From k2dsv at msn.com  Sat Apr  1 09:06:51 2017
From: k2dsv at msn.com (Don WILSON)
Date: Sat, 1 Apr 2017 13:06:51 +0000
Subject: [ETS/PARC List] Fw: Last Minute March Update
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Sent: Friday, March 31, 2017 4:49 PM

Subject: Last Minute March Update

Sunday April 2, 2017 (THIS SUNDAY) - W2DLT, will tell us about operating
T48K and touring Cuba.  Location is the Washington Township Senior
Center.  350 Hudson Ave., Twp. of Washington, NJ.  This is hosted by
BARA.  All welcome

There will be a one day Technician Ham-Cram Course that the Morris
Radio Club is giving on Saturday May 20th.  This flyer has been sent to
all the NNJ clubs that have valid email addresses on the ARRL Club web
site.  Please pass it along to anyone else that you can think of. A VE
session will follow - open to all.             For information contact
morrisradioclub at gmail.com



Theses events are not next month but I wanted to give everyone a good
heads up.

1 -
There will be a SKYWARN class at the Passaic County Public Safety
Academy on June 1.  Time is 7:30 - 10 PM.  The address is 300 oldHAM
Rd. Wayne, NJ.  Please contact George Sabbi (KC2GLG at arrl.net) for more
info.

2 -
There will be a joint HAMFEST being co-sponsored by WA2CP and
W2LI/TCRA. June 4th at Camp Pouch, Staten Island, NY.

REMEMBER TO KEEP CHECKING THE NNJ WEB SITE FOR UP TO THE MINUTE (WELL
ALMOST) INFORMATION

73
STEVE
K2SO

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From k2dsv at msn.com  Sat Apr  1 19:54:24 2017
From: k2dsv at msn.com (Don WILSON)
Date: Sat, 1 Apr 2017 23:54:24 +0000
Subject: [ETS/PARC List] New DX entity :-)
In-Reply-To: <622cf6a8-1391-72a8-ed74-71be61767cfa@optonline.net>
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Sent: Saturday, April 1, 2017 5:30 PM

Subject: New DX entity :-)

Here's a new, rare DX entity. To try and make up for the loss of the two
entities.
http://forums.qrz.com/index.php?threads/new-dx-entity-announced-micro-pohnie.561306/
[http://forums.qrz.com/styles/default/xenforo/avatars/avatar_m.png]<http://forums.qrz.com/index.php?threads/new-dx-entity-announced-micro-pohnie.561306/>

New DX Entity Announced - Micro Pohnie<http://forums.qrz.com/index.php?threads/new-dx-entity-announced-micro-pohnie.561306/>
forums.qrz.com
[ATTACH] The newest DX entity is the Republic of the Micro Pohnie Islands. The call signs assigned to this island republic are: 1APR1 - 30APR30....






From marvbrons at verizon.net  Sun Apr  2 01:22:08 2017
From: marvbrons at verizon.net (Marvin Bronstein)
Date: Sun, 2 Apr 2017 01:22:08 -0400
Subject: [ETS/PARC List] Amateur Radio Day April 18
Message-ID: <470514DDEEA3479188A9C3390AAB1782@marvbronsPC>

In this month of April; Amateur Radio Day, always on April 18, the day the International Amateur Radio Union (IARU) was founded in 1925. The continuing theme for the annual World Amateur Day is ?Celebrating Amateur Radio?s Contribution to Society?. On April 18, there will be many IARU Member Societies on the air with specific call signs representing their society. Some societies actually apply for a special event call sign, usually ending with the suffix "IARU". Interesting QSL cards will surely glaze the ham shack wall! For more information,
 
visit http://www.iaru.org/world-amateur-radio-day.html.

From w2oudrew at gmail.com  Sun Apr  2 14:26:22 2017
From: w2oudrew at gmail.com (E Drew Moore)
Date: Sun, 2 Apr 2017 14:26:22 -0400
Subject: [ETS/PARC List] New DX entity :-)
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Don, I missed working big this rare DX STATION. Perhaps I'll work him the next April Fools day, lol. 

73, Drew

*sent from my ,iPhone 7+-forgive typos*

On Apr 1, 2017, at 7:54 PM, Don WILSON <k2dsv at msn.com> wrote:



Sent: Saturday, April 1, 2017 5:30 PM

Subject: New DX entity :-)

Here's a new, rare DX entity. To try and make up for the loss of the two
entities.
http://forums.qrz.com/index.php?threads/new-dx-entity-announced-micro-pohnie.561306/
[http://forums.qrz.com/styles/default/xenforo/avatars/avatar_m.png]<http://forums.qrz.com/index.php?threads/new-dx-entity-announced-micro-pohnie.561306/>

New DX Entity Announced - Micro Pohnie<http://forums.qrz.com/index.php?threads/new-dx-entity-announced-micro-pohnie.561306/>
forums.qrz.com
[ATTACH] The newest DX entity is the Republic of the Micro Pohnie Islands. The call signs assigned to this island republic are: 1APR1 - 30APR30....





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From k2dsv at msn.com  Sun Apr  2 18:48:34 2017
From: k2dsv at msn.com (Don WILSON)
Date: Sun, 2 Apr 2017 22:48:34 +0000
Subject: [ETS/PARC List] Fw: OMARC HAMFEST..NEW LOCATION THIS YEAR!
In-Reply-To: <F176DF1A681049ADAA2E61017EBC8AA3@marvbronsPC>
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________________________________
From: Marvin Bronstein <marvbrons at verizon.net>
Sent: Sunday, April 2, 2017 5:37 PM
To: ;
Subject: OMARC HAMFEST..NEW LOCATION THIS YEAR!

SEE ATTACHMENT

OMARC hamfest will be held at a new location this year!

pass the word.....

73
Marv
k2vhw


From marvbrons at verizon.net  Mon Apr  3 11:01:51 2017
From: marvbrons at verizon.net (Marvin Bronstein)
Date: Mon, 3 Apr 2017 11:01:51 -0400
Subject: [ETS/PARC List] Solar flare M-5.8 currently
Message-ID: <CB5A34DEEB404E8D81FB6B8022D0C722@marvbronsPC>

IPS FLARE ALERT - PART B
ESTIMATED END TIME OF FLARE
ISSUE TIME: Mon Apr 3 14:34:12 UTC 2017
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Current X-ray Flux : 4.29e-05 (M4.3)
Maximum X-ray Flux of 5.83e-05 (M5.8) at 14:29 UT
Estimated Flare End (below M1.0 level) at 14:42 UT

Further Information Will Be Issued At the End of the Event
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Australian Space Forecast Centre
IPS Radio and Space Services
(61)(2)9213 8010 (phone)
(61)(2)9213 8061 (fax)
asfc at bom.gov.au
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

(yesterday we had 3 flares; highest was M-5.7.  Today we have this M-5.8)
73,
Marv, k2vhw



From marvbrons at verizon.net  Mon Apr  3 20:49:15 2017
From: marvbrons at verizon.net (Marvin Bronstein)
Date: Mon, 3 Apr 2017 20:49:15 -0400
Subject: [ETS/PARC List] ARRL Section Manager election
Message-ID: <B917DDACC8684216930CE099DC39B0C2@marvbronsPC>

Querry,

Has anyone received a ballot for this Month's NNJ Section manager position?

Marv, k2vhw at verizon.net

From k2dsv at msn.com  Tue Apr  4 12:07:18 2017
From: k2dsv at msn.com (Don WILSON)
Date: Tue, 4 Apr 2017 16:07:18 +0000
Subject: [ETS/PARC List] Fw: DX
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>
> DX
> ______________________________________________________________________
>
> C5 - The Gambia -
> ON7WP, Pedro, will be on the air April 5-9 from his "Kerr Pedro"
> compound in Buntung, with his regular call (C5WP).  At this QTH he has
> no Internet and is entirely solar powered.  He plans to focus on PSK31
> and JT65 on 40-10 during these upcoming few days.  He has an IC7300,
> five-band Spiderbeam and twin 40M delta loops.  Also look for him
> mobile, April 5-13 with his Codan NGT-SRX2012 and Codan 9350 mobile
> whip, "preferably on 14345, 18145 and 21285 kHz."  QSL direct only,
> with SASE and 3 euros.  www.SmileGambia.org<http://www.smilegambia.org/>
Smilegambia | Put a smile on a Gambian face<http://www.smilegambia.org/>
www.smilegambia.org
Smilegambia originates from a tourist holiday trip of a Belgian family, that was confronted with the limited resources of the Gambian people they visited during their ...



>
> T8 - Palau -
> Four hams have intense operating from Koror planned for the middle of
> April.  T88TA, T88FT, T88IH and T88UW will be on 160-6 CW, SSB, RTTY
> and JT65.  The dates are April 13-20.  Their home calls are JM1LRA,
> JA7WFT, JI6IHG and JH7IPR.  QRZ.com has the full QSL info.
>
> JD1 - Minami Torishima -
> JG8NQJ/JD1, op Daisuke "Take" Kanno, from Marcus Island, OC-073, will
> be on the air from the middle of May to the middle of July, when Take
> is there to work at the weather station.  He will be QRV in his spare
> time, around his work schedule.  He will not have Internet.  He plans
> to be on the CW and RTTY modes, 50 watts from a Yaesu FT-450, to a TA-
> 33 tribander for 20, 15 and 10, and 4-element HB9CV for 6.  On 80 and
> 40 he has a wire dipole, and another one for 18 and 24 MHz.  QSL via
> JA8CJY.
>
> VK0/M - Macquarie Island -
> VK3YP, John, has announced he will be here in early 2018, "with a
> total of five VK operators."  More details to follow as the planning
> shapes up.  (Editor's note: To my knowledge there has never been a
> "DXpedition" to VK0/M - Macquarie Island, only operations where the
> operator happens to be working and can get on the air in there spare
> time.)
>
> 3D2/P - Rotuma -
> Antoine, 3D2AG, will be there until April 22 or 25, pending the
> shipping schedule.  He plans to be on 160-6 including 60, CW, SSB,
> RTTY, PSK31 and JT65.  The operation will be entirely solar powered,
> 100 watts to a Spiderbeam and wires.  Being a one man operation, he
> will not be on the air 24 hours a day of course.  He will not have a
> telephone or Internet connection.  To make himself easy to find on the
> bands he plans to be near the popular DXpedition frequency ranges, and
> when on CW on the low end of the band will listen above .25 at times
> for license classes that don't have privileges for the bottom of the
> CW subbands, hoping to give them a new one.  QSL direct only, to his
> 3D2AG home QTH and use PayPal to cover the QSL and mailing costs.
>
> CT - Portugal -
> CR6K will be the special callsign for CT1ILT, Filipe, in the CQWW WPX
> CW Contest May 27-28, single op.  QSL to CT1ILT.
>
> VP2E - Anguilla -
> VP2EIH is the call for KD4SLM, Ira, now active from a QTH called "The
> Valley."  Rare for Anguilla, he has already been on satellites.  He is
> getting a discone antenna working, omnidirectional, "not the best
> setup" for satellites he says, but it's what he has available.  He is
> also on HF some and likes the "friendly net" Fridays on 7188 from 06-
> 07Z.  He is also sometimes on the Caribbean Weather Net on 3815 from
> 1830-1900Z Thursdays.  He has an FT-857, 100 watts to an off center
> fed wire antenna and MFJ tuner.  QSL via KD4SLM.
>
> T7 - San Marino -
> We were told this morning that this one starts soon, T7/DF8AN/p.  Mike
> says "the big problem" is telecom there only authorized him for 144-
> 146 MHz and above, so he can only be on 2M CW, SSB and JT65.  On 2M
> SSB he hopes to give out San Marino to a lot of South and Central
> Europeans and "nobody knows what happens on JT65."  His visit is April
> 14-18 with a "double quad for 2 meters," and he hopes to make a lot of
> contacts.  QSL via DF8AN bureau or direct.
>
> 3W - Vietnam -
> DF7DQ hopes to put us all in the log from 3W9DQ.  From Phan Thiet, he
> will be solo May 1-10 with 100 watts to a dipole on 40, 30, 20, 17 and
> 15 CW, SSB and RTTY.  For a card or QSL credit use OQRS or LoTW.  He
> has a website on QRZ.com.  He says it's a vacation style operation,
> not a fulltime DXpedition.
>
> V73 - Marshall Islands -
> V73/WW6RG from Kwajalein is planned for this Tuesday and Thursday
> starting around 0330Z plus or minus 14190 for an hour or so, says
> Randy.  He says he will then "jump up to 14230 plus or minus for the
> General [US general class license] guys!"  Around 0700Z he will go to
> 40 meters, "around 7170 plus or minus."  If he finds any issues with
> the Kwajalein ARC gear, plan B is five watts QRP SSB.
>
> 6Y - Jamaica -
> 6Y5/DJ7CF will be "QRV for some weeks every year."  This year his
> activity apparently started March 24 and goes to April 28.  He has an
> IC706 to a vertical, operating on SSB, CW and "SIM 31."  He says
> "Being retired, I can happily flee the European winter."  He says "The
> authorities here are very friendly in getting the license."  He,
> Helmut, prefers 20 and 17M and finds the best time for Europe is 15-17
> "MEZ," the time zone in Central Europe, two hours ahead of UTC.
>
> 9A - Croatia -
> The 425 DX News reports that 9A/PA4JJ, Jan, will be on the air April
> 10-May 30, mainly digital modes.  QSL direct or bureau to his home
> QTH, direct or bureau, or use LoTW.  Jan's site has a direct link to
> Club Log:  www.pa4jj.nl/html/qsl-request.html<http://www.pa4jj.nl/html/qsl-request.html>.
>
> OE - Austria -
> The Austrian Broadcasting Corporation's (ORF) "Amateur Radio Section"
> and the "Documentary Archive Radio Communications/QSL Collection" will
> have special call OE17M on the air April 21-23.  This will be an
> "official International Marconi Day station," with QSOs on April 22
> counting for that award.  QSL bureau to OE1WHC or direct to:
>
> DokuFunk, OE17M
> An den Steinfeldern 4A,
> 1230 Wien
> Austria
>
> OK - Czech Republic -
> OL75SILVERA is the long call apparently now on the air and going to
> April 14, to mark the 75th anniversary of "Operation Silver A," an
> operation in World War II that the Czechoslovakia government-in-exile,
> assisted by the British RAF, conducted.  For this one, QSL to OK1MOW
> direct or bureau, or use LoTW.
>
> PA - The Netherlands -
> A correction, the correct call for a WPX CW Contest operation May 27-
> 28 that we mentioned recently, by PA3ARM, is PA150LIM, not PA150LM.
> Thanks AD1C for catching our error.
> https://www.qrz.com/lookup/PA150LIM.
[https://s3.amazonaws.com/files.qrz.com/m/pa150lim/input.png]<https://www.qrz.com/lookup/PA150LIM>

PA150LIM Callsign Page<https://www.qrz.com/lookup/PA150LIM>
www.qrz.com
PA150LIM personal biography



>
> 4W - East Timor -
> Today not only did 4W/YB3MM and 4W/YB3LZ show up on the air from East
> Timor, as announced, but also 4W/N1YC, James (9V1YC), and 4W/PE7T,
> Wilbert.  As of press time no word if the four ops are all together of
> separate or how long James and Wilbert will remain QRV.  QSL 4W/N1YC
> via W5UE and 4W/PE7T via his home callsign.
>
> 4S - Sri Lanka -
> UA4WHX, Vlad, has added his new 4S7VBG callsign to the QRZ.com
> Website, which typically means he is about to go QRV.  As usual he
> does not announce his operations prior to showing up on the air and he
> never says how long he will continue activity.  So typically he stays
> for about a week and usually operates CW, SSB and RTTY on all bands,
> and sometimes even 160 Meters.  As always QSL via UA4WHX, details on
> his QRZ.com page.
> ______________________________________________________________________
>
> The CQ DX Marathon
> ______________________________________________________________________
>
> After the ARRL's deletion of the KH4 Midway and KH7K Kure Island
> entities, CQ DX Marathon Manager K9EL, John Sweeney, announced "These
> countries will also no longer be valid entries for the DX Marathon,
> and the DX Marathon country lists have been updated."
> http://www.dxmarathon.com/countrieslist/countrieslist.htm
CQ Magazine's Annual DX Marathon - DX Marathon Home Page<http://www.dxmarathon.com/countrieslist/countrieslist.htm>
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>
> "At this time, we have no plans to change the 2017 DX Marathon
> submission form.  The 2018 form will reflect the deletion of these
> entities.  73, John K9EL, DX Marathon Manager."
> ______________________________________________________________________
>
> DXCC News
> ______________________________________________________________________
>
> Also, after the announcement on Friday by ARRL of the delegation of
> both the KH4 Midway Island and KH7K Kure Island "entities," the DXCC
> Honor Roll is now from 328 to 337 current countries confirmed.  It
> should also be noted that band points gained by working KH4 and KH7K
> for the ARRL DXCC Challenge will be deducted in the coming days, if
> the ARRL has not done so already.  In addition, from August 26, 2016
> to the present, any QSOs with either of these now-deleted entities
> will count as KH6, Hawaii, for DXCC purposes.  Also it should be noted
> that the ARRL DXCC Standings have not yet taken into account the
> recent deletions.  As of press time there has been no official word as
> to the status of KH4 and KH7K for the RSGB IOTA Programme.


From k2dsv at msn.com  Tue Apr  4 15:35:19 2017
From: k2dsv at msn.com (Don WILSON)
Date: Tue, 4 Apr 2017 19:35:19 +0000
Subject: [ETS/PARC List] Fw: {Collins} New ham ticket pending?
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>
> Our illustrious ARRL is thinking about a new entry level ticket.  You
> might want to opine here:
>
>
> http://www.arrl.org/news/arrl-seeks-opinions-concerning-possible-new-entry-level-license

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>



From vpennetta at pennetta.com  Wed Apr  5 11:28:30 2017
From: vpennetta at pennetta.com (Victor Pennetta)
Date: Wed, 5 Apr 2017 15:28:30 +0000
Subject: [ETS/PARC List] =?utf-8?q?KING_OF_THE_SHACK=22_Bernie_Appel=2C_?=
 =?utf-8?b?4oCYTXIuIFJhZGlvU2hhY2vigJkgRGllZA==?=
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. "KING OF THE SHACK" Bernie Appel, ?Mr. RadioShack,? Dies 
 
   http://www.twice.com/news/people/bernie-appel-mr-radioshack-dies-85/64710
 


From k2dsv at msn.com  Wed Apr  5 12:16:19 2017
From: k2dsv at msn.com (Don WILSON)
Date: Wed, 5 Apr 2017 16:16:19 +0000
Subject: [ETS/PARC List] Fw: Be the First! New Repeater Directory
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From k2dsv at msn.com  Wed Apr  5 17:39:19 2017
From: k2dsv at msn.com (Don WILSON)
Date: Wed, 5 Apr 2017 21:39:19 +0000
Subject: [ETS/PARC List] Fw: ARLX002 30th International Marconi Day Event
	Set for April 22
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Subject: ARLX002 30th International Marconi Day Event Set for April 22

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ARLX002 30th International Marconi Day Event Set for April 22

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QST de W1AW
Special Bulletin 2  ARLX002
>From ARRL Headquarters
Newington CT  April 5, 2017
To all radio amateurs

SB SPCL ARL ARLX002
ARLX002 30th International Marconi Day Event Set for April 22

Dozens of official "award stations" have registered to take part in
the 2017 International Marconi Day (IMD) event, this year being held
on April 22, 0000-2359 UTC (starting on April 21 in US time zones).
All contacts counting toward the Marconi Award must be made on HF
with registered stations, but other participating stations do not
need to be registered to claim awards. This year marks the 30th IMD,
held each year to mark the anniversary of wireless pioneer Guglielmo
Marconi's birth on April 25, 1874. IMD is observed each year on a
Saturday close to Marconi's birthday. Many special event stations -
some operating from Marconi-related sites - will be on the air.
Marconi Award certificates are available for both transmitting
stations and shortwave listeners (SWLs).

The event is not a contest but an opportunity for amateurs around
the world to make point-to-point contact with historic Marconi sites
using HF communication techniques descended from those used by
Marconi, and to earn an award certificate for working or hearing a
requisite number of Marconi stations.

There are two categories. Transmitting amateurs attempt to complete
contacts with 15 of the official award stations, while shortwave
listeners attempt to log two-way communications made by 15 of the
official award stations.

International Marconi Day special event station GB4IMD will be on
the air from Cornwall, helmed by members of the Cornish Amateur
Radio Club, which organizes the IMD event. Cornwall was home to some
of Marconi's early work. A list of participating stations is on the
Cornish Amateur Radio Club's website at,
http://gx4crc.com/imd-stations/ .
IMD Stations 2017 - Cornish Radio Amateur Club (G4CRC)<http://gx4crc.com/imd-stations/>
gx4crc.com
Below is a list of Confirmed International Marconi Day Stations for 2017 (PLEASE REGISTER NOW) Please note you do NOT need to register just to claim the award ...




The Kerry Amateur Radio Group in Ireland will be taking part as an
IMD award station. EI6YXQ will be set up on the site of the former
Marconi Station at Ballybunion. The YXQ suffix commemorates the call
sign of the Marconi Station at Ballybunion.

In the US, special event station K2M will be on the air from
Binghamton, New York, the site of the remaining Marconi tower, where
the inventor demonstrated in 1913 that it was possible to
communicate via radio with a fast-moving train.

For the seventh year, radio amateurs in Norfolk, England, will be
active from Caister Lifeboat as part of the IMD celebration. The
Norfolk Amateur Radio Club (NARC) will be on the air from special
event station GB0CMS at the Caister Lifeboat Visitor Centre to
commemorate the village's original Marconi wireless station,
established in 1900. The station's original purpose was to
communicate with ships in the North Sea and the Cross Sands
lightship.

Other IMD sites with historical links to the inventor's work include
Cape Cod, Massachusetts (WA1WCC and KM1CC); Nantucket Island
(W1AA/MSC); Glace Bay, Nova Scotia (VE1IMD); Villa Griffone,
Bologna, Italy (IY4FGM), and many others.

A Facebook page is also available at,
https://www.facebook.com/search/top/?q=gb4imd .
Search - Facebook<https://www.facebook.com/search/top/?q=gb4imd>
www.facebook.com
This is a support page currently being used for International Marconi Day we will try to keep you updated on the event as much as possible.



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Subject: The ARRL Letter for April 6, 2017


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April 6, 2017
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  *   Radio Amateurs Support Colombia Landslide Disaster Relief and Recovery Effort
  *   Revised Memorandum of Understanding between ARRL and FCC Still a Work in Progress
  *   ARRL Entry-Level License Committee Digs in to Study Survey Results
  *   The Doctor Will See You Now!
  *   "Notwithstanding a Series of Obstacles," Kids in French Guiana Speak with Space Station
  *   Club Log is Now a Logbook of The World Trusted Partner
  *   Midway and Kure Islands Placed on List of Deleted DXCC Entities
  *   Same-Band "Dueling CQs" Now Prohibited in All ARRL Contests
  *   New Rookie Roundup Rules Go into Effect for SSB Event on April 17
  *   Winter Term 2017 School Club Roundup Scores Now Available
  *   In Brief...
  *   The K7RA Solar Update
  *   Getting It Right!
  *   Just Ahead in Radiosport
  *   Upcoming ARRL Section, State, and Division Conventions

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ARRL Headquarters will be Closed on Friday, April 14: ARRL Headquarters will be closed on Good Friday, April 14. There will be no W1AW bulletin or code practice transmissions<http://www.arrl.org/w1aw-operating-schedule> and no ARRL Audio News<http://www.arrl.org/arrl-audio-news> on that day. ARRL Headquarters will reopen Monday, April 17, at 8 AM Eastern Daylight Time. We wish everyone a safe and enjoyable holiday!

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Radio Amateurs Support Colombia Landslide Disaster Relief and Recovery Effort

A disastrous landslide in Colombia overnight on March 31-April 1 left more than 260 dead and devastated the town of Mocoa. Many others are injured or missing, and search crews are scrambling to find survivors in the rubble. An emergency Amateur Radio network was activated on 40 meters (7.093-7.095 MHz, to support the relief and recovery effort.

[http://www3.arrl.org/nl/al/image/Colombia%202017%20mudslide-2%20(Presidential%20Ofc%20foto).JPG]"The Mocoa and Garz?n Fire Departments are aware of the network and also the additional support of HK3NOL, who is mounting additional antennas," said Roberto Rey, HK3CW. "Radio amateurs from La Plata and Garz?n were critical in supporting personnel and rescuers," he said. "We're paying attention [to the situation]."

Heavy rainfall in Colombia's Putumayo Province triggered the mud and rockslide after a river burst its banks and debris swept into the town, burying homes and residents. President Juan Manuel Santos declared a state of emergency after visiting the town.

Nearly 1,300 National System for Risk and Disaster Management (SNGRD) team members are at work in the area. A flotilla of aircraft, vehicles, and watercraft has been deployed for the effort. -- Thanks to UNGRD Director Carlos Iv?n M?rquez P?rez; IARU Region 2

Revised Memorandum of Understanding between ARRL and FCC Still a Work in Progress

The ARRL Executive Committee (EC) has directed that work begin on finalizing the language of a revised memorandum of understanding between ARRL and the FCC regarding the Amateur Auxiliary (Official Observer) program. The EC met on March 25 in Aurora, Colorado. The panel, which acts on behalf of the ARRL Board of Directors between its regular meetings, heard an update on the Official Observer Program Revitalization Study from ARRL Second Vice President and committee chair Brian Mileshosky, N5ZGT, who said his committee plans to present final recommendations later this year on revamping the Amateur Auxiliary, for ultimate consideration by the full Board.

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ARRL General Counsel Chris Imlay, W3KD. [Rick Lindquist, WW1ME, photo]


In his remarks, General Counsel Chris Imlay, W3KD, was complimentary of new FCC Chairman Ajit Pai and told the EC he thinks enforcement efforts may be more successful in the future, due to the new chairman's interest in the issue. Imlay also said the new chief of the Enforcement Bureau, Michael Carowitz, is reported to be "amateur friendly." He told the EC that he foresees a potential window of opportunity for improved spectrum enforcement work, as well as the opportunity to build a stronger working relationship with the FCC on all issues.

The ARRL's Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws came up for discussion. A thorough review by Imlay and ARRL International Affairs Vice President Jay Bellows, K0QB -- also an attorney -- that was directed by ARRL President Rick Roderick, K5UR, identified several areas that should be addressed. Imlay's and Bellows' observations were presented to the EC for discussion, and the two attorneys were instructed to continue work on the project, building on input received from the EC.

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ARRL CEO Tom Gallagher, NY2RF.


The EC was briefed on a report from the League's Connecticut corporate counsel Day Pitney LLP on ARRL organizational governance, with a view to modernizing it and bringing it into full compliance with Connecticut statutes.

President Roderick chaired the session. In his remarks to the EC, he emphasized the need for all ARRL Divisions to focus harder on growing membership.

ARRL CEO Tom Gallagher, NY2RF, offered an optimistic report on January-February ARRL finances, noting solid financial results with income above projections.

Gallagher told the EC that the Membership Working Group continues to identify ways to increase membership, especially among former members or those who have never belonged to the League. The working group is developing a "lifelong learning plan" to encourage activity and development among all age groups.

ARRL Entry-Level License Committee Digs in to Study Survey Results

As its April 7 online survey deadline approaches, the ARRL Board of Directors' Entry Level License Committee is preparing for a deep dive into what turned out to be an overwhelming response. Committee Chair and New England Division Director Tom Frenaye, K1KI, said the survey's 8,000 responses, when perhaps 1,500 were anticipated, reflects the high degree of interest in the overall topic. Established by the Board in 2016, the Committee has been gathering input from the Amateur Radio community with an eye toward recommending either a makeover of the Technician license or an altogether new entry-level Amateur Radio license class.

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ARRL New England Division Director Tom Frenaye, K1KI, at the January 2017 Board of Directors meeting. New England Division Vice Director Mike Raisbeck, K1TWF, is seated behind him. [Steve Ford, WB8IMY, photo]


"I think it's our job to come up with the two best proposals," said Frenaye, conceding that the committee's work is fraught with details that include reaching a consensus both within the Amateur Radio community and at the FCC, which pays little attention to Amateur Radio generally. For his part, Frenaye started out thinking that a new entry-level license would be the answer, but now he's leaning more toward changing up the Technician license, in part because he thinks the FCC may be reluctant to create a fourth license class after whittling the number to three in 1999.

It's not just about numbers, but Amateur Radio's future. Amateur Radio growth, at approximately 1% a year, is "pretty good," Frenaye conceded, and in tune with US population growth, but he thinks it could be better, and a big step in that direction is to take a hard look at ham radio's entry gate. He suggested a new pool of prospective radio amateurs might be more drawn to the hobby from the Maker movement, for example, or from among those who tinker with computer technology or experiment with electronics -- areas with high appeal to some young people.

Frenaye said a lot of young newcomers don't seem to find the current license manual very enticing, possibly due to the Amateur Radio terminology and the manual's 12th-grade reading level, which he believes should be lower. One interesting statistic plucked from the survey: Just 23% of recently licensed Technicians went through a club, while 65% studied on their own.

The current Technician license is mainly a VHF/UHF license, Frenaye pointed out, with limited privileges on HF, where he believes a lot of newcomers would prefer to operate. "Either the test covers material that's not needed for a newcomer, or the privileges don't match well enough with what a newcomer needs to see in ham radio in order to decide whether to continue," he said. Technician licensees have only CW privileges on HF below 10 meters, "and CW isn't even a requirement anymore," Frenaye pointed out. He suggested some HF digital privileges may provide one incentive.

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The Entry-Level License Committee wants to see better outreach "on both sides of the license" -- from exam preparation to operator training and mentoring.


Whether it's retooling the Technician license to offer newcomers a larger, more attractive slice of Amateur Radio privileges or developing the framework for an entirely new entry-level license, the panel wants to see a more relevant examination with privileges more appropriate to newcomers and better outreach "on both sides of the license" -- from exam preparation to operator training and mentoring.

Frenaye is not afraid to respond to critics who say the entry-level license effort and such initiatives as reaching out the Maker Movement are just ARRL ploys to boost the Amateur Radio population and, in turn, League membership.

"I guess the answer to that is, 'Yes, what's wrong with that?'" he said. "The more trained ham radio operators we have, the more likely we are to actually be able to keep our bands and maybe get new ones."

The committee has only looked at the first "several thousand" survey responses, Frenaye said. The hard work lies ahead. "It's going to take a little time to sort through it all," Frenaye allowed, adding that the committee hopes to have a report to the Board of Directors in July.

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Just ahead: "Grounding."

"Notwithstanding a Series of Obstacles," Kids in French Guiana Speak with Space Station

It seemed nothing was going to stand in the way of nine youngsters and their two teachers from Trois Pal?tuviers (Three Mangroves) School in French Guiana, South America, and their chance to speak with Astronaut Thomas Pesquet, KG5FYG, on the International Space Station via an Amateur Radio link. The Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS<http://www.ariss.org>) contact was set for March 23.

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These youngsters in French Guiana and their teachers were very determined to speak with Astronaut Thomas Pesquet, KG5FYG, on the ISS.


"I love talking to kids, their questions are often better than adults' questions!" Pesquet said on his Facebook page<https://www.facebook.com/ESAThomasPesquet/>, which has a little video that tells the story of the contact.

A small village of 180 inhabitants between the Amazonian Forest and the Oyapock River -- a natural border with Brazil -- Trois Pal?tuviers isn't all that easy to get to. It is accessible only by dugout canoe; the voyage takes about an hour. At the school, there is no electricity during the day, no internet; and only recently has telephone service become available. The village population is exclusively Native American, many residents having strong ties with Brazil. The school has about 50 students in two classes.

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Astronaut Thomas Pesquet, KG5FYG, at NA1SS. [NASA photo]


To reach the location where the students would speak with Pesquet entailed not only the hour-long canoe trip but a 3-hour bus journey, and things did not quite go as planned. As the bus neared its destination, the passengers learned that roads to both their primary and back-up locations were blocked due to a strike. The only solution was to use a teacher's mobile telephone. That's how the students and their teachers ended up in the small kitchen of a private home.

The contact was a "telebridge," with W6SRJ in California serving as the Earth station for NA1SS and two-way audio provided via telephone to the contact site, where the youngsters planned to ask a dozen or so questions (they had 17 ready) in French.

"Notwithstanding a series of obstacles, the radio conversation between the students and astronaut Thomas Pesquet was a success," one of the teachers said. "This was Amateur Radio at its best."

Club Log is Now a Logbook of The World Trusted Partner

Club Log<https://secure.clublog.org/loginform.php> has become the first logging service to achieve Trusted Partner? status for Logbook of The World? (LoTW<http://www.arrl.org/logbook-of-the-world>), ARRL and Club Log have announced. Radio amateurs holding LoTW "call sign certificates<https://lotw.arrl.org/lotw-help_devel_en/certificatesecurity>" who have uploaded logs to Club Log now can readily cross-post them to the highly secure LoTW -- the world's largest repository for confirming Amateur Radio contacts.

[http://www3.arrl.org/nl/al/image/lotw-logo.jpg]The Trusted Partner program defines the requirements for an online service to store user credentials with acceptable security. All LoTW users, whether or not they work through Club Log as a Trusted Partner, are responsible for ensuring the security of their credentials. Individuals who rely on a Trusted Partner site for security have met the requirement to keep LoTW and their credentials secure. Users who allow their call sign certificates to be compromised or who knowingly exploit compromised credentials may lose the privilege of using LoTW and participating in ARRL-sponsored award programs.

Club Log has implemented security at the level required by the Trusted Partner program, as verified by ARRL's Information Technology Department. Trusted Partners are re-verified periodically to remain in the program. More information<http://www.arrl.org/files/file/LoTW_Developer/LoTW%20Trusted%20Partners-1_0.pdf> on technical specifications and on current Trusted Partner program members is available on the ARRL website. Other logging sites are invited to join the program by implementing the Trusted Partner standard.

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Midway and Kure Islands Placed on List of Deleted DXCC Entities

Midway and Kure Islands have been placed on the list of deleted DXCC entities, effective as of August 26, 2016. This came about as an unintended consequence of action last summer by then-President Barack Obama that expanded the Papah??naumoku??kea Marine National Monument<http://www.papahanaumokuakea.gov/> to include the northwestern Hawaiian Islands west of Ni'ihau Island, making it the largest contiguous protected conservation area under the US flag.

[http://www3.arrl.org/nl/al/image/DXCC.jpg]Midway (KH4) had qualified for DXCC status by virtue of its being governed by a separate administration. Because it is now under the administration of Papah??naumoku??kea Marine National Monument, it becomes a deleted entity. Approximately 50 people live on Midway, including US Fish and Wildlife Service staffers and contractors. The Battle of Midway, a turning point in the Allied World War II Pacific Campaign, took place in June 1942.

Now uninhabited, Kure Island (KH7K), a part of Hawaii, is separated from the rest of the state by Midway; because of that, it had qualified for DXCC status under Section II, 2 (b) (iii) of the DXCC Rules -- separation from its "parent" Hawaii. Midway Island's change in DXCC status in turn made Kure Island no longer eligible for DXCC status, because Kure no longer is separated from the rest of Hawaii by intervening land or islands that are part of another DXCC entity.

Kure Island once was home to a US Coast Guard LORAN station, remnants of which are still evident. It has been a state wildlife sanctuary since 1981.

Neither Midway nor Kure was able to be activated without prior permission, and then only for a planned DXpedition. Only contacts made on August 25, 2016, or earlier will count for these two entities. Read more<http://www.arrl.org/news/midway-and-kure-islands-are-now-deleted-dxcc-entities>.

Same-Band "Dueling CQs" Now Prohibited in All ARRL Contests

ARRL has clarified its rules for all contests to clearly prohibit the practice of interleaved CQs -- also known as "dueling CQs" -- on two or more frequencies in the same band. The clarification is an extension of existing rules that permit only "one transmitted signal," and it formalizes what had been a "gentleman's agreement."

[http://www3.arrl.org/nl/al/image/ARRL_Flag_wavy_large.JPG]"ARRL reviewed it, concurred that this is technically occupying two channels, and in consultation with several members of the Board of Directors -- who had been contacted by concerned parties -- and the Programs and Services Committee, it was concluded we needed to 'clarify' our existing rules," ARRL Contest Branch Manager Bart Jahnke, W9JJ, said.

An explanatory paragraph points out, "The intent of the rules has always been that a participant would use/occupy only a single channel in a given band, changing frequency in band from time to time, leaving a CQ frequency to work a multiplier or to change the CQing frequency as band occupancy or changing propagation dictated, and this rule's clarification will now give the needed added clarity to that intent."

The issue arose when a multioperator team successfully employed in-band interleaved CQs in the last ARRL International DX SSB event, substantially boosting their score.

The topic subsequently occupied a lot of bandwidth on the CQ-Contest reflector, where elite contester Frank Donovan, W3LPL, observed, "That doesn't make it right for [a contest station] to follow this practice that is generally understood to be unacceptable behavior by all of the rest of us." At the time of the event, however, ARRL rules did not explicitly prohibit the practice, and, as another top contester, Steve London, N2IC, asked, "Falls under the 'what is not specifically prohibited is allowed' rule?"

The update brings ARRL's contest rules in line with those of CQ-sponsored contests, which already prohibit the practice of in-band, interleaved CQs. The IARU HF Championship Contest bans the practice for multioperator entries. Read more<http://www.arrl.org/news/same-band-dueling-cqs-now-prohibited-in-all-arrl-contests>.

New Rookie Roundup Rules Go into Effect for SSB Event on April 17

You might be a rookie and not even know it! The definition of a rookie has been changed for the Rookie Roundup<http://www.arrl.org/rookie-roundup>, making it possible for more radio amateurs to qualify for the "Rookie" category. Rookie Roundup is a 6-hour operating event aimed at radio amateurs licensed for 3 years or less.

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[Team Thompsen: Mason, K7MWT, operates, while his brother Tanner, K7TMT, logs, during the April 2016 Rookie Roundup. [Photo courtesy of Todd Thompsen, W7TAO]


Operators first licensed in 2015, 2016, or 2017 already qualify as Rookies. Starting with the April 17 SSB event, however, operators licensed before 2015 may enter as Rookies, if they made their first Amateur Radio contact during 2015, 2016 or 2017 -- or if they have never made a contact using the mode of the Rookie Roundup (i.e., SSB for April, RTTY for August, and CW for December). These operators should send 2017 in their exchange, and those qualifying for either of these reasons will be Rookies only for 1 year.

Rookie Roundup is the third Sunday in April (SSB), August (RTTY), and December (CW). Rookies may work any station. Non-Rookies may only work Rookies.

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Winter Term 2017 School Club Roundup Scores Now Available

Final scores<http://www.b4h.net/arrlscr/scr_scores201702.php> from the winter term 2017 running of School Club Roundup (SCR) in February have been posted online. SCR is sponsored jointly by ARRL, its Hudson Division Education Task Force, and the Long Island Mobile Amateur Radio Club (LIMARC), with the [http://www3.arrl.org/nl/al/image/SCR%20generic.jpg] goal of fostering Amateur Radio contacts with and among school radio clubs. LIMARC receives and checks submitted logs, then passes the results to Bruce Horn, WA7BNM, for posting.

The Elementary/Primary School winner was the Russell Elementary Amateur Radio Club (KM4RE<http://www.b4h.net/arrlscr/scr_scoredetails.php?id=750>) in Georgia.

The Middle/Intermediate/Junior High School victor was Schofield Middle School (N4SMS<http://www.b4h.net/arrlscr/scr_scoredetails.php?id=727>) in South Carolina.

Topping the High School field was the LASA High School Amateur Radio Club (K5LBJ<http://www.b4h.net/arrlscr/scr_scoredetails.php?id=729>) in Texas.

Case Western Reserve University (W8EDU<http://www.b4h.net/arrlscr/scr_scoredetails.php?id=715>) took first place in the College/University category.

In Brief...

[http://www3.arrl.org/nl/al/image/Digipan%20Screen.jpg]Free App Allows Blind Hams to Work PSK31: A new, free app -- Accessible Digipan<http://accessibledigipan.org/> -- has been released that allows blind hams to operate PSK31. The download includes the app, audio tutorials, detailed written guides, and additional helpful resources, plus DigiPan<http://www.digipan.net/> PSK31 and PSK63 software. ARRL member Richard McDonald, KK6MRH, and Jim Snowbarger, WA0PSS -- both blind -- developed the program. "Until now, blind hams worldwide have not had any accessible program to work PSK31," McDonald said. "Now they do." Accessible Digipan brings together the most popular screen reader, JAWS, and DigiPan, McDonald said, and the app will work with many different kinds of rigs, interfaces, and Windows versions.

[http://www3.arrl.org/nl/al/image/ARRL%20Diamond%20logo.png]Former Kansas Section Manager Orlan Cook, W0OYH, SK: Former Kansas Section Manager Orlan Cook, W0OYH, of Shawnee Mission, died on March 28. An ARRL Life Member, he was 85. Cook served for 5 years as Kansas SM, taking office by appointment in 1997 and serving until 2002. He was an ARRL Official Relay Station (ORS) and Official Bulletin Station, and for the past decade or so, he served in an informal public information role as editor of the KAR<http://ksarrl.org/kar/> (Kansas Amateur Radio) newsletter.

[http://www3.arrl.org/nl/al/image/Ron%20Murdock%20W6KJ-th.jpg]Former Sacramento Valley Section Manager Ron Murdock, W6KJ, SK: Former ARRL Sacramento Valley Section Manager Ron Murdock, W6KJ, of Yuba City, California, died on April 1. An ARRL Life Member, Murdock was 76. "Ron's passion for serving our Amateur Radio community was truly inspiring, and he will be sorely missed," said current Sacramento Valley SM Dr. Carol Milazzo, KP4MD. Murdock was a US Air Force veteran, who flew 300 combat missions as a B52 radar navigator. He also worked as a substitute teacher for 15 years. Murdock served as ARRL Sacramento Valley Section Manager from 2007 until 2015. He was an Emergency Coordinator from 2005 to 2008, and he was serving as Affiliated Club Coordinator, Assistant Section Manager, Bulletin Manager, and Official Bulletin Station.

[http://www3.arrl.org/nl/al/image/ARRL%20Diamond%20logo.png]VHF/UHF/Microwave Pioneer Don Hilliard, W0PW, SK: A pioneer on VHF, UHF, and microwave bands, and the designer of a popular Yagi model, Don Hilliard, W0PW (ex-W0EYE), of Clayton, Oklahoma, died on March 25 following a lengthy period of ill health. An ARRL member, he was 81. " Over the decades, Don made numerous contributions to the hobby and specifically in the VHF, UHF, and microwave arena of Amateur Radio," said Bill Mc Caa, K0RZ . "He was a pioneer in developing the first amateur equipment for the 900 MHz band in 1983 in anticipation of the band becoming available for amateurs. Don was a founding member of the Central States VHF Society in 1967, as well as of the Microwave Update in 1985." Hilliard's Yagi design, based on unpublished work by Peter Biezbicke at the National Bureau of Standards, was legendary in the VHF/UHF community. The antenna was described in "The World Above 50 MHz" ("15-Element Yagi by W0EYE") in the January 1972 edition of QST. Hilliard also authored articles for QST and QEX.

[http://www3.arrl.org/nl/al/image/Greg%20Jones%20WD5IVD-2.jpg]Former TAPR President Greg Jones, WD5IVD, SK: Past TAPR President Greg Jones, WD5IVD, of Denton, Texas, died on March 30. He was 54. Jones was a professor in the Department of Learning Technologies within the College of Information at the University of North Texas, where he received his bachelor's and master's degrees. He received his Ph.D. in Curriculum and Instruction at the University of Texas, and was the author of numerous scholarly articles. He served as TAPR's president from 1993 until 1999. "I am very proud of my time at TAPR," he once wrote. "I was able, with the help of so many, to take TAPR from the brink of going away into a strong, living organization that 10 years later is still doing important research and education in Amateur Radio digital communications." He contributed to QEX in the early 1990s.

The K7RA Solar Update

Tad Cook, K7RA, Seattle, reports: Sunspot numbers and solar flux made a strong comeback during the March 30-April 5 reporting week. The average daily solar flux was 96.5 -- up from 77.9 over the reporting week and 71.2 the previous week. The average daily sunspot number progressed from 3.4 to 29.7 to 65.9 over the same 3 weeks.

[http://www3.arrl.org/nl/al/image/Solar%20Disk-2017-04-05.jpg]<http://spaceweathergallery.com/indiv_upload.php?upload_id=134569&PHPSESSID=vlg7qdiodo9cft47ejq59a9at1>The latest daily forecast<http://spaceweathergallery.com/indiv_upload.php?upload_id=134569&PHPSESSID=vlg7qdiodo9cft47ejq59a9at1> for Planetary A index and solar flux from NOAA and USAF (updated daily) shows solar flux at 85, 80, and 75 on April 6-8; 70 on April 9-10; 75 on April 11-14; 78 on April 15-16; 85 on April 17-19; 72 on April 20-23; 88 on April 24-27; 85 on April 28-29; 105 on April 30; 100, 97, 92, 85, and 80 on May 1-5; 75 on May 6-7; 78 on May 8-9; 75 on May 10-11; 78 on May 12-13; 85 on May 14-16, and 92 after that, out to 45 days from now.

Predicted planetary A index will be 8 on April 6-8; 5, 8, 10, and 8 on April 9-12; 5 on April 13-16; 20, 18, and 10 on April 17-19; 5 on April 20-22; 55, 28, 20, 22, and 28 on April 23-27; 15, 10, 8, 7, and 6 on April 28-May 2; 5 on May 3-13, 20, 18, and 10 on May 14-16; 5 on May 17-19, and 55 on May 20.

Sunspot numbers for March 30 through April 5, 2017 were 33, 65, 79, 75, 97, 75, and 37, with a mean of 65.9. The 10.7-centimeter flux was 85.9, 90.6, 101, 112, 107.9, 93.8, and 84.6, with a mean of 96.5. Estimated planetary A indices were 23, 28, 16, 8, 4, 20, and 10, with a mean of 15.6. Estimated mid-latitude A indices were 18, 21, 15, 6, 4, 17, and 10, with a mean of 13. (Click on the solar disk image for a closer look at sunspots AR2644 and 2645.)

Send<mailto:k7ra at arrl.net> me your reports and observations.

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From k2dsv at msn.com  Thu Apr  6 19:15:00 2017
From: k2dsv at msn.com (Don WILSON)
Date: Thu, 6 Apr 2017 23:15:00 +0000
Subject: [ETS/PARC List] Fw: ARLB012 Revised Memorandum of Understanding
 between ARRL and FCC Still a Work in Progress
In-Reply-To: <20170406195941.96C7E2010843@bmail.arrl.org>
References: <20170406195941.96C7E2010843@bmail.arrl.org>
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________________________________
From: ARRL Web site <memberlist at www.arrl.org>
Sent: Thursday, April 6, 2017 3:59 PM

Subject: ARLB012 Revised Memorandum of Understanding between ARRL and FCC Still a Work in Progress

SB QST @ ARL $ARLB012
ARLB012 Revised Memorandum of Understanding between ARRL and FCC
Still a Work in Progress

ZCZC AG12
QST de W1AW
ARRL Bulletin 12  ARLB012
>From ARRL Headquarters
Newington CT  April 6, 2017
To all radio amateurs

SB QST ARL ARLB012
ARLB012 Revised Memorandum of Understanding between ARRL and FCC
Still a Work in Progress

The ARRL Executive Committee (EC) has directed that work begin on
finalizing the language of a revised memorandum of understanding
between ARRL and the FCC regarding the Amateur Auxiliary (Official
Observer) program. The EC met on March 25 in Aurora, Colorado. The
panel, which acts on behalf of the ARRL Board of Directors between
its regular meetings, heard an update on the Official Observer
Program Revitalization Study from ARRL Second Vice President and
committee chair Brian Mileshosky, N5ZGT, who said his committee
plans to present final recommendations later this year on revamping
the Amateur Auxiliary, for ultimate consideration by the full Board.

In his remarks, General Counsel Chris Imlay, W3KD, was complimentary
of new FCC Chairman Ajit Pai and told the EC he thinks enforcement
efforts may be more successful in the future, due to the new
chairman's interest in the issue. Imlay also said the new chief of
the Enforcement Bureau, Michael Carowitz, is reported to be "amateur
friendly." He told the EC that he foresees a potential window of
opportunity for improved spectrum enforcement work, as well as the
opportunity to build a stronger working relationship with the FCC on
all issues.
NNNN
/EX

From k2dsv at msn.com  Thu Apr  6 20:26:24 2017
From: k2dsv at msn.com (Don WILSON)
Date: Fri, 7 Apr 2017 00:26:24 +0000
Subject: [ETS/PARC List] ARLD014 DX news
In-Reply-To: <20170406232507.0785E2023C21@bmail.arrl.org>
References: <20170406232507.0785E2023C21@bmail.arrl.org>
Message-ID: <BN3PR14MB0818695041F8C6DAF4C854FBFD0C0@BN3PR14MB0818.namprd14.prod.outlook.com>

www.dxsummit.fi/<http://www.dxsummit.fi/>


SB DX @ ARL $ARLD014
ARLD014 DX news

ZCZC AE14
QST de W1AW
DX Bulletin 14  ARLD014
>From ARRL Headquarters
Newington CT  April 6, 2017
To all radio amateurs

SB DX ARL ARLD014
ARLD014 DX news

This week's bulletin was made possible with information provided by
ON4ZD, QRZ DX, the OPDX Bulletin, 425 DX News, The Daily DX, DXNL,
Contest Corral from QST and the ARRL Contest Calendar and WA7BNM web
sites.  Thanks to all.

MAURITANIA, 5T.  Jean, 5T0JL will be QRV using special call sign
5T3MM from April 12 to 18.  This includes being active in the
upcoming CQ Manchester Mineira DX contest.  QSL via PY4KL.

FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY, DA.  Special event station DM150HSM
celebrates the 150th anniversary of the University of Applied
Sciences at Mittweida and is active until the end of June.  Activity
is on the HF bands using mostly SSB, and some CW and PSK.  QSL via
DK0MIT.

PHILIPPINES, DU.  Members of the Ham Radio Communications Group will
be QRV using special call sign DX75BDM from the Capas National
Shrine, IOTA OC-042, from April 8 to 10 to commemorate the Bataan
Death March.  QSL via operators' instructions.

BALEARIC ISLANDS, EA6.  Jean-Marc, F5SGI will be QRV as EA6/F5SGI
from Minorca Island, IOTA EU-004, from April 9 to 15.  Activity will
be on the HF bands using CW.  QSL to home call.

FRANCE, F.  Members of the Charente DX Group will be QRV as TM2H
from Houat Island, IOTA EU-048, from April 8 to 14.  Activity will
be on all HF bands using CW, SSB and RTTY.  QSL via ON4ZD.

SAINT MARTIN, FS.  Paul, W7NZJ is QRV as FS/W7NZJ until April 16.
Activity is on 40 to 10 meters using CW and various digital modes.
QSL to home call.

DJIBOUTI, J2.  Dane, S53T is staying here until the end of 2019 and
is active as J28ND.  QSL via S57DX.

GUINEA-BISSAU, J5.  Josep, EA3BT and Nuria, EA3WL are QRV as J5B and
J5W, respectively, from Rubane Island, IOTA AF-020, until April 15.
Activity is on 40 to 6 meters, and possibly 80 meters, using CW, SSB
and RTTY.  QSL both calls via EA3BT.

JAPAN, JA.  Take, JI3DST is QRV as JI3DST/4 from Nakano Island, IOTA
AS-041, until April 11.  He will be active as JS6RRR/4 in the Japan
International DX contest.  QSL to home call.

HAWAII, KH6.  Nobu, JA0JHQ is QRV as AH0CO/KH6 from Oahu, IOTA
OC-019, until April 9.  This includes an entry in the Japan
International DX contest.  QSL to home call.

GREENLAND, OX.  Roger, SM7RYR is QRV as OX/SM7RYR from
Kangerlussuaq, IOTA NA-018, until April 10.  Activity is on 20, 17
and 15 meters.  QSL via operator's instructions.

PAPUA NEW GUINEA, P2.  Haru, JA1XGI is QRV as P29VXG from New
Britain Island, IOTA OC-008, until April 12.  Activity is on the HF
bands using mostly JT65.  QSL to home call.

SEYCHELLES, S7.  A group of operators are QRV as S79Z from Mahe
Island, IOTA AF-024, until April 18.  Activity is on 160 to 10
meters.  QSL via OM2FY.

EAST KIRIBATI, T32.  Ken, KH6QJ will be QRV as T32AZ from Kiritimati
Island, IOTA OC-024, from April 11 to 18.  Activity will be on 80,
40, 20, 15 and 10 meters.  QSL to home call.

ASIATIC RUSSIA, UA0.  Aleksandr, RA3AV, Yuri, UA0KBG and Victor,
UA3AKO are QRV as R71RRC from Arakamchechen Island, IOTA AS-071,
until April 17.  Activity is on 40, 30, 20 and 17 meters using CW
and SSB with two stations active.  QSL via UA3AKO.

TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS, VP5.  James, K3NK will be QRV as VP5/K3NK
from Providenciales Island, IOTA NA-002, from April 11 to 18.
Activity will be on 80 to 10 meters using CW, SSB and possibly
various digital modes.  QSL to home call.

VANUATU, YJ.  Chung, VA7YM is QRV as YJ0YM from Efate Island, IOTA
OC-035, until April 17.  Activity is on 80 to 6 meters using SSB,
RTTY and PSK31.  QSL via EA5GL.

THIS WEEKEND ON THE RADIO.  The Japan International CW DX Contest,
NCCC RTTY Sprint, NCCC CW Sprint, SKCC Weekend CW Sprintathon, OK/OM
SSB DX Contest, QRP ARCI Spring QSO CW Party, New Mexico QSO Party,
Texas State Parks on the Air, Georgia QSO Party, Yuri Gagarin
International CW DX Contest, International Vintage Contest HF and
the Hungarian Straight Key 80-Meter CW Contest are all on tap for
this upcoming weekend.

The 4 States QRP Group Second Sunday Sprint is scheduled for April
10.

The RSGB 80-Meter Club SSB Championship, CWops Mini-CWT Test, Phone
Fray and NAQCC CW Sprint are scheduled for April 12.

Please see April QST, page 92, and the ARRL and WA7BNM contest web
sites for details.
NNNN
/EX

From marvbrons at verizon.net  Thu Apr  6 23:29:17 2017
From: marvbrons at verizon.net (Marvin Bronstein)
Date: Thu, 6 Apr 2017 23:29:17 -0400
Subject: [ETS/PARC List] Great site for books and publications
Message-ID: <63E2A7184BC24DCFBE3A49EF90821BD8@marvbronsPC>

http://www.americanradiohistory.com/


Great site for books and publications on Radio, TV, communications, etc.


73
Marv
k2vhw

From k2dsv at msn.com  Sun Apr  9 07:22:12 2017
From: k2dsv at msn.com (Don WILSON)
Date: Sun, 9 Apr 2017 11:22:12 +0000
Subject: [ETS/PARC List] Fw: DX
In-Reply-To: <a55c415c-228e-2920-0d67-d46de9043f2a@w2dec.com>
References: <356543AC-67FA-431E-9090-1E2CAC108488@dailydx.com>,
	<a55c415c-228e-2920-0d67-d46de9043f2a@w2dec.com>
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________________________________
From: Urb LeJeune w2dec
> ______________________________________________________________________
>
> DX News
> ______________________________________________________________________
>
> Z6 - Kosovo -
> DF8AN, Mike, reports his Z6/DF8AN DXpedition to Kosovo will take place
> from April 28 to May 2.  He has received his license.  Plans are to be
> QRV "on all shortwave bands except 5 MHz", as he did not get
> permission to operate on 60 Meters.  Listen for his activity on CW,
> PSK and JT65.  This will be his second trip, with his first one in May
> 2015.  Plans are to focus on JA and Asia as a "priority whenever
> possible".  QSL via DF8AN either via the bureau or direct.  He does
> not use LoTW.
>
> FJ - St. Barthelemy -
> On Saturday, April 8th, N2IEN, Pat; WW2DX, Lee; KB2HZI, Lori; and W2RE,
> Ray; will be flying down to the French Caribbean island and "should be
> up and running that evening" as FJ/N2IEN.  Their QTH will be a villa
> located at a QTH "on a cliff with no obstructions to NA/JA/EU/AF.
> They'll be using a "pair of Flex signature series transceivers for 6m-
> 160m with a pair of Expert amplifiers."  Listen for them on CW, SSB
> and RTTY, as well as Satellite.  This will be a vacation style
> operation "with focus on needed band/modes", but no 60 Meters as it is
> not authorized.  For antennas they will be using OCF, inverted L on
> Topband, HEX beam, TWA and Leo Pack.  They will be posted updates on
> Twitter @ww2dx.  QSL via NR6M.
>
> A2 - Botswana -
> A Russian DX travel team, joking called "H?l?ne et les Gar?ons", the
> name of a French sitcom that ran in the early 90's, are heading to
> Botswana in mid-September of this year.  The team includes RM0F/A25BI,
> Yuri; R2AD/A25SP, Pavel; RC5A/A25BE, Elena (YL); and possible others.
> They will be QRV on 160-6 Meters CW and SSB.  QSL using OQRS on Club
> Log.  Also direct and bureau.  A25BI and A25BE will both be using
> LoTW.
>
> E4 - Palestine -
> During the second half of April SP9FIH, Janusz, is planning to be in
> Bethlehem and QRV as E44WE operating with 100 watts.  Activity is
> expected to be on 17, 10 and 6 Meters.  This will be a reconnaissance
> mission, as more operations are anticipated later this year.  The
> license is good for one year. QSL via SP9FIH, preferably using Club
> Log's OQRS.  http://www.e4.dxpeditions.org
News - E44WE<http://www.e4.dxpeditions.org/>
www.e4.dxpeditions.org
Legendary Three Wise Men are giong to Bethlehem. They are bringing radios, antennas and cables. Let us hope their visit will be successful for whole amateur radio world.



>
> OJ0 - Market Reef -
> The callsign that OH3WS, Pasi, will use from Market Reef on May 6th and
> 7th will be his OJ0W call.
>
> S7 - Seychelles -
> Yesterday LZ1PJ, Ivan, announced his plans to be QRV as S79J from Mahe
> Island (AF-024) from May 2-10.  He'll have an IC-706 and LGD ATU
> transmitting into a G5RV and/or DunaX multiband vertical.  Listen for
> his signals on CW only in his spare time on HF and 6 Meters.  QSL
> direct or via the bureau to LZ1PJ.  LoTW may be possible.  No eQSL.
>
> FO - French Polynesia -
> F6CTF/CN2JF, Jean-Pierre, has been in Morocco during the northern
> hemisphere winter and now plans to go to Taravao, Tahiti (OC-046)
> where he will be QRV as FO/F6CTF from June through September.  He
> could also be QRV maritime mobile /MM.  Jean-Pierre will be using an
> IC-7100 and multiple dipoles while on the island and an IC-802M and
> vertical while /MM.  Activity will be on 40, 20, 17 and 15 Meters.
> QSL via F6CTF direct or eQSL.
>
> VP2M - Montserrat -
> AD1C, Jim, notes the VP2ML call has been reissued.  Many DXers will
> remember the late DXer and editor WB2CHO, Chod Harris,
> (http://hamgallery.com/qsl/country/Montserrat/vp2ml.htm) was VP2ML
> starting back in the late 70s's until his passing.  The new owner is
> Leroy Gill from St. Johns.
>
> HC8 - Galapagos Islands -
> LW9EOC, Tim, has announced the dates for his upcoming HC8/LW9EOC
> operations.  They will be May 15-29.  Listen for him on CW, SSB and
> RTTY on 1.8 through 50 MHz with an emphasis on the WARC-79 bands.  QSL
> via LW9EOC.
> ______________________________________________________________________
>
> On The WWW
> ______________________________________________________________________
>
> Dr. Tamitha Skov has posted her April 6th propagation forecast and
> recap at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ft7kkuwichY&feature=em-subs_digest
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The Sun pranks us but good for April Fools this year with 7 M-class flares all in the span of 48 hours. It also launched a few solar storms, though none of t...



> ______________________________________________________________________
>
> Today's Propagation Forecast
> ______________________________________________________________________
>
> Solar activity will be low with a slight chance for an M-class flare
> today and expected to be very low with a chance for C-class flares and
> a slight chance for an M-class flare on Saturday and expected to be
> very low with a slight chance for a C-class flare on Sunday.
>
> The geomagnetic field will be at quiet to unsettled levels today and
> Saturday and quiet levels on Sunday.  Protons greater than 10 Mev have
> a slight chance of crossing threshold today and Saturday.
>
> Perhaps the most useful propagation pages for Amateur Radio Operators
> can be found at http://dx.qsl.net/propagation/ and
Propagation forecast - QSL.net<http://dx.qsl.net/propagation/>
dx.qsl.net
This page contains a dynamic collection of propagation information gathered from many different sources. This data is extremely useful for ham radio operators and ...



> http://www.solarham.net/.
SOLARHAM - Space Weather and Amateur Radio Website<http://www.solarham.net/>
www.solarham.net
SolarHam is a website all about the Sun and how it affects Earth. It is also an Amateur (Ham) Radio website. SolarHam is routinely updated with breaking news ...



>
> The April 6 SFI was 76 and the SESC Sunspot Number was 38.
> ______________________________________________________________________


From vpennetta at pennetta.com  Sun Apr  9 10:12:50 2017
From: vpennetta at pennetta.com (Victor Pennetta)
Date: Sun, 9 Apr 2017 14:12:50 +0000
Subject: [ETS/PARC List] 18 Elements in the Air
In-Reply-To: <14B127CEAC8D1F4285AB6AD7B1F80DBA036C2BBF@DAGN09b-e6.exg6.exghost.com>
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KE5EE was booming in this morning from Florida on 14.195.  He told me he had 18 elements in the air.   I was thinking what kind of beam was he using.  Turns out he has (6) three element Steppers IRs stacked on his tower.  I attached a link that shows his tower and shack.  Boy does he have a lot of money invested in his equipment.

https://www.arraysolutions.com/ke5ee

73,
Victor, K2NBC


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From vpennetta at pennetta.com  Sun Apr  9 10:15:41 2017
From: vpennetta at pennetta.com (Victor Pennetta)
Date: Sun, 9 Apr 2017 14:15:41 +0000
Subject: [ETS/PARC List] 18 Elements in the Air
In-Reply-To: <14B127CEAC8D1F4285AB6AD7B1F80DBA036C2D23@DAGN09b-e6.exg6.exghost.com>
References: <14B127CEAC8D1F4285AB6AD7B1F80DBA036C2BBF@DAGN09b-e6.exg6.exghost.com>,
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KE5EE was booming in this morning from Florida on 14.195.  He told me he had 18 elements in the air.   I was thinking what kind of beam was he using.  Turns out he has (6) three element Steppers IRs stacked on his tower.  I attached a link that shows his tower and shack.  Boy does he have a lot of money invested in his equipment.

https://www.arraysolutions.com/ke5ee

73,
Victor, K2NBC


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From w2oudrew at gmail.com  Sun Apr  9 11:41:50 2017
From: w2oudrew at gmail.com (E Drew Moore)
Date: Sun, 9 Apr 2017 11:41:50 -0400
Subject: [ETS/PARC List] 18 Elements in the Air
In-Reply-To: <14B127CEAC8D1F4285AB6AD7B1F80DBA036C2D23@DAGN09b-e6.exg6.exghost.com>
References: <14B127CEAC8D1F4285AB6AD7B1F80DBA036C2BBF@DAGN09b-e6.exg6.exghost.com>
	<14B127CEAC8D1F4285AB6AD7B1F80DBA036C2D23@DAGN09b-e6.exg6.exghost.com>
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Yes, I would love to do the same thing. First I would buy up the property of my sorrounding neighbors, pay off the zoning board members and work out an agreement with the FAA. 

Paying for the antennas and Feedlines will be a taken care of when I win the Powerball. 

No problem,

73, Drew

*sent from my ,iPhone 7+-forgive typos*

On Apr 9, 2017, at 10:12 AM, Victor Pennetta <vpennetta at pennetta.com> wrote:

KE5EE was booming in this morning from Florida on 14.195.  He told me he had 18 elements in the air.   I was thinking what kind of beam was he using.  Turns out he has (6) three element Steppers IRs stacked on his tower.  I attached a link that shows his tower and shack.  Boy does he have a lot of money invested in his equipment.

https://www.arraysolutions.com/ke5ee

73,
Victor, K2NBC


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From k2dsv at msn.com  Sun Apr  9 19:08:53 2017
From: k2dsv at msn.com (Don WILSON)
Date: Sun, 9 Apr 2017 23:08:53 +0000
Subject: [ETS/PARC List] Fw: Upcoming Important Events
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Subject: Upcoming Important Events

All
There are some events and information that I think we need to be aware
of.  This information can't wait for the April NNJ News email later
this month.

FAIR LAWN ARC wil have a lecture on:

CYBERSECURITY: WHAT YOU CAN DO RIGHT NOW TO PROTECT YOURSELF
The presentation will be held on Friday, April 21, 2017 starting at
7:00 PM at the Fair Lawn Senior Center, 11-05 Gardiner Road  in Fair
Lawn, NJ.  The event is open to the public.

The presentation will focus on the following:
?       What is cybersecurity; why is it important to critical economic
sectors like healthcare?
?       What are the current cybersecurity threats?
?       What technology is used in cybersecurity?
?       How do you stay safe? The human behavior aspect of cybersecurity.


There will be an Exercise covering NNJ and SNJ - ARES and RACES

EXERCISE            EXERCISE              EXERCISE
Gotham Shield is a Regional Exercise by the Red Cross, funded by FEMA,
to help test how the agency would respond to a major disaster in the NY
region.

Communications wise, the test aims to find out strengths and weaknesses
in response when EMP takes out cell phones and electronics in the
affected areas, roughly a 20 kilometer circle, and there has to be a
response for a mass casualty incident. The exercise will look at what
happens when the phones are out on the commercial side, and how
government nets(800 MHZ and MARS), their support nets (ARES/RACES), and
EmComm and r egular ham nets communicate in passing exercise traffic.
Drill date is Wednesday, April 26th,

WEST ESSEX ARC will host a lecture on Your first HF Station

Mike Luongo, K2NNN, will present Ideas for your First High Frequency
Station at the West Essex ARC on April 19 at 8 pm. This presentation
will discuss setting up an HF station in your house or apartment. It
will include information on transceivers, antennas, and accessories.
The West Essex ARC meets at the Essex Fells Service Building, 2nd
Floor, 307 Runnymede Road, Essex Fells, NJ. The doors will open at 7:30
pm

NEWS FROM THE ARRL

1) The ARRL Executive Committee (EC) has directed that work begin on
finalizing the language of a revised memorandum of understanding
between ARRL and the FCC regarding the Amateur Auxiliary (Official
Observer) program

2) International Marconi Day (IMD) event, this year being held on April
22, 0000-2359 UTC (starting on April 21 in US time zones). All contacts
counting toward the Marconi Award must be made on HF with registered
stations, but other participating stations do not need to be registered
to claim awards.

The event is not a contest but an opportunity for amateurs around the
world to make point-to-point contact with historic Marconi sites using
HF communication techniques descended from those used by Marconi, and
to earn an award certificate for working or hearing a requisite number
of Marconi stations.

There are two categories. Transmitting amateurs attempt to complete
contacts with 15 of the official award stations, while shortwave
listeners attempt to log two-way communications made by 15 of the
official award stations.


Don't forget the Splitrock Hamfest on April 23 in Succasunna, NJ

73 and Happy Holidays
Steve
K2SO

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From seawollfe at yahoo.com  Sun Apr  9 20:26:37 2017
From: seawollfe at yahoo.com (Ron Reinhardt)
Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2017 00:26:37 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: [ETS/PARC List] 18 Elements in the Air
In-Reply-To: <923279B2-C56D-41C6-A6F9-4224891BFB45@gmail.com>
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	<923279B2-C56D-41C6-A6F9-4224891BFB45@gmail.com>
Message-ID: <611647313.4493618.1491783997588@mail.yahoo.com>

A Small fortune indeed! 

    On Sunday, April 9, 2017 11:42 AM, E Drew Moore <w2oudrew at gmail.com> wrote:
 

 Yes, I would love to do the same thing. First I would buy up the property of my sorrounding neighbors, pay off the zoning board members and work out an agreement with the FAA. 

Paying for the antennas and Feedlines will be a taken care of when I win the Powerball. 

No problem,

73, Drew

*sent from my ,iPhone 7+-forgive typos*

On Apr 9, 2017, at 10:12 AM, Victor Pennetta <vpennetta at pennetta.com> wrote:

KE5EE was booming in this morning from Florida on 14.195.? He told me he had 18 elements in the air.? I was thinking what kind of beam was he using.? Turns out he has (6) three element Steppers IRs stacked on his tower.? I attached a link that shows his tower and shack.? Boy does he have a lot of money invested in his equipment.

https://www.arraysolutions.com/ke5ee

73,
Victor, K2NBC


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From marvbrons at verizon.net  Mon Apr 10 11:20:27 2017
From: marvbrons at verizon.net (Marvin Bronstein)
Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2017 11:20:27 -0400
Subject: [ETS/PARC List] Fw: Skywarn spotter class...Nat. Weather Service
Message-ID: <F4897D2AFA194240BA75797D23CDB12E@marvbronsPC>




The National Weather Service is holding ''SKYWARN SPOTTER CLASSES''. 

The ONE for our area will be held on May 23rd from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the SOMERSET FIRE ACADEMY

These classes are not often held in our area and I strongly suggest that we take full advantage of this opportunity to be better ''equipped'' for participating in SKYWARN activations during significant weather events.

The Somerset Fire academy is located at the Somerset County Public works facility at 402 Roycefield Road, Hillsborough.  (Same place RVRC holds meetings and VE exams.)

Here is the link.....you must register;


http://www.weather.gov/phi/classes

73,
Marv
k2vhw
SPARC

      Tue, May 23

     


            6:00 - 8:00 PM 


        Somerset County Emergency Services Training Academy

        Classroom C 

        402 Roycefield Road, Hillsborough, NJ
     

     
     

From k2dsv at msn.com  Mon Apr 10 16:09:49 2017
From: k2dsv at msn.com (Don WILSON)
Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2017 20:09:49 +0000
Subject: [ETS/PARC List] DX
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>
> DX    http://www.dxsummit.fi/#/

> ______________________________________________________________________
>
> 9U - Burundi -
> The Mediterraneo DX Club, MDXC, says they are "on the road again, this
> time to Africa."  The shore of Lake Tanganyika, Bujumbura, Burundi,
> will be the QTH for 9U4M.  Leader IZ8CCW and co-leader I2VGW say the
> license is in hand for this radio adventure.  The dates are November
> 6-17.  They specifically mention giving DXers the chance to work them
> on the low bands, WARC-79 bands and digital modes.  Twenty operators
> from eight countries are currently on the team.  They will have five
> stations running around the clock.  Donations are appreciated.
> www.mdxc.org<http://www.mdxc.org/>.

Mediterraneo DX Club<http://www.mdxc.org/>
www.mdxc.org
J5B & J5W ? Guinea Bissau. Josep, EA3BT and Nuria, EA3WL inform DX-World they will be active from Rubane Island, Bijagos Archipelago, AF-020 as J5B & J5W between ...



>
> E3 - Eritrea -
> JH1AJT, Zorro, will visit Eritrea and take part in the Eritrean
> Independence Ceremony in May.  Zorro, joined by DJ9ZB, E21EIC and
> RA9USU, will be there May 19-29, on the air with the callsigns E31AA
> and E39DI.  Look for them on 160-10 CW, SSB and RTTY.  There will be a
> concentration on 160-40 from Dahlak Island, IOTA AF-038, with the
> E39DI callsign "for a few days."  QSL to the JH1AJT home address.
> During the visit Zorro will discuss a coordinated training camp for
> the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic games and select students from
> junior high, high school and university levels to study at schools "of
> SEISA in Japan."  Students from SEISA Kokusai High School will perform
> on traditional Japanese drums.
>
> 1S - Spratly Islands -
> Originally scheduled for "8-10 days in early December," the 9M0W
> expedition has been postponed until March 10-20, 2018.  Planning to go
> to Layang Layang Island, aka Swallow Reef, IOTA AS-051, are YT1AD,
> HL5FUA, WD5COV, K3LP, K9JM, YT3W, ZL3WW, K6MKF, K6SRZ, N6TQS, VK3FY,
> VK3GK and PY2XB, joined by "3-5 local ops from 9M6 land."  In
> addition, apparently two more operator slots are still open.  They
> plan to be on 160-6M CW, SSB and digital modes.  The delay is because
> it turns out the resort QTH is closed this December-February.
>
> XV - Vietnam -
> Ho Chi Minh City is where XV9G will be QRV from April 19-May 9 on 40,
> 20 and 15, "mostly CW and 'SSB occasionally.'"  The operator is
> WP4JBG/JP7MBO, Jesus.
>
> LX - Luxembourg -
> May 20-21, operators PD7YY, PG8M and PH0NO will be /p traveling in
> Luxembourg to World Wildlife Flora-Fauna designated nature reserves.
> LXFF coordinator LX1CC, Mill, has helped them get the special callsign
> LX44FF as well.  They expect to primarily visit nature reserves that
> have never been put on the air before.  They start Saturday at 08Z and
> go to Sunday at 18Z with at least two radios simultaneously, "on all
> useable bands from 80M up," including 6 and 2 if there is any
> propagation, SSB and CW.  There will be a special award available.
>
> FG - Guadeloupe -
> FG/DM1DZ is on the air now from NA-102, using PSK31 and SSB.  QSL to
> his home call.
>
> TK - Corsica -
> TK/F4GHS, Alex, plans to be on the air from the west coast of the main
> island, on HF, May 23-28.  Look for him on 20 and 40 SSB using a home
> made vertical and an Elecraft K3, 100 watts.  He says a QSL is okay
> via the bureau or direct to his home call.  Include 2 USD/SAE.
>
> EI and MI - Ireland and Northern Ireland -
> EI/DL3SEM and MI/DL3SEM, op Stefan, will be on the air between April
> 24-May 28.  He is traveling on a cruise boat on the Shannon and Erne
> Rivers with his 100 watt transceiver.  Stefan expects to be on 30-10M
> CW.  And he plans to active WWFF areas EIFF-0003, 0021, 0061 and GIFF
> 0014, 0015, 0069 "and many more."
>
> 4O - Montenegro -
> Callsign 4O7GD by IK5WWA, Giuseppe, will be on the air June 18-28.
> Look for Giuseppe on 80-6 SSB, plus possibly 2M.  QSL to his home
> call, direct or bureau.
>
> F - France -
> TM17CV will be on from Chatelaillon-Plage in the Charente-Maritime
> Department.  It is from a beach ("plage" in French) in southwest
> France for the annual kite and wind festival.  QSL via F8FZC.
>
> FP - St. Pierre et Miquelon Islands -
> FP/KV1J, Eric, will again be on the air, this time July 4-18 including
> the IARU HF World Championship, the North American RTTY QSO Party and
> the CQWW VHF Contest (six meters only, for Eric).  He plans to
> concentrate on SSB and RTTY this time, 160-10 meters.  He says he will
> tend to be on "the highest frequency band open" and will check six
> meters for openings regularly.  QSL direct or bureau to his home QTH,
> or use LoTW, eQSL or Club Log.
> http://www.kv1j.com/fp/July17.html.
[http://www.kv1j.com/fp/FP_KV1J_QSL.jpg]<http://www.kv1j.com/fp/July17.html>

FP/KV1J July 2017<http://www.kv1j.com/fp/July17.html>
www.kv1j.com
Updates. ClubLog search . Schedule 2017 . Time Zone is GMT minus 2 hours (daylight savings time) Current weather. Sunday 2 July ? Drive to Halifax, NS.



>
> GJ - Jersey -
> The Low Band DX Team goes back to Jersey, May 5-11.
> http://www.lldxt.eu/.  The callsigns will be MJ/PA1AW, MJ/PA3EWP,
[https://i1.wp.com/www.lldxt.eu/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/mj2017_met_1050.jpg?fit=1050%2C728]<http://www.lldxt.eu/>

LLDXT ? Low Land DXpedition Team<http://www.lldxt.eu/>
www.lldxt.eu
The Low Land DX Team will return to the Island of Jersey ? IOTA EU013 Between may 5th and May 11th 2017 a small LLDXT team consisting of Alex PA1AW, Ron PA3EWP, Jo ...



> MJ/PA9JO and MJ/PB5X, on as many modes as possible, 160-2 meters.
> They will upload to LoTW and OQRS daily.  QSL using those or send your
> card via PA1AW for all the MJ/ callsigns.
>
> VP5 - Turks & Caicos Islands -
> VP5/N3NK and VP5/W3HNK, Joe and Jim, will be on Providenciales, NA-
> 002, April 11-18.  They'll be on CW and SSB and "possibly digital
> modes," 80-10 meters.  VP5/K3NK's log will be uploaded to LoTW and
> Club Log.  For either one you may also send a card to their home QTHs.
> W3HNK, of course, is perhaps the most well-known QSL manager in the
> world, has been for decades, and will handle his own cards.
>
> EA9 - Ceuta and Melilla -
> The Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin reports that 10 ops from the Tortugas CW
> Group will have EG9TOR on the air from Melilla May 18-22, switching to
> the ED9T callsign in the King of Spain CW 2017 Contest, May 21-22.
> Given that they are a CW club, most of their activity will be on CW
> May 18-19 before the contest as well, though they will do some SSB and
> digital modes operating as well, on "all HF bands."  QSL via EA4PN or
> use OQRS for a direct or bureau card, or LoTW or eQSL.
>
> K - United States of America -
> WB8R notes that the Michigan State Police 100th Anniversary
> Celebration, with special event stations, is in April with two
> activities.  The actual MSP anniversary date is April 19.  April 15-30
> will be W8P from the Livingston Amateur Radio Klub (LARK) in Howell,
> Michigan.  W8P will be on or near 21300, 14226, 7185 and 3850.  W8MSP,
> Les, is organizing the activity.  ARRL Michigan Section Manager (SM)
> WB8R, Larry Camp, says the QSL cards are very nice.  April 22-23 the
> new ham station at the Michigan State EOC (Emergency Operations
> Center) will go on the air, callsign WS8EOC.  Look for this one on or
> near 3560, 3930, 7065, 7230, 14030 and 14230.  There will be a
> "Michigan State Parks on the Air" event going on at the same time,
> 146.58 MHz FM "with a significant VHF footprint."  This one also has a
> nice QSL card.  http://ares-mi.org/MSP100.php.
Michigan Section ARES/RACES<http://ares-mi.org/MSP100.php>
ares-mi.org
Michigan State Police 100th Anniversary. Ever since they first got radios back in the 1930's, hams have worked closely with the Michigan State Police.



>
> VK9C and VK9X - Cocos (Keeling) and Christmas Islands -
> W7GJ, Lance, has posted the VK9CGJ and VK9XGJ planned operating
> schedules.  This expedition will concentrate on six meter EME, thus
> operating schedules are especially important, depending on the moon
> being in sight from the QTH.  6M EME booster Lance, is excited by "all
> the new stations on 6M digital due to the widespread use of MSK144 on
> random meteor scattered!"  He notes these stations should also be
> capable of JT65A and "many probably have the capability to operate 6M
> EME during their moonset or moonrise."  He hopes these new 6M DXers
> will try to work his Christmas Island and Cocos (Keeling) expeditions
> in September-October.  Finalizing plans, he has added a separate PTT
> to his FT-857.  He has his operating schedule on Excel and PDF:
> http://www.bigskyspaces.com/w7gj/Indian%20Ocean%202017.htm.  Lance
[http://www.bigskyspaces.com/w7gj/VK9C_VK9X.jpg]<http://www.bigskyspaces.com/w7gj/Indian%20Ocean%202017.htm>

W7GJ 2017 6m EME DXpedition to VK9C and VK9X in the Indian ...<http://www.bigskyspaces.com/w7gj/Indian%20Ocean%202017.htm>
www.bigskyspaces.com
This DXpedition will be one of the most expensive and lengthy dedicated 6m EME ...



> says the only chance for eastern North America will be at his moonset
> and the only possibility for western North America is at his moonrise.
> http://www.bigskyspaces.com/w7gj/FT857ptt.htm.  Send him an email if
FT857ptt.htm<http://www.bigskyspaces.com/w7gj/FT857ptt.htm>
www.bigskyspaces.com
Addition of a separate PTT line to the FT-857 for amplifier keying



> you can't be QRV at one of those times and maybe something can be
> worked out.  He will have trouble elevating higher than 60 degrees, so
> try to work him when his moon is lower than that.  For new stations on
> 6M EME, of which he says there are many, be sure you send him your
> callsign and gridsquare before the expedition so he can have them in
> his CALL3.txt file "so I don't disregard your call as a false decode!"
> Three days of operating are planned from each of those entities,
> operating moonrise to moonset during the "three days of lowest
> degradation each month."  He hopes this will give sufficient
> opportunities "even for stations who are not in EU or NA."  VK9XGJ
> will be during the first weekend of the ARRL EME Contest, October 7-8.
>
> UA - Russia -
> It has been 56 years since the first manned flight in space, by
> cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin.  Hams in Russia's Saratov region annually
> celebrate the "Day of Cosmonauts."  April 7-12 they have special
> callsigns R1961AG and R1961GP on the air.  R1961AG will even operate
> aeronautical mobile out of the "Field Aero Club of Yuri Gagarin."
> R1961GP will be from the site where Gagarin landed back on Earth.
> Working both callsigns qualifies you for a certificate from the
> organizers.  SAR-LOG-RU or HAMLOG.RU.  There will also be photos and
> videos online.
>
> UA - Russia -
> RA36GS will be active April 23-May 22.  This one marks the 140 years
> since the birth of Georgy Sedov (born April 23, 1877).  He was a
> prominent hydrographer and Arctic explorer.  A fisherman's son, he
> became a naval officer, member of the Russian Geographical Society and
> the society for astronomy.  He was part of many expeditions, including
> ones to Vaygach Island at the mouth of the Kara River, Novaya Zemlia
> Island, Karsoje and the Caspian.  He organized an expedition to the
> north pole.  Unfortunately, he died at just the age of 36, in 1914.
> QSL via RN3FY.
> ______________________________________________________________________
>
> Silent Key
> ______________________________________________________________________
>
> W6SJ, Randy Johnson, passed away March 27.  He was a member of FOC.
> He had complications from heart valve replacement surgery.  Randy was
> first licensed in 1951 at the age of 14.  After apparently decades of
> inactivity he passed all four US licensing levels (at the time) in
> December, 2001 and got the callsign AE6AX.  In June, 2002 he switched
> to the W6SJ callsign.  His QTH, he said, was "an antenna challenged
> environment," but that made his DXing successes "all the sweeter."
> Randy was the driving force behind the DX Code of Conduct.
>
> W5WMU, Patrick A. Sonnier, M.D., who also had the W1WMU callsign,
> become a silent key April 6.  Long a prominent callsign on the air
> from Lafayette, Louisiana, he had a QTH in Maine as well in recent
> years.  He had a cardiac arrest in his sleep.  N8RR remembers driving
> on the I-10 highway in Louisiana years ago and seeing Pat's "humongous
> antenna farm" from a distance, 15-20 (or more) towers, some of them
> 200 feet tall.  Pat was a "family practice" medical doctor and did not
> live at his "radio ranch."  The QTH had sleeping quarters, restroom,
> kitchen, living room, all dedicated to radio.  He had fixed stacks for
> multiple directions, avoiding the need for rotators (as a failure
> point).  Says N8RR, "His rotor was an antenna switch!"  He adds, "Pat
> retired a few years ago and purchased a place in Maine, where he built
> a contest station."  He went there in person and used it remote too.
> Not deterred by age, he regularly, as often as "every weekend,"
> climbed the towers to work on antennas.
> ______________________________________________________________________
>
> On The WWW
> ______________________________________________________________________
>
> AB4EJ has "ham radio analytics" on a website, "DX data and band
> propagation."  He says it is a data collector for DX cluster spots
> showing current and historical reports going back over four years,
> user-friendly graphics showing trends and global map locations for
> stations reporting and heard, with a website for real-time
> observation: http://dxdisplay.caps.ua.edu<http://dxdisplay.caps.ua.edu/>
>
> NN4X notes that Scarborough Reef (BS7H) is back in the news in a
> Reuters report, "Exclusive: At strategic shoal, China asserts power
> through control, and concessions" at
> http://www.reuters.com/article/us-southchinasea-china-philippines-exclu-idUSKBN17B124.
>
> Results of the 2016 CQ World Wide DX SSB Contest have been posted
> at https://www.cqww.com/results/2016_cq_ww_dx_ssb_line_scores.pdf
>
> K3LR updates us on the upcoming Dayton HamVention "Contest Super
> Suite."  The website has a "new look thanks to Scott, KA9FOX."  Tim
> says the "Contest Related Events" tab is a great resource,
> highlighting contester activities over the four days "at Dayton and
> Xenia."  http://contestsupersuite.com<http://contestsupersuite.com/>.  This is the first year the
> HamVention has moved to a new location, with the old Hara Arena site
> being demolished.
> ______________________________________________________________________
>

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From k2dsv at msn.com  Thu Apr 13 10:13:24 2017
From: k2dsv at msn.com (Don WILSON)
Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2017 14:13:24 +0000
Subject: [ETS/PARC List] DX
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> DX
_http://www.dxsummit.fi/#/_____________________________________________________________

>
> VK9N - Norfolk Island -
> VK2FBBB, Rob, is currently here and signing VK2FBBB/VK9 until April
> 21.  He has been working on 40 Meters SSB (7.130 and 7.163 MHz) after
> 0930Z.  Rob is running 10 watts.  QSL to the VK2 QSL Bureau:
>
> WIA National Inwards QSL Buro
> PO BOX 2040
> Bayswater, Victoria, 3153,
> Australia
>
> J5 - Guinea-Bissau -
> Members of the Italian DX Team are planning a November 2017 IOTA
> DXpedition to AF-020, using the call J5T.  The team will include
> I1HJT, I2YSB, IK2CIO, IK2CKR, IK2DIA, IK2HKT, IK2RZP and JA3USA.
> IK7JWY will be the pilot station and IK0FTA will be the pilot station
> for 6 Meters.  Equipment will include three K3's, one KX3, three
> KPA500's and an HF2000 Amp.  As for the antennas they'll have two
> Spiderbeams (5 bands), a 5 band Yagi, a 20 Meter Yagi, verticals on
> 160, 80 and 40 Meters and a loop on 30 Meters.  For receiving on the
> low bands they'll be using a DHDL and Diamond Loop.  QSL via I2YSB and
> LoTW 6 months after the DXpedition.  The team has a band/mode survey
> located on their website at http://www.i2ysb.com/idt/.

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>
> 3X - Guinea -
> French ops F5RAV, Luc, and Gerard, F5NVF, have announced they will be
> QRV as 3XY4D from Conakry starting October 27th.  Plans are to be
> active on 3.5 through 28 MHz on SSB and CW, including the WARC-79
> bands and possibly the new 60 Meter band, through November 6th.  They
> will also participate in the CQ World Wide DX SSB Contest running 100
> watts and dipoles.  QSL direct only to F5RAV.
>
> PJ4 - Bonaire -
> HB9FKP, Patrick, is currently on holiday and "mainly" enjoying his
> diving hobby, but also took a rig and is QRV as PJ4/HB9FKP.
>
> CN - Morocco -
> During the 12th International Exhibition of Agriculture in Meknes
> city, Morocco special event station 5C12SIA will be QRV from April 18-
> 23.
>
> PY0F - Fernando de Noronha -
> PY4NY, Janio, is planning to be back on FDN again as PY0NY from May 5-
> 15.  "On this activation I intend to give special attention to the
> bands of 160m and 80m, for these are bands that have been little
> explored and I believe they are the goal of many hams around the
> world" says Janio.  He'll also be on "the other bands" with expected
> activity on CW, SSB, RTTY and Digital modes.  A Delta Loop, Mor Gain
> and dipoles will be used.  QSL via PY4NY, LoTW, QRZ and eQSL.
> ______________________________________________________________________
>
> QSN
> ______________________________________________________________________
>
> VK2FBBB/VK9 - Norfolk Island - Rob started off today on 7.130 MHz
> around 0930Z then moved up to 7.163 MHz just after 1000Z.
> ______________________________________________________________________

From k2dsv at msn.com  Thu Apr 13 19:46:48 2017
From: k2dsv at msn.com (Don WILSON)
Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2017 23:46:48 +0000
Subject: [ETS/PARC List] Fw: ARLD015 DX news
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http://www.dxsummit.fi/#/


SB DX ARL ARLD015
ARLD015 DX news

This week's bulletin was made possible with information provided by
QRZ DX, the OPDX Bulletin, 425 DX News, The Daily DX, DXNL, Contest
Corral from QST and the ARRL Contest Calendar and WA7BNM web sites.
Thanks to all.

MAURITANIA, 5T.  Jean, 5T0JL will be active with the call 5T3MM
between April 12 and 18, including the CQMM DX Contest.  QSL via
PY4KL.

MOROCCO, CN.  Special event station 5C12SIA operates around the 12th
International Exhibition of Agriculture in Meknes from April 18 to
23.  QSL via CN8WW, direct.

ALGERIA, 7X.  Toufik, 7X2DE who is now a member of the CWJF group,
plans to participate in the CQMM DX Contest.  QSL via PY4KL.

PALESTINE, E4.  Janusz, SP9FIH will be active from Bethlehem during
the second half of April with the call E44WE.  He will be QRV on 17,
10 and 6 meters.  QSL via ClubLog OQRS, SP9FIH.

FRANCE, F.  Special event station TM17CV from Chatelaillon-Plage
will be active from April 15 to 17 to celebrate the Festival de
Cerf-Volant et du Vent (Kite and Wind Festival).  QSL via F8FZC.

ST LUCIA, J6.  Steve, WF2S and Ralph, K1ZZI will be operating with
calls J68SL and J6/K1ZZI from Gros Islet (NA-108) from April 17 to
28.  QSL via LoTW.

ST. VINCENT, J8.  Brian, GW4DVB will be back on the air as J88PI
from Palm Island (NA-025, WW Loc. FK92ho) from April 14 to 23.  He
will be QRV on 40, 20, 17, 15, and 10 meters.  QSL via GW4DVB (d/B).

JAPAN, JA.  The Japan Ladies Radio Society (JLRS) celebrates its
60th anniversary with the call 8N60JLRS until the end of March 2018.
QSL via bureau, JQ6FQI, direct.

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, K.  N7S commemorates the first launch of
the Space Shuttle, with operations until April 17.  This is one in a
series of activities for marking historic milestones in air and
spacecraft technology.

BULGARIA, LZ.  LZ38GI, LZ38NR, and LZ38SATURN commemorate the first
flight of a Bulgarian cosmonaut (Georgi Ivanov) into space 38 years
ago.  They are QRV until the end of April.  An award is also
available.  QSL via LZ1ZF.

TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS, VP5.  Jim, K3NK and Joe, W3HNK will be
signing VP5/K3NK and VP5/W3HNK from Providenciales Island (NA-002)
until April 18 on 80 to 10 meters.  QSL to home calls.

GUADELOUPE, FG.  Dirk, DM1DZ is QRV as FG/DM1DZ until April 24.
Listen for him on the HF bands, using SSB and possibly PSK31.  He
will be posting his logs to Club Log.  QSL via DM1DZ.

ERITREA, E3.  Zorro, JH1AJT will be joined by DJ9ZB, E21EIC and
RA9USU, from  May 19 to 29, on the air with the call signs E31AA and
E39DI.  Look for them on 160 to 10 meters using CW, SSB and RTTY.
QSL via JH1AJT.

VIETNAM, XV.  Jesus, WP4JBG/JP7MBO will be QRV as XV9G from April 19
to May 9 on 40, 20 and 15 meters, using mostly CW with SSB
occasionally.  QSL to WP4JBG.

CORSICA, TK.  Alex, TK/F4GHS plans to be on the air from the west
coast of the main island, on the HF bands, from May 23 to 28.  Look
for him on 40 and 20 meter SSB.  QSL via the bureau or direct to his
home call.

MONTENEGRO, 4O.  Giuseppe, IK5WWA will be QRV as 4O7GD from June 18
to 28.  Look for him on 80 to 6 meters using SSB, and possibly 2
meters.  QSL to his home call, direct or bureau.

CEUTA AND MELILLA, EA9.  Ten ops from the Tortugas CW Group will be
QRV as EG9TOR from Melilla May 18 to 22, switching to the ED9T call
sign for the King of Spain CW 2017 Contest, May 21 and 22.  Most of
their activity will be on CW though they will do some SSB and
digital mode operating as well, on all HF bands.  QSL via EA4PN or
use OQRS for a direct or bureau card, or LoTW or eQSL.

TOGO, 5V.  Operators David, OK6DJ and Petr, OK1FCJ will be active as
5V7P from April 21 to 28.  Activity will be on 160 to 10 meters
using CW, SSB and digital modes.  QSL via OK6DJ, ClubLog's OQRS or
LoTW.

GALAPAGOS ISLANDS, HC8.  Tim, LW9EOC will be active as HC8/LW9EOC
from  May 15 to 29.  Activity will be on 160 to 6 meters, with a
focus on 30, 17 and 12 meters, using CW, SSB and RTTY.  QSL via his
home call, direct or LoTW.

MARKET REEF, OJ0.  Pasi, OH3WS will be active as OJ0W on May 6 and
7.  Activity will be on 20 to 6 meters using CW and SSB.  Pasi will
try 60 meters on both CW and SSB, on 5354 kHz.  QSL via his home
call.

SAN MARINO, T7.  Mike, DF8AN will be active as T7/DF8AN/P from April
14 to 18.  Activity will be VHF/UHF only using mainly JT65 and
CW/SSB.  QSL via his home call sign, direct or by the Bureau.  No
LoTW.

THIS WEEKEND ON THE RADIO.  The Holyland DX Contest, ES Open HF
Championship, Worked All Provinces of China, YU DX Contest, CQ
Manchester Mineira DX Contest, Michigan QSO Party, EA-QRP CW
Contest, Feld Hell Sprint, Ontario QSO Party, North Dakata QSO
Party, WAB 3.5/7/14 Data Modes, and the ARRL Rookie Roundup, SSB
will keep contesters very busy this weekend.  The Run for the Bacon
QRP Contest, Low Power Spring Sprint and the 144 MHz Spring Sprint
are on April 17.  Please see April QST, page 92, and the ARRL and
WA7BNM contest web sites for details.
NNNN
/EX

From k2dsv at msn.com  Fri Apr 14 11:06:28 2017
From: k2dsv at msn.com (Don WILSON)
Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2017 15:06:28 +0000
Subject: [ETS/PARC List] Fw: Get on the air with this 3 book bundle
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From marvbrons at verizon.net  Fri Apr 14 19:53:03 2017
From: marvbrons at verizon.net (Marvin Bronstein)
Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2017 19:53:03 -0400
Subject: [ETS/PARC List] meter bezel/trim needed
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Hi, Marv-k2vhw here,

I am searching for a dear friend (in Europe) to locate a ''meter bezel..trim'' for an ALPHA 77Dx linear amp.

The ''multimeter'' bezel is needed. (this is a plastic trim piece on the front panel) 

If you have or know of anything, please contact me

Marv

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From mrpjf150 at gmail.com  Sat Apr 15 11:40:39 2017
From: mrpjf150 at gmail.com (Pete Fierro)
Date: Sat, 15 Apr 2017 11:40:39 -0400
Subject: [ETS/PARC List] Wednesday Social Net check ins 4/12
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    Hello

   The following checked in to the social net this past Wednesday

   1) WB2ENE Bob Brooklyn NY
   2) WB2HKK Len Old Bridge NJ
   3) KC2YSF Bruce Highland Pk NJ

      Thanks for all the participants.I will be running the net while
Rudolpho N2HRJ takes an absence.Tune in again next Wednesday night,come
one,come all.

     The ARRL news will not air this Monday night due to the Holidays

Happy Easter/Passover
Pete
KD2ARB

From k2dsv at msn.com  Sat Apr 15 17:43:29 2017
From: k2dsv at msn.com (Don WILSON)
Date: Sat, 15 Apr 2017 21:43:29 +0000
Subject: [ETS/PARC List] Fw: ARLP015 Propagation de K7RA
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Subject: ARLP015 Propagation de K7RA

SB PROP @ ARL $ARLP015
ARLP015 Propagation de K7RA

ZCZC AP15
QST de W1AW
Propagation Forecast Bulletin 15  ARLP015
>From Tad Cook, K7RA
Seattle, WA  April 14, 2017
To all radio amateurs

SB PROP ARL ARLP015
ARLP015 Propagation de K7RA

Solar indicators, both sunspot numbers and solar flux, both dropped
this week, in fact on April 8 there were no sunspots. Average daily
sunspot numbers declined from 65.9 to 16.6, and average daily solar
flux went from 96.5 to 73.8, compared to the previous seven days, .

Average daily planetary A index went from 15.6 to 10.6, and average
daily mid-latitude A index declined from 13 to 9.3.

Predicted solar flux shows 75 on April 14-15, 85 on April 16-17, 80
on April 18, 95 on April 19-21, 92 on April 22-23, 90 on April
24-29, 80 on April 30, 78 on May 1-2, 72 on May 3-4, 75 on May 5-6,
72 on May 7-12, 75 and 85 on May 13-14, 88 on May 15-16, 95 on May
17-18, 92 on May 19-20, and 90 on May 21-26.

Predicted planetary A index is 8, 10 and 8 on April 14-16, 25 on
April 17-18, 12 and 8 on April 19-20, 5 on April 21-22, then 55, 28,
20 and 22 on April 23-26, then 28, 15, 8 and 5 on April 27-30, then
20, 10, 8 and 10 on May 1-4, 15 on May 5-6, 12 on May 7, 8 on May
8-10, 5 on May 11-13, then 20, 18 and 10 on May 14-16, 5 on May
17-19, then 55, 28, 20, 22, 28, 15 and 8 on May 20-26.

F.K. Janda, OK1HH sent us his geomagnetic activity forecast for the
period April 14 to May 9, 2017.

"Geomagnetic field will be:
Quiet on April 16, 20-22, 30, May 5, 9-10
Mostly quiet on April 14-15, 21, May 3-4, 6
Quiet to unsettled April 19, 29, May 1, 2, 7, 8
Quiet to active on April 23, 25-28
Active to disturbed on April 17-18, 24

"Amplifications of the solar wind from coronal holes are expected on
April (15,) 16-19, 24-27

"Remark: - Parenthesis means lower probability of activity
enhancement and/or lower reliability of prediction."

Doctor Tamitha Skov's latest video concerning space weather can be
found at:

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Bil Paul (I think he must be KD6GUI) wrote on April 7:

"The high solar flux number for Wednesday, April 5 (around 95)
didn't seem to translate into good propagation. I was out in my
kayak trying to qualify an island in Northern California for U.S.
Islands on the Air, running my usual 10w into an end-fed half-wave
wire vertical (won't even get into how I can set that up while
operating from kayak!).

"As usual, started operating on 17m SSB. One contact told me I was
the only signal he was hearing on the entire band. Only obtained 3
contacts on 17 (SSB/CW), then went down and tried 20m. I could hear
Europe and South America coming in on SSB, but from my little pistol
setup, I only found 3 more contacts before I rolled up the rug and
went QRT.

"But it's encouraging that the SF is often predicted to be running
considerably higher for the next 30 days or so.

"I don't know if you read CQ magazine, but I have an article in the
April issue about a 91-year old ham/navy vet in PA who intercepted
Japanese code transmissions in Alaska during WWII."

If you would like to make a comment or have a tip for our readers,
email the author at k7ra at arrl.net.

For more information concerning radio propagation, see the ARRL
Technical Information Service web page at,
http://arrl.org/propagation-of-rf-signals. For an explanation of
numbers used in this bulletin, see
http://arrl.org/the-sun-the-earth-the-ionosphere.

An archive of past propagation bulletins is at
http://arrl.org/w1aw-bulletins-archive-propagation. More good
information and tutorials on propagation are at http://k9la.us/.

Monthly propagation charts between four USA regions and twelve
overseas locations are at http://arrl.org/propagation.

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bulletins are at http://arrl.org/bulletins.

Sunspot numbers for April 6 through 12, 2017 were 38, 27, 0, 13, 13,
12, and 13, with a mean of 16.6. 10.7 cm flux was 75.7, 73.9, 73.1,
74.4, 73.6, 74.6, and 71.4, with a mean of 73.8. Estimated planetary
A indices were 7, 10, 16, 18, 5, 12, and 6, with a mean of 10.6.
Estimated mid-latitude A indices were 5, 9, 14, 16, 5, 10, and 6,
with a mean of 9.3.
NNNN
/EX

From marvbrons at verizon.net  Sat Apr 15 23:32:23 2017
From: marvbrons at verizon.net (Marvin Bronstein)
Date: Sat, 15 Apr 2017 23:32:23 -0400
Subject: [ETS/PARC List] ARRL Rookie Roundup Sunday
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Hello members and friends,

Here's best wishes for a blessed EASTER to all.

And my reminder that, since it is EASTER this April 16th, SPARC will not be hosting ROOKIE ROUNDUP which had been scheduled by ARRL for April 16th**.

That does not mean that you all can not participate from home before or after holiday services and family activities. NOTE: our ''amateur radio operators code'' spells out the importance of family obligations and other responsibilities and that amateur radio should never interfere and take priority over them.



73,
Marv
k2vhw

**The ARRL admitted that they ''goofed'' and didn't consider that EASTER fell on April 16. They will be more observant next year. Meanwhile, we have the digital Rookie Roundup later this year.

From vpennetta at pennetta.com  Mon Apr 17 10:25:47 2017
From: vpennetta at pennetta.com (Victor Pennetta)
Date: Mon, 17 Apr 2017 14:25:47 +0000
Subject: [ETS/PARC List] 1936 Car Assembly Line
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73,
Victor, K2NBC


From k2dsv at msn.com  Mon Apr 17 11:49:53 2017
From: k2dsv at msn.com (Don WILSON)
Date: Mon, 17 Apr 2017 15:49:53 +0000
Subject: [ETS/PARC List] DX April 17, 2017
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> DX   http://www.dxsummit.fi/

> ______________________________________________________________________
>
> TG - Guatemala -
> TG7/KC0W is set to start today and go to May 8.  Tom says it's an
> ultra lightweight DXpedition with a Yaesu 857D to a telescoping
> portable antenna "directly over salt water."  He will set it up as an
> inverted L to operate on 40 and 30.  On higher bands up to six meters
> it is apparently a regular vertical.  He will have 100 watts, CW only.
> Tom says he's traveling very light with the entire setup weighing just
> nine kilograms.  In Europe on CW, Guatemala is currently the #45 most
> needed entity.  He requests DXers not make duplicate contacts on the
> same band.  QSL direct to KC0W, USA with SASE, DX with 2 USD, no LoTW.
>
> 8R - Guyana -
> This is KC0W's next stop, May 10-June 8, callsign 8R1/KC0W.  With the
> same station setup as Guatemala, he will put a "strong emphasis" on
> working Japan, where Guyana is the #10 most needed entity on CW.
>
> GU - Guernsey -
> GU/ON6EF and GU/ON4AFW (see editor's note below) will be on the air
> May 23-27 with apparent side trips to Sark Island on May 25 and maybe
> Herm Island May 26.  When not on Guernsey they may change their calls
> to MU/ON6EF and MU/ON4AFW.  They will have 100 watts to verticals and
> Buddipoles.  (Editor's Note:  Visiting Amateur Radio operators
> operating from the United Kingdom, as well as the Isle of Man, Jersey
> and Guernsey should be using the M, MD, MI, MJ, MM, MU and MW prefixes
> slash home calls, not G, GD, GI, GJ, GM, GU or GW prefix.)
>
> LX - Luxembourg -
> LX/OO9O will be April 24-27 from "Reisdorf on the bank of the River
> Sauer, near the Luxembourg-Germany border.  This is a different QTH
> than his previous operations, 18 km northwest of Echternach and 10 km
> east of Dierkirch, at the "Camping de la Riviere" site,
> http://www.campingreisdorf.com/.  His station is an FT450D to 1/4
Camping de la Riviere - Reisdorf (Luxemburg)<http://www.campingreisdorf.com/>
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> wavelength vertical and SG230 tuner.  QSL using eQSL or OQRS.  No
> LoTW.  He asks that if you request a QSL online, he would like getting
> a paper one from you as well, saying "I prefer old school QSLing...I
> like to see a QSL card, even if it is only a standard one (even
> digital)."  "So only QSL via bureau (or direct), eQSL or an email."
> http://www.on7ss.be/lx_oo9o.html
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>
> 8Q - Maldives -
> UA1QV, Mike, plans to be on the air April 20-25, holiday style,
> callsign 8Q7QV.  He will be on 40 meters and high bands, CW and SSB.
> He will be on Fihalhohi Island, AS-013.  This will be his second trip
> to the Maldives, his previous trip being in 2012, "on the island
> paradise," he says.  He is taking a friend who is recovering from a
> car accident and that is the main purpose of the trip, rest and
> recuperation.  He has an FT-450D, 100 watts, to an inverted V for 40
> and 30, verticals for the bands above that, up through 10 meters.  He
> will be on CW and SSB with daily Club Log uploads.  He will upload to
> LoTW as soon as possible after the operation. www.qrz.com/db/8Q7QV<http://www.qrz.com/db/8Q7QV>.
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> The license is valid for three months. A representative of the
> government telecom will meet his flight with the paper license to give
> him.
>
> V8 - Brunei -
> V84SWA is a special callsign for Amateur Radio Day and part of the 92nd
> World Amateur Radio Day.  V84SWA will be on the air for a week, April
> 18-24, working SSB, CW and digital modes.
>
> SV9 - Crete -
> SV9/OH1VR will be QRV April 27-May 3, mainly CW, 80-10 meters.  He
> will have an Elecraft KX3 to a Juma PA1000 amp and EFHW 80-10 meter
> wire.  QSL direct only, to OH1VR's published address.
>
> E4 - Palestine -
> In Bethlehem, E44WE by SP9FIH will be May 16-30.  Janusz will have an
> ICOM 7200, 100 watts, to wires, operating on 17, 10, 6 and maybe 20,
> SSB and RTTY.  QSL via SP9FIH or use OQRS.  No LoTW.
> http://www.e4.dxpeditions.org/
News - E44WE<http://www.e4.dxpeditions.org/>
www.e4.dxpeditions.org
I got the license E44WE valid for one year. Probably few operations will take place during coming year. Please watch for me on radio amateur bands.



>
> HK0 - San Andres & Providencia -
> HK0/OZ1AA will be active April 20-23.  QSL via OZ1ACB or OQRS.
>
> 3B8 - Mauritius -
> Last week there were reports that 3B8GF, Patrick, was QRV from
> Rodrigues Island as 3B9GF.  He was not.  In an email he has told us he
> was active as 3B9GF in 2005 and 2008 (and not since) but is actually
> in Mauritius presently, not on Rodrigues.
>
> VP2E - Anguilla -
> VP2EHC and VP2ESM by OH3JR, Henri, and OH1VR, Seppo, will be November
> 21-December 2, including the CQWW CW event using the VP2ESM callsign,
> Seppo operating.  They will be on 160-10 CW, SSB and RTTY during the
> visit.  QSL direct only.  See the QRZ.com info.
>
> T8 - Palau -
> T88MZ by JH0CKF/DU1CKF/AF1Y, Akira, will operate from the VIP Guest
> Hotel on Koror, May 12-19.  The gear will be an IC-7300 and TL-933 to
> a 3-element Yagi covering 14, 18, 21, 24 and 28 MHz and an inverted V
> for the lower bands.  Akira plans to be "mainly on SSB."  For a QSL
> it's bureau or direct via JH0CKF or use OQRS, LoTW or eQSL.  It's a
> holiday style operation with his XYL, T8KA/JJ0RIK and T8VE/JA8VE.
>
> J8 - Saint Vincent -
> J8/AK4T, Igor, is currently active.  No other details at the moment.
>
> EA6 - Balearic Islands -
> EA6VQ, Gabriel, is now active on the 60 meter band.  He has 15 watts
> to a dipole.  That is the maximum allowed power on the new band.
>
> EW - Belarus -
> The 425 DX News reports that EV1450 will be on from Rechytsa city,
> April 24-June 22.  This one will be for the 145th anniversary of the
> Water Rescue Society there.  QSL bureau or direct using the QRZ.com
> address.
>
> HB9 - Switzerland -
> HB600NVF is on the air until the end of the year.  It marks the 600
> years since Niklaus von Flue was born.  He is the "patron saint" of
> Switzerland.  LoTW for your confirmation is preferred.  For a paper
> QSL send to HB9JOE. https://www.qrz.com/db/hb600nvf has info on an
[https://s3.amazonaws.com/files.qrz.com/f/hb600nvf/NVF_Diplom.JPG]<https://www.qrz.com/db/hb600nvf>

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> award program.
>
> I - Italy -
> IQ1TO from the ARI Torino club will be from what is left of the
> submarine Andrea Provana, April 22-23.  Launched in 1918 and
> decommissioned in 1928, the boat's conning tower has been on the bank
> of the Po River in Torino since decommissioning.  Through the bureau
> for a card is the organizers' preference.
>
> OE - Austria -
> OE17ATOM will be on the air from the Zwentendorf power plant, said to
> be "the world's only nuclear power plant to be completed but never put
> into operation."  This operation will be April 21-22.  QSL through the
> bureau.
>
> SM - Sweden -
> SC90SM is a special call to the end of the year for the 90th
> anniversary of longwave broadcasting from the station on Motala.  It
> went on the air in 1927 and shut down in 1962 and was one of the most
> powerful broadcast stations in Europe.  QSL bureau or direct to
> SM5ELV.
>
> TG - Guatemala -
> TG9BBV and TG9/VE7VZ will be on the air April 21-May 15.  A few days
> on the air from Honduras, HR5, is also a possibility.  QSL any of
> these via VE7BV, bureau or direct, LoTW or eQSL.
>
> UA - Russia -
> Special calls R1961GP and R1961AG are on the air until April 30 to
> remember the April 12, 1961 first manned space flight, by cosmonaut
> Yuri Gagarin.  QSL R1961AG via RA4DR and R1961GP via OQRS.
>
> V4 - St. Kitts -
> V4/W1CDC, Alex, will be holiday style April 24-May 7, mainly CW.  QSL
> direct only, to his home QTH.  This is IOTA NA-104.
>
> H4 - Solomon Islands -
> H44MS, Bernard, is in a new QTH, probably on OC-047, Malaita Island,
> where he will be until May 10.  The QTH is less noisy than the last
> one and near the shore.  He does not have Internet.  It is suggested
> that European stations who need the Solomons should call him, he says,
> near 3755 kHz between 1850-1930Z.  Bernard says "I am confident I can
> hear them then and come back."  QSL bureau or direct to DL2GAC.
>
> 8Q
> Maldives - On April 10th UA4WHX, Vladimir, finished up his 4S7VBG
> operations from Sri Lanka and is now QRV as 8Q7VB from Fulidhoo Island
> (grid locator MJ63QQ), Vaavu Atoll.  Listen for him on CW, SSB and RTY
> on 160-10 Meters.  As usual we have no details from Vlad on the ending
> date from this QTH, but most likely it will be a week of operating, we
> think.  QSL via UA4WHX.


From k2dsv at msn.com  Mon Apr 17 11:53:12 2017
From: k2dsv at msn.com (Don WILSON)
Date: Mon, 17 Apr 2017 15:53:12 +0000
Subject: [ETS/PARC List] > Today's Propagation Forecast
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> ______________________________________________________________________
>
> Solar activity will be very low with a chance of C-class flares today
> through Wednesday.
>
> The geomagnetic field will be unsettled to minor storm level today,
> quiet to active tomorrow, unsettled to active on Wednesday.
>
> Perhaps the most useful propagation pages for Amateur Radio Operators
> can be found at http://dx.qsl.net/propagation/ and

Propagation forecast - QSL.net<http://dx.qsl.net/propagation/>
dx.qsl.net
This page contains a dynamic collection of propagation information gathered from many different sources. This data is extremely useful for ham radio operators and ...



> http://www.solarham.net/.
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>
> The April 16 SFI was 75 and the SESC Sunspot Number was back to 0.

From w2wiq1 at juno.com  Mon Apr 17 12:19:53 2017
From: w2wiq1 at juno.com (w2wiq1 at juno.com)
Date: Mon, 17 Apr 2017 16:19:53 GMT
Subject: [ETS/PARC List] 1936 Car Assembly Line
Message-ID: <20170417.121953.30741.0@webmail03.dca.untd.com>

HEY GUYS:

ONE OF THOSE 4 DOOR WAS MINE.
THEY HAD WHAT WAS CALLED KNEE ACTION(HYDRAULIC FRONT END SUSPENSION.DAMM THINGS WERE ALWAYS LEAKING FLUID.

WALTER-W2WIQ

---------- Original Message ----------
From: Victor Pennetta <vpennetta at pennetta.com>
To: "etslist at mailman.qth.net" <etslist at mailman.qth.net>
Subject: [ETS/PARC List] 1936 Car Assembly Line
Date: Mon, 17 Apr 2017 14:25:47 +0000




https://worldindustrialreporter.com/1936-car-assembly-line-video/?adsrc_=article1

73,
Victor, K2NBC

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From w2oudrew at gmail.com  Mon Apr 17 12:48:03 2017
From: w2oudrew at gmail.com (drew moore)
Date: Mon, 17 Apr 2017 12:48:03 -0400
Subject: [ETS/PARC List] 1936 Car Assembly Line
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Thanks Victor. Even then robotics had a strong presence. Today 80% of the
human labor has been replaced.

73, Drew

On Mon, Apr 17, 2017 at 12:19 PM, w2wiq1 at juno.com <w2wiq1 at juno.com> wrote:

> HEY GUYS:
>
> ONE OF THOSE 4 DOOR WAS MINE.
> THEY HAD WHAT WAS CALLED KNEE ACTION(HYDRAULIC FRONT END SUSPENSION.DAMM
> THINGS WERE ALWAYS LEAKING FLUID.
>
> WALTER-W2WIQ
>
> ---------- Original Message ----------
> From: Victor Pennetta <vpennetta at pennetta.com>
> To: "etslist at mailman.qth.net" <etslist at mailman.qth.net>
> Subject: [ETS/PARC List] 1936 Car Assembly Line
> Date: Mon, 17 Apr 2017 14:25:47 +0000
>
>
>
>
> https://worldindustrialreporter.com/1936-car-assembly-line-video/?
> adsrc_=article1
>
> 73,
> Victor, K2NBC
>
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Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2017 11:28:36 +0000
Subject: [ETS/PARC List] Fw: April 21st - Cyber Security & You presentation
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Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2017 16:07:10 +0000
Subject: [ETS/PARC List] Fw: It's Time For Weekend Update Hudson Division
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I hope you all had an enjoyable holiday.  Time to get back to work.

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

This Friday, April 21st, the Fair Lawn ARC continues its highly
regarded speaker series with a program entitled "Cyber Security & You"

The guest speaker will be Matthew Ryffel K2NUD -- an expert at
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Emergency Manager (NJCEM), and the Deputy SKYWARN coordinator for
Bergen and Passaic Counties. He is also a holder of amateur (K2NUD) and
professional (GROL) FCC licenses.  His technical background includes
more than 30 years in information technology, the computer industry and
the healthcare industry.  He will focus on the following topics:

- What is cybersecurity?
- Why is it important to critical economic sectors like healthcare?
- What are the current cyber security threats?
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- How do you stay safe? (The human behavior aspect of cyber security.)

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This Sunday, April 23rd, the Splitrock Amateur Radio Association will
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Roxbury Senior Center
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72 Eyland Avenue
Succasunna, NJ , 07876

Easy access from I-80, I-280, I-287 and Routes 46, 206 and 10!

80+ tables
Lots of room
Plenty of parking
VE Session
Door Prizes
Food and Refreshments

Tailgating available

DXCC QSL Field checking!  (for QSL questions contact Steve at
KF2TI at arrl.net)

Sellers at 6:00 am -----  Buyers at 8:00 am

Talk-in: 146.985 (-) PL 131.8

For more info and directions go to the club website:
http://splitrockara.org/hamfest-2017/
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Hamfest 2017<http://splitrockara.org/hamfest-2017/>
splitrockara.org
North Jersey Hamfest April 23, 2017!   Vendor Set-Up begins at 6:00am Presented by the Splitrock Amateur Radio Association?? >>>>>  Tailgating will be available!  <<?




Or email: hamfest2017 at splitrockara.org

Hope to see you there.

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I will be the guest speaker next Wednesday, April 26th at the monthly
meeting of the Radio Central Amateur Radio Club.

Come early for a ?Social Half Hour" at 6:30 pm with the meeting to
begin at 7:00 pm.

Location:

Middle Country Public Library
101 Eastwood Blvd.
Centereach, NY 11720

All are invited to attend.

For more information and directions, go to the club website at:
http://www.rcarc.org/

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That?s it for this week.  Have a great weekend!

73 de Mike N2YBB

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From mrpjf150 at gmail.com  Wed Apr 19 20:44:24 2017
From: mrpjf150 at gmail.com (Pete Fierro)
Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2017 20:44:24 -0400
Subject: [ETS/PARC List] Tonight's net
Message-ID: <CAE+kjPfKAk_n6rhGh8FbRVdT6aQ2USYAOkr=GVdwupUHc0Vuuw@mail.gmail.com>

  Hello

    The following checked into the K2ETS net tonight

      1) W2OZO Joe Neshanic Station NJ

      2) WB2E Owen Brooklyn NY

      3) K2VHW Marvin South Plainfield NJ

       4) N2NYW Ed Brooklyn NY

       5) KB2UHZ Warren Westfield NJ



         Thanks for checking in&those supporting

73
Pete
KD2ARB

From k2dsv at msn.com  Thu Apr 20 09:41:19 2017
From: k2dsv at msn.com (Don WILSON)
Date: Thu, 20 Apr 2017 13:41:19 +0000
Subject: [ETS/PARC List] DX
Message-ID: <BN3PR14MB081887041EB684F16A8EE8B3FD1B0@BN3PR14MB0818.namprd14.prod.outlook.com>

 DX
> ______________________________________________________________________
>
> VK9L - Lord Howe Island -
> DL1YAF, Christoph, is heading back to VK9L, where he will be QRV from
> the Beachcomber Lodge from May 1-8.  Listen for DL1YAF/VK9L to be
> operating holiday style on CW and SSB on 3.5 through 28 MHz.  An
> Elecraft K3S running 100 watts will be used as well an MP1 vertical
> antenna and SOTABEAMS Band Hopper 4 (four-band portable dipole).  QSL
> via DL1YAF.
>
> V7 - Marshall Islands -
> WW6RG, Randy, will be back on Kwajalein (OC-028) on Wednesday April
> 26th.  He plans to be QRV for several hours beginning about 0330Z
> around 14.230 MHz and taking "a brief break" around 0545Z.  Randy
> plans to be back on the air around 0630Z and could give 7.175 MHz +/-
> a try.  He'll be signing V73/WW6RG and hopes conditions are better
> than his last trip.  QSL via WW6RG.
>
> OH0 - Aland Islands -
> OH3KAV, Ari, plans to use special 100th anniversary of Independence of
> Finland callsign OF0KA from Eckero from April 22-27.  He will
> emphasize activity on 5 MHz on JT9 and JT65.  In addition Ari will be
> on CW on 60, 40, 30, 20 and 17 Meters.  QSL via OH3KAV either direct
> or via the bureau.
>
> 4X - Israel -
> In celebration of Israel's 69th anniversary of independence Israeli
> Amateur Radio operators can use 4X69 or 4Z69 prefixes starting April
> 19th through May 10th.  Both 4X69TT (4X6TT) and 4Z69LA (4Z5LA) were QRV
> yesterday.
>
> VP5 - Turks and Caicos Islands -
> VE3OC, Steve, is back as VP5/VE3OC, since April 19th.  He's got an IC-
> 7000 and Buddipole antenna operating when not scuba diving until April
> 23rd.  QSL via VE3OC.
> ______________________________________________________________________
>

From k2dsv at msn.com  Fri Apr 21 09:26:17 2017
From: k2dsv at msn.com (Don WILSON)
Date: Fri, 21 Apr 2017 13:26:17 +0000
Subject: [ETS/PARC List] Fw: ARLD016 DX news
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Sent: Thursday, April 20, 2017 7:36 PM

Subject: ARLD016 DX news

SB DX @ ARL $ARLD016
ARLD016 DX news

ZCZC AE16
QST de W1AW
DX Bulletin 16  ARLD016
>From ARRL Headquarters
Newington CT  April 20, 2017
To all radio amateurs

SB DX ARL ARLD016
ARLD016 DX news

This week's bulletin was made possible with information provided by
KI1U, QRZ DX, the OPDX Bulletin, 425 DX News, The Daily DX, DXNL,
Contest Corral from QST and the ARRL Contest Calendar and WA7BNM web
sites.  Thanks to all.

TOGO, 5V.  David, OK6DJ and Petr, OK1FCJ are QRV as 5V7P until April
27.  Activity is on 160 to 10 meters using CW, SSB and RTTY with two
stations active.  QSL via OK6DJ.

MALDIVES, 8Q.  Mike, UA1QV is QRV as 8Q7QV from Fihalhohi Island,
IOTA AS-013, until April 25.  Activity is on 40 to 10 meters using
CW and SSB.  QSL to home call.  In addition, Jim, G3VDB will be QRV
as 8Q7EJ from Vilamendhoo from April 24 to May 7.  Activity will be
on 20 meters, and possibly 30 and 17 meters using CW, and possibly
SSB, RTTY and PSK.  QSL to home call.

BOTSWANA, A2.  A group of operators will be QRV as A25UK from April
25 to May 5.  Activity will be on 160 to 10 meters using CW, SSB and
RTTY.  QSL via M0OXO.

MOROCCO, CN.  Special event station 5C12SIA is QRV until April 23 to
commemorate the 12th International Exhibition of Agriculture in
Meknes city.  QSL via LoTW or direct.

PHILIPPINES, DU.  Operators Andy, 4F1GNW, Ed, 4F1OZ, Gil, 4F2KWT,
and Nani, DU1COP are QRV as DZ4C from Tinaga Island, IOTA OC-202,
until April 23.  Activity is on 40, 30, 20, 17 and 15 meters using
CW and SSB.  QSL via VE7DP.

BELARUS, EU.  Special event station EV145O (Oh) is QRV until June 22
to commemorate the 145th anniversary of the Belarusian Society of
Rescue on the Waters.  QSL via operators' instructions.

SCOTLAND, GM.  Mike, KI1U will be QRV from Scotland and from Iona
Island for a day or two as MM/KI1U, IOTA EU-008, from April 22 to
29.  Activity will be as his time permits on 40 and 20 meters using
CW.  QSL to home call.

SWITZERLAND, HB.  Special event station HB600NVF is QRV until the
end of 2017 to mark the 600 years since the patron saint of
Switzerland Niklaus von Flue was born.  QSL via HB9JOE.

ALAND ISLANDS, OH0.  Ari, OH3KAV will be QRV as OF0KA from April 22
to 27.  Activity will be holiday style on 80 to 10 meters using CW,
JT9 and JT65.  He may also try to be active on 60 meters.  QSL to
home call.

CRETE, SV9.  Seppo, OH1VR will be QRV as SV9/OH1VR from April 27 to
May 3.  Activity will be on 80 to 10 meters using mainly CW.  QSL
direct to home call.

MAIL, TZ.  Denis, F8DAK is QRV as TZ6BB from Bamako and is here for
about 18 months.  Activity is on 20 meters.  QSL to home call.  In
addition, Jeff, TZ4AM is QRV from Bamako.  He is active on the HF
bands, and possibly on 6 meters as well.  QSL to W3HNK.

EUROPEAN RUSSIA, UA.  Special event stations R1961GP and R1961AG are
QRV until April 30 to commemorate the April 12, 1961 first manned
space flight by cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin.  QSL R1961AG via RA4DR and
R1961GP via OQRS.

NAMIBIA, V5.  Stefan, HB9JAB is QRV as V51/HB9JAP until May 8 while
caravanning around Namibia.  Activity is on 40 to 10 meters.  QSL to
home call.

MARSHALL ISLANDS, V7.  Randy, WW6RG will be QRV as V73/WW6RG from
Kwajalein, IOTA OC-028, on April 26.  Activity will be on 40 and 20
meters using SSB at various times.  QSL to home call.

BRUNEI, V8.  Special event station V84SWA is QRV until April 24 to
commemorate the 92nd World Amateur Radio Day.  Activity is on the HF
bands using CW, SSB and various digital modes.  QSL via V85TL.

VIET NAM, XV.  Jesus, WP4JBG is QRV as XV9G from Ho Chi Minh City
until May 9.  Activity is on 40, 20 and 15 meters using CW and SSB.
QSL to home call.

LAOS, XW.  Bruce, XW4XR has been active on 20 meters using RTTY
around 1400z.  QSL via E21EIC.

THIS WEEKEND ON THE RADIO.  The NCCC RTTY Sprint, NCCC CW Sprint,
QRP to the Field, SP DX RTTY Contest, UK/EI DX CW Contest, Nebraska
QSO Party and the BARTG Sprint 75 are all on tap for this upcoming
weekend.

The 222 MHz Spring Sprint is scheduled for April 25.  The UKEICC
80-Meter CW Contest, CWops Mini-CWT CW Test, Phone Fray and SKCC CW
Sprint are scheduled for April 26.

Please see April QST, page 92, and the ARRL and WA7BNM contest web
sites for details.
NNNN
/EX

From k2dsv at msn.com  Fri Apr 21 09:25:32 2017
From: k2dsv at msn.com (Don WILSON)
Date: Fri, 21 Apr 2017 13:25:32 +0000
Subject: [ETS/PARC List] Fw: The ARRL Letter for April 20, 2017
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Subject: The ARRL Letter for April 20, 2017


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[The ARRL Letter]

April 20, 2017
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  *   ARRL Hamvention Forum Topics Will Encompass Makers, Youth, HamSCI
  *   FCC Proposes Levying Huge Fine on New York Police Radio Jammer
  *   ARISS Gains Visibility at National Science Teachers Association Conference
  *   ISS Packet System Returns to VHF
  *   Ham Radio Club in India Reunites Lost, Injured Pilgrims and Travelers with Families
  *   Canada May be the Best Place for Hams to Experience the Solar Eclipse, Says VE7DXW
  *   Ham Astronauts Swap Places on International Space Station
  *   Article Links Amateur Radio Growth to Emergency Communications
  *   RARSfest Hosts 2017 ARRL Roanoke Division Convention
  *   In Brief...
  *   The K7RA Solar Update
  *   Just Ahead in Radiosport
  *   Upcoming ARRL Section, State, and Division Conventions

ARRL Hamvention Forum Topics Will Encompass Makers, Youth, HamSCI

[http://www3.arrl.org/nl/al/image/ARRL%20EXPO%20at%20Hamvention%202017%20PIN.jpg]When Hamvention? opens on May 19 for the first time in Xenia, Ohio, the focus of ARRL activities will be the ARRL EXPO in Building 2 of the Greene County Fairgrounds and Expo Center<http://www.greenecountyfairgrounds.com/>. ARRL will sponsor a slate of forums on all 3 days of Hamvention.

To highlight the new location, some fresh ARRL forum topics will accompany the old standards. Space is limited at some forum venues.

ARRL has reached out to the Maker movement, and "Ham Radio Makers and Hackers" will kick off the League's forum schedule on Friday at 10:30 AM (Room 4). The ham radio community has always promoted the DIY (do it yourself) approach -- what some hams call "homebrewing." The panelists at this hour-long session will share experiences about how ham radio is finding kinship with the new generation of creators, makers, hackers, and innovators. Panelists will include ARRL author Glen Popiel, KW5GP, and ARRL Education & Technology Program instructor Tommy Gober, N5DUX. Also on the panel is Cara Kouse, Innovation and Makerspace Manager at the Xenia Community Library, who will talk about the new Makerspace opened at the library early this year.

Also new at Hamvention 2017 will be the "HamSCI<http://www.hamsci.org/>, the Ham Radio Science Citizen Investigation" forum, Saturday at 9:15 AM (Room 4). Nathaniel Frissell, W2NAF, will answer the question, "What is HamSCI?" A group of panelists will share information about professional research programs supported by radio amateurs. Presentations also will address investigations related to the total solar eclipse in August, and Frissell will discuss "The Solar Eclipse QSO Party<http://www.hamsci.org/solar-eclipse-qso-party>: Ionospheric Sounding Using Ham Radio QSOs."

[http://www3.arrl.org/nl/al/image/ARRL%20Collegiate-Logo-copy.gif]One popular forum at the Orlando HamCation focused on the ARRL Collegiate Amateur Radio Initiative (CARI<https://www.facebook.com/groups/ARRLCARI/>). Andy Milluzzi, KK4LWR, will bring the discussion to Hamvention on Saturday at 12:30 PM (Room 4). A growing number of campus radio clubs and student radio amateurs have begun to share ideas and suggestions on the CARI Facebook page to rekindle interest in ham radio on college and university campuses, bringing students together, and developing career connections. Students, alumni, and faculty will present at the forum. The ARRL Collegiate Amateur Radio Initiative is sponsored in part by the W1YSM Snyder Family Collegiate Amateur Radio Endowment.

"Learning. Discovery. And FUN!" on Sunday at 9:15 AM (Room 2). ARRL Teachers Institute<http://www.arrl.org/teachers-institute-on-wireless-technology> on Wireless Technology instructor Tommy Gober, N5DUX, will introduce teachers to a variety of tools, as well as a curriculum to take back to their classrooms. Topics include an introduction to basic electronics, the science of radio, space technology, and satellite communication, as well as weather science, introduction to microcontrollers, and basic robotics. Gober will share strategies to motivate students to learn and to inspire interest in STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) fields.

ARRL Great Lakes Division Director Dale Williams, WA8EFK, will moderate the ARRL Member Forum on Saturday at 11:45 AM (Room 1). It's an opportunity for ARRL members and prospective members to hear from local and national ARRL officials on key areas of membership interest. Learn how ARRL supports dozens of ways to get involved, get active, and get on the air.

[http://www3.arrl.org/nl/al/image/Mike%20Corey%20KI1U.jpg]

ARRL Emergency Preparedness Manager Mike Corey, KI1U.


The wide-ranging "Public Service Communications Panel Discussion" on Saturday at 1:45 PM (Room 4) will offer a chance to hear from representatives of organizations active during disasters and emergencies. ARRL Emergency Preparedness Manager Mike Corey, KI1U, will moderate. There will be presentations by representatives of the VoIP WX Net and VoIP Hurricane Net; the Military Auxiliary Radio System (MARS); the Hurricane Watch Net (HWN); the Salvation Army Team Emergency Radio Network (SATERN), and the US Department of Homeland Security's SHARES network.

At "Ham Radio and the Law: Antenna Permits and Problems" on Friday at 2:45 PM (Room 2), attorney Fred H. Hopengarten, K1VR -- the author of Antenna Zoning for the Radio Amateur -- will head a panel of Amateur Radio attorneys in a discussion of legal issues to include avoiding restrictive covenants, tower permits, and recent court rulings on the PRB-1 limited federal preemption. The forum will present the latest information on H.R. 555, the Amateur Radio Parity Act of 2017.

"ARRL National Parks on the Air Recap" on Sunday at 10:30 AM (Room 2) will review the highly successful NPOTA<http://www.arrl.org/npota> activity that commemorated the centennial of the US National Park Service last year, inspiring more than 1 million contacts during park activations. ARRL Radiosport Manager Norm Fusaro, W3IZ, and ARRL Media and Public Relations Manager Sean Kutzko, KX9X, will moderate.

A complete schedule<http://hamvention.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/Forum-Charts-2017.pdf> of Hamvention forums is available on the Hamvention website.

FCC Proposes Levying Huge Fine on New York Police Radio Jammer

The FCC has proposed imposing a fine of more than $400,000 on a Queens, New York, man who has admitted making unauthorized transmissions on New York City Police Department (NYPD) radio frequencies, maliciously interfering with NYPD officers' communications. Jay Peralta, 20, is alleged to have transmitted false bomb threats, false claims of criminal activities involving firearms, false distress calls from purported NYPD officers, and threats against individual NYPD officers. The unauthorized transmissions began a year ago, according to the FCC.

[http://www3.arrl.org/nl/al/image/FCC%20logo%20white-on-lt%20blue.jpg]"Through his actions, as he described them to the NYPD, Mr. Peralta has demonstrated not only a deliberate disregard of the Commission's authority and rules, but of the safety of NYPD officers and the public that they are called to serve and protect," the FCC said in a Notice of Apparent Liability (NAL<https://apps.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/FCC-17-35A1.pdf>), issued on April 14. "Commission action in this context is therefore essential to safeguard authorized operations on spectrum licensed for public safety uses, and, accordingly, a substantial penalty appears warranted."

The FCC said the NAL addresses nine unauthorized and interfering transmissions that Peralta has admitted to the NYPD that he made on its radio system. According to the FCC, Peralta's unauthorized transmissions included false bomb threats, false claims of criminal activities involving firearms, false distress calls from purported NYPD officers, and threats against individual NYPD officers.

[http://www3.arrl.org/nl/al/image/Ajit%20Pai%20(Official).jpg]

FCC Chairman Ajit Pai.


FCC Chairman Ajit Pai said that with the NAL, the FCC is making it "abundantly clear that it will not tolerate unauthorized and illegal use of the radio spectrum." The entire Commission now must sign off on such proposed fines, and Pai said he was grateful to his fellow FCC members for "agreeing to act swiftly and strongly" in the matter. "This may not be a typical pirate radio case in which an unauthorized operator inflicts damage on a radio broadcaster that is operating with a valid FCC license," Pai said, "but it does involve unauthorized interference to critical public safety communications systems."

Peralta was arrested last fall, along with two other men suspected of committing several robberies. According to news accounts, police found a cache of scanners and radios in one of the suspects' homes. Read more<http://www.arrl.org/news/fcc-proposes-levying-huge-fine-on-new-york-police-radio-jammer>.

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ARISS Gains Visibility at National Science Teachers Association Conference

The Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS<http://www.ariss.org>) program gained some valuable visibility at the 2017 National Science Teachers Association (NSTA<https://www.nsta.org/>) national conference, March 27-April 2, in Los Angeles. ARRL Education Services Manager Debra Johnson, K1DMJ, represented ARISS and ARRL at the annual gathering. The ARISS Team shared a booth with a few other educational programs under the Center for Advancement of Science in Space (CASIS<http://www.iss-casis.org/>) Space Station Explorers<http://www.spacestationexplorers.org/programs/> umbrella. CASIS is an important sponsor of the ARISS program and the sole manager of the ISS US National Laboratory.

[http://www3.arrl.org/nl/al/image/NSTA%202017-2.jpg]An estimated 4,000 educators visited the CASIS booth, learning what is available to engage students in ISS research and activities.

"The Space Station Explorers program includes a number of educational activities available to teachers that are appropriate for various grade levels: Story Time in Space, Zero Gravity, and Orion's Quest, to name a few," Johnson said. "While at the NSTA, I had opportunities to speak with several curriculum developers, pointing up the importance of including radio and wireless communications in their physical science curricula," she added. "Curriculum material about the electromagnetic spectrum and for using sensor technologies abounded, but radio was hard to find."

Johnson said the NSTA conference also allowed an opportunity to engage in some team building with other program representatives, discussing ideas for future collaboration.

[http://www3.arrl.org/nl/al/image/NSTA%20logo.JPG]The NSTA convention came on the heels of the Council of State Science Supervisors (CSSS<http://www.csss-science.org/>) conference in Los Angeles. "CASIS also laid the groundwork for the ARISS program to participate in that conference by conducting a scheduled interview between ISS Expedition 50 Commander Shane Kimbrough, KE5HOD, and students in the LA School District for the attending professionals to experience," Johnson recounted. "The contact and interview went extraordinarily well and resulted in many inquiries about the program from those attendees who subsequently visited us at the NSTA."

Johnson also promoted ARISS to individual educators visiting the booth, explaining the program and the proposal process and handing out more than 400 flyers. "I also discussed the ARRL's Teachers Institutes<http://www.arrl.org/teachers-institute-on-wireless-technology> with some attendees and encouraged them to consider applying," she said.

ISS Packet System Returns to VHF

The Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS<http://www.ariss.org>) packet digipeater system is again operating on VHF -- 145.825 MHz. The failure of an Ericsson handheld VHF transceiver on board the ISS last fall had caused ARISS to shift packet operation to 70 centimeters. In February, a cargo resupply mission delivered a new Ericsson 2-meter handheld to replace the one that had failed, which had been used in the Columbus module for school group contacts and for Amateur Radio packet.

[http://www3.arrl.org/nl/al/image/ISS-5%20Jul%202015.jpg]While the VHF transceiver was offline, ARISS shifted school contacts from NA1SS to the Kenwood TM-D710 transceiver in the Russian Service Module. NASA ISS Ham Project Coordinator Kenneth Ransom, N5VHO, said the VHF capability now back in Columbus can be used in conjunction with passes involving the HamTV digital amateur television (DATV) system, which operates on 2.4 GHz.

ARISS International Chair Frank Bauer, KA3HDO, said recently that ARISS continues to make progress on the development of the new interoperable radio system on the ISS "that we hope to use to replace our aging radio infrastructure in the Columbus module and the Service module."

Packets digipeated in a valid APRS format via the ISS system and picked up by an internet gateway station are documented on the "Amateur Radio Stations heard via ISS<http://www.ariss.net/>" page. -- Thanks to Kenneth Ransom, N5VHO, ISS Ham Project Coordinator

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Ham Radio Club in India Reunites Lost, Injured Pilgrims and Travelers with Families

For the past 24 years, members of India's West Bengal Radio Club (WBRC<http://www.wbradioclub.in/home.php>) have helped to reunite lost or injured individuals, many of them pilgrims attending the Ganga Sagar Mela festival each January. The Ganga Sagar fair and pilgrimage, held on Sagar Island's southern tip in the Ganges Delta on the Bay of Bengal, attracts a huge number of people, and the club typically fields a special event station for the occasion. But each year, a number of visitors simply lose their way. This year, the Chief Medical Officer of Health for the region once again reached out to the club for its help.

[http://www3.arrl.org/nl/al/image/Raju%20Biswas%20VU2JFA%20on%20air.jpg]

Raju Biswas, VU2JFA.


"Some people are admitted [to the hospital] at the time of Sagar Mela, and after the end of mela, many patients are waiting to return to their homes," WBRC founder and secretary Ambarish Nag "Raju" Biswas, VU2JFA, told ARRL. "But some patients are not able to reach their destination on their own, and no family members have claimed them."

WBRC members contact other radio amateurs in the home states of those who have become separated or, in some cases, just become lost, to reconnect them with their families and help them on their way.

Recently, a 25-year-old man -- a Tamil speaker not in town for the fair -- became hurt and lost and was hospitalized. Biswas, who does not speak Tamil, enlisted the assistance of another club member, T. Gopinath, VU3ZHC, who was able to translate. Armed with some information from the man and a photo, the club members, working for more than a month through ham radio and social media, were able to get in touch with the man's family in the Vellore district.

"When we met him, he could hardly speak. He had head injuries," Biswas said. They were able to determine that the young man, who was headed for Gujarat state for work, had ended up in Kolkata by mistake and had lost all his belongings on a train.

The young man's father and brother came to West Bengal with documents to prove his identity, and the hospital and local authorities reunited him with his family.

[http://www3.arrl.org/nl/al/image/West%20Bengal%20Radio%20Club%20RESQ-2%20(2017).jpg]

Subrata Dey, VU3YGE (left), a physician, the once-displaced 60-year-old man in wheelchair, and the man's son.


Another patient in his early 70s has only been able to provide his name and state but nothing else, and after searching via ham radio, the club has been unable to repatriate him. He remains in the hospital in West Bengal. "We are trying our best," Biswas said. "We found 563 persons this Sagar Mela." He said others also remain in the hospital and in limbo.

A man in his 60s who had attended the mela awoke in the hospital after becoming separated from his family, which had returned home to Bihar state without him, assuming he was lost. Authorities turned to the radio amateurs at the club, who were able to reunite him with his family within a couple of days. -- Thanks to Raju Biswas, VU2JFA, and to Greg Lee, KI6GIG/HS0ZHM

Canada May be the Best Place for Hams to Experience the Solar Eclipse, Says VE7DXW

Alex Schwarz, VE7DXW, who developed the online Scanning RF Seismograph<http://users.skynet.be/myspace/mdsr/> to determine which bands are open, is among the many looking forward to the solar eclipse on August 21, 2017. Although the path of totality will move over Oregon then southeastward toward South Carolina, he believes radio amateurs north of the border can take advantage of this "very exciting celestial event," as those in the US will be doing, and may have an edge of sorts. Members of the Ham Radio Science Citizen Investigation (HamSCI<http://hamsci.org/>) in the US will sponsor a Solar Eclipse QSO Party (SEQP<http://hamsci.org/basic-project/2017-total-solar-eclipse>) to conduct their own research.

[http://www3.arrl.org/nl/al/image/Solar%20Eclipse%20(Aug%202017)%20from%20Canada.jpg]

The projected path of totality for the August 2017 solar eclipse. The arrows indicate possible HF paths for Canadian radio amateurs.


"This will be spectacular when viewed with our eyes," Schwarz said. "The effects of the solar radiation on the propagation of radio waves will be equally or more exciting." Schwarz said it may appear that Canada won't be a part of the solar eclipse, but British Columbia (BC) will have up to 95% coverage, he pointed out.

"As the solar eclipse is moving over the planet, it is leaving a canyon of de-ionized gas on the ionosphere in altitudes of about 100 to 300 kilometers," Schwarz said. "This puts Canada -- and especially Ontario -- in a very good position to get really long signal paths to the horizon toward the south. Southern Ontario will be in the best location to make contacts into the southern and western US and Central America. In southern BC, we can aim our antennas right down the length of the propagation anomaly and reach the Caribbean and southeastern US." Schwarz said timing is important, because the gas will ionize again after the solar shadow has passed. The entire passage across North America will be approximately 90 minutes.

[http://www3.arrl.org/nl/al/image/Solar%20Eclipse%20(Aug%202017)%20NASA%20logo.jpg]Schwarz said that during the 1999 solar eclipse in Europe, radio amateurs recorded long-distance contacts on 160 and 80 meters. "We want to inform all amateurs about the opportunity of experiencing the solar eclipse on a totally different level by operating radios in their shacks," he said.

Schwarz encouraged all ham radio clubs to participate in the opportunity, not only to view the eclipse but to experience its effects on radio propagation.

NASA offers much more information<https://eclipse2017.nasa.gov/2017-total-solar-eclipse-across-america> about the 2017 solar eclipse.

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Ham Astronauts Swap Places on International Space Station

With US Astronaut and ISS Expedition 50 Commander Shane Kimbrough, KE5HOD, now back on Earth, two more radio amateurs headed into space this week from Kazakhstan to join the ISS crew members that Kimbrough and Russian crewmates Sergey Ryzhikov and Andrey Borisenko left behind on the ISS. The returning trio touched down safely in Kazakhstan on April 10 after spending 173 days aboard the orbiting laboratory.

"Our crew landed safely in Kazakhstan!" Kimbrough tweeted shortly after arriving in Kazakhstan. "We are looking forward to time with family and friends."

[http://www3.arrl.org/nl/al/image/Jack%20Fischer%20KG5FYH%20Fyodor%20Yurchurkin%20RN3FI.JPG]

Fyodor Yurchikhin, RN3FI (left), and Jack Fischer, KG5FYH, at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, pose in front of their Soyuz MS-04 spacecraft during pre-launch preparations. [NASA photo]


During his time on the orbital complex, Kimbrough participated in several Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS<http://www.ariss.org>) school contacts. In addition to his scientific research activities, he also ventured outside the confines of the space station for four spacewalks.

The Expedition 51/52 crew increment of NASA astronaut Jack Fischer, KG5FYH, and veteran cosmonaut Fyodor Yurchikhin, RN3FI, launched from Baikonur, Kazakhstan, today (April 20).

The pair will travel on board a Soyuz MS-04 vehicle on a fast-track, 6-hour course to the space station and dock to the Poisk module. Welcoming them aboard will be Expedition 51 Commander Peggy Whitson, ex-KC5ZTD, Oleg Novitskiy, and Thomas Pesquet, KG5FYG.

Fischer, a first-time space flier, and Yurchikhin, a veteran of four spaceflights, will spend more than 4 months aboard the ISS, returning to Earth in early September.

Article Links Amateur Radio Growth to Emergency Communications

An April 11 article<http://www.govtech.com/em/disaster/Emergency-Communications-Driving-Increase-in-Amateur-Radio-Operators.html>, "Emergency Communications Driving Increase in Amateur Radio Operators" in Emergency Management magazine links the growth in Amateur Radio numbers to interest in emergency communications.

[http://www3.arrl.org/nl/al/image/Emergency%20Communication%20Generic%20(Oregon).jpg]"There has been a tremendous amount of interest in emergency preparedness since 9/11 and Katrina, and this is true for the Amateur Radio community as well," ARRL Emergency Preparedness Manager Mike Corey, KI1U, told the publication. "Emergency communications is a gateway into Amateur Radio, and many join our ranks through an interest in being better prepared themselves and as a way to serve their community."

The article cites numbers from ARRL VEC Manager Maria Somma, AB1FM, who notes that 2016 was the third year in a row that the total number of new licenses exceeded 30,000. The article also cites ARRL Colorado Section Manager Jack Ciaccia, WM0G, who agreed with the premise that the uptick in new licenses is due to Amateur Radio's emergency capabilities.

"Interest really peaks after a large-scale event where ham radio has been utilized," Ciaccia said. Read more<http://www.arrl.org/news/article-links-amateur-radio-growth-to-emergency-communications>.

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RARSfest Hosts 2017 ARRL Roanoke Division Convention

The 45th annual RARSfest<http://www.rars.org/rarsfest/> on April 15 -- sponsored by the Raleigh Amateur Radio Society -- hosted the 2017 ARRL Roanoke Division Convention. The convention was held indoors at the North Carolina State Fairgrounds, in Raleigh. ARRL Marketing Manager Bob [http://www3.arrl.org/nl/al/image/Raleigh%20ARS%20logo.jpg] Inderbitzen, NQ1R, who represented the League at the event, said a youth-operated special event station was among the activities aimed to appeal to younger attendees. In a presentation highlighting some ARRL Second Century activities, Inderbitzen noted the ARRL Collegiate Amateur Radio Initiative, intended to bolster activity at college and university ham radio clubs.

Emphasizing some of the goals of the ARRL Strategic Plan<http://www.arrl.org/arrl-strategic-plan>, he further encouraged all radio amateurs to work closely with ARRL to help new licensees get involved, get active, and get on the air.

ARRL Roanoke Division Director Jim Boehner, N2ZZ, presented the 2016 Roanoke Division ARRL Service Award to Matthew W. McGuire Jr., AF4UZ. The award was instituted in 1968 by then-Roanoke Division Director and past ARRL President Vic Clark, W4KFC (SK). It recognizes an individual's history of significant and consistent contributions to Amateur Radio.

[http://www3.arrl.org/nl/al/image/Roanoke%20RARSfest%20April%202017-1.jpg]

ARRL Roanoke Division Director Jim Boehner, N2ZZ (left), presented the 2016 Roanoke Division ARRL Service Award to Matthew W. McGuire Jr., AF4UZ. [Bob Inderbitzen, NQ1R, photo]


Among the many ARRL volunteers represented at the convention were North Carolina Section Manager Karl Bowman, W4CHX; Section Youth Coordinator for Scouting Dave Price, K4KDP; DXCC Card Checker and Raleigh Area QSL Manager Bill McDowell, K4CIA; Berkeley County (SC) ARES Emergency Coordinator Linda Selleck, KJ4EVV; Roanoke Division Assistant Director Chuck Littlewood, K4HF, and Roanoke Division Vice Director Bill Morine, N2COP.

Inderbitzen estimated that the convention attracted about 600 visitors. Event photos are on the ARRL Facebook<https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10154728425722408.1073741902.20069212407&type=1&l=d06a8cf5af> page.

In Brief...

[http://www3.arrl.org/nl/al/image/CSVHFS%20logo%20(2017).png]Central States VHF Society Solicits Conference Papers, Presentations, Poster Displays: The Central States VHF Society (CSVHFS<http://2017.csvhfs.org>) is soliciting papers, presentations, and posters/tabletop displays for its 51st annual conference<http://2017.csvhfs.org/>, set for July 27-30 at the Sheraton Albuquerque Airport Hotel in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The conference is seeking papers, presentations, and posters on all "weak-signal" VHF-and-above Amateur Radio topics. Such topics as FM, repeaters, and packet radio are generally considered outside the scope of papers, presentations, and posters being sought, but there are exceptions. Contact Ed James, KA8JMW<mailto:ka8jmw at arrl.net> (10 Trade Ct., Edgewood, NM 87105), with any questions. You do not need to attend the conference or present your paper to have it published in the Proceedings. Posters will be displayed during the conference. Submissions will be accepted via e-mail, Dropbox, Google Drive, CD/DVD, USB stick/thumb drive, and other methods. The deadline is June 12 for papers to be included in the Proceedings. Additional details<http://2017.csvhfs.org/index.php/guidance-documents/authors> on papers, presentations, and posters, including formatting guidelines, are on the conference website. Visit<http://2017.csvhfs.org/> the conference website for more information on the conference. Online registration will open on about May 1. -- Thanks to Brian Mileshosky, N5ZGT, 2017 CSVHFS President

[http://www3.arrl.org/nl/al/image/Girls%20in%20ICT%20Day%202017-1%20logo.png]International Girls in Information and Telecommunication Technologies Day is April 27: International Girls in Information and Telecommunication Technologies (ICT) Day<http://www.itu.int/en/ITU-D/Digital-Inclusion/Women-and-Girls/Girls-in-ICT-Portal/Pages/Girls-in-ICT-Portal-Home.aspx> is April 27. The ITU initiative aims to create a global environment that empowers and encourages girls and young women to consider careers in the growing ICT field, enabling them and technology companies to reap the benefits of greater female participation in the ICT sector. "Since we launched Girls in ICT Day, we have seen over 240,000 girls and young women take part in more than 7,200 celebrations in 160 countries worldwide," said the ITU's Kemal Huseinovic, Chief of the Infrastructure, Enabling Environment and E-Applications Department. He offered some tips<https://itu4u.wordpress.com/2017/04/03/5-tips-for-planning-a-girls-in-ict-day-event/> on planning Girls in ICT Day events. These include hands-on workshops, competitions, inviting role models, and hosting a career fair. "In IARU Region 2, we consider that Amateur Radio is an excellent way for girls to get to know and appreciate ICTs," IARU Region 2 Public Information Officer Joaqu?n Solana, XE1R, said. International Girls in ICT Day is celebrated on the fourth Thursday in April every year. -- Thanks to Joaqu?n Solana, XE1R; ITU

[http://www3.arrl.org/nl/al/image/YHOTY%20logo.gif]Nominations are Open for the 2017 Bill Pasternak Young Ham of the Year: Nominations for the 2017 Bill Pasternak/Amateur Radio Newsline Young Ham of the Year (YHOTY<https://www.arnewsline.org/yhoty>) will be accepted until May 31. Candidates for the award must be 18 or younger and reside in the US (or its possessions) or Canada. Nominees must hold a valid Amateur Radio license issued by the US or Canada. A candidate needs to have accomplished something outstanding as an Amateur Radio operator, whether by recruiting new hams, engaging in a community service project, or helping to benefit Amateur Radio in other ways. The award presentation will be held at the Huntsville Hamfest on August 19, 2017. The Young Ham of the Year Award was created by Amateur Radio Newsline founder Bill Pasternak, WA6ITF (SK). The 2016 YHOTY was Skyler Fennell, KD0WHB, of Denver.

The K7RA Solar Update

Tad Cook, K7RA, Seattle, reports: Spaceweather.com<http://www.spaceweather.com/> reported that old sunspot AR2644, which returned after a 2-week trip around the sun, exploded on April 18. The resulting coronal mass ejection (CME) should miss Earth, but as this active region moves into a geo-effective position, we could see some geomagnetic disturbance in the next few days.

[http://www3.arrl.org/nl/al/image/Solar%20Disk-2017-04-20.gif]Average daily sunspot numbers declined from 16.6 last week to 8.6 over the April 13-19 reporting week. Average daily solar flux increased from 73.8 to 76.5.

Geomagnetic indicators were lower this week. The average planetary A index declined from 10.6 to 8, while the average mid-latitude A index was 6.3, down from 9.3 during the previous 7 days.

Predicted solar flux is 85 on April 20-27; 80 on April 28-May 1; 75 on May 2-13; 83 and 88 on May 14-15; 90 on May 16-18; 85 on May 19-24; 80 on May 25-28, and 75 on May 29-June 3.

Predicted planetary A index is 15 on April 20; 8 on April 21-22; 40 and 30 on April 23-24; 20 on April 25-26; 30, 15, 10, 5, and 20 on April 27-May 1; 10 on May 2-4; 15 on May 5-6; 5 and 8 on May 7-8; 5 on May 9-13; 20 on May 14; 15 on May 15-16; 10 on May 17; 5 on May 18-19; 35, 25, 18, 20, and 25 on May 20-24; 12, 8, 5, and 18 on May 25-28, and 10 on May 29-30.

Sunspot numbers for April 13-19 were 12, 11, 11, 0, 0, 12, and 14, with a mean of 8.6. The 10.7-centimeter flux was 73.5, 72.9, 73, 74.5, 75.2, 85.6, and 80.9, with a mean of 76.5. Estimated planetary A indices were 5, 14, 7, 4, 4, 7, and 15, with a mean of 8. Estimated mid-latitude A indices were 4, 10, 5, 4, 3, 6, and 12, with a mean of 6.3.

Send<mailto:k7ra at arrl.net> me your reports or observations.

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Just Ahead in Radiosport

  *   April 22 -- QRP to the Field (CW, phone)

  *   April 22-23 -- SP DX RTTY Contest

  *   April 22-23 -- UK/EI DX Contest (CW)

  *   April 22-23 -- Nebraska QSO Party (CW, phone, digital)

  *   April 23 -- BARTG Sprint 75 (Digital)

  *   April 25 -- 222 MHz Spring Sprint (CW, phone, digital)

  *   April 26 -- SKCC Sprint (CW)

  *   April 26 -- UKEICC 80-Meter Contest (CW)

  *   April 27 -- RSGB 80-Meter Club Championship (Digital)

See the ARRL Contest Calendar<http://www.arrl.org/contest-calendar> for more information. For in-depth reporting on Amateur Radio contesting, subscribe to The ARRL Contest Update<http://www.arrl.org/contest-update-issues> via your ARRL member profile e-mail preferences.

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Upcoming ARRL Section, State, and Division Conventions

  *   Apr 21-23 -- International DX Convention<http://www.dxconvention.com/>, Visalia, California

  *   April 21-23 -- Eastern VHF-UHF Microwave Conference<http://www.newsvhf.com/vhfconf.html>, Manchester, Connecticut

  *   April 21-23 -- Idaho State Convention<http://www.voiceofidaho.org/>, Boise, Idaho

  *   April 22 -- Delaware State Convention<http://www.radioelectronicsexpo.com/>, Georgetown, Delaware

  *   April 22 -- Aurora '17 Convention<http://www.nlrs.org/>, White Bear Lake, Minnesota

  *   Apr 22-23 -- Communications Academy XIX<http://www.commacademy.org/>, Seattle, Washington

  *   April 28-29 -- Southeastern VHF Society Conference<http://svhfs.org/>, Charlotte, North Carolina

  *   April 29 -- Louisiana Section Convention<http://www.twincityhams.org/hamfest.html>, West Monroe, Louisiana

  *   May 4-6 -- Military Radio Collector's Group Convention<http://www.mrcgwest.org/>, San Luis Obispo, California

  *   May 7 -- Eastern Pennsylvania Section Convention<http://www.k3dn.org/>, Bristol, Pennsylvania

  *   May 13 -- Iowa Section Convention<http://www.3900club.com/>, Boone, Iowa

  *   May 19-21 -- Ohio State Convention (Dayton Hamvention<http://www.hamvention.org/>), Xenia, Ohio

  *   May 27-28 -- Rocky Mountain Division Convention<http://www.wyominghamcon.org/>, Cody, Wyoming

  *   June 2-4 -- Northwestern Division Convention<http://www.seapac.org/>, Seaside, Oregon

  *   June 3 -- Georgia Section Convention<http://atlantahamfest.com/>, Marietta, Georgia

  *   June 4 -- Western Pennsylvania Section Convention<http://www.breezeshooters.org/>, Prospect, Pennsylvania

  *   June 9-10 -- West Gulf Division Convention<http://www.hamcom.org/>, Irving, Texas

  *   June 16-18 -- Utah State Convention<http://www.arrl.org/hamfests/utah-state-convention-1>, Garden City, Utah

  *   June 17 -- Tennessee State Convention<http://www.w4bbb.org/>, Knoxville, Tennessee

Find conventions and hamfests in your area<http://www.arrl.org/hamfests>.

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From k2dsv at msn.com  Fri Apr 21 09:54:51 2017
From: k2dsv at msn.com (Don WILSON)
Date: Fri, 21 Apr 2017 13:54:51 +0000
Subject: [ETS/PARC List] FCC Proposes Levying Huge Fine
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FCC Proposes Levying Huge Fine on New York Police Radio Jammer

The FCC has proposed imposing a fine of more than $400,000 on a Queens, New York, man who has admitted making unauthorized transmissions on New York City Police Department (NYPD) radio frequencies, maliciously interfering with NYPD officers' communications. Jay Peralta, 20, is alleged to have transmitted false bomb threats, false claims of criminal activities involving firearms, false distress calls from purported NYPD officers, and threats against individual NYPD officers. The unauthorized transmissions began a year ago, according to the FCC.

[http://www3.arrl.org/nl/al/image/FCC%20logo%20white-on-lt%20blue.jpg]"Through his actions, as he described them to the NYPD, Mr. Peralta has demonstrated not only a deliberate disregard of the Commission's authority and rules, but of the safety of NYPD officers and the public that they are called to serve and protect," the FCC said in a Notice of Apparent Liability (NAL<https://apps.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/FCC-17-35A1.pdf>), issued on April 14. "Commission action in this context is therefore essential to safeguard authorized operations on spectrum licensed for public safety uses, and, accordingly, a substantial penalty appears warranted."

The FCC said the NAL addresses nine unauthorized and interfering transmissions that Peralta has admitted to the NYPD that he made on its radio system. According to the FCC, Peralta's unauthorized transmissions included false bomb threats, false claims of criminal activities involving firearms, false distress calls from purported NYPD officers, and threats against individual NYPD officers.

[http://www3.arrl.org/nl/al/image/Ajit%20Pai%20(Official).jpg]

FCC Chairman Ajit Pai.


FCC Chairman Ajit Pai said that with the NAL, the FCC is making it "abundantly clear that it will not tolerate unauthorized and illegal use of the radio spectrum." The entire Commission now must sign off on such proposed fines, and Pai said he was grateful to his fellow FCC members for "agreeing to act swiftly and strongly" in the matter. "This may not be a typical pirate radio case in which an unauthorized operator inflicts damage on a radio broadcaster that is operating with a valid FCC license," Pai said, "but it does involve unauthorized interference to critical public safety communications systems."

Peralta was arrested last fall, along with two other men suspected of committing several robberies. According to news accounts, police found a cache of scanners and radios in one of the suspects' homes. Read more<http://www.arrl.org/news/fcc-proposes-levying-huge-fine-on-new-york-police-radio-jammer>.


From k2dsv at msn.com  Sat Apr 22 09:47:41 2017
From: k2dsv at msn.com (Don WILSON)
Date: Sat, 22 Apr 2017 13:47:41 +0000
Subject: [ETS/PARC List] Fw: NNJ April NEWS
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From: ARRL Members Only Web site <memberlist at www.arrl.org>
Sent: Friday, April 21, 2017 3:41 PM

Subject: NNJ April NEWS

GENERAL
I hope everyone had a good holiday - Easter or Passover.

On Wednesday (April 26) there will be an Emergency Drill that will
involve ARES, RACES, and our served agencies.  This is Call Gotham
Shield - Response will be from NYLI, NNJ, SNJ

I will be speaking at:
       the Roseland ARC on April 26 on Eagle Rock Ave in Roseland, NJ
       the RMARC club on May 3 at the Ringwood Library
       the Splitrock Club meeting on May 9.

I will be attending the Splitrock Hamfest this Sunday hope to see you
there

ARRL
1 - There is a new book available on Grounding and Bonding
2 - ARISS is now back on VHF - Packet 145.825
3 - Sunday is International Marconi Day - Try to participated have fun.
 Info on ARRL.org web page

SECTION
1 - Tonight (April 21) Fair Lawn ARC will sponsor Matt Ryffel (K2NUD) -
Topic is "Cyber Security and You" This is an important topic for
everyone - OPEN TO ALL.  Talk will be at the Fair Lawn Senior Center -
11-05 Gardiner Rd. Fair Lawn, NJ

2 - Splitrock Hamfest is Sunday - Horseshoe Lake Park, 72 Eyland Ave,
Succasunna, NJ.  split rock.org/hamfest-2017 for info.

3 - Tonight the Morris ARC will hold an Intro meeting for getting your
Amateur License from 7-8 PM. On May 20 from 8:30 AM to 3PM a HAM-CRAM
class will be presented a VE Exam (open to all) will follow. All to
tsake place at 500 W. Hanover Ave. Rm 139, Parsippany, NJ

4 - Skywarn Training - June 1 at the Passaic County NJ Public Safety
Academy.  300 OLDHAM Rd. Wayne, NJ. Time is 7-10 PM - Pre-registration
is necessary

5 - The NJ- CW Radio Club has become an affiliated ARRL Club -
Congratulations!  They are located in Park Ridge, NJ

73
Steve

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From drumor at optonline.net  Mon Apr 24 13:39:04 2017
From: drumor at optonline.net (Drew Moore)
Date: Mon, 24 Apr 2017 13:39:04 -0400
Subject: [ETS/PARC List] crosspost: [W2CRA] Cell phone laws and Ham radio
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Subject: [W2CRA] Cell phone laws and Ham radio

 

Since there have been questions asked lately re: hams operating mobile with respect to distracted driving laws, the Hudson Division Director researched and offers the following from the New York State DMV.

Following that, I also found a link that provides the New Jersey DMV perspective. Enjoy!

 

Given the concern that many hams have regarding the new ?Distracted Driving Law? that went into effect in New York this past July, particularly since the law increased the penalty to 5 points on a license, I recently asked the New York State Department of Motor Vehicles Counsel?s office for an explanation of both the cell phone and distracted driving laws and how they apply to hams.

The opinion, which I just received, can be found [HERE <http://hudson.arrl.org/new-york-state-dmv-opinion-cell-phone-law-and-distracted-driving-law/> ].   I suggest that you read it thoroughly.  It?s very detailed but simply put, it says the following:

1.	 The use of two-way radios that are not connected to a public switched telephone service does not violate the ?Cell Phone Law.?  Therefore, operating a ham radio does not violate the law (Section 1225-c).
2.	If the equipment in the car is not capable of violating the distracted driving law (including sending text messages, pictures, e-mail, other electronic data, etc.), then the operator is not in violation of the ?Distracted Driving Law? (Section 1225-d).
3.	Even if the equipment is capable of violating the law (including sending text messages, pictures, e-mail, other electronic data, etc.), as long as it?s not used in such a manner the operator of the equipment is not violating the ?Distracted Driving Law? (Section 1225-d).

In other words, if you are just talking on your radio, you are not in violation of the law.

Please understand that the opinion carries the disclaimer that it is not binding upon prosecutors, law enforcement, or the judiciary.  You may still be stopped, issued a summons, and have to appear in court to plead your case.  However, the DMV opinion carries a lot of weight and should be used in preparing a defense should you receive a summons

 

http://www.njlawman.com/new-jersey-traffic-laws/nj-cell-phone-law-39-4-97-3.htm

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From: k2dsv at msn.com (Don WILSON)
Date: Wed, 26 Apr 2017 13:18:20 +0000
Subject: [ETS/PARC List] Fw: Gotham Shield
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Sent: Tuesday, April 25, 2017 7:59 PM

Subject: Gotham Shield

All

Tomorrow (April 26) there will be a major exercise that will involve
our section and others.  All amateurs may be called upon.  I have been
alerting ARES and RACES but our part in communication may require more
than those affiliates.

Please be sure that your HTs are fully charged, you have extra
batteries (or charger - if it will work), possible HF and VHF
communication may be required so be prepared.

Our SEC (Kymm - KY2MMM) will coordinate - also be sure to check in with
your DEC or EC for advise, assignments, etc.

We are working primarily with the RED CROSS but we may be called to
assist other agencies.

Let's show our professional capabilities for this exercise.

73
Steve

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From lengriff at optimum.net  Wed Apr 26 11:01:03 2017
From: lengriff at optimum.net (lengriff at optimum.net)
Date: Wed, 26 Apr 2017 11:01:03 -0400 (Eastern Daylight Time)
Subject: [ETS/PARC List] MiniDV tape player
Message-ID: <5900B62C.000007.02204@LEAPER-PC>

I found some old MiniDV tapes I'd like to transfer, but my old JVC camera is
Ka-Put!



Does anyone have a working MiniDV camera or player I can Have or buy cheap?



Len

WB2HKK

From mrpjf150 at gmail.com  Wed Apr 26 20:38:18 2017
From: mrpjf150 at gmail.com (Pete Fierro)
Date: Wed, 26 Apr 2017 20:38:18 -0400
Subject: [ETS/PARC List] Tonights net
Message-ID: <CAE+kjPcNA_drwUY4x2K5LVS_-cAhmJz6fhcOba70s99ZbmEkqg@mail.gmail.com>

  Hello

    We had the following check ins for tonight's net



*1) K2WLR Bill Metuchen NJ*


*   2) WB2BEW Marty East Brunswick NJ*


*   3) WB2HKK Lenny Old bridge NJ*


*   4) WA2ZJZ Mark Irvington NJ*


*   5) K2MRB Neil West Orange NJ*


*   6) N2MPM Brian North Brunswick NJ*


*   7) KB2UHZ Warren Westfield NJ*



*   8) KD2DUL Steve Princeton NJ*
        Thanks to all who participated/supported 73,Pete KD2ARB

From w2lj at verizon.net  Wed Apr 26 21:48:43 2017
From: w2lj at verizon.net (LARRY MAKOSKI)
Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2017 01:48:43 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: [ETS/PARC List] March Meeting Minutes
References: <2091957729.10946335.1493257724010.ref@mail.yahoo.com>
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Minutes for the Meeting on March 31st, 2017Electronic Technology Society of New Jersey (ETS of NJ)
The Meeting was called to order by ?President Vic Pennetta, K2NBC at 7:58 PM. ?This was followed by the reciting of the Pledge of Allegiance and then by self-introductions of all those in attendance. ?Also in attendance was Lee Smith KD2DRS, the Affiliated Club Coordinator for the NNJ Section of the ARRL.
Meeting SuspendedAt this point, the regular meeting was suspended for a presentation by Glenn Stott, retired test pilot. He gave a talk about the Tiger moth, a restored RAF trainer biplane, N39DH, and how it was used to fly around the Empire State Building for the 50th Anniversary of the release of ?King Kong?. The meeting resumed ?at 8:52 PM
Meeting MinutesMinutes for the January meeting were successfully emailed. A motion was made by W2OILand seconded by WB2HKK to accept them.
Treasurer?s ReportTreasurer?s report as given by Dan KC2YRC.March 2017 Opening Balance - $XXXX.95Income - ? 50/50s - $XX.50, ? Members Dues & Donations - $XXX.00Deposit - $XXX.50Regular Disbursements - ?$XX.00 Bank Service Fee , $XX.47 Verizon PaymentClosing Balance - $XXXX.98? ?so we are $XXXX.33 ?ahead? compared ?to last year.A motion was made by W2WIQ and seconded by W2OILto accept the Treasurer's Report. This was approved by the membership.
CorrespondenceQSL Cards
Technical ReportWB2HKK reported that the clicking noise on the repeater was caused by an accumulation of files in the system ? autologging files as well as recorded .wav files from the Danny DeFelice tracking efforts. ?Clearing those out eliminated the clicking.
Repeated ?kerchunking? of the repeater is being caused by a site related problem. The Raspberry Pis now have premium SD cards associated with them. The 220 repeater is now putting out 40 Watts. The Tech Committee has endorsed purchasing one of the new Bridgecom 220 repeaters as well as one of their 2 Meter repeaters. They are small, reliable and relatively inexpensive and would be an upgrade over the equipment we are currently using.
Old BusinessThe ARRL News will continue to be aired on Monday nights and the Tech Net on Friday nights.
New BusinessIt was suggested that the Club Silent Key list be updated; but it is already being maintained by Drew W2OU.Laith KD2MRB has volunteered to undertake keeping the K2ETS Website updated.Laith KD2MRB was unanimously voted into the Club.Health and WelfareWayne WA2USM was in the hospital for an extended stay since January; but is now home. ?It was reported that Gene K2KJI's wife was under the weather, recovering from an infection.
AdjournmentA motion was made to adjourn the meeting by N2JUN and was seconded by W2OIL. The meeting was adjourned at 9:49 PM
50/50 ? Won by KD2BXF
Respectfully Submitted,Larry W2LJ
In AttendanceMike N2JUN Drew W2OU Lee KD2DRS Walter W2WIQ Rich W2PQ Kevin KD2BXFBill W2WK George W2VFW Don K2DSV Dan KC2YRC Dave W2OIL Laith KD2MRBWarren KB2UHZ Mark WA2ZJZ Pete KD2ARB Ron WV2RJR Rich KB2LLM Len WB2HKKLarry W2LJ Marv K2VHW Vic K2NBC

From w2oudrew at gmail.com  Thu Apr 27 07:33:13 2017
From: w2oudrew at gmail.com (E Drew Moore)
Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2017 07:33:13 -0400
Subject: [ETS/PARC List] The Best Antenna Video EVER!
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Subject: The Best Antenna Video EVER!

The Best Antenna Video EVER!

https://r.tapatalk.com/shareLink?share_fid=52178&share_tid=1278&url=http%3A%2F%2Fradiopreppers%2Ecom%2Findex%2Ephp%3Ftopic%3D1278&share_type=t


*sent from my ,iPhone 7+-forgive typos*

From k2dsv at msn.com  Thu Apr 27 16:27:16 2017
From: k2dsv at msn.com (Don WILSON)
Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2017 20:27:16 +0000
Subject: [ETS/PARC List] Fw: ARLD017 DX news
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www.dxsummit.fi/<http://www.dxsummit.fi/>

________________________________
From: ARRL Web site <memberlist at www.arrl.org>
Sent: Thursday, April 27, 2017 4:04 PM

Subject: ARLD017 DX news

SB DX @ ARL $ARLD017
ARLD017 DX news

ZCZC AE17
QST de W1AW
DX Bulletin 17  ARLD017
>From ARRL Headquarters
Newington CT  April 27, 2017
To all radio amateurs

SB DX ARL ARLD017
ARLD017 DX news

This week's bulletin was made possible with information provided by
KZ3AB, PY4NY, W3UR, QRZ DX, the OPDX Bulletin, 425 DX News, The
Daily DX, DXNL, Contest Corral from QST and the ARRL Contest
Calendar and WA7BNM web sites.  Thanks to all.

VIET NAM, 3W.  Peter, DF7DQ will be QRV as 3W9DQ from South Viet Nam
from May 1 to 10.  Activity will be holiday style on 40 to 10 meters
using mostly CW with some digital modes.  QSL to home call.  In
addition, Yuri, RM0F will be QRV as 3W9FU from Nha Trang while on
vacation from May 1 to 10.  Activity will be holiday style on 40 to
10 meters using CW, SSB and various digital modes.  He also plans to
be active as 3W9FU/p from IOTA AS-157 for two to three days.  QSL to
home call.

MALDIVES, 8Q.  Jim, G3VDB is QRV as 8Q7EJ until May 7.  Activity is
on 30, 20 and 17 meters using mostly CW with some SSB, PSK and RTTY.
QSL via OQRS.

WEST MALAYSIA, 9M2.  Luca, IK2PFL will be QRV as 9M2/IK2PFL from
Perhentian Besar, IOTA AS-073, from May 1 to 8.  Activity will be
holiday style on the HF bands.  QSL to home call.

EAST MALAYSIA, 9M8.  A group of operators will be QRV as 9M8RC from
Satang Besar, IOTA OC-165, from April 29 to May 1.  Activity will be
on 40, 20, 15 and 10 meters.  QSL via 9W8KIF.

BOTSWANA, A2.  A group of operators are QRV as A25UK until May 6.
Activity is on the low bands with an emphasis using RTTY.  QSL via
M0OXO.

FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY, DA.  Members of the DARC club Pfronten
Fuessen will be QRV with special callsign DL60TELF from May 1 to
April 30, 2018 to celebrates its 60th anniversary.  QSL via bureau,

SOUTH COOK ISLANDS, E5.  Doug, W6HB and Bruce, AD7MM will be QRV as
E51DLD and E51BAS, respectively, from Rarotonga Island, IOTA OC-013,
from April 30 to May 12.  Activity will be on 160 to 10 meters using
SSB.  QSL direct to home calls.

MARQUESAS ISLAND, FO.  Max, IZ2ZTQ will be QRV as FO/IZ2ZTQ from
Fatu Hiva, IOTA OC-027, beginning May 1.  Activity will be on 40 to
15 meters using SSB, RTTY, PSK and JT65 using solar panels and a
wind generator.  He will be active from other islands as well.  QSL
direct to home call.

JAPAN, JA.  Special event stations 8J4VLP, 8J6VLP, 8J8VLP and 8J9VLP
are QRV until June 30 to commemorate World QRP Day on June 17.  All
these stations will be active on the HF bands using 5 watts.  QSL
all calls via bureau.

OGASAWARA, JD1.  Hiroyuki, JG7PSJ will be QRV as JD1BMH from Chichi
Jima from April 30 to May 5.  Activity will be on 40 to 10 meters
using CW, SSB and RTTY.  QSL to home call.

GREENLAND, OX.  Michael, 5P1KZX is QRV as OX/5P1KZX from Nuuk until
May 5.  Activity is on 80 to 10 meters using various digital modes.
QSL to home call.

FERNANDO DE NORONHA, PY0F.  Jan, PY4NY will be QRV as PY0NY from May
5 to 15 to celebrate the 65 years after the creation of the Smoke
Squadron, the Brazilian Air Force's Official Squadron.  Activity
will be on the HF bands using CW, SSB, RTTY and various digital
modes.  QSL to home call.

SEYCHELLES, S7.  Ivan, LZ1PJ will be QRV as S79J from Mahe, IOTA
AF-024, from May 2 to 10.  Activity will be on the HF bands and 6
meters using only CW.  He welcomes calls from SKCC members.  QSL to
home call.

POLAND, SP.  Special event station SN74GETTO is QRV until May 16 to
commemorate the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising. QSL direct to SP5PDB.

CRETE, SV9.  Seppo, OH1VR is QRV as SV9/OH1VR until May 3.  Activity
is on 80 to 10 meters using only CW.  QSL direct to home call.

LORD HOWE ISLAND, VK9L.  Christoph, DL1YAF plans to be QRV as
DL1YAF/VK9L from May 1 to 8.  Activity will be holiday style on 80
to 10 meters using CW and SSB.  QSL to home call.

CAYMAN ISLANDS, ZF.  Al, KZ3AB and Tony, W1FHN will be QRV as ZF2AB
from April 29 to May 6.  Activity will be holiday style on 40, 20,
15 and 10 meters using SSB.  QSL via WA3EOP.

CALLSIGN CORRECTION.  As reported in DX news ARLD016, Denis, F8DAK
is QRV as TZ8TM, NOT TZ6BB, for 18 months.  QSL via W3HNK.

THIS WEEKEND ON THE RADIO.  The 10-10 International Digital Spring
Contest, NCCC RTTY Sprint, NCCC CW Sprint, Feld Hell Sprint,
Helvetia Contest and Florida QSO Party are all on tap for this
upcoming weekend.

The RSGB 80-Meter Club SSB Championship and AGCW QRP/QRP CW Party
are scheduled for May 1.

The ARS Spartan CW Sprint is scheduled for May 2.

The MIE 33 Contest, 432 MHz Spring Sprint, Phone Fray and CWops
Mini-CWT CW Test are scheduled for May 3.

Please see April QST, page 92, May QST, page 87, and the ARRL and
WA7BNM contest web sites for details.
NNNN
/EX

From k2dsv at msn.com  Thu Apr 27 16:28:12 2017
From: k2dsv at msn.com (Don WILSON)
Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2017 20:28:12 +0000
Subject: [ETS/PARC List] Fw: ARLX004 Armed Forces Day Crossband
 Military/Amateur Radio Communications Test is May 13
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From: ARRL Web site <memberlist at www.arrl.org>
Sent: Thursday, April 27, 2017 4:14 PM

Subject: ARLX004 Armed Forces Day Crossband Military/Amateur Radio Communications Test is May 13

SB SPCL @ ARL $ARLX004
ARLX004 Armed Forces Day Crossband Military/Amateur Radio
Communications Test is May 13

ZCZC AX04
QST de W1AW
Special Bulletin 4  ARLX004
>From ARRL Headquarters
Newington CT  April 27, 2017
To all radio amateurs

SB SPCL ARL ARLX004
ARLX004 Armed Forces Day Crossband Military/Amateur Radio
Communications Test is May 13

The US Army, Air Force, Navy, and Coast Guard will sponsor the
traditional military/amateur radio communication tests on Saturday,
May 13 to mark the 66th annual Armed Forces Day (AFD). Armed Forces
Day is May 20, but the AFD Crossband Military-Amateur Radio event
will take place a week earlier in order to avoid schedule conflicts
with those attending Hamvention.

Complete information, including military stations, modes, and
frequencies, is available on the US Army MARS website at,
http://www.usarmymars.org/home/announcements .
Announcements - US Army MARS<http://www.usarmymars.org/home/announcements>
www.usarmymars.org
US Army Military Auxiliary Radio System (ARMARS) public information and document library.




The annual celebration is a unique opportunity to test two-way
communication between radio amateurs and military stations
(authorized under Part 97.111 of the Amateur Service rules). It
features traditional military-to-amateur crossband SSB voice, CW,
practice using legacy interoperability waveforms, and the
opportunity for participating hams to utilize more modern military
modes, such as MIL-STD Serial PSK and Automatic Link Establishment
(ALE). Military stations and Amateur Radio stations are authorized
to communicate directly on certain 60-meter interoperability
channels - 5,330.5, 5346.5, and 5,371.5 kHz.

These tests give Amateur Radio operators and shortwave listeners a
chance and a challenge to demonstrate individual technical skills
and to receive recognition from the appropriate military radio
station. QSL cards will be available for stations successfully
contacting participating military stations.

The Armed Forces Day message will be transmitted via Military
Standard radioteletype modes (MIL-STD 188-110A/B). Software is
available to demodulate the military serial PSK waveform, and
detailed instructions can be downloaded from,
http://www.n2ckh.com/MARS_ALE_FORUM/MSDMT.html
MARS-ALE Technical Forum file support site<http://www.n2ckh.com/MARS_ALE_FORUM/MSDMT.html>
www.n2ckh.com
NOTICE: At present MS-DMT software does not require a license file as does MARS-ALE for two-way communications. However this may change in the futures as additional ...



.  Utilizing this mode with soundcard equipment can be challenging;
review the instructions carefully.

A short practice transmission will be sent at 1930 and 2330 on May
6, 7, 10, and 12 on 13.506.5 MHz USB and 17.443.0 MHz USB.

Military FSK is Baudot at 850 Hz, 75 baud, low mark, and 2000 Hz
center. Most RTTY programs can be set to decode this mode. To
achieve low mark while receiving in USB, select reverse shift.

QSL cards are available for individuals that receive the Armed
Forces Day test message. To receive a card, copy the printed text of
the test message as received from the military station, and include
it in your report. No attempt should be made to correct possible
errors.

Stations copying Armed Forces Day messages transmitted from US Army
and US Navy stations and requesting a QSL card, can complete the QSL
report form online at, http://www.usarmymars.org/ . Stations copying
the Armed Forces Day message transmitted from US Air Force stations
and seeking a QSL card should send a request to Armed Forces Day
Celebration, Chief, Air Force MARS, 203 W. Losey St, Scott AFB, IL
62225.

Include a transcript of the received text, time observed, frequency
observed, military station call sign, your full name and Amateur
Radio call sign (if applicable), full mailing address (including ZIP
code).

Stations with Automatic Link Establishment (ALE) capability can
contact a military station on specific half duplex crossband
channels established for this purpose. ALE is a selective calling
and linking method utilized by government, military, and amateur
radio communications. Military stations will scan and receive
certain amateur HFLINK ALE frequencies and transmit on the
corresponding military ALE frequency. Military stations will also
transmit ALE station identification (soundings) on each military
frequency at 30- to 90-minute intervals. Amateur stations may scan
military frequencies and monitor the soundings to build the LQA
database or select the channel manually. Amateur stations will call
military stations using ALE selective calling on one of the paired
cross band channels.
NNNN
/EX

From k2dsv at msn.com  Thu Apr 27 19:57:19 2017
From: k2dsv at msn.com (Don WILSON)
Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2017 23:57:19 +0000
Subject: [ETS/PARC List] Fw: The ARRL Letter for April 27, 2017
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________________________________
From: ARRL Web site <memberlist at www.arrl.org>
Sent: Thursday, April 27, 2017 7:51 PM

Subject: The ARRL Letter for April 27, 2017


If you are having trouble reading this message, you can see the original at:
http://www.arrl.org/arrlletter/?issue=2017-04-27

ARRL Letter<http://www.arrl.org/arrlletter/?issue=2017-04-27>
www.arrl.org
The American Radio Relay League (ARRL) is the national association for amateur radio, connecting hams around the U.S. with news, information and resources.



[The ARRL Letter]

April 27, 2017
Editor: Rick Lindquist, WW1ME<mailto:ww1me at arrl.org>
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  *   Inaugural AM Rally a Hit! Participants Log Nearly 1,500 Contacts
  *   Armed Forces Day Crossband Communications Test Set for Saturday, May 13
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  *   Puerto Rico Radio Amateurs Take Part in 2017 Caribbean Tsunami Exercise
  *   Upcoming Army MARS Communication Exercises Highlighted at Regional Conference
  *   WRTC 2018 Plans Call for Greater Participation by Young Contesters
  *   ISS Commander Peggy Whitson, ex-KC5ZTD, Sets New US Record for Time in Space
  *   Ohio Columnist Alerts Locals to Upcoming Ham "Invasion"
  *   In Brief...
  *   Getting It Right!
  *   The K7RA Solar Update
  *   Just Ahead in Radiosport
  *   Upcoming ARRL Section, State, and Division Conventions

Inaugural AM Rally a Hit! Participants Log Nearly 1,500 Contacts

The numbers<http://amfone.net/Amforum/index.php?topic=42770.0> are in, and the first AM Rally<http://www.amrally.com>, April 1-3, was a huge success, with nearly 1,500 contacts reported on the 72 logs submitted. Unique call signs logged numbered 664. Event co-organizer Clark Burgard, N1BCG, feels the actual number of contacts was quite a bit larger, because not all participants submitted logs, although logs continue to trickle in past the entry deadline. Burgard said he's been hearing a lot of newcomers on AM lately, and he believes the AM Rally is a factor.

[http://www3.arrl.org/nl/al/image/KB1VWC%20Heathkit%20Collection-1.jpg]

Stephen Harris, KB1VWC, in Massachusetts obviously is a major Heathkit fan. He operated several rigs from his collection during the AM Rally.


"Perhaps the most endearing moments were an exchange between an op who got his General and an IC-7300 just in time for the event, and a report from an old timer, who said that he'd 'dusted off my DX-100 and got her ready a week early for the Rally. First time back on AM since 1969,'" Burgard recounted. "This was just a sample of the positive spirit shared that weekend."

Burgard said that several AM "tall ships" anchored throughout the bands greeted newcomers and helped all to make some easy contacts.

The top stations in terms of total contacts were W1AW at ARRL Headquarters in Connecticut; and Steve Cloutier, WA1QIX, and Stephen Harris, KB1VWC, both in Massachusetts. W1AW and Cloutier -- an AM Rally co-organizer with Burgard and others -- are ineligible to receive certificates, however.

[http://www3.arrl.org/nl/al/image/Steve%20Cloutier%20WA1QIX.jpg]

Steve Cloutier, WA1QIX, has a lot of heavy metal in his Massachusetts shack.


W1AW logged 178 contacts in 29 states, while WA1QIX made 138 contacts in 26 states, and KB1VWC snagged 132 contacts in 28 states. Rounding out the top five were inveterate AMer Paul Courson, WA3VJB, in Maryland, with 121 contacts in 28 states, and John Bogath, N2BE, in New Jersey, with 57 contacts in 29 states. Some of the stations submitting logs worked just a single contact.

"Considering the solar flare, which wiped out the lower bands for a significant portion of the event, it was an amazing turnout," Cloutier told ARRL. "For the future, it would be better to have the event in February -- better propagation and less static, and a good thing to cure cabin fever."

________________________________

The View from W1AW

W1AW operator and ARRL Assistant Lab Manager Bob Allison, WB1GCM, offered his observations about working the AM Rally from the Maxim Memorial Station.

Throughout the weekend, the AM windows were very busy with radio amateurs operating AM mode using vintage vacuum-tube and solid-state equipment. Transmitters heard ranged from World War II-era BC-610s to Johnson Desk Kilowatts and other heavy metal, such as converted AM broadcast transmitters and solid-state homebrew units using Class E modulation. Plenty of name-brand transceivers were on the air, and many operators were excited to use AM for the first time. The on-air atmosphere was relaxed and cordial, with operators sharing their ham radio experiences and equipment used.

[http://www3.arrl.org/nl/al/image/W1AW-Summer-640w(1).jpg]In the past couple of years, many manufacturers of Amateur Radio transceivers have made their equipment sound good and talk well on AM, without having to make complicated adjustments. That's great!

W1AW was active on 80, 40, 20, and 15 meters, making 177 contacts. Equipment consisted of a K7DYY Super Senior 80/40-meter transmitter, with external speech compressor and equalizer, a Collins 75S-1 receiver, and a dipole antenna suspended above ARRL Headquarters. A Johnson Valiant transmitter and National NC-303 receiver were also put on the air for a few contacts.

ARRL thanks AM Rally organizers Clark Burgard, N1BCG; Brian Kress, KB3WFV, and Steve Cloutier, WA1QIX.

________________________________

Burgard praised W1AW and WA1QIX for their significant contributions to the successful event and participants for their dedication. "I'm sure there are stories of hardened determination and profound sacrifice that weekend!" he added.

Harris topped the field in Category A, vacuum-tube commercial AM amateur equipment (KW1, 32V3, DX-100, etc.). Only a few stations entered in Class B -- homebrew largely vacuum-tube transmitter, and Rex Greenwell, K0KP, in Minnesota, was the top scorer. W1AW was number 1 in Category C -- commercially built solid-state transmitter, although the top station eligible for a certificate in that class was David Hockaday, WB4IUY, in North Carolina.

[http://www3.arrl.org/nl/al/image/N1BCG%20Open-Wire%20Feedline.jpg]

Looking up the impressive open-wire feed line for the 40-meter dipole (at 50 feet) that N1BCG used during the AM Rally. [Clark Burgard, N1BCG, photo]


Just two stations entered in Category D -- homebrew solid-state transmitter: WA1QIX and KC9HFR, in Wisconsin. Ditto for Class E -- hybrid (solid state plus tubes) commercially built transmitter, with WB2JCC in New York, and KM3D in Pennsylvania making a handful of contacts between them. No one entered in Category F -- hybrid (solid state + tubes) home-built transmitter. Only three stations turned in logs in Category G -- converted AM broadcast transmitter, with WA3VJB topping the field, followed by KC8ZUL in Ohio, and K0SF in Minnesota. In Category H -- military transmitting equipment -- were five stations, topped by W6SAI, the Bill Orr Legacy Radio Club in Alabama. There were eight entries in Category I -- software-based (SDR), with KP2XX at number 1.

Three special event stations -- N1A, W1G, and W2A -- were active during the AM Rally.

Some 44% of contacts were made on 75 meters, with 40 meters a close second at 40%, and 20 meters at 13%. Less than 2% of participants reported making contacts on 160 or 15 meters, and none were reported on 10 meters, likely due to poor HF conditions that weekend. Fewer than 1% made contacts on 6 meters.

Burgard said he hopes the AM Rally will turn into an annual event with even greater participation, now that it's left so many positive experiences in its wake. Read more<http://www.arrl.org/news/inaugural-am-rally-a-hit-participants-log-nearly-1-500-contacts>.

Armed Forces Day Crossband Communications Test Set for Saturday, May 13

US Army, Air Force, Navy, and Coast Guard stations will participate in the annual Armed Forces Day Crossband Communications Test<http://www.usarmymars.org/home/announcements> on Saturday, May 13. This annual HF communication interoperability event, sponsored by the Department of Defense since 1934, challenges Amateur Radio operators to contact military stations across the US.

The event marks the 66th annual Armed Forces Day (AFD), officially on May 20. The AFD Crossband Military-Amateur Radio event takes place a week earlier in order to avoid schedule conflicts with those attending Hamvention.

[http://www3.arrl.org/nl/al/image/Armed%20Forces%20Day%202017%20logo.JPG]Radio amateurs will transmit on Amateur Radio frequencies and listen on military frequencies, while military stations will transmit on military frequencies and listen on Amateur Radio frequencies. The annual event tests two-way communication between radio amateurs and military stations (authorized under ?97.111 of the Amateur Service rules). It features traditional military-to-amateur crossband SSB voice, CW, practice using legacy interoperability waveforms, and the opportunity for participating hams to utilize more modern military modes, such as MIL-STD Serial PSK and Automatic Link Establishment (ALE). Military stations and Amateur Radio stations are authorized to communicate directly on certain 60-meter interoperability channels -- 5,330.5, 5346.5, and 5,371.5 kHz.

Select stations will transmit the Armed Forces Day message using Military Standard mode M188-110A. Amateur Radio operators may download software<http://www.n2ckh.com/MARS_ALE_FORUM/MSDMT.html> to receive the broadcast.

Shortwave listeners are welcome to participate. Complete details<http://www.usarmymars.org/home/announcements>, including stations, times, and operating modes are on the US Army MARS website. Read more<http://www.arrl.org/news/armed-forces-day-crossband-military-amateur-radio-communications-test-is-may-13>.

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[http://www3.arrl.org/nl/al/image/ARRL%20Doctor%20Podcast%20Logo%20with%20DX%20Engineering(1).jpg]Sponsored by DX Engineering<http://www.dxengineering.com/>, "ARRL The Doctor is In" is an informative discussion of all things technical. Listen on your computer, tablet, or smartphone -- whenever and wherever you like!

Every 2 weeks, your host, QST Editor-in-Chief Steve Ford, WB8IMY, and the Doctor himself, Joel Hallas, W1ZR, will discuss a broad range of technical topics. You can also e-mail your questions to doctor at arrl.org<mailto:doctor at arrl.org>, and the Doctor may answer them in a future podcast.

Enjoy "ARRL The Doctor is In" on Apple iTunes<https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/arrl-the-doctor-is-in/id1096749595?mt=2>, or by using your iPhone or iPad podcast app (just search for "ARRL The Doctor is In"). You can also listen online at Blubrry<https://www.blubrry.com/arrl_the_doctor_is_in/>, or at Stitcher<https://www.stitcher.com/> (free registration required, or browse the site as a guest) and through the free Stitcher app for iOS, Kindle, or Android devices. If you've never listened to a podcast before, download our beginner's guide<http://www.arrl.org/doctor>.

US Fish and Wildlife Service Seeks Comments on Baker Island DXpedition Compatibility

The US Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) appears open to a DXpedition to Baker Island in the Pacific, which has not been activated for 15 years. Baker and Howland Islands (KH1) is the fourth most-wanted DXCC entity, according to the Club Log DXCC Most Wanted List. On April 24, the FWS released a Draft Compatibility Determination for Amateur Radio Operation<https://www.fws.gov/uploadedFiles/Region_1/NWRS/Zone_1/Pacific_Reefs_Complex/Baker_island/Sections/News/News_Items/CD_Baker%20Island%20NWR_Amateur%20Radio_42417.pdf> for public review and comment. The comment period ends on May 8. Public access to the Baker Island National Wildlife Refuge (NWR) is managed through a special use permit (SUP). Baker and Howland Islands are part of the Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument (PRIMNM<https://www.fws.gov/refuge/pacific_remote_islands_marine_national_monument/>), created by former President George W. Bush under the authority of the Antiquities Act of 1906. The monument was expanded by President Barack Obama.

[http://www3.arrl.org/nl/al/image/Pacific%20Remote%20Islands%20generic%20(FWS).JPG]"Amateur Radio operation is an existing use at Baker Island NWR; however, it is not a common use," the FWS said in opening the Draft Compatibility Determination for comment. "The Service last permitted an Amateur Radio operator group to access Baker Island NWR in April 2002. The SUP authorizing this use will include stipulations, conditions, and restrictions to ensure compatibility and mitigate for potential anticipated impacts to refuge resources."

Comments may be submitted via e-mail<mailto:laura_beauregard at fws.gov> to Monument Superintendent Laura Beauregard. Include "Baker Amateur Radio Comments" in the subject line.

The FWS allowed that while Amateur Radio is not a wildlife-dependent public use, it does offer "some value as a source of public information about wildlife resources and to bring public attention to the Refuge," the FWS said. Baker Island is 1,830 nautical miles southwest of Honolulu -- an 8-day voyage.

[http://www3.arrl.org/nl/al/image/FWS%20logo.png]Visitors to Baker Island would be accompanied by an FWS representative, who would approve the landing zone. The FWS would also have to approve QSL cards to ensure that they include "an informative or educational statement about the Refuge." The FWS called QSLs "a valuable outreach tool."

"By allowing Amateur Radio operators to visit the PRIMNM refuges, the refuges benefit through the ability of staff to visit remote island sites to monitor wildlife populations and habitats, detect invasive species introductions, and perform management actions that would otherwise require the Service to charter a vessel," the FWS, said, pointing out the mutual advantage to the Service of accompanying a DXpedition to the island.

The 2002 K1B Baker Island DXpedition logged 96,000 contacts. Read more<http://www.arrl.org/news/us-fish-and-wildlife-service-seeks-comments-on-baker-island-dxpedition-compatibility>. -- Thanks to The Daily DX<http://www.dailydx.com>, FWS

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Puerto Rico Radio Amateurs Take Part in 2017 Caribbean Tsunami Exercise

Radio amateurs in Puerto Rico took part in the Caribe Wave<https://www.weather.gov/ctwp/caribewave17> tsunami exercise on March 21, during Tsunami Preparedness Week for Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. Caribe Wave is the annual tsunami exercise of the UNESCO Tsunami and Other Coastal Hazards Warning System for the Caribbean and Adjacent Regions (CARIBE-EWS<http://iocaribe.ioc-unesco.org/icgcaribeews>). Its major objective is for countries, emergency managers, and communities at risk to test, validate, and update their tsunami response plans. This year's scenario was an earthquake, with an epicenter at the east of the island of Antigua, generating a tsunami incident for the entire Caribbean. Exercise information can be found on the Tsunami Zone<http://www.tsunamizone.org> website.

[http://www3.arrl.org/nl/al/image/Caribe%20Wave%202017%20logo.jpg]"Tsunami occurrences are relatively infrequent in Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. The most significant historical events happened in 1867 and 1918," a NOAA/NWS report said. "However, the Puerto Rico Trench and other seismic zones in the Caribbean region are all capable of generating tsunamis." NOAA said vulnerability in the region is very high, due to greater population density and tourist activity along the coast.

In Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands, Caribe Wave is conducted in coordination with the Puerto Rico Seismic Network (Red S?smica de Puerto Rico), UNESCO, NOAA, and the Puerto Rico Emergency Management Agency (PREMA-AEMEAD).

Historically, Amateur Radio has been an important part of this exercise at an island-wide level with various island radio groups participating on an array of VHF/UHF and HF frequencies.

The exercise commenced with an Emergency Alert System (EAS) activation on broadcast media on the island, announcing the drill scenario. Sirens were tested in all of Puerto Rico's coastal communities.

Amateur Radio's role was to gather reports on how residents heard or learned of the EAS Alert, and if any heard the sirens. A report summary was delivered to PREMA officials during a post-exercise meeting with Puerto Rico Section Emergency Coordinator Juan Sepulveda, KP3CR, and ARRL Puerto Rico Section Manager Oscar Resto, KP4RF.

PREMA Executive Director Abner G?mez Cort?s hailed the Caribe Wave 2017 exercise as a success during a visit to a school near the coast, which was practicing evacuation measures. Read more<http://www.arrl.org/news/puerto-rico-radio-amateurs-take-part-in-2017-caribbean-tsunami-exercise>. -- Thanks to Angel Santana, WP3GW, Puerto Rico Section Public Information Coordinator and Assistant Section Manager

Upcoming Army MARS Communication Exercises Highlighted at Regional Conference

US Army MARS Program Manager Paul English, WD8DBY, reviewed the upcoming calendar of communication exercises planned for the remainder of 2017, when he spoke via video link to attendees at the Army MARS Region 3 Conference April 6-8 in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Hosting the event was Pennsylvania Army MARS, in cooperation with the Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency (PEMA).

[http://www3.arrl.org/nl/al/image/MARS-Generic%20logo.jpg]Addressing the first day of the gathering, English highlighted MARS participation in two NORTHCOM-sponsored exercises that are taking place this week -- one in Lake Delton, Wisconsin, supporting the Wisconsin Army National Guard and Office of Emergency Management, and the other in New York and New Jersey called "Gotham Shield."

"Gotham Shield includes MARS members interfacing with Amateur Radio operators as well as with National Guard stations," English told ARRL. "One key event of this exercise is to tie -- via HF radio -- the Commander of NORTHCOM in Colorado Springs and the National Guard Bureau in Washington, DC, with the exercise occurring in New York City.

Attending the event were Army and Air Force MARS members from Region 3, which includes Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia.

English said he also briefly discussed the quarterly Department of Defense exercises planned for May, August, and October. "The October exercise will again focus on interoperating with the amateur community and high-power broadcasts on 60 meters, as well as a on a higher daytime operating frequency," he said.

English answered more than a dozen questions from Region 3 members, covering topics ranging from membership recognition and training to MARS policy.

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Army MARS Pennsylvania State Director Travis Best, W3TMB, opened the Region 3 Conference. [Photo courtesy of Chon Gann, K3DHS]


Army MARS Pennsylvania State Director Travis Best, W3TMB, who opened the Region 3 conference, said the relationship of trust between PEMA and Pennsylvania MARS operators has allowed MARS to establish a state-of-the-art Amateur Radio station, in cooperation with the Auxiliary Communication Services in the PEMA Commonwealth Response Coordination Center.

"As MARS nears 100 years of service to the country, the jam-packed conference showcased the dramatic evolution of resources available to support today's volunteer MARS operators to meet the mission of providing contingency and emergency communications for the Department of Defense and federal and civil authorities," said Chon Gann, K3DHS, the Army MARS Region 3 public affairs officer.

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WRTC 2018 Plans Call for Greater Participation by Young Contesters

The 8th World Radiosport Team Championship, WRTC 2018<http://www.wrtc2018.de/> in Germany next July, will offer seats on three teams for contesters who are 25 or younger at the time of the event. Prospective participants need only to apply. The international event July 12-16, 2018, will feature 42 competing teams. This will mark Germany's first time [http://www3.arrl.org/nl/al/image/WRTC%202018%20logo%20(2017).jpg] hosting WRTC, which takes place in conjunction with the IARU HF Championship<http://www.arrl.org/iaru-hf-championship> event, July 15-16, 2018. The IARU contest provides a framework for the WRTC; the rules for each event differ. Contester Sandy Raeker, DL1QQ, who handles WRTC 2018 US fundraising, spoke<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9ifkv7vxVI> recently with Tim Duffy, K3LR, for a DX Engineering video.

"I think we're making good progress," Raeker said. She noted that WRTC 2014 in New England had one youth team. "We decided to have three youth teams this time, because it's so important to involve more young people in this great contesting hobby," she said.

Managing preparations for WRTC 2018 is a 12-member organizing committee, headed by Chris Janssen, DL1MGB. Raeker said the sites, all in the relatively flat Jessen-Wittenberg region south of Berlin in the former East Germany, have yet to be evaluated, but added that organizers aim to offer comparable operating sites for all WRTC 2018 participants.

[http://www3.arrl.org/nl/al/image/Sandy%20Raeker%20DL1QQ.JPG]<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9ifkv7vxVI>

Sandy Raeker, DL1QQ. (Click for full interview video.)


WRTC 2018 has wrapped up its qualification process, drafted official rules<http://wrtc2018.de/images/PDF/wrtc2018_CompetitionRules_20161105.pdf> for the competition, selected 160 possible station sites, picked and tested antennas and antenna-related gear, completed an initial round of testing, and signed several major sponsorship contracts. In March, WRTC 2018 began accepting applications for referees.

Raeker said some 39% of contributions for WRTC 2018 to date have come from the US, with 56% from Germany. US supporters may donate to WRTC 2018 via the World Wide Radio Operators Foundation (WWROF<http://wwrof.org/>) website. Read more<http://www.arrl.org/news/wrtc-2018-plans-call-for-greater-participation-by-young-contesters>.

ISS Commander Peggy Whitson, ex-KC5ZTD, Sets New US Record for Time in Space

Current International Space Station (ISS) Commander Peggy Whitson<https://www.nasa.gov/astronauts/biographies/peggy-a-whitson>, ex-KC5ZTD, this week broke the record for cumulative time spent in space by a US astronaut. President Donald Trump -- with daughter Ivanka Trump and astronaut Kate Rubins, KG5FYJ, joining him in the Oval Office -- called Whitson on April 24 to congratulate her on her accomplishment. With Whitson for the call on board the ISS was astronaut Jack Fischer, KG5FYH, who arrived on April 20 for his first mission aboard ISS.

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Peggy Whitson, ex-KC5ZTD, is joined by astronaut Jack Fischer, KG5FYH, as she speaks with President Donald Trump. [NASA photo]


"Peggy is a phenomenal role model for young women, and all Americans, who are exploring or participating in STEM education programs and careers," President Trump said. "When I signed the INSPIRE Women Act in February, I did so to ensure more women have access to STEM education and careers, and to ensure America continues to benefit from the contributions of trailblazers like Peggy."

Whitson tweeted back, "Thank you, Mr. President, for the great opportunity to highlight the research we are doing up here aboard the space station and beyond!"

Last November, Whitson, 57, launched to the ISS on her current mission, with 377 days in space already under her belt, and broke the 534 cumulative-day record in space held by Jeff Williams, KD5TVQ. Whitson became the first woman to command the space station in 2008, and on April 9, she became the first woman to command it twice. She also holds the record for most spacewalks by a female astronaut.

[http://www3.arrl.org/nl/al/image/ISS-5%20Jul%202015.jpg]"This is an inspirational record Peggy is setting today, and she would be the first to tell you this is a record that's absolutely made to be broken as we advance our knowledge and existence as both Americans and humans," said NASA acting Administrator Robert Lightfoot.

This is Whitson's third long-duration stay on board the space station, and her mission was recently extended for another 3 months. Instead of returning to Earth in June as originally planned, Whitson will remain on the ISS until September, returning home with Fischer and Russian cosmonaut Fyodor Yurchikhin, RN3FI.

Whitson first served aboard the ISS in 2002 as part of the Expedition 5 crew, was the Expedition 16 commander some 5 years later, and has conducted numerous Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contacts with students on Earth. Whitson has since let her Amateur Radio license lapse. -- Thanks to NASA

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Ohio Columnist Alerts Locals to Upcoming Ham "Invasion"

Fairborn Daily Herald columnist Bill Taylor, N8YGS, is giving readers in the Fairborn, Ohio area a heads up regarding the thousands of radio amateurs soon to be descending upon Xenia, Ohio for Hamvention? -- being held there for the first time, May 19-21, at the Greene County Fairgrounds and Expo Center.

[http://www3.arrl.org/nl/al/image/Hamvention-Greene%20County%20Fairgrounds%20Google%20Sat%20Map.jpg]

The Greene County Fairgrounds and Expo Center satellite view.


"It seems to me that folks hereabouts should be forewarned that in a few weeks we will be subjected to what might be called an 'invasion,'" Taylor wrote<http://fairborndailyherald.com/opinion/16775/heads-up-an-invasion-is-coming>. "Oh, it won't be by zombies, aliens from outer space, or locusts -- nope, it's going to be by very friendly 'hams,' known more formally as 'Amateur Radio operators.'"

A member of ARRL and of the Hamvention-sponsoring Dayton Amateur Radio Association (DARA), Taylor pointed out that past Hamvention attendance has been in the 25,000 range. "As for attendance this year, that's a bit of a question because of the change in venue," Taylor wrote, "but we can still expect thousands of folks visiting our county, many for the first time."

Taylor told ARRL that he's planning "at least a couple more columns about Hamvention and Amateur Radio, including one next week." He said his editor is "very supportive" of Hamvention and plans to devote as many column inches as possible to the event.

In Brief...

[http://www3.arrl.org/nl/al/image/Layang%20Layang%20Island%20(Swallow%20Reef).jpg]Spratly Islands DXpedition Postponed: An international Amateur Radio team has postponed its DXpedition to the Spratly Islands, planned for December 2017. The DXpedition, which will take place from Layang Layang Island (Swallow Reef -- AS-051) under Malaysian call sign 9M0W, now will be on the air March 10-20, 2018. Operation will be on 160 through 6 meters, CW, SSB, and digital modes. Layang Layang Island is approximately 15 acres, which includes "reclaimed" land. While the Royal Malaysian Navy maintains a presence on the reef, ownership -- as with all of the Spratlys -- is disputed. It is also claimed by the People's Republic of China, Taiwan, and Vietnam.

[http://www3.arrl.org/nl/al/image/courtroom-gavel.jpg]Motorola Solutions Expands Patent Infringement Complaints against Hytera: Motorola Solutions<https://www.motorolasolutions.com/en_us.html> on March 29 announced<https://newsroom.motorolasolutions.com/news/motorola-solutions-files-patent-infringement-complaint-with-us-international-trade-commission-against-hytera-communications.htm> that it had filed patent infringement complaints with the Regional Court of D?sseldorf, Germany, against Hytera Communications<http://www.hytera.com/> of Shenzhen, China, and Hytera Mobilfunk of Bad M?nder, Germany. The legal action in Germany came on the heels of complaints<http://newsroom.motorolasolutions.com/presskits/motorola-solutions-intellectual-property.htm.> the company filed in the US District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, alleging that Hytera's digital mobile radio (DMR) products employ techniques and systems that infringe on Motorola Solutions' patents and trade secrets. Already known for its Land Mobile Radio Service products, Hytera entered the Amateur Radio DMR market last year. The Regional Court complaints assert that Hytera's two-way wireless communication devices that utilize "pseudo-trunking" functionality infringe on a Motorola Solutions' patent. Motorola also has filed a patent infringement complaint against Hytera with the US International Trade Commission.

Getting It Right!

The article "RARSfest Hosts 2017 ARRL Roanoke Division Convention" in the April 20 edition of The ARRL Letter contained an underestimated attendance figure. RARSfest Chairman Ian Hewitt, N0IAN, said 1,673 tickets were sold for the event.

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The K7RA Solar Update

Tad Cook, K7RA, Seattle, reports: Each of the average solar and geomagnetic indices rose during the April 20-26 reporting week, compared to the previous 7 days. The average daily sunspot number rose from 8.6 to 35.7, and the solar flux rose from 76.5 to 81.4. The average daily planetary A index went from 8 to 26.4, and the average daily mid-latitude A index rose from 6.3 to 18.4.

[http://www3.arrl.org/nl/al/image/Solar%20Disk-2017-04-27.gif]The day with the most geomagnetic activity was April 22, when the planetary A index was 54. On the same date, Alaska's College A index (near Fairbanks) was 86.

The predicted planetary A index is 10, 8, 5, and 8 on April 27-30; 14, 10, 8, and 10 on May 1-4; 15 on May 5-6; 8 on May 7-8; 5 on May 9-14; 8 and 15 on May 15-16, and then into a more active period at 30, 25, 45, 50, and 30 on May 17-21. Then 20 on May 22-24; 15, 8, 5, and 20 on May 25-28; 10 on May 29-31; 15 on June 1-2; 8 on June 3-4, and 5 on June 5-9.

Predicted solar flux values are 80 on April 27; 81 on April 28-29; 80 on April 30 and May 1; 79 on May 2-3; 78 on May 4; 75 on May 5-14; 80 on May 15-18; 85 on May 19-24; 80 on May 25-28, and 75 on May 29-June 10.

Sunspot numbers for April 20 through 26, 2017 were 26, 39, 29, 43, 41, 36, and 36, with a mean of 35.7. The 10.7-centimeter flux was 80.7, 82.2, 83.6, 82.5, 80.2, 81.3, and 79.6, with a mean of 81.4. Estimated planetary A indices were 30, 19, 54, 41, 20, 12, and 9, with a mean of 26.4. Estimated mid-latitude A indices were 20, 11, 37, 24, 19, 10, and 8, with a mean of 18.4.

Send<mailto:k7ra at arrl.net> me your reports and observations.

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Just Ahead in Radiosport

  *   April 29 -- Feld Hell Sprint

  *   April 29-30 -- 10-10 International Spring Contest (Digital)

  *   April 29-30 -- Helvetia Contest (CW, phone, digital)

  *   April 29-30 -- Florida QSO Party (CW, phone)

  *   May 1 -- AGCW QRP/QRP Party

  *   May 1 -- RSGB 80-Meter Club Championship (SSB)

  *   May 2 -- ARS Spartan Sprint (CW)

  *   May 3 -- 432 MHz Spring Sprint (Any mode)

  *   May 3-4 -- MIE 33 Contest (CW, phone)

  *   May 4 -- NRAU 10-Meter Activity Contest (CW, phone, digital)

See the ARRL Contest Calendar<http://www.arrl.org/contest-calendar> for more information. For in-depth reporting on Amateur Radio contesting, subscribe to The ARRL Contest Update<http://www.arrl.org/contest-update-issues> via your ARRL member profile e-mail preferences.

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Upcoming ARRL Section, State, and Division Conventions

  *   April 29 -- Louisiana Section Convention<http://www.twincityhams.org/hamfest.html>, West Monroe, Louisiana

  *   May 4-6 -- Military Radio Collector's Group Convention<http://www.mrcgwest.org/>, San Luis Obispo, California

  *   May 7 -- Eastern Pennsylvania Section Convention<http://www.k3dn.org/>, Bristol, Pennsylvania

  *   May 13 -- Iowa Section Convention<http://www.3900club.com/>, Boone, Iowa

  *   May 19-21 -- Ohio State Convention (Dayton Hamvention<http://www.hamvention.org/>), Xenia, Ohio

  *   May 27-28 -- Rocky Mountain Division Convention<http://www.wyominghamcon.org/>, Cody, Wyoming

  *   June 2-4 -- Northwestern Division Convention<http://www.seapac.org/>, Seaside, Oregon

  *   June 3 -- Georgia Section Convention<http://atlantahamfest.com/>, Marietta, Georgia

  *   June 4 -- Western Pennsylvania Section Convention<http://www.breezeshooters.org/>, Prospect, Pennsylvania

  *   June 9-10 -- West Gulf Division Convention<http://www.hamcom.org/>, Irving, Texas

  *   June 16-18 -- Utah State Convention<http://www.arrl.org/hamfests/utah-state-convention-1>, Garden City, Utah

  *   June 17 -- Tennessee State Convention<http://www.w4bbb.org/>, Knoxville, Tennessee

Find conventions and hamfests in your area<http://www.arrl.org/hamfests>.

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From k2dsv at msn.com  Fri Apr 28 09:45:21 2017
From: k2dsv at msn.com (Don WILSON)
Date: Fri, 28 Apr 2017 13:45:21 +0000
Subject: [ETS/PARC List] DX INFORMATION
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DX   http://www.dxsummit.fi

> ______________________________________________________________________
>
> VU7 - Lakshadweep Islands -
> Yesterday your editor was so excited to hear about the upcoming
> Bangaram Island trip by W4VKU/VU2VKU, Krish, and VU2PAI, Pai, that he
> forgot to mention the callsign.  They will be signing VU7KP from May
> 15-19.
>
> PJ4 & PJ5/PJ6 - Bonaire & St. Eustatius/Saba -
> The following 60 Meter news comes from the Branch Manager / Senior
> Inspector Dutch Caribbean, Agentschap Telecom in Bonaire:  "Recently
> Agentschap Telecom (AT) has updated the frequency plan for
> Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba with the addition of the 60 meter
> band (5 351.5 - 5 366.5 kHz) for amateur radio, this with a secondary
> status. This means that the band may be operated by A, B or C Amateurs
> (full licence). The band has footnote 5.133B which limits the power in
> the Caribbean region of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to 25 Watt
> (e.i.r.p.)."
>
> FR - Reunion Island -
> F4HPX, Thomas, is heading to the capital city of Saint-Denis as well
> as the west coast beaches and mountains where he will be QRV as
> FR/F4HPX.  Plans are to be QRV holiday style for a "few hours each
> day" between June 4th and 16th.  Equipment will include a Yaesu FT-
> 891 and Elecraft KX2 along with a small 30 watt amp for the KX2.
> He'll be running either 100 watts from his base location or 5-30
> watts from the beaches and mountains.  If the weather allows Thomas
> may do some SOTA activity.  He'll have multiple antennas and plans
> to be QRV, mostly on 20 Meters, but also 40, 30, 17 and 15 Meters
> operating on SSB, JT65, JT9, PSK31, RTTY, possibly CW (computer
> assisted).  QSL via F4HPX as well LoTW, eQSL, Club Log, HRDlog and
> QRZCQ.
>
> 3A - Monaco -
> DF8DX, Bodo, is heading back to operate from Monaco as 3A/DF8DX.  He
> was last there in February of this year, when he "worked more NA than
> ever before".  During his 1998 through 2008 trips he had over 5,000
> QSOs and only 68 from North America.  This past February he worked 88
> NA stations out of a total of 460 stations.  Last time he did have "a
> lot of QRM and [he] didn't really hear well".  For this trip, Bodo
> will operate on April 29th and/or April 30 between 1700 and 2000Z.
> He'll have a KX3 running 15 watts to a monoband dipole with "good
> takeoff to NA".  He'll be on CW only on 17 and/or 20 Meters.  3A/DF8DX
> will be operating from outside and hopes to be able to operate for as
> long as he can, hope not to be "interrupted".  QSLs go via the bureau,
> direct to DF8CB as well as the much preferred OQRS on Club Log.  Logs
> will be done with pen/pencil and paper and then added to Club Log
> after the operation.
> ______________________________________________________________________
>
> Silent Key
> ______________________________________________________________________
>
> LU2HAM, Mario Wolcoff, has passed away.  He was the President of the
> Radio Club Cordoba (LU4HH).
> ______________________________________________________________________
>
> On The WWW
> ______________________________________________________________________
>
> Logs and OQRS are now available on Club Log for the recent 5A5A
> operations https://secure.clublog.org/logsearch/5A5A.  No word yet on
> if this one will count for DXCC.
> ______________________________________________________________________

From k2dsv at msn.com  Fri Apr 28 16:53:27 2017
From: k2dsv at msn.com (Don WILSON)
Date: Fri, 28 Apr 2017 20:53:27 +0000
Subject: [ETS/PARC List] Fw: It's Time for Weekend update Hudson Division
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Sent: Friday, April 28, 2017 2:19 PM

Subject: It's Time for Weekend update Hudson Division Style

Hello Hudson Division-

A few things of interest for the Division over the next few days.

This Sunday, April 30th, the Orange County ARC will be holding their
annual Spring Hamfest at:

The Town of Wallkill Community Center
2 Wes Warren Drive
Middletown, NY

8:30 am ? 12:30 pm

VE session
Free parking
Vendors (including KJI Electronics)
New and Used equipment
Door Prizes
Refreshments
Indoor and outdoor spaces available

For more information and directions, go to the club website:
www.ocarc-ny.org<http://www.ocarc-ny.org>
Orange County Amateur Radio Club<http://www.ocarc-ny.org/>
www.ocarc-ny.org
The Orange County Amateur Radio Club, Inc. is a non-profit educational and service organization chartered under the laws of New York State.



Or call 845-391-3620

Talk in on:  146.76    PL 100

Stop by and say ?Hi.?

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I will be the guest speaker at the Crystal Radio Club?s meeting on
Wednesday, May 3rd at:

Rockland County Fire Training Center
35 Fireman's Memorial Drive
Pomona, N.Y.  10970

The meeting starts at 7:30pm.  All are welcome.

For more information, go to the club website at:
http://www.crystalradio.club/

Stop by and say ?Hi.?

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This may be a little in advance, but seating is limited.

NWS Skywarn Spotter training class to be held in Orange County.
Details:

May 10th, 7-9pm
Orange County Emergency Services Building
Classroom 1
22 Wells Farm Road
Goshen, NY

Please register for the course here:

http://www.weather.gov/okx/SkywarnTraining

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That?s it for today.  Have a great weekend!

73 de Mike N2YBB

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