From bmarx at bellsouth.net  Thu Oct  5 10:04:30 2017
From: bmarx at bellsouth.net (WILLIAM MARX)
Date: Thu, 5 Oct 2017 14:04:30 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: [QCWA Everglades Chapter #69] =?utf-8?q?Queens_School=E2=80=99s_A?=
	=?utf-8?q?mateur_Radio_Club?=
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| Queens School?s Amateur Radio Club Offers Messaging Lifeline to Puerto Rico ? Jackson Heights ? New York ? DNAinfo |
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The station ? known by its call sign, K2GSG ? is taking messages known as ?radiograms? to send down to hurricane-ravaged Puerto Rico, which has been mostly without power since Hurricane Maria struck the island.
Source: Queens School?s Amateur Radio Club Offers Messaging Lifeline to Puerto Rico ? Jackson Heights ? New York ? DNAinfoI find this cool on a couple of levels: one, they?re helping Puerto Rico in a very important and tangible way, and second, they?re learning about amateur radio and how it can be a lifeline in an emergency. |


From bmarx at bellsouth.net  Thu Oct  5 10:08:49 2017
From: bmarx at bellsouth.net (WILLIAM MARX)
Date: Thu, 5 Oct 2017 14:08:49 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: [QCWA Everglades Chapter #69] =?utf-8?q?_Queens_School=E2=80=99s_?=
	=?utf-8?q?Amateur_Radio_Club?=
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     On Thursday, October 5, 2017 10:06 AM, WILLIAM MARX <bmarx at bellsouth.net> wrote:
 

 
| Queens School?s Amateur Radio Club Offers Messaging Lifeline to Puerto Rico ? Jackson Heights ? New York ? DNAinfo |
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The station ? known by its call sign, K2GSG ? is taking messages known as ?radiograms? to send down to hurricane-ravaged Puerto Rico, which has been mostly without power since Hurricane Maria struck the island.
Source: Queens School?s Amateur Radio Club Offers Messaging Lifeline to Puerto Rico ? Jackson Heights ? New York ? DNAinfoI find this cool on a couple of levels: one, they?re helping Puerto Rico in a very important and tangible way, and second, they?re learning about amateur radio and how it can be a lifeline in an emergency. |

   

From bmarx at bellsouth.net  Mon Oct  9 08:50:21 2017
From: bmarx at bellsouth.net (WILLIAM MARX)
Date: Mon, 9 Oct 2017 12:50:21 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: [QCWA Everglades Chapter #69] LARA Tailgate November 4,
	2017 Announcement
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There was an attachment(map) to this message which may not come through. You can google the address for a map. If it does not and you'd like it send me a note.Bill Marx W2CQ
 

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From bmarx at bellsouth.net  Mon Oct  9 15:09:37 2017
From: bmarx at bellsouth.net (WILLIAM MARX)
Date: Mon, 9 Oct 2017 19:09:37 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: [QCWA Everglades Chapter #69] Hamcestry.com is up and running!
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Hamcestry news of the day
 
Hamcestry.com is up and running!
  We're up! Let us know if you find a bug and we'll try to squash it!.  
FROM THE EDITOR
   I got involved in HAM radio via delivering newspapers in my hometown of Rushville, Indiana. On my route was the home of Mel Martin (K9PQP). Every time I tell the story, I think about all of the people that would have led up to Mel getting his license, then all of the people besides me that he must have influenced, and then the people I have influenced. Although I'm in contact with all of those I have influenced, at some point I may not be and it would be nice to somehow see how my influence may have grown over the years. I also hear and read the same type of stories all the time from other amateurs. It made me wish we there was some place this could be visualized, and so here we are!  If you like the website, please tell people about it. It has no value if people don't use it. Invite all of your influences and your Elmer to join as well.  73,
 Bill (K9PHP)
 Hamcestry.com Founder 

Hamcestry - Visualize your amateur radio influence, take practice tests and learn morse cod

  
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From bmarx at bellsouth.net  Wed Oct 11 18:31:15 2017
From: bmarx at bellsouth.net (WILLIAM MARX)
Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2017 22:31:15 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: [QCWA Everglades Chapter #69] Geomagnetic Storm in Progress
	(G1-class)
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Space Weather News for Oct. 11, 2017
http://spaceweather.com
https://www.facebook.com/spaceweatherdotcom

POLAR GEOMAGNETIC STORMS: A hole in the sun's atmosphere is spewing solar wind toward Earth, and this is sparking bright auroras around the poles on Oct. 11th. At the time of this alert, a G1-class geomagnetic storm is underway. NOAA forecasters estimate a 70% chance of continued storms at high latitudes on Oct. 12th and 13th as Earth moves deeper into the solar wind stream. Visit Spaceweather.com for pictures and updated forecasts.

From n8pr at bellsouth.net  Thu Oct 12 16:54:13 2017
From: n8pr at bellsouth.net (Pete Rimmel N8PR)
Date: Thu, 12 Oct 2017 16:54:13 -0400
Subject: [QCWA Everglades Chapter #69] QCWA Cruise Newsletter #9 - Update On
	Logging
Message-ID: <ADE47C957BCF4704864A2349F46E8B87@PeteRGateway>



From: ve6afo at telus.net 
Sent: Thursday, October 12, 2017 2:42 PM
To: ve6afo at telus.net 
Subject: QCWA Cruise Newsletter #9 - Update On Logging

October 12, 2017

QCWA Cruise Newsletter #9 - Update On Logging

Radio Room Coming Together - On Deck 14

We have two very thoughtful cruisers who are putting in every effort in trying to make sure they will have a successful set up with radios and antennas for all of us to enjoy.

They are Terry Johner, W4YBV and Eugene Skopal, AE2F. Terry and his wife Cynthia are from Roswell, GA and Eugene and his wife Cynthia, KC2PTO are from Ossining, NY. They both are working hard in the planning and bringing a lot of gear and antennas to make two workable stations.

As I previously mentioned, those wishing to operate the radio will be using their own call signs. i.e. PA/VE6AFO. In this regard, if you plan to operate please bring you own computer with logging program, or log sheets to maintain your personal logging.

I am sure there will be some QSLing taking place after the cruise is over. You may wish to make a special QSL card with a photo of the Konginsdam on the front side, along with your call sign (i.e PA/VE6AFO) embedded within the photo.

Thanks!

73,
Ken Oelke, VE6AFO
President, Quarter Century Wireless Association, Inc.


From n8pr at bellsouth.net  Sat Oct 21 11:26:11 2017
From: n8pr at bellsouth.net (Pete Rimmel N8PR)
Date: Sat, 21 Oct 2017 11:26:11 -0400
Subject: [QCWA Everglades Chapter #69] Antenna help needed
Message-ID: <2B1A6728C57D476FB72A44C4B66E4CF5@PeteRGateway>

If you know anyone to help our Asst. Director ARRL Region 4, please give him a call.  Kinda busy here.  He would be about #5 on my list. 

73,  PeteR  N8PR



Ed Wheeler writes: Do know anyone that could help put my Mosely TA-33-Jr. back up. 

It came down in Wilma with minor damage, which I have all new parts from Mosely needed.

I'm 85 and can't get around good, and need to hire someone.

Thanks. 73, Ed

If you can help... (954) 296-4234

From bmarx at bellsouth.net  Mon Oct 23 14:33:01 2017
From: bmarx at bellsouth.net (Bill)
Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2017 14:33:01 -0400
Subject: [QCWA Everglades Chapter #69] ARLX010 QRZ DX and The DX Magazine
	Publisher Carl Smith, N4AA (SK)
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SB SPCL @ ARL $ARLX010
ARLX010 QRZ DX and The DX Magazine Publisher Carl Smith, N4AA (SK)

ZCZC AX10
QST de W1AW
Special Bulletin 10  ARLX010
>From ARRL Headquarters  
Newington CT  October 23, 2017
To all radio amateurs

SB SPCL ARL ARLX010
ARLX010 QRZ DX and The DX Magazine Publisher Carl Smith, N4AA (SK)

QRZ DX and The DX Magazine Publisher and Editor Carl Smith, N4AA, of
Asheville, North Carolina, died on October 20. An ARRL member, he
was 77 and had been a radio amateur and DXer for more than 6
decades. Smith and his late wife Miriam, KB4C, bought the two
publications' parent DX Publishing in 1997

"Carl was a ham's ham, as he dabbled in many aspects of our great
hobby," The Daily DX Editor Bernie McClenny, W3UR, observed. "He did
a lot for Amateur Radio over the years."

Licensed in Kansas City in 1954 as WN0YFT (later W0YFT), Smith
served in the US Air Force from 1958 until 1966. He became W4NQA
after moving to North Carolina.

>From 1968 until 1970, Smith was on the ARRL Headquarters staff and
held the call sign W1ETU. When he moved to Virginia in 1970, he
regained W4NQA and, after moving back to North Carolina, obtained
N4AA in 1976.

An avid DXer and at the top of the DXCC Honor Roll, Smith was
inducted into the CQ DX Hall of Fame in 2012.

Smith was a member of the Potomac Valley Radio Club (PVRC). He
re-established QCWA Chapter 145 for the primary purpose of
establishing the Southern Appalachian Radio Museum - now the
Asheville Radio Museum - on the campus of Asheville-Buncombe
Community College. He also was a long-time Roanoke Division
Assistant Director. For many years, he was the owner and manager of
Georgetown Communications, an Amateur Radio store in Asheville.

In the 1970s, Smith was instrumental in the formation of the Western
Carolina Amateur Radio Society and served a few terms as president.
Through WCARS, he instituted the annual Asheville Hamfest. WCARS
became a Volunteer Examiner Coordinator in the 1980s.

He also established the KB4C Miriam Smith Award, in memory of his
late wife. The award, presented annually by the ARRL Roanoke
Division, honors an Amateur Radio operator from Western North
Carolina who has demonstrated an active commitment to public service
and emergency communication through ARES/RACES.

Smith was among the founders of the SouthEastern DX and Contesting
Organization (SEDCO) W4DXCC Convention, and his wife's call sign is
used on the air at the annual convention and for various operating
activities.
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/EX


From bmarx at bellsouth.net  Tue Oct 24 17:55:30 2017
From: bmarx at bellsouth.net (Bill)
Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2017 17:55:30 -0400
Subject: [QCWA Everglades Chapter #69] ARLB019 Communications
 Interoperability Training with Amateur Radio Community Set
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References: <20171024195707.101E4200A5A4@bmail.arrl.org>
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SB QST @ ARL $ARLB019
ARLB019 Communications Interoperability Training with Amateur Radio
Community Set

ZCZC AG19
QST de W1AW
ARRL Bulletin 19  ARLB019
>From ARRL Headquarters  
Newington CT  October 24, 2017
To all radio amateurs

SB QST ARL ARLB019
ARLB019 Communications Interoperability Training with Amateur Radio
Community Set

Elements of the US Department of Defense (DOD) will conduct a
"communications interoperability" training exercise November 4-6,
once again simulating a "very bad day" scenario. Amateur Radio and
MARS organizations will take part.

"This exercise will begin with a national massive coronal mass
ejection event which will impact the national power grid as well as
all forms of traditional communication, including landline
telephone, cellphone, satellite, and Internet connectivity," Army
MARS Program Manager Paul English, WD8DBY, explained in an
announcement.

During the exercise, a designated DOD Headquarters entity will
request county-by-county status reports for the 3,143 US counties
and county equivalents, in order to gain situational awareness and
to determine the extent of impact of the scenario. Army and Air
Force MARS organizations will work in conjunction with the Amateur
Radio community, primarily on the 60-meter interoperability channels
as well as on HF NVIS frequencies and local VHF and UHF,
non-Internet linked Amateur Radio repeaters.

Again this year, a military station on the east coast and the Fort
Huachuca, Arizona, HF station will conduct a high-power broadcast on
60-meter channel 1 (5330.5 kHz) on Saturday from 0300 to 0315 UTC.
New this year will be an informational broadcast on Sunday, on
13483.5 kHz USB from 1600 to 1615 UTC. Amateur Radio operators
should monitor these broadcasts for more information about the
exercise and how they can participate in this communications
exercise, English said.

"We want to continue building on the outstanding cooperative working
relationship with the ARRL and the Amateur Radio community," English
said. "We want to expand the use of the 60-meter interop channels
between the military and amateur community for emergency
communications, and we hope the Amateur Radio community will give us
some good feedback on the use of both the 5-MHz interop and the new
13-MHz broadcast channels as a means of information dissemination
during a very bad day scenario."

Contact Paul English for more information or questions about this
exercise via email at, mars.exercises at gmail.com .
NNNN
/EX


From bmarx at bellsouth.net  Wed Oct 25 08:56:45 2017
From: bmarx at bellsouth.net (Bill)
Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2017 08:56:45 -0400
Subject: [QCWA Everglades Chapter #69] WSPRlite Classic Antenna Performance
	Analysis System
Message-ID: <91c58958-3439-8794-7c09-d9bda9bfa0d4@bellsouth.net>

https://www.sotabeams.co.uk/wsprlite

Antenna Analysis on your smart phone...

When I started in Amateur Radio, if you could light a 60 watt light bulb 
you were good to go. - Bill W2CQ

From bmarx at bellsouth.net  Sat Oct 28 07:42:20 2017
From: bmarx at bellsouth.net (Bill)
Date: Sat, 28 Oct 2017 07:42:20 -0400
Subject: [QCWA Everglades Chapter #69] Strange 'Blue Auroras' Sighted
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Message-ID: <fa701556-8e03-2475-2901-3ff57bb906a6@bellsouth.net>

*Space Weather News for Oct. 27, 2017*
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*STRANGE 'BLUE AURORAS' SIGHTED:* Last night, strange bands and rings of 
blue light appeared over parts of Scandinavia and Russia. Was it a weird 
type of aurora? No geomagnetic storm was in progress. The explanation 
may be a barrage of missiles fired during an overnight Russian war game, 
spreading a blue-glowing cloud of rocket exhaust around the Arctic 
Circle. Photos and more information are highlighted on today's edition 
of Spaceweather.com 
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