President`s Corner - Larry Elkin, NY5L

Amateur Radio
“only fail -safe system”
of communication
K4ZDH
HIGH DESERT AMATEUR RADIO CLUB, NM5HD
Editor, Jerry Aceto K6LIE
CLUB MEETING SEPTEMBER 19 AT 6:30 PM
September 2012
Email: jerold45@yahoo.com
President’s Corner - Larry Elkin, NY5L
Well, the busy month of August ends with
two very successful club outings. The Duke
City Hamfest saw HDARC earn two awards
thanks to the hard work of Jerry Aceto and
Bill Firth. Bill's taking care of our HDARC
web site earned a top billing award and
Jerry's work on the monthly newsletter was
also recognized with an award.
advised me he was working a ham in Serbia I
was really surprised, as was the people
standing around our booth.
This past weekend, many of our club members demonstrated Ham Radio at the Home
Expo at the Lujan exhibit hall at the New
Mexico Expo. Bill and I, with assistance from
Dale Staben who works at Expo, were able to
assemble a great booth at the Lujan hall. Of
course, Larry Goga of the Ham Radio Alliance lent us and assisted in assembling a
great display backdrop to complete a real
professional presentation.
And so, what does all this mean? Those of
us that who are familiar with HF are going to
be running 'hands on" training for those not
familiar with HF or HF transceivers so they
will be able to demonstrate and explain what
the "noise and strange accents" are all
about. And obviously showing APRS and
IRLP will need to be taught to allow the public see how we use our HT's and U/VHF radios to perform in various modes.
We also learned something real important
about many of our newer recently licensed
members and members not familiar with HF.
They need training on how to operate HF
rigs and understand what draws the public
to a Ham Radio exhibit. During the times us
hams who are familiar with HF worked QSO
parties in Hawaii and Ohio, we had to push
our way through the usual QRN and QRM to
make contacts. And my failed attempts at
working stations in Spain drew curious
onlookers as did my QSO with a Serbian
Ham. The public came by to see what our flat
screen display of the radio represented and
also what was the odd accents we were trying to speak to and working. Oh, when Dale
During this month's meeting, I will be presenting the complete presentation I was unable to complete at the Duke City Hamfest on
HF transceivers, DX'g and QSL’g.
The public was curious about what the
strange noises and accents represented and
when we worked stronger, clearer signals,
they did not seem as interested.
We also hope to have our first club equipment auction.
See you at our club meeting.
73
Larry
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SEPTEMBER PROGRAM
President Larry Elkin, NY5L, will present and expand on
his program, “NOW THAT I HAVE MY LICENSE,
WHAT DO I DO NOW?”
With so many new hams in our club, we are seeing a need
to get back to the basics of learning how to operate an HF
radio. No, it is not always perfect copy. Yes, it can be
somewhat noisy, but what we want to teach our new hams
is there is something else beyond 2 meter/440 Mhz FM.
That “something else” is a whole universe of the Hobby
of Ham Radio. This “Universe” is practically unlimited in
terms of modes, science, propagation, etc. But it all starts
with learning how to operate on the HF bands and learning how to operate that new HF radio you may be thinking
of buying. Don’t be afraid! The club is here to help!
Happy
Birthday
SEPTEMBER
HDARC
Birthday Greetings!
Pitt County ARES News – May 2011
We want to extend warm HAPPY BIRTHDAY wishes to our club
members celebrating their birthday in the month of
SEPTEMBER:
Mary Graff
Marty Soffran
NM5MS
Jerry Aceto
K6LIE
David Windle
K5BAN
Ralph Meyerhiem
John Sobieski
W5EEI
KF5NNJ
HDARC NEWS
Next VE Session
The next High Desert Amateur
Radio Club VE session will be held
on September 15 at 10 AM at the
West Albuquerque Police station.
Please bring the following:
♦ Photo ID (drivers license)
♦ Original Amateur Radio
License
♦ Copy of Amateur Radio License
♦ Original CSCE's
♦ Copy of CSCE
♦ Test fee is $15.00 .
♦ Proof of Tech Plus if before
3/21/87 and doing paper upgrade
to General.
♦ SS Number will be needed if
you don’t have an FRN number.
In This Issue:
Page
Presidents Corner
1
July Program
2
Birthday Greetings
2
Next VE session
2
Officers & Board Members
2
From the Editors Desk
3
Next Club Meeting
3
VE Testing Report for June
3
New Member Welcome
3
September Lunch of the Month
4
Balloon Fiesta Information
4
Club Library Information
5
New Ham Net
5
For Sale
5
Commercial Ad
5
Stuffed toy, coat & Blanket Drive 6
Auction
6
ARRL Affiliated club information 7
Science & Technology Day
7
Club Shirts
8
Explora Report
8
DX News
9
Membership Services
9
September Activity Schedule
10
HDARC NEWS IS PUBLISHED MONTHLY, JERRY ACETO, K6LIE, EDITOR 771-1323. NON COPYRIGHT MATERIAL CONTAINED
HEREIN MAY BE REPRINTED WITHOUT PRIOR PERMISSION WITH CREDIT GIVEN TO THIS PUBLICATION * PRESIDENT –
LARRY ELKIN, NY5L, 771-0391 * VICE PRESIDENT – JERRY ACETO, K6LIE, 771-1323 * SECRETARY – CHUCK PALMER, NM5F,
890-5895 * TREASURER – BOB NIERI, N5UKA, 268-2880 * MEMBERSHIP CHAIRMAN – KATHEY MELAND, WB6JAN * CHAIRMAN
OF THE BOARD – BILL FIRTH, KE5TOB, 899-0950 * BOARD MEMBERS – JIM HOLSTON, W9FFR, 771-1352* DAVE JOHNSON,
N0LVA, 296-2034 * MARTY SOFFRAN, NM5MS, 410-3992 * ADRIAN MIURA, W5ASM, 899-6916 * LICENSE EXAMS – MARTY
SOFFRAN, NM5MS, 410-3992 * FRED LETE, KC5IPK * NM5HD REPEATER TRUSTEE – JERRY ACETO, K6LIE, 771-1323 * WEB
MASTER-BILL FIRTH, KE5TOB, 899-0950. CONTRIBUTIONS ARE TAX DEDUCTIBLE.
September 2012
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From The Editor’s Desk…...
HDARC NEWS
HDARC VE TESTING FOR AUGUST:
Marty Soffran ,NM5MS, HDARC VEC
HDARC ARRL VEC ve report for August 18th:
Jerry,
K6LIE
Hi Everyone,
tested
This5 people
month marks
the 60th consecutive year for the Dayton Hamvention.
members
will be
El 2 Several
- 2 persons
passed
attending the event and we are all
looking forward to a great time.
El 2 & 3 - 1 person passed
With the many new hams we are gaining, I
have been toying with the idea of putting
together a series of basic seminars to help
our new members learn about ham radio
from our more experienced members. I see
a real need to get you new hams familiar
with the terms used in Ham Radio, how to
set up and operate your station, the importance of your antenna system and introducing
folks to High Frequency operation, including
Single Sideband. Since HF operation is very
seldom channelized, tuning in, for instance, a
single sideband signal, can be intimidating for
some. When some of these basics are explained, you will find a whole new world of
ham radio open up to you that you probably
did not know exists. If you become interested
in this aspect of our hobby, you will be able to
branch out in so many directions. Ham radio
is a great learning hobby for young and old.
Science, geography, propagation, language,
etc, are just a portion of what you can explore. Let me know what you think!
Best 73!
Jerry K6LIE
El 3 - 1 person passed
El 3 & 4 - 1 person passed
Reported by Marty Soffran, HDARC ARRL VEC liaison.
WELCOME NEW MEMBERS!
We would like to extend a GREAT BIG HDARC
WELCOME to our newest members:
Brad Jones W5BSJ
Brian Mileshosky N5ZGT
Genevieve Miura KF5JNG
Bill Ripley KY5Q
John Scott KF5ROL
Chris Tretta N7WIA
Bill Kent N5UJC
Debbie Hammack KC5GPX
Beverly Vigil
We hope you will have fun learning and experiencing all that our great hobby of Amateur Radio has
to offer!
CLUB REPEATERS
Our next club meeting will be on Wednesday, September 19 at 6:30 pm at the West
Albuquerque Police Station, 4051 Ellison
Ave. NW, directly across the street from
Cebola High School. VE testing will be on
Saturday, September 15 at 10 AM.
Please join us as President Larry Elkin,
NY5L, talks about “Now That I Have My
License, What Do I Do Now?”
September 2012
145.370 Mhz PL 162.2 Hz
224.480 Mhz No PL
442.750 Mhz PL 162.2 Hz
IRLP Node 7706
IRLP Node 3285
IRLP Node 7855
Our club repeater systems, including our IRLP
systems are open to our members as well as the
entire Amateur Radio community.
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HDARC NEWS
LUNCH OF THE MONTH, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 7th AT NOON
Hi Everybody!
Don’t forget our club Lunch of the Month!
As I previously mentioned, it is not only lunch ---It is a BIRTHDAY PARTY!!! For Dave Johnson's grandson Max
Jimenez KF5PKG, who will be 10 years old! Max is one of our youngest licensed members, and we will congratulate him on acquiring an additional digit to his age. It will be 90 years before he gets to do that again! He requested
a party with his ham friends, that's us.
It will be at the Shark Reef Cafe in the Albuquerque BioPark, at 2:00 PM. We will be having, therefore, a later
lunch than usual. Dave and Barbara are providing a cake. We will have a great view of the aquarium during lunch,
as if we are swimming with the fishes.
Some of us may want to arrive early or stay later, and visit some of the exhibits, such as the Butterfly Pavilion or the
Aquarium. One admission will get you into all of that. That is: $7.00 per adult, $3.00 for seniors and for kids 3-12.
Their complete address is 2601 Central Ave. NW, ABQ 87104. You can view the Shark Reef menu at www.cabq.
gov/culturalservices/biopark/aquarium.
All members are invited, and welcome to bring guest's if you want. Just please let me know you are coming, and
how many is in your party. If you haven't sent me your RSVP already (and some have), please let me know you will
be there by replying to this message. If you did sent it to me already, there is no need to reply to this 2nd message. I
have you down already.
Looking forward to joining you for a great time!
73,
Kathey WB6JAN
Balloon Fiesta information
Balloon Fiesta for this year will be Oct 6-14 and our
club will be doing the special event station W5B as
before. We will need folks for set up and tear
down. What we REALLY need is operators. The
shifts will be all mornings of the event and those
evenings that have events. Morning shifts will be
around 6 am but you should be there by 5 to avoid
traffic and evening shifts about 5-9, but again, beat
the traffic or you may not get in. We will need 4
people per shift (3 if we have to). We will not open
if we can not get the minimum, this is experience
September 2012
speaking. You will be given a ticket to get in and
also a parking pass. Contact Dave Johnson, N0LVA
at n0lva@arrl.net or daven0lva@gmail.com. You
can also call me at 505-296-2034. Also, you can
contact Terry Zipes, W4RCN at w4rcn@arrl.net.
73!
Dave, N0LVA
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HDARC NEWS
HDARC LIBRARY
The HDARC library is our newest service to our club members. It is small now, but we intend to grow it
into a very useful service for our members. All members are welcome to use this service. If you have any
books related to Amateur Radio specifically or communications in general, please consider making a book
donation to our club library. You are welcome to bring any books you wish to donate to our club meetings
or any other club event.
Here is a list of books we have so far:
ARRL Ham Radio License Manual (Technician
Class ) 2 copies
ARRL General Class License Manual
ARRL Extra Class License Manual
ARRL Instructor's Manual for Technician License
ARRL - APRS - Tracks, Maps and Mobiles
ARRL - RFI Book 2nd edition
ARRL - Your Ham Antenna Companion
NEW HAMS NET
Don’t forget our club’s New Ham Net. This net
is dedicated to our new hams, but those
Elmer's out there are also invited to participate
to answer our new hams questions. The net is
every Wednesday evening at 7:30 local time
and is hosted by Jeff Chapman, KF5LLZ. You
can access the net on any of our three club repeaters, since they are all linked together via
IRLP. The links also make this net a national
net with check ins from all over the country.
Please join us for a fun net!
The Mobile DXer
The Modern Amateur's Mobile Handbook
Your Guide to HF Fun
ARRL Stealth Amateur Radio
ARRL Low Profile Amateur Radio
ARRL Hints & Kinks 15th Edition
Bureau of Navel Personnel Basic Electricity
FOR SALE
ICOM 25A 2 meter transceiver
Kenwood MC-80 Mic
Kenwood Ts-140s HF transceiver
Yaesu FT-212RH 2 meter transceiver
Vibroplex #05342 Key
Astron TS-20S Power Supply w/ Speaker
Seller would like to sell all as one lot. If interested,
contact Bill Klein at billklein@alum.mit.edu
SPECIALTY COMMUNICATIONS
201 Conchas Street Southeast
Albuquerque, NM 87123-3324
(505) 294-6100
Need Antennas, coax, connectors, mobile installations, repair services? Contact Paul Choc,
WA5IHL.
In business since 1964, Paul can help you with all
your Amateur radio needs.
http://www.specialty-communications.com
September 2012
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HDARC NEWS
HDARC ANNUAL STUFFED TOY, COAT AND BLANKET DRIVE
This year marks the clubs 2nd annual stuffed toy drive. This
year, we want to attempt to add children’s coats and even some
blankets. The addition of coats and blankets was the request of
Commander Steve Warfield of the Albuquerque Police, Northwest Command. The Commander made this request because his
officers often encounter children in need of warm clothing during the cold winter months. Our stuffed toy drive was extremely
successful last year. These stuffed animals give comfort to the
kids that have encountered traumatic situations. His officers
hand out the toys when they think it will comfort the child. But
the cold weather also presents problems. The Commander’s officers run into many children that are in need of the coats or
blankets. Larry and I told Commander Warfield that we would
try to add these items to our clubs collection.
If you can donate any of these items, that would be great! A
stuffed toy for comfort, a coat or blanket for warmth. New toys
would be preferred. Used coats and blankets are fine as long as
they are clean and in good shape.
If you attend any club coffee, breakfast or other events, or just
attend the next couple of meetings, please try to remember to
bring something. We will be collecting now through the November meeting, at which time we will present the items to
Commander Warfield in time for winter and the holidays.
Thanks to you all!!
Jerry K6LIE
AUCTION OF ANTENNA SYSTEM TO BE HELD AT NEXT CLUB MEETING
This months club meeting will begin with the auctioning off of an antenna system the club took down for
the family of a silent key. We acquired the system from the family and have decided to put it up for auction. It consists of two 10 foot Rohn 25 tower sections, a 3 foot bottom section and the 7 foot top section.
A HAM IV rotor is in the top section. All hardware, guy wires, etc are included. The system also includes
a Telrex 5 element model TB5EM 10, 15 and 20 meter beam. Go to www.nm5hd.com and click on the
link to view all the parts. You can also see the entire system as it was taken down. Go to our website and
look in the newsletter archives for the May 2012 issue, pages 6 & 7. All the parts are there for reassembly
and will be sold as a complete system.
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HDARC NEWS
PLEASE HELP THE HDARC MAINTAIN OUR ARRL CLUB AFFLIATION
The HDARC is an ARRL Affiliated Club. To
maintain this status with the ARRL, we must
have a minimum of 50% of our membership in
the ARRL. If you are joining the ARRL for the
first time, please consider joining through our
club. For every new subscriber that joins through
our club, we will receive a $15 commission from
the ARRL. For every member renewing their
ARRL membership, the club will receive a $2
commission. Copy & paste www.nm5hd.com/
documents/HDARC_ARRL_Application.pdf &
fill out the form, bring it to the club and we will
take care of the rest. Thanks!
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY DAY AT THE ALBUQUERQUE FAIR GROUNDS
On September 21, from 10 AM to 3 PM, our club will be hosting a demonstration Ham Radio station at Science and Technology Day at the Fair Grounds. This will be the first time
Amateur Radio has been included in the Tech Fair. Our station will be located on Main
Street inside the fair grounds across from the Food Court (how good is that?). In case you
may have noticed, Explora is also the evening of the 21st, so we will be busy with two activities on the same day! Boy, are we busy or what?
You might want to come to Tech Day for some hands on fun and learning. While you are
there, please stop by and visit. You can also get on the air and participate in our demonstration. We hope to see you there. And don’t forget to bring the kids!
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HDARC NEWS
EXPLORA REPORT
The next Explora Adult Night will be on Friday, September 21 from 6:30 PM to 10 PM. The evenings
theme will be the Science of Food. HDARC will have a
station on the air from the museum, as usual, to demonstrate Amateur Radio to the public and also to inform
folks of our club. Adult Night is a fun evening devoted
to adults having one evening every two months to explore the Science Museum without the kids. Come on
down. Explore the wonders of Science and visit with
GREAT BANNER!
Display courtesy of the NM Amateur Radio Alliance
DON’T FORGET YOUR CLUB SHIRT!
How can you show others that you are a member of the coolest, most active Amateur Radio
club in the Albuquerque area? By buying a club
shirt! These beautiful club shirts come in ladies
and men’s styles and sizes. We proudly wear
our shirts whenever we are doing an activity
that involves the public. It is a great way of promoting the club, not to mention that they look
great!
Contact Turbo Threads at 505 999-1234 or on line at www.turbothreads.com .
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DX NEWS - LARRY ELKIN, NY5L
Well this month proved to be one with low sunspot
and solar indices for four weeks.
As for what can be tuned; in the morning after sunrise local time, 20M is usable and may have some
DX signals from Asia and central Europe. 15M has
been active too, even into the afternoon. I have heard
European and Japanese stations coming through so
you can look to pickup some new countries. 17M
also has shown morning activity and surprisingly 12
meters has had some stations from Europe being
heard. But, as has been the norm, 10M has had little
action. In the late afternoon and early evening 20M
and to a lesser degree 40M has shown some middle
Eastern stations and central Europe stations coming
through. Watch for Kuwait (9K) around 14.2 Mhz.
As the evening goes on 40M holds pretty good and
20 has been falling off.
Just a reminder to all HDARC members who are
ARRL members; I will be collecting your "buro"
QSL cards at this month's meeting to send to the
"outgoing buro". You are responsible for checking
QRZ for confirm whether the cards can go via "buro"
or direct or through a QSL manager. Organizing your
submission is outlined on the ARRL website. You
must include your QST mailing label with your submission.
CLUB MEMBERSHIP SERVICES
MEMBER TRANSPORTATION –Need a ride
to club meetings or other club activities? Call
Jerry Aceto, K6LIE at 771-1323 or Larry Elkin,
NY5L, at 771 0391. We will arrange transportation for you from your home to club activities.
MENTORING SERVICES –If you are a new
ham, or are interested in becoming a ham, or just
have a question, we offer various services to help
you along. Check out our website at www.
nm5hd.com and click on the “Mentors, Education, VE testing” link. Here, you will find whom
to contact for help with all your questions on
various subjects.
LICENSE CLASSES AND TESTING –If you
are interested in becoming an Amateur Radio operator, or want to upgrade your license, contact
Marty Sofffran, NM5MS, at 410-3992 or Fred
Lete, KC5IPK at 892-0380. We provide VE testing every 3rd Saturday of the month at 10 AM or
after the Saturday morning meetings in the winter
months.
CLUB LIBRARY - This new club service allows our members to check out books relating to
Amateur Radio and Communications. Anyone is
welcome to donate books to our club library. (See
page 5 for info)
If you are not an ARRL member, please complete
the form on our award-winning website and bring the
form with your payment to the September meeting.
I will be presenting my complete Duke City Hamfest
presentation reviewing some important receiver
functions, QSL cards, the incoming and outgoing
"buros" and other items of interest for new and upgraded hams.
See you at the meeting
Larry
September 2012
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HDARC NEWS
HDARC ACTIVITY SCHEDULE FOR SEPTEMBER 2012
Sunday Monday Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
1
2
3
4
9
10
11
16
17
18
23
24
25
7
Lunch of the
5 Coffee, 1 PM at 6
Month and
the Flying Star in Breakfast at
Birthday Party for
Corrales. New
Flying Star
8
Max Jimenez at
Hams Net 7:30 PM in Corrales 8
the Shark Reef
AM.
Cafe. 2 PM All
are welcome!
12
Coffee, 1 PM at
13
15
the Flying Star in
14
Breakfast 8
VE Testing
Corrales. New
AM.
10:30 AM
Hams Net 7:30
PM.
19
21
22
CLUB MEETING
Tech Day at the Breakfast
6:30 PM. Auction 20
Fair Grounds 10 social at 9 am
before meeting. No Breakfast 8
am - 3 pm.
at Seferino's.
AM.
New Hams net
Explora 6:30 pm All are
tonight. Coffee 1
to 10 pm.
welcome!
pm.
26
27
Coffee, 1 PM. New
Breakfast 8 28
29
Hams Net 7:30
AM.
PM.
30
September 2012
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