THE BLACK METAL MOUNTAIN REPEATER IS NOW LINKED TO MCARS

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1 London Bridge Amateur Radio Association MARCH 2015 THE BLACK METAL MOUNTAIN REPEATER IS NOW LINKED TO MCARS LBARA s repeater in now finally linked to the Mohave County-wide System. Thanks to the efforts of Tom Hutter, K7TJH, Dick Jernigan, W7DXJ, and Matt Krick, K3MK, many new improvements have been made to this repeater system. This machine is now linked to the K7MPR repeaters on Spirit Mountain, NV and Getz Peak, AZ. Coverage now includes Kingman, Bullhead City, and Lake Havasu City. LOCATIONS OF THE CURRENTLY LINKED REPEATER IN THE MCARS SYS- TEM COVERAGE AREAS OF THE CURRENT MCARS SYSTEM

2 LBARA MEETING SCHEDULE MONTH BOARD REGULAR FEB NOTE: BOARD 3/19 APR MEETINGS WILL NOW 4/16 MAY TAKE PLACE ONE 5/21 SEPT HOUR PRIOR TO THE 9/17 OCT REGULAR MEETING 10/15 MARCH PROGRAM Dana Dyer, Capt. Retired, WO1M In 1988 My wife Lynn and I decided we would attempt to do our part to help international relations with the Soviet Union. Three years later our first Russian visit began. In August 1991 when Lynn and I with daughter Meredith and son Benjamin were invited by an Aeroflot Russian Airline Pilot, pilot to visit his family in Russia. Our visit ended on August 19, 1991 when a coup deposed Gorbachev. We departed the country during the aftermath of fighting in Moscow. Over the next couple of years I returned to Russia three more times. During one of these visits I taught an Aeroflot flight crew about windshear avoidance, while I was a part of the first Russian-American dental conference. It was during my second visit that I met Russian Cosmonaut Anatoly Artsebarsky, Commander of the Russian Space Station Mir. We eventually invited each others son to visit with us in our own countries. Anatoly is a licensed ham radio operator and I will share some very interesting experiences with operations from the space station with his ICOM Hand Held. Dana has a lot of both ham, airborne radio and ground experience to share plus his foreign 3rd world communications with less than English speaking aircraft controllers, some exciting. Hope to see you at the March LBARA meeting with Q&A's. LOCAL REPEATERS LOCATION FREQUENCY OFFSET PL SYSTEM LAKE HAVASU CITY DOWN MCARS LINKED BULLHEAD CITY DOWN MCARS LINKED KINGMAN DOWN MCARS LINKED LAKE HAVASU CITY DOWN W7DXJ LAKE HAVASU CITY DOWN MCARS LINKED LAKE HAVASU CITY DOWN K7LHC LAKE HAVASU CITY DOWN K7LHC EOC HAVASU LANDING UP SB SHERIFF NEEDLES, CA UP SB SHERIFF LAKE HAVASU CITY DOWN WINLINK LAKE HAVASU CITY DOWN BARN SYSTEM 2

3 TOM HUTTER, K7TJH, INSTALLING WIR- ING AND DUPLEXERS REPEATER SYSTEM IN ITS NEW RACK VIEW OF THE REPEATER ON TOP OF BLACK METAL MOUNTAIN LOOKING TOWARD LAKE HAVASU CITY. PICTURE SHOWS THE REPEATER BUILDING AND THE ANTENNA SYSTEM. WELCOME TO THE LBARA NET The LBARA Net is up and running now. Join us every Tuesday night at 6:30 p.m. on the Club s new repeater. The repeater is on (-) with a PL of

4 MEET YOUR BOARD MEMBERS Bob Ideker, WB5VUH (ex-wa5ixm) was first licensed in 1963 and holds an Extra Class license. Bob and his wife, Marlene moved to Lake Havasu in 2012 after spending 3 months here on a winter vacation. He has 5 children and 12 grandchildren (no hams yet!). He retired after 41 years in the electric utility business as a Nuclear Licensing Analyst, Transmission Engineer, and coal fuel management for a 800 MW power plant. He was a Captain for 14 years in the US Army Signal Corp. He holds a BS in organizational management. As a ham he has been a Club President, Hamfest Chair, and was ARRL Arkansas Section Manager for eight years. He enjoys SSB, PSK, RTTY, Packet, and Echo- Link. He operates a Kenwood 570 into a dipole hidden in a restricted antenna neighborhood. He runs mobile with a ICOM 7000 into a Scorpion antenna. Bob has earned WAS and WAC certificates. NOTICE OF CLUB MANAGEMENT CHANGES With the resignations of Reiner Schick and Nancy Schick, LBARA is currently looking to fill the President and Secretary positions. If you have any interest, please contact myself or any Board member. Jerry France K7LY President, Pro Tem 4

5 2015 Arizona State Convention Kingman Hamfest Kingman, Arizona Oct 23 rd & 24th, 2015 Mohave County Fairgrounds 2600 Fairgrounds Blvd, Kingman, Arizona Check the Website for Additional Information Vendors & Exhibitors License Testing Door Prizes On-Site RV Camping Tailgating / Swap Meet DXCC Card Checking Raffle for Grand Prizes $5.00 Admission More info to be announced soon! The Kingman Hamfest is an American Radio Relay League (ARRL) sanctioned event. We are proud to have the Amateur Radio Council of Arizona (ARCA) as a sponsor of our event. Presented by the Mohave Amateur Radio Club Contact: Bill Smith bill_1021@gmail.com Kevin Walsh kd7hve@msn.com

6 SATURDAY MORNING S BREAKFAST HAS MOVED! You re all invited to join LBARA members for a great breakfast each and every Saturday morning at a new location, Peggy s Sunrise Café. Peggy s is located at 1584 Countryshire. Breakfast is served at 6 a.m. (or earlier if you want a good seat!) Most important, the food is great!!!! Upcoming Activities and Hamfests March 21, SCOTTSDALE AMATEUR RADIO CLUB HAMFEST, Scottsdale, AZ (details to follow) Are you looking to upgrade your license? Give our VE Exam Team a call. See Ed Gillespie, AB7EM at #

7 FOR SALE 811H Amplifier (includes 572 and 2 sets of 811 tubes) - $650 MFJ 989D Tuner (Versa Tuner V) $250 Yaesu FT-530 Handheld $75 Kenwood TH22AT Handheld $30 Alpha Delta DX-EE Antenna $60 Hustler HUS-GT -144 (w/manual) $100 For more information or to make offers please contact: Jackson Longaker (KF7MJC), or <jecookie@frontiernet.net> LBARA OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS Jerry France(K7LY) Open Tom Hutter (K7TJH) Open Dick Jernigan (W7DXJ) Doug Tebo(K9DLT) Charles Kotan (K0TAN) Cliff Baril (W7IRC) Jim Varner (AE6N) Jerry France (K7LY) Jerry France (K7LY) Doug Tebo(K9DLT) President Vice-President Treasurer Secretary Director (2 YR) Director (1 YR) Director (2 YR) Director (2 YR) Sgt-at-Arms Web Master Static Editor Membership Chair VISIT OUR WEBSITE FROM THE EDITOR If you have anything you would like to see included in these issues, please let me know. I m always looking for articles, news items, construction articles, or anything that might be of interest to our readers. You can contact me at or at grf@npgcable.com. 7

8 L.B.A.R.A P.O. BOX 984 LAKE HAVASU CITY ARIZONA ATTENTION READERS Please note that this issue represents a work-in-progress and there are a number of changes to be made in subsequent issues. I would greatly appreciate your comments, both good and bad, as well as any suggestions for future issues. This issue also begins our first attempt to deliver the STATIC to your doorstep electronically. Please keep me abreast of any address changes you may have and I promise to have this delivered promptly and accurately. Also, I still have a number of articles awaiting publication and will do so in the future. This is your newsletter, so keep the articles, letters, and pictures coming. I can be reached at home ( ) or via at grf@npgcable.com. EQUIPMENT FOR SALE EDITOR S NOTE : List your items for sale here. Ham radio related only, please. Include a picture if you like (please use a jpg format). all to me at grf@npgcable.com) along with your name and phone number. 8