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Bexar Wire San Antonio Radio Club

W5SC

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Go Kit

Rodney Brown, AA5RB, making his show and tell presentation on his Go Kit at the San Antonio Ra-

dio Club meeting on Thursday, February 14, 2019 at Grady’s Barbeque

Our last meeting at Grady’s Barbeque, 327

E. Nakoma Dr., San Antonio, TX 78216 at 7:00 p. m. on Thursday, February 14,

2019, featured a presentation by Rodney

Brown, AA5RB, on his Go Kit. Rodney

AA5RB is active in the Amateur Radio

Emergency Service (ARES) sponsored by the Amateur Radio Relay League (ARRL). To

be effective in ARES, you need to have ra-

dios, be good at using your radios, and be

Why I Chose Buddipole Our next club meeting will be at 7:00 p. m.

(1900) on Thursday, March 14, 2019, at

Grady’s Barbeque, 327 E. Nakoma Dr., San Antonio, TX 78216. The program will be

presented by Harold Fleischer, AE5AS, on

Why I Chose the Buddipole.

Rodney Brown, AA5RB, making his show and tell presentation on his Go Kit (boxes stacked on cart

to the right) at the San Antonio Radio Club meet-ing on Thursday, February 14, 2019 at Grady’s Barbeque

able to move your radios. It is common for

ARES and other ham radio operators to

construct Go Kits with everything they need

to use during deployment.

Rodney AA5RB did an extensive show and

tell presentation of his Go Kit. He uses two

heavy duty tool boxes from Harbor Freight

as the center point of his Go Kit. In one, he has mounted both VHF/UHF and HF ra-

dios. In the other, he has his power system.

The radio box uses a wooden shelf on which

he mounts equipment both above and be-

low it. He can remove the wooden shelf and

all of the equipment mounted on it when-ever he needs to work on it. This access

makes inspections, adjustments, mainte-

nance, and repairs easy to do. The power

system is pretty sophisticated. He has a

battery and a power supply in the box. (Continued on Page 3)

100 Years

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SAN ANTONIO RADIO CLUB

PRESIDENT’S RADIOGRAM NUMBER PRECEDENCE HX STATION OF ORIGIN CHECK PLACE OF ORIGIN TIME FILED DATE

3 R N5BYG San Antonio, TX Mar TO

W5SC February was a great productive month; three Major projects have been completed. From March 2019 to February 2020 the budget was approved. The first Special Event Station W5SC/100 held at the San Anto-nio Museum. Our club members who participated made a total of 38 contacts. I would like to encourage everyone to use their own callsign and make some contacts. I started use my callsign N5YBG/100, hav-ing a great time making contacts. And finally, the 2019 Photo Op at the Alamo was accomplished. It was a great turn out, 21 of our members were present. I would like to ask for all of us to be thinking of Field Day 2019, which will be held June 22-23, 2019. If you would like to use your own Radio, and equipment, or will just like to be an operator. We will also need help setting up and taking down equipment. Field Day is great experience for those who have never talked on HF. I still remember my first Field Day. My good friend Mario Sosa N5PKL from Laredo, Texas invited me to come and check out their setup. I was not an Amateur License Operator yet, so my Elmer showed me how to operate the equipment. I was moving from HF to HF radio all night. Made over 300 contacts, and it was the first the club had ever made the ARRL list. The callsign that we were using was NR5W Robert Montoya. After that I was invited and help our friends from Mexico to work CQ World Wide DX Contest with XA5T callsign. After the contest I took my test for Novice, got my ticket KB5QGI, later my Technician and finally my General License N5YBG. So, if you have some non-ham friends, please invite them and be an Elmer. As some of you might know, I am going to Hong Kong. I will be visiting CQ Shop and 409Shop.com. I have contacted the HARTS club. They invited me to tour the club on Sunday. I have also applied for a Hong Kong license for operation. Only bands I can use are VHF, UHF, and 6 meters. So be listening for VR2/N5YBG. Making new friends around the world. 73’s

Thank you, Rosendo M. Guzman, Jr., N5YBG

Bexar Wire Published monthly by: San Antonio Radio Club Harold C. Fleischer, III AE5AS

President

Harold C. Fleischer, III AE5AS

Guest Editor

210-497-2532 haroldcf@swbell.net

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San Antonio Radio Club

Meeting Minutes Feb 14, 2019

Rosendo M Guzman, N5YBG President, called the meeting to order at 7:06 p. m. at Grady’s BAR-B-Q, 327 E. Nakoma Dr., San Antonio, TX 78216. There were 33 members and 1 guest in attendance. (Seven-teen people ate at Grady’s BBQ before the meeting.) Rosendo M Guzman, N5YBG, then introduced himself as Rosendo N5YBG and then in accordance with SARC custom asked everyone else to introduce themselves. Rosendo Guzman asked the Vice President Gary (Mike) Harrison KB5KST to introduce the guest speaker, Rodney Brown AA5RB. Rodney Brown talked about the Go Kits that he has created, and pro-vide information where to buy parts to build your own kits. Part of the Go Kits, included HF Radio, Dual Band Radio, Antenna’s, and Batteries. List of part need and where to purchase will be available on club website. Rosendo Guzman, N5YBG Approval of Minutes from meeting January 10, 2019 were posted on Bexar Wire Newsletter. They were any corrections or objections, that we would dispense with the reading of the minutes and approve them as written by unanimous consent. Officer Reports:

President The primary purpose of the meeting today is to go over Radio Fiesta Also, the rental agreement

for Radio Fiesta 2020 has been sign on February 7, 2019. It was announced that Gianna B. Fang-Guzman has agreed to be the SARC Secretary

Appointments Newsletter Editor: Robert (Bob) Thompson K5RWT Webmaster: Bill Craft KD2HIQ Education and Training: David Finell N7LRY Emergency Communications: JC Smith N5RXS Executive: Harold Fleischer AE5AS (By Constitution) Finance and Review: Paul Guido N5IUT Field Day: Joe Bruno W5AUQ JOTA: KB5KST Membership: Bill Craft KD5HIQ Nominating: inactive; no appointments. Radio Fiesta: JC Smith N5RXS with the one for Radio Fiesta 2019 to be announced next

month VEC: Pat Knight AD5BR Centennial: Tom O’Brien AB5XZ

Vice President – Future Program: The program in March 14, 2019 will be on Why I chose the Buddi-pole by Harold Fleischer AE5AS

Secretary – Gianna B Fang-Guzman - See Bexar Wire Newsletter for Minutes Treasurer – Jeff Boyes, ND8B, email Financial Report to President which was printed and distributed to members at meeting.

Newsletter Editor - Robert (Bob) Thompson K5RWT Could not make the meeting and apologized for the Newsletter being late. The February 2019 Bexar Wire newsletter was sent out by Jeff Boyes, ND8B on February 13, 2019.

The deadline for input, as stated on the bottom of page 2, remains the last Friday of the month. Webmaster – Bill Craft, KD2HIQ, Site reported

• Website Activities for January - Linked group.io calendar to site events, so only 1 calendar to edit, posted revised newsletter, Added link to print color HAM radio license certificates

• Facebook Statistics from January 7th to February 3rd 4,315 Post reach peak

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• Groups.io updated memberships and added membership sub group to store membership files.

• Mailchimp – campaigns for Newsletter & Meeting, campaigns for Centennial Photo Shoot

• Web Site Statistics Sessions 3,250 Up 10%

• Device Breakdown Desktop 55%, Tablet 12%, and Mobile 33%

• Top Referrals arrl.org 196, facebook.com 24, sanantoniohams.org 24, duckduckgo.com 18, mfacebook.com 15, txvhffm.org 15, and lm.facebook.com 10

Membership – Bill Craft, KD2HIQ reported as of January 31,2019 14 New Members, 45 online member renewals and we have 95 paid members, 20 free members, and 121 members. Bill also, stated we need to support the ARRL. Chairman of the Board Report –Harold C. Fleischer, III AE5AS report meeting on February 7, 2019 at

7:00 p.m. at Grady’s BAR-B-Q, 327 E. Nakoma Dr., San Antonio, TX 78216. To discuss 2019 Budget and to re-apply for 501c3. Budget was approved with some changes, added sales from Centennial, Field Day Equipment, and Also the conclusion was that there was little value in obtaining 501(c)(3) status.

Education and Training – David Finell N7LRY, No Report Emergency Communications –JC Smith, N5RXS, No Report

Executive –We met to coordinate a budget for March 1, 2019 to February 28, 2020 before the next General membership meeting and Board of Directors Meeting on February 7, 2019. Made changes to budget and was approved. Finance and Review – Paul Gudio N5IUT No Report JOTA – John Douglas W5NZK No Report. Nominating - inactive VEC – Pat Knight AD5BR reported we had a great turnout at our Radio Fiesta VE session January 12 in Schertz. J C arranged a wonderful space for us to have our session at the Radio Fiesta — the gym!

Eleven candidates earned Technician licenses, three passed Tech and General exams to earn General licenses, and one passed all three exams and earned his Amateur Extra license. Twelve candidates upgraded their licenses. Nine earned General upgrades and three earned Amateur Extra upgrades. There was a VE session at the HAMsters Lunch & Learn on February 2 at the American Red Cross. One person earned a Technician license and three hams earned Extra upgrades. Congratulations to our new hams and upgrades. Thanks also to all of the VEs who administered the ex-ams. We will have a regular VE session 10 AM February 23, at the Great Northwest Library, 9050 Wellwood. Candidates can pre-register and get more information for any of these sessions at hamtest@gmail.com . Centennial Commemoration (Temporary) - Tom O’Brien, AB5XZ,

Report on end-to-end test of Special Event setup/teardown, had issues with Yagi antenna, and had to use the vertical antenna. Tom O’Brien also report on first W5SC/100 Special Event operation made a total of 38 contacts. The Photo Op at the Alamo will be on Feb 17 at 2:00 pm. Meet in front of the Alamo. 5 copies of the permits were hand out to members for the picture at the Alamo. Centennial Swag sold at Radio Fiesta available for sale after the meeting. Coins, pins, and patches.

Radio Fiesta – JC Smith, N5RXS, stated never have so many tables have been sold. Also stated if MTC and HRO did not wanted to come, there is not much we can do. Budgeted about 6K for Radio Fiesta.

Old Business (Motions carried over from previous meetings) - None New Business (Must be presented as a motion) – None Announcements for The Good of Amateur Radio Richard Elder WB5ACN Talked about the Motorola T801 it allows you to share and track locations The meeting was adjourned at 8:26 p. m. Rosendo Guzman N5YBG President

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Go Kit (Continued from Page 1)

Mike Harrison, KB5KST, Vice President and Pro-gram Committee Chairperson, and Rodney Brown, AA5RB, with Rodney’s Go Kit opened with the ra-

dios on the left and power on the right

Radio Box of the Go Kit that Rodney Brown, AA5RB, presented that has both VHF/UHF and HF radios and a digital capability with SignaLink USB

Power Box of the Go Kit that Rodney Brown,

AA5RB, presented that has a battery, a power sup-ply, and a battery booster

He has a Battery Booster as well. This al-lows him to operate with AC power while

having a battery backup. When the AC

power is on, he can charge the battery with

the power supply. When the AC power is

off, the battery goes on line. The battery

booster maintains operating voltages for as long as possible as the battery is slowly

drained. At a site, he opens each box and

interconnects them to each other and to an-

tennas and, where available, to AC power.

Rodney AA5RB assembled this Go Kit about 3 years ago. While he could carry the Go

Kit, he usually puts it on a 2-wheel hand

cart. His experience with this Go Kit at

ARES exercises has been very positive.

After Rodney Brown, AA5RB, completed his presentation, he was thanked by Mike Har-

rison, KB5KST, on behalf of all members

present. (Rodney AA5RB has since been

sent a Program Certificate of Appreciations

for his superb Go Kit presentation.)

Officer and Committee reports were gener-

ally routine and are shown in the minutes

starting on Page 3. However, there were

some brief comments on Centennial Radio

Fiesta 2019 by its Chairperson, J C Smith, N5RXS. The on-line registration was a suc-

cess. It was such a success that extra ta-

bles were placed in the halls. This needs

careful attention next year.

Tom O’Brien, AB5XZ, Chairperson, Centen-

nial Commemoration Committee, reported

on three items. First, the sale of souvenir

coins, patches, and pins has started and is

going well. He still has some of each left.

Second, the first on-air event was held on Saturday, February 9, 2019, at the San An-

tonio Museum of Science and Technology

(SAMSAT). This was a success. Third, a pic-

ture at the Alamo is planned for Sunday,

February 17, 2019, at 2:00 p. m. The Cen-tennial banner will be used, and the intent

will be to match the old photograph taken

in 1929 of a meeting of the West Gulf Divi-

sion of ARRL that includes several SARC

members.

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Centennial

Commemoration

On February 17, 2019, members of the San Antonio Radio Club (SARC) gathered on the Alamo

Plaza to take a picture at 2:00 p. m. This picture was a suggestion that Rosendo Guzman,

N5YBG, made to the Centennial Commemoration Committee that they readily adopted. Tom

O’Brien, Chairperson, Centennial Commemoration Committee, did the work of setting the date and time. He had to do a lot of paperwork to make the photo shoot “legal”. David Finell, N7LRY,

and Paul Guido, N5IUT, were both photographers for the event. Not incidentally, Bill Craft,

KD2HIQ, made sure all internet means of communication were employed to notify members of

the date and time. As expected, no one date and time worked for all members so SARC just

went with it for those that could be there.

SARC has a 1927 picture of the ARRL’s West Gulf Division posing in front of the Alamo with a

banner. The picture identifies several people. Some of them are clearly SARC members. The

idea was to try to match the photograph to the extent possible with a new one. Tom Ab5XZ

brought the Centennial Commemoration Banner to use in order to kind of match the one used

in 1929. In all, 21 members of SARC are in the new picture.

The pictures in this Bexar Wire are from Paul N5IUT. Those that David N7LRY will be shared

when they become available.

Original Picture taken by Paul Guido, N5IUT, from which he made a black and white and then a narrow strip photograph like the 1927 one

100 Years

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Volunteer Examiners at Work

Pat Knight, AD5BR, Chairperson, Volunteer

Examination Committee, and the Volunteer

Examiners stayed busy in the month of

February 2019. In addition to the special

test session supporting the HAMsters

Lunch and Learn on February 2, 2019 re-

ported in the February 2019 Bexar Wire,

they conducted a test session on Saturday,

February 23, 2019.

VE test session area looking from the back of the room to the front at the Great Northwest Library on February 23, 2019

The session on Saturday, February 23,

2019, was the regular fourth Saturday of even months test session at the Great

Northwest Library starting at 10:00 a. m.

There were a total of 10 candidates and 7

VEs. This was a very successful session

with six people passing Technician and becoming ham radio operators for the first

time, one upgrading to General, and one

upgrading to Amateur Extra.

VE test session area looking from the front of the room at the Great Northwest Library on February 23, 2019 with two candidates taking tests in the

foreground while the Red Team processes four more candidates

FCC Ham Statistics This is kind of a did you article. There is a Hamdata website, www.hamdata.com, that special-

izes in knowing what callsigns are available. To do this they track changes to the amateur radio

part of the FCC database. One of the factoids that they develop is the current count of licenses

in effect. As of March 9, 2019, the following number of licenses were in effect:

Technician 414,667

Novice 9,713

General 188,162

Advanced 43,964

Extra 153,258

Club 12,689 Total 822,453

Per the FCC, the high was 825,088 licenses on February 11, 2019. Last item, there are 80,717

callsigns in Canada

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Keiser Family a Family of Extra HAMS

The family of Crys and Bob Keiser have made frequent appearances at VE sessions starting

with their first one on October 27, 2019. Since then, they have been at every test session through February 23, 2019. If they come back, it will be as VEs. Bob had a license, but the

other four family members did not. Steadily each member of the family worked their way

through Technician, General, and Amateur Extra. They are all Amateur Extras now. The

youngest is Daniel at 10 years old. He is among the youngest Amateur Extras that SARC’s VEs

have ever tested. They have joined SARC and have been coming to meetings.

Jonathan Z. Keiser, AG5SY, Robert K. Keiser, NQ9B, Crystalyn I. Keiser, AG5SO, and Sarah E. Keiser, AG5TJ,

with Daniel C. Keiser, N3DXL, in front (Photo courtesy of Lee Besing, N5NTG)

The following information was submitted by them about their own club:

The Keiser Amateur Radio Club - KI5CTR - set out on their amateur radio licensing journey on Oc-

tober 27, 2017. Over the past several months, the parents, along with their children still at home, added studying licensing questions to their daily work and school routine. As of February, they are all Extras - NQ9B, AG5SO, AG5SY, and N3DXL, and KI5CSN. Contact NQ9B at extrabobin-

texas@icloud.com for more information about this ham-family.

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Groups.io

SARC has had a Groups.io. Its name is saradioclub.

The saradioclub Group.io is being used to publicize SARC business meetings. It can be used for

other things like promotion of VEC testing and classes. Members of the saradioclub Group.io

can and have asked each other technical questions or sought assistance.

The saradioclub Group.io is a closed group. To become a member, go to saradioclub.groups.io.

(You may need to have a Groups.io account.) You will then need to select Apply for membership in this group. This generates a message. SARC members can expect approval to join the saradi-oclub Group.io in probably less than 24 hours.

SARC Tweets

Reminder: there are two active Twitter accounts for the San Antonio Radio

Club. They are @SARadioClub and @ARadioFiesta.

The @SARadioClub is being used to publicize SARC meetings. It can be used

for other things like promotion of VEC testing and classes.

As Radio Fiesta 2017 work has commenced, the @ARadioFiesta is being used again for the

January 14, 2017 Radio Fiesta.

SARC members are encouraged to follow both Twitter accounts.

SARC Facebook

There is a San Antonio Radio Club – SARC (@saradioclub) Facebook Page.

The newsletter editor is making posts about SARC meetings and other ac-tivities. Any Officer, Committee Chairperson, or member who believes that

they have information that should be posted to this page should contact

the newsletter editor using the contact information for the newsletter edi-

tor on page 2 of this newsletter.

SARC members are encouraged to follow this Facebook Page.

SARC SLACK

There is a San Antonio Radio Club Slack team – w5sc.slack.com.

Slack teams are meant to foster communication between team members.

Paul Guido, N5IUT, has established the w5sc.slack.com team for SARC. He has also established some channels. Think of the channels as topical

areas.

To join send an email to Paul Guido, N5IUT, at radioteacher@gmail.com. In actuality, any team

member already a part of the w5sc.slack.com can invite you, but Paul is known to be on it.

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JOTA

Boy Scout Jamboree On The Air This year’s date is Oct 19, 2019. More information will be available as the date draws closer.

Amateur Radio License Classes

Multiple classes planned for 2019. For more information, contact: David Finell, N7LRY Instructor

SARC Meeting Dates for 2019 & Early 2020

March 14, 2019 April 11, 2019 May 9,2019 June 13, 2019 July 11,2019 August 8, 2019 September 12, 2019 October 10, 2019 November 14, 2019 December (None) January 9, 2020 February 13, 2020 Meetings are held at Grady’s Barbeque, 327 E. Nakoma Dr., San Antonio, TX 78216 at 7:00 p. m. Meetings are held at Grady’s Barbeque, 327 E. Nakoma Dr., San Antonio, TX 78216 at 7:00 p. m. Come early and eat with other members coming early.

License Testing Dates for 2019 & Early 2020

April 27, 2019 June 22, 2019 August 24, 2019 October 26, 2019 December 28, 2019 January 11, 2020 February 22, 20120 Times and locations along with required document information can be found on SARC’s website. SARC does all of its licensing testing as a part of ARRL Volunteer Examiner Coordi-nator (VEC) organization so all of the Vol-unteer Examiners in SARC are duly author-ized Volunteer Examiners of ARRL’s VEC.

Field Day 2019 Setup: Friday, June 21, 2019 Operations: Saturday, June 22, 2019 & Sunday, June 23, 2019

Where SARC proves they are an eating group with a radio problem.

More information to follow, but hold these dates.

SARC has a website: w5sc.org Webmaster: Bill Craft KD2HIQ

Billc851@gmail.com

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January 11, 2020 Schertz Civic Center

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