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V OLUME XXXV #7 J ULY 2015 Q5 DOWNEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB SERVING DOWNEY AND THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES SINCE 1951 Event Date Lead Ho'olaule'a 07.18-19.15 Kerns Tour de Sewer 10.17.15 Savage/ Norwood DARC 2015 Public Service Events Tales From Field Day Kent Savage, K6WCI, will be presenting information on the Club’s Field Day Activities. Presidents Message, July 2015 I am generally encouraged by the recent growth of our club. While we are small in size we have a very active membership. With June be- ing Field Day month, much of our efforts are focused on mak- ing another successful effort setting up at Apollo Park. Our very ambitious plans are to run 6 or 7 alpha which will crowd us in pretty good in that little parking lot on Smallwood Ave. We plan to have stations run- ning CW, digital modes (PSK, RTTY) and phone. We will be using beam and wire antennas to cover the bands from 80 meters to UHF, and maybe even a dish or two for the microwave bands. One of the pleasures of FD is trying out all the differ- ent radios and modes. I know we will have Yaesu, Kenwood, Icom, Elecraft and Flex (Software Defined Radio) available at our site for our operators to use. Remember, if you hold a tech license this is your op- portunity to work in the higher level sections of the bands as we will have several Extra class licensees overseeing the operation. Dinner on Saturday will be made available around 5pm and consist of meatball sandwiches. It is im- portant to note that meatballs are made of “HAMburger” meat, the perfect match for our effort. This last weekend I was able to work the June VHF contest from home for the last hour and a half of the contest. I typically like to rove all over the state but this year proved to be too busy and no time to prep the truck for the adventure. Hawaiian Festival Hawaiian Festival time is here again and many volun- teers are needed. The Ho’olaule’a will be at Alondra Park in Lawndale, CA again this year. The Ho’olaule’a is sponsored by the Hawaiian Inter- Club Council of Southern California (HICC). For the new Hams, this event is two days (18 & 19 July 2015) Saturday 0700 to 1700 hours and Sunday the 19th from 0700 to 1700 hours. There is continuous enter- tainment and lots of food booths and various Hawai- ian goods, arts and crafts for sale. This event will have 10,000 or more people visit the park. This is a great event and great fun. DARC will provide communications to coordinate be- tween HICC Officers & Event Coordinators, LA Coun- ty Recreation Department and the Event Security unit. This effort requires about 15 volunteers each day. There are two shifts each day but as for any event, the more volunteers we have, the shorter the shifts. The shift hours are between 0700 - 1200 and 1200 - 1730 hours Saturday and Sunday. Lunch will be pro- vided. There are several positions which require walk- ing (shadows) and others were no walking is required. The equipment required is a 2M HT, spare batteries, ear piece] or headset, and possibly you may want to bring a hat, chair and water bottle. The operational frequency will be the club simplex, with talking on the DARC repeater. Please sign up at the July meeting or contact Buck Kerns, AE6DT or Rick Norwood, KD6KHJ. See you there. Continued on page 7
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VOLUME XXXV #7
JULY 2015 Q5
DOWNEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB
SERVING DOWNEY AND THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES SINCE 1951
Event Date Lead
Ho'olaule'a 07.18-19.15 Kerns
Tour de Sewer 10.17.15 Savage/ Norwood
DARC 2015 Public Service Events
Tales From Field Day
Kent Savage, K6WCI, will be
presenting information on the
Club’s Field Day Activities.
Presidents Message, July 2015
I am generally encouraged by the recent growth of our club. While we are small in size we have a very active
membership. With June be-ing Field Day month, much of
our efforts are focused on mak-ing another successful effort setting up at Apollo Park. Our very ambitious plans are to run 6 or 7 alpha which will crowd us in pretty good in that little parking lot on Smallwood Ave. We plan to have stations run-ning CW, digital modes (PSK, RTTY) and phone. We will be using beam and wire antennas to cover the bands from 80 meters to UHF, and maybe even a dish or two for the microwave bands.
One of the pleasures of FD is trying out all the differ-ent radios and modes. I know we will have Yaesu, Kenwood, Icom, Elecraft and Flex (Software Defined Radio) available at our site for our operators to use. Remember, if you hold a tech license this is your op-portunity to work in the higher level sections of the bands as we will have several Extra class licensees overseeing the operation.
Dinner on Saturday will be made available around 5pm and consist of meatball sandwiches. It is im-portant to note that meatballs are made of “HAMburger” meat, the perfect match for our effort. This last weekend I was able to work the June VHF contest from home for the last hour and a half of the contest. I typically like to rove all over the state but this year proved to be too busy and no time to prep the truck for the adventure.
Hawaiian Festival
Hawaiian Festival time is here again and many volun-teers are needed. The Ho’olaule’a will be at Alondra Park in Lawndale, CA again this year.
The Ho’olaule’a is sponsored by the Hawaiian Inter-Club Council of Southern California (HICC). For the new Hams, this event is two days (18 & 19 July 2015) Saturday 0700 to 1700 hours and Sunday the 19th from 0700 to 1700 hours. There is continuous enter-tainment and lots of food booths and various Hawai-ian goods, arts and crafts for sale. This event will have 10,000 or more people visit the park. This is a great event and great fun.
DARC will provide communications to coordinate be-tween HICC Officers & Event Coordinators, LA Coun-ty Recreation Department and the Event Security unit. This effort requires about 15 volunteers each day. There are two shifts each day but as for any event, the more volunteers we have, the shorter the shifts. The shift hours are between 0700 - 1200 and 1200 - 1730 hours Saturday and Sunday. Lunch will be pro-vided. There are several positions which require walk-ing (shadows) and others were no walking is required. The equipment required is a 2M HT, spare batteries, ear piece] or headset, and possibly you may want to bring a hat, chair and water bottle. The operational frequency will be the club simplex, with talking on the DARC repeater.
Please sign up at the July meeting or contact Buck
Kerns, AE6DT or Rick Norwood, KD6KHJ.
See you there.
Continued on page 7
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THE DOWNEY
AMATEUR RADIO CLUB, INC.
P.O. Box 207
Downey, CA 90241
Q5 Staff
Editor
John Powell, KF6EOJ [email protected] Phone: (562) 862-4608 Alt Phone: (562) 985-8610 Assistant Editor
Rick Norwood, KD6KHJ Phone: (562) 865-5750 [email protected]
Associate Editors
John Schroeder, N6QQ Jon Olesen,KD6HXP Steve Hartranft, KI6SUF Electronic Publishing
Rick Norwood,KD6KHJ Phone: (562) 865-5750 [email protected]
Permission to copy material from the Q5 is granted provided that credit is given to the “DARC Q5”.
Q5, as in: a signal that is perfectly readable, hence the name of our newsletter. We hope you agree.
Club Officers President
Dave Glenn, N6TEB Phone: (562) 928-8560 [email protected]
First Vice President Ron Eveland, W6QM Phone: (562) 860-3623 [email protected]
VP Service Rick Norwood, KD6KHJ Phone: (562) 865-5750 [email protected] VP Membership James Nielsen, KJ6WZW Phone: [email protected] VP Programs Kent Savage, K6WCI Phone: (562) 716-6070 [email protected] VP Ways and Means Steve Hartranft, KI6SUF Phone: (562) 923-0070 [email protected] Secretary
Bill Heather, KB6WKT Phone: (562) 863-6607
[email protected] Treasurer Frank Myllo, KC6YPV Phone: (562) 860-4045 [email protected] Director (One Year) Buck Kerns, AE6DT Phone: (562) 634-8441 [email protected] Director (Two Years) Paul Metzger, K6EH
Phone: (562) 900-2217 [email protected]
Trustee, W6TOI
Bill Heather, KB6WKT Phone: (562) 863-6607
Looking for an Elmer?
Here are a few resources that can get you going: Bill Heather, KB6WKT, 562 863-6607 [email protected], Helping Hams, Contesting Ivan Mikulich, KB6ATT, 562 862-4592 [email protected], Helping Hams, Field Trips Glenn Allen, KE6HPZ, 562 928-2080 [email protected], Microwave Harold ‘Buck’ Kerns, AE6DT, 562 634-8441 [email protected], Public Service John Schroeder, N6QQ, 562 404-1112 [email protected], Contesting, DXing, DXCC and WAS Card Checker, QSL cards for CQ WAZ and WPX awards.
When and where we meet:
We normally meet the first Thursday of each month at 1930 hrs in room 120 of
the First Baptist Church in Downey. The church is between 2nd and 3rd
streets, near City Hall, address is 8348 E. 3rd St. Use 2nd St, east from
Downey Ave (1 block north of Firestone Bl), adjacent to City Hall. Entrance via
double glass doors on the north side of 2nd St.
Swap Meet Information:
CHHS Electronics Swap Meet
Chino Hills High School
16150 Pomona Rincon Rd
Chino Hills, CA
Held the third Saturday of each month, 06:30 to 11:30 AM
W6TRW Swap Meet
Northrop Grumman Parking Lot
Corner of Marine and Aviation
Manhattan Beach, CA
Held the last Saturday of each month, 07:00 to 11:30 AM
Affiliations:
Affiliated ARRL Club
Los Angeles Area Council of Amateur Radio Clubs
Orange County Council of Amateur Radio Organizations
Club Frequencies:
Simplex: 145.595 MHz*
440 Repeater #1: 445.640 (-) PL 156.7 Hz*
440 Repeater #2: 445.640 (-) PL 88.5 Hz
* See Calendar for Net Schedule
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There were six who tested on June 20th. One earned their Technician class li-cense and four upgraded to Gen-eral. One of the people who up-graded to General is legally blind. Mary Carlson, KC6BBJ, read the questions to him and then recorded the answers given. This was a first for the DARC VE Team.
The next session is August 15th.
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Treasurer’s Report—Income
Treasurer’s Report— Expense
2014 - 2015 May 15 YEAR-TO-DATE ANNUAL (OVER)/UNDER
ACTUAL ACTUAL BUDGET BUDGET
INCOME
Club Merchandise $0.00 $0.00
Dues $100.00 $580.00 ($580.00)
Luncheon $675.00 ($675.00)
Misc.Income $250.00 $270.00 ($270.00)
Fund Raisers $0.00 $0.00
Total Income $350.00 $1,525.00 $0.00 ($1,525.00)
2015 May 15 (OVER)/
ACTUAL YTD ANNUAL UNDER
ACTUAL BUDGET BUDGET
EXPENDITURES
Repeater $34.38 $525.89 $764.78 $238.89
Club Merchandise $0.00 $0.00 $0.00
Correspondence
Printing $0.00 $50.00 $50.00
Supplies $0.00 $20.00 $20.00
Postage $31.88 $31.88 $0.00
Committees
Award $31.88 $31.88 $0.00
Education/Awareness $0.00 $0.00 $0.00
Membership $0.00 $0.00 $0.00
Publicity & Public Relations $0.00 $0.00 $0.00
Sunshine $0.00 $0.00 $0.00
Equipment/Maintenance $0.00 $0.00 $0.00
Events
Christmas Party $0.00 $0.00 $0.00
Field Day $0.00 $600.00 $600.00
Luncheon $825.00 $825.00 $0.00
Fund Raisers $0.00 $0.00 $0.00
Other Events $0.00 $0.00 $0.00
Insurance $325.00 $650.00 $325.00
Misc. Expenses $0.00 $0.00 $0.00
Officers' Expenses
Board Members $0.00 $0.00 $0.00
Treasurer $53.58 $107.16 $53.58
Other Organizations
Dues $20.00 $20.00 $20.00 $0.00
P.O. Box Rental $128.00 $128.00 $128.00 $0.00
Refreshments, Meetings $0.00 $0.00 $0.00
$0.00 $0.00 $0.00
Total Expenditures $182.38 $1,941.23 $3,228.70 $1,287.47
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Treasurer’s Report— Summary
July Birthdays
Brian Gauthier, KJ6YQV, 10th
Chuck Anna, KE6TBC, 15th
Buck Kerns, AE6DT, 25th
John Kountz, W01S; Hilary Olesen,
AF6GV; Arlene Schwartz, KE6GFI
DOWNEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB
TREASURER'S REPORT
Apr-15
SUMMARY
CHECKING-CHASE $4,851.94
BALANCE AS OF Mar 31, 2015
INCOME $350.00
EXPENDITURES $182.38
Raffle (Month)
Raffle (Total Holdings) $0.00
Brunch (Month)
Brunch (Total Holdings) $0.00
CHECKING-CHASE
BALANCE AS OF Apr 30, 2015 $5,019.56
ARRL 2015 Hurricane Season Webinar Set for July 20
06/19/2015
The ARRL will host a 2015 Hurricane Season webinar Monday, July 20, getting under way at 8 PM EDT (July 21, 0000 UTC). The approximately 90-minute session will address the role of Amateur Radio during the 2015 Hurricane Season. Anyone interested in hurricane prepared-ness and response is invited to attend this online presentation.
Topics will include a meteorological overview of the upcoming season; Amateur Radio station WX4NHC at the National Hurricane Center: Who We Are and What We Do; ARRL Media and Public Relations; the Hurricane Watch Net (HWN); the VoIP Hurricane Net, and ARRL coordi-nation and interface.
The program will include presentations by representatives of the National Hurricane Center and WX4NHC, the VoIP Hurricane Net, the HWN, the Canadian Hurricane Centre, and the ARRL. Webinar registration is open to all, but should be of particular interest to radio amateurs in hurricane-prone areas. The webinar will conclude with a Q&A session.
Register online. — Thanks to Mike Corey, KI1U, ARRL Emergency Preparedness Manager
Copy and past this link below into your browser to register: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/280869512766308353
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July 2015 DX By Mike Gauthier, K6ICS 6-13-2015
July Propagation Outlook This summer will continue the degradation of the HF bands. Sunspot predictions continue to fall. There will be up days, so work the DX while you can. 160-60 meters will continue to have poor nighttime conditions with high noise levels and weak signals. 40-30 meters will have high nighttime noise levels. Signals should remain good. 20-17 meters will be the best all around bands. 15-10 meters may open from shortly after sunrise to sunset. Listen for spot openings. Monitor the DX spotting services, such as DX Summit http://www.dxsummit.fi/DxSpots.aspx for current band conditions, what DX is currently on the air, and where to find them. Visit the Reverse Beacon Network. See who is hearing you. Check propagation. http://www.reversebeacon.net/main.php July DX AUSTRALIA, VK4AAC/5. Rob, VK4AAC is operating as VK4AAC/5 from Kangaroo Island, IOTA OC-139, until August 25. Activity is on 40 and 20 meters using SSB. QSL to home call. BALEARIC ISLANDS, EA6/DK5ON. Look for DK5ON to be operating from the Balearic Islands as EA6/DK5ON until July 7. BONAIRE, PJ4KY. Oort, PE2KV is currently operating as PJ4KY. He is active on the HF bands. His length of stay is unknown. QSL via M0URX. CHILE, XR44COPA. Special event station XR44COPA is operating until July 4 during the Copa America 2015. QSL direct via CE3TKV. EUROPEAN RUSSIA, UE44Y. Special event station UE44Y is operating from various locations in the Mountain Shoria, Tashtagol district, Kemerovo region until September 14. QSL via operators' instructions. http://www.qrz.com/db/UE44Y FAROE ISLANDS, OY/home call. WW2DX, Lee; W2RE, Ray; N2IEN, Pat; WW1X, Rock; and KB2HZI, Lori (YL); are heading to the Faroe Islands to "play radio" for a "vacation style" operation during their stay between July 8 and 15. While there they will operate in the IARU HF World Championship. Lee will be posting updates on Twitter @WW2DX. QSL via NR6M. LITHUANIA, LY10HFA. Special event station LY10HFA is on the air until the end of July to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Lithuanian Hill-Forts Award. QSL via bureau. MOLDOVA, ER/G3TXF. Nigel, G3TXF is on the air as ER/G3TXF. He has been active on 17 meters using CW. His length of stay is unknown. QSL to home Call. MONACO, 3A/IZ8EGM. Aurelio, IZ8EGM will be active from the Principality of Monaco August 7-15. He has an ICOM 706 to a Yaesu ATAS-120 mobile antenna, operating on 40-6 meters. QSL to his home call. MONGOLIA, JV150ITU. Special event station JV150ITU is on the air until the end of 2015 to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the ITU. QSL direct via JT1CD. PALAU, T88KH & T80W. BM2JCC, Keni; and JM1LJS, Hide; are operating from the Palau Rental Shack as T88KH and T80W respectively until September 16. Activity will be on 3.5 through 50 MHz. QSL via their home calls, either direct or via the bureau.
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PALAU, T88QB. JF2SQB is planning to be operating as T88QB from Palau from September 20-22. QSL via JF2SQB either direct or via the bureau. PALESTINE, E41WT. Walaa, E41WT has been on the air almost daily on 20 meters using SSB around 2200, 0130 and 1230z. QSL via operator's instructions. REPUBLIC OF KHUSSAR IRYSTON, O19VB - UA4WHX, Vladimir, is operating from the Republic of Khussar Iryston, also known as South Ossetia, Georgia. He is using the callsign O19VB. This will not count for 4L, Georgia, or anything else for DXCC purposes. This is a disputed region and is partially recognized as a state in the southern Caucasus, in the territory of the South Ossetian Autonomous Oblast within the former Geor-gian SSR of the Soviet Union. Wikipedia has more details. http://www.qrz.com/db/o19vb SAUDI ARABIA, 7Z1JA. Max, KE5JA is operatimg as 7Z1JA from Jubail the next three or more years while working here. QSL to home call. SOUTH KOREA, 6M6M. The 6M6M team, from South Korea, are operating again on 6 meters until July 31. They will be running high power on CW, SSB, FM and Digital modes from the Gyeonggi Province (HL2). QSL via HL2UVH. ST. KITTS AND NEVIS, V47JA. John, W5JON is operating as V47JA from Calypso Bay, IOTA NA-104, until July 22. Activity will be on 160 to 6 meters, including 60 meters, using SSB. QSL direct to home call. SVALBARD, JW/home call. The operators will be OX5M, OX5T and OZ0J, operating from Longyearbyen, Svalbard. They will be on the air September 16-23. They will be operating on all bands, 160-10, on CW, FM, SSB and digital modes. http://www.qrz.com/db/jw/ox5m. WILLIS ISLAND, VK9WA. The November 12-22 VK9WA DXpedition team heading to Willis Island received their Parks Australia landing and operating permit. All systems are go for November!" http://vk9wa.com DARC Member DXCC Count N6QQ - 350 Mixed, 336 SSB, 313 CW, 252 RTTY, 8-Band DXCC, 6-Band WAS,
5-Band WAZ, 3052 WPX. K6ICS – 327 Mixed, 302 Phone (AM & SSB), 166 Mixed on 40 Meters. KB6ATT - 305 Mixed, 60 CW. K6TV - 257 Mixed, 240 SSB, 126 QRP, 151 CW, 30 RTTY. W6TOI - 215 Mixed, 145 Phone, 104 CW, 100 RTTY. WA6OUD - 167 Mixed, 133 Phone on 10 Meters. KJ6YQV - 158 Mixed, 153 Mixed on 10 Meters. W3OB - 150 Mixed. AE6XC – 108 Phone. K6EH - 57 on 30 Meters CW. I am interested in receiving DX reports for this column, one contact or many. e-mail: [email protected]
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I got on the air about 6:30 PM with the intent of working all the bands I and 432 relatively quiet which is often an indicator of a 6 meter opening. Sure enough, 6 was open, I made about 30 contacts in 16 different grids during the end of the contest. I worked Iowa, Missouri, Texas and Colorado to name a few. It literally made my weekend. I hope to see you all at Field Day, stop on by and visit if you don’t feel like knocking out some Q’s.
Dave Glenn, N6TEB
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Board Minutes, June 9, 2015 President Dave Glenn, N6TEB, brought the meeting to order at 19:00 hours in the Emergency Operations Center at the Downey Fire Station #1. Besides Dave, other board members present were: First Vice Presi-dent Ron Eveland, W6QM; VP Service Rick Norwood, KD6KHJ; VP-Ways Means Steve Hartranft, KI6SUF; VP Membership James Nielsen, KJ6WZW; VP Programs, Kent Savage, K6WCI; Secretary Bill Heather, KB6WKT; Treasurer Frank Myllo, KC6YPV. Absent Director 2 years Paul Metzger, K6EH; Director 1 year Buck Kerns, AE6DT Acceptance of previous Board Minutes Dave asked for approval of the republished minutes of April’s Board minutes and May’s Board minutes as published in the June issue of the Q5. The motion was made, seconded and passed unanimously. OFFICERS REPORT First Vice President Ron, W6QM, nothing to report at this time. Treasurer Frank, KC6YPV nothing to report at this time. VP Service, Rick, KD6KHJ, Differed to planning Calendar. VP Ways & Means Steve, KI6SUF, nothing to report at this time. VP Membership James, KJ6WZW, nothing to report at this time. VP Programs, Kent, K6WCI nothing to report at this time. Secretary Bill, KB6WKT nothing to report at this time. Director 1 Year, Buck, AE6DT absent. Director 2 Years, Paul, K6EH absent. Topics: HAMCON– Bill reported that the next meeting was scheduled for June 13
th at the Torrance Marriot. The
meeting is scheduled to be held from 1000 – 1200 hours. Also, Diana Feinberg, AI6DF, President of HAMCON has requested that the clubs involved in HAMCON provide a bio of no more than 150 words to be included in the printed program. After a short discussion Rick will email an electronic copy to Bill of the Club’s brochure. Field Day – Bill reported that the parking lot that is used at Apollo Park now has a walking path around it. Af-ter a short discussion by various Board members it was determined that the Club will still hold Field Day there this year. Bill also inquired how much is budgeted for Field Day. Frank informed the Board that there is no budget because a budget wasn’t made for this fiscal year. After a short discussion it was determined that even though there is not an actual budget, the Board could spend up to 10% of what is in the bank account without approval from the general membership. If there was going to be expenditures above 10% of the ac-count then those expenditures would have to be approved by the general membership. Guest Speaker, July – Kent reported that he currently does not have a guest speaker for July. After a brief discussion among various Board members it was determined that if a speaker is not found for the meeting a collage of pictures from Field Day will be shown.
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Hospital Repeater Status- Kent reported that the repeater is being installed. The original hard line that was used has to be replaced due to size restrictions of the conduit and weatherhead that the hard line runs through. Bill inquired as to when the repeater should be back on the air. Kent replied that he expects the repeater to be back on the air by the end of July. Planning Calendar Special Olympics – Kent reported that on July 22
nd there will be a public service event in Downey for the Spe-
cial Olympics that are being held in Los Angeles. For more information contact Kent about the operation. Hawaiian Days – Rick reported that Buck will be heading up the event this year. The event is scheduled for July 18
th & 19
th. Rick reported that there were 6 members that have signed up for the event at the General
membership meeting. It takes 12-15 people for the event. Tour de Sewer - Rick reported the event is scheduled for October 17
th.
Downey Christmas Parade – Kent reported that the parade should be on December 6
th. Since cable TV will no
longer be done, Kent questioned if there is a need for the Club to continue to provide support for the event. Bill commented that more than likely he will retire from the event as well. Kent said that he will attend the next planning meeting for the parade at the Chamber and report back to the Board whether we are still needed or not for the event. VE Testing – Rick reported that there will be a VE testing secession on June 20
th.
May T-Hunt – Dave reported that the T-Hunt on May 16
th was a success. James, KJ6WZW won the hunt and
will be the hider for the next T-Hunt. After a brief discussion among various Board members the next T-Hunt will be on August 29
th to start at 0900 hours.
Meeting Adjourned 19:32 hours. Respectfully submitted, Bill Heather
Next T-Hunt August 29th
With the success of the first T-hunt in several years, sponsored by the Downey club, we are planning on many more in the fu-ture. The next t-hunt will be held August 29th at 0900 hours. Once again the starting point will be the top of the multi story parking structure behind the Krikorian theatre in Downtown Downey. James Nielsen, KJ6WZW, will be the one hiding the transmitter and we will be using the standard T-hunt frequency of 146.565. The boundaries will be expanded slightly this time to include the area from Telegraph road to Rosecrans and between the 605 and 710 freeways. The first person to successfully locate the transmitter will be the hider next time around. If you have never learned the skill of tracking down a transmitter, these are great beginner hunts. We can pair you up with someone more experienced if you like or just give you some basic tips and send you on your way. See you there, Dave Glenn, N6TEB
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General Meeting Minutes, June, 4 2015 President Dave Glenn, N6TEB, brought the meeting to order at 19:38 hours with the Pledge of Allegiance with 25 in attendance. Dave asked for a motion to accept the Minutes for May as printed in the June edition of the Q5. The motion was made and seconded and passed unanimously. Dave asked for a motion to accept the Treasurer’s report as printed in the June edition of the Q5. The motion was made and seconded and passed unanimously. Announcements: Dave reported that the club held a beginner style T-Hunt on Saturday May 16
th. The start point was on top of
the Krikorian theater parking lot and the boundaries for the T-Hunt were the Downey city limits. James Nielsen, KJ6WZW won the hunt and will be the hider on the next T-Hunt, soon to be announced. Buck Kerns, AE6DT, announced that the Hawaiian Days Festival will be on July 18 – 19. A signup sheet is available. Bill Heather, KB6WKT, updated the group about the 2015 HAMCON plans and the Club’s role in the event. While technical difficulties were being worked out with the overhead projector, those in attendance reported individually on what they have been doing in Amateur Radio. Bill Heather, KB6WKT, 2015 Field Day Chairman provided the Club with a power point presentation on Field Day 2015. The presentation included old pictures of Club’s past Field Days. Also Bill reviewed this year’s plans for the event. After the presentation a short question and answer session took place. Following the presentation, the meeting adjourned at 20:43 hours with many of the members staying after en-joying the refreshments and visiting. Respectfully Submitted Bill Heather KB6WKT
The Radio Amateur‘s Code The Radio Amateur is: CONSIDERATE...He/[She] never knowingly operates in such a way as to lessen the pleasure of others. LOYAL...He/[She] offers loyalty, encouragement and support to other amateurs, local clubs, the IARU Radio Society in his/[her] country, through which Amateur Radio in his/[her] country is represented nationally and in-ternationally. PROGRESSIVE...He/[She] keeps his/[her] station up to date. It is well-built and efficient. His/[Her] operating practice is above reproach. FRIENDLY...He/[She] operates slowly and patiently when requested; offers friendly advice and counsel to be-ginners; kind assistance, cooperation and consideration for the interests of others. These are the marks of the amateur spirit. BALANCED...Radio is a hobby, never interfering with duties owed to family, job, school or community. PATRIOTIC...His/[Her] station and skills are always ready for service to country and community. -adapted from the Amateur’s Code, written by Paul M. Segal, W9EEA, in 1928
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05/07/2015
Sometime on or about May 20, the next US Naval Academy satellites and Brno University PSK31 transpond-ers head into space from Cape Canaveral on an Atlas 5 launcher and into an approximately 50° orbit. The launch will include the Psat APRS satellite — a pair of identical 1.5 U cubesats (A and B) — as well as the
BRICsat and USS Langley (Unix Space Server Langley) nanosatellites.
“Psat is a Naval Academy student satellite project named in honor of one of our graduates, Bradford Parkin-son, of GPS fame, which contains an APRS transponder for relaying remote telemetry, sensor, and user data from remote users and Amateur Radio environmental experiments or other data sources back to Amateur Ra-dio experimenters via a global network of Internet-linked ground stations,” explained APRS developer Bob Bruninga, WB4APR. In addition to the data transponder, a secondary Brno University transponder will sup-port multi-user PSK31 text messaging. The APRS downlink will be 145.825 MHz (1200 baud AX.25 APRS).
“We welcome radio amateurs worldwide to tune into the downlinks and either IGate packets into the global APRS-IS system or to e-mail me,” Bruninga said. “After launch, the next several orbits will be over USA and Europe.” Bruninga said PSAT, including the PSK31 transponder, would not be available for use until all on-orbit checks are complete, a process he said could take “many, many days.” He also requested reports on any PSK31 (FM) heard on 435.350 MHz (the PSK31 uplink is 28.120 MHz).
The PSK31 multi-user FDMA transponder experiment on Psat, BRICsat and USS Langley is similar to the one on RAFT and PCSAT2. It will allow messaging among up to 30 modest ground stations simultaneously, Bruninga said.
Psat is one of five APRS-networked Amateur Radio satellites that will be in orbit during 2015, and all will appear on the live APRS downlink page. The others include PCsat-1, in orbit since 2001, QIKcom-1, set to launch in September,QIKcom-2, set to launch in December, and the ARISS packet radio system on board the International Space Station since 2007.
According to AMSAT-UK, BRICsat will carry an APRS constellation transponder with a downlink of 437.975 MHz and an uplink on 145.825 MHz (1200 and 9600 baud AX25) plus a PSK31 transponder with a 28.120 MHz uplink (2.5 kHz bandwidth) and a UHF FM downlink on 435.350 MHz. Gunter’s Space Pagedescribes USS Langley as “a proof-of-concept mission for providing global internet access via a nanosatellite constella-tion.” The satellite will act as a web server and router in space, using Internet Protocol and Linux. Downlinks 437.475 MHz (9600 baud AX.25 packet telemetry) with uplink at 145.825 MHz. The PSK31 transponder also will uplink at 28.120 MHz and downlink 435.350 MHz. The IARU coordination page said that while 28.120 MHz is not in the band plan as a satellite frequency, “the panel considered the motivation for this frequency as to give lower class license holders in the US the opportunity to participate in the project.”
Bruninga said satellite experiments such as Psat “serve our educational and outreach goals for student pro-
jects encouraging young people to be interested in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math.” He said he
hopes other schools will build either additional 145.825 MHz relay satellites or experimental sensors. “We hope
that Psat will be the ‘egg’ in this chicken-egg conundrum,” he added.
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