[WIham] Door County Amateur Radio Club Picnic, Sunday, 7/25

[Mark Thompson]

Picnics details below.  

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 From: jon at k9bio.com
>Sent: 7/22/2010 12:35:53 P.M. Central Daylight    Time
>Subj: repeater adjustments
>
> July 22, 2010
>From – Jon, K9BIO
>To – DCARC    Members
>Subject – New repeater adjustments
> 
>I am copying to    you the following from club president Ken, K9KJM:
>“There seems to be a    little confusion about operation on the repeater.
> 
>The request for    a 5 second pause to allow other stations to be able to break 
>in was directed    toward operations on the old Motorola Micor, Which had a very 
>low courtesy    tone level and short squelch tail which was non adjustable.
> 
>Now    with the new Kenwood repeater, the intent of the fairly long "hang time" 
>of    about 3 seconds until the courtesy tone is to provide that pause for other    
>stations to break in.  No other delay or pause should be needed.
>This    seems to be plenty of time for someone to announce his/her callsign for 
>the    net control operator to check in to the net.  If an actual emergency    
>exists, the breaking station should announce callsign and the word    BREAK.  In 
>this case net control will turn the frequency over to the    emergency use.
> 
>We do intend to fine tune some adjustments on the    repeater in the future, 
>Including lowering the level of the I.D, change the    auto I.D. timer to 9 
>minutes from 10 minutes (Since it will not I.D. until a    break) etc.”
> 
>If you have any comments for consideration, email    them to me and I will pass 
>them on to Ken and those working on the repeater    set-up.  Jon at K9BIO.com
> 
>In general, however, the new    repeater has been working great and, as noted 
>above by Ken, we continue to    fine-tune the timing and beep parameters.  
>
>The new repeater, as you    might imagine, has put a large dent in our repeater 
>repair and maintenance    reserves.  If you haven’t yet paid your dues for 2010 
>($10 for email    & $12 for USPS updates) it would be appreciated.  Also, 
>several of    you regularly donate a little extra for maintenance costs and that 
>is greatly    appreciated.
> 
>Don’t forget to come to the
> Door County    Amateur Radio Club Picnic
> This coming Sunday – July 25,    2010
>Jacksonport Lakeside Park (upper shelter)
>Come at 11:00 – Eat at    Noon
> New this year– As our group gets older, it has become more and    more of a 
>hassle to haul grills back and forth for cooking so the picnic this    year is 
>strictly potluck.  I will be bringing barbeque and buns for    30.  If someone 
>else wants to bring an additional meat dish, OK.    Otherwise, bring something 
>to pass, probably what you have brought in previous    years.  Also, bring your 
>table service and what you would like to    drink.
> 
>For your Calendar – August 18 Corn Roast at Ken    Meyer and September 11 Fish 
>Boil at Egg Harbor Town    Hall.
> 
>CU  Jon  K9BIO
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