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March 2014
Vol. 39, # 3
WACOM President’s Message—2
WACOM General Information—3
WACOM Meeting Minutes - 4
Upcoming Events—5
WACOM DX Corner—6-7
VE Test session and three new Generals—8
W3S SES QSL Cards—10
A Letter to the Editor—11
ARRL News - 12-13
2-Rivers Hamfest Flyer - 13
WACOM Renewal Form - 14
INSIDE THIS ISSUE:
General Class and
VE Test Session Where are the January & February
CQ Magazine issues? Page 10
THE WACOM HAM
Washington Amateur Communications Inc.
Jim—KA3KSP wins a prize at WASHFEST Photo courtesy of The WASHRAG
WASHFEST 2014
Photographs!
WACOM President’s Message
March 2014
WOW this winter just
did not want to give
up!
But we survived and made it to
the WASHfest, a sign Spring is
arriving soon!
Fantastic to see all the famil-
iar faces and to find a few
treasure in somebody's junk
bin.
As I rewire my antenna switch
relay matrix, I continue to
further my use of BNC connect-
ors on the interface panel.
While I only use them at
'exciter' levels, the conven-
ience of the speed of the bayo-
net wins. I do utilize SO-239/
PL259 for the high power con-
nections. While some will sug-
gest the N connector at high
power, like a broadcaster,
my concerns remain as broad-
caster's antennas do not exhib-
it high SWR and the voltages
that accompany high SWR. So I
stick with good old "UHF" con-
nectors.
My main HF antenna doe not even
have a connector! Prior to pur-
chase 15 years ago, I ask the
antenna designer which
connector should I prepare...
he said NONE. He instructs the
user to solder directly to the
input of the balun, using some
special high voltage/high temp
tape. He said connectors were
the only way his antenna
failed, so he eliminated that
fault completely. His antenna
has no traps and is capable of
4KW input.
Spring is just around the cor-
ner and antennas are getting
ready to sprout. Which antenna
are you putting up this
spring??
Write us an email, and share
the good news!
Tonight we test following the
2014 General Class license
class.
We'll be hearing some new HF
hams and a new TECH also .
Last night one of the NEW Gen-
erals brought his Icom 718 to
the radio room, and our first
contact was Luxembourg... That
radio hooked to the dipole
works fine !
Bill - NY9H/3
Bill—NY9H
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WACOM OFFICERS, BOARD OF DIRECTORS,
STAFF, REPEATERS, AND NETS!
Membership
- WACOM membership is open to anyone
- Annual Dues:
$20 for individuals
$10 for each additional family member
(send check & completed form to club treasurer)
- Questions? Contact the WACOM club treasurer.
Membership Meeting
- 7:30PM (1930 hrs), First Thursday of every month
Board of Directors Meeting
- 7PM (1900 hrs), Last Thursday of every month
Mailing Address
WACOM
c/o Norma Plants N3YJJ
236 Chambers Ridge Road
West Alexander, Pa 15376-2270
General Club Correspondence; [email protected]
Club Officers
President: Bill Steffey, NY9H; [email protected]
Vice President: Don Smith, KB3YLR; [email protected]
Secretary: Karen Smith, K3PUP;
Treasurer: Norma Plants, N3YJJ; [email protected]
Board of Directors
Director: Jim Burtoft, KC3HW; [email protected]
Director: Dennis Presky, K3PSP; [email protected]
Director: Bud Plants, N3TIR; [email protected]
Newsletter Editor
Ken Frankenbery, AA3GM; [email protected]
Webmaster
Joe Caldwell, N3XE; [email protected]
VE Liaison
Bob Kinnear, KI4DHB; [email protected]
Repeaters
K3PSP - 146.790 MHz, EchoLink node - WA3COM-R
W3CYO - 145.490 MHz, 443.300 MH z
Digital Net
- Mondays at 8PM (2000 hrs), on K3PSP Repeater
- Rich, KB3VGW Net Control
2 Meter Public Service Net
- Tuesdays at 8:30PM (2030 hrs), on K3PSP Repeater
- Dave, N3IDH Net Control
10 Meter Net
- Tuesdays at 9PM (2100 hrs), on 28.340 MHz
- Fay, KA3VOM Net Control
YL Net
- Wednesdays at 7:30PM (1930 hrs), on K3PSP Repeater
- Karen, K3PUP Net Control
Elmer Net
- Wednesdays at 8PM (2000 hrs), on K3PSP Repeater
- Bud N3TIR, Net Control
Club Elmers
DX Contest - Bill Sheehan, KB3LIX; [email protected]
QSL & DX - Bill Steffey, NY9H; [email protected]
ARES & RACES - Bob Ketzell, KB3IN; [email protected]
CW - Loren McCullough, WA3WZR; [email protected]
VHF - Craig Yoho, KB3RHR; [email protected]
Repeaters - Dennis Presky, K3PSP; [email protected]
Websites - Joe Caldwell, N3XE; [email protected]
Elmer Net - Bud Plants, N3TIR; [email protected]
Washington Amateur Communications is a non-profit organization that is dedicated to advancing the principles of Amateur Radio
while making it fun for all who participate. We have been affiliated with the ARRL for over 25 years. Our club call sign is
WA3COM. Because of our activity in promoting Amateur Radio, including conducting classes, public demonstrations, emergency
preparedness and training, studying technical advancements in radio and mentoring of new and soon-to-be hams, WACOM has
earned the designation of Special Service Club from the ARRL.
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WACOM General Meeting Minutes
6 February, 7:30 PM
Next WACOM meeting - 6 March 2014, 7:30 PM!
INSTALLING VHF & HF IN YOUR MOBILE...
WACOM February 2014 meeting called to order at 7:38 pm. 15 members in attendance.
General Information Dennis K3PSP new board member. Karen K3PUP new secretary.
Frank KB3AAG made some CW QSOs at sportsman show. Not much pedestrian traffic at the mall. May need to see if we can get involved with the boy scouts at the mall next year.
Rob KB3ZUS donated 4 desk top computers to the club, they are installed at the club room. Old Business
Norma has yearly treasurer report, also the 5 year report. If anybody would like to see the reports please come up after the meeting to view them.
Joe N3XE made a motion to except bob kc3ajm 2nd motion approved.
Sam W3CYO was able to bring hr60 back to life.
Bud N3TIR made a motion for SAM to have a tag put on the hr60 radio. Sam declined.
Members are encouraged to attend the Sportsman's Show to make QSO's either by phone, CW or just come to socialize.
Bill NY9H explained antenna that is being used at the Sportsman's Show. Club borrowed the Wilbur antenna mast from the county. Public relation material and candy sales set up.
General classes half way thru 8-10 in attending 2 people doing tech & general at the same time. Patty did a wonderful job with the food at the Christmas party.
New business Ham fest on February 23 in Castle Shannon for the Wash club corner of Rt. 88 and Grove road.
Future club events Run for Alex & Dayton 90 days away, Cub has tables once again if you what to sell anything.
This year the summer picnic will be a separated event from field day.
FT5ZM hard to find and work if any one, a lot of radio operators are creating QRM.
Ken AA3GM working on Feb ‘14 newsletter if anybody has anything they what to add please do so.
Bud will be taking pictures at the sportsman show and will send them to Ken AA3GM Vote to close meeting Don KB3YLR made motion Bob KC3AJM 2nd meeting adjourned at 8:02 pm
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2013-14 WACOM Upcoming Events Calendar Meetings, Contests & Other Significant Club Events (Subject to Change)
____________________________________________________
1-2 Mar 14, ARRL DX Contest-SSB http://www.arrl.org
6 Mar 14, WACOM Meeting at 7:30PM, Washington County Building
15 Mar 14, Breezeshooter’s Groundwave SSB, http://www.breezeshooters.net
29-30 Mar 14, CQ WPX Contest-SSB http://www.cqwpx.com
3 Apr 14, WACOM Meeting at 7:30PM, Washington County Building
27 Apr 14, Two Rivers ARC Hamfest http://www.trarc.net/trarc-hamfest
1 May 14, WACOM Meeting at 7:30PM, Washington County Building
16-18 May 2014, Dayton Hamvention http://www.hamvention.org
1 Jun 14, Breezeshooter’s Hamfest http://www.breezeshooters.net
5 Jun 14, WACOM Meeting at 7:30PM, Washington County Building
14-16 Jun 14, ARRL VHF Contest, http://www.arrl.org
28-29 Jun 14, ARRL FIELD DAY!! Near WACOM Clubhouse, http://www.arrl.org
_______________________________________________________
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WACOM HAM DX Corner—MARCH 2014 COURTESY: http://www.ng3k.com/Misc/adxo.html
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2014 Mar01 2014 Mar11 Christmas I VK9X [spots]
K7CO Di-rect
K7CO 20140106
By K7CO as VK9X/K7CO; 80-10m; SSB CW PSK31; QSL also OK via Club Log
2014 Mar01 2014 Mar28 Surinam PZ5VC [spots]
ON4AVT DXW.Net 20131108
By ON4AVT; mainly PSK
2014 Mar02 2014 Mar17 Aruba P4 [spots]
WA2NHA DXW.Net 20140120
By WA2NHA as P4/WA2NHA; HF; CW
2014 Mar03 2014 Mar10 Grenada J34G [spots]
G3PJT G3PJT
20131202
By G3PJT fm NA-024 (WLOTA 0718, FK92ca); QRV for RSGB Commonwealth Contest (Mar 8-9); holiday style operation outside contest
2014 Mar03 2014 Mar10 Maldives 8Q7EJ
[spots]
VA3RJ
20140307
By G3VDB fm Vilamendhoo I (AS-013); HF; CW SSB; holiday style operation; QRV for RSGB Com-monwealth Contest
2014 Mar03 2014 Mar12 Rwanda 9X0NH [spots]
LotW OPDX 20140210
By G3RWF fm Kigali; HF; CW, some SSB; 100w; inverted vee; QSL also OK via Club Log
2014 Mar04 2014 Mar19 Saba & St Eustatius
PJ6 [spots]
KB8RJ OPDX 20140120
By KB8RJ as PJ6/KB8RJ and WD8KUR as PJ6/WD8KUR fm Saba I (NA-145 WFF PAFF-027, WLOTA 2043); HF; Buddipole + dipoles; holiday style operation
2014 Mar05 2014 Mar10 Montserrat VP2M [spots]
LotW 425DXN 20140301
By M0PCB and M0SPF as VP2MXI (CW) and VP2MZR (SSB and RTTY) fm NA-103; QRV for RSGB Commonwealth Contest
2014 Mar06 2014 Apr02 Madeira CT9 [spots]
Home Call 425DXN 20140215
By DL3KWR as CT9/DL3KWR and DL3KWF as CT9/DL3KWF; focus on WARC bands; CW + digi-tal
2014 Mar07 2014 Mar14 Morocco CN2XA DL2DXA OPDX 20140309
By DL2DXA
2014 Mar07 2014 Mar15 Reunion
FR
OK2KG 425DXN 20140308
By OK2KG as FR/OK2KG; 40-10m; CW SSB; holiday style operation; QSL OK via Buro or direct
2014 Mar07 2014 Mar31 Togo 5V7DX
[spots]
LotW OPDX 20140309
By I1FQH fm Kpalime Village; focus on 12 10m; mainly CW, some SSB; QSL also OK via I1FQH, Buro or direct; exact end date unclear
2014 Mar08 2014 Mar14 Palau T88XT [spots]
VK3BY 425DXN 20140301
By VK3BY fm OC-009; 80-6m; SSB; QSL OK via Buro or direct, also eQSL
2014 Mar10 2014 Mar18 Belize V31SQ [spots]
KC1SQ KC1SQ
20140201 By KC1SQ; sailboat mobile out of Placencia
2014 Mar10 2014 Mar23 Sri Lanka 4S7 [spots]
LotW DXW.Net 20131106
By DK1BT DH7KU DJ6TF DK1BT DK7LX DL4WK DL7DF DL7UFN DL7UFR SP3CYY SP3DOI as 4S7DRG, 4S7FRG and 4S7LXG; 160-6m; CW SSB RTTY PSK31 RTTY; 4 sta-
2014 Mar11 2014 Mar23 Guadeloupe FG FE11DX DXW.Net 20140220
By F6ARC as FG/F6ARC fm NA-102; focus on WARC + low bands; CW; holiday style opera-tion; QSL OK via REF Buro or direct
2014 Mar12 2014 Mar29 Curacao PJ2 DK5ON DK5ON 20131009
By DK5ON as PJ2/DK5ON fm SA-099; 80-6m; SSB RTTY PSK CW
WACOM HAM DX Corner—MARCH 2014 COURTESY: http://www.ng3k.com/Misc/adxo.html
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2014 Mar13 2014 Mar18 Aruba P4 Home Call
DXW.Net 20131218
By JR3QFB as P40JH and JS6RRR as P40R; 160-6m; all modes
2014 Mar13 2014 Mar26 Chatham I ZL7 OE2SNL OE2SNL 20131114
By OE2SNL as ZL7/OE2SNL fm OC-038; 80-10m; focus on RTTY, also CW
2014 Mar14 2014 Mar16 Jersey MJ5Z LotW M0CFW 20140220
By M0CFW; QRV for Russian DX Contest and BARTG RTTY Contest; QSL also OK via
2014 Mar14 2014 Mar20 Tonga A35JP LotW DXW.Net 20140226
By JA0RQV fm Nuku'alofa, Tongatapu I (OC-049); 80-6m; CW SSB; QSL also OK via JA0RQV,
2014 Mar14 2014 Apr03 Lesotho 7P8PB
LotW
EI7CC 20140304
By EI7CC; fm 7P8CC; holiday style operation; QSL also OK via EI7CC, EI Buro or direct
2014 Mar14 2014 Apr11 Tanzania 5H3MB LotW 425DXN 20140201
By IK2GZU fm Ilembula; QSL also OK via IK2GZU, Buro or direct
2014 Mar15 2014 Mar21 Myanmar XZ1Z
JH1AJT
JH1AJT 20140309
By JH1AJT; focus on high bands; spare time oper-ation
2014 Mar15 2014 Mar22 Cayman Is ZF2MT LotW DXW.Net 20140117
By W4VAB; HF; CW PSK31; QSL OK via eQSL
2014 Mar15 2014 Mar22 Norfolk I VK9NF K8NF DXW.Net 20140211
By NL8F; mainly digital; may use VK9N/NL8F
2014 Mar16 2014 Mar19 Mozambique C91GR ZS6AYU ZS6AYU 20140228
By ZS6AYU; 40-10m; CW; 350w; vertical; holiday style operation
2014 Mar16 2014 Apr08 Reunion FR F5MNW DXW.Net 20140214
By F5MNW as FR/F5MNW; HF; CW
2014 Mar19 2014 Apr01 Br Virgin Is VP2V Home Call
SP9FIH 20140122
By SP2FUD as VP2V/SP2FUD, SP6AXW SP6CIK SP9FIH SP9WZS likewise fm Anegada (NA-023, FK78ur); 160-6m; SSB RTTY CW
2014 Mar20 2014 Apr01 Austral Is TX6G LotW G3XTT
20131203 Fm Raivavae I (OC-114); all bands; CW SSB RTTY; QSL also OK via G3TXF and ClubLog
2014 Mar20 2014 Apr01 Chatham Is ZL7AAA VE7NY VE7NY
20140207 By ZS1FJ VE7NY OE2SNL ZL1GMB; HF; SSB CW RTTY
2014 Mar21 2014 Apr04 Mayotte TO7BC DL7BC DXW.Net 20130908
By DL7BC; 20-10m, perhaps 40m; QSL OK via DARC Buro or direct; QRV for CW WPX SSB Contest
2014 Mar23 2014 Mar30 Andaman Is VU4K W4VKU OQRS
DXW.Net 20140127
By W4VKU fm Port Blair; 40-10m, possibly 80m; SSB RTTY
2014 Mar23 2014 Mar31 Fiji 3D2FJ LotW VA3RJ
20130926 By K0UU fm Beqa I (OC-016, WLOTA 0215); 80-10m; CW; QSL also OK via K0UU direct
2014 Mar23 2014 Mar31 Togo 5V7 Home Call
PA3CWN 20140207
By F5MVB as 5V7MP and F5AOW as 5V7BJ; QSL OK via REF Buro or direct (US$2 or 1 IRC,
2014 Mar28 2014 Apr09 Mellish Reef VK9MT M0URX 425DXN By team; OQRS available
CQ WW WPX Contest, SSB (Mar 29-30, 2014) Check here for pericontest activity too.
2014 Mar29 2014 Apr05 Cape Verde Is D44TEG HB9EBT DXW.Net 20140301
By HB9EBT fm Tarrafal, Santiago I (AF-005); 20-10m; CW PSK RTTY; QSL OK via Buro or direct
WACOM’s VE Test Session Welcomes Three New General
Class Amateur Radio Operators—CONGRATULATIONS!!
A new General Class Ham!
Alan—KB3ZYJ with Bill—NY9H
Sam—W3CYO, Paul W3PLP, Jim—
AA3JK, Dave N3IDH, and Don KB3YLR
Ben Kirchner—KB3MDO
Another new General Class Ham!
New General Class Ham Don Miller—
KB3YKL with Don—KB3YLR
Taking the BIG Exam….
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WACOM members seen at WASHfest 2014
(some photos courtesy of The WASHRAG—WACOM thanks you!)
The WACOM Table Norma—N3YJJ and John—N3MSE
Dave—N3IDH Ken—AA3GM feeding his face
with a good hot dog
Norma—N3YJJ
Bud, N3TIR at his table
Jim—KC3HW working his candy-selling magic Bud—N3TIR
A small collection of the QSL cards received from the 2014 W3S
Washington County Sportsman Show Special Event Station
A letter to the Editor
Because of his vast efforts in building up the profile and importance of Amateur Radio in Washing-ton County, our president, Bill Steffey (NY9H),
needs to be recognized. As a result, through his generosity, creativity and enthusiasm, the WACOM group now has their own Club House, which all members can be proud of. He has also worked tirelessly on behalf of our Club by finding volunteers from our group and helping us with of our own local projects.
I have always found Bill to act in an im-partial way and to be a great source whenever I needed advice, research or in-formation to help deal with the odd is-sues that I have encountered as Board member of this Club. His input has al-ways been fair, educational and of great value.
To encourage the Amateur commu-nity to get involved in the new mode of Echo-Link System, he established linking systems.. He has quietly gone about his business keeping the system alive and running. Somehow, the system appears to be magically there for anyone to use! He has always been very pleasant to deal with, no matter how difficult the ques-tions being asked sound to him. If he de-tects complete frustration in a call for help, and he can't solve the problem over the phone, he has been known to drop by and work his magic to make things go the way they should! Despite his busy re-tirement schedule, he continues to keep
up to date with developing technology and has been instrumental in getting our Internet Gateway up and running. His continuing efforts have kept our present system on the leading edge!
He has always gone out of his way to help out new or visiting hams. He has traveled many miles to help a new ham to build a new antenna, give info or help with the odd technical difficulties that a new ham will run into from time to time.
He has even taken time out to conduct excellent class room instruction for new potential Amateur operators. He has also spent many hours working with other groups doing HAM related projects. i.e. Class room instructions, on the air ad-vice and special events, both as an opera-tor and in giving talks about Amateur Ra-dio, etc. He is very active on HF and his "countries worked" total is well over 300. He epitomizes the active HF Amateur.
He is one of a few world class operators He has always been there, by my side, whenever I needed him and is a great as-set and ambassador for our club and Am-ateur Radio.
He is, by the example he has quietly set, what Amateur Radio is all about.
Bud Plants
N3TIR
ARRL NEWS 13
CQ Names New Advertising Manager as Publisher Shifts Gears
03/06/2014
CQ Communications President Richard Ross, K2MGA, has announced the ap-pointment of David Chartock to head the company’s advertising department, effec-tive immediately. Chartock, who is not a ham, arrives “as the magazine charts new ground as a part-print, part-digital ‘hybrid’ publication covering the entire communi-cations hobby,” the CQ announcement said. As Editorial Director Rich Moseson, W2VU, explained, “The main print and digital edition of CQ continues to focus on Amateur Radio, while the online-only CQ Plus supplement to the digital edition of CQ covers the full spectrum of hobby ra-dio communications, from shortwave lis-tening and scanning to broadcast band DXing and more.”
Chartock succeeds Jon Kummer, WA2OJK, who became CQ’s advertising chief last fall. Kummer, who left in mid-February, faced a similar recalibration as the publish-er of Antique Radio Classified.
Chartock has more than 25 years’ experi-ence in publishing, both in editorial and sales positions. For 12 years he was editor of the trade magazine New York Con-struction News. Since 2002, he’s been an independent sales representative, working with start-up publications and the annual journal of New York’s Concrete Industry Board.
CQ announced recently that it’s still expe-riencing delays with its January and Febru-ary print editions, but that mail delivery of both issues was scheduled for mid-March. CQ has told its advertisers that a combined March/April issue of the magazine will follow “shortly thereafter,” before it re-sumes single-issue publication. Online edi-tions of the January and February issues of CQ are available for downloading and viewing.
In CQ’s February “Zero Bias” editorial, Moseson cited CQ readership numbers that were “not keeping pace” with growth in the number of ham radio licensees, and “the glacial pace of the overall economic recovery” among the reasons behind the CQ magazine’s delivery difficulties.
Word of the publications realignment came in December. Effective with the Feb-ruary 2014 issue of CQ, content from CQ’s three sister publications — Popular Com-munications, CQ VHF and WorldRadio Online — has been incorporated into CQ Plus. The print editions of Popular Com-munications and CQ VHF have been phased out, and WorldRadio Online no longer exists as a separate online publica-tion.
Hams’ Experimental VLF Signals Heard in UK & Europe
03/06/2014
In what’s believed to be a “first,” a very low
frequency (VLF) signal from a ham radio ex-
perimenter in New York was heard across the
Atlantic. Bob Raide, W2ZM, was transmitting
on 29.499 kHz under a Part 5 Experimental li-
cense, WH2XBA/1. His very slow-speed
(QRSS) CW signal was initially detected in the
UK just before 0000 UTC on March 3 by Paul
Nicholson, an SWL, and later by Mike Den-
nison, G3XDV, and Markus Vester, DK6NM, in
Germany. Nicholson also copied a 29.501 kHz
transmission from Dex McIntyre, W4DEX, in
North Carolina, operating as WH2XBA/4.
“In recent weeks a number of amateur tests
have been running from the USA to Europe
around 74 kHz and at 29.499 kHz using several
hundred watts to large antennas,” blogged Rog-
er Lapthorn, G3XBM. He said that signals on
74 kHz were “well copied,” but that “the sur-
prise” was detecting the 29.499 kHz signal. “As
far as I know, these 29.499 kHz VLF signals are
the first amateur VLF [transmissions] to span
the Atlantic — fantastic results by well-
equipped stations using suitable receivers and
good software.”
Warren Ziegler, K2ORS, who is on the Experi-
mental license as WH2XBA/2, told ARRL that
he and several other radio amateurs have ob-
tained Part 5 licenses to experiment on 500 kHz
and on 137 kHz. “It got so 137 kHz was becom-
ing routine, that my signal was copied hundreds
if not thousands, of times all around Europe,
North America, and South America,” he said.
Ziegler has been a participant in the ARRL-
sponsored experimental operations on 500
kHz as WD2XSH/23. He said Raide wanted to
be the first amateur signal to span the Atlantic
on VLF, which he defined as between 3 kHz
and 30 kHz, so Ziegler applied for and received
the WH2XBA Experimental grant, and included
Raide and four others on the license.
“I was ready,” Raide told ARRL. His transmit-
ter has a 3CX3000A7 tube in the final, running
grounded grid and generating 800 W. The effec-
tive isotropic radiated power (EIRP), however,
was estimated to be approximately 1 mW. To
operate on 10,000 meters, Raide has a 90 foot
vertical antenna using a reconfigured Zepp, fed
via a huge loading coil that is 4 feet tall, more
than 1 foot across and comprised of some 2000
feet of #14 wire. He employs a few thousand
feet of “chicken wire” for his radial system.
The transmission consisted of “XBA” sent at a
rate of 120 seconds (2 minutes) per dot and 360
seconds (6 minutes) per dash of CW. In the UK
Nicholson copied the signal on software using a
PC sound card with a preamplifier ahead of it.
His antenna is a pair of orthogonal loops, each
20 meters square, at ground level, transformer
coupled to the preamplifier.
“It is actually a makeshift temporary antenna
set up for a site test about 3 years ago,” Nichol-
son explained. This summer he hopes to rebuild
it with a larger area and more copper in the
loops to improve sensitivity “and steel guys to
make it sheep proof.”
Ziegler said German and UK experimenters
have been experimenting at frequencies below
9 kHz, which is unregulated. Stefan Schaefer,
DK7FC, was detected in Iceland — some 900
miles distant — while transmitting in this fre-
quency range to a kite-borne antenna.
— Thanks to Warren Ziegler, K2ORS, Bob Raide, W2ZM,
and Joe Craig, VO1NA
ARRL NEWS 14
42nd ANNUAL HAMFEST Sunday April 28, 2014 8 am – 2 pm
The Boston Spectrum – 6001 Smithfield Street. – Boston, PA 15135 ‘www.bostonspectrum.com’ - GPS: 40 18.7975 N -- 79 49.3278 W
Located In The Southern Suburbs of the Pittsburgh Pa Area, near McKeesport Pa. Travel Directions and Mobile Checkins: 146.73 MHz WA3PBD Repeater, and 146.52 MHz simplex.
Admission $5.00 (Children under 12 free when accompanied by an adult)
Exhibitors - 8 foot Tables Available At $10.00 each. Electricity Hookup available on a first come first served basis.
Advanced Exhibitor Registration Cutoff Date: April 18, 2014. - Setup: 5 am to 7:30 am. More Information and Exhibitor Registration: 412 203 2015 – Email: ‘[email protected]’.
Main Prizes – Door Prizes – 50/50 - Mobile Check In Prize 1st. Yaesu FT-857D HF/6m/2m/70cm Transceiver .
2nd. Yaesu FT-7900R 2m/70cm Transceiver. 3rd. MFJ-259C HF/VHF/220 MHz Antenna SWR Analyzer.
Other Prizes To Be Announced At Hamfest. Many prizes courtesy of GigaParts ‘www.gigaparts.com’, and A.R.R.L. ’ www.arrl.org’.
Surprise 11 am Door Prize Computer Prize
Apple IPad Air (16 GB) – WiFi Tablet Computer - Only 200 tickets available (Winners need not be present for Main Prizes, Computer Prize, or 50/50.)
(Winners must be present for Door Prizes, and Mobile Check In Prize)
Amateur Exam Testing Available More information: 412 203 2015 – Email: [email protected]
Sponsored by The Two Rivers Amateur Radio Club of McKeesport, Inc.
P.O. Box 225 – Greenock, PA 15047-0225 - http://www.trarc.net
Hot Breakfast And Lunch Available + Free Coffee
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Spouse: _____________________________ Spouse Call: __________________________
Spouse License Class: ________________________
In case of emergency, for what bands do you have equipment?
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Please return completed form and dues to:
WACOM c/o Norma Plants 236 chambers Ridge Road, West Alexander PA 15376
E- mail [email protected]
Dues: Individual $20 per year, Additional Family Members $10 each
2014
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