From bmarx at bellsouth.net Tue Feb 1 13:50:33 2022 From: bmarx at bellsouth.net (Bill) Date: Tue, 1 Feb 2022 13:50:33 -0500 Subject: [QCWA Everglades Chapter #69] Ed Erny posted in Florida AM Group = Ham Radio In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <4d22f78a-c813-666e-6127-312f115f4e0c@bellsouth.net> http://www.amrally.com/ May be an image of text that says 'Announcing the 2022... AM Rally Operating Event on the HF+6M Amateur Bands 0000z Saturday February 0700Z Monday February 7 (7:00pm EST Friday February 4 2:00am EST Monday February 7) (4:00pm PST Friday February 4 11:00pm PST Sunday February 6)' -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From bmarx at bellsouth.net Wed Feb 2 10:39:35 2022 From: bmarx at bellsouth.net (Bill) Date: Wed, 2 Feb 2022 10:39:35 -0500 Subject: [QCWA Everglades Chapter #69] =?utf-8?q?One-hour_Slow_Speed_CW_?= =?utf-8?b?4oCcY29udGVzdCzigJ0gY2FsbGVkIHRoZSBTU1Qu?= References: <604276f1-e0a0-3117-d15b-a3af16043f2e.ref@bellsouth.net> Message-ID: <604276f1-e0a0-3117-d15b-a3af16043f2e@bellsouth.net> *Website for more information:* *http://www.k1usn.com/sst.html** ** Members of the K1USN Radio Club, who are also members of the CW Operators? Club (CWops), run a one-hour slow speed CW ?contest,? called the SST. For those who prefer a more leisurely CW pace or are new CW operators or contesters, this just might be what you're looking for! * ** The US has changed back to Standard Time SST UTC times do not change ********Fridays 20:00-21:00 UTC: 3-4pm EST *******Mondays 00:00-01:00 UTC: 7-8pm EST Sunday* K1USN SST K1USN SSTK1USN Radio Club K1USN SST Slow Speed Test RULES PURPOSE K1USN?s Slow Speed Test is designed to encourage and assist those who signed up for the CWops CW Academy to learn CW or to improve their CW skills but are not yet copying 25 WPM. The activity has an upper limit of 20 wpm but we encourage participants to use any slower speed they are comfortable with. We welcome everybody to join in the SSTs?including new ops making their first attempt at completing a CW QSO. In addition to SST?s 20 WPM upper speed limit, we ask all to be patient, supportive, and willing to slow down as necessary to match the other op?s speed. The objective is a no pressure event that provides ?on the air? CW practice. Using paddle keyers, bugs, side swipers and straight keys is fine. DAY / TIME Every Monday from 0000 UTC to 0100 UTC and every Friday from 2000 to 2100 UTC BANDS 160, 80, 40, 20, 15 and 10M Recommended Frequencies : (OK to spread out further if necessary) 1.812 ? 1.828, 3.528 - 3.545, 7.028 - 7.045, 14.028 - 14.045, 21.028 - 21.045, 28.028 - 28.045 *Website for more information:* *http://www.k1usn.com/sst.html* -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From bmarx at bellsouth.net Wed Feb 2 11:24:09 2022 From: bmarx at bellsouth.net (Bill) Date: Wed, 2 Feb 2022 11:24:09 -0500 Subject: [QCWA Everglades Chapter #69] Wire Antenna Installation Made Easy... 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URL: From bmarx at bellsouth.net Sun Feb 6 20:51:18 2022 From: bmarx at bellsouth.net (Bill) Date: Sun, 6 Feb 2022 20:51:18 -0500 Subject: [QCWA Everglades Chapter #69] QRQ or Copying CW over 70 wpm - Tom W4BQF References: <79584b95-d338-e4e9-d6b9-9c3880a2d972.ref@bellsouth.net> Message-ID: <79584b95-d338-e4e9-d6b9-9c3880a2d972@bellsouth.net> /Tom became a SK a few months ago.//His QRZ page is still up/ // website: https://sites.google.com/site/tomw4bqf/home QRQ?or Copying CW over 70 wpm *QRQ = FUN = QRQ* *Tom - W4BQF??????????????? CW is for REAL HAMS! * Quite often I am asked "How can you copy CW at 70 wpm and higher?" Since it's pretty insulting just to answer by ?saying "Practice, practice, practice", I normally wind up emailing back a synopsis on how I learned to do it. Others have used different methods of achieving QRQ copy by ear. What I have to say on this subject is only my own personal opinion, which normally does not agree with everyone else! I really don't believe in the various methods of learning code. I think learning to copy high speed code is much simpler than following someone else's method of learning to copy QRQ. What I am sharing with you is things that I found to work for me. There are some basic's I think one MUST learn, and the very first one is you must learn to copy ONLY in your head. That's very important! From there you can begin to increase your copy speed. So copying in your head is a MUST. Jotting down notes or 'key words' is fine to remind you of something you want to respond to during your QSO. QSO'ing at 70 to 120 wpm is literally no different than having a conversation on the telephone; you are? just doing it using a different language! No sending call signs (except as required) and no sending 'bk'. You don't do that on the telephone! Speaking on a telephone is operating duplex, therefore why not do the same thing on CW? A second most important thing you must do is have a radio that has excellent full QSK at high speeds.? Simply because when operating QRQ, you MUST do it in duplex! You don't stop and take notes when your conversing on the telephone, so why do it when your operating QRQ? The radios that I know of that can run full QSK at speeds over 100 wpm are the Ten Tec Corsair II and the Icom IC-781, and they do it flawless. In my opinion, full QSK is not at what speed you can hear another signal between dots, but at what speed can you hear your fellow ham trying to break you! Hearing between dots is a fine criterion for speeds below about 40 wpm, but is inconsequential over 60 wpm. Unfortunately the more digital circuitry that is added to modern transceivers, the less high speed QRQ capable they become. All high speed code (above about 55 wpm)?is sent with a keyboard/keyer or a computer keyboard, simply because one just cannot consistantly send 'clean' code by hand on a key. Consistently 'clean' code makes for easier copying! I've been a CW operator for over 55 years but I am not one of those 'old goats' who claim that sending CW by any other means than using your had is not 'real' CW. 'Real' CW is a dot and? a dash, no matter how you send it. The idea here is how you copy QRQ, not how you send it! Most computer programs that are capable of generating CW are, for some reason, not designed to exceed about 99 wpm. And most computer programs generate CW either via a serial port or a parallel port. Using these I/O ports causes an inherent problem for smooth CW generation. A computers CPU produces random (to us) interrupts which almost always stops activity in any I/O port FIRST! This leads to a 'stutter' sound in generated CW coming from these I/O ports. VE6YP, who is the author of the program I've been using for close to 10 years, is the only program author I know of who has found a solution to this problem. In his program, YPlog, he generates CW via the computer sound card, which is never interrupted by a computers CPU 'house-keeping'. The user builds a very simple audio detector and transistor switch to key his radio. This system works very good to over 160 wpm. The reason you first want to learn to copy in your head only is because when you get to speeds around 50 to 55 wpm, you have to teach your brain literally to change it's method of interpreting code.(And it takes a while to do this!) Below about 50 wpm, you are still hearing a dot and a dash to form a word. When you are copying at 60 wpm and higher, you do not consciously hear a dot and a dash, you literally hear a word. At that time too, you begin to have to be in, what I call, the 'flow of the conversation', just like you are when your talking on your telephone. If you send me code groups at 70 wpm, I could not copy most of them, but if you and I are in a converation at 70 wpm or higher, THEN I can copy pretty solid. To increase your copy speed, I recommend a code reader...and don't be shocked by that! The reason I recommend a code reader is because the process of learning to copy from about 50 to 60 wpm is where you literally have to teach your brain to copy code in a different way. The problem at these speeds is if you miss a word, your brain automatically freezes and tries to 'guess' at what that one missed word is. While the brain is trying to decide what that one word is, many more words go flying by, and you actually get very confused and lose track of what is being sent to you. When you start using a code reader, a first you're going to just read the screen, but subconsciously the brain is associating the dots and dashes with what your reading on the screen. The more you do this, you will find that the less you read the screen, but only glance at it when you miss that one word! This gets you over that 'brain freeze' that is caused by missig just one word! Once you get to copying around 60 wpm, when you DO miss that one word, your brain realizes it, but then just continues to copy, ignoring or filling in that one missed word. Don't worry about a code reader being a crutch, simply because when you get to where you can copy around 60 wpm, you will find that you can then copy code better than a code reader! A code reader is not very good at handling high speed code in the presence of normal band noise of your receiver. About 60 to 70 wpm and they are not capable to keep up anymore because of noise crashes, but your brain can easily filter out the noise. A code reader is an 'aid' to helping one learn to copy code faster, it is NOT a crutch! *[[just for info: Although you will not be conscience of copying dots ad dashes, if the sender mis-spells a word, somehow your brain will notice that. Say the sender sends the word 'will' as w'E'll, your mind will notice that one dit that was missed, but you will have trained your brain to ignore that one missed dit, and it will continue copying. I'm not truely sure of this but I think somewhere above about 70 or 80 wpm, since your mind is now really in the 'flow of the conversation', you probably are not literally copying every word that is sent to you, but your brain is copying enough to make sense out of what is being said!]]* Two big things about QRQ: 1) You HAVE to make it just another FUN thing you want to do with your hobby. 2) You are not going to learn to do it over night! But *anybody* can learn to do it. I got started doing QRQ sometime in the late 60's when I heard two hams talking to each other on their regular skeds on 40m, at 100 wpm. I thought it was just very fascinating, and just decided that was something I WANTED to do. And it took me about a year to go from 30 wpm on my keyer to over 60 wpm. That includes the time it took me to change from a QWERTY keyboard to a Dvorak style keyboard. The neat and fun thing I found, is that once you get to where you can copy between 60 and 70 wpm, your mind seems to just open up to copying QRQ. Going from 60 wpm to say, 100 wpm, seemed to be a breeze compared to retraining my brain to get through the 50 to 60 wpm 'brick wall' we all have to go through. I really don't know how fast I could copy, but I used to have QSO's with KB9XE and NU2C at about 120 wpm and could fully understand what they were saying. NU2C tested me once and he would send me two questions, which I had to answer both, then he would go up about 5 wpm . Finally at 145 wpm, I got only one of his questions! I have read that recently a German ham did copy a call sign being sent my RUFZ (a high speed competition program) at 200 wpm! Copying CW at high speeds, either 145 wpm or 200 wpm, is one thing, having a conversation at those speeds is something quite different. Again, two things. You have to make this a fun-thing, you have to want to do it, and it can get pretty frustrating at times. You have to be willing to spend the necessary time on the air working at improving your copy. That is the only way I know of that you can do it, as there are no short cuts. Interestingly, of the maybe 10 hams that I know that operate at high speeds, none of the have any interest in records or reconition for their QRQ ability. They all simply do it for the enjoyment of it. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From bmarx at bellsouth.net Sat Feb 12 10:49:41 2022 From: bmarx at bellsouth.net (Bill) Date: Sat, 12 Feb 2022 10:49:41 -0500 Subject: [QCWA Everglades Chapter #69] Articles on Heathkit... In-Reply-To: <4ede7f50-2824-bac3-a7ce-bdc2d689b3f9@bellsouth.net> References: <4ede7f50-2824-bac3-a7ce-bdc2d689b3f9@bellsouth.net> Message-ID: /From Tony N2MFT: / From Orange County (CA) Amateur Radio club website Many good Healthkit reviews. https://www.w6ze.org/Heathkit/Heathkit_Index.html -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From bmarx at bellsouth.net Mon Feb 14 15:33:18 2022 From: bmarx at bellsouth.net (Bill) Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2022 15:33:18 -0500 Subject: [QCWA Everglades Chapter #69] THE SMOKE THEORY OF ELECTRONICS: - From the QRZ page of N3UTV References: <5260a66c-94ef-3bd8-f3ac-796e5b9bc998.ref@bellsouth.net> Message-ID: <5260a66c-94ef-3bd8-f3ac-796e5b9bc998@bellsouth.net> *?THE SMOKE THEORY OF ELECTRONICS:* I have been engaged in the electronics field for a long time. ? Over the years, I have come to the conclusion that all?electronic gear really__*_works off of SMOKE_. (READ ON!);* ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Above: ?Renowned *Smoke Theorist* studying the issue??in labs. The theory goes like this. *SMOKE*...this?stuff?circulates within all of the wires and electronic components within?a system, and remains harmless and invisible to the user and harmless to the system ?unless it can find an avenue of escape from? the wires or ?components?within the equipment. ?I can remember?in my early days in college, as my?classmates and I worked?in the the electronics lab putting?together?various circuits, that occasionally, someone would get it wrong. ?They would?accidentally do something like reverse-connect large?electrolytic?capacitors and apply?power to the circuit. ?We would hear a?loud bang and then ?you would??see....??you guessed it......*SMOKE!!! * *SOMEONE LET THE?SMOKE OUT OF THE CIRCUIT! *I also recall years later, after I?was employed as an young engineer??with?a transit agency, that a?certain transit ticket vending machine began?to let smoke out?of its self, creating a hazard to the general public. ?The?device was found to have two wires chaffing against each other?that allowed the *SMOKE* to escape out of the electronic?circuitry. ?Trust me......(and this is what we conclude).......As far as electronic gear is concerned, *SMOKE IS YOUR FRIEND!.* ?Our devices are full of it. ?The secret is _*NEVER LET?THE SMOKE ESCAPE FROM THE WIRES IN YOUR GEAR*._ ?If it does,?your gear will never be the same.. *k_eep??THE SMOKE IN?THE WIRES!!!_ ? DO THIS ?AT ALL COST!!!.* ?Do not let it escape?from coils, capacitors, IC's bi-polars, diodes, etc. ?Once the?SMOKE gets out of your circuits, all is lost. ? There is simply no way to put it back in. ?? ?Keep it contained. We say again.........*KEEP THE SMOKE IN THE WIRES!*! *(KTSITW).* Here are some pictures of what things look like if the SMOKE gets out?the wires. ?If any of your equipment looks like this _YOU PROBABLY HAVE A SMOKE LEAK!!!_ *ABOVE: SMOKE WAS ALLOWED TO SEEP OUT OF THIS HV CIRCUIT.* *BELOW LEFT; ?THE SMOKE GOT OUT OF THIS CIRCUIT. ?IT IS UNCLEAR WHY THE OWNER LET IT OUT. **BELOW RIGHT: ?THE OWNER OBVIOUSLY WATCHED WITH DISMAY AFTER HE ALLOWED THE SMOKE OUT OF THE ELECTROLYTIC CAPACITOR PICTURED. ? DON'T do this! **IT IS NOT A GOOD THING TO LET THE SMOKE OUT. ?IT NEEDS TO STAY WITHIN YOUR CIRCUITRY. ?AS LONG AS THE SMOKE ?STAYS WITHIN THE WIRES, ALL IS OK.* *Someone let the SMOKE out of this resistor and look what happened!* -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From bmarx at bellsouth.net Thu Feb 17 12:17:41 2022 From: bmarx at bellsouth.net (Bill) Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2022 12:17:41 -0500 Subject: [QCWA Everglades Chapter #69] To Prove Your Not A Robot... References: <62c06b3c-cf85-4698-5f73-5a56f1304803.ref@bellsouth.net> Message-ID: <62c06b3c-cf85-4698-5f73-5a56f1304803@bellsouth.net> An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: dx0x0XEnHyF8h5gL.png Type: image/png Size: 904391 bytes Desc: not available URL: From bmarx at bellsouth.net Fri Feb 18 14:03:01 2022 From: bmarx at bellsouth.net (Bill) Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2022 14:03:01 -0500 Subject: [QCWA Everglades Chapter #69] Ford Kanzler | When all else fails, ham radio works - Santa Cruz Sentinel References: <1339987e-88b4-9e01-c7e7-d798772929ab.ref@bellsouth.net> Message-ID: <1339987e-88b4-9e01-c7e7-d798772929ab@bellsouth.net> Ford Kanzler | When all else fails, ham radio works Dan Selling N6RJX runs ham radios during a Scotts Valley Demonstration at Sky Park. (Bob Fike -- Contributed) Dan Selling N6RJX runs ham radios during a Scotts Valley Demonstration at Sky Park. (Bob Fike ? Contributed) By Ford Kanzler | February 8, 2022 at 4:05 p.m. When things go sideways, the all-volunteer Santa Cruz County ham radio communications team says, ?No Phone, No Electricity, No Problem.? The Santa Cruz Amateur Radio Emergency Service helps at a triathlon in Santa Cruz. (Bob Fike ? Contributed) The Amateur Radio Emergency Service (ARES), long known as ham radio operators, is a national association for hams. The 75 members of the Santa Cruz chapter help in wide range of activities and events including emergencies. They create backup radio communications networks from their homes or vehicles, relaying information where needed or when traditional systems aren?t available. ?All ARES members are ham radio operators and maintain an FCC-issued amateur radio license,? explained Patrick Hung, Santa Cruz ARES member. ?We?re continuously training and ready responders for a range of needs. These can be helping event organizers keep track of activities, to locating missing people or connecting emergency agency personnel when their radios become inoperable.? Continuous readiness ARES members participate in countywide communications drills with Community Emergency Response Teams (CERT) and weekly statewide communications drills with city and the county Emergency Services Office to maintain preparedness. ?ARES is an integral part of the county?s emergency services,? said Michael Beaton, who directs the county?s General Services Department and Emergency Operations Center. ? They were instrumental during the CZU fire and gave us a big lift. They?re very well versed in emergency response and a great group of folks.? Beaton became an ARES fan and now is a ham operator himself. During the 2020 CZU August Lightning Fire, local members provided communications to Equine Evacuations. They coordinated horse transportation at stables in the mountains when many forms of communications were out. Backup communications at the fairgrounds were provided for arriving evacuees needing shelter. ARES stationed members on-site 24/7 for a number of days, operating alongside CERT members. More often ARES creates communications for local events including the Aptos July Fourth parade, Fire in the Sky airport fireworks, Santa Cruz County Fair, Fireworks 50 horse endurance race, Santa Cruz Triathlon and the Strawberry Fields Forever and Sea Otter Classic. Bob Fike, the ARES chapter?s emergency coordinator and ham operator since 1990, loves being part of the organization and appreciates the growing community interest. ?We?re training 50 or 60 new members a year and have a ?no-egos? team,? Fike explained. ?Our communications are extremely local and mobile. It can be linked to CERT team members with multi-use radios. I appreciate helping keep our community as safe as possible. It?s like a church choir, amateur volunteers but very professional. We do take donations if event organizers choose to do that,? he adds. Why do they call it ham radio? The name ?ham? is derived from the call letters of the first amateur wireless station operated by members of the Harvard Radio Club in 1908. They were Albert S. Hyman, Bob Ablmy ?and Poogie Murray. They decided to use the first letter of each last name as the station?s call or identity and became the first ham operators. /Ford Kanzler is a Watsonville resident./ /https://www.santacruzsentinel.com/2022/02/08/ford-kanzler-when-all-else-fails-ham-radio-works/ / -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From bmarx at bellsouth.net Wed Feb 23 08:23:49 2022 From: bmarx at bellsouth.net (Bill) Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2022 08:23:49 -0500 Subject: [QCWA Everglades Chapter #69] Mistakes of 150 Years Ago - ARRL Radio Club News References: <4d161e9a-f010-ea05-5614-c0a637f456ad.ref@bellsouth.net> Message-ID: <4d161e9a-f010-ea05-5614-c0a637f456ad@bellsouth.net> _*Mistakes of 150 Years Ago *_This year the Reading Radio Club will celebrate 100 years in existence and affiliation with ARRL. However, the work of individuals who were not afraid of trying something new 150 years ago paved the way for the technology we have today. "A person who never made a mistake, never tried anything new." Albert Einstein . Names such as David Hughes, Heinrich Hertz, Nikola Tesla, and Alexander Popov all contributed in their own way to the development of components and theory involved in present day ham radio. I am sure they made their share of mistakes and experienced countless failures. But they all persevered to try a new thing. Are you still using a Spark gap to send? How about a crystal set for your receiver? Do you even know what they are? You have been to a hamfest and maybe you even saw things people call "Boat Anchors." Have you ever had to replace an Acorn Tube in one? The early radios did not have any capacitors, tubes, transistors or integrated circuits to go bad. But you did need hammers, screwdrivers, wrenches, and skills such as those of a mechanic, pipe fitter, electrician, sheet metal worker and tower installer (to name some) to build or maintain those radios. This was due to a major improvement over the spark gap transmitter for High Frequency (HF) transmission. That improvement in 1904 was the Alexanderson Alternator. Of the 20 that were constructed, number 16 is still operational in Grimeton, Sweden. Improvements continued and in the 1920's, Sir John Ambrose Fleming and Lee de Forest developed the vacuum tube diode and triode, ushering in the advent of the 60-pound "Boat Anchors." From November 17, 1947, to December 23, 1947, John Bardeen and Walter Houser Brattain at AT&T's Bell Labs in Murray Hill, New Jersey, performed experiments and observed that when two gold point contacts were applied to a crystal of germanium, a signal was produced with the output power greater than the input. The transistor was born. The radio transceiver followed with units that can be carried by one person and fit in one hand. Most possess the capabilities of several racks of units. Radios are no longer pieces of hardware, but are a combination of both hardware and software. They can be controlled via a computer program and allow users to communicate with signals that the human ear cannot even detect. Mistakes went into all this development, but that is what allows improvement and innovative ideas. 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Restrictions introduced by the state of emergency are due to last 30 days and will vary depending on the region. The state of emergency allows the authorities to temporarily limit the public?s constitutional rights. The decree green-lights the following measures: * increased public order protection and security; * checks of identification documents of civilians and frisking if necessary; * ban on protests; * temporary or permanent evacuation of people from dangerous areas and providing them with accomodation; * ban on relocation of conscripts and reservists without notice; * ban on producing and spreading information that may ?destabilize the situation?; * *ban on amateur radio transmitting devices.* * Other measures that may be implemented ?if necessary? include: a curfew; a special regime of entry and exit; ban on mass events; ?special rules? for spreading information online. 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URL: From bmarx at bellsouth.net Thu Feb 24 20:15:06 2022 From: bmarx at bellsouth.net (Bill) Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2022 20:15:06 -0500 Subject: [QCWA Everglades Chapter #69] ARLB007 FCC: Amateur Service Licensees May Not Use Radio Equipment to Commit Criminal Acts In-Reply-To: <20220224214458.41F75215EE97@bmail.arrl.org> References: <20220224214458.41F75215EE97@bmail.arrl.org> Message-ID: <87af8a78-c9fa-ff83-f075-9d19c8bf90d0@bellsouth.net> SB QST @ ARL $ARLB007 ARLB007 FCC: Amateur Service Licensees May Not Use Radio Equipment to Commit Criminal Acts ZCZC AG07 QST de W1AW ARRL Bulletin 7 ARLB007 > From ARRL Headquarters Newington CT February 24, 2022 To all radio amateurs SB QST ARL ARLB007 ARLB007 FCC: Amateur Service Licensees May Not Use Radio Equipment to Commit Criminal Acts The FCC Enforcement Bureau has re-issued an earlier reminder that licensees in the Amateur Radio Service, as well as licensees and operators in the Personal Radio Services are prohibited from using radios in those services to commit or facilitate criminal acts. The FCC did not indicate what, if anything, prompted the renewed Enforcement Advisory or if it was just a routine announcement. The Enforcement Advisory can be found in PDF format online at, https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/DA-22-181A1.pdf . "The Bureau recognizes that these services can be used for a wide range of permitted and socially beneficial purposes, including emergency communications and speech that is protected under the First Amendment of the US Constitution," the FCC said. "Amateur and Personal Radio Services, however, may not be used to commit or facilitate crimes." As it did in advisories in 2021, the Enforcement Bureau is reminding amateur licensees that they may not transmit, "communications intended to facilitate a criminal act" or "messages encoded for the purpose of obscuring their meaning." "Likewise, individuals operating radios in the Personal Radio Services, a category that includes Citizens Band radios, Family Radio Service walkie-talkies, and General Mobile Radio Service, are prohibited from using those radios "in connection with any activity which is against Federal, State or local law. "Individuals using radios in the Amateur or Personal Radio Services in this manner may be subject to severe penalties, including significant fines, seizure of the offending equipment, and, in some cases, criminal prosecution. "To report a crime, contact your local law enforcement office or the FBI," the FCC advised. NNNN /EX From bmarx at bellsouth.net Fri Feb 25 08:16:52 2022 From: bmarx at bellsouth.net (Bill) Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2022 08:16:52 -0500 Subject: [QCWA Everglades Chapter #69] CQ FL Hams & Radio Clubs - 25th Anniversary Florida QSO Party April 30 & May 1 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: 25th Anniversary Banner - FQP 2022.png **** CQ FLORIDA HAMS **** *_The /25^TH SILVER ANNIVERSARY/ 2022_*_*Florida QSO Party will be held April 30 and May 1*_; we sure hope you'll join us by activating your FL HF stations ? home, club, school, mobile and expedition all welcomed.? Let?s make all 67 counties RADIO-ACTIVE! */CALL TO ACTION!!!/* *_Florida Stations of all types_*?? /please go to the FQP website and register your fixed, mobile and expedition operations; just click on the ?Counties" link and then the _Activation Forms_ to get started ? thanks!/ /Direct Links:/ /Saturday Registration Form: /https://floridaqsoparty.org/counties/saturday-route/// /Sunday Registration Form: /https://floridaqsoparty.org/counties/sunday-route/// */*PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU REVIEW YOUR ENTRY FOR ACCURACY BEFORE SUBMITTING*/* *//* Please check out the rules and further details at our *Web Site:*http://www.floridaqsoparty.org/ *The Florida QSO Party* Object: Everyone works Florida, Florida works Everyone Activate and work ALL Florida counties Have as much FUN as possible! When: *April 30 & May 1, 2022* Two ten hour operating periods, with a ten hour break: Saturday, April 30 1600Z (Noon EDT) ? May 1 0159Z (9:59 PM EDT) Sunday, May 1 1200Z (8 AM EDT) - 2159Z (5:59 PM EDT) 20 Hours total Exchange: RST and County (Florida stations) RST and QTH (State, Province or Country for non-FL) Where: 10, 15, 20 and 40 Meters *SUGGESTED OPERATING FREQUENCIES: * CW: ?????7.020-7.045, 14.025-14.055, 21.030-21.050, 28.030-28.050 MHz Phone: 7.185-7.245, 14.240-14.295, 21.320-21.350, and 28.450-28.480 MHz Contacts outside these frequency ranges are still valid; see rules for details. *MOBILE WINDOW: *We expect that several Mobile stations will be on and most can be found here: *CW: 7.025-7.035, 14.040-14.050, 21.040-21.050, 28.040-28.050 MHz** **SSB:?7.230-7.240, 14.265-14.275? MHz **/If you are not a FL mobile, *please* refrain from calling CQ in these windows./**/ /* Categories: Single Op, Multi Op, Multi-Multi, Mobile, Expedition, Technician and School. Three power levels: QRP, Low, and High Power. Modes: Use CW, SSB or both. Prizes: Beautiful color Certificates for top participants Plaques for top finishing entrants. *Web Site:*http://www.floridaqsoparty.org/ Detailed rules, mobile routes, past results, plaques, county maps and much more! Logs: Logs in Cabrillo format can be uploaded (*preferred*) at: https://fqp.contesting.com/fqpsubmitlog.php or emailedto logs at floridaqsoparty.org ; Paper logs via US mail to: Florida QSO Party, c/o Ron Harps, K8NZ, 1997 Willow Glen Ln Columbus, OH 43229-1550. Any questions or feedback? Please feel free to reply to my email:*//* cqdenx4n at gmail.com *_We highly encourage_* you to sign up to the FQP email Group fqp at groups.io. Just send an email request to sign up to George at K5kg at k5kg.com and George will help you from there. THANK YOU in advance for making the Silver Anniversary 2022 FQP another terrific event! 73, Chris, NX4N, on behalf of: Chris, W4WF and Dan, K1TO ? 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