The Salvation Army
Before there was SATERN, there was SAROF – the Salvationist Amateur
Operators Fellowship. Lt. Colonel Carl J. Lindstrom, W9JSF, was the
Founder and Coordinator of SAROF. As early as December 1959, ham
radio operators were joining together to aid others in service with SAROF.
We then come to June 1988; SATERN is the
brainchild of Major Patrick McPherson, WW9E
Emergency Disaster Services (EDS) coordinator for
central Illinois
and Eastern Iowa in the Heartland Division.
SATERN’s first network consists of Pat; EDS
volunteer Arthur Evans and two Canadian
Salvationists. The possibility that the fledgling
network could accommodate international emergencies begins to dawn on its founders.
In June of 2011 Maj. Pat (SK) retired from his position in SATERN and The Salvation Army.
In his absence Maj. Rick Shirran, VE3NUZ assumed the position where he served until 2016.
Late in 2016 Bill Feist, WB8BZH was named as the National SATERN Liaison. Bill created
and submitted a new strategic plan for SATERN. The plan was approved in Dec. 2016 and a
national committee was formed to implement it. Satern.org
August 2017 - The strategic plan implementation committee meets for the first time in a
teleconference. Sub-committees were formed to address
major points in the strategic plan.
Warren Andreasen (K7CWA), Host Manager and Ken
Standard (AD5XJ), WebMaster, begin to revise the
SATERN.org website to fulfill one of the goals of the
Strategic Plan.
Satern.org began a relaunch in October 2017. Major
enhancements were undertaken and a new style was
introduced. The WebMaster and Host manager also
updated and consolidated much of the hosting
equipment and software.
In the National Leadership Council meetings, a plan was created to launch a celebration of
SATERN 30th
anniversary. Satern.org
SATERN is an all-volunteer organization made up of currently licensed amateur radio
operators. We volunteer time and efforts toward aiding The Salvation Army Emergency
Disaster Services ministry. Many of us are also volunteers in such all-volunteer organizations
as SKYWARN, ARES, and others. Some have completed the FEMA online training, or EDS
Incident Command training, SKYWARN training, or ARES Emergency Communications
training.
SATERN has local organizations in all 50 states and Canada, as well as many other parts of
the world. The Salvation Army Team Emergency Radio Network has demonstrated its
effectiveness by providing essential radio communication services in countless disaster
situations
Our Vision
The future SATERN will bring together communications and technical expertise to aid the
Emergency Disaster Service EDS in order to further enhance the disaster response, increase
effectiveness and timeliness of the aid provided, and to better support EDS in the effort to “Do
The Most Good” as we serve those in need.
The purpose of the Salvation Army Team Emergency Radio Network (SATERN) is to acquire
and train personnel skilled in emergency communications and message handling, who will
support Salvation Army operations in local, regional and international disaster situations.
Satern.org
Contact Jim Andera
[email protected] for details .
Location: 26325 West 135th
Street, Olathe, KS.
Jim, KØNK, was the featured speaker at the Johnson Country Radio Amateurs Club meeting on
Friday, February 23. Jim’s presentation was "A Practical Look at Batteries". During the program,
Jim provided information about the common battery technologies that are used in amateur radio. He
discussed such subtopics as the history of batteries, cost comparisons, life span of common battery
types, discharge rates, “C” ratings, battery voltages, battery construction, amp hour ratings, reserve
capacity, cold cranking amperage, cycle life, battery maintenance, battery chargers/tenders, etc. The
informative program was well received by the approximately 50 persons present.
Jim Andera, KØNK, is shown pointing during his PowerPoint presentation to the JCRAC members and
guests.
The Santa Fe Trail Amateur Radio Club (SFTARC) has been conducting ham-radio classes at The Salvation
Army Olathe Corps throughout January and February 2018. SATERN member Jim Andera, KØNK, advised
they took advantage of the extra manpower that was available from the club on Saturdays to make some needed
improvements to the HF antenna system at the Olathe Corps. Jim reported those who helped included Greg
Wolf, KIØKK (SFTARC President); Larry Hall, KDØRIU (SFTARC Vice President); SATERN/SFTARC
member Joe Krout, KRØUT and Jim Andera, KØNK.
Jim reported:
The 40-meter section of the 40/75-meter trap dipole has been shortened to pull the resonance up from
6.9 MHz into the ham band. It still tends to favor the lower portion of 40 but should be usable across the
band. Jim noted they had to add capacity hats to the 75-meter section to get it to resonate in the middle
of the phone band. The lowest SWR is at about 3.86 MHz.
They turned the 40/75-meter trap dipole into a fan dipole by adding a set of 20-meter elements that
include a 10-meter pair of traps, giving the system 75, 40, 20 and 10-meter capability. The new elements
are configured as an “inverted-Vee,” so it should be more-or-less omnidirectional. On 20 meters the
SWR is good across the band; on 10 meters the SWR is best around 28.9 MHz and they were not
successful at getting it pulled any lower. The trap makes the 10-meter bandwidth narrow.
The tuner in the Icom IC-746 radio at the June Jeffers Memorial Radio Room does a real good job of
making the SWR look good to the radio, even where the antenna SWR is well above 3:1, according to
Jim.
One of the “sealed” 40-meter traps had water in it. They added a drain hole to drain it but that may
require some more attention. The 40-meter traps may need to be replaced before too long or maybe the
entire antenna may need to be replaced as it is all showing signs of old age.
With the antenna wire being so close to the metal building and in a non-symmetrical fashion, getting it
properly tuned was “a bit of a headache,” according to Jim. However, he reported what they have
should be useable for now.
We appreciate the efforts of Greg, Larry, Joe and Jim (all representing the Santa Fe Amateur Radio
Club) in making the antenna system at the Olathe Corps workable on additional bands and more
efficient.
Welcome Warren KDØPAO to the SATERN Newsletter editorial staff. Warren will compile
the Monthly Net Reports so Net Controllers please send Warren your reports promptly each
month. For security, controllers please request Warren’s email address from Rich Britain or
Mike Asselta.
CALLSIGN 1/2/2018 1/9/2018 1/16/2018 1/23/2018 1/30/2018
2M HF PSK31 2M HF PSK31 2M HF PSK31 2M HF PSK31
2M HF PSK31
AA0AX X
AB0UY X X X
AD0CP X
K0NK X X X X X X
K0PB X X X X
K0PG X
K6FLY X
K6TBJ X X X X
KA0CDR X X X
KA8MMI X X X X
KB0YUV X X
KC0HI X
KC0NUG X NCS X NCS X X X X NCS NCS X NCS
KC0YSH X X X X
KC0YUV X
KC7RSL X X X X
KD0CDQ X X X X X X X X X X X X
KD0GAU X X X X X X X
KD0PAO X
KD0VZN X X
KE0CGR X X
KE0GEY X
KE0GHU X
KE0JXL X X X
KE0KJM X
KE0PKU X
KE0PPU X
KI0CT X X X X X X
N0ENO X X X X X NCS X X NCS X X X X X X
N0FMO X X
N0RYM X X
N0SWX X X
N0THC X
N0ZZN X X
ND0K X X X X X X X
NR0R X
W0GLN X
W0JWT X
W0KC X
W0RCT X
W5ECJ X
WA0DTH X X X X X X X X
WB0CNK NCS
NCS NCS
X X NCS X X X NCS
WB0RRK X X X X X
WB0ZPW
X X X NCS
NCS
WD0DPB NCS
CALLSIGN 2/6/2018 2/13/2018 2/20/2018 2/27/2018
2M HF PSK31 2M HF PSK31 2M HF PSK31 2M HF PSK31
AB0UY X X
K0LBR X
K0NK X X X X X
K0VAB X
K0YSH X
K9LQZ X
KA0CDR X
KA0DJR X
KA8MMI X X X X
KB0WET X
KB0YUV X X
KB0YUV X
KC0NUG NCS NCS NCS X X X X NCS NCS X X X
KC0YSH X
KD0CDQ X X X X X X X X X X X X
KD0EKS
KD0GAU X X X X X
KD0PAO X X X X
KE0ECY X
KE0JXL X
KE0KJM X
KE0PKU X
KE0PVI X
KEOPKU X X
KI0CT X X X X X X
N0ENO X X X X X X X X NCS
N0SWX X X X
N0ZZN X
N2VHZ X
ND0K X
NW0I NCS
NZ0F NCS
W0BR X
W0JWT X X
W0RCT X X
WA0DTH X X X X
WB0CNK X X NCS X X X NCS
WB0RRK X X X
WB0ZPW X NCS X X
WD0DPB X X X
WX4STM X
SATERN Sedgwick County Nets February 2018 by
Henry Monton WØIE
1/28/2018 2/25/2018
Members:
AB0RC
KB0HAZ
KD0CSL NCS X
KE0CXR X X
KE0ORN
KG0WQ
W0AJM X X
W0IE X NCS
W0REM
Guests:
KE0OSK X
K0SJG X
Sedgwick County SATERN Net: W0VFW/R 145.270 (-) @ 7:30 PM
SATERN February 2018 Volunteer Hours by Henry
Monton WØIE
Name Call Sign Hours
Alexander, Jim KI0CT 9
Asselta, Mike KD0CDQ 20
Britain, Deb AB0UY 1
Britain, Richard N0ENO 29
Clark, Lee ND0K 1
Dunham, Neil KA8MMI 2.5
Haber, Derek KE0ATV 2
Hollar, Mike KE0CXR 4
Lester, Steve KD0EKS 7
Loper III, Charles KC0UYR 2
Martin, Darren N0MZW 3.5
Martin, Robert N0RDM 5
McCarville, George WB0CNK 3.5
Monton, Anna W0AJM 4
Monton, Henry W0IE 13
Okeson, Warren KD0PAO 5
Scott, JB KD0CSL 3
Selsor, Debra KE0ORN 4
Short, Brian KC0BS 12
Simpson, Chuck KC0NUG 11*
Volunteers reporting: 20 Total hours this month: 141.5
Twelve month total: 2,159.1 (Mar 2017 – Feb 2018)
Twelve month average: 179.9
*Includes 11.0 hours submitted
too late to include in the Jan
2018 report.
The INTERNATIONAL SATERN SSB NET is on 14.265.0 MHz on Monday through
Saturday at 11:00 AM (ET) / 10:00 AM (CT), 0900 (MT), 0800 (PT).
The INTERNATIONAL SATERN DIGI-NET is on 14.065.0 MHz on Saturdays at 1:00 PM
(Eastern) / 12:00 PM (Central). Default mode is OLIVIA 8/500 (8 Tones, 500 Wide) offset by
the standard 1000 Hz.
The CENTRAL TERRITORY SATERN HF SSB NET is on 7.265.0 MHz on Wednesday at
09:30 AM (CT). New time
The EASTERN TERRITORY SATERN HF SSB NET will be reactivated in the near future.
The SOUTHERN TERRITORY SATERN HF SSB NET is on 7.262.0 MHz on Saturdays at
11:00 AM (Eastern) / 10:00 AM (Central).
The WESTERN TERRITORY SATERN HF SSB NET is on 3.977.7 MHz on Sundays at 1600
Z / 10:00 PM (Mountain) / (9:00 PM (Pacific). The pre-net begins two hours earlier and
stations can use Net Logger on the internet to check-in and monitor the net.
Title: SATERN KC Metro 2 Meter Net
Date: Tuesday’s
Time: 7:30 pm - 8:00 pm Central Time (US & Canada)
Location:
145.130 MHz (Negative Offset) 151.4 tone Ararat Shrine
Repeater
Notes:
Please join us for the SATERN KC Area Metro 2 Meter Net.
It is on the Ararat Shrine Repeater.
Title: SATERN Divisional HF Net
Date: Tuesday’s
Time: 8:30 pm - 9:00 pm Central Time (US & Canada)
Location: 3.820 MHz Plus or Minus 10 KHz for QRM
Notes:
Please look for the net control station George, WB0CNK, or
Chuck, KC0NUG.
Title: SATERN Divisional
PSK-31 Net
Date: Tuesday’s, 2018
Time: 9:00 pm –9:30 pm Central Time (US & Canada)
Location: 3.579.5
MHz
Notes: Please look for the net control station, Chuck KC0NUG.
The Wichita Area SATERN 2 Meter Net is held on the W0VFW Repeater at
145.270 MHz (- offset) on the fourth Sunday of the month at 7:30 PM local
time (0130 UTC).
Nighttime Drill at Prairie Center, Monday,
March 12th
come early at 6:30pm…Join us! ,
Olathe, Kansas 66061. (Picture left) Contact Jim
Andera [email protected] for details .
Location: 26325 West 135th
Street, Olathe, KS.
SEDGWICK COUNTY SATERN meeting on the
2nd Thursday of each month, in the City Command
building, at 6:30 PM local time. The address is 350 N. Market, Wichita, Kansas 67202
WYANDOTTE COUNTY SATERN meeting - On the
third Thursday of the month at the Harbor Light Village
Salvation Army Corps, 6721 State Avenue, Kansas City, KS.
The meeting begins at 7:30 p.m. in conjunction with the
Jayhawk Amateur Radio Society. (picture left)
Mike Asselta kdØ[email protected]
Kansas & Western Missouri Divisional PIO Editor Volume Year 8 Number 3 March 2018