October - 10-70 Repeater Association

THE MONTHLY NEWSLETTER OF THE FRIENDLY REPEATER W2PQG WWW.10-70.ORG
VOLUME XXIII
October 2010
NUMBER 7
W2PQG
N2SE
NX2ND
K1VDH
As we change seasons we need to focus on
change as a club. The club is made up by its
membership and we, as the board need your input.
So this month I will focus my message on our
direction as a club. But first let me reiterate what I
said in our summer issue. Field Day was a great
success and showcased our dedication to pull off
an event. We changed locations at next to the last
minutes. We changed our operating class from the
original plan. We ultimately showed we can
overcome any obstacle in our path no matter when,
where, or why that obstacle arrived. As a team this
club can pull anything off it desires.
The board would like to hear from all the members
about what they want; what they expect out of the
club. And for the most part what direction the board
should focus on improving the club. Over the past
few years we have branched out quite a bit;
possibly too much? We started as basically as a
repeater club that ran monthly informational
meetings and field day. Today we have branched
out to running several contests a year, public
service, and still are running our meetings and
obviously 3 repeaters. As our attendance to
meetings has dropped off the board needs to know
what the membership is looking to get out of a
meeting or if we should be having monthly
meetings. There have been other ideas; more of a
social meeting instead of a formal meeting with a
presentation, or bi-monthly meetings, etc. Certain
contests got canceled for lack of interest. As we
move into a new contest year we need to focus on
which contests we are going to run before we get ¾
of the planning done only to find out we have very
limited participation. Here the board and the
events/planning committee needs your input.
It is our goal as the board to streamline the club,
let’s focus on what interests everyone, but to do
this we need your input. Field Day proved that the
membership is dedicated and works well as a team.
So, this month’s meeting is going to be a planning
meeting. We hope that everyone can attend and
make it a successful meeting. BE THERE! 73
Pete K1VDH
NEXT MEETING
Wed. October 6, 2010
7:30PM
Clifton VFW 491 Valley Road
Clifton, NJ (973-523-9762)
Future Plans for 10-70
Be There !
**Oct. 2nd is EMCOMM day here in Bergen
County. BC Races will conduct a SEE (Simulated
Emergency Exercise) from 9-10AM on the 146.79
machine, followed by the ARRL ARES SET
conducted by hams from Ramsey’s OEM group on
the 10-70 machine, followed by NTS activity at 11.
For RACES info contact Ron WB2GAI@aol.com.
For ARES/NTS info Mike at WA2MWT@ARRL.net.
VE Session
10-70 will have a VE session on
Wednesday November 3rd at 6 PM at the VFW.
Walk-ins are welcome. For more info contact
Bob N2SU at n2su@arrl.net
10-70 REPEATER ASSN. INC.
28 Molinari Drive,Wanaque, NJ 07465
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OFFICERS
President
Vice Pres:
Secretary
Treasurer:
Peter Van Den Houten K1VDH
Rocky Moretto KC2HRG
Pat Sawey WA2PFS
Herbert Van Den Houten N2OPJ
COMMITTEES
Activities:
Pat Sawey WA2PFS
Membership:
Howie Holden WB2AWQ
Awards:
Joe Cassadonte W2INS
Technical:
Howie Holden WB2AWQ
Repeater Trustee: Stan Sears Memorial Radio Club (W2PQG)
N2SE Callsign Trustee:
Howie Holden WB2AWQ
NX2ND Callsign Trustee:
Bill Stagg KC2BLN
Publications:
Lou Janicek N2CYY
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Peter Van Den Houten K1VDH
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RichardShafer N2CFD
Education Committee:
Paul Beshlian KC2CJW
Howie Holden WB2AWQ
SPECIAL EVENTS COORDINATORS
Field Day:
Howie Holden WB2AWQ
Rocky Moretto KC2HRG
Fox Hunts:
Howie Holden WB2AWQ
VE Liaison
Bob Antoniuk N2SU
NTS Liaison: Herb VanDen Houten N2OPJ
OEM Liaison: Mike Adams WA2MWT
USS Ling:
Bill Stagg
KC2BLN
Howie Holden WB2AWQ
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A note from the editor ….. Please make an extra
effort to attend the November meeting.
Important issues regarding future club activities
will take place. We want your input and your
participation!
Lou N2CYY
For Immediate Release
Contact: Robert R. Tarantula
201-955-2244 rtarantula@yahoo.com
North Arlington to Conduct Amateur
Radio
Technician
License
Radio
Classes
NORTH
ARLINGTON,
NJ--Emergency
Management Coordinator Mayor Massa announces
classes to prepare for the Amateur Radio FCC
Technician License will be held at the Knights of
Columbus Council Hall, 194 River Road on October
7, 21, 28 and November 3, 10, 24 from 7:00 – 9:00
PM. The course is being offered free of charge to
anyone who wishes to obtain the first level license
in the Amateur Radio hobby. Pre-registration is
required, and due to the materials required for the
course, no walk-ins to the class will be permitted.
Pre-registration may be completed by phone, or by
e-mail, rtarantula@yahoo.com. Please call Robert
R. Tarantula at 201 955-2244 for more information.
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Index
President’s message
License Class update
Shortwave Dx’ing WB2AWQ
Nevada Odyssey WB2AWQ
Contesting by N2SU
ECDXA & SKYWARN
BC RACES Eyeball Mtg
Mystery Shack
Ramsey Run
Upcoming Events
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Well maybe that monicker is a bit over the
top ……. But it is KD8LIT, Stephen, a close
friend of my brother Bob, KD8LIU, who just
received his Extra. Both my brother Bob
and Stephen, comparatively new hams (less
than a year) have both attained their Extra
class licenses …. which all started when I
got them a Tech licensing manual from
Mike Adams of Ramsey OEM ….. that one
book has lead to 2 new hams (now both
Extras) and to a friend of Stephen’s getting
back into the hobby, who is now a General
… a well spent $ 19.95, I’d say.
Congrats Stephen !!!
One of the first stations I found with that radio as WKBW
on 1520 Khz, a clear-channel powerhouse 50KW station
in Buffalo NY. I liked the station because of it's rock
format, and it launched me on a search of the BC band
for other stations outside of the NY metro area with rock
formats. I kept up with BC DXing through my teens with
that radio, and others in the house.
When I was assigned to the Naval Communications
Station at Guantanamo Bay Cuba, and set up my own
ham station there, I continued the BC DX scene, using a
Hallicrafters WR-600, a wood-grained version of the
then-popular S-120, a 4 tube AC-DC multiband BC/SW
radio, which I also used for my ham activities.
Howie WB2AWQ
SHORTWAVE ISN'T THE ONLY DX AROUND
This is actually a subject more closely aligned with Bob
N2SU, but I'd like to relate some of my experiences with
a favorite facet of mine in radio - AM BCB DX (that's AM
broadast band long distance listening).
I got my start in AM BCB DX, like so much of my radio
experience, courtesy of my Dad, WA2UEJ (SK). When I
was about 15, Dad gave me an old Sears Silvertone
radio chassis out of a junk console he was given. This
radio covered the AM broadcast band and three
shortwave bands, used "loctal" style tubes (popular for
only a brief time in that period) and had an
electromagnetic speaker, which served both as speaker,
and as part of the DC power supply filter. That was a
common method of power supply filtering in the 30's and
40's. The radio sort of worked, and was the first piece of
electronic equipment I had to tinker with all by myself.
Seems the main problem with it was due to dirty
switches and stuff like that, but I, in my youthful
ignorance, decided I'd twiddle with the various RF and IF
trimmers and coils. It took me a long time to get things
back to working, and I learned a lesson that has stuck
with me for near 50 years now, that is, don't tinker with
alignments unless you REALLY know what you are
doing. In any event, I did get the radio working on the BC
band.
Because I lived in a room with another sailor, I could not
usually operate the ham bands into the late night out of
courtesy for my roommate and others in the house.
What I could do, however, was listen to the BC band,
using headphones. Over the couse of many nights, I
logged numerous hours of listening, scanning the BC
band from one end to the other. Now, Gitmo is some
400+ miles from the nearest part of the US, so ANY
mainland BC station was "DX". Over the course of a
year, I logged stations from over 40 states, most of those
missing being in the far west. I kept a log, and marked
cities listened to on a large US map with colored push
pins.
I've kept up, sort of, on the BCB DXing, listening often at
night from my bed, using a Radio Shack DX-390
portable AM/FM/SW radio. This radio was made by
Sangean, one of the better portable radio manufacturers
these days, and is comparable to one of their most
popular radios.
More and more, though, identifying the stations has
become increasingly difficult. Also, with the changes to
AM station format over the years, many stations going
from music formats to talk formats, the listening has
become, at least for me, less interesting.
Listening for DX BC stations at night was relatively easy,
you simply parked on a frequency and listened until you
heard a station, or stations, ID. Then you moved on to
the next frequency, and listen etc. Back in those days,
the FCC rules for station ID were fairly strict, and call
signs and city locations came fairly often. These days it's
not so cut and dried. Many stations use syndicated and
network programming, and remote controlling, so local
identifications are not so forthcoming. Combine that with
the evolution in station format from music to talk, and
BCB DXing is not quite so interesting, but still a neat way
to spend some non-ham band time.
With the slow shift in formats, my late night listening took
on less of a DX nature, and more listening to one station
which I enjoyed, WVNJ, right here on top of Skyline
Drive. I enjoyed their big-band/30s and 40s music, which
occupied most of their air time. Unfortunately, WVNJ's
format too succumbed to the shift to talk format,
sometime between the period in which my wife was so
sick, and recently. For me, hours of talk about how one
kind of vitamin or supplement will cure all my ills, or
someone's endless political ranting, or religeous
programming leaves me cold.
Last week (Early June), in desperation, I started at the
low end of the band, hunting for some music. (FM is
nice, but the challenge of AM is not there for me). I
covered one end of the band to the other several times,
10 Khz at a time, listening for music. Found none, until
on about the third pass, at 740Khz, I stumbled onto
CFZM, "Zoomer Radio" Toronto Canada. This was in the
wee hours of the morning, and the show I hit was titled
"All-Night Jukebox", a delightful mix of 40's 50s' 60's and
70s music, from Duke Ellington to Paul Simon, Satchmo
to The Beach Boys. And no commercials, except for
plugs for their own programming periodically! And their
library of music seems to be rather extensive. Listening
for a week now, I have yet to hear a song repeated.
CFZM is a clear-channel, 50KW station, and reception
here in NNJ is not too bad in hte evening and early
morning hours. There is some selective fading, which
reminds one that they are not local, which, for me, adds
psychologically to the listening enjoyment. They are
also, according to Wikipedia, the only clear channel
station in North America with a music oriented format.
Talk about a dying breed. But, at least for me, for a
while, (I doubt I will be able to receive tnem from Reno
NV), my nighttime listening has been rejuvenated.
So, if you have an occasional sleepless night, and want
something different to do, tune in (quietly) to 740Khz,
and relax to the terrific selection of music in the style of
days gone by. If you are like me, you won't be
disappointed. Enjoy.
WB2AWQ
Well Howie & Sue are now out in 7 land ……..
I’ve peppered Howie with some questions and can
share some of his responses ….. “ Well, I
probably won't get back on the air for a while yet,
we're still unpacking. Plus we are going (I think) to
have a pool put in. If so, that may put off running
antenna feed lines temporarily. I can't put up
anything visible, so antennas either have to be a part
of the house (at least to the untrained eye) or hidden
along fences, which I have plenty of. I figure I will
have lots to write on that subject as I go on. Stealth
is the operative word here.
Also, I am going to wall in part of the garage, which
is a three car job here. That will be storage and my
ham shack. I wanna do all of it right, so it may take
some time. I also want to investigate some of the
local clubs.
(Here I asked Howie about what he could see when
he looked heavenward …) Stars - well you can see
the Andromeda Galaxy (the closest large galaxy to
the Milky Way galaxy) with the naked eye, a near
impossibility in NJ, and the Milky Way band is
visible right down to the mountain tops. In NJ it is
usually not visible at all, anywhere. Constellations
of course. Big and bold. Nice clear skies, even with
the city lights from Reno just a few miles east.
Had a coyote in the yard our second night here,
about 4 AM or so, so just a little thing to watch out
for when one is outside in the dark. It was a bright
moonlit night, and I spotted him. I didn't think to
get the camera though.
Sue is doing OK, sort of. She is suffering from a big
case of home-sickness, plus she has to have her arm
operated on again. It has not healed well at all, and
they are gonna re-orient it, put a permanent plate in,
and do a bone graft from her hip. That takes place
Sept 22. We're not happy with that situation, but it
really needs to be fixed, as she has very little use of
it the way it is. Say hi to the gang for me. //HH
(Hey gang …… how about shooting Howie & Sue an email ….. WB2AWQ@arrl.net)
A NEVADA ODYSSEY by WB2AWQ
Moving across the country is a daunting
experience. With a small dog in tow, and the wife
with a bum arm after her fall in May, the trip took us
6 days, over 2900 miles. If we had gone direct via
Rt 80, the trip would have been only 2700, but we
took a slightly northern route, through Wisconsin,
Minnesota, South Dakota, and then down into
Wyoming and west to Reno. We made only three
tourist-type stops, one at the Corn Palace in
Mitchell SD, then Wall Drugs (a big tourist trap selleverything group of stores place in Wall SD, which
was quite interesting, and over-run with bikers
going home from the Sturgis Wisconsin motorcycle
meet.
Two more faces to put on the mountain………
The bikers at Wall were a friendly, if noisy
bunch, fun to be around. And no clowns on the
road either.
Then we hit Mount Rushmore, a most beautiful and
breathtaking place in the black hills of South
Dakota.
From then on it was just high speed through the
back highways of Wyoming, hooking up with Rt 80
in Rawlins WY, through Utah, winding around Salt
Lake City, over the Bonneville Salt Flats, then into
Nevada on the final leg. From the time we left the
black hills, and all the way to Reno, we were in high
desert.
Some travel tips: If you have a pet, and he/she
does not travel serenely, get some tranquilizers
from your vet. We had them for our dog Bandit, and
they kept him calm, yet never dopey. They were
used ONLY for the driving periods. We made sure
we stopped every couple of hours for him to pee,
get a drink, etc., and when we stopped for the night
(at pet-friendly motels, which you should get a list
of BEFORE you depart on a journey), we let him
sleep in the bed with us. During the day, Bandit
stayed in his cage, in the back seat. It had lots of
padding for him to bury himself in if he wanted to
sleep, and being a metal wire cage, allowed him to
see what was going on if he wanted. The cage
ensured he would not become a projectile in the
event of an accident.
We limited ourselves to no more than 600 miles a
day, and took our time with meals and rest stops. I
did all the driving, and the leisurely pace of meals
and stops was most welcome.
A GPS is a handy thing to have, but let a
passenger attend to it, rather than trying to see it
while you are driving. It can be even more
distracting than a cell phone.
On arrival in Reno, we dropped Bandit off at a local
kennel for a few days while we closed on our
house. That actually turned into a week because
the movers were late. Another story for another
time.
Okay, since this IS a radio related newsletter, on to
the good stuff. I really haven’t had much time to
play with antennas. However, I did sneak up two
wires – one a dipole along the eaves on one side of
the house. That antenna has not been much good,
as I haven’t yet been able to find a decent match
point for it to a transmitter. The other wire(s) I put
up was a dual band dipole on the wood fence
separating us from the house hext door. This fence
is a little over 6 ft high, and affords near complete
privacy from our neighbors. Bear in mind, I am
bucking the dreaded CC&R’s here, which forbid
outside antennas. Using a roll of #28 isomid
enameled wire, I strung a nearly invisible 40 meter
dipole on the fence, and ran a length of RG-58 out
the garage window to it. After trimming the length
(about 3 ft off of it, due mostly to its close proximity
to the ground), I hit a guy in Santa Rosa CA, about
250 miles distant. This was about 4 PM local. RST
599. OK, but no surprise given his relatively short
distance. A few more tries yielded no QSOs.
Bummer.
Another short session, in which I paralleled a 20
meter dipole off the 40 meter fence job, yielded
KB1CL, near Boston, at 5 PM local on 20 meters.
The 20M dipole center sits a little over 6 ft off the
ground at the center, but the ends slope down to
about 3 ft off the ground. This was to minimize
interaction with the 40 meter legs of the antenna.
RST on this QSO was only 559 both ways, but not
bad considering 20 M was not in really good shape.
Then a little later that evening, after 20 had shut
down, I dropped back to 40 M, and immediately
worked AH6V in Hawaii on the first call, with a 589
RST. OK, now the low-to-the-ground antenna
showed it does have some merit. At this point I
have no idea how much effect being up 5300 feet
has, but it can’t hurt!
To make this thing
permanent, I am going to run a short length of RG174 mini coax down the fence post, painted the
same color as the fence. At ground level, it will
transition to a section of buried RG-8X into the
shack. My intuition tells me that this will be more
than enough to conceal the goings-on from the
property Nazis. More important, no TVI on 40,
even though the antenna is just 12 ft away from,
and parallel to, the satellite cable running into the
house. 20 has a little touch of fuzz on the TV, and I
can work on that.
The first three contacts were all made running just
50 watts with an old Kenwood TS-440S, on a nearground mounted dipole mounted between two
houses. The only physically redeeming feature of
the antenna is that it is conveniently oriented northsouth, making the pattern east-west, ideal for this
area. I’ve devoted perhaps three hours total to
ham-related stuff out here, and the results are not
so bad. For a quick, low effort antenna system, I
am not disappointed. About 2700 miles from Reno
to Hawaii says it’s not just vertical radiation. So
much for proximity to ground. For sure, nothing like
my big, high (70 ft) sloping 120 ft wire back in NJ,
but given I’ve really only begun, I am sure better
things are on the horizon.
GOTA
10-70 !!!
GOTA 1070 or Get On the Air 10-70 Get
on the air today and say “hello” to someone
on 10-70, the “Friendly Repeater”. Be There!
As Bob, N2SU sees it: Contesting
Now that summer is over (figuratively, at least), it’s
now time to get back on the air for the fall season.
There are a number of contests that offer a variety
of challenges for operators of all abilities and all
frequency ranges.
The dipole antenna is mounted on the solid
fencing between the two houses. Ours is the
one on the right.
Immediate plans are to wall in one secton of a
three-car garage, using one side for storage, and
the other side for a 15 ft long ham/work bench. That
project begins in just a couple of days. Antennawise, more real experimenting with the surrounding
elements may have to wait until we get our pool put
in, which should be done in late Novemb er. In the
interim, I do intend to do some experimenting with
my mobile antennas mounted on a camera tripod,
and used only at night and in the back yard to keep
the nosies at bay. I’ve used this kind of setup at the
Stony Point lighthouse, and at the Ramsey EOC,
with reasonable results. Adding a few feet of
elevation can only make it better.
One more thing – I’ve decided to keep my call sign.
Actually never gave any real serious thought to
changing it. WB2AWQ is as much a part of me as
is my name. After nearly 5 decades, why change?
The ARRL September VHF QSO Party, like its
June counterpart, attracts the VHF contest crowd,
but the propagation characteristics of the bands are
different. In June, 6 meters is the star of the show
with its propensity for Sporadic E skip, but, in
September, 50 MHz takes a backseat to the higher
bands. Tropo is the main mode of propagation, and
can be found on the bands from 2 meters through
1296 MHz. QSOs of up to 1000 miles are possible,
and offer the best bet for domestic DX on the bands
above 50 MHz. Mountaintoppers and rovers
abound on the bands, and you might be able to
pick some new grid squares toward VUCC or states
toward WAS.
In October and November you can take part in the
“granddaddy of them all”, the CQ World Wide
contests. October for SSB and November (usually
Thanksgiving weekend) for CW. This is the one
contest where, quite literally, everybody works
everybody. The exchange is wonderfully simple:
59(9) 05 for us in NJ. 05 refers to the CQ Zone in
which we are located, and there are 40 of them in
the world. Yes, I’ve worked them all, and have over
30 on 40-10, including 39 on 15 (Zone 29). You can
work a DXCC in one weekend if propagation
cooperates (and it is getting better, slowly but
surely). It was a big help for me in working new
countries 20 years ago, and there are many
webpages and DX bulletins where you can see who
is activating what country for the contest weekends.
Sometimes, the expedition is to a rare zone within a
common country. The best example is Zone 2. The
zone consists of Quebec north of 50 degrees
latitude, Labrador (VO2) and points north in
Nunavut. There is population in Quebec north of 50
degrees, most notably the town of Sept-Illes. This
area usually gets a visit from a group of hams who
get to be rare DX for a weekend. For U.S. hams, all
you have to do is get there and find a place to
operate from, and you’re all set, since we have
automatic reciprocal licensing with Canada. The
other example is Zone 29, which consists of
Western Australia (VK6), Northern Territory (VK8)
and some VK9 islands. In 39 years of hamming, I
have just one Zone 29 QSO, VK6HD on 40 meters
in the early 90s.
RACES: Amateur Radio and
Government: Perfect Together!
Carlstadt 9/15/2010
RACES EYEBALL Mtg.
Then there are the assorted state QSO parties,
regional contests and other operating activities.
Whatever your preference, just get on the air and
have fun!
(Editors note: Bob had submitted this for the Sept. bulletin
which unfortunately never made it to press, hence the mention
of the Sept. QSO party as an upcoming event).
ECDXA & Bergen SKYWARN Tour
In early September Joyce KA2ANF and
George KC2GLG treated 10-70 members to an
interesting & educational tour of the ECDXA &
Bergen Skywarn stations. Our thanks for their
hospitality. Further information can be found at
www.bergenskywarn.org & www.ecdxa.org
Members of the expanding Bergen County
RACES group got together for an interesting,
educational, and fun eyeball meeting through
the courtesy of the Carlstadt OEM.
Topics included a preview of the upcoming
October 2nd RACES SEE (Simulated
Emergency Exercise), go kits, N2IYY’s
upcoming series of Ham Radio Tech Licensing
classes, and the chance to just sit around and
chat in person with the people we
communicate with over the air twice a month,
each & every month, as we practice our
messaging and communication procedures.
A good time was had by all!
ALL Bergen County Races operators are
encouraged to participate in the SEE
(Simulated Emergency Exercise) on Sat.
Oct.2nd from 9-10AM on the 146.79 machine)
Mystery Shack ………………..
As I was traveling through various and
sundry neighborhoods in Bergen County
looking at potential houses to buy…. I
spotted the tower below attached to a
house, right next to the one I was looking at
…..
As you can see the shack is stocked with
plenty of equipment …… but conspicuously
missing is piece of hardware ….. can you
tell me what it is ? (e-mail me at N2CYY@yahoo.com)
The cherry on the top of the ice cream
sundae was this ham’s offer to let me use
his tower …. if my wife and I were to
purchase his neighbors house ……..
The great tilt-over tower, beams, and
assorted wire antennas above to the shack,
where I am sitting comfortably ……..
Who’s shack is Lou sitting in?
Unfortunately …. proximity to a tower & a
fellow ham were not high up on my wife’s
real estate checklist ….. thus the hunt for a
new QTH …. continues …….
Ham Radio & Ramsey OEM
Always good together …
2010 Annual Ramsey Run
Once again the hams of Ramsey’s OEM
provided communications support during
Ramsey’s annual Ramsey Run.
Bob, Lou(N2CYY), Dominick ….. once again
at the start/finish line of the Ramsey Run(s)
Mike Adams & crew
(You’ll notice that the Halpins (3 of them no
less .. show up en’masse) at the mere site
of a camera (of course the Adam’s were
close with 2) ……. or was it perhaps really
the donuts in the other room …….)
On the Air RACES drills ……..
The bi-monthly Bergen County RACES drill is
held on the local 146.79 machine. The Drill
starts at 7:45PM for enrolled Bergen County
RACES officers/operators on the 2nd & 4th Wed.
of each month. 10-70 members looking to get
involved with Bergen County RACES must do
so through their town/borough OEM. If you
need contact info for the right person in your
town, please e-mail Ron WB2GAI@aol.com
This is a directed net for members of Bergen
County RACES, please contact Ron Bosco @
WB2GAI@aol.com for more information about
Upcoming Events
VE Session : 10-70 will have a VE session on
Runners dashing across the 5k race starting
line as the gun goes off.
Wednesday November 3rd at 6 PM at the VFW.
Walk-ins are welcome. For more info contact Bob
N2SU at n2su@arrl.net.
Bergen County SEE & SET
WANT ADS:
ALL Bergen County Races operators are
encouraged to participate in the SEE
(Simulated Emergency Exercise) on Sat.
Oct.2nd from 9-10AM on the 146.79 machine).
Followed ARES & NTS activity on the 10-70
repeater from 10-12.
Looking
for
Uniden
BC-560/590
schematic or unit, working or not. Larry,
KA2NRW@arrl.net
Update on the Mystery Patch …..
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Hi Larry,
Per your request for information on the patch. I
have 2 and would donate one to the club if desired
for the clubs archives or records.
The call sign WR2AMI was the clubs. There was a
time when the repeaters had repeater callsigns
designated by the WR prefix. The AMI suffix was
selected as it means friend in French.
Hope that helps,
73,
Bob
K2TK ex KN2TKR & K2TKR
SELLING STUFF IN the 10-70 Bulletin
Accumulated too much stuff in the shack, XYL
threatening either you or the gear with banishment
?? …. we will list ham related stuff, you want to
sell. Send your classifieds to me,
N2CYY@yahoo.com with your name, e-mail
address, what you’re selling, and what you’re
asking. (10-70 is in no way responsible for the
accuracy, condition, etc. of what’s being sold.)
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