From bmarx at bellsouth.net Sat Apr 1 09:29:35 2017 From: bmarx at bellsouth.net (WILLIAM MARX) Date: Sat, 1 Apr 2017 13:29:35 +0000 (UTC) Subject: [QCWA Everglades Chapter #69] The K7RA Solar Update In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <1036939099.8706807.1491053375065@mail.yahoo.com> The K7RA Solar Update 03/31/2017Solar activity rose over the past week, with average daily sunspot numbers rising from 3.4 to 29.7 and solar flux from 71.2 to 77.9. Average daily planetary A index increased from 10 to 18.3, and average mid-latitude A index went from 7.1 to 13.6. Predicted solar flux is 86, 87 and 88 on March 31 till April 2, then 86, 84, 83 and 82 on April 3-6, 71 on April 7-14, 73 on April 15-17, 75 on April 18-22, 78 on April 23-26, 75 on April 27-29, 73 on April 30 to May 1 and 71 on May 2-11. Predicted planetary A index is 20 on March 31 through April 2, 15 on April 3-4, 12 on April 5-6, 5 on April 7-16, then 24, 25 and 10 on April 17-19, 5 on April 20-22, then 25, 40, 35, 20, 18 and 12 on April 23-28, and 8, 16, 12, 15 and 12 on April 29 through May 3, followed by 5 on May 4-13 and 24 on May 14. F.K. Janda, OK1HH sent us his geomagnetic activity forecast for the period March 31-April 25, 2017. ?Geomagnetic field will be: quiet on April 9-10, 14-16, 20-22 mostly quiet on April 6, 8, 11 quiet to unsettled April 4, 12-13, 19 quiet to active on April 3, 5, 7, 23, 25 active to disturbed on March 31, April 1-2, 17-18, 24 Amplifications of the solar wind from coronal holes are expected on March 31, April 1-4, (5-8,) 12-13. (14,) 16-20, 25 Remark: - Parenthesis means lower probability of activity enhancement and/or lower reliability of prediction.? Tamitha Skov released a space weather video last week:?http://bit.ly/2obVYcb Jon Jones, N0JK, reported: ?Aurora contacts reported on 6 meters March 27 along the northern tier states and Canada. This was due to a G2 geomagnetic storm from coronal wind stream.? Scott Bidstrup, TI3/W7RI, sent this item and a band-by-band resport from Costa Rica: "Don't know if you've seen this, but a magnetic precursor event to solar flares has been discovered, that may lead to short-term warnings before a flare occurs. See?https://phys.org/news/2017-03-igniting-solar-flare-corona-lower-atmosphere.html ?The 6 meter drought that everyone has been complaining about up there has been even worse for us down here in the single-digit latitudes. It's been at least six months since I've logged a 6 meter QSO. In the wake of coronal hole passages, there have been a couple of evenings recently with some very modest TEP openings from here into Brazil and Argentina, but with only a small handful of stations heard weakly and no new stations not already worked many times. There has been no Sporadic E at all for many months - not even hearing the beacons from Venezuela and French Guiana that indicate our most common openings to the east. If there is supposed to be an inverse correlation between solar activity and Sporadic E, like the textbooks claim, you could have sure fooled me. ?Not that there has been no Sporadic E at all; indeed, there has been very frequent Sporadic E openings into South America on 10 meters in the daytime here, and even frequent evening TEP openings into South America on 10 meters as well. But the signals are about what we would normally expect on 6 meter openings rather than 10 meters. MUFs from these events just aren't getting very far into the VHF. Conventional F2 openings on ten have become very rare now. ?Other propagation on the upper HF bands has been poor - the declining solar activity has taken a big toll here, with most band openings starting later in the morning than in the past, and ending earlier in the late afternoon - and signals not being particularly strong when the band is open. The only saving grace has been that our mid-day break has been shorter and weaker than at the solar maximum, so it's often possible to hear signals and even work them at midday on 20 meters, which has not been possible at higher sunspot numbers. MUF has gotten high enough to open 17 meters on most days, but often it doesn't quite make it to 15 meters. So, when 15 meters is open, it?s often the result of a weak Sporadic E event, or the aftermath of a coronal hole passage. During the last solar minimum, 15 meters would be open most days, but so far during this one, it's been hit and miss at best. And the solar minimum is just getting a good start. ?Thirty meters has been the most reliable performer - almost always open into the States during the day and worldwide at night. Sadly, PSK activity seems to have declined on 30 meters, so I haven't worked as many stations with the ragchews I dearly love, just the spartan JT9 contacts. I sure wish we had phone privileges on that band. ?Forty meters has been seeing a huge increase in QSO activity with conditions on 20 meters declining. There are evenings now where finding an open spot can be a bit of a problem. Most of what I hear on phone here is the States, but I am seeing a lot of eastern European DX on PSK, and my good friend, Michael, TI7XP, has worked some pretty good DX on 40 meter CW in recent days, including Kuwait and several stations in the Far East, and a lot of VK/ZL. The DX here is improving on 40 meters. ?Sixty meters is still not available here, and all of us here are holding our breath, waiting for a response from the FCC on the League's petition for rulemaking. If it happens for the States, it would be terrific news for us - another piece of terrific ammunition in our fight to get access to 60 meters here. There are still no Central American countries that allow access to 60 meters yet. And I can't see a good reason why not - there is almost no local commercial or government activity in that portion of the spectrum here. ?Eighty meters is seeing an improvement, especially in DX as the solar activity declines. My good friend in Panam?, Jay, HP3AK, is working Japan on most morning greylines, and often getting quite good reports. VK/ZL is being worked more frequently, too - often several times per week. And nighttime Old World DX is more frequently heard now than it was just a year ago. Several of my local friends report working Europe with modest 80-meter installations. Signal levels from the States' 75m evening ragchews have been noticeably stronger than in the past, too. Nighttime D-layer hasn't responded as much to the rising cosmic ray flux as I would have expected by now. ?Noise levels on 160 meters have been low enough this winter that some of the locals are getting more interested in top band. TI7XP has a new skywire loop up for that band, and has worked some good DX on it. But the summer noise season is just about here, and I don't expect the interest will last long. ?And finally, I am pleased to report that I have copied four experimental beacons on 630 meters from the States, and have sent the corresponding WSPR decodes to the operators, who were delighted for the reports from here. Most nights, when noise levels aren't particularly high, I can hear at least one or two, with just a G5RV at 50 feet and an ordinary IC7200 transceiver tuned to the appropriate frequency. I?ve enjoyed enough success to demonstrate that QSOs with Central America from the States should be possible with modest stations on that band. I have checked the 2190 band, but so far, I haven't copied anything yet." For more information concerning radio propagation, see the ARRL Technical Information Service at?http://arrl.org/propagation-of-rf-signals. For an explanation of numbers used in this bulletin, see?http://arrl.org/the-sun-the-earth-the-ionosphere. An archive of past propagation bulletins is at?http://arrl.org/w1aw-bulletins-archive-propagation. More good information and tutorials on propagation are athttp://k9la.us/. Monthly propagation charts between four USA regions and twelve overseas locations are at?http://arrl.org/propagation. Instructions for starting or ending email distribution of ARRL bulletins are athttp://arrl.org/bulletins. Sunspot numbers for March 23 through 29, 2017 were 12, 12, 11, 20, 49, 51, and 53, with a mean of 29.7. 10.7 cm flux was 72, 72.3, 74, 77.2, 82.8, 83.7, and 83.3, with a mean of 77.9. Estimated planetary A indices were 11, 6, 4, 4, 54, 28, and 21, with a mean of 18.3. Estimated mid-latitude A indices were 9, 7, 3, 3, 34, 22, and 17, with a mean of 13.6. From bmarx at bellsouth.net Sat Apr 1 09:29:35 2017 From: bmarx at bellsouth.net (WILLIAM MARX) Date: Sat, 1 Apr 2017 13:29:35 +0000 (UTC) Subject: [QCWA Everglades Chapter #69] The K7RA Solar Update In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <1036939099.8706807.1491053375065@mail.yahoo.com> The K7RA Solar Update 03/31/2017Solar activity rose over the past week, with average daily sunspot numbers rising from 3.4 to 29.7 and solar flux from 71.2 to 77.9. Average daily planetary A index increased from 10 to 18.3, and average mid-latitude A index went from 7.1 to 13.6. Predicted solar flux is 86, 87 and 88 on March 31 till April 2, then 86, 84, 83 and 82 on April 3-6, 71 on April 7-14, 73 on April 15-17, 75 on April 18-22, 78 on April 23-26, 75 on April 27-29, 73 on April 30 to May 1 and 71 on May 2-11. Predicted planetary A index is 20 on March 31 through April 2, 15 on April 3-4, 12 on April 5-6, 5 on April 7-16, then 24, 25 and 10 on April 17-19, 5 on April 20-22, then 25, 40, 35, 20, 18 and 12 on April 23-28, and 8, 16, 12, 15 and 12 on April 29 through May 3, followed by 5 on May 4-13 and 24 on May 14. F.K. Janda, OK1HH sent us his geomagnetic activity forecast for the period March 31-April 25, 2017. ?Geomagnetic field will be: quiet on April 9-10, 14-16, 20-22 mostly quiet on April 6, 8, 11 quiet to unsettled April 4, 12-13, 19 quiet to active on April 3, 5, 7, 23, 25 active to disturbed on March 31, April 1-2, 17-18, 24 Amplifications of the solar wind from coronal holes are expected on March 31, April 1-4, (5-8,) 12-13. (14,) 16-20, 25 Remark: - Parenthesis means lower probability of activity enhancement and/or lower reliability of prediction.? Tamitha Skov released a space weather video last week:?http://bit.ly/2obVYcb Jon Jones, N0JK, reported: ?Aurora contacts reported on 6 meters March 27 along the northern tier states and Canada. This was due to a G2 geomagnetic storm from coronal wind stream.? Scott Bidstrup, TI3/W7RI, sent this item and a band-by-band resport from Costa Rica: "Don't know if you've seen this, but a magnetic precursor event to solar flares has been discovered, that may lead to short-term warnings before a flare occurs. See?https://phys.org/news/2017-03-igniting-solar-flare-corona-lower-atmosphere.html ?The 6 meter drought that everyone has been complaining about up there has been even worse for us down here in the single-digit latitudes. It's been at least six months since I've logged a 6 meter QSO. In the wake of coronal hole passages, there have been a couple of evenings recently with some very modest TEP openings from here into Brazil and Argentina, but with only a small handful of stations heard weakly and no new stations not already worked many times. There has been no Sporadic E at all for many months - not even hearing the beacons from Venezuela and French Guiana that indicate our most common openings to the east. If there is supposed to be an inverse correlation between solar activity and Sporadic E, like the textbooks claim, you could have sure fooled me. ?Not that there has been no Sporadic E at all; indeed, there has been very frequent Sporadic E openings into South America on 10 meters in the daytime here, and even frequent evening TEP openings into South America on 10 meters as well. But the signals are about what we would normally expect on 6 meter openings rather than 10 meters. MUFs from these events just aren't getting very far into the VHF. Conventional F2 openings on ten have become very rare now. ?Other propagation on the upper HF bands has been poor - the declining solar activity has taken a big toll here, with most band openings starting later in the morning than in the past, and ending earlier in the late afternoon - and signals not being particularly strong when the band is open. The only saving grace has been that our mid-day break has been shorter and weaker than at the solar maximum, so it's often possible to hear signals and even work them at midday on 20 meters, which has not been possible at higher sunspot numbers. MUF has gotten high enough to open 17 meters on most days, but often it doesn't quite make it to 15 meters. So, when 15 meters is open, it?s often the result of a weak Sporadic E event, or the aftermath of a coronal hole passage. During the last solar minimum, 15 meters would be open most days, but so far during this one, it's been hit and miss at best. And the solar minimum is just getting a good start. ?Thirty meters has been the most reliable performer - almost always open into the States during the day and worldwide at night. Sadly, PSK activity seems to have declined on 30 meters, so I haven't worked as many stations with the ragchews I dearly love, just the spartan JT9 contacts. I sure wish we had phone privileges on that band. ?Forty meters has been seeing a huge increase in QSO activity with conditions on 20 meters declining. There are evenings now where finding an open spot can be a bit of a problem. Most of what I hear on phone here is the States, but I am seeing a lot of eastern European DX on PSK, and my good friend, Michael, TI7XP, has worked some pretty good DX on 40 meter CW in recent days, including Kuwait and several stations in the Far East, and a lot of VK/ZL. The DX here is improving on 40 meters. ?Sixty meters is still not available here, and all of us here are holding our breath, waiting for a response from the FCC on the League's petition for rulemaking. If it happens for the States, it would be terrific news for us - another piece of terrific ammunition in our fight to get access to 60 meters here. There are still no Central American countries that allow access to 60 meters yet. And I can't see a good reason why not - there is almost no local commercial or government activity in that portion of the spectrum here. ?Eighty meters is seeing an improvement, especially in DX as the solar activity declines. My good friend in Panam?, Jay, HP3AK, is working Japan on most morning greylines, and often getting quite good reports. VK/ZL is being worked more frequently, too - often several times per week. And nighttime Old World DX is more frequently heard now than it was just a year ago. Several of my local friends report working Europe with modest 80-meter installations. Signal levels from the States' 75m evening ragchews have been noticeably stronger than in the past, too. Nighttime D-layer hasn't responded as much to the rising cosmic ray flux as I would have expected by now. ?Noise levels on 160 meters have been low enough this winter that some of the locals are getting more interested in top band. TI7XP has a new skywire loop up for that band, and has worked some good DX on it. But the summer noise season is just about here, and I don't expect the interest will last long. ?And finally, I am pleased to report that I have copied four experimental beacons on 630 meters from the States, and have sent the corresponding WSPR decodes to the operators, who were delighted for the reports from here. Most nights, when noise levels aren't particularly high, I can hear at least one or two, with just a G5RV at 50 feet and an ordinary IC7200 transceiver tuned to the appropriate frequency. I?ve enjoyed enough success to demonstrate that QSOs with Central America from the States should be possible with modest stations on that band. I have checked the 2190 band, but so far, I haven't copied anything yet." For more information concerning radio propagation, see the ARRL Technical Information Service at?http://arrl.org/propagation-of-rf-signals. For an explanation of numbers used in this bulletin, see?http://arrl.org/the-sun-the-earth-the-ionosphere. An archive of past propagation bulletins is at?http://arrl.org/w1aw-bulletins-archive-propagation. More good information and tutorials on propagation are athttp://k9la.us/. Monthly propagation charts between four USA regions and twelve overseas locations are at?http://arrl.org/propagation. Instructions for starting or ending email distribution of ARRL bulletins are athttp://arrl.org/bulletins. Sunspot numbers for March 23 through 29, 2017 were 12, 12, 11, 20, 49, 51, and 53, with a mean of 29.7. 10.7 cm flux was 72, 72.3, 74, 77.2, 82.8, 83.7, and 83.3, with a mean of 77.9. Estimated planetary A indices were 11, 6, 4, 4, 54, 28, and 21, with a mean of 18.3. Estimated mid-latitude A indices were 9, 7, 3, 3, 34, 22, and 17, with a mean of 13.6. From bmarx at bellsouth.net Sat Apr 1 11:29:18 2017 From: bmarx at bellsouth.net (WILLIAM MARX) Date: Sat, 1 Apr 2017 15:29:18 +0000 (UTC) Subject: [QCWA Everglades Chapter #69] FCC R&O approves two new amateur bands References: <1176542269.7978297.1491060558946.ref@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <1176542269.7978297.1491060558946@mail.yahoo.com> FCC R&O approves two new amateur bands Fri Mar?31,?2017 3:43?am (PDT) . Posted by: "Jim Talens" jmt0001 ? From another list: FCC R&O approves two new amateur bands Yesterday the FCC ordered the allocation the new 630 meter (472-479 kHz) band and 2200 meter ( 135.7-137.8 kHz) amateur bands. http://www.kl7uw.com/FCC-17-33A1.docx We won't actually be able to use these new bands until the Utilities Telecom Council is ready to accept notifications from amateurs of our intent to operate on one or both of the new bands, The bands will then be available to not more than 30 days after we file a notification with the UTC, unless the UTC determines that the amateur station is within 1 km of a power company transmission line utilizing Power Line Communications in the new amateur bands. 73 Frank W3LPL From bmarx at bellsouth.net Sat Apr 1 12:30:00 2017 From: bmarx at bellsouth.net (WILLIAM MARX) Date: Sat, 1 Apr 2017 16:30:00 +0000 (UTC) Subject: [QCWA Everglades Chapter #69] For Sale: KT34A Tribanders. References: <2119545739.8775312.1491064200897.ref@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <2119545739.8775312.1491064200897@mail.yahoo.com> I have a couple of KT34A's for sale. 4 Element small lightweight Yagi's. Plenty of parts to make one into a KT34XA. Make an offer for one or both. Very low cost for stellar antenna's at under $100. Now sold by M2 for $1700. M2 Antennas HF Beam Antennas KT34M2Originally sold by KLM they were tweaked by M2. HF MultiBand | | | | | | | | | | | HF MultiBand HF MultiBand | | | | Marketed by DXEngineering. Bill W2CQ From n8pr at bellsouth.net Sat Apr 1 15:20:55 2017 From: n8pr at bellsouth.net (Pete Rimmel N8PR) Date: Sat, 1 Apr 2017 15:20:55 -0400 Subject: [QCWA Everglades Chapter #69] Midway and Kure Islands now on DXCC Deleted list (not an April fool joke) Message-ID: I guess it is true: (blame goes to Obama) >From the ARRL Web site at: http://www.arrl.org/news/midway-and-kure-islands-are-now-deleted-dxcc-entities Midway and Kure Islands are Now Deleted DXCC Entities 03/31/2017 Midway and Kure Islands have been placed on the list of DXCC deleted entities, effective August 26, 2016. This came about as an unintended consequence of action last summer by then-President Barack Obama that expanded the Papah?naumoku?kea Marine National Monument to include the northwestern Hawaiian Islands west of Ni?ihau Island, making it the largest contiguous protected conservation area under the US flag. Midway (KH4) had qualified for DXCC status by virtue of its being governed by a separate administration. Because it is now under the administration of Papah?naumoku?kea Marine National Monument, however, it becomes a deleted entity. Approximately 50 people live on Midway, including US Fish and Wildlife Service staffers and contractors. The Battle of Midway, a turning point in the Allied World War II Pacific Campaign, took place in June 1942. Now uninhabited, Kure Island (KH7K), a part of Hawaii, is separated from the rest of the state by Midway; because of that, it qualified for DXCC status under Section II, 2 (b) (iii) of the DXCC Rules ? separation from its ?parent? Hawaii. Midway Island?s change in DXCC status in turn made Kure Island no longer eligible for DXCC status, since Kure no longer is separated from the rest of Hawaii by intervening land or islands that are part of another DXCC entity. Kure Island once was home to a US Coast Guard LORAN station, remnants of which are still evident. It has been a state wildlife sanctuary since 1981. The relevant parts of Section II of the DXCC Rules follow: A Geographic Separation Entity may result when a single Political Entity is physically separated into two or more parts. The part of such a Political Entity that contains the capital city is considered the Parent for tests under these criteria. One or more of the remaining parts resulting from the separation may then qualify for separate status as a DXCC Entity if they satisfy paragraph a) or b) of the Geographic Separation Criteria, as follows. b) Island Areas (Separation by Water): A new entity results in the case of an island under any of the following conditions: iii) The island is separated from its Parent by intervening land or islands that are part of another DXCC entity, such that a line drawn along a great circle in any direction, from any part of the island, does not touch the Parent before touching the intervening DXCC entity. There is no minimum separation distance for the first island entity created under this rule. Additional island entities may be created under this rule, provided that they are similarly separated from the Parent by a different DXCC entity and separated from any other islands associated with the Parent by at least 800 km. Neither Midway nor Kure was able to be activated without prior permission and only for a planned DXpedition. Only contacts made on August 25, 2016, or earlier will count for these two entities. From bmarx at bellsouth.net Tue Apr 4 05:58:30 2017 From: bmarx at bellsouth.net (WILLIAM MARX) Date: Tue, 4 Apr 2017 09:58:30 +0000 (UTC) Subject: [QCWA Everglades Chapter #69] Club Log is Now a Logbook of The World Trusted Partner References: <1666470042.9968065.1491299910509.ref@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <1666470042.9968065.1491299910509@mail.yahoo.com> Club Log is Now a Logbook of The World Trusted Partner 04/03/2017 Club Log has become the first logging service to achieve Trusted Partner? status for Logbook of the World? (LoTW), ARRL and Club Log have announced. Radio amateurs holding LoTW ?callsign certificates? who have uploaded logs to Club Log now can readily cross-post them to the highly secure LoTW ?world?s largest repository for confirming Amateur Radio contacts.The Trusted Partner program defines the requirements for an online service to store user credentials with acceptable security. All LoTW users, whether or not they work through Club Log as a Trusted Partner, are responsible for ensuring the security of their credentials. Individuals who rely on a Trusted Partner site for security have met the requirement to keep LoTW their credentials secure. Users who allow their callsign certificates to be compromised or who knowingly exploit compromised credentials may lose the privilege of using LoTW and participating in ARRL-sponsored award programs.Club Log has implemented security at the level required by the Trusted Partner program, as verified by ARRL?s Information Technology Department. Trusted Partners are re-verified periodically to remain in the program. More information on technical specifications and on current Trusted Partner program members is available on the ARRL website.Other logging sites are invited to join the program by implementing the Trusted Partner standard. http://www.arrl.org/news/club-log-is-now-a-logbook-of-the-world-trusted-partner From bmarx at bellsouth.net Tue Apr 4 12:11:09 2017 From: bmarx at bellsouth.net (WILLIAM MARX) Date: Tue, 4 Apr 2017 16:11:09 +0000 (UTC) Subject: [QCWA Everglades Chapter #69] Centennial of Amateur Radio Blackout for World War I Occurs on April 6 References: <1243247502.10809281.1491322269079.ref@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <1243247502.10809281.1491322269079@mail.yahoo.com> Centennial of Amateur Radio Blackout for World War I Occurs on April 6 03/31/2017 World War I commenced in Europe in August 1914, and the US, under President Woodrow Wilson, was determined to remain neutral. As the fighting and the enemy?s resolve intensified, however, and Germany began sinking ships attempting to evade a naval blockade of England as well as non-military vessels, including the Lusitania with a loss of nearly 1,200 lives, it became inevitable that the US would enter the fray, and the leaders of the newly formed American Radio Relay League encouraged its 3,000 members to be prepared The US officially declared war on Germany and Austria-Hungary on April 6, 1917, and the US government ordered most private radio stations in the US either to shut down or be taken over by the government. For the duration of WWI, it was against the law for private citizens to even own an operational radio transmitter or receiver, so amateur transmitting and receiving stations had to be disassembled. Amateur Radio operating privileges were not restored until November 1919 (QST resumed publication a few months earlier). Once the US declared war, QST editorials urged qualified amateurs to volunteer their desperately needed skills to the military. Enlistees were particularly directed to the Navy, the nation?s principal service user of wireless. A specific program was developed to induct volunteer amateurs into the Naval Reserve for the duration ? the Class 4 Naval Reserve. The requirements included citizenship, the ability to pass a physical examination, and the ability to send and receive Morse code at 10 WPM. Most volunteering radio amateurs chose to join this reserve, ARRL?s first Communications Manager Fred H. Schnell, 1MO, among them. He went to sea as a chief radioman. ARRL co-founder Clarence D. Tuska received a commission as a lieutenant in the US Army Signal Corps, and he established a radio training school at Ellington Airfield near Houston, Texas. QST itself suspended publication for the duration of the war. ? Thanks to Mike Marinaro, WN1M, and United States Early Radio History by Thomas H. White. Centennial of Amateur Radio Blackout for World War I Occurs on April 6 | | | Centennial of Amateur Radio Blackout for World War I Occurs on April 6 The American Radio Relay League (ARRL) is the national association for amateur radio, connecting hams around the... | | | From bmarx at bellsouth.net Fri Apr 14 09:09:46 2017 From: bmarx at bellsouth.net (WILLIAM MARX) Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2017 13:09:46 +0000 (UTC) Subject: [QCWA Everglades Chapter #69] =?utf-8?q?World_Amateur_Radio_Day_o?= =?utf-8?q?n_April_18_Marks_IARU=E2=80=99s_92nd_Anniversary?= References: <1505129724.316615.1492175386155.ref@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <1505129724.316615.1492175386155@mail.yahoo.com> World Amateur Radio Day on April 18 Marks IARU?s 92nd Anniversary 04/12/2017 World Amateur Radio Day (WARD) on Tuesday, April 18, will mark the 92nd anniversary of the International Amateur Radio Union (IARU), and radio amateurs around the world will take to the airwaves to celebrate the day in 1925 that the IARU was formed in Paris. ?Celebrating Amateur Radio?s Contribution to Society? is the WARD theme.Amateur Radio experimenters were the first to discover that the shortwave spectrum ? far from being a wasteland ? could support worldwide propagation. In the rush to use these shorter wavelengths, Amateur Radio was ?in grave danger of being pushed aside,? IARU?s history notes. Amateur Radio pioneers, including ARRL co-founder Hiram Percy Maxim, 1AW, met in Paris in 1925 and created the IARU to support Amateur Radio worldwide.Just 2 years later, at the International Radiotelegraph Conference, Amateur Radio gained the allocations still recognized today ? 160, 80, 40, 20, and 10 meters. Since its founding, the IARU has worked tirelessly to defend and expand the frequency allocations for Amateur Radio. Thanks to the support of enlightened administrations in every part of the globe, radio amateurs are now able to experiment and communicate in frequency bands strategically located throughout the radio spectrum.From the 25 countries that formed the IARU in 1925, the IARU has grown to include 160 member-societies in three regions. IARU Region 1 includes Europe, Africa, the Middle East, and Northern Asia. Region 2 covers the Americas, and Region 3 is comprised of Australia, New Zealand, the Pacific island nations, and most of Asia. The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) has recognized the IARU as representing the interests of Amateur Radio.Today, Amateur Radio is more popular than ever, with more than 3 million licensees! World Amateur Radio Day is the day when IARU member-societies can demonstrate the capabilities of Amateur Radio to the public and enjoy global friendship with other radio amateurs around the globe.IARU provides a poster for World Amateur Radio Day to download and use to promote WARD. The poster comes in two sizes, large and small.Groups promoting WARD activity on social media should use #WorldAmateurRadioDay on Twitter and Facebook. IARU will list all WARD activities on its World Amateur Radio Day page. World Amateur Radio Day on April 18 Marks IARU?s 92nd Anniversary | | | World Amateur Radio Day on April 18 Marks IARU?s 92nd Anniversary The American Radio Relay League (ARRL) is the national association for amateur radio, connecting hams around the... | | | From bmarx at bellsouth.net Fri Apr 14 09:49:34 2017 From: bmarx at bellsouth.net (WILLIAM MARX) Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2017 13:49:34 +0000 (UTC) Subject: [QCWA Everglades Chapter #69] Spring 2017 Cy Harris Free Flee - 4/22/2017 References: <1759964573.298463.1492177774923.ref@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <1759964573.298463.1492177774923@mail.yahoo.com> I found this on the ARRL site...more promotion is needed to local clubs...(jus' my 2 cents-Bill W2CQ) Spring 2017 Cy Harris Free Flea HAMFEST/CONVENTION 04/22/2017 Start Date: 04/22/2017 End Date: 04/22/2017 Location: Collins Center 3900 NE 3rd Avenue Oakland Park, FL Website: http://browardarc.net/free-flea/ Sponsor: Broward ARC (W4AB) Type: ARRL Hamfest Talk-In: 146.91 (PL 110.9) Public Contact: Tony Becker , KK4GUU 3721 West State Road 84, Unit 102 Davie, FL 33312 Phone: 954-612-9303 Email: kk4guu at arrl.net Spring 2017 Cy Harris Free Flee | | From bmarx at bellsouth.net Sat Apr 15 12:38:11 2017 From: bmarx at bellsouth.net (WILLIAM MARX) Date: Sat, 15 Apr 2017 16:38:11 +0000 (UTC) Subject: [QCWA Everglades Chapter #69] Florida Upciming Hamfests References: <1999003740.910673.1492274291394.ref@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <1999003740.910673.1492274291394@mail.yahoo.com> >From N4YQT: April 15, 2017: Saturday morning: Flamingo Net / University of Miami ARC Free Flea in the Physics / Gifford Arboretum parking lot, 5101 San Amaro Drive, Coral Gables. Starts at 7:00 AM. Talk-in on the K4AG repeater, 147.150 +6, PL 94.8 . This Flea remembers Val Mecca, KA4KFV. April 15, 2017: Saturday afternoon: Flamingo Net Picnic and BBQ. Starts at noon, at the conclusion of the Free Flea, in Brewer Park, about 1 mile west of the free flea on Miller. April 22, 2017: Saturday morning: Cy Harris Memorial Free Flea. This starts at 6AM and goes to noon at the Collins Center, Oakland Park. Sometime in April or May: Flamingo Net 2m Vehicular Fox Hunt. More info as it becomes available. May 13, 2017: Saturday evening: Flamingo Net UPay4WhatUEat (UP4WUE) dinner. Gather at 6PM at the Hollywood Blvd. Piccadilly cafeteria, 1.5 miles west of I-95. August 12, 2017: Saturday morning: Ft. Pierce Hamfest. August 19, 2017: Saturday: TARC Fest (Tampa Hamfest). October 13-14, 2017: Friday-Saturday: Melbourne Hamfest. October 28, 2017: Saturday morning: Cy Harris Memorial Free Flea. Collins Center, Oakland Park. November 18, 2017: Saturday morning: Flamingo/UMARC Free Flea at the U. of M., Coral Gables. From bmarx at bellsouth.net Mon Apr 17 21:59:52 2017 From: bmarx at bellsouth.net (William Marx) Date: Mon, 17 Apr 2017 21:59:52 -0400 Subject: [QCWA Everglades Chapter #69] Announcing W6SFM's BUG ROUNDUP Message-ID: > Announcing W6SFM's BUG ROUNDUP > > The Samuel F. Morse Amateur Radio Club, a Sacramento, California based CW > enthusiast club wanted a special time to bring bug operators together on > the air. In the same spirit as ARRL's Straight Key Night, participants are > encouraged to make simple, conversational, ???chewing-the-fat???, "Rag Chew" > QSOs using their bug type key. This is an opportunity to exercise, share > and exhibit your personalized fist. This is NOT a contest. Simply Call "CQ > BR" so folks know you are a Bug Roundup Participant. Grab that bug, clean > those contacts, and let???er fly! Let???s hear that ???Banana Boat / Lake Erie > Swing" or that commercial KPH/WCC quality fist. > > Reserve the day! Saturday May 20th - Sunday May 21st, 2017 > 7:00 AM to 7:00 AM Pacific Time (LOCAL) > 1400 UTC through 1400 UTC > > For more information, to register your station and key for participation, > and to help assist in spotting, potentially increasing QSOs, an On-line > chat window link can be found near the bottom of Bug Roundup home page > located at http://www.w6sfm.com/Bug_Roundup.html We hope to hear you all > on the air! 73, > > W6SFM From n8pr at bellsouth.net Wed Apr 19 22:59:14 2017 From: n8pr at bellsouth.net (Pete Rimmel N8PR) Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2017 22:59:14 -0400 Subject: [QCWA Everglades Chapter #69] KZ5 Research Help In-Reply-To: <2100014027.5153506.1492647343866@mail.yahoo.com> References: <572349901.4833533.1492629134474.ref@mail.yahoo.com> <572349901.4833533.1492629134474@mail.yahoo.com> <6F75A0A0AB3D4AA5BA9F8423EC637EF2@PeteRGateway> <2100014027.5153506.1492647343866@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: Can anyone Help Mike? I don?t have any KZ5s in my log since I was travelling a lot during that time. Please contact him direct. PeteR N8PR From: Mike Paulson Sent: Wednesday, April 19, 2017 3:12 PM To: n8pr at arrl.net Subject: KZ5 Research Help Good afternoon Mr. Rimmel, My name is Mike Paulson and I acquired your email from the SFDXA website. I was hoping you would be willing to include the attached letter to you next newsletter or email it to your members. The letter explains how I am researching KZ5 Ham Operators. Please take a moment and look at it and let me know if you are willing to help me out. If you have any questions please do not hesitate to ask. 73's Mike Paulson kz5land at yahoo.com Canal Zone Ham Operators \ Mike sent the following with pix that cannot be copied onto the reflector: Hello My name is Mike Paulson and my mom is/was KZ5MP in Gatun, Canal Zone, 1968-1979. She was also KA4CZC in Tallahassee 1979-1996. When vanity calls came out, she was able to get her KZ5MP call back and held that un,l 2006. I am working on a project to document and identify all the Canal Zone Ham Operators through the use of their QSL Cards or through the Radio Amateur CallBook Magazine (The Flying Horse), and I need your help. I know this sounds like an impossible task but I really do believe it can be done. On average from 1960 to 1979 there were only about 150-200 operators. My e?ort may not be quite so daunting, if I can get your help. I am asking you to look through your QSL Cards and scan the front and back of your K5, NY1, NY2, (pre war) and your KZ5 cards and email the scans to me or post them to the FaceBook group I have for the project. h at ps://www.facebook.com/groups/532860190101682/ ?Canal Zone Ham Operators?. You should really visit the site if you can. You can also mail me the cards if you choose to at the address below. Ul,mately, aFer I have been able to gather as much info as possible, I plan on turning it over to a museum or library of Canal Zone history or ham radio history. I do this to honor my mom, and all the other Canal Zone Hams. If you have any other documents from the old KZ5 days I would appreciate you adding them as well. These could include licenses, certi?cates, shack photos, any info on the clubs that were there. Really anything that has KZ5 on it. Please pass this on to other hams, I also need help in geHng my word out. Thank you so much. If you have any ques,ons or sugges,on, please let me know either by email or the Facebook page. From bmarx at bellsouth.net Thu Apr 20 12:56:51 2017 From: bmarx at bellsouth.net (WILLIAM MARX) Date: Thu, 20 Apr 2017 16:56:51 +0000 (UTC) Subject: [QCWA Everglades Chapter #69] Spring 2017 Cy Harris Free Flea This Saturday...! References: <777925191.5083190.1492707411898.ref@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <777925191.5083190.1492707411898@mail.yahoo.com> Spring 2017 Cy Harris Free Flea HAMFEST/CONVENTION 04/22/2017 Start Date: 04/22/2017 End Date: 04/22/2017 Location: Collins Center 3900 NE 3rd Avenue Oakland Park, FL Website: http://browardarc.net/free-flea/ Sponsor: Broward ARC (W4AB) Type: ARRL Hamfest Talk-In: 146.91 (PL 110.9) Public Contact: Tony Becker , KK4GUU 3721 West State Road 84, Unit 102 Davie, FL 33312 Phone: 954-612-9303 Email: kk4guu at arrl.net Spring 2017 Cy Harris Free Flee From bmarx at bellsouth.net Thu Apr 20 13:18:37 2017 From: bmarx at bellsouth.net (WILLIAM MARX) Date: Thu, 20 Apr 2017 17:18:37 +0000 (UTC) Subject: [QCWA Everglades Chapter #69] EM Publication highlights Amateur Radio In-Reply-To: <003b01d2b9f9$9f0d9b30$dd28d190$@bellsouth.net> References: <003b01d2b9f9$9f0d9b30$dd28d190$@bellsouth.net> Message-ID: <325287022.5104914.1492708717794@mail.yahoo.com> Great article on emergency communications.? See below. ?Carol Sjursen, KJ4AWBBroward County ARES Assistant Emergency CoordinatorBroward County Assistant RACES Officer954-803-6338 (Mobile)888-491-7613 (eFax)www.BrowardARESRACES.org ? Emergency Communications Driving Increase in Amateur Radio OperatorsHams standing by and ready to help during disasters or other events. by James Careless / April 11, 2017 More Americans than ever have been licensed by the Federal Communications Commission as amateur radio operators, and those in the know say that emergency communications is driving their passion to be ?hams.??There has been a tremendous amount of interest in emergency preparedness since 9/11 and Katrina, and this is true for the amateur radio community as well,? said Mike Corey, the emergency preparedness manager for the American Radio Relay League (ARRL). ?Emergency communications is a gateway into amateur radio, and many join our ranks through an interest in being better prepared themselves and as a way to serve their community.? ?This is the third year in a row that the total number of new licenses has exceeded 30,000,? said ARRL Volunteer Examiner Coordinator Manager Maria Somma last year. She said 32,552 were granted in 2016, 32,077 in 2015, and 33,241 in 2014. Total active FCC-issued ham radio licenses hit an all-time high of 743,003 in November 2016.The public?s growing interest in amateur radio for emergency communications is a legacy of 9/11, when Americans saw their cellular telephone networks become overwhelmed by excess traffic and system outages When regular phone service fails, amateur radio operators fill the communications gap with their independent transceivers and battery power backups.??I think we have experienced an uptick in new licenses due to the emergency capabilities of ham radio,? said Jack Ciaccia, ARRL Colorado section manager. ?Interest really peaks after a large-scale event where ham radio has been utilized.?Amateur radio operators played a substantial role in restoring vital communications links in the wake of 9/11, hurricanes, tornadoes and other major disasters that have affected the United States. They assist in directing first responders to victims, providing real-time situational updates from the disaster scene to emergency management agencies, and offering victims a way to contact their families and friends when normal communications channels have failed.??Generally, amateur radio operators assist other organizations and agencies by adding communications capacity when normal means of communications are down or overloaded,? Corey said. ?Amateurs work with local emergency management, first responders, hospitals, National Weather Service, National Hurricane Center and VOADs [Voluntary Organizations Active in Disasters] and the Red Cross and Salvation Army. Many also use amateur radio as part of their own family communications plan and use the skills they learn as amateurs to assist neighbors during emergencies and disasters.??Walt Palmer is a licensed ham radio operator, and also director of broadcast operations, engineering and programming at NewsRadio WGMD 92.7 FM in Rehoboth Beach, Del. ?Through an arrangement with our local EOC, I have a 2-meter ham radio set and antenna at my desk, which can be patched into our FM transmitter during emergencies,? he said. ?If regular communications fail, the EOC can put the mayor or one of their officials on the 2-meter band, and I can rebroadcast it via our FM channel to our entire coverage area.??Emergency managers have taken note the usefulness of amateur radio operators during manmade and natural disasters ? and many have ongoing relationships with their local ham communities. This includes assigning amateur radio operators specific roles within each agency?s emergency response plan, and even setting space aside for hams in their EOCs.?For many years, ARRL has created special Amateur Radio Emergency Service (ARES) units to assist during times of crisis. Each ARES unit ?consists of licensed amateurs who have voluntarily registered their qualifications and equipment with their local ARES leadership for communications duty in the public service when disaster strikes,? according to the ARRL website. ARES members are trained to work with local emergency management; to have their own food, sleeping equipment and other supplies to survive during emergency situations away from home; and to have pre-planned for their families? well-being during the ARES team member?s absence.??In most cases, the amateur radio response to an emergency or disaster is handled by local ARES teams,? said Corey. ?However, in the case of large-scale disasters such as a large hurricane or earthquake, ARRL headquarters will assist local and state ARES teams with equipment, media support, regulatory guidance and coordination with national partners.???Most of our ARES teams around the country partner with local and state emergency management,? he added. ?In most cases this relationship also allows for closer work with other local response groups such as public safety, hospitals and local VOADs.??This is certainly the case in Colorado. In 2016, the state Legislature officially designated qualified hams as members of Colorado?s new Auxiliary Emergency Communications Unit, under the authority of the state?s Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management, in the Department of Public Safety.?As a result of this new law, Colorado ARES teams are now part of their state?s emergency management team, with their own roles with their state?s emergency management plans and facilities.??In many EOCs, including the Colorado EOC, ARES has its own space with its own permanently installed radio gear and antenna installations,? Ciaccia said. ?In Boulder, they also maintain a cache of portable equipment that can be deployed as soon as manpower is available. This way, they never have to worry about obtaining anyone's personal gear for use in an emergency.??It is worth noting that hams also aid emergency managers in less dire situations. For instance, ?throughout the United States, amateurs assist the National Weather Service?s SKYWARN program in providing ground truth reports during severe weather events,? Corey said. All told, the growing number of amateur radio operators in the U.S. are self-funding, fully equipped communicators, many of whom want to support local emergency managers and first responders any way they can.??We have worked extremely hard over the years to become useful and professional with our assistance to our community OEMs and EOCs,? Ciaccia said. ?The major capability that hams bring to emergency management is our varied modes and frequencies: We can usually make a communications path when others do not exist. Because of those two important and valuable commodities that are usually not available to public service entities, we are an important asset to local authorities in times of need.?http://www.govtech.com/em/disaster/Emergency-Communications-Driving-Increase-in-Amateur-Radio-Operators.html?utm_term=Emergency%20Communications%20Driving%20Increase%20in%20Amateur%20Radio%20Operators&utm_campaign=New%20Products%20Cauging%20Informaiton%20Overload&utm_content=email&utm_source=Act-On+Software&utm_medium=email ??Miguel??MIGUEL ASCARRUNZ, MPA, FPEM, DIRECTOREnvironmental Protection and Growth Management DepartmentEMERGENCY MANAGEMENT DIVISION201 NW 84th Ave? | Plantation, Florida 33324OFFICE:? 954.831.3908CELL:? 954.410.5393AMATEUR RADIO CALL SIGN:? KG6PQWBroward.org/Emergency | Facebook | Twitter?? ? Under Florida law, most e-mail messages to or from Broward County employees or officials are public records, available to any person upon request, absent an exemption. Therefore, any e-mail message to or from the County, inclusive of e-mail addresses contained therein, may be subject to public disclosure. From bmarx at bellsouth.net Sun Apr 23 14:47:08 2017 From: bmarx at bellsouth.net (WILLIAM MARX) Date: Sun, 23 Apr 2017 18:47:08 +0000 (UTC) Subject: [QCWA Everglades Chapter #69] Space Weather News for April 23, 2017 References: <1338080460.7332666.1492973228402.ref@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <1338080460.7332666.1492973228402@mail.yahoo.com> | Space Weather News for April 23, 2017 http://spaceweather.com GEOMAGNETIC STORMS CONTINUE: Following on the heels of Saturday's unexpected CME impact, our planet is now moving into a stream of high speed (700 km/s) solar wind. This is re-energizing geomagnetic activity around Earth's poles. NOAA forecasters say there is an 80% chance of geomagnetic storms on April 23rd subsiding to 'only' 60% to 65% on April 24th and 25th. High-latitude sky watchers should remain alert for auroras in the nights ahead. In the USA, Northern Lights might be seen and photographed in northern-tier states from Washington to Maine. Southern Lights are also being reported by observers in high-latitude regions of New Zealand. Visit? Spaceweather.com for photos and updates. | From wa4aw at juno.com Sun Apr 23 17:23:43 2017 From: wa4aw at juno.com (wa4aw) Date: Sun, 23 Apr 2017 21:23:43 GMT Subject: [QCWA Everglades Chapter #69] QCWA Chapter 111 LUNCHEON MEETING April 25th Message-ID: <20170423.172343.12613.2@webmail04.vgs.untd.com> QCWA Palm Beach Chapter # 111 Hello, This is friendly reminder that our Palm Beach Chapter meeting is the last Tuesday of each month. We will be meeting at the Golden Corral Buffet, 10100 Fox Trail Rd., on the service road behind the SW corner of Okeechobee Blvd. and State Road 7 in Royal Palm Beach at 11:30 AM. This month our meeting date is April 25th. Hope you can join us for fellowship, rag chews & information. We encourage everyone who has not been to the Golden Corral to call for info on either the Palms West repeater 147.045 or the AREC repeater on 146.670. Both repeaters have a 110.9 PL. Everyone is welcome to join us. We meet in the private dining room in the back of the restaurant. 47, Jeff WA4AW, Secretary QCWAQuarter Century Wireless AssociationJeff Beals, WA4AWNational Director &QCWA Historian QCWA Palm Beach Chapter 111Secretary-TreasurerPO Box 1584Loxahatchee, FL 33470-1584561-252-6707 wa4aw at qcwa.org www.qcwa.org QCWA Chapter 111 webpage link: www.qcwa.org/chapter111.htm Chapter YahooGroup website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/qcwa111 ____________________________________________________________ One Trick to Catch a Liar The Beacon http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/58fd1b8486431b833f6est04vuc From bmarx at bellsouth.net Mon Apr 24 08:24:03 2017 From: bmarx at bellsouth.net (Bill) Date: Mon, 24 Apr 2017 08:24:03 -0400 Subject: [QCWA Everglades Chapter #69] The 2017 Florida QSO Party is *this weekend* Message-ID: <9f84c91a-7f10-2b2c-f688-48ff0d36ab0a@bellsouth.net> Hello Contesting Friends, The 2017 Florida QSO Party is *this weekend*; we sure hope you'll join us. All 67 counties will be active. Please check out the 2016 FQP results and much more at our Web Site: http://www.floridaqsopar ty.org/ The Florida QSO Party Object: Everyone works Florida, Florida works Everyone Activate and work ALL Florida counties Have as much FUN as possible! When: April 29 & 30, 2017 Two ten hour operating periods, with a ten hour break: Saturday, April 29 1600Z (Noon EDT) - 0159Z (9:59 PM EDT) Sunday, April 30 1200Z (8 AM EDT) - 2159Z (5:59 PM EDT) 20 Hours total Exchange: RST and County (Florida stations) RST and QTH (State, Province or Country for non-FL) Where: 10, 15, 20 and 40 Meters CW : 28.035, 21.035, 14.035, 7.035 MHz SSB: 28.485, 21.335, 14.260, 7.195 MHz (Approximate center frequencies; lots of activity spreads out from there!) At least 15 Mobile stations will be on and most can be found here: CW: 7.025-7.035, 14.040-14.050, 21.040-21.050, 28.040-28.050 MHz SSB: 7.230-7.240, 14.265-14.275 If you are not mobile, *please* refrain from calling CQ in these windows. Categories: Single Op, Multi Op, Multi-Multi, Mobile, Technician and School. Three power levels: QRP, Low, and High Power. Use CW, SSB or both. 20th Anniversary Special Event Award- 2017 FQP Spelling Bee! In honor of our 20th year we will have a record 20 1x1s stations, 2 per letter, to spell FLORIDA SUN. Contact at least 10 of these 1x1 stations whose suffixes spell ?FLORIDA SUN? to earn this award. The callsigns and hosts are: CALL HOST CTY K4F W4UH PAL W4F K4LQ HIG K4L N4WW ORA W4L K5AUP ORA K4O W4TAA SAR W4O WO4O LAK K4R N4BP BRO W4R WV4R HER K4I N4UU ALC W4I W4LT HIL K4D N4SVC SUW W4D KT4Q LAK K4A N4KE BRA W4A W4MLB BRE K4S K4LM PAL W4S W4TA PIN K4U NF4A BAY W4U WX4G SAR K4N K1TO MTE W4N N4OX ESC All Letters will be on both modes full-time and should be very accessible. QSL these 1x1 calls active in FQP via KK3Q direct or via bureau. Prizes: Beautiful color Certificates for top participants Plaques for top finishing entrants. Web Site: http://www.floridaqsopar ty.org/ Detailed rules, mobile routes, past results, plaques, county maps and much more! ACTION REQUIRED!!! Florida Stations of all types ? please go to the FQP website and register your fixed, mobile, rover and 1x1 Spelling Bee operations; just click on the ?Counties On the Air? link on the left to get started ? thanks! Logs to logs at floridaqsoparty.org or via US mail to K8NZ, please. Any questions or feedback? Please feel free to reply to my e-mail: cqdenx4n at gmail.com THANK YOU in advance for making the 2017 FQP another terrific event! 73, Chris, NX4N, on behalf of: Chris, WF3C and Dan, K1TO ? President and Past President Florida Contest Group, proud sponsors of the FQP since 1998 ------------- And for our friends in Zones 6-13: (Lo siento, yo s?lo hablo un poco de espa?ol, sin portugu?s): Estimado Radio-Aficionado Amigo, Vamos a tener una fiesta y esperamos que nos acompa?es! La competici?n ?QSO Party de la Florida (FQP)? del 2017 va a acontecer el 29 y 30 de Abril; Sab 1600Z - 0159Z y Dom 1200Z - 2159Z. Podes encontrar las reglas de la competici?n (en Espa?ol), los resultados de a?os anteriores, comentarios ?soapbox?, lista de multiplicadores, los resultados records de cada pa?s, programas para entrar tus logs y otros muy ?tiles consejos en la FQP website: http://www.floridaqso party.org/ Patrocinado por el Grupo de Competici?n de la Florida (Florida Contest Group -FCG - http://www.floridacontestgro up.org), el FQP son 20 excitantes horas de HF mixed-mode que no solo es divertido para las estaciones de la Florida sino para las de afuera de la Florida tambi?n. FQP es la segunda m?s grande competici?n con cientos de estaciones fijas en la Florida y docenas de estaciones m?viles que viajan a trav?s de los 67 condados de la Florida. Vos podes QSO cada estaci?n de la Florida v?a cw y ssb en cada banda y tambi?n QSO las estaciones m?viles cada vez que ellas cambian de condado. Por favor, lee las reglas para m?s detalles. Y definitivamente, apreciamos el multiplicador de tu pa?s! La raz?n por la cual me estoy contactando contigo es porque yo estoy patrocinando una placa de FQP para el ?Top Caribbean/Central America/South America Score? (CQ zonas 6, 7, 8, 9,10,11,12 y 13). La estaci?n que marque el mayor puntaje en el ?rea del Caribe, Centro Am?rica o Sud Am?rica ganar? esta placa. Realmente quer?a patrocinar una especie de ?Copa Am?rica? de FQP en honor a Uds., nuestros DX vecinos amigos! Por supuesto, hay otros FQP premios para los operadores participantes, incluyendo un certificado por del patrocinamiento del FQP. Por favor, entra al website de FQP para ver la lista de todos los premios que se ofrecen. D?jame saber si tienes dudas respecto a las reglas de FQP tratar? de ayudarte. Y por favor, pasa esta invitaci?n especial a los miembros de tu club y otros operadores amigos. Espero que nos acompa?es en el FQP para disfrutar el entusiasmo y entretenimiento de la competici?n ? te veo en la fiesta! 73, Chris, NX4N cqdenx4n at gmail.com From n8pr at bellsouth.net Wed Apr 26 10:33:48 2017 From: n8pr at bellsouth.net (Pete Rimmel N8PR) Date: Wed, 26 Apr 2017 10:33:48 -0400 Subject: [QCWA Everglades Chapter #69] Ballots Message-ID: By now, you probably have received your ballots for the 2017 election of Directors for QCWA National. It has come to my attention that your member number was listed on the ballot. This should not have been done. If you have not yet sent in your ballot, you may black out your member number without voiding your ballot. This is supposed to be a secret ballot, and that information was place on the ballot by mistake. 73, PeteR N8PR Chapter 69 President From bmarx at bellsouth.net Thu Apr 27 16:13:19 2017 From: bmarx at bellsouth.net (Bill) Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2017 16:13:19 -0400 Subject: [QCWA Everglades Chapter #69] The Ten Commandments of Boat Anchordom... In-Reply-To: <783038726.11274076.1491345788325@mail.yahoo.com> References: <783038726.11274076.1491345788325@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: The Ten Commandments of Boat Anchordom... 1. Beware of the Chained Lightning, DC, AC, or HV of either; trifle not with it except whilst having one hand in thy pocket, and standing on thick rubber mats while wearing rubber-soled shoes, that thy days be many and not wind up as a cardiac arrest case. 2. Scoff not at The Manuals; unbelievers charge into the works headfirst and in a state of unknowing; their lamentations and cries fill the land, but not the airwaves. 3. If thou scoffest at #2 above, RTFM, and learn what a fool thou art the easy way. There is a hard way, but the wise eschew it, and the Emergency Room thereby. 4. Trifle not with Emission Testers for thy Firebottles; a thing the unbelievers use, they are mostly unreliable as to near-shorts, gas, transconductance, plate, grid and filament current and other matters of importance. Seek the Shrine of Hickock. 5. Honor thy Elmers and other Boat Anchor users, especially those who have used them over one decade at least, and three or more is even better; for they know the ins and outs, hints and kinks, and will give thee much good advice. Yea, sometimes all of it be contradictory, and a good deal of it pure hokum and puffery. But let this not dismay thee. Just remember that sometime it betide that an Extra License may just mean that ye Hamme is just good at passing tests, period. 6. Treat Dirt, Dust, Rust, and Corrosion as thy mortal enemies. Yea, they are pervasive pests, and require constant vigilance, for these Devils seldom lie dead in a ditch. Be sure, though, to use the proper lubricants and cleaners in their proper places; much wailing and gnashing of teeth will result from a confusion of mind over these substances. 7. If thou are unfortunate enough to have thy Boat Anchors lodged in an outbuilding or banished to the garage, redouble thy watch against enemies named in #6. 8. Test thy tubes yearly, and check thy alignment in the same season. If thou art a Banishee (see #7), do both twice yearly. 9. Always allow 1 hour warm-up before operating any Mohawk RX-1, and of a certainty, before testing or aligning anything with Firebottles in it. 10. Allow not the pricks and pins of Moderne Appliance Operators to injure thee; for they are surely imbeciles who dote on anything new, whilst ignoring The Wisdom of The Ages, and knoweth not the untold hours, days, weeks, months and sometimes years it takes to get a BA station on the air and then keep it running. The True Master will embrace the Best of the New, and keep green and running the Best of The Old.