June 17th 2010 New letter 470ARG -- Check Out 2011 Titantic Event

Hello everyone and welcome to this weeks news letter, had a great net last week with a total of 64 check in's ... Danny did a great job on the net with Trivia and Bill W4CRY stepped in to do the invocation as Russell had a prior engagement....Thanks to you all for helping with the net and thanks to everyone who joined us on the net..hope that you will try to attend the net this Thursday, Danny will be the NCS as I have a ARES/RACES and SCERS Meeting and Class..by the way if your interested in joining ARES/RACES or SCERS and have time this week the location is at 245 Bruce St here in Sevierville TN, at the 911 Building, this week our meeting starts at 6:30 pm ...this months training is on Response to Terrorist Bombings, certified thru the University Of New Mexico ....free to all members..
We also have a VE Test session this weekend at the Sevier County Rescue Squad at 1171 Dolly Parton Parkway, Hwy 411 next to TenTec...Test starts at 10:00 am please be there by at least 9:45 am, cost 15.00 will need a copy of your license if upgrading to send with your test, and a ID for those taking the Tech..
Also don't forget Field Day with us on the last weekend of the
month , see all details on the homepage at the top...
Let's get started ..
2010 Is This The End ?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012_phenomenon

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mayan_Long_Count_calendar

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnetic_pole_reversal

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth%27s_magnetic_field

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supervolcano

The Religious Side
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chronology_of_Revelation

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven_seals

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four_Horsemen_of_the_Apocalypse

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antichrist

The Micro Chip...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microchip_implant_(human)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RFID

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biometricsn

Wow Lets Look AT Lasers .
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_Energy_Liquid_Laser_Area_Defense_System

http://www.space.com/businesstechnology/technovel_darpa_lasers_050830.html

http://www.defense-update.com/directory/THEL.htm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dye_laser

Remember The Titanic event this year !!
Here are the links..
http://www.wzeros.com/Square1net/Titanic_Special_Event.html

Video 's this is cool ...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XKs12o_snOI

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XBBqX0nZMVQ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aqPkdeSB1Y0

http://www.justin.tv/squarerod

http://dx-world.net/2010/w0s-titanic-museum-missouri/

http://www.w0omd.org/2010/04/w0s-titanic-special-event-station.html

Now for the GREAT NEWS, there will be a Special Event in Pigeon Forge Tn., April 2011 at the Titanic, by the folks that brought you the one in Branson MO, TEN-TEC Radio here in Sevierville TN, and Joining Them Will Also Be Sevier County Emergency Radio Service, as all can see this is a very big event, with a large amount of planning, and Sevier County Emergency Radio Service is very honored to be a part of this world wide special event...I will provide more information when everything is starting to get into place with all the details from Dave in Branson N0SAP, here are a few clips of Dave alsoon TV on Haiti.. http://www.kspr.com/news/local/81401517.html

http://www.ky3.com/home/video/81942557.html

Again this is very exciting and looking forward to working with Dave and TenTec which is one of our clubs sponsors on the 2011 Titanic Special Event....

FCC Seeks Comments on Amateur 5 MHz (60 Meters) Allocation
TAGS: amateur radio service, federal register, khz band, nprm, Part 97 rules, rulemaking
06/15/2010

In May, the FCC released a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) -- ET Docket No 10-98 -- proposing to amend the Part 97 rules governing the Amateur Radio Service. Specifically, the Commission looks to modify the rules pertaining to the use of five channels in the 5330.6–5406.4 kHz band (60 meters) to replace one designated channel with one that is less encumbered, to authorize three additional emission designators and to increase the maximum authorized power in this band. On June 15, a summary of the NPRM was published in the Federal Register and the FCC is seeking comments on it. Comments must be filed on or before July 15, 2010 (30 days after publication in the Federal Register); reply comments must be filed on or before July 30, 2010 (45 days after publication in the Federal Register). Instructions on how to file comments are listed beginning on page 6 of the NPRM.

Forthcoming IARU Activities at the ITU
TAGS: amateur, amateur service, amateur stations, international amateur radio union, international telecommunication union, radio services, vhf bands
06/15/2010

Working Parties 1A and 1B of the International Telecommunication Union’s (ITU) Study Group 1 will meet in Geneva from June 21-28. A major item of discussion will be protection of radio services from interference from Broadband over Powerline (BPL), called Power Line Communications (PLC or PLT) in Europe. The International Amateur Radio Union (IARU) has already contributed to the ITU-R report SM2158, Impact of Power Line Telecommunication Systems on Radiocommunication Systems Operating in the LF, MF, HF and VHF Bands Below 80 MHz. This report shows the acceptable criteria for degradation of the HF radio noise floor caused by BPL is defined as being 0.5 dB. Work in WP1A will concentrate on the protection of radio services from the effects of BPL in range from 80-200MHz.

The IARU delegate to Study Group 1 and its working parties is Peter Chadwick, G3RZP. One of items Chadwick has prepared for these meetings is a report on the effects of intermodulation in power supplies causing the amateur band frequency notches in the BPL spectrum to be degraded. This report has been prepared from the work by Richard Marshall, G3SBA, published in the RSGB’s member journal RadCom, and also points out the difficulty such effects could have on the BPL system itself.

Chadwick will also present protection criteria for those amateur stations operating in the 2 meter band. Chadwick, who along with Ian White, GM3SEK, helped prepare the criteria, said it is considered that the Amateur and Amateur Satellite Services require protection such that BPL interference does not exceed -45 dB µV/m in the main lobe of the antenna, with a separation between antenna and the BPL installation being at least 10 meters.

Chadwick said that there are a number of non-amateur services that could suffer interference from BPL or its harmonics, such as applications including social alarms for the elderly, pagers and medical implant telemetry, as well as broadcast services, and when aggregation of radiation is concerned, aircraft navigation and communications: “When the differences in range between BPL and mains leads and the social alarms and medical implant ‘base’ stations and the like are taken into account, the acceptable levels of radiation to protect the Amateur Service are of the same order as those needed to protect these other services.”

A Ham Radio Homecoming
TAGS: alma mater, arrl contest branch, high school, rule change, sweepstakes, web page
06/14/2010

Beginning with the 2010 ARRL November Sweepstakes, the prohibition against alumni operating at a school club station has been repealed. According to Ward Silver, N0AX, the goal of the rule change is to get more school clubs active for Sweepstakes and on HF. Sweepstakes is just a little over four months away -- the first and third weekends of the month. What are your plans? Wouldn’t it be nice to hear the call sign of your alma mater ringing out in the middle of the Sweepstakes exchange? Sure it would!

“Entering Sweepstakes in the Multioperator category was once a staple of the fall semester’s competitive atmosphere, but many high school and collegiate clubs have fallen silent or nearly so over the past decades,” Silver explained. “Your school club might be interested in hosting an alumnus or two -- why not contact them? If the club station has been inactive in recent years, this would be a good way to help get activity jump-started again. To get the juices flowing, challenge a nearby club or try to beat a score from days gone by.”

If you want to help put the S back in SS, the station must be on campus or on University property. If no such station is available, a local station may be used this year (with the approval of the club trustee). Otherwise, there are no limits on alumni participation. “Take advantage of a wonderful opportunity to help with a work party or string up some antennas,” Silver suggested. “You can have fun and be a contesting Elmer at the same time -- the goal of the rule change. Make it a priority to involve as many of the club members as possible, not to create the Alumni Nostalgia QSO Party.”

Silver advises those alumni hams interested in participating to check out the School Club records on the ARRL Contest Branch Web page: “There might be some ‘low-hanging fruit’ to be picked -- for a while, that is. While you’re working up a plan, check out the Collegiate Championship Web page maintained by Ken Harker, WM5R.” If you are really motivated, the ARRL Contest Branch is looking for a volunteer to go through the records for the Multioperator and School Club categories and organize them by NCAA and NAIA Conferences. What is the NCAA Big 10 record for CW SS? How about the NAIA Sunrise Conference record for SS Phone?

“The energy and goodwill of alumni across the US and Canada can help return vitality to a category that should be a hotbed of activity in the November Sweepstakes,” Silver noted. “Why not contact your club and see if there is an opening in Sweepstakes 101?” For more information and questions about participating, contact Sweepstakes Manager Dan Street, K1TO, or ARRL Contest Branch Manager Sean Kutzko, KX9X.

California Hams Help Coordinate Off-Road Rescue
TAGS: amateur radio, amateur radio club, arrl repeater directory, club member, ctcss tone, local time, Repeater, repeater frequency
06/15/2010

On Saturday, June 12 around 1:30 local time, Jim Siemons, AF6PU, of Walnut Creek, California, was checking his e-mail when he received a message from a friend who was concerned that his brother -- who, along with four friends had taken an off-road adventure along California’s famed Rubicon Trail -- had not come home when expected. Siemons’ friend told him that his brother’s group had left on Wednesday with four off-road vehicles in an attempt to cross the Trail. Since Siemons and his friend’s brother were members of the same off-roading club, his friend thought Siemons might have some information.

Siemons forwarded the e-mail to several other club members; within five minutes, he received a phone call from fellow club member Jenny Ward, KI6YBQ, suggesting that he try Amateur Radio to attempt to locate the missing group. The Rubicon Trail connects Georgetown with the west side of Lake Tahoe. Although incredibly beautiful, it traverses some of America’s most challenging off-road trails as it meanders through peaks reaching upwards of 12,000 feet. There is no cell phone coverage on the Trail and very limited official agency radio coverage, making Amateur Radio the only effective means of communication in the area.

Siemons told the ARRL that he grabbed his ARRL Repeater Directory and looked for a repeater frequency and offset that might cover the Rubicon Trail: “I discovered the KA6GWY repeater on 146.805 MHz with a CTCSS tone of 123 Hz in Pollock Pines/Placerville, California, more than 100 miles away from my location. I knew that I was not going to be able to hit that repeater with my handheld transceiver, so I put out a call on Mt Diablo Amateur Radio Club’s W6CX repeater with a frequency of 147.060 MHz with a CTCSS tone of 100 Hz.”

When Siemons heard John Ronan, K3ZJJ, operating on the repeater, he asked for his assistance. “I knew he was at the top of the Oakland hills and would have a fair chance of hitting the Pollock Pines repeater,” Siemons explained. “He agreed to help out and was able to make contact with a couple of hams who were in the vicinity of the Rubicon’s trailhead who offered to help.” Merlin Scott, KC6BFV, was volunteering at the trailhead in the gatekeeper’s hut and had access to an El Dorado County Sheriff’s Office radio. Ronan was able to relay information to a pair of Sheriff Deputies who were on patrol in the area. Siemons said he also requested that a call be relayed via Citizen Band on channel 4, as many off-roaders also monitor and use it to communicate vehicle-to-vehicle.

“I was able to report our efforts back to the families of the lost off-roaders, letting them know that everything that could be done was occurring,” Siemons told the ARRL. “I knew one of the off-roaders was a ham, but I was not certain that he had his rig or knew the local repeater frequencies. All the drivers were experienced, but that only went so far, due to fact that the snow levels are still quite high and the trail is still considered impassible at this time of year.”

By 4 PM local time, Siemons said that hams and off-roaders on both ends of the trail were looking for the group, but due to the normal rough condition of the trail and the heavy snow, search and rescue efforts were slowed. By 7 PM, the Sheriff’s Department determined that it was time to launch a helicopter and search the Trail. “A ham using Citizen Band channel 4 made contact with the group and relayed this via Amateur Radio,” Siemons explained. “The helicopter spotted the missing crew and landed on the Trail at approximately 7:30 PM and determined that everyone was healthy. One of the group’s vehicles was abandoned on the Trail due to a broken drive line, making it impossible to drive through the tall drifts of snow.” Hams and the Sheriff’s Department monitored the group’s progress until their exit from the trail. Siemons said he kept the families updated as to the off-roaders’ progress.

“I want to thank the efforts of the Deputies and the dispatchers of the El Dorado County Sheriff’s Department, the amateurs of the Mt Diablo Amateur Radio Club (MDARC) and their W6CX repeater and the amateur operators of the Rubicon Trail and their KA6GWY repeater. This event ended well, but even if it had gotten a lot rougher, it would have been better than it otherwise would have been because of Amateur Radio!”

What does a Volunteer Examiner (VE) do?

Volunteer Examiners are licensed radio amateurs holding a General Class license or higher who offer their time to administer the FCC licensing tests. Learn how you can become a VE associated with the ARRL Volunteer Coordinator office (VEC) by reviewing our VE Manual.

Relying on the training and experience of ARRL VEs who conduct FCC license exams, ARRL also authorizes our VEs to conduct exam sessions for ARRL's Amateur Radio Emergency Communcations Course. An additional registration with ARRL's Continuing Education Program is required. Find more information at EmComm Field Exam Resources.

We will be at this Hamfest Also !!!
Oak Ridge Tn hamfest
October 9, 2010
Admission $5
Grand prizes and hourly drawings
Call Tom Muncy 865-599-9223 or 865-482-4123
for more information

Events You May Like..

Cleveland Ohio Shrine special event station
On August 14 2010, the Al Koran Shrine Radio Unit
will be operating from our annual "Cruise-in" from Broadview Hts, Ohio
Using Call Sign N8DBL
We will be on 20 and 40 from 10 A.M. until 3:30 P.M.
listening 14.230 to 14.330 and 7.176 to 7.276
depending on conditions (+/- Q R M)

Please check our "announcement" page at
http://www.alkoran.org/specevent.html

Thanks

Don, K8ZGW

Lassen Volcanic National Park
Special Event Station
August 7-14 2010
To Celebrate the Parks 94th Anniversary and share our enjoyment of Amateur Radio with Operators around the world bringing attention to the beauty and wonder of Lassen Volcanic National Park
Operating Plan:
Our goal is to have several portable stations on the air on 40-10 Meters including WARC Bands. Watch For QRP/QRO stations working from Lassen Peak SOTA W6/CN-002 ( 10,450Ft. elev. ) Cinder Cone Monument, West Prospect Peak Lookout and Brokeoff Mountain SOTA W6/CN-003 as many times as possible during our week there. Lassen Peak Trail will only be the 7th and 8th of August due to Rehabilitation and there is still quite a bit of snow so we will keep you posted on the Peaks.
Our QSL / Certificate Info will be posted on QRZ Just before the Event and is also listed in QST and the ARRL website under Special Events. More info soon. 73 44
Website: http://lassenbirthday.blogspot.com
Contact John K6LSN : k6lsnmobile@gmail.com

Well I guess that will be it for this week, hope that everyone has a safe and wonderful week..
73
Rick Sr