The QSX Newsletter. Nov Volume 51, Issue 11

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1 The QSX Newsletter Nov Volume 51, Issue 11 Calendar of Events: Nov. 11, 2010 General meeting, 7:30 pm. Verdugo Hills Hospital, 1801 Verdugo Blvd. Montrose, Ca NOVEMBER 10: PREZ SEZ Time for Some Juicy Morsels as a Prelude to (your) Thanksgiving Feast and Our Holiday Party!! South Pole & PAC-12: The October meeting was the success that was predicted. Erik, KO6OL gave a great talk, mentally accessible even to nonastronomers. Jason and Mike distributed nearly all of the PAC-12 Antenna Kits that they and Russell created. Great Job. Calendar: Remember our membership meeting on Veterans Day, the 11th at the usual place. Eric from HRO will be featured as he is every year, tempting us with the new toys of the year. There should also be a GEARS meeting at the EOC on the 17th at Montrose Holiday Parade is first Saturday of December, the 4th, and volunteer communicators are needed. Contact Joe Pardo, j here@ca.rr.com, or Joe Wilke, jwilke@ci.glendale.ca.us 1 Holiday Annual Party: Thursday, December 9 at the Church, probably around 7:00-7:30. Start thinking about some modest (under ten bucks) but desirable item to bring for the yearly whacko auction. Pot Luck contributions: If the first letter after your call sign 6 or 7 designator is A-H, please bring a (maybe hot) Side Dish accompaniment to the Club's turkey and ham; if the first letter is I thru P bring a Dessert; if Q thru Zed bring a Salad. Also bring non-alcoholic beverages for yourself and to share. BTW new "Conrad's" owner Peter will provide a cooked bird for us as in past years. PAC-12 News: Now how to use the PAC-12? Joe used Prez antenna and 20m coil for Boy Scout JOTA and reportedly had good success, with a 100W rig. Mike has an MFJ 20m single-bander that he s used successfully with his antenna. The MFJ puts out approximately 20W. We re still thinking of having QRP or maybe just PAC-12s in the Park, maybe a Saturday lunch event at Deuk, along with some pizza. A Low-Power Portable Linear? I like the idea of a portable station, so I bought a well-used 817 from which I ve yet to make an HF contact, but I m looking ahead to next Field Day and think I d like more power than 5W, so I ve been searching for

2 small modest-power but not QRP linear amps. Hard to find. Nothing great in QST or the Handbook that I found. VOILA: found a site called hfprojects dot com. They recently sold out of a $250 kit, 3x3x5 inches if I remember correctly, that puts out up to 35W. The inventor is taking sign-ups for the new v.4 edition and I signed up as #13 but don t know how many signups are needed before it s worthwhile to re-issue. Maybe this appeals to you, too. Check it out. Also, by Googling FT-817 accessories you will be led to several sites about the FT and other issues & gear, like batteries, solar chargers etc. that relate to portable operation. Officer Elections: Remember, under The New Regime, nominations will be held at the January meeting, Elections and Installations at the February 2011 meeting, and then it s four (4) meetings til Field Day. In 2011 we won t have to figure everything out for the first time, and we ve asked for the 2011 reservation for the Park, thru Gears, from the City.They Aren t Golden Parachutes, But They Are Nets: Ed, TAV encourages your call-in on the 440 Rptr Sundays between 1950 and 2000 hours, for the No Chit- Chat Net and then stick around for the What s Goin On? Net on 2m immediately thereafter. Ed s nets have lasted up to an hour, sometimes more, and it s our duty to keep him on the air for the maximum possible time. The 2m net features our club Meteorologist Bob, WXH delivering the weekly Weather Report from Hell (i.e. Bob s garage shack) a perfect example of generating schadenfreude (the perfect German concept, of course, which is the guilty pleasure at the misfortunes of others), in knowing that no matter what it is, the weather is always worse at Bob s place. Hope to CU at the meeting. 73, Mark, KF6YAN. Transponder Net news: We had an excellent turnout for the November Transponder Net despite the fact that the UK had already turned their clocks back while we had yet to do it in the U.S. Because of that, our UK 2 participants joined in at 4:15PM rather than the usual 5:15PM time. For a change our technical difficulties were on the digital side and not the analog and RF side. In the U.S. we were slightly hampered by packet loss - a new difficulty for us - possibly due to some strain on the internet gateway for the GB3NS repeater. While there were 2 and 3 second dropouts, we were able to get the gist of the communication and hope that it will not be an issue on future nets. Special thanks goes out to Mark Kanzler (KE6ZRP) for noticing that his node radio had a problem and making a rushed trip to his office (where the radio and link exist) and replacing the radio. Our problems on previous nets were due to an intermittent CTCSS board in his radio. The CVRC Repeaters put out a Hz CTCSS signal (to help mute out other co-channeled repeaters on the same pairs). The receiver was capturing the received signal from the repeater and then losing it as the CTCSS board warmed up. Now we know! Participants included: U.S. AD6IZ/M KE6ZRP/M K6POI W6MW/8 U.K. G8JAC G3ZMF KL7UK Echolink) M0JXN G4WYJ Larry Mark (Motorcycle Mobile) Tim (via Echolink) Mark (via Echolink) Andy Frank Laurence (from Oklahoma via Paul (via Echolink) Jim Jim had just returned from a trip to the Los Angeles area to visit the San Bernadino Microwave Society. He dropped into Ham Radio Outlet in Burbank and had the sales manager, Eric call me from there just to say "hello". Unfortunately I was at a doctor's appointment and missed the call, but we wish that Jim had been able to attend a CVRC meeting or join some Club

3 Members for a meal. CVRC extends an invitation to all CATS members: Give us plenty of notice and we will arrange a chance to get together while you are in the LA area. Our meetings are on the Second Thursday of every month (except August) at 7:30PM. Please join us! Our next Net will be on the first Saturday in December at 9:15AM Los Angeles Time and 17:15 in the UK. 73 de Mark W6MW Guest Speaker: We have Eric Christensen, Mister HRO, confirmed as our speaker at the next General Meeting, Thursday the 11th of November. Everybody knows Eric, so I don't need to list his credits here. He'll be showing us the many new toys that we might want to have under our trees for the Holidays... all too quickly approaching. Aaaaaand, please join us at Fratelli's, just down the block, for a no-host dinner with the star of the show before the show starts... say, around 5:45p. Please feel free to join us even if you're only planning to have desert or coffee with us. Should be good!! See ya there, Ray, AD6RJ, Speaker Chair and Tim, K6POI, Assistant Speaker Wrangler 73, Tim, K6POI W1AW 2010/2011 Winter Operating Schedule: from W1AW Bulletin via the ARRL on November 8, 2010 Website: Add a comment about this article! W1AW 2010/2011 Winter Operating Schedule: ZCZC AG25 QST de W1AW ARRL Bulletin 25 ARLB025 >From ARRL Headquarters Newington CT November 8, 2010 To all radio amateurs SB QST ARL ARLB025 ARLB025 W1AW 2010/2011 Winter Operating Schedule 3 Morning Schedule: Time Mode Days UTC (9 AM EST) CWs Wed, Fri 1400 UTC (9 AM EST) CWf Tue, Thu Daily Visitor Operating Hours: 1500 UTC to 1700 UTC - (10 AM to 12 PM EST) 1800 UTC to 2045 UTC - (1 PM to 3:45 PM EST) (Station closed 1700 to 1800 UTC (12 PM to 1 PM EST)) Afternoon/Evening Schedule: 2100 UTC (4 PM EST) CWf Mon, Wed, Fri 2100 " " CWs Tue, Thu 2200 " (5 PM EST) CWb Daily 2300 " (6 PM EST) DIGITAL Daily 0000 " (7 PM EST) CWs Mon, Wed, Fri 0000 " " CWf Tue, Thu 0100 " (8 PM EST) CWb Daily 0200 " (9 PM EST) DIGITAL Daily 0245 " (9:45 PM EST) VOICE Daily 0300 " (10 PM EST) CWf Mon, Wed, Fri 0300 " " CWs Tue, Thu 0400 " (11 PM EST) CWb Daily Frequencies (MHz) CW: DIGITAL: VOICE: Notes: CWs = Morse Code practice (slow) = 5, 7.5, 10, 13 and 15 WPM CWf = Morse Code practice (fast) = 35, 30, 25, 20, 15, 13 and 10 WPM CWb = Morse Code Bulletins = 18 WPM CW frequencies include code practices, Qualifying Runs and CW bulletins. DIGITAL = BAUDOT (45.45 baud), BPSK31 and MFSK16 in a revolving schedule. Code practice texts are from QST, and the source of each practice is given at the beginning of each practice and at the beginning of alternate speeds. On Tuesdays and Fridays at 2330 UTC (6:30 PM EST), Keplerian Elements for active amateur satellites are sent on the regular digital frequencies.

4 A DX bulletin replaces or is added to the regular bulletins between 0100 UTC (8 PM EST) Thursdays and 0100 UTC (8 PM EST) Fridays. In a communications emergency, monitor W1AW for special bulletins as follows: Voice on the hour, Digital at 15 minutes past the hour, and CW on the half hour. All licensed amateurs may operate the station from 1500 UTC to 1700 UTC (10 AM to 12 PM EST), and then from 1800 UTC to 2045 UTC (1 PM to 3:45 PM EST) Monday through Friday. Be sure to bring your current FCC amateur radio license or a photocopy. The W1AW Operating Schedule may also be found on page 102 in the October 2010 issue of QST or on the web at, NNNN /EX Source: W1AW Bulletin via the ARRL. ARRL Field Day: 2010 Results Are Now Online: If you can't wait to get your December issue of QST in the mail to see how you did in the 2010 ARRL Field Day, don't worry! The results -- including a copy of the QST article Day20QST.pdf (with line scores) and a results database -- are now available on the ARRL Web site. Be sure to also check out the 193 comments in the Field Day Soapbox It's not too soon to start making plans for next year -- the 2011 ARRL Field Day is scheduled for June 25-26, Source: The ARRL Letter ARRL Field Day: 2010 Results Are Now Online: from The ARRL Letter on November 4, 2010 Website: Add a comment about this article! Item Repeater Petty Cash Maintenance Fund General CVRC Fund Gift Certificate Fund TOTAL CHECKING ACCOUNT BALANCE Total of Checking Account + Petty Cash $20.81 $1, $1, $ $3, $3, Income from Dues Donations to General Fund Income From Drawing TOTAL INCOME $20.81 $1, $1, $ $3, $3, (EXPENSES) 4

5 Telephone Bank Charges Post Office Mail Box Rental (1yr) $40.00 $40.00 $40.00 TOTAL EXPENSES $40.00 $0.00 $40.00 $40.00 $20.81 $1, $1, $ $3, $3, Total Assets SAVINGS ACCOUNT $50.00 $3, Contact information: President Mark Gershen, KF6YAN, VP Larry Cohen, AD6IZ Secretary Walter Bonazza, W6NYW Treasurer Mike Litchman,KF6KXG Repeater Dave Bellinger, KO6TD Trustee Larry Cohen, AD6IZ Trustee Mark West, W6MW Editor Mark Kanzler, KE6ZRP Mail: CVARC, P.O. Box 854, La Canada, Ca Website: 5

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