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VOLUME XXX #12
DECEMBER 2011 Q5
DOWNEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB
SERVING DOWNEY AND THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES SINCE 1951
Celebra
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60 Years
19512011
December Meeting will feature the annual “Goodies Night”
Our next meeting will be held December 1st at 7:30 PM at the First Baptist Church and will feature the now annual “Gathering Of The Goodies”.
DARC members come to the December Meeting to share the spirit of the holiday season. Members are invited to bring baked goods, candies, fruits and nuts to share with fellow club members and visitors. The installation of our officers for the 2011-2012 year took place at the November luncheon. The Board is looking forward to club and community events in the coming year as we continue to celebrate our 60th year.
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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
Associate Editors
John Schroeder, N6QQ Phone (562) 404-1112 [email protected] Jon Olesen, KD6HXP [email protected]
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 Rick Norwood, KD6KHJ Phone: (562) 865-5750 [email protected] First Vice President Ron Eveland, W6QM Phone: (562) 860-3623 [email protected] VP Programs
Position open
VP Membership Arlene Schwartz, KE6GFI Phone: (562) 928-1775 [email protected] VP Service Kent Savage, K6WCI Phone: (562) 716-6070 [email protected] VP Ways and Means Steve Hartranft, KI6SUF Phone: (562) 923-0070 [email protected] Secretary Linda Fernandez, KI6NSI Phone: (562) 477-2158 [email protected] Treasurer Frank Myllo, KC6YPV Phone: (562) 860-4045 [email protected] Director (Two Years) Buck Kerns, AE6DT [email protected] Director (One Year) Dave Glenn, N6TEB Phone: (562) 928-8560 [email protected] Trustee, W6TOI Tom VanBuskirk, K6TV Phone: (562) 861-3085 [email protected]
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
ARRL Special Service 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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Minutes of the D.A.R.C. General Meeting – November 13, 2011, Annual Luncheon
The luncheon meeting was held at the Rio Hondo Events Center in Downey and was called to order by Master of Ceremonies Frank Tillman, KN6LM at 1110 hours, with a group of about 40 persons in attendance. The group was led in the pledge of allegiance by Frank Myllo, KC6YPV.
The invocation was offered by Frank Myers, N6ATU. Greetings and welcome by Arlene Schwartz, KE6GFI. A photo montage by Rick Norwood, KD6KHJ ran in the background during portions of the program.
Presentation: The featured speaker for the event, Dr. Kate Hutton, K6HTN of the Seismological Laboratory at Caltech who is also the ARRL-LAX Section Traffic Manager gave an interesting talk titled, Great ShakeOut of 2011. Her talk provided an overview of earthquake fault lines, a brief history of earthquakes in the Pacific Rim and the importance of being prepared in case of a large magnitude earthquake.
Installation of New Officers: Acknowledgement and gratitude was extended to the Officers of 2010-2011 prior to the new Officers being inducted. Officers for 2011-2012 are: President, Rick Norwood, KD6KHJ; First Vice President, Ron Eveland, W6QM; Secretary, Linda Fernandez, KI6NSI; Treasurer, Frank Myllo, KC6YPV; VP Programs remains open and will be covered by the Board members; VP Membership, Arlene Schwartz, KE6GFI; VP Ways and Means, Steve Hartranft, KI6SUF; VP Service, Kent Savage, K6WCI; Director One Year, Dave Glenn, N6TEB; Director Two Years, Harold “Buck” Kerns, AE6DT and W6TOI Trustee, Tom Van Buskirk, K6TV.
President’s Remarks: Rick Norwood provided an overview of the many service activities and events the club had been involved in during 2011 and thanked all those who participated.
Service Awards: Certificates of appreciation were awarded to several members of the club including the 2010-2011 officers. Others included Ray Olesen, AD6AF for acting as net control coordinator; Larry Tinkler, K6LXT, for running the club raffle for the majority of the year; John Powell, KF6EOJ for continuing as editor of the Q5; Arlene Schwartz, KE6GFI for coordinating and documenting various program events. Special thanks was offered with their certificates to Kent Savage, K6WCI and Paul Metzger, K6EH for the installation of the repeater at Downey Regional Medical Center and to Sam Lollar, K1SL and Ivan Mikulich, KB6ATT for their work in securing the speakers for Hamcon 2011. Kent Savage, K6WCI was also awarded DARC Ham of the Year and was presented with a plaque.
Special thanks were also extended to the following for their contributions to the luncheon: Frank Myllo, Finances/Reservations; Arlene Schwartz, Program Planning and securing the luncheon speaker; Rick Norwood, Photo Montage and to John Schroeder, N6QQ for running the raffle. The 2011 DARC Awards committee members included Rick Norwood, Tom Van Buskirk, Ron Eveland and Sam Lollar.
Drawing: The drawing was run by John Schroeder. Winners and prizes were: Rose Mary Ferasol, KJ6KXW- Sharp Weather Station; Larry Tinkler, K6LXT-Copy paper/duct tape combo and a 32-pc screwdriver set; Ray Olesen, AD6AF-5 Handset Phone Bundle and MFJ 1712S telescopic HT antenna; Leo Ferasol, AF6PF-Norton 2011 Anti-virus and Label Maker; Ron Eveland-Multi-angle ratchet screwdriver set; Larry Cude, KE6EOL-MFJ Dual band telescopic HT antenna; Bill Heather, KB6WKT- Antennas- From the Ground Up, Vol.1 and Vol. 2 books; Dave Glenn, N6TEB-MFJ 24/12 LCD clock; John Johnson, W6NH-a power strip and the Grand Prize, a KG-UV3D Dual–band radio.
The meeting was adjourned at 1400 hours.
Respectfully submitted,
Linda Fernandez, KI6NSI, Secretary
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Luncheon Photos
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Treasurer’s Report—Income
Treasurer’s Report— Expense
2011 Oct 11 (OVER)/
ACTUAL YTD ANNUAL UNDER
ACTUAL BUDGET BUDGET
EXPENDITURES
Attendance Prizes $0.00 $0.00 $0.00
Repeater $28.41 $744.76 $275.00 ($469.76)
Club Merchandise $0.00 $0.00 $0.00
Corespondense
Printing $157.69 $157.69 $200.00 $42.31
Supplies $0.00 $30.00 $30.00
Postage $64.00 $75.00 $11.00
Committees
Award $0.00 $70.00 $70.00
Education/Awareness $0.00 $0.00 $0.00
Membership $0.00 $0.00 $0.00
Publicity & Public Relations $0.00 $50.00 $50.00
Sunshine $0.00 $10.00 $10.00
Equipment/Maintenance $0.00 $350.00 $350.00
Events
Ice Cream Social $0.00 $25.00 $25.00
Field Day $0.00 $50.00 $50.00
Luncheon $759.57 $0.00 $0.00
Speaker and Guest $0.00 $150.00 $150.00
Fund Raisers $0.00 $50.00 $50.00
Other Events $411.50 $0.00 ($411.50)
Insurance $325.00 $350.00 $25.00
Misc. Expenses $148.50 $0.00 ($148.50)
Officers' Expenses
Board Members $0.00 $35.00 $35.00
Treasurer $0.00 $25.00 $25.00
Other Organizations
Dues $0.00 $25.00 $25.00
P.O. Box Rental $105.00 $80.00 ($25.00)
Refreshments, Meetings $46.20 $150.00 $103.80
Total Expenditures $186.10 $2,762.22 $2,000.00 ($2.65)
2010 - 2011 Oct 11 YEAR-TO-DATE ANNUAL (OVER)/UNDER
ACTUAL ACTUAL BUDGET BUDGET
INCOME
Club Merchandise $24.00 $100.00 $76.00
Dues $120.00 $910.00 $1,000.00 $90.00
Raffle $287.00 $0.00 $0.00
Misc.Income $346.00 $1,397.00 $400.00 ($997.00)
In Daves Memory $1,270.00 $500.00 ($770.00)
Total Income $466.00 $3,888.00 $2,000.00 ($1,601.00)
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Treasurer’s Report— Summary
December Birthdays:
James Brackett, KE6FVN, 10th
Leo Ferasol, AF6PF, 13th
Tom VanBuskirk, K6TV, 30th
DOWNEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB
TREASURER'S REPORT
10/1/20111
SUMMARY
CHECKING-CHASE $10,297.85
BALANCE AS OF Sep 30, 2011
INCOME $465.50
EXPENDITURES $186.10
Raffle (Month)
Raffle (Total Holdings) $122.65
Brunch (Month)
Brunch (Total Holdings) $386.08
CHECKING-CHASE
BALANCE AS OF Oct 31, 2011 $10,577.25
Estate Sale
Realistic Pro 2006 Scanner w/manual $40.00 OBO
Astron 20 Amp PS $35.00 OBO
To place a bid on an item contact Rick Norwood at [email protected]
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Minutes of the D.A.R.C. Board of Directors Meeting November 8, 2011
President, Rick Norwood, called the meeting to order at 1920 hours in the Emergency Operations Center (EOC) at Downey Fire Station #1.
Officers Reports:
President: Rick Norwood, KD6KHJ – No Report
1st Vice President: Ron Eveland, W6QM – No Report
VP Programs:
VP Membership: Arlene Schwartz, KE6GFI – Absent
VP Service: Kent Savage, K6WCI – No Report
VP Ways and Means: Steve Hartranft, KI6SUF – No Report
Secretary: Linda Fernandez, KI6NSI – No Report
Treasurer: Frank Myllo, KC6YPV – No Report
Director 1 Year: Buck Kerns, AE6DT – No Report
Director 2 years: Dave Glenn, N6TEB – Absent
Agenda Topics:
The Board Meeting Minutes and Treasurer’s Report, as they appeared in Q5, were approved.
Old Business: Annual Club Luncheon: Rick reviewed a list of suggestions provided by Arlene for consideration. Recommended attire is to be business casual. Tables are to be provided by the facility. Group picture of club officers suggested. Arlene also noted one participant at the VE session passed the Technician test.
Ecomm Plan: Buck continues to work with Dave Glenn on updating the plan.
December Meeting: It was confirmed the December meeting will continue to be the club’s informal Christmas Social event with members bringing holiday treats and time for catching up with one another. Treasury Audit: Frank to schedule meeting date with committee members.
New Business: January Meeting: Item tabled, will be discussed at the December meeting.
Estate Sales: Items from the estate of Dave Buhler, (SK)WB6ZGF were sorted and sold by Ron at the TRW Swap Meet for approximately $2000 with further sales anticipated. Proceeds are to go to Dave’s estate. Note: Rick reported another family of a recent Silent Key has requested the club’s help in the sorting of equipment and taking down of a tower. Items will be donated to the club. Ron and Rick will look into it.
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Holiday Lane Parade (12.04.11): Kent reported he has several volunteers signed-up but will continue to look for members to serve as back-up.
Boy Scout Thank-you: Leaders of the Bellflower Boy Scout Troop 303 dropped by the meeting with pastries to say thank you for participating in JOTA with them this year. They were very grateful to the club for the great time the scouts had during the event held at Dave Glenn’s home. In addition, they would like to continue being informed of any future ham radio events they might participate in.
Next General Meeting: 12.01.11
Next Board Meeting: 12.06.11
The meeting was adjourned at 1959 hours.
Respectfully submitted,
Linda Fernandez, KI6NSI Secretary
CQ Worldwide DX Contest, SSB Call: N6QQ Operator(s): N6QQ Station: N6QQ Class: SOAB(A) HP QTH: CA Operating Time (hrs): 17 Summary: Band QSOs Zones Countries ------------------------------ 160: 80: 40: 72 20 42 20: 172 37 110 15: 280 35 120 10: 486 37 132 ------------------------------ Total: 1010 129 404 Total Score = 1,531,309 Club: Southern California Contest Club Comments: Broke several goals this contest. My best results for any contest. DXCC on 20 meters (110)
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December 2011 DX By Mike Gauthier, K6ICS 11-11-2011
December Propagation Outlook The bands are HOT. The long darkness hours have opened up 160 & 80 meters. And, 60, 40, 30, and 20 meters are hot. During the short daylight hours 20 through 10 meters are open. Don’t miss the best band conditions in years. December DX ANGOLA, D2QV. Valery, UA0QV is operating as D2QV from Vila Catoca, Province Lunda Sul-Saurimo until July 8, 2012. Activity is currently on 40 to 10 meters using CW, SSB and RTTY. He might eventually be active on 80 meters as well. QSL via UT0EA. ANTARCTICA, CE9VPM. CE3VPM, Tomas, is on assignment at the Chilean Antarctic Gab Gonzales Videla base now through March 2012. He is mostly on 20 meters as CE9VPM. QSL via CE3VPM. ANTARCTICA, DP0GVN. The German Antarctic Neumayer III club station DP0GVN will be activated by DL5XL, Felix, and DL1LLL, Las beginning in December. Felix will be there until the end of February 2012 and Las will be staying until February 2013. They will have access to a new Acom 2000A, so expect good signals from this Antarctic station. QSL via DL5EBE. ANTARCTICA, OR4TN. Karel, ON5TN is on the air as OR4TN from Princess Elisabeth Station until the end of February 2012. QSL to home call. ANTARCTICA, ZS7KX. Gerard, ZS6KX is now operating as ZS7KX from Queen Maud Land, IOTA AN-016, until February 2012. Activity is currently on 20 meters using SSB around 1400z. He plans to be active on 17 meters as well. QSL to home call. CAPE VERDE, D44TAL. Luca, IK2NCJ is operating as D44TAL from Mindelo, Sao Vicente Island, IOTA AF-086. Activity is on the HF bands. QSL via IZ4DPV. CHAD, TT8PK. Phil, F4EGS is on the air as TT8PK from N'Djamena until December 23. QSL to home call. DJIBOUTI, J28RO. Freddy, F5IRO is on the air as J28RO until July 2012. Activity is on the HF bands using CW, SSB and various digital modes. QSL direct via F8DFP. DOMINICA, J79WTA. Walter, HB9MFM is operating as J79WTA until December 7. Activity is on 160 to 30 meters using SSB and various digital modes. QSL to home call. EGYPT, SU9VB. Vlad is on the air as SU9VB and has been active on 160 meters around 0300z. QSL via UA4WHX. MADAGASCAR, 5R8IC. Eric, F6ICX is on the air as 5R8IC until December 17. QSL via home call.
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MARSHALL ISLANDS, V73NS. Neil, WD8CRT is operating as V73NS from Kwajalein, IOTA OC-028, for the next three years. QSL via W3HNK. NIUE, ZK2V & ZK2X. Chris, GM3WOJ and Keith, GM4YXI will be operating as ZK2V and possibly ZK2X, respectively, until December 20. Activity will be on all HF bands. QSL via N3SL. PAKISTAN, AP2IA. Ijaz, AP2IA has been active using SSB on 12 meters from 1200 to 1600z. QSL to home call. PAPUA NEW GUINEA, P29FM. Luk, SQ5RGR is operating as P29FM from Lumi while doing missionary work. QSL via SQ1K. PERU, OA6/OE3NHW. Hans, OE3NHW is on the air as OA6/OE3NHW until March 2012. Activity is on the HF bands. QSL to home call. PHILIPPINES, 4F9HXB. Hans, DL5SDF is operating as 4F9HXB from Mindanao Island, IOTA OC-130, and has been active on 10 meters using CW around 0000z. QSL to home call. SUDAN, ST2AR. Robert is on the air as ST2AR and has been active on 10 meters using CW around 1430z. QSL via S53R. ROTUMA ISLAND, FIJI, 3D2RI. The new Rotuma Island High School Club station 3D2RI has been operating on 20 meters using SSB between 0400 and 0600z. QSL via KH6CG. SABA, ST. EUSTATIUS, PJ5/DL7VOG. Gerd, DL7VOG will be operating as PJ5/DL7VOG from St. Eustatius, IOTA NA-145, until December 5. Activity will be on 160 to 10 meters and 6 meters if it is open. QSL to home call. TUVALU, T2T. Members of Pacific DXers are on the air as T2T until December 5. Activity is on 160 to 6 meters using CW, SSB, RTTY and PSK31. QSL via VK4FW. VIET NAM, XV2CO. Kurt, DL5CO will be on the air as XV2CO until December 5. Activity is holiday style on all HF bands using mostly CW and possibly some SSB. QSL to home call.
Need a QSL route? Here is a great free sites - http://www.dailydx.com/routes.html . .
This months DX bulletin was made possible with information provided by NC1L, Daily DX, the OPDX Bulletin, DXNL, and the ARRL web sites. Thanks to all.
DARC Member DXCC Count
N6QQ - 338 MIXED, 321 SSB, 295 CW, 222 RTTY, 6BDXCC, 5BWAS, 3052 WPX,
WA6RTA - 328 Phone (AM & SSB)
KB6ATT - 305 Mixed, 60 CW
K6ICS - 295 Mixed, 288 Phone (AM & SSB), 164 Mixed on 40 Meters
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From page 9
K6TV - 254 Mixed, 233 SSB, 126 QRP, 145 CW, W6TOI - 212 Mixed, 145 Phone, 94 CW, 100 RTTY W3OB - 150 Mixed WA6OUD - 129 Phone on 10 Meters 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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DXCC on 15 meters (120) DXCC on 10 meters (132) -- Last year I only worked 29 countries, what a change. WAZ - first time I worked all 40 zones in one contest. Total of 158 countries in 17 hours. Lots of African stations and other goodies. 3V, 5H, 5R, 6W, ST, 9Q, TK, VU, JT, JW, 5Z, 8Q, 4X are a few examples. Rig: IC-7800, SteppIR 4 element at 50 feet. (QTH -- Cerritos) Things were going great until my IC-7800 lost RF output. So missed a good 10 hours of operation. My IC-7800 has made over 110,000 Qso's - plus DXing. I wonder how many hours that would add up to. Hope to hear you on during the CQ WW CW at the end of the month. 73 John -- N6QQ President: Southern California DX Club
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Make checks payable to “DARC”,
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DARC INFORMATION
VE Exams
The Downey Amateur Radio Club provides VE examinations for all classes of
Amateur Radio licenses on the third Saturday of each even-numbered month. Exams are held at the Downey Fire Department Headquarters EOC rear building, 12222
Paramount Boulevard, beginning at 08:30 AM.
The upcoming dates are:
December 17th
Contact Arlene Schwartz, KE6GFI, 949-494-8783 or by email [email protected] prior to the session.
The ARRL/VEC test fee is $15.00 for all tests which goes to the ARRL to cover their expenses in providing the tests and handling the applications.
After the test session please wait 10 days before contacting the ARRL at (860) 594-0300 or http://www.qrz.com/callsign for new license information. Please do not call the FCC directly.
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