From bmarx at bellsouth.net  Thu Jan  2 16:33:46 2014
From: bmarx at bellsouth.net (Bill)
Date: Thu, 2 Jan 2014 16:33:46 -0500
Subject: [QCWA Everglades Chapter #69] ARLX001 W100AW active for ARRL's
	Centennial Year
References: <20140102204615.1B87D25D85@bmail.arrl.org>
Message-ID: <0FB71AB5-829F-4649-BAD9-E8B7CFE7EA17@bellsouth.net>


> ZCZC AX01
> QST de W1AW  
> Special Bulletin 1  ARLX001
> From ARRL Headquarters  
> Newington CT  January 2, 2014
> To all radio amateurs 
> 
> A reminder that the FCC has authorized the Maxim Memorial Station
> W1AW to also use the call sign W100AW during 2014, the ARRL's
> centennial year.
> 
> Contacts made from the Maxim Memorial Station in Newington, from
> regional Centennial conventions, and during the IARU HF Championship
> will use W100AW, with portable designators as appropriate. The "W1AW
> WAS" operations throughout 2014 from each of the 50 states will use
> W1AW, not W100AW.
> 
> Bulletins and code practice transmissions during 2014 also will
> still use W1AW. Contacts with W100AW are worth 100 points in the
> ARRL Centennial QSO Party.
> 
> Information on the ARRL Centennial QSO Party may be found on the
> web at, http://www.arrl.org/centennial-qso-party .
> NNNN
> /EX

From bmarx at bellsouth.net  Thu Jan  2 16:41:32 2014
From: bmarx at bellsouth.net (Bill)
Date: Thu, 2 Jan 2014 16:41:32 -0500
Subject: [QCWA Everglades Chapter #69] What is the Centennial QSO Party?
Message-ID: <CE82753D-E3DE-43EE-83F3-2C79E6DCF31F@bellsouth.net>

The SFDXA along with N8PR will be participating. Those that would like to operate and a chance to hear the other side of the pileups let us know. N8PR will be operating as CW and the SFDXA will be SSB and Digital at K4FK the Club Station

Bill W2CQ

 http://www.arrl.org/centennial-qso-party

The ARRL Centennial QSO Party is a year-long operating event that celebrates hams making contacts. In the end you will have accumulated points, worked new stations and made new friends all over the world.

The Centennial QSO Party is made-up of two main activities: (1) W1AW operating portable in each state and most territories; and (2) The Centennial Points Challenge which is the accumulation of points from qualifying contacts made throughout 2014.  To have a score listed online in the Points Challenge competition, logs must be submitted through the  Logbook of the World (LoTW) system.

W1AW will be on the air from every state and most territories, and it will be easy to work WAS working only W1AW portable operations. This is the first ARRL-sponsored operating event where every member is worth at least one point, so work as many points as you can during 2014!Earn awards based upon points, working all states or working W1AW portable in every state and territory. This is an on-the-air event like no other.

Table of Contents
1. Operating Period	7. Centennial Points Challenge
2. Participation	8. QSLs
3. Bands & Modes	9. Questions?
4.QSO Information Exchange      	10. Centennial QSO Points Table
5. Scoring	11. W1AW Portable Operations
6. Awards	
12. Keep Track of Your W1AW QSOs in 2014 (PDF)

      Keep Track of Your W1AW QSOs in 2014 (MS Word)

 

Operating Period
(0000Z, 1 January, 2014 - 2359Z, 31 December, 2014) W1AW will operate portable from each state and many territories throughout the year.Each state will be activated twice so that if you miss one operation, you can pick-up the next. 

Participation
Everyone may participate. Only ARRL members and appointees/elected officials/staff/W1AW are worth points. See the QSO Points Table for a complete list of QSO values.

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Bands & Modes
To count for points, all QSOs must be two-way (no cross-band or cross-mode), using any of the modes CW, Phone (FM, SSB, AM, digital voice), or Digital (any digital mode, i.e. PSK31, RTTY). You are encouraged to work stations on each mode, but you may not work someone on three modes on the same frequency.  QSOs must be made within the following bands (some bands show suggested frequencies for modes that are not allowed in the USA -- stations outside the USA may use these frequencies if they desire for the QSO Party):

Meters	CW	Phone	Digital
160	1.800 ? 1.843	1.843 ? 1.900	1.800 -  1.843
80	3.500 ? 3.600	3.600 ? 4.000	3.525 ? 3.600
40	7.000 ? 7.125	7.040 ? 7.300	7.025 ? 7.100
30	10.100 ? 10.150	 	10.110 ? 10.150
20	14.000 ? 14.150	14.110 ? 14.350	14.025 ? 14.150
17	18.068 ? 18.110	18.110 ? 18.168	18.090 ? 18.110
15	21.000 ? 21.200	21.110 ? 21.450	21.025 ? 21.200
12	24.890 - 24.930	24.930 ? 24.990	24.900 ? 24.930
10	28.000 ? 28.300	28.200 ? 29.700	28.025 ? 28.200
6	50.000 ? 50.125	50.100 ? 50.500	Use normally accepted frequencies
2	144.010 ? 144.200	144.100 ? 148.000	Use normally accepted frequencies
1.25	222.000 ? 225.000	222.000 ? 225.000	222.000 ? 225.000
70cm	420.000 ? 450.000	420.000 ? 450.000	420.000 ? 450.000
903 MHz & higher	One QSO per band, per eligible station  is allowed regardless of mode
Satellites	One QSO on any satellite per eligible station, regardless of mode, is allowed.

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QSO Information Exchange
Many stations will try to keep their QSOs short and at a minimum the exchange is signal report and ARRL abbreviation (See Centennial QSO Points Table). QSOs do not have to be contest style and it isn?t necessary to exchange the ARRL organizational information. There is a Centennial database that will be used to assign point values to logs submitted electronically. For those who do not use electronic submission, they will need to obtain the QSO information from their contacts. This event is not a contest, so feel free to make contacts in any way you like. If you are the station looking for QSOs, try to operate with the same style as the station you contact.

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Awards
All awards may be obtained by anyone who qualifies.  There will be application forms that may be printed-out, filled-in and mailed to HQ, and there will be online application forms. 

Worked all States with W1AW: Work each of the 50 states with QSOs with W1AW operating portable.  W1AW/7 in Arizona counts for Arizona; W1AW/2 in New Jersey counts for New Jersey, etc.  W1??AW in Connecticut does NOT count for Connecticut. Connecticut credit is given only for working W1AW/1 in Connecticut.  A W1AW WAS certificate and plaque are available for in the US and outside the US (Pricing coming soon).
For an extra challenge, work each of the 100 W1AW portable operations ? essentially a double WAS with W1AW!
Endorse the W1AW WAS Certificate with the Territorial Stickers for working W1AW/KH2, W1AW/KP4, W1AW/KP2, and any others that may be active, and also endorse with W1AW/3 from the District of Columbia.  Stickers are $1 each.
See the next section for the awards available for the Centennial Points Challenge.
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Centennial Points Challenge
The Centennial Points Challenge is the accumulation of points from qualifying QSOs made throughout 2014.  Anyone may apply for the Points Awards but if logs do not go through LoTW, scores will not be published.

In order to compete in the Centennial Points Challenge, logs must be submitted throughLogbook of the World (LoTW). Logs do not need to be changed from the normal Cabrillo (contest logs) or ADIF (general logging file) files.The system will automatically look for points-qualifying QSOs from submitted logs and apply them to each participant?s Centennial QSO Points table. QSOs do not have to be matched in LoTW for points to be achieved ? this is an honor-based QSO Party. We cannot accept any paper forms or information for the Centennial Points Challenge.

Scoring
The Centennial QSO Points Challenge is scored by totaling the values of all the eligible QSOs completed. Eligible QSOs may be made with the same station on each band mode -- i.e., N6VI may be worked for points on 20 Meters CW, 20 meters SSB, and 20 Meters digital, and the same on bands where multiple modes are used. Essentially each different station may be worked on each of the mode groups on each band with the exception of 903 MHz and higher, and the satellites.  There are no multipliers or bonus points. See the Centennial QSO Points Tablefor the complete list of QSO values. Logs submitted through the Logbook of the World will be scored automatically and will also be entered into the Centennial Points Challenge with online scores posted.  You may still apply for Points Challenge Awards if you do not use LoTW, but your scores will not be published.  Application forms will be available online and for print.

Repeater contacts are not valid for credit.
Mobile and portable operations are OK, but do not count for points in addition to home operation unless the operation takes place from another DXCC entity ; i.e., one QSO with K?GW counts for K?GW, whether it is made with K?GW/4, or K?GW/m.   PJ4/K?GW counts for points separately as this operation was from the DXCC entity of Bonaire.
Stations outside of the USA may also count for points ? there are over 10,000 members outside the USA! Some members outside USA are also VEs and Card Checkers.
ARRL appointees/staff/officers should choose for their QSO exchange the appointment or office held that is the highest point value (this is how the database will work also).  E.g. KI9XX is an ARRL Life Member (LM is worth 2 points), a Volunteer Examiner (VE is worth 5 points) and a State Government Liaison (SGL is worth 30 points), therefore if he wants to send the appointment information as part of a QSO he should use SGL as that is the highest point value.  Regardless of what designation is chosen for use, the database at HQ will give credit for the proper point value.  An individual call sign is only worth the highest point value position/appointment -- If someone is an ARRL Volunteer Examiner (5 points), an Emergency Coordinator (12 points) and a Volunteer Counsel (15 points), that person's QSOs are worth 15 points -- the positional values do not add together.
The Top Scorer from each ARRL Section, Canadian Province and DXCC entity will receive a First Place certificate. The Top five overall point scorers will receive awards.

Centennial QSO Party certificates are available for making QSOs with point-level achievements at four levels. These certificates are endorsable every 500 points. Plaques are available for Third and Top Levels. Point breaks for each level will be determined at a later date. These awards may be applied for online or via a paper application.
xxxx points = First Level Award Certificate
xxxx points = Second Level Award Certificate
xxxx points = Third Level Award Certificate
xxxx points = Top Level Award Certificate
Awards are offered for completing QSOs and compiling points during the Centennial QSO Party. Awards applications may be made online or by completing paper forms and submitting them to ARRL HQ. USA certificate prices:
Each award certificate costs $15.00 (including postage) in the U.S.A
Two certificates ordered at the same time costs $27 (including postage)
Three certificates ordered at the same time costs $39 (including postage)
Four certificates ordered at the same time costs $51 (including postage)
Outside the USA certificate prices:
One certificate costs $20.00 (including postage) outside the USA
Two certificates ordered at the same time cost $36.00 (including postage)
Three certificates ordered at the same time costs $52.00 (including postage)
Four certificates ordered at the same time costs $68.00 (including postage).
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QSLs
QSL cards from W1??AW and W1AW operating portable will be sent automatically via the QSL Bureau system to each U.S.A. station who signs-up online to receive such cards [this form is not ready yet -- please watch for an announcement].  This is a one-time only use of the QSL Bureau for this purpose. QSLs will automatically be sent to stations outside the U.S.A. via the QSL Bureau as normal.  QSLs may be requested directly also, with an SASE required for return.

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Questions?
Q  Do I have to use LoTW to get the awards?  A  No.  All the awards may be obtained without using LoTW.  But, you must use LoTW to _compete_ in the Centennial Points Challenge.

Q  Should I use a special CQ call to signify that I want Centennial QSOs?  A  On phone "CQ Centennial" is appropriate.  On CW or digital modes "CQ CENT" is the easiest option.  Really though, it is probably best to just call CQ and work all callers anyway and just operate as normal.  Because all ARRL members are worth at least one point there will always be points to add.

Q  Do I have to receive someone's ARRL Position or abbreviation in order to get point credit?  A  No.  If you use LoTW the point value will be determined automatically.  If you don't use LoTW, you may use a web query (that will be installed soon) that will tell you the point value of a call sign.

Q  Who do I write if I think my call's point value is incorrect?  A  Write 100QSOParty at arrl.org.

Q  I hold multiple appointments -- do all the point values add-up?  A  No.  Each call is worth one point value and it should be the highest value of the positions.

Q  If I am a guest op at a station using a call other than mine, does the other station receive my call's point value, or the point value of the call I am using?  A  The call sign in the log is the one that gets valued for points, so the call you are using is the one that has the points.

Q  Can I work DX stations?  A  Absolutely.  Many people who live outside the USA are members of ARRL (more than 10,000).  Many DX stations will be actively chasing ARRL members and W1AW as well as participating in the Points Challenge.

Q  How do I know when all the W1AW operations from all the states and territories will occur?  I want to make sure I work each W1AW operation.  A  There is a schedule by week showing W1AW portable operationsand it is #11 in the Table of Contents listed above.  Remember, W1AW portable operations are worth 5 points for each QSO and you can work them on all bands and modes -- you are not limited to one QSO. 

Q  Why don't you list the point levels for the Points Challenge Awards yet?  A  Truthfully we aren't sure how easy or difficult it will be to accumulate points!  :-)  Nothing like this has been done before.  We will test some log data in the system to see how the points accumulate.  And we will see how the scores begin to unfold after January 1 and then determine where the awards breaks will be.

Q  I have a call or calls from other DXCC entities -- may those calls be registered for points in the Centennial QSO Party?  A  Yes, please write 100QSOParty at arrl.org and list the other call(s) that you will use in 2014 -- the call(s) must be issued to you.  If you will not use the call in 2014, please do not write.


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Centennial QSO Party Points Table
Note: These appointments are for current appointees, unless otherwise noted. Eg: Assistant Director (AD) is only for the current Assistant Directors. Past office-holders and appointees are only eligible if the title listed includes the word "Past" such as "Past Section Manager (PSM)."

Abbreviation	Full Position/Title Name	Point value
PRES	ARRL President	300
PE	President Emeritus	275
PP	Past President	275
HVP	Honorary Vice President	250
VP	ARRL Vice President	250
DE	Director Emeritus	225
DIR	Director	225
PVP	Past Vice President	225
VD	Vice Director	200
SM	Section Manager	175
OFF	Staff Officer, Treasurer, Counsel	150
PD	Past Director	150
PV	Past Vice Director	125
ARRL	W1??AW ARRL HQ Station	100
CLM	ARRL Charter Life Member	100
PSM	Past Section Manager	100
DM	ARRL HQ Department Manager	75
HQ	ARRL HQ Staff Member/Volunteer	50
MAX	Maxim Society Member	50
AC	CAC/DXAC/ECAC Advisory Members	40
AD	Assistant Director	40
ASM	Assistant Section Manager	35
ACC	Affiliated Club Coordinator	30
DEC	District Emergency Coordinator	30
NCJ	NCJ Editor	30
OOC	Official Observer Coordinator	30
PIC	Public Information Coordinator	30
QST	QST Columnist	30
SEC

Section Emergency Coordinator	30
SGL	State Government Liaison	30
STM	Section Traffic Manager	30
TC	Technical Coordinator	30
LAB	W1INF Lab Museum Operations	25
CM	Contest Managers/Log Checkers	20
QSM	Incoming QSL Bureau Manager	20
LC	W1HQ HQ Ops	15
VC	Volunteer Counsel	15
VCE	Volunteer Consulting Engineer	15
ADC	Area Digital Coordinators	12
ADEC	Assistant District Emergency Coordinator	12
ANM	Area Net Manager	12
ASEC	Assistant Section Emergency Coordinator	12
EC	Emergency Coordinator	12
LGL	Local Government Liaison	12
OBS	Official Bulletin Station	12
OES	Offical Emergency Station	12
OO	Official Observer	12
ORS	Official Relay Station	12
PIO	Public Information Officer	12
RNM	Region Net Manager	12
TCC	Transcontinental Corps Directors	12
TS	Technical Specialist	12
TA	Technical Advisor	10
AM	Awards Manager	5
CC	Card Checker	5
RI	Registered Instructor	5
State Abbrev	W1AW/x around the USA	5
VE	Volunteer Examiner	5
MS	Monitoring System Volunteer	3
QSL	Incoming QSL Bureau Sorters	3
LM	ARRL Life Member	2
AFF	ARRL Affiliated Club Call Sign	1
MEM	ARRL Member	1


From bmarx at bellsouth.net  Sun Jan  5 17:33:56 2014
From: bmarx at bellsouth.net (Bill)
Date: Sun, 5 Jan 2014 17:33:56 -0500
Subject: [QCWA Everglades Chapter #69] SFDXA Meeting this Wednesday January
	8th
Message-ID: <5CC0CF93-64F8-46C4-99B7-F20B0DA621BC@bellsouth.net>

The first meeting of the New Year is this week. 

Two very interesting presentations about the Sun and Propagation. 

Pete N8PR has put together a series of clips about the Sun and Rich K2RR  has done a video showing 2 months of Sun observations in 5 minutes. 

We as a club have joined in Cooperation with Pete N8PR to participate in the ARRL W1AW Centennial. We will be looking for those who want to operate either station. Those wanting to be operators let us know at the meeting. 

We will also be looking for those to help with the booth at the Miami Hamboree January 31st and February 1st. We will
Have more information about the DX Forum and Saturday SFDXA dinner plans. 

As always it is held at the Hospital on Oakland Park Blvd and the Fl Turnpike. There is no exit there though. 

Join us at 6 to 6:45 and have dinner from the cafeteria for a $7.00
Donation. Walk across the hall with your tray to meet friends and discuss and brag. 

Meeting begins at 7:33. Come and being a friend. Everyone is welcome. 

Bill Marx W2CQ


From n8pr at bellsouth.net  Tue Jan  7 23:29:52 2014
From: n8pr at bellsouth.net (Pete Rimmel)
Date: Tue, 7 Jan 2014 23:29:52 -0500
Subject: [QCWA Everglades Chapter #69] ARRL CENTENNIAL LIST W1AW 2014
Message-ID: <4AB60BD2709A486EA4E7756D57B50161@PeteRGateway>

FYI -- Here is the best listing of the operations that I have seen... compact and tells who, where and when for the Centennial Operations: 
I will be looking for operators for  the week of FEB 19th.  Please contact me or Dan (K1TO) or Chris (WF3C).  Operate from home, my QTH or FMC in So. Fla, or your station elsewhere in Florida...
More to follow, including a matrix of where and when we need operators.
Thanks,  PeteR  N8PR
      1/1/2014 North Carolina N4AF PVRC/NC 
      1/1/2014 West Virginia K8MN Dave Heil 
      1/8/2014 Utah K7CO Jon Utley 
      1/8/2014 South Carolina AA4V CDXA 
      1/15/2014 Nebraska K0HA Bill Hohnstein 
      1/15/2014 Delaware N8NA #1 Karl Grunewald 
      1/22/2014 New York W2LK Les Kalmus 
      1/22/2014 Oklahoma K5CM Connie Marshall 
      1/29/2014 Minnesota W0AA MWA/NLRS 
      1/29/2014 Texas N1XS TDXS 
      2/5/2014 Georgia N4PN GCG 
      2/5/2014 Hawaii KH6LC # 2 Lloyd Cabral 
      2/12/2014 California K6NA SCCC 
      2/12/2014 Wisconsin WE9V SMC WI 
      2/19/2014 Michigan AA8R SMC MI 
      2/19/2014 Florida N8PR Pete Rimmel 
      2/26/2014 Washington K7RL WWDXC 
      2/26/2014 Kansas K0BJ Bruce Frahm 
      3/5/2014 Idaho K7ZO Scott Tuthill 
      3/5/2014 Kentucky N4GN KCG 
      3/12/2014 Arizona AA7A # 1 CADXA 
      3/12/2014 Ohio N8BJQ Steve Bolia 
      3/19/2014 Tennessee K1GU # 1 TCG KH2 Group 
      3/19/2014 New Mexico AA5B Bruce Draper 
      3/26/2014 Iowa KD0MND Jason Joens 
      3/26/2014 Vermont W1SJ Mitch Stern 
      4/2/2014 Pennsylvania K3WW/AA3B Charlie Fulp 
      4/2/2014 Oregon W7YAQ CODXC 
      4/9/2014 Massachusetts K1TTT Dave Robbins 
      4/9/2014 Virginia K4EU/K1SE PVRC/VA 
      4/16/2014 Mississippi N4OGW Tor Clay 
      4/16/2014 North Dakota W0ND Lynn Nelson 
      4/23/2014 New Jersey W2GD FRC-SJDXA 
      4/23/2014 New Hampshire WA1Z Bob Raymond 
      4/30/2014 Connecticut K1DM/W1AN Mike McKaughan 
      4/30/2014 Nevada W7RN # 1 CMS 
      5/7/2014 Utah K7CO UDXA 
      5/7/2014 Nebraska K0HA # 2 Bill Hohnstein 
      5/14/2014 South Dakota WD0T Todd Dravland 
      5/14/2014 
      5/21/2014 New York K2CS/K2DB RDXA 
      5/21/2014 Colorado K8ZTT MHDXA # 1 
      5/28/2014 Missouri N0SS Mid-MO ARC 
      5/28/2014 Wyoming WY7FD # 1 Dwayne Allen 
      6/4/2014 Alabama K4TD ACG 
      6/4/2014 Louisiana K5ER LCC # 1 

      6/11/2014  Arkansas  W5ZN  Team Zilla  
      6/11/2014  Minnesota  W0AA  MWA/NLRS  
      6/18/2014  Alaska  KL7RA  AK-Contesters  
      6/18/2014  Montana  KE7X  Fred Cady  
      6/25/2014  Illinois  K9CT  Craig Thompson  
      6/25/2014  Maryland  W3LPL  Frank Donovan  
      7/2/2014  Wisconsin  W0AIH/KB9S  Paul Bittner  DC -- KE3X  
      7/2/2014  North Dakota  W0ND # 2  Lynn Nelson  
      7/9/2014  Not Available  WRTC  WRTC  
      7/9/2014  Not Available  WRTC  WRTC  
      7/16/2014  Colorado  K8ZTT  MHDXA # 2  
      7/16/2014  South Carolina  W4OC  Don Crain  
      7/23/2014  Indiana  AJ9C/KE9I  SMC IN  
      7/23/2014  Rhode Island  W1XX  CTRI # 2  
      7/30/2014  South Dakota  W0SD  Ed Gray  
      7/30/2014  Kentucky  KE4KY  Glenn Petri  
      8/6/2014  Vermont  K2LE  Andy Bodony  
      8/6/2014  New Jersey  N2MM  Carol Richards  
      8/13/2014  Oklahoma  W5CU  EARS  
      8/13/2014  Maryland  W3LPL # 2  PVRC MD  
      8/20/2014  Ohio  K8MR  MRRC  
      8/20/2014  Hawaii  KH6LC  Lloyd Cabral  
      8/27/2014  Arizona  AA7A #2  CADXA  
      8/27/2014  Maine  K1DG # 1  Doug Grant  
      9/3/2014  Tennessee  K1GU # 2  TCG  
      9/3/2014  Oregon  N7OU  WVDXC  
      9/10/2014  Texas  K5OT/K5TR  Larry Hammel  
      9/10/2014  New Hampshire  WC1M  Dick Green  
      9/17/2014  North Carolina  N4YDU  Nate Moreschi  
      9/17/2014  Connecticut  KB1H  Barnstormers  
      9/24/2014  Maine  K1DG # 2  Doug Grant  
      9/24/2014  Idaho  K7ZO # 2  Scott Tuthill  
      10/1/2014  Alaska  KL7RA  North Pole CG  
      10/1/2014  California  W1SRD  NCCC  
      10/8/2014  Virginia  K4ZW/K4GMH  PVRC VA  
      10/8/2014  Missouri  N0AX  Ward Silver  
      10/15/2014  Michigan  K8CC  Mad River  
      10/15/2014  Alabama  K4TD # 2  ACG  
      10/22/2014  Nevada  W7RN #2  CMS  
      10/22/2014  West Virginia  W8HC  Hal Turley  
      10/29/2014  Wyoming  WY7FD  Dwayne Allen  VI -- NP2X/K9VV  
      10/29/2014  Massachusetts  W1EBI  George Harlem  
      11/5/2014  Washington  KB7HDX  Mark Tharp  
      11/5/2014  Kansas  K0RU  Rob Underwood  
      11/12/2014  Rhode Island  W1XX  John Lindholm  
      11/12/2014  Mississippi  N4OGW # 2  Tor Clay  
      11/19/2014  Florida  K1TO  FCG 

      11/19/2014 Arkansas K5UZ David Norris 
      11/26/2014 Delaware N8NA #2 Karl Grunewald 
      11/26/2014 Louisiana W5WZ LCC # 2 
      12/3/2014 Illinois WB9Z Jerry Rosalius 
      12/3/2014 New Mexico N2IC Steve London 
      12/10/2014 Indiana K9NW Mike Tessmer 
      12/10/2014 Montana K7BG Matt Trott 
      12/17/2014 
      12/17/2014 Georgia WW4LL Fred Dennin 
      12/24/2014 Pennsylvania K3LR Team K3LR 
      12/24/2014 Iowa W0GJ Glenn Johnson 

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From bmarx at bellsouth.net  Thu Jan  9 18:31:44 2014
From: bmarx at bellsouth.net (WILLIAM MARX)
Date: Thu, 9 Jan 2014 15:31:44 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [QCWA Everglades Chapter #69] The ARRL Letter for January 9, 2014
In-Reply-To: <20140109220350.85BFF26C62@bmail.arrl.org>
References: <20140109220350.85BFF26C62@bmail.arrl.org>
Message-ID: <1389310304.89287.YahooMailNeo@web184303.mail.ne1.yahoo.com>



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	* Your League: ARRL Reply Comments Cite "Fundamental
Misunderstanding" of "Symbol Rate" Petition
	* Your League: ARRL-Sponsored Medium-Frequency
Experiment Continues as Hams Hope for New Band
	* Your League: National Contest
Journal (NCJ) Debuts New Website!
	* International: IARU Showcases Amateur Radio
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	* Radiosport: New ARRL Single-Operator
Unlimited Contest Category Now in Effect
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Publications, Launch Digital Supplement
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Continue Shortwave Broadcasting in 2014
	* Propagation: Solar Flux Record High Could
Herald Better Conditions
	* ARRL Centennial: W100AW Hits the
Airwaves!
	* ARRL Centennial: A Century of Amateur Radio
and the ARRL
	* Milestones: Founder and President Emeritus
of 4U1UN, Max de Henseler, HB9RS, SK
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Your League:
ARRL Reply Comments Cite "Fundamental Misunderstanding" of "Symbol Rate"
Petition
In reply comments filed on its
"symbol rate" Petition for Rule Making (RM-11708), the
ARRL said comments opposed to its initiative reflect a "fundamental
misunderstanding" of the petition's intent. The League's petition now tops the
FCC's list of "Most Active Proceedings." More than 800 comments
were filed as of January 7, some of them posted after the December 23
cut-off date and most favoring the ARRL's proposal. The ARRL earlier filed comments with the FCC on its own Petition (plus Erratum). RM-11708 proposes to drop the symbol rate limit in ?97.307(f) of the FCC Amateur Service rules, substituting a maximum
occupied bandwidth of 2.8 kHz for HF data emissions. The ARRL said those
opposing the Petition do not, in general, challenge the removal of the
symbol rate limit for data emissions in band segments where RTTY and data
emissions are now permitted. 
"Rather, they tend to view
the proposal to establish a maximum occupied bandwidth of 2.8 kHz for data
emissions in the medium-frequency (MF) and high-frequency (HF) bands where
data emissions are permitted now as an enabling provision," the ARRL said.
Instead, the League said, its Petition is intended to impose "alimitation on the maximum bandwidth of data emissions where none exists
now." Given state-of-the-art data technologies, the League said, there is
no necessary correlation between the symbol rate and the bandwidth of a data
emission. The current symbol rate "acts only as a limit on the efficiency
of data emissions in the HF bands as a practical matter, and as an
artificial and arbitrary filter on the types of emissions that can be utilized by
radio amateurs."
The ARRL said its suggested 2.8 kHz
maximum bandwidth reflects a balanced approach that will permit all currently
used data emissions, encourage experimentation with data emissions that the
current symbol rate restriction prohibits, and preclude the use of
wider-bandwidth data emissions that could usurp the limited RTTY/data subbands.
Petition opponents, the ARRL went on to say, "offer no evidence" that the
rule changes it proposes will lead to a situation where data transmissions
overwhelm the subband and preclude narrow bandwidth emission communications.
"The Commission has properly chastised the Amateur
Service for resisting deregulatory proposals that are designed to enable amateur
experimenters to refine and adapt technologies," the League said in its
reply comments. "ARRL is of the view that outdated Commission regulations
that needlessly preclude experimentation with data technologies should not be
preserved. Outdated regulations are not a viable alternative to cooperative
sharing arrangements in the HF bands through voluntary band plans."
Some of those opposing its petition, the ARRL went on to say,
expressed the belief that the proposed rule change would impose
wider-bandwidth data emissions in spectrum where narrow-bandwidth modes such as CW
and PSK31 now operate, to the detriment of the narrow-bandwidth modes. Other
opponents contended that the Petition will benefit a few operators
at the expense of the many now operating narrowband data, RTTY, and CW on
the HF bands.
"It is illogical to argue on the one hand
that the Petition is intended to benefit 'the few' who are data
emission experimenters and users, and on the other hand to predict that the
relief requested in the Petition would create a flood of
'wide-bandwidth' data emissions, swamping the band segments used for CW, RTTY, and
narrow-bandwidth data emissions," the League pointed out. "If the concern is that
the rule changes will encourage more radio amateurs to experiment with data
emissions, that would be a positive outcome." The ARRL further asserted
that the fear of interference from automatically controlled stations "is not
a valid one."
Its Petition, the ARRL concluded,
"is not a referendum on the value of MF or HF data emissions or data
experimentation in those bands," but intended to encourage experimentation now
restricted artificially by outdated rules. "It is instead a proposal to
delete outdated limitations on Amateur Radio experimentation, which Commission
policy supports, and which the basis and purpose of the Amateur Radio
Service necessitates."
Your
League: ARRL-Sponsored Medium-Frequency Experiment Continues as Hams Hope
for New Band
The ARRL-sponsored medium-frequency
experiment, operating as WD2XSH, continues apace in an effort to demonstrate the viability of
472 to 479 kHz as a secondary Amateur Radio allocation. At the same time,
the FCC has been silent regarding the ARRL's November 2012 Petition for Rule Making that asked the Commission to make this segment
of the spectrum available to radio amateurs in the US. Delegates to the
2012 World Radiocommunication Conference approved a 7 kHz-wide secondary allocation between 472 and 479 kHz for the
Amateur Radio Service, with a power limit of 5 W EIRP (or 1 W EIRP,
depending on location). The FCC has indicated that it will address the issue
within the context of its Notice of Proposed Rule Making in ET Docket No 12-338, to formally reflect the Final Acts of WRC 2007 in its rules. In his quarterly WD2XSH
update, Experiment Coordinator Fritz Raab, W1FR, reported that 514 contacts -- 10
in the last quarter -- have been logged among those taking part in the
experiment across the US.
WD2XSH experiment participant Patrick Hamel, W5THT, in
Mississippi, stands next to his antenna tuning unit. [Photo courtesy of Patrick
Hamel, W5THT] 
"As usual,
activity increased as conditions improved during the fall. Much of the recent
activity has involved WSPR-15," Raab reported.
"Reception over significant distances (eg, Europe, Alaska) has been reported. Much
of the activity is being undertaken by a few new experimental licensees."
Raab noted that WD2XSH participant Brian Justin, WA1ZMS, transmitted
Fessenden commemorative
broadcasts on AM via his own experimental license, WG2XFQ, during the
December holidays.
In the US, the 472-479 kHz band is part
of the larger 435-495 kHz segment that is allocated on a primary basis to
the Maritime Mobile Service (federal and non-federal users), and on a
secondary basis for federal government aeronautical radionavigation. The ARRL
stated in its Petition that it is unaware of any domestic assignments
that might conflict with the allocation of 472 to 479 kHz to the Amateur
Radio Service, and there is almost no power line carrier (PLC) operation in
this band segment. The FCC in 2003 cited the potential for interference to
utility-operated PLC systems when it turned down an ARRL petition seeking an
LF "sliver band" at 135.7 to 137.8 kHz.
The WD2XSH
experiment involves more than three dozen stations and includes all geographic
areas of the US, including Alaska and Hawaii. Most of the stations are in
the eastern half of the US. Raab has reported no interference issues during
the WD2XSH experiment, begun in 2006 and initially using spectrum in the
vicinity of 500 kHz. Read more.
Your
League: National Contest Journal (NCJ) Debuts New
Website!
National Contest Journal (NCJ), the ARRL publication
devoted to Amateur Radio contesting, has a fresh, new presence on the web
and a new URL -- http://ncjweb.com. 
"The new site was designed with simplicity
and ease of use in mind," said NCJ Editor Kirk Pickering, K4RO. "The site contains
selected feature articles as well as a group of tools for setting up teams and
submitting logs for NCJ-sponsored contests. It also offers an archive
of scores for all NCJ going back to 2001. The site still has room to
accommodate new features in the future, so stay tuned." Visitors who use
the old URL will be redirected to the new site.
Pickering said the new NCJ website was a collaborative effort, and he
expressed his appreciation to Bruce Horn, WA7BNM, "for his tireless support of
the NCJ website from its inception" as well as to George Fremin, K5TR,
who has served as the systems administrator. Pickering also thanked his
partner Susie Coleman, who helped design the look and feel.
"We hope that you will find the new site useful. Thanks to all who have
helped to make this happen," said Pickering, who invited comments on the
new site and design. 
Published every other month, NCJ features
general-interest and technical articles and columns by top contesters, operator
profiles, editorial comments, and correspondence from readers, as well as
scores for the North American QSO Party and North American Sprint, which NCJ sponsors.
International: IARU Showcases Amateur Radio at ITU Telecom World 2013
The International Amateur Radio Union (IARU) got some visibility for Amateur
Radio at ITU Telecom World 2013, sponsored by the International
Telecommunication Union. The event was held November 19-22 in Bangkok, Thailand. The
IARU and IARU Region 3 leaders arranged the display in cooperation with the ITU. A large,
flat-screen TV in the booth displayed videos of Amateur Radio activities. Special
event station HS2013ITU was on the air from the site. IARU President Tim
Ellam, VE6SH, spoke at one of the forums. A highlight of the show for the IARU
contingent was a visit by ITU Secretary General Dr Hamadoun Toure, HB9EHT.
He took a turn at the operating position of HS2013ITU while there.
ITU Secretary General
Hamadoun Toure, HB9EHT, takes up the operating position of HS2013ITU, as
IARU Region 3 Chairman Gopal Madhavan, VU2GMN (left), and Sakol Nakin, HS1JNB,
look on. [Tony Waltham, HS0ZDX, photo] 
"We had a number of high-profile visitors to the booth,
including ministers of communications and government regulators from various
countries," said IARU Region 3 Director Peter Lake, ZL2AZ, and Region 3
Chairman Gopal Madhavan, VU2GMN, in a report. "They were keen to discuss the
situation in their respective countries and the association with IARU and to
learn about Amateur Radio and its capabilities. Telecom World 2013 gave the
IARU a unique opportunity to showcase Amateur Radio at the highest level."
ITU Telecom World 2013 also offered an opportunity for
the IARU representatives to influence leaders who can favorably impact radio
regulations and national attitudes toward Amateur Radio. "The presence of
IARU, and its effort to showcase Amateur Radio and its capabilities, was
well appreciated by all who visited the booth, and the effort was well
worthwhile," said the IARU's report. "We also laid a foundation under the new ITU
Telecom World structure to gain some similar space at the next event in
2014 in Qatar." Read more.
International: Yasme Foundation
Announces Supporting Grants
To further the
development of Amateur Radio around the world, The Yasme Foundation has announced the recipients of
four supporting grants:
	* WRTC-2014, to help defray the expenses
of the World Radiosport Team Championship in New England this July.
	* The Reverse Beacon Network (RBN), to purchase a receiver and necessary
accessories to upgrade the RBN node in Bangalore, India.
	* CWOps CW
Academy, to help defray the expenses of providing online CW training
courses.
	* The ARRL Second Century Fund, to support
the goal of the ARRL Second Century Campaign of opening a path to passionate
involvement in Amateur Radio by new generations, providing opportunities
for educational enrichment, community service, and personal achievement
through the exploration and use of radio communication. 
The
Yasme Foundation is a not-for-profit corporation organized to conduct
scientific and educational projects related to Amateur Radio, including DXing and
the introduction and promotion of Amateur Radio in developing countries. The
Foundation supports individuals and organizations providing or creating
useful services for the Amateur Radio community, regardless of originality or
novelty, to further the development of Amateur Radio around the world.
Radiosport:
New ARRL Single-Operator Unlimited Contest Category Now in Effect
Responding to many requests, the ARRL Programs and Services
Committee in 2013 accepted the Contest Advisory Committee (CAC)
recommendation to add the Single-Operator Unlimited category to the ARRL 10 Meter Contest, ARRL 160 Meter
Contest, RTTY
Roundup, and the IARU HF Championship. "This particular issue has been
a long time coming," said CAC Chairman Al Dewey, K0AD.
The new category permits the use of spotting information within the
Single-Operator class. In the past, using spotting information placed a station in
the Multioperator category. Per the revised rules, "Single-Operator
Unlimited: The use of spotting assistance or automated, multi-channel decoders is
permitted."
Ham Radio
Business: Tokyo Hy-Power Files for Bankruptcy
Tokyo Hy-Power, a manufacturer of Amateur Radio amplifiers, antenna tuners,
and other equipment, is in bankruptcy, and its plant, in Saitama Prefecture
near Tokyo, has been shuttered. Telephones at the company no longer are
being answered, and its Japanese website has been taken down, although the
company's US website remains working. Company CEO/President Nobuki
Wakabayashi, JA1DJW, founded Tokyo Hy-Power Labs in 1975. He blamed "the recent
depression in the industrial RF power products area [which] has led to the very
difficult financial position."
The Tokyo Hy-Power factory in Saitama, Japan. [Tokyo Hy-Power
photo] 
Tokyo Hy-Power's early
products were HF antenna couplers, although within a couple of years it began
manufacturing amplifiers for the Amateur Radio market, including
solid-state mobile amplifiers. Among its early products was the HL-4000 linear
amplifier, which the company claimed was "the first real HF band high-power
linear of its kind in Japan." It has been manufacturing RF products for the
industrial market since 1984.
The company also once
marketed the HT-750, a portable, low-power SSB/CW transceiver for 40, 15, and 6
meters in a hand-held transceiver form factor. At Dayton Hamvention?
2013, the company displayed a prototype of the XT-751, an advanced model it
hoped to develop, covering 40 through 6 meters and with an internal antenna
tuner. Among its latest products were solid-state HF amplifiers, as well as
amplifiers for 6 and 2 meters.
In a December 26 news
release, Ham Radio Outlet (HRO) reacted with "disappointment" and said it was "deeply
saddened" to learn that Tokyo Hy-Power had gone into bankruptcy.
"This action in Japan appears to be similar to a Chapter 7 action here
within the United States, as the process in this case appears to be the
liquidation of organizational assets in order to attempt to fund some portion
of its debt obligation(s)," the HRO release said. "This appears to indicate
that a court has deemed the organization unable to be effectively
reorganized under Japan's Civil Reconstruction Code."
HRO said
it was working with AVSL, the current US service provider for Tokyo Hy-Power products "to
discuss the opportunity of continued maintenance at the component level of the
US-sold Tokyo Hy-Power line of amplifiers." Read more.
Ham Radio Business: CQ
to Realign Publications, Launch Digital Supplement
CQ Communications Inc has announced plans to realign its publications
lineup and to launch a new online supplement to its flagship magazine, CQ Amateur
Radio.
"The hobby radio market is changing," said
CQ Communications President and Publisher Dick Ross, K2MGA, "and we are
changing what we do and how we do it in order to continue providing leadership
to all segments of the radio hobby." 
Effective with
the February 2014 issue of CQ, said Ross, content from the magazine's
three sister publications -- Popular Communications, CQ VHF and WorldRadio
Online-- will be incorporated into CQ's digital edition as a
supplement to be called CQ Plus. The print editions of Popular
Communications and CQ VHF will be phased out, and WorldRadio
Online will no longer exist as a separate online publication. Current Popular Communications, CQ VHF and WorldRadio Online subscribers will be converted to CQ subscribers and receive CQ Plus at no additional charge. Details will be posted on each magazine's
website.
CQ Communications says the change will offer hobby
radio enthusiasts a single source for articles from shortwave listening and
scanner monitoring to personal two-way services and Internet radio, as well
as Amateur Radio. Richard Fisher, KI6SN, currently editor of both Popular
Communications and WorldRadio Online, will be editor of CQ
Plus. Read more.
Ham Radio Business: InnovAntennas
Acquires Force 12 
InnovAntennas has acquired the
legendary Force
12 antenna company and product line and has moved the Force 12 factory
from Bridgeport, Texas, to Grand Junction, Colorado, into a facility shared
with InnovAntennas America. InnovAntennas Ltd in England is now
manufacturing Force 12 products for the European market at its Canvey Island plant.
The Grand Junction facility is up and running,
manufacturing and shipping antennas. InnovAntennas says it plans to produce updated
versions of classic Force 12 antennas as well as all-new models.
InnovAntennas Founder Justin Johnson, G0KSC, was at the Colorado facility in late 2013
to assist in setting up and laying out the factory, and the company was
expected to be at full production this month. -- Thanks to The ARRL
Contest Update
DX:
ARRL DXCC Desk Approves ZD9KX Operations
The ARRL
DXCC Desk has approved the 2012 and 2013 operation of ZD9KX -- Tristan Da
Cunha & Gough Islands for DX Century Club credit. If a request for DXCC credit
for this operation has been rejected in a prior application, contact ARRL
Awards Branch Manager Bill Moore, NC1L, to be placed on the list for an update to your
record. Please note the submission date and/or reference number of your
application in order to expedite the search for any rejected contacts.
DXCC is Amateur Radio's premier award that hams can earn by
confirming on-the-air contacts with 100 DXCC "entities," most of which are
countries in the traditional sense. You can begin with the basic DXCC award and
work your way up to the DXCC Honor Roll. Learn more. -- ARRL Awards Branch Manager Bill
Moore, NC1L
Shortwave Listening: Voice of Russia to Continue Shortwave
Broadcasting in 2014
To paraphrase Mark Twain, reports of the demise of the Voice of
Russia (VOR) may
have been greatly exaggerated. Earlier this year the Voice of Russia -- the
former Radio Moscow during the Soviet Era -- appeared poised to cease
shortwave broadcasts as of January 1, 2014. In the wake of a December decree signed by Russian President Vladimir
Putin that merged the Voice of Russia with several other state-run news
agencies, SWL Tom Witherspoon, K4SWL, contacted VOR. 
"We are glad to let you know that the Voice of Russia
will stay on the air in 2014, however, considerable changes in our
frequency schedule are expected," the broadcaster told Witherspoon and as he reports on his blog.
The posted VOR schedule, which runs through March, indicates 38 aggregate hours of
shortwave broadcasts to all parts of the world, most beamed at the Middle
East and Asia. Shortwave broadcasts to Europe, Latin America, Oceania, and
Africa account for just 15 aggregate hours. VOR, which claims to be the
first radio station to broadcast internationally, also broadcasts online, via
satellite, on FM, and via three medium-wave transmitters. In 2003 VOR was
among the first major international radio broadcasters to launch daily
broadcasts to Europe in Digital Radio Mondiale (DRM).
Propagation: Solar Flux Record High Could Herald Better
Conditions
The 10.7 centimeter solar flux index (SFI) jumped to
a Cycle 24 record of 262 on January 4, suggesting that Cycle 24 has not
yet begun drawing to a close and may be approaching or at a "second peak."
The previous peak for the current cycle was 190 on September 24, 2011. As
NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) explains, the flux of the sun's
radio emissions at 10.7 centimeter (2.8 GHz) is another indicator of solar
activity levels, since it tends to follow changes in the solar ultraviolet
that influence Earth's upper atmosphere and ionosphere.
"Many models of the upper atmosphere use the 10.7 centimeter flux (F10.7) as
input to determine atmospheric densities and satellite drag," NASA/MSFC
noted, adding that SFI "has been shown to follow the sunspot number quite
closely." The January 6 sunspot count was 225. The Cycle 24 sunspot count
peaked at 282 on November 17, 2013, according to WM7D.net.
Solar flux between 1995 and (predicted) 2020.
[NASA/MSFC graphic] 
Canada's
Dominion Radio Astrophysical Observatory (DRAO) indicated an "official" flux of 262 at 2000
UTC on Saturday, January 3. The official figure for Sunday, January 5, was
217.5. ARRL solar observer Tad Cook, K7RA, who reports 10.7 centimeter flux
numbers in his weekly "Solar Update" bulletins, suggests that they are not
as valuable as sunspot numbers in predicting radio propagation. The solar
flux was over the January 4-5 weekend was far higher what was anticipated,
judging by predictions Cook reported in his January 3 "Solar
Update" for this past weekend and the week ahead. NASA/MFSC indicates a 95
percent predicted flux for the month of January at 146.5, continuing at about
the same level through the first half of the year.
The Daily DX said
the SFI was expected to remain above 200 for this week. As Ian Poole,
G3YWX, explained solar flux in his article, "Understanding Solar Indices" in the September 2002 edition of QST, "[H]igh
values generally indicate there is sufficient ionization to support
long-distance communication at higher-than-normal frequencies." He pointed out,
though, that it can take a few days of high values for conditions to show
improvement. "Typically values in excess of 200 will be measured during the
peak of a sunspot cycle, with high values of up to 300 being experienced for
shorter periods," Poole wrote. Read more.
ARRL Centennial:
W100AW Hits the Airwaves!
At the stroke of
midnight Eastern Time on January 1, Hiram Percy Maxim Memorial station W1AW at ARRL Headquarters
in Newington took to the air to debut its special ARRL Centennial call sign,
W100AW. ARRL Chief Executive Officer Dave Sumner, K1ZZ and Membership and
Volunteer Programs Manager Dave Patton, NN1N, and ARRL Station Manager Joe
Carcia, NJ1Q, were at the helm into the wee hours of New Year's Day.
ARRL Station Manager Joe Carcia,
NJ1Q, makes the very first W100AW QSO just after midnight local time on January
1, 2014. [Sean Kutzko, KX9X, photo] 
Daylight hours saw ARRL Chief Operating Officer Harold Kramer,
WJ1B; Membership and Volunteer Programs Assistant Manager Norm Fusaro, W3IZ;
Public Relations Manager Sean Kutzko; KX9X and QST Editor in Chief
Steve Ford, WB8IMY, taking their turns at the operating positions. By
mid-afternoon, several thousand contacts were in the log on SSB, CW and RTTY.
"This is just the beginning," said Kutzko. "Hams will
hear W100AW throughout 2014 on every mode possible. When you hear us, spot us
on the cluster!"
Not surprising, 20 meter SSB yielded
the most contacts -- 1121 of the 3700 logged -- during the 19 hours of New
Year's Day operation from W100AW. Ten meter phone was in second place with
639 contacts.
W100AW contacts will be uploaded to
Logbook of The World (LoTW). QSL cards sent by mail will be acknowledged as
well.
W1AW Portable Operations, ARRL Centennial QSO
Party
The ARRL Centennial "W1AW WAS" operations are taking place throughout 2014 from each
of the 50 states, relocating each Wednesday (UTC) to a new pair of states
(this week, South Carolina and Utah. Listen for W1AW/4 and W1AW/7). During
2014 W1AW will be on the air from every state at least twice and from most
US territories, and it will be easy to work all states solely by contacting
W1AW portable operations.
In conjunction with the 100th
anniversary of the ARRL, the ARRL Centennial QSO Party also kicked off
January 1 for a year-long operating event in which participants can accumulate
points and win awards. The event is open to all, although only ARRL
members and appointees, elected officials, HQ staff and W1AW are worth ARRL
Centennial QSO Party points. Working W1AW/x from each state is worth 5
points per contact.
To earn the "Worked all States with
W1AW Award," work W1AW operating portable from all 50 states. (Working W1AW
or W100AW in Connecticut does not count for Connecticut, however. For
award credit, participants must work W1AW/1 in Connecticut.) A W1AW WAS
certificate and plaque will be available (pricing not yet available).
Some Statistics
As of today
(January 9), more than 6700 stations have earned points in the Centennial QSO
Party by uploading qualifying QSOs to Logbook of The World (LoTW). Operating
from North Carolina and West Virginia during the first week of the W1AW
portable operations, W1AW/4 and W1AW/8 logged approximately 33,000 contacts. 
"The second week is off to a roaring start from South
Carolina and Utah," reported ARRL Membership and Volunteer Programs Manager
Dave Patton, NN1N.
ARRL
Centennial: A Century of Amateur Radio and the ARRL 
Editor's note: "A Century of Amateur Radio and
the ARRL" will be a weekly feature as the ARRL celebrates its Centennial in 2014.
In Amateur Radio, as in all fields, 100 years has brought
about amazing progress and changes. During 2014, we will give you a sense of
the ARRL's and Amateur Radio's history by looking through the issues of QST from its humble beginning to the present. We'll examine the
important topics and events of interest to amateurs, such as technology, operating
tips and events, ARRL's doings, and FCC actions. Because of the limited
space available here, the comments will be brief, but they will provide
citations to original QST articles for your further reading.
The next century will bring about changes that will be
mind-boggling to us, because technology advances at an exponential rate. Being aware of
the past 100 years of ham-related events is valuable to us for historical
reasons, and it also makes us consider what might lie ahead. Next
time: A look at the earliest years of Amateur Radio and the ARRL.-- Al
Brogdon, W1AB
Milestones: Founder and President Emeritus of 4U1UN, Max de Henseler, HB9RS,
SK
Max de Henseler, HB9RS. [Clin
d'Ailes Swiss Air Force Museum, HB4FR, photo] 
Max de Henseler, HB9RS, the founder and president emeritus of 4U1UN at United
Nations headquarters in New York, died December 30. He was 80. A ham since
1955, de Henseler had been a short-wave listener since the late 1940s. In
1976, while in New York as the UN's chief cartographer, de Henseler reactivated
the United Nations Radio Club station K2UN at its new home in midtown
Manhattan. As Jack Troster, W6ISQ, explained in the July 1989 issue of QST, "Through his efforts, the Secretary General approved the operation of a
specifically designated UN amateur station using the call 4U1UN in early
1978."
De Henseler introduced the new call sign on
February 4, 1978, during the first weekend of the then two-weekend ARRL
International DX phone contest, surprising many contesters. 4U1UN was approved for
DXCC credit, due to the efforts of "Mister UN Radio."
The 4U1UN United Nations Headquarters Station was dismantled in 2010 due to
the extensive renovation project on the
Secretariat Building. Read more. -- Thanks to The Daily DX
Milestones: QST Author, CW Key Maker Jerry
Pittenger, K8RA, SK
QST author and CW key crafter
Jerry Pittenger, K8RA, of Powell, Ohio, died January 2 of pancreatic cancer.
He was 66. Licensed in 1960, Pittenger was a retired systems engineer. He
earned a bachelor's degree at Miami University and an MS in systems
engineering from Ohio State.
Jerry Pittenger,
K8RA, at Dayton Hamvention 2013. [Joe Eisenberg, K0NEB, photo] 
Pittenger enjoyed building his own
equipment, and some of his amplifier projects were featured in QST, The ARRL Handbook, and RF Amplifier Classics. More recently he
manufactured a line of solid-brass iambic and single-lever CW keys sold worldwide, until
illness forced him to quit.
"Making my CW keys fills much
of my time, but it is a labor of love," Pittenger said in his online profile. "I
can get lost in time machining metals and making things in the shop for the
radio." His friends Mike Freeman, NT8O, and Fred Freeman, N8BX, have taken
over the production of the K8RA line. Read more.
Milestones:
Austin Amateur Radio Supply Owner Johnny Paul, WA5BGO, SK
The owner of Austin Amateur Radio Supply, John E. "Johnny" Paul, WA5BGO, of Austin,
Texas, died December 10. He was 74. Paul was the proprietor of Austin Amateur
Radio for 45 years. First licensed in 1960, Paul was a past president of the
Austin Amateur Radio Club and was an avid photographer of nature and
landscapes. Services were December 16.
Solar Update
Tad Cook, K7RA, in Seattle,
reports: A big storm is brewing! At 2324 UTC on January 8 the Australian Space
Forecast Centre issued this geomagnetic disturbance warning: "Increased
geomagnetic activity expected due to coronal mass ejection from 09-10
January 2014." 
NOAA forecasters
estimate a 90 percent chance of geomagnetic storms on January 9. The predicted
planetary A indices for January 9 through January 13 are 73, 41, 15, 8 and
5. While an emblematic number for hams, 73 is a huge value for the
planetary A index. One has to look way, way back to find a value like this.
The planetary A index was 67 on both March 9, 2012, and September 26, 2011,
but nothing exceeds what is predicted for January 9 except the planetary A
index of 104 on December 15, 2006, and 105 on September 11, 2005.
This has been an exciting week for sun watchers. The daily
sunspot number reached 245 on January 6, and solar flux was 237.1 on January
8. The GOES-15 X-ray background flux has also been high, and that may
be more significant for enhanced HF propagation than a high solar flux.
NOAA's Space Weather Prediction Center maintains an archive of
X-ray flux, solar flux, and sunspot numbers (check the links marked
"DSD.txt." The links marked "DGD.txt" will give you daily geomagnetic indicators).
Over the past week, average daily sunspot numbers rose
more than 80 points to 188.1, and average daily solar flux was up by more
than 62 points to 201.6. Predicted solar flux for the near term is 195 on
January 9-12, 190 on January 13, 160 on January 14, 155 on January 15-16, and
150 on January 17-19. It then rises to a peak of 190 on January 29 through
February 3.
Predicted planetary A index values are 73,
41, 15 and 8 on January 9-12, 5 on January 13-22, 10 on January 23, 8 on
January 24, 5 on January 25-27, then 10, 18 and 8 on January 28-30, then 5
again until February 6.
For the Friday, January 10,
"Solar Update," look for an update on the latest disturbance and forecast, as
well as reports from readers. I welcome your reports and observations via e-mail.
Getting It Right!
In The ARRL Letter, December 19, 2013, we inadvertently omitted 20
meters from the list of bands available for the ARRL Centennial QSO Party.
Just Ahead in
Radiosport
	* Jan 10 -- QRP Fox Hunt
	* Jan 10 -- NCCC Sprint Ladder
	* Jan 11 -- Old New
Year Contest
	* Jan 11-12 -- UK DX BPSK63 Contest
	* Jan 11-12 -- MI QRP January CW Contest
	* Jan 11-12 -- SKCC Weekend Sprintathon
	* Jan
11-12 -- North American QSO Party, CW
	* Jan 12 --
NRAU-Baltic Contest, CW (0630-0830 UTC)
	* Jan 12 --
NRAU-Baltic Contest, SSB (0900-1100 UTC)
	* Jan 12 -- DARC
10-Meter Contest
	* Jan 12 -- Midwinter Contest
	* Jan 15 -- QRP Fox Hunt
Upcoming ARRL Section, State and Division Conventions and
Events
	* January 17-18 -- North Texas Section
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From bmarx at bellsouth.net  Thu Jan  9 20:05:34 2014
From: bmarx at bellsouth.net (WILLIAM MARX)
Date: Thu, 9 Jan 2014 17:05:34 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [QCWA Everglades Chapter #69] Havana 5.1 earthquake
In-Reply-To: <CAG2HKPiXeBj2W-UZedc+SxiDfwt6YJoAecKRGSDmKh1HOWkKdg@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CAG2HKPhdbOCmgUY+Om6sOfdapTUDHoB-aGSmq20taCL0Wx2V3g@mail.gmail.com>
	<CAG2HKPiXeBj2W-UZedc+SxiDfwt6YJoAecKRGSDmKh1HOWkKdg@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <1389315934.34508.YahooMailNeo@web184301.mail.ne1.yahoo.com>

>From So Fla Hams Reflector



https://www.facebook.com/US.NationalWeatherService.KeyWest.gov?ref=stream&hc_location=stream

An earthquake has been felt weakly by many people in the Lower and Middle Keys. Preliminary reports have the earthquake centered 110 miles southeast of Key West, and 23.5 miles north of Carralillo Cuba, at a depth of 12 miles, and at a magnitude of 5.0 on the Richer scale. No damage has been reported in the Keys with this earthquake.


>From media:
The earthquake occurred at 3:57 p.m. about 110 miles southeast of Key West.
National Weather Service alerts said that there was no tsunami warning being issued for Key West.
According to Earthquake-Report.com, the tremor was felt by someone in Marathon who said they felt a "very light rumbling for approx. 10-15 seconds." Others reported mile swaying of buildings with one Key West resident adding, "I was sitting at my desk at work on the second floor and the building did a slight wave movement to the right. It was kind of freaky."

The Boca Raton Police Department even sent out a tweet about the earthquake saying it may have been felt it in its area.
A 5.0 earthquake is considered moderated and can cause damage of varying severity to poorly constructed buildings.




On Thu, Jan 9, 2014 at 5:10 PM, Don Morris <donmia at gmail.com> wrote:

http://www.miamiherald.com/2014/01/09/3861279/50-earthquake-sways-buildings.html
>
>
>
>http://www.wptv.com/dpp/news/national/earthquake-reported-in-florida-straits-near-cuba
>
>
>
>reports from individualshttp://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/usc000lzju#dyfi
>
>
>if you felt or didn't feel anything, report here
>http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/usc000lzju#dyfi_fo
>
>
>-- 
>Don Morris WX0WX
>Miami-Dade Skywarn Coordinator

From bmarx at bellsouth.net  Fri Jan 10 09:48:15 2014
From: bmarx at bellsouth.net (WILLIAM MARX)
Date: Fri, 10 Jan 2014 06:48:15 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [QCWA Everglades Chapter #69] W1AW/4 ARRL 100th Anniversary Event
Message-ID: <1389365295.26027.YahooMailNeo@web184303.mail.ne1.yahoo.com>

The South Florida DX Association in Cooperation with N8PR is participating in the event the week of February 19th through February 25th.

If you would like to operate your station as W1AW/4 and experience what it's like to be the DX for a few hours send a note or call Pete Rimmel N8PR who is coordinating that week.

SFDXA Members, if you would like to operate the SFDXA Club Station and it's TH11 antenna at about 100 ft you may. Those who are not members may do so but only with a Member present,


The days open are Saturday(22)and Sunday(23rd) and Tuesday the 25th.

Most open slots are for SSB and Digital modes(your choice). CW time slots are available but going fast. Actually all are.


Whatever your choice act soon as we have until this Sunday afternoon to make our wishes known. At that time the remaining hours will be turned over to the Florida Contest Group which they will no doubt fill.

In November they will in turn, share some days with us.

Contact Pete in the next few days to secure your hours. He is maintaining the schedule.

Pete's contact information is:
954 632-9399
or N8PR1 at bellsouth.net

From bmarx at bellsouth.net  Fri Jan 10 19:39:08 2014
From: bmarx at bellsouth.net (Bill)
Date: Fri, 10 Jan 2014 19:39:08 -0500
Subject: [QCWA Everglades Chapter #69] Point Values for ARRL
	Volunteers.Staff etc
Message-ID: <52D092AC.2020301@bellsouth.net>

Abbreviation     Full Position/Title Name     Point value
PRES     ARRL President     300
PE     President Emeritus     275
PP     Past President     275
HVP     Honorary Vice President     250
VP     ARRL Vice President     250
DE     Director Emeritus     225
DIR     Director     225
PVP     Past Vice President     225
VD     Vice Director     200
SM     Section Manager     175
OFF     Staff Officer, Treasurer, Counsel     150
PD     Past Director     150
PV     Past Vice Director     125
ARRL     W1??AW ARRL HQ Station     100
CLM     ARRL Charter Life Member     100
PSM     Past Section Manager     100
DM     ARRL HQ Department Manager     75
HQ     ARRL HQ Staff Member/Volunteer     50
MAX     Maxim Society Member     50
AC     CAC/DXAC/ECAC Advisory Members     40
AD     Assistant Director     40
ARDF     Direction Finding Coordinator     35
ASM     Assistant Section Manager     35
EMC     Electromagnetic Compatibility Committee     35
LOTW     Logbook of the World Committee     35
PRC     Public Relations Committee     35
RF     RF Safety Committee     35
YC     Youth Committee     35
ACC     Affiliated Club Coordinator     30
DEC     District Emergency Coordinator     30
NCJ     NCJ Editor     30
OOC     Official Observer Coordinator     30
PIC     Public Information Coordinator     30
QST     QST Columnist     30

SEC
     Section Emergency Coordinator    30
SGL     State Government Liaison     30
STM     Section Traffic Manager     30
TC     Technical Coordinator     30
LAB     W1INF Lab Museum Operations     25
CM     Contest Managers/Log Checkers     20
QSM     Incoming QSL Bureau Manager     20
LC     W1HQ HQ Ops     15
VC     Volunteer Counsel     15
VCE     Volunteer Consulting Engineer     15
ADC     Area Digital Coordinators     12
ADEC     Assistant District Emergency Coordinator     12
ANM     Area Net Manager     12
ASEC     Assistant Section Emergency Coordinator     12
EC     Emergency Coordinator     12
LGL     Local Government Liaison     12
OBS     Official Bulletin Station     12
OES     Offical Emergency Station     12
OO     Official Observer     12
ORS     Official Relay Station     12
PIO     Public Information Officer     12
RNM     Region Net Manager     12
TCC     Transcontinental Corps Directors     12
TS     Technical Specialist     12
TA     Technical Advisor     10
NM     Net Manager     7
AM     Awards Manager     5
CC     Card Checker     5
RI     Registered Instructor     5
State Abbrev     W1AW/x around the USA     5
VE     Volunteer Examiner     5
MS     Monitoring System Volunteer     3
QSL     Incoming QSL Bureau Sorters     3
LM     ARRL Life Member     2
AFF     ARRL Affiliated Club Call Sign     1
MEM     ARRL Member     1


From bmarx at bellsouth.net  Sun Jan 12 09:09:16 2014
From: bmarx at bellsouth.net (WILLIAM MARX)
Date: Sun, 12 Jan 2014 06:09:16 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [QCWA Everglades Chapter #69] W1AW/4 ARRL 100th Anniversary Event
In-Reply-To: <273C6FF89502449992BDE4F148D8E4CE@PeteRGateway>
References: <1389365295.26027.YahooMailNeo@web184303.mail.ne1.yahoo.com>
	<1389378248.80890.YahooMailNeo@web185403.mail.gq1.yahoo.com>
	<1389386272.1865.YahooMailNeo@web184302.mail.ne1.yahoo.com>
	<1389388969.10411.YahooMailNeo@web185401.mail.gq1.yahoo.com>
	<9B1B26FA092349C183786F16461076FE@PeteRGateway>
	<1389454489.59373.YahooMailNeo@web184304.mail.ne1.yahoo.com>
	<273C6FF89502449992BDE4F148D8E4CE@PeteRGateway>
Message-ID: <1389535756.96697.YahooMailNeo@web184301.mail.ne1.yahoo.com>

Last Call!!!!

?Send Pete a note today...We need a few more Operators before our slots are filled. Tuesday has openings...
Bill W2CQ


The South Florida DX Association in 
Cooperation with N8PR is participating in the event the week of February 19th 
through February 25th.

If you would like to operate your station as 
W1AW/4 and experience what it's like to be the DX for a few hours send a note or 
call Pete Rimmel N8PR who is coordinating that week.

SFDXA Members, if 
you would like to operate the SFDXA Club Station and it's TH11 antenna at about 
100 ft you may. Those who are not members may do so but only with a Member 
present,


The days open are Saturday(22)and Sunday(23rd) and Tuesday 
the 25th.

Most open slots are for SSB and Digital modes(your choice). CW 
time slots are available but going fast. Actually all are.


Whatever 
your choice act soon as we have until this Sunday afternoon to make our wishes 
known. At that time the remaining hours will be turned over to the Florida 
Contest Group which they will no doubt fill.

In November they will in 
turn, share some days with us.

Contact Pete in the next few days to 
secure your hours. He is maintaining the schedule.

Pete's contact 
information is:
954 632-9399
or N8PR1 at bellsouth.net

From bmarx at bellsouth.net  Mon Jan 13 09:27:26 2014
From: bmarx at bellsouth.net (WILLIAM MARX)
Date: Mon, 13 Jan 2014 06:27:26 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [QCWA Everglades Chapter #69] Very Interesting Story on the History
	of the 10m band
In-Reply-To: <4D49A0028277466C91C9A07F264957A2@N4NUMPC>
References: <4D49A0028277466C91C9A07F264957A2@N4NUMPC>
Message-ID: <1389623246.25852.YahooMailNeo@web184304.mail.ne1.yahoo.com>

>From another list:
Bill W2CQ




Good info on 
the 10m band ....

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/10-meter_band

Bob N4NUM 

From bmarx at bellsouth.net  Mon Jan 13 09:34:31 2014
From: bmarx at bellsouth.net (WILLIAM MARX)
Date: Mon, 13 Jan 2014 06:34:31 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [QCWA Everglades Chapter #69] 6.4-magnitude earthquake rattles
	Puerto Rico
Message-ID: <1389623671.74646.YahooMailNeo@web184304.mail.ne1.yahoo.com>

http://www.foxnews.com/world/2014/01/13/64-magnitude-earthquake-rattles-puerto-rico/


SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico ? ?A strong earthquake out to sea shook Puerto Rico early Monday, causing minor damage in some places.
Some people reported items falling in their home and dozens said they felt buildings sway in the capital of San Juan, about 61 miles from the quake's epicenter.
The U.S. Geological Survey said the quake had a preliminary magnitude of 6.4 and struck just after midnight about 35 miles north of Hatillo. 
It said the quake occurred 17 miles deep.
Puerto Rico's emergency management agency said there was no tsunami warning and that no injuries have been reported.
Earthquakes of similar magnitude have struck near Puerto Rico in 
recent years, including a 5.4-magnitude one that shook the U.S. 
territory in March 2011 and another one of the same magnitude that 
struck on Christmas Eve in 2010.

From bmarx at bellsouth.net  Wed Jan 15 09:15:54 2014
From: bmarx at bellsouth.net (WILLIAM MARX)
Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2014 06:15:54 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [QCWA Everglades Chapter #69] Jack Troster, W6ISQ, SK
Message-ID: <1389795354.20179.YahooMailNeo@web184306.mail.ne1.yahoo.com>

QST Contributing Editor Jack Troster, W6ISQ,  SK
?
01/14/2014
QST?Contributing Editor and ham radio  humorist John G. ?Jack? Troster, W6ISQ, of Atherton, California, died January  11. He was 93.
?While  his contributions to?QST?were not limited to fiction, Jack  will always be remembered for some of the most humorous pieces ever to be  written about Amateur Radio,? said ARRL CEO David Sumner, K1ZZ.
Licensed  in 1935 at age 14 as W2ISQ in Yonkers, New York, Troster became W6ISQ after  moving to California following World War II. Troster, Vince Chinn, W6EE  (ex-K6KQN), Lee Shaklee, W6BH (SK), and Don Schliesser, K6RV, founded the  Northern California DX Foundation in 1972. Troster served as an NCDXF Board  member for 26 years and was the Foundation?s third President, from 1975 until  1986.
He  served as president of the Northern California DX Club and the Northern  California Contest Club. An ARRL Charter Life Member, he held DXCC #1 Honor  Roll (Mixed, CW, and SSB) as well as 5BDXCC, 5BWAS, and the USA Counties Award  (all CW). He was a member of the CQ DX Hall of Fame, the First-Class CW  Operators? Club and the A-1 Operators Club, and he was the Pacific Division  representative on the ARRL DX Advisory Committee. Troster also was a member  and director of the Quarter Century Wireless Association and for years wrote  the monthly ?QCWA? column in?WorldRadio.
?He  was the consummate gentleman,? said Rusty Epps, W6OAT. ?He was warm and  welcoming to everyone he met, and many Amateur Radio operators today enjoy the  hobby as a direct result of his nurturing, encouragement and enthusiasm. Jack  was known for his quick wit and encyclopedic knowledge of Amateur Radio  history. His passing leaves a huge void.?
Survivors  include his wife of 65 years, Marguerite, 
KC6NFE.

From w4vz at bellsouth.net  Thu Jan 16 11:40:22 2014
From: w4vz at bellsouth.net (Arthur R. Rauch)
Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2014 11:40:22 -0500
Subject: [QCWA Everglades Chapter #69] QCWA Chapter  #12 Meeting Notice
Message-ID: <1427A0574E5D4F0296FFFC627DAC24DA@arthur9252b9ef>

The Andy Clark QCWA Chapter 12 regular monthly meeting will be ths Saturday at IHOP 9696 SW 72 Street (Sunset Drive) Miami FL

At 1300 .

Visitors are always welcome,


Art  Rauch W4VZ  

Secretary

From bmarx at bellsouth.net  Mon Jan 20 08:14:17 2014
From: bmarx at bellsouth.net (WILLIAM MARX)
Date: Mon, 20 Jan 2014 05:14:17 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [QCWA Everglades Chapter #69] Space Weather Outlook
In-Reply-To: <SEC-FW-018uudgUWr810001e540@sec-fw-01.swpc.noaa.gov>
References: <SEC-FW-018uudgUWr810001e540@sec-fw-01.swpc.noaa.gov>
Message-ID: <1390223657.51399.YahooMailNeo@web184301.mail.ne1.yahoo.com>




Official Space Weather Advisory issued by NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center
Boulder, Colorado, USA SPACE WEATHER ADVISORY OUTLOOK #14-3
2014 January 20 at 12:06 a.m. MST (2014 January 20 0706 UTC) **** SPACE WEATHER OUTLOOK **** Summary For January 13-19 A category R1 (Minor) radio blackout was observed on 13 January due to flare activity from active sunspot Region 1944. Outlook For January 20-26 There is a chance for category R1 (Minor) radio blackouts on 26 January due to potential flare activity from old Region 1944 as it rotates onto the visible disk. Data used to provide space weather services are contributed by NOAA,
USAF, NASA, NSF, USGS, the International Space Environment Services 
and other observatories, universities, and institutions.

From bmarx at bellsouth.net  Wed Jan 22 18:34:19 2014
From: bmarx at bellsouth.net (WILLIAM MARX)
Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2014 15:34:19 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [QCWA Everglades Chapter #69] Fw: ARLX003 Retired ARRL Staff Member
	Walt Ireland, WB7CSL (SK)
In-Reply-To: <20140122203416.A93F62682D@bmail.arrl.org>
References: <20140122203416.A93F62682D@bmail.arrl.org>
Message-ID: <1390433659.92275.YahooMailNeo@web184304.mail.ne1.yahoo.com>



ARLX003 Retired ARRL Staff Member Walt Ireland, WB7CSL (SK)

ZCZC AX03
QST de W1AW? 
Special Bulletin 3? ARLX003
From ARRL Headquarters? 
Newington CT? January 22, 2014
To all radio amateurs 

SB SPCL ARL ARLX003
ARLX003 Retired ARRL Staff Member Walt Ireland, WB7CSL (SK)

Retired ARRL Technical Relations Specialist Walter Ireland, WB7CSL,
of Henderson, Nevada, died January 20. He was 76. Ireland spent 11
years on the staff of the League's Technical Relations Office (TRO)
in Fairfax, Virginia, retiring in 2008. Prior to arriving at ARRL in
1997, Ireland spent 37 years in a variety of roles working for the
federal government, including for the Voice of America (VOA), where
he was involved with building HF broadcast stations.

"Walt contributed to the ARRL's preparations for the World
Radiocommunication Conferences (WRCs) in 2000, 2003, and 2007,"
recalled ARRL CEO David Sumner, K1ZZ. "His expertise in HF
broadcasting was especially valuable prior to WRC-03, where we
gained a significant improvement in the 40 meter band."

At the request of the FCC, Ireland in 1997 accepted the chairmanship
of US Working Party 6E - which dealt with HF broadcasting -
remaining through WRC-07. Ireland was selected as vice chair of
informal working groups of the FCC WRC Advisory Committee in
preparation for WRC-03 and WRC-07. In addition to his involvement in
shifting HF broadcasters out of a part of 40 meters, he also took
part in efforts to protect Amateur Radio frequencies from synthetic
aperture radar, broadband over power lines (BPL), and ultra-wide
band (UWB) systems.

During his ARRL tenure, Ireland served as the chief instructor for
ARRL Amateur Radio Administration Course for Regulators (ARAC),
sponsored by the United States Telecommunications Training Institute
(USTTI) and held at ARRL Headquarters. He was an ARRL member and an
alumnus of Central Michigan University, Chaminade University of
Honolulu, and Baltimore Technical Institute.

After moving to Nevada, Ireland worked for several years with the
Henderson Police Department as a crime analyst.
NNNN
/EX

From bmarx at bellsouth.net  Wed Jan 22 18:33:00 2014
From: bmarx at bellsouth.net (WILLIAM MARX)
Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2014 15:33:00 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [QCWA Everglades Chapter #69] Canadian 60 meter operation
In-Reply-To: <20140122212603.7CC8A25F3B@bmail.arrl.org>
References: <20140122212603.7CC8A25F3B@bmail.arrl.org>
Message-ID: <1390433580.83318.YahooMailNeo@web184303.mail.ne1.yahoo.com>



For those who monitor or work 60 meters, you may begin to hear Canadian call signs on the frequencies.? Their rules for use of the band are the same as ours.
?
Canada to Get Five 60 Meter Channels 
Industry Canada has granted Amateur Radio operators there the use of five 60 meter channels on a non-interference basis. The center-channel frequencies harmonize with those available to US radio amateurs on 60 meters: 5332 kHz, 5348 kHz, 5358.5 kHz, 5373 kHz, and 5405 kHz. 
?Given that use of these frequencies was requested, in part, to allow for cross-border communications in times of emergency,? Industry Canada said, ?harmonization of the frequencies with the United States would facilitate such communications between the Canadian and the US Amateur Radio communities.? 
Amateur stations will be restricted to USB, data, RTTY and CW modes, with a maximum bandwidth of 2.8 kHz, and a maximum power output of 100 W ERP ? the same the US allows. 
?Canadian amateur operations shall not cause interference to fixed and mobile operations in Canada or in other countries,? Industry Canada ruled, ?and, if such interference occurs, the Amateur Service may be required to cease operations. The Amateur Service in Canada may not claim protection from interference by the fixed and mobile operations of other countries.? ? Thanks to Industry Canada and Bryan Rawlings, VE3QN

From bmarx at bellsouth.net  Thu Jan 23 16:34:47 2014
From: bmarx at bellsouth.net (WILLIAM MARX)
Date: Thu, 23 Jan 2014 13:34:47 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [QCWA Everglades Chapter #69] The ARRL Letter for January 23, 2014
In-Reply-To: <20140123210240.5377926C9B5@bmail.arrl.org>
References: <20140123210240.5377926C9B5@bmail.arrl.org>
Message-ID: <1390512887.19796.YahooMailNeo@web184306.mail.ne1.yahoo.com>



Preview
If you are having trouble
reading this message, you can see the original at:
http://www.arrl.org/arrlletter/?issue=2014-01-23
January 23, 2014Editor: Rick Lindquist, WW1ME
ARRL Home
Page  ARRL Letter Archive  Audio News  
?
	* Your League: Kay Craigie, N3KN, Wins Third Term as ARRL
President
	* Your League: Oregon SM Bonnie Altus, AB7ZQ,
Named ARRL Northwestern Division Vice Director
	* Your League: Repeater Owners Now May Submit Repeater Directory Updates Directly to ARRL
	* Your League: New Guide Promotes FUNcube-1's
Educational Value
	* Your League: February QST Delivery
Delayed to Some Destinations
	* Awards: Yasme Foundation Announces
Excellence Awards
	* DX: NCDXF Announces Grant to Tromelin Island
DXpedition
	* DX: TT8ES, T6EU Operations Approved for DXCC
Credit
	* International: Canada to Get Five 60 Meter
Channels
	* International: AX for Australia Day
	* ARRL Centennial: W1AW Centennial Operations
Now in New York and Oklahoma
	* ARRL Centennial: A Century of Amateur Radio
and the ARRL
	* Apps: Library of Congress Releases Free
Braille and Audio Reading App
	* Milestones: Retired ARRL Staff Member Walt
Ireland, WB7CSL, SK
	* Milestones: Noted DXer Bruce Butler, W6OSP,
SK
	* The K7RA Solar Update
	* Just Ahead in Radiosport
	* Upcoming ARRL Section, State and Division
Conventions and Events
Your League:
Kay Craigie, N3KN, Wins Third Term as ARRL President
The ARRL Board of Directors has elected League President Kay Craigie,
N3KN, to a third two-year term. The Board met January 17 and 18 in the
Hartford, Connecticut, area for its annual
meeting, and election of officers was at the top of the business
agenda. The League's 15th president, Craigie lives in Blacksburg, Virginia, and
has been in office since 2010, succeeding Joel Harrison, W5ZN.
ARRL President Kay
Craigie, N3KN, presides over the ARRL Board meeting. To her right is ARRL First
Vice President Rick Roderick, K5UR. [Steve Ford, WB8IMY, photo] 
The Board also re-elected First Vice
President Rick Roderick, K5UR, to a new two-year term. ARRL Northwestern
Division Director Jim Fenstermaker, K9JF, was elected Second Vice President,
succeeding incumbent Bruce Frahm, K0BJ. Northwestern Division Vice Director
Jim Pace, K7CEX, acceded to the Director's chair.
Also
elected to new two-year terms were International Affairs Vice President Jay
Bellows, K0QB, and Treasurer Rick Niswander, K7GM.
In
addition the board chose ARRL Executive Committee members and ARRL
Foundation directors. Elected for one-year terms to the Executive Committee were
Central Division Director George R. "Dick" Isely, W9GIG; Pacific Division
Director Bob Vallio, W6RGG; Midwest Division Director Cliff Ahrens, K0CA;
Hudson Division Director Mike Lisenco, N2YBB, and West Gulf Division Director Dr
David Woolweaver, K5RAV.
ARRL Foundation Board
Director members elected for three-year terms were Ahrens, Frahm, and
Fenstermaker. Gene Hastings, W1VRK, retired from the Foundation Board after many years
of devoted service.
As the International Amateur Radio
Union (IARU)
International Secretariat, the ARRL, after consultation with the IARU
Administrative Council, nominates candidates for IARU President and Vice President. The
Board instructed ARRL Secretary David Sumner to vote to ratify the
nominations of incumbent IARU President Tim Ellam, VE6SH/G4HUA, and incumbent IARU
Vice President Ole Garpestad, LA2RR, for additional five-year
terms.
Other Major Board Actions
	* Instructed
the Public Relations Committee and ARRL staff to develop a draft document
appropriate for presentation to legislators and other government officials
to explain radio amateurs' contributions to the public, and to develop a
mechanism for collecting and making available presentation materials for use
by clubs in training and promotion.
	* Instructed the
HF Band Planning Committee to reach out to the membership regarding concerns
pertaining to the increasing popularity of data modes, and to investigate
and suggest ways that these modes can coexist.
	* Instructed staff to prepare answers to frequently asked questions (FAQs) about
the ARRL "symbol rate" Petition for Rule Making (PRM), RM-11708.
	* Received the final reports from three committees that had completed
their work: The Emergency Communications Advisory Committee (ECAC), the
Committee on Youth in the Second Century, and the Centennial Celebration
Committee. Consideration of the recommendations contained in the extensive report
of the ECAC is ongoing. The Board discharged all three committees with
thanks.
	* Bestowed the 2013 Joe Knight Distinguished
Service Award for Section Managers on longtime Mississippi Section Manager
Malcolm P. Keown, W5XX.
	* Conferred 2013 George Hart
Distinguished Service Award on Mark Rappaport, W2EAG, for his work in and for
the National Traffic System.
	* Scheduled the July
Board meeting for July 21-22, immediately following the ARRL Centennial
National Convention in Hartford.
The ARRL Board of Directors met January 17-18 near
Hartford, Connecticut, for its annual meeting. [Steve Ford, WB8IMY, photo] 
President Craigie announced
committee appointments for the coming year, including new chairmen of two
standing committees: Dakota Division Director Greg Widin, K0GW, as chairman of
the Administration & Finance Committee, and Rocky Mountain Division Director
Brian Mileshosky, N5ZGT, as chairman of the Programs & Services
Committee.
The ARRL Board selected media professionals in Delaware
and Michigan as recipients of the 2013 Bill Leonard, W2SKE, Professional
Media Award.
	* For print excellence -- Kim Hoey
(writer) and Gary Emeigh (photographer), of The News Journal,
Wilmington, Delaware, featured aspects of the Delmarva Hamfest in their November
story, "Calling Fans Of Hams."
	* For TV/video
excellence -- Rich Luterman, chief meteorologist at Fox 2 Television in Detroit,
Michigan, presented the Oakland County Amateur Radio Public Service Corps's
efforts and mission during SKYWARN Recognition Day.
	* For radio/audio excellence -- Bill Colley, afternoon host on WGMD-FM in
Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, discussed the club's upcoming Amateur Radio license
class with Bill Duveneck, KB3KYH, of the Sussex Amateur Radio Association
(SARA), "in a positive and engaging manner."
The official
minutes of the annual meeting have been posted to the ARRL website.
Your League: Oregon SM
Bonnie Altus, AB7ZQ, Named ARRL Northwestern Division Vice
Director
Bonnie Altus, AB7ZQ. 
ARRL President Kay Craigie, N3KN,
has tapped Oregon Section Manager Bonnie Altus, AB7ZQ, of Sheridan, as the
League's Northwestern Division Vice Director, succeeding Jim Pace, K7CEX.
Pace took over as ARRL Northwestern Division Director after former director
Jim Fenstermaker, K9JF, was elected ARRL Second Vice President at the ARRL
Board of Directors annual meeting.
Licensed since 1997,
Altus became interested in ham radio while working in information systems
and telecommunications for a hospital. She thought ham radio would be
beneficial in disaster communications, and she used what she learned as a new
licensee to write an emergency communications plan for the hospital. She has
served as president of the McMinnville Amateur Radio Club and as an ARES
assistant emergency coordinator and emergency coordinator. An Amateur Extra
class licensee, she is especially interested in digital modes. Her husband
Mark is AC7ZQ. Altus had served more than 7 years as Oregon Section Manager,
from July 2006 until January 2014.
Ev Curry, W6ABM. 
ARRL Membership and Volunteer Programs Department Manager
Dave Patton, NN1N, announced the appointment of Everett "Ev" Curry, W6ABM, of
Hillsboro, Oregon, to fill the remainder of Altus's term as Oregon Section
Manager. Patton consulted with Pace in filling the SM vacancy. Curry will
complete the current term, which expires on June 30, 2014. Nominations for
the next term of office (starting July 1) for the Oregon SM are now being
solicited.
Curry has been an Assistant Section Manager in
Oregon since 2007, an Official Observer since 2003, and the Official
Observer Coordinator since 2008. In addition he served as Public Information
Coordinator for Oregon from 2002 to 2007. An ARRL Life Member, he is editor of The Oscillator, the monthly journal of the Tualatin Valley Amateur
Radio Club.
Your
League: Repeater Owners Now May Submit Repeater Directory Updates
Directly to ARRL 
Repeater owners now may submit updated
information for use in the ARRL Repeater Directory, TravelPlus and
other products directly to the ARRL via the League's website. Repeater owners
or trustees can use the new web page to notify the ARRL of changes to
existing repeaters, such as new CTCSS frequencies or call sign changes. The web
page cannot be used to add new or uncoordinated repeaters,
however.
"This new capability is intended for repeaters that
are already on the air, as a means to keep our information as accurate as
possible throughout the year," said Steve Ford, WB8IMY, ARRL Publications
Manager. Ford was quick to point out that sending information directly to the
ARRL does not relieve repeater owners of their obligation to communicate
with their coordinators.
"We are simply collecting the
most up-to-date information for use in books and software, and only for those
instances where something has recently changed," Ford stressed. "This
isn't meant to be a substitute for notifying your coordinator. It also isn't a
substitute for formal coordination of a new repeater. Only repeater
coordinators can do that."
Your
League: New Guide Promotes FUNcube-1's Educational Value
A new FUNcube guide developed by ARRL Education & Technology Program (ETP)
Director Mark Spencer, WA8SME, aims to maximize the educational focus of
the tiny AO-73 satellite. Spencer's Pragmatic Guide for Using
the FUNcube (AO-73) Materials Science Experiment in the Classroom prompts readers to dig beyond AO-73's Amateur Radio transponder and telemetry
uploads and downloads and "take a closer look at what is really going on"
as the satellite orbits Earth. The diminutive spacecraft includes an AMSAT-UK-developed
materials science experiment (MSE). Spencer's guide helps teachers and students to
analyze telemetry and apply the laws of thermodynamics to examine how heat
is radiated into space from materials having different surface
finishes. 
"The primary mission of the FUNcube is
education, and the MSE is the focus of that mission," Spencer said. When it's
not in educational mode the spacecraft switches on an Amateur Radio SSB/CW
inverting transponder (435.150-435.130 MHz LSB up / 145.950-145.970 MHz USB
down). "I know there is an ongoing discussion of the value of cubesat
telemetry when compared to transponder operations," he said. "[Y]ou just might
find that an occasional look at the telemetry will help you better
understand satellites and make you a better satellite operator."
As Spencer explained, the FUNcube-1 MSE includes two separate experiments
-- one using the thermally isolated aluminum bars mounted on one face of
the satellite, and the second using four aluminum bars that form part of the
satellite's body in the corners of the cube. MSE data are transmitted via
a 2 meter downlink (145.935 MHz BPSK) and decoded and displayed by the
AMSAT-UK Dashboard software.
"Collecting the data is only part of the education mission," Spencer
said. "The other -- and more meaningful part -- is interpreting the data."
That, he explained, starts with a thermodynamics refresher. "In the broadest
terms, thermodynamics is the study of how heat moves from one place to
another," he continued. "The purpose of the FUNcube MSE is to allow students
to witness heat transfer by radiation firsthand in an environment -- space
-- where convection and conduction are not present."
Spencer called the FUNcube MSE "an exceptional educational resource," and he
praised AMSAT-UK's efforts. "It's now our turn to gain as much as we can
from their efforts, and I hope the Guide will help you get started."
The ARRL's Classroom Library: Satellite
Communications page includes a link to the new guide and has more
information on bringing space into the classroom. Read more.
Your League: February QST Delivery Delayed to Some
Destinations
Mail delivery of February QST may be
delayed to some members. 
Our printer has reported that all copies now
are in transit, but there was a delay of a few days with the February
issue, as several of the printer's Midwest divisions were shut down due to
inclement weather. 
Members who haven't yet received the
February issue should get their copies shortly. The digital version of the
February issue is now available to ARRL members.
Awards: Yasme Foundation Announces Excellence
Awards 
The Yasme Foundation Board of Directors has announced the nine
recipients of its Excellence Award for 2013. The Foundation said the award
"honors individuals who, through their own service, creativity, effort and
dedication, have made a significant contribution to Amateur Radio" --
technical, operating, or organizational. The Yasme Excellence Award is in the form
of a cash grant and an engraved crystal globe. Recipients for 2013
are:
	* Tom Roscoe, K8CX, for his dedication to
collecting and publishing current and historical photos and other documents on
his Hamgallery website. Hamgallery is an excellent Amateur Radio resource provided free
of charge to the online community. He has an extensive collection of vintage
QSL cards.
	* Lee Sawkins, VE7CC, for his
software, widely used to manage and filter DX cluster spotting output. Without
such filters, the output of the spotting network would be overwhelming and
unusable. His filtering software enables logging programs to integrate with
the spotting network for contesting and general-purpose operation. He
supports the local DX and contesting community in British Columbia and will
represent Canada in WRTC-2014 as the team leader from the NA-12 region.
	* John Devoldere, ON4UN, for building one of the premier amateur
stations in the world and for his extensive contributions to the DXing
community. Beginning with 80 Meter DXing, published in 1978, his book
expanded to Low-Band DXing, which, in its fifth edition, has
become the most widely used handbook for operating and building antenna
systems on the bands at 7 MHz and below. His book highlights important advances
in HF amateur technology and encourages operation on these bands.
	* Michael Carroll, N4MC; Eldon Lewis, K7LS; Dean Gibson,
AE7Q, and Joseph Speroni, AH0A, for their role in providing radio
amateurs with convenient access to information maintained in FCC databases. Before
it was discontinued earlier this year, N4MC's Vanity HQ site was the
single most popular resource for US amateurs seeking to obtain a desired call
sign. Carroll continues to maintain the National Silent Key Archive and call sign
history database. K7LS and AE7Q have created similar online services. AH0A was a pioneer in providing useful summaries of
licensing information, including licensing statistics.
	* Ken Claerbout, K4ZW, for his work in support of the series of
video seminars and lectures produced in association with the Potomac Valley
Radio Club (PVRC).
Initially focused on contesting, the scope has broadened to include a variety
of operating and technical topics. More important, the videos have
encouraged others to publish similar webinars and archive them for viewing at any
time.
	* Ashraf Chaabane, 3V/KF5EYY, for being
an energetic representative on all fronts of Amateur Radio in Northern
Africa and globally, presenting a positive role model for Amateur Radio
throughout the Arab world with his enthusiasm and competitive spirit. His mission
is to see the day when Tunisia issues to him that country's first
individual Amateur Radio license. Chaabane will represent Africa as the team leader
for the African team in WRTC-2014.
The Yasme
Foundation is a not-for-profit corporation, organized to conduct scientific and
educational projects related to Amateur Radio, including DXing, and to the
introduction and promotion of Amateur Radio in developing countries. --
Thanks to Ward Silver, N0AX, Yasme Foundation President
DX: NCDXF Announces Grant to Tromelin
Island DXpedition 
The Northern
California DX Foundation (NCDXF) has announced a $25,000 grant to the FT5/T Tromelin Island DXpedition planned
for October 30-November 10, 2014. Tromelin is tenth on The DX
Magazine's latest Most Wanted List. Tromelin is a small, extremely
environmentally fragile area, and strict limitations are in place regarding the number
of visitors and time allowed on the island.
"The team's
antenna plans, pilot feedback plans, and enthusiasm should make this
entity available to many DXers," NCDXF President Glenn Johnson, W0GJ, said in
announcing the grant. "For the past 42 years the NCDXF has funded major
DXpeditions to many most-wanted entities. The credit for these large grants goes
to the NCDXF contributors, individuals and clubs, who make DX like this
possible."
Additional details are on the DXpedition website.
DX: TT8ES, T6EU Operations
Approved for DXCC Credit
The ARRL DXCC Desk has
approved the 2014 operation of TT8ES -- Chad -- and the current operation
(through May 3, 2014) of T6EU -- Afghanistan -- for DX Century Club credit.
This operation was 
previously approved for 2012
and 2013, and the license has been extended through February 28, 2014. If a
request for DXCC credit for this operation has been rejected in a prior
application, contact ARRL Awards Branch Manager Bill Moore, NC1L, to be placed on the list for
an update to your record. Please note the submission date and/or reference
number of your application in order to expedite the search for any rejected
contacts.
DXCC is Amateur Radio's premier award that
hams can earn by confirming on-the-air contacts with 100 DXCC "entities,"
most of which are countries in the traditional sense. You can begin with the
basic DXCC award and work your way up to the DXCC Honor Roll. Learn more. -- ARRL
Awards Branch Manager Bill Moore, NC1L
International: Canada to Get Five 60
Meter Channels
Industry Canada has
granted Amateur Radio operators there the use of five 60 meter channels on
a non-interference basis. The center-channel frequencies harmonize with
those available to US radio amateurs on 60 meters: 5332 kHz, 5348 kHz, 5358.5
kHz, 5373 kHz, and 5405 kHz. 
"[G]iven that use of these
frequencies was requested, in part, to allow for cross-border communications
in times of emergency," Industry Canada said, "harmonization of the
frequencies with the United States would facilitate such communications between
the Canadian and the US Amateur Radio communities."
Amateur stations will be restricted to USB, data, RTTY and CW modes, with a
maximum bandwidth of 2.8 kHz, and a maximum power output of 100 W ERP -- the
same as the US allows.
"Canadian amateur operations
shall not cause interference to fixed and mobile operations in Canada or in
other countries," Industry Canada ruled, "and, if such interference occurs,
the Amateur Service may be required to cease operations. The Amateur Service
in Canada may not claim protection from interference by the fixed and
mobile operations of other countries."
Elsewhere, Uni?n
de Radioaficionados Espa?oles (URE) General Secretary Salvador Bernal, EA7SB, reported recently that Spain's telecommunications
regulatory agency has authorized the use of several 60 meter frequencies
through June 30, 2014. The authorized center frequencies are 5268, 5295, 5313,
5382, 5430, and 5439 kHz, with a power of 100 W PEP and a maximum bandwidth
of 3 kHz. Center channels authorized for the US and Canada differ. The URE
is recommending that hams in Spain use USB on 60 meters, the mode employed
in most countries authorizing operation on 60 meters.
In the Czech Republic, up to 10 radio amateurs are being permitted to
operate on 60 meters on an experimental basis until the end of 2014. This
experimental phase of 5 MHz operation follows an initial trial that ended two
years ago. Czech Republic radio amateurs holding a special permit may use six
channels that are common to many current 5 MHz ham radio allocations. The
USB dial frequencies are 5288.5, 5330.5, 5366.5, 5371.5, 5398.5, and 5403.5
kHz. Experimenters will be allowed to operate 100 W ERP on USB and CW (+1.5
kHz from the USB dial frequency). -- Thanks to Industry Canada and Bryan
Rawlings, VE3QN, URE and Southgate ARC
International: AX for Australia Day 
Australia Day is January 26, and all radio
amateurs in Australia may use the AX call sign prefix on that day, instead of
VK. Australia Day marks the First Fleet's arrival in 1788 at Sydney Cove,
the establishment of a settlement at Port Jackson, and the raising of the
British flag by Admiral and Governor-designate Arthur Phillip. On Australia
Day many celebrate their country and culture. This includes the granting of
awards, honors, and the welcoming to citizenship of many qualifying
immigrants. Under a standing agreement between the Australian Communications and
Media Authority and the Wireless Institute of Australia, use of the AX prefix
is also available on ANZAC Day, April 25, and on World
Telecommunication and Information Society Day, May 17.-- Thanks to Jim Linton,
VK3PC
ARRL
Centennial: W1AW Centennial Operations Now in New York and Oklahoma
The ARRL Centennial "W1AW WAS"
operations taking place throughout 2014 from each of the 50 states now are in
New York (W1AW/2) and Oklahoma (W1AW/5). During 2014 W1AW will be on the
air from every state at least twice, and from most US territories, and it
will be easy to work all states solely by contacting W1AW portable operations.  
In conjunction with the 100th
anniversary of the ARRL, the ARRL Centennial QSO Party kicked off January 1 for a
year-long operating event in which participants can accumulate points and
win awards. The event is open to all, although only ARRL members and
appointees, elected officials, HQ staff and W1AW are worth ARRL Centennial QSO
Party points. Working W1AW/x from each state is worth 5 points per
contact.
To earn the "Worked all States with W1AW Award,"
work W1AW operating portable from all 50 states. (Working W1AW or W100AW in
Connecticut does not count for Connecticut, however. For award
credit, participants must work W1AW/1 in Connecticut.) A W1AW WAS certificate
and plaque will be available (pricing not yet available).
ARRL Centennial: A Century of Amateur
Radio and the ARRL
This week we'll look at
early Amateur Radio as seen through the viewing port of the December 1915
issue of QST -- the magazine's first issue -- whose cover proclaims,
"An Amateur Wireless Magazine ... Price 10 cents ... QST de The
American Radio Relay League." 
The December "Radio
Relay Bulletin" discusses the fact that the US and other countries face a
serious situation, with war clouds on the horizon. It was obvious to the
officers of the League that the service of its members as operators could
become quite important. Therefore, the League sent a letter to the Secretary of
the Navy, offering the services of its members in the event of a national
emergency.
For day-to-day operation, regular listening
hours are suggested, to listen for stations with messages on their hooks.
Lists of members and information on their stations had been circulated before
that first issue; additions to that list were published in the first QST and in subsequent issues,.
At that time, League
membership and a subscription to QST were separate. Membership was
free, and a three-month trial subscription to QST cost 25 cents. Among
the blanks on the membership application are, "Is your spark gap rotary,
fixed, or quenched?" "What tone has your spark?" and "Approximate wave
length?" That tells you much about the then-current state of the art.
The ads in that first issue touted the various parts available
for radio operators. These included the Jove Detector Holder, "for holding
one or two crystals and a cat-whisker" ($1); the Bunnell "renewable contact
radio key" ($7.50); a Stromberg-Carlson radio headset ($8.25), and the
Chambers rotary spark gap ($12.50): "Gives a tone similar to a flute, on 60
Cycles." Next time: The art and science of radio advances by leaps and
bounds.
Apps: Library of Congress Releases Free Braille and Audio Reading
App
The Library of Congress Braille and Talking Book Program has a free
Braille and Audio Reading Download (BARD) app for iOS devices available via the
iTunes Store. QST is among the available publications that can use
this app. 
"People who are blind, visually
impaired or have a physical disability may now download audio and Braille books
to their iPhone, iPad or iPod touch, if they are registered with the
National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped (NLS) in the
Library of Congress," the Library of Congress announcement said. NLS is
also working on a version of the app for Android devices.
The program permits readers to download audio and Braille books from their NLS BARD accounts. Access to
BARD is provided through local cooperating libraries. For QST the
program describes every circuit. It lets users adjust speed and tone, and it
offers a quick rewind to replay the last few seconds or a minute at a time, as
well as fast forward, wind back by phrase, and other features. Users can
go directly to articles, skip from section to section within an article, and
jump from article to article. Read more.

Milestones: Retired ARRL Staff Member Walt Ireland, WB7CSL,
SK
Walt Ireland, WB7CSL.
[White House photo] 
Retired
ARRL Technical Relations Specialist Walter Ireland, WB7CSL, of Henderson,
Nevada, died January 20. He was 76. Ireland served for 11 years on the
staff of the League's Technical Relations Office (TRO) in Fairfax,
Virginia, retiring in 2008. Prior to arriving at ARRL in 1997, Ireland spent 37
years in a variety of roles working for the federal government, including
for the Voice of America (VOA), where he was involved with building HF
broadcast stations.
"Walt contributed to the ARRL's
preparations for the World Radiocommunication Conferences (WRCs) in 2000, 2003, and
2007," recalled ARRL CEO David Sumner, K1ZZ. "His expertise in HF
broadcasting was especially valuable prior to WRC-03, where we gained a significant
improvement in the 40 meter band."
At the request of
the FCC, Ireland in 1997 accepted the chairmanship of US Working Party 6E --
which dealt with HF broadcasting -- remaining through WRC-07. Ireland was
selected as vice chair of informal working groups of the FCC WRC Advisory
Committee in preparation for WRC-03 and WRC-07. In addition to his
involvement in shifting HF broadcasters out of a part of 40 meters, he also took
part in efforts to protect Amateur Radio frequencies from synthetic aperture
radar, broadband over power lines (BPL), and ultra-wide band (UWB)
systems.
During his ARRL tenure, Ireland served as the chief
instructor for ARRL Amateur Radio Administration Course for Regulators (ARAC), sponsored by the United States Telecommunications Training
Institute (USTTI) and
held at ARRL Headquarters. He was an ARRL member and an alumnus of Central
Michigan University, Chaminade University of Honolulu, and Baltimore
Technical Institute.
After moving to Nevada, Ireland worked for
several years with the Henderson Police Department as a crime analyst.
Milestones: Noted DXer
Bruce Butler, W6OSP, SK
Bruce Butler, W6OSP. 
Bruce W. Butler, W6OSP, of Napa, California, died January 16. He was 79.
Butler's father was a ham and inspired him to get his license, which he did in
1950, becoming W5PXN while a high school student in Albuquerque, New
Mexico. While serving in the Navy on Guam, he operated KG6AAY and was able to
keep in touch with his father. He got hooked on DX after operating from both
sides of a pileup.
A University of New Mexico graduate,
he moved to California in the 1970s and obtained W6OSP. In the 1980s he
became a stockbroker and also rejuvenated his ham radio activity. His primary
activity was DXing. He served as president of the Redwood Empire DX Association and was a
member of the Northern
California DX Club and the Northern California Contest Club. He served on the board of the Northern California DX
Foundation and as its treasurer and president until recently stepping down in
retirement.
W6OSP was on DXpeditions from such
locations as 3B9, 4O, A6, KH8, H40, HV, KH4, PJ7 and ZF. NCDXF President Rusty
Epps, W6OAT, remembers Butler's "boundless" energy, and said he was always
looking for ways to help activate most-needed entities. "Amateur Radio, and
the DX community in particular, has lost a champion; I have lost a great
friend," said Epps. -- Thanks to The Daily DXand the NCDXF
The K7RA Solar Update 
Tad Cook, K7RA, reports: Average daily sunspot
numbers increased slightly this week, from 111.4 to 113.3, but average
daily solar flux declined by 22 points, from 155.4 to 133.4. Although there
seems to be no shortage of sunspots, they seem anemic and not very
magnetically complex. As a result, the radiation from these sunspots is feeble, as
indicated by lower solar flux values.
Predicted solar
flux for the near term is 140 on January 23-24, 135 on January 25-26, 130 on
January 27-28, 140 on January 29, 150 on January 30-31, 155 on February 1-5,
160 on February 6-7, then 150, 140 and 135 on February 8-10, 125 on
February 11-15, and 130 on February 16-20.
Predicted
planetary A index is 8 on January 23, 5 on January 24-29, 8 on January 30, 5 on
January 31 through February 6, 8 on February 7-8, 5 on February 9-16, and 8 on
February 17.
Friday's bulletin will have an updated
forecast, plus reports and from readers. Readers may contact Tad Cook via e-mail.
Just Ahead in Radiosport
Jan 24 -- NAQCC Straight Key/Bug Sprint
Jan 24
-- QRP Fox Hunt
Jan 24 -- NCCC Sprint Ladder
Jan 24-26 -- CQ 160-Meter Contest, CW
Jan 25
-- Worked All Britain 1.8 MHz Phone
Jan 25-26 -- REF
Contest, CW
Jan 25-26 -- BARTG RTTY Sprint
Jan 25-26 -- UBA DX Contest, SSB
Jan 25-26 -- SPAR
Winter Field Day
Jan 26 -- QRP ARCI Fireside SSB
Sprint
Jan 26-27 -- Classic Exchange, CW
Jan 29 & 31 -- QRP Fox Hunt
Jan 31 -- NCCC Sprint
Ladder
Feb 1 -- Triathlon DX Contest (RTTY, SSB, CW)
Feb 1 -- Minnesota QSO Party
Feb 1 --
AGCW Straight Key Party
Feb 1-2 -- Vermont QSO Party
Feb 1-2 -- 10-10 International Winter Contest, SSB
Feb 1-2 -- EPC WW DX Contest
Feb 1-2 --
Black Sea Cup International
Feb 1-2 -- British Columbia QSO
Party
Feb 1-2 -- Delaware QSO Party
Feb 1-2 -- Mexico RTTY International Contest
Feb 2 --
North American Sprint, CW
Upcoming ARRL Section, State and Division Conventions and Events
January 24-25 -- Mississippi State Convention, Jackson, Mississippi
January 25 -- Georgia ARES Convention, Forsyth, Georgia
January
25-26 -- Puerto Rico
State Convention, Hatillo, Puerto Rico
January
31-February 1 -- Southern
Florida Section Convention, Miami, Florida
February 1
-- Virginia State
Convention (Frostfest), Richmond, Virginia
February
1 -- South
Carolina State Convention, North Charleston, South Carolina
February 7-9 -- Northern Florida Section Convention (Orlando HamCation? --
Regional ARRL Centennial Event), Orlando, Florida
February
14-15 -- Arizona
Section Convention, Yuma, Arizona
February 22 -- Vermont State
Convention, South Burlington, Vermont
March 1-2 -- Alabama Section
Convention (BirmingHAMfest 2014), Birmingham, Alabama
March 7-8
-- North
Carolina Section Convention (Charlotte Hamfest), Concord, North Carolina
March 7-8 -- West Gulf Division Convention, Claremore, Oklahoma
March 14-15 -- Delta Division Convention, Rayne, Louisiana
March 15 -- Nebraska State Convention, Lincoln, Nebraska
March 15 -- West
Texas Section Convention, Midland, Texas
March 22 -- South Texas Section
Convention (Greater Houston Hamfest), Rosenberg, Texas
March 22-23 -- Communications Academy, Seattle, Washington
March
28-29 -- Maine State
Convention, Lewiston, Maine
April 19 -- Roanoke Division
Convention, Raleigh, North Carolina
April 25-27 -- Idaho State
Convention, Boise, Idaho
April 26 -- Aurora '14 Conference, White Bear Lake,
Minnesota
May 16-18 -- Dayton Hamvention, Dayton, Ohio
Find conventions and hamfests in your area.
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	* Your League: Kay Craigie, N3KN, Wins Third Term as ARRL
President
	* Your League: Oregon SM Bonnie Altus, AB7ZQ,
Named ARRL Northwestern Division Vice Director
	* Your League: Repeater Owners Now May Submit Repeater Directory Updates Directly to ARRL
	* Your League: New Guide Promotes FUNcube-1's
Educational Value
	* Your League: February QST Delivery
Delayed to Some Destinations
	* Awards: Yasme Foundation Announces
Excellence Awards
	* DX: NCDXF Announces Grant to Tromelin Island
DXpedition
	* DX: TT8ES, T6EU Operations Approved for DXCC
Credit
	* International: Canada to Get Five 60 Meter
Channels
	* International: AX for Australia Day
	* ARRL Centennial: W1AW Centennial Operations
Now in New York and Oklahoma
	* ARRL Centennial: A Century of Amateur Radio
and the ARRL
	* Apps: Library of Congress Releases Free
Braille and Audio Reading App
	* Milestones: Retired ARRL Staff Member Walt
Ireland, WB7CSL, SK
	* Milestones: Noted DXer Bruce Butler, W6OSP,
SK
	* The K7RA Solar Update
	* Just Ahead in Radiosport
	* Upcoming ARRL Section, State and Division
Conventions and Events
Your League:
Kay Craigie, N3KN, Wins Third Term as ARRL President
The ARRL Board of Directors has elected League President Kay Craigie,
N3KN, to a third two-year term. The Board met January 17 and 18 in the
Hartford, Connecticut, area for its annual
meeting, and election of officers was at the top of the business
agenda. The League's 15th president, Craigie lives in Blacksburg, Virginia, and
has been in office since 2010, succeeding Joel Harrison, W5ZN.
ARRL President Kay
Craigie, N3KN, presides over the ARRL Board meeting. To her right is ARRL First
Vice President Rick Roderick, K5UR. [Steve Ford, WB8IMY, photo] 
The Board also re-elected First Vice
President Rick Roderick, K5UR, to a new two-year term. ARRL Northwestern
Division Director Jim Fenstermaker, K9JF, was elected Second Vice President,
succeeding incumbent Bruce Frahm, K0BJ. Northwestern Division Vice Director
Jim Pace, K7CEX, acceded to the Director's chair.
Also
elected to new two-year terms were International Affairs Vice President Jay
Bellows, K0QB, and Treasurer Rick Niswander, K7GM.
In
addition the board chose ARRL Executive Committee members and ARRL
Foundation directors. Elected for one-year terms to the Executive Committee were
Central Division Director George R. "Dick" Isely, W9GIG; Pacific Division
Director Bob Vallio, W6RGG; Midwest Division Director Cliff Ahrens, K0CA;
Hudson Division Director Mike Lisenco, N2YBB, and West Gulf Division Director Dr
David Woolweaver, K5RAV.
ARRL Foundation Board
Director members elected for three-year terms were Ahrens, Frahm, and
Fenstermaker. Gene Hastings, W1VRK, retired from the Foundation Board after many years
of devoted service.
As the International Amateur Radio
Union (IARU)
International Secretariat, the ARRL, after consultation with the IARU
Administrative Council, nominates candidates for IARU President and Vice President. The
Board instructed ARRL Secretary David Sumner to vote to ratify the
nominations of incumbent IARU President Tim Ellam, VE6SH/G4HUA, and incumbent IARU
Vice President Ole Garpestad, LA2RR, for additional five-year
terms.
Other Major Board Actions
	* Instructed
the Public Relations Committee and ARRL staff to develop a draft document
appropriate for presentation to legislators and other government officials
to explain radio amateurs' contributions to the public, and to develop a
mechanism for collecting and making available presentation materials for use
by clubs in training and promotion.
	* Instructed the
HF Band Planning Committee to reach out to the membership regarding concerns
pertaining to the increasing popularity of data modes, and to investigate
and suggest ways that these modes can coexist.
	* Instructed staff to prepare answers to frequently asked questions (FAQs) about
the ARRL "symbol rate" Petition for Rule Making (PRM), RM-11708.
	* Received the final reports from three committees that had completed
their work: The Emergency Communications Advisory Committee (ECAC), the
Committee on Youth in the Second Century, and the Centennial Celebration
Committee. Consideration of the recommendations contained in the extensive report
of the ECAC is ongoing. The Board discharged all three committees with
thanks.
	* Bestowed the 2013 Joe Knight Distinguished
Service Award for Section Managers on longtime Mississippi Section Manager
Malcolm P. Keown, W5XX.
	* Conferred 2013 George Hart
Distinguished Service Award on Mark Rappaport, W2EAG, for his work in and for
the National Traffic System.
	* Scheduled the July
Board meeting for July 21-22, immediately following the ARRL Centennial
National Convention in Hartford.
The ARRL Board of Directors met January 17-18 near
Hartford, Connecticut, for its annual meeting. [Steve Ford, WB8IMY, photo] 
President Craigie announced
committee appointments for the coming year, including new chairmen of two
standing committees: Dakota Division Director Greg Widin, K0GW, as chairman of
the Administration & Finance Committee, and Rocky Mountain Division Director
Brian Mileshosky, N5ZGT, as chairman of the Programs & Services
Committee.
The ARRL Board selected media professionals in Delaware
and Michigan as recipients of the 2013 Bill Leonard, W2SKE, Professional
Media Award.
	* For print excellence -- Kim Hoey
(writer) and Gary Emeigh (photographer), of The News Journal,
Wilmington, Delaware, featured aspects of the Delmarva Hamfest in their November
story, "Calling Fans Of Hams."
	* For TV/video
excellence -- Rich Luterman, chief meteorologist at Fox 2 Television in Detroit,
Michigan, presented the Oakland County Amateur Radio Public Service Corps's
efforts and mission during SKYWARN Recognition Day.
	* For radio/audio excellence -- Bill Colley, afternoon host on WGMD-FM in
Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, discussed the club's upcoming Amateur Radio license
class with Bill Duveneck, KB3KYH, of the Sussex Amateur Radio Association
(SARA), "in a positive and engaging manner."
The official
minutes of the annual meeting have been posted to the ARRL website.
Your League: Oregon SM
Bonnie Altus, AB7ZQ, Named ARRL Northwestern Division Vice
Director
Bonnie Altus, AB7ZQ. 
ARRL President Kay Craigie, N3KN,
has tapped Oregon Section Manager Bonnie Altus, AB7ZQ, of Sheridan, as the
League's Northwestern Division Vice Director, succeeding Jim Pace, K7CEX.
Pace took over as ARRL Northwestern Division Director after former director
Jim Fenstermaker, K9JF, was elected ARRL Second Vice President at the ARRL
Board of Directors annual meeting.
Licensed since 1997,
Altus became interested in ham radio while working in information systems
and telecommunications for a hospital. She thought ham radio would be
beneficial in disaster communications, and she used what she learned as a new
licensee to write an emergency communications plan for the hospital. She has
served as president of the McMinnville Amateur Radio Club and as an ARES
assistant emergency coordinator and emergency coordinator. An Amateur Extra
class licensee, she is especially interested in digital modes. Her husband
Mark is AC7ZQ. Altus had served more than 7 years as Oregon Section Manager,
from July 2006 until January 2014.
Ev Curry, W6ABM. 
ARRL Membership and Volunteer Programs Department Manager
Dave Patton, NN1N, announced the appointment of Everett "Ev" Curry, W6ABM, of
Hillsboro, Oregon, to fill the remainder of Altus's term as Oregon Section
Manager. Patton consulted with Pace in filling the SM vacancy. Curry will
complete the current term, which expires on June 30, 2014. Nominations for
the next term of office (starting July 1) for the Oregon SM are now being
solicited.
Curry has been an Assistant Section Manager in
Oregon since 2007, an Official Observer since 2003, and the Official
Observer Coordinator since 2008. In addition he served as Public Information
Coordinator for Oregon from 2002 to 2007. An ARRL Life Member, he is editor of The Oscillator, the monthly journal of the Tualatin Valley Amateur
Radio Club.
Your
League: Repeater Owners Now May Submit Repeater Directory Updates
Directly to ARRL 
Repeater owners now may submit updated
information for use in the ARRL Repeater Directory, TravelPlus and
other products directly to the ARRL via the League's website. Repeater owners
or trustees can use the new web page to notify the ARRL of changes to
existing repeaters, such as new CTCSS frequencies or call sign changes. The web
page cannot be used to add new or uncoordinated repeaters,
however.
"This new capability is intended for repeaters that
are already on the air, as a means to keep our information as accurate as
possible throughout the year," said Steve Ford, WB8IMY, ARRL Publications
Manager. Ford was quick to point out that sending information directly to the
ARRL does not relieve repeater owners of their obligation to communicate
with their coordinators.
"We are simply collecting the
most up-to-date information for use in books and software, and only for those
instances where something has recently changed," Ford stressed. "This
isn't meant to be a substitute for notifying your coordinator. It also isn't a
substitute for formal coordination of a new repeater. Only repeater
coordinators can do that."
Your
League: New Guide Promotes FUNcube-1's Educational Value
A new FUNcube guide developed by ARRL Education & Technology Program (ETP)
Director Mark Spencer, WA8SME, aims to maximize the educational focus of
the tiny AO-73 satellite. Spencer's Pragmatic Guide for Using
the FUNcube (AO-73) Materials Science Experiment in the Classroom prompts readers to dig beyond AO-73's Amateur Radio transponder and telemetry
uploads and downloads and "take a closer look at what is really going on"
as the satellite orbits Earth. The diminutive spacecraft includes an AMSAT-UK-developed
materials science experiment (MSE). Spencer's guide helps teachers and students to
analyze telemetry and apply the laws of thermodynamics to examine how heat
is radiated into space from materials having different surface
finishes. 
"The primary mission of the FUNcube is
education, and the MSE is the focus of that mission," Spencer said. When it's
not in educational mode the spacecraft switches on an Amateur Radio SSB/CW
inverting transponder (435.150-435.130 MHz LSB up / 145.950-145.970 MHz USB
down). "I know there is an ongoing discussion of the value of cubesat
telemetry when compared to transponder operations," he said. "[Y]ou just might
find that an occasional look at the telemetry will help you better
understand satellites and make you a better satellite operator."
As Spencer explained, the FUNcube-1 MSE includes two separate experiments
-- one using the thermally isolated aluminum bars mounted on one face of
the satellite, and the second using four aluminum bars that form part of the
satellite's body in the corners of the cube. MSE data are transmitted via
a 2 meter downlink (145.935 MHz BPSK) and decoded and displayed by the
AMSAT-UK Dashboard software.
"Collecting the data is only part of the education mission," Spencer
said. "The other -- and more meaningful part -- is interpreting the data."
That, he explained, starts with a thermodynamics refresher. "In the broadest
terms, thermodynamics is the study of how heat moves from one place to
another," he continued. "The purpose of the FUNcube MSE is to allow students
to witness heat transfer by radiation firsthand in an environment -- space
-- where convection and conduction are not present."
Spencer called the FUNcube MSE "an exceptional educational resource," and he
praised AMSAT-UK's efforts. "It's now our turn to gain as much as we can
from their efforts, and I hope the Guide will help you get started."
The ARRL's Classroom Library: Satellite
Communications page includes a link to the new guide and has more
information on bringing space into the classroom. Read more.
Your League: February QST Delivery Delayed to Some
Destinations
Mail delivery of February QST may be
delayed to some members. 
Our printer has reported that all copies now
are in transit, but there was a delay of a few days with the February
issue, as several of the printer's Midwest divisions were shut down due to
inclement weather. 
Members who haven't yet received the
February issue should get their copies shortly. The digital version of the
February issue is now available to ARRL members.
Awards: Yasme Foundation Announces Excellence
Awards 
The Yasme Foundation Board of Directors has announced the nine
recipients of its Excellence Award for 2013. The Foundation said the award
"honors individuals who, through their own service, creativity, effort and
dedication, have made a significant contribution to Amateur Radio" --
technical, operating, or organizational. The Yasme Excellence Award is in the form
of a cash grant and an engraved crystal globe. Recipients for 2013
are:
	* Tom Roscoe, K8CX, for his dedication to
collecting and publishing current and historical photos and other documents on
his Hamgallery website. Hamgallery is an excellent Amateur Radio resource provided free
of charge to the online community. He has an extensive collection of vintage
QSL cards.
	* Lee Sawkins, VE7CC, for his
software, widely used to manage and filter DX cluster spotting output. Without
such filters, the output of the spotting network would be overwhelming and
unusable. His filtering software enables logging programs to integrate with
the spotting network for contesting and general-purpose operation. He
supports the local DX and contesting community in British Columbia and will
represent Canada in WRTC-2014 as the team leader from the NA-12 region.
	* John Devoldere, ON4UN, for building one of the premier amateur
stations in the world and for his extensive contributions to the DXing
community. Beginning with 80 Meter DXing, published in 1978, his book
expanded to Low-Band DXing, which, in its fifth edition, has
become the most widely used handbook for operating and building antenna
systems on the bands at 7 MHz and below. His book highlights important advances
in HF amateur technology and encourages operation on these bands.
	* Michael Carroll, N4MC; Eldon Lewis, K7LS; Dean Gibson,
AE7Q, and Joseph Speroni, AH0A, for their role in providing radio
amateurs with convenient access to information maintained in FCC databases. Before
it was discontinued earlier this year, N4MC's Vanity HQ site was the
single most popular resource for US amateurs seeking to obtain a desired call
sign. Carroll continues to maintain the National Silent Key Archive and call sign
history database. K7LS and AE7Q have created similar online services. AH0A was a pioneer in providing useful summaries of
licensing information, including licensing statistics.
	* Ken Claerbout, K4ZW, for his work in support of the series of
video seminars and lectures produced in association with the Potomac Valley
Radio Club (PVRC).
Initially focused on contesting, the scope has broadened to include a variety
of operating and technical topics. More important, the videos have
encouraged others to publish similar webinars and archive them for viewing at any
time.
	* Ashraf Chaabane, 3V/KF5EYY, for being
an energetic representative on all fronts of Amateur Radio in Northern
Africa and globally, presenting a positive role model for Amateur Radio
throughout the Arab world with his enthusiasm and competitive spirit. His mission
is to see the day when Tunisia issues to him that country's first
individual Amateur Radio license. Chaabane will represent Africa as the team leader
for the African team in WRTC-2014.
The Yasme
Foundation is a not-for-profit corporation, organized to conduct scientific and
educational projects related to Amateur Radio, including DXing, and to the
introduction and promotion of Amateur Radio in developing countries. --
Thanks to Ward Silver, N0AX, Yasme Foundation President
DX: NCDXF Announces Grant to Tromelin
Island DXpedition 
The Northern
California DX Foundation (NCDXF) has announced a $25,000 grant to the FT5/T Tromelin Island DXpedition planned
for October 30-November 10, 2014. Tromelin is tenth on The DX
Magazine's latest Most Wanted List. Tromelin is a small, extremely
environmentally fragile area, and strict limitations are in place regarding the number
of visitors and time allowed on the island.
"The team's
antenna plans, pilot feedback plans, and enthusiasm should make this
entity available to many DXers," NCDXF President Glenn Johnson, W0GJ, said in
announcing the grant. "For the past 42 years the NCDXF has funded major
DXpeditions to many most-wanted entities. The credit for these large grants goes
to the NCDXF contributors, individuals and clubs, who make DX like this
possible."
Additional details are on the DXpedition website.
DX: TT8ES, T6EU Operations
Approved for DXCC Credit
The ARRL DXCC Desk has
approved the 2014 operation of TT8ES -- Chad -- and the current operation
(through May 3, 2014) of T6EU -- Afghanistan -- for DX Century Club credit.
This operation was 
previously approved for 2012
and 2013, and the license has been extended through February 28, 2014. If a
request for DXCC credit for this operation has been rejected in a prior
application, contact ARRL Awards Branch Manager Bill Moore, NC1L, to be placed on the list for
an update to your record. Please note the submission date and/or reference
number of your application in order to expedite the search for any rejected
contacts.
DXCC is Amateur Radio's premier award that
hams can earn by confirming on-the-air contacts with 100 DXCC "entities,"
most of which are countries in the traditional sense. You can begin with the
basic DXCC award and work your way up to the DXCC Honor Roll. Learn more. -- ARRL
Awards Branch Manager Bill Moore, NC1L
International: Canada to Get Five 60
Meter Channels
Industry Canada has
granted Amateur Radio operators there the use of five 60 meter channels on
a non-interference basis. The center-channel frequencies harmonize with
those available to US radio amateurs on 60 meters: 5332 kHz, 5348 kHz, 5358.5
kHz, 5373 kHz, and 5405 kHz. 
"[G]iven that use of these
frequencies was requested, in part, to allow for cross-border communications
in times of emergency," Industry Canada said, "harmonization of the
frequencies with the United States would facilitate such communications between
the Canadian and the US Amateur Radio communities."
Amateur stations will be restricted to USB, data, RTTY and CW modes, with a
maximum bandwidth of 2.8 kHz, and a maximum power output of 100 W ERP -- the
same as the US allows.
"Canadian amateur operations
shall not cause interference to fixed and mobile operations in Canada or in
other countries," Industry Canada ruled, "and, if such interference occurs,
the Amateur Service may be required to cease operations. The Amateur Service
in Canada may not claim protection from interference by the fixed and
mobile operations of other countries."
Elsewhere, Uni?n
de Radioaficionados Espa?oles (URE) General Secretary Salvador Bernal, EA7SB, reported recently that Spain's telecommunications
regulatory agency has authorized the use of several 60 meter frequencies
through June 30, 2014. The authorized center frequencies are 5268, 5295, 5313,
5382, 5430, and 5439 kHz, with a power of 100 W PEP and a maximum bandwidth
of 3 kHz. Center channels authorized for the US and Canada differ. The URE
is recommending that hams in Spain use USB on 60 meters, the mode employed
in most countries authorizing operation on 60 meters.
In the Czech Republic, up to 10 radio amateurs are being permitted to
operate on 60 meters on an experimental basis until the end of 2014. This
experimental phase of 5 MHz operation follows an initial trial that ended two
years ago. Czech Republic radio amateurs holding a special permit may use six
channels that are common to many current 5 MHz ham radio allocations. The
USB dial frequencies are 5288.5, 5330.5, 5366.5, 5371.5, 5398.5, and 5403.5
kHz. Experimenters will be allowed to operate 100 W ERP on USB and CW (+1.5
kHz from the USB dial frequency). -- Thanks to Industry Canada and Bryan
Rawlings, VE3QN, URE and Southgate ARC
International: AX for Australia Day 
Australia Day is January 26, and all radio
amateurs in Australia may use the AX call sign prefix on that day, instead of
VK. Australia Day marks the First Fleet's arrival in 1788 at Sydney Cove,
the establishment of a settlement at Port Jackson, and the raising of the
British flag by Admiral and Governor-designate Arthur Phillip. On Australia
Day many celebrate their country and culture. This includes the granting of
awards, honors, and the welcoming to citizenship of many qualifying
immigrants. Under a standing agreement between the Australian Communications and
Media Authority and the Wireless Institute of Australia, use of the AX prefix
is also available on ANZAC Day, April 25, and on World
Telecommunication and Information Society Day, May 17.-- Thanks to Jim Linton,
VK3PC
ARRL
Centennial: W1AW Centennial Operations Now in New York and Oklahoma
The ARRL Centennial "W1AW WAS"
operations taking place throughout 2014 from each of the 50 states now are in
New York (W1AW/2) and Oklahoma (W1AW/5). During 2014 W1AW will be on the
air from every state at least twice, and from most US territories, and it
will be easy to work all states solely by contacting W1AW portable operations.  
In conjunction with the 100th
anniversary of the ARRL, the ARRL Centennial QSO Party kicked off January 1 for a
year-long operating event in which participants can accumulate points and
win awards. The event is open to all, although only ARRL members and
appointees, elected officials, HQ staff and W1AW are worth ARRL Centennial QSO
Party points. Working W1AW/x from each state is worth 5 points per
contact.
To earn the "Worked all States with W1AW Award,"
work W1AW operating portable from all 50 states. (Working W1AW or W100AW in
Connecticut does not count for Connecticut, however. For award
credit, participants must work W1AW/1 in Connecticut.) A W1AW WAS certificate
and plaque will be available (pricing not yet available).
ARRL Centennial: A Century of Amateur
Radio and the ARRL
This week we'll look at
early Amateur Radio as seen through the viewing port of the December 1915
issue of QST -- the magazine's first issue -- whose cover proclaims,
"An Amateur Wireless Magazine ... Price 10 cents ... QST de The
American Radio Relay League." 
The December "Radio
Relay Bulletin" discusses the fact that the US and other countries face a
serious situation, with war clouds on the horizon. It was obvious to the
officers of the League that the service of its members as operators could
become quite important. Therefore, the League sent a letter to the Secretary of
the Navy, offering the services of its members in the event of a national
emergency.
For day-to-day operation, regular listening
hours are suggested, to listen for stations with messages on their hooks.
Lists of members and information on their stations had been circulated before
that first issue; additions to that list were published in the first QST and in subsequent issues,.
At that time, League
membership and a subscription to QST were separate. Membership was
free, and a three-month trial subscription to QST cost 25 cents. Among
the blanks on the membership application are, "Is your spark gap rotary,
fixed, or quenched?" "What tone has your spark?" and "Approximate wave
length?" That tells you much about the then-current state of the art.
The ads in that first issue touted the various parts available
for radio operators. These included the Jove Detector Holder, "for holding
one or two crystals and a cat-whisker" ($1); the Bunnell "renewable contact
radio key" ($7.50); a Stromberg-Carlson radio headset ($8.25), and the
Chambers rotary spark gap ($12.50): "Gives a tone similar to a flute, on 60
Cycles." Next time: The art and science of radio advances by leaps and
bounds.
Apps: Library of Congress Releases Free Braille and Audio Reading
App
The Library of Congress Braille and Talking Book Program has a free
Braille and Audio Reading Download (BARD) app for iOS devices available via the
iTunes Store. QST is among the available publications that can use
this app. 
"People who are blind, visually
impaired or have a physical disability may now download audio and Braille books
to their iPhone, iPad or iPod touch, if they are registered with the
National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped (NLS) in the
Library of Congress," the Library of Congress announcement said. NLS is
also working on a version of the app for Android devices.
The program permits readers to download audio and Braille books from their NLS BARD accounts. Access to
BARD is provided through local cooperating libraries. For QST the
program describes every circuit. It lets users adjust speed and tone, and it
offers a quick rewind to replay the last few seconds or a minute at a time, as
well as fast forward, wind back by phrase, and other features. Users can
go directly to articles, skip from section to section within an article, and
jump from article to article. Read more.

Milestones: Retired ARRL Staff Member Walt Ireland, WB7CSL,
SK
Walt Ireland, WB7CSL.
[White House photo] 
Retired
ARRL Technical Relations Specialist Walter Ireland, WB7CSL, of Henderson,
Nevada, died January 20. He was 76. Ireland served for 11 years on the
staff of the League's Technical Relations Office (TRO) in Fairfax,
Virginia, retiring in 2008. Prior to arriving at ARRL in 1997, Ireland spent 37
years in a variety of roles working for the federal government, including
for the Voice of America (VOA), where he was involved with building HF
broadcast stations.
"Walt contributed to the ARRL's
preparations for the World Radiocommunication Conferences (WRCs) in 2000, 2003, and
2007," recalled ARRL CEO David Sumner, K1ZZ. "His expertise in HF
broadcasting was especially valuable prior to WRC-03, where we gained a significant
improvement in the 40 meter band."
At the request of
the FCC, Ireland in 1997 accepted the chairmanship of US Working Party 6E --
which dealt with HF broadcasting -- remaining through WRC-07. Ireland was
selected as vice chair of informal working groups of the FCC WRC Advisory
Committee in preparation for WRC-03 and WRC-07. In addition to his
involvement in shifting HF broadcasters out of a part of 40 meters, he also took
part in efforts to protect Amateur Radio frequencies from synthetic aperture
radar, broadband over power lines (BPL), and ultra-wide band (UWB)
systems.
During his ARRL tenure, Ireland served as the chief
instructor for ARRL Amateur Radio Administration Course for Regulators (ARAC), sponsored by the United States Telecommunications Training
Institute (USTTI) and
held at ARRL Headquarters. He was an ARRL member and an alumnus of Central
Michigan University, Chaminade University of Honolulu, and Baltimore
Technical Institute.
After moving to Nevada, Ireland worked for
several years with the Henderson Police Department as a crime analyst.
Milestones: Noted DXer
Bruce Butler, W6OSP, SK
Bruce Butler, W6OSP. 
Bruce W. Butler, W6OSP, of Napa, California, died January 16. He was 79.
Butler's father was a ham and inspired him to get his license, which he did in
1950, becoming W5PXN while a high school student in Albuquerque, New
Mexico. While serving in the Navy on Guam, he operated KG6AAY and was able to
keep in touch with his father. He got hooked on DX after operating from both
sides of a pileup.
A University of New Mexico graduate,
he moved to California in the 1970s and obtained W6OSP. In the 1980s he
became a stockbroker and also rejuvenated his ham radio activity. His primary
activity was DXing. He served as president of the Redwood Empire DX Association and was a
member of the Northern
California DX Club and the Northern California Contest Club. He served on the board of the Northern California DX
Foundation and as its treasurer and president until recently stepping down in
retirement.
W6OSP was on DXpeditions from such
locations as 3B9, 4O, A6, KH8, H40, HV, KH4, PJ7 and ZF. NCDXF President Rusty
Epps, W6OAT, remembers Butler's "boundless" energy, and said he was always
looking for ways to help activate most-needed entities. "Amateur Radio, and
the DX community in particular, has lost a champion; I have lost a great
friend," said Epps. -- Thanks to The Daily DXand the NCDXF
The K7RA Solar Update 
Tad Cook, K7RA, reports: Average daily sunspot
numbers increased slightly this week, from 111.4 to 113.3, but average
daily solar flux declined by 22 points, from 155.4 to 133.4. Although there
seems to be no shortage of sunspots, they seem anemic and not very
magnetically complex. As a result, the radiation from these sunspots is feeble, as
indicated by lower solar flux values.
Predicted solar
flux for the near term is 140 on January 23-24, 135 on January 25-26, 130 on
January 27-28, 140 on January 29, 150 on January 30-31, 155 on February 1-5,
160 on February 6-7, then 150, 140 and 135 on February 8-10, 125 on
February 11-15, and 130 on February 16-20.
Predicted
planetary A index is 8 on January 23, 5 on January 24-29, 8 on January 30, 5 on
January 31 through February 6, 8 on February 7-8, 5 on February 9-16, and 8 on
February 17.
Friday's bulletin will have an updated
forecast, plus reports and from readers. Readers may contact Tad Cook via e-mail.
Just Ahead in Radiosport
Jan 24 -- NAQCC Straight Key/Bug Sprint
Jan 24
-- QRP Fox Hunt
Jan 24 -- NCCC Sprint Ladder
Jan 24-26 -- CQ 160-Meter Contest, CW
Jan 25
-- Worked All Britain 1.8 MHz Phone
Jan 25-26 -- REF
Contest, CW
Jan 25-26 -- BARTG RTTY Sprint
Jan 25-26 -- UBA DX Contest, SSB
Jan 25-26 -- SPAR
Winter Field Day
Jan 26 -- QRP ARCI Fireside SSB
Sprint
Jan 26-27 -- Classic Exchange, CW
Jan 29 & 31 -- QRP Fox Hunt
Jan 31 -- NCCC Sprint
Ladder
Feb 1 -- Triathlon DX Contest (RTTY, SSB, CW)
Feb 1 -- Minnesota QSO Party
Feb 1 --
AGCW Straight Key Party
Feb 1-2 -- Vermont QSO Party
Feb 1-2 -- 10-10 International Winter Contest, SSB
Feb 1-2 -- EPC WW DX Contest
Feb 1-2 --
Black Sea Cup International
Feb 1-2 -- British Columbia QSO
Party
Feb 1-2 -- Delaware QSO Party
Feb 1-2 -- Mexico RTTY International Contest
Feb 2 --
North American Sprint, CW
Upcoming ARRL Section, State and Division Conventions and Events
January 24-25 -- Mississippi State Convention, Jackson, Mississippi
January 25 -- Georgia ARES Convention, Forsyth, Georgia
January
25-26 -- Puerto Rico
State Convention, Hatillo, Puerto Rico
January
31-February 1 -- Southern
Florida Section Convention, Miami, Florida
February 1
-- Virginia State
Convention (Frostfest), Richmond, Virginia
February
1 -- South
Carolina State Convention, North Charleston, South Carolina
February 7-9 -- Northern Florida Section Convention (Orlando HamCation? --
Regional ARRL Centennial Event), Orlando, Florida
February
14-15 -- Arizona
Section Convention, Yuma, Arizona
February 22 -- Vermont State
Convention, South Burlington, Vermont
March 1-2 -- Alabama Section
Convention (BirmingHAMfest 2014), Birmingham, Alabama
March 7-8
-- North
Carolina Section Convention (Charlotte Hamfest), Concord, North Carolina
March 7-8 -- West Gulf Division Convention, Claremore, Oklahoma
March 14-15 -- Delta Division Convention, Rayne, Louisiana
March 15 -- Nebraska State Convention, Lincoln, Nebraska
March 15 -- West
Texas Section Convention, Midland, Texas
March 22 -- South Texas Section
Convention (Greater Houston Hamfest), Rosenberg, Texas
March 22-23 -- Communications Academy, Seattle, Washington
March
28-29 -- Maine State
Convention, Lewiston, Maine
April 19 -- Roanoke Division
Convention, Raleigh, North Carolina
April 25-27 -- Idaho State
Convention, Boise, Idaho
April 26 -- Aurora '14 Conference, White Bear Lake,
Minnesota
May 16-18 -- Dayton Hamvention, Dayton, Ohio
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From n8pr1 at bellsouth.net  Fri Jan 24 00:15:37 2014
From: n8pr1 at bellsouth.net (Pete Rimmel N8PR)
Date: Fri, 24 Jan 2014 00:15:37 -0500
Subject: [QCWA Everglades Chapter #69] Fw: [FCG] W1AW/4 - Week of February 19
Message-ID: <D96CC4D736674C70AA4AF9B2C8338F08@PeteRGateway>

South Florida ops...  If you cannot come to N8PR  you can still get in on 
the fun !

Go to the link below and mention that you are SFDXA registering "late"

Chris and the others will help you.

Great organization from them...  I really appreciate it.

73  PeteR  N8PR


PS if you want to operate from my station, contact or eMail me directly  --  
Thanks

-----Original Message----- 
From: Chris Plumblee
Sent: Thursday, January 23, 2014 10:39 PM
To: Florida Contest Group
Subject: [FCG] W1AW/4 - Week of February 19

As was announced at the Melbourne Hamfest meetings (and as you've noticed
if you've been on the bands much since January 1) W1AW is moving across the
country. This year, each state is hosting two weeks of operation from W1AW
on all bands and modes. Florida is hosting W1AW during the week of February
19, which is just around the corner.

N8PR and the SFDXA have taken the lead for the operation this February (FCG
will take the lead in November). As such, they've reserved time for
themselves. However, they need help from the FCG to offer coverage as
comprehensively as possible.

To that end, please click on the link at the bottom of this message (it
goes to a Google form). Fill in the form as completely as possible (RTTY =
Any Digital Mode) and click submit. Your request will go to one of our
three "Mode Captains." These three volunteers will be coordinating the
operation for FCG and will be responsible for finding spots for as many of
you as want to operate. Everyone can't operate at the same time on the same
band and mode, but it is permissible to have stations on CW, Phone, and
Digital on the same band simultaneously. The mode captains are:

CW = Gary "Red" Letchford K0LUZ
RTTY/Digital = Dan Thompson W4UH
SSB = Steve Szabo WB4OMM

When you submit the form, the mode captain will slot you in as closely as
possible to your requested time. In many cases, you will receive the
timeslot that you've requested. However, in the event that's not possible,
they will do the best they can to fit you in during that window. It is
imperative that we not have more than one signal per band/mode signing
W1AW/4, so strict adherence to your scheduled time is absolutely required.

The only guidelines for operating as W1AW is that you must pre-register
(the ARRL needs to know where everyone is for LOTW purposes) and you must
be prepared for big pileups. The rates and interest so far have both been
extremely high. If you have any questions, please feel free to drop me a
line.

Also, to avoid disappointment, the SFDXA gang have already reserved
10/15/20m phone and digital for both Saturday and Sunday, 2/22 and 2/23.
However, there are still CW slots on 10/15/20m for the weekend, and the
WARC bands are wide open.

Let's do Florida proud and put together a big number for our first W1AW/4
week! The link to the form is below.

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1UoMb9majlm8T7KiSXbl1p-2jIpfRWh7rTRu0DlDINL8/viewform

73,
Chris WF3C

-- 
Chris Plumblee
407.494.5155
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From bmarx at bellsouth.net  Sun Jan 26 09:34:58 2014
From: bmarx at bellsouth.net (WILLIAM MARX)
Date: Sun, 26 Jan 2014 06:34:58 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [QCWA Everglades Chapter #69] Miami Hamboree Next Friday January
	31st and Saturday February 1st
Message-ID: <1390746898.1302.YahooMailNeo@web184305.mail.ne1.yahoo.com>

The ARRL Sanctioned Miami Hamboree is next weekend. Friday it opens at 12 Noon - 6PM and Saturday at 9AM - 6PM. This years Grand Prize was supplied by Icom.


http://hamboree.org/

The South Florida DX Association is participating and planning on a great time.


The SFDXA will have booth where Members and All Hams gather and can find information on how to Join. We will assist those with interest in DX and Antenna Questions. 


ARRL DXCC Card Checking Will Be Available.

The SFDXA Forum will be at 1:00 PM Saturday. Our Guest Speakers will be Dan Henderson N1ND and Dan Street K1TO.

Dan Henderson N1ND will update us on ARRL events and current DX Information.

Our Featured Guest Speaker will be Dan Street K1TO. Dan is a well know contester and competitor. Experienced contesters know his call sign well, especially his World Radiosport Championship Three Time Winner with teammate N5TJ and Two Sweepstakes wins. Dan will speak to us about his recent Operation from A4 and update us on the upcoming Radiosport WRTC event.

There will be Door Prizes at the SFDXA Forum...Supplied by Mike's Electronics Ft Lauderdale, ARRL and others.


Saturday immediately after the Hamboree the SFDXA will be hosting an informal Dinner at the Las Vegas Restaurant which is right down the street from the Hamboree. Sign Up and Directions will be at the SFDXA Tables.Last year the Dinner was well attended and we hope to see more of you this year.


So Join your Club Members and Friends next weekend and Enjoy the Miami Hamboree.

Bill Marx W2CQ
President SFDXA

From wa4aw at juno.com  Sun Jan 26 11:45:51 2014
From: wa4aw at juno.com (wa4aw)
Date: Sun, 26 Jan 2014 16:45:51 GMT
Subject: [QCWA Everglades Chapter #69] A History Quiz ?
Message-ID: <20140126.114551.7886.1@webmail03.vgs.untd.com>

 
 THIS MAY BE HARDER THAN YOU MAY THINK. THE 
 
 ANSWERS WILL BE ON THE TIP OF YOUR TONGUE, BUT YOU JUST CAN'T QUITE REMEMBER THE CORRECT ANSWER. 
  
 
 DON'T LOOK BELOW FOR THE ANSWERS UNTIL YOU HAVE TRIED IT OUT. 
 
 A TEST FOR 'OLDER' KIDS. I was picky who I sent this to. It had to be those who might actually remember. So have some fun my sharp-witted friends. This is a test 
 for us 'older kids'! The answers are printed below. 
*****************
   01. After the Lone Ranger saved the day and rode off into the sunset, the grateful citizens would ask, Who was that masked man? Invariably, someone would answer, I don't know, but he left this behind. What did he leave behind?________________. 
  
 
 02. When the Beatles first came to the U.S. In early 1964, we all watched them on The ____ ___________ Show. 
  
 
 03. 'Get your kicks, __ _________ _______.' 
  
 
 04. 'The story you are about to see is true. The names have been changed to ___________________.' 
  
 
 05. 'In the jungle, the mighty jungle, ________________.' 
  
 
 06. After the Twist, The Mashed Potato, and the Watusi, we 'danced' under a stick that was lowered as low as we could go in a dance called the '_____________.' 
  
 
 07. Nestle's makes the very best . .. . . _______________.' 
  
 
 08. Satchmo was America 's 'Ambassador of Goodwill.' Our parents shared this great jazz trumpet player with us. His name was _________________. 
  
 
 09. What takes a licking and keeps on ticking? _______________. 
  
 10. Red Skeleton's hobo character was named __________________ and Red always ended his television show by saying, 'Good Night, and '________ 
 ________... ' 
  
 
 11. Some Americans who protested the Vietnam War did so by burning their______________. 
  
 
 12. The cute little car with the engine in the back and the trunk in the front was called the VW. What other names did it go by? ____________ &_______________. 
  
 
 13. In 1971, singer Don MacLean sang a song about, 'the day the music died.' This was a tribute to ___________________. 
  
 
 14. We can remember the first satellite placed into orbit. The Russians did it. It was called ___________________. 
  
 
 15. One of the big fads of the late 50's and 60's was a large plastic ring that we twirled around our waist. It was called the ___________     ____________.
  
 16. Remember LS/MFT _____ _____/_____ _____ _____? 
  
 
 17. Hey Kids! What time is it? It's _____ ______ _____! 
  
 
 18. Who knows what secrets lie in the hearts of men? The _____ Knows! 
  
 
 19. There was a song that came out in the 60's that was "a grave yard smash". It's name was the ______ ______!
 
 20. Alka Seltzer used a "boy with a tablet on his head" as it's Logo/Representative. What was the boy's name? ________ 
  
  
 ANSWERS: 
 
 01.The Lone Ranger left behind a silver bullet. 
 
 02. The Ed Sullivan Show 
 
 03. On Route 66 
 
 04.To protect the innocent. 
 
 05.The Lion Sleeps Tonight 
 
 06. The limbo 
 
 07. Chocolate 
 
 08. Louis Armstrong 
 
 09. The Timex watch 
 
 10. Freddy, The Freeloader and 'Good Night and God Bless.' 
 
 11. Draft cards (Bras were also burned. Not flags, as some have guessed) 
 
 12. Beetle or Bug 
 
 13. Buddy Holly 
 
 14. Sputnik 
 
 15. Hoola-hoop 
 
 16. Lucky Strike/Means Fine Tobacco 
 
 17. Howdy Doody Time 
 
 18. Shadow 
 
 19.Monster Mash 
 
 20. Speedy 
 
    
 
  
____________________________________________________________
How to Sleep Like a Rock
Obey this one natural trick to fall asleep and stay asleep all night.
http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/52e53be1972e23be13a46st04vuc

From bmarx at bellsouth.net  Mon Jan 27 18:47:24 2014
From: bmarx at bellsouth.net (WILLIAM MARX)
Date: Mon, 27 Jan 2014 15:47:24 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [QCWA Everglades Chapter #69] Southern Florida Section Convention
In-Reply-To: <20140127205636.DCBA925C50@bmail.arrl.org>
References: <20140127205636.DCBA925C50@bmail.arrl.org>
Message-ID: <1390866444.46921.YahooMailNeo@web184304.mail.ne1.yahoo.com>



Hello Everyone,

The Miami Hamboree, which is also our ARRL Southern Florida Section
Convention, will be this Friday, January 31 and Saturday, February 1. 
On Friday, the hours will be 12 Noon to 6 PM and on Saturday, the hours
will be 9 AM to 6 PM.? There will be a number of commercial vendors
including Icom America.? Please visit the website at HAMBOREE.ORG for
more information.

Special guests will include Dan Henderson, N1ND, ARRL Regulatory
Manager, Mike Lee, AA6ML, ARRL Southeastern Division Vice Director, and
Dan Street, K1TO, President of the Florida Contest Group.

We will be having a combined ARRL Division / Section forum at 12:00
noon.? We will be raffling a Centennial Edition 2014 ARRL Handbook. 
You must attend the forum to win.

The ARRL Southern Florida Section, Quarter century Wireless
Association, and South Florida DX Association will have booths where
convention visitors can get information and assistance.

ARRL DXCC Card Checking will be provided by members of the South
Florida DX Association.

We are looking forward to seeing you at our Section Convention.

David Fowler, K4DLF, SFL Section Manager
Jeff Beals, WA4AW, SFL Assistant Section Manager

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ARRL Southern Florida Section
Section Manager: David L Fowler, K4DLF
k4dlf at arrl.org

From bmarx at bellsouth.net  Tue Jan 28 05:22:30 2014
From: bmarx at bellsouth.net (WILLIAM MARX)
Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2014 02:22:30 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [QCWA Everglades Chapter #69] ADA Tour de Cure communicators needed
In-Reply-To: <CAOB+T5bwQnMQg9XMEu7LadWuZyg7fRCOEGWGv_tdOd5SEnR6Pw@mail.gmail.com>
References: <006d01cf1bdd$525fdbd0$f71f9370$@comcast.net>
	<CAOB+T5bwQnMQg9XMEu7LadWuZyg7fRCOEGWGv_tdOd5SEnR6Pw@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <1390904550.95932.YahooMailNeo@web184305.mail.ne1.yahoo.com>



On Sunday, February 9th 2014, the American Diabetes Association will be hosting the Tour de Cure.? I am really short operators and need to fill these rest stops.? The rest stops that are available are listed below with the ride information and the approximate time that they will open and secure.? The rides that we need to cover are the 5 & 10 K, 30, 60 & 100 mile rides. Please email me ASAP and let me know which rest stop you can take to make this year?s Tour a safer ride for its participants. ??????????????????????????


Robin Terrill N4HHP
Communications Coordinator
N4hhp at comcast.net 
954 249-5343

From bmarx at bellsouth.net  Wed Jan 29 09:54:19 2014
From: bmarx at bellsouth.net (WILLIAM MARX)
Date: Wed, 29 Jan 2014 06:54:19 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [QCWA Everglades Chapter #69] The ARRL Contest Update for January
	29, 2014
In-Reply-To: <20140129043830.BE92924DB0@bmail.arrl.org>
References: <20140129043830.BE92924DB0@bmail.arrl.org>
Message-ID: <1391007259.73987.YahooMailNeo@web184303.mail.ne1.yahoo.com>



Preview
If you are having trouble
reading this message, you can see the original at:
http://www.arrl.org/contests/update/?issue=2014-01-29
January 29, 2014Editor: Ward Silver,
N?AX
Contest Update Archive
Contest Calendar
ARRL Home Page 
IN THIS
ISSUE
	* Is That A Real
Call? - CQ WPX RTTY
	* A Wintry Mix - VT, MN, BC,
DE, NH QSO Parties 
	* New Team in Place at ARRL
Contest Branch
	* Roving Reporter K1RA on ARRL Jan
VHF Contest
	* Big Dogs at Woofferton
	* IARU HF Results Online
	* RF &
Microwave Toolbox App
	* Fretting about the
Workshop
	* Chewing Through the Straps
NEW HF OPERATORS - THINGS TO DO
There are
two great activities coming up - one outside and one inside. Outdoors, of
course, is the Freeze Your Butt Off contest in which temperature at the
operating position is part of the exchange! To warm up from that, come inside and
tune for student teams operating in the weekday, Monday-to-Friday School
Club Roundup. February is full of contesting fun!
BULLETINS
There are 30 contests using at least 7 modes over
the next two weeks, one major DXpedition, and the W1AW operations will first
move to Minnesota and Texas, then Georgia and Hawaii. Let us all brush up
on our inter-personal skills and receiver operating abilities.
BUSTED QSOS
The inspectors found no violations
in the Contest Update Caf?'s previous issue.
CONTEST SUMMARY
Complete
information for all contests follows the Conversation section
February 1-2
	* North American
Sprint--CW
	* Triathlon DX Contest
	* EPC WW PSK
Contest
	* Vermont QSO Party
	* Ten-Ten Winter Phone QSO Party 
	* Black Sea Cup
International 
	* FYBO Winter QRP Field Day 
	* Minnesota QSO Party
	* Straight Key
Party 
	* British Columbia QSO Party
	* Delaware QSO Party
	* XE
International RTTY Contest
	* OK1WC Memorial Contest (Feb 3)
	* ARS Spartan Sprint--CW
(Feb 4)
February 8-9
	* School
Club Roundup (Feb 10-14)
	* NS Weekly Sprint--CW (Feb 7)
	* YL-OM
Contest (Feb 7)
	* YLISSB QSO Party--CW
	* CQ WW RTTY WPX
	* Worldwide EME
Contest 
	* Asia-Pacific Sprint--CW
	* Dutch PACC Contest 
	* Straight Key
Weekend Sprintathon
	* OMISS QSO Party--Phone
	* New Hampshire QSO
Party
	* FISTS CW Winter Sprint
	* RSGB - First 1.8 MHz Contest 
	* AM QSO Party 
	* Classic Exchange--Phone (Feb 9)
	* Milwaukee FM Simplex Contest (Feb
9)
NEWS, PRESS RELEASES, AND
GENERAL INTEREST
Big changes around the ARRL Contest Branch Manager (CBM) as Mike
DeChristopher, N1TA has resigned from the position. Picking up the reins
temporarily are a quartet of familiar call signs led by Membership and Volunteer
Programs Manager, Dave Patton, NN1N. Dave will be coordinating work by
previous CBMs KX9X and N1ND, assisted (or at least entertained) by your editor,
to produce the many writeups, results, and awards of the 19-contest
program.
In other ARRL Contest news:
	* ARRL EME Contest
weekends have been selected. The weekend of October 11-12 is allocated to
the 2.3+ GHz bands while 50-1296 MHz activity will occur on November 8-9 and
December 6-7. (Thanks, Rick K1DS and Joe K1JT)
	* As in previous years, the
Field Day Packet containing rules, forms, and various other bits of
information will be available on February 1st from the ARRL Field Day web page.
	* The
ordering period for 2013 ARRL Sweepstakes Clean Sweep mugs and 100-QSO
Participation Pins has been extended! Mugs and pins may be ordered in the regular
way described on the ARRL November Sweepstakes web page (URL) through February 14th. If
you've been putting it off - now's the time to get your order in!
The Daily
DX reports that Brazil's ham organization, LABRE, is marking its 80 years from February 1 at
0300Z until February 3 at 0259Z. Stations all over the country will have
special call signs starting with ZZ80. This may complicate some of this
weekend's contests unless your prefix-to-country lookup list (CTY file) is up to
date!
If you had problems uploading your log for the recent CW North American QSO
Party (NAQP CW), please check the logs received page on the new National Contest Journal website
to verify it was accepted. All logs emailed directly to Chris KL9A, the contest manager,
should be listed. If you don't see your log listed, please resubmit via
the webpage upload.
Here is the
breakdown of W1AW/7 QSOs during the week of operation from Utah. It looks like
a lot of people of chasing W1AW lately! Watch for Minnesota and
Texas to take the stage today. (Graphic from K7CO) 
This New York Times article offers some interesting new thoughts about long term sleep
deprivation. More accurately, what happens during sleep and how to recover from
periods when you don't get enough sleep - such as during our favorite on the
air activities. Managing the operator's need for sleep is a critical part
of contesting success. (Thanks, Randy K5ZD)
There have
been rumors of another "Polar Vortex" hitting Minnesota during the state's
QSO party this weekend, but Mark WA?MHJ has heard that mobile
operations will go on, as long as the temperature stays above minus 35 F. Isn't
that the temperature at which HF signals change to MF?
There is an extensive review of the intriguing new Array Solutions Shared-Apex Loop
Array (SAL-30) by Brian N3OC in the February issue of the Potomac Valley Radio
Club newsletter.
Rules for both of the "North American"
contests sponsored by the National Contest Journal - the NAQP QSO Party and the NA Sprint are lots easier to find on the new NCJ website. In addition, you can click
on a link in the rules PDF and be taken directly to the appropriate web
form, making that document the "final authority" complete with live links. You
can still follow the menu links on the NCJ web site of course. (Thanks, NCJ
Editor, Kirk K4RO)
You know what would be good would
be a compass-like smartphone app that would automatically determine your
current location and show you the bearing to any other six-character grid
locator. I'd call it TharTiz.
Valery RG5A has been
working from the CQ World Wide public log database and has developed a set
of top rates achieved by the various stations.
This interesting history behind the development and adoption of
the analog NTSC color television
signal standard turned up on the TV Technology website. Has it really been 60
years of living color? For those readers who decry today's endless legal
battles over technology rights, you may be somewhat comforted to know that
the situation is "the same as it ever was." (Thanks, Eric W3DQ)
Bob WA1Z reports that he will "be releasing a new version of the Super Check
Partial database files on Wednesday, February 5. I am requesting your
logs for input to the database files. If there is a new contesting call sign
you want added to the database for activity in the next few months, let me
know before the February update." Bob's next update of the SCP file will be
in early May. You can send him Cabrillo-formatted logs by email.
If keeping track of all the bands and modes is keeping you up nights
during the ARRL Centennial QSO Party, Anthony K8ZT has created a Google Docs spreadsheet for tracking contacts with all of those W1AW-portable stations. It is a
beta-test version so he would appreciate any feedback or error reports you
might find.
In the ANS-026 issue of the AMSAT News
Bulletins, John K8YSE gives a tip of the cap "to Mark Spencer, WA8SME at the ARRL
for his excellent paper describing Funcube, its experiments
and how to receive it and make sense of the data." Since there is a lot of
interest in antennas to work or receive the signals from the satellites,
"Mark seeks to quantify the performance of some common antennas like the M2
circularly-polarized beam, Arrow (antennas) fixed or on rotators, with or
without preamps, and the 5/8-wave and ?-wave ground planes. He does that
by comparing the number of packets received on each antenna during a pass.
The results are quite interesting."
Jose CT1BOH reports
that, "Anacom which regulates and supervises the electronic and postal
communications sector in Portugal has authorized the use of 1850-2000
kHz for several international contests in 2014, with the same conditions
that exist for the 1830-1850 segment." Contests allowed include the CQ WW
and CQ WW 160, ARRL DX, CQ WPX, S.M El Rey de Espa?a, the IARU HF
Championship, and ARRL 160 Meter contests. Note that digital operation is not
listed.
If you need some ham radio artwork for the shack,
this poster by Jeff K1NSS would look good even in the living
room! 
Aggregator 3.0 is now
available for download on the Reverse Beacon Net (RBN) web site. It adds the ability to
selectively combine up to eight Telnet streams from various combinations of CW
and DL4RCK RTTY/PSK skimmers without having to use WintelnetX or a
cluster server to perform the actual merger. (Thanks, Pete N4ZR)
As the newsletter is being assembled, January 28th, it
would be the 128th birthday of Hidetsugu Yagi, co-inventor of the Yagi-Uda
beam antenna much in evidence throughout ham radio-dom. Happy birthday to
Dr. Yagi! And thanks to co-inventor, Dr. Uda, too. (Thanks, Kate K6HTN)
Web Site of
the Week - Andy K1RA spent the last week pulling together a log, media
files such as photos and a slide show, and some
software tools to write a lengthy article covering
preparation and the ARRL January VHF Contest weekend experience as the
K1RA-K8GP Rover. He says, "It seems I spent more time doing this than operating,
but I really enjoy the Radiosport and hope to share some of the experience
and excitement with newcomers and old timers alike. I'm celebrating 35 yrs
on V/UHF this year after making my first VHF SSB/CW contest QSOs back in
1979 as a young WB1ALW and KA1GD." He's also published information on his log visualization tool and encourages your feedback.
WORD TO THE WISE
"A multiplier isn't much of one until you have something to
multiply it by," opines Dan K1TO. His point? You need QSOs in the log,
multipliers or not. Pay attention to the "QSOs per multiplier" number your logging
software might provide. If you give up more QSOs than that number to chase
a multiplier - no matter how juicy - then your score suffers.
SIGHTS AND SOUNDS
Here's a nine-part
mini-series of videos about firing up one of the Marconi BD272
250 kW short-wave transmitters used for the BBC's World
Service at Woofferton. It uses HUGE tubes. The camera gets right inside
and the Chief Engineer walksyou through the components and signal path; very
interesting. (Thanks, Kirk K4RO)
Photographer
W?CG/PJ2T captured DF9LJ (wearing the ball cap) and KB7Q clearing felled
trees that were threatening the European Beverage antenna at PJ2T. This is
very far from the station - way out in the stickers. 
Geoff W?CG/PJ2T has published an online album of photos from the 2013 CQ World Wide CW contest. There
is a lot of work involved in putting on such a big operation!
What eating utensil should you use to get stations into your log?
How about a fork, suggests Jim K2MIJ? "Yes that's right a fork! Well, two of
them to be precise...sitting down at breakfast this morning staring at the
fork in my hand I wondered if it would be possible to radiate a signal on a
"Fork Dipole"....of course I had to try it...would my amazing LDG Z11
autotuner be able to find a match and actually load this tiny tenna? Fired up
the FT-817 @ 5 watts and tuning 12 meters I heard W1AW/5 (K5CM) calling and
working a pile...I shouted and shouted a good 15 times and you could have
knocked me over with a SPOON when he came back and asked "K2MIJ, do I have
the call correct?" WooHoo!" You can check out the setup in Jim's YouTube video! Perhaps
it was knife-edge propagation?
The popular "Factors of
10" animation has been updated in a new "Scale of the Universe" animation by
Cary Huang which is hosted on the NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day web
site. Have fun trying to grasp the sheer range of it all!
RESULTS AND RECORDS
The IARU HF Championship extended
results article by Nate N4YDU has been published on the ARRL Contest
Branch website. Sean KX9X has made a comprehensive update of the Contest
Branch's plaques and certificates processing status page, as well.
The CQ WW team is looking for pictures or videos of your
experience in the 2013 CQ WW SSB and CW contests. Please send them directly to CQ
WW Director Randy
K5ZD. Pictures can be sent as attachments while he requests that you send
links to videos.
OPERATING TIP
As noted
at the beginning of this issue, February is packed with contests,
DXpeditions, special stations, and so forth. Keep your cool on the air when some
other activity collides with your contest or vice versa.
TECHNICAL TOPICS AND INFORMATION
After
mentioning the iPhone RF calculator app last time, Chip N3IW contributed news of
the Elektor RF & Microwave Toolbox from Android-Design.nl. "It is really
full-featured. I've used it a good bit in my day-day work as an electrical
engineer. It does OK on a phone, but a tablet would be recommended for some of
the more detailed calculations that use graphs. The free version includes
eight tools like VSWR and mismatch calculators and Pi/T attenuators. For
$9.99, you get a total of 55 tools that has the 8 free tools plus tools like a
PCB trace calculator, image rejection, mixer harmonics, many converters,
and filter design."
Those SMD components sure are small
- here's an Instructables how-to that shows simple steps to snag some SMD soldering savvy.
Don't let your amp "tee" you off - try Ian GM3SEK's designs that combine dc with RF up to 1 kW of power all the way to 6 meters!
Tom W8JI notes that using bias tees with sensitive RF instrumentation such as
the MFJ-259 series of analyzers can lead to damage of the detector diodes.
"You can damage the 259 unless you use a smaller series cap and a shunt
choke to protect the 259. The most important point I am trying to make is to never connect a bias tee without a shunt choke, especially
one with a large series coupling cap, to the 259 input port. The 259 uses
10-volt microwave diodes, and the charging current of the cap can cause that
much or more voltage to appear across the diodes." Tom also cautions us to
watch out for relays on the line since the transient caused by turning a
relay coil off can also damage the diodes.
Check out the spectrum display to John N2NC's left as he uses Andy
N2NT's new VHF+ gear during the January VHF Contest - it's not like CQ WW!
(Photo by N2NT) 
Here's an
interesting design article in EDN magazine that discusses how to reduce and control EMI caused
by high-speed digital interfaces. With signal components that run into the
hundreds of MHz, this can be quite a problem!
Seen in a
recent issue of Wired magazine, littleBits - tiny electronic modules that snap together
magnetically. You can add your own household "stuff" to create projects.
Great fun for kids and others just learning about electronics.
Wow - here's quite the antenna switch! It's a
2-radio/6-antenna design with high isolation from KK1L. David K1TTT also
posted a link to his receive antenna switching
unit. (Thanks, Larry W6NWS)
Stew K3ND sends a link
to pictures of his tilt-over mount for a 60-foot 80/160 vertical. It uses
two aluminum plates joined by a heavy duty gate hinge. A small winch and gin
pole tilt the vertical over for any maintenance or repairs by using the
falling derrick method. Another hinged design for a 160-40 meter vertical comes from
Dan K3ZX.
Here's a QSL that is sure to strike a chord
with everybody - from the nephew of Leo Fender, courtesy of Bruce AA5B. 
Peter DJ7WW posted a link and a
recommendation to the SWR bridge descriptions and design information
from Dominique F1FRV. If you want some design detail - this is the place!
It's common to use an oscilloscope to view the relative
timing of the relays in a QSK system. How can you sample the RF as simply as
possible when absolute amplitude isn't important, but timing is? Paul W9AC
responds that "For quick QSK timing measurements, I often inductively
couple the sample point to the scope. You can use a short coaxial jumper with
BNC connectors on both ends and connect one end to the scope, the other end
to a BNC-to-banana adapter. Then, take an alligator clip test lead and wrap
it in close proximity to the sample point. The lead ends are connected
across the adapter. Unless you're sampling low power, there's often enough
coaxial leakage to just wrap the lead around the coaxial jumper. Then, adjust
the scope's vertical amplifier to fill the display. Generally, I can get
good display quality without much noise. You may need to experiment with more
or less turns around the line."
Technical Web Site of the Week - Two pages on
the Frets magazine website dealing with instrument repair and
construction are definitely of interest to every home builder - radio hams,
included! The first is a large collection of Shop Tips and the
second is a long list of "how to's" with common shop tools. Great
reading! And while you're in the mood, how about some new tools? Makezine runs
an annual "Our Favorite New Tools" article that
will certainly get your workshop juices flowing.
CONVERSATION
Chewing Through the Straps
As I've noted elsewhere in this issue, we have some very busy times
coming up - not just this weekend (30 contests plus all the other goings-on)
but for the rest of 2014 as the W1AW-portable stations continue to rack up
big QSO totals all week, every week. The Nebraska total for W1AW/?
was more than 23,000 - and there were still plenty of stations calling when
the clock rolled over at 0000 UTC on Wednesday! As this material is written,
the FT5ZM expedition is attracting huge pileups, as well. I'd say this
calls some reflection and planning.
While hams should
strive to be flexible in their on-air habits, many act as if we are still
operating with crystal control and S-38 receivers. While I understand the
tradition of CW-goes-here and digital-goes-there and this is the calling
frequency for those stations and this is the calling frequency for these stations, there is a point at which that approach to spectrum
management breaks down. Like now, for instance.
We have amazing
transceivers with computer interfaces, spectrum displays that rival
anything coming out of an instrumentation lab, automata listening and spotting
every station that signs a call within a few seconds, and worldwide computer
networks operating at mega-bit speeds. Yet we cannot seem to adjust our
operating frequency without it becoming a total calamity.
Perhaps this dolorimeter pain meter might help us assess the aggravation
potential from all of the on-the-air activities! (Photo by VE7ZZ) 
You mean if the NCS has to call the net to
order a few kHz away from the regular frequency, the operators won't be
able to find it? Really? You mean if the DXpedition pileup starts crowding
onto your run frequency, you can't find another one? Really? And with the
shoe on the other foot, you mean that if the DXpedition starts calling on a
different frequency than the one they published weeks ago, you won't be able
to find them? Really? Apparently, yes, really. Gosh, what would happen
during a wide-spread disaster in which we actually had to choose operating
frequencies on the fly? There is a point at which tradition becomes a jailer! 
We have a tremendous amount of latitude in how we
choose to operate and a fair amount of spectrum in which to do it. Where does it
say that all CW operation just simply has to be in the low end of the
band? And that digital has to be below 100 kHz from the band edge? These
customs were established decades ago! Sure, the band plan says where conventional
operating takes place but band plans are for normal band loading
and they're not regulations. All it takes is a couple of posts on the
Internet or spots on the international spotting networks and a new center of
activity can be established, just like we do under those emergency conditions.
Let's think ahead - have a Plan B (and C and D...)
whether it is for our nets, our contests, our every-night ragchews, even our
DXpeditions. And let's recalibrate our expectations in light of both knowing
there will be crowding and of having all manner of calendars and websites to
inform us about what's happening. There is no reason to be surprised.
The amateur service is fortunate to have the most flexible
operating rules of any civilian telecommunication service in the world, bar
none. Frequency agility is one of our most precious characteristics. So
maybe we should chew through our self-imposed straps every once in a while
and make use of it!
73, Ward N?AX
CONTESTS
29 January through 11
February
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HF CONTESTS
North American
Sprint--CW, from Feb 2, 0000Z to Feb 2, 0359Z. Bands (MHz): 3.5-14. Exchange:
Both call signs, serial, name, and S/P/C. Logs due: 7 days. Rules
School Club Roundup--Phone,CW,Digital, from Feb 10, 1300Z to Feb 14,
2359Z. Bands (MHz): 1.8-28, 50+. Exchange: RS(T), Class, S/P/C. Logs due:
30 days. Rules
Triathlon DX Contest--Phone,CW,Digital,
from Feb 1, 0000Z to Feb 1, 2359Z. Bands (MHz): 3.5-28. Exchange: RS(T) and
serial. Logs due: 28 Feb. Rules
EPC WW PSK Contest--Digital,
from Feb 1, 0000Z to Feb 2, 2400Z. Bands (MHz): 1.8-28. Exchange: RST and
serial. Logs due: 30 days. Rules
Vermont QSO Party--Phone,CW,Digital, from Feb 1, 0000Z to Feb 2, 2400Z. Bands
(MHz): 1.8-28, 50,144. Exchange: RS(T) and VT county or S/P/C. Logs due: 30
days. Rules
Ten-Ten Winter Phone QSO Party--Phone, from Feb 1, 0001Z to Feb
2, 2359Z. Bands (MHz): 28. Exchange: Call sign, name, QTH, 10-10 number.
Logs due: 15 days. Rules
Black Sea Cup International--Phone,CW, from Feb
1, 1200Z to Feb 2, 1159Z. Bands (MHz): 1.8-28. Exchange: RS(T) and HQ ID,
member nr or ITU zone. Logs due: 30 days. Rules
FYBO Winter QRP Field
Day--Phone,CW, from Feb 1, 1400Z to Feb 1, 2400Z. Bands (MHz): 1.8-28.
Exchange: RS(T), S/P/C, name, power, temp in deg F. Logs due: 30 days. Rules http://www.azscqrpions.com
Minnesota QSO Party--Phone,CW,Digital, from Feb 1, 1400Z to Feb
1, 2359Z. Bands (MHz): 1.8-28. CW 1.850, 3.550, 7.050, 14.050, 21.050,
28.050; SSB 1.870, 3.850, 7.250, 14.270, 21.350, 28.450 MHz. Exchange: Name and
MN county or S/P/C. Logs due: Mar 15. Rules
Straight Key Party--CW, from
Feb 1, 1600Z to Feb 1, 1900Z. Bands (MHz): 3.5. Exchange: RST, serial,
category, name, age. Logs due: Feb 28. Rules
British Columbia QSO
Party--Phone,CW,Digital, from Feb 1, 1600Z to Feb 2, 0400Z. Bands (MHz): 1.8-28. CW 1.815,
3.535, 7.035, 14.035, 21.035, 28.305; SSB 1.845, 3.85, 7.23, 14.25, 21.3,
28.4 MHz; Digital per band plan. Exchange: RST and BC district or
S/P/Territory or DX. Logs due: Mar 31. Rules
Delaware QSO Party--Phone,CW,Digital,
from Feb 1, 1700Z to Feb 2, 2359Z. Bands (MHz): 1.8-28, 50+, CW 1.825, 3.55,
7.05, 14.05, 21.05, 28.05, 50.95; SSB 1.86, 3.96, 7.26, 14.26, 21.36,
28.36, 50.135 MHz; Digital per band plan. Exchange: RS(T) and DE county or
S/P/C. Logs due: 30 days. Rules
XE Int'l RTTY Contest--Digital, from Feb 1,
1800Z to Feb 2, 1759Z. Bands (MHz): 3.5-28. Exchange: RST and XE state or
serial. Logs due: 30 days. Rules
OK1WC Memorial Contest--Phone,CW, from Feb
3, 1600Z - See website. Multiple time periods. Bands (MHz): 3.5, 7. See
website for bands. Exchange: RS(T) and serial. Logs due: 5 days. Rules
ARS Spartan Sprint--CW, from Feb 4, 0200Z to Feb 4, 0400Z. Bands (MHz):
3.5-28. Monthly on the first Monday evening local time. Exchange: RST,
S/P/C, and power. Logs due: 2 days. Rules
NS Weekly Sprint--CW, from
Feb 7, 0230Z to Feb 7, 0300Z. Bands (MHz): 1.8-14. Weekly on Thursday
evenings local time. Exchange: Serial, name, and S/P/C. Logs due: 2 days. Rules
YL-OM Contest--Phone,CW,Digital, from Feb 7, 1400Z to Feb
9, 0200Z. Bands (MHz): 1.8-28. Exchange: Call sign, RST, serial and S/P/C.
Logs due: 30 days. Rules
YLISSB QSO Party--CW, from Feb 8, 0000Z to Feb 9,
2359Z. Bands (MHz): 1.8-28. Exchange: Call sign, RS(T), ISSB number. Logs
due: Mar 21. Rules
CQ WW RTTY WPX--Digital, from Feb 8, 0000Z to Feb 9,
2400Z. Bands (MHz): 3.5-28. Exchange: RST and serial. Logs due: Feb 14. Rules
Asia-Pacific Sprint--CW, from Feb 8, 1100Z to Feb 8, 1300Z. Bands
(MHz): 7,14. Exchange: RST and serial. Logs due: 7 days. Rules
Dutch PACC Contest--Phone,CW, from Feb 8, 1200Z to Feb 9, 1200Z. Bands
(MHz): 1.8-28. Exchange: RS(T) and Dutch province or serial. Logs due: Mar 9. Rules
Straight Key Weekend Sprintathon--CW, from Feb 8, 1200Z to
Feb 9, 2359Z. Bands (MHz): 1.8-28, 50. Exchange: RST, QTH, name, member nr if
member. Logs due: 5 days. Rules
OMISS QSO Party--Phone, from Feb 8,
1500Z to Feb 9, 1500Z. Bands (MHz): 3.5-28. Exchange: RS, S/P/C and OMISS nr
or "DX". Logs due: Mar 30. Rules
New Hampshire QSO
Party--Phone,CW,Digital, from Feb 8, 1600Z to Feb 9, 0400Z. Bands (MHz): 1.8-28. CW - 1.815 and
band edge + 45kHz; Phone - 1.875, 3.935, 3.950, 7.235, 14.280, 21.380,
28.390 MHz. Exchange: RS(T) and NH county or S/P or "DX". Logs due: Mar 31. Rules
FISTS CW Winter Sprint--CW, from Feb 8, 1700Z to Feb 8, 2100Z. Bands
(MHz): 3.5-28. Exchange: RST, S/P/C, first name, FISTS nr or power. Logs due:
30 days. Rules
RSGB - First 1.8 MHz
Contest--Phone,CW, from Feb 8, 2100Z to Feb 9, 0100Z. Bands (MHz): 1.8. Exchange: RST,
serial, UK district. Logs due: 16 days. Rules
AM QSO Party--Phone, from Feb
8, 2300Z to Feb 9, 2300Z. Bands (MHz): 1.8-14. Exchange: RS, name, and
S/P/C. Logs due: 4 weeks. Rules
Classic Exchange--Phone, from Feb 9,
1400Z to Feb 10, 0800Z. Bands (MHz): 1.8-28, 50,144, AM--1.890, 3.880,
7.160, 7.290,1 4.286, 21.420, 29.000, 50.400, 144.300; SSB--1.885, 3.870,
7.280, 14.270, 21.370, 28.390, 50.125, 144.200 MHz. Exchange: RST, QTH, model
of rcvr and xmtr. Logs due: 30 days. Rules
Milwaukee FM Simplex
Contest--Phone, from Feb 9, 1900Z to Feb 9, 2130Z. Bands (MHz): 50-440.
Exchange: Call sign and grid square. Logs due: Mar 10. Rules
VHF+
CONTESTS
School Club Roundup--Phone,CW,Digital,
from Feb 10, 1300Z to Feb 14, 2359Z. Bands (MHz): 1.8-28, 50+. Exchange:
RS(T), Class, S/P/C. Logs due: 30 days. Rules
Vermont QSO
Party--Phone,CW,Digital, from Feb 1, 0000Z to Feb 2, 2400Z. Bands (MHz):
1.8-28, 50,144. Exchange: RS(T) and VT county or S/P/C. Logs due: 30 days. Rules
Delaware QSO Party--Phone,CW,Digital, from Feb 1, 1700Z to Feb 2,
2359Z. Bands (MHz): 1.8-28, 50+, CW 1.825, 3.55, 7.05, 14.05, 21.05, 28.05,
50.95; SSB 1.86, 3.96, 7.26, 14.26, 21.36, 28.36, 50.135 MHz; Digital per band
plan. Exchange: RS(T) and DE county or S/P/C. Logs due: 30 days. Rules
Worldwide EME Contest--Phone,CW, from Feb 8, 0000Z to Feb 9, 2400Z. Bands
(MHz): 144, 432. Exchange: TMO/RS(T) and "R". Logs due: Jun 15. Rules
Straight Key Weekend Sprintathon--CW, from Feb 8, 1200Z to Feb 9, 2359Z. Bands
(MHz): 1.8-28, 50. Exchange: RST, QTH, name, member nr if member. Logs due: 5
days. Rules
Classic Exchange--Phone, from Feb 9, 1400Z to Feb 10,
0800Z. Bands (MHz): 1.8-28, 50,144, AM--1.890, 3.880, 7.160, 7.290,1 4.286,
21.420, 29.000, 50.400, 144.300; SSB--1.885, 3.870, 7.280, 14.270, 21.370,
28.390, 50.125, 144.200 MHz. Exchange: RST, QTH, model of rcvr and xmtr. Logs
due: 30 days. Rules
Milwaukee FM Simplex Contest--Phone, from
Feb 9, 1900Z to Feb 9, 2130Z. Bands (MHz): 50-440. Exchange: Call sign and
grid square. Logs due: Mar 10. Rules
LOG DUE
DATES
29 January through 11
February
	* January 30 - QRP Fox Hunt
	* January 31 - Original QRP Contest
	* January
31 - International Naval Contest
	* January 31 - RAC
Winter Contest
	* January 31 - Lighthouse Christmas Lights QSO Party
	* January 31 - AGCW Happy New Year Contest
	* January 31
- SARTG New Year RTTY Contest
	* January 31 - CQ 160-Meter Contest, CW
	* February 1
- QRP Fox Hunt
	* February 1 - Locust QSO Party
	* February 2 - NCCC Sprint
Ladder
	* February 4 - Kid's Day Contest
	* February 5 - WW PMC Contest
	* February 6 - ARS Spartan
Sprint
	* February 6 - ARRL RTTY Roundup
	* February 7 - EPC WW DX
Contest
	* February 8 - EUCW 160m Contest
	* February 9 - ON 10-Meter
Contest
	* February 9 - QRP ARCI Fireside SSB Sprint
	* February 9 - North
American Sprint, CW
	* February 9 - UBA DX Contest,
SSB
	* February 10 - REF Contest, CW
	* February 10 - RSGB 80m Club Championship, SSB
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From wa4aw at juno.com  Wed Jan 29 14:50:29 2014
From: wa4aw at juno.com (wa4aw)
Date: Wed, 29 Jan 2014 19:50:29 GMT
Subject: [QCWA Everglades Chapter #69] Moe Berg -- Catcher / Spy
Message-ID: <20140129.145029.16108.0@webmail07.vgs.untd.com>

  

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Fast, Secure, NetZero 4G Mobile Broadband. Try it.
http://www.netzero.net/?refcd=NZINTISP0512T4GOUT2

From bmarx at bellsouth.net  Thu Jan 30 16:45:56 2014
From: bmarx at bellsouth.net (WILLIAM MARX)
Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2014 13:45:56 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [QCWA Everglades Chapter #69] ARLB003 FCC Opens Brief Window for
	Comments on WRC-2015 Draft Recommendations
In-Reply-To: <20140130213909.92B642112C@bmail.arrl.org>
References: <20140130213909.92B642112C@bmail.arrl.org>
Message-ID: <1391118356.86587.YahooMailNeo@web184303.mail.ne1.yahoo.com>



ZCZC AG03
QST de W1AW? 
ARRL Bulletin 3? ARLB003
From ARRL Headquarters? 
Newington CT? January 30, 2014
To all radio amateurs 

SB QST ARL ARLB003
ARLB003 FCC Opens Brief Window for Comments on WRC-2015 Draft
Recommendations

The FCC has invited comments by February 18 on the latest batch of
draft recommendations of its Advisory Committee for World
Radiocommunication Conference 2015 (WRC-2015). At its January 27
meeting, the Advisory Committee (WAC) approved draft recommendations
on a number of issues that will be considered by WRC-2015. Some
items, including one which could possibly lead to changes to 60
meters in the long term, could affect the Amateur and
Amateur-Satellite services. ARRL Chief Technology Officer Brennan
Price, N4QX, is a member of the WAC, which is chartered to allow
non-federal government entities to "provide to the [FCC] advice,
technical support, and recommended proposals for the 2015 World
Radiocommunication Conference."

"Based upon an initial review of the draft recommendations forwarded
to the Commission, the International Bureau, in coordination with
other Commission Bureaus and Offices, tentatively concludes that we
can generally support most of the attached WRC-15 Advisory Committee
draft recommendations," the Commission said in a January 28 Public
Notice.

The FCC also seeks comment on draft proposals from the National
Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA) as well as on
the International Bureau's initial conclusions with regard to the
WRC-15 Advisory Committee draft recommendations.

WRC-2012 Resolution 649 invited WRC-2015, to consider allocating "an
appropriate amount of spectrum, not necessarily contiguous," to the
Amateur Service on a secondary basis within the band 5250 to 5450
kHz. "In order to maintain effective and reliable communications
capability throughout the sunspot cycle, allocations at regular
intervals are desirable, in order to permit operation as close to
the maximum usable frequency as possible," the WAC said in its draft
recommendations. Incumbent services in the 5250 to 5450 kHz range
include fixed, mobile, and radiolocation services.

"A secondary allocation from 5275 to 5450 kHz avoids the unsuitable
segment allocated to the Radiolocation Service, reduces the interval
between HF amateur allocations below 10 MHz to permit reliable
operation throughout the sunspot cycle, and maximizes the
flexibility of Amateur Service stations to effectively communicate
within the secondary allocation and fulfills their obligations to
avoid harmful interference to primary services," the WAC concluded.

WRC-2015 will also consider a number of issues that could impact
amateur allocations above 420 MHz, including a possible extension of
the current worldwide allocation to the Earth Exploration-Satellite
service in the band 9300 to 9900 MHz by up to 600 MHz "within the
frequency bands 8700 to 9300 MHz and/or 9900 to 10,500 MHz"
Incumbent services in the 9900 to 10,500 MHz range include the
Radiolocation, Fixed, Mobile, Amateur, and Amateur-Satellite
services.

The Amateur Service is secondary at 10,000 to 10,500 MHz worldwide,
and the Amateur-Satellite Service is secondary at 10,450 to 10,500
MHz worldwide.

The FCC said comments provided by interested parties will assist it
in its consultations with the US Department of State and NTIA in the
development of US positions for WRC-2015. "The recommendations...may
evolve in the course of interagency discussions as we approach
WRC-15 and, therefore, do not constitute a final US Government
position on any issue," the FCC Public Notice stressed.

Comments should reference IB Docket 04-286 and specific
recommendations by WAC document number. Interested parties may file
comments via the FCC's Electronic Comment Filing System (ECFS) at
http://apps.fcc.gov/ecfs/ . The ARRL plans to file comments in this
proceeding.
NNNN
/EX

From bmarx at bellsouth.net  Fri Jan 31 08:44:07 2014
From: bmarx at bellsouth.net (WILLIAM MARX)
Date: Fri, 31 Jan 2014 05:44:07 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [QCWA Everglades Chapter #69] CommCat QSXer is a freeware
	application - Works with CommCat, TRX Manager,
	Ham Radio Deluxe*, Logic, and HAM-LOG
Message-ID: <1391175847.13065.YahooMailNeo@web184306.mail.ne1.yahoo.com>

This is Interesting. It works with several programs although I don't know about sending a DXpedition an email hi... Bill W2CQ


QSXer Program -- Freeware
CommCat QSXer is a freeware application that shows your current operating status on a world map and gives you a personal web site. 
Your call, current frequency, mode, name, location, and a short note appear on the MyQSX Activity Map web site. 
Click here to visit the MyQSX Activity Map and watch pins come and go as hams 
operate from around the world.  Click a pin to open the info balloon for that station, and click the link in the balloon to visit their web 
site. 
See a pin in a needed entity, state, or just want to chat?  Tune your 
rig to their frequency and give them a call.  Can't break through the 
pileup?  Send them an e-mail to let them know you'd like a QSO. 
Download CommCat QSXer, request an account, and you are ready to go Live on the MyQSX site! 
	* Show your operating status on the MyQSX Activity Map.
	* Works with CommCat, TRX Manager, Ham Radio Deluxe*, Logic, and HAM-LOG.
	* Using CommCat Mobile for the iPhone, control Ham Radio Deluxe from anywhere!
	* Easy manual entry of frequency and mode if you are not using a program on the supported list.
	* Add a short note or greeting.
	* Create your own web site with personal info, bio, and an S-meter graph.
	* Visitors can send you e-mail through a form on your site that doesn't expose your e-mail address.
	* Change the color and size of the CommCat QSXer window to match any background.
	* Hide QSXer in the System Tray.
	* Comprehensive online help provided.
	* More coming!
Click the button to download now 
Download the CommCat QSXer Setup program to a convenient location.  
Double-click the icon to start the install. (If installing on 
Vista/Win7, right-click over the QSXer icon and choose Run as 
Administrator.) 
Follow the instructions to request your free QSXer account. Your registration code is sent via e-mail within seconds. 
IMPORTANT: If you do not receive the e-mail containing your 
registration code within a minute, make sure you have used a valid 
amateur callsign and check that your Spam filter hasn't diverted the 
message. 
*QSXer is compatible with HRD versions 4 and 5. 

http://www.qsxer.com/

