HuronAmateurRadioMonthly
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Vol. 11, Issue 09 Official Newsletter of Huron Amateur Radio Association Web Site:
www.huronarc.info September 2007_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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 Oct 7, Nov 18, Dec 30
Bill, KMØF Oct 14, Nov 25
Terry, KIØBV Dec 2
Jack, KØOH Oct 28, Dec 9
Sam, NØOTB 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. FCC TO LOWER VANITY CALL SIGN FEES SEPTEMBER 17 The FCC will reduce the regulatory fee to obtain or renew an Amateur Radio vanity call sign by more than 40 percent starting September 17. In a Report & Order (R&O) released August 6, "Assessment and Collection of Regulatory Fees for Fiscal Year 2007," in MD Docket 07-81, the Commission will cut the fee from its current $20.80 to $11.70. This marks the lowest fee in the history of the current vanity call sign program. September 20, 2007 Agenda 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 APRS install -- Report on Sept VHF Qso Party -- Anyone work NØC or Rte 66 stations? Events: Sept 22 Almanzo Wilder Special Event N2NNY 29 - 30 CQ WW RTTY Oct 20 - 21 JOTA 27 - 28 CQ WW SSB New Business: Hand out newsletter Collect Coborn receipts -- Pass around HandiHams newsletter -- Read letter from W5RQ -- Discuss JOTA participation LOOK FOR THE OCTOBER ISSUE OF QST IN YOUR MAILBOX The October issue of QST is jam-packed with all sorts of things today's Amateur Radio operator needs. From product reviews to experiments to contesting, the upcoming issue of QST has something for just about everyone. This issue features the results of the 2007 QST Photo Contest. The ARRL Editorial and Production staff judged the nearly 50 entries and chose the best ones to be published in the magazine and in other ARRL products. QST is the official journal of ARRL, the national association for Amateur Radio. QST is just one of the many benefits of ARRL membership. To join or renew your ARRL membership, please see the ARRL Web page <http://www.arrl.org/join>. Radio Appreciation Day was September 15: Amateur Radio operators around the country really don't need a special day to promote Amateur Radio, but Saturday, September 15 was declared Amateur Radio Public Awareness Day. As part of the Department of Homeland Security's National Preparedness Month, ARRL Public Information Officers (PIOs) used the day as a way to make the media more aware of our Service and especially its role in emergency communications. The purpose of Amateur Radio Public Awareness Day, held the third Saturday in September, is to make the public more aware of the existence, purposes and benefits of Amateur Radio.
August 16, 2007 Meeting
Meeting called to order by President, Bill, KM0F at 7:10 PM at LDS Church located at 1450 Frank St. SE, Huron, SD with 8 members present.
Old Business: Read minutes of previous meeting—Report on Special Event QSLing are as follows: Laura Ingles Wilder had 311 contacts with 110 QSL cards and Wessington Springs Special Event had 101 contacts with 40 QSL cards. – Mary Kerker will be Coborn Receipt coordinator. A BIG thank you goes to Hazel Curtis for her years of service with the Coborn receipt activities.
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-- 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.netMonthly South Dakota Section News Summary
Remember that the Simulated Emergency Test is coming up on October 6th and 7th
You can download a copy of the 2007 SET reporting forms and read the SET Guidelines on the ARRL Web Page. See
http://www.arrl.org/FandES/field/setguide.html for appropriate links.
The reporting forms (Forms A, B, and C) are found at this specific address in Adobe PDF and Rich Text RTF formats:
http://www.arrl.org/FandES/field/forms/#ec_set
Hot Springs ARC
Our new H.F. yagi is now installed on the club tower. The new crank-up tower is due to be shipped any day now. We can now start fixing up the inside of our club shack for operating positions. Thanks to those who helped with providing communications for the Southern Hills Triathlon on Labor Day weekend. John-KC0WIB, Robert-KC0WID,
Larry-W7VOK,Sue- KA0IGV, Phil-KA0FUI, Dwight-W0HGZ and Tim-K0OR all did a
great job at helping the race run smoothly.
We will also be providing communications for the big parade celebrating the Hot Springs VA 's 100th anniversary on Sept. 15. John, KC0WIB, did a fantastic job at producing a video of our 2007 Field Day operation.
Our annual business meeting will be on October 4. Dues will be collected and officers will be elected. 73 Tim K0OR President HSARC
ARRL ANNOUNCES NEW FALL PUBLICATIONS
1. The ARRL Handbook for Radio Communications - 2008 (Eighty-Fifth Edition)
2. ARRL's HF Digital Handbook -- Fourth Edition
3. ARRL's Low Power Communication -- Third Edition
4. FCC Rules and Regulations for the Amateur Radio Service
5. Antenna Compendium Volume 4
AC Power Interference Handbook, 3rd edition
These books are available from the ARRL
Online store http://www.arrl.org/catalog/
Northern Hills Amateur Radio Club
Regular August meeting was called to order at 1930 at the clubhouse. 10 members and 2 guests were present. Minutes were read and approved. Treasurer's report was read and approved. We received nice donation from the Crazy Horse ARC for repeater maintenance. Gene will send thank you
card. Gene reported a successful WYO MS. Bruce reported on the successful Mt. Rushmore Century Ride. He had volunteered to head it with only 2 days'
notice! We had an extensive discussion of the Tri-state Net its consistent success.
Now we can link it to the SD State Link.
Technical reporting included Doug's trip to the 85 tower. It is very noisy when the wind blows because it is bolted together, rather than welded, and so the noise will not be eliminated. The noise is not a problem for other tower users. He also stated that a temporary IRLP node will be established at the BH clubhouse in a month or so. Chris reported on his APRS efforts, and reminded us of a State Link meeting in Pierre on 22 Sep. That is the same date as the SD MS.
For new business, Bruce reported on the request to support the Mt. Rushmore Marathon. We nominated new officers, election will be at the September Meeting:
Pres. Gene McPherson
VP Chris Stallkamp
Treas. Carroll Cash
Sec. Bruce Conlee
Dir. Jerry Hawley
Dir. Neil Richmond
Dues are due: $10/year
Gene McPherson, Outgoing Sec.
Pierre Area News
KB0GGM, AA0LY and myself took a trip yesterday to work on the Reliance
repeater. The repeater has been working well, but the transmitter has been dead for a couple weeks. The TX problem was pretty simple with it being a bad pot on the power
control board. I swapped the power control board from another Micor and it took off running like it should have. I was able to borrow a Micor test set for the trip from W0RTD so we did an alignment on the radio, even though it didn’t appear to really need it. The new antenna installation at Reliance appears to be working quite well.
The vent fan for the building had lost its pressure hose so was not venting to the outside and cooling the building. We had the same problem with Murdo the last time I was down there and when this happens, the fan does not shut off until the outside temperature gets low enough that the buildings inside temperature decreases. I think we have both problems fixed now.
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
The September/October NCJ
Hits the Streets: The current issue of NCJ
is loaded with everything today's contester needs. A review of Elecraft's new K3 transceiver is inside, as well as a look at the
ergonomic tools contesters can use to make their time in the chair a bit more comfortable. All this and more in the September/October issue of NCJ. NCJ is published by the ARRL and is a bi-monthly publication; it is edited by Carl Luetzelschwab, K9LA. Subscribe at:
http://www.arrl.org/ncj/.CONTACT! Is Out
: Are you an ARRL Public Information Officer (PIO) in need of information? Check out the September issue of CONTACT, the monthly online newsletter designed to be a resource for PIOs, Public Information Coordinators (PICs) and anyone with an interest in Amateur Radio public or media relations activities. You can view this month's edition at the CONTACT! Web page http://www.arrl.org/pio/contact/