JUNE HARM NEWSLETTER

Lloyd, WBØULX Aug 12, Sep 23, Nov 4, Dec 16

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

Bill, KMØF Jul 22, Sep 2, Oct 14, Nov 25

Terry, KIØBV Jul 29, Sep 9, Dec 2

Jack, KØOH Aug 5, Sep 16, Oct 28, Dec 9

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

The FCC has proposed reducing the regulatory fee to obtain or retain an Amateur Radio vanity call sign by more than 40 percent starting later this year. In a Notice of Proposed Rule Making (NPRM) released

April 18, "Assessment and Collection of Regulatory Fees for Fiscal Year 2007," in MD Docket 07-81, the Commission is proposing to cut the fee from its current $20.80 to $11.70. If ultimately adopted,

that would mark the lowest fee in the history of the current vanity call sign program.

Meeting called to order by President, Bill, KMØF at 6:30 PM at LDS Church located at 1450 Frank St. SE.

Old Business: Read minutes of previous meeting -- Update on Special Events Stations- Wessington Springs will be July 4, 2007 and Laura Ingles Wilder will be July 7 & 8, 2007.

Events:

New Business: Handout newsletter -- Collect Coborn's receipts –

Program: Set up Emergency Trailer for Field Day.

Although Field Day 2007 is still more than three months away, many ham radio clubs and groups already have begun making plans for this year's event, Saturday and Sunday, June 23-24. Field Day has always been an ideal time for new hams to become more proficient operators and for prospective licensees to get "bitten by the Amateur Radio bug." That may be even more the case during Field Day 2007, as many radio amateurs gain new HF operating

privileges because of the rule changes that went into effect February 23.

QCWA, Newsline to collaborate in mentoring program:

The Quarter Century Wireless Association (QCWA) <http://www.qcwa.org/> and Amateur Radio Newsline (ARNewsline) <http://www.arnewsline.org/> have joined forces in cosponsoring the Roy Neal, K6DUE, Amateur Radio Mentoring Program. ARNewsline launched the post-licensing educational service in 2004. It's designed to pair newcomers with veteran radio amateurs who can share their skill and

experience.

- meeting started 8:06 P.M., after a debrief of the May 5 exercise by Rob Fines and Jim Z. Good job everyone.

- Field Day is next month, it will be held at the same location as last year.

- ARES report, Jim Z. is working on establishing a RACES group. We talked about the state MOU and PARC.

- trustee report, AZDEN PX 2000 has been moved to Snake Butte.

- new business, WB0RJH thanked the hams for their involvement in the May 5^th drill. Eldon gave WB0RJH a copy of the drill report he gave to Rob Finds.

KI4NEA Zeke Saukel

Hot Springs ARC News:

Our Field Day operation will be from the Mammoth Site here in Hot Springs. It offers great exposure to the public and always gets a lot of hams that are on vacation. Set up will be Friday night at 6pm, with operation on

Saturday and Sunday. Our potluck cookout is on Saturday at 5pm. Burgers and brats

will be provided by the club. We hope to win back the Field Day trophy from the Chadron, Nebraska club. Anyone is welcome to join us or stop by. If the weather cooperates, we will try to install the hf yagi at the club on June 30. We are also planning a transmitter hunt on July 5. Get those direction finders ready. 73

Tim K0OR

Committee Reports:

· Public Service Events:

· The Tri-State Emergency Net is going well.

· The Turkey Ridge repeater is back on-line.

· Volunteer needed for Pennington County Emergency Coordinator.

Reports and Announcements:

· W0MZI Frankie Kruse is a silent key.

· The NHARC UHF repeater has an audio problem.

· Volunteers are needed for special presentations.

· Doug Aldrich volunteered to do a special presentation if network addressing for the next two meetings.

· Information on the Northern Hills Hamfest will be provided in the near future

· Authorized the purchase of a UHF corner reflector for the rebuilt 76 repeater ($130)..

· Chris, W0ADZ gave a demonstration of his APRS suitcase. Doug Aldrich, W0WSP Secretary

Crazy Horse Volksmarche -- sponsored by the Black Hills Volksmarche Association. Two day total -- just over 9400 walkers

Saturday -- 14 amateur radio operators

N0DUX Butch, N0DUW Karen, and WS0V Lon at the Start line and Medical tent

WA0FPR Bob at Checkpoint 1

K0NLE Bruce, KC0UXC Chuck, and KC0ZKD Sarah at Checkpoint 2

KC0YYL Don and N0XYF Norm at Checkpoint 3

N0UKO Chuck and N0UKP Frances at Checkpoint 4

N0GMP Dave and KB0WCE Joyce at the Top

KB0GWU Cathy in Rover 1

Sunday -- 10 amateur radio operators

N0DUX Butch at the Start line and Medical tent

KB0JKO Jack and Mary at Checkpoint 1

N0DUW Karen at Checkpoint 2

KC0YYL Don at Checkpoint 3

N0UKO Chuck and N0UKP Frances at Checkpoint 4

W0HGZ Dwight and N0GMP Dave at the Top

KB0GWU Cathy in Rover 1

KB0WCE Joyce in Rover 2

We had several people who needed rides down from various checkpoints; on

Sunday, the ambulance responded to a possible cardiac problem on the top.

Also handled various lost items and a couple of kids who separated from their parents / grandparents.

Norm N0XYF had an interesting day. Some person threw a rock through the back

passenger window on his pickup -- totally shattering it. Someone who witnessed it, thought they knew who the thrower was, so hopefully, it will all be taken care of.

Dave N0GMP and Joyce KB0WCE brought the Red Cross Emergency Response

Vehicle and parked it at the top of the mountain, right behind the face. It's

Pretty nice having the ERV up there, because the Custer ambulance is parked

down below by the medical tent and start line.

73's Karen NØDUW

FCC Special Counsel in the Spectrum Enforcement Division Riley Hollingsworth's main message at the Dayton Hamvention®

<http://www.hamvention.org/> 2007 FCC Forum may not have been a new one. But it's certainly one he believes bears repeating -- at least until it starts cutting through the QRM and QRN that pervade more communication channels than our Amateur Radio bands.

Hollingsworth repeated what for many Riley Watchers have become a familiar refrain: That the Amateur Radio community needs to "lighten up" on the air. Acknowledging that he was repeating himself, Hollingsworth urged his audience to take his message more to heart. "All of you can learn from each other," he said, "and you need to work together more and show a little more

respect for your diverse interests and for the Amateur Service as a whole. It isn't about you. It isn't about enforcement. It's about Amateur Radio."

As radio amateurs take to the airwaves, he continued, they need to decide what's most important -- the best interests of ham radio or their ego, pride or perceived "rights."

Hollingsworth urged all radio amateurs to cooperate more and depend less on the FCC to solve their operating issues.

"We live in a rude, discourteous, profane, hotheaded society that loves its rights, prefers not to hear about its responsibilities, and that spills over into the ham bands," he said.

Hollingsworth's bottom line: Be flexible in your frequency selection and make regular use of the "big knob" on the front of your transceiver to shift to any of the "thousands of frequencies and hundreds usable at any given time of day or year" as necessary to avoid problems. "The world is ugly

enough -- don't add to it," Hollingsworth advised.