+ 2 WB2HKK WV2RJR K2DSV +1 N2LGS W2OU WN2SJL N2JUN W2OZO N2VHV +1 K2VHW -------------------------------------------------------- W2LJ W2WIQ KD2BXF W2PQ K2NBC Note if you are bringing guests please add them with your reservation to get an accurate account for pizza order. There is no cost for attending the party .....There will be a donation can to offset cost for the club Any questions please email me at Unclefofo at comcast.net 73's W2OIL DAVE __________________ From vpennetta at pennetta.com Sun Nov 30 20:57:21 2014 From: vpennetta at pennetta.com (Victor Pennetta) Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2014 01:57:21 +0000 Subject: [ETS/PARC List] Amateur Radio and Enforcement In-Reply-To: <000001d00cf8$2af2c3c0$80d84b40$@comcast.net> References: <000001d00cf8$2af2c3c0$80d84b40$@comcast.net> Message-ID: <14B127CEAC8D1F4285AB6AD7B1F80DBA01BDEFA9@DAGN09a-e6.exg6.exghost.com> The following are excerpts from informal comments by Riley Hollingsworth, Retired Special Counsel, FCC Enforcement, speaking at the Forsyth Amateur Radio Club in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, in early November 2014: "I'm often asked what you can do to help Amateur Radio and help enforcement. There's several things you can do. One is, don't engage people and don't humor the idiots. We have a certain number of idiots, just like the legal profession does, the plumbers profession, medical, whatever. It's just our society. But, stupidity can't be regulated, no matter how good the rules are. The thing you do to help the most, is to just turn the big knob. Every rig has one. Whether the transceiver has 20 buttons or 77, it has one big knob." "You'll hear somebody tuning up and it's automatically assumed it is a deliberate tune-up. At the FCC, we knew from monitoring that 90% of what was being argued about on the bands was accidental interference. With the rigs you have today, it's very easy to get them screwed up. So, most of the interference is not intentional." "But, our society assumes offense. It wasn't like this 20 years ago. We are insistent on rights over responsibilities, and it's just the nature of our times. People are thin skinned. A lot of these people, on 75 meters mainly, are the same way. They're narrow-minded, they're grouchy, they don't like new ideas, they're ungrateful for what they have. And you can hear this on 14313 as well. If they won the state lottery, they would probably bitch about how it was paid out! So, the main thing you can do to help: don't add to the problem. Be part of the solution, even if it means not engaging. If it is a continuing violation, report it to the Commission or to the League. But mainly, don't add to the problem. And, you've got to know what the issues are. Whether its interference from grow lights, or BPL (which has fortunately gone by the wayside we think and we hope.)" "You've got to keep up with the issues. Early on [in enforcement], I would try personal contact with some of the people we were really having trouble with on the bands, who were causing problems but weren't directly in violation of the rules. One group, I was saying "Look, if a recording of your conversation on 75 meters ever went before a Senate subcommittee that was considering BPL, we're going to lose that hands-down.", because they're going to say "Why protect this type of service?". And, they didn't know what BPL was! During the height of the BPL, that worried me more than anything else, I thought that was very much of a danger to us, I think that was the biggest danger to us since World War II, to our bands. But, a lot of people didn't keep up with the issues, they didn't know what it was, they had no idea how dangerous that was. This group on 75 meters and 14313, they're being thinned out." "A lot of these conduct problems, are from the guys who are getting up in age. They are getting old and grouchy, and the Grim Reaper is going to take care of some of them. Every year we get some big enforcement action from the Grim Reaper. And I notice nobody at the FCC wears black armbands over it. So, in a sense, that's going to take care of itself, I think." "But, it's not the no code people. I could not see any decline in compliance with the rules after they eliminated the CW requirement. It's never the new people. It's the older people that have Extra Class licenses, and they think they know everything. They've been on the same frequency for ten years, using 1200 Watts to talk across the state, and they don't like new ideas, they don't like new people. They haven't done anything new in Amateur Radio in a decade. That's the ones that don't know what they don't know. They are thinning out a good bit, but that still worries me. I saw no decline after the elimination of CW. In fact, as far as CW goes, there seems to be more interest in CW than ever. The best way to ruin a good book in high school was to put it on the required reading list. It could be that requiring the code turned some people away from it. It seems to be more active than ever." "One thing that's causing a huge problem, and this is also a sign of our times: I understand some of the state and federal agencies have this problem, but it's the problem of people firing off nasty emails, not only to Laura, but to the enforcement bureau chief, and to the chairman, about amateur radio situations that they think the FCC should attack. I'm talking about horrible emails, threatening emails, threatening to the degree that quite often the security office gets involved. We've got to stop this, it's giving Amateur Radio a black eye. Some are so threatening that the security staff might not let Laura travel, and you notice that she doesn't travel much, partly because of the budget, but partly because of this problem. There are obscene, threatening and stupid emails by people who are hiding behind the anonymity of the internet. I'm sure state senators get them, US senators get them. But when it comes in specifically to the Enforcement Bureau about an Amateur complaint, it's bad for all of us. It's giving some people in the Commission a bad taste in their mouth about Amateur Radio. They sort of understand that they are sent by fruitcakes, but amateurs are very quick to fire off an email about a complaint or about a situation they hear on the bands, and they don't know the full background of it. This is a time when we are hyper-sensitive about security issues. It's just a big problem, I don't know the solution." "I think as far as the biggest threats we should be more worried about is the RF junk that is out there. One of the big problems of interference to Amateur Radio right now is from grow lights. People are growing marijuana and that's becoming a little more legal every day, it seems like. Some of these grow lights are really junk. The League has worked countless hours on that, and talked to the manufacturers, and gotten a lot of cooperation with some of them and not so much with the others. It is the RF devices. I think that is more of a threat than conduct on the bands right now." "A lot of the local jurisdictions changed the code about which breaker switches you can use in a house. You have to have what they call arc-faults. When those first hit, just normal amateur radio RF would trip the breaker. Within 300 feet. It caused a lot of problems in new housing. A lot of people were really mad at amateur radio operators in some areas because every time they got on the breaker went off. The League worked with Eaton company, and they recalled a lot of those." "That's the kind of stuff that worries me more about amateur radio, assuming we keep our numbers up and we stay relevant, and maintain our proper role in public service communications, and keep the public aware of what Amateur Radio is, I don't see a threat to our HF frequencies. At the upper edges, of course, we will have some chipping away with science and medical equipment and stuff." "But, mainly it's the junk that's coming out there. It's simple to fix these. It costs five or ten cents more to make a grow light so it doesn't cause interference on our frequencies. It's not always amateur frequencies, it's just that we hear it first, we know more about how to find it. A lot of people can't listen to AM radio because of some interference, but they don't have any idea what is causing the signal or where it is coming from, but we tend to find out, and so we squawk more. Really, I think we are the canary in the coal mine. But, you have bureaucrats that don't want to do anything they don't have to do, and they say "Why worry about amateur interference? We don't guarantee them a pure spectrum anyway, so let's go on to something else." But, if it interferes with us, it can interfere with aviation communications, public safety communications, or whatever. So, they've got to listen to you people because you are the canary in the coal mine." "I used to be asked if Amateur Radio could survive the internet. I got that question many times in the early days. I think we've beautifully survived and blended and enhanced the internet. So, I think we've answered that question very well. Computers have become a great asset to Amateur Radio. We've integrated them into everything from logging to emergency communications." "We live in an age where there is a technological breakthrough every month. Not only that, but we've come to expect it. We live in a herd mentality. We rush out and buy the latest and greatest thing; and on the way home, is when its obsolescence starts. You can see that with the cellphones and iphones, we run for the latest thing and as soon as we get it, it starts being obsolete. Our responsibility is awesome, because we've got to keep Amateur Radio from becoming obsolete. I hope we're up to it. It's time for us to leave a legacy to this avocation. It's hard but you can do it. This whole radio thing is our passion and our gift."