From bmarx at bellsouth.net Tue Mar 3 14:48:08 2020 From: bmarx at bellsouth.net (Bill) Date: Tue, 3 Mar 2020 14:48:08 -0500 Subject: [QCWA Everglades Chapter #69] Henry Radio Los Angeles Founder Ted Henry, W6UOU, is 100 References: <70ce5389-abcd-b924-1184-21f4122a1aee.ref@bellsouth.net> Message-ID: <70ce5389-abcd-b924-1184-21f4122a1aee@bellsouth.net> Henry Radio Los Angeles Founder Ted Henry, W6UOU, is 100 03/02/2020 Henry Radio Los Angeles founder Ted Henry, W6UOU, turned 100 years old on January 25. The fascinating Henry family history in amateur radio marketing and manufacturing dates back to the late 1920s. The original Henry Radio shop, started by Ted?s brother Bob Henry, W0ARA, opened in 1927 in their hometown of Butler, Missouri, selling equipment and parts for the then-new ham radio hobby. The store stayed in business until Bob Henry died in 1985. Henry Radio Stores advertisements in ham radio magazines were a familiar sight in the post-war years. Ted and another brother, Walt, later W6ZN, worked with Bob Henry during the early years and became fascinated with ham radio. After Ted moved to Los Angeles in 1941, he opened a small radio shop on Westwood Boulevard, which he operated while attending college at UCLA with the intention of going into teaching. His shop survived the suspension of amateur radio during World War II by purchasing gear from hams and reselling it to MARS stations around the world, and by manufacturing crystals (in Butler and Los Angeles) for Hallicrafters? war production. Ted and his wife Meredith, W6WNE, ran the LA store, which grew quickly after the war, expanding to a new location on West Olympic Boulevard, where it operated for nearly 35 years, becoming a gathering spot for hams visiting from around the world. Walt Henry opened a Henry Radio branch in Anaheim, California, in the 1960s, which closed in 1990, after his health declined. In 1962, Ted Henry saw the opportunity to supply tube-type power amplifiers for the ham radio market and began manufacturing the original Henry 2K. The plant was so successful that Henry expanded into the industrial RF equipment sector. In the 1970s, the company developed its own line of solid-state amplifiers, which it still manufactures for various services.?From 1962 until 2005, Henry Radio built approximately 40,000 assorted amplifiers and industrial power generators before closing down the factory in 2005. Henry Radio also became the first Kenwood dealer in the US and marketed the Tempo line of ham gear. The store opened its current facility in 1981 on South Bundy Drive in Los Angeles. Henry Radio is the oldest dealer for the Bird line of RF test equipment, imports Tohtsu coaxial relays from Japan, and manages a trunked radio system, in addition to marketing radio accessories and specialized RF parts and equipment. Ted and Meredith?s son, also Ted, W6YEY, took over day-to-day operation of the business in 1971. The elder Henry retired from the business in 2005. Many of the popular line of HF amplifiers remain in use today./? Thanks to Marty Woll, N6VI; Henry Radio/ /http://www.arrl.org/news/henry-radio-los-angeles-founder-ted-henry-w6uou-is-100 / From bmarx at bellsouth.net Sat Mar 7 12:28:29 2020 From: bmarx at bellsouth.net (Bill) Date: Sat, 7 Mar 2020 12:28:29 -0500 Subject: [QCWA Everglades Chapter #69] Phil Lewis N2MUN SK -Obituary In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <6316e4cc-a972-3b0d-c302-548f8de10d9b@bellsouth.net> Phillip R. Lewis, N2MUN, the founder of Ham Radio University, passed away on March 5, 2020, after a long bout with cancer. He was 72. Phil was active right up until the end, participating in a meeting of his amateur radio club, the Order of Boiled Owls of New York, at their March monthly meeting only 3 days before his death. Lewis was born in Brooklyn in 1947 and grew up in Inwood in the Five Towns region of Nassau County, Long Island, New York. He graduated from RCA Institutes, America?s oldest radio school, and worked in the aerospace industry for Hazeltine and later BAE Systems on Long Island. He retired after 43 years. Lewis was a manager and problem solver. He was very good with people, had a positive outlook on life and would always find ?a way? to get things done! Lewis obtained his Amateur Radio license in 1991 and upgraded to Amateur Extra Class. He joined the Great South Bay Amateur Radio Club and was on its board of directors, was an active volunteer examiner and an instructor for their license class exam courses. He was active on their Field Day committee and a participant in special event stations at Fire Island Lighthouse. He was GSBARC president from 2000 to 2002. In 1999, Lewis had the idea of creating a day of education for amateur radio. With a small, dedicated group of Long Island hams, the notion of Ham Radio University (HRU) was formed. Phil Lewis was its first committee chairman, a distinction he held from 2000 to 2003. The first annual event was held in January 2000 at Babylon Town Hall Annex in North Babylon. HRU has since grown and expanded and is now being held at its fourth different location, LIU/Post in Brookville. HRU 2020 marked the 21st annual running. N2MUN gave two forums again this year and has been on the HRU committee since its inception. On January 18, 2000, Lewis was featured in the Long Island newspaper Newsday in an article entitled, ?Hamming it up on the air?. For his work on behalf of Amateur Radio, Lewis was named the American Radio Relay League (ARRL) Hudson Division Amateur of the Year for the Year 2000. He was also a long-time ARRL Hudson Division Assistant Director and the ARRL New York City / Long Island Section Affiliated Club Coordinator. Lewis kept himself busy in his retirement, building radio kits with his son, Steven, and active daily on ham radio. He had a weekly on-air schedule with his cousin Marty in Virginia who was also a ham. Lewis was an active DX?er and Contester. He was a member of the Order of Boiled of New York and the Yankee Clipper Contest Club. Besides contesting and DX?ing, Phil also enjoyed a ?ragchew? on the air, easily conversing with people from all walks of life. Phil was an avid pet lover and his cats Lucky and Buddy graced his QSL cards and social media profile photos. He referred to them as his ?non-paying family members?. Lewis is survived by his son, Steven, cousins Carol Goodman, from Manhattan, NY, and Marty from Maryland, and his many ham radio friends. He was predeceased by his wife Iris who died in 2011 and his brother Robert. Services are Sunday, March 8, at 11:15 am at ?Old? Montefiore Cemetery, 121-83 Springfield Boulevard, Springfield Gardens, NY 11413. -- 73, George N2GA *George Tranos* _._,_._,_ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ From bmarx at bellsouth.net Wed Mar 11 10:02:02 2020 From: bmarx at bellsouth.net (Bill) Date: Wed, 11 Mar 2020 10:02:02 -0400 Subject: [QCWA Everglades Chapter #69] When the Internet and Cell Phone Networks Go Down, Amateur Radio Operators Step Up References: Message-ID: /Interesting Primer on ham radio on the "Interesting Engineering" site: / When the Internet and Cell Phone Networks Go Down, Amateur Radio Operators Step Up https://interestingengineering.com/when-the-internet-and-cell-phone-networks-go-down-amateur-radio-operators-step-up From bmarx at bellsouth.net Fri Mar 13 12:14:39 2020 From: bmarx at bellsouth.net (Bill) Date: Fri, 13 Mar 2020 12:14:39 -0400 Subject: [QCWA Everglades Chapter #69] International Group to Reactivate the Legendary Yasme VP2VB Call Sign References: <3b6892c2-5891-c64c-fdc2-f8c830e2ba29.ref@bellsouth.net> Message-ID: <3b6892c2-5891-c64c-fdc2-f8c830e2ba29@bellsouth.net> International Group to Reactivate the Legendary Yasme VP2VB Call Sign 03/10/2020 On Tuesday, March 10, an international group now in New York will set sail to the British Virgin Islands and activate the VP2VB call sign of /Yasme/ fame for 6 days, focusing on the low bands with two stations. VP2VB was the call sign of the legendary Danny Weil, VP2VB, skipper of the /Yasme/ series of sailing vessels that carried the peripatetic adventurer traveled from one DX location to another in the 1950s and early 1960s. His activities provided the impetus to create *The Yasme Foundation* . For the 2020 ?Yasme Memorial Expedition,? operators will include Adrian Ciuperca, KO8SCA; Martti Laine, OH2BH; Niko Halminen, OH2GEK, and Sandro Nitoi, VE7NY. QSL via OH2BH. A Briton, Weil was, by trade, a watch and clock maker with a sense of adventure. His initial /Yasme/ (often also rendered as YASME) sailing voyage was to the British Virgin Islands. Yasme derives from the Japanese word ?yasume,? which means ?to make tranquil.? Another giant of ham radio history, the legendary DXer Dick Spencely, KV4AA, became aware of Weil?s aspirations and suggested that he combine amateur radio with his ambitious travel itinerary. Spencely taught Weil Morse code and helped him secure the VP2VB call sign, which was to become famous around the globe. Spencely secured the initial ham radio gear for the /Yasme/ and became a tireless fundraiser for The Yasme Foundation as well. Ultimately, there were three /Yasmes/. From 1955 until 1962, Weil operated from several ports of call in the Caribbean and the Pacific. This latter-day VP2VB DXpedition will count toward *Yasme awards* and marks the first activation of VP2VB in more than 60 years. This month?s VP2VB DXpedition will trace Weil?s original route in the British Virgin Islands under a special license authorization, to pay homage to those early years of DXing and to honor the spirit he embraced, which inspired a generation of DXers. Weil?s last expedition in the Pacific included stops at HC8 and FO8 (Clipperton Island), the latter an especially harrowing and life-threatening experience. His new wife, Naomi, was with him at the time. The Mexican Navy rescued them and towed the /Yasme/ to California. Weil went solo to several more stops in the Pacific before retiring from DXpeditioning and settling in Texas in 1963. He resumed his profession of a watch and clock maker there and became a US citizen. He was not to be heard on the air again ? although he kept an ear on the bands. Weil died in 2003 at age 85. The DXpeditions of Weil and of Lloyd and Iris Colvin, W6KG and W6QL, are documented in */YASME, The Danny Weil and Colvin Radio Expeditions/* by Jim Cain, K1TN, commissioned by The Yasme Foundation and published by ARRL. http://www.arrl.org/news/international-group-to-reactivate-the-legendary-yasme-vp2vb-call-sign From bmarx at bellsouth.net Sun Mar 15 20:26:03 2020 From: bmarx at bellsouth.net (Bill) Date: Sun, 15 Mar 2020 20:26:03 -0400 Subject: [QCWA Everglades Chapter #69] HamVention Canceled References: Message-ID: http://www.arrl.org/news/dayton-hamvention-announces-cancelation-of-2020-show From bmarx at bellsouth.net Wed Mar 18 08:51:32 2020 From: bmarx at bellsouth.net (Bill) Date: Wed, 18 Mar 2020 08:51:32 -0400 Subject: [QCWA Everglades Chapter #69] His Second Hobby... References: <7404db36-cb9e-7b83-0ca2-aaf9614d42d2.ref@bellsouth.net> Message-ID: <7404db36-cb9e-7b83-0ca2-aaf9614d42d2@bellsouth.net> His Second hobby is making Keys... https://www.qrz.com/db/N0SA From bmarx at bellsouth.net Wed Mar 18 13:10:21 2020 From: bmarx at bellsouth.net (Bill) Date: Wed, 18 Mar 2020 13:10:21 -0400 Subject: [QCWA Everglades Chapter #69] Frequency calibration using WSJT-X References: <003cac9f-f851-1811-672f-4471e17ce38a.ref@bellsouth.net> Message-ID: <003cac9f-f851-1811-672f-4471e17ce38a@bellsouth.net> An excellent article about Frequency calibration using WSJT-X: (From the WSJT-X Group Thread) https://drive.google.com/file/d/1TDmsfPBzw7poLVA-G6JNWdXn4qJgeY93/view or https://drive.google.com/open?id=1TDmsfPBzw7poLVA-G6JNWdXn4qJgeY93 From bmarx at bellsouth.net Wed Mar 18 13:16:14 2020 From: bmarx at bellsouth.net (Bill) Date: Wed, 18 Mar 2020 13:16:14 -0400 Subject: [QCWA Everglades Chapter #69] Honda Generator Recall(Many Hams Have and Use These) References: <0db7bae9-7f3f-58e1-2f9d-b9e346544b8f.ref@bellsouth.net> Message-ID: <0db7bae9-7f3f-58e1-2f9d-b9e346544b8f@bellsouth.net> _/Many Hams Have and Use These/_ More than 300,000 Honda generators sold at Home Depot recalled over fire, burn hazards American Honda is recalling about 340,000 portable generators because the generator's inverter assembly can short circuit and catch on fire. Story: http://bit.ly/2IS6g9U recalled-generator.png TAMPA, Fla. ? American Honda is recalling about 340,000 portable generators because the generator's inverter assembly can short circuit and catch on fire. Honda has received at least 10 reports of fires, but no injuries have been reported. The generators were sold at Home Depot and other home improvement stores nationwide from February 2018 through January 2020 for between $1,100 to $1,300. The generators were previously recalled in 2019 for similar reasons. *RECALL ALERTS | The latest recalls that could affect you and your family * The recall involves Honda EB2200i, EU2200i, EU2200i Companion and EU2200i Camo portable generators. The recalled portable generators were sold with a red or Camo cover. The name ?HONDA? and the generator model name are printed on the control panel. The serial number is located on a lower corner of one of the side panels of the generator. recalled-generator-serial-number.png Model Name Serial Number Range EB2200i EAJT -1000001 thru 1011342 EU2200i EAMT-1000001 thru 2098790 EU2200i Companion EAMT-1000001 thru 2098790 EU2200i Camo EAMT-1000001 thru 2098790 Honda is contacting known purchases directly, but consumers should immediately stop using the recalled generators. You can contact an authorized Honda Power Equipment service dealer for a free repair. According to the recall, consumers who took part in the previous recall should also take part in this recall. Click here to read the full recall. From bmarx at bellsouth.net Fri Mar 20 18:18:59 2020 From: bmarx at bellsouth.net (Bill) Date: Fri, 20 Mar 2020 18:18:59 -0400 Subject: [QCWA Everglades Chapter #69] Dayton Hamvention Admission Ticket Refund Information References: Message-ID: Dayton Hamvention Cancelled Refund Information https://hamvention.org/ Due to unfortunate cancellation of Hamvention 2020, we know that tickets, inside booth spaces and flea market spaces have been purchased.? These purchases have been made by online credit cards, mail order checks and purchased from our outside vendors. All refunds will be through the same method of purchase.? All credit card sales will be refunded to the original card used to make the charge.? All check and cash sales will be refunded by check.? We anticipate all refunds completed as soon as possible but not later than?August 1. We are offering the following options. 1. Obtain a refund. 2. Obtain a 2021 ticket instead. (to be mailed around January 1, 2021) 3. Donate to Hamvention (no refund) For all general admission (not inside or flea market) online and mail orders, email tickets at hamvention.org with your preference.? Emails already received will be processed as indicated. Inside booth holders please email exhibits at hamvention.org ?with your refund preference.? If you opt for the hold until 2021 they will contact you to verify. Flea Market staff will be contacting each flea market space holder personally concerning refund of space(s). For those who purchased tickets at Hamcation in Orlando, please send your?ticket?(keep a copy for your records) and last four of credit card for credit card refund (if purchased by card) otherwise it will be by check mailed to you. Hamcation Hamvention forum ticket winners, please email tickets at hamvention.org ?with your ticket number and address information.? We will send you replacement 2021 tickets early next year. If you purchased a ticket at one of our outside vendors then please return to the place of business and they will handle your refund. Mail correspondence to: Hamvention Tickets ? 2020 refunds PO Box 1446 Dayton, OH 45401-1446 From bmarx at bellsouth.net Sat Mar 21 18:30:30 2020 From: bmarx at bellsouth.net (Bill) Date: Sat, 21 Mar 2020 18:30:30 -0400 Subject: [QCWA Everglades Chapter #69] Club Log server capacity is now dedicated to COVID-19 research In-Reply-To: <1134072681526.1133440227280.2047543160.0.251607JL.2002@scheduler.constantcontact.com> References: <1134072681526.1133440227280.2047543160.0.251607JL.2002@scheduler.constantcontact.com> Message-ID: <523065f2-9136-5cbf-cb78-fc2126dec7f9@bellsouth.net> Dear all, Today, I have allocated 100% of Club Log's computing resources to scientific research into COVID-19 proteins, as part of the Folding at Home project. Club Log is contributing 120 CPU cores (most running at 3.4GHz) to this project. I have taken the decision to give this work higher priority than Club Log's usual amateur radio functions, so you may see uploads take slightly longer. I do not think most users will notice the additional wait, but I've added a warning to the upload form inside Club Log to explain. I am also looking at dedicating many more computers through my primary business (Third Light). You can read more about this distributed computing project at https://foldingathome.org/2020/03/15/coronavirus-what-were-doing-and-how-you-can-help-in-simple-terms/. You can help, too, by contributing your own computer to the project. If you have a recent home computer with a good graphics card, and if a lot of people make a contribution, it will make a significant difference to the research, potentially reducing decades of work to a far shorter time frame that will make a practical difference this year. Before you rush in, bear in mind that you may incur extra energy costs and produce more heat as your computer will be continually operating at 100% CPU when you are not using it (this is ok on server equipment but make sure you know what you're doing if you are using a normal home computer). To read more, start by opening https://foldingathome.org and follow the instructions to download the client for Windows or Mac if you wish. Club Log has a Folding at Home team, number 246763. Finally, I must let you know that I am stretched quite thinly at work as everything is up in the air. I know others will be experiencing this too. At the moment, I cannot spare much time for the Club Log helpdesk other than at the weekends. Sorry if there is any additional delay replying, but don't worry, Dick W4PID has joined our helpdesk and is already doing a wonderful job taking on your questions. Please also send your support to Marios, 5B4WN, who I am sure will be part of front-line medical efforts to save lives in the coming weeks. To friends of Club Log everywhere, may I take this chance to send you my best wishes. Thanks for making it possible for Club Log to contribute to the Folding at Home project. I also hope you will find amateur radio can fill your days with something familiar and enjoyable! Stay well. 73 Michael G7VJR From bmarx at bellsouth.net Mon Mar 23 12:14:16 2020 From: bmarx at bellsouth.net (Bill) Date: Mon, 23 Mar 2020 12:14:16 -0400 Subject: [QCWA Everglades Chapter #69] =?utf-8?q?=E2=80=9CThe_Mail_Must_Ge?= =?utf-8?q?t_Through=E2=80=9D_-_Joe_K8MP?= References: Message-ID: /A very interesting Story from the CWops Group. One man's search to return a QSL card, for one sent to him 40 years ago...several interesting responses as well. I'm not sure others can read it so I included a few responses. - Bill W2CQ/ *January 2009: The Search for WA8RQQ* Howdy from Joe?s Place? *?The Mail Must Get Through?* On Christmas Day, my brother, one of my sisters, and I were going through some old greeting cards and letters my mom had saved over the years. Many of them were from the ?60?s. We kids had mailed them while we were in college, in the military, or in some cases, just gallivanting around the country, maybe in search of Woodstock or Monterrey. I had forgotten what a prolific letter writer I was in those days. There was a 3-inch stack just from me.? (After reading some of what I wrote, I don?t think I?d wanna go back to that time in my life again) Anyway, as I was shuffling through the envelopes, a QSL card appeared. It was from a QSO that took place in 1966 but the card wasn?t mailed until ?68, after I was in the Navy. Mom probably put it in with the letters thinking she?d give it to me when I was home on leave. Instead, the card sat in a drawer, unread and unanswered, for over 40 years. WA8RQQ front.jpg The card?s design immediately caught my attention. I had my own cards with the same design in the mid-60?s. They were available to members of The QRP Amateur Radio Club, which I had joined. In the years since that time, I had sometimes wondered what had become of the group. I couldn?t even remember my membership number after all those years. But, a flip of the card and Wow !!!? The sender had written my QRP club number on it. Now the wheels were really turning in my brain. I had to try and contact WA8RQQ and tell him the story and then see if my 40-plus year old membership in the QRP A.R.C. was still valid (Dream on Joe?) WA8RQQ back.jpg By the way, back when the QRP A.R.C. was new, anything under 100 watts was considered ?QRP.? Anything under 5 watts was nick-named ?QRPP.? Membership in the club was based on a commitment to make all QSO?s running 100 watts or less. Since my old Heathkit DX-40 was incapable of putting out 100 watts, and I had no amp, the QRP club was a great fit for me. OK, back to the present: I looked up WA8RQQ on qrz.com and found nothing, not even under the ?Old calls? link. I wondered if ?Eddie.? was even still alive. Next I tried an internet search and got two hits. One was from Geocities, regarding ?Old QSL cards.?? Heck, I already had one of those, so that didn?t help. The other was from a commercial web site for a company WA8RQQ had formed in 1971. In a ?Company history? section, it mentioned how Ed had become interested in Ham radio and that an uncle who was a Ham became his Elmer. From that history section, I also found out Ed was 11 months younger than me, so he was probably still ??Live and kickin?? Check out the below link for more info his Ed?s Ham history, including his days with the OSU Ham club, etc. http://www.hymarkconsulting.com/history.html Now, back to my quest to find him: I sent an email to the ?Contact us? link but it got kicked back. Another link on the site was an image of Ed?s business card. Aha !!! It had a phone number. I called and got a lady?s voice on the answering machine. I didn?t leave a message. I figured I had other paths to explore before possibly upsetting the XYL of a potential ?silent key.? I went back to qrz.com and searched by name. Perhaps the most likely scenario was that Ed had changed his call at some point. Well, I couldn?t believe how many Hams were named ?Winkle.? I had to narrow things somehow, so I tried searching for his town name. After all, how many Hams could there be in Sardinia, Ohio, a place I?d never heard of? Well, there weren?t any ?Winkle? Hams there, but there were a lot of Hams with other last names. Maybe it was something in Sardinia?s water. At this point I was starting to feel like I was just spinning my wheels. I went back to the business card image on Hy-Mark?s web site to get that phone number. Upon closer inspection, I noticed it had a different email address than the ?contact us? link and also a different town than what was on the QSL card.? No wonder I hadn?t been getting anywhere!!! I called the number again and this time the lady answered. I asked for Ed Winkle and explained why I was trying to contact him. She said they had had that phone number for years and that about once a year someone would call and ask for Ed Winkle. She always wondered where they people got the wrong number from. I told her, ?I can explain that part. Ed?s old number is on a web site, so the calls may keep coming for a while.? The phone call had been another dead-end but I had a new town to search in for ?Winkle? Hams (Blanchester, Ohio) and a new email address to try. I sent another email and figured while I waited for a reply I?d check out Blanchester Hams. After all, how many Hams could there be in another town I?d never heard of? Well, there were /only 37 of them/! How could there be that many Hams in a town whose population was just over 4,000 people? Also, several of the listings were for non-US calls. I came to the conclusion that this Ed Winkle guy must have fathered a ton of new Hams in both Sardinia and Blanchester and was also a QSL-manager for some foreign Hams. Well, this was all interesting stuff, but */STILL NO ED !!!/* I still had my ace-in-the-hole though. My second email hadn?t been kicked back, so there was hope. Then, on December 29^th , I got a phone call from /The Man/ himself. I explained the whole story and we talked about what we were both doing now. At some point, Ed had gotten out of the hobby, but was tickled to hear about his long-lost QSL card. And yes, he had been the one who brought all those Hams in Sardinia and Blanchester into the hobby. Before we said ?good bye?, I apologized for the /slight/ delay in replying to his card. Afterwards, I scanned his QSL from ?68 and emailed it to him. I wish I had some of my own old cards so I could reply in the proper way. Regarding the QRP A.R.C., I googled it and found one called QRP A.R.C.I. ?Sounds close enough to me?, I thought. ?Heck, it could very well be the same group, just 40 years removed, from the one I had joined in the ?60?s.? I did a member look-up using my old call and voila, there I was, (along with a request that I renew my inactive membership) Wow, those guys kept good records. Well, I suppose that about covers it. Ed and I have exchanged a few emails since we talked. Who knows? Maybe this will re-kindle his interest in Amateur Radio. Perhaps it?s fitting that I reimburse this deserving gentleman, who produced so many Hams over the years, by introducing him to Ham Radio in the 21^st century. I hope you all enjoyed reading this story as much as I enjoyed living it. See you all next month?????? At Joe?s Place. Bill Gilliland W?TG Mar 22 #37823 Great story Joe! I have fond memories of those days and have this membership certificate framed and proudly displayed on my wall. A screenshot of a cell phone Description automatically generated I too have spent a lot of time searching for friends from those times with little success. I?m happy your search worked out. I have thousands of QSLs and looked for yours among them, but guess we didn?t have a QSO or we didn?t exchange QSLs. These days I really enjoy the memories that those old QSLs hold. Thanks for sharing your story! 73, Bill W?TG toggle quoted messageShow quoted text Reply Like More Joe K8MP Mar 22 #37827 It's awesome that you saved that certificate Bill. My number was 1246. Joe toggle quoted messageShow quoted text Reply Like More David Yockey Mar 22 #37828 I used to know Ed quite well.? I actually helped him get his license initially in Sardinia. The last place I know he lived was just east of Blanchester.? He taught agriculture there.? If you contact him more say hello for me and find out where he lives now.? He is a little younger than me.? Dave Yockey, K8CMO toggle quoted messageShow quoted text Reply Like More Don Murray Mar 22 #37829 WOW... The WA8RQQ story gets more fascinating as the time goes by! It is indeed a small world, even when ham radio is involved. Now I need to dig out my QRP Club Certificate, #56 as K4FMA was known in the day! 73 Don W4WJ #654 toggle quoted messageShow quoted text Reply Like More Joe K8MP Mar 22 #37830 Great Dave. You added a lot to the story by telling about being Ed's elmer. It turned out one of the guys in our local club also knew Ed back in the day, in the OSU ham club. I was hoping to find Ed's contact info for you but apparently I didn't save it. Take care, Joe toggle quoted messageShow quoted text Reply Like More Joe K8MP Mar 22 #37831 This keeps getting better and better Don! Maybe Hiram Percy Maxim will weigh in next. HI HI Later, Joe https://cwops.groups.io/g/main/topic/72474935 From bmarx at bellsouth.net Tue Mar 24 15:03:47 2020 From: bmarx at bellsouth.net (Bill) Date: Tue, 24 Mar 2020 15:03:47 -0400 Subject: [QCWA Everglades Chapter #69] The Goliath Antenna Network Allowed Nazi Leadership to Communicate with their Covert U-Boat Fleet In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: From Tony N2MFT: The Radio Network that Allowed Communication with Submarines Communicating with covert fleets during WWII required some special equipment. Trevor English By Trevor English March 21, 2020 The Radio Network that Allowed Communication with Submarines FactoryTh/iStock What do you do when you need to communicate with a crew of *50 sailors* submerged in a submarine in an undisclosed location across the world's oceans? That was a difficult question to answer for Navy leaders in WWII. Radio waves don't easily travel through saltwater, which meant that getting active communication with a submarine crew meant making the submarine surface an antenna. This was the obvious solution, but it made a previously covert submarine now a visible target. The solution to the problem Engineers tasked with finding a more covert solution soon discovered that radio waves with low frequencies, around *10 kHz*, could penetrate saltwater to depths up to around *20 meters*. They realized that if the transponders on submarines were switched to these frequency ranges, then they communicate with leadership on land. The problem with this idea was that creating and broadcasting these low-frequency radio waves required massive antennas. Essentially, the lower the frequency of a radio wave, the longer and larger the antenna is required to be. *RELATED: WHEN THE INTERNET AND CELL PHONE NETWORKS GO DOWN, AMATEUR RADIO NETWORK OPERATORS STEP UP * Engineers honed in on a range of frequencies lower than *30 kHz* for submarine communication. The wavelength of these frequencies were roughly *10 kilometers* or more, meaning that engineers would need massive antennas. The only way to produce these frequencies with such a high range was to use a massive system of antennas with massive amounts of power. Nazi engineers seeking to communicate with their fleet of U-boats designed the Goliath antenna network in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. After construction, it was operated during World War II and had a transmission power of up to *1,000 kilowatts*. For comparison, that's equivalent to the power draw of *500 average* American households. The Goliath Radio Transmitter The Goliath network would regularly transmit frequencies between *15 kHz* and *25 kHz*. It was powerful enough to reach any German submarine located anywhere in the world submerged up *20 meters*. The only time communication was hindered was when German U-boats were navigating deep Norwegian fjords. The Goliath antenna used three different umbrella antennas. These were essentially massive antenna towers that were then draped with kilometers of guy wires radiating from the mast. These helped not support the antenna tower, but also formed part of the antenna itself. The Radio Network that Allowed Communication with Submarines /Source:???????? ??????? / In total, the system used three *210 meter* or *688-foot* masts arranged in a triangle. The system also had cables buried around it with a total length of *350 kilometers*. Once it was completed, it had an impressive efficiency of *50%* at *15 kHz* and *90%* at *60 kHz*. *RELATED: YOU COULD DOWNLOAD VIDEO GAMES FROM THE RADIO IN DURING THE 1980S * This massive antenna site was undoubtedly a key strategic tool used by the German Navy in communicating with their U-Boat fleet. After the war ended, the Soviets came in and dismantled the Goliath and shipped it to Russia. It was then erected near Moscow. Today, one of the original towers is still in operation communicating low-frequency signals with submarines and broadcasting time signals. A deeper dive into how low-frequency networks function Low-frequency radio frequencies are anywhere in the range of *30 to 300 kHz* and their wavelengths range from *1 to 10 kilometers*. Because their wavelengths are so long, they are the perfect tool for long-range communication networks. Low-frequency radio waves, or LF radio, is used for AM radio stations across the world, allowing them to broadcast the same message from a centralized location many hundreds of miles. One of the other massive benefits of LF radio signals is the fact that their long wavelength allows them to diffract over very large physical obstacles, like mountains, or even the earth. LF waves can follow the curvature of the earth with ease utilizing ground wave propagation. Low frequency waves sent through ground propagation can be clearly received over *1,200 miles* from the original source. Another way that LF radio waves can be transmitted ultra-long distances is by intentionally reflecting the waves off of the earth's ionosphere. This is called skip propagation or skywave, and it allows frequencies to be transmitted distances over *190 miles* from the original source. Not as far as ground wave propagation, but still an impressive distance. The other benefit of low-frequency waves, underscored by the Goliath transmitter's use, is the fact that low kHz low-frequency waves, under *50 kHz*, can penetrate ocean depths of roughly *200 meters*. As the wavelength gets longer, the penetration depth gets deeper. Most of the world's superpowers still use some form of this LF transmission to communicate with submarines and underwater vessels today. The Royal Navy nuclear submarines stationed around the United Kingdom listen to a *198 kHz* frequency for orders to launch their ballistic missiles. The U.S. built out something called the Ground Wave Emergency Network, named GWEN. It ran between the ranges of *150* and *175 kHz* up until 1999 when satellites far outperformed the LF network's usefulness. https://interestingengineering.com/the-radio-network-that-allowed-communication-with-submarines From bmarx at bellsouth.net Thu Mar 26 12:53:06 2020 From: bmarx at bellsouth.net (Bill) Date: Thu, 26 Mar 2020 12:53:06 -0400 Subject: [QCWA Everglades Chapter #69] Don Search - W3AZD - Silent Key In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: *_Donald Search - W3AZD - SK _* It is with much sadness that I report that Donald Search, W3AZD, resides no longer on Earth for us to enjoy. Happily, he has been given to God for his Eternal care now. I was informed by his nephew, Fred Reed, this morning that his uncle passed away between 2 and 3 am March 26, 2020 as a hospice patient at Wilton Manors Rehab Center. Don had long struggled with health issues related to a fall where he hit his head on a table at a restaurant on December 17, 2019. Don was enamored of Amateur radio most of his life and worked as a Electronic Technician for Burrows Communications in Maryland among other businesses. He served in the ARRL in Connecticut as Administrator for the DXCC Award for 15 years. Per Hope, he took care of QSL for many, many years too. Among some of his side interests, Don enjoyed reading about Astronomy. Being devoted to the care of Hope for over 55 years, and being a member of several clubs for Amateur Radio and traveling from one Ham Fest or another, occupied most of his retirement in Florida. He had many friends all over the Northeast of this country as well as locally. It is impossible to recreate a life in a few paragraphs so I shall not try at this juncture. I will simply say with pride that I knew Donald Search and was very pleased to know him. I will look for him in the stars and hear his voice saying ?W3AZD? for much longer. Arrangements have not been made to my knowledge thus far but if and when I do find out what is being done, I will pass the word on. Meanwhile, it would be such a kindness if you pray for his longtime partner, Hope Smith, and possibly drop her a line or card to my address? in my care so I may make sure she gets it. The address is: Hope Smith c/o Melanie Fernandez 4860 NW 3 ST, Apt D Delray Beach, FL. 33445. I do not know at this time where Hope will be residing in the near future and I want to make sure the mail gets to her. Thank you for every prayer that went upon Don?s behalf. I am sure God heard them. Melanie Fernandez, KJ4VCT Melanie Fernandez, KJ4VCT President, Gold Coast Amateur Radio Association Mobile: 954-560-3706 eMail: earthymel1950 at gmail.com Website: www.W4BUG.org From bmarx at bellsouth.net Fri Mar 27 15:19:48 2020 From: bmarx at bellsouth.net (Bill) Date: Fri, 27 Mar 2020 15:19:48 -0400 Subject: [QCWA Everglades Chapter #69] =?utf-8?q?Silent_Key_=E2=80=93_in_M?= =?utf-8?q?emoriam_=E2=80=93_W3AZD=2C_Donald_B=2E_Search=2CBy_KE3Q=2C_Rich?= =?utf-8?q?_Boyd?= In-Reply-To: <1134098773101.1133440227280.2047543160.0.951053JL.2002@scheduler.constantcontact.com> References: <1134098773101.1133440227280.2047543160.0.951053JL.2002@scheduler.constantcontact.com> Message-ID: <6cf2e933-71a6-9af6-347a-12cf9a3e3f07@bellsouth.net> Reprinted With Permission from Bernie W3UR from today's The Daily DX ____W3AZD, Don Search (right standing), receiving his perfect attendance award at a recent NCDXA meeting, as N4MM, John Kanode (sitting) looks on. (Photo courtesy of K3ZO, Fred Laun)Emil me if the picture does not make it through...I'll send it separately. - Bill W2CQ__________________________________________________________ *Silent Key ? in Memoriam ? W3AZD, Donald B. Search** **** **By KE3Q, Rich Boyd* ______________________________________________________________________ Many, many emails have been coming in, commenting on the passing of good ole Don, Donald B. Search, W3AZD, of Davie, Broward County, Florida, a friend to so many of us, a DXCC card checker, and longtime ARRL DXCC staffer, signer of our DXCC certificates for many years.??His name and signature grace the walls of, no doubt, thousands of hamshacks. Don is survived by his faithful longtime partner of more than 55 years, Hope Smith, WB3ANE, who continues to reside in Florida.??As I recall hearing it (subject to correction, refinement, clarification), Hope and Don met at Montgomery Blair High School in Silver Spring, Maryland, a close-in northern suburb of Washington, D.C.??They were among the original members of the NCDXA, National Capitol DX Association and, even after moving to Florida quite a few years ago now, they continued to drive or fly to the D.C. area for the bi-monthly NCDXA meetings, never missing a one until April, 2018, with age and challenging health issues.??Amazing.??Don was ?ham?s ham,? and a true blue DXer, and Hope and Don were a notable example of two people loving and depending on each other.??They were hardly ever apart. I was able to say hello to them in person at the annual W3LPL June open house.??The last time I saw Don I teased him about still wearing, always wearing, that beat-up orange callsign hat, ?festooned? with pins and badges.??W3UR reminds me Don wore a relatively matching orange T-shirt, survivor of thousands of washings.??When I mentioned his hat, Don had his signature wry smile and said ?It?s not my only one.???My observation is that ham radio and Hope were the centerpieces of Don?s life. According to Don?s nephew, Fred Reed, Don passed in hospice care between 2 and 3 AM March 26.??He was in the Wilton Manors Rehab Center.??His health issues apparently accelerated when he fell in a restaurant, hitting his head on a table, December 17, 2019. Before taking the job at ARRL, Don worked as an electronic technician for Burrows Communications in Maryland.??He administered the DXCC award for 15 years. Don enjoyed reading about astronomy.??He was a member of various radio clubs including the Potomac Valley Radio Club, the aforementioned NCDXA, the Gold Coast Amateur Radio Association, and the South Florida DX Association.??He went to many hamfests, often spending some time checking DXCC card submissions. Funeral/memorial arrangements are pending.??KJ4VCT, Melanie Fernandez, President of the Gold Coast [Florida] Amateur Radio Association, suggests prayers for Hope, who will certainly miss Don even more than any of the rest of us will.??Melanie suggests dropping Hope a card or letter, through Melanie at the following mailing address, who will see they get to her (as Hope?s plans are uncertain at this point): Hope Smith c/o Melanie Fernandez 4860 NW 3 ST, Apt D Delray Beach, FL??33445 K9BO, Bill Oberdorfer, living in Weeki Wachee, Florida, notes the fine job Don did at DXCC in Newington.??Bill recalls showing up unannounced at W1AW one day in 1980 with 275 cards to check, a first-time submission.??He and Don sat together going through the cards one by one and Don, never complaining, ?couldn?t have been nicer.???Bill adds, ?The worst thing about having been licensed since 1958 is so many old friends and acquaintances are now passing on with more and more frequency.? W2CQ, Bill, says Don ?was always available, on the repeater, for help, for meetings and for anyone who asked for help with something.??For a tower party, Don was there, most of the time with Hope.??Years ago, in the eighties and nineties, Don would be there for us to pick someone up at the airport for the Miami Hamfest, to run an errand or pick up some materials.??If we needed someone at the table, Don was the one who always volunteered.??He was there for setting up the [club?s] booth and then he was there when we needed someone to man it.??He checked cards for hours.??He held the club banner for safekeeping, ready to bring it anywhere, to hamfests, flea markets and field day.??We used his DXCC cards for the display at our booth, always, because he had the largest collection.??Don was always one of the last ones standing at the Dayton DX dinner, the ?sit down roll call? of highest total number of countries confirmed.??He knew everyone and everyone knew Don.? K3ZO, Fred Laun, President of NCDXA, notes Don?s 60-plus years as an amateur radio licensee and his contesting and DXing contributions.??Fred reminds us that for some years Don was an operator at one of the biggest multi-multi contest stations of the era, W3MSK/W3AU (Ed Bissell), a station whose antennas were clearly visible above the trees from George Washington?s historic Mount Vernon, just across the Potomac River.???Beat ?MSK? was an iconic ?saying,? due to the station?s contest dominance.??W3AU, too, retired to Florida, as so many do. In Florida in retirement, Don was the QSL bureau sorter for the A suffix for the US third call area and L and V suffixes for the two-letter prefix fourth call area.??At Dayton, Don checked cards for DXCC in the ARRL booth.??In Florida he participated in hurricane nets. Copyright (c) 2020 by Bernie McClenny ______________________________________________________________________ W3UR, Bernie McClenny, publishes THE DAILY DX (TM) Monday through Friday. This e-mail message and its contents have a copyright and are proprietary products of THE DAILY DX (TM). Any unauthorized use, reproduction, or transfer of the message or its content, in any medium, is strictly prohibited and invalidates the subscription.??For permission to quote, reprint or re-post this e-mail please send a request to the editor . Subscriptions to THE DAILY DX (TM) ?are $28.00 for 6 months (25 weeks) or $49.00 for 12 months (50 weeks). Send Check, credit card info, or Money order to THE DAILY DX, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, Maryland 21738-9728, United States. For additional information, you may phone THE DAILY DX (TM) at 410-489-6518. Check out THE DAILY DX (TM) homepage . From bmarx at bellsouth.net Mon Mar 30 10:08:38 2020 From: bmarx at bellsouth.net (Bill) Date: Mon, 30 Mar 2020 10:08:38 -0400 Subject: [QCWA Everglades Chapter #69] 2020 FQP Quiz - Get those Competitive Juices Flowing! In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <0a130f12-08f0-1985-8e6c-5f478e9b9c7b@bellsouth.net> *Hello FQP Fans!* *Let's get our Party started early with a 2020 FQP Quiz-* *_both_?in and out-of state*?ops are encouraged to participate. First, a couple of brief reminders: a) Join the Florida QSO Party (FQP) email reflector by sending an email request to George at?k5kg at k5kg.com .? Please forward this email on to others who might want to subscribe as well. BTW- George reports we already have grown to 121 FQP reflector subscribers - outstanding! b) Please register your FQP County Activation plans at https://floridaqsoparty.org/counties/?- just use the Activation Forms. *PLEASE DOUBLE-CHECK YOUR ENTRIES BEFORE CLICKING SUBMIT!* ?I'm glad to help if you have questions/issues. *Now, onto the 2020 FQP QUIZ:* /Please answer the following questions that interest you:/ *1. Who has operated in the FQP while either licensed as a novice or technician licensee? * *2. Prior to operating as a *FIXED* station either inside or outside FL, who has put up an antenna specifically for use in FQP? Details?* Perhaps that Rhombic of your dreams, an Rx antenna, diversity antenna or NVIS? Other? *3.? How many different callsigns have you used for FQP, both in and out of state, over the years?* *4.? Just a quick straw poll - what is your favorite citrus to eat?? Favorite to drink? * *5. Out-of-State Ops. - * *What have been your typically hardest-to-find top 5 FL Counties to get that coveted FQP sweep?* * * *6. Fixed FL Stations - * *Have you ever Worked All States in a FQP?? Ever Worked All Canadian Provinces?* * * *7.? Mobile/Expedition FL Stations -* *What is the strangest FL "Critter" experience you have had during your FQP travels?* Let's have some fun with this - please send me your responses and/or share them on FQP Groups if you'd like. I'll give it a few weeks to receive/summarize the results and post them. vy 73/OJ, Chris, NX4N FQP Pom Pom Section image.png