From bill at K5KB.com Tue Feb 2 11:18:54 2021 From: bill at K5KB.com (K5KB) Date: Tue, 2 Feb 2021 10:18:54 -0600 Subject: [HCARC] VE Testing Session in Medina Message-ID: There will be a VE Testing session in Medina this Friday at 1 PM at Medina United Methodist Church. It might be a good time to upgrade before the FCC starts charging $35. If you have any questions give me a call at (830) 796-5799 or k5kb at arrl.net Bill K5KB From bill at K5KB.com Fri Feb 5 15:05:26 2021 From: bill at K5KB.com (K5KB) Date: Fri, 5 Feb 2021 14:05:26 -0600 Subject: [HCARC] New Ham in Kerrville Message-ID: <07d82a03-e3d3-e75c-9723-ddc38ee98d19@K5KB.com> Congratulations to 24 year old Angel Torrez who passed his TECHNICIAN test in Medina. Next Test Session is Monday, February 22nd at 10 AM at Medina United Methodist Church.?? It's a great time to either get your license or upgrade before FCC starts charging $35. From bucket at janeandjohn.org Fri Feb 5 17:00:58 2021 From: bucket at janeandjohn.org (John Canfield) Date: Fri, 5 Feb 2021 16:00:58 -0600 Subject: [HCARC] New Ham in Kerrville In-Reply-To: <07d82a03-e3d3-e75c-9723-ddc38ee98d19@K5KB.com> References: <07d82a03-e3d3-e75c-9723-ddc38ee98d19@K5KB.com> Message-ID: Congrats to Angel! John WB5THT On 2/5/2021 2:05 PM, K5KB wrote: > Congratulations to 24 year old Angel Torrez who passed his TECHNICIAN > test in Medina. > > Next Test Session is Monday, February 22nd at 10 AM at Medina United > Methodist Church.?? It's a great time to either get your license or > upgrade before FCC starts charging $35. > ______________________________________________________________ > HCARC mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/hcarc > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:HCARC 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 galeheise at windstream.net Wed Feb 10 09:47:01 2021 From: galeheise at windstream.net (Gale Heise) Date: Wed, 10 Feb 2021 08:47:01 -0600 Subject: [HCARC] Free Coax Message-ID: To All- Dan Eastes, K5OW, recently decided to upgrade his antenna system with the latest durable and high performance 50 ohm feed line available. As a result, the feed line he replaced is 50 ohm and appears to be RG8 or equivalent. It tested fine with a calibrated network analyzer while terminated with a 50 ohm conducted by Bob Dockey, a former HP RF engineer. Dan has offered the coax (nearly 200 feet) to anyone who can utilize it. I mentioned we often have new members, as well as long term, who can make use of the cable. I have the cable so let me know if you want it either by email or phone 830-896-9593 and we?ll arrange a pickup. 73s Gale Heise KM4DR Sent from Mail for Windows 10 From galeheise at windstream.net Wed Feb 10 10:51:48 2021 From: galeheise at windstream.net (Gale Heise) Date: Wed, 10 Feb 2021 09:51:48 -0600 Subject: [HCARC] Free Coax Message-ID: To All ? The free coax has been committed to a local ham. No longer available. Gale KM4DR Sent from Mail for Windows 10 From bill at K5KB.com Thu Feb 11 11:36:44 2021 From: bill at K5KB.com (K5KB) Date: Thu, 11 Feb 2021 10:36:44 -0600 Subject: [HCARC] Tonight's February Club Meeting Message-ID: Tonight at 7PM we have our FEBRUARY Club Meeting via ZOOM. The program for this evening is Roy Walker, WA5YZD RACES (Radio Amateur Civil Emergency Service) I will open the meeting at 6:30 PM to help anyone log in who is not familiar with ZOOM.? My phone number is (830) 796-5799 if you need to reach me. Bill Stegemueller K5KB Here is a LINK to the Agenda and Instructions to get on ZOOM https://medina.link/HCARC From bill at K5KB.com Thu Feb 11 22:57:39 2021 From: bill at K5KB.com (K5KB) Date: Thu, 11 Feb 2021 21:57:39 -0600 Subject: [HCARC] February Meeting Recap Message-ID: If you missed Thursday's meeting you can watch it on our NEW YouTube Channel https://youtu.be/nuidiq6edKo Some of you have asked for a copy of Roy Walker's Power Point Presentation. Here's the link.? https://medina.link/RACES **We had some technical difficulties with Roy when his EPS power went out in Austin.? Thanks to Kevin for stepping in and finishing his presentation. The club voted to go back to meeting on the FIRST Thursday of the month at 7 PM.? We will be on ZOOM for the next Club Meeting. Bill Stegemueller K5KB From bill at K5KB.com Mon Feb 15 15:01:55 2021 From: bill at K5KB.com (K5KB) Date: Mon, 15 Feb 2021 14:01:55 -0600 Subject: [HCARC] RACES or ARES Ham Radio Support Message-ID: Just received this from Kevin KD5KL: Does RACES or ARES have any HAM support / connections with Kimble County? Their Public Safety Tower is down and it may be days for equipment can be brought in.? Checking on the availability of HAM assets / resources that could operate / support LE frequencies. Kevin Lemon, A.A., B.B.A Communications Coordination Group (CCG) Unit Chief / ESF 2 Lead KD5KL Texas Division of Emergency Management (TDEM) 512-424-2451 Kevin.Lemon at TDEM.Texas.Gov From bucket at janeandjohn.org Tue Feb 16 08:56:21 2021 From: bucket at janeandjohn.org (John Canfield) Date: Tue, 16 Feb 2021 07:56:21 -0600 Subject: [HCARC] RACES or ARES Ham Radio Support In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <3acb9cb9-f570-f0b6-d843-e55866a7f206@janeandjohn.org> We're on Kimble's NE corner but my antennas are a frozen block of ice and we are still out of power. John WB5THT On 2/15/2021 2:01 PM, K5KB wrote: > Just received this from Kevin KD5KL: > > Does RACES or ARES have any HAM support / connections with Kimble > County? Their Public Safety Tower is down and it may be days for > equipment can be brought in.? Checking on the availability of HAM > assets / resources that could operate / support LE frequencies. > > Kevin Lemon, A.A., B.B.A > > Communications Coordination Group (CCG) Unit Chief / ESF 2 Lead > > KD5KL > > Texas Division of Emergency Management (TDEM) > > 512-424-2451 > > Kevin.Lemon at TDEM.Texas.Gov > > > ______________________________________________________________ > HCARC mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/hcarc > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:HCARC 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 vbiersch at gmail.com Tue Feb 16 09:07:34 2021 From: vbiersch at gmail.com (Virgil Bierschwale) Date: Tue, 16 Feb 2021 08:07:34 -0600 Subject: [HCARC] RACES or ARES Ham Radio Support In-Reply-To: <3acb9cb9-f570-f0b6-d843-e55866a7f206@janeandjohn.org> References: <3acb9cb9-f570-f0b6-d843-e55866a7f206@janeandjohn.org> Message-ID: I'm in downtown Junction, but I do not have a operating station. Virgil N5IVV On Tue, Feb 16, 2021 at 7:56 AM John Canfield wrote: > We're on Kimble's NE corner but my antennas are a frozen block of ice > and we are still out of power. > > John WB5THT > > On 2/15/2021 2:01 PM, K5KB wrote: > > Just received this from Kevin KD5KL: > > > > Does RACES or ARES have any HAM support / connections with Kimble > > County? Their Public Safety Tower is down and it may be days for > > equipment can be brought in. Checking on the availability of HAM > > assets / resources that could operate / support LE frequencies. > > > > Kevin Lemon, A.A., B.B.A > > > > Communications Coordination Group (CCG) Unit Chief / ESF 2 Lead > > > > KD5KL > > > > Texas Division of Emergency Management (TDEM) > > > > 512-424-2451 > > > > Kevin.Lemon at TDEM.Texas.Gov > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________ > > HCARC mailing list > > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/hcarc > > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > > Post: mailto:HCARC at mailman.qth.net > > > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > ______________________________________________________________ > HCARC mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/hcarc > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:HCARC 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 bill at K5KB.com Wed Feb 17 19:33:11 2021 From: bill at K5KB.com (K5KB) Date: Wed, 17 Feb 2021 18:33:11 -0600 Subject: [HCARC] Kerrville Repeater Message-ID: ?FYI:?? The Kerrville Repeater and Fredericksburg are down. N5XO Pipe Creek Repeater and Boerne's repeater is still up. Larry N5QGD says that the fallback simplex frequency is 146.520 in local emergency. Stay Warm and Stay in Touch! Bill K5KB From bill at K5KB.com Thu Feb 18 11:13:27 2021 From: bill at K5KB.com (K5KB) Date: Thu, 18 Feb 2021 10:13:27 -0600 Subject: [HCARC] Winter Storm Message-ID: ?Well this Winter Storm caught a lot of us off guard. ? I've heard people refer to it as the perfect storm. What a wake up call for us to examine our preparedness individually and as a club. Local Repeaters are down so please monitor 146.520 and call out every now and then.? Now is not the time to be shy on the radio. There are relative's of club members who are worried about about their love ones.? Here is a LINK for the club's roster.?? If you have time/power please check in with one another by calling out on 146.520 or calling or emailing one another. https://medina.link/HAM_ROSTER This is a time for our club to shine with love and compassion toward one another. Please email me with any news you think I need to know. 73 and am praying for you. Bill Stegemueller K5KB From bill at K5KB.com Thu Feb 18 13:32:44 2021 From: bill at K5KB.com (K5KB) Date: Thu, 18 Feb 2021 12:32:44 -0600 Subject: [HCARC] Alternate Repeaters... Message-ID: This is from Larry Altman N5QGD Other alternatives locally, since the 146.790 is down, are the K5KSH repeater at 441.3125 MHz, +5MHz shift and a PL tone of 162.2 Hertz. Echo-Link Node is 878438. Also there is a Ingram repeater at 147.080 MHz, with a PL tone of 151.4 Hertz. I will monitor these frequencies as long as I have electricity. Bill? K5KB From bucket at janeandjohn.org Thu Feb 18 19:37:50 2021 From: bucket at janeandjohn.org (John Canfield) Date: Thu, 18 Feb 2021 18:37:50 -0600 Subject: [HCARC] Alternate Repeaters... In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: I'm monitoring 146.52 simplex, my 2 meter beam finally dropped enough ice to where it's usable. I'm 5 miles SW (in a straight line) from Harper. Beam is pointed to Kerrville. I'm now monitoring from 0600 to about 1900 hours daily. No power here, pump house has frozen pipes. John WB5THT On February 18, 2021 12:32:44 PM CST, K5KB wrote: >This is from Larry Altman N5QGD > >Other alternatives locally, since the 146.790 is down, are the K5KSH >repeater at 441.3125 MHz, +5MHz shift and a PL tone of 162.2 Hertz. >Echo-Link Node is 878438. Also there is a Ingram repeater at 147.080 >MHz, with a PL tone of 151.4 Hertz. I will monitor these frequencies as > >long as I have electricity. > > >Bill? K5KB >______________________________________________________________ >HCARC mailing list >Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/hcarc >Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm >Post: mailto:HCARC at mailman.qth.net > >This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net >Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html -- Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. From bucket at janeandjohn.org Thu Feb 18 19:42:58 2021 From: bucket at janeandjohn.org (John Canfield) Date: Thu, 18 Feb 2021 18:42:58 -0600 Subject: [HCARC] Winter Storm In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Thank you Bill for the phone call today! We have very intermittent cell service and your call was a very pleasant event. We are doing okay but no power and don't expect it for another week or so. 2 meter radio is on a large AGM battery backup which should last for many days. John WB5THT On February 18, 2021 10:13:27 AM CST, K5KB wrote: > ?Well this Winter Storm caught a lot of us off guard. ? I've heard >people refer to it as the perfect storm. > >What a wake up call for us to examine our preparedness individually and > >as a club. > >Local Repeaters are down so please monitor 146.520 and call out every >now and then.? Now is not the time to be shy on the radio. > >There are relative's of club members who are worried about about their >love ones.? Here is a LINK for the club's roster.?? If you have >time/power please check in with one another by calling out on 146.520 >or >calling or emailing one another. > >https://medina.link/HAM_ROSTER > >This is a time for our club to shine with love and compassion toward >one >another. > >Please email me with any news you think I need to know. > >73 and am praying for you. > >Bill Stegemueller K5KB >______________________________________________________________ >HCARC mailing list >Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/hcarc >Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm >Post: mailto:HCARC at mailman.qth.net > >This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net >Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html -- Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. From bill at K5KB.com Mon Feb 22 16:21:00 2021 From: bill at K5KB.com (K5KB) Date: Mon, 22 Feb 2021 15:21:00 -0600 Subject: [HCARC] New Hams Message-ID: The Medina Radio Club VE Team held an exam session on 2/22/2021 with five candidates taking the exams: 3 Technicians and 2 Generals and all passed. Haldor Buck and Charlie Walker upgraded to General Class Guillermo Morales, Jr. Garold Wayne Raymond Jennifer Walker passed their Technician Congratulations. Bill K5KB From bill at K5KB.com Mon Feb 22 16:44:30 2021 From: bill at K5KB.com (K5KB) Date: Mon, 22 Feb 2021 15:44:30 -0600 Subject: [HCARC] Vanity Call Application Message-ID: Now might be the perfect time to get that VANITY CALL you've always intended to get.? At present it is FREE, but the FCC is about to start charging $35 to upgrade or change your call. For NEW HAMS: I uploaded instructions with screen shots that i copied and pasted with my XYL (Wife's) vanity call a couple of years ago. https://medina.link/vanity Technicians and Generals can get a 1x3 call First letter containing K, N, or W http://www.w5yi-vec.org/page.php?id=150 Extras can get a 1x2, 2x1, 2x2, or 1x3 First letter containing K, N, or W http://www.w5yi-vec.org/page.php?id=150 Let me know if I can help Bill K5KB (830) 796-5799 From starr.center at me.com Mon Feb 22 21:19:23 2021 From: starr.center at me.com (Starr Center) Date: Mon, 22 Feb 2021 20:19:23 -0600 Subject: [HCARC] HCARC Digest, Vol 116, Issue 3 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Good day, Trust everyone is getting back on the air and all of your storm issues have been addressed. Personally I am still repairing broken water pipes, hopefully I will have a successful leak test manana. I also wanted to learn what the failure mode(s) were for the club?s 146.790 repeater? Also why was the 70CM repeater not subjected to similar failure mode(s)? Thank you for any clarification(s). Respectfully, Starr KI5SC From owencomps at gmail.com Mon Feb 22 22:49:08 2021 From: owencomps at gmail.com (Ray Owen) Date: Mon, 22 Feb 2021 21:49:08 -0600 Subject: [HCARC] requesting assistance In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Could someone please send me K5HV's email?? Stuck in a motel, and having trouble managing the list. Ray Owen K5WRO -- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus From bill at K5KB.com Wed Feb 24 17:21:38 2021 From: bill at K5KB.com (K5KB) Date: Wed, 24 Feb 2021 16:21:38 -0600 Subject: [HCARC] March's Meeting and Program Message-ID: A reminder that the Club has moved it's monthly meeting back to the first Thursday of the month at 7 PM.? We will meet on ZOOM (Information below) Our March program we will have Steve Cerwin (WA5FRS) to talk about VHF/UHF antennas. Steve is the author of "Radio Propagation and Antennas: A non-mathematical treatment of radio and antennas."? This is from the bio of his book. Radio has held a fascination for me since 1963 when at age 12 I became licensed as WA5FRF and entered the wonderful world of Amateur Radio. Just the word "radio" holds wonder for me even now though I have been an active practitioner of radio art for over a half-century. Antennas and the way radio works have been at the forefront of this fascination. I will never forget the wondrous sounds emanating from an army surplus receiver when I hooked it up to the first antenna I ever made: a 40-meter dipole in the backyard of my parent's house. Nor will I ever forget the 1-inch long arc that jumped from the open end of the coax to my finger one day. Could radio signals really be that strong or was it static electricity from the thunderstorm that was brewing nearby? I would not know until sometime later, but it certainly sparked an increased interest in radio and antennas. It was that early interest in ham radio that kindled my career in science. I spent most of my career at Southwest Research Institute, achieving the level of Institute Scientist and obtaining eleven patents. My formal education is as a physicist, though I have been designing and building antennas and RF systems throughout my professional career. Additional interests include flying full scale and radio controlled aircraft, and scuba diving. https://www.amazon.com/Radio-Propagation-Antennas-non-mathematical-treatment/dp/1728320348 Topic: Monthly HCARC Meeting Time: Mar 4, 2021 07:00 PM Central Time (US and Canada) Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82023021630?pwd=WEhkUTkySUF2UDBtZlV5SENxYXQyUT09 Meeting ID: 820 2302 1630 Passcode: 73 One tap mobile +13462487799,,82023021630#,,,,*73# US (Houston) From john at ac4ca.us Thu Feb 25 04:41:05 2021 From: john at ac4ca.us (john at ac4ca.us) Date: Thu, 25 Feb 2021 03:41:05 -0600 Subject: [HCARC] John - K5XA Message-ID: <000901d70b5a$568e2f80$03aa8e80$@ac4ca.us> I had a pleasant (tele)phone conversation with John yesterday. He asked me to say hello to everyone in the club. John is doing okay, but his health is beginning to fail and he is worried that he may be in the early stages of dementia. John said he almost cried when he sat down to send some CW and discovered it was gone. For the most part, though, he is doing well and he and Jacquie are happy in Austin. I'm sure he would love to hear from any of you. His email address is k5xa godfather-ridge.com From bill at K5KB.com Thu Feb 25 19:10:47 2021 From: bill at K5KB.com (K5KB) Date: Thu, 25 Feb 2021 18:10:47 -0600 Subject: [HCARC] Pretty Cool Map Message-ID: <8bfaf4a8-a638-813a-dd0b-067023517601@K5KB.com> Some of you might be aware of this site. If you type in your call.? I used Harvey's call K5HV, you will see all the Licensed Amateur Radio operators on a map.?? There are a ton of them in Kerrville. You can also type in your zip code https://haminfo.tetranz.com/map/K5HV Bill K5KB From tower2 at stx.rr.com Thu Feb 25 20:16:44 2021 From: tower2 at stx.rr.com (tower2 at stx.rr.com) Date: Thu, 25 Feb 2021 19:16:44 -0600 Subject: [HCARC] Pretty Cool Map In-Reply-To: <8bfaf4a8-a638-813a-dd0b-067023517601@K5KB.com> References: <8bfaf4a8-a638-813a-dd0b-067023517601@K5KB.com> Message-ID: <00da01d70bdd$0c81cc70$25856550$@stx.rr.com> THAT'S ALMOST SCARRY......... HV -----Original Message----- From: hcarc-bounces at mailman.qth.net On Behalf Of K5KB Sent: Thursday, February 25, 2021 6:11 PM To: Hill Country Amateur Radio Club Subject: [HCARC] Pretty Cool Map Some of you might be aware of this site. If you type in your call. I used Harvey's call K5HV, you will see all the Licensed Amateur Radio operators on a map. There are a ton of them in Kerrville. You can also type in your zip code https://haminfo.tetranz.com/map/K5HV Bill K5KB ______________________________________________________________ HCARC mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/hcarc Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:HCARC 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 bill at K5KB.com Fri Feb 26 16:15:45 2021 From: bill at K5KB.com (K5KB) Date: Fri, 26 Feb 2021 15:15:45 -0600 Subject: [HCARC] Tower Help Message-ID: <17080e01-a6c8-d2b5-71be-92fede62f517@K5KB.com> I just got the following email from someone wanting help with his tower.?? Can anyone in the club help him out? Hi, I am Phillip, WI5O out just east of Canyon Lake. I am in search of someone experienced with standing up crank up towers and guying them down plus tensioning.? I have an Aluma Tower TX75H 3 section 75 feet crank up mounted to the base and ready.? No climbing, just winch up with my tilt winch attach last bolt and guy using my pre cut EHS guys recommended by Aluma Tower. I need experienced help and can pay $30 plus per hour.?? Should not take all day. I am about 65 miles from Kerrville so an hour of travel would be necessary. Your advice and referral is appreciated.?? Thank you. Phillip Laird, WI5O lairdpg at gvtc.com