January 2018 CEDAR VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB

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1 BANDSPREAD January 2018 CEDAR VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB Next Meeting: ursday, 11th January 6:30 PM A R E D N Amateur Radio Emergency Data Network Kenwood Park United Methodist Church th St. NE, Cedar Rapids, IA Updoming Programs: Stay tuned! I : CVARC is associated with the Linn County Emergency Management Agency and the ARRL.

2 ABOUT CVARC: e Cedar Valley Amateur Radio Club is a regional group promoting amateur radio activities in the Cedar Rapids, Iowa area. CVARC is a non-pro t corporation registered in the state of Iowa. CVARC meets on the second ursday of each month in the Kenwood Park Methodist Church at 7:00 PM, Central Time. e meeting consists of club business and a program. e programs tend to be amateur oriented but we occasionally host a general interest topic. Watch the website at www. W0GQ.org or the BANDSPREAD for the topic. All are welcome at these meetings, neither membership nor amateur radio license is required. CVARC AFFILIATIONS: Amateur Radio Relay League (ARRL) Linn County Amateur Radio Emerg. Svs. (ARES) Linn County Emergency Management Agency CVARC ACTIVITIES: Sponsor and present the premier Hamfest of Eastern Iowa, in August Participation in the Annual ARRL Field Day Event Publish a monthly newsletter known as the BANDSPREAD Participate in a number of Public Service Activities in the Cedar Rapids area Support and Participate in the Storm Watch Net operated by the Linn County ARES organization Hold social functions during the year, including the annual Holiday Party and Picnic Sponsor a complete ham station at Linn County Emergency Management HQ. Conduct classes for Technician and higher licenses each year Sponsor VE testing three times a year Maintain the MHz repeater in Cedar Rapids Send items via at cvarcbrd@w0gq.org to any board member listed in the directory on the next page (3). B A N D S P R E A D CONTRIBUTORS WELCOME Have an idea or story you want to share? A better way of doing things? How bout some comments, good or bad? en let us at BANDSPREAD know. Contact the editor via at Mmassell@aol.com. Deadline for submissions to the next addition of the BANDSPREAD to be determined by the Editor. POLICY STATEMENT: Renew your ads, or they get dropped at the end of the month. Any Ham can submit ads. You don t have to be a member. TNX. CORRECTIONS, CHANGES, UPDATES Please contact Tim Busch, N0CKR, via at timcfi@ yahoo.com, to notify of any changes to: address, mail address, telephone or callsign. HOW DO I RECEIVE THE BANDSPREAD? The BANDSPREAD is only available in PDF format via and on the CVARC website, at org/newsletters/. Back issues are organized in annual subdirectories. I out the BANDSPREAD as a PDF attachment to an that I send out monthly. If you want to receive the BANDSPREAD via and aren t now, me Mmassell@aol.com with your address and I ll add it to the list. e notice of the BANDSPREAD will still be sent out via from our webmaster once the BANDSPREAD is posted to the website. 2

3 B A N D S P R E A D The Voice of the Cedar Valley Amateur Radio Club Updates / Changes in RED Position Cedar Valley Amateur Radio Club Phone Bandspread Staff Editor Mike Massell, KDØLMB Mmassell@aol.com CVARC Officers President Scott Haney, NØGUD n0gud@arrl.net Vice-President Dave Wilson, KØRN krk9840@msn.com Treasurer Shelley Massell, KDØRWN Smassell@aol.com Secretary Tom Hess, KDØHF tomhess8@gmail.com Information Director Michael Belz, NØAOE n0aoe@mchsi.com Membership/Promotion Director Tim Busch, NØCKR timcfi@yahoo.com Program Director David Layher WAØPCC WA0PCC@arrl.net Emergency Preparedness Dir. William Sondermann, NØAGL sondo2121@gmail.com Communications Activities Director Eric Watson, KØECW k0ecw@arrl.net CVARC Appointments Station Trustee David Peterson, KCØALC kc0alc@arrl.net VE Manager Darrel Peterson, WAØKHH wa0khh@juno.com Training/Education Committee Hamfest Chairman Tim Busch, NØCKR timcfi@yahoo.com ARRL Appointments Dist 6 Emergency Coordinator Scott Haney, NØGUD n0gud@arrl.net Linn County Emer.Coordinator Scott Haney, NØGUD n0gud@arrl.net ARRL IA Section Tech Coordinator Don R Davison KBØCAQ davison46@mchsi.com ARRL Midwest Div. Vice Dir. Art Zygielbaum KØAIZ ARRL Midwest Division Dir Rod Blocksome, KØDAS k0das@arrl.org ARRL Midwest Division Asst. Dir Tim Busch, NØCKR timcfi@yahoo.com ARRL Iowa Section Manager Bob McCaffery, KØCY pharmboybob@gmail.com ARRL Volunteer Consulting Eng. Steve Sawyers, NAØIA ARRL Iowa Section Traffic Manager Lee Garner, WA0UIG WA0UIG@gmail.com Net Directory MHz PL New Ham Net 6:00 p.m. Sundays MHz 3900 Club 8:45 a.m. Sundays MHz (alt PL) Linn County ARES Net 7:00 p.m. Sundays MHz (-600 KHz CTCSS192.8) Johnson County Sunday Net 7:30 p.m. Sundays MHz (-600Khz; PL tone 77.0 Hz) Jones County ARES Net 8:00 p.m. Sundays 3560 KHz TLCN (CW Section) 6:30 & 10:00 p.m. Daily 3970 KHz Iowa 75 Meter Net (SSB) 12:30 & 6:00 p.m. Mon Sat REF053A Iowa D-STAR Net 8:30 p.m. Saturdays WWW Addresses CVARC Web Page: W0GQ.org ARES Web Page: Want ads & articles are accepted from all amateurs, members or not, at no charge! Submissions must be sent to: CVARC PO Box 2352 Cedar Rapids, IA Or to Mmassell@aol.com Meeting place is indicated on the cover with program information. For Club membership send, Name, Call, Address, Phone number, ARRL Status (Yearly, Life, or not a member), willing or not to be on call for Storm Watch and emergency situations and dues to CVARC address above. Yearly Dues, PAYABLE JAN 1: $10 Regular or Family, $5 under 18yrs of age, After July 1: $5 for all 3

4 President s Message Scott Haney, CVARC President N0GUD Greetings, all and sundry! A new year is upon us, and that means it s time for our annual elections. Per the club s by-laws, the President serves a oneyear term, so that s on the agenda for our next meeting. Anyone who has served on the Board of Directors in any office in the past is eligible. All other Board positions have two-year terms. Per bylaws, the offices up in 2018 are Vice President, Secretary, Information Director, and Emergency Preparedness Director. Any CVARC member is eligible to hold one of these offices. Feel free to ask any current or past office holders what they think of the job! I m glad to announce the date of the 2018 National Weather Service Spotter Training: 17 March! Yes, it s three weeks later than usual it was hard to get all the various schedules worked out this year. But everything else remains the same, including St Mark s (which has been a fabulous venue for us), and the start time of 1 PM. More information will come out in the next few weeks, so stay tuned! It was great to see so many of you at our annual dinner at Scott s. I thought the staff did a great job. If you agree, feel free to drop them a note sometime. I m sure they d love to hear it, particularly since one of their staff is the daughter of a former member of CVARC, KB9CEF! She s recently returned to the area and was happy to see many familiar faces. 73, N0GUD Emergency Coordinator, Linn Co. & Iowa District 6 DECEMBER 14, 2017 CVARC BOARD MINUTES e December 2017 CVARC Board of Directors Meeting was held on ursday, December 14, at Scott s Restaurant. President Scott, N0GUD called the board meeting to order at 6:22 PM. is was the annual CVARC Holiday dinner so no reports were received and no business was conducted. Motion made, seconded and approved to adjourn at 6:23 PM. Respectfully submitted by N0GUD Scott Haney for Tom Hess, Secretary DECEMBER 14, 2017 CVARC MEETING MINUTES e December 2017 CVARC General Meeting was held on ursday, December 14, at Scott s Restaurant. President Scott, N0GUD called the general meeting to order at 6:23 PM. is was the annual CVARC Holiday dinner so no reports were received and no business was conducted. Motion made, seconded and approved to adjourn at 6:23 PM. About 60 people attended the dinner. Respectfully submitted by KD0HF, Tom Hess, Secretary. DMR Repeater begins on the air testing (yes... finally!) By David Peterson KC0ALC I have been testing a solution for the repeater ID for a few days now and it has been showing promise. In order to do the next round of testing I will be putting the repeater on the air at my QTH while I am building and testing the nal cables/circuits, working on the integration of an external controller into the system and verifying that the ID keeps working as expected. I have a spare set of duplexer cans so it will be a fully functional repeater and my QTH should have enough elevation to cover at least some of CR, (I live on the SW side of CR near Kirkwood and approximately the same elevation as Mt. Trashmore), but I can make no promises on exact locations that will be able to use the repeater. Like any radio communications, a good external antenna may be required. I will leave the repeater on as much as possible but there will be times (sometimes extended periods) I will need to be working on it so please bear with any interruptions or downtime. I won t clog your inbox with announcements every time it is up and down so if you cannot reach the repeater, I would rst check the repeater s webpage on the Brandmeister network to see if it is on-line or not: repeater&id= Continued on the next page 4

5 ere is one more round of parts orders to nish the interface cable that I need to make before we can move the repeater to the nal tower site, so we obviously won t make the goal of being fully operational by the end of 2017 but I believe we have nally overcome the technical hurdles. Happy New Year and 73, David Peterson, KC0ALC CVARC Station Trustee TYT DMR programming Eric Watson, CVARC Communications Activities Director K0ECW CVARC DMR enthusiasts, If anyone needs assistance with programming their new TYT MD-380 or MD-390 HT or SharkRF openspot, I can help you. Feel free to contact me by or phone. k0ecw.ericwatson@gmail.com or Eric and the venue were not lining up well. But thanks to diligent work by WB0OAV, we now have the date locked in. More to follow! Robert Scott Haney, N0GUD But Wait there s one more.. In addition to the slate of officers that are running for re-election, the Treasurer, Shelley Massell, KD0RWN, is resigning from her position. She has served for 4 years since January 2013 but her term doesn t end until the end of the this year, She took over for George Kunxman, KD0HUE, mid term as well. She is willing to stay on to assist who ever takes over to make the transition smooth, but would like to have the transition completed by the end of March. Please consider running for this position. Dinner at Scott s ELECTIONS Scott Haney, CVARC President N0GUD Hey, folks. We will hold elections at the 11 January club meeting. Per the club s by-laws, the President serves a one-year term. Anyone who has served on the Board of Directors in any office in the past is eligible. All other Board positions have two-year terms. Per bylaws, the offices up in 2018 are Vice President, Secretary, Information Director, and Emergency Preparedness Director. Any CVARC member is eligible to hold one of these offices. Please consider running. None of the current office holders will be terribly upset if not re-elected. Will also not be upset if elected, for that matter, but it s good to spread the experience around! is is our club, and it will be as good as we make it. Unrelated to election is the date of the 2018 National Weather Service Spotter Training: 17 March! at s later than we usually have it, but schedules with NWS staff New Call Sign WA0ZZG photos Rupert M. Ellis - Cedar Rapids - KE0PHR Welcome to the hobby of Amateur Radio, Rupert. Hope to hear you On-the-Air soon. 73, Al Hammond K0HWE - W 5 Y I-CVE New hams are automatically new members in * CVARC for the rst year at no cost. So please come to the meetings and forward me your address to: Mmassell@aol.com, so you can receive the Bandspread. 5

6 2018 CVARC Event & Activity Calendar Date Updates / Changes in RED Event Contact January 4, ur Elmer Night Steve White, NU0P February 1, ur Elmer Night Steve White, NU0P March 1, ur Elmer Night Steve White, NU0P March 17, Sat Weather Spottering Traning Keep up with club activities in real time: ru Benton County VE Team Exam Schedule Shellsburg Fire Station Junction of Main Street East & Pearl Street, (N W ) Shellsburg, IA Registration begins at 16:30 local time. PLEASE NOTE: Ve s will only remain on site for one hour, (5:30PM), without prior notice. Walk-ins are welcome. Preregristration is not required, but appreciated. No Testing in December 4th ursday, January 25, th ursday, February 22, th ursday, March 22, th ursday, April 26, th ursday, May 24, th ursday, June 28, 2018 For more information contact : Al Hammond KØHWE k0hwe@netins.net KD0LMB photo of the HF antenna on the Gtotta Island Lighthouse in Seltjarnarnes, Iceland BANDSPREAD January January

7 National Weather Service Quad Cities Forecast Office November 2017 Guidelines for Reporting Winter Precipitation 24-Hour Unlisted Number for Storm Reports: Facebook: NWSQuadCities When to Report Winter Precipitation (Snowfall and/or Ice) During the event: storm total snowfall/ice so far as of about 9 am During the event: storm total snowfall/ice so far as of about 3 pm During the event: storm total snowfall/ice so far as of about 8 pm At the end of the event: final storm total snowfall/ice amount How to Measure Ice Measuring ice can be difficult due to extremely slippery conditions and potential for falling ice, tree limbs, power lines, etc. Use extreme caution during icy conditions! Ice accumulation is best observed on fences, twigs, or small branches where the depth of ice can be seen clearly. Measure the thickness of the ice from the ice surface to the object (see diagram). Measurements to the 1/10 th or 1/8 th of an inch are best, but to the nearest ¼ of an inch are acceptable. Twig Ice Measure here How to Measure Snow Look for a flat, somewhat open area away from buildings and trees. Some distant trees may be helpful in breaking the wind, preventing drifting, and thus providing for a more even distribution of the snow. Find a location where the snow appears to be near its average depth. (Avoid drifts or bare spots.) Use a snow board if possible. Measure the depth with a ruler or snow measuring stick at several locations and then average the readings. (Traditionally ten measurements are made.) Measure in the same general area for the duration of the storm. Measuring New Snow Falling On Top Of Old Snow Sometimes if the old snow has settled or partially melted enough to develop a crust or to be noticeably denser than the new snow, it may be possible to insert the snow stick until it meets the greater resistance of the crust of old snow, and to use this depth as the amount of new snow having fallen. Otherwise, a snow board provides the best option for measuring new snow vs. old snow. Snow Boards A snow board is a flat board, painted white, and laid on top of the ground (or old snow when there is a possibility of new snow falling). Snow boards simplify measuring new snow on top of old snow and also prevent the ground heat from prematurely melting your new snowfall. Example: Snow begins at 5 am. At 9 am, you measure 3 inches of new snow and call it in. It continues to snow during the afternoon. At 3 pm you measure again in the same area, and now it is up to 5 inches. You call in 5 inches for the storm total so far. The snow ends around 7 pm, and your final snowfall measurement is 6 inches. You call in your storm total snowfall of 6 inches. You clear off your snow board and are ready for the next snow storm! 7

8 Eastern Iowa Amateur Radio Clubs and Repeaters 10 Oct 2017 Club: Northeast Iowa RAA WØMG Contact: President: Mark Colby N8TWO Meeting: 2 nd Sat 7:00 pm, Red Cross Bldg. U. Ave, Waterloo Net: Black Hawk ARES Net, Sun 9:00 PM, Hz Repeaters: Waterloo WØMG Hz eswx Waterloo WØALO Hz eswx Waterloo WØMG Hz Waterloo KBØVGG Hz Club: Buchanan Co. ARC Contact: President: Josh Kelly WØHC info@bcarc.net Meeting: 3 rd Thur. 7:00 pm, Emerg Serv Station, Independence Net: Tue 6:30 PM, Hz Repeater: Independence KCØRMS Hz e Club: Delaware Co. ARC Contact: President: Lawrence Sanderson kd0yz@mchsi.com Meeting: Last Mon 7:30 pm, Manchester Airport Visitors Center Net: Delaware Co. ARES Net, Sun 8:30 pm, Repeater: Manchester WØII oe Club: Great River ARC WØDBQ Contact: President: Mike Demory KØMSD w0dbq.grarc@gmail.com Meeting: 2 nd Mon 7:00 pm, Dubuque Co Em. Resp. Training Facility Net: ARES Net Sun 9:00 pm Hz Repeaters: Dubuque WØDBQ Hz e Dubuque WØOIC Hz oe Dubuque WØDBQ Hz oexwxe Club: Benton Co. ARC KØKBX Contact: President: Dave Lucas k0dpl@speedconnect.com Meetings: 2 nd Sat 8:30 am, location varies Net: Benton Co. ARES Net, Mon 6:30 pm, Hz Vinton KDØDKS Hz e WX E Shellsburg ACØOQ Hz oe s Shellsburg WØWDF Hz o Club: Central IA Radio Amateur Society Contact: Ryan Butler NFØT kb0jqo@amsat.org Meeting:: 2nd Thur 7:00 pm Marshall Co EOC Repeaters: Marshalltown KDØEXD Hz Marshalltown K0MIW Hz Marshalltown K0MIW Hz Laurel WCØC Hz e WX Gilman NF0T Hz e WX * *linked to the National Weather Service Des Moines Club: Contact: Meeting: Net: Jones Co. ARC WØCWPhttp:// President: Dick Keller KBØOKI chief0756@yahoo.com 1 st Wed 6:00 pm, basement, Courthouse, Anamosa Jones Co. ARES Net, Sun 8:00 pm, Hz Jones Co. Tech Net, 3 rd Tues. 8:00 pm Hz Repeater: Anamosa WØCWP Hz oeswx Monticello NØXUS Hz oe WX Club: Cedar Valley ARC WØGQ Membership: Tim Busch NØCKR timcfi@yahoo.com Meetings: 2 nd Thur. 7:30 pm, Kenwood Park U. Methodist Ch. C.R. Net: New Ham Info Net, Sun. 6:00 pm, Linn Co ARES Net, Sun. 7:00 pm, Repeaters: Cedar Rapids WØGQ Hz oe swx For emergency alert only, use Hz tone. Cedar Rapids WØGQ Hz ARES backup WØWSV Hz Cedar Rapids WØWSV Hz e Cedar Rapids WØWSV Hz Club: Collins ARC WØCXX Contact: Pres: Charley Snodgrass KCØCD w0cxx.col@gmail.com Meeting: Quarterly 3 rd Tue 4:45 pm, R.C. Bldg 131 Cafeteria Net: None. Members restricted to employees, retirees, spouses Repeaters: Cedar Rapids NØCXX C D-STAR o Cedar Rapids NØCXX B D-STAR o Club: Eastern Iowa DX Assoc. NØDX President: Joe Hungate K8OM k8om@msn.com Meeting: Quarterly 7:30 pm, Kirkwood Community College Repeater: Cedar Rapids NØDX Hz Club: Radio Farm Repeater: Cedar Rapids NØMA Hz o Other Hiawatha NNØV Hz Repeaters: Cedar Rapids N3AVA e Venture 2K Cedar Rapids WØVCK Hz oe Club: Contact: Meeting: Net: Repeaters; Buchanan Co. ARC President: Josh Kelly WØHC info@bcarc.net 3rd Thur. 7:00 PM, Emerg Serv Annex, Independence Tue 6:30 PM, Hz Independence KCØRMS Hz e Independence KCØRMS Hz e Club: Tama Co ARS KCØBEE Contact: Glenn Thorne KDØQ kd0q@arrl.net Meeting: Last Sat 7:00 pm, various locations Repeater: Chelsea WDØGAT Hz Club: Contact: Repeaters: Grundy Co ARES Tom Bicket AEØTB ae0tb@thomcs.com Grundy Center NØMXK Hz s Reinbeck W0RBK B D-STAR o Club: Iowa City ARC WØJV Contact: President: John Andrews ACØXY ac0xy@gmail.com Meeting: 2 nd Wed. 7:30 pm, Am. Legion Hall, 3016 Muscatine Ave. Net: Johnson Co S. Eve. Net, Sun. 7:30 pm, Hz Johnson Co. ARES Net, Sun. 8:30 pm, Hz U of I Club WØIC Net, Mon. 8:30 pm, Hz Repeater: Iowa City WØJV Hz oe WX Other Iowa City KDØMVJ Hz oes Repeaters: Coralville WØFDA Hz e Iowa City NØRXD-R Hz o E Coralville KØGH Hz oe * *linked to the Mid-Iowa Stormwatch Association Notes: 2m shift is 0.6 MHz. 70cm shift is 5 MHz unless otherwise noted. o - Open system WX - weather net c - Closed, private system s - ARES affiliated e - Emergency power E - EchoLink (Add R to call sign. Node number shown at far left.) To update this list notify n0ywb1@gmail.com Club: Davenport RAC W0BXR Membership: Mike Smith WMØD cessnasmith@netzero.net Meetings: 1 nd Mon 7:00 pm, Bettendorf Pub. Library Net: ARES Net, Sun. 8:00 pm, Hz Repeaters: Davenport WØBXR s WX Davenport WØBXR Hz es WX Club: Washington Area ARC Contact: President: Mark Lukins AB0DX@arrl.net Meeting: 3 rd Thurs 7:00 pm, Washington Public Library Net: Washington Area Net, Mon 7:00 pm, Hz Repeaters: Washington WØARC Hz Washington WØARC Hz oewx There is an Internet connected DMR repeater network, with 70 cm repeaters in Fayette, Independence, Grundy Center, Cedar Falls, Waterloo, Victor, Mt Pleasant, and Iowa City. For more information on the Iowa DMR Users Group 3119, join Repeater Directory link: 8

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