[Park] New Poconise News bulletin - April 2011

Sat Apr 9 11:04:44 EDT 2011

Poconos Amateur Radio Club (Park) 
and
Eastern Pennsylvania Amateur Radio Association
New Poconise News bulletin - April 2011

President's Message
Welcome to the first edition of the New Poconise News bulletin.  The past 
editions of the Poconise provided club members with news of what is happening in 
the club. We will carry on this tradition but include Ham Radio news that is 
occurring in Poconos and in the surrounding area. It will be distributed by 
email to all member (current and past member) but details and specifics will be 
only available only to active club members .
This news bulletin will be distributed quarterly and my hope is that we can 
eventually provide it monthly.
This edition of the new Poconise will cover:
	* What is new in our Clubs
	* Upcoming Activities
	* Activates being planned
	* Members only resource section on our Website
It important that you do not sit on the sidelines. We need to show our community 
that Amateur radio is important and vital. To do this your help and support is 
needed to keep amateur radio alive in the Pocono Mountains.  To be an active 
member you do not need to attend the club meeting. It is important to help in 
any of the new activities being planned and keeping you membership up-to-date. 
Your active membership and support will help provide the credibility our clubs 
need when we deal with our local government and other organizations. There is no 
requirement to be living in the Poconos to join and be active. Each member will 
kept informed via our web site and by email.
If you have any questions about the clubs or on the below items please refer to 
the websites referenced below or send me an email at Mario at arvelo.net 

Mario Arvelo  (N2MZZ)
President of PARK and club member of EPARA
n2mzz at arrl.net

What is new in our Clubs
We have a new Website (http://www.w3prk.org/). This website is a resource guide 
to Hardware, Software, Organizations and other items that will help our members 
and the Ham community in our daily operations. In the future, available from our 
member only section,  we will include presentations  on a various topics such as 
remote operations, APRS, Foxhunting and SDR radio. The PARK meeting recaps will 
be available and more details on upcoming and planned activities for the clubs.  

Upcoming Activities
Membership Drive
The club is looking to bring back our former members and attract new ones.  Some 
of these members are BIG guns  in the DXing community and others have a wealth 
of information that can help our member with information on setting up a 
antennas, setting up stations, making the DX contact and other activities. 

Run for the Red - May 15  2011
Help support our Marathoners in the Poconos and help provide communication in 
making the course safer and have fun
Dinner at Dayton Hamvention - May 20-22
If you are going to Dayton Hamvention let us know and we can get together and 
have dinner and compare notes and deals. 

Field Day - June 25- 26  
Join us on the top of Camelback mountain and contact the world. We will have 
 activities for the whole family. See our websites for further details. 

New HF Net
A new HF net (MARS) has been started by Garry (KB2ITT) and Mike KB3SNE.  Mike is 
member of PARK and EPARA and this net is a structures round table that will be 
moderated by a net-control. The net will focus on general topics and is a 
friendly spot on 80/75 meters to meet new hams. The frequency is on or about 
3716 and you must have radio privileges for the advance portion of the 80/75 
meter band.
VE sessions - April 21, May 19  and June 16 
Please make sure you contact our VEC if you planning to come down. Their contact 
are  available on our web sites.
EPARA Technician Prep Class
EPARA will be having a Technician Prep class  that will cover the material for 
the Technical amateur radio test. If you know a person that looking to become a 
HAM this class is for them . 

Activates being planned
Set up a special event station and or contest event
Discussion are under way to hold a special event and or Contest events here in 
the Poconos.  

Presentation on the Essentials of DXing
This presentation will cover the basics of DXing including DX reflectors, 
Procedure of answering a DX during a pill up, Logging, 
creating/sending/receiving QSL cards.
Presentation on AMSAT
This presentation will cover the essentials of connecting to satellites.
Presentation On SDR radio
This presentation will focus on software defined radio and benefits of using a 
radio without knobs.
Set up a DX group the will help in making DX contacts
Often obtaining DX contact we would need to throw our call during a pile-up. 
This group will have one our "big Guns" call for DX contact from a specific 
country or region and then pass this contact to members of the group.

Members only resource section on our Website
This future area on our website will be have: 
	* A copy of the above presentations for future reference
	* Details on upcoming and planned activities
	* Meeting minutes for member that could not join our meeting
	* Pictures of members participating in our events.

Club Websites
PARK:    http://www.w3prk.org/
EPARA:  http://www.qsl.net/n3is/

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Mario Arvelo
www.arvelo.net
www.n2mzz.com
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