VOLUME XXXII #9

SEPTEMBER 2013 Q5

DOWNEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB

SERVING DOWNEY AND THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES SINCE 1951

Event Date Lead

JOTA Oct 18-19 Frank Myllo

Amazing Day Walk Oct 19 Dave Glenn

Tour de Sewer Oct 26 Norwood/Savage

Christmas Parade TBA Kent Savage

DARC 2013 Public Service Events

The Jamboree-on-the-Air, or JO-

TA, is an annual Scouting event

that uses amateur radio to link

Scouts around the world,

around the nation, and in your

own community. Held on the third

full weekend of October each year,

this worldwide jamboree requires no travel, other

than to a nearby radio amateur’s ham shack. Many

times the hams will come to you by setting up at a

Scout camporee, or perhaps they already have a

ham shack at your council’s camp. There are many

ways to get your Scouts involved in JOTA

Scouts of any age can participate, from Cub Scouts

to Boy Scouts and Venturers. Once at the ham radio

station, the communication typically requires speak-

ing into a microphone and listening on the station

speakers. However, many forms of specialized com-

munication can also take place, such as video com-

munication, digital communication using typed words

on the computer screen transmitted by radio, commu-

nication through a satellite relay or an earth-based

relay (called a repeater), and many others. The ex-

changes include such information as name, location

(called QTH in ham speak), Scout rank, age, and

hobbies. The stations you’ll be communicating with

can be other Scouts across town, across the country,

or even around the world! The World Scout Bureau

reported that the 2012 JOTA had nearly 700,000

Scout participants from more than 13,500 amateur

radio stations! A participant patch is available, as is a

certificate/log sheet that can also be used to fulfill a

Radio merit badge requirement.

DARC will be supporting Bellflower Troop 330 at the

BSA Sea Base in Long Beach.. To volunteer please

contact Frank Myllo, KC6YPV.

(Excerpt from BSA Web Page)

UPCOMING BOARD OFFICERS ELECTION

At our September meeting we will be taking nominations for our board for our fiscal year No-vember 2013-2014.

You may have noticed that we were unable to fill two board positions this year, VP Member-ship and VP Service. With these positions left unfilled it doesn't mean the duties associated with these positions goes away, it shifts to other board members to fill the void, and they are now doing double duty.

Please consider throwing your hat into the ring for a board position, even those positions that are currently filled. Last year some board mem-bers continued to serve, but changed positions, so let me know if you are interested in becoming a board member, and the position you are inter-ested in. Remember we have immediate open-ings for VP Membership and VP Service.

Contact Ron Eveland, W6QM, 562-860-3623, or Cell 562-756-6530.

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THE DOWNEY

AMATEUR RADIO CLUB, INC.

P.O. Box 207

Downey, CA 90241

Q5 Staff

Editor

John Powell, KF6EOJ john.powell@csulb.edu Phone: (562) 862-4608 Alt Phone: (562) 985-8610

Associate Editors

John Schroeder, N6QQ Jon Olesen,KD6HXP Steve Hartranft, KI6SUF Electronic Publishing

Rick Norwood,KD6KHJ Phone: (562) 865-5750 kd6khj@arrl.net

Permission to copy material from the Q5 is granted provided that credit is given to the “DARC Q5”.

Q5, as in: a signal that is perfectly readable, hence the name of our newsletter. We hope you agree.

Club Officers President Rick Norwood, KD6KHJ Phone: (562) 865-5750 kd6khj@arrl.net First Vice President Ron Eveland, W6QM Phone: (562) 860-3623 w6qm@msn.com VP Programs

Dave Glenn, N6TEB Phone: (562) 928-8560 n6teb@arrl.net

VP Membership OPEN VP Service OPEN VP Ways and Means Steve Hartranft, KI6SUF Phone: (562) 923-0070 grandpasjh@aol.com Secretary

Bill Heather, KB6WKT Phone: (562) 863-6607

kb6wkt@arrl.net Treasurer Frank Myllo, KC6YPV Phone: (562) 860-4045 kc6ypv@arrl.net Director (One Year) Buck Kerns, AE6DT Phone: (562) 634-8441 ae6dt@arrl.net Director (Two Years) Kent Savage, K6WCI Phone: (562) 716-6070 k6wci@arrl.net Trustee, W6TOI

Bill Heather, KB6WKT Phone: (562) 863-6607

kb6wkt@arrl.net

Looking for an Elmer?

Here are a few resources that can get you going: Bill Heather, KB6WKT, 562 863-6607 kb6wkt@arrl.net, Helping Hams, Contesting Ivan Mikulich, KB6ATT, 562 862-4592 kb6att@att.net, Helping Hams, Field Trips Glenn Allen, KE6HPZ, 562 928-2080 ke6hpz@ham-radio.com, Microwave Harold ‘Buck’ Kerns, AE6DT, 562 634-8441 ae6dt@arrl.net, Public Service John Schroeder, N6QQ, 562 404-1112 n6qq@msn.com, Contesting, DXing, DXCC and WAS Card Checker, QSL cards for CQ WAZ and WPX awards.

When and where we meet:

We normally meet the first Thursday of each month at 1930 hrs in room 120 of

the First Baptist Church in Downey. The church is between 2nd and 3rd

streets, near City Hall, address is 8348 E. 3rd St. Use 2nd St, east from

Downey Ave (1 block north of Firestone Bl), adjacent to City Hall. Entrance via

double glass doors on the north side of 2nd St.

Swap Meet Information:

CHHS Electronics Swap Meet

Chino Hills High School

16150 Pomona Rincon Rd

Chino Hills, CA

Held the third Saturday of each month, 06:30 to 11:30 AM

W6TRW Swap Meet

Northrop Grumman Parking Lot

Corner of Marine and Aviation

Manhattan Beach, CA

Held the last Saturday of each month, 07:00 to 11:30 AM

Affiliations:

Affiliated ARRL Club

ARRL Special Service Club

Los Angeles Area Council of Amateur Radio Clubs

Orange County Council of Amateur Radio Organizations

Club Frequencies:

Simplex: 145.595 MHz*

440 Repeater #1: 445.640 (-) PL 156.7 Hz*

440 Repeater #2: 445.640 (-) PL 88.5 Hz

* See Calendar for Net Schedule

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Board Minutes August 6, 2013 President Rick Norwood, KD6KHJ brought the meeting to order 19:32 hours in the Emergency Operations Center at the Downey Fire Station #1. Besides Rick, other board members present were: First Vice President, Ron Evelaand, W6QM; VP-Ways Means, Steve Hartranft, KI6SUF; Treasurer Frank Myllo, KC6YPV; Secretary Bill Heather, KB6WKT; Director 1 year Buck Kerns, AE6DT. Absent: VP Programs, Dave Glenn, N6TEB; Di-rector 2 years Kent Savage, K6WCIVP VP Service Open; VP Membership Open. Mass Mailing: Rick, reported about 6 people responded to the post cards that were mailed out [approx. 130 –ed] and no new members. A short discussion took place amongst various members present and it was decided to table the matter until Dave and Kent returns to the next Board meeting. Ho'olaule'a: Buck, AE6DT, reported that the event went well, even though they were short some operators on Saturday. At times there were too many people at net control but all of the volunteers did a good job. ENCOM Plan: Buck, AE6DT, sent out a letter via email asking for volunteers to participate in the revised Plan. Buck reported that 6 - 8 volunteers have signed up to be involved. Rick and Buck will work together to setup a date and time for training for those that have volunteered. November Luncheon Subsidy: Rick reported that the luncheon cost is $25 per person. For the past few years the Club has been subsidizing the event for members, which makes the cost to the members $12.50. Rick posed the question to the Board if the Club wanted to continue the subsidy. Buck made a motion that the Club pays $12.50 of the $25 fee for the luncheon. Steve, KI6SUF seconded the motion. After a short discussion the motion passed unanimously. Meeting adjourned on 20:02 Respectively Submitted Bill Heather KB6WKT Secretary

DARC August VE Exam Session

A total of six people tested. Three became new Hams and three upgraded to General. The next scheduled session is Octo-ber 19th.

Steve and Ginny

KD6KHJ Photography

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General Meeting Minutes August 1, 2013 President Rick Norwood, KD6KHJ, brought the meeting to order at 19:30 with 15 in attendance. We com-menced with the Pledge of Allegiance led by Rick. Following the Pledge of Allegiance introductions were done for those that were in attendance. Rick, KD6KHJ requested for a motion to be made to accept July's Treasurer’s report as printed in the August addition of the Q5. A motion was made and seconded and passed unanimously. Rick, KD6KHJ, requested for a motion to be made to accept the July minutes as printed in the August edition of the Q5. A motion was made and seconded and passed unanimously. Rick informed the group that August is the Club's annual member show and tell and ice cream social. Bill, KB6WKT, brought his Buddiestick setup that he uses for portable operations, for example when he goes camping with his family. After the presentation the group broke for the ice cream part of the meeting. Buck, AE6DT reported the Ho'olaule'a Days event had 5 volunteers on Saturday and 8 volunteers on Sunday. Even though they were short operators on Saturday the event went well. Those that volunteered received a T-shirt and lunch. Frank, KC6YPV, is heading up this year's Jamboree On-The-Air event for the Boy Scouts. This year's event is to be held on October 19 -20. The group will be at Seabase in Long Beach. Volunteers are needed for the event. Rick reported that the Club also has another event on October 19 which is the Amazing Day Walk. Dave, N6TEB, is in charge of that event and volunteers are needed. If you are interested contact Dave. Rick reported that the Tour De Sewer bike ride will be on October 26. Volunteers are needed for that event, contact Kent K6WCI to volunteer. Meeting Adjourned at 20:33 hours. Respectfully Submitted Bill Heather KB6WKT Secretary

Lions Club's Tour De Sewer moved to October to avoid those winter doldrums and wet weather experienced over the last few years. Touted as the best orga-nized bike ride in the area, the Tour de Sewer offers your choice of interesting 15, 25, 50 and 60 mile fun bike rides, not races. The rides will leave the John Anson Ford Park in Bell Gardens, starting at 7:30 AM. The 60 mile route will proceed north to base of foothills, then turn south on streets to Turnbull Canyon Road, Over the top and into Whittier and return to the bike path to the finish. On the 50 mile course, the only hill is the face of Santa Fe Dam. On the 25 mile course there no hills to climb and descend, the course is relatively flat. The 15 mile

course is flat. WE WILL RIDE RAIN OR SHINE.

Support The course will be marked at each turn. Volunteers will be on the course and at

the park to provide first-aid. Downey Amateur Radio Club will again be providing radio communications over the entire course. Rest stops will be set up along each route with water and refreshments. Roving mechani-cal support will also be provided to assist when needed or to transport stranded cyclists back to the park.

DARC has provided communications for the TDS since its inception. Please contact Kent Savage or Rick Norwood to assist with this event.

Tour de Sewer 10.26.13

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August Meeting Photos (more on page 13)

KD6KHJ Photography

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Treasurer’s Report—Income

Treasurer’s Report— Expense

2012 - 2013 Jul 13 YEAR-TO-DATE ANNUAL (OVER)/UNDER

ACTUAL ACTUAL BUDGET BUDGET

INCOME

Club Merchandise $189.02 $150.00 ($39.02)

Dues $55.00 $640.00 $900.00 $260.00

Luncheon $12.50 $550.00 $537.50

Misc.Income $2,275.00 $2,000.00 ($275.00)

Total Income $55.00 $3,116.52 $3,600.00 $483.48

2012-2013 Jul 13 (OVER)/

ACTUAL YTD ANNUAL UNDER

ACTUAL BUDGET BUDGET

EXPENDITURES

Repeater $32.06 $2,444.81 $2,800.00 $355.19

Club Merchandise $162.20 $150.00 ($12.20)

Correspondence

Printing $0.00 $200.00 $200.00

Supplies $100.13 $100.00 ($0.13)

Postage $0.00 $300.00 $300.00

Committees

Award $31.81 $50.00 $18.19

Education/Awareness $0.00 $75.00 $75.00

Membership $0.00 $75.00 $75.00

Equipment/Maintenance $0.00 $500.00 $500.00

Events

Christmas Party $0.00 $50.00 $50.00

Field Day $86.87 $86.87 $800.00 $713.13

Luncheon $1,100.00 $1,100.00 $0.00

Picnic $0.00 $0.00 $0.00

Insurance $325.00 $325.00 $0.00

Misc. Expenses $1,905.00 $250.00 ($1,655.00)

Officers' Expenses

Board Members $0.00 $100.00 $100.00

Treasurer $0.00 $150.00 $150.00

Other Organizations

Dues $0.00 $80.00 $80.00

P.O. Box Rental $124.00 $150.00 $26.00

Refreshments, Meetings $0.00 $150.00 $150.00

Total Expenditures $118.93 $6,279.82 $7,405.00 $1,125.18

KD6KHJ Photography

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Treasurer’s Report— Summary

September Birthdays

Jon Olesen, KD6HXP, 16th

Larry Tinkler, K6LXT, 20th

Steve Hartranft, KI6SUF

Dick Palmer, WB6JDH

DOWNEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB

TREASURER'S REPORT

Jul-13

SUMMARY

CHECKING-WA MUTUAL $7,268.05

BALANCE AS OF Jun 30, 2009

INCOME $55.00

EXPENDITURES $118.93

Raffle (Month)

Raffle (Total Holdings) $0.00

Brunch (Month)

Brunch (Total Holdings) $0.00

CHECKING-WA MUTUAL

BALANCE AS OF Jul 31, 2009 $7,204.12

KD6KHJ Photography

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September 2013 DX By Mike Gauthier, K6ICS 8-14-2013

September Propagation Outlook The long summer days of July and August has brought high signal absorption. The DX bands have been near-

ly dead. Things should start to pick-up as we approach Fall. Signals should improve on all bands. 160 and 80

meters will remain poor. 60, 40 and 30 meters will indicate a little more life, while 20 through 15 meters will im-

prove greatly. Keep listening for the long path and spot openings. 12-10 meter DXing will improve some during

daylight hours. 17 meters should remain to best DX band again this month. Check current propagation at http://

www.voacap.com/prediction.htm . There have been changes to the website, be sure and check it out.

September DX

EASTER ISLAND, CE0YHO. Jose, CE3YHO has moved to Rapa Nui, IOTA SA-001, and is on the air as

CE0YHO. QSL via operator's instructions.

ECUADOR, HC2IOH. Emanuelle, IK2OHG, is active as HC2IOH from Guayaquil until September 12. Activity is

holiday style on 40-10 meters, including 30, 17 and 12 meters, using CW, SSB and RTTY. QSL via his home

call sign, direct, by the bureau, or LoTW.

EUROPEAN RUSSIA, R863LC. Special event station R863LC is on the air until October to celebrate the

1150th anniversary of Smolensk. QSL via R3LC.

GHANA, 9G5AC. Jeff, W7JVN is on the air as 9G5AC while he and Beverly, WB7NLY are here on missionary

work. Activity is mainly on 20 and 15 meters using SSB, CW, & PSK as his work permits. QSL via K7JH.

JUAN FERNANDEZ, XR0ZR. XR0ZR will be on the air from November 8 to 20. Activity will be on 160-6 me-

ters. Operations will include 6 meter EME and possibly 2 meter EME.

LAOS, XW0YJY. Champ, E21EIC will be active as XW0YJY until September 14. Look for him on 160-2 me-

ters. On 6 meters try 50.112 MHz. QSL via E21EIC and LoTW.

LIBYA, 5A1AL. Abubaker, DL1AL is now operating as 5A1AL from Tripoli. He is active on the HF bands plus 6

meters using CW, SSB and PSK. QSL to his home call.

MYANMAR (AKA BURMA), XZ1Z. JH1AJT, Zorro Miyazawa, is in Nay Pyi Taw the new capital of Myanmar.

He’s there working for his Foundation for Global Children (FGC) and has received authorization from the Minis-

try of Communications and Information Technology (MCIT) to operate as XZ1Z. The authorization is good

through September 12th and he will be operating in “his very limited spare time. QSL cards should be sent to

JH1AJT: Zorro Miyazawa, P.O. Box 8, Oiso, Naka-gun, Kanagawa 259-0111, JAPAN.

PALAU, T88GJ. Masashi, JL1FUQ will be operating as T88GJ from September 20-24. Activity will be limited or

dates may change because of his work, but look for him on 20, 17, 15, 12, 10 and 6 meters using SSB, and

possibly AM, PSK31 and RTTY. QSL via his home call sign, by the bureau, or direct.

PRINCE EDWARD AND MARION ISLANDS, ZS8A, ZS8C, and ZS8Z. Nadia, ZS8A plans to soon be operat-

ing from Marion Island. In addition, Carson, ZS8C and David, ZS8Z are active as time permits. QSL via opera-

tors' instructions.

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RODRIGUEZ ISLAND, 3B9xxx. The Verona DX Team will be active for EME on 144 and 432 MHz as well as

HF operations from September 1-9. The team is currently awaiting approval of the call sign 3B9EME. Opera-

tors include Walter, I3VJW; Luc, I3LDP; Rony, IZ3KIF; and Alessandro, IK5MIC. They will have two stations on

at the same time on the HF bands, with an emphasis on 160, 80, 40, 30, 17 and 12 meters, using CW, SSB,

RTTY, JT65hf and PSK31.

SERBIA, YU88BPQ. Members of the Radio Club Novi Sad are on the air as YU88BPQ until December to com-

memorate the club's 88 years of history. QSL via YU7BPQ.

ST. VINCENT and THE GRENADINES, J88HL. This DXpedition is planned by seven Poles for November 17-

29. They will be active on all the HF bands and have a serious effort on 160. They welcome your feedback on

Facebook or Twitter. Club Log uploads will be "almost real time."

The J88HL operating plan: At least three stations on the air 24 hours a day. They will "pay a lot of attention to

low bands." They will be on CW, SSB and RTTY. The six meter rig will be 100 watts. They will QSL bureau and

direct. For direct, they strongly recommend OQRS to avoid mail theft, etc. QSL direct and through the bureau.

The http://j88hl.dxing.pl/ website is "under construction."

VIETNAM, XV2JJ. Masanobu, JR5JAQ is active as XV2JJ. His length of stay is unknown. Activity has been on

20, 17 and 15 meters, mainly CW with some SSB. QSL via JH5RXS, direct or by the Bureau.

_____________________________________________________________

This months DX news was made possible with information provided by OPDX, 425 DX News, The Daily DX,

DXNL, The Weekly DX, and ARRL thanks to all.

DARC Member Recent DX Contacts:

80 Meters: None

40 Meters: None

30 Meters: FO5RM.

20 Meters: D3AA* & V73NS,

17Meters: JW/LY2KW*, 6Y5WJ*, S573DX*, LZ3FW*, KH2L*, EA3K, SM3NXS, & DR20CFT.

15 Meters: OH6PM*, CO8LY, KH6MD, DL1IAJ, & SA3OV.

12 Meters: None

10 Meters: CX1AA.

*More than one report.

DARC Member DXCC Count

N6QQ - 350 Mixed, 336 SSB, 313 CW, 252 RTTY, 8-Band DXCC, 6-Band WAS,

5-Band WAZ, 3052 WPX.

K6ICS - 321 Mixed, 300 Phone (AM & SSB), 166 Mixed on 40 Meters.

KB6ATT - 305 Mixed, 60 CW.

K6TV - 257 Mixed, 240 SSB, 126 QRP, 151 CW, 30 RTTY.

W6TOI - 215 Mixed, 145 Phone, 104 CW, 100 RTTY.

WA6OUD - 161 Mixed, 131 Phone on 10 Meters.

W3OB - 150 Mixed.

KJ6YQV - 98 Mixed, 77 Mixed on 10 Meters.

K6EH - 57 on 30 Meters CW.

I am interested in receiving DX reports for this column, one contact or many.

e-mail: k6ics@arrl.net

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DARC Annual Membership

Single: $20 Associate: $10

Maximum for Family: $35

Make checks payable to “DARC”,

Send to: DARC Membership

PO Box 207

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DARC INFORMATION

VE Exams

The Downey Ama-teur Radio Club provides VE exami-nations for all clas-ses of Amateur Radio licenses on

the third Saturday of each even-numbered month. Exams are held at the Downey Fire Department Headquar-ters EOC rear building, 12222 Paramount Boulevard, beginning at 08:30 AM.

The upcoming dates are:

October 19, December 21

Contact Steve or Ginny Grudzinski 951-674-4699 prior to the session.

The ARRL/VEC test fee is $15.00 for all tests which goes to the ARRL to cover their expenses in providing the tests and handling the applications.

After the test session please wait 10 days before contacting the ARRL at (860) 594-0300 or http://www.qrz.com/callsign for new license information. Please do not call the FCC directly.

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