[GVARC] July 2004 Newsletter

Fri Jul 30 01:49:09 EDT 2004

************************* Garlic Valley ******************************
Volume 19                                                     Jul 2004
******************* Amateur Radio Club Newsletter ********************
GVARC OFFICERS
    President                   Frank Fahrlander, N7FF
    Vice President              Ed Vines, KG6WU
    Secretary                   Mark Deger, KG6IFQ
    Treasurer                   Tony Armendariz, AD6ID
    Newsletter Editor           Tony Armendariz, AD6ID
    WEBster                     Claud Furnare, NA6W

    Web Site                    http://www.qsl.net/gvarc

***Harry Schumann, K6HWR/SK

FEATURES IN THIS ISSUE:
    NEXT CLUB MEETING
    GVARC MEMBERSHIP
    HARRY SCHUMANN, K6HWR/SK
    AUSTRALIA ON 5MHZ
    NEW DXCC DX OPERATIONS
    MARLON BRANDO, KE6PZH/FO8GJ, SK
    CONTEST CALENDAR JUNE 2004
    COMING EVENTS

***NEXT CLUB MEETING - Saturday, 31-Jul-2004
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    GVARC usually meets on the LAST Saturday of each month, at the
Sunrise Cafe in Gilroy on Monterey Avenue (near the Hilton, in
front of Motel  6). From the North or South, take the Monterey St. exit
from highway 101 (south  end of Gilroy) and head north. We trickle in
about 8 a.m. and eat at 8:30ish.     The South County ARES net is held
each Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. on W6GGF/R (147.825 -.600, no PL 100Hz).

***GVARC MEMBERSHIP
-------------------
    Attention current and prospective GVARC members: There are no dues
for 2004. We did extra well volunteering at the Garlic Festival, so
voted to benefit us hams.
    Usually dues for all members become payable each January. The annual
cost is only $20 per person and $10 for each family member in the same
household. Membership dues helps such things as the W6GGF/R repeater,
this newsletter, emergency readiness, etc. Membership, not required for
general use of the repeater, adds autopatch and autodial privileges.
    GVARC is a non-profit organization per IRS section 501(c)(4) - we
don't make any money, do service for the community, but are not a
charity.
    To join or for more information, please contact the treasurer:
    Tony Armendariz, AD6ID
    11950 New Avenue
    Gilroy, CA 95020
    408-683-2025 home
    email: ad6id at qsl.net

***HARRY SCHUMANN, K6HWR/SK
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    Harry Schumann, K6HWR, passed away peacefully last Friday afternoon,
23-Jul-2004. Harry had been hospitalized for a few weeks in a continuing
battle over heart disease.

    Many of you will remember Harry as I will - a gentle and kind man
with a heart of gold and a man who was a delight to be with.

    Harry was very involved in and supportive of the Gabilan Amateur
Radio Club which later became the Garlic Valley Amateur Radio Club.
Harry was instrumental in the formation of GVARC and was active in
supporting it in many ways. He was selfless in his assistance to fellow
hams and the community. He was one of several stong leaders in the club
who became chairman of Garlic Festival Communications.

Harry will be greatly missed.
  -- Frank, N7FF

I got to know Harry first when I took over the Club Newsletter. (Harry
had been doing it for several years.) He was always supportive of me in
getting used to the way of the club and encouraged, yeah, Elmered me as
I started in Amateur Radio.

Harry was always dedicated to helping the club and helping individual
members as well. But he also had his family as his top priority, they
were always tops for him.

Harry was also a member of the Western Public Service System HF net and
the Old Old Timers Club (more than 40 years on the air).
(http://www.3952khz.net/ http://www.ootc.us/)

I'm honored and pleased to have known and "played" Ham with him these
past 9 years.

...Harry, I'll miss you a lot.
   -- Tony, AD6ID

A sad loss... A good friend gone much too soon. He will be missed.

  -- Randy Fox, W6JZE

***AUSTRALIA ON 5MHZ
--------------------
    The Wireless Institute of Australia (WIA) plans to soon ask the
Australian Communications Authority (ACA) to consider establishing a set
of Amateur Radio channels in the 60-meter (5 MHz) band. "We have put
together a list of six proposed 5 MHz single-frequency allocations,"
said WIA Director Glenn Dunstan, VK4DU.
    He said the WIA came up with the proposed allocations--which WIA has
not yet released--using the ACA's on-line frequency database and a
database of Pacific 5 MHz channels. "The 5 MHz band is used heavily
throughout the Pacific," Dunstan points out, "and this would restrict
any amateur activity to a series of spot frequencies, with operation
most probably confined to upper sideband, as is the case in the US and
the UK." He said having frequencies available in the vicinity of 5 MHz
would particularly enhance the capabilities of the Wireless Institute
Civil Emergency Network (WICEN)--Australia's equivalent of the Amateur
Radio Emergency Service (ARES). The WIA, which has been undergoing a
restructuring, now has a national Web site <http://www.wia.org.au>.

***NEW DXCC DX OPERATIONS
-------------------------
    The following DX operations have been approved for DXCC credit: YA7X,
Afghanistan, March 1-April 30, 2004; HZ1AN, HZ1IZ, Saudi Arabia, all
operations; 3DXQZ, Republic of Guinea, April 20-30, 2004; YI9MC, Iraq,
current operation effective March 23, 2004; 5V7AD, Togo, June 12-22,
2004. For more information, visit the DXCC Web page
<http://www.arrl.org/awards/dxcc>. A new feature, DXCC FAQ
<http://www.arrl.org/awards/dxcc/faq/>, can answer most of your
questions on DXCC program issues.

***MARLON BRANDO, KE6PZH/FO8GJ, SK
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One of the best-known names in cinema--Marlon Brando, KE6PZH/FO8GJ--died
in Los Angeles July 1. He was 80. Brando appears in the FCC database
under his pseudonym, "Martin Brandeaux," while his FO8GJ listing
indicates both names. He was born Marlon Brando, Jr. Brando held a US
General class ticket. He was on the air occasionally over the years as
FO8GJ from his private island in French Polynesia. In a 1994 CNN
interview with Larry King, Brando affirmed his continued interest in
Amateur Radio. In response to a caller's question, he said ham radio
provided him with the opportunity to just be himself.
  -- ARRL

***CONTEST CALENDAR AUGUST 2004
-------------------------------
*?* = The date is not confirmed

------- (From-to) --------  -------------------------------------------
DATE   WEEKDAY - TIME UTC   CONTEST NAME - MODE
-----  -------------------  -------------------------------------------
     1  Sun 1430 - 1830      SARL HF Contest - SSB

  7     Sat 0000 - 2400      TARA Grid Dip - PSK/RTTY
  7- 8  Sat 0001 - Sun 2359  10-10 Int. Summer QSO Party - Phone
  7     Sat 0700 - 0800      AM-test - AM
  7     Sat 1200 - 2359      European HF Championship - CW/SSB
  7- 8  Sat 1800 - Sun 0600  North American QSO Party - CW

14-15  Sat 0000 - Sun 2359  Worked All Europe DX-Contest - CW
14-15  Sat 1600 - Sun 0400  Maryland-DC QSO Party (1) - CW/Phone
    15  Sun 1400 - 1500      SSA Månadstest nr 8 - SSB
    15  Sun 1515 - 1615      SSA Månadstest nr 8 - CW
    15  Sun 1600 - 2359      Maryland-DC QSO Party (2) - CW/Phone

21     Sat 0000 - 0800      SARTG WW RTTY Contest (1) - RTTY
21     Sat 1000 - 2200      RDA Contest - CW/SSB
21-22  Sat 1200 - Sun 1200  Keymen’s Club of Japan (KCJ) Contest - CW
21-22  Sat 1200 - Sun 1200  *?* SEANET Contest - All
21     Sat 1600 - 2400      SARTG WW RTTY Contest (2) - RTTY
21-22  Sat 1800 - Sun 0600  North American QSO Party - SSB
21-22  Sat 2000 - Sun 0700  New Jersey QSO Party (1) - CW/SSB
    22  Sun 0700 - 1100      SSA Portabeltest Höstomg. - CW
    22  Sun 0800 - 1600      SARTG WW RTTY Contest (3) - RTTY
22-23  Sun 1300 - Mon 0200  New Jersey QSO Party (2) - CW/SSB

28-29  Sat 0600 - Sun 1159  ALARA Contest - CW/SSB
28-29  Sat 0700 - Sun 2200  Hawaii QSO Party - All
28-29  Sat 1200 - Sun 1159  SCC RTTY Championship - RTTY
28-29  Sat 1200 - Sun 1200  TOEC WW GRID Contest - CW
28-29  Sat 1200 - Sun 1200  YO DX HF Contest - CW/SSB
28-29  Sat 1600 - Sun 0400  Ohio QSO Party - CW/SSB
    29  Sun 1201 - 2400      FRACAP Contest - SSB
    29  Sun 1430 - 1830      SARL HF Contest - CW
  -- Jan-Eric Rehn - sm3cer at contesting.com
     http://www.sk3bg.se/contest/text/c2004Aug.txt

***COMING EVENTS
----------------
    - Livermore Swap Meet - 1st Sunday of each month at Las Positas
College in Livermore, 7:00 AM to noon, all year. Talk in 147.045 from
the west, 145.35 from the east. Contact Noel Anklam, KC6QZK, (510)
447-3857 eves.

    - Foothill (now Sunnyvale) Flea Market - 2nd Saturday of each month
from March to October HAS MOVED from Foothill College to the Lockheed,
Sunnyvale. Exit 101 or 237 at Mathilda and head west on Moffet Park 1
block. Turn just past the big white dishes (near the "blue cube"). Still
on the FARS NET on 145.23 repeater Thursday nights at 8 PM. See
http://www.asvaro.org for a info on this long running electronics flea
markets.
    -- Don, KA6AUR

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