From jimlarsen2 at gmail.com  Tue Jun  3 19:34:04 2008
From: jimlarsen2 at gmail.com (Jim Larsen)
Date: Tue Jun  3 19:33:39 2008
Subject: [KL7AA] speaker for the KL7AA meeting this Friday June 6, 2008.
Message-ID: <262ff7560806031634u2c3b6065y3e9e3219c572c4f2@mail.gmail.com>

Please post this on the KL7AA/KL7AIR reflector:  This is who our
speaker will be for the KL7AA meeting this Friday June 6, 2008.  We
are working with Jerry for the Augie Hiebert Memorial luncheon at the
convention and he is available to discuss DTV and the FCC
requirements.

John Mears, AL7LA will speak at a later date because Jerry was available.
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

DTV Summary

What is DTV?  What is the FCC February 2009 deadline?  Why the switch?
Who's affected?  How do I switch?  Converter Box details?  Antenna
Information?

What's happening here in Anchorage regarding the transition to Digital
Television?

The DTV transition is the switchover from analog (the traditional
method of transmitting television signals) to exclusively digital
broadcasting of free television programming for all full-power
television stations. The transition from analog to digital television
represents the most significant advancement of television technology
since color TV was introduced. The DTV transition will be completed on
February 17, 2009, as set by Congress. Full-power television stations
have been preparing for the transition from analog to DTV since the
late 1990s, when they began building digital facilities and airing
digital channels alongside regular analog broadcasts. Today, 1,624 out
of 1,762 full power television stations nationwide offer digital
programming.

Jerry Bever Bio

Jerry Bever is the Vice President and General Manager of Alaska
Broadcasting Company, Inc., the licensee of KTVA, Channel 11 in
Anchorage, AK.  Jerry has worked for over 20 years in Radio and
Television, the last 17 years in Alaska.  Alaska Broadcasting Company,
Inc. was formerly Northern Television, the Radio and Television
company started by broadcasting pioneer Augie Hiebert.  Jerry joined
Northern Television in 1992 working for Augie's Radio and Television
stations in Fairbanks, KTVF-TV, KXLR-FM, KCBF-AM.  In 1997, Jerry
transferred to Augie's Radio and Television stations in Anchorage.
Since that time Jerry has served as both Station Manager and General
Manager of KTVA-TV, KNIK-FM, KBYR-AM.  Today, KTVA is the only
Television station owned by the nation's fourth largest newspaper
company, MediaNews Group located in Denver, Colorado.  Graduating from
the University of Kansas with his Journalism degree, Jerry's
broadcasting jobs in the past have included:  promotion, on-air,
production, news and sales.
From rgodden at mtaonline.net  Wed Jun  4 16:03:12 2008
From: rgodden at mtaonline.net (Ron Godden)
Date: Wed Jun  4 16:02:49 2008
Subject: [KL7AA] Re: KL7AA Digest, Vol 53, Issue 1--- CW Net
References: <20080601080142.4553C859DE1@mailman.qth.net>
Message-ID: <003f01c8c67e$056e41f0$6501a8c0@barbra>

I am interested in participating in such.  I am very slowly working on 
getting my cw speed up, and just need on-the-air practice at very slow 
speed, somewhere between 5 and 10 wpm.  If anyone wants to start a evening 
local slow speed need with practice traffic, I am interested.  Thanks and 
73, Ron, AL2V.


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To: <kl7aa@mailman.qth.net>
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Subject: KL7AA Digest, Vol 53, Issue 1


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> Date: Sat, 31 May 2008 18:31:38 -0500
> From: Jim Moody <nl7c@sbcglobal.net>
> Subject: [KL7AA] CW
> To: J D Delancy <W1JD@comcast.net>, AL7FS Jim Larsen
> <JimLarsen2002@alaska.net>, AL7JK John Raynsford <al7jk@gci.net>,
> "AL7MR Charles (Charlie) Elliot (E-mail)" <jaluke@mtaonline.net>, Gene
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> I got this on a CW discussion group:
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> DE NNN0ASA ZUJ CMB06-08:
> RR NOALL
> DE  NNN0ASA 050
> R 292200Z MAY 2008
> FM CHNAVMARCORMARS WILLIAMSBURG VA
> TO  ALNAVMARCORMARS
> INFO ZEN/CHIEF ARMY MARS FT HUACHUCA AZ
> ZEN/CHIEF AIR  FORCE MARS SCOTT AFB IL
> BT
> UNCLAS
> SUBJ: CHNAVMARCORMARS BCST  06-08
> A. DRAFT RADIOTELEGRAPH PROCEDURES
> 1. WHEN I ASSUMED THE CHIEF,  NAVMARCORMARS POSITION IN NOVEMBER,
> 1997, WE WERE MORE THAN A YEAR INTO THE  DOD MANDATED BAN ON CW ON
> MARS FREQUENCIES.
> A. SINCE THAT TIME THE  FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION HAS, IN
> STEPS, ELIMINATED THE MORSE CODE  REQUIREMENT FOR AN AMATEUR LICENSE.
> ALL EMERGENCY COMMUNICATORS KNOW THAT  WHEN VOICE AND OTHER DIGITAL
> MODES SLOW TO A CRAWL OR BECOME UNUSABLE, CW  CAN STILL BE USED.
> B. I REMEMBER THE NORTHEAST ICE STORM SHORTLY AFTER I  BECAME CHIEF
> AND THE UNNECESSARILY LENGTHY EFFORT BY ALL OF SOUTHERN NEW  ENGLAND
> TO RECEIVE ONE VOICE EEI FROM A NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND MEMBER  WHOSE
> ANTENNA WAS COVERED IN ICE AND LYING ON THE GROUND. IT TOOK OVER  AN
> HOUR WHEN CW COULD HAVE HANDLED IT IN A FEW MINUTES.
> C. AS MORE AND  MORE OF OUR MEMBERS ENTER MARS WITH NO MORSE CODE
> EXPERIENCE, I AM AFRAID  THAT WE WILL SOON LOSE THAT SKILL SET IF WE
> DON'T DO SOMETHING.
> 2. IN  VIEW OF THE ABOVE AND EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY, AREA AND REGION
> DIRECTORS ARE  AUTHORIZED TO ESTABLISH CW TRAINING AND TRAFFIC NETS IN
> THEIR RESPECTIVE  AREAS AND REGIONS. ALL STATE DIRECTORS ARE STRONGLY
> ENCOURAGED TO BEGIN  CONDUCTING TRAINING IN CW ON THEIR TRAFFIC AND
> TRAINING NETS.
> 3. SINCE  THE RADIOTELEGRAPH PROCEDURES WERE ELIMINATED BEFORE TEH
> PUBLICATION OF NTP  8(C), REF A WILL BE POSTED UNDER THE DOCUMENTS TAB
> ON THE NATIONAL WEB PAGE  SOON. USE THESE DRAFT PROCEDURES UNTIL A
> FINAL TRI-SERVICE MARS PROCEDURE  FOR RADIOTELEGRAPH IS DEVELOPED AND
> PROMULGATED.
> 4. MARS: TOGETHER WE  CAN ACHIEVE ANYTHING.
> BT
> NNNN
>
> DE NNN0ASA QRU AR
>
>
> -- 
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From johnlynn at gci.net  Mon Jun  9 23:51:27 2008
From: johnlynn at gci.net (John Lynn)
Date: Mon Jun  9 23:51:37 2008
Subject: [KL7AA] Mayor's Marathon still needs a few HAMs on June 21
Message-ID: <0K2800859APMML70@msgmmp-1.gci.net>

I really need to cover Blue 11, 13, 15 and 23.  Please let me know if you
can help.

We have the current roster posted on the KL7AA web site at
http://www.kl7aa.net/MayorsMarathon08.htm

The full marathon course map is at
http://www.mayorsmarathon.com/Events/MarathonRelay/CourseMap.cfm

The half marathon course map is at
http://www.mayorsmarathon.com/Events/HalfMarathon/CourseMap.cfm

 


John Lynn
7013 Trafford Avenue
Anchorage, Alaska 99504
Telephone 907-337-1091
Facsimile 907-338-4791
Email johnlynn@gci.net
or KL7CY@arrl.net
gridsquare BP51df
61-13-18N 149-45-00W


From jimlarsen2002 at alaska.net  Fri Jun 27 16:31:42 2008
From: jimlarsen2002 at alaska.net (Jim Larsen - AL7FS)
Date: Fri Jun 27 16:33:37 2008
Subject: [KL7AA] VIS Amateur Radio Supply in Alaska for Convention
Message-ID: <48654E2E.9090701@alaska.net>

http://www.visradio.com/

Here is a vendor that is truly supporting our ALASKA HAMFEST and ARRL 
Convention!  Check out their website; they are driving up to AK and posting 
updates on their website.

Thanks for all your support!

~KL7SP~




-- 
Jim Larsen, AL7FS,  http://www.AL7FS.us/
Anchorage, Alaska,  (907) 345-3190
Vice President, Anchorage ARC,  http://www.kl7aa.net/
From jimlarsen2002 at alaska.net  Fri Jun 27 16:54:30 2008
From: jimlarsen2002 at alaska.net (Jim Larsen - AL7FS)
Date: Fri Jun 27 16:56:26 2008
Subject: [KL7AA] Field Day 2008 - Kincaid Park
Message-ID: <48655386.1060809@alaska.net>

I would like to encourage you all to take time to come out to the AARC 
Field Day site at Kincaid Park out Raspberry Road this Saturday and also on 
Sunday morning.  Take enough time to operate one of the stations and just 
have fun.

If you are new to all this, the experienced operators will break you in on 
the second headset and let you help log.  After a while you will be all set 
to try the microphone.

We could also use a few CW operators.

73, Jim
-- 
Jim Larsen, AL7FS,  http://www.AL7FS.us/
Anchorage, Alaska,  (907) 345-3190
Vice President, Anchorage ARC,  http://www.kl7aa.net/
Alaska Section Manager, ARRL,  http://www.arrl.org/sections/AK.html
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Field Day 2008


WHEN:  June 28 ? 29, 2008

WHERE: Kincaid Park, Anchorage, Alaska

KL7AA

When trouble is brewing, ham radio people are often the first to provide 
critical information and communications. On the weekend of June 28 - 29, 
the public will have a chance to meet and talk with these ham radio 
operators and see for themselves what the Amateur Radio Service is about. 
Showing the newest digital and satellite capabilities, voice communications 
and even historical Morse code, hams from across the USA will be holding 
public demonstrations of emergency communications abilities.

This annual event, called "Field Day" is the climax of the week long 
"Amateur Radio Week" sponsored by the ARRL, the National Association for 
Amateur Radio. Using only emergency power supplies, ham operators will 
construct emergency stations in parks, shopping malls, schools and back 
yards around the country. Their slogan, "When all else fails??is more than 
just words to the hams as they prove they can send messages in many forms 
without the use of phone systems, internet or any other infrastructure that 
can be compromised in a crisis. More than 30,000 amateur radio operators 
across the country participated in last year's event.

"We hope that people will come and see for themselves, this is not your 
grandfather's radio anymore," said Allen Pitts of the ARRL. "The 
communications networks that ham radio people can quickly create have saved 
many lives in the past months when other systems failed or were overloaded.?

In the Anchorage area, the Amateur Radio Emergency Services group and the 
Anchorage Amateur Radio Club will be demonstrating Amateur Radio at Kincaid 
Park. We invite the public to come and see ham radio?s capabilities and 
learn how to get their own FCC radio license before the next disaster strikes.

There are 660,000 Amateur Radio operators in the US , and more than 2.5 
million around the world. Through the ARRL, ham volunteers provide 
emergency communications for the DHS Citizens' Corps, the American Red 
Cross, Salvation Army, FEMA and thousands of state and local agencies, all 
for free.

Come out to see the Anchorage Amateur Radio Club and Amateur Radio 
Emergency Services equipment and setup.  For further information or if you 
have questions, please contact our team leaders TJ Sheffield, KL7TS and 
Keith Clark, KL7MM.  TJ can be reached at kl7ts (at) hotmail.com and Keith 
can be reached at aksunlite (at) aol.com.
