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470 ARG News Letter Aug 22.,2010

By N4JTQ - Posted on 22 August 2010

Welcome to the news letter for this week, the net went a little slow this week with only 38 check in's, we had a lot of interference from other repeaters which made it very hard to do the net, if we continue to have these problems we may have Tim switch on the tones of 118.8 to help in stopping the others stations / repeaters from coming in during the net.. Please install the tone in your radio ....
Well let's get started......

Hamfest

ANNOUNCING THE 11TH ANNUAL TEN-TEC FACTORY HAMFEST!
Fri. Sept. 24 and Sat. Sept. 25, 2010!
No Tailgating on Friday!

Welcome hams from around the country to the 11th annual Ten-Tec factory hamfest! Featuring a discount sale on Friday and Saturday on new and used Ten-Tec ham radio equipment! Door prizes! Tour of the Ten-Tec factory! Meet the Ten-Tec factory representatives! 4 HF stations will be simultaneously on the air to try out the latest equipment. License testing at 12:30 Saturday afternoon.

When:
Friday 9/24/10 from 2 p.m. – 7 p.m.
Saturday 9/25/10 from 9 a.m. – 2 p.m.

Where:
Ten-Tec, Inc., 1185 Dolly Parton Parkway, Sevierville, TN 37862.
We are 2.5 miles east of downtown Sevierville on highway 411 north, across the street from Sevier County High School.

PLEASE NOTE NEW PARKING INFORMATION FOR 2010: In past years, we have used the vacant lots across Industrial Park Blvd from Ten-Tec for parking (the former location of the Electro-Voice building). These lots are now being developed and may be unavailable for parking for the 2010 hamfest. We have an arrangement with Sevier County High School to use their lots for parking across the street from Ten-Tec starting at 7:00 a.m. Saturday morning. We also ask that if you are not tailgating Saturday, do not park behind the Ten-Tec building so we can maximize the number of tailgaters who need space. Please also keep tailgating space to 20 feet maximum per vendor. Friday we will park cars as usual in the lots behind our building. Please clear these at the end of the day Friday; no overnight parking on Ten-Tec property. Thank you!

Admission:
FREE admission and FREE tailgating. TAILGATING SATURDAY ONLY!

Tailgating:
Tennessee’s largest tailgating session! Tailgating in the rear parking lot and grass areas behind the Ten-Tec building. Tailgating setup begins 7:00 Saturday morning. BYO tables + chairs. NO COMPUTER OR NON-HAM RADIO VENDORS – amateur radio items or related electronics only.

Events:
Sale on Ten-Tec gear Friday and Saturday.
License exams 12:30 p.m. Saturday. Sign up by Noon.
Factory tours every 30 minutes Friday and Saturday – sign up inside the tent.

Door prizes given hourly on Saturday

Hamfest Talk-In
The fine folks from the Sevier County Emergency Radio Service will be assisting Ten-Tec with travel information and directions. They will be monitoring 145.470 and 146.940 repeaters for talk in to the hamfest. Also they will be monitoring 443.225 with the club call KJ4HPM. Remember too these fine folks can answer questions concerning the ARRL, ARES and RACES. Look for them in the big tent.

Free WiFi will also be available both days (Friday and Saturday).

Seminars and Schedule

Saturday Sept. 25, 2010
Saturday Schedule, yet to be determined.

Where To Stay:
Sevierville and Sevier County are a heavily traveled tourist area. There are some 140 hotels and motels within 15 miles of Ten-Tec. The official show hotel for the Ten-Tec Hamfest and the SEDCO DX and Contest Conference (see below) is Mainstay Suites in Pigeon Forge, TN, 6 miles south of the Ten-Tec factory. A special room rate has been blocked off for attendees. Reserve under rate code SEDCO for either or both Friday and Saturday nights by calling (865) 428-8350 or toll free (888) 428-8350.

No overnight camping or overnight parking at Ten-Tec. Please no ATV or 4 wheelers. Limited Handicap parking available on East side of building.

SEDCO

Also on Saturday, September 25th – after the Ten-Tec Hamfest, the fun continues into the evening with the 6th annual SEDCO DX and Contest Conference, to be held at Mainstay Suites in Pigeon Forge, TN. This event is separate from the Ten-Tec hamfest and is sponsored and organized by SEDCO (Southeastern DXers and Contesters) and is being run as a NON-PROFIT event by W4NL, KA4S, and W4UWC. Ten-Tec and DX Publishing – publishers of DX Magazine – are providing support and endorsing the event.

See SEDCO web site for additional information.
© 2010 - Call Sales: (800) 833-7373 - Email Sales: sales@tentec.com
Sevier County Emergency Radio Service / RACES /ARES / along with the Sevier County Emergency Management Agency will be in the big tent....We have a lot of items that we will be giving away, and taking applications for ARES /RACES & SCERS, so if your interested come on in and sign up ..... we have again a lot of things we will be giving out free to everyone on and about many things... hopethat we see you there....

ARRL Amends Petition to Deny to Include 16 Additional Recon Scout Applications
TAGS: ARRL Chief, ARRL’s Petition, Officer David Sumner, recon scout, Recon Scout device, waiver request
08/18/2010

On August 16, ReconRobotics -- in response to the ARRL’s Petition to Deny Applications, filed with the FCC on August 4 -- filed an Opposition to Petition to Deny with the FCC, arguing that the ARRL’s Petition is “frivolous.” The ARRL’s Petition asked the FCC to deny 68 pending Public Safety Pool license applications associated with the ReconRobotics Video and Audio Surveillance System, specifically the Recon Scout device.

Calling the “frivolous” contention “somewhat amusing, given what the FCC had done three days earlier,” ARRL Chief Executive Officer David Sumner, K1ZZ, pointed out that on August 13, the FCC returned the first application -- submitted by the City of Salina, Kansas. The Salina Police Department had asked the FCC for a waiver to operate the Recon Scout in the band 433-445 MHz. The FCC returned the waiver request to Salina, noting that the frequency band requested was not consistent with the waiver Order (Docket 08-63/DA-291) which requires that the first unit licensed to an eligible entity operate in the band 436-442 MHz. “We expect that the application will be corrected and resubmitted,” Sumner said, “but it is encouraging to see that the FCC agrees with us that the applications -- this and all of the subsequent ones filed -- are defective in this respect.”

The ARRL’s Petition noted these and other incorrect technical parameters in each filed application, stemming from errors in the grant of equipment authorization for the ReconRobotics device, as well as inconsistencies between the applications and the FCC waiver grant for the device in Docket 08-63. Since the August 4 filing, the ARRL has noted another 16 applications have been filed with the FCC, requesting a waiver to be able to use the Recon Scout in the incorrect frequency band. On August 17 the ARRL amended its original Petition to Deny Applications to include these 16 additional applications.

Michael J. Runholt, MS CRC, KC0YFV

kc0yfv@arrl.net

Handiham lends a helping hand to the physically challenged in the amateur community.

The pontoon slowly motors around the lake. A group of hams gathers around the radio. “CQ, CQ 80 meters this is W0EQO, KC0YFV at the mike, maritime mobiling from Courage North in Lake George, Minnesota, over.” So begins a typical contact at the Handiham Radio Camp sponsored by the Courage Handiham System, a program of the Courage Center. You have probably seen our quarterly ad in QST and wondered what we do.

Handiham helps persons with any combination of physical and sensory disabilities by providing tools, technology and education to become effective amateur operators. “The Courage Center Handiham System provides tools for people with disabilities to learn Amateur Radio and technology, and to earn Amateur Radio licenses.”explains Patt Tice, WA0TDA, Handiham Manager. Ham related services include Radio Camp, accessible VE sessions, daily HF and EchoLink nets, the Courage Handiham members-only Web site, equipment loans, assistance with license renewal and a Kenwood TS-480 remote base station. Handihams also sponsors an ARRL affiliated club Courage Handiham System ARC. Our annual membership is $10 or $100 for a life membership.

The Handiham Web site has a wealth of information. On it you can find information to help you become a ham; a list of ham related books and audio tapes, including audio versions of popular transceiver manuals; links to various call sign and repeater lookup tools; EchoLink keyboard shortcuts; Handiham nets; a link to the NOAA space weather prediction center, and links to the PICONET and Stillwater ARA Web sites. The site also has information on the ARRL, including an ARRL sections list in text format.

Through the Handiham Web site you can also find an explanation of the benefits of membership, a link to the Courage Center, information on how to donate money and equipment to support Handiham programs, lists of Handiham online mailing lists and e-letters, online Handiham audio programs, a photo tour of the Minnesota Radio Camp with a link to the video “See and Hear Radio Camp,” and information on how to volunteer.

Minnesota Radio Camp

Radio Camp is a weeklong residential camp for persons with physical and sensory disabilities. It has five tracks: Technician, General and Amateur Extra class licensing and two operating skills sessions designed to get people who are new to HF on the air. An Extra class seminar allows campers who do not have equipment to operate HF. Free time activities include field trips to local attractions, operating our club station W0EQO, maritime mobiling and radio club meetings.

During the last day of camp a VE session is held. It is physically accessible and includes readers for persons who are blind. I have cerebral palsy. I tried to pass my General on my own three times before finally passing it at Radio Camp. I attend the operating skills class in August of 2009, where I got invaluable on the air practice that will help me in my radio career for years to come. In 2010, the Radio Camp was held in May at Camp Courage in Maple Lake, Minnesota.

Handi Nets

Handihams offers a number of daily and weekly HF and EchoLink nets. Our EchoLink nets meet Monday through Saturday 1100 Central Time (CT) and Wednesday at 1930 CT. The EchoLink nets are available on nodes KA0PQW-R, node 267582; WA0TDA-L, node 302454; N0BVE-R, node 89680, and also on IRLP node 9008 and WIRES system number 1427.

On Mondays we hold Handiham SSB nets on the following schedule:

• 14.265 MHz, 0930-1000 CT in winter and at 1530 UTC in summer

• 28.390 MHz, 1000-1030 CT (1600 UTC in winter)

• 21.442 MHz at 1030-1100 CT in the summer and in the winter at 1630 UTC.

• 7.272 MHz, at 1430-1530 CT. During the summer at 2030 UTC.

• 1.902 MHz, SSB net at 2000 CT nightly except for Tuesdays and Thursdays,

• 7.112 MHz, slow speed CW at 0900-1200 Eastern Time Friday.

Our nets are open to all hams, not just members. Please check in. We would love to have you.

Handiham Member Services

For those who have disabilities, Handihams offers a number of valuable members-only services. On our members-only Web site you can find information about equipment loans, our weekly newsletter, software, help with renewing your license and technical assistance. Our member-only Web site also includes audio files of ARRL license manuals, operating skills materials including Amateur Radio publications and other operating activity information.

We also have a Kenwood TS-480 remote base available for member use. The remote base is our newest service. It is especially helpful for those hams who can’t afford their own equipment or have antenna restrictions. You need to have a Skype name, be registered with Handihams and have a computer with Internet access to use this service.

Handihams also sponsors an ARRL affiliated club, the Courage Handiham System ARC, W0EQO. We meet once a year during Radio Camp and also on the air. We have an e-mail reflector set up where we discuss various topics for upcoming sessions in operating skills at Radio Camp. We offer newsletters, mentoring, license classes and VE testing. One needs to be an ARRL member to join.

Community Support

The support of the amateur community is very important to Handihams. The amateur community can help by promoting Handihams in club programs, donating used equipment and money, becoming an Elmer to a Handiham member and sponsoring a radio camper. Clubs can have Handihams as a program theme. A good resource is the video Making Contacts, Making Friends found on our Web site.

Handihams has an equipment loan program that loans out donated equipment to members. This program depends on donations of radio equipment from the ham community. The Radio Camp has many fees associated with it such as registration fees, travel costs, exam fees and spending money. To help support our Radio Camp program, clubs can sponsor radio campers. Handihams is a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit rehabilitation and resource center.

For more information please contact the Courage Handiham System, 3915 Golden Valley Rd, Golden Valley, MN 55422, 1-800-426-3442.

Acknowledgments: The author wishes to acknowledge Matt Arthur, KA0PQW, Handiham member; Howard Armstrong, KE7KNN, Handiham Net Manager, and Pat Tice, WA0TDA, Handiham Manager, for their assistance in this project.

Michael J. Runholt, KC0YFV, an ARRL member, has held a General class license since 2005. He holds an MS in Vocational Rehabilitation with a Concentration in Rehabilitation Counseling from the University of Wisconsin-Stout. He is also a Certified Rehabilitation Counselor by the Commission on Rehabilitation Counselor Certification. He is a life member of Handihams. He can be reached at 2597 190th Ave, Marshall, MN 56258.

K2BSA: Amateur Radio Fun in the Warm Virginia Sun
TAGS: boy scouts, Fort AP Hill, ham radio, icom america, international space station, National Jamboree, national scout jamboree, rocky mountain division
08/17/2010

The 2010 National Scout Jamboree -- celebrating the 100th anniversary of the Boy Scouts of America -- was held July 26-August 4 at Fort AP Hill in Virginia. According to ARRL Rocky Mountain Division Director and K2BSA Station Coordinator/Manager Brian Mileshosky, N5ZGT, ham radio was a big part of the event that attracted more than 43,000 participants from across the nation and around the world.

K2BSA has been a fixture at the BSA National Jamboree since the 1970s. This year, it had three elements: a demonstration station, licensing classes and VE exams, and radio merit badge instruction. The station was on the air on both VHF and HF -- 70 cm, 2, 6, 10, 15, 20, 40 and 80 meters -- utilizing at least 10 transceivers and as many monoband Yagis or dipoles atop 60 foot tall telephone poles, to make contacts using modes and methods such as phone, CW, PSK31, meteor scatter, IRLP, D-STAR, APRS and satellite. “K2BSA made thousands of QSOs,” Mileshosky told the ARRL. “We put a dual-band repeater on the air held a nightly net for Jamboree participants who brought their handheld transceivers to the Jamboree.”

Mileshosky said that nearly 6000 youth scouts -- 13 percent of the total Jamboree attendance -- received thorough exposure to ham radio, touring the K2BSA station and getting on the airwaves. Six lucky scouts conducted a memorable contact with astronaut Doug Wheelock, KF5BOC, aboard the International Space Station (ISS) before a crowd of Jamboree participants.

“We held Technician license classes and two VE exam sessions daily, resulting in 147 new Technicians, 33 Generals and 8 Amateur Extras,” Mileshosky said. “210 scouts earned their Radio merit badges, too.”

One of those 147 new hams is Lt Col John Haefner, KJ4WRN, Commander of Fort AP Hill. “He learned of K2BSA’s presence and visited the station to inform us of his longtime desire to become a ham radio operator,” Mileshosky explained. “Making time in his busy schedule, he self-studied, and ultimately became a General class ham. Thank you for your and Fort AP Hill’s support, Lt Col Haefner!”

Mileshosky said that support from the ham community and manufacturers was also abundant: “Manufacturers such as including Icom America, Yaesu USA, Ten-Tec, Heil Sound, MFJ, Cushcraft, HyGain, Buckmaster, HRO, XGGCOMM, Quicksilver Radio Products and Array Solutions loaned the K2BSA operation a lot of equipment. Icom America’s Ray Novak, N9JA, and Yaesu’s Dennis Motschenbacher, K7BV, both traveled to the Jamboree to observe and assist with K2BSA’s operations. The ARRL also provided significant support, including VE exam materials, license study manuals for loan to Jamboree participants, other publications, as well as the enthusiasm of longtime K2BSA staff member and QEX Editor Larry Wolfgang, WR1B, who served as ARRL’s staff liaison.”

Calling K2BSA’s operation at the 2010 National Scout Jamboree “a resounding success,” Mileshosky thanked everyone who worked K2BSA while it was on the air, with special thanks to all scouts and Scouters who attended the Jamboree. “All eyes are on 2013 when the next National Jamboree will be held at its new permanent location: the Summit Bechtel Family National Scouting Reserve, located adjacent to the New River Gorge National River Park in West Virginia,” he said. “We look forward to K2BSA to once again carry on its tradition of introducing thousands of youth to the extraordinary hobby and service of Amateur Radio.”

D Star Info....

http://www.arrl-al.org/D-STAR_class_2.pdf

http://www.mm0dun.co.uk/dstar/dstar_howitworks.htm

http://www.jfindu.net/DSTARRepeaters.aspx

http://www.dstarusers.org/repeaters.php

http://www.d-starusers.org/dstar.php

Hope that the above links will give you the answers about D Star....

470 ARG Website Has Been Updated.. please stop by in the next few weeks and see what's new, our Tech Q&A our now on the website also for those wanting to get their ham license...Don't forget our net every Thursday at 7:30 pm on the 145.470 PL 118.8.. all are welcome to join in for discussion about amateur , and general topics, Trivia by Danny KI4YCJ, and of course the invocation by Russell KF4LIA or Danny KI4CPL, with your host N4JTQ.....this net is going into another great year in November ....it's a net for all to get together and say hi, ask questions and more.... hope to hear you on the net...
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