washington amateur communications
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Washington Amateur Communications
Presidents Message June 2010
The month of June starts with Breeze Shooters Ham fest and ends
with Field Day 2010. This is going to be a very busy month for the
club. I hope all members make plans for enjoying the events during
June.
The club trailer has been updated for emergency use by making it
towable by any vehicle with a 1 7/8 ball. This has been needed for a
long time and is one step in making it a true emergency communica-
tions trailer.
The club is in the process of upgrading some of its older electronics.
After we come up with an inventory of items we want to update,
those items will be listed for club members to look over for pur-
chase.
I would like to welcome home one of our club members Ken
Frankenbery AA3GM on his safe return from his deployment over-
seas and say Thank You for your service to our country that we all
enjoy the freedoms that we have today because of troops both today
and in the past 200 years.
73 ,
Bud, N3TIR
Officers
President: Bud Plants, N3TIR;
Vice President: Kevin Beatty,
KB3JHO;
Secretary: John Quigg, N3GHR
Treasurer: Norma Plants, N3YJJ;
Board of Directors
Director: Adam Quigg, NZ3S,
Director: Jim Burtoft, KC3HW;
Director: Dave Demotte, N3IDH;
Webmaster: Joe Caldwell, N3XE;
Editor: Jacque Gosselin, N3ZEL
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Inside:
Fox Hunt. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Field Day . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Minutes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
At the May Meeting . . . . . . . .5
Midwest Hospitality . . . . . . . 6
Interplanetary Satellite. . . . . 7
Items of Interest . . . . . . . . . . 8
Dayton Photos. . . . . . 9, 14-16
Bike Ride for MS . . . . . . . . 10
Train Trip . . . . . . . . . . . 11-13
Hamfests . . . . . . . . . . . 15, 17
The next General Membership meeting will be held ON THURSDAY, JUNE 3, 2010, at 7:30 p.m. AT THE WASHINGTON
COUNTY BUILDING IN ROOM 103.
Harry Bloomburg, W3YJ, will be at the June meeting
to load NBEMS digital software unto anyone’s
laptop who wants it; Software for field day can also
be loaded at this time.
Bring your laptop to the June meeting if you want this software.
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Here are the plans for the Fox Hunt….. So far…… Saturday, June 5th: Dry run to test the Fox, Antennas and Devices. Also some training on use of equipment and maps. Place: Mingo Creek Park, Time 3 PM till .... Saturday, June 19th: The Fox Hunt
Start in Mingo Creek Park. The hunt will use teams in cars. A team should include a driver and two others to take directional readings and
argue about what the readings mean. Teams will start 15 minutes apart beginning at 10AM. The Fox may move after
being found.
The hunt will wrap up with an afternoon picnic back at the Park. Larry from WASH will be trying to get a pavilion. More on this as info comes in.
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Antenna Building for the Fox Hunt
The Fox Hunt
Can you hear me NOW?
Antenna building May
20th at Shorty‘s. In
attendance were:
NY9H, BILL; NZ3S, ADAM; KC3HW, JIM; N3TIR, BUD; KSVX, LARRY; AE5QX, TOM {FROM MS}; N3GHR, JOHN, and grandson Mike
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June 26-27, 2010 ~~ Always The Fourth Full Weekend In June
Where the spirit of “Amateur Radio Past” joins forces with the Next Generation
of Innovations, Interests and Individuals!!!
ARRL Field Day is the most popular on-the-air operating event in amateur radio. On the fourth full weekend in June, tens of thousands of amateur radio operators gather for a public demonstration of our service. Field Day is part educational event, part operating event, part
public relations event – and ALL about FUN!
Amateur radio is about knowledge and growth. It is a hobby and service that truly offers ―something for everyone.‖ Amateur Radio embraces both the old and new. While CW may no longer be a testing element, it is still a strong and favorite operating mode for many. Tens of thousands of operators are embracing digital technologies, from RTTY to newer digital modes like PSK31 and Olivia. Phone opera-tion, probably the largest segment of the hobby, also has new frontiers to be explored with digitized voice, VOIP, and IRLP. And this is why Field Day – the largest annual on-the-air operating event – is so exciting. It gives all – the old timer and the newcomer, the brass-pounder and the computer assisted op-erator – the chance to share and teach the broad range of modes and technologies we find in our hobby.
Field Day is truly the time in which we bring amateur radio to Main Street USA. By setting up in park-ing lots, malls, Emergency Operations Centers, parks and even at home, amateur operators learn skills that will allow them to better serve their communities. Setting up in these public venues gives added public relations value – their friends and neighbors can see and experience the fun and public service capability that their ―ham radio‖ neighbors bring to the community.
Objective: To work as many stations as possible on any and all amateur bands (excluding the 60, 30, 17, and 12-meter bands) and to learn to operate in abnormal situations in less than opti-mal conditions. Field Day is open to all amateurs in the areas covered by the ARRL/RAC Field Organizations and countries within IARU Region 2. DX stations residing in other regions may be contacted for credit, but are not eligible to submit entries.
ARRL Field Day is not a fully adjudicated contest, which explains much of its popularity. It is a time where many aspects of Amateur Radio come together to highlight our many roles. While some will treat it as a con-test, most groups use the opportunity to practice their emergency response capabilities. It is an excellent op-portunity to demonstrate Amateur Radio to local elected community leaders, key individuals with the organi-
zations 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.
Join in the fun! For more information on amateur radio and the ARRL – the national organization for Amateur Radio – visit www.arrl.org
ARRL Field Day
Plans for Field Day will be discussed at the June
General Membership Meeting. Be sure to sign up
and come out and enjoy the event!
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Present:Bud(N3TIR), Norma(N3YJJ), JohnQ(N3GHR), Sam(W3CYO), AdamQ(KB3OMH), Jim(KC3HW), Dave(N3IDH), Jacque(N3ZEL), Ed(N3ZNI), Denny(K8DKS), Debbie(KD8KAC), JoeF(WA3WMB), SueF (KB3TAJ), Bill (NY9H), Clay (KB3CHY), Kevin Smith (N3HKQ) Bud called the meeting to order at 7:34 PM
1. Reports
Secretary - Ed moved to accept minutes as they appeared in the newsletter, Dave seconded. Mo-
tion approved.
Treasurer – Treasurers report was circulated; Ed moved to accept, JoeF seconded. Motion ap-
proved.
Newsletter – Kudos to Jacque for a job well done
Repeater - Sam reported repeater OK. Repeater etiquette will be discussed at a future meeting.
RACES/ARES – Dave reported that with the help of the county a phone tree will be established;
anyone wanting to be on the phone tree should notify Bud or Dave. Equipment is being set up
for emergency response. A drill by FEMA at Beaver Valley went well. Anyone wanting to help at
the Race for Alec on June 5 should contact Dave.
Nets – Dave reports good check-ins; YL net OK
2. Old Business
Field day – Joe will supply generator; anyone wanting to operate at Field day should sign up at
the June meeting; guests may operate at the GOTA station
Dayton – Bud will be at the flea market, anyone attending please stop by
Fox hunt – Adam (KB3OMH) looking for QTH to build antennas; would like to do this week of May
20. Let Adam know if you want to participate in the fox hunt or in building antennas. He will
pick up needed parts. The hunt will probably start at Mingo Park; teams will travel in cars to find the
fox. More info will be put in the newsletter and Web site.
3. New Business
1. Harry Bloomburg will be at the June meeting to load digital software unto anyone‘s‘ laptop who
wants it; software for field day can also be loaded at this time. Bring your laptop to the June
meeting if you want this software.
2. Anyone wanting to ―show and tell‖ something with the club at a meeting can add their name to
the signup sheet; spots are available for meetings later this year
Joe moved to adjourn; Dave seconded; meeting adjourned
Thanks to Kevin Smith who demonstrated his satellite communications equip-
ment and answered questions about using satellites
W.A.Com General Membership Meeting Minutes for May 3, 2010
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AT THE MAY MEETING...
►
Adam, NZ3S, pro-
vided some updated
information on the
Fox Hunt and the An-
tenna Building for the
event.
A
M
S
A
T
Kevin, N3HKQ, presented a pro-
gram on Satellite Operations at the
May meeting. He showed us his
antenna and the software he uses
to track the Satellite‘s path.
(Above) Kevin showing the
construction of
the antennas.
(Above and Left)
Midwest Hospitality
by Stephen Cady KB3SVX
Recently I spent three weeks visiting my brother and his family in southern Illinois. I searched ARRL and found the Montgomery County Amateur Radio Club and contacted President John Stretch. I shipped my Icom 746 and a 10M AND 20m Ham-stick. Having never worked with these antennas, I asked if I could address the club at their next meeting and ask for help. John gave the okay and the meeting began with a ham, scalloped potatoes, baked beans and cake and pies dinner for a $3 dona-tion. What a bargain! And the food was really good.
I asked if anyone with experience with Hamsticks could help. The whole club volunteered to help. W9DAN, Dan Altenberger and Richard Hewitt, W9LZE, came by a few days later and after some discussion informed me 40M is a much better choice and proceeded to bring over an Outbacker and set everything up to get me on HF. It was a thrill to get on their Good Old Boys net at 4:30 PM local at 7.2790 and got in touch with Bud N3TIR and Dave N3IDH
from back home. I chatted with a few local hams on 2M and they made my trip a very special one and the club made me proud to be a ham as WA3COM does. I know we would treat a visiting ham in need just as they did.
Above: Steven, KB3SVX, with Dan Altenberger, W9DAN,
at the antenna.
Above: Rich Hewitt, W0LZE, in a Field Day 2009 photo.
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Amateur Community Needed to Assist Japanese Amateur Interplanetary Satellite
An informal network of ham radio experimenters, scientists and CW enthusiasts called FlyVenus-Com -- a nonprofit, cross-cultural effort -- has been created to support communication efforts by Japanese scientists with its CubeSat Venus probe, UNITEC-1.
UNITEC-1 was developed by 20 universities of the University Space Engineering Consortium (UNISEC), the Japanese community developing nano-satellites. Specifically, the Japanese UNITEC-1 team has called for ham radio assistance worldwide in improving and testing two areas of the CubeSat‘s mission:
Technologies to receive and decode very weak and low bit rate signal coming from deep space.
Technologies to estimate orbit and signal Doppler shift of the satellite based on the received RF signal, essential for tracking and receiving signals from a satellite in deep space.
Bill Vartorella, KJ4ORX, is spearheading the informal FlyVenusCom effort: ―The wave of the future is increasingly small, inexpensive, private and non-profit enterprise satellites. The trade-off is many of these satellites will not have sufficient power for robust communications. Weak signal challenges and research publications have been the hallmark of ham radio since at least the 1920s. What should spur ham interest is that UNITEC-1 will transmit an Amateur Radio telemetry beacon at 5.840 GHz. ‗Big dish‘ participation is already beginning to gel, but monitoring and reporting the signal is just part of the equation.‖
Vartorella said that the signal from UNITEC-1 is mainly a CW beacon of about 1 bps speed. ―It would also be possible to duplicate the received signals from several antennae to make the signal-to-noise ratio higher, so that we can decode the signal from UNITEC-1 while flying further away from the Earth. This experiment can also be performed in a competition style. We would greatly appreci-ate it if radio amateurs would propose interesting experiments or competitions, making the most of the UNITEC-1 launch and operation opportunity.‖
At the core is the Japanese consortium‘s emphasis is that this is the first university-developed inter-planetary satellite -- as well as the first amateur interplanetary satellite -- that will provide what Var-torella called ―a unique and exciting opportunity for the radio amateurs all over the world to enjoy re-ception of signals from deep space. Not many of us have either a big dish in the back yard or access to one. With FlyVenusCom, we‘re trying to engage the broader Amateur Radio community for ideas, experiments, and weak signal ‗home-brew‘ experience to help not only the Japanese students‘ ef-forts, but the potential creation of disruptive technologies that will evolve into shareware for all of us.‖
Vartorella said that FlyVenusCom is intended to serve as an informal portal or clearinghouse for dis-semination of information for the Japanese team at Tokyo University, as well as a discussion list of challenges, innovations and next steps: ―There is already shareware available for weak signal, and the Japanese are proffering support information. This is also a great opportunity for the CW commu-nity worldwide to show off their talents and innovative ideas. Vartorella said he is especially inter-ested in one-page research suggestions that can be forwarded to the UNITEC-1 team at Tokyo Uni-versity. Those interested in UNITEC-1 and suggesting research ideas, competitions or other ap-proaches on a listserv, may contact Vartorella via e-mail at [email protected] or at William F. Var-torella, PO Box 1376, Camden, SC 29021 USA.
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Picnic pavilion is reserved for the WACOM picnic on
Friday, July 9, 2010.
The location is: South Strabane Fire Dept. #1,
1696 E. Maiden St., Washington Pa.
Watch for more info soon
~ ~ ITEMS OF INTEREST ~ ~
DO YOU HAVE SOMETHING TO SELL OR SWAP? SEND IN THE INFORMATION AND HAVE YOUR AD IN THE NEWSLETTER. SEND INFO TO [email protected]
I have two items for sale that will be sent to the Breezeshooters Hamfest if no one comes forward to purchase them earlier.
First is a very slightly used Icom 718. Currently this HF transceiver is priced at R and L for $619.95 plus shipping. I would like $560.
Also I am selling a new, never assembled Cushcraft A14810S 10 element 2M Yagi.. New price is 124.95 plus shipping at R&L. I'd like $110 for this antenna. Thank you.
Stephen KB3SVX Fearless Freep [[email protected]]
Adam, formerly KB3OMH, has received his new vanity call sign: NZ3S.
Congratulations Adam!
LICENSING EXAM SCHEDULED
There will be an Exam Session on July 15, 2010, in Room 103, at the
Washington County Building, 100 West Beau Street, Washington, PA 15301.
The session will start at 6:30 p.m. Help is always needed, so all VEs are
encouraged to attend.
If you want to come and get licensed or get an upgrade, please contact
Jacque, N3ZEL at 724-746-9235 or [email protected]
Walk-ins are welcome, but we appreciate your letting us know to expect you.
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Photos this page © Bud, N3TIR
▲ Bud, N3TIR; Bob, WC3O; Bob, AG3U
▼ Ron, W3WN; Bill, NY9H; Dave, N3IDH ▼ Dave, W3TD; Tad, K3TD
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The following was received from Ed DeHart (North Hills ARC) via Bob Timmins, AB3ED: "On behalf of the Western Pennsylvania Chapter of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society, I would like to invite your club to be a part of the Bike MS: Escape to the Lake event in 2010. Last year with the help of our sponsors and cyclists, we were able to raise almost $1.3 million in the fight against MS. This year we hope to raise even more, and we hope that we can count on you for your support to help this event run smoothly.
The funds that are raised from the generosity of our sponsors and participants support both national research efforts and local programs and services to help to improve the quality of life for persons with MS. Some of the services made possible include information and referrals, support groups, medical equipment assistance, education and peer counseling. These and many more programs enable us to work toward our mission of a world free of MS.
The MS Society of Western Pennsylvania is requesting help from your club. Over 1,500 cyclists will take to the road on the weekend of June 12 and 13, 2010 and amateur radio operators are an im-portant piece to the communications structure. With your club's support the radio operators will pro-vide important information on the whereabouts of riders that need assistance and where supplies are needed at several rest stops. Please contact the ham radio communications coordinator,
Mark Shallenberger, for additional details at 98 or his cell phone at (814) 746-0770. If you have any questions, please call me at (412) 261-6347 or e-mail me at
[email protected]. On behalf of the more than 7,050 individuals in Western PA served by our chapter, thank you for your time and consideration."
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SEEN AT DAYTON
2010
The W.A.C.O.M. Ham ARRL “HAMTRAK” TRAIN TRIP Page 11
August 12-14, 2010
Arranged by Bob Mente, NU3Q
For ease, any mention of ―Bob‖ refers to Bob Mente NU3Q
These are all the details for the trip:
-This is a multi club event. You do not need to be a member of any amateur
radio club or a member of anything to come along. This is a fun trip for all.
-To get on the train you will need photo ID.
-We will be staying at the hotel for two nights. We have a special deal with
the hotel.
-The hotel is right across the street from the train station in Hartford.
-The rental car company is located in the train station in Hartford.
-We will be renting vans and cars to travel from Hartford to Newington.
-We will have access to operate W1AW. Bring your Amateur Radio li-
cense.
-Our visit to ARRL HQ will be on Friday August 13th at 9 AM.
-Once you have made your arrangements PLEASE let Bob know so that he knows how many vans/cars to reserve.
-You will pick up your train tickets at the AMTRAK station you will depart from the morning of the trip.
-You can also catch the train from Greensburg, or any other train station along the way (points east of Pittsburgh) that
works best for you.
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Details: Parking
There is no place to park at the train station in Pittsburgh! There is a parking lot at 12th and Smallman Street (near the Heinz History Center) for about $6.00 a day where we can park. It is approximately a three block walk to the train station. The Pittsburgh Amtrak train station is located at 11th and Liberty, across the street from the Pittsburgh Transportation Center.
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Details: AMTRAK
You can also call 1-800-USA-RAIL
Or you can go on-line
Go to www.amtrak.com
The abbreviation for Pittsburgh is PGH
The abbreviation for Hartford, CT is HFD
Departing date is August 12th
Returning date is August 14th
You can leave ―Time‖ at the default (Anytime) because there are no choices to pick from.
Click on ―Round Trip‖.
Select the number of adults, children and infants from the appropriate drop down boxes.
Click GO.
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Details: The outbound trip
You will see the following choices for the outbound trip:
Choice 1: 30 Capital Limited - 148 Northeast Regional
Choice 2: 42 Pennsylvanian – 94 Northeast Regional – 494 Shuttle
Choice 3: 42 Pennsylvanian – 148 Northeast Regional
We are going to CT via the third choice – 42 Pennsylvanian – 148 Northeast Regional. Please be at the Pitts-burgh Amtrak Station by 6:30 AM (if that is your point of departure), otherwise be at your departing Amtrak train station approximately an hour BEFORE the train is scheduled to leave the station.
The 42 Pennsylvanian leaves Pittsburgh at 7:20 AM and arrives in Philadelphia (30th Street Amtrak station) at 2:50 PM. Our connecting train to Hartford (148 Northeast Regional) leaves Philadelphia at 5:00 PM and arrives in Hartford at 9:20 PM. I am selecting this route to allow for enough time to meet our connecting train to Hartford in case of any track issues along the way and for those who want to do some quick sightseeing in Philadelphia during the layover.
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Details: The return trip
You will see the following choice for the return trip:
143 Northeast Regional – 43 Pennsylvanian
Our departing train will be the 143 Northeast Regional – 43 Pennsylvanian. That is the only choice for our return trip. We need to meet at the Amtrak train station across the street from the hotel no later than 6:15 AM.
The 143 Northeast Regional leaves Hartford at 7:08 AM and arrives in New York City (Penn Station) at 9:50 AM. Our connecting train for home (43 Pennsylvanian) leaves Penn Station at 10:50 AM and arrives in Pittsburgh at 8:05 PM.
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Details: DISCOUNTS/CHECK OUT
At the bottom of the page there is a space for any discounts such as AAA or AARP. Take advantage of these discounts - there are instructions.
The rest of the steps are pretty cut and dry— billing and such. I just did my tickets and it came to $288.00 round trip for two adults with my AAA 10% discount.
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Details: Hotel
We will be staying at the Holiday Inn Express Downtown Hartford. Their direct phone number is 1-860-246-9900 to make reservations. You will need to make the reservations. Ask for the “Skyview Deal” (this is the same name as last year). I talked to a gal by the name of Alison Oliver but they all should know about the deal.
The room rate is $110.00 per night discounted from a normal room rate of $125 to $139.00 per night. We have 10 rooms reserved with king size beds. If we need more rooms, the hotel will try to accommodate us based on room availability.
We will be staying the nights of August 12th and 13th.
They have a continental breakfast. We will be heading back to Pittsburgh on the morning of Saturday August 14th. The hotel is across the street from the train station.
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Details: Rental cars
We will need to drive from Hartford down to Newington, which is about a 20 mile drive. We will be able to rent 7 passen-ger vans. By the head count for the train I will call ahead and make sure we have enough vans/cars for our needs. I al-ready have one van reserved and can get more if needed. Please keep in mind that I need to give the rental car com-pany adequate notice should we need more than one van. The cost for a 7 passenger van is approximately $106.99 with my AAA discount. Again, the rental car company is right in the train station. The money for each van/car rented will be split up between the people riding in each van/car.
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Details: XYLs and non-hams
For those folks that are not interested in the ARRL aspect of the trip, they will have the opportunity to spend the day do-ing whatever it is that they work out amongst themselves. I have been told that there are some large malls and outlets in the Hartford area. There will be lots of time to work this out on the train ride. Anyone interested can research this on the web. I also have the AAA CT Tour Guide as well.
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Details: ARRL HQ
We will be going to ARRL HQ on August 13th – Our tour is scheduled for 9 AM. If our group is too large for a single tour they will split us up into two tours and stagger our times to work W1AW. You can have QSL cards checked and deliver cards to the outgoing QSL bureau as well.
Do not forget to bring a copy of your license – you will need your license to operate W1AW!
We will have Friday night free to do anything that we decide. We can split into groups if we want to do different things. We can talk about this on the train as well.
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Details: Responsibility
Bob is not a travel agent. All information is to the best of his knowledge. Bob is not responsible for the trains being on time, breaking down, or any bad information given to him by people at the hotel, AMTRAK, the rental car company or ARRL. Even though you need to tell the hotel people that you want the ―Skyview Deal” this is not a Skyview event. By traveling on this trip you travel at your own risk.
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Details: Trains and Train Stations
I called Amtrak to inquire about electricity and Internet service. Since we are traveling coach, there may (or may not) be
any electrical outlets available on the train – it depends on the whether the particular train has any outlets in the coach
section. At this time, there is NO Internet service available on the Pennsylvanian and Northeast Regional lines. At both
the Philadelphia and Penn Stations, there is WiFi Internet service available inside the station itself.
We are bound to have a great time on this trip! Looking forward to our travels together. If you have questions, comments,
dirty jokes, etc., please feel free to e-mail or call me:
Bob Mente
305 Ewing Road
Carnegie, PA 15106
(412) 279-9016
73 DE NU3Q
Bob
Happens all the time, newsletter editors hit feast or
famine— and are scrabbling for news. Be warned—
if news doesn‘t continue to come in we will be printing
photos and stories of dogs—and cats— who join us in
our hobby. So keep the news coming! Thank you….
and thanks from the Editor‘s dog who hates cameras!
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Right, below right:
Dave, K3LGM; Ed, N3ZNI.
Bud, N3TIR. Gene, KB3JHR,
Susan, KB3JHQ. Center:
Kevin, N3HKQ. Left: An-
tenna Guy. Below Left: Dave,
K3LGM; Jane; Ron, W3WN,
Greg, NB3C. Photos© Jacque, N3ZEL.
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HAMFESTS 2010
SEEN AT DAYTON 2010
* June * 5: Atlantic Division Convention (Rochester Hamfest)-Rochester Amateur Radio Associa-tion More Info: http://www.rochesterhamfest.org 6 : Breezeshooters Hamfest & Computer Show-Butler Farm Show Grounds-627 Evans City Road- Butler, PA More Info: 412-366-0488 Email: [email protected]: 147.30 MHz More Info: http://www.breezeshooters.net
* July * 11: North Hills ARC Hamfest-Northland Library Grounds-300 Cumberland Road-Pittsburgh, PA More Info: http://www.nharc.org-Phone:412-760-7055-Email:[email protected] Talkin: 147.09 Mhz 18: Somerset County PA Hamfest-Somerset County Tech Center-281 Technology Drive- Somerset,PA Talkin: 147.195/443.25 MHz-VE Testing Available 10 am More Info: http://www.k3smt.org
Photos this page © © Ed, N3ZNI
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Faces in the Crowd
Power Nap—
”Just give me
five minutes….”
Photos ©
Jacque, N3ZEL
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56th Annual LARGEST HAMFEST IN THE TRI-STATE AREA
B r e e z e S h o o t e r s THIS IS AN ARRL SANCTIONED HAMFEST
HAMFEST 2010 and COMPUTER SHOW Web Site http: / /www.breezeshooters.net Email : [email protected]
General Hamfest Chairman : Bob Benna N3LWP (412) 366-0488
BUTLER FARM SHOW GROUNDS
SUNDAY * June 6, 2010 * 8 A.M. to 3 P.M.
*********************************************
TABLE SELECTION ON A FIRST COME FIRST SERVED BASIS, SO APPLY TODAY!
Indoor Tables are $20.00 per table and may be reserved by contacting Bob Benna, N3LWP (412)
366-0488 Fax (412) 366-0486 or mail to : P.O. Box 101018; Pittsburgh, PA 15237 - Table reser-
vation Cut-off Date May 20th
PRIZES
Main Prize Drawing at 3:00 pm -- Winners need not be present to claim main prizes
1st Yaesu FT-2000 160-6 Base 6th MFJ-259B Antenna Analyzer
2nd Kenwood TS-480 160-6 Base 7th LDG AT-100 Pro Antenna Tuner
3rd Ameritron AL-811 Amplifier 8th Rig Blaster Interface
4th Icom ID-880H 2M/440 D-Star 9th KJI Electronics $150 Gift Cert
5th DV-Dongle D-Star Adapter 10th $100 Cash Prize
====== Ten half hour prizes consisting IC-V80 2 meter Handhelds ======
Dell Laptop Computer: Intel Processor, 17” Display, Windows 7, 3 GB RAM,
250 GB HDD, DVD+/RW, Wireless LAN
Prizes subject to availability
Icom, Yaesu, Kenwood & MFJ prizes from K JI Electronic
* $5.00 PER PERSON * * ADMISSION DONATION
TAILGATE/FLEA MARKET SPACES AVAILABLE AT $5.00 PER SPACE
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Quarter Century
Wireless Association Inc.
Have you been a radio amateur for 25 years or more?
Were you originally licensed 25 years ago or more, even if not continually?
Well then please join us at the Quarter Century Wireless Association, Chapter 6 quarterly
luncheon at Rocky II's. Located on PA Rt. # 51, just north of McKees Rocks,
in Stowe Twp. at the Fleming Park bridge.
Join our members who are like you, the foundation of amateur radio.
There is much we can learn from them and from each other. And it's fun too.
No reservation necessary.
Our next quarterly luncheon will be on June 19, 2010.
Contact Jacque, N3ZEL at [email protected] for information
YLS AND XYLS!!!
There is an organization for you. It‘s called the Young Ladies Radio League
Come join other Lady Hams and enjoy the fellowship.
See all we have to offer at
www.qsl.net/ylrl/index.html or contact Jacque,
N3ZEL at [email protected]
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