[HIham] SM Report January 2015
Ron Hashiro
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Subject: [hamradiohawaii] SM Report January 2015
Date: Sat, 7 Feb 2015 15:42:44 -1000
From: 'Robert Schneider' ah6j at hawaiiantel.net [hamradiohawaii]
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This report is for January 2015.
Since our last report we’ve lost 3 people. They are: Richard Hardy,
KH7HNL on 12/30/2014, Dr. John Vorbau, KH6HAM on 1/9/15 and Robert
Collester, Jr., KJ4HUH on 1/13/15.
Richard Hardy, KH7HNL, passed Away on Dec. 30, 2014. The memorial
service will be a fundraiser music and hula celebration of Richard Hardy
and Lynn Cook. It will be Sun. Feb 8^th 1700W to 2000w at the Lotus Room
on the 2^nd floor of the Lotus Honolulu Hotel located at 2885 Kalakeua
Ave. Paula Akana will serve as the emcee. Admission by donation and
there will also be a silent auction.
It is our sad duty to report the passing of Dr. John H. Vorbau, KH6HAM,
on Friday January 9, 2015 at Pali Momi Hospital in Aiea after an
extended illness. A celebration of life was held at Aiea United
Methodist Church on Saturday, January 24^th at 1000W. In his QRZ bio
John wrote “I have enjoyed amateur radio for over sixty years / Original
QTH Toledo, OH / California for 33 years (N6QGT) / Hawaii since 1999”
John was born in 1937 in Toledo, Ohio. His original degree was a BS
from University Of Toledo and his MD from Ohio State University. He was
a practicing Pediatrician among many other honors, a Fellow of the
American Academy of Pediatrics and his wife is a retired Navy Captain.
He was a member of EARC, KARC, CG (aux), ARRL, QCWA, Aiea United
Methodist Church and was a volunteer for the US Park service at the
Arizona Memorial. He was a regular operated KH6BB, the USS Missouri
museum station, and a member of the Battleship Missouri ARC. He is
survived by his XYL, Noeline. There is a picture on the ARRL Pacific
Section page. Dr. John Vorbau, KH6HAM, will be laid to rest at Punch
Bowl on Friday, April 10 at 1030W.
Robert Collester, Jr., KJ4HUH, passed away on January 13, 2015. His
services will be held Saturday January 24 at 91-1154 North Rd. Ewa
beach. The time will be 1000W.
We are now in 2015, Most club dues are payable. Check with your local
club. If it is not affiliated with ARRL please try and convince the
members to become an ARRL affiliated club. There are many benefits to
being an ARRL affiliated club.
The closest front of the lava flow has started and stopped several
times. At the moment it is stopped, however there are still breakouts
upslope and along the sides. Several businesses had packed up and
closed including Malama Market, Longs and Ace Hardware. Some have
reopened like Longs and Ace. The county is now removing some of the
lava rock in the transfer station and it is scheduled to re-open soon.
There is no longer viewing at the transfer station because of the
construction. Last month our new Governor, David Ige, came to visit the
regular Thursday update at the Pahoa High School Cafeteria. Remember
the Lava is still being fed into the system at the same rate so it has
to go somewhere.
Pahoa Road has been and is very congested and expected to get worse.
There is still heavy construction in addition to the extra school
traffic. As was reported earlier several schools combined to Keaau.
Your SM reports from personal experience that driving in Keaau and along
the bypass road in the afternoon has become very congested. Give (a lot
of) extra time to compensate for the extra-large traffic.
As was mentioned earlier, we are still looking for someone to be the
Section Youth Coordinator (SYC). It is a brand new, section-level ARRL
Field Organization appointment that is available and ready to be filled
as soon as we have someone for the position. Here are the appointment
guidelines that describe the requirements and responsibilities:
http://www.arrl.org/section-youth-coordinator__
If you are interested or know of someone who would be just right for the
job, let the SM know.
November 30 was the last official day of hurricane season in the Central
Pacific. If officially starts again on June 1 however storms can’t read
so bad weather can happen anytime.
We are going to try a little different and shorter approach to listing
the clubs. For more information on any club, go to the listed web
page. They are listed in order of regular meetings (more or less).
SPARC – The South Point ARC or “SPARC” meets on the first Sunday at Noon
at Manuka State park. It is potluck. They are not affiliated with
ARRL. They don’t have a website (yet). Next is March 1^st .
KARC – The Kauai ARC meets on the first Monday at 1900W. Website is:
http://www.kauaiarc.org/ next is March 2^nd . There is a weekly Saturday
breakfast at The Feral Pig located in Harbor Mall at Nawiliwili at
0730W. Next is Feb 7, 14, 21 & 28.
MARC – Marianas ARC of Guam meets on the 2^nd Tue. At KSTO studio on
Nimitz Hill at 1900 Guam time. Website is http://www.ah2g.net/ . If
you would like to take an Amateur Radio exam or have questions, call
Mike Wendt, WH2M at 671-477-6737. Testing is by appointment and
normally takes place before the monthly meeting about 5PM. Hafa Adai
from Guam where Americas Day begins.
There is another website for Guam and the Northern Marianas (CNMI) with
emphasis on HF operations. It is the Mariana Islands DX Association,
NH2DX. It has many pictures as well as history stories. The population
for the islands is small so they are to be congratulated for putting
together such a nice webpage. http://www.guam.net/pub/midxa/ . They are
not an ARRL affiliated club and they don’t have regularly formal meetings.
KHRC– (Kohala-Hamakua) The Kohala-Hamakua Radio Club (KHRC) meets on two
schedules. Odd months = 2^nd Sunday in Kapa’au at 1400W. Even months
= 2^nd Wednesday in Waimea at Keck Bldg. at 1900W. Next meeting is Feb
11^th . Webpage is http://www.hamradioandmore.com/khrc.htm . In the
past they have meet at the Hawaii Preparatory Academy Energy Lab. KHRC
helps sponsor the HPA school radio club. The school has a general
webpage which is: http://www.hpa.edu/ . The HPA Energy lab is the only
one of its kind in the world. Since HPA is a private school, it is not
open to the public.
MARC – Maui ARC meets on the 2^nd Wed. at CD Hq. at 1900W. Web =
http://www.kh6rs.org/ . Next meeting is Feb 11^th . For exams contact
Mel, kh6h at arrrl.net <mailto:kh6h at arrrl.net> or call 808-250-4591
KARC – The Koolau ARC website is: http://www.karc.net/ . They meet on
the 2^nd Sat. at 0930W at Ho’omaluhia Botanical Garden Park in Kaneohe,
Oahu. Next meeting will be Feb. 14^th .
BIARC – The Big Island ARC website is: www.biarc.net
<http://www.biarc.net> . They meet on the 2^nd Sat. At 1400W at the
Keaau Community Center. The next meeting will be Saturday Feb 14^th .
Their weekly Fri. lunch is canceled for the time being.
EARC - The Emergency ARC (Oahu) website is:
http://earchi.org/event_listing.html they meet on the 3rd Tue. At 1900W
at the Fleet Reserve Association (FRA) Branch 46. They next meet Feb.
17^th .
HARC – The Honolulu ARC website is: http://ham.aditl.com/harc . They
meet on the 3rd Sat. at 0900W on odd months (Jan, March, May, July,
Sept, and Nov) at the Monterey Bay Cannery restaurant. The next meeting
will be March 21^st .
The Waikiki ARC meets s every Tue at 0700W for breakfast at the Monterey
Bay Cannery in Aiea. It has only the ARRL club website:
http://www.arrl.org/Groups/view/waikiki-amateur-radio-club/type:club .
KARS – Kona Amateur Radio Society webpage is:
http://www.cfht.hawaii.edu/~veillet/hwars.html
<http://www.cfht.hawaii.edu/%7Eveillet/hwars.html>. They meet on the
4^th Sun. at 1400W in Wawaloli Beach Park at NELHA. It is a picnic
potluck. Next get together is Feb. 22^nd . For questions please
contact Van NH7IT at 808-345-5008 or e-mail NH7IT at arrl.net
<mailto:NH7IT at arrl.net> .
In addition to the regular KARS monthly meeting they now have a
breakfast at 808 Grindz restaurant in Kopika Plaza on the 2nd Saturday
of each month at 0830W. For additional information contact Stuart KH7DX
at 808-896-1290.
PERC – The Puna Emergency Radio Club website is:
http://perchawaii.com/__ their meeting is on the 4th Saturday of each
month at 1000W at the Hilo Coffee Mill.
HARC - The Hilo ARC: They meet daily 6:30-8:30 AM at Jack in the Box
Hilo. This club is 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. Please contact Dean for
more information.
There has been no news from The American Samoa Radio club or Molokai
Club in recent times.
The Civil Defense Amateur Radio Club (Honolulu) has not regular
meetings. Their mission is to provide ARRL Volunteer Examiner testing
services for amateur radio operators 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 on the third Wednesday
of selected months; however, contact Ray Moody, AH6LT moody at:
hawaii.edu or phone 941-9239. *_Advance registration is required to pass
building security at the Red Cross building. _* Schedule for 2015 can be
found in the VEC page of ARRL. It is: 03/18/2015, 06/17/2015,
08/19/2015 and 11/18/2015 at 1830W at the American Red Cross building
(in back of Diamond Head) */_AGAIN No walk-ins._/*
Cal-Pac RC upgraded the Mauna Loa site antennas and took the 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 at ARRL HQ is in the photo files at the bottom of the
Pacific Section website along with other pictures of the Mauna Loa
site. The brick was donated by BIARC member Chuck McConnell, W6DPD of
Fresno.
REPEAT OR REFERENCE INFORMATION:
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. 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. Even if your group is not ARRL
affiliated, send a report. If you have notable activities send along a
jpeg picture and description (please). At the bottom of the Pacific
Section webpage is a picture gallery.
Hawaii's Official Amateur Radio Repeater Coordination Site is:
http://www.hawaiirepeaters.net/ .
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 . There is a new
feature telling about the history of the early repeaters in Hawaii
especially Diamond Head 146.88. Go to Ron’s page and click on The EARC
Diamond Head 146.28/146.88 MHz Repeater
<http://www.qsl.net/a/ah6rh/am-radio/hawaii/earc-dh.html>
Bob Schneider, AH6J
P.O. Box 131 Keaau, HI 96749
ah6j at arrl.org <mailto:ah6j at arrl.org>
Home phone 808-966-8146
Cell phone 808-345-6390
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