From bmarx at bellsouth.net Thu Jan 3 12:39:15 2019 From: bmarx at bellsouth.net (Bmarx@bellsouth.net) Date: Thu, 3 Jan 2019 12:39:15 -0500 Subject: [QCWA Everglades Chapter #69] ARLX001 Third Wednesday Monthly Communications Exercises Set References: <20190103160116.E6DF8207DC10@bmail.arrl.org> Message-ID: <34DE0A30-6448-477B-BD86-EDC97329384E@bellsouth.net> > SB SPCL @ ARL $ARLX001 > ARLX001 Third Wednesday Monthly Communications Exercises Set > > ZCZC AX01 > QST de W1AW > Special Bulletin 1 ARLX001 > From ARRL Headquarters > Newington CT January 3, 2019 > To all radio amateurs > > SB SPCL ARL ARLX001 > ARLX001 Third Wednesday Monthly Communications Exercises Set > > FEMA Region 10 will conduct monthly communications exercises > (COMMEX) on the third Wednesday of each month, starting on January > 16, 1730 - 1900 UTC. Amateur Radio operators are invited to take > part. The intent of these exercises is to test and exercise > interoperable communication (federal/state/local/tribal/Amateur > Radio) during a major disaster in which the communication > infrastructure is significantly damaged or destroyed. > > FEMA Region 10 will use the call sign WGY910. Other stations > associated with agencies and organizations that provide response > support in accordance with the National Response Framework are > encouraged to participate. > > The COMMEX will use these "dial" or "window" frequencies on 60 > meters - including 5,330.5 kHz, 5,346.5 kHz, 5,357.0 kHz, 5,371.5 > kHz, and 5,403.5 kHz - as part of the exercise. The area of > operation is the continental US. > NNNN > /EX From bmarx at bellsouth.net Thu Jan 3 16:16:07 2019 From: bmarx at bellsouth.net (Bmarx@bellsouth.net) Date: Thu, 3 Jan 2019 16:16:07 -0500 Subject: [QCWA Everglades Chapter #69] WRTC 2022 Organizing Committee Unveils New Website, Initial Qualification Rules References: Message-ID: <49763087-99A3-4E3A-96E7-617751AA3C65@bellsouth.net> > WRTC 2022 Organizing Committee Unveils New Website, Initial Qualification Rules > > 01/02/2019 > The World Radiosport Team Championship 2022 (WRTC 2022) Organizing Committee has debuted its official website as well as the Initial Qualification Rules ? already under debate ? to be selected as a WRTC 2022 team leader. While 2022 may seem a long way off, the qualifying events ? 24 in all ? take place between February 2019 and November 2020. Each qualifying event has a point value that?s used in calculating qualifying scores, and each entry category has been assigned a weighting factor. > > ?Please don?t think that WRTC is only for Top Guns,? the announcement said. ?You might have a chance.? According to the announcement, WRTC 2022 Selection Areas are much smaller, so that operators on all continents will have more chances to qualify. Team leaders, once established, will select a team member from among the top applicants who did not qualify as team leaders. ?WRTC 2022 is now for everybody. The only things that you will need are commitment, motivation, and skill!? the announcement said. > > An email reflector has been set up to field ?suggestions, corrections, and new ideas? on the Initial Qualification Rules, and the Final Qualification Rules will be published on January 31. > > The first qualifying event is the ARRL International DX Contest CW. WRTC 2022 will be held in Bologna, Italy. > > http://www.arrl.org/news/wrtc-2022-organizing-committee-unveils-new-website-initial-qualification-rules From bmarx at bellsouth.net Sat Jan 5 09:16:05 2019 From: bmarx at bellsouth.net (Bmarx@bellsouth.net) Date: Sat, 5 Jan 2019 09:16:05 -0500 Subject: [QCWA Everglades Chapter #69] Jim Creek, OR VLF station References: Message-ID: <2148549C-D38A-4D76-BDF5-E975760803D8@bellsouth.net> From another list: >>> Received from a friend who is a civilian engineer for the >>> Navy. >>> >>> For those thinking about operating on the new 2200 meter band, >>> here is the gold standard. Jim Creek operates on 24.8 kHZ. >>> >>> http://www.navy-radio.com/commsta/jimcreek.htm >>> >>> https://homeportnorthwest.wordpress.com/2017/07/25/naval-radio-station-jim-creek-provides-unique-military-power-and-capability/ >>> From bmarx at bellsouth.net Sun Jan 6 09:47:07 2019 From: bmarx at bellsouth.net (Bmarx@bellsouth.net) Date: Sun, 6 Jan 2019 09:47:07 -0500 Subject: [QCWA Everglades Chapter #69] Florida AM Group - Countdown to Third Annual AM Rally Has Begun... Message-ID: <2C370380-A25B-404C-867F-987B7E8EE781@bellsouth.net> https://m.facebook.com/groups/154845541219803?view=permalink&id=1977298495641156&src=email_notif From n8pr at bellsouth.net Tue Jan 8 09:41:57 2019 From: n8pr at bellsouth.net (Pete Rimmel N8PR) Date: Tue, 8 Jan 2019 09:41:57 -0500 Subject: [QCWA Everglades Chapter #69] Holiday party this Saturday Jan. 12th Message-ID: <730D6B447AF8410BA8612C34D1E030BF@PeteRGateway> Just a reminder that our Holiday Party is this Saturday, January 12th. Noon ? til ? You can bring beer, but being a pot luck, everyone is to bring a dish to share with others. Main course (KFC Chicken, burgers or hot dogs to grill (don?t forget the buns), sandwich ring or big sub to share, or a casserole of some sort), sides (potato salad, chips, dips, etc,) or desert (pie, cake, brownies, fruit, etc.) I will have Ice and both regular and diet sodas and condiments. I always make a pot of Chili and have a few munchies of some kind. I hope to see you Saturday 73, PeteR From bmarx at bellsouth.net Tue Jan 8 10:31:10 2019 From: bmarx at bellsouth.net (Bill) Date: Tue, 8 Jan 2019 10:31:10 -0500 Subject: [QCWA Everglades Chapter #69] The Back Pocket Soldering Kit In-Reply-To: <8318fb2f-8cb6-0265-ec96-ecb7790819b3@bellsouth.net> References: <8318fb2f-8cb6-0265-ec96-ecb7790819b3@bellsouth.net> Message-ID: I found this interesting project: - Bill W2CQ The Back Pocket Soldering Kit https://www.instructables.com/id/The-Back-Pocket-Soldering-Kit/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email From bmarx at bellsouth.net Wed Jan 9 09:17:02 2019 From: bmarx at bellsouth.net (WILLIAM MARX) Date: Wed, 9 Jan 2019 06:17:02 -0800 Subject: [QCWA Everglades Chapter #69] Fw (5): WILLIAM MARX Message-ID: An embedded and charset-unspecified text was scrubbed... Name: not available URL: From bmarx at bellsouth.net Wed Jan 9 16:00:17 2019 From: bmarx at bellsouth.net (Bill) Date: Wed, 9 Jan 2019 16:00:17 -0500 Subject: [QCWA Everglades Chapter #69] Northern Utah WebSDR - Hear Yourself? Message-ID: <04889c2e-5ee7-031a-02d0-d124b8bdad6c@bellsouth.net> You might be able to hear yourself here: http://websdr1.utahsdr.org:8901/ Use a Quiet Receiver? http://websdr1.utahsdr.org/info/about.html * WebSDR #1 (the "Yellow" server): ?This server covers the lower amateur bands - those that are active all day or only at night, namely 160, 80/75, 60 and 40 meters, along with the 120, 60 and 49 meter shortwave broadcast bands. * WebSDR #2 (the "Green" server): ?This covers the higher amateur HF bands - those that are active mostly during the day and/or when solar terrestrial conditions permit such as 30, 20, 17, 15, 12, 10 and the bottom 1 MHz of 6 meters, along with the 31 and 13 meter shortwave broadcast bands. * WebSDR #3 (the "Blue" server): It also includes all of the 2 meter amateur band using a 5 element Yagi pointed south toward the Salt Lake metro area along with the 25 and 19 meter shortwave broadcast bands. ?Finally, it covers the "new" 2200 and 630 Meter amateur bands and adjacent frequencies: ?Like 160 meters, 2200 and 630 meters are primarily "winter" bands due to the crescendo of noise that accompanies the summer season. From bmarx at bellsouth.net Wed Jan 9 16:29:32 2019 From: bmarx at bellsouth.net (Bill) Date: Wed, 9 Jan 2019 16:29:32 -0500 Subject: [QCWA Everglades Chapter #69] WebSDR - A Full List... Message-ID: <160552b5-1263-9e3f-4155-dd2ef829c370@bellsouth.net> *A WebSDR is a Software-Defined Radio receiver connected to the internet, allowing many listeners to listen and tune it simultaneously. *http://www.websdr.org/ From bmarx at bellsouth.net Fri Jan 11 09:04:21 2019 From: bmarx at bellsouth.net (Bill) Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2019 09:04:21 -0500 Subject: [QCWA Everglades Chapter #69] RadioShack.com Message-ID: <07f4afb3-960a-fee4-835e-5a09edf351eb@bellsouth.net> It's alive and well...sort of. While you can't drive to the store and browse, it is at least making some basic items available. Certainly not what it once was, but it is online and has been for a while, but it's nice to revisit. https://www.radioshack.com/ From bmarx at bellsouth.net Mon Jan 14 10:04:29 2019 From: bmarx at bellsouth.net (Bill) Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2019 10:04:29 -0500 Subject: [QCWA Everglades Chapter #69] World Radio Labs - From QRZ Message-ID: <432cde69-1f01-29ca-ff05-6a21d97ed580@bellsouth.net> *How many remember WRL? I have a WRL QSL Card from Leo for a 20 meter SSB contact in the 50's - Bill W2CQ New* Back in the late 60's with a group of ham buddies from the Twin Cities area I made a road trip down to visit WRL, the amateur radio enterprise of Leo W?GFQ. The new Galaxy brand rigs were a sight to behold. Opinions may vary on the quality of their later designs and venture into CB, but glad to see such historic pride and fond remembrance still making it into the local press today. Hope you enjoy too. 73, John, W?PV PS - love that small town newspaper name, "The Daily Nonpareil " [?IMG] *World Radio put Council Bluffs on the cutting edge of technology * ?High tech? wasn?t always synonymous with Silicon Valley. For many years, it was Council Bluffs that was home to one of the most innovative electronics companies in the country. What was most recently known as World Radio, actually traces it?s origin back to one individual. Leo Meyerson (W?GFQ) began tinkering with electronics at the age of 9, turning oatmeal boxes and even toilet paper rolls into radio coils. Meyerson was born in Omaha, but the family moved to Council Bluffs when he was 8 after his father got a job with Peoples Department Store. Despite his fascination with radio, Meyerson almost embarked on a music career. To earn a little money to support his radio hobby, he started playing the organ to accompany silent films at the Liberty Theater. He found he enjoyed it and was good at it. At the University of Nebraska in Lincoln, he formed a piano duo with friend Leo Skalowski. ?Leo and Leo? had their big break when a talent scout lined up an audition for them for the Orpheum circuit. Tragedy struck on the way to the audition when Skalowski died in a car accident. Discouraged, Meyerson left school and returned to Council Bluffs. Using a $1,000 loan from his father and a budget so tight he slept in his car at night, Meyerson started a radio parts store at Seventh and Broadway in Council Bluffs. He called the store Scientific Radio Products Company. Meyerson expanded the scope of the business by taking old radios as a trade-in and repairing them for resale, as well as soliciting mail orders under the name Wholesale Radio Laboratories. When World War II broke out, most regional beneficiaries of the government?s war spending were on the Nebraska side of the river, but Meyerson?s company garnered large military contracts for the production of quartz radio crystals. The wartime demand for radio crystals ? the component that communications equipment used to determine operation frequency ? was acute. Meyerson changed his focus toward production of quartz crystals to sell to the Signal Corps. Working with his father and others, he was able to devise ways to mass produce the crystals, accelerating what had up to this point been a slow and time consuming process. The initial order of 10,000 crystals was followed by more orders. The Council Bluffs company met the demand, earning several awards from the U.S. Army and Navy for it?s fine and timely work in the process. At the peak of wartime production, the company employed several hundred people and even had it?s own company newspaper, the Crystal Gazer. William Petersen, a friend of Meyerson, likewise produced crystals locally. Petersen Radio Company was located at 28th and Broadway. Following the war, Meyerson?s company continued as World Radio Laboratory, focusing on equipment for ham radio operators. They were one of the first to make amateur radio gear available in kit form. The company is also credited as a pioneer of transceivers ? a combination transmitter and receiver in one unit. While working with World Radio, Meyerson also formed several related companies. Globe Electronics introduced one of the first Citizen?s Band radios in the mid-1950s. It?s Globe Scout and Globe King transmitters became ham radio legends. Meyerson also formed the World Radio Export Company and Galaxy Electronics. Under the Galaxy name, Meyerson positioned himself as a technology leader by marketing one of the first single side band transceivers available to radio amateurs. The company built a large facility in the 3400 block of West Broadway in 1954 to house its manufacturing, local sales and mail order operation. ?The House the Hams Built? featured a tall tower of antennas on Broadway connected to a variety of ham radios that were always up and running, with radio amateurs welcome to stop in and chat around the world. The firm offered free Morse code classes for aspiring radio operators and stocked every electronic part and component imaginable for those who wanted to build or repair their own gear. Just days before the move to the new building, a passerby saw smoke from the old building at 7 a.m. He pounded on doors of the second floor apartments to awaken the residents; the portion of the second floor that had housed Boyle?s Business College was vacant, but there were 11 occupied apartments. Damage was extensive and firemen had to use caution due to toxic gasses produced when heat attacked a 50-gallon drum of carbon tetrachloride in the basement. Leo Meyerson brought in son Larry, who took over as president of the company. In the 1960?s, consumer electronics came on the scene and World Radio Laboratory ? by then known simply as WRL ? changed it?s focus to providing the home entertainment gear that was coming into demand. The company did well in the citizens band (CB) radio boom of the 1960s and ?70s, manufacturing the popular Rustler and Rustler II radios at their Council Bluffs plant and sold nationally at competitive prices. The company also expanded beyond Council Bluffs, at it?s peak operating 24 stores in four states under the World Radio name. In 1989, sales were estimated at $40 to $45 million dollars, making it at that time one of the largest electronic equipment retail chains. The Meyersons sold World Radio. Since then, the intense competition of the consumer electronics business caused first the consolidation of the operation into just a few stores and eventually closure of the company entirely. Leo Meyerson retired to California. He passed away in 2011 at the age of 100. From QRZ: http://forums.qrz.com/index.php?threads/world-radio-put-council-bluffs-on-the-cutting-edge-of-technology.642354/ From bmarx at bellsouth.net Thu Jan 17 11:14:35 2019 From: bmarx at bellsouth.net (Bill) Date: Thu, 17 Jan 2019 11:14:35 -0500 Subject: [QCWA Everglades Chapter #69] Earth's Shifting Magnetic Poles are Affecting Your Phone In-Reply-To: <0c5fce34d5ca05f64a13d085d.d71faae82a.20190117155806.84f0db196a.de7c9f9a@mail83.atl51.rsgsv.net> References: <0c5fce34d5ca05f64a13d085d.d71faae82a.20190117155806.84f0db196a.de7c9f9a@mail83.atl51.rsgsv.net> Message-ID: <2b48da10-9d91-e8c0-bc71-094040e66ba0@bellsouth.net> *Space Weather News for Jan. 17, 2019* http://spaceweather.com https://www.spaceweatheralerts.com *EARTH'S SHIFTING MAGNETIC FIELD: * Earth's magnetic field is changing so quickly that researchers have been forced to update to the World Magnetic Model ahead of schedule. Developed by NOAA and the British Geological Survey, the model is widely used for precision navigation of devices ranging from nuclear submarines to the common smartphone. Your own phone may be affected. Find out how on today's edition of Spaceweather.com . From bmarx at bellsouth.net Sat Jan 19 08:18:55 2019 From: bmarx at bellsouth.net (Bill) Date: Sat, 19 Jan 2019 08:18:55 -0500 Subject: [QCWA Everglades Chapter #69] K3PP 2018 Year in Review Message-ID: <05be4643-5296-bd16-e8bf-a2328c8c99f8@bellsouth.net> And how was your year in ham radio? One man's effort to make as many QSO's as he could. K3PP 2018 Year in Review http://k3pp.com/docs/2018-In-Review.pdf From bmarx at bellsouth.net Sat Jan 19 13:17:44 2019 From: bmarx at bellsouth.net (Bill) Date: Sat, 19 Jan 2019 13:17:44 -0500 Subject: [QCWA Everglades Chapter #69] Marconi sends transatlantic wireless message, January 19, 1903 Message-ID: <9a154363-17f2-024a-e158-f9268d30122a@bellsouth.net> Marconi sends transatlantic wireless message, January 19, 1903 https://www.edn.com/electronics-blogs/edn-moments/4460257/Marconi-sends-transatlantic-wireless-message--January-19--1903?utm_source=newsletter&utm_campaign=ad&utm_medium=EDNFunFriday-20190118 From bmarx at bellsouth.net Sun Jan 20 09:04:45 2019 From: bmarx at bellsouth.net (Bill) Date: Sun, 20 Jan 2019 09:04:45 -0500 Subject: [QCWA Everglades Chapter #69] Making Morse code available to more people on Gboard Message-ID: <847451ee-b023-bea5-34df-5de0391ee8c5@bellsouth.net> Making Morse code available to more people on Gboard https://blog.google/products/search/making-morse-code-available-more-people-gboard/ From bmarx at bellsouth.net Wed Jan 23 11:37:23 2019 From: bmarx at bellsouth.net (Bill) Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2019 11:37:23 -0500 Subject: [QCWA Everglades Chapter #69] Neat stuff from a broadcast station auction: Message-ID: <6f886c68-b8a9-e53a-cf9c-ea477d1de3d3@bellsouth.net> Neat stuff from a broadcast station auction: https://rasmus-auctions.appspot.com/auctions/OwR6dTP05JkunB47BeSD From bmarx at bellsouth.net Tue Jan 29 16:45:17 2019 From: bmarx at bellsouth.net (Bill) Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2019 16:45:17 -0500 Subject: [QCWA Everglades Chapter #69] A Large Hole in the Sun's Atmosphere In-Reply-To: <0c5fce34d5ca05f64a13d085d.d71faae82a.20190129191903.2ed3eb717f.828e1be9@mail147.atl221.rsgsv.net> References: <0c5fce34d5ca05f64a13d085d.d71faae82a.20190129191903.2ed3eb717f.828e1be9@mail147.atl221.rsgsv.net> Message-ID: <3a04750a-492f-b1c5-aead-7b867daf4ada@bellsouth.net> Space Weather News for Jan. 29, 2019 http://spaceweather.com https://www.spaceweatheralerts.com SOLAR WIND, INCOMING: A large hole in the sun's atmosphere is facing Earth and spewing a stream of solar wind in our direction. Polar geomagnetic storms are likely when the gaseous material arrives on Jan. 31st or Feb 1st. We've seen this hole before. Visit today's edition of Spaceweather.com to find out what happened the last time it lashed our planet with solar wind. From bmarx at bellsouth.net Thu Jan 31 13:51:57 2019 From: bmarx at bellsouth.net (Bill) Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2019 13:51:57 -0500 Subject: [QCWA Everglades Chapter #69] The WW2 Radio Shack... Message-ID: The WW2 Radio Shack as featured in the book "The Key Messenger" Ludwig Combrinck ZS6WLC South Africa https://sites.google.com/view/ludwig-combrinck-ww2radioshack/home From bmarx at bellsouth.net Thu Jan 31 21:13:31 2019 From: bmarx at bellsouth.net (Bill) Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2019 21:13:31 -0500 Subject: [QCWA Everglades Chapter #69] FCC Resets Filing Deadlines, Receipt Dates in Wake of Government Shutdown In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: FCC Resets Filing Deadlines, Receipt Dates in Wake of Government Shutdown 01/30/2019 As it attempts to dig out from beneath a blizzard of applications from all services, the FCC has reset some filing deadlines and established new receipt dates. Certain electronic filing and database systems, including the Universal Licensing System (ULS) that Amateur Radio licensees use, were unavailable or not supported from January 3 until January 28, 2019. As the shutdown began, the FCC had announced that all filings due during the suspension of operations or on the day that normal operations resumed would become due on the business day following the resumption of normal operations. When it reopened January 28, however, the FCC further suspended filing deadlines until January 30. The FCC said filings due between January 3 and January 7 inclusive will be due on January 30. Filings that would otherwise be required to be filed between January 8 and February 7 will be due on February 8. The FCC said all ULS applications and notifications originally due on January 3 through February 8 inclusive are now due on February 8, 2019. ?In addition, all ULS filings that were held during the lapse in funding through January 25, as well as any other ULS filings that were held from January 26 through January 29, will be considered received on January 29,? the FCC said. ?[D]ue to the large volume of filings submitted during the lapse in funding, these filings will be entered into ULS in batches (and assigned a January 29 receipt date) over a period of a few weeks.? Vanity call sign applications filed via ULS or by mail between January 3 and January 29 will be treated as filed on January 29, the FCC said. Ordinarily, vanity call sign applications are processed on a daily basis, with a random selection procedure used to determine the processing order for applications filed on the same day. The FCC said changes in receipt dates were made ?in order to accommodate the orderly resumption of business.?