[HIham] SM Report Pacific Section early September 2013

[Robert Schneider]

This report is for early Sept 2013. 

The Pacific Section webpage is:  http://www.arrl.org/Groups/view/pacific-section.  It now contains this SM report.  Each affiliated club should fill in an activities report to ARRL at least once every year.  Inactive clubs need only send in an activities report to be current.  For more information go to: http://www.arrl.org/club-update .  Your SM is always looking for news so be sure to update him too. At the bottom of the Pacific Section webpage is a picture gallery with some new pictures.  Even if your group is not ARRL affiliated, send a report of your activities directly to your SM.  If you have notable activities send along a jpeg picture and description (please).

It is with great sorrow we share with you of the passing of Robert “Bob” Hideo Tanimoto, KH6ZZ.  He was born May 21, 1932.  We just learned that Bob passed away on August 13, 2013, he was 81.  Bob was a great supporter of the Emergency Amateur Radio club and helped with many of their activities, including field day.  He loved to experiment with antennas and electronics and although some of his inventions looked strange they worked great.  He held an Extra class license.  Memorial services are pending.  There is a picture in the Pacific Section Website photo gallery.

Kona Amateur Radio Society webpage is:  http://www.cfht.hawaii.edu/~veillet/hwars.html. KARS meets on the third Sunday, which will be Sept 15, from 2PM to 5PM at Wawaloli Beach Park at NELHA.  The 
September theme is Mediterranean (end of Ramadan).  The October meeting will be on the 20th.  The theme will follow “October-fest” so may be German, French, Scandinavian or whatever however NO BEER.  Please bring a favorite dish to share.  For questions please contact Van NH7IT at 808-345-5008 or NH7IT at arrl.net

BIG NEWS
This year KARS (Kona Amateur Radio Society) will be Hosting the next Big Island International Hamfest   in Waimea (aka Kamuela on Hawaii Island), on October 5th. 2013. They will be forming a planning/working group from club members to organize the event; parking, vendor placement, set up, testing, refreshments etc.  Kohala – Hamakua Radio Club (Waimea) will be joining them on this project.  Of course, they will also be getting help from BIARC and SPARC (Hilo and Kau) as well as other groups on Hawaii Island.  The venue is the Waimea recreation center, which is the same location as in several past Swap Meets.  The tentative schedule will be as follows:
  8:00 am Breakfast at Hawaiian Style Café (come early as they tend to be crowded)
  9:00 am Vendor setup
10:00 am doors open
12:00 pm guest speakers, forum, presentations (we need your input)
  1:00 pm license testing
  2:00 pm wrap up clean up
There is always a good turnout from both sides of the island for this as well from off Island.  There is always a lot of great used ham radio gear, meeting old friends and meeting new ones.
Contact Stuart, KH7DX 808-896-1290 or kh7dx at arrl.net or via this group with your offer of assistance for this, all ways fun project.  More updates as they come in, and thanks for supporting HAM Radio in these Hawaiian Islands.  This comes from Stuart, KH7DX.




The Kohala Hamakua Radio Club (KHRC) website:  http://www.hamradioandmore.com/khrc.htm
Their website has been updated and a lot of new information is there now especially information about their upcoming Amateur Radio classes.  The class will be held on 2 successive weekends, 2 adjoined conference rooms ("Mauna Kea" and "Mauna Loa") at North Hawaii Community Hospital from 8am-5pm on Sat; Oct 19, 2013 and Sun; Oct 27, 2013, in Waimea. Full details are on the club website.
Please call (889-5505) or email (April at KRE2.com) your intention and send the check (for the book) to April Lee; PO Box 190705; Hawi, HI 96719.  There will be a $24 charge for the book.  The test will be $15 payable at the test site.  

The club met in Kapa'au on Sept 8 in the Conference Room of Hisaoka Gym in King Kam Park, Kapa'au.  Your SM was there and enjoyed seeing pictures taken in preparation for the new repeater and hearing about the progress first hand.  The SM gave a briefing in recent happenings in the Pacific Section and showed a few pictures from the Puna Emergency Fair and the  “82”Mauna Loa repeater site.  

Eric Grabowski, KH6CQ, DEC for North Hawaii, has been sending out periodic reports on the North Hawaii repeater project and other happenings in his area.  The repeater will be located on the northwestern slope of Mauna Kea at a Parker Ranch Pump site.  The frequency 147.84/24 has been coordinated but is not published since the repeater is not yet in operation.  In his report Eric details the hardware he already has and what he still needs.  If you would like to donate or just get information contact Eric.  A proposed agreement with Parker Ranch was discussed at the meeting.

During their discussions, their October meeting location was unclear however in the website it was announced they will be meeting at HPA.  More details are upcoming.

Hawaii Preparatory Academy (HPA) School Radio Club ARRL affiliation has been approved by the ARRL board of directors and the certificate has been mailed to the club.  

The Kauai ARC website is:  http://www.kauaiarc.org/ 
Monday, September 2, 2013, 7:00 PM, is the Kauai ARC Monthly Meeting at KIUC Main Office, 4463 Pahee Street in Lihue. The October meeting is on the 7th.

Don’t forget the Saturday breakfast at The Feral Pig (formerly The Tiki Room and Main Street Diner) located in Harbor Mall at Nawiliwili. Folks begin arriving around 0730. Remember to get your parking ticket validated (while the attendant is hardly ever there for Saturday breakfast, it's a good idea to validate just in case).  

The Emergency ARC website is:  http://www.earchi.org  Check this website for more information.

EARC/ARRL HAMFEST & Swap Meet will be on Saturday September 14, 2013 at the Fleet Reserve Association (FRA).  It will open at 7 am for sellers, 8 am for buyers. Seller’s tables will be a donation of $10.00.  More info posted soon.  Your SM plans to be there.

EARC meets on the 3rd Tuesday (except June & Dec).  The next EARC General Membership meeting will be September 17th at 7PM at the (FRA) Branch 46, 891 Valkenburgh St. Honolulu.  TOPIC: TBA.  There is a Potluck. Contact G.Lo at wh7bte at yahoo.com and let her know what you are bringing. See you there!

The Honolulu ARC  website address is: http://ham.aditl.com/harc .  It didn’t work last month however it  is back up again.  It also contains many of their past news letters
The website from last month was http://www.dxzone.com/dx23796/honolulu-amateur-radio-club.html  and is still up too.  It is more generic and sponsored by Dxzone.

HARC meets on the 3rd Saturday at 9:00 am on odd months only (Jan, March, May, July, Sept, and Nov).  There normal meeting place of Sizzlers and then GoCo in Aiea have both shut down.  Their next meeting will be Sept 21.  John Peters, K1ER, president of Honolulu ARC, suggested that for its next meeting they go to Monterey Bay Cannery which overlooks the farm on the opposite side of the shopping center.  There is lots of free parking and it is easy to reach.  They have a similar Meeting room, similar menu, and similar prices.

The Koolau ARC website is: http://www.karc.net/ .  They normally meet on the second Saturday at 9:30 AM. At Ho’omaluhia Botanical Garden Park in Kaneohe.  The next meeting was “going to be” Saturday, September 14th however many members wanted to go to the EARC Hamfest so they canceled or postponed their meeting.  A decision as to a substitute meeting should be coming soon.

HAWAII QSO PARTY:  The contest website is http://www.hawaiiqsoparty.org/ .  Logs should be submitted by September 30, 2013.  It also contains logging programs and other information.

The Waikiki ARC seems to have only the ARRL club listing website at:  http://www.arrl.org/Groups/view/waikiki-amateur-radio-club/type:club . That site contains a lot of information.  Their last report to ARRL was Aug 14, 2013 so it very current. They meet every Tue at 7AM for breakfast at the Monterey Cannery at 98-1005 Moanalua Road, Unit FSI in Aiea.  Thanks to William N. Kendall KH6OO for the latest information and keeping the website up to date.

The Maui ARC website is:  http://www.kh6rs.org/ . 
Thank you for the regular updates and especially the Field Day update and picture.  See it at the bottom of the Pacific Section webpage in the picture section. Their regular meeting is on the second Wednesday of each month which will be September 11th at 7PM in the basement of the CD EOC in the Maui County building also known as 200 South High St.  (Except December).  The October meeting is on the 9th.
  
The Maui RACES repeater on 147.02+ MHz requires a sub-audible tone of 103.5 Hz for access.  The 146.94- MHz repeater requires a 110.9 Hz tone.  There is a repeater map on the MARC website. This is a good source of repeater information for Maui County.

The Maui Amateur Radio License Examination Schedule for this year is:  Saturday, December 7, 2013.  Persons planning to take an Amateur Radio license exam should pre-register at least two weeks before the scheduled exam date. Send email to kh6h at arrl.net or call Mel, KH6H, at 250-4591 and leave voice mail, including your email address.  If no one pre-registers, the exam session will be cancelled.  Maui VE (volunteer examiner) sessions begin at 9:00 a.m. at the Maui County Civil Defense Emergency Operating Center, 200 S. High Street in Wailuku.  Exam dates and location are subject to change. Pre-registered candidates will be notified of changes in the exam date or location. Before the exam, you will receive a confirmation email with more information, including directions to the exam site. The 2013 ARRL/VEC exam fee is $15. Bring a check or cash.

The Big Island ARC website is: www.biarc.net . 
They meet at 2PM on the 2nd Saturday Monthly at 2 PM at the Keaau Community Center. Their next meeting is on September 14th.  

On August 31 BIARC participated in the first ever Puna Regional Emergency Preparedness Fair (PREP) at the Keaau High School.  All indications are it was a very successful event.  

Milt Nodacker, AH6I, is now the lead examiner and instructor for BIARC.  Another set of Technician classes’ starts Thursday September 5 at 6:30 PM for two hours each for 6 weeks at the Orchidland LDS meeting hall. Contact Milt Nodacker, AH6I, at 965-6471 for more info. or write nodacker at gmail.com

Next Gen class starts 24 October Two hours for six weeks at Kilauea St. LDS church
Testing 17 Oct at Orchid Land LDS church.
Testing 5 Dec at Kilauea St. LDS church (This might change so keep in touch with Milt).

The Hilo ARC:  They meet daily 6:30-8:30 AM at Jack in the Box Hilo.  This club is actually the oldest on the Island of Hawaii however there was a break in existence of several years until former Section Manager Dean Manley, KH6B and several others reactivated it.  They also sponsor the Council of Radio Club which meets once monthly at various restaurants in East Hawaii for breakfast.  
The Hawaii QRP club: They also meet daily with a listed time of 7:00 AM - 9:00 AM at “Jack In the Box” however the time varies depending on who comes.  It is very informal. 
The Hawaii DX Association has become less active with the loss of several key members.  These two websites are still active however the tripod site has an excess of advertisement and is almost unusable.  They both contain good information.  http://hiqrpclub.homestead.com
http://hawaii.dx.tripod.com/

The Marianas ARC website is: https://sites.google.com/site/ah2gmarc/home
However it is out of date.  They meet on for first Tuesday of the month at 7:00 PM.   Their next meeting is October 1, 2013. Beware of the dateline when figuring time and date as they are one day ahead of Hawaii. The meeting is at the KSTO radio studio on Nimitz Hill.  There is plenty of parking behind the building on the lower level. Entry to the meeting room is from the south side of the building.  There is also another website with some Guam information however it is also sadly out of date.  MARIANA ISLANDS DX ASSOCIATION NH2DX The website www.guamham.com does not work.

The South Point ARC or “SPARC” meets on the first Sunday at Noon at Manuka State park.  Their next meeting will be October 6, 2013.  They are not affiliated with ARRL.

There has been no news from American Samoa in the last several months.

Hawaii's Official Amateur Radio Repeater Coordination Site is: http://www.hawaiirepeaters.net/ .

Coming events:
Sat September 14, 2013 EARC Hamfest
Sat October 5, 2013	 ARRL Simulated Emergency Test
Sat October 5, 2013	Big Island International Hamfest in Waimea (Kamuela)
Fri October 25, 2013+	CQ World Wide Contest - Phone
Sat November 2, 2013+	ARRL Sweepstakes Contest - CW
Sat November 16, 2013+	ARRL Sweepstakes Contest - Phone
Fri November 23, 2013+	CQ World Wide Contest - CW
Fri December 6, 2013+	SKYWARN Recognition Day
Sun December 8, 2013	Communications for Honolulu Marathon. Email Greg NH6ZS for more details.
Fri December 13, 2013	ARRL 10 Meter Contest

Ron Hashiro’s webpage always has a good collection of news of local happenings.  See:
http://www.qsl.net/a/ah6rh/am-radio/in-hawaii.html .  

The Civil Defense Amateur Radio Club's mission is to provide ARRL Volunteer Examiner testing services for amateur radio operators and test takers residing on the island of Oahu. The goal is to continually build up the pool of available emergency communicators available during times of emergency.  Testing is usually on the third Wednesday at 6:30 PM however contact Ray Moody, AH6LT moody at: 
hawaii.edu or phone 941-9239.  Advance registration is required to pass building security. Next exam is: 
November 20, 2013, 6:30 pm, American Red Cross HQ on Diamond Head Road
Be sure to ask Ray for complete instructions and what you will need.

Cal-Pac RC members Fred, KH7Y, made an emergency trip to Mauna Loa and temporarily took the new six meter beacon off the air.  It will be back shortly however it has not been decided if it will be put back at Mauna Loa.  The picture of the KH6HME memorial brick is in the photo files at the bottom of the Pacific Section website.  It was donated by BIARC member W6DPD.

Check the ARRL webpages for news about the Wake Island DXpedition.  The Daily DX reports that two Pacific Island DXpeditions are preparing to activate in October and November. The much-anticipated K9W Wake Island DXpedition has announced its tentative operating schedule, with times based on Wake Island times and dates (Wake is 12 hours ahead of UTC). According to its website, the team expects to kick off operations on or about October 7 and operate until October 18. Check the K9W operating plan for specifics. Wake Island is number 14 on the ClubLog Most Wanted list.

73,
Bob Schneider – AH6J
ARRL Pacific Section Manager
ARRL - The national association for Amateur Radio™
ah6j at arrl.org
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