[OMIK] ARROW Hamvention Bus Prize List

Tue May 9 23:03:07 EDT 2017

John Wasciuk WA8TON

2878 Ticknor Ct

Ann Arbor, MI 48104-6921

Dear OMIK Members,

Here is just a gentle reminder of the Dayton Hamvention Bus Trip from Ann
Arbor, Michigan to Hamvention on May 20, 2017. We guarantee the most fun,
most prize-filled ham radio bus trip anywhere in the world!

Here is an invitation to anyone in Michigan to join us on our journey to
Xenia, Ohio!

The ARROW Bus to Hamvention is filling up fast! We have 7 (SEVEN) seats
left, so, please, sign up as soon as possible! Scroll down on our main web
page and click the link. Pay Pal available.

www.w8rp.org

As of this year, there is a new location for the world’s largest Ham Radio
Convention. This is at the Greene County Fairgrounds and Expo Center in
Xenia, Ohio. The rumors have it that there will be up to 30,000 attendees
this year!

Remember, we leave the Ann Arbor Transit Park-and-Ride just east of Pioneer
High School a half-hour earlier this year due to the extra distance to
Xenia.

Please Note: The departure time is 4:00 am this year because Xenia is
one-half hour farther.

DO be sure to get your HAMVENTION TICKET separately from the Hamvention web
page:

www.hamvention.org

Also, you can sell your stuff again this year. ARROW has rented a flea
market space. All we ask is that you keep your items to a reasonable number
and that you volunteer at the flea market booth for an hour of so during
the day.

Ann Arbor – 2017 Dayton Bus Prize Donors (So Far…)

Yes! We have door prizes!

So far, we have some great door prizes to give out! Numbers at the end of
the listing are Hamvention Booths, if the dealer is attending.

Here’s the latest!

QRPme Each and every rider gets a FREE KIT! We build it on the bus! NO
soldering! NO tools! Minimum number of parts! Total donation value of
$385.00

Everyone please take pictures! Rex wants to do a feature article on this!

You’ve heard of Ann Arbor referred to as “A Square”? Well, we now present
the “AAABBB” or the “A Cube B Cube”, otherwise known as the “ARROW Ann
Arbor Big Bus Buildathon”. A little bit of FDIM (“Four Days in May”) comes
on the bus with us!

QRPme: Rex Harper, W1REX, of Limerick, Maine, has one of the neatest lines
of QRP Kits around!

QRPme has sponsored “buildathons” at Hamvention (“Four Days in May”), a
whole slew of QRP gatherings around the USA and a big buildathon in England.

He gives us a neat little piece of test equipment for anyone building a
low-power transmitter or transceiver. When you are finished with your 10-20
minute project, you will have a nifty little RF Probe. Its great for
sniffing out small transmit signals by hooking it up to a digital
multimeter. That and a 5-watt dummy load, and you’ve got the two most
important tools of any QRP (Low Power) radio builder.

Check out Rex’s many offerings at: www.qrpme.com. Please be sure to click
on the link on the left: “UK Biggest Buildathon”. This will give you
documentation and a video on our FREE RF PROBE BUILD-ON-THE-BUS KIT.

A word from our sponsor:

Remember, every ham, including Technicians, has CW (Morse code) privileges
on 80, 40, 15 and 10 meters. Work the world on short wave with a itty-bitty
radio that you can build at home with minimum soldering skills and a few
tools.

If you’re a total newbie, the Sea Sprite transceiver is easy to put
together with big circuit board traces and pads to avoid soldering errors.
Order the 40 meter technician or 20 meter general version. It comes with
two crystals. Consider getting an extra crystal (or two) to move you around
the band a bit. (7030 is the 40 meter QRP “watering hole”, while 14060 is
the 20 meter site. 7122 is a great frequency for slow code people.)

For those of you with a bit of building skill: You may remember the
“Rockmite” that  was glowingly reviewed in QST magazine (of American Radio
Relay League fame). This is a slightly-more-complicated mint-tin friendly
single-band rig for 80, 40, 30, 20, 17 or 15 meters. Nice thing: no coils
to wind on those tiny toroid donuts!

Heil Sound, Ltd Proset 6 Headphone/Microphone combination. $156.00 Value!
Best selling Boom Mic / Headset combo on the market! HC-6 mic element.
Headphones have phase reversal technology to help dig out DX.
http://www.heilsound.com/amateur/ 5306-5309

Elecraft Inc Sorry! Not quite a K3s, I'm afraid! A nice little QRP kit! A
“Mini-Module” Kit: DL1 20 Watt Dummy Load. Measure power with the aid of a
multimeter.  Accurate! Good to 225 MHz. http://www.elecraft.com/  1707 1708
1709 1710 1711

MCM Electronics, Inc TWO Raspberry Pi 3 Computers! $59.99 Each!
http://www.mcmelectronics.com/content/en-US/raspberry-pi#compare-kits 1807
1808 1809 1810 1811

DX Engineering FOUR 24-Hour Analog Clocks: BEAUTIFUL! $29.95 Each! PLUS:
Discount Stickers, again! http://www.dxengineering.com/  1207-1210,
1307-1311

Comet Antenna / Daiwa Meters Dual-Band HT Antenna ($25.95), Comet logo
pilsner glasses. http://www.cometantenna.com/ 3304-3306

Pacific Antenna / QRP Kits http://www.qrpkits.com/ Two Kits:

Wall Wart Tamer V2: Take in an AC or DC wall wart and get out clean,
adjustable, regulated DC with all the RF hash taken out.
http://qrpkits.com/wallwarttamer.html

Volt Tattler: Audibly announces in Morse code if the voltage is above or
below user programmable thresholds. http://qrpkits.com/volttattler.html

EAE Sales More great soldering stations! Bruce has donated $280 worth of
soldering equipment this year! https://www.eaesales.com/ Find him at
hamfests in the 8th and 9th call areas!

Five Dash Tony gives us TWO built SDR boards: 1 40/30/20 1-watt SDR
transceiver board ($124.00) and an 80-30 meter SDR receiver board ($72.00).
Most inexpensive entry into Software Defined Radio. You'll find Tony Parks
referred to in QST and QEX! http://fivedash.com/

NW Digital Radio http://nwdigitalradio.com Bryan gives you a choice of one
of two possible prizes: You pick up the one you want at his Hamvention
Booth. They are the ThumbDV or the UDRC-II. 1105

ThumbDV: Digital Voice Vocoder on USB. By adding this to your PC, Mac or
Linux computer, you can now use you mic and speakers to access the D-Star
network. In addition, the AMBE-3000 chip supports other digital modes, such
as DMR, System Fusion, dPMR, NXDN, P25  Phase 2 HR and others. $119.95
value. 1105

UDRC-II: This little board enables D-Star on a number of repeaters, such
as: Yaesu DR-1X, Kenwood TKR-750/850, Bridgecom Repeaters (including the
220 band) and homebrew repeater systems. If you can get at the
discriminator and true FM modulator of a repeater, the UDRC-II gives you a
way to add D-STAR. Needs a Raspberry Pi 2/3 Hat. $89.95 value. 1105

RT Systems Radio Programming Software: your model radio Why use share-ware
when THIS software will help you program the unique features of your exact
rig! Booth #3805 & 3806 https://www.rtsystemsinc.com/  3805-3806

HamCall.net / Buckmaster International Ham Call DVD: More than just QTH
info! www.hamcall.net 6210

HamTestOnline Extra Class Study Course ($34.95)
https://www.hamradiolicenseexam.com/

KB6NU The "CW Geek" gives us a No-Nonsense Extra Class Study Guide and a
No-Nonsense General Study Guide http://www.kb6nu.com/

Borden Radio Company WB5REX digs into the wireless history attic to give
you a really nifty crystal radio kit. Its polished wooden base not only
makes it look great, but its multi-tapped coil lets you tune from below the
AM Broadcast Band up to almost 12 MHz. “Dunwoody High Performance Crystal
Set” Did you say "Grand Child!?" A $59.95 item. http://www.xtalman.com/

Far Circuits KF9GX sends one or more copies of his DVD with hundreds of
articles about wonderful things you can build in ham radio: Of course, he
wants you to buy a circuit board or two from him, but the DVD is a treasure
trove of construction articles taken from QST, CQ, 73 and Ham Radio
Magazines! http://www.farcircuits.net/

Klingenfuss Publications Joerg Klingenfuss again sends us his fine book of
Shortwave Broadcast and Utility Stations! You can purchase his books and
CDs from the ARRL, too! http://www.klingenfuss.org/homepage.htm
www.arrl.org/shop/ Find their publications at the ARRL (American Radio
Relay League) 2001-2003, 2044, 2101-2104, 2201-2204, 2301-2304, 2401-2404

The RF Adapter Guy Nice! Dual-Band Mag-Mount Antenna! Find him at hamfests
in the 8th and 9th call areas! $20.00 value.

MPD Digital They will be donating! They sell coax, connectors, and all
sorts of connection solutions for any type of electronic and computer need.
Ray will be giving us PL-259s for RG8x or RG-58 for each passenger. 100%
USA Made of Sivler, Teflon & White Bronze. https://mpddigital.us/

Digi-Key Electronics A donation bonanza! Not sure which kits they are
sending, but the prices below are the lowest of the kit possibilities.

               1 Beaglebone $50.00 value (or more!).

               1 Arduino starter kit $50.00 value (or more!).

               1 Raspberry Pi $45.00 value (or more!).

Digi-Key only asks that we tell everyone where these came from and that we
send photos of the winners receiving their prizes! https://www.digikey.com/

Connect Systems, Inc NEW! CS580 UHF DMR HT valued at $130.00.
MIL-STD-810C/D/E/F. Connect to any DMR network without the use of a
computer. Computer users can program up to 1,024 analog and digital
channels in 64 zones with up to 250 contacts. Keypad frequency entry. Find
new repeaters with SCAN mode. Any DMR network, including Brandmeister and
DMR-MARC. Optional programming cable for $10. EASY TO PROGRAM! RUGGED!
INEXPENSIVE! They will have a bunch of these at Hamvention! 6309
http://www.connectsystems.com/ 6309

West Mountain Radio CLRSpkr ClearSpeech DSP Noise Reduction Speaker. Valued
at $219.95! Turn those weak DX signals or noisy repeaters into solid copy!
http://www.westmountainradio.com/ 3208-3210

Tennadyne Corporation / Cubex Quads The “Yellow Jacket” 4-element 2-meter
CUBEX quad. Value: $84.00. Full legal power! 2.5 lbs. Low SWR across
complete band. All weather construction for permanent use. Great for
“Michigan State Parks on the Air” or fox-hunts! Remember: A short quad
beats a long yagi in gain! K6YNB/KL7 once successfully used an easy array
of short quads for 2-meter Moon Bounce! Could tilt it in all three axes to
compensate for Faraday rotation! See EIMAC EME Notes.
http://www.tennadyne.com/   http://www.cubex.com/

Mike’s Electronic Parts Crystal Set Kits: Fun for young and old!

Peebles Originals Peebles lovingly supplies kits and parts to the vintage
radio and electronic hobbyist/builder. Crystal sets, simple transistor
radios, One-tube receiver, Regenerative receivers. Don’t quite know what we
are getting yet, but it will be FUN! https://www.mikeselectronicparts.com/
http://www.peeblesoriginals.com/

Foxdelta.com An Indian Radio and Computer Kit company. They will be sending
us two kits. Not sure yet! Dinesh Gajjar sent us two repeater controllers
last year. www.foxdelta.com

Hip Ham Shirts Laura, KC7LOK, will be sending us two gift certificates for
their really inventive Ham Radio T-Shirts. I (WA8TON) have three of them
and will be parading around Xenia wearing them: The Hallicrafters Screaming
Fidel Castro, The Schlitz Beer Full-Page Magazine Ad and the Herman Munster
at his Ham Radio Set shirt. Lots of wonderful designs to choose from:
T-shirts, Pullovers with Hoods, Long-Sleeve, Mugs. You’ll love ‘em! They
were at Pacificon. Each T-shirt priced from $22.00.
https://www.hiphamshirts.com/

MFJ We can always count on MFJ to support us with several items. Yeah! MFJ!
http://www.mfjenterprises.com/ 1704 1705 1706 1804 1805 1806 1904 1905

Connect Quick (Ironworks Design LLC) “Connect Quick” – The new standard in
EMCOMM and contest antenna mounting. Roving season is firing up. Are you
setting up multiple antennas at each roving spot (or each Michigan State
Parks on the Air or QRP location Field Day spot)?

I won't be able to attend Dayton this year unfortunately.  I am sending you
a Connect Quick (CQ) mast plate and one each of the horizontal and vertical
boom plates.  I have found that the interest in my products goes up
dramatically if one gets to hold them and manipulate them apart and back
together.  That is what reinforces the knowledge of how quickly they can be
deployed.  Perhaps you can pass them around on the bus so that folks can
try them.

Retail value of these three pieces is $78.00 US.

Enjoy yourselves at the event and the new location!

73

Paul

K1PJM

http://www.ironworksdesign.net/index.php?route=information/information&information_id=4

Universal Radio A mystery! We’ll open it up and let you know! (Or maybe
we’ll keep it secret until the ride!) http://www.universal-radio.com/
 2005-2006

Tigertronics Jason is sending us another great SignaLink USB. Has the sound
interface built-in. Do any digital mode you can imagine! PSK31, JT65, RTTY,
Digital Voice, Meteor Scatter, Moon Bounce! Go for it! $119.95 value.
http://www.tigertronics.com/

W8WDR Will is the program manager for Michigan State Parks on the Air. He
will be able to bring along a few MSPOTA goodies to give out for the
drawing. Treat him nicely! http://www.mspota.org/

73,

John Wasciuk

WA8TON / VO1TON

Activities Coordinator

ARROW Communication Association

www.w8rp.org

2878 Ticknor Court

Ann Arbor, MI 48104-6921

jwasciuk at gmail dot com

616-560-3365