[HCRA] HCRA Digest, Vol 104, Issue 1
Jon Frost
frostgfx at gmail.com
Wed Aug 28 21:15:05 EDT 2013
Frandy:
For some strange reason you sent out the April Zero Beat...
Jon - KB1TAC
Jon Frost
22 Norwood Ave
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> Today's Topics:
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> 1. HCRA Zero Beat (Frandy Johnson)
> 2. New England QSO Party this weekend! (Jim Mullen)
> 3. June 2013 Zero Beat (Frandy Johnson)
> 4. Indoor Tailgate Party Tonight! (Jim Mullen)
> 5. Fwd: END OF WORLD REHEARSAL & Indoor Tailgate Party Tonight!
> (richw at ntplx.net)
> 6. Field Day: N1MM Basic How-to Video (Matt Wilhelm (W1MSW))
> 7. Zero Beat (Frandy Johnson)
>
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> Message: 1
> Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2013 15:54:02 -0400
> From: Frandy Johnson <frandyj at gmail.com>
> To: HCRA Email List <hcra at mailman.qth.net>
> Subject: [HCRA] HCRA Zero Beat
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> The May 2013 issue of Zero Beat is hot off the press!
>
> http://www.hcra.org/zb/may13.pdf <http://www.hcra.org/zb/apr13.pdf>
>
> The next HCRA meeting is this coming Friday, May 3, at Holyoke Hospital
>
> Auxiliary Conference Center
>
> Enter Holyoke Medical Center campus from Beech Street; drive past main
> entrance (circular drive), staying on road, steering right then left; go
> straight back to large parking lot; Auxiliary Conference Center entrance is
> to your left (follow signs).
>
> See you at the meeting...
>
> 73,
>
> Frandy, N1FJ
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 2
> Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2013 21:33:46 -0400
> From: Jim Mullen <kk1w.jim at gmail.com>
> To: HCRA Mailing List <hcra at mailman.qth.net>
> Subject: [HCRA] New England QSO Party this weekend!
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> Forward from Tom/K1KI...
>
> The New England QSO Party is coming next weekend - May 4-5 - and we' are
> always looking for more activity from Massachusetts.
>
> The NEQP is a great way to test your antennas on 80-10 meters and to be the
> focus of a lot of activity as stations from around the world look for New
> England stations.
>
> *Plus, it's fun!!
>
> *Here is a summary of the New England QSO Party rules: *Object:* To contact
> as many New England stations (Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New
> Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont) in as many New England counties as
> possible on 80-40-20-15-10m. (*New England stations work anyone*)
>
> *Date:* First full weekend of May. (May 4-5 in 2013)
>
> *Contest Period:* 2000Z Saturday until 0500Z Sunday (4pm EDT Saturday until
> 1am EDT Sunday) and 1300Z Sunday until 2400Z Sunday (9am EDT Sunday until
> 8pm EDT Sunday).
>
> *Categories:* Single-operator high power, low power(150w or less) and
> QRP(5w or less) categories, plus multi-operator, single transmitter. Same
> four categories for mobiles. Single-operator stations using assistance
> during the contest (packet or Internet spotting nets, etc.) will compete in
> the multi-single category.
>
> *Contest Exchange:* Send signal report and state/province (DX stations send
> signal report and "DX"). *New England stations send signal report, county
> and state*.
>
> *QSO Points:* Count one point per phone QSO, two points per CW (includes
> digital modes)QSO.
>
> *Multiplier:* Stations outside of New England use counties as multipliers
> for a total of 67 (CT/8 MA/14 ME/16 NH/10 RI/5 VT/14). *New England
> stations use states(50)(Count DC as MD), Canadian provinces(14) and DXCC
> countries as multipliers. **Scoring:* Total score is QSO points times the
> multiplier. Mobiles count QSO points per county and multipliers from all
> counties (counted once).
>
> *Suggested frequencies:* CW - 3540 7035 14040 21040 28040, SSB - 3850 7280
> 14280 21380 28380. ** Now that the broadcast stations are mostly out of
> 7125-7200, try 7180 on 40m SSB.**
>
> *Reporting:* Logs should indicate times in UTC, bands, modes, calls and
> required contest exchange. All stations include your club's name in the log
> header or summary. Entries must be submitted within 30 days and sent to
> NEQP, P.O.Box J, West Suffield CT 06093 or via e-mail to
> logs at neqp.org(Cabrillo format preferred).
>
> *Awards:* Certificates will be awarded to the top scorers (25 QSO minimum)
> in each New England county, U.S. state, Canadian province and DXCC country.
> A number of special plaques will also be awarded to top scorers. Additional
> details can be found on the NEQP web site at http://www.neqp.org
>
> See if you can have a competition within your club for the top scorer.
> Several clubs are challenging each other for the best club score.
>
> We're especially looking for mobile stations to put the rarest counties on
> the air.
>
> *If you think you might be on for at least a short time in the NEQP, let us
> know with a brief message to us at info at neqp.org
>
> *Thanks!
>
> -- Tom/K1KI for the NEQP Committee
>
>
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> New England QSO Party - http://www.neqp.org - May 4-5, 2013
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 3
> Date: Mon, 3 Jun 2013 19:29:22 -0400
> From: Frandy Johnson <frandyj at gmail.com>
> To: HCRA Email List <hcra at mailman.qth.net>
> Subject: [HCRA] June 2013 Zero Beat
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> The June 2013 issue of Zero Beat is hot off the press! Here's the link:
>
> http://www.hcra.org/zb/jun13.pdf
>
> The next HCRA meeting is this coming Friday, June 7, at Holyoke
> Hospital Auxiliary
> Conference Center. Enter Holyoke Medical Center campus from Beech Street;
> drive past main entrance (circular drive), staying on road, steering right
> then left; go straight back to large parking lot; Auxiliary Conference
> Center entrance is to your left (follow signs).
>
>
> See you at the meeting...
>
> 73,
>
>
> Frandy, N1FJ
>
>
> PS Just for fun, see how many of the pictures on page 9 you can identity:
> name, call sign, & location as applicable.
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 4
> Date: Fri, 7 Jun 2013 10:22:17 -0400
> From: Jim Mullen <kk1w.jim at gmail.com>
> To: HCRA Mailing List <hcra at mailman.qth.net>
> Subject: [HCRA] Indoor Tailgate Party Tonight!
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> Aren't you glad we decided to hold it *INDOORS* this year!
>
> Table space is free, bring your stuff and have fun. Please, no PC's,
> monitors, printers - you get the idea. First come gets the best spots!
>
> Suggested donation to HCRA for helping you sell your stuff - 10%
>
> Raffle tickets go on sale for the FT-857 tonight, don't forget to get
> yours.
>
> See you at the meeting,
>
> Jim/KK1W
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 5
> Date: Fri, 07 Jun 2013 14:12:56 -0400
> From: richw at ntplx.net
> To: hcra at mailman.qth.net
> Cc: w1bmk at arrl.net, Paul.Gibson at snet.net
> Subject: [HCRA] Fwd: END OF WORLD REHEARSAL & Indoor Tailgate Party
> Tonight!
> Message-ID: <20130607141256.250878tyxtlzsomg at webmail.ntplx.net>
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>
> *REPRINTED FROM INTERMOD* official MTARA Newsletter
>
> QST de K1KBQ, editor of the INTERMOD Newsletter
>
> (please relay to *qst_de_w1aw*)
>
> for directions to the HCRA meeting on Friday June 7 at 19:00
> search around on their website http://www.hcra.org
>
>
> ====================================================================
>
> Also Welcome to the Mount Tom Amateur Repeater Association
> June meeting will be on Friday, June 14th....the second Friday of the
> month! Write the change on your calendar.
>
> Speaker topic: Field Day 2013 (More to follow.)
>
> When: Friday, June 14th
> Time: 7:30 PM (Doors open at 7 PM)
> Location: Pioneer Valley Chapter of the American Red Cross,
> 506 Cottage Street, Springfield, MA
>
> PS we have found a box of the original INTERMOD Newsletters
> written by John K1ZJH and Ray WA1BWF. They will be at the meeting.
>
> =============================================================
> notice: this is a drill left pver from the april issue of qst
> the original article never published was that the FCC was now
> going to require logs again, and they would be in METRIC TIME
> where the basic unit was a day, with milli-day, micro-day etc.
> =============================================================
>
> *BULLETIN* *BULL*etin* *bull*tin* === this is a BULLETIN
>
> You know what a Bull*etin is, don't you?
> Yah, something that is on the bulletin board.
> Got some advice for you, *READ IT*
>
> If it would have been an *ADVISORY,*
> you would have been *advised* to
> go read the *BULLETIN*
> on the *Bulletin_Board*
>
> Then, what would you do if it was a *WARNING?*
> be fore-warned to *BE_WARNED* but for what(?)
> weren't you a Boy Scout(?)
> it's warned to *BE_PREPARED* dummy(!)
>
> However (God forbid) should be an *ALERT* then what(?)
> If you were a CB'er from the old days,
> you would join *ALERT* to assist the
> vigilantes who were already *R.E.A.C.T.ing*
>
> If you were a typical ham that used to meet
> at the Captain Leonard House on Route 159
> and sit there and smoke a pipe and watch the program
> and never showed at Middlefield Fair Grounds for field day
> you would *NOT_BE_BEING_PREPARED* for ham radio to assist in
> *COMMUNICATIONS-FOR-THE-END-OF-THE-WORLD*
>
> If you were not prepared, and sitting there dumbfounded, do this:
> a. reach up high to the sky and say a prayer that others are prepared
> b. If you have not been working out, and can't reach up high
> c. bend forward as much as you can
> d. put your head between your knees
> e. and kiss your ass goodbye
>
> =========================================================================
>
> so put on your Elmer Hat, (I had two, Cappy W1MBT and Elmer W1ESG)
> go out and find the two smartest Boy Scouts or Venturers over 14,
>
> (Venturers are senior scouts, formerly called Explorers, now co-ed)
> *and-bring-them-to-the-meeting-tonight* Wearing their OA sashes bonus.
>
> News media should be called. especially the TV Crews from 40 and 22.
> We are gonna start something, and get a lot more younger hams on air.
>
> PLEASE NOTE: HCRA already has a VENTURE CREW, and they are not alone.
> Another VENTURE CREW is at the Vintage Radio Museum in Windsor, CT.
> But the both crews are young, and may be going away to college (?)
> So we need new blood. Recently one HS freshman from Southington
> came to the Radio Museum looking for vacuum tubes, he got an old
> 16mm projector working and got some films, and wanted to hear sound.
> WE NEED NEW EXPERIMENTERS, NOT APPLIANCE OPERATORS.
>
> For years the Boy Scouts had Morse Code (or Sempaphore Flags) as a
> requirement for first class, but some time ago dropped it entirely.
> Now it is back as an option, a *STAND-OUT-OPTION* goes right on the
> front of the uniform above the pocket, says MORSE using dots & dashes.
> Any scout coming to meetings or field day can verify this for them.
> There is a morse code chart online available at the meeting
> meanwhile you can read the news website I wrote for my old Scout
> District, the Algonquin District, east of the Conn. River in CT.
> http://www.users.ntplx.net/~richw/webnews/archives
>
> THERE WILL BE MORE... HOW HAM RADIO AND THE BOY SCOUTS CAN WORK TOGETHER
>
> AND GET READY FOR THE END OF THE WORLD.
>
> My name is dishonest abe, and that's no lie.
>
> ----- Forwarded message from kk1w.jim at gmail.com -----
> Date: Fri, 7 Jun 2013 10:22:17 -0400
> From: Jim Mullen <kk1w.jim at gmail.com>
> Subject: [HCRA] Indoor Tailgate Party Tonight!
> To: HCRA Mailing List <hcra at mailman.qth.net>
>
> ______________________________________________
> -------Hampden County Radio Association-------
> -----------e-mail list (reflector)-------------
> ______________________________________________
> Aren't you glad we decided to hold it *INDOORS* this year!
>
> Table space is free, bring your stuff and have fun. Please, no PC's,
> monitors, printers - you get the idea. First come gets the best spots!
>
> Suggested donation to HCRA for helping you sell your stuff - 10%
>
> Raffle tickets go on sale for the FT-857 tonight, don't forget to get
> yours.
>
> See you at the meeting,
>
> Jim/KK1W
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> Message: 6
> Date: Tue, 18 Jun 2013 12:38:26 -0400
> From: "Matt Wilhelm (W1MSW)" <westcoastbayou at gmail.com>
> To: HCRA Email List <hcra at mailman.qth.net>
> Subject: [HCRA] Field Day: N1MM Basic How-to Video
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> Howdy Fellow HCRA Members!
>
> I found this little gem that VE3DVY put together on Field Day and using
> N1MM: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s6wQK4c1s7M
>
> This video is a great introduction to logging with N1MM. It only goes over
> using N1MM while logging and leaves out all the configuration info that you
> don't need to know for field day. If it still seems too complicated, don't
> worry, it's not. We'll walk you through it this weekend when you show up to
> operate. You are going to be there to operate, right?
>
> Probably the most important and hardest thing to remember is pressing
> CTRL+o and entering your callsign when you sit down at the station. This
> signs you into the software and will let everyone else on the network know
> that you're on that particular station and assign your callsign (or name if
> you don't have a callsign) to each log entry. When you are finished
> operating at that station, it's always a good idea to press CTRL+o again so
> the prompt is waiting for the next person who comes by to operate and so
> that they won't log QSOs under your call.
>
> See you all at School Street Park in Agawam this weekend!
>
> Matt - W1MSW
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 7
> Date: Wed, 28 Aug 2013 20:52:04 -0400
> From: Frandy Johnson <frandyj at gmail.com>
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> Subject: [HCRA] Zero Beat
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> If you have anything for Zero Beat, please send it as soon as you can to
> n1fj at arrl.net
>
> Pictures, news, whatever!
>
> Tnx
>
> 73
>
> Frandy, N1FJ
>
>
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