HuronAmateurRadioMonthly

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Vol. 11, Issue 08 Official Newsletter of Huron Amateur Radio Association Web Site: www.huronarc.info August 2007

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2007 OFFICERS

President: Bill, KMØF

Vice President: Jack, KØOH

Sec/Tres Lloyd, WBØULX

Act. Mgr. Terry KIØBV

VQC Net© net control operators on 147.090 MHz each Sunday at 8:00 PM are as follows:

Lloyd, WBØULX Sep 23, Nov 4, Dec 16

Don, KØHHZ Aug 26, Oct 7, Nov 18, Dec 30

Bill, KMØF Sep 2, Oct 14, Nov 25

Terry, KIØBV Sep 9, Dec 2

Jack, KØOH Sep 16, Oct 28, Dec 9

Sam, NØOTB Aug 19, Sep 30, Nov 11, Dec 23 

The 2007 ARRL National Convention Is Just About Here! 
ARRL is tying the ribbons on its planning for the 2007 ARRL National Convention, held in conjunction with the Huntsville Hamfest. The
convention and hamfest will be held August 18-19 at the Von Braun Center in Huntsville, Alabama. The event is preceded by the Global Amateur Radio Emergency Communications Conference -- GAREC-07 -- held in the adjacent Embassy Suites Hotel, August 16-17.

Nominations Sought for ARRL Section Managers: 
Nominations are currently being solicited for Section Managers in the following ARRL
Sections: Eastern New York, Eastern Pennsylvania, Louisiana, North Carolina, Pacific, San Diego, South Dakota and Virginia. To be valid, a petition must contain the signatures of five or more full ARRL members
residing in the Section concerned.

July 19, 2007 Meeting
Meeting called to order by President, Bill; KM0F at 7:00 PM with 8 members present at LDS Church located at 1450 Frank St. SE, Huron, SD.
Old Business:  Read minutes of previous meeting – Report on Field Day operations – Wessington Springs Special Event Station – Laura Ingles Wilder Special Event Station – Sioux City.
Events:    
Events:     July 21 -22  CQ WW VHF
                         28         Clear Lake Hamfest
New Business:  Handout newsletter
                          Collect Coborn's receipts
                          Discuss finances
          Read correspondence:         
          Flanagan Agency
                         Hieber Salvage
Adjourn:

Kenwood Purported to Merge with JVC in 2008 
A consumer electronic magazine, This Week in Consumer Electronics (TWICE), reports that Kenwood has agreed to merge in 2008 with Victor Company of Japan (JVC) under a holding company. JVC is owned by
Matsushita Electric Industrial Company. Japan's Nikkei business newspaper reports that the final details should be worked out by the end of the month, and that under the plan, Kenwood will buy 20 billion yen
($161,469,466) in JVC shares as early as this summer, raising its stake to 13 percent.

Revamped ARRL Membership Pages Go "Live" on the Internet

The fully automated, easy-to-use, online membership application,

<http://www.arrl.org/join>

which now provides immediate confirmation to ARRL members, became a reality July 22. "Our new membership Web page went live due to the inter-departmental team effort of Membership, Circulation, Web Services, Accounting, IT and Business Services,"commented ARRL Membership Manager Katie Breen, W1KRB.

August 16, 2007 Agenda

Meeting call to order by President, Bill, KM0F at 7:00 PM at LDS Church located at 1450 Frank St. SE, Huron, SD.

Old Business: Read minutes of previous meeting--Update on status of Special Event QSLing--Club finances.

Events: Aug 20 -22 Special Event Station N0C, Belle Fourche, SD

Sep 8 -9 VHF QSO Party

29 – 30 CQ WW RTTY

Oct 20 –21 Jamboree on the Air

27 - 28 CQ WW SSB

New Business: Handout newsletter-- Collect Coborn receipts--Mary Kerker has taken over the task of handling the Coborn receipts--Deposited a check from Coborn's $ 24.13--APRS station to be installed in Huron Comm Trailer--- additions or necessities.

Adjourn:

Remember to renew ARRL membership through the club

Get Ready for the 2007 ARRL On-line Auction:

Planning for the ARRL On-line auction, scheduled for October 24-November 2, is already in high gear, according to ARRL Business Services Manager Debra Jahnke, K1DAJ. "We have a head start this year, as many of the items used in QST's product review articles will be part of the Auction." In past years, product review items were auctioned off throughout the year via announcements in QST and written bids.

SECTION NEWS

Here is the section news for South Dakota, if there are any clubs that have material that they wish to have posted please email me the information no later than the 5th of the month so that I can get it posted to both the summary and the web site before the cut off date. kg0gg@arrl.net

Monthly South Dakota Section News Summary

Hot Springs ARC

The new shed is now next to the club shack. Plans are being made to fix up the shack for multiple operating positions, both HF and VHF. The new HF yagi will go up when the weather cools off. The new crank-up tower should be delivered by mid-August and then we can start mounting it on the trailer. A big THANK YOU to Dwight, W0HGZ, for donating new padded folding chairs for the

club shack. The recent fire caused 3 ham families to evacuate. Thankfully they were able to return to their houses, although some had property destroyed. Our 2-meter repeater and auto-patch were working hours before the cell phones were usable during the fire! Our Field Day report was sent to the ARRL on time. Thanks to Phil, KA0FUI, and Sue, KA0IGV, for all the help in getting the FD log sorted and ready.

73

Tim K0OR

Center of the Nation Special Event

Special Event Station NØC will operate 20-22 August from Belle Fourche, South Dakota. The event marks the dedication of the Geographic Center of the Nation Monument, with main festivities on 21 August. Operation will be on 75, 80, 40 and 20 mtrs, ssb and cw, as well as PSK. Additionally, NØC plans to check into the Tri-State Weather net on 2 mtrs. A special certificate is offered; send your QSL and a 9 x 12 s.a.s.e. to Craig Nickisch, WØWN, 316 Yellowstone Place, Spearfish, SD 57783. Announcements will appear in QST, World Radio and CQ.

 Northern Hills Amateur Radio Club

Committee Reports:

Public Service Events: list for 2007 is available on the NHARC web site

http://www.northernhillsarc.org/events.htm

The next event for the Northern Hills will be the Wyoming MS-150 on August 18th and 19th. If you are interested in helping please contact Gene McPherson, N0MHJ.

SET is October 6th. A planning meeting may be held in the future.

ARES:

The Tri-State Emergency Weather Net is in need of NCS for Monday and Fridays. Gene McPherson, N0MHJ will be taking Thursdays.

The Northern Hills ARC has volunteered to take the State Link NCS for three months.

There will be a State Link meeting in Pierre on September 22nd at 1330 hours. The location is TBD.

Old Business

Chris Stallkamp, W0ADZ is working on the NHARC UHF repeater.

The .76 repeater has been replaced and a UHF control link added. The APRS and Packed systems are being worked on.

New Business:

There will be a special event station, N0C operating from the Center of the Nation Visitors Center in Belle Fourche on August 21st and 22nd.

Doug Aldrich, W0WSP has resigned as secretary. Gene McPherson, N0MHJ

will be acting secretary until a permanent replacement is found.

Special Presentations:

Doug Aldrich, W0WSP presented part two of a two-part presentation on IP addressing.

Respectfully submitted,

Doug Aldrich, W0WSP

Secretary

 The 2007 ARRL Public Relations Campaign - Where Are We Now?

The ARRL has two Public Relations (PR) thrusts for 2007. The first one concerns ARES and Public Relations. ARRL Media and Public Relations Manager Allen Pitts, W1AGP, said, "We lose many good media opportunities because ARES operations are not being covered by Public Information Officers (PIO). Far too often, anything provided to media about ARES activities in a crisis is not shared until long after the event, if at all. To correct this, encouragement is being given for PIOs not only to be media active during any ARES deployment, but also for Section Managers to appoint specific PIOs whose singular job is to work with the ARES Section Emergency Coordinator to talk with media during a crisis."  The second thrust of the PR campaign is the 2007 EmComm Campaign. There was a short delay on this campaign, due to the FCC eliminating the Morse code license requirement. Pitts and the ARRL Public Relations Committee immediately launched the "30 Day Code Blitz" with custom made audio Public Service Announcements and news releases (including a wire release); many interviews were given for radio and newspapers, and special materials were sent to PIOs and clubs for publication.

September Is National Preparedness Month:

September is National Preparedness Month and Amateur Radio operators are joining a wide variety of national, state and local organizations, including the US Department of Homeland Security, in educating the public about preparing for emergencies. When unexpected natural or man-made emergencies occur, our greatest individual defense is preparedness. Getting an emergency supply kit, making an emergency plan, and identifying preparedness and response resources within our communities are several things we can do to prepare ourselves. This nationwide effort is to encourage individuals and families to take simple steps to prepare for emergencies in their homes, businesses and schools. Free preparedness resources are just a click away <http://www.ready.gov/>