The Aero Aerial. Ham Radio On The WEB Update. Hanna ECOMM Dodges Bullet. Newsletter of The Aero Amateur Radio Club Middle River, Maryland

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1 The Aero Aerial Volume 5, Issue 0 October 2008 Newsletter of The Aero Amateur Radio Club Middle River, Maryland Inside this issue: Ham Websites Hanna Night of Nights 2 Public Service/ECOMM Nett Reports Ham Radio On The WEB Update Station Activites Calendar 4 Info 5 A few years ago the Aerial published an article about Amateur Radio WebSites on the Internet. In that time some sites have come and gone as their sponsors either disbanded or became Silent Keys. New sites have emerged to fill the gap as well. So to bring our readers up to speed, here is a list of current popular Ham Radio websites. but is now a site where users can converse with each other and comment on the happenings of the day. Another similar site is which provides many of the features of QRZ but also is a source for product reviews. Of course don t overlook the Aero site at Al, KROJ, does a great job keeping the club site up to speed. A site offering web hosting for amateur radio is E-QSL offers electronic logging and QSLing at Some the reader may already know. Others are new to the scene. A good site for taking online practice exams is com. Of course there is the ARRL at A good resource for general amateur radio information. Then there is com, which started as a call sign database look-up service Locally of course there is the Baltimore Amateur Radio Club site at The Baltimore Radio Amateur Television Society can be found at Hanna ECOMM Dodges Bullet All eyes were on Tropical Storm Hanna as it traveled up the East Coast September 5-7. Although this storm was not a hurricane memories of Isabel loomed large for Baltimore County Emergency Management. Baltimore County RACES operators were put on alert while local officials monitored the storm s progress. Most communications to the RACES staff was done via with periodic bulletins of the storm s status was passed to the various teams. Hanna passed through the Baltimore area with mostly rain and moderate winds, but the anticipated coastal flooding did not materialize. Since shelters were not needed, RACES operators were sent a stand down message.

2 Page 2 The Aero Aerial WPGA GETS QSL From Ship to Shore Station KPH Every July 2th the Maritime Radio Museum sponsors an on the air special event called Night of Nights. The idea is to bring CW operation back to the Maritime bands if only for one night. The shore stations call CQ, send bulltines and even hanlde traffic from and to the ships at sea on the commerical circuits. Amateur Radio operators and shortwave listeners are also invited to peraticipate by sending swl reports to the stations they hear. There is even an amateur radio station, K6PHS that amateurs can contact. On the night of July 2th., Frank ACP and Pat ACF fired up the IC-706 MKII G to listen to the festivities. Local QRM made it impossible to hear the amateur station, but the higher power commercial stations could be copied with no problem. In additin to sending signal reports from Middl;e River under their own calls, Frank and Pat included on for the club call WPGA. In response Aero received an RCA Radiogram.

3 Volume 5, Issue 0 Page Public Service/Ecomm Help is needed for the following Public Service Events. NCVA at ncva@hotlmail.com to volunteer. October 4th, the American Diabetes Association 2008 Step Out Baltimore will take place at M&T Bank Stadium with the route running through the Federal Hill area. The event runs from 8 a.m. to noon. Contact Frank ACP to volunteer. Baltimore County RACCES resumed monthly drill on Tuesday September 9th with an allhands exercise to test the radio stations at all the hospitals, the health department, colleges and EOC. October th, the Baltimore Marathon runs as an all day event. Help is needed for 26 aid stations. Contact Ian Joe WBFMT covered Essex Community College. Frank ACP checked out Franklin Square Hospital. Doug AIG returned to St. Joseph s Hospital to oversee Net Reports 2 meter Net 0 meter Net WBFMT (NCS) WBFMT (NCS) AIG KASNY WVRD KBPGN ACP ACP KBJDE WJEH KASNY Station Activities WVRD battened down the hatches in preparation for Tropical Storm Hanna. NDD has a new 2nd harmonic. WASWA is pushing GS cookies again. TNX to Bob for gettng the hats. WJDF is sporting a new mobile. WBFMT has a new nanometer receiver. Everything is peachy for KBPGN and KASNY. An search party is being formed to find KROJ or the secret bunker he is updating the WEBsite from. operations there. For information concerning Baltimore County RACES send an to ajx@arrl.net.

4 October 2008 S U N M O N T U E W E D T H U F R I S A T Meeting Coffman s 7:0 p.m. 2 4 ADA Walk 5 CARAfest Howard Fairgrounds Meter Net 9 0 Balto. Marathon Meeting Coffmans 7:0 p.m Meter Net 8 pm cm Net 0 Mason/Dixon Hamfest Westminster

5 This would be a good place to insert a short paragraph about Aero ARC your organization. It might include the purpose of the organization, its mission, founding date, and a brief history. You could also include a brief list of the types of products, services, or programs your organization offers, the geographic area covered (for Primary Business Address Your Address Line 2 Your Address Line Your Address Line 4 Phone: Fax: xyz@microsoft.com example, westernthe U.S.AERO or European markets), and a profile of AMATUER RADIO CLUB ABOUT Meetings: First and Third Wednesdays p.m. at Coffman s Diner served. the typesatof7:0 customers or members (Middle River and Orem s Rd.) It would Nets: See Local Area Net Schedule also be useful to include a contact name for readers Repeaters: WPGA (47.24 MHz who -want / more MHz information -) about the organization. WEBSITE: Your business tag line here. Officers Joe Miko WBFMT President Doug Emer AIG Vice-President Frank Stone ACP Recording Secretary W E R E OACF N T H E Corresponding WE B! Pat Stone Secretary Warren WJDF E X A MHartman P L E. M I C R O S OTreasurer F T. CO M Ron Distler WJEH Property Mgr Back Page Story Headline Day Time 2nd Tues 2nd Wed. 4th Wed 5th Wed. VE Testing Repeater Public Service ECOMMS Contests Trustee Field Day Webmaster Archivist Committees Pat Stone ACF Phil Hock WVRD Frank Stone ACP Joe Miko WBFMT Doug Emer AIG Frank Stone ACP Bob Landis WASWA Al Alexander KROJ Joe Miko WBFMT LOCAL AREA NETS Frequency (MHz) 9 0 am :0 p.m :0 7 p.m p.m. and 0 p.m..64 7:0 p.m NET NAME ORIOLE Net Maryland Emergency Phone Net Baltimore Traffic Net Maryland/DC/Delaware Traffic Net Baltimore County RACES COMMEX