From michael at frii.com  Sun Mar  2 13:38:25 2008
From: michael at frii.com (Michael)
Date: Sun Mar  2 13:39:07 2008
Subject: [NCARC] QST Magazines
Message-ID: <47CAF421.2050307@frii.com>

FREE FREE FREE
Just come and get 'em

A box of QST magazines: DEC 1994 to NOV 2007

I can't store them. Nor can I throw them away.

73 Michael N7MR

From steveh291 at comcast.net  Sun Mar  2 14:20:44 2008
From: steveh291 at comcast.net (Steve's email)
Date: Sun Mar  2 14:25:08 2008
Subject: [NCARC] Technician class
Message-ID: <CBEGIKFLFAAGMOBDPKEFKEBMFIAD.steveh291@comcast.net>

Hi folks-

LRA and NCARC would like to get a technician class organized starting on
March 20 (Thursday) for approximately 8-10 weeks from 7-9 each evening.   Is
there anyone who would be interested in coordinating this class and helping
it to get organized?  We have already 3 instructors willing to help and lots
of the material already available.  We need someone who can find a place to
hold the course and run the logistics of getting other instructors signed
up, etc (this should take maybe 4 hours of work total).  It's a fun and
rewarding task and the thanks you get from the students makes it well worth
it.

'73

Steve Henry, N7GN


From steveh291 at comcast.net  Sun Mar  2 14:28:13 2008
From: steveh291 at comcast.net (Steve's email)
Date: Sun Mar  2 14:32:26 2008
Subject: [NCARC] Items for sale
Message-ID: <CBEGIKFLFAAGMOBDPKEFIEBNFIAD.steveh291@comcast.net>

Hi NCARC folks,
As many of you know, Judy and I are going to leave the area to explore
in the motor home before heading to the NW to settle nearer the new
grand children (twins!).  I have the following for sale (PICKUP IN
FORT COLLINS ONLY, NO shipping as some of these are heavy!).

You can contact me via email at mck7yj@comcast.net  or (970)266-9863.
First come first served, no warranties other than everything was
working when I turned it off and got it ready for sale!
Thanks, Minor K7YJ
----
============= UNIT ==================== =price=
Power Supplies: 
 - Astron    RS-20M                     $50.00
 - Astron    RS-35A                     $100.00
Signal Generators: 
 - HP-608E  W/transit case w/manual     $250.00
 - AN/URM-25C RF Sig. Gen               $100.00
Spectrum Analyzer: 
 - ITC Instruments SA1000 1MHz -1GHz    $150.00
 - HP 853A analyzer with 8558B
   front end 200KHz - 1.5GHz           $40 0.00
Oscilloscope: 
 - HP 1222A,  dual channel, 15MHz       $175.00
Service Monitors: 
 - Motorola  S1327B (no scope) 1000 MHz $100.00
 - Motorola  S1059A  Portable Test Set   $75.00
Scanners --Radio Shack:
 - PRO-94 Trunk Scanner 1000 Channels    $45.00
 - Pro-2096 Trunk Radio scanner         $300.00
 - Pro-2096 Trunk Radio scanner         $300.00
HAM: 
 - Kenwood TM-241A  2M / 50 W xcvr       $50.00
 - Kenwood IF-232C Computer interface    $10.00
 - Drake 2C & 2CQ spkr/Q-Multipler      $175.00
 - Ya esu FT-7800R 2M/440 Mobile Xcvr   $200.00
 - Johnson Viking Matchbox W/ SWR meter $100.00
 - Hallicrafters SX-17 Super Skyrider 
   Rcvr, 0.54-62 MHz                     $75.00
 - Heathkit GC-1000 Clock No Audio, 
   but clock works, display works! 
   W/manual & GC-1000-1 RS-232 Output  $2 50.00
 - Anteck 3.2- 30MHz Mobile Vert. Ant. 
   remote tuned with windshield 
   washer pumps!                         $50.00
 - MFJ-260 300W dry dummy load           $15.00
 - B&W Model CS-3G  Channel Coax switch  $12.00
MISC: 
 - R808/GRC-14 2 -32MHz Rcvr w/manual,
   with tty decoder built-in             $75.00 
 - 19" rack, 6' tall, 5' work surface    $50.00
 - HP 4159CA  RS232 protocal analyzer
   comes with the HP 18179A pod         $150.00
 - Mini-Circuits  ZHL Amplifier & 24V PS
    2-500 MHz  ~15db gain               $100.00
 - Radio Shack IR Extenters #15-1950     $15.00
 - InterState 12/100AH (SRM-27) Wet Cell 
   batteries. Removed from my motor home, 
   1 yr old. Kept on a "Battery-Minder"
   Tests GOOD                           $50.00
 - Parts bin with repair parts for 
   Motorola Minitor Pagers(relays, tone
   reeds, spkr, switches, etc)          $10.00
- 8' workbench                          $50.00





From ron at ronsfarm.com  Sun Mar  2 16:09:05 2008
From: ron at ronsfarm.com (Ron Klein)
Date: Sun Mar  2 16:12:27 2008
Subject: [NCARC] 2 meter gear for sale
Message-ID: <E1JVvPp-0005F8-T4@elasmtp-curtail.atl.sa.earthlink.net>

If anybody is looking for good used 2 meter gear I have 3 auctions on 
Ebay for rigs that I no longer need as they have been long-since 
replaced by other rigs:

Kenwood TM-261A 2 meter transceiver - item no. 110229812180

Yaesu FT-2500M 2 meter transceiver - item no. 110229708263

2 meter power amp - Radio Shack HTA-20, 30 watt output -
				item no. 110229770269

73, 

Ron - W0OSK
From chris at yipyap.com  Sun Mar  2 20:07:42 2008
From: chris at yipyap.com (Chris Howard)
Date: Sun Mar  2 20:12:08 2008
Subject: [NCARC] Collins collection
Message-ID: <014201c87ccb$004200b0$4a01a8c0@ZIPPY>

I went and visited with a local man who is trying to disburse some very nice
Collins equipment from his father-in-law's estate.

I'm not a Collins collector, and this was very nice stuff.  If you know any 
Collins collectors
in the area, please let them know.

He also has a nice Astatic Silver Eagle microphone, some Dave Clark 
headphones,
a Kenwood PS50 12 volt power supply and an older Kenwood 2 Meter mobile 
radio.

If anyone is interested, reply by email or give me a call.

This is the same equipment that Michael, N7MR listed about a week ago here.

Chris Howard
w0ep


From n0wiq at comcast.net  Tue Mar 11 20:20:27 2008
From: n0wiq at comcast.net (Kerry Miller)
Date: Tue Mar 11 20:25:53 2008
Subject: [NCARC] Tech. NET
Message-ID: <1205284827.16217.2.camel@N0WIQ-1.N0WIQ>

Hi People,

Reminder:  Tech. NET will be Wednesday evening 7:00 PM.

I have been thinking about a Television so don't be surprised if I pick
your brains about modern televisions.

73
-- 
Kerry N0WIQ
My web site URL is:
http://mywebpages.comcast.net/n0wiq


From chris at yipyap.com  Wed Mar 12 10:25:07 2008
From: chris at yipyap.com (Chris Howard)
Date: Wed Mar 12 04:30:36 2008
Subject: [NCARC] Fw: ARRL Rocky Mountain Division update -- March 2008
Message-ID: <007f01c88455$42950c50$4a01a8c0@ZIPPY>


> ========================================
> ARRL Rocky Mountain Division update
> March 2008
> ========================================
> 
> ===== Rocky Mountain Division website -- new domain name =====
> 
> Your Division's website has a new, easy to remember domain name:
> www.RockyMountainDivision.org
> 
> Please update your personal bookmarks.  If your club website still
> shows the old link, please inform your webmaster of the change.  Or, if
> your club website doesn't have a link to the Division website at all,
> please kindly ask your webmaster to add one!
> 
> This website along with Division emails, such as the one you're reading
> now, will serve as our primary means of communicating with the
> membership across our very large division.
> 
> ===== Honor the Young Ham you know! =====
> 
> Two prestigious awards dedicated to young hams are now accepting
> nominations -- the ARRL Hiram Percy Maxim Memorial (HPM) award, and the
> Amateur Radio Newsline Young Ham of the Year (YHOTY) award.
> 
> Perhaps he or she is a member of your local club.  Perhaps he or she is
> the one you talk to on the air all the time.  Or perhaps he or she is
> someone you've mentored all these years.  Do you know a young ham who's
> gone out of his/her way for the betterment of ham radio and their
> surrounding ham community?
> 
> If so, please consider nominating that young ham for one or both of
> these awards.  Details on the HPM award can be found at
> http://www.arrl.org/FandES/field/awards/hpm.html while details on the
> YHOTY award can be obtained from http://www.yhoty.org/
> 
> Please carefully note the deadlines for the HPM award (March 31) and
> the YHOTY award (May 30).  Also be aware that the more supporting
> documentation provided with the nominee, the better.
> 
> ===== Is your ARRL Affiliated Club information up to date? =====
> 
> Attention club officers:  Please refer to your club information
> provided at http://www.arrl.org/FandES/field/club/clubsearch.phtml and
> update any information that's out of date or missing.  If your club has
> a website, please be sure to list it as well.  The ARRL Affiliated Club
> search page not only ensures that the League has up-to-date information
> on your organization; it's also a widely used tool for hams and
> prospective hams to research clubs in their area.
> 
> If your club isn't affiliated with the ARRL, consider doing so! Details
> await your club leadership at http://www.arrl.org/FandES/field/club/
> 
> ===== The Ham Club Website: A Fantastic resource =====
> 
> The web has changed our lives in so many ways.  Specifically related to
> ham radio, it's transformed the way we buy and sell ham radio
> equipment.  It provides an abundance of technical information through
> only a few clicks of the mouse.  It even lets us verify that we've
> found a place in the logbook of rare DXpeditions (like Clipperton -- on
> the air right now!).
> 
> The web is also an essential tool for ham radio clubs.  Not only does
> it enable a club to provide information to it members, but it's also
> become one of the first places a potential member will go to research a
> club to join.  A club website is your signpost that says "This is
> who we are, and this is why you should join and get involved with
> us."  As they say, there's never a second chance to make a good
> first impression.  Your club's website (or lack thereof) may just be
> that first impression to a potential member out there.
> 
> The Pikes Peak Radio Amateur Association (PPRAA) recently ran an
> excellent series in their newsletter, Zero Beat, on building a
> professional-looking and informative club website -- and you don't need
> to be an expert web designer to make it happen.
> 
> If your club is looking to create its first website, or if it wants to
> give a facelift to its existing site, please enjoy Steve Williams
> K0SRW's step-by-step article at the end of the November 2007, December
> 2007, and January 2008 issues of Zero Beat, available for download at
> http://www.ppraa.org/downloads.php
> 
> An effective website will not only keep your membership informed; it
> will also serve as a tool for marketing your ham club and attracting
> new members.  Ask around...there's bound to be a member or two in your
> organization who'd love to use Steve's article to make your great club
> even better!
> 
> ===== A Glance at ARRL Board Meetings =====
> 
> The ARRL Board of Directors meets twice a year -- in January and July
> -- to review policy matters which are carried out by the staff at HQ,
> and conduct other League business.  These meetings are usually held in
> Newington, Connecticut which provides an opportunity to meet up with
> ARRL staff at 225 Main Street.  (This year we met in Houston to avoid
> potential winter weather and spend time within its ham community).
> 
> The League's standing committees (Administrative and Finance, Program
> and Services, etc.) convene at Headquarters on the Thursday prior to
> the meeting to wrap up the business they've been conducting via
> teleconference and emails in the months prior.  Their recommendations
> to ongoing issues are finalized for presentation before the Board.
> 
> Some board members arrive early to greet hams across the country from
> W1AW.  The remainder of the Board arrives in Newington on Thursday
> evening for a quick bite to eat before taking part in an informal group
> discussion led by the President about a particular topic that is to be
> brought up in the board meeting.
> 
> Bright and early Friday morning the Board meeting commences, Roberts'
> Rules of Order in strict effect.  All officers, Directors,
> Vice-Directors, and special guests (e.g. President of Radio Amateurs of
> Canada, members of ARRL's Washington staff, etc.) fill a large hotel
> ballroom turned board room.  (The rooms at HQ are far too small to
> conduct the meeting there) Throughout the next two days a substantial
> number of standing, advisory and ad-hoc committees present their work
> from the past 6 months and the their resulting recommendations.  The
> Board then discusses such recommendations and chooses to accept or
> reject them.  Other reports and pressing issues are discussed over the
> weekend as well, some leading to motions at the recommendation of the
> board.  By Saturday evening the meeting is adjourned.
> 
> Reflecting personally on the whole occasion, the Board is composed of
> extremely dedicated and active ham radio operators who come from a
> variety of backgrounds -- engineers, doctors, judges, business owners,
> lawyers, and consultants.  They are rag-chewers, ARES/RACES folks,
> contesters, DXers, club leaders, special event station coordinators,
> ham record holders, and active from 160 meters through at least 47-GHz.
> All are passionate about our hobby and service, exactly like all of the
> members they've been elected to serve.
> 
> Minutes from Board meetings are always available for your review at
> http://www.arrl.org/announce/board.html
> 
> ===== Upcoming hamfests, tailgates & conventions =====
> 
> April 5 LarcFest (Longmont, CO) 
> April 26 Central New Mexico Spring Tailgate (Albuquerque, NM)
> April 27 Mesilla Valley Radio Club Bean Feed & Swapfest (Las Cruces,
> NM)
> May 24-25  Wyoming State Convention (Casper, WY) 
> June 7 Pikes Peak Radio Amateur Assn Megafest (Monument, CO)
> July 11-13  Rocky Mountain Division Convention (Bryce Canyon, UT)  
> August 17 Denver Radio Club Swapfest (Golden, CO)
> 
> Links to websites belonging to the above events are found on the Rocky
> Mountain Division site: www.RockyMountainDivision.org
> 
> If you're organizing a Hamfest, convention or tailgate, please consider
> having your event ARRL-sanctioned.  Sanctioning details can be found at
> http://www.arrl.org/FandES/field/hamfests/
> 
> ===== 2008 Rocky Mountain Division Convention =====
> 
> This coming June the 2008 Rocky Mountain Division Convention will occur
> -- we'd love to see you there! Highlight July 11-13 on your calendars
> and please join your fellow League members in beautiful Bryce Canyon,
> Utah. Count on a bunch of excellent forums, equipment sales, fun
> competitions, great eyeball QSOs, and wonderful food, all at a gorgeous
> venue, and all in the company of hams from around the Division. More
> information can be found at http://www.utahhamfest.org/.
> 
> ===== Upcoming on-air activities =====
> 
> In addition to chewing the rag with fellow hams, here are some
> additional on-air activities which await you on the airwaves.
> 
> Clipperton Atoll DXpedition (TX5C): http://www.clipperton2008.org/
> Upcoming special event stations:
> http://www.arrl.org/contests/spev.html
> Upcoming contests: http://www.arrl.org/contests/calendar.html
> Operating awards: http://www.arrl.org/awards/
> 
> ===== Final note... =====
> 
> Please touch base with your Section Manager if he can be of any
> assistance to you:
> 
> Jeff Ryan K0RM (Colorado): http://www.arrl.org/sections/?sect=CO 
> Don Wood W5FHA (New Mexico): http://www.arrl.org/sections/?sect=NM 
> Mel Parkes NM7P (Utah): http://www.arrl.org/sections/?sect=UT 
> Chris Pritchard WY7UPR (Wyoming): http://www.arrl.org/sections/?sect=WY
> 
> 
> We also welcome you to contact both Dwayne and I with concerns,
> questions or ideas.  See you on the airwaves!
> 
> 
> 73,
> Brian Mileshosky N5ZGT, Rocky Mountain Division Director
> Dwayne Allen WY7FD, Rocky Mountain Division Vice-Director
> Division website: www.RockyMountainDivision.org
> 
> --------------------------------------------------------------------
> ARRL Rocky Mountain Division
> Director: Brian Mileshosky, N5ZGT
> n5zgt@arrl.org
> --------------------------------------------------------------------
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From garyh at runbox.com  Wed Mar 12 10:37:24 2008
From: garyh at runbox.com (Gary Holesovsky)
Date: Thu Mar 13 09:38:33 2008
Subject: [NCARC] Coverage Near Red Feather Lakes Area
Message-ID: <000701c88456$f8f70010$eae50030$@com>

I recently received an inquiry about repeater coverage in the Red Lakes
area. Does anyone have any experience on the coverage up there that we can
share with him?

Thanks,
Gary Holesovsky
garyh@runbox.com
W0LEF

-----Original Message-----
From: tamcauliffe@mmm.com [mailto:tamcauliffe@mmm.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, March 11, 2008 8:02 PM
To: w0lra@arrl.net
Subject: Coverage Near Red Feather Lakes Area


Hello, I am a new ham who is just getting going.  I live in the Denver
area.

During a discussion with a friend in Fort Collins today, he expressed some
interest in ham radio himself.  He especially wondered if he would be able
to connect to a repeater from the Red Feather Lakes wilderness area where
he likes to spend recreation time.

I didn't know how to answer his question, and hoped you might be able to
help.

Thank you,

Tim McAuliffe
KD0CZT
mail to:tamcauliffe@mmm.com



From chris at yipyap.com  Mon Mar 24 16:27:26 2008
From: chris at yipyap.com (Chris Howard)
Date: Mon Mar 24 16:34:00 2008
Subject: [NCARC] microcontroller training/programming cards
Message-ID: <026101c88df5$dc7fdc10$4a01a8c0@ZIPPY>

They have some 8051 microcontroller cards like this one:

http://www.pjrc.com/store/dev_pcb_assem.html

complete with the LCD add-on  at the CSU surplus warehouse these days.
They have them marked for $5.00.  I bought one and it works fine.
I went back and got another which I have not tried yet.

The 8051 is mainly used as a industrial controller from what I gather.  But 
there are free
C and ASM compilers for it.  This board would let you program some LEDs and 
the
LCD and get some experience with how microcontrollers work generally.  This 
board
is programmable through a 9-pin serial port.

If you are interested, the CSU surplus warehouse is supposed to be open 
weekdays
from 8 to 4 with an hour off at noon (sometimes they close early).  They 
have a
website which you can easily find by googling, and they are located a block 
north
and a block west of the intersection of Prospect and College.   I usually
go west on Prospect, directly after the intersection with College there is 
an alley
going north.  Take that and it drops you out on Lake street.  Go left (west) 
across
the railroad tracks and turn south at the silver barn-like building adjacent 
to the
tracks on the west side.

Chris Howard
w0ep


From n0wiq at comcast.net  Mon Mar 24 22:22:02 2008
From: n0wiq at comcast.net (Kerry Miller)
Date: Mon Mar 24 22:28:34 2008
Subject: [NCARC] Tech. NET
Message-ID: <1206415322.22977.5.camel@N0WIQ-1.N0WIQ>

Hi People,

Wednesday  26-Mar-08 at 7:00 PM I will hold the Wednesday evening Tech.
NET.  I think it would be a good topic to have Dan W7RF tell us what he
knows about loop antennas.

73
-- 
Kerry N0WIQ
My web site URL is:
http://mywebpages.comcast.net/n0wiq


From garyh at runbox.com  Mon Mar 31 10:45:59 2008
From: garyh at runbox.com (Gary Holesovsky)
Date: Mon Mar 31 10:54:38 2008
Subject: [NCARC] Red Cross Equipment
Message-ID: <008501c89346$52516940$f6f43bc0$@com>

Hi all,

Last week I paid my first visit to the Red Cross building in Southern Fort
Collins and discovered they have an amateur radio station that is not quite
ready for use.

As explained to me, some hams came to set up everything and bought some new
rigs, but didn?t quite get everything installed and have since lost contact
with them. They already have a cabinet for the rigs, an existing HF rig and
accessories, coax hook-ups, antennas and such installed. It just needs some
time to hook up a few of the new VHF rigs and some maintenance on the
antennas.

After talking to the Northern Colorado director, Erin Mounsey, he expressed
interest in getting the station up and running as well as establishing a
relationship with one of the local amateur radio clubs to help support their
communications needs. Would the NCARC or a few members be willing to fill
these needs for the Red Cross? 

A link to their website to learn more about the local chapter:
http://www.northerncolorado.redcross.org/

Sincerely,
Gary Holesovsky
W?LEF

