From mrpjf150 at gmail.com  Sat Aug  1 06:20:29 2020
From: mrpjf150 at gmail.com (Pete Fierro)
Date: Sat, 1 Aug 2020 06:20:29 -0400
Subject: [ETS/PARC List] Notice of Tonight's Monthly Meeting
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Loud&clear Victor

On Fri, Jul 31, 2020, 17:32 Victor Pennetta <vpennetta at pennetta.com> wrote:

> For some reason copies of the emails I sent out to ETS went to my spam
> file.  Should have looked.
>
>
>
>
> From: Victor Pennetta
> Sent: Friday, July 31, 2020 5:28 PM
> To: ETSNJ <etslist at mailman.qth.net>
> Subject: FW: Notice of Tonight's Monthly Meeting
>
> If anyone is receiving this email please let me know.  I sent out two
> notices but did not receive a copy back.
>
> 73,
> Victor, K2NBC
>
>
>
>
> From: Victor Pennetta
> Sent: Friday, July 31, 2020 4:38 PM
> To: etslist-bounces at mailman.qth.net<mailto:etslist-bounces at mailman.qth.net
> >
> Subject: FW: Notice of Tonight's Monthly Meeting
>
> Resending
>
>
> From: Victor Pennetta
> Sent: Friday, July 31, 2020 4:23 PM
> To: ETSNJ <etslist at mailman.qth.net<mailto:etslist at mailman.qth.net>>
> Subject: Notice of Tonight's Monthly Meeting
>
> My Fellow ETS Members,
>
> First and foremost I sincerely hope that every one of our ETS members and
> their families have been able to stay healthy during this pandemic.  I know
> it has been a while since you have seen correspondence from me regarding
> current issues or updates pertaining to our club, and I do apologize.  As
> many of you know my company is involved with many of the school districts
> around the state along with a number of city and county governments.  We
> have been working two shifts checking, servicing and where necessary
> replacing ventilation equipment for these clients.  Everyone is requesting
> higher efficiency air filters, increased outdoor air ventilation rates and
> in some instances the addition of UV lighting and ionization systems.
> Union County, which is right in our back yard, is running all their
> buildings' HVAC systems 24 hours aday so that they can stagger the working
> hours for the county employees and limit the number of occupants in their
> buildings.  Our members that have schoo
>  l age children know that many of the school districts still do not have a
> clearly defined scope of how or if they will be open up for business in
> September.
>
> That said I am reminding everyone that we will be holding our monthly club
> meeting tonight on the 940 repeater at 8:00 pm.  I want to personally thank
> Bill, K2WLR our club VP for stepping up and volunteering to run last
> month's on-the-air meeting with literally a few minutes notice.  I received
> an email from Chris, KD2PMP our club secretary suggesting that he would
> send out a few email notices a few days before our upcoming meeting as a
> reminder to everyone.  Great idea.  Chris also had some additional
> suggestions for the betterment of the club.  We have some important issues
> to discuss at tonight's meeting:
>
>
>   1.  We still have not been given the ok from the Scotch Plains
> Recreation Department to hold our yearly picnic in the park at the end of
> August.
>   2.  If we do get clearance to hold our picnic, how many members along
> with their family and friends would actually feel comfortable to attend.
>   3.  Should we consider holding our monthly meeting via Zoom instead of
> on the repeater?  The initial problems with Zoom seems to have been
> corrected but we still are a "Ham Radio Club".
>   4.  Consider having one of our members or a guest do a on-air
> presentation for the club. Chris gets credit for this one.
>
> Looking forward to and I hopping that everyone who can will check in
> tonight.
>
> 73,
> Victor, K2NBC
> President, ETS of NJ
>
>
>
>
>
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From vpennetta at pennetta.com  Wed Aug  5 12:34:52 2020
From: vpennetta at pennetta.com (Victor Pennetta)
Date: Wed, 5 Aug 2020 16:34:52 +0000
Subject: [ETS/PARC List] Scotch Plains Rec. Department Response to ETS
 Picnic at Brookside Park on 8/30/20
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From: Victor Pennetta
Sent: Wednesday, August 5, 2020 12:28 PM
To: ETSNJ <etslist at mailman.qth.net<mailto:etslist at mailman.qth.net>>
Subject: Scotch Plains Rec. Department Response to ETS Picnic at Brookside Park on 8/30/20

ETS Members,

Please see the official email response below from the Scotch Plains Recreation Department regarding our pending annual picnic at Brookside Park.  I for one will miss getting together with my fellow ETS members and their families at this event but the health and welfare of everyone is always our first concern.

Victor, K2NBC
President, ETS of NJ


From: Yvette Easley <YvetteE at scotchplainsnj.com<mailto:YvetteE at scotchplainsnj.com>>
Sent: Wednesday, August 5, 2020 10:38 AM
To: Victor Pennetta <vpennetta at pennetta.com<mailto:vpennetta at pennetta.com>>
Cc: DJ Salvante <djsalvante at scotchplainsnj.com<mailto:djsalvante at scotchplainsnj.com>>
Subject: Picnic Brookside Park 8/30/20

Good Morning Victor,

Your organization is scheduled to have a picnic at Brookside Park on 8/30/20. The recreation department is not permitting any public events/picnics  at Brookside Park for the month of August and probably not allowing picnic for September 2020. If you have made a payment we can reimburse the dollar amount.

Thank You
Please respond with any questions


Yvette Easley
Parks and Recreation
Township of Scotch Plains
908-322-6700 ext. 221
Yvettee at scotchplainsnj.com<mailto:Yvettee at scotchplainsnj.com>

Scotch Plains Recreation Website<https://www.scotchplainsnj.gov/departments/recreation/>
Scotch Plains Recreation Facebook Page<https://www.facebook.com/scotchplainsrecreation/>



From vpennetta at pennetta.com  Wed Aug  5 12:47:40 2020
From: vpennetta at pennetta.com (Victor Pennetta)
Date: Wed, 5 Aug 2020 16:47:40 +0000
Subject: [ETS/PARC List] Scotch Plains Rec. Department Response to ETS
 Picnic at Brookside Park on 8/30/20
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From: Victor Pennetta
Sent: Wednesday, August 5, 2020 12:28 PM
To: ETSNJ <etslist at mailman.qth.net<mailto:etslist at mailman.qth.net>>
Subject: Scotch Plains Rec. Department Response to ETS Picnic at Brookside Park on 8/30/20

ETS Members,

Please see the official email response below from the Scotch Plains Recreation Department regarding our pending annual picnic at Brookside Park.  I for one will miss getting together with my fellow ETS members and their families at this event but the health and welfare of everyone is always our first concern.

Victor, K2NBC
President, ETS of NJ


From: Yvette Easley <YvetteE at scotchplainsnj.com<mailto:YvetteE at scotchplainsnj.com>>
Sent: Wednesday, August 5, 2020 10:38 AM
To: Victor Pennetta <vpennetta at pennetta.com<mailto:vpennetta at pennetta.com>>
Cc: DJ Salvante <djsalvante at scotchplainsnj.com<mailto:djsalvante at scotchplainsnj.com>>
Subject: Picnic Brookside Park 8/30/20

Good Morning Victor,

Your organization is scheduled to have a picnic at Brookside Park on 8/30/20. The recreation department is not permitting any public events/picnics  at Brookside Park for the month of August and probably not allowing picnic for September 2020. If you have made a payment we can reimburse the dollar amount.

Thank You
Please respond with any questions



From mrpjf150 at gmail.com  Wed Aug 12 06:11:00 2020
From: mrpjf150 at gmail.com (Pete Fierro)
Date: Wed, 12 Aug 2020 06:11:00 -0400
Subject: [ETS/PARC List] Repeaters out
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  Members

    The repeaters are off the air.We speculate that it might be a
Verizon/FiOS issue,we don't know until we get up there.

    We hope to get up onsite at the end of the week sometime.

      Let's also remember Rich,KB2LLM in our prayers.His sister passed away.


The Tech Committee

From w2oudrew at gmail.com  Sun Aug 23 16:48:56 2020
From: w2oudrew at gmail.com (E Drew Moore)
Date: Sun, 23 Aug 2020 16:48:56 -0400
Subject: [ETS/PARC List] 1080p.mov 2018 memories
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From w2oudrew at gmail.com  Thu Aug 27 15:32:48 2020
From: w2oudrew at gmail.com (E Drew Moore)
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 2020 15:32:48 -0400
Subject: [ETS/PARC List] Fwd: [FairLawnARC] Thursday Night's Busy Net
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Begin forwarded message:

From: Thom Guida W2NZ <thomguida at gmail.com>
Date: August 27, 2020 at 3:24:44 PM EDT
To: w2ttt <w2ttt at att.net>
Cc: Fair Lawn ARC Group <FairLawnARC at groups.io>, pcaresraces at yahoogroups.com, "ARCSquared (rrc at arcsquared.org)" <rrc at arcsquared.org>
Subject: Re:  [FairLawnARC] Thursday Night's Busy Net Schedule

?
Thank you for a well laid out format and clear information, suitable for laminating (seriously) and hung in the shack.

Thank you Rob and Gordon!

73-

/T/
nz


> On Thu, Aug 27, 2020 at 2:32 PM w2ttt <w2ttt at att.net> wrote:
> 
> Paraphrased and expanded From: HOLSTROM <kd2bkd at optonline.net>
> The FLARC Health and Welfare Net starts at 7:00 pm on 145.47 and 146.835, as well as on the KD2BKD-L and W2IP-R Echolinks.
> 
> 8:00 PM the Thursday Night DMR net on 444.1 MGz W2AKR/R in Paramus.  Note that the BCFMA DMR repeaters are not networked and require direct RF to access them.
> 
> The Bergen County ARES and BARA Tech Nets are both open to all at 8:30 pm and 9:00 pm respectively again on 145.47 and 146.835 as well as on the KD2BKD-L and W2IP-R Echolinks.
> 
> For tonight's ARES net we will focus on Emergency Preparedness communications and will be looking for reports on activity related to this week's hurricane.  There will also be a review of the NOAA NWS updated Hurricane Forecast through November, 2020.
> 
> SPOILER ALERT:  INCREASED HURRICANE ACTIVITY EXPECTED!
> 
> The Tech Net is an open forum but we also have some questions already sent in about hanging dipoles.  Many fell over this week, so tips for improvement are needed.  Did yours stay up?  What did you do?
> 
> Thursday Night's Very Busy Radio Schedule
> 
> 7:00 - 8:00 - FLARC Health and Welfare Net (Accessible via W2NPT, NJ2BS, & EchoLink {W2NPT-R & KD2BKD-L})
> 
> 8:00 - 8:30 - BCFMA DMR Net (DMR Only)
> 
> 8:30 - Bergen County ARES Net (Accessible via W2NPT, NJ2BS, & EchoLink {W2NPT-R & KD2BKD-L})
> 
> 9:00 - K2BAR Tech Net (Accessible via W2NPT, NJ2BS, & EchoLink {W2NPT-R & KD2BKD-L})
> 
> 
> For more information about the DMR net reply back to this email.
> 
> Fair Lawn (FLARC) Repeater - W2NPT - Analog (EchoLink via W2NPT-R)
> 
>    Rx = 145.470
> 
>    Tx = 144.870
> 
>    Tone = 167.9
> 
> Pearl River Repeater - NJ2BS - Analog (EchoLink via KD2BKD-L)
> 
>    Rx = 146.835
> 
>    Tx = 146.235
> 
>    Tone = 151.4
> 
> Paramus DMR Repeater - W2AKR - DMR
> 
>    Rx = 444.100
> 
>    Tx = 449.100
> 
>    CC = 9
> 
>    TG = 2
> 
>    TS = 1
> 
> Franklin Lakes DMR Repeater - K2GCL - DMR
> 
>    Rx = 443.100
> 
>    Tx = 448.100
> 
>    CC = 9
> 
>    TG = 2
> 
>    TS = 1
> 
> 
> 
> If you are not interested in being on this DMR list just say so.
> 
> 73 from KD2BKD,
> Bob H.
> 
> Gordon Beattie, W2TTT 
>  
> 
> 
> 
> 

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From cdemers at cjd77.com  Fri Aug 28 03:04:11 2020
From: cdemers at cjd77.com (Chris Demers)
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 2020 03:04:11 -0400
Subject: [ETS/PARC List] July Meeting Minutes - August Meeting Redmider
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Bellow are the July meeting minutes.? Remember that we have an upcoming 
meeting on Friday, August 28 at 8pm. I expect it will be conducted on 
our 2 meter repeater, unless we hear otherwise.

*Minutes for the Meeting on July 31st, 2020 (via repeater)*

*Electronic Technology Society of New Jersey (ETS of NJ)*

The Meeting was called to order by President Vic Pennetta, K2NBC at 8:03 
PM on the K2ETS repeater. This was followed by the check-ins of 
participating members.

*Minutes - Accepted ? KB2ARB motioned, W2CZM Seconded.*

*Treasures Report (*KC2YRC, Treasurer*)*

Still solvent. Insurance has been paid. Only thing left for the year is 
the Annual report, needs to be done by August, can be done over the 
internet.Got a little rebate from one of the insurances.All is well.

*Accepted - W2OIL motioned, WBH2KK seconded*

*Correspondence - *None

*Committee Reports*

*Technical Committee*

WB2HKK ? Another repeater in on 146.955 in Alpine, NJ may key up our 
repeater with word fragments. One of us needs to change the PL tone. Len 
suggests we use tone squelch. We could change our incoming PL to 110.9, 
outgoing would remain 141.3, it could also be a backup.

K2NBC ? Concurs that it is an issue. Have we asked them it they would 
consider changing their PL?

WB2HKK ? Thinks it would be difficulty for either club. We could take 
the technical initiative to solve it on our end.Even if we change our PL 
some of our weaker transmissions could be chopped up from adjacent 
channel interference. However, changing the PL would prevent key-ups.

K2NBC ? Suggests Len does a writeup, so we do a survey to all members to 
get ideas.

W2OU - Suggests we ask Marv with Metro Repeater Coordination about 
deconfliction strategy.

KD2ARB ? 2M kept for local communications, 220 repeater is linked up to 
interesting things.Trying to play with some digital things.Could link up 
Dstar.Just for a day.If something is set up he will send an email.May 
also try P25.Friday -Winn System Technical Net 9:30pm 220, Tuesday - 
East Coast Reflector technical net 8pm 220, Sunday ? ARRL 9pm 2m.

*Other Business*

*Old Business*

*Correspondence*

W2LJ ? Wondering if we have heard from Mrs. Cure, Bobby Cure?s (W2REC) 
wife. We sent a card and a memento. We are unaware of any correspondence.

*Picnic* ? K2NBC - Been 3 or 4 weeks since we have heard from them. He 
will follow-up with them.Not sure how many people would want to try to 
have it.Since we have not heard we will presume it is not happening but 
will follow up.

*New Business*

*Video meetings ? *

KD2PMP ? Proposed the idea of us having video meetings in addition to on 
the air meetings. We could have technical presentations.

W2OU ? Suggested Zoom, screen sharing, presentations and good for 
introducing new members.

K2NBC ? Thinks it could augment our on the air meetings.

KD2PMP - Will prepare a web survey for our members.

WB2HKK ? Suggests using Zoom as a good skill to have in our toolbox and 
challenge.

*Health and Welfare*

KD2ARB ? Any update on K2DSV? W2OIL ? he is doing fine.

*Comments*

KC2YRC ? When WB2HKK started talking he heard a few words then heard a 
dropout until he rekeyed.

K2NBC ? Has not noticed any problems hearing WB2HKK.

K2WLR - Has not noticed any problems hearing WB2HKK.

WB2HKK ? Thinks Allstar should be transmitting the old PL despite him 
coming in on a new PL.

KC2YRC ? Using a Baofang UV25-4, maybe an issue with that radio.

WB2HKK ? Appreciates the observation and we may need to consider these 
kinds of issue.

KC2WDZ ? Asked about the 2020 dues.

W2OIL ? Dues are $30, we?ll send an email with more information.

KC2WDZ ? Thinks the Alpine 955 repeater may be on the Armstrong Tower. 
Does not think it is affiliated with a club, just a group of good guys 
that run it.He understands the problem and hope it can be straightened out.

K2NBC - Thanks to K2WLR for running the last meeting.Thanks front-line 
workers and first responders.

*Adjournment*

9:01 pm meeting ended.

*Check-ins*

*Call*

	

*Name*

	

*Location*

	

*Type*

W2OIL

	

Dave

	

North Plainfield

	

KD2ARB

	

Pete

	

Belle Mead, NJ

	

Internet

WB2HKK

	

Len

	

Old Bridge

	

W2OU

	

Drew

	

Piscataway, NJ

	

K2WLR

	

Bill

	

Metuchen, NJ

	

Base

W2CZM

	

Kevin

	

Martinsville, NJ

	

Allstar

W2VFW

	

George

	

	

KC2YRC

	

Dan

	

Bound Brook

	

Base

K2NBC

	

Vic

	

	

W2LJ

	

Larry

	

	

KZ2G

	

Jeff

	

Brick, NJ

	

KC2WDZ

	

Gene

	

Rockland County

	

Echolink

KD2PMP

	

Chris

	

Rahway, NJ

	

Base

KD2IKS

	

John

	

Rahway, NJ

	

Listening

**

*Respectfully Submitted,*

Chris KD2PMP