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Volume XXXVI #7
July 2016 Q5
DOWNEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB
Serving Downey and the surrounding Communities since 1951
Event Date Lead
Ho’olaule’a 7/16-17/16 Kerns/Norwood
DARC 2016 Public Service Events
Marty Woll, N6VI, is July’s Guest Speaker “Troubleshooting For the Non-Techie Ham” is the topic. Being able to solve a radio prob-lem on the fly is a key area of knowledge for Amateur Radio operators. It distinguishes Hams from almost all other radio users and is an invaluable skill whether you're into Emcomm or DXpeditions. This talk gives non-engineers a practical, systematic approach to "making it work". Marty Woll, N6VI, has been in Amateur Radio for forty-nine years and is a frequent speaker at radio clubs and conventions. A retired CPA with a major international accounting firm, he holds an Extra Class license and is a Life Member of the American Radio Relay League. Marty is serving in his ninth year as ARRL’s Vice Director for the Southwestern Division. He has served on ARRL’s Administration and Finance Com-mittee and UHF / Microwave Band Plan Committee and currently sits on the Legal Defense and Assis-tance Committee and the VHF Revitalization Sub-committee. In addition to his League and Division duties, he is Assistant District Emergency Coordinator of the ARES Northwest District of the Los Angeles Section, Training Officer and Battalion Communication Unit Leader for the Los Angeles Fire Department’s Auxil-iary Communication Service, a licensing Volunteer Examiner and a Volunteer Instructor. Marty is a founding member of the Southern Califor-nia Contest Club and has served as a member and chair of the ARRL’s Contest Advisory Committee. He has been President of the Southern California DX Club and chair of the Los Angeles Area Council
of Radio Clubs. He par-ticipates regularly in con-tests from HF through 10 GHz. In nearly twenty contest expeditions, Marty has set up and operated amateur radio stations on six conti-nents.
Ho’olaule’a
Hawaiian Festival time is here again and many volunteers are needed. The Ho’olaule’a will be at Alondra Park in Lawndale, CA again this year.
The Ho’olaule’a is sponsored by the Hawaiian Inter-Club Council of Southern California (HICC). For the new Hams, this event is two days (16 & 17 July 2015) Satur-
day 0700 to 1700 hours and Sunday the 19th from 0700 to 1700 hours. There is continuous entertain-ment and lots of food booths and various Hawaiian goods, arts and crafts for sale. This event will have 10,000 or more people visit the park. This is a great event and great fun.
DARC will provide communications to coordinate between HICC Officers & Event Coordinators, LA County Recreation Department and the Event Secu-rity unit. This effort requires about 15 volunteers each day. There are two shifts each day but as for any event, the more volunteers we have, the shorter the shifts. The shift hours are between 0700 - 1200 and 1200 - 1730 hours Saturday and Sunday. Lunch will be provided. There are several positions which require walking (shadows) and others were no walking is required. The equipment required is a 2M HT, spare batteries, ear piece or headset, and possibly you may want to bring a hat, chair and wa-ter bottle. The operational frequency will be the club simplex, with talk-in on the DARC repeater.
Please sign up at the July meeting or contact Buck Kerns, AE6DT or Rick Norwood, KD6KHJ.
See you there.
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THE DOWNEY
AMATEUR RADIO CLUB, INC.
P.O. Box 207
Downey, CA 90241
Q5 Staff
Editor
John Powell, KF6EOJ [email protected] Phone: (562) 862-4608 Alt Phone: (562) 985-8610 Assistant Editor
Rick Norwood, KD6KHJ Phone: (562) 865-5750 [email protected]
Proofreaders
Ken Carlson, N6SWO Mary Carlson, KC6BBJ Jon Olesen, KD6HXP Electronic Publishing
Rick Norwood,KD6KHJ Phone: (562) 865-5750 [email protected]
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
Dave Glenn, N6TEB Phone: (562) 928-8560 [email protected]
First Vice President Ron Eveland, W6QM Phone: (562) 860-3623 [email protected]
VP Service Rick Norwood, KD6KHJ Phone: (562) 865-5750 [email protected] VP Membership James Nielsen, KJ6WZW Phone: [email protected] VP Programs Kent Savage, K6WCI Phone: (562) 716-6070 [email protected] VP Ways and Means Steve Hartranft, KI6SUF Phone: (562) 923-0070 [email protected] Secretary
Bill Heather, KB6WKT Phone: (562) 863-6607
[email protected] Treasurer Frank Myllo, KC6YPV Phone: (562) 860-4045 [email protected] Director (One Year) Buck Kerns, AE6DT Phone: (562) 634-8441 [email protected] Director (Two Years) Paul Metzger, K6EH
Phone: (562) 900-2217 [email protected]
Trustee, W6TOI
Bill Heather, KB6WKT Phone: (562) 863-6607
Looking for an Elmer?
Here are a few resources that can get you going:
Bill Heather, KB6WKT, 562 863-6607 [email protected], Helping Hams, Contesting
Ivan Mikulich, KB6ATT, 562 862-4592 [email protected], Helping Hams, Field Trips
Glenn Allen, KE6HPZ, 562 928-2080 [email protected], Microwave
Harold ‘Buck’ Kerns, AE6DT, 562 634-8441 [email protected], Public Service
John Schroeder, N6QQ, 562 404-1112 [email protected], 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: W6TRW Swap Meet Northrop Grumman Parking Lot Corner of Marine and Aviation Manhattan Beach, CA Held the last Saturday of each month, 0700 to 1130 hrs Talk-In 145.320, PL 114.8
Affiliations:
Affiliated ARRL 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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Treasurer’s Report—Income
Treasurer’s Report— Expense
2016 (OVER)/
May 16 YTD ANNUAL UNDER
ACTUAL ACTUAL BUDGET BUDGET
EXPENDITURES
Repeater/Phone $36.51 $252.18 $444.00 $191.82
Club Merchandise $79.41 $158.82 $79.41
Correspondence
Printing $0.00 $100.00 $100.00
Supplies $7.63 $20.00 $12.37
Postage $0.00 $75.00 $0.00
Committees
Award $32.97 $75.00 $0.00
Education/Awareness $0.00 $0.00 $0.00
Membership $0.00 $0.00 $0.00
Publicity & Public Relations $0.00 $0.00 $0.00
Sunshine $0.00 $0.00 $0.00
Equipment/Maintenance $0.00 $500.00 $500.00
Events
Christmas Party $0.00 $0.00 $0.00
Field Day $0.00 $300.00 $300.00
Luncheon $900.00 $825.00 ($75.00)
Fund Raisers $0.00 $0.00 $0.00
Other Events $0.00 $0.00 $0.00
Insurance $325.00 $350.00 $25.00
Misc. Expenses $94.00 $100.00 $6.00
Officers' Expenses
Board Members $0.00 $0.00 $0.00
Treasurer $0.00 $75.00 $75.00
Other Organizations
Dues $0.00 $20.00 $20.00
P.O. Box Rental $130.00 $130.00 $128.00 ($2.00)
Refreshments, Meetings $0.00 $75.00 $75.00
$0.00 $0.00 $0.00
Total Expenditures $166.51 $1,821.19 $3,245.82 $1,307.60
2015 - 2016 May 16 YEAR-TO-DATE ANNUAL (OVER)/UNDER
INCOME ACTUAL ACTUAL BUDGET BUDGET
Club Merchandise $10.00 $10.00 $0.00 ($10.00)
Dues $120.00 $645.00 $1,008.00 $363.00
Luncheon $675.00 $725.00 $50.00
Misc.Income $36.00 $2,368.00 $1,540.00 ($828.00)
Fund Raisers $0.00 $0.00 $0.00
Total Income $166.00 $3,698.00 $3,273.00 ($425.00)
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Treasurer’s Report— Summary
David Bird, AA6DB; John Kountz, W01S; Ar-lene Schwartz, KE6GFI
Brian Gauthier, KJ6YQV, 10th
Chuck Anna, KE6TBC, 15th
Buck Kerns, AE6DT, 25th
DARC Merchandise Orders Due to many changes on the part of the supplier, all orders for DARC merchandise must be paid for up front. Attention to details regarding the member’s callsign must be made by the member as the printers are not held responsible for any errors resulting from interpretation of the handwriting. DARC makes no money on any orders. The prices are set by the supplier. Contact Steve Hartranft, KI6SUF, for any orders.
DOWNEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB
TREASURER'S REPORT
May-16
SUMMARY
CHECKING-CHASE $6,370.67
BALANCE AS OF Apr 30, 2016
INCOME $166.00
EXPENDITURES $166.51
Raffle (Month)
Raffle (Total Holdings) $0.00
Brunch (Month)
Brunch (Total Holdings) $0.00
CHECKING-CHASE
BALANCE AS OF May 31, 2016 $6,370.16
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KD6KHJ Photography
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July 2016 DX By Mike Gauthier, K6ICS 6-15 -2016
July Propagation Outlook Falling sunspot activity brings falling DX conditions. We are headed to the bottom of the Sunspot Cycle. 160-60 meters- High noise and Poor DX conditions. 40-30 meters-High noise and Fair DX conditions. 20-15 meters- Fair DX conditions. 12-10 meters- Poor DX conditions. Few spot openings during daylight hours. Monitor the DX spotting services, such as DX Summit http://www.dxsummit.fi/DxSpots.aspx for current band conditions, what DX is currently on the air, and where to find them. DX EXTRA The ARRL National Parks on the Air (NPOTA) event runs during all of 2016 to mark the 100th anniversary of the National Park Service. http://www.arrl.org/NPOTA July DX ASCENSION ISLAND, ZD8JX. Thorsten, DO2JX is on the air as ZD8JX from Georgetown. Activity is on 20, 17, 15 and 10 meters SSB. His length of stay is unknown. QSL to home call. ALASKA, KG4FJC/KL7. John, KG4FJC will be active from Adak Island, (IOTA NA-039), Alaska 30 - 31 August 2016 as KG4FJC/KL7. CANARY ISLANDS, EA8/DG1KWD . DG1KWD, Werner, plans to be active from Fuerteventura Island as EA8/DG1KWD from July 16 to August 11. QSL via his home call. CAYMAN ISLANDS, ZF2ZZ. Carl, KB7AZ is operating as ZF2ZZ from Little Cayman Island, IOTA NA-016. Activity is holiday style on 20, 17 and 15 meters using SSB. His length of stay is unknown. QSL to home call. DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO, 9Q6BB. Fernando, EA4BB is on the air as 9Q6BB from Kinshasa for the next three years. QSL via operator's instructions. DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, H8RCDI. Members of Radio Club Dominicano will be operating as HI8RCD until July 12 in celebration of the club's 90th anniversary. Activity will be on 80, 40, 20, 15 and 10 meters using all modes. QSL via operators' instructions GREENLAND, OX/F6ACH. Al, F6ACH will be active from Uummannaq Island (IOTA NA-134), 21 - 27 July 2016 as OX/F6ACH. JAPAN, 8J2UMI. Special event station 8J2UMI is operating from Umi Festa Higashimikawa, IOTA AS-007, until July 31. QSL via bureau. MACEDONIA, Z370RSM. Special event station Z370RSM is active until the end of 2016 to celebrate 70 years of the Radio Amateur Society of Macedonia. QSL via Z33RW. NORTH KOREA - DEMOCRATIC PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF KOREA, P5/3Z9DX. Dom 3Z9DX received confirmation from the North Korean government to make a return trip to P5 to operate as a demonstration station for the North Korea government. He will be able to operate a single band, SSB only. The band and date are not set at this time. He will be able to operate up to 5 days as P5/3Z9DX. SLOVAK REPUBLIC, OM41KYSUCE. Special event station OM41KYSUCE is active until August 31 during the 41st ARDF Championship Kysucky pohar that occurs July 29 to 31. QSL via OM3CND.
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ARRL and “National Parks on the Air” This year the ARRL in partnership with the National Parks Service has be-gun the year long “National Parks on the Air” (NPOTA) campaign to cele-brate the 100th anniversary of the National Park System. For one year Hams are encouraged to either activate a unit of the NPS sys-tem, or to chase those that have. Most of the information can be found online at: http://www.arrl.org/npota At our last general meeting some of the members indicated that they have already made contact with one or more Activators. .There was discussion about DARC activating one of the local NPS units, in late Summer or early Fall For those “Chasers”, there is no published list of contact frequencies. It was suggested that we use DX spotting sites instead. The ARRL does have a page that lists the registered Activators and their target dates at: https://npota.arrl.org/nps-events.php
ST. PAUL ISLAND, CY9C. This will be a New Country for 60 Meters. CY9C will be active on all bands, including 60 meters, August 19 to 29. This DXpedition is led by Randy N0TG and Murray WA4DAN. The 11 man team will operate from two island locations for 10 days. The team is very skilled and has experienced operators. It is not the best time of the year for 60 meters, but that is the only time the team was granted permission to activate this NEW COUNTRY on 60 meters. Being in the middle of the summer and with higher noise levels, it may be harder for some stations to get into the log. Remember CY9C wants you in the log as bad as you do. For more information please go to their website at: http://www.cy9dxpedition.com Take their survey for the bands/modes you need for St. Paul Island, along with more DXpedition, Location, and QSL infor-mation. UGANDA, 5X1O. Jonathan, KK7PW is operating as 5X1O until July 8. Activity is on 40, 20, 15 and 10 me-ters using 5 watts. QSL via EA5GL. 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 – 327 Mixed, 302 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. W3OB – 200+ Mixed WA6OUD - 170 Mixed, 133 Phone on 10 Meters. KJ6YQV - 164 Mixed, 159 Mixed on 10 Meters. AE6XC – 108 Phone. K6EH - 57 on 30 Meters CW. I am interested in receiving DX reports for this column, one contact or many. e-mail: [email protected]
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The session produced three new Techs and one upgrade to Extra. The next session will be held August 20th.
KD6KHJ Photography
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Board Minutes, June 8, 2016 President Dave Glenn, N6TEB brought the meeting to order at 1910 hrs in the Emergency Operations Center at the Downey Fire Station #1. Besides Dave, other board members present were: VP Service Rick Norwood, KD6KHJ; VP Membership James Nielsen, KJ6WZW; VP-Ways Means Steve Hartranft, KI6SUF; Secretary Bill Heather, KB6WKT; Treasurer Frank Myllo, KC6YPV; Absent: Director 1 year Paul Metzger, K6EH; Director 2 years Buck Kerns, AE6DT; First Vice President Ron Eveland, W6QM; Vice President of Programs Kent Sav-age, K6WCI Acceptance of previous Board Minutes Dave asked for approval of May’s Board minutes as published in June issue of the Q5. The motion was made, seconded and passed unanimously. Officer’s Reports First Vice President Ron, W6QM, absent Treasurer Frank, KC6YPV, nothing to report at this time VP Service, Rick, KD6KHJ, deferred to planning Calendar. VP-Ways and Means, Steve Hartranft, KI6SUF, nothing to report at this time. VP Membership James, KJ6WZW, nothing to report at this time. VP Programs, Kent, K6WCI, absent. Secretary Bill, KB6WKT, nothing to report at this time. Director 2 Years, Buck, AE6DT, absent. Director 1 Year, Paul, K6EH, absent. Topics: Ride & Stride Report – Rick reported that he attended the city debriefing of the event. He reported that Metro was quite happy with the way the city ran the event. The city indicated that they would like to do the event in 2017 instead of waiting for 2018. There were approximately 30,000 people that participated and our part went well. There were only 2 minor incidents where the Downey Police Department had to be involved. T-Hunt Review - Dave reported that the t-hunt took place and was fun for those that participated. There was a short discussion among various board members about participation. It was determined that until there is more interest, the T-Hunt will be put on hiatus. Hamcon / LA Council Changes – Bill reported that since Diana Fienberg AI6DF has been appointed as the LAX section manager, replacing David Greenhut N6HD, she has resigned her position as chairman of the Los An-geles Area Council of Amateur Radio Clubs. Bill was elected by the committee to replace Diana as chairman of LAACARC. Hamcon is under review by LAACARC. A proposal for a hotel site was given to the committee and members at large will be taking the proposal back to their Clubs to get input. Bill said a special Hamcon committee meeting is scheduled for Tuesday June 14
th at 7 pm. Various board members’ commented on the
Club participating in the convention. After a brief discussion it was determined that the Board is willing to partic-ipate in the convention if it takes place in 2017. Bill will be attending the special Hamcon meeting as a repre-sentative for the Club. July General Meeting – Dave reported that Marty Woll, N6VI will be the guest speaker for July’s General meet-ing.
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August Edition of the Q5 – Rick reported that John Powell, KF6EOJ, the Q5 editor is on vacation and Rick will be Editor at large for August. Rick requested that all copy for the newsletter be to him no later than July 17
th.
Planning Calendar Field Day – Dave commented that after the Board meeting closes, the Field Day meeting will immediately fol-low. Hawaiian Days – Rick reported that he needs to talk to Buck to find out more information for the event. The event is scheduled for July 16 -17. Special Event Station- Dave informed the Board that currently there have been no plans made at this time. If the Special Event station is going to take place, it will be later in the year. NPOTA – Dave reported that if the Club wanted to do the event, then early autumn would be the best time when the weather cools down. VE Testing – Rick announced that the next VE testing session will be on June 18
th.
Meeting Adjourned 1937 hrs. Respectfully Submitted, Bill Heather, KB6WKT, Secretary
General Meeting Minutes, 6/2/16 The general club meeting got underway at 1930 hrs, with President Dave Glenn, N6TEB, presiding with about 20 members present, including one prospective new member. Dave asked Kent Savage, K6WCI, to lead the Club in the Pledge of Allegiance. Dave then asked each member to introduce themselves. The topic for the night was on Field Day. As Bill Heather, KB6WKT, could not make it, Dave showed us Bill’s media presentation on Field Day, with some photos of our past setup, plus what to expect for this year. Dave said that this year we will be a 4A setup, with 4 HF stations running on generator power. We also expect Glenn Allen, KE6HPZ, to bring his VHF/UHF station as well. Field Day will once again be at Apollo Park in Downey. This year the emphasis will be on long wire antennas rather than beam antennas on towers. Dave concluded the presentation around 2030 hrs with the approval of the Minutes and Treasurer’s Report, followed by refreshments. Respectfully Submitted John Powell, KF6EOJ, substitute Secretary
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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
Downey, CA 90240
Ever want to be a writer?
Do you have an idea for an article for the Q5? Remember, this is OUR newsletter, about OUR hobby. Please submit articles to: John Pow-ell, KF6EOJ, [email protected]
DARC INFORMATION VE Exams
The Downey Amateur Radio Club provides VE examinations 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 Headquarters EOC (rear building), at 1222 Paramount Boulevard, beginning at 8:30 AM. The upcoming dates are:
August 20 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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