From unclefofo at comcast.net Fri Jan 2 17:11:09 2015 From: unclefofo at comcast.net (unclefofo at comcast.net) Date: Fri, 2 Jan 2015 22:11:09 +0000 (UTC) Subject: [ETS/PARC List] QSL CARD In-Reply-To: <2033201086.16451260.1420236255953.JavaMail.zimbra@comcast.net> Message-ID: <1532255688.16455085.1420236669951.JavaMail.zimbra@comcast.net> To all K2ETS members, As discussed at the holiday meeting if anyone has any ideas for the new qsl cards....You can forward any suggestions or ideas to me and I will coordinate with Don K2DSV and draft up some ideas to show at the next meeting... So get some ideas if you want to sketch them out or send examples to me in a email.....If you want to sketch something up on a piece of paper and fax it to 908-753-2464 be my guest .....we will not judge you on your artistic drawing ( HI HI) any ideas or drawings that could help us out would be appreciated...... Thanks Dave W2OIL Unclefofo at comcast.net From k2dsv at msn.com Mon Jan 5 18:35:51 2015 From: k2dsv at msn.com (Don WILSON) Date: Mon, 5 Jan 2015 18:35:51 -0500 Subject: [ETS/PARC List] FW: Do you have a flashlight on your cell phone? DO NOT DELETE !!! In-Reply-To: <14B127CEAC8D1F4285AB6AD7B1F80DBA01C81D58@DAGN09b-e6.exg6.exghost.com> References: <003f01d0290a$bf18a6e0$3d49f4a0$@comcast.net>, <14B127CEAC8D1F4285AB6AD7B1F80DBA01C81D58@DAGN09b-e6.exg6.exghost.com> Message-ID: This is a scary heads up for everyone if you have a flashlight on your cell phone! You had better Watch this https://www.youtube.com/embed/Q8xz8xKEFvU From k2dsv at msn.com Thu Jan 8 10:38:21 2015 From: k2dsv at msn.com (Don WILSON) Date: Thu, 8 Jan 2015 10:38:21 -0500 Subject: [ETS/PARC List] FW: Two Nice Videos of CW Station - Chatham MA Radio / WCC In-Reply-To: <1A769DEF213E4596ABA695F5143F35C9@none> References: <1A769DEF213E4596ABA695F5143F35C9@none> Message-ID: VERY INTERESTING LINKS AT THE END OF THE VIDEO > From: W2WIQ at VERIZON.NET > To: K2DSV at MSN.COM > Subject: Two Nice Videos of CW Station - Chatham MA Radio / WCC > Date: Thu, 8 Jan 2015 09:55:59 -0500 > > > >Subject: [Radio Officers, &c] Two Nice Videos of CW Station - Chatham MA > >Radio / WCC > > Chatham Radio / WCC Transmitter Site South Chatham, MA > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xPhUBs_mXDg > > Chatham Radio / WCC Receiver Site North Chatham, MA > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-ZZLhFJ7zM > > Very enjoyable videos. > > 73 > > David N1EA > From k2dsv at msn.com Fri Jan 9 09:07:34 2015 From: k2dsv at msn.com (Don WILSON) Date: Fri, 9 Jan 2015 09:07:34 -0500 Subject: [ETS/PARC List] DX NEWS Message-ID: >Yesterday The Rockall DX Group, the EP6T team heading Kish Island (AS- >166), Iran, tweeted the group has "managed to get an early flight from >Teheran to Kish Island". This will allow the team the opportunity to >erect the antennas during the day on January 16th. >http://www.rockall.be From k2dsv at msn.com Fri Jan 16 13:28:07 2015 From: k2dsv at msn.com (Don WILSON) Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2015 13:28:07 -0500 Subject: [ETS/PARC List] IRAN EP6T SKED Message-ID: From k2dsv at msn.com Fri Jan 16 17:33:41 2015 From: k2dsv at msn.com (Don WILSON) Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2015 17:33:41 -0500 Subject: [ETS/PARC List] FW: [SJDXA] Update Items For Sale In-Reply-To: <5e1eeba6$71068e56$1c4524fe$@njdxa.org> References: <5e1eeba6$71068e56$1c4524fe$@njdxa.org> Message-ID: Subject: [SJDXA] Update Items For Sale I changed the price on the free-standing mast and Alpha-Delta 160 to 10 Meter Multi Band Dipole. Also, the 922A Amp comes with the new tubes installed plus the old original tubes are included. I just wanted to clear that up. I have added another item (gin pole) to the list. 1 - 32 ft self supported Mast with 160 to 10 meters Alpha-Delta Multi Band Dipole Antenna $225.00 for both. This mast alone was purchased from Penninger Radio www.penningerradio.com for $325.00 not including shipping. Excellent free standing mast. I have it lashed with stainless steel strap clamps to a 8 foot 4 by 4 post about 3 feet in the ground. It has a bully to raise and lower the antenna. It has survived Katrina well. 2 - Kenwood TL-922A with 10 meters. This amplifier has the W7RY mod and is capable of full QSK. It also has a soft-start mod. The tubes are NEW from RF Parts and have about a half hour on them. Also included are the original tubes, you may want to send them to RF Parts for testing prior to using them. RF Parts testing is fairly inexpensive. $775.00 3 - RF Parts 3-500Z Matched set. 2 tubes. Never used. $300.00 4 - Gin Pole 10 foot with new parts never used. I will also include a new rope never used (I don't remember if it is 100 ft or 150 ft.) $195.00 I cannot ship these items. My wife and I would appreciate your passing this info around. Please call 609-971-6498 if interested or reply to GeraldJMcG at icloud.com My wife Trina and I thank you, Gerald J. Mc Grantham - KC4RNgeraldjmcg at icloud.com From k2dsv at msn.com Sun Jan 18 17:07:24 2015 From: k2dsv at msn.com (Don WILSON) Date: Sun, 18 Jan 2015 17:07:24 -0500 Subject: [ETS/PARC List] FW: [The Daily DX] K1N Navassa Press Release - for immediate publication In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: K1N Navassa Press Release 17 January 2015 Navassa: A once in 32 year opportunity! Within two weeks the K1N Navassa DXpedition should be QRV with up to 7-8 stations. Our exact departure date will be decided at the last moment by USFWS and weather windows. The team will be arriving at our staging point a few days before the earliest possible window and will be ready for a rapid deployment. As soon as USFWS has landed on the island and declared it is safe to proceed, we will start the helicopter flights and commence operations. We hope to have a basic camp established by the end of the first day and if things go extremely well, we hope to have several stations on the air by nightfall on the second day. Helicopter deployment will continue for a total of three days before the camp is fully established. A boat landing is not possible this time of year and also helicopter sling loads off our standby vessel are impossible. . So, additional equipment and supplies will be moved ashore with manpower. This will not be an easy project! The K1N operation is your only opportunity in 32 years to work this #1 Most Wanted Entity. It has been 22 years since the last operation and USFWS will not permit another operation for at least ten years. For these reasons, and in the spirit of worldwide cooperation and good will, we ask that if you already have QSOs with Navassa on certain bands from a previous operation, DO NOT CALL US ON THAT BAND! ClubLog Leader Board will be turned off for obvious reasons. The latest details and pictures can be found at www.navassadx.com. This web page is now available in 44 languages, including, of course, Klingon! We are leaving no one out of this DXpedition because of its rarity. Our stations will be at ?the usual? DX frequencies, listening up, but in some cases, down, for certain parts of the world?s band plan. It is absolutely necessary to listen to the instructions of the DXpedition operator. We have a Facebook page to watch and a Twitter feed (@navassa2015) to follow for instant updates. We will be listening in the U.S. General/Advanced bands. Band modes will be somewhat limited in an all-out effort to work the bands down to the last little pistol (and Klingon) for this unique opportunity. At least one station will be on 20 meters 24 hours/day. 160M and 12M will be CW only and 10M will be SSB only. Other bands will in some pattern, alternating CW & SSB. At least one station will always be on RTTY, and we will operate RTTY on no more than three bands. N2OO Bob, is our chief pilot. HK1R Jorge, is our South American pilot, JA1ELY Toshi, (assisted by Yuki JH1NBN) for Asia, MM?NDX Col, for Europe, V51B Andre, for Africa and ZL2AL Lee, for Oceania. Nodir EY8MM is our deep Asia pilot where propagation will be weakest. Our U.S. pilots are K2SG Tony, and KF5NYQ Brandon, is our youth pilot. You can contact your pilot via email; each pilot's address is on his team bio page on our website. Pilots are your way to provide important feedback to the team on the island. Be concise and make your comments pertinent. The worldwide feedback will be prioritized, summarized and forwarded to the Island. Pilots will attempt to answer questions if they are able to do so. Pilots will NOT have access to the logs so do not ask about busted calls, log entries, etc. Logs will be uploaded several times daily to ClubLog. As you can see in the following propagation prediction diagram for North America, we will have high grade communication on several bands 24 hours daily. The same is true for South America. Contrast this to the predicted propagation to Japan and India: Europe has some variability, but Poland shows an ?average? propagation for the European continent. There should be 24 hours of daily propagation to Europe?on some band! You should be grateful to have others standby while we work YOU for an All Time New One. It is only fair to ask that YOU stand by while work others for an All Time New One. As can be seen on the European diagram, we ask for patience in Europe while we work into deep Asia and other areas, as the band openings are nearly simultaneous. Please LISTEN to the operator?s instructions. We will not work stations from outside the area we are calling. With cooperation, everyone will get into our logs FASTER! Deliberate QRM has been a major hindrance on both ends of the pileups in recent years and is worsening. There is a tab on our website where you can help us identify QRMing stations. This tab will not be active until the DXpedition comes on the air. By entering the data requested, and if enough data is entered, even with crude or rough beam headings, a ?heat map? can be produced with mathematical analysis of the data. This was covertly tested during the recent FT4TA Tromelin DXpedition and even with limited data input; several deliberate QRMing stations could be identified within a very small area! Again, the more data that is provided the more accurate the ?heat? can be put on offending stations. The QRM problem is one reason we are not publishing our operating frequencies, but we will be on or near the ?usual? DXpedition frequencies. If we do experience QRM, we have planned tactics to minimize the malicious interference. Hint: Listen, LISTEN and LISTEN MORE for us?.we might try to ?wiggle? out of it! We will also try hard to keep our splits narrow as possible to avoid annoying non-DXers who have been known to ?bother? a pileup. K1N QSL information/manager: Bob Schenck, N2OO P.O. Box 345 Tuckerton, NJ 08087 USA U.S.A. Direct: Minimum S.A.S.E. (Self-Addressed Stamped Envelope) World Direct: S.A.E. (Self-Addressed Envelope) plus minimum $2 or 1 IRC OQRS Direct and bureau: via CLUBLOG Regular Bureau: via N2OO c/o the W2 QSL Bureau LOTW: Sooner rather than later. We greatly appreciate the generous contributions from individuals and DX clubs around the world! We are just shy of meeting our transportation obligations and have yet to meet the cost of ?the rest? of the DXpedition. As always, we encourage contributions to help meet the uncovered expenses. The team has contributed basically half of the entire cost and would appreciate any possible help. U.S. donations could be tax-deductible through NCDXF. (See instructions on website.) The next press release will be when the landing operations commence. After that, daily progress and pictures will be posted on the website. From the K1N Navassa Team: Bob K4UEE, Glenn W?GJ, Mike NA5U, George AA7JV, Ralph K?IR, John K6MM, Craig K9CT, Tomi KT4TTT, Lou N2TU, George N4GRN, Mike N6MZ, Jeff NM1Y, John W2GD, Gregg W6IZT & Jerry WB9Z ?.we hope to see you in the logs!!! This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. www.avast.com From k2dsv at msn.com Sat Jan 24 11:41:03 2015 From: k2dsv at msn.com (Don WILSON) Date: Sat, 24 Jan 2015 11:41:03 -0500 Subject: [ETS/PARC List] FW: [The Daily DX] VP8DOZ/G - South Georgia In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: > Date: Sat, 24 Jan 2015 10:44:17 -0500 > > From: urb at w2dec.com > Subject: Fwd: [The Daily DX] VP8DOZ/G - South Georgia > > > > > >Denis ZL4DB is heading to VP8\G South Georgia in a few days. En > >route, he hopes to collect his license in Stanley, Falkland Islands > >around 24th January and to get a VP8\G call-sign. He also hopes to > >meet Bob VP8LP who has been very helpful in providing information on > >requirements and contacts with the VP8 administration. Once on the > >South Georgia he needs to obtain permission to operate, which could > >be late February as there are important tasks to complete for the > >team he's working with. A QRZ page and possibly Clublog will be set > >up when his call is confirmed. > > > >Denis will arrive at King Edward Point, near Grytviken around 27th > >January and will be tasked with providing comms for a helicopter > >operation as part of the South Georgia Habitat Restoration Project. > >The helicopter team will be rat-poisoning, with Denis setting up a > >global positioning warning system to track the choppers and a > >repeater system between the main base and forward operating > >positions. His time for ham radio will be largely dictated by the > >weather. If its adverse for flying, then he'll be off to the shack. > >The operation is scheduled to end late March/early April. > > > >Denis is very inexperienced in using a computer logging program or > >pile-up handling so may not be calling CQ initially, he may only S&P > >for a while until his confidence increases. If you hear him, please > >be very patient. He has been given him some training using N1MM with > >a simulated steady stream of callers. He knows how to use split but > >initially may be simplex only. > > > >His rig is a TS-480 barefoot into a 17/20m GP. The TS-480 has > >auto-tuner so he may appear on other bands. Unfortunately, he is not > >permitted to operate from the main comms room on the base or use > >their antennas. He will only be operating SSB. > > > > From Grytviken, there is a tall mountain range to the North which > > will largely block SP signals towards WEU, NA & SA. Fortunately, > > these is a large bay right in front of him on the SP to ZL, VK & Asia. > > > >Denis has been on Macquarie before and had hoped to operate from > >there but this never eventuated. There is a possibility he may not > >operate from VP8\G either. With a large team planning to activate > >South Georgia and South Sandwich in 2016, it won't be long before we > >get a crack at a large-scale activation from these highly > >sought-after entities. > > > >Denis will not be reachable by e-mail while at Grytviken. He hopes > >to gain some internet time to send logs to his QSL manager (Paul > >ZL4PW). Please do not request skeds, different bands, different > >modes etc etc. If he isn't too intimidated by the pile-ups and > >caller behaviour he will work more of the deserving. QSL information > >will be posted on qrz.com at a later date. Uploading to LOTW and > >eQSL is very unlikely. > > > >Regards, > >Paul ZL4PW > > > From k2dsv at msn.com Mon Jan 26 18:25:18 2015 From: k2dsv at msn.com (Don WILSON) Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2015 18:25:18 -0500 Subject: [ETS/PARC List] FW: [The Daily DX] Vol. 19 No. 013 - January 26, 2015 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: > >K1N Navassa planners note this is a once in 32-year opportunity to > >work the unusual island. As many as eight stations will be on the air > >from K1N. The "weather window" will determine the exact departure and > >start-up dates. > > > >The plan is to have the "basic camp" set up by the end of the first > >day, with several stations on the air by nightfall of the second day. > >Helicopter shuttle flights will go on for three days before everything > >is fully operational. > > > >Organizers believe it will be at least 10 years before the US > >government allows another ham operation from Navassa. Here are the > >latest photos: www.navassadx.com. On Twitter it's @navassa2015. > > > >At least one station will be on 20 meters 24 hours a day, 160 and 12 > >will be CW only. 10M will be SSB only. Other bands will alternate > >between CW and SSB. At least one station will always be on RTTY. > >RTTY will be confined to three bands. > > > >At home, pilots will be N2OO, HK1R, JA1ELY assisted by JH1NBN, EY8MM, > >K2SG and "youth pilot" KF5NYQ. Email addresses for pilots are on the > >team bio page on the K1N website. Contact them with questions and > >feedback. Logs will be uploaded several times a day to Club Log. > > > >K1N QSL information/manager: > > > > Bob Schenck, N2OO > > P.O. Box 345 > > Tuckerton, NJ 08087 USA > > > >U.S.A. Direct: SASE > >World Direct: SAE plus $2 or 1 IRC > >OQRS Direct and bureau: via Club Log > >Regular Bureau: via N2OO c/o the W2 QSL Bureau > >LOTW: "Sooner rather than later." ://niar.org/downloads/niar-info.pdf. > >VK9XX/YB9AQA, Robert Kevin Ellis, from Christmas Island, was allegedly > >murdered by a hit man hired by his wife of 25 years. Here is the > >story on Australia's "Gold Coast Bulletin": > >http://www.goldcoastbulletin.com.au/businessman-robert-ellis-murdered- > >as-embittered-wife-organised-contract-killing-in-sanur-bali/story- > >fnj90t7b-1227101666706. > > > >Robert was also: ZL2TU 1973, ZL1BBE 1975, ZK1RE 1984 -1988, VK4CRE > >1989-1993, VK9XX in 2001 and YB9AQA, 2006 until now. David, > >VK2CZ/VK9XD and Charlie, W0YG/ VK9XG met him on Christmas Island in > >2005, when he had a few rental properties. > >______________________________________________________________________ > From k2dsv at msn.com Tue Jan 27 13:55:09 2015 From: k2dsv at msn.com (Don WILSON) Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2015 13:55:09 -0500 Subject: [ETS/PARC List] K1Navassa Island Update - January 27 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: > Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2015 12:22:16 -0500 > From: urb at w2dec.com > Subject: Fwd: [The Daily DX] K1Navassa Island Update - January 27 > > > >The following update is from the Navassa Island DXpedition website - > > > >Electra is anchored on the south side of Great Inagua, 170 nautical > >miles north of Navassa. The weather is slowly deteriorating with > >winds at 15 knots (at 09:00 AM). Winds are expected to increase > >during the next three days to 25 - 30 knots. We will move today to > >find a more comfortable anchorage ahead of the stronger winds. > > > >The forecast for the period of Jan 30 - Feb 03 is not > >favorable. Winds in the Windward Passage (between Cuba and Haiti) > >are forecast to start blowing from the north-east at 20 knots on the > >30th, increasing to 25 to 30 knots on the 31st. Winds will remain > >strong in the passage until Feb 02. Around Navassa, winds are > >likely to be lighter, around 15 knots, the afternoon of Jan 31 and > >on Feb 01. (It appears that Navassa is somewhat in the wind shadow > >of the mountains of Haiti.) Feb 02 - 03 are forecast to have very > >light winds around Navassa, but a strong swell will start building > >up from the south-east, reaching 2.5 meters by Feb 03. Because of > >the swells, we are likely to have only Feb 01 and 02 to unload gear > >and supplies. > > > >Our current plan is the following: > > > >We plan to sail from Great Inagua the afternoon of Jan 30 in a > >north-easterly 20 knot weather. Winds will be mostly blowing from > >the aft quarter, which, we hope, will make the conditions > >tolerable. We will skirt the western tip of Haiti and hope to stay > >in the lee of the island during the night of the 30th and most of > >the 31st, when winds will be reaching 30 knots in the Windward > >Passage. We will then approach Navassa from the north east and > >review the conditions at the island. Hopefully, Lulu bay will be > >tenable and we will be able to spend the night there. We plan to > >start off-loading the afternoon of Jan 31 and during the day on Feb 01. > > > > > > From unclefofo at comcast.net Wed Jan 28 09:24:20 2015 From: unclefofo at comcast.net (unclefofo at comcast.net) Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2015 14:24:20 +0000 (UTC) Subject: [ETS/PARC List] ETS MEETINGS NOV-DEC In-Reply-To: <1967154367.10976289.1422454988126.JavaMail.zimbra@comcast.net> Message-ID: <1798987623.10977623.1422455060666.JavaMail.zimbra@comcast.net> Minutes for the meeting on December 5, 2014 Electronic Technology Society of New Jersey (ETS NJ). The meeting was called to order by President Jeff Lih , N2VHV, at 8:00pm. This was followed by reciting of the Pledge of Allegiance and then by self-introductions of all those in attendance. Meeting Minutes The October minutes were successfully e-mailed to all members. With that in mind, a motion was made by Mike, N2JUN, and seconded by John, N2LGS, to suspend the reading and the minutes were accepted as published. Treasures Report Was given by Vic, K2NBC. Opening balance was $X,XXX.XX income- 50/50 $XX.XX winnings donated by W2OIL, coffee kitty donations of $XX.XX. Deposit of $XX.XX in dues, disbursements- $XX.XX to Verizon. Closing balance $XXXX.XX so we are $XX.XX up from last year. A motion was made by W2WIQ and seconded by WB2HKK to accept the treasures report. By unanimous vote the report was accepted. Correspondence - None Technical Report Rich KB2LLM reported the brand new 220 MHz amp is repaired now. Two output transistors went bad and were replaced at no cost. Rich has the amp back and schedule time to go back up and install the unit. Rich asked if any one had any ideas of linking the 220 to another node, KD2ARB suggested a local node, nothing definite; decision to follow. Len WB2HKK checked into the repeater id info which can not be changed without re-coordination by MetroCor. New Business WNSJL, Martin donated a EMF Detector to the club either to be used by members or sold at upcoming hamfest or to be held on to by K2ETS. Picnic : W2WIQ, Walter, suggested upcoming picnic reservation as June 7 th , 2015, Vic K2NBC will coordinate with AL W2DTP about reserving the date. Old Business QSL Cards :W2WIQ was wondering how the new qsl cards were coming along, no suggestions from any members were received yet, still working on it. Health and Welfare W2VFW, George, is recovering after a fall off of a ladder. Vic K2NBC skyped George from JFK hospital . Everyone enjoyed seeing George . After the call was ended a get well card was passed around for everyone to sign and mailed to George. Adjournment Motion to adjourn the meeting was made by N2JUN, Mike, and seconded by W2OZO, Joe, at 8:55pm. Respectively submitted by W2OIL Dave Attending : JEFF N2VHV, WALTER W2WIQ, DREW W2OU, MIKE N2JUN, RICH W2PQ, JOHN N2LGS, KEVIN KD2BXF, LEN WB2HKK, DAVE W2OIL, DAN KC2YRC, DON K2DSV, RICH KB2LLM, JOE W2OZO, VIC K2NBC, MARV K2VHW, MARTIN WN2SJL, JERRY K2MD, PETE KD2ARB, HANK N2MUD, KAREN KC2REF, RON WV2RJR. Guests: GEORGE, ARLENE, JEAN,SANDY, KIM, DJ, DORA and TIFFANY From k2dsv at msn.com Wed Jan 28 12:20:30 2015 From: k2dsv at msn.com (Don WILSON) Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2015 12:20:30 -0500 Subject: [ETS/PARC List] K6W WAKE ISLAND Message-ID: >AG6IP (aka ZC4MIS), Mike, plans to go to Wake Island in September for >two weeks. He has the K6W callsign reserved for September 4-19. He >will be commemorating the 70th anniversary of the end of the Battle of >Wake, along with a group of World War II veterans. He will operate on >80-6M digital modes and SSB. Wake is currently #46 most wanted in >Club Log's listing and public access is currently restricted. There >are no commercial flights. Mike's UK bases in Cyprus operations were >in 2007 and 2014. He is looking for monetary donations and sponsors, >which he says will "offset a small portion of my out-of-pocket >equipment shipping, transportation, lodging, operating and postage >expenses while there." From ka2bzs at comcast.net Wed Jan 28 16:47:38 2015 From: ka2bzs at comcast.net (Ronald Loneker Sr.) Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2015 16:47:38 -0500 Subject: [ETS/PARC List] W2ou Email update Message-ID: <54C958FA.90000@comcast.net> Ron, I can't use mydrumor at optonline.net address right now. Can you post this to the reflector and andw2oudrew at gmail.com to the roster in addition to the one that's there now? -- Ronald Loneker Sr. 908-322-6993 - From w2oudrew at gmail.com Wed Jan 28 17:30:53 2015 From: w2oudrew at gmail.com (E Drew Moore) Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2015 17:30:53 -0500 Subject: [ETS/PARC List] Fwd: Hudson Division/NNJ Cabinet Meeting Feb 14th References: <60087C0D-AEED-4A74-9113-9BD18C438199@gmail.com> Message-ID: <452BBD84-7C72-4AF2-9A6C-EBED6ED4E6EF@gmail.com> Member, I will be attending this event as an Assistant Hudson Division Director and as an ETSNJ Director. I look forward to bring back information to share with all of you. If there are any concerns you would like me to address on your behalf please don't hesitate to forward them to me. 73, Drew Moore W2OU Sent from my iPhone6 Begin forwarded message: From: Mike Lisenco N2YBB Date: January 27, 2015 at 2:32:28 PM EST To: List Supressed Cc: Bill Hudzik W2UDT , Richard Krohn N2SMV Subject: Hudson Division/NNJ Cabinet Meeting Feb 14th Dear Assistant Directors, Club Presidents, Club Board Members, and Field Organization Staff, It?s that time again. You are cordially invited to the Hudson Division Cabinet meeting in Northern New Jersey on Saturday, February 14, 2014. Club Presidents, please bring any members of your board of directors as well. All Field Organization officials are invited, too. The purpose of the meeting is to inform you of what went on at the ARRL Board of Directors in January, discuss what is going on at the ARRL, and to get your feedback and opinions as to what we need to do to advance League policies to best serve our membership and amateur radio. Coffee, bagels (yes, from Brooklyn), and donuts will be served at 9:30 am and the meeting will begin at 10:00 am. Location: Location: County of Morris Public Training Academy 500 West Hanover Ave Parsippany, NJ 07054 Please RSVP to me at n2ybb at arrl.org so I can plan accordingly. Please include what club you represent and how many from the club will be attending. I look forward to seeing you on Feb. 14th. 73, Mike From etslist at mailman.qth.net Thu Jan 29 19:49:41 2015 From: etslist at mailman.qth.net (jefflih--- via ETSList) Date: Fri, 30 Jan 2015 00:49:41 +0000 Subject: [ETS/PARC List] =?utf-8?q?ETS_MEETINGS_NOV-DEC?= In-Reply-To: <1798987623.10977623.1422455060666.JavaMail.zimbra@comcast.net> References: <1798987623.10977623.1422455060666.JavaMail.zimbra@comcast.net> Message-ID: The minutes look just fine to me. The meeting for Fri Jan 30 is ON. I am at least 80% certain of that. Rich KB2LLM has checked the parking lot and tells us that it is between Great to Excellent. This could change as far as the weather goes tonight, we will be checking in the morning. Because of the cold (I have trouble breathing in extreme cold) I will not be able to attend. Drew has keys to the building, I have spoken to the Vadneys, so all is well. So?. Check your E-mail tomorrow for added data. 73 Jeff, Sent from Windows Mail From: unclefofo at comcast.net Sent: ?Wednesday?, ?January? ?28?, ?2015 ?9?:?24? ?AM To: etslist at mailman.qth.net Minutes for the meeting on December 5, 2014 Electronic Technology Society of New Jersey (ETS NJ). The meeting was called to order by President Jeff Lih , N2VHV, at 8:00pm. This was followed by reciting of the Pledge of Allegiance and then by self-introductions of all those in attendance. Meeting Minutes The October minutes were successfully e-mailed to all members. With that in mind, a motion was made by Mike, N2JUN, and seconded by John, N2LGS, to suspend the reading and the minutes were accepted as published. Treasures Report Was given by Vic, K2NBC. Opening balance was $X,XXX.XX income- 50/50 $XX.XX winnings donated by W2OIL, coffee kitty donations of $XX.XX. Deposit of $XX.XX in dues, disbursements- $XX.XX to Verizon. Closing balance $XXXX.XX so we are $XX.XX up from last year. A motion was made by W2WIQ and seconded by WB2HKK to accept the treasures report. By unanimous vote the report was accepted. Correspondence - None Technical Report Rich KB2LLM reported the brand new 220 MHz amp is repaired now. Two output transistors went bad and were replaced at no cost. Rich has the amp back and schedule time to go back up and install the unit. Rich asked if any one had any ideas of linking the 220 to another node, KD2ARB suggested a local node, nothing definite; decision to follow. Len WB2HKK checked into the repeater id info which can not be changed without re-coordination by MetroCor. New Business WNSJL, Martin donated a EMF Detector to the club either to be used by members or sold at upcoming hamfest or to be held on to by K2ETS. Picnic : W2WIQ, Walter, suggested upcoming picnic reservation as June 7 th , 2015, Vic K2NBC will coordinate with AL W2DTP about reserving the date. Old Business QSL Cards :W2WIQ was wondering how the new qsl cards were coming along, no suggestions from any members were received yet, still working on it. Health and Welfare W2VFW, George, is recovering after a fall off of a ladder. Vic K2NBC skyped George from JFK hospital . Everyone enjoyed seeing George . After the call was ended a get well card was passed around for everyone to sign and mailed to George. Adjournment Motion to adjourn the meeting was made by N2JUN, Mike, and seconded by W2OZO, Joe, at 8:55pm. Respectively submitted by W2OIL Dave Attending : JEFF N2VHV, WALTER W2WIQ, DREW W2OU, MIKE N2JUN, RICH W2PQ, JOHN N2LGS, KEVIN KD2BXF, LEN WB2HKK, DAVE W2OIL, DAN KC2YRC, DON K2DSV, RICH KB2LLM, JOE W2OZO, VIC K2NBC, MARV K2VHW, MARTIN WN2SJL, JERRY K2MD, PETE KD2ARB, HANK N2MUD, KAREN KC2REF, RON WV2RJR. Guests: GEORGE, ARLENE, JEAN,SANDY, KIM, DJ, DORA and TIFFANY ______________________________________________________________ ETSList mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/etslist Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:ETSList 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 mrpjf150 at gmail.com Fri Jan 30 15:05:30 2015 From: mrpjf150 at gmail.com (Pete Fierro) Date: Fri, 30 Jan 2015 15:05:30 -0500 Subject: [ETS/PARC List] Asterisk Allstar on the BeagleBone Black Message-ID: Hi Look out Raspberry Pi..Here is the Beagle Black.Now its easier to have your Allstar Node...73,Pete http://www.crompton.com/hamradio/BeagleBoneBlackAllstar/ From mrpjf150 at gmail.com Sat Jan 31 06:22:46 2015 From: mrpjf150 at gmail.com (Pete Fierro) Date: Sat, 31 Jan 2015 06:22:46 -0500 Subject: [ETS/PARC List] Statistics by Node 27225 Message-ID: Hi everyone Good meeting last night.Here is the node that our 220 repeater is currently on.....73,Pete http://stats.allstarlink.org/nodeinfo.cgi?node=27225 From lengriff at optimum.net Sat Jan 31 13:49:19 2015 From: lengriff at optimum.net (Len Griffin) Date: Sat, 31 Jan 2015 13:49:19 -0500 Subject: [ETS/PARC List] ETSNJ Facebook Group Message-ID: <004001d03d86$9f4eadb0$ddec0910$@optimum.net> ETSNJ now has a Facebook group where all members can share photos and information, and live chat with each other. To find the group, just enter ' ETSNJ ' in the search box at the top of the Facebook Home page. This is a CLOSED group. Only members will see each other's posts to the group, and have access to the group info and pictures. You need to send a request to join the group. The administrator(s) then has to accept the request. Please include your CALLSIGN in the request if possible. I, Len Griffin, am currently the group administrator. We should appoint another in the future. I normally check Facebook every morning. Here is a link to the Facebook help page about groups if you want to read more information: https://www.facebook.com/help/162866443847527/ What are the privacy options for groups? There are 3 privacy options for groups: Public, Closed and Secret. The table below shows who can join these groups and what people can see about them. Public Closed Secret Who can join? Anyone can join or be added or invited by a member Anyone can ask to join or be added or invited by a member Anyone, but they have to be added or invited by a member Who can see the group's name? Anyone Anyone Current and former members Who can see who's in the group? Anyone Anyone Only current members Who can see the group description? Anyone Anyone Current and former members Who can see the group tags? Anyone Anyone Current and former members Who can see what members post in the group? Anyone Only current members Only current members Who can find the group in search? Anyone Anyone Current and former members Who can see stories about the group on Facebook (like in News Feed and search)? Anyone Only current members Only current members From lengriff at optimum.net Sat Jan 31 13:54:28 2015 From: lengriff at optimum.net (Len Griffin) Date: Sat, 31 Jan 2015 13:54:28 -0500 Subject: [ETS/PARC List] Facebook Group / fixed Message-ID: <004601d03d87$57048e20$050daa60$@optimum.net> The table was not sent correctly in the original e-mail I've re-sent as an attachment above ( I hope this works ). Len WB2HKK From k2dsv at msn.com Sat Jan 31 18:06:59 2015 From: k2dsv at msn.com (Don WILSON) Date: Sat, 31 Jan 2015 18:06:59 -0500 Subject: [ETS/PARC List] FW: [The Daily DX] K1N - Navassa Island Update - January 31, 2015 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: > Date: Sat, 31 Jan 2015 16:26:29 -0500 > From: urb at w2dec.com > Subject: Fwd: [The Daily DX] K1N - Navassa Island Update - January 31, 2015 > > > > 31 January 2015 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE From > > The KP1-5 project RE: K1N Navassa Island > > DXpedition Navassa: We're on the way! As you > > know, our plan was to begin helicopter trips > > this morning as soon as USFWS gave us the > > go-ahead. We hoped to get in as many as three > > trips in today. Because of the presence of a > > congressional delegation in Guantanamo Bay, > > Cuba, air services prevented the first of the > > two Navassa-bound USFWS helicopter flights to > > take off until 1830z. The first flight carried > > three of the six USFWS personnel, so the > > helicopter had to return to Guantanamo Bay and > > return with the remaining three USFWS > > people. It's about an hour each way so all of > > the above equals delay. We received the call at > > 1830z with the OK to start our trips. Our > > first flight left a few minutes later at 1900z > > and should land about 2030z. It's a two-hour > > round trip between Jamaica and Navassa so we > > won't get but one flight completed today. The > > first flight contained infrastructure materials > > and three K1N operators: George N4GRN, Glenn > > W??GJ and Jerry WB9Z. Flights will resume at > > first light tomorrow and we should get most of > > the material and men ashore tomorrow (Feb > > 1st). Building the camp will be time-consuming > > and labor-intensive but we hope be able to get > > one or two stations on the air tomorrow > > evening. It will be another day or so before > > we're fully operational on all bands. Because > > of the weather issues encountered this week by > > our supply vessel "Electra", we decided offload > > all the MREs, gasoline and water in Jamaica and > > transport it all via helicopter. More trips, > > more $$ but in the interest of safety. Bernie > > McClenny, W3UR Editor of: The Daily > > DX The Weekly DX How's DX? > This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. > http://www.avast.com > >