From bmarx at bellsouth.net Thu Feb 2 19:04:03 2017 From: bmarx at bellsouth.net (Bill) Date: Thu, 2 Feb 2017 19:04:03 -0500 Subject: [QCWA Everglades Chapter #69] TOMORROW!...50Th Anniversary for the TROPICAL HAMBOREE! In-Reply-To: <69101b77-e4f6-ef6f-cdbb-372088a60baa@bellsouth.net> References: <69101b77-e4f6-ef6f-cdbb-372088a60baa@bellsouth.net> Message-ID: It's Here! Several SFDXA Members set up the tables today. The venue of the War Memorial is terrific. Tables or booths are pretty much sold out we were told! Doors Open tomorrow(Friday) at Noon and close at 6. Saturday the Doors open at 6 and show closes at 6. Parking is FREE! SFDXA Forum is on Saturday and We are getting together for Dinner at 5:30 to 6 at Ernie's BBQ...see below for more info. Come on down and bring a friend... Bill W2CQ The Former Miami Tropical Hamboree is coming to Ft Lauderdale this weekend. Your club, the South Florida DX Association, will once again participate. We have had a presence at the Tropical Hamboree for over 40 years. https://hamboree.org/ The Tropical Hamboree will be held at the War Memorial Auditorium next weekend, Friday Feb 3rd & Saturday Fed 4th. this year. Doors open Friday at Noon. Saturday 9AM - 6 PM. Here's the info for those using GPS: War Memorial Auditorium 800 NE 8th Street Fort Lauderdale, FL 33304 Telephone 954-828-5380 The SFDXA will be participating with a booth joining the QCWA and the Davie Cooper Club. Saturday Afternoon SFDXA DX Forum: We will hold a DX Forum Saturday afternoon with our Guest Speaker Mark WC3W. He will cover us on his recent trip to Cuba. There will be Door Prizes and other surprises! Saturday Night Dinner: We will get together for an informal Dinner Saturday after the Hamboree about 5:30 at Ernie's BBQ, 1843 South Federal Highway, Ft Lauderdale. Coming out of the Hamboree go south on Federal highway to 1843 South US 1. Hamboree ends at 6 Officially but had to book Ernie's for 5:30. Have a seat at the bar if we're not all there yet. See you all there. Bring a Friend and Help make it a successful Tropical Hamboree! Bill Marx W2CQ From n8pr1 at bellsouth.net Thu Feb 2 22:56:14 2017 From: n8pr1 at bellsouth.net (Pete Rimmel N8PR) Date: Thu, 2 Feb 2017 22:56:14 -0500 Subject: [QCWA Everglades Chapter #69] [SFDXA] TOMORROW!...50Th Anniversary for the TROPICAL HAMBOREE! In-Reply-To: References: <69101b77-e4f6-ef6f-cdbb-372088a60baa@bellsouth.net> Message-ID: Correction Saturday the Doors open at 9 AM and close at 6 PM -----Original Message----- From: Bill Sent: Thursday, February 02, 2017 7:04 PM To: 'SFDXA Reflector' ; QCWA Subject: [SFDXA] TOMORROW!...50Th Anniversary for the TROPICAL HAMBOREE! It's Here! Several SFDXA Members set up the tables today. The venue of the War Memorial is terrific. Tables or booths are pretty much sold out we were told! Doors Open tomorrow(Friday) at Noon and close at 6. Saturday the Doors open at 6 and show closes at 6. Parking is FREE! SFDXA Forum is on Saturday and We are getting together for Dinner at 5:30 to 6 at Ernie's BBQ...see below for more info. Come on down and bring a friend... Bill W2CQ The Former Miami Tropical Hamboree is coming to Ft Lauderdale this weekend. Your club, the South Florida DX Association, will once again participate. We have had a presence at the Tropical Hamboree for over 40 years. https://hamboree.org/ The Tropical Hamboree will be held at the War Memorial Auditorium next weekend, Friday Feb 3rd & Saturday Fed 4th. this year. Doors open Friday at Noon. Saturday 9AM - 6 PM. Here's the info for those using GPS: War Memorial Auditorium 800 NE 8th Street Fort Lauderdale, FL 33304 Telephone 954-828-5380 The SFDXA will be participating with a booth joining the QCWA and the Davie Cooper Club. Saturday Afternoon SFDXA DX Forum: We will hold a DX Forum Saturday afternoon with our Guest Speaker Mark WC3W. He will cover us on his recent trip to Cuba. There will be Door Prizes and other surprises! Saturday Night Dinner: We will get together for an informal Dinner Saturday after the Hamboree about 5:30 at Ernie's BBQ, 1843 South Federal Highway, Ft Lauderdale. Coming out of the Hamboree go south on Federal highway to 1843 South US 1. Hamboree ends at 6 Officially but had to book Ernie's for 5:30. Have a seat at the bar if we're not all there yet. See you all there. Bring a Friend and Help make it a successful Tropical Hamboree! Bill Marx W2CQ ______________________________________________________________ South Florida DX Assoc. "SINCE 1974" SFDXA WebSite: http://www.SFDXA.com SFDXA Repeater 147.33+ 103.5 Tone To Post: mailto:SFDXA at mailman.qth.net To UNSUBSCRIBE/EDIT: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/sfdxa This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net From bmarx at bellsouth.net Fri Feb 3 07:47:04 2017 From: bmarx at bellsouth.net (Bill) Date: Fri, 3 Feb 2017 07:47:04 -0500 Subject: [QCWA Everglades Chapter #69] ARLD005 DX News In-Reply-To: <1486087296.176.26835.m6@yahoogroups.com> References: <1486087296.176.26835.m6@yahoogroups.com> Message-ID: SB DX @ ARL $ARLD005 ARLD005 DX news ZCZC AE05 QST de W1AW DX Bulletin 5 ARLD005 >From ARRL Headquarters Newington CT February 2, 2017 To all radio amateurs SB DX ARL ARLD005 ARLD005 DX news This week's bulletin was made possible with information provided by QRZ DX, the OPDX Bulletin, 425 DX News, The Daily DX, DXNL, Contest Corral from QST and the ARRL Contest Calendar and WA7BNM web sites. Thanks to all. MAURITIUS, 3B8. Paul, HB9ARY is QRV as 3B8HC from Pointe aux Sables until February 15. Activity is holiday style on 80 to 10 meters using CW and SSB. QSL via NI5DX. CYPRUS, 5B. Members of the Paphos Radio Club are QRV with special event station H2017PFO during all of 2017 for Europe's Capital of Culture in 2017. Activity is on the HF bands using all modes. QSL direct to 5B4AIE. RWANDA, 9X. Harald, DF2WO is QRV as 9X2AW from Kigali until March 11. Activity is on all HF bands using CW and various digital modes. QSL via M0OXO. BAHAMAS, C6. Operators Tim, N4UM, Mike, K4RUM and Bob, N4BP will be QRV as C6ARU, C6AUM and C6AKQ, respectively, from Abaco Island, IOTA NA-080, from February 7 to 21. Activity will be on 160 to 6 meters using CW and some RTTY. This includes an entry in the upcoming ARRL DX CW contest. QSL via operators' instructions. URUGUAY, CX. Henry, LU4DXU will be QRV as CX/LU4DXU from Lobos and Goritti Islands, both IOTA SA-039, from February 4 to 11. QSL to home call. SOUTH COOK ISLANDS, E5. Milan, OK1DWC is QRV as E51DWC from Rarotonga Island, IOTA OC-013, until sometime in March. Activity is on 160 to 10 meters using CW, SSB and RTTY. This includes entries in the upcoming ARRL DX contests and possibly the upcoming CQ World Wide WPX SSB DX contest. QSL to home call. DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, HI. Gianluca, IU4FMR is QRV as HI7/IU4FMR from Punta Cana until the end of February. Activity is on 40 and 20 meters using SSB. QSL direct to home call. BULGARIA, LZ. Members of the Bulgarian Radio Club Blagovestnik are QRV as LZ235SIR during February for All Saints 2017. QSL via bureau. FERNANDO DE NORONHA, PY0F. Leo, PP1CZ is QRV as PY0F/PP1CZ until February 8. Activity is on 80 to 10 meters using CW, SB and RTTY. QSL direct to home call. COSTA RICA, TI. Gerry, W1VE will be QRV as TI7/W1VE from Playa Negra in the Guanacaste Province from February 4 to 11. Activity will be holiday style on 40 to 10 meters, and possibly 80 meters, using mostly CW with some SSB. QSL direct to home call. CENTRAL AFRICA, TL. A group of operators are QRV as TL8TT until February 14. Activity is on 160 to 10 meters using CW, SSB and RTTY. QSL via I2YSB. BELIZE, V3. Bob, K7YB is moving to Belize and will be QRV as V31YB from San Ignacio. Activity will be on 160 to 10 meters. QSL via operator's instructions. NAMIBIA, V5. Georg, DD8ZX and Klaus, DJ9KM will be QRV as V5/DJ9KM and V5/DD8ZX, respectively, from Omaruru from February 6 to 18. Activity will be holiday style on 160 to 6 meters using SSB, RTTY and PSK. They may be active as V55V in the upcoming CQ World Wide RTTY WPX contest. QSL via operators' instructions. THIS WEEKEND ON THE RADIO. The North American CW Sprint, 10-10 International SSB Winter Contest, Mexico RTTY International Contest, NCCC RTTY Sprint, QRP 80-Meter CW Fox Hunt, NCCC Sprint CW Ladder, YLRL YL-OM Contest, Vermont QSO Party, Triathlon DX Contest, Black Sea Cup International, F9AA CW Cup, Minnesota QSO Party, FYBO Winter QRP Sprint, AGCW 80-Meter Straight Key Party, British Columbia QSO Party and FISTS Winter Slow Speed CW Sprint will certainly keep contesters busy this upcoming weekend. The RSGB 80-Meter Club SSB Championship is scheduled for February 6. The ARS Spartan CW Sprint is scheduled for February 7. The Phone Fray, QRP 40-Meter CW Fox Hunt and CWops Mini-CWT CW Test are all scheduled for February 8. Please see February QST, page 99, and the ARRL and WA7BNM contest web sites for details. NNNN /EX From bmarx at bellsouth.net Mon Feb 6 07:21:02 2017 From: bmarx at bellsouth.net (Bill) Date: Mon, 6 Feb 2017 07:21:02 -0500 Subject: [QCWA Everglades Chapter #69] NOVICE RIG ROUNDUP In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <29a641c4-791b-7b0d-c942-f7fcb1d0d7a7@bellsouth.net> Hey folks - the Novice Rig Roundup will soon be here! < 2 weeks now... See you on 80m, 40m, 15m, 10m soon! Help spread the word. Please be sure to register for the ONLINE Logging Program... Full details at: http://www.novicerigroundup.com/nrrLog/login1.php http://www.novicerigroundup.com/ 73 - Bry Carling, AF4K From bmarx at bellsouth.net Mon Feb 6 11:16:31 2017 From: bmarx at bellsouth.net (Bill) Date: Mon, 6 Feb 2017 11:16:31 -0500 Subject: [QCWA Everglades Chapter #69] Oldest, Longest-Licensed US Ham, Educator Charles Hellman, W2RP, SK In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Oldest, Longest-Licensed US Ham, Educator Charles Hellman, W2RP, SK 02/03/2017 Charles ?Charlie? Hellman, W2RP, of Hastings on Hudson, New York, died on January 25. He was 106 and may have not only been the oldest surviving radio amateur in the US but, at 92 years, also may have been the longest licensed. By 8 days, Hellman outlived Harry Wolf, W6NKT, of Morro Bay, California, who had been considered the oldest US ham when he died on January 17, just a couple of weeks shy of his 108th birthday. In 2015, the Quarter Century Wireless Association (QCWA ) honored Hellman with a ?90 Year Continuous Licensed Certificate Award? (No 1). At the time, the QCWA had thought Hellman was the oldest living radio amateur, but announcement of his QCWA honor served to flush out Wolf, who, while not licensed as long as Hellman, was 1 year older. No formal records are kept regarding the oldest or youngest US hams. Hellman joined QCWA in 1975 and was a member of QCWA Chapter 181 in New York?s Hudson Valley. He had been regularly active on the air until a few years before his death, when his backyard tower fell victim to Hurricane Sandy. First licensed as W2AMK in 1925 when he was 15, Hellman, who had been an ARRL member, went on to become an educator. After working his way through the City College of New York, he taught physics on the secondary level. During World War II, Hellman was tapped by the Department of War to write a textbook for training radio operators, /Elements of Radio/. Two of Hellman's siblings also held ham tickets. His brother Robert, now deceased, was W2JAN. His brother Benjamin, 96, is W2VB. QCWA came upon the information regarding Hellman?s age and Amateur Radio tenure when QCWA Webmaster Bob Roske, N0UF, was updating member files. Roske discovered that Hellman was still living in New York and appeared to be the oldest living QCWA member. /? Thanks to Pete Varounis, NL7XM, and Charles Tropp, N2SO/ From bmarx at bellsouth.net Fri Feb 10 07:24:05 2017 From: bmarx at bellsouth.net (Bill) Date: Fri, 10 Feb 2017 07:24:05 -0500 Subject: [QCWA Everglades Chapter #69] =?utf-8?q?How_to_Learn_Morse_Code?= =?utf-8?q?=E2=80=94Semiconsciously_-_Scientific_American?= Message-ID: <2efd4d28-551a-26bc-2116-f1755e93f019@bellsouth.net> How to Learn Morse Code?Semiconsciously Wearable computers delivering tactile cues may offer a way to learn manual skills without paying much attention * By Ingfei Chen | Scientific American February 2017 Issue Learning Morse code, with its tappity-tap rhythms of dots and dashes, could take far less effort?and attention?than one might think. The trick is a wearable computer that engages the sensory powers of touch, according to a recent pilot study. The results suggest that mobile devices may be able to teach us manual skills, almost subconsciously, as we go about our everyday routines. Ph.D. student Caitlyn Seim and computer science professor Thad Starner of the Georgia Institute of Technology tinker with haptics, the integration of vibrations or other tactile cues with computing gadgets. Last September at the 20th International Symposium on Wearable Computers in Heidelberg, Germany, they announced that they had programmed Google Glass to passively teach its wearers Morse code?with preliminary signs of success. For the study, 12 participants wore the smart glasses while engrossed in an online game on a PC. During multiple hour-long sessions, half the players heard Google Glass's built-in speaker repeatedly spelling out words and felt taps behind the right ear (from a bone-conduction transducer built into the frames) for the dots and dashes corresponding to each letter. The other six participants heard only the audio, without the corresponding vibrations. After each run of game playing, all the players were asked to tap out letters in Morse code using a finger on the touch pad of the smart glasses; for example, if they tapped ?dot-dot,? an ?i? would pop up on the visual display. The brief testing essentially prompted them to try to learn the code. After four one-hour sessions, the group that had received tactile cues could tap a pangram (a sentence using the entire alphabet) with 94 percent accuracy. The audio-only group eventually achieved 47 percent accuracy, learning solely from their trial-and-error inputs. The work shows that ?it is possible to teach a system of typing without the user paying much attention to it,? Starner says. Passive haptic learning could help users quickly master new text-entry methods for accessory keyboards or an eyes-free, Morse code?like system of taps on a smart watch, he adds, noting: ?That might really change how people use mobile and wearable devices.? The results are also ?exactly congruent? with other effects of passive haptic learning that the researchers have found in past studies, Seim says. For example, the group has developed computing gloves that deliver vibrations to the fingers to teach the ?muscle memories? for playing a piano song or typing Braille. Although it was small scale, the experiment demonstrates how wearable computers could permit users to ?go about your daily business?and while you do that, you can get information to actually learn things,? says Paul Lukowicz of the German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence, who was not involved in the study. Now if only listening to Mandarin in your sleep could impart fluency. Full Article: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-to-learn-morse-code-mdash-semiconsciously/ From n8pr at bellsouth.net Mon Feb 13 16:49:11 2017 From: n8pr at bellsouth.net (Pete Rimmel N8PR) Date: Mon, 13 Feb 2017 16:49:11 -0500 Subject: [QCWA Everglades Chapter #69] Webinar - Waller Flag RX Antenna 101 - How to Construct a WF In-Reply-To: <000001d28629$9490e2b0$bdb2a810$@comcast.net> References: <000001d28629$9490e2b0$bdb2a810$@comcast.net> Message-ID: Hi all I would like to invite you and ask for your help to sent this invitation for more friends. Join us for a webinar on Feb 16, 2017 at 9:00 PM EST Register now! - https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/7735767269616129539 JC N4IS covers the concepts and decisions to build your own WF low band high performance receive antenna. Topics include: 1- What is a Waller Flag 2- Horizontal or vertical poles. 3- Common node noise, and detuning towers or TX antennas 4- Phasing lines and transformers 5- Feed lines and chokes 6- Preamplifiers, filter and R/T switches 7- How to measure pattern (polar plot) 8- How to test and evaluate results. 73 JC N4IS From bmarx at bellsouth.net Sun Feb 19 19:10:59 2017 From: bmarx at bellsouth.net (Bill) Date: Sun, 19 Feb 2017 19:10:59 -0500 Subject: [QCWA Everglades Chapter #69] Space Weather News for Feb 19, 2017 Message-ID: <64529347-4f3d-c60d-d05c-559951480030@bellsouth.net> *Space Weather News for Feb 19, 2017* http://spaceweather.com https://www.facebook.com/spaceweatherdotcom *A GASH IN THE SUN'S ATMOSPHERE:* An unusually wide and sinuous hole has opened in the sun's atmosphere, and it is stretching like a gash across the sun's southern hemisphere. A roughly fan-shaped stream of solar wind flowing from the hole is gently buffeting Earth's magnetic field, and it could keep polar magnetic fields in an unsettled state for the rest of February. Long range forecasts suggest the month could end with a moderately strong (G2-class) geomagnetic storm. This is all good news for Arctic sky watchers, who can expect regular episodes of Northern Lights in the nights ahead. Visit today's edition of Spaceweather.com for more information and sightings. From bmarx at bellsouth.net Fri Feb 24 09:04:44 2017 From: bmarx at bellsouth.net (Bill) Date: Fri, 24 Feb 2017 09:04:44 -0500 Subject: [QCWA Everglades Chapter #69] Attendance Message-ID: <2c7cb427-f959-8b2c-b805-ef9055cbd0c8@bellsouth.net> From Norm W4QN: Some News - When Orlando HamCation? hosted the ARRL Southeastern Division Convention on February 10-12, it posted a new attendance record. As a result of its growing popularity, the Orlando show may now be the third largest ham radio gathering in the world -- behind the JARL Tokyo Ham Fair, with an estimated 37,000 attendees in 2016, and Hamvention?, which attracts some 25,000 visitors each May. This year, HamCation logged a record 19,000 attendees, up by 2,000 from last year and moving it ahead of Ham Radio in Friedrichshafen, Germany. From wa4aw at juno.com Fri Feb 24 19:10:33 2017 From: wa4aw at juno.com (wa4aw) Date: Sat, 25 Feb 2017 00:10:33 GMT Subject: [QCWA Everglades Chapter #69] QCWA Chapter 111 LUNCHEON MEETING February 28th Message-ID: <20170224.191033.26822.0@webmail11.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, except in December. 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 February 28th. 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 ____________________________________________________________ Affordable Wireless Plans Set up is easy. Get online in minutes. Starting at only $14.95 per month! www.netzero.net?refcd=nzmem0216