tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14370329225287058032024-03-14T06:19:28.107-07:00W1KRP Ham Radio Musings From Downeast MainePersonal reflections on Amateur Radio information and thoughts pertaining mainly to Eastern Maine, but often times wandering much further!Richard Smallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05665038959907939111noreply@blogger.comBlogger80125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1437032922528705803.post-88156423879833249202022-02-16T14:13:00.000-08:002022-02-16T14:13:04.550-08:00Happenings<p> Well there seems to be increasing activity/interest in Ham Radio here in Eastern Maine. It’s been awhile since I've heard so much activity on local repeaters and, be still my beating heart, simplex! “Old timers” and newbies alike. </p><p>When I started hammin 23 years and there was an active simplex community that hung out on 146.565 almost every night after supper. Any given night there was 5-10 hams sharing info, trading war stories, lending a supporting hand/comment and of course telling tall tales and occasionally talking trash. </p><p>Well there is simplex spreading across the airwaves once again, nets going on (tonight 02/16 at 1930 hrs on the N1ARO repeater, 146.835 with pl of 110.9…new casual net), Digital Fusion access also thru the N1ARO machine. Phil N1EP is starting a newTechnician level online course also! </p><p>Speaking of N1EP, Phil is now the ARRL Maine Section Manager! Congrats Phil, they could not have chosen a better man for the job!</p><p>Anyone have anything they want to share drop me a line at res.w1krp@gmail.com and lets spread the word!</p><p>73 de W1KRP</p>Richard Smallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05665038959907939111noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1437032922528705803.post-11135650531604181372022-02-05T13:56:00.001-08:002022-02-05T15:11:31.640-08:00Remember this: N1ARO, 146.835, -Offset, PL 110.9 <p> As about 1200 hrs today, Feb 5th 2022 Eastern Maine has a new VHF repeater for use by the Amateur Radio community!</p><p>Let’s step back a tad.</p><p>George Richards, N1ARO has only been licensed for a relatively short time.….7 months. But he fell hard for the hobby! Located in Hancock George and his wife Nicole work their property, Barefoot Farms with enthusiasm and love of the area. George has taken advantage of their location with it’s elevation by adding a 65’ tower and has been working VHF nets with ease and enjoying nightly simplex roundtables.</p><p> Today he fired up his new N1ARO 2M repeater on 146.835 with a PL of 110.9 -offset. Using an ICOM repeater he is repeating at 50W thru a Diamond X510 antenna, and Echolink will be added real soon!</p><p>And…digital will be coming soon.</p><p>So, if your in Eastern Maine dial up the N1ARO repeater and see what happens. Another tool in our tool box! </p><p>Yeah…George has been bit by the Ham bug…hard.</p><p>73!</p>Richard Smallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05665038959907939111noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1437032922528705803.post-28138942465724275222021-10-22T06:06:00.000-07:002021-10-22T06:06:23.499-07:00Huh! It still works!<p> Well its been awhile since a post has shown up here…2019, yup…been a tad. Life continues to TRY and steer me away from radio and this blog. Nope not happening. So,onwards we go!</p><p>There seems to be a resurgence in ham radio across the nation and its apparent here in Downeast Maine as well. More and more people are seeing the perks of getting their licenses and not just stopping with the Technician level either. Recently the local VE Team held a session. Two showed up to test. Both easily passed their Tech and both unhesitatingly went on to take the General. Both failed, but at slim margins! We will be hearing them on all the HF bands soon I am sure!!</p><p>EAWA, Ellsworth Amateur Wireless Association, is going strong and carried on thru the thick of the pandemic with keeping the meetings moving through the magic of ZOOM and the enthusiasm of club officers President Jeff KA1DBE, VP Chuck AC1BS, Secretary Joan W1DLC . Recently they started up face to face meetings at the Ellsworth Assembly of God on the Beechland Rd here in Ellsworth. Thanks go out to Pastor Burt Lowry, K7HVN for letting us use this space! Word has it that our regular meeting space at Meadow View Apartments community room, located at 25 Tweedie Lane here in town will be opening back up for public usage soon!! </p><p>Also, Phil N1EP has got the Maine Ham Radio Society rolling full steam ahead!</p><p> ( <a href="https://mainehamradiosociety.com/">https://mainehamradiosociety.com/</a> )</p><p>Great spot to keep up to date on what’s happening in Ham Radio.</p><p> Phil also has a number of Maine Ham Radio Society videos on YouTube you should check out!</p><p> ( <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUUjYOH0GfWbuT1gHFmj8kQ">https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUUjYOH0GfWbuT1gHFmj8kQ</a> )</p><p>AND, yet another blast from the past…Packet radio has once again returned and this time it seems in force! Get on this mode, its a great tool and fun! Lots of activity, look for some familiar call signs! Thanks go out to Phil-N1EP, Steve-W1DTX, Kevin-AB1OX, Chris-K1WJY, Dave-N1DP and many others for keeping those packet bursts coming!</p><p>I’ll work hard at keeping this blog recent and active. Let me know if there is anything you want to share, have an article you think would be interesting, links, photos? Email me at res.w 1krp@gmail.com or contact me on FB!</p><p>Also, if you are active on social media please follow the EAWA club at EAWA on Facebook, W1TU on Twitter. </p><p>Also, if you try and connect to any of the links on the right please let me know if they are ‘dead’ and I will see if i remember what I’m doing and vaporize it!</p><p>73 de W1KRP….. 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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">This coming Saturday and Sunday, June 22 and 23, the
Ellsworth Amateur Wireless Association, EAWA, will be hosting the local
operations of ARRL Field Day. Come and stop by the Trenton Elementary School anytime
between 2PM Saturday and 2 PM Sunday to see what we are up to! We will be
operating 24 hours working other participating stations across North America
testing our equipment and having an overall good time! If you are interested or
just plain curious about this vast hobby and what we provide come on down and
join in!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">From The American Radio Relay League (ARRL):</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">“ARRL Field Day is the single most popular on-the-air event
held annually in the US and Canada.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>On
the fourth weekend of June of each year, more than 35,000 radio amateurs gather
with their clubs, groups or simply with friends to operate from remote
locations. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">It is a time where many aspects of Amateur Radio come
together to highlight our many roles. While some will treat it as a contest,
other groups use the opportunity to practice their emergency response capabilities.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>It is an excellent opportunity to demonstrate
Amateur Radio to the organizations that Amateur Radio might serve in an
emergency, as well as the general public. For many clubs, ARRL Field Day is one
of the highlights of their annual calendar. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>The contest part is
simply to contact as many other stations as possible and to learn to operate
our radio gear in abnormal situations and less than optimal conditions.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">But despite the development of very complex, modern
communications systems — or maybe because they ARE so complex — ham radio has
been called into action again and again to provide communications in crises
when it really matters.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>Amateur Radio
people (also called “hams”) are well known for our communications support in
real disaster and post-disaster situations. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">What is Amateur Radio Often called “ham radio,” the Amateur
Radio Service has been around for a century. In that time, it’s grown into a
worldwide community of licensed operators using the airwaves with every
conceivable means of communications technology. Its people range in age from
youngsters to grandparents.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>Even rocket
scientists and a rock star or two are in the ham ranks.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>Most, however, are just normal folks like you
and me who enjoy learning and being able to transmit voice, data and pictures
through the air to unusual places, both near and far, without depending on
commercial systems.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>The Amateur Radio
frequencies are the last remaining place in the usable radio spectrum where you
as an individual can develop and experiment with wireless communications.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>Hams not only can make and modify their
equipment, but can create whole new ways to do things. “<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>For More Information
visit:<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span><a href="http://www.arrl.org/"><span style="color: blue;">www.arrl.org</span></a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Or PM me here on FB or email me at: <a href="https://www.blogger.com/null">res.w1krp@gmail.com</a> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Yes, Sunday Sessions are still alive. Yet to come up with a
group project(s) a few hardy souls show up even if just to provide moral
support to those of us who sometimes are “all akimbo” in the world of Ham
Radio. Take this weekend’s session; Jeff KA1DBE worked magic with powerpoles to
get his automatic power transfer switch type thinghy (Tech terminology, sorry) online,
Chuck AC1BS researched, I worked on condensing my HB1B QRP kit into a waterproof hard
shell case (I might even take it out of the case this year and actually use
it!) and we topped off the afternoon with Jeff making a contact on DMR for us
to observe. Chris, N1CJS EAWA club President and Chris, AB1PZ head of EMCOMM, were
there to lend moral support and give us guidance where needed. And there was
coffee consumed of course! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Next Sunday Session, January 27<sup>th</sup>, 12
noon, 25 Tweedie Lane Meadow View Phase 4 Community Room, Ellsworth. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Questions…contact
me, Dick W1KRP at <span style="margin: 0px;"> </span><a href="https://www.blogger.com/null">res.w1krp@gmail.com</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">73!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Ellsworth Amateur Wireless Association has a lot of talented
members! Yet another member showed his talents by giving the club a home for its
large AGM battery for power backup at 25 Tweedie Lane where we meet. Bob Morse
AB1EP stepped up to the plate after we, with Bob’s help as well, purchased a
large AGM battery for use in the club space. After searching for an affordable
box to safely store it AB1EP volunteered to ‘come up with something’ in his
workshop. Last Thursday Bob showed up at the club meeting with this work of
art. Hand crafted using maple from his property none the less! Thanks Bob!</span></div>
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Get on air and make some noise is a phrase I use often to encourage amateurs to be active on-air and use the bands that are available to us.</span><br />
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One thing that's often glossed over is how to actually make that noise. It can be scary to make that first contact.</span><br />
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If you've got your radio installed, your antenna erected, your operating position set-up just right and you're ready to actually key your microphone, how do you do that and how do you get the attention of those around you?</span><br />
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You need to establish if your radio is actually working as expected. If you're using a UHF or VHF radio, often the simplest way is to find a local repeater, key-up your radio and give your callsign. The result should be at least a carrier, a beep or a callsign in Morse-code. Some repeaters even have a voice ident, so you can hear that your action of keying the push-to-talk had an effect. If that isn't working, then there are lots of things you can troubleshoot, but that's for another day.</span><br />
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If you want to do the same on HF, unless you happen to be in a position that there is a repeater within propagation distance, generally only on the 6m and 10m bands, then you're essentially out of luck. There isn't a beep, or a carrier, or a voice-ident to be found. This means we have to solve the problem in a different way.</span><br />
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First of all, if you cannot hear any stations, the chances of someone hearing you are slim. So, the first thing to do is to check that the squelch on your radio is set to allow all signals to arrive at your speaker. Then find a band where it's noisy. When I say noisy, find one where there is lots of hiss. Generally speaking an open band, one where propagation is getting a signal to you, makes noise, lots of noise. There are exceptions to this, but for now, find the noise.</span><br />
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Depending on how you have your antenna set-up, you need to make sure that you're using the right antenna for the band you're using. Some antennas work on multiple bands, others only on one, it depends entirely on what you have got hanging off the end of your radio.</span><br />
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Once you've found the noisiest band, go hunting for beeps, as-in Morse-code beeps, or voices, or digital sounds. Find a signal, find evidence of activity. If you have multiple noisy bands, check them all.</span><br />
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You might recall that this is all dependent on the ionosphere, so depending on what's going on with the sun, things will change, sometimes within a minute, an hour, or weeks. Generally there is a difference between day and night and sunrise and sunset, so experiment.</span><br />
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Once you've found some activity, you need to find someone to talk to. If the voice you hear is weak, look for a strong one. The stronger the better. While this isn't universally true, it's a good starting experience. Every radio and antenna combination has a sweet spot on where you know that they can hear you, but you don't know yet what that sweet spot is, so trial and error is the way to go.</span><br />
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HF is not like the local repeater. The people on HF can be anywhere on the planet. They might be there for the first time, or for the third time that day having been on air for sixty years, it's hard to tell.</span><br />
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A good analogy is to think of a sport stadium with a hundred thousand people in it. There are people all around you and you're trying to make contact with one of them. You can pick their frequency, but they're likely to be talking to someone else. You might be interrupting a daily chat, a regular net, or happen upon a contest or a special event station. You don't know which one it is and sometimes you can't hear both sides of the conversation. So, before you key your microphone and make some noise, listen to what is going on.</span><br />
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Once you've figured out that the station you're hearing might be amenable to talking, wait for a break in the conversation, key your microphone and just say your callsign phonetically, once. If there's no break, that's a good indication that the other station doesn't want to talk to you, unless there is an endless stream of stations, in which case the going might be tough and you might be there for a while.</span><br />
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If the other station acknowledges your call, great, you just made contact. Confirm that you have their callsign and that they have yours, write it down with the time and frequency, then start with exchanging information, start with a signal report. In the beginning, less is more. Your first name and city is often more than enough.</span><br />
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All we're doing is establishing that we can talk to someone and that they can talk to us. Don't overdo it, get a feeling for what's going on.</span><br />
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Then do it again.</span><br />
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Before long you'll have some experience on how to get on air and make some noise and you can start learning about improving your skills, becoming familiar with your radio and being an active amateur.</span><br />
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Hopefully that wasn't so scary, and remember, every amateur had to make their first contact one day, even those who have been on-air for longer than you've been alive.</span><br />
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Digital Mobile (Amateur) Radio…DMR…. is here! Check out the Maine DMR page in the links to the right and see what’s going on in the state. Locally we have a new repeater
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KC1FRJ DMR Repeater, 145.210 -0.600 , CC-12 <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.33px;">(Originally published sometime in 1996 or
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1) There shall be no talking by the family
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2) The XYL shall assist with antenna
construction when and only when required.</div>
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3) The shack budget will take precedence over
all other incidental items such as mortgages,
food, echoes, etc. </div>
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4) Christmas stocking stuffers for the OM
must include at least two items for the shack
(total value of not less than $300).</div>
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5) Flea markets, hamfests, and field days
over-rule family holidays. </div>
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6) Furry pets are not allowed near the rig
(except for testing purposes). </div>
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7) TVI never occurs within the home, or if it
does, is negligible and does not count.</div>
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8) All trees around QTH shall be considered
antenna supports, and not "greenery",
"landscaping", or other such nonsense.
Corollary: Any tree may be cut down, pruned,
poisoned, dug up, or otherwise removed should
it be in the way of wire.</div>
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9) The last postage stamp and envelope in the
home shall be reserved for direct QSL
mailings, and not for personal letters,
bills, or mail orders (unless orders are for
shack). </div>
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10) Any number of holes may be drilled in the
family car to accommodate mobile whips.
Corollary: Coax may droop across the steering
column occasionally.</div>
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11) Never herewith shall insurance coverage
of shack items be less than triple the
replacement value, notwithstanding acts of
God. </div>
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12) Burger King must never allow the holy
whopper oven to cool.
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13) Newly licensed hams must honor, praise,
look up to, ask easy questions of, and
purchase coffee for, old guys.</div>
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14) The XYL shall anticipate good band
propagation conditions at all times, and
whenever rare DX flows in, she shall without
fail; </div>
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a) keep log when requested; <br style="font-size: 13.33px;" />
b) hold all phone calls - except those from
other hams; <br style="font-size: 13.33px;" />
c) call the OM's work QTH the next morning
and cover his absence with a good excuse; <br style="font-size: 13.33px;" />
d) appear very excited; <br style="font-size: 13.33px;" />
e) change all her plans to suit; <br style="font-size: 13.33px;" />
f) provide steaming coffee at 45 minute
intervals; <br style="font-size: 13.33px;" />
g) cancel all household chores, and in
particular, cancel vacuuming. </div>
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15) All materials owned by the work QTH can
and will be used for ham projects.</div>
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16) These rules may be modified at any time,
without notice, to continuously be in the
OM's best interest. </div>
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17) The most recent licensee must beareth the
brunt of our collective teasing until the
next new licensee fills his humiliated shoes.</div>
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18) All members of all radio clubs must
support, in unsurpassed vigor and
cooperation, whatever the resident "contest
man" suggests-ith.</div>
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19) Whence OM bears unrelentless fright of
tower height, others must climbeth said
structure unfailingly upon request.</div>
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20) Refer longstanding rule #15. Verily, if
you cannot convince work QTH to donateth
items for thine shack, thou shalt quit said
despicable workplace without notice. Simply
QRT-eth hastily-eth. </div>
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21) New rule added by Rich, WB2MBM, August
11/97 via pactor: I'd like to add a rule to
the list... "Coax cables may be routed to
achieve the lowest loss, regardless of
whether they cause doors, windows, etc., to
be blocked or otherwise not to function. And
if the house appears to be trapped in a sort
of rubber "spider's web," that's a plus
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Richard Smallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05665038959907939111noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1437032922528705803.post-2158648519825685992018-10-19T10:20:00.000-07:002018-10-19T10:20:07.592-07:00"Sunday Session"<br />
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This coming Sunday, October 21, we are starting up regular scheduled "Sunday Session" once again at Meadow View Phase 4 Community Room located at 25 Tweedie Lane in Ellsworth. Firing up around 12 noon and ending who knows when. Possibly we could have a discussion on projects we might want to tackle as a group!? Who knows. Anywho, bring your projects, latest toys and tall tales and a cup of coffee of course and see whats up.<br />
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Anyone interested in what Amateur Radio is all about is welcome to drop on by and pick our brains......no guarantees on how fresh the fruit is though. 73!<br />
<br />Richard Smallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05665038959907939111noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1437032922528705803.post-15042982231210987852018-04-20T09:13:00.003-07:002018-04-20T09:13:59.568-07:00Saturday 4.21.18 QRP Down By The Union River<br />
Message From Jeff KA1DBE organizer of the event:<br />
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Greetings all,<br />
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Looks like we are going to have a good day and plenty of different<br />
rigs/antenna/hardware. Most of all, we will have plenty of operators.<br />
I am planning on being on site about 9:30ish but you can show up when<br />
you can. Here are some last minute notes:<br />
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Logging:<br />
Need to log every contact. Please use UTC or let me know if you use<br />
EDT so I can convert it. If computer logging, send me the ADI file so<br />
I can merge it into the final log.<br />
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Callsign:<br />
We will be using W1TU for the callsign.<br />
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Exchange:<br />
The exchange will be RST ME Union R. Not all contacts will be 599.<br />
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Rules:<br />
Please familiarize yourself with the rules. SSB and CW only. Was<br />
hoping to do some digital but maybe we can do some demos. Here is a<br />
link to the rules: <a href="http://www.zianet.com/qrp/qrpttf/2018/ttf.htm" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://www.zianet.com/qrp/qrpttf/2018/ttf.htm</a><br />
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Photos:<br />
Would like to capture the event in photos so forward them to me if you<br />
have some good ones.<br />
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Most of all, have fun. I am looking forward to it and remember that<br />
we are in the public so be ready to answer questions without too much<br />
technospeak.<br />
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Any last minute questions?<br />
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73,<br />
Jeff, KA1DBERichard Smallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05665038959907939111noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1437032922528705803.post-81303238033940766002018-04-10T07:32:00.003-07:002018-04-10T07:32:47.513-07:00Sunday Session!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">A recent Sunday Session provided Jeff KA1DBE with a couple
of photo ops. Top is a nice looking <span style="font-family: Calibri;">go-kit based in a Harbor Freight case by
Chris AB1PZ. Bottom photo Chuck AC1BS replaces the battery in his Kenwood
TS-50. Thanks Jeff for the photos!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<br />Richard Smallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05665038959907939111noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1437032922528705803.post-34107577669360667472018-04-10T07:13:00.001-07:002018-04-10T07:13:37.575-07:00QRP Down By The Union River!
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"> “QRP to the Field.
Saturday, April 21st. This year's<br />
event will have the same theme as last year. The band conditions were<br />
so bad last year that they felt they needed a do over. So with that<br />
in mind, Dick, W1QRP has made arrangements to use the Gazebo at the<br />
Ellsworth Harbor park. Like last year, I was thinking 1200-1700 EDT<br />
for an operating time. What I would like to see is a 2 or maybe 3<br />
station effort this year. At least 1 CW and 1 SSB. Any volunteers?<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><br />
The QRPTTF website is: </span><a href="http://www.zianet.com/qrp/qrpttf/2018/ttf.htm"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Calibri;">http://www.zianet.com/qrp/qrpttf/2018/ttf.htm</span></a><span style="font-family: Calibri;">
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">This was done last year and was a lot of fun even though it
was cold and wet. Join on in on the 21<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">st</span></sup> even if you just stop by
for a visit!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
Richard Smallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05665038959907939111noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1437032922528705803.post-28438243229930126072018-02-28T12:45:00.002-08:002018-02-28T12:45:17.669-08:00E.A.W.A. Monthly Meeting 3/8/18Dont forget, a week from tomorrow, Thursday March 8th, is the monthly meeting of the EAWA, Ellsworth Amateur Wireless Association, face to face meeting. 7PM, Phase 4 Community Room 25 Tweedie Lane here in Ellsworth. There will be a presentation on Radio Fox Hunting done by Jeff Hanscom KA1DBE which will be very interesting. Spring is right around the corner, something to think about as a club activity! As always the meetings are open to anyone interested in Ham Radio and possibly getting their license. Remember, when all else fails for communications, there is always Ham Radio!Richard Smallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05665038959907939111noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1437032922528705803.post-25986673917766297442018-02-28T12:33:00.002-08:002018-02-28T12:33:29.859-08:00SUNDAY SESSION!
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Save this coming Sunday, March 4<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup> for some ham
radio activity. Yes, Sunday Session time has once again rolled around. 12 noon
anyone interested in sharing their vast knowledge of amateur radio please plan
on attending, and for those of us always wanting (and needing) to expand our
knowledge base…plan on attending. Bring projects, gear, questions, comments
(civil please) and of course…coffee. See you at 12 noon this coming Sunday, 25
Tweedie Lane in Ellsworth at the Meadow View Phase IV Community room. And of
course if you are interested in probably one of the most vast hobbies there is
available and getting your license, which is EASY, drop on by!! We will head
you in the right direction….honest, we will.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";">Phil Duggan N1EP has been in the Ham Radio community for,
well, let’s leave it as a long time. Phil has held a number of titles in the
radio community and I think all that’s left is Jedi. He has been instrumental in
organizing and resurrecting ham activities for years. His recent undertakings
are covered in the below links and hope you get a chance to check them out and
participate when you get a chance in the activities!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<a href="http://www.mainehamradiosociety.com/">www.mainehamradiosociety.com</a> Local Amateur Radio news and activities<br />
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<span class="_5yl5"><a href="http://www.kidzradioactive.com/">www.kidzradioactive.com</a> Educational projects that have the potential to pique children's interest in ham radio and technology and science.</span><br />
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<a href="http://www.n1ep.com/">www.n1ep.com</a> Phil's home Ham page!<br />
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Sunday Sessions continue at Meadow View Apartments here in Ellsworth, held on, wait for it...Sundays. Go figure! Great place to work on a project, study and ask questions of long time radio-active folks. And drink coffee whilst spinning tall tales of elusive DX captures! 12 noon to ?</div>
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73!</div>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 18pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">A presentation of APRS as a tactical
EmComm solution,<br />
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submitted to the Huntsville Amateur Radio Club, by N8DEU.<br />
</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">(appeared
originally in the HARC-<a href="http://www.harc.net/documents/voxjul08.pdf"><span style="color: #0000ee;">VOX newsletter for July 2008</span></a> pages 5,6
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prompted by Doug's <b>ARES District 6</b> article<br />
in the HARC-<a href="http://www.harc.net/documents/voxapr08.pdf"><span style="color: #0000ee;">VOX newsletter for April 2008</span></a>.<br />
-Doug Hilton < WD0UG > was discussing the value of effective <b>NCS</b>
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- Tim has graciously allowed SomeNet to re-publish this article.<br />
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read Doug Hilton’s comments from the “<u>ARES District 6</u>” article in
the VOX from April with great interest. It was clear to me that the <b>APRS</b>
Tactical Communication system can easily fix just about all the problems on
the Emergency Net. Having to repeat callsigns 5 or 6 times to check into
any net is unacceptable. Not being able to get HAM’s to use the proper
international phonetics is just another confirmation that we are all human
and suggests we need better methods. <i><span style="color: #cc0000;">Have I
failed to communicate effectively over the years that we already have an
effective communication tool in our Amateur Radio tool box?</span></i> <b>APRS</b>
can solve these issues and provide an effective tool that has been
addressing those needs for many years.<br />
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Now that I have cleared my lungs, lets take a look at the ways <b>APRS</b>
addresses each of the points that were made in the<u> ARES District 6</u>
article in April’s VOX:</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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making 5 or 6 attempts to get the correct callsign from check-ins.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></li>
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using unconventional phonetics.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></li>
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messages wait for 10 or 20 stations to check-in.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></li>
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check-ins is a time consuming process to get name, location, and
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correct callsign is a thing of the past unless the sending operator
mistypes it. The <b>APRS</b> network will quickly sort out multiple
check-ins as the same time. 10 or 20 stations could be logged into the
network in a fraction of the time it takes to do it by voice. The
bottom line is there is 10-100 times more bandwidth available for the
important information from multiple stations. Emergency traffic can
actually be passed while stations are checking into the net very
easily.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></li>
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need for phonetics in the <b>APRS</b> world. What you see on the
screen is what you get. In addition, there is no need to write
anything on paper at the <b>NCS</b> station when using <b>APRS</b>,
because it can be logged automatically in a file for archival or sent
to a printer for automatic documenting.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">3.</span></b><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> Priority
messages suffer due to the way a voice network and human interaction
work. This is the most limiting factor of any voice network. It is
only as good as the operators and the protocol allow it, but it is a
time consuming process. Priority traffic on <b>APRS</b> is built into
the core operation of the system. New traffic takes precedence over
older traffic. Some may argue that <b>APRS</b> uses an un-connected
protocol. This is true and it is the main reason that it is so
efficient. New messages take priority and traffic is re-transmitted by
an decaying rate while new messages are re-transmitted more often
taking priority. Personal messages are acknowledged by sending a
message back to the sender to stop sending it. Bulletin messages are
the beauty of <b>APRS</b> as they are sent in the same decaying
rebroadcast format and everybody receives it virtually at the same
time with the broadcast protocol. Thus, newer bulletins take priority
in any time critical event. </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">These
messages DO NOT wait for check-ins or anybody else. They are
multiplexed in between check-ins in case of a REAL emergency
situation. I can remember on the old connected packet BBS network when
weather bulletins took forever. When the weather was bad the number of
bulletins brought the network to a crawl. It would take all night to
get all the weather traffic using that old protocol. Today, we utilize
that same equipment employing the <b>APRS</b> unconnected packet
protocol and that problem is gone. Weather bulletins are sent in real
time from the <b>NWS</b> and broadcast to every <b>APRS</b> packet
station for all to receive immediately. With some weather bulletins
you will be informed exactly how far and in what direction you are
from the maximum area of concern. This is immediate information and it
waits for no operator to send the message or announce it over a voice
repeater. How many times have we experienced storms in our area and
the voice net woke up after the threat had passed through the area.
This simply does not happen with <b>APRS</b> because <b>APRS</b> users
are informed immediately as those <b>NWS</b> messages are broadcast.
In fact, with all the weather nodes available on <b>APRS</b> you can
set trigger points for wind speed, temperature, and barometric
pressure to sound an alarm on your APRS station remotely.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></li>
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you can reduce the check-in time to a fraction of what you experience
today. If those 10-20 check-in stations used the <b>APRS</b> network,
the check-in time could be less than 2 minutes, nobody would have to
repeat their information (unless they typed it wrong), your location
information would be automatic and your <b>APRS</b> symbol would be
placed on the map. I know I have refrained from checking into the
voice net many times because of the lengthy process. Any station can
send priority traffic at any point, even during the check-in process.
It is easy, effortless, and better utilizes the bandwidth for
increased traffic when needed. Voice nets will never compete with the
speed of traffic passing on the <b>APRS</b> digital network!</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></li>
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between check-ins is a waste of bandwidth. There will be dupes on a
voice network and there will be dupes on an <b>APRS</b> network. The
advantage is the <b>APRS</b> network automatically takes care of those
dupes rather quickly by the design of the protocol and no human
intervention is required. Any delay is wasted bandwidth that can be
used more efficiently to transfer information.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></li>
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transfer of information on a voice network can be a thing of the past
with the <b>APRS</b> network. Information is sent as the sender
intended. No repeats are necessary that the protocol does not already
address.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></li>
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After digesting this material, I read Rolf’s article titled “<u>Madison
County ARES / RACES Update</u>” in the April VOX concerning weather spotter
training. Here is another example of where <b>APRS</b> is a practical tool
for the services of the Amateur Radio Community. <b>APRS</b> is already
weather oriented. No other tool in the Amateur Radio Community contains the
weather reporting capabilities of <b>APRS</b>. <b>NWS</b> weather bulletins
are broadcasted in real time on the <b>APRS</b> network. Those who utilize <b>APRS</b>
maps will see counties highlighted in red or yellow indicating areas with
watches or warnings posted in addition to the bulletin itself. You always
know how far you are located from the maximum area of concern. All this
information is available on the <b>APRS</b> radio network as well as the
Internet <b>APRS</b> network since they are seamlessly integrated. Weather
is unpredictable at times and the <b>APRS</b> tactical communication system
fits the mold on VHF or UHF to contain traffic to a specific area or event.
The Internet is nice but it is not required in a tactical communication
system where digipeaters can be easily installed to make any necessary
connections with conventional radio equipment. <b>APRS</b> knows where you
are located, which takes away any guesswork by simply looking on a map and
physically seeing your location relative to any activity that may be of
concern. In the end, <b>APRS</b> is really an informational awareness
system and it performs its function very well.<br />
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What better tools do we have for a tactical communication system? The <b>APRS</b>
infrastructure has grown and continues to grow in popularity with new
digipeaters being added to this tactical communication system. We have
solutions to serve the public interest not just a bunch of toys. Although, <b>APRS</b>
is a pretty cool toy.<br />
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<i><span style="color: #cc0000;">Am I picking on the HAM radio population?</span></i>
</span><b><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">You
bet!</span></b><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
The status quo or old fashion methods may be a little dated for our nets to
run efficiently. Does this make you mad? It should! It should make you so
mad that your blood starts pumping uncontrollably to the point you get on
you feet and think about the problems and the solutions. If we do not have
the solution, then what service will replace us along with our valuable
radio spectrum? How do you spell the value of Amateur Radio?<br />
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Happy APRS Packeting<br />
73’s de Tim - N8DEU</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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The January 11th meeting of the EAWA was called to order at
7:04 PM by President Chris Stanley N1CJS . Evie KA1BRA made a motion to accept
the December Minutes as e-mailed. Rob W8HAP seconded the motion. The motion
passed. Dick W1KRP made a motion to accept the Treasurer's Report
that was seconded by Chuck AC1BS.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
motion carried.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<strong>Tuesdays at 7:00PM on Simplex 146.565<span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span>Wednesdays at 7:00PM on the 147.030 Repeater<o:p></o:p></strong></div>
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January 16<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Chris
WeaverAB1PZ<span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>January 17 Chris WeaverAB1PZ<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><o:p></o:p></div>
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January 23<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Evie
Sargent KA1BRA <span style="mso-tab-count: 3;"> </span>January
24<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Evie Sargent KA1BRA <span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span><o:p></o:p></div>
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January 30 Chuck Liebow AC1BS<span style="mso-tab-count: 3;"> </span>January
31 Chuck Liebow AC1BS<o:p></o:p></div>
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February 6 Dick Small W1KRP<span style="mso-tab-count: 3;"> </span>February
7 Dick Small W1KRP<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><o:p></o:p></div>
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(Evie KA1BRA wanted those interested in doing nets to know
that he/she does NOT have to do both Tuesday and Wednesday nets. Feel free to
volunteer for either or both.)<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><o:p></o:p></div>
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Phil N1EP presented a power point presentation and talk on <i>Kidz
Radio Active. </i>This is a program designed by Phil et al to get our youth
interested in science and ham radio. For more information, please go to
www.kidzradioactive.com.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>Slate of Officers to be voted upon:</b><o:p></o:p></div>
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The Nominating Committee (Evie KA1BRA, Chris AB1PZ, Chuck
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<span style="mso-tab-count: 4;"> </span>President
Chris Stanley N1CJS<o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="mso-tab-count: 4;"> </span>Vice-President
Dick Small W1KRP<o:p></o:p></div>
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Additions from the floor:<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Co-Secretary/Treasurer
Joan Hildreth W1DLC & Evie Sargent KA1BRA<o:p></o:p></div>
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Member Jeff Hanscom KA1DBE<o:p></o:p></div>
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All in favor; none opposed.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>Field Day Committee – </b>Dick W1KRP suggested that a
Field Day Committee be appointed before we get much further into 2018. Those
“volunteering” to be on that committee are Chuck AC1BS, Dick W1KRP, and Chris
N1CJS. John KQ1P added that depending on the location Mary and Margaret KB1TPE
would be willing to help Evie KA1BRA with the cooking—great cooks and lovely
ladies!<o:p></o:p></div>
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Thanks, John, for volunteering them!<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>Winter Field Day</b> – Winter Field Day will take place on
Saturday, January 27<sup>th</sup> from 1:00-5:00PM. We will use the club
station. Please bring snacks/whatever to share.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>Donated Equipment</b>: Burt Lowry K7HUN made the motion to
give radio equipment that was donated to the EAWA by Barb Murnane WB1EHS and
can be used by the Kidz Radio Active program to N1EP.<o:p></o:p></div>
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I missed who seconded the motion, but it passed.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>Club Station W1TU- </b>Dick W1KRP reported that the club
station<b> </b>has been cleaned up and is operating. The new battery needs to
be charged and stored. The station does need a power strip.<b><o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<b>W1TU License Renewal- </b>The W1TU FCC License is up for
renewal by May. As club Trustee, Rob has done the renewal for us and it is in
his name. He wanted to know if the EAWA wanted him to remain Trustee for the
club call with the FCC. Chris N1CJS made a motion for Rob W8HAP to continue as
Trustee and to please do the FCC license renewal. The motion was seconded by
Burt K7HUN. The motion passed. Thank you, Rob!<b><o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<b><o:p> </o:p><b>Winter Fest In Augusta -</b>Phil N1EP mentioned that
Winter Fest would be held Saturday,February 24<sup>th</sup><b><o:p></o:p></b></b></div>
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For more information: <b><a href="http://www.1tlc.org/"><span style="color: windowtext; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">http://www.1tlc.org</span></a><o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<b><o:p> </o:p><b>Symposium and VE Session<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>- </b>Phil N1EP will host a VE session and Symposium on Saturday,<b><o:p></o:p></b></b></div>
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May 19<sup>th</sup>. The symposium will be held at Meadow
View Apartments<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>IV Community Room,<b><o:p></o:p></b></div>
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25 Tweedie Lane, Ellsworth. Mega Builder Robots will be
present. The symposium will consist of digital communication, robotics, etc.<b><o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<o:p> </o:p>Rob W8HAP made a motion to adjourn that was seconded by Burt
K7HUN, Jeff KA1DBE, Galen KB1NJC, and several others. So done at 8:08PM.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="color: #999999;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="lighttext1"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">from Rick McCallum, KC7MF on October 30, 2017</span></span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">When all else fails, there is
Amateur Radio. We all stand ready to provide communications in times of
emergency. We can actually do quite well at this and I do not mean to make
light of it. Well maybe a little. That said.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">As a new ham you may want to get
your feet wet in what we call ECOM, or ECOMM, or EMCOMM...whatever. Let’s go
with ECOM for brevity sake. As a newly licensed Technician-Class ‘Amateur Radio
Station Operator/Licensee’ (ARSOL) uh, I mean Licensed Amateur Radio Station
Operator(LARSO) you will start with the basics. You will learn emergency
communications from the ground up. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">First you will need equipment. You
will need a name tag with your call sign on it. It should also have your name
on it because there will not be one living soul with whom you will work who
will be able to remember your name for over 30 seconds and you will get really
tired of being called Mike Foxtrot. Then you will need a hat with your call
sign on it. The best hat is a green hard hat indicating that you belong to a
CERT team. (More about CERT in part II.) It will afford you protection when you
are working “in ECOM” as we say. I recommend putting your name on the back of
your hard hat. This way people who hiding behind…that is to say following your
lead, will not forget your name. It will be easy for them to communicate with
you at the disaster site, shouting official ECOM stuff like, “Rick. Slow down.
It is really scary here. Do you smell smoke?”…And other such essential
emergency communications. You will need camouflage fatigues and combat boots.
You will need a Sam Brown belt to carry your bundle of keys, your aluminum
36,000 lumen flashlight, spare batteries, your canteen, your flare gun, your
knife, your first-aid kit, your multi-tool and your portable field Morse code
key (snicker).<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">You will crown your new outfit with
an orange reflective vest with ECOM on the back of it. (You may be asking
yourself, “won’t the orange vest counteract the effect of the camouflage
fatigues? The answer is yes but just drop it. OK? There is no call to be pedantic.)
Now let’s move on. There are Ham radio Badges. They look just like Police
badges. Do not get one. You will look like an id…well let’s just say the police
do not like any badges with references to “ham” on them. OK? A little
sensitivity…<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Of course you will need an “HT”.
This is short for “Handy Talkie”. Your HT will cost anywhere from, at the high
end, about $600.00 down to, at the low end, about $6.00 used. Perhaps one of
your new ECOM friends (or should I say platoon mates) will help you. “Oh? Bill
is looking for an HT? He can have this worthless piece of…oh there you are
Bill. Let me give you this rig to get you started”. Wouldn’t that be a lucky
stroke? He/or she may just be your new Elmer. Please note. There is no
difference between a $500 and a free HT. They all work equally, ah, one might
almost say, well. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Thus outfitted you are ready for
ECOM training. This is a series of evening classes taught by a guy named Frank
(known affectionately in the ECOM community as Methuselah.) You will be able to
spot him right away at the radio club meetings as he is the one with the green
hard hat, orange vest, HT with remote mic and ham radio badge. (NOTE: Before
you ask, yes we have all noticed that he looks like an 80 year old school
crossing guard and it is not necessary to mention it.) These classes will be
exciting. You will learn ECOM procedures, first aid, outdoor survival,
equipment preparation, which vegetation is edible, jeep riding, and why you
should keep all of your radio equipment in a Faraday Cage right next to your
three year supply of food and 846 guns, and always vote libertarian and...but
then I digress… (Do not worry for the moment what a Faraday Cage is. You will
not really need to know until you go for your extra class ticket unless, God Forfend,
events lead you to <b>really</b> need one but in that case the subject is sort
of academic.) <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Trained to the hilt you will
participate in events designed to hone your emergency communications skills.
Most of these are bike races. Your leadership will have pled... that is to say,
kindly volunteered your group’s services to monitor the race route in case
something awful might happen. There you will be; dressed in your entire
combat-first-responder ensemble, HT at the ready, stuffed full of surplus trail
mix and ready for any emergency. And then it happens. Something awful! You get
on your HT and shout, “Operation Chainguard Flash Eagle Leader Alpha Charlie
One whatever this is Flash Thunder Falcon three four, Kilo Echo Seven Uniform
Xray Echo, we have a code 6. A bicycle just crashed into three people who were
not paying attention because they were on their cell phones and wandered into
the race route. Get on your cell phone and call the paramedics.” And there you
have it. ECOM at its most basic. Most gritty. Most…<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Now if that does not whet your
appetite there is more! You could become a weather observer! <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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to…well…tell people it is raining or windy. I know. Even a no-code Extra can
tell when it is raining and/or windy but I guess some people can’t. On edit: I
was just informed that I am off-base here. It is not to tell people it is
raining and/or windy. It is to tell people who are not where it is raining
and/or windy that it is raining and/or windy somewhere else. That makes more
sense, even to me. Oh no really?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Okay. The person who told me about
the rain just told me that these “observers” go out and try to find tornadoes
and then tell people that there are tornadoes somewhere else. You could do
that! How cool. You could don all of your ECOM equipment, jump into your
emergency SUV, and head toward really nasty looking weather, where you could
jump out and look for funnel clouds. Here is where you must make a strategic
decision. “Do I carry all of my emergency equipment or travel “light”. The
decision will be based upon your skill set. If you are not, shall we say, fleet
of foot, the extra weight of the equipment might come in very handy. Your
training will be important here. At times like these it is sometimes easy to
forget proper radio procedure. But you will stay calm. Seeing a funnel cloud
roughly the size of Cleveland headed your way you will take cover behind that…
oh what is there... fence post... key your HT and say..."Holy, I mean
Hotel Sierra there is Bravo Foxtrot funnel cloud, about the size of Cleveland
that just ate my camouflage SUV and is headed right for me. Where is it? I’ll
check my map. I have it in my back pocket... I’ll let you know in a minute.
Something has uh gotten on my map."<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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it’s important too. It allows the folks at headquarters to tell others not to
go near you (or where they believe you were) and give thanks that they are not
there with you. Don’t worry. I have never actually heard of someone getting his
clothes blown off and you can always get another CERT hat and map. My suspicion
is that when this article is published there will be a great many of them
available. All the better for an aspiring storm watcher. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">This is enough for the first
installment. Next time we will cover CERT and ARES. There is much to cover. But
at this point it is important to add that what ham radio can and does do in
emergencies is a very real thing. I have answered a real Mayday call myself and
it is quite the experience. Sometimes though it is instructive to take an
alternate look at some of our “foibles.” That is what we just did. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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Maine area in the Ham Radio community! Below I have listed the highlights.
Please stay tuned to the local frequencies for updates and the local nets!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; line-height: 115%;">**The “Sunday Sessions” will be starting back up on Sunday
November 12<span style="font-size: small;"><sup>th</sup> at noon time! If you have a project you are working on
and want to share or just work on bring it along! Questions on operations
and/or equipment…hopefully they can be answered! The session on the 12<sup>th</sup>
will be an open discussion as well on VHF digital ops with emphasis on getting reacquainted
with packet radio and APRS! Bring your setups if you wish to get going or
troubleshoot! ALL are welcome to attend, even those new to the hobby and want
to see what it’s all about!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; line-height: 115%;">**Last week (10/10/2017) Phil acted as net ctrl on a
10M net and it was interesting! Contacts from the Ellsworth area were pretty
good, Phil had a hard time copying but with relays all seemed to make their
presence known! Tonight 10/17 there will be a 6M FM net at 1830 hours on 52.525…now
THAT should be fun!<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; line-height: 115%;">**On Saturday, November 18<span style="font-size: small;"><sup>th</sup> at 1300
hours there will be a VE Test session at Meadow View Apartments Phase 4
Community Room, 25 Tweedie Lane in Ellsworth. For those wanting further
information contact Phil Duggan N1EP at </span><a href="mailto:phil.n1ep@gmail.com"><span style="color: blue;">phil.n1ep@gmail.com</span></a>
. (No N1CJS, I am not ready to test to Extra!)<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">**Theres some new kids in town…well
sorta. The group once known as the Narraguagus Bay Amateur Radio Club, has resurrected
as the <span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Maine Ham Radio Society holding
its first meeting on October 14<span style="font-size: small;"><sup>th</sup> in Milbridge. It’s great to see
the group active again and offering more for the Hams further Down East! Look
for info on further meetings!<o:p></o:p></span></span></span><br />
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meeting of the Ellsworth Amateur Wireless Association (EAWA) will be held on
Thursday November 9<span style="font-size: small;"><sup>th</sup> . The business meeting which is held at 1900
hours will be preceded by training provided by the National Weather Service starting
at 1800 hours centered on winter weather observation/reporting. The following
is the NWS release: <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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<span><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><strong>Help your National Weather Service by
becoming a Winter Weather Storm Spotter!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Storm spotters report snowfall, ice accumulation, high winds, high surf,
freezing spray and coastal flood erosion during Maine’s long harsh winters.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Spotter training will teach you about winter
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><u><span>Where</span></u><span>: Meadowview Apartments (Phase IV Community Room), 25
Tweedie Lane, Ellsworth, ME<o:p></o:p></span></span></strong><br />
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<span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">**Next Ham Radio breakfast will be
Saturday, November 4<span style="font-size: small;"><sup>th</sup> at 0900 hrs at Denny’s in Ellsworth. Confirm
with Phil N1EP at </span></span><a href="mailto:phil.n1ep@gmail.com"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Calibri;">phil.n1ep@gmail.com</span></a><span style="font-family: Calibri;">
who and how many will be attending!<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><em>**Look for upcoming information about a
Special Events Station during next fall’s Autumn Gold Festival here in
Ellsworth!<o:p></o:p></em></span></span></div>
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The October 12th meeting of the EAWA was called to order at
7:05 PM by President Chris Stanley N1CJS. Evie KA1BRA made a motion to accept
the September Minutes as e-mailed. Rob W8HAP seconded the motion. The motion
passed. Dick W1KRP made a motion to accept the Treasurer's Report ( Petty Cash
$313.57, Savings account $1050.50,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>VE
Account $18.82, and Repeater Fund $92.39) that was seconded by Chuck
AC1BS.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The motion carried.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span>EMCOMM
<span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span>NETS<span style="mso-tab-count: 4;"> </span>EAWA<o:p></o:p></div>
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Tuesdays at 7:00PM on 146.910 Repeater<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Wednesdays at 7:00PM on the 147.030 Repeater<o:p></o:p></div>
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October 17<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Evie
Sargent KA1BRA <span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span>October 18
KB1ONQ Scott Grindle<o:p></o:p></div>
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October 24<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Chris
Weaver AB1PZ<span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span>October 25
Chris Weaver AB1PZ<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><o:p></o:p></div>
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October 31 Phil Duggan N1EP<span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span>November
1 Bradley Nuding KC1HVP<span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span><o:p></o:p></div>
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November 7 Chuck Liebow AC1BS<span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span>November
8 Chuck Liebow AC1BS<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><o:p></o:p></div>
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REQUEST FROM N1EP_NET CONTROLS, PLEASE ACKNOWLEDGE YOUR
CHECK-INS SO THEY WILL KNOW YOU HEARD THEM!<o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="mso-tab-count: 5;"> </span><b>Old
Business</b><o:p></o:p></div>
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October Breakfast – Greg N1IRH reported that the October
breakfast held at Denny's in Ellsworth<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Saturday, October 7 at 9:00AM was attended only by three.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b><span style="mso-tab-count: 5;"> </span>New
Business<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<b>November<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Breakfast
– </b>TheNovember breakfast at Denny's in Ellsworth will be Saturday, November
4<sup>th</sup> at 9:00AM. Please let Phil N1EP (<b><a href="mailto:n1ep@yahoo.com"><span style="color: windowtext; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">n1ep@yahoo.com</span></a></b>) know
if you plan to attend so he can give them a head count.<b><o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<b>6 Meter Net – </b>Phil N1EP stated that there is a
possibility of having a weekly 6 m (52.525 MHz) net on Tuesdays at 6:30PM<b><o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<b>Echo Link Down</b> – Chris N1CJS reported that his Echo
Link is down. Possibly it can be moved to another location where it will decide
to start working again.<b><o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<b>November Test Session – </b>Since there is interest in a
VE test session, Phil may try to get one scheduled for November.<b><o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<b>Program for November – Chris N1CJS announced that the EMA
will be hosting a SKYWARN program at Meadow View Apartment IV Common Room 25
Tweedie Lane, Ellsworth at 6:00PM on Thursday, November 9<sup>th</sup>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The SKYWARN program will be presented by a
meteorologist from Caribou.This program is different than the one presented
earlier this year so please try to attend. The EAWA business meeting will
immediately follow the SKYWARN program.<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<b>Sunday Sessions</b> -<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Sunday Sessions will start November 12<sup>th</sup> noon to whenever .
Bring a project or just drop by to see what's happening or to operate the club
station. Meadow View Apartments 25 Tweedie Lane<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>Junk Requested – </b>John KQ1P would like to have your
junk radio stuff for a high school class project.<b><o:p></o:p></b></div>
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He may offer a radio class to the students in the spring. Joe
WA4OVO is willing to help teach<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>from
afar.<b><o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<b>Sweep Stakes –</b> Phil N1EP is hosting at his home on
Sunday, November 19<sup>th</sup> the Sweepstakes on phone.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Show up anytime and operate or check out the
action . Light refreshments will be served.<b><o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<b><o:p> </o:p>Rob W8HAP made a motion to adjourn. John KQ1P seconded. So
done at 7:28 PM<b><o:p></o:p></b></b></div>
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<b><o:p> </o:p><b>Program-</b>Finalizing communication plans for the MDI
Marathon on Sunday, October 15, 2017.<b><o:p></o:p></b></b></div>
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Respectfully submitted,<b><o:p></o:p></b></div>
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Evie Sargent/KA1BRA<b><o:p></o:p></b></div>
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Secretary/Treasurer<b><o:p></o:p></b></div>
Richard Smallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05665038959907939111noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1437032922528705803.post-72798515809032706842017-10-17T10:05:00.001-07:002017-10-17T10:05:03.930-07:00Maine Ham Radio Society
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<b><span style="font-family: LiberationSerif-Bold; font-size: 16pt; mso-bidi-font-family: LiberationSerif-Bold;">Maine Ham Radio Society<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: LiberationSerif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: LiberationSerif;">(formerly
Narraguagus Bay Amateur Radio Club)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: LiberationSerif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: LiberationSerif;">MINUTES
(Tentative)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: LiberationSerif-Bold; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: LiberationSerif-Bold;">October 14, 2017<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: LiberationSerif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: LiberationSerif;">0900
at The Milbridge House Restaurant<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: LiberationSerif-Bold; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: LiberationSerif-Bold;">Present: </span></b><span style="font-family: LiberationSerif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: LiberationSerif;">Phil Duggan
N1EP, Rick Miller N1XRW, Kevin Keane AB1OX, David Prue KC1GVG, Brian Carlton
KC1FXF, Richard Clark KC1BUX<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: OpenSymbol; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: OpenSymbol;">*</span><span style="font-family: LiberationSerif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: LiberationSerif;">All
present agreed that we should bring the club out of suspended animation. All
present paid $10 membership fees. It was decided for now the dues would be $10.
Depending on possible liabilty insurance and other costs, the members could
choose to increase fees at a later date.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: LiberationSerif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: LiberationSerif;"><o:p> </o:p><span style="font-family: OpenSymbol; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: OpenSymbol;">*</span><span style="font-family: LiberationSerif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: LiberationSerif;">Officer
Elections were held resulting in:<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: LiberationSerif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: LiberationSerif;">Phil
N1EP President/Secretary<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: LiberationSerif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: LiberationSerif;">David
KC1GVG Vice President<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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KC1FXF Treasurer<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: OpenSymbol; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: OpenSymbol;">* </span><span style="font-family: LiberationSerif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: LiberationSerif;">Members
voted to change the name of the club to Maine Ham Radio Society.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: OpenSymbol; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: OpenSymbol;">*</span><span style="font-family: LiberationSerif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: LiberationSerif;">It
was noted that Kevin Shissler K1FQ was going to renew the club’s call sign
KB1CEJ and transfer Trusteeship to Brenda Duggan N1ZPV. N1EP will also ask
Kevin if he can update the name of the club with the FCC at the same time, if
that is even an option.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: OpenSymbol; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: OpenSymbol;">*</span><span style="font-family: LiberationSerif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: LiberationSerif;">N1EP
noted that he was hosting a group November Sweepstakes operation and social
event at his QTH on Sunday November 19. All are invited. It was also announced
that the next Ellsworth club breakfast would be Saturday, Nov 4 at 0900 at
Denny’s. Please RSVP N1EP if you plan on attending so enough tables can be
reserved. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: LiberationSerif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: LiberationSerif;">*Additionally,
the Ellsworth Amateur Wireless Association will be resuming their Sunday
project sessions starting November 12 at the Meadow View Apartments Phase IV
Dining Hall 25 Tweedie Lane. They usually start at noon. All are welcome. A VE
session will be scheduled for sometime in November at that same <span style="font-family: LiberationSerif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: LiberationSerif;">location.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: LiberationSerif-Bold; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: LiberationSerif-Bold;">Adjourned </span></b><span style="font-family: LiberationSerif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: LiberationSerif;">about 1020<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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N1EP</span><o:p></o:p></div>
Richard Smallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05665038959907939111noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1437032922528705803.post-49045686027803375082017-09-20T12:49:00.002-07:002017-09-20T12:49:51.775-07:00Sunday Sessions 2017-18<br />
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<o:p><span style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span></o:p><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">Keep posted for further information reference “Sunday
Sessions” held throughout the winter at Meadow View, where the EAWA meets. With
the radios present and antenna topside what better chance to hang around and
work on projects or do some operating. It has been suggested that we schedule
possibly operating some of the contests. As always if you have a project to
work on or troubles with said projects bring them along and hopefully someone
can help. And as always, have a new piece of equipment or a new setup to show
off…come on down! Questions, comments, nastygrams…give me a shout at </span><a href="mailto:res.w1krp@gmail.com"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "calibri";">res.w1krp@gmail.com</span></a><span style="font-family: "calibri";"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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