From danof10 at optonline.net Tue Feb 9 19:24:57 2021 From: danof10 at optonline.net (VADNEY) Date: Tue, 9 Feb 2021 19:24:57 -0500 (EST) Subject: [ETS/PARC List] DUES 2021 Message-ID: <723834019.1599043.1612916697221@mymail.optimum.net> As you all know its a new year. The 2021 dues for ETS of NJ is $30.00 First off if anyone is having any difficulties please send a email to the officers and we will handle it on a case by case basis. There will be another email with a list of payments received that will updated weekly So please make sure it is mailed to Daniel Vadney c/o K2ETS 525 Washington St. Bound Brook, NJ 08805 Make check out to ETS of NJ for $30.00 Thank you Dan KC2YRC From danof10 at optonline.net Tue Feb 9 19:25:15 2021 From: danof10 at optonline.net (VADNEY) Date: Tue, 9 Feb 2021 19:25:15 -0500 (EST) Subject: [ETS/PARC List] DUES RECIEVED UPDATE 2 Message-ID: <1713794161.1599049.1612916715371@mymail.optimum.net> All ETS members here is a list of payments I have received so far again if you have sent me something and do not see your callsign please email me.... I will try to keep this list updated weekly, Next to your call sign it will say rec for received and dep for deposited. AB2VE REC/DEP K2NBC REC/DEP K2WLR REC/DEP KB2ZHM REC/DEP KC2PI REC/DEP KC2YRC REC/DEP KD2IKS REC/DEP KD2KC REC/DEP KD2ARB REC/DEP KD2PMP REC/ N2JUN REC/DEP W2CZM REC/DEP W2LJ REC/DEP W2OIL REC/DEP W2PQ REC/DEP W2WK REC/DEP WB2HKK REC/DEP WD2NJC REC/DEP WN2SJL REC/DEP WV2RJR REC/DEP From danof10 at optonline.net Sun Feb 14 12:26:26 2021 From: danof10 at optonline.net (VADNEY) Date: Sun, 14 Feb 2021 12:26:26 -0500 (EST) Subject: [ETS/PARC List] DUES 2021 Message-ID: <1282030209.1600824.1613323587025@mymail.optimum.net> As you all know its a new year. The 2021 dues for ETS of NJ is $30.00 First off if anyone is having any difficulties please send a email to the officers and we will handle it on a case by case basis. There will be another email with a list of payments received that will updated weekly So please make sure it is mailed to Daniel Vadney c/o K2ETS 525 Washington St. Bound Brook, NJ 08805 Make check out to ETS of NJ for $30.00 Thank you Dan KC2YRC From danof10 at optonline.net Sun Feb 14 12:28:11 2021 From: danof10 at optonline.net (VADNEY) Date: Sun, 14 Feb 2021 12:28:11 -0500 (EST) Subject: [ETS/PARC List] DUES RECEIVED UPDATE 3 Message-ID: <1387294304.1600933.1613323691915@mymail.optimum.net> All ETS members here is a list of payments I have received so far again if you have sent me something and do not see your callsign please email me.... I will try to keep this list updated weekly, Next to your call sign it will say rec for received and dep for deposited. AB2VE REC/DEP K2NBC REC/DEP K2WLR REC/DEP KB2ZHM REC/DEP KC2PI REC/DEP KC2WDZ REC/ KC2YRC REC/DEP KD2ARB REC/DEP KD2IKS REC/DEP KD2KC REC/DEP KD2PMP REC/ N2JUN REC/DEP W2CZM REC/DEP W2LJ REC/DEP W2OIL REC/DEP W2PQ REC/DEP W2VFW REC/ W2WK REC/DEP WB2AST REC/ WB2HKK REC/DEP WD2NJC REC/DEP WN2SJL REC/DEP WV2RJR REC/DEP From danof10 at optonline.net Sun Feb 14 13:04:57 2021 From: danof10 at optonline.net (VADNEY) Date: Sun, 14 Feb 2021 13:04:57 -0500 (EST) Subject: [ETS/PARC List] TRUSTEE Message-ID: <1698301250.1601412.1613325897460@mymail.optimum.net> To all members of K2ETS, As discussed at the last zoom meeting Len WB2HKK volunteered to be the new trustee of the club call sign K2ETS. The paperwork was submitted and was approved and if you search K2ETS on qrz you will see the change. I would like to thank Len for taking on this responsibility and as a club in these difficult times we are working on meeting agendas with the recently purchased zoom account , and updating info on the website and various member list, and emails. As you all know with the passing of Don K2DSV and Drew W2OU, we have not only loss two very key members of our club they are our friends and part of the K2ETS family. It will take some time to recoup from there loss, but I can at least say they were great teachers so as there students we all need to step up and carry on I think they would not of wanted it any other way. Also want to thank Larry W2LJ for taking over the VE aspect of the club ....those are pretty big shoes to fill .... if you need help Larry or anyone is interested in helping Larry out in anyway would be appreciated. As I said before it will take some time and getting used to .... but we are a club ... and most important I think of us as the K2ETS family. Reminder that FEB 26 should be the next meeting on ZOOM... If any one is having trouble with zoom or is not getting the invite.... try contacting Chris KD2PMP cdemers at cjd77.com mailto:cdemers at cjd77.com .....not through the ets mailing list... to try and figure any problems out..... We can always have practice zoom meetings if anyone is unsure how to use it or is having problems. Thanks Dan KC2YRC Treasurer From mrpjf150 at gmail.com Sun Feb 14 16:10:45 2021 From: mrpjf150 at gmail.com (Pete Fierro) Date: Sun, 14 Feb 2021 16:10:45 -0500 Subject: [ETS/PARC List] Daily on the K2MID repeater Message-ID: >From Marvin K2VHW "The purpose of having a daily net was in response to the isolation that this pandemic created. You are certainly aware of the loss that prevents us from gatherings. So I thought that an 'outlet' was in order to 'vent' and keep track of each other. I've had several comments that this daily gathering on the repeater has been a positive effect easing the fears and depression of isolation. It has grown into a 1 1/2 hour informal net on& rag chew. It brought out many newly licensed hams onto the radio." This is a great net& aired daily at 20:00.Check it out K2MID 440.800 + PL 141.3 73 Pete KD2ARB From mrpjf150 at gmail.com Sun Feb 14 18:37:40 2021 From: mrpjf150 at gmail.com (Pete Fierro) Date: Sun, 14 Feb 2021 18:37:40 -0500 Subject: [ETS/PARC List] TRUSTEE In-Reply-To: <1698301250.1601412.1613325897460@mymail.optimum.net> References: <1698301250.1601412.1613325897460@mymail.optimum.net> Message-ID: Congrats to all!! On Sun, Feb 14, 2021, 13:05 VADNEY wrote: > To all members of K2ETS, > > As discussed at the last zoom meeting Len WB2HKK volunteered to be the new > trustee > > of the club call sign K2ETS. The paperwork was submitted and was approved > and if you > > search K2ETS on qrz you will see the change. I would like to thank Len for > taking on this > > responsibility and as a club in these difficult times we are working on > meeting agendas > > with the recently purchased zoom account , and updating info on the > website and various > > member list, and emails. > > As you all know with the passing of Don K2DSV and Drew W2OU, we have not > only loss > > two very key members of our club they are our friends and part of the > K2ETS family. > > It will take some time to recoup from there loss, but I can at least say > they were great teachers > > so as there students we all need to step up and carry on I think they > would not of wanted it > > any other way. > > Also want to thank Larry W2LJ for taking over the VE aspect of the club > ....those are pretty > > big shoes to fill .... if you need help Larry or anyone is interested in > helping Larry out in anyway > > would be appreciated. > > As I said before it will take some time and getting used to .... but we > are a club ... > > and most important I think of us as the K2ETS family. > > > Reminder that FEB 26 should be the next meeting on ZOOM... > > If any one is having trouble with zoom or is not getting the invite.... > try contacting > > Chris KD2PMP cdemers at cjd77.com mailto:cdemers at cjd77.com .....not through > the ets mailing list... to try and figure > > any problems out..... > > We can always have practice zoom meetings if anyone is unsure how to use > it or is having problems. > > Thanks > > Dan > > KC2YRC > > Treasurer > > > > ______________________________________________________________ > ETSList mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/etslist > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:ETSList at mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > From vpennetta at pennetta.com Sun Feb 14 23:00:57 2021 From: vpennetta at pennetta.com (Victor Pennetta) Date: Mon, 15 Feb 2021 04:00:57 +0000 Subject: [ETS/PARC List] TRUSTEE In-Reply-To: <1698301250.1601412.1613325897460@mymail.optimum.net> References: <1698301250.1601412.1613325897460@mymail.optimum.net> Message-ID: Fellow ETS club members, I want to thank Dan, KC2YRC for updating the members on last month's meeting and the recent happenings that effects our club. For those of you that could not make last month's Zoom meeting, when the need to have a repeater trustee was brought up I want you to know that Len, WB2HKK without hesitation volunteered. I feel better knowing that K2ETS is now in compliance with FCC regulations. We should all be proud that we have two members in our club who have volunteered to take on the responsibilities of Don, K2DSV and Drew, W2OU. There are also other club housekeeping issues that are being addressed by other club volunteers. We will keep everyone informed as they progress. Shortly we will be making an formal announcement calling for the names of members that would like to run for any of the club's officer positions. Chris, KC2PI has again volunteered to head the nomination committee. So if you are thinking of throwing your hat into the ring, please let Chris know when the time comes. On a future note, RVRC is looking into having a hamfest this year on July 10th, "NOTHING IS OFFICAL" so please don't mark your calendars just yet. We are all hoping that future hamfests will be allowed this year now that the Covid vaccines are being administered. George, W2VFW and myself had to drive all the way to Mullica Hill to attend what may have been the only hamfest held last year. Looking forward to having an eyeball with everyone at our monthly Zoom meeting on Friday the 26th. 73, Victor, K2NBC -----Original Message----- From: etslist-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:etslist-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of VADNEY Sent: Sunday, February 14, 2021 1:05 PM To: etslist at mailman.qth.net etslist at mailman.qth.net Subject: [ETS/PARC List] TRUSTEE To all members of K2ETS, As discussed at the last zoom meeting Len WB2HKK volunteered to be the new trustee of the club call sign K2ETS. The paperwork was submitted and was approved and if you search K2ETS on qrz you will see the change. I would like to thank Len for taking on this responsibility and as a club in these difficult times we are working on meeting agendas with the recently purchased zoom account , and updating info on the website and various member list, and emails. As you all know with the passing of Don K2DSV and Drew W2OU, we have not only loss two very key members of our club they are our friends and part of the K2ETS family. It will take some time to recoup from there loss, but I can at least say they were great teachers so as there students we all need to step up and carry on I think they would not of wanted it any other way. Also want to thank Larry W2LJ for taking over the VE aspect of the club ....those are pretty big shoes to fill .... if you need help Larry or anyone is interested in helping Larry out in anyway would be appreciated. As I said before it will take some time and getting used to .... but we are a club ... and most important I think of us as the K2ETS family. Reminder that FEB 26 should be the next meeting on ZOOM... If any one is having trouble with zoom or is not getting the invite.... try contacting Chris KD2PMP cdemers at cjd77.com mailto:cdemers at cjd77.com .....not through the ets mailing list... to try and figure any problems out..... We can always have practice zoom meetings if anyone is unsure how to use it or is having problems. Thanks Dan KC2YRC Treasurer ______________________________________________________________ ETSList mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/etslist Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:ETSList at mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html From vpennetta at pennetta.com Tue Feb 16 09:40:08 2021 From: vpennetta at pennetta.com (Victor Pennetta) Date: Tue, 16 Feb 2021 14:40:08 +0000 Subject: [ETS/PARC List] FW: Additional Hamfest Announced In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: From: Victor Pennetta Sent: Tuesday, February 16, 2021 9:38 AM To: ETSNJ Subject: Additional Hamfest Announced Fellow ETS Members, Good News! The Splitrock Amateur Radio Association (SRARC) has just announced that they will be holding their Hamfest this year on Saturday, May 15. The Hamfest will be at the usual site - The Roxbury Senior Center in Succasunna. This one you can mark on your calendar. Hopefully this is a sign of many more to come. If you haven't already done it please don't forget to send your 2021 club dues to our treasurer Dan, KC2YRC. Dues are one of the only ways our club collects money to cover our insurance and other expenses. Looking forward to seeing everyone on Zoom on the 26th. 73, Victor, K2NBC President, ETS of NJ From mrpjf150 at gmail.com Tue Feb 16 11:22:48 2021 From: mrpjf150 at gmail.com (Pete Fierro) Date: Tue, 16 Feb 2021 11:22:48 -0500 Subject: [ETS/PARC List] FW: Additional Hamfest Announced In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: YAAAAYYY...Hamfest!! On Tue, Feb 16, 2021, 09:40 Victor Pennetta wrote: > From: Victor Pennetta > Sent: Tuesday, February 16, 2021 9:38 AM > To: ETSNJ > Subject: Additional Hamfest Announced > > Fellow ETS Members, > > Good News! The Splitrock Amateur Radio Association (SRARC) has just > announced that they will be holding their Hamfest this year on Saturday, > May 15. The Hamfest will be at the usual site - The Roxbury Senior Center > in Succasunna. This one you can mark on your calendar. Hopefully this is > a sign of many more to come. > > If you haven't already done it please don't forget to send your 2021 club > dues to our treasurer Dan, KC2YRC. Dues are one of the only ways our club > collects money to cover our insurance and other expenses. > > Looking forward to seeing everyone on Zoom on the 26th. > > 73, > Victor, K2NBC > President, ETS of NJ > > ______________________________________________________________ > ETSList mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/etslist > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:ETSList at mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > From mrpjf150 at gmail.com Wed Feb 17 12:28:40 2021 From: mrpjf150 at gmail.com (Pete Fierro) Date: Wed, 17 Feb 2021 12:28:40 -0500 Subject: [ETS/PARC List] Use 220 or lose it... Message-ID: Making 222MHz Great Again By Rob Neff (KW2E) FCC Takes a Bite Not since the Eighties and early Nineties has the 222 MHz band been very active at all in some areas. Going back to 1988 when the FCC reallocated (took) the lower portion of the band, repeater operators had to make the decision of retooling or shutting them down. The latter choice being more common, the band slowly died off and became one of the least used VHF bands in which equipment is readily available. Hams sold their equipment, boxed them up and put them on shelves or just simply left them off and hardly a thought given to turning them on again. Asleep for too long For close to three decades now this band has been under utilized and out of the minds of a good deal of Amateur Radio operators for many reasons, most of which I will outline in this document. I have taken a personal interest in trying to re-invigorate this band and generate some excitement for its use both here where I live and everywhere in general. I am hoping by presenting these ideas to others in the community, we can share in the effort to bring the 222MHz band back from the dead. Why Bother if no one is on? This is the main cause for the band being underutilized in my opinion. The question is, why would a person want to invest in equipment or dedicate any time to operating if there is no one on the band? For some of us die-hards, we have a 222MHz radio on all the time, at home and while mobile, if for no other reason it?s simply hope. Hope that someone will turn on their radios too, but rarely happened. For others who are not geared up for the band, what can you do to change the thought processes around not wanting, to an extent that they acquire equipment and dedicate time to monitoring or calling on this band? The answer to that is as simple but takes time and a lot of effort but will pay off over time. Let people know you?re there! When you?re on the air talking to others on the various local frequencies, let them know you?re on the 222Mhz band and available to be worked. Check into local nets, when asked for traffic, give a short QST about being active, invite people over for a QSO, and most importantly, try to be on as much as possible. Do these things often enough and perhaps that will be just the spark that inspires someone to dust off the radio, purchase one, program that part of their tri-bander they haven?t used, or actually turn the radio on and key the mic. Be there when people are on! Second to telling everyone you?re active on the band is to be on the band when people make calls. If your area is fortunate enough to have repeaters, get them programmed in your radio along with the simplex calling frequency and SCAN! People may not show up on just one frequency, they may try a repeater, they may try simplex, or both, but if you?re not on frequency when it happens to interact, it may reinforce the belief the band is dead and not try again. When you hear something break squelch or kerchunk the repeater, throw your call out to let them know you?re there. Even if you hear nothing, regularly key up a repeater, or on simplex from time to time and give your call and mention you?re monitoring (along with the frequency for those that scan). There may be someone scanning as well, so be the person that breaks their squelch! Be heard! Costs of investing in equipment There will always be a cost factor involved for any new band someone wants to operate. The difficulty here is getting people to want to make that investment. Once someone is interested in being on the band, the big hurdle for some may be equipment costs and availability. As we all know, it?s not just having a radio, but might also be need for a good antenna or transmission line. The 222MHz band is unique to the United States and just a couple other countries so there isn?t a whole lot of incentive for the big three to make new radios with this capability. When they do, this band is generally a low powered after thought. The good news is there are a ton of options in the used market that if a person is patient enough, can score a great deal for little money. There are plenty of options in with cheap Chinese rigs too, but that?s a subject for a different article. Inevitably there will be some that could be active but just cannot afford a radio or still don?t want to make the investment. They could be youngsters new to the hobby or someone on a fixed income. In this scenario consider seeding the band yourself or form a group to share the financial responsibility and put your money where your mouth is. When you run across a good deal on a radio, consider purchasing it or acquire ?tech specials? and fix them up so that you can give to people in your community. Find people who will be active and give them another reason to be active on the 222MHz band! The more people that are on, the better the chances of finding someone on. The more people find someone on, the more they talk and talk about it with others, and the more they talk about it, the more interest is generated and hopefully equates to more people getting on! Start a net! In addition to making sure someone is on the band when others are looking, give them a target time and date when it?s guaranteed! Start a quick net, either on simplex or a repeater if one is available, and advertise it on social media, other nets and in idle conversation with other amateurs on other bands. This will give people a time and a place where they can be on the band, test their radios and antennas out, see how well the band propagates, and more importantly ask and answer questions related to the band. You will be amazed at how quickly news of the net travels and may be just that extra bit of incentive someone needs to get involved with the band. Extra contest points! As an extra incentive to lure out those contest types, give extra points to people making contacts on the 222MHz band. Every bit helps when it comes to promoting the use, and prolonged use of the band. Try and think of other exciting ways to incentivize the use of the band. Just be sure to be active for those contests to make it worth their time. Build a repeater! This is a big topic but to be brief I will water it down a bit. The costliest effort one can undertake is to build a repeater, should one not already be available in your area. In addition to the cost of the equipment you must find some place to put it. Readymade repeaters can be purchased from companies such as Bridgecom, but there is a whole lot more to a repeater than just the box itself. You need cavity filters which must be tuned, power supply, a rugged weatherproof antenna, feed line isolator, lightning arrestors and much, much more. Meet with your local club(s) and see if this might be a project they would be willing to help with. Building a repeater is expensive and will only be effective as part of your strategy. You?ll still need to employ all the other suggestions in this document to generate interest. One without the other is a recipe for failure. Personal experience talking. Make it so! I hope I have given you a few ideas in this article to help generate some interest for the band in your area. All of these suggestions and ideas can be applied to other bands that don?t get used such as 928, 1296 and so on. Share this information, post it, email it, print it and pass it around. Lets all do our part to activate the lesser used bands and contribute to this great hobby of Amateur Radio. 73, DE KW2E From jc at joecash.com Wed Feb 17 13:24:25 2021 From: jc at joecash.com (Joe Cash) Date: Wed, 17 Feb 2021 13:24:25 -0500 Subject: [ETS/PARC List] Use 220 or lose it... In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <003c01d7055a$203a82e0$60af88a0$@joecash.com> Several years ago I ran a "Use it or Lose it" net on our 220 machine - it was short lived. Regards, Joe Joseph F. Cash, Jr. Realtor Keller Williams Real Estate jcash at joecash.com NJ Monthly Magazine Five Star Professional 2013 - 2018 NJAR - Circle Of Excellence Award - GOLD 2016, 2017 NJAR - Lifetime Member of the Distinguished Sales Club -----Original Message----- From: etslist-bounces at mailman.qth.net On Behalf Of Pete Fierro Sent: Wednesday, February 17, 2021 12:29 PM To: ETSNJ ; etsofnj at gmail.com Subject: [ETS/PARC List] Use 220 or lose it... Making 222MHz Great Again By Rob Neff (KW2E) FCC Takes a Bite Not since the Eighties and early Nineties has the 222 MHz band been very active at all in some areas. Going back to 1988 when the FCC reallocated (took) the lower portion of the band, repeater operators had to make the decision of retooling or shutting them down. The latter choice being more common, the band slowly died off and became one of the least used VHF bands in which equipment is readily available. Hams sold their equipment, boxed them up and put them on shelves or just simply left them off and hardly a thought given to turning them on again. Asleep for too long For close to three decades now this band has been under utilized and out of the minds of a good deal of Amateur Radio operators for many reasons, most of which I will outline in this document. I have taken a personal interest in trying to re-invigorate this band and generate some excitement for its use both here where I live and everywhere in general. I am hoping by presenting these ideas to others in the community, we can share in the effort to bring the 222MHz band back from the dead. Why Bother if no one is on? This is the main cause for the band being underutilized in my opinion. The question is, why would a person want to invest in equipment or dedicate any time to operating if there is no one on the band? For some of us die-hards, we have a 222MHz radio on all the time, at home and while mobile, if for no other reason it?s simply hope. Hope that someone will turn on their radios too, but rarely happened. For others who are not geared up for the band, what can you do to change the thought processes around not wanting, to an extent that they acquire equipment and dedicate time to monitoring or calling on this band? The answer to that is as simple but takes time and a lot of effort but will pay off over time. Let people know you?re there! When you?re on the air talking to others on the various local frequencies, let them know you?re on the 222Mhz band and available to be worked. Check into local nets, when asked for traffic, give a short QST about being active, invite people over for a QSO, and most importantly, try to be on as much as possible. Do these things often enough and perhaps that will be just the spark that inspires someone to dust off the radio, purchase one, program that part of their tri-bander they haven?t used, or actually turn the radio on and key the mic. Be there when people are on! Second to telling everyone you?re active on the band is to be on the band when people make calls. If your area is fortunate enough to have repeaters, get them programmed in your radio along with the simplex calling frequency and SCAN! People may not show up on just one frequency, they may try a repeater, they may try simplex, or both, but if you?re not on frequency when it happens to interact, it may reinforce the belief the band is dead and not try again. When you hear something break squelch or kerchunk the repeater, throw your call out to let them know you?re there. Even if you hear nothing, regularly key up a repeater, or on simplex from time to time and give your call and mention you?re monitoring (along with the frequency for those that scan). There may be someone scanning as well, so be the person that breaks their squelch! Be heard! Costs of investing in equipment There will always be a cost factor involved for any new band someone wants to operate. The difficulty here is getting people to want to make that investment. Once someone is interested in being on the band, the big hurdle for some may be equipment costs and availability. As we all know, it?s not just having a radio, but might also be need for a good antenna or transmission line. The 222MHz band is unique to the United States and just a couple other countries so there isn?t a whole lot of incentive for the big three to make new radios with this capability. When they do, this band is generally a low powered after thought. The good news is there are a ton of options in the used market that if a person is patient enough, can score a great deal for little money. There are plenty of options in with cheap Chinese rigs too, but that?s a subject for a different article. Inevitably there will be some that could be active but just cannot afford a radio or still don?t want to make the investment. They could be youngsters new to the hobby or someone on a fixed income. In this scenario consider seeding the band yourself or form a group to share the financial responsibility and put your money where your mouth is. When you run across a good deal on a radio, consider purchasing it or acquire ?tech specials? and fix them up so that you can give to people in your community. Find people who will be active and give them another reason to be active on the 222MHz band! The more people that are on, the better the chances of finding someone on. The more people find someone on, the more they talk and talk about it with others, and the more they talk about it, the more interest is generated and hopefully equates to more people getting on! Start a net! In addition to making sure someone is on the band when others are looking, give them a target time and date when it?s guaranteed! Start a quick net, either on simplex or a repeater if one is available, and advertise it on social media, other nets and in idle conversation with other amateurs on other bands. This will give people a time and a place where they can be on the band, test their radios and antennas out, see how well the band propagates, and more importantly ask and answer questions related to the band. You will be amazed at how quickly news of the net travels and may be just that extra bit of incentive someone needs to get involved with the band. Extra contest points! As an extra incentive to lure out those contest types, give extra points to people making contacts on the 222MHz band. Every bit helps when it comes to promoting the use, and prolonged use of the band. Try and think of other exciting ways to incentivize the use of the band. Just be sure to be active for those contests to make it worth their time. Build a repeater! This is a big topic but to be brief I will water it down a bit. The costliest effort one can undertake is to build a repeater, should one not already be available in your area. In addition to the cost of the equipment you must find some place to put it. Readymade repeaters can be purchased from companies such as Bridgecom, but there is a whole lot more to a repeater than just the box itself. You need cavity filters which must be tuned, power supply, a rugged weatherproof antenna, feed line isolator, lightning arrestors and much, much more. Meet with your local club(s) and see if this might be a project they would be willing to help with. Building a repeater is expensive and will only be effective as part of your strategy. You?ll still need to employ all the other suggestions in this document to generate interest. One without the other is a recipe for failure. Personal experience talking. Make it so! I hope I have given you a few ideas in this article to help generate some interest for the band in your area. All of these suggestions and ideas can be applied to other bands that don?t get used such as 928, 1296 and so on. Share this information, post it, email it, print it and pass it around. Lets all do our part to activate the lesser used bands and contribute to this great hobby of Amateur Radio. 73, DE KW2E ______________________________________________________________ ETSList mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/etslist Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:ETSList at mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html From lengriff at optimum.net Thu Feb 18 08:24:55 2021 From: lengriff at optimum.net (Len Griffin) Date: Thu, 18 Feb 2021 08:24:55 -0500 Subject: [ETS/PARC List] UHF DUPLEXER Message-ID: <000001d705f9$733ca9b0$59b5fd10$@optimum.net> I am currently looking to improve my 440 repeater. I'm looking for a UHF duplexer capable of handling 100watts or more. ( Not a mobile duplexer ). With few hamfests on the horizon, my search is limited, and EBAY has cheap China junk. If anyone knows of one available, please let me know. Len WB2HKK lengriff at optimum.net From wkoeth at optonline.net Thu Feb 18 16:44:25 2021 From: wkoeth at optonline.net (wkoeth) Date: Thu, 18 Feb 2021 16:44:25 -0500 Subject: [ETS/PARC List] Reference to W2OU. In-Reply-To: <32888854.2456129.1613675611197@mail.yahoo.com> References: <32888854.2456129.1613675611197.ref@mail.yahoo.com> <32888854.2456129.1613675611197@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <19.61.17946.5BFDE206@mta2.srv.hcvlny.cv.net> Hi John as I said Drews son and grand sons are thinking about getting their Ham ticket and keeping the gear. That would be the best thing!. I did remove all the VEC stuff and gave that to Larry W2LJ. I also took the equipment belonging to Piscataway township and the equipment belonging to Piscataway armature radio club as I am the trustee for K2VOA. Richard W2PQ and I are helping Drews family with his ham stuff mostly paper work and books ?getting every thing to the proper people and clubs . I have a lot of stuff for ETSNJ and Rich as stuff for RVRC . No fun going thru Drews stuff .I tend to cry a lot. Maybe that will get better with time. I think I told you I put Drews radio station on the air and signed him off for the last time W2OU SK and shut his radio station down for the last time. More tears. So sad john take care and 73 de W2WK Bill. Sent from Mail for Windows 10 From: John Manna Sent: Thursday, February 18, 2021 2:13 PM To: wkoeth at optonline.net Subject: Reference to W2OU. Bill I was thinking about Drew's ham equipment. Did you get it to sell for his wife.? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? John....WA2F -- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus From danof10 at optonline.net Tue Feb 23 22:07:34 2021 From: danof10 at optonline.net (VADNEY) Date: Tue, 23 Feb 2021 22:07:34 -0500 (EST) Subject: [ETS/PARC List] DUES 2021 Message-ID: <514094138.1924658.1614136054534@mymail.optimum.net> As you all know its a new year. The 2021 dues for ETS of NJ is $30.00 First off if anyone is having any difficulties please send a email to the officers and we will handle it on a case by case basis. There will be another email with a list of payments received that will updated weekly So please make sure it is mailed to Daniel Vadney c/o K2ETS 525 Washington St. Bound Brook, NJ 08805 Make check out to ETS of NJ for $30.00 Thank you Dan KC2YRC From danof10 at optonline.net Tue Feb 23 22:07:41 2021 From: danof10 at optonline.net (VADNEY) Date: Tue, 23 Feb 2021 22:07:41 -0500 (EST) Subject: [ETS/PARC List] DUES RECEIVED UPDATE 4 Message-ID: <1641658991.1924660.1614136061966@mymail.optimum.net> All ETS members here is a list of payments I have received so far again if you have sent me something and do not see your callsign please email me.... I will try to keep this list updated weekly, Next to your call sign it will say rec for received and dep for deposited. AB2VE REC/DEP AB2ZK REC/DEP K2NBC REC/DEP K2WLR REC/DEP KB2ZHM REC/DEP KC2PI REC/DEP KC2WDZ REC/DEP KC2YRC REC/DEP KD2ARB REC/DEP KD2IKS REC/DEP KD2KC REC/DEP KD2PMP REC/DEP N2JUN REC/DEP W2CZM REC/DEP W2LJ REC/DEP W2OIL REC/DEP W2PQ REC/DEP W2VFW REC/DEP W2WK REC/DEP WA2SBS REC/DEP WB2AST REC/DEP WB2HKK REC/DEP WD2NJC REC/DEP WN2SJL REC/DEP WV2RJR REC/DEP From CDemers at cjd77.com Thu Feb 25 03:56:57 2021 From: CDemers at cjd77.com (Chris Demers) Date: Thu, 25 Feb 2021 03:56:57 -0500 Subject: [ETS/PARC List] ETSNJ Zoom Meeting Friday 2/26 8pm Message-ID: <000701d70b54$2d0c7af0$872570d0$@cjd77.com> ETSNJ Members, An email with the Zoom information went out to everyone we have an email address for. It is the same link as the last meeting. If you are an ETSNJ member and did not receive an email from info at k2ets.com with the Zoom information then please email me your name, call and email address so we can update our records. Chris Demers KD2PMP ETSNJ Secretary From vpennetta at pennetta.com Fri Feb 26 17:18:31 2021 From: vpennetta at pennetta.com (Victor Pennetta) Date: Fri, 26 Feb 2021 22:18:31 +0000 Subject: [ETS/PARC List] Reminder of Tonight's Zoom Meeting Message-ID: Fellow ETS Members, Just a quick reminder that we will be holding our monthly meeting tonight at 8:00 pm via Zoom. Looking forward to seeing and getting updates from everyone. A Zoom Meeting invitation was sent out to all members by Chris, KD2PMP. If you did not receive it or perhaps it got lost in your spam folder, please email Chris Demers CDemers at cjd77.com before tonight's meeting. 73, Victor, K2NBC President, ETS of NJ From cdemers at cjd77.com Fri Feb 26 19:38:38 2021 From: cdemers at cjd77.com (Chris Demers) Date: Fri, 26 Feb 2021 19:38:38 -0500 Subject: [ETS/PARC List] ETSNJ December Meeting Minutes... Message-ID: *Minutes for the Special Holiday Meeting on December 11th, 2020 (via Zoom)* *Electronic Technology Society of New Jersey (ETS of NJ)* The Meeting was called to order by Vice President Bill, K2WLR at on the Zoom. President Vic, K2NBC took over when he arrived. *Minutes ?Accepted ? ? motioned, ? Seconded.* *Treasures Report (*KC2YRC, Treasurer*)* All good. Accepted - Dave motioned, Len seconded. *Committee Reports ? * *Technical Committee ? *all good* Other Business - None* *Old Business - None* *New Business - *Consider getting a Zoom account for future meetings. *Health and Welfare* *Don ? *Doing the same. *Drew ? *Still**in hospital. *Comments* Thanks to Phil, WD2NJC for the use of his Zoom account to allow us to hold the meeting. *Adjournment* Formal meeting ended, followed by a social catch up. *Check-ins* Not available *Respectfully Submitted,* Chris KD2PMP From cdemers at cjd77.com Fri Feb 26 19:45:41 2021 From: cdemers at cjd77.com (Chris Demers) Date: Fri, 26 Feb 2021 19:45:41 -0500 Subject: [ETS/PARC List] ETSNJ January 2021 Meeting Minutes... Message-ID: <6ec2181b-d7eb-038f-56cb-2de17f45e830@cjd77.com> *Minutes for the Meeting on January 29th, 2021 (via Zoom)* *Electronic Technology Society of New Jersey (ETS of NJ)* The Meeting was held on Zoom.** *Minutes* Secretary will submit the December minutes along with the January minutes. *Treasurer Report* Everything is OK. Starting to receive dues. $30 for this year.We are up to date on all bills. Upcoming bill will be insurance in a few months. Motion made by Dan and accepted by Phil. *Committee Reports* Len ? Repeater is working.RVRC is donating their old 2-meter repeater antenna.Maybe be a stacked folded dipole.It will be a backup for us.We actually have a spare 2-meter station master antenna in the Trinitas Hospital elevator room, but it was blocked in when they did an infrastructure upgrade and is inaccessible. *Old Business* None *New Business* Planning to form a nominating committee next month. We need an Extra class Trustee. Drew was club callsign Trustee, Directors: Don K2DSV, WB2HKK, W2WBK. Trustee renews license and is point of contact with FCC. We need to use ARRL form VEC 605C with two signatures. We will send an email looking for a Director and a Trustee. (Not needed, see below) Now Len will become Trustee.So now we just need a Director how must be a club member an amateur radio operator of any license class. Phil WD2NJC will be nominated for Director for the upcoming election. Research using Groups.io for club mailing list replacement. Files area. Larry W2LJ will be taking over as our VE liaison from Drew. Executive Committee will have a Zoom meeting before the next meeting. *Health and welfare* Tough start to 2021, we lost Don and Drew. Chris, KC2PI ? Thanked Bill for running a nice memorial for Drew. Bill, W2AOG ? Has a recording of the memorial. Contact him for a link. W1UL, Urb LeJune, was a founding member of NJDX, who visited us at a meeting.Has become a silent key. KC2WDZ, Gene ? Offered a remembrance of Drew.He will be moving to Los Vegas.Will send us a spare URI box. *Comments* WB2HKK, Len ? has been working on his n-scale model railroad. Learning about sculpting and painting. Bill ? Proposed that the club re-imburse Chris for Zoom.Chris reiterated that it was a donation to the club. *Checkins * *Call* *Name* *Type* KD2PMP Chris Zoom W2LJ Larry Zoom KC2PI Chris Zoom Wd2NJC Phil Zoom KC2WDZ Gene Zoom WB2HKK Len Zoom W2OIL Dave Zoom KC2YRC Dan Zoom KD2IKS John Zoom W2AOF Bill Zoom K2WLR Bill Zoom K2NBC Victor Zoom KB2UHC Warren Zoom W2CZM Kevin Zoom * Respectfully Submitted,* Chris KD2PMP From cdemers at cjd77.com Fri Feb 26 21:41:23 2021 From: cdemers at cjd77.com (Chris Demers) Date: Fri, 26 Feb 2021 21:41:23 -0500 Subject: [ETS/PARC List] ETSNJ February Meeting Minutes Message-ID: <6faef986-c41b-3b40-0da5-3a47ec28a228@cjd77.com> *Minutes for the Meeting on February 26th, 2021 (via Zoom)* *Electronic Technology Society of New Jersey (ETS of NJ)* The Meeting was held on Zoom. Called to order by President Vic K2NBC.** *Minutes* Secretary will submit the December minutes along with the January minutes. Bill motioned; Kevin seconded. *Treasurer Report* Everything is going fine. Dues in, sent updated list of dues status.Received and deposited.Contact Dan if there are issues. Mark?s has not come in yet, otherwise all is well. Motion made by Pete and accepted by Larry. *Correspondence* ? Dan, renewal for web site was an automatic payment. *Committee Reports* *Len* ? Repeater ? All repeater systems nominal.ASL2 released in beta form, may have an ASL3 now. *Pete*- Playing with the new Allstar link software. It is a bear, so no reason to change the software. 220 repeater is linked to Rhode Island digital club.Wyn systems on later tonight.All is working well. * Old Business* *Nominating Committee* ? Chris Fine chair. Officers staying ? Vic, Bill, Dan Chris staying. * Larry* ? *Groups.io Discussion* about the benefits.We are interested in pursuing it. No one objects.Chris D. will proceed creating an account. *New Business.* *Donation in memory of Don & Drew ? *Donation**amount**$50 for each. Drew to ARRL. Don to Cancer or Diabetes. Motioned Bill, Seconded by Len. Approved. *William Carlson* - New Member approved.* Health and Welfare* No news* Comments* Larry - SPARC will be doing field day not sure of which park.Trying to get county permission for Spring Lake Park.May have multiple smaller tents instead of one big tent. *Motion to adjourn, Pete seconded Larry Checkins * *Call* *Name* *Type* KD2PMP Chris Zoom KC2PI Chris Zoom W2LJ Larry Zoom W2CZM Kevin Zoom WD2NJC Phil Zoom W2AOF Bill Zoom W2OIL Dave Zoom KC2YRC Dan Zoom K2NBC Victor Zoom K2WLR Bill Zoom KC2WDZ Gene Zoom KD2IKS John Zoom KD2ARB Pete Zoom WB2HKK Len Zoom W2VFW George Zoom KB2UHZ Warren Zoom W2AOF Bill Zoom * Respectfully Submitted,* Chris KD2PMP