From overthetop52 at yahoo.com  Thu Aug  1 22:34:03 2013
From: overthetop52 at yahoo.com (Pete Fierro)
Date: Thu, 1 Aug 2013 19:34:03 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [RVRC] Drew W2OU
Message-ID: <1375410843.95883.YahooMailAndroidMobile@web161903.mail.bf1.yahoo.com>

????????? Members

???????? Good news.Drew was discharged from the hospital today&is home.Welcome home.....73...Pete

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From n2gj at amsat.org  Fri Aug  2 09:46:39 2013
From: n2gj at amsat.org (N2GJ_AMSAT)
Date: Fri, 2 Aug 2013 09:46:39 -0400
Subject: [RVRC] Happy Birthday to Kenny Lund KC2OOP!
Message-ID: <CAO2dfsouHgYLbMifbSx_fTkH+t2cg=AKW2JLdzB0si_F1JcQ6g@mail.gmail.com>

More good news!  Not only is Drew back home from whatever was ailing
him, but we have a birthday to celebrate!

Happy Birthday, Kenny, or as we say in traffic-handling circles:
GJ
Gerry Jurrens N2GJ
mailto:n2gj at amsat.org

From n2gj at amsat.org  Fri Aug  2 09:48:46 2013
From: n2gj at amsat.org (N2GJ_AMSAT)
Date: Fri, 2 Aug 2013 09:48:46 -0400
Subject: [RVRC] Happy Birthday to Kenny Lund KC2OOP!
In-Reply-To: <CAO2dfsouHgYLbMifbSx_fTkH+t2cg=AKW2JLdzB0si_F1JcQ6g@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CAO2dfsouHgYLbMifbSx_fTkH+t2cg=AKW2JLdzB0si_F1JcQ6g@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <CAO2dfsqFieLEffjObcU9ikjc8Lh6WPzDREx=T5RqySW-w2FrSg@mail.gmail.com>

More good news!  Not only is Drew back home from whatever was ailing
him, but we have a birthday to celebrate!

Happy Birthday, Kenny, or as we say in traffic-handling circles:  ARL FORTY SIX!

73,

GJ
Gerry Jurrens N2GJ
mailto:n2gj at amsat.org

From drumor at optonline.net  Fri Aug  2 11:34:53 2013
From: drumor at optonline.net (ELDRED MOORE)
Date: Fri, 02 Aug 2013 11:34:53 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: [RVRC] Good To Be Back
Message-ID: <52568eb8.2ee7.1403faacfd8.Webtop.59@optonline.net>

RVRC members,


It's wonderful to be home and away from the energy of the hospital. 
Thanks to all who dropped me an email or text or even called daily to 
make sure I wasn't discharged too soon, hihi.


73,
Drew

From n2gj at amsat.org  Fri Aug  2 12:47:46 2013
From: n2gj at amsat.org (N2GJ_AMSAT)
Date: Fri, 2 Aug 2013 12:47:46 -0400
Subject: [RVRC] Happy Anniversary to Bill W2UDT and his bride!
Message-ID: <CAO2dfso5doTYjcTacm9XsOAwOLu3pw++r0oiiMKYPfvE36TSwA@mail.gmail.com>

I got a nice email about a Scount troop function and in it, Bill
mentions he won't be there because it's his anniversary!  So, let's
all say "Happy Anniversary" to Bill and Mrs. H.!

73,

GJ
Gerry Jurrens N2GJ
mailto:n2gj at amsat.org

From n2gj at amsat.org  Fri Aug  2 15:16:54 2013
From: n2gj at amsat.org (N2GJ_AMSAT)
Date: Fri, 2 Aug 2013 15:16:54 -0400
Subject: [RVRC] Ham Radio Training Opportunities
Message-ID: <CAO2dfsq99y+j+DRax9YFCtgqCnUs2TghuE=WXNfhgo-MpY1tRA@mail.gmail.com>

I think this is a great idea!  73,

GJ
---------------

Good afternoon all!

The CW MCC will be having Ham Radio Training for anyone that has a HAM
license, maybe even a HAM radio, and has not used your radio or done
anything since getting a license.  This training will be held here at the
Central-West MCC (Somerset Medical Center) on August 21, 2013 at 10:00am.
 If you or any of your constituents has not used a HAM radio since
receiving a license, or if you want a refresher on the use of a HAM radio,
this course is for you.  Feel free to bring your radios.  The instructors
will go over the radio frequencies and repeaters that the MCC has.

For anyone who does not have a HAM license and is looking to obtain a HAM
technician's license, a licensing examination will be held here at the MCC
on August 16, 2013.  A review will be at 9:30am and the examination is at
12:30pm.

Here are a few online sites for materials and practice examination
questions:

www.arrl.org

www.hamradiolicenseexam.com

www.hamradiolicenseprep.com

Again, the August 21st training is for those who have a license and would
like a refresher on the use of a HAM radio or has never used a HAM radio
since receiving a license.  The online sites all have approximately 350
practice test questions.  The examination is 35 questions taken from the
350 practice test pool.

Please feel free to contact me if you need further information.

 Best regards,

 Marlin

Marlin Bullock, BS, MT, MICP

Central-West Jersey

Medical Coordination Center Liaison

Somerset Medical Center

Office: 908-927-8900

Cell:     908-458-3177

Fax:     908-685-2538

MBullock at somerset-healthcare.com


GJ
Gerry Jurrens N2GJ
mailto:n2gj at amsat.org

From marvbrons at verizon.net  Fri Aug  2 15:21:28 2013
From: marvbrons at verizon.net (Marvin Bronstein)
Date: Fri, 02 Aug 2013 15:21:28 -0400
Subject: [RVRC] handy frequencies during emergencies....
Message-ID: <2556BDF76FF14FB5935942A0F62637F3@marvbronsPC>

Here, once again, are some VHF/UHF frequencies that would be handy to have 'pre-programmed' into your radios.  We are on the front-edge of the most active hurricane season (August/Sept.) and preprogramming would save time searching for frequencies!

73,
Marvin


Have those portables ready.....
It would be a good idea (to save time in cases of excitement or chaos) have several local 
repeaters pre-programmed into those HT's. Here are several I believe would 
be useful

UHF (70 cm)

443.200.......141.3tone......K2GE...Sayreville/skywarn/NTS.....linked to 443.200 rptr
449.975.......141.3tone......W2LI...Tri-County ARS/New Jersey Network
444.500.......131.8tone......W3BXW...BEARS/PA & Green Brook linked
440.800.......141.3tone.....KA2AHS....Middlesex County OEM/RACES & (linked to 224.560 MHz)

VHF (2 mtrs)

146.760......156.7tone.....K2GE...Sayreville/skywarn/NTS.....linked to 146.760 rptr
147.285......141.3tone.....W2NJR..New Jersey Network
147.255......141.3tone.....W2LI....Tri-County ARS.....linked

(as well as our own RVRC systems)

For those with 222 MHz (1-1/4 mtrs) capabilities,

223.960....110.9tone.....K2ETS....ETSNJ linked to WAN
224.560....141.3tone.....KA2AHS...Middlesex County OEM/RACES (linked to 
440.800)
224.960....151.4tone.....KB2SEY....HAZLET OEM (Monmouth County)


Also, the broadcasters use two 'bands' for communications and coordinating their mobile news-gathering units. 450.000 ~ 451.000 & 455.000 ~ 456.000 MHz. When news-worthy events like disasters and accidents happen you can listen-in on events sometimes before they 'hit the air'!
Remember that they are using 12.5 KHz channels.
Example; 450.0875-(WCBS 880radio);  450.2875-(WCBS-tv2).....450.3875-(WNBC-tv4).....450.5125.....450.7500....455.1125-(FOX 5)......455.0500-(WABC-tv7)
others come up as events occur and usually during the early-evening and late evening news periods.

73,
Marvin
k2vhw at arrl.net

From marvbrons at verizon.net  Fri Aug  2 15:31:19 2013
From: marvbrons at verizon.net (Marvin Bronstein)
Date: Fri, 02 Aug 2013 15:31:19 -0400
Subject: [RVRC] Fw:  handy frequencies-minor correction...
Message-ID: <F9FF1DBCB05942CF9BE6D47A4B0586DA@marvbronsPC>


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Marvin Bronstein" <marvbrons at verizon.net>
To: "RVRC Distribution" <rvrc at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Friday, August 02, 2013 3:21 PM
Subject: [RVRC] handy frequencies during emergencies....


> Here, once again, are some VHF/UHF frequencies that would be handy to have 
> 'pre-programmed' into your radios.  We are on the front-edge of the most 
> active hurricane season (August/Sept.) and preprogramming would save time 
> searching for frequencies!
>
> 73,
> Marvin
>
>
> Have those portables ready.....
> It would be a good idea (to save time in cases of excitement or chaos) 
> have several local
> repeaters pre-programmed into those HT's. Here are several I believe would
> be useful
>
> UHF (70 cm)
>
> 443.200.......141.3tone......K2GE...Sayreville/skywarn/NTS.....linked to 
> 146.760 rptr
> 449.975.......141.3tone......W2LI...Tri-County ARS/New Jersey Network
> 444.500.......131.8tone......W3BXW...BEARS/PA & Green Brook linked
> 440.800.......141.3tone.....KA2AHS....Middlesex County OEM/RACES & (linked 
> to 224.560 MHz)
>
> VHF (2 mtrs)
>
> 146.760......156.7tone.....K2GE...Sayreville/skywarn/NTS.....linked to 
> 443.200 rptr
> 147.285......141.3tone.....W2NJR..New Jersey Network
> 147.255......141.3tone.....W2LI....Tri-County ARS.....linked
>
> (as well as our own RVRC systems)
>
> For those with 222 MHz (1-1/4 mtrs) capabilities,
>
> 223.960....110.9tone.....K2ETS....ETSNJ linked to WAN
> 224.560....141.3tone.....KA2AHS...Middlesex County OEM/RACES (linked to
> 440.800)
> 224.960....151.4tone.....KB2SEY....HAZLET OEM (Monmouth County)
>
>
> Also, the broadcasters use two 'bands' for communications and coordinating 
> their mobile news-gathering units. 450.000 ~ 451.000 & 455.000 ~ 456.000 
> MHz. When news-worthy events like disasters and accidents happen you can 
> listen-in on events sometimes before they 'hit the air'!
> Remember that they are using 12.5 KHz channels.
> Example; 450.0875-(WCBS 880radio); 
> 450.2875-(WCBS-tv2).....450.3875-(WNBC-tv4).....450.5125.....450.7500....455.1125-(FOX 
> 5)......455.0500-(WABC-tv7)
> others come up as events occur and usually during the early-evening and 
> late evening news periods.
>
> 73,
> Marvin
> k2vhw at arrl.net
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From overthetop52 at yahoo.com  Sat Aug  3 16:46:23 2013
From: overthetop52 at yahoo.com (Pete Fierro)
Date: Sat, 3 Aug 2013 13:46:23 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [RVRC] N3KZ
Message-ID: <1375562783.70400.YahooMailNeo@web161906.mail.bf1.yahoo.com>

??????? Hello

????? For the longest time,this repeater was inactive.Now its back on the air&based in Princeton.Its linked to other repeaters in PA,NJ,MD.Check it out

????? 442.850+
????? PL 131.8
????? N3KZ

??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 73
?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? Pete

From cwsaums at aol.com  Sun Aug  4 10:47:02 2013
From: cwsaums at aol.com (Craig W Saums)
Date: Sun, 4 Aug 2013 10:47:02 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: [RVRC] W2QW Allmon System monitor webpage
Message-ID: <8D05F389D64A7D8-1C64-23B1A@webmail-d151.sysops.aol.com>


Hi Everyone

KC2VRJ (Paul) has re-enabled the Allstar Link Monitor page (aka Allmon) that can be used to see what our repeaters are currently doing in terms of inbound and outbound links as well as during actual message traffic.  There are also 'Listen Live' links for the club machines.

The Allmon webpage runs on the webserver that is part of the network control computer software.  
This webpage is accessed via the club users page at w2qw.njpaasterisk.org.  
The "W2QW Allstar Monitor" button on the main page in the "Members Area".  
This link does not require a login at this time.
Accept any prompts regarding secure content - depending on your browser settings this may be required.

The Allmon webpage is useful during our "nets" to see when the systems are linked and when transmissions originate.

Our Node numbers are

27089 = W2QW 440
27226 = W2QW 2M
28228 = KC2VRJ 900
27200 = KB2EAR Network Hub 

Try it out.....

Thanks to Paul for getting the page working again.

73

Craig, AC2FE

From ljwest at mac.com  Wed Aug  7 10:41:25 2013
From: ljwest at mac.com (Lawrence West)
Date: Wed, 07 Aug 2013 10:41:25 -0400
Subject: [RVRC] Route 1 in Edison to be closed for roadwork
Message-ID: <9532C0C9-8004-4513-8F19-8FDDE3880A43@mac.com>

Route 1 will be closed the weekend of August 16 between I-287 and Old Post Road in both directions. 

Read the details at the NJ DOT link below. 

http://www.state.nj.us/transportation/about/press/2013/080113.shtm

73,
N2LJ
Larry West
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From drumor at optonline.net  Wed Aug  7 18:19:25 2013
From: drumor at optonline.net (drew Moore)
Date: Wed, 07 Aug 2013 18:19:25 -0400
Subject: [RVRC] Cross post: [ETS/PARC List] FW: The Sun's Magnetic Field is
 about to Flip
Message-ID: <000001ce93bc$2d04d830$870e8890$@optonline.net>



-----Original Message-----
From: etslist-bounces at mailman.qth.net
[mailto:etslist-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Don WILSON
Sent: Wednesday, August 07, 2013 6:12 PM
To: etslist at mailman.qth.net
Subject: [ETS/PARC List] FW: The Sun's Magnetic Field is about to Flip


Subject: The Sun's Magnetic Field is about to Flip
Date: Wed, 7 Aug 2013 09:31:09 -0400









Subject: The Sun's Magnetic Field is about to Flip
see:
http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2013/05aug_fieldflip/



 		 	   		  
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From marvbrons at verizon.net  Fri Aug  9 15:53:28 2013
From: marvbrons at verizon.net (Marvin Bronstein)
Date: Fri, 09 Aug 2013 15:53:28 -0400
Subject: [RVRC] More on KWO-35 outages
Message-ID: <89DC2A47662343A7AFFAC7348EB501B4@marvbronsPC>

There remains to be problems at KWO-35, the NWS weather information broadcast station on 162.550 MHz. in NYC.  They are experiencing some periodic ''outages'' such as that of this morning and early afternoon. (Friday, Aug. 9).

They have been broadcasting some warnings and alert notifications.  Should the station be ''down'' again while they may be issuing an alert, it would be missed.

The station in Howell Twnsp on 162.450 has not been experiencing any interruptions and it might be a good idea to put that station in your weather station alert monitors.
162.400 for Northeast Pa./Northwest NJ and 162.475 Philadelphia metro area/eastern PA/Southwestern NJ.

73
Marv, K2VHW


From overthetop52 at yahoo.com  Sat Aug 10 08:43:52 2013
From: overthetop52 at yahoo.com (Pete Fierro)
Date: Sat, 10 Aug 2013 05:43:52 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [RVRC] DTMF Mike
Message-ID: <1376138632.27724.YahooMailAndroidMobile@web161906.mail.bf1.yahoo.com>

???????? Hi Everyone

????? Does anyone have a used DTMF mike for an ICOM 706 lying around&not using?Would buy it off whoever...73....Pete

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From marvbrons at verizon.net  Tue Aug 13 17:28:44 2013
From: marvbrons at verizon.net (Marvin Bronstein)
Date: Tue, 13 Aug 2013 17:28:44 -0400
Subject: [RVRC] a tour through the original VOA transmitter facility..
Message-ID: <D2D6786A4BC84613B54CFBC9E2349727@marvbronsPC>

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3w_ZXRJol_4&feature=youtu.be

Take some time to view and enjoy this thorough tour through the original .5 million watt VOA transmitter facility.  Originally designed and built by Westinghouse.
I think you will enjoy learning about it.  VOA also had a transmitting facility in our own back-yard around Bound Brook.

73
Marv, K2VHW

From n2gj at amsat.org  Tue Aug 13 18:34:47 2013
From: n2gj at amsat.org (N2GJ_AMSAT)
Date: Tue, 13 Aug 2013 18:34:47 -0400
Subject: [RVRC] * Marty & Sue (WB2BEW) Wedding Anniversary 8/14
Message-ID: <CAO2dfsrz3smeF1RjKSvZD2-wU2+NBEzKb=4Nr+bfjsQ6J3RnaQ@mail.gmail.com>

Congratulations to you two lovebirds!  Best wishes for many more years of
wedded bliss together!

73,

GJ
Gerry Jurrens N2GJ
mailto:n2gj at amsat.org

From n2yeg at optonline.net  Tue Aug 13 19:00:10 2013
From: n2yeg at optonline.net (Bill Zukowski)
Date: Tue, 13 Aug 2013 19:00:10 -0400
Subject: [RVRC] * Marty & Sue (WB2BEW) Wedding Anniversary 8/14
In-Reply-To: <CAO2dfsrz3smeF1RjKSvZD2-wU2+NBEzKb=4Nr+bfjsQ6J3RnaQ@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CAO2dfsrz3smeF1RjKSvZD2-wU2+NBEzKb=4Nr+bfjsQ6J3RnaQ@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <520ABA7A.5040609@optonline.net>

Happy Anniversary!

From bob at cooper.edu  Tue Aug 13 21:00:02 2013
From: bob at cooper.edu (Prof Bob Hopkins)
Date: Tue, 13 Aug 2013 21:00:02 -0400
Subject: [RVRC] * Marty & Sue (WB2BEW) Wedding Anniversary 8/14
In-Reply-To: <520ABA7A.5040609@optonline.net>
References: <CAO2dfsrz3smeF1RjKSvZD2-wU2+NBEzKb=4Nr+bfjsQ6J3RnaQ@mail.gmail.com>
	<520ABA7A.5040609@optonline.net>
Message-ID: <520AD692.1040101@cooper.edu>

On 8/13/2013 7:00 PM, Bill Zukowski wrote:
> Happy Anniversary!
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Marty,
Best of everything!
73,
bob wb2udc

From overthetop52 at yahoo.com  Tue Aug 13 23:09:36 2013
From: overthetop52 at yahoo.com (Pete Fierro)
Date: Tue, 13 Aug 2013 20:09:36 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [RVRC] Happy Anniversary Marty!
Message-ID: <1376449776.44775.YahooMailAndroidMobile@web161903.mail.bf1.yahoo.com>

????? Marty

? Happy Anniversary to u&Sue.All the best&73...Pete KD2ARB





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From marvbrons at verizon.net  Thu Aug 15 17:02:36 2013
From: marvbrons at verizon.net (Marvin Bronstein)
Date: Thu, 15 Aug 2013 17:02:36 -0400
Subject: [RVRC] Fw: Huntsville Hamfest Live Broadcast
Message-ID: <1C7CBE3CB59C4704810D4F89FCA9B0BF@marvbronsPC>





It's time for the 2013 Huntsville Hamfest!!


Please join us during our live, online broadcast of the Huntsville Hamfest this weekend. (Aug 17 and 18th)

To join the broadcast go to W5KUB.COM where the fun begins!  During the Huntsville Hamfest W5KUB will interview vendors regarding their latest products, and broadcast the announcement of the Young Ham of the Year.  We will also have special guests like Martin F. Jue (K5FLU), founder of MFJ Enterprises; Charlie Emerson (N4OKL) representing Huntsville Hamfest; and many others. During the live broadcast, you will also have the opportunity to meet and chat with other ham radio operators from all over the world.  During the 2013 Dayton Hamvention we had over 40,000 viewers!

You could be the winner of one of 23 prizes which will be awarded during the broadcast!    These prizes are made possible because of our relationship with partners such as GigaParts, Huntsville Hamfest Prize Committee, ICOM, Ten-Tec, NCG Company, Kantronics, MP Antenna, ARRL, MFJ, and individual hams which have donated prizes.  In the past year over $10,000 in prizes have been awarded!  Of course, no purchase is necessary to win a prize.   W5KUB is not affiliated with any products or companies and does not sell any products or services.

Huntsville Hamfest broadcast hours:

?  Friday, August 16: 1400 UTC (9:00 AM CT) This is set-up time and we will have a live stream going most of the day showing that activity

?  Saturday, August 17:  1400 UTC - 2130 UTC (9:00 AM - 4:30 PM CT) Huntsville Hamfest

?  Sunday, August 18:  1400 UTC - 2000 UTC (9:00 AM - 3:00 PM CT) Huntsville Hamfest

?  Sunday, August 18:  2000 UTC (3:00 PM CT) drive from Huntsville to Memphis (4 hrs) watch us stream the 4 hour drive. Might even have prizes.

Please join our group on Facebook at 

facebook.com/groups/w5kub to keep up with us year-round.

Also, please help spread the word by posting this announcement in Facebook and forwarding this message to your ham radio friends that may not have received this message!

We'll 'see' you in Huntsville!



73
Tom Medlin, W5KUB
http://w5kub.com

.

From marvbrons at verizon.net  Fri Aug 16 00:35:30 2013
From: marvbrons at verizon.net (Marvin Bronstein)
Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2013 00:35:30 -0400
Subject: [RVRC] Fw: Re :  Test for dead battery AAA,AA, C, D
Message-ID: <6AE3F7597C644A28A383891C1C0CC4D3@marvbronsPC>













Subject :Test for dead battery AAA,AA, C, D 



Who knew?


   

  Test for dead battery AAA,AA, C, D 


  Never heard of this before but pretty cool, watch to the end, only 90 seconds long.


  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y_m6p99l6ME









From overthetop52 at yahoo.com  Sun Aug 18 16:15:44 2013
From: overthetop52 at yahoo.com (Pete Fierro)
Date: Sun, 18 Aug 2013 13:15:44 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [RVRC] Military Radio Meet
Message-ID: <1376856944.93935.YahooMailNeo@web161905.mail.bf1.yahoo.com>

??????? Greetings
??? Military radios will be on display...73...Pete



http://www.mrca.ar88.net/

From radiomf at comcast.net  Sun Aug 18 16:26:04 2013
From: radiomf at comcast.net (Martin Friedman)
Date: Sun, 18 Aug 2013 16:26:04 -0400
Subject: [RVRC] Military Radio Meet
In-Reply-To: <1376856944.93935.YahooMailNeo@web161905.mail.bf1.yahoo.com>
References: <1376856944.93935.YahooMailNeo@web161905.mail.bf1.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <000001ce9c51$29f8d360$7dea7a20$@comcast.net>

As is usually the case, this meet conflicts with the  Fall Kutztown antique
radio show.

-----Original Message-----
From: rvrc-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:rvrc-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On
Behalf Of Pete Fierro
Sent: Sunday, August 18, 2013 4:16 PM
To: rvrc at mailman.qth.net
Subject: [RVRC] Military Radio Meet

??????? Greetings
??? Military radios will be on display...73...Pete



http://www.mrca.ar88.net/
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From asajm at optimum.net  Mon Aug 19 14:14:08 2013
From: asajm at optimum.net (asajm at optimum.net)
Date: Mon, 19 Aug 2013 18:14:08 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: [RVRC] Need an copy of.
Message-ID: <e521d53f30c52.52126070@optonline.net>

Does anyone have QST?Magazine 1995. I need a copy of pages 28 and 29.The artical?is? "An Audio Breakout?Box"If someone can tell me how to get this info on the internet please emailthe information to me;? ASAJM at optimum.net.?????????????????????????????????????????? John....WA2F

From pisymbol at gmail.com  Mon Aug 19 14:24:25 2013
From: pisymbol at gmail.com (pisymbol .)
Date: Mon, 19 Aug 2013 14:24:25 -0400
Subject: [RVRC] Need an copy of.
In-Reply-To: <e521d53f30c52.52126070@optonline.net>
References: <e521d53f30c52.52126070@optonline.net>
Message-ID: <CAPpy_fEBmC=quFNJXxnhcK9_9LDhaKLGuJYnZMrFFv3ppm8TrQ@mail.gmail.com>

On Mon, Aug 19, 2013 at 2:14 PM, <asajm at optimum.net> wrote:

> Does anyone have QST Magazine 1995. I need a copy of pages 28 and 29.The
> artical is  "An Audio Breakout Box"If someone can tell me how to get this
> info on the internet please emailthe information to me;  ASAJM at optimum.net.
> John....WA2F
>

http://goo.gl/rRMJ57

-aps

From asajm at optimum.net  Mon Aug 19 18:49:58 2013
From: asajm at optimum.net (asajm at optimum.net)
Date: Mon, 19 Aug 2013 22:49:58 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: [RVRC] (no subject)
Message-ID: <e4ebea1b33250.5212a116@optonline.net>

Thank you to all who responded to my request. I now have the artical printed out.??????????????????? John....WA2F*******************************************************************************************Subject: [RVRC] Need an copy of.Does anyone have QST?Magazine March 1995. I need a copy of pages 28 and 29.Theartical?is? "An Audio Breakout?Box" If someone can tell me how to get thisinfo on the internet please email the information to me;?ASAJM at optimum.net.?????????????????????????????????????????? John....WA2F

From drumor at optonline.net  Tue Aug 20 11:55:55 2013
From: drumor at optonline.net (drew Moore)
Date: Tue, 20 Aug 2013 11:55:55 -0400
Subject: [RVRC] Ramapo Mountain Hamfest this Saturday August 24th!!
Message-ID: <007d01ce9dbd$c17fa1b0$447ee510$@optonline.net>


Subject: Ramapo Mountain Hamfest this Saturday August 24th!!

A reminder:

The Ramapo Mountain Amateur Radio Club will be holding their annual
hamfest this Saturday, August 24th at Camp Veritans, 225 Pompton Road,
Haledon, NJ 07508.

Gates open at 6 am for sellers and 8 am for buyers.

For more information and directions, go to the club website:
http://www.qsl.net/rmarc/

See you there!

73 de Mike N2YBB

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From marvbrons at verizon.net  Tue Aug 20 15:44:29 2013
From: marvbrons at verizon.net (Marvin Bronstein)
Date: Tue, 20 Aug 2013 15:44:29 -0400
Subject: [RVRC] Route 206 Montgomery & Hillsborough repaving....
Message-ID: <17172D0E886645C182CCB66DF1BE9832@marvbronsPC>

>From WCTC news;


The DOT announces a Rt. 206 resurfacing project in parts of Montgomery and Hillsborough 

8/20/2013


The state Department of Transportation has announced a project to resurface almost six miles of Route 206 in both directions in parts of Montgomery and Hillsborough. The $3.7 million project will resurface 206 with a new surface asphalt from just south of Bridgepoint Road in Montgomery to Doctors Way in Hillsborough, skipping over the new bridge over the CSX rail line. The DOT says the project will improve motorist safety and extend the pavement lifespan. New image detection cameras will be installed at certain intersections to replace the existing, underground loop detectors. The cameras are linked to traffic signals.

All travel lanes will be maintained during peak period hours while the construction proceeds. Repaving work requiring single-lane closures---with alternating traffic patterns---will be done daily between 9-am and 3-pm AND overnight between 7-pm and 6-am...8am on Saturdays. Access to all businesses and residences along Rt. 206 will be available.

From cwsaums at aol.com  Wed Aug 21 14:07:05 2013
From: cwsaums at aol.com (Craig W Saums)
Date: Wed, 21 Aug 2013 14:07:05 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: [RVRC] Tower climb dates for 440 Antenna - Member support request
Message-ID: <8D06CB060DB0AE9-4AC-62458@webmail-m163.sysops.aol.com>


Tower work is being planned to complete the installation of the replacement 440 antenna along with adjustments to the recently installed 2M antenna and the mid tower backup antenna.

David Ehehalt, N2DAE, from Telco Communications is planning our climb for one session on Friday or Saturday or Sunday morning
The final date selection will be based on weather forecasts and crew availability

The preferred time is Friday 8/23 from approximately 10 AM until 1 PM (more or less)
1st Backup is Saturday 8/24 from 10 AM until 1 PM
2nd Backup is Sunday 8/25 (times probably the same as the other dates but not definite - may be later)

David needs 2-3 ground crew helpers in addition to his regular helper to assist with hauling the antenna up the tower.  I will be one of the crew on any of these days so I need commitments from at least 2 more folks that can help with the work.  Please tell me which day you are committing for. Please also provide any preferred contact information so we can adjust as the plans may change at the last minute.

Please note this is not spectator stuff - this is hauling on the lift line or helping with the guide line to keep the antenna from hitting other objects during the lift.

You will need gloves and probably should have boots or strong shoes.  
I also recommend long pants due to some hidden poison ivy, and some unforgiving brush up at the tower location.
You should bring a hard hat if you have one - there are some 'community' hard hats up at the site if you don't have your own.

Please respond ASAP so that we can finalize the plans with David.

Regards and 73's

Craig Saums
AC2FE

From radiomf at comcast.net  Wed Aug 21 15:07:36 2013
From: radiomf at comcast.net (Martin Friedman)
Date: Wed, 21 Aug 2013 15:07:36 -0400
Subject: [RVRC] Tower climb dates for 440 Antenna - Member support
	request
In-Reply-To: <8D06CB060DB0AE9-4AC-62458@webmail-m163.sysops.aol.com>
References: <8D06CB060DB0AE9-4AC-62458@webmail-m163.sysops.aol.com>
Message-ID: <000801ce9ea1$b30b0450$19210cf0$@comcast.net>

Hi Craig,
I should be available on any one of those days. Let me know which one it
will be.
73, Marty WB2BEW


-----Original Message-----
From: rvrc-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:rvrc-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On
Behalf Of Craig W Saums
Sent: Wednesday, August 21, 2013 2:07 PM
To: rvrc at mailman.qth.net
Subject: [RVRC] Tower climb dates for 440 Antenna - Member support request


Tower work is being planned to complete the installation of the replacement
440 antenna along with adjustments to the recently installed 2M antenna and
the mid tower backup antenna.

David Ehehalt, N2DAE, from Telco Communications is planning our climb for
one session on Friday or Saturday or Sunday morning The final date selection
will be based on weather forecasts and crew availability

The preferred time is Friday 8/23 from approximately 10 AM until 1 PM (more
or less) 1st Backup is Saturday 8/24 from 10 AM until 1 PM 2nd Backup is
Sunday 8/25 (times probably the same as the other dates but not definite -
may be later)

David needs 2-3 ground crew helpers in addition to his regular helper to
assist with hauling the antenna up the tower.  I will be one of the crew on
any of these days so I need commitments from at least 2 more folks that can
help with the work.  Please tell me which day you are committing for. Please
also provide any preferred contact information so we can adjust as the plans
may change at the last minute.

Please note this is not spectator stuff - this is hauling on the lift line
or helping with the guide line to keep the antenna from hitting other
objects during the lift.

You will need gloves and probably should have boots or strong shoes.  
I also recommend long pants due to some hidden poison ivy, and some
unforgiving brush up at the tower location.
You should bring a hard hat if you have one - there are some 'community'
hard hats up at the site if you don't have your own.

Please respond ASAP so that we can finalize the plans with David.

Regards and 73's

Craig Saums
AC2FE
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From drumor at optonline.net  Wed Aug 21 17:43:51 2013
From: drumor at optonline.net (drew Moore)
Date: Wed, 21 Aug 2013 17:43:51 -0400
Subject: [RVRC] ICOM 756 Pro III
Message-ID: <001c01ce9eb7$87305ae0$959110a0$@optonline.net>

Excellent radio!

From: Robert J. Conroy [mailto:RConroy at drlaw.com] 
Sent: Wednesday, August 21, 2013 11:15 AM
To: drew Moore
Subject: ICOM 756 Pro III

Drew,

This weekend I am going to be posting on EBay ?my pristine, one-owner ICOM
756 Pro III.?? Before doing so, I thought I?d let you know so that if anyone
local was interested they could get a deal.

On EBay I will be looking for at least $1,800.? Locally I will take $1,700
provided the buyer can pick it up.?? Box, manual, etc. will be included
along with stock hand microphone. ??Cash, money order or PayPal only; and no
returns.? 

Thanks.

73

Bob
KB2VMG
908-295-8702




From cwsaums at aol.com  Thu Aug 22 17:18:20 2013
From: cwsaums at aol.com (Craig W Saums)
Date: Thu, 22 Aug 2013 17:18:20 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: [RVRC] Tower climb dates for 440 Antenna -Confirmed for Friday
 Aug 23, 2013 @ Noon
In-Reply-To: <8D06CB060DB0AE9-4AC-62458@webmail-m163.sysops.aol.com>
References: <8D06CB060DB0AE9-4AC-62458@webmail-m163.sysops.aol.com>
Message-ID: <8D06D94430469F1-23AC-6D331@webmail-d219.sysops.aol.com>



We have a confirmed climb time scheduled for Friday 8/23/13

David is planning to arrive at the site around noon.
Best guess is this should be 2-3 hours max.

The machines will be off the air during the climb for safety reasons

Please contact me if you are able to participate

Craig, AC2FE
732-991-6672


-----Original Message-----
From: Craig W Saums <cwsaums at aol.com>
To: rvrc <rvrc at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Wed, Aug 21, 2013 2:07 pm
Subject: Tower climb dates for 440 Antenna - Member support request


Tower work is being planned to complete the installation of the replacement 440 antenna along with adjustments to the recently installed 2M antenna and the mid tower backup antenna.
 
David Ehehalt, N2DAE, from Telco Communications is planning our climb for one session on Friday or Saturday or Sunday morning
The final date selection will be based on weather forecasts and crew availability
 
The preferred time is Friday 8/23 from approximately 10 AM until 1 PM (more or less)
1st Backup is Saturday 8/24 from 10 AM until 1 PM
2nd Backup is Sunday 8/25 (times probably the same as the other dates but not definite - may be later)
 
David needs 2-3 ground crew helpers in addition to his regular helper to assist with hauling the antenna up the tower.  I will be one of the crew on any of these days so I need commitments from at least 2 more folks that can help with the work.  Please tell me which day you are committing for. Please also provide any preferred contact information so we can adjust as the plans may change at the last minute.
 
Please note this is not spectator stuff - this is hauling on the lift line or helping with the guide line to keep the antenna from hitting other objects during the lift.
 
You will need gloves and probably should have boots or strong shoes.  
I also recommend long pants due to some hidden poison ivy, and some unforgiving brush up at the tower location.
You should bring a hard hat if you have one - there are some 'community' hard hats up at the site if you don't have your own.
 
Please respond ASAP so that we can finalize the plans with David.
 
Regards and 73's
 
Craig Saums
AC2FE


From gjurrens at gmail.com  Fri Aug 23 10:32:56 2013
From: gjurrens at gmail.com (Gerry Jurrens)
Date: Fri, 23 Aug 2013 10:32:56 -0400
Subject: [RVRC] Fwd: SpotTheStation
References: <2013968927.55225.1377262665301.JavaMail.nobody@lists.hq.nasa.gov>
Message-ID: <A9ADDD28-4686-4AEB-BC16-1FE27E25A599@gmail.com>

ISS pass tonight might be decent. 73

GJ
Sent from my iPhone4
Pls 4give typos & brevity


Begin forwarded message:

> From: HQ-spotthestation at mail.nasa.gov
> Date: August 23, 2013, 8:57:45 AM EDT
> To: United-States-New-Jersey-Princeton-PM at lists.hq.nasa.gov
> Subject: SpotTheStation
> 
> Time: Fri Aug 23 8:12 PM, Visible: 5 min, Max Height: 42 degrees, Appears: NNW, Disappears: ESE

From gjurrens at gmail.com  Sat Aug 24 15:10:38 2013
From: gjurrens at gmail.com (Gerry Jurrens)
Date: Sat, 24 Aug 2013 15:10:38 -0400
Subject: [RVRC] Fwd: VR6TC---SK
References: <002701cea0f1$188ded00$49a9c700$@net>
Message-ID: <509544B4-066D-4F44-8EB9-96565D787D8A@gmail.com>

FYI. 73

GJ
Sent from my iPad2
Pls 4give typos & brevity


Begin forwarded message:

> From: Jay K2TTT <k2ttt at optonline.net>
> Date: August 24, 2013, 1:40:56 PM EDT
> To: k2tt at optonline.net
> Subject: VR6TC---SK
> 
> A sad day for the DX community
>  
> 
>  
> 73
>  
> K2TTT (Jay)C6ATT
>  
>  
> http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/24/world/asia/tom-christian-descendant-of-bounty-mutineer-dies-at-77.html?hp&_r=0
>  
>  
>  
>  
> August 23, 2013
> Tom Christian, Descendant of Bounty Mutineer, Dies at 77
> By MARGALIT FOX
> Tom Christian, known as the Voice of Pitcairn for his half-century-long role in keeping his tiny South Pacific island, famed as the refuge of the Bounty mutineers, connected to the world, died at his home there on July 7. Mr. Christian, Pitcairn?s chief radio officer and a great-great-great-grandson of Fletcher Christian, the mutiny?s leader, was 77.
> 
> With his death, Pitcairn?s permanent population stands at 51.
> 
> The cause was complications of a recent stroke, his daughter Jacqueline Christian said.
> 
> Though Mr. Christian was the world?s best-known contemporary Pitcairner, word of his death ? reported in the July issue of The Pitcairn Miscellany, the island?s monthly newsletter ? reached a broad audience only this week, when it appeared in newspapers in Britain, Australia and New Zealand.
> 
> ?It takes awhile for news to get out,? Ms. Christian said by telephone from Pitcairn on Thursday.
> 
> Mr. Christian?s death is a window onto colonial history as played out in the South Pacific; onto a storied 18th-century mutiny, which lives on in books and motion pictures; and onto a 21st-century criminal case that made world headlines a decade ago ? a case on which Mr. Christian took a public position, described in the news media as courageous, that led to his ostracism on the island on which he had lived his entire life.
> 
> Britain?s only remaining territory in the Pacific, the Pitcairn archipelago lies roughly equidistant between Peru and New Zealand, about 3,300 miles from each. It comprises four small islands: Pitcairn, Henderson, Ducie and Oeno. Only Pitcairn Island, named for the sailor who sighted it from a British ship in 1767, is inhabited.
> 
> Pitcairn, settled by the mutineers and their Tahitian consorts in 1790, is a rocky speck of about two square miles. (Manhattan, by comparison, is about 24 square miles.) Most of its inhabitants are descended from the mutineers and the Tahitian women they brought with them.
> 
> Mr. Christian, who for his services to Pitcairn was named a Member of the British Empire in 1983, was long considered an elder statesman on the island. He served for years on the Island Council, the local governing body, and was a lay elder in the Seventh-day Adventist Church, to which most islanders belong.
> 
> For decades, starting in the mid-1950s, he operated radio station ZBP, Pitcairn?s official lifeline to the world. His duties included filing daily reports to the island?s administrative headquarters, formerly in Suva, on Fiji, and now in Wellington, New Zealand.
> 
> Mr. Christian filed his reports in Morse code, switching to voice communication only in the mid-1980s after Pitcairn acquired a radiotelephone.
> 
> Though Pitcairn today has some trappings of 21st-century technology ? electricity 14 hours a day and a country code, .pn, on the Internet ? it still maintains a striking degree of isolation. The island has no airstrip: it can be reached by flying to Tahiti and taking a once-a-week plane from there to Mangareva Island, in the Gambier Islands, followed by a two- to three-day sea voyage.
> 
> There are no automobiles on Pitcairn, and the island?s rocks and cliffs bear names redolent of long-ago tragedies: ?Where Dan Fall,? ?Where Minnie Off,? ?Oh Dear.?
> 
> The supply ship comes quarterly, and is met by Pitcairners in aluminum longboats. Boarding the ship, they sell the local wares (stamps, baskets, honey) on which the island?s economy has long depended, along with the curios they carve from miro wood, which they harvest on Henderson Island. They do likewise with the few passenger ships that call at Pitcairn each year.
> 
> Conversing with outsiders, Pitcairners speak a New Zealand-inflected British English. Among themselves, they use an indigenous creole ? an amalgam of Tahitian and late-18th-century English ? that confounds outside ears: ?Wut a way you?? (How are you?), ?Fut you no bin larn me?? (Why didn?t you tell me?), ?You se capsize and o-o!? (You?ll fall over and get hurt!)
> 
> For many years Mr. Christian also manned an unofficial but no less vital lifeline: his shortwave radio, which he used to converse with amateur radio operators around the globe. Over time ? he officially retired in 2000 but continued his amateur broadcasting until just a few years ago ? Mr. Christian reached more than 100,000 people.
> 
> As The Sunday Star-Times of Auckland wrote this week, ?Tom Christian ? along with the late King Hussein of Jordan ? was the most popular contact in the ham radio world.?
> 
> On his occasional trips overseas, Mr. Christian lectured on Pitcairn?s history and daily life. To his enraptured listeners, he was, like the island itself, a living link between the 1700s and the present.
> 
> ?They think we?ve all got sticks through our noses,? Mr. Christian, smiling, told The New York Times Magazine in 1991.
> 
> He brought the past to life in more tangible ways. In 1957, as a young assistant on a National Geographic-sponsored dive off Pitcairn, Mr. Christian helped bring up a cache of nails, carbonized wood and old hull fittings ? the sunken remains of the Bounty.
> 
> In December 1787, His Majesty?s Armed Vessel Bounty left England for Tahiti to collect breadfruit with which to feed slaves on Britain?s Caribbean plantations. On April 28, 1789, less than a month into the return voyage, the master?s mate, Fletcher Christian, weary of what he described as the bullying of the captain, William Bligh, led crewmen in seizing control of the ship.
> 
> Captain Bligh and 18 sympathizers were cast adrift; most, Bligh included, eventually made their way to England. Christian and his men sailed the Bounty to Tubuai, in the Austral Islands, and then back to Tahiti, where some mutineers chose to remain.
> 
> Knowing that the British admiralty would scour the seas for him ? and that a court-martial and a hanging would follow ? Christian set sail again with eight of his men, plus a small group of Tahitian men and women. They landed at Pitcairn, then uninhabited, in January 1790. There, to avoid detection, they burned and scuttled the Bounty.
> 
> The ship?s history was recounted in the popular 1932 novel ?Mutiny on the Bounty,? by Charles Nordhoff and James Norman Hall. Hollywood filmed it three times: in 1935, with Charles Laughton as Bligh and Clark Gable as Christian; in 1962, with Trevor Howard and Marlon Brando; and in 1984, with Anthony Hopkins and Mel Gibson.
> 
> But what the films did not depict was the mutineers? brutal lives on Pitcairn: by the time an American seal-hunting vessel came across the island in 1808, most of them, including Christian, had been killed in fights with the Tahitian men.
> 
> For the mutineers? descendants, life is challenging in more everyday ways.
> 
> ?Pitcairn is not a place for a lazy person; you have to work or you?re not going to be able to do anything,? Herbert Ford, the founder and director of the Pitcairn Islands Study Center at Pacific Union College in Angwin, Calif., said on Thursday.
> 
> Besides his radio work, Mr. Christian, like all the island?s adults, had a spate of duties.
> 
> ?He had three or four garden plots, because you have to grow your own food or you?d starve to death,? Professor Ford said. ?He also was responsible for public works, as the other people were, like the upkeep of roads and work on the Pitcairn Island longboats: there?s such a terrible surf that they have to be constantly up-kept. And he would spend part of his week crafting some of the curios that he or members of his family would be selling to passing ships.?
> 
> Thomas Colman Christian, son of Frederick Christian, grandson of Daniel Christian, great-grandson of Thursday Christian, great-great-grandson of Friday Christian and great-great-great-grandson of Fletcher Christian, was born on Pitcairn on Nov. 1, 1935.
> 
> As a boy, he became fascinated by the local radio station, ZBP, erected on Pitcairn by the New Zealand military during World War II. At 17, after completing his schooling on the island, he was sent to Wellington to train as a radio operator.
> 
> ?I was up before daylight,? Mr. Christian told People magazine in 1989, recalling his approach to New Zealand. ?I went on deck and saw Wellington and these lights running. It seems dumb, but I didn?t know that those running lights were cars.?
> 
> At 20, Mr. Christian returned to Pitcairn and began running ZBP. When he was ill or injured (in 1972, after being dashed against the rocks when his longboat capsized, he was evacuated to a New Zealand hospital, where he spent four months), Pitcairn fell silent.
> 
> The rest of the time, he kept the island going. In January 1974, amid the global energy crisis, Mr. Christian put out the call on shortwave radio that Pitcairn needed fuel. Barrels of it materialized from around the world.
> 
> Besides his daughter Jacqueline, Mr. Christian?s survivors include his wife, the former Betty Christian, whom he married in 1966 (like many Pitcairn couples, they are distant cousins); three other daughters, Raelene Christian, Sherileen Christian and Darlene McIntyre; and six grandchildren.
> 
> Pitcairn received wide unwelcome attention in 2004, when seven men were tried on charges of sexually assaulting under-age girls there. The defendants maintained that initiating girls into sex was a time-honored South Seas custom and that they were unaware that British law was in effect on Pitcairn.
> 
> Mr. Christian, who was not implicated, publicly disputed the defendants? contention, as did his wife. (At the trial, held on Pitcairn, six of the seven defendants were convicted under English law of more than 30 sexual offenses in all; the convictions were later upheld on appeal.)
> 
> As a result of their stance, Mr. and Mrs. Christian were shunned by much of the island for years afterward, Professor Ford said.
> 
> Mr. Christian went about his life, tending his garden, working his radio and continuing to travel and lecture.
> 
> At a talk in London in 2005, he had the joy of catching up with an Englishman he first met in 1971.
> 
> That November, a cargo ship on which the Englishman was traveling stopped at Pitcairn and, disembarking, he was introduced to Mr. Christian.
> 
> The Englishman was Maurice Bligh, the great-great-great-grandson of Capt. William Bligh.
> 
> From that day forward, Mr. Bligh and Mr. Christian were fast friends.

From marvbrons at verizon.net  Sat Aug 24 22:15:44 2013
From: marvbrons at verizon.net (Marvin Bronstein)
Date: Sat, 24 Aug 2013 22:15:44 -0400
Subject: [RVRC] Descendant of Fletcher Chrstian passes....
Message-ID: <876088DCE4D4483CB4024F308E6CDB15@marvbronsPC>

Tom Christian, Descendant of Bounty Mutineer, Dies at 77
Tom Christian, known as the Voice of Pitcairn for his half-century-long role in keeping his tiny South Pacific island, famed as the refuge of the Bounty mutineers, connected to the world, died at his home there on July 7. Mr. Christian, Pitcairn?s chief radio officer and a great-great-great-grandson of Fletcher Christian, the mutiny?s leader, was 77. 
With his death, Pitcairn?s permanent population stands at 51. 
The cause was complications of a recent stroke, his daughter Jacqueline Christian said. 
Though Mr. Christian was the world?s best-known contemporary Pitcairner, word of his death ? reported in the July issue of The Pitcairn Miscellany, the island?s monthly newsletter ? reached a broad audience only this week, when it appeared in newspapers in Britain, Australia and New Zealand. 
?It takes awhile for news to get out,? Ms. Christian said by telephone from Pitcairn on Thursday. 
Mr. Christian?s death is a window onto colonial history as played out in the South Pacific; onto a storied 18th-century mutiny, which lives on in books and motion pictures; and onto a 21st-century criminal case that made world headlines a decade ago ? a case on which Mr. Christian took a public position, described in the news media as courageous, that led to his ostracism on the island on which he had lived his entire life. 
Britain?s only remaining territory in the Pacific, the Pitcairn archipelago lies roughly equidistant between Peru and New Zealand, about 3,300 miles from each. It comprises four small islands: Pitcairn, Henderson, Ducie and Oeno. Only Pitcairn Island, named for the sailor who sighted it from a British ship in 1767, is inhabited. 
Pitcairn, settled by the mutineers and their Tahitian consorts in 1790, is a rocky speck of about two square miles. (Manhattan, by comparison, is about 24 square miles.) Most of its inhabitants are descended from the mutineers and the Tahitian women they brought with them. 
Mr. Christian, who for his services to Pitcairn was named a Member of the British Empire in 1983, was long considered an elder statesman on the island. He served for years on the Island Council, the local governing body, and was a lay elder in the Seventh-day Adventist Church, to which most islanders belong. 
For decades, starting in the mid-1950s, he operated radio station ZBP, Pitcairn?s official lifeline to the world. His duties included filing daily reports to the island?s administrative headquarters, formerly in Suva, on Fiji, and now in Wellington, New Zealand. 
Mr. Christian filed his reports in Morse code, switching to voice communication only in the mid-1980s after Pitcairn acquired a radiotelephone. 
Though Pitcairn today has some trappings of 21st-century technology ? electricity 14 hours a day and a country code, .pn, on the Internet ? it still maintains a striking degree of isolation. The island has no airstrip: it can be reached by flying to Tahiti and taking a once-a-week plane from there to Mangareva Island, in the Gambier Islands, followed by a two- to three-day sea voyage. 
There are no automobiles on Pitcairn, and the island?s rocks and cliffs bear names redolent of long-ago tragedies: ?Where Dan Fall,? ?Where Minnie Off,? ?Oh Dear.? 
The supply ship comes quarterly, and is met by Pitcairners in aluminum longboats. Boarding the ship, they sell the local wares (stamps, baskets, honey) on which the island?s economy has long depended, along with the curios they carve from miro wood, which they harvest on Henderson Island. They do likewise with the few passenger ships that call at Pitcairn each year. 
Conversing with outsiders, Pitcairners speak a New Zealand-inflected British English. Among themselves, they use an indigenous creole ? an amalgam of Tahitian and late-18th-century English ? that confounds outside ears: ?Wut a way you?? (How are you?), ?Fut you no bin larn me?? (Why didn?t you tell me?), ?You se capsize and o-o!? (You?ll fall over and get hurt!) 
For many years Mr. Christian also manned an unofficial but no less vital lifeline: his shortwave radio, which he used to converse with amateur radio operators around the globe. Over time ? he officially retired in 2000 but continued his amateur broadcasting until just a few years ago ? Mr. Christian reached more than 100,000 people. 
As The Sunday Star-Times of Auckland wrote this week, ?Tom Christian ? along with the late King Hussein of Jordan ? was the most popular contact in the ham radio world.? 
On his occasional trips overseas, Mr. Christian lectured on Pitcairn?s history and daily life. To his enraptured listeners, he was, like the island itself, a living link between the 1700s and the present. 
?They think we?ve all got sticks through our noses,? Mr. Christian, smiling, told The New York Times Magazine in 1991. 
He brought the past to life in more tangible ways. In 1957, as a young assistant on a National Geographic-sponsored dive off Pitcairn, Mr. Christian helped bring up a cache of nails, carbonized wood and old hull fittings ? the sunken remains of the Bounty. 
In December 1787, His Majesty?s Armed Vessel Bounty left England for Tahiti to collect breadfruit with which to feed slaves on Britain?s Caribbean plantations. On April 28, 1789, less than a month into the return voyage, the master?s mate, Fletcher Christian, weary of what he described as the bullying of the captain, William Bligh, led crewmen in seizing control of the ship. 
Captain Bligh and 18 sympathizers were cast adrift; most, Bligh included, eventually made their way to England. Christian and his men sailed the Bounty to Tubuai, in the Austral Islands, and then back to Tahiti, where some mutineers chose to remain. 
Knowing that the British admiralty would scour the seas for him ? and that a court-martial and a hanging would follow ? Christian set sail again with eight of his men, plus a small group of Tahitian men and women. They landed at Pitcairn, then uninhabited, in January 1790. There, to avoid detection, they burned and scuttled the Bounty. 
The ship?s history was recounted in the popular 1932 novel ?Mutiny on the Bounty,? by Charles Nordhoff and James Norman Hall. Hollywood filmed it three times: in 1935, with Charles Laughton as Bligh and Clark Gable as Christian; in 1962, with Trevor Howard and Marlon Brando; and in 1984, with Anthony Hopkins and Mel Gibson. 
But what the films did not depict was the mutineers? brutal lives on Pitcairn: by the time an American seal-hunting vessel came across the island in 1808, most of them, including Christian, had been killed in fights with the Tahitian men. 
For the mutineers? descendants, life is challenging in more everyday ways. 
?Pitcairn is not a place for a lazy person; you have to work or you?re not going to be able to do anything,? Herbert Ford, the founder and director of the Pitcairn Islands Study Center at Pacific Union College in Angwin, Calif., said on Thursday. 
Besides his radio work, Mr. Christian, like all the island?s adults, had a spate of duties. 
?He had three or four garden plots, because you have to grow your own food or you?d starve to death,? Professor Ford said. ?He also was responsible for public works, as the other people were, like the upkeep of roads and work on the Pitcairn Island longboats: there?s such a terrible surf that they have to be constantly up-kept. And he would spend part of his week crafting some of the curios that he or members of his family would be selling to passing ships.? 
Thomas Colman Christian, son of Frederick Christian, grandson of Daniel Christian, great-grandson of Thursday Christian, great-great-grandson of Friday Christian and great-great-great-grandson of Fletcher Christian, was born on Pitcairn on Nov. 1, 1935. 
As a boy, he became fascinated by the local radio station, ZBP, erected on Pitcairn by the New Zealand military during World War II. At 17, after completing his schooling on the island, he was sent to Wellington to train as a radio operator. 
?I was up before daylight,? Mr. Christian told People magazine in 1989, recalling his approach to New Zealand. ?I went on deck and saw Wellington and these lights running. It seems dumb, but I didn?t know that those running lights were cars.? 
At 20, Mr. Christian returned to Pitcairn and began running ZBP. When he was ill or injured (in 1972, after being dashed against the rocks when his longboat capsized, he was evacuated to a New Zealand hospital, where he spent four months), Pitcairn fell silent. 
The rest of the time, he kept the island going. In January 1974, amid the global energy crisis, Mr. Christian put out the call on shortwave radio that Pitcairn needed fuel. Barrels of it materialized from around the world. 
Besides his daughter Jacqueline, Mr. Christian?s survivors include his wife, the former Betty Christian, whom he married in 1966 (like many Pitcairn couples, they are distant cousins); three other daughters, Raelene Christian, Sherileen Christian and Darlene McIntyre; and six grandchildren. 
Pitcairn received wide unwelcome attention in 2004, when seven men were tried on charges of sexually assaulting under-age girls there. The defendants maintained that initiating girls into sex was a time-honored South Seas custom and that they were unaware that British law was in effect on Pitcairn. 
Mr. Christian, who was not implicated, publicly disputed the defendants? contention, as did his wife. (At the trial, held on Pitcairn, six of the seven defendants were convicted under English law of more than 30 sexual offenses in all; the convictions were later upheld on appeal.) 
As a result of their stance, Mr. and Mrs. Christian were shunned by much of the island for years afterward, Professor Ford said. 
Mr. Christian went about his life, tending his garden, working his radio and continuing to travel and lecture. 
At a talk in London in 2005, he had the joy of catching up with an Englishman he first met in 1971. 
That November, a cargo ship on which the Englishman was traveling stopped at Pitcairn and, disembarking, he was introduced to Mr. Christian. 
The Englishman was Maurice Bligh, the great-great-great-grandson of Capt. William Bligh. 
>From that day forward, Mr. Bligh and Mr. Christian were fast friends. 
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From marvbrons at verizon.net  Sun Aug 25 22:26:28 2013
From: marvbrons at verizon.net (Marvin Bronstein)
Date: Sun, 25 Aug 2013 22:26:28 -0400
Subject: [RVRC] International Space Station (ISS)
Message-ID: <0624281E45254459A816A5B286958EBB@marvbronsPC>

Even if you do not have AX.25 packet capabilities, you can 'copy' the beacon when the ISS is overhead or within visual ranges.
Marvin, K2VHW



Space Station Active on 70 cm Packet
The Amateur Radio station located in the Columbus module aboard the International Space Station is now active on AX.25 packet radio at 437.550 MHz.
To utilize the the packet system, operators need to set their TNC UNPROTO paths to ARISS for digipeating, or they can connect to the packet BBS using the call sign RS0ISS-1. The packet beacon is set to transmit at 2 minute intervals.

 You can also obtain pass predictions online from  AMSAT-NA

Story courtesy of AMSAT,UK

From marvbrons at verizon.net  Sun Aug 25 22:35:03 2013
From: marvbrons at verizon.net (Marvin Bronstein)
Date: Sun, 25 Aug 2013 22:35:03 -0400
Subject: [RVRC] ISS frequencies/modes of operation
Message-ID: <832F5B8532F24C40AECEB59FF3F044C9@marvbronsPC>

You can tune to 145.800 and listen for voice/packet or beacons



Frequencies in use

  The following frequencies are currently used for ARISS general QSO's
  Voice and Packet Downlink: 145.80 (Worldwide)
  Voice Uplink: 144.49 for Regions 2 and 3 (The Americas, and the Pacific) 
  Voice Uplink: 145.20 for Region 1 (Europe, Central Asia and Africa) 
  Packet Uplink: 145.99 (Worldwide)

  437.550 (70 cm packet)



  What kinds of radios does ARISS use on the ISS?

    The ISS Ham radios are Ericsson MP-X handheld radios, and a KenwoodD-700. More equipment for HF may be shipped to the station later next year.

    There is an orbit prediction capability on-board. It is called Worldmap. It is on the LAN-based computers in ISS. The laptop we are currently using is not hooked up to the LAN, so Worldmap is not used near the radio system. The Ham radio equipment is currently housed in the aft end of the FGB (Zarya). and, as described, is velcroed to the wall. 

  What are the voice frequencies used to contact the space station?

    We have programmed numerous channels in the radios. Two of these channels on the 2 meter radio support voice operations (145.80 down/144.49 for regions 2 &3 & 145.80 down/145.20 for region 1). It was necessary to use two uplinks due to region-to-region restrictions on uplink frequencies. 

  Does that mean that the crew have to change over freq when they are in range of a region 2/3 country, or does their little hand held allow reception on 2 freqs at the same time?

    We do not use a scanning capability on the radio. The crew switches between one freq to the other. If they begin a QSO over the US, they can track US stations until they hit the Atlantic and then they will quickly lose US stations. They can then switch over to the other freq and pick up Europe or Africa.

  What is the difference between regions 1, 2 and 3 ?

    ITU region 1 is Europe, Middle East, Africa, and North Asia.

    ITU region 2 is North and South America, Caribbean, Greenland.

    ITU region 3 is South Asia, Australia New Zealand, and Oceania.

    What does ARISS use for Packet Hardware control? 

      The computer that was being used for the packet system was an IBM Thinkpad A22P that Mark Shuttleworth left on-board the ISS after his flight. The power supply for this unit has failed and we are making preparations to have the computer replaced

      There are two primary ways to use the packet system---unproto operations and using the Packet Mailbox System (PMS). Given that only one person can use the Packet Mailbox System at a time, remember that unproto mode allows more to participate in the use of the packet system than the Mailbox System. I realize that many of you would like to get an e-mail from an astronaut. We understand that. But when you have thousands trying to connect up to the Mailbox and only one can connect and send their message, this can sometimes lead to frustrations by others on the ground. The most important thing to remember....if you use the PMS, keep your messages short and pre-developed. Other things to consider: Be surprised when the ISS crew responds to your message because they are quite busy up there. Please don't resend the same message to the crew if they haven't responded to your first message. Also, please don't put the crew in a bad position by asking them to set up a schedule with you. This would be unfair to all the hams and school children around the world. We want all to participate, not just a select few. Stick with unproto ops whenever possible to maximize the packet throughput and send short PMS messages only on occasion.

From gjurrens at gmail.com  Thu Aug 29 09:56:05 2013
From: gjurrens at gmail.com (Gerry Jurrens)
Date: Thu, 29 Aug 2013 09:56:05 -0400
Subject: [RVRC] * KC2RDU Bob 8/29 Happy Birthday!
Message-ID: <18099505-A1F4-4793-AAD0-66A7E9B973BF@gmail.com>

ARL FORTY SIX Bob!  73 DE RVRC!

GJ
Sent from my iPhone4
Pls 4give typos & brevity


From marvbrons at verizon.net  Thu Aug 29 23:21:37 2013
From: marvbrons at verizon.net (Marvin Bronstein)
Date: Thu, 29 Aug 2013 23:21:37 -0400
Subject: [RVRC] a little more on ISS.....
Message-ID: <A4DF795BAD904CD6A014D6B3F7B2F50E@marvbronsPC>

>From ARRL Newsletter;



Ham Radio in Space: "Ham Video" Transmitter is Now Aboard the ISS
A Japanese cargo spacecraft has delivered an Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) digital TV transmitter to the ISS. The equipment arrived August 9 and is being stored in the space station's Columbus module. Gear includes the transmitter, power supply, NASA-provided Canon XF-305 camera, and antenna cables, reports ARISS-Europe Chair Gaston Bertels, ON4WF, who says the DATV transmitter is being dubbed "Ham Video."

"Installation will be done by US astronaut Michael Hopkins, KF5LJG, who has been trained for the commissioning of the Amateur Radio digital video equipment," Bertels said in a report posted on the ARISS-EU website. Hopkins will be part of the ISS crew increment heading to the station next month. The 10 W EIRP S-band (2.4 GHz) Ham Video transmitter will use one of the L/S-band "patch" antennas installed on the ISS' Columbus module. 

Commissioning will involve a series of tests that will be performed over the course of three or four orbits. Bertels says it's possible that the transmitter will send a continuous signal between commissioning steps, offering Amateur Radio ground stations a chance to test and tune their receiving equipment. "The transmissions will be performed in automatic mode, without requiring crew time," Bertels said. "The camera, which runs on a battery, will not be used, and the ground stations will receive a black image." 



Here is a little more on the ham radio activity plans for ISS.  



From marvbrons at verizon.net  Fri Aug 30 23:51:53 2013
From: marvbrons at verizon.net (Marvin Bronstein)
Date: Fri, 30 Aug 2013 23:51:53 -0400
Subject: [RVRC] DIGITAL Amateur TV 'QSO party'
Message-ID: <0CA21517386D4188A78E5697F3849B60@marvbronsPC>

Check out the activity with amateur TV.  Seems like fun!!  The ''streaming video'' of their ''QSO PARTY'' is Friday and Saturday though Friday is done, Saturday will be good!  Remember, they're +5 hours ahead of us.

Events: Let the World Digital ATV QSO Party Begin
DATV enthusiasts around the world will take part in the annual World Digital ATV QSO Party August 30 and 31 through dedicated US repeaters, some direct transmissions and even via Skype. The clearing house for all transmissions will be the VK3RTV digital repeater in the Melbourne, Australia, area, with Peter Cossins, VK3BFG, as anchor. All transmissions will be streamed live via the British Amateur TV Club website. The event was first held in 2011 as part of the Amateur Radio Victoria centennial.

(website....www.batc.org.uk)

