President s Corner - Jerry Aceto K6LIE

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1 Amateur Radio only fail -safe system of communication K4ZDH HIGH DESERT AMATEUR RADIO CLUB, NM5HD Editor, Jerry Aceto K6LIE HOLIDAY DINNER DECEMBER 10 President s Corner - Jerry Aceto K6LIE Greetings! The end of the year and the Holiday Season is upon us. I want to wish all of you a happy, healthy and fun filled season, hopefully spent with your family and friends! Our annual holiday soft toy and clothing drive is doing very well and I thank all that have participated so far. We have several full tubs of items to present to the Commander at the Northwest Command Police Station in the next week or so. If you have not donated and would still like to, now is the time. Also, I would like to thank Karen Elkin and Marcie Clark, KG5DOO, for organizing our holiday dinner for the club. Lots of work was put into the dinner and it looks like we will have a very nice turn out thanks to Karen and Marcie. Looking forward to our club Holiday Dinner on the 10th at the Claim Jumper! Remember, no club meeting this month. Best 73! Jerry K6LIE

2 Next VE Session The next High Desert Amateur Radio Club VE session will be held on Saturday, January 21 at 12:30 pm, at the West Albuquerque Police station. Please bring the following: Photo ID (drivers license) Original Amateur Radio License Copy of Amateur Radio License Original CSCE's Copy of CSCE Test fee is $ Proof of Tech Plus if before 3/21/87 and doing paper upgrade to General. SS Number will be needed if you don t have an FRN number. * NOTE-NO WALK INS. PLEASE SCHEDULE YOUR TEST WITH JIM. December HDARC Birthday Greetings! We want to extend warm HAPPY BIRTHDAY wishes to our club members celebrating their birthday in the month of December: Bud Pelletier Curt Bramble Bill Kent Kristin Gonzales Anne Kitcher N6OCV N6FNK N5UJC KG5HSD KG5FMT HDARC NEWS IS PUBLISHED MONTHLY, JERRY ACETO, K6LIE, EDITOR NON COPYRIGHT MATERIAL CONTAINED HEREIN MAY BE REPRINTED WITHOUT PRIOR PERMISSION WITH CREDIT GIVEN TO THIS PUBLICATION * PRESIDENT JERRY ACETO, K6LIE, * VICE PRESIDENT TERRY ZIPES, W4RCN, * SECRETARY JIM KAJDER, AF5FH, * TREASURER JOHN SCOTT, KF5ROL, * CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD BILL FIRTH, KE5TOB, * BOARD MEMBERS TOM BOLDWAY, KE7PBB, , ED POCCIA, KC2LM, , , MARCIE CLARK, KG5DOO, , BILL KENT, N5UJC, * LICENSE EXAMS JIM KAJDER, AF5FH, * NM5HD REPEATER TRUSTEE ADRIAN MIURA, W5ASM, * WEB MASTER - BILL FIRTH, KE5TOB, HDARC IS A 501C3 NONPROFIT. 2

3 VE TESTING REPORT FOR NOVEMBER Everyone passed the test that they came to take and one person passed two. The report: Passed El 2 and earned Technician - 5 people Passed El 3 and earned General - 4 people Passed El 4 and earned Extra - 2 Thanks to Marty Soffran, NM5MS, for taking over the November testing in Jim Kajder s absence. WELCOME NEW MEMBERS! We would like to extend a GREAT BIG HDARC WELCOME to our newest members: Shane Ruzinsky KG5PYB Anne Kircher KG5MFT We hope you will have fun learning and experiencing all that our great hobby of Amateur Radio has to offer. CLUB REPEATERS Mhz PL Hz IRLP Node Mhz PL Hz IRLP Node 3285 In addition to IRLP, EchoLink is now available on Node Our club repeater systems, including our IRLP & ECHOLINK systems are open to our members as well as the entire Amateur Radio community. Page 2 3

4 SOCIAL COMMITTEE REPORT Greetings All, Remember, no club meeting in December! The Holiday Dinner HDARC will be having the Holiday Dinner at Claim Jumpers on 10 at 6:00pm. We will be ordering off the menu and will have separate checks. We will require reservations as we have to confirm the numbers before the dinner. If you have not RSVP d and want to attend, I have extended the RSVP date to Tuesday, 6 December. We just need your name and the number attending. me at macowen0107@gmail.com. So far, looks like we will have a very nice turn out! Here is a link for the menu: Refreshments This is working great so far and THANK YOU to all who contribute. We have been able to offset the club reimbursement by almost half. An update on refreshments at the meetings: We will be setting out a container and accepting donations to help offset the club cost for the donuts and drinks. We are suggesting a $1.00 donation to help out (any amount you can donate will be greatly appreciated) 50/50 Raffle We will continue to have a 50/50 raffle at our monthly meetings with half of the proceeds going to the New Mexico Veterans Integration Center (NMVIC). The tickets are 5 for $4.00 or $1.00 each. Please try to bring small bills as I turn in the money to the treasurer and do not have a bank to make change for large bills. Social Media - Facebook Did you know the HDARC has a Facebook page? Well, we do! Please check us out and like the page: As always, if you are interested in helping out the social committee please let any one of us know. We would love to have you join us. Your Social Committee, Marcie Clark, KG5DOO Karen Elkin Kathey Meland WB6JAN Gloria Watts, KG5IFJ Robert Bogaski, KF5NXC 4

5 HDARC Annual Holiday Dinner Claim Jumper Restaurant and Saloon 10 6:00 pm Order off the menu and separate checks available RSVP by 6 Dec 2016 RSVP by , with number of people attending, to Marcie Clark, KG5DOO, macowen0107@gmail.com 5001 Jefferson Street NE Albuquerque, NM Follow this link for the menu: 5

6 ANNUAL CLUB CHARITY DRIVE Our Charity Drive is coming along very nicely this year. Vice President Terry Zipes informs me that our members have filled three large plastic bins with soft toys and clothing. Looks like another successful year. We will be handing off our donation to the Northwest Command Police station in about a week or so. If any of you have not donated and would still like to, you can bring your items to the Flying Star on Wednesday afternoon or Thursday morning. If you need your donation picked up, please do not hesitate to call me. My home phone is and my cell phone is I want to thank all of you for your donations this year. Jerry K6LIE 6

7 The 30 Meter Band by Ed Poccia, KC2LM Hams have privileges on the much under used 30 meter band, MHz in the HF portion of the bands. This mere shtikel of a frequency range holds some unique advantages despite its meager size. Let s be clear, this bit of HF heaven is for the CW and digital modes only. Sorry Larry. The features & advantages include: 30 meters opens before forty meters. Once 20 meters starts to fade, you won t have to wait for 40 meters to heat-up before getting back into the action. No contests are allowed on this band, so it remains clear on weekends when 20 & 40 are jammed with contesters. DX pile-ups are smaller due to the general lack of activity on 30 meters. You ll get a better chance to work some of the plentiful DX and perhaps grab that rare one when operating with only 100 watts. Digital Mode Frequencies: PSK-31 on MHz & JT-65 on MHz Look for slow speed CW on MHz (Used by the straight key group, SKCC) Antennas: Yagis & multi-band HF verticals may need their optional 30 meter kit. MFJ has a Hamtenna for $15 that does the job for me. The G5RV and G5RV jr. will tune for 30 meters with the built-in tuners on modern transceivers. I have worked and given good reports to DX hams using OCF dipoles. You have to be mindful to not cause interference to the commercial operators using the band. Be careful at the band edges, especially above MHz where the frequency is particularly active. Ham radio has a history of underuse of frequency privileges, 220 MHz for instance. Use it or lose it, as we say. But in the case of 30 meters, we may be missing out on some of the reasons we got into ham radio in the first place. 7

8 Here is the latest Tri-Band transceiver to hit the market...and it includes 220 MHz!! The Anytone 5888UV-III covers 2 meters, 1 1/4 meters and 70 cm. Claimed output power on the high power setting is 50 watts on 2 meters, 25 watts on 220 and 40 watts on 440 MHz. I purchased one and my unit, as measured on my watt meter puts out 48, 28 and 36 watts on 2, 220 and 440. There are 4 output power levels on each band. It is ironic that the Chinese are coming to the rescue of our 220 band. They have hit the market with several handhelds and base/mobile transceivers. Bill Kent, N5UJC and myself have purchased this rig. The build quality is very good. It has crossband repeater capability. You can crossband repeat 2 meters to 440 and 220 to 440. Dual receivers provide this capability. THE 220 MHZ BAND NEEDS YOUR HELP! The little used 1 1/4 meter band is wide open. It is the perfect place for rag chewing, data work, linking, etc, yet no one makes an effort to even acknowledge this band. I have been an advocate for 220 for 30 years, having a repeater on 220 for the past 30 years. We really should make some effort to use this band, otherwise, we risk losing it. You can purchase some very nice equipment for as little as $160, and I don t mean a handheld. The TYT TH is a 50 watt base/mobile rig in this price range. Jet Stream and Alinco also make 220 base/mobiles. Don t forget the Chinese, who are coming out with $130 tribanders. Questions? Let me know. The club affiliate repeater is up and waiting! If you are interested in getting a rig that covers 220 MHz as well as 2 meters and 70 cm, this radio should appeal to you. You can purchase it from G r a p e v i n e A m a t e u r R a d i o ( h t t p : / / www. grapevineamateurradio.com /sto re/? model_number=at-5888uviii. Cost is $ Shipped free with no sales tax from Grapevine, Texas. I ll look for you on the club repeater! CLUB BADGES We have club badges available. If you would like to order one, go to our website, and click Ongoing Activities. Scroll down to the bottom, where you will find a link to The Signman, where you can order your badge directly on line! 8

9 PLEASE HELP THE HDARC MAINTAIN OUR ARRL CLUB AFFILIATION The HDARC is an ARRL Affiliated Club. To maintain this status with the ARRL, we must have a minimum of 50% of our membership in the ARRL. If you are joining the ARRL for the first time, please consider joining through our club. For every new subscriber that joins through our club, When we we will think receive back, a $15 we commission sometimes from the ARRL. wonder For what every made member us change renewing certain their ARRL things membership, in our lives, the club why will we did receive certain a $2 commission. things, Copy what & made paste us go down a particular path, what began the chain re- documents/hdarc_arrl_application.pdf & fill out action. the form, Well, bring for it my to the amateur club and radio we will take care chain of the reaction, rest. Thanks! I will have to say it was your guys in the white tent that CLUB ADDRESS 8012 Fieldstone Ave, NW Albuquerque, NM CLUB REPEATERS Mhz PL Hz IRLP Node Mhz No PL IRLP Node 3285 In addition to IRLP, EchoLink is available on Node Our club repeater systems, including our IRLP & ECHOLINK systems are open to our members as well as the entire Amateur Radio community. 9

10 EXPLORA REPORT The next Explora Adult Night will be on Friday, January 20, 6:30 PM to 10 PM. The evening s theme will be A Delicate Balance. HDARC will have a station on the air from the museum, as usual, to demonstrate Amateur Radio to the public and also to inform folks of our club. Adult Night is a fun evening devoted to adults having one evening every two months to explore the Science Museum without the kids. Come on down. Explore the wonders of Science and visit with us! Display courtesy of the NM Amateur Radio Alliance GREAT BANNER! DON T FORGET YOUR CLUB SHIRT! How can you show others that you are a member of the coolest, most active Amateur Radio club in the Albuquerque area? By buying a club shirt! These beautiful club shirts come in ladies and men s styles and sizes. We proudly wear our shirts whenever we are doing an activity that involves the public. It is a great way of promoting the club, not to mention that they look great! Contact Turbo Threads at or on line at 10

11 CLUB MEMBERSHIP SERVICES MEMBER TRANSPORTATION Need a ride to club meetings or other club activities? Call Jerry Aceto, K6LIE at or Larry Elkin, NY5L, at We will arrange transportation for you from your home to club activities. We now have PayPal on our website. You can pay your dues as well as make donations to the club if you wish. Got to and click on Membership Application. Now, renewing, making your initial dues payment or making a donation is easier than ever. Thanks to our Webmaster, Bill Firth, KE5TOB, for making this feature possible. MENTORING SERVICES If you are a new ham, or are interested in becoming a ham, or just have a question, we offer various services to help you along. Check out our website at and click on the Mentors, Education, VE testing link. Here, you will find whom to contact for help with all your questions on various subjects. LICENSE CLASSES AND TESTING If you are interested in becoming an Amateur Radio operator, or want to upgrade your license, contact Jim Kajder, AF5FH at We provide VE testing every 3rd Saturday of the month at 12:30 PM after our Saturday morning meetings. Luke s Ham Shack 5101 Gibson SE Albuquerque, NM Coax, connectors, parts, antennas. Luke La Brake, NM5DL, has opened a Ham Radio store here in Albuquerque! Please support him in his efforts. He will be adding more stock as time goes on. September