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Scuttlebutt Vol. 28 No. 1

Waterway Radio and Cruising Club ‘Serving Radio Amateurs Afloat Since 1963’

Yet another year in the wake and a new one ahead:

the WRCC is firmly on course for its second half cen-

tury of service. I look forward to working alongside

Ridge (N3JUY) and Glenn (K9TUT).

Let's have another hearty round of applause for Bob

(KE4OIL) and the team who navigated us through

2014. I know it has been expressed many times,

and as recently as our grand picnic in Melbourne in

November, but the dedication and effort of member

volunteers is a powerful resource that sustains the

Waterway Net on the air every day. So, too, is the

time and energy of our "staffers": Secretary Jeanie

(N4WFM), Editor Art (KC0TPG), and Webmaster Bill

(N4UMS).

Ron (N1GYX), Ned (W4KS), Ridge (N3JUY), Tom

From your Commodore

— Jeff Wingfield, KI4JDE

(K4WJC) and others did an excellent job of handling

logistics for the picnic and maintaining our table and

demonstration station set up at the SSCA Gam. We

value our relationship with the cruising association

and each year we add members from the combined

events.

This year's picnic enjoyed a special event. Chuck

(ND7K) donated a Ten Tec Jupiter transceiver to the

WRCC and Ron (N1GYX) served as the auctioneer.

Proceeds from the purchase go into our treasury.

Thank you Chuck for that generous gesture.

Our daily net generates some amazing statistics.

During 2014 our log of position reports includes

boats that were in the Bahamas, Puerto Rico, Cana-

da, Honduras, Mexico, Cuba, Grenada, Columbia, US

and British Virgin Islands, Trinidad and the Turks and

Caicos. Every state along the Atlantic and Gulf of

Mexico hosted cruisers that reported their position in

that area. Over all, we had recorded 5,470 positions

through the first of December.

It is also noteworthy that net volunteers have assist-

ed mariners with a variety of problems. Sometimes

this assistance has been in collaboration with the

Coast Guard. At other times it has evolved from a

routine position report becoming not so routine. And

more than once, WRCC members have driven to a

dock or an anchorage to lend personal aid bringing a

part or getting a radio back in operation. Kudos to

all.

An innovation we are going to try this year will pro-

vide another opportunity to participate in the Water-

way Net. Ridge (N3JUY) suggested what I consider a

good idea to complement the existing three post-net

nets (Winlink, Land Cruisers, and Computer) and the

pre-net CW gang. We are going to schedule a once

monthly round table following the regular net on the

third Tuesday of the month. The agenda will be

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shaped by suggested topics emailed in or mentioned

during General Traffic. After airing those topics we

will open the floor to any other items on the minds of

the check-ins. The idea is expand the chances for

members to exchange ideas in an informal fashion.

We should get this initiative started in February. If it

proves useful, we can increase the number of ses-

sions.

With that said, I want to repeat an invitation - really a

prod - to both new members and the veteran mem-

bers of WRCC: join in the fun. Get on the air. Check

in. Take a stab at one of the daily duty slots. The old

adage is true. One gets as much out of an organiza-

tion as one puts into it. With four nets meeting ten

times a week, there is an abundance of opportunity

for participation. Contact any of us by email or on air

to express your interest.

Finally, a salute to three members. Terry (K1LCH)

works every morning to extend the reach of the

WRCC by getting us on CQ 100. Glenn (K9TUT) has

taken the reigns of the weather reader team. These

men and women download the substance of our

weather information every morning and then present

it. Bill (WA6CCA) has created a data base of boater

information for our daily position reports and has it

up and running on our web site, expanding access

and utility.

73

Jeff

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One of the reasons for our trip to Washington Island

was to visit George Ulm. He is an 84 year

old amateur operator with a collection of Radios that

would make an excellent museum collection. And

they all work! Bob had talked to him on the our single

sideband radio from Cocoa, Florida, a number of

years ago and wanted to see his ham shack. The fer-

ry ride was short and interesting once they loaded

cars, bikes and garbage trucks. We rode across

Washington Island to the northeast corner where

George has his 500 acre farm. He used to grow cher-

ries but now just plants enough trees to make it qual-

ify as farm land not residential. George has equip-

ment from early days to present times and loves to

show you around his shack. He has some equipment

that was used during WWII - you've only seen them in

movies.

WWII radios. The long one on the left top is part of

the radio system used on horseback. It is called a

horse talkie. Editor: please find this picture on

page 10, top left

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ALLEZ! VISITS W9EVT, GEORGE ULM, 9-9-14

— Robert & Helen Kovach,

KJ4UGE, KJ4UGF

Past Commodores at the 2014 picnic.

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From: Bobby Graves - KB5HAV

Sent: Tuesday, November 25, 2014 9:44 AM

To: commodore@waterwayradio.net ; vicecomm@waterwayradio.net ; rearcomm@waterwayradio.net ; webmas-

ter@waterwayradio.net ; weather@waterwayradio.net

Subject: A token of Appreciation

Hello Bob, Al, Ridge, Bill, and everyone with the Waterway & Cruising Club Net,

On behalf of the Hurricane Watch Net, please accept my sincere thanks for your support during landfalling hurricane net

activations. This is by no means a single person effort but that of a team working for a single purpose, helping save lives.

Attached is a special token of my appreciation. The certificate is formatted to print on an 11 X 8.5 sheet of paper and in-

serted in any frame made for letter sized paper.

With Thanksgiving rapidly approaching, I want to wish you and your family a very happy, safe, and enjoyable Thanksgiving!

Sincerely,

Bobby Graves, KB5HAV

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

129 Eagle Drive

Brandon, MS 39047

(601) 405-7885

kb5hav@hwn.org

Hurricane Watch Net

Net Manager

www.hwn.org

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Larry-AC4GG,

Jeff-KI4JDE,

Bob-KE4OIL,

Ron-N1GYX

-

2014 picnic

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Should I really get vaccinated? This

question arises each fall when the flu

season begins. Also it reflects on

many vaccinations, “pneumonia

shots”, on shingles vaccine, on HPV

for your daughter (or granddaughters),

on polio, etc., etc. The answers vary

according to the disease, the sex, the

age, on which country you live in and even how edu-

cated you are. I’m talking about general vaccinations

not those reserved for travel such as the yellow fever

vaccine.

We can’t cover them all but let’s take a few of the

more cogent ones.

Flu shots are of current interest. In early No-

vember I just completed having my ship’s staff give

500 flu shots. Elena & I got ours, too. No one had a

bad reaction. Last year with the flu season lasting

from October 2013 thru May 2014 the CDC meas-

ured 7.2 million FEWER illnesses, and 90,000 fewer

hospitalizations due to the widespread application of

“flu shots”. That’s impressive.

This present flu season is less predictable than last

year. Partly because the infecting flu virus is type

H3N2 and partly because the virus has “drifted” in its

make-up and hence the vaccine covers only about 60

% of those who got the shot for H3N2. Still the CDC

recommends you run and get the flu shot.

Another vaccination is the pneumonia shot(s).

The names for these are Prevnar-13 and Prevnar-23,

alias Pneumovax®, and protect against a common

pneumonia bacteria, “Strep. Pneumonia”. If you want

protection you should get each. Ask your doctor how.

I recommend these, for children and for adults im-

munocompromised by age (over 55-60), by medica-

tions, or by disease. But remember this is only for

pneumococcal types of pneumonia, not for all types.

Another widely recommended vaccination is

that for Shingles.

This is called Zostavax (Varicella-Zoster vaccine

live). It is “FDA approved as single dose for adults

≥50 years, regardless of whether they report prior

episodes of herpes zoster (Shingles); although vac-

cine is FDA-licensed for patients ≥50 years, Advisory

Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) recom-

mends that vaccination begin at 60 years; up-to-date

vaccination schedules available at http://

www.cdc.gov/vaccines/schedules/hcp/index.html .”

I personally have seen patients with an attack of

shingles this year with ages of 45 and 54 years. For

you late middle aged folks give Zostavax serious con-

sideration, or if you don’t then with the onset of a

zone of neuritis with a rash get to your doctor pronto

for the antiviral antibiotic.

Now let’s talk about HPV, herpes papilloma

virus, and vaccination for it.

HPV is really a group of viruses, some 40 serotypes,

and it is very common.

It is said that by the time we reach adulthood more

than half of us have contracted this virus through

intimate activity. It causes dry warts, genital warts,

several types of cervical erosions of the uterus and

most cervical cancers. That’s why young people

should be vaccinated for HPV before they become

sexually active. Talk to your doctors about the specif-

ics.

Let me end with this with a little poem. Christ-

mas and New Years parties are coming up. A girl

friend wrote this in my geometry book.

“To kiss a Miss … will make you happy.

To miss a kiss …. Is pretty sappy.

Kissing spreads disease ‘tis stated,

So kiss me kid… I’m vaccinated!”

73/88, Happy New Year and Happy Sailing!

Jim C. Hirschman MD

Comments from the

Sick Bay — Jim Hirschman, MD,

Fleet Surgeon, K4TCV

Bill-N4UMS

&

Lenny-

KN4TB

Registering

at 2014

picnic

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I have been reviewing our WRCC

database and have added a new

field. That is a field letting me

know when the licenses are about

to expire (or have already expired).

I have sent out 24 emails letting

members know that their license

has expired or is about to expire. Please let me know

if you renew your license so I can update the data-

base.

You can renew your license up to 90 days in ad-

vance. If it has already expired, you have up to 2

years to renew it and not lose your call sign.

You may have received something from ARRL, or

W5YI saying they will renew it for you for a fee (ARRL

is free to ARRL members). That is not necessary as it

is free to renew ONLINE (unless you have a Vanity

Call, then you can renew online and pay a fee). We

just renewed my husband’s online and it was pain-

less. We had his Federal Registration Number (FRN)

by just searching on the FCC website for his call sign

(http://wireless2.fcc.gov/UlsApp/UlsSearch/

searchLicense.jsp) but needed to get a password.

Once we had that, it only took minutes to renew. The

license arrived within about a week. Here are the

instructions:

File Electronically with FCC via the Web.-

The FCC accepts changes and renewals electronically

via their Universal Licensing Service (ULS) system.

You may file for electronic renewal at 90 days or

less before your license will expire, or up to two years

after expiration. License changes may be filed at any

time. The FCC's web address for electronic filing is:

http://wireless.fcc.gov/uls/ . To use the on-line ULS

system, you must first be sure you are registered in

the Commission Registration System (CORES) and

have a Federal Registration Number (FRN) and

CORES password to work with your FCC license rec-

ord. To receive a FRN you must supply your Social

Security Number (SSN) to FCC. As part of their com-

pliance with the Debt Collection Improvement Act of

1996, FCC must collect SSN's. Once registered, you

may then choose the ONLINE FILING "LOG IN" link to

Secretary/Treasurer’s

Report — Jeanie Schreiber, N4WFM

perform your on-line transaction with FCC (for pass-

word help or on-line filing questions contact FCC

Tech Support weekdays at: 1-877-480-3201).

If you are applying for a New Vanity Call Sign or if you

have a Vanity License Renewal, remember to have

your credit card accessible to pay the FCC Regulato-

ry Fee.

I look forward to working with the new Officers, and

thank the outgoing Officers for their service. Here is

hoping that all of you have a super 2015.

If you have not paid your dues for 2015, please do

so as soon as you can so you will be included in the

2015 Roster. If you are not sure if you are paid,

contact me and I will let you know.

Jeanie

N4WFM

WRCC Secretary-Treasurer

The decision has been made to expand the choice

and quality of clothing and other apparel with the

WRCC logo. Lands' End Business Outfitters has

agreed to offer their full line of clothing and outer-

wear to WRCC members.

Our club logo will be on file. Each member can

choose add a name, call sign, boat name or whatev-

er you wish. There will be a charge for the letter-

ing. Orders and payment will be between the mem-

ber and Lands' End.

Order procedure will be distributed to members via

email after the first of the year. Final arrangements

are in process. To see the apparel choices go to:

business.landsend.com.

NEW SUPPLIER — WRCC

LOGO APPAREL — Jeff Wingfield, KI4JDE

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Roster Updates Roster Updates since Fall SB KR4LX (A) First Light Alt, Larry J & Carolyn Durbeck 46.8 Ketch 2809 Waldoah Beach Rd C:(305) 743-6830 Louisville KY 40207-1038 ~~~ - - - ~~~ W4TPO (E) W4TPP (E) Sweet Caroline Carbee, John & Carol CT-34 Cutter 1726 Hazelton St. NW C:(321) 728-4019 Palm Bay FL w4tpo@carbee.com 32907-7071 ~~~ - - - ~~~ KF8ML (E) DeSplinter, Don & Connie 411 Walnut St # 760 C:(440) 840-3341 Green Cove Spgs FL kf8mlkf8ml@gmail.com 32043-3443 ~~~ - - - ~~~ KG4QIV (E) KG4WGP (T) Brittle Star Farley, Ronnie R & Linda S Irwin 32' Citation Sloop 1133 Bal Harbor Blvd., C:(804) 833-6471 Suite 1139, PMB 143 C:(804) 467-2160 Punta Gorda FL ronniefarley73@icloud.com 33905- lindfarley@icloud.com ~~~ - - - ~~~ KA1EL (A) Molly Hawk Farrar, Donald R & Betsy Allmand 31 28 Oneco St (860) 887-7138 Norwich CT hawkmolly@hotmail.com 06360-3434 ~~~ - - - ~~~ KK4LGG (G) Funk, John 49' trawler 653 W. 23rd St. #131 C:(404) 353-2253 Panama City FL C:(770) 309-1285 32405-3922 funkelburger@gmail.com ~~~ - - - ~~~ N4QIW (A) N4RTU (A) Halo Lowe, Naoma Hunter 30 3903 W Lake Oakdale Dr (843) 662-9629 Florence SC naomalowe@sc.rr.com 29501-8124 ~~~ - - - ~~~ KC9LLU (G) Toucan Olney, Datha Catallina 380 PO Box 3458 C:(847) 894-1468 Barrington IL dayoday99@gmail.com 60011 ~~~ - - - ~~~ N2ILR (G) Evening Star Rae, Allan & Cathy Bayliner Exuma 45 fast trawler 91 Sunset Blvd (843) 524-2505 Beaufort SC ANRae@aol.com 29907-1416 ~~~ - - - ~~~ W3RAE (G) Wandering Star Rae, William 38 Bayliner 91 Sunset Blvd C:(321) 514-8555 Beaufort SC william.rae@gmail.com 29907-1416 ~~~ - - - ~~~ KC2ESP (E) KC3MAR (G) Second Sally Rodgers, Vernon & Marie Peterson 44 Cutter 411 Walnut St #6137 Green Cove Spgs FL kc2esp@winlink.org 32043-3443 scndsal@juno.com ~~~ - - - ~~~ AE4MZ (E) Stormer, Jay & Jane 141 Rossmore Rd C:(281) 330-9966 Brunswick ME js9@jstorm.com 04011-7705 ~~~ - - - ~~~

KM4MA (A) KC4EXH (T) Van Meurs, Paul F & Cassie J 3002 Holly St (321) 383-1640 Titusville FL KM4MA@msn.com 32796-2446 ~~~ - - - ~~~

New or Changed E-Mail Addresses

W4 AGQ bchshells@yahoo.com KP2 BU JohnPCobb@centurylink.net N4 JET N4JET@att.net KG4 QIV ronniefarley73@icloud.com KJ4 SME joelt10@tampabay.rr.com N4 SZV mdnossaman@gmail.com KG4 WBQ donatkins66@yahoo.com

New Callsigns and

Upgrades

W4 PXE E Dave Rockwell Old Call: KK4PXE KK4 SAC E Paul Vogt

New Member Callsigns Since Fall SB

K4 CVR G Paul Adams KC0 FGU G Pete Dubler VY2 GR - Geoff Ralling W1 HPS G Peter Schorr KE4 JUV T Jill Harris (See N4NVI) WA3 MOS A Terry Connor KI4 NTN G Nate Houser N4 NVI E Dave Harris (See KE4JUV) KJ4 YSQ G Tom Lease W3 ZR E Bob Montgomery

New Members Since Fall SB

K4CVR (G) Luna Adams, Paul Pearson Triton #586 10839 FL-GA Hwy (850) 491-5372 Havana FL bluestone32@gmail.com 32333 k4cvr@arrl.net ___________________________________

WA3MOS (A) Fair Wind Connor, Terence Hinckley Pilot 35 yawl 1123 Queens Way (610) 220-7721 West Chester PA TConnor01@verizon.net 19382-23019

___________________________________

KC0FGU (G) Regina Oceani Dubler, Pete Pearson 424 ketch 1659 PGA Blvd (970) 214-3852 Melbourne FL pete@dublerfamily.com 32935 ___________________________________

N4NVI (E) KE4JUV (T) Harris, Dave & Jill 8545 E Highway 16 (770) 599-1257 Senoia GA bluehangar@bellsouth.net 30276-3141 ___________________________________

KI4NTN (G) Travelin Light Houser, Nate IP 350 sail 14 Gayle Ln (804) 380-7817 Mathews VA boathouser@gmail.com 23109-2289 ___________________________________

KJ4YSQ (G) La Perla Lease, Thomas 2003 Gemini 105MC Cat 299 Old Magnolia Rd (850) 421-5516 Crawfordville FL leaset@embarqmail.com 32327-6004 ___________________________________

W3ZR (E) Galactica Montgomery, Robert 12 foot Starcraft fisher PO Box 151 (570) 763-9397 Eagles Mere PA w3zr@w3zr.com 17731-0151 ___________________________________

VY2GR (-) Be Faithful 2 Ralling, Geoff & Jane Aloha 32 sloop 115 North River Road (902) 213-2523 Charlottetown PE geoff.ralling@gmail.com C1A 3K7 ___________________________________

W1HPS (G) Reprieve Schorr, Hans Peter Shannon 38 cutter ketch 308 Beverly Rd (718) 423-0699 Douglaston NY pschorr1@verizon.net 11363 ___________________________________

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Some web sites for help in determining what is going

on around the waterways this season:

Salty Southeast Cruisers Net cruisersnet.net

Waterway Guide waterwayguide.com

Active Captain activecaptain.com

Around the Waterways

SNIFFING OUT RADIO NOISE

SOURCES ON A CRUISING BOAT

THEN….SNUFFING IT OUT!

— Bill Trayfors, WA6CCA

How would you like to have your horrendous S-9

noise level reduced to less than S-1? Here’s how I did

it on my boat, the 42' Perry-designed sloop, Born

Free.

THE PROBLEM

For many years I’ve been putting up with outrageous-

ly high HF radio noise levels on my boat. The problem

was the worst on the amateur 40-meter band, and

generally very bad from about 6 MHz to 9 MHz. Other

bands were better but not good. Since I’m in the busi-

ness of electronics and power systems on boats, the

high noise levels obtained on my own boat were a

perfect example of the proverbial cobbler’s kids who

had no shoes!

I’d tried many times in the past to find the major cul-

prits. And, of course, I knew most of them: the invert-

er, the frig compressor, computers, etc. But I’d never

had occasion or time to thoroughly and methodically

investigate the noisemakers on my boat, to catalog

them, and to correct those I could. Until last week,

that is, while my boat was hauled out for a bottom job

and other maintenance.

FINDING THE CULPRIT(S)

One morning, after most of the work was done on my

boat, I left my house for the boatyard equipped with

my RF sniffer, a portable HF rig (the Yaesu FT-817),

miscellaneous other instruments and, most of all, a

determination to find and eliminate the onboard

noise sources.

I fired up the Yaesu FT-900CAT radio on 7268 kHz,

the frequency used by the Waterway Net. Sure

enough, the noise level on receive was S-9 plus. I

shut everything off, both DC and AC: all battery

switches, breakers, etc. No change...the S-9+ noise

level continued.

I disconnected the large positive cables from the

house battery banks and the start battery. No

change...still had the S-9+ noise level. I tried the port-

able FT-817 with its internal batteries, and walked

around the boat with the RF sniffer on a wand. I

found RF noise in a number of locations....near light-

ing fixtures (bulbs were OFF), near the installed radio,

along the cabin ceiling, and under the mast tabernac-

le where the wires exited the mast. I continued to

suspect the Windex atop the mast, but as yet had no

proof.

Finally, poking around one of the house battery

banks consisting of four golf-cart batteries in series/

parallel, from which I’d already disconnected the big

positive cable leading to the other house battery

bank, I noticed a small wire connected to the positive

pole of the other pair. It was the voltage sense wire

for that bank, leading to the Blue Sea Systems

PN8051 digital voltmeter at the nav station.

When I disconnected this wire, the noise level

dropped immediately to less than S-1. Several times I

touched the wire back to the battery terminal, and

each time the noise level went immediately up to S-

9+.

What the devil? I’d already turned that voltmeter off

by pressing the button on its face.

Guess what, folks? That button turned off the voltme-

ter’s display, but it did not remove power from the

meter circuitry! That damned voltmeter had been on

my boat for more than a decade, and was the main

culprit. Even with the display turned off, it was radiat-

ing RF throughout the boat, yielding an S-9+ noise

level on 40 meters (7 MHz).

Leaving the sense wire disconnected, I took my RF

sniffer with the FT-817 and again walked around the (Continued on page 8)

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cabin. Nothing. Miraculously, all the RF noise was

gone. EUREKA!

This problem was easy to fix. I drilled a hole in the

faceplate for the digital DC voltmeter, and installed

an SPST toggle switch in the positive lead to the me-

ter itself. Now, I can stand at the nav station and by

activating that switch I can watch the noise level tog-

gle between S9+ and S-1.

Here’s the big offender, front and back, after I modi-

fied it with the new toggle switch (top right).

Of course, there were other noise makers as well, as

there will be on any modern boat. I’ve catalogued

some of these, with their approximate strength. I plan

to continue the process when at anchor away from a

marina and other boats.

(Continued from page 7) THE OFFENDERS IDENTIFIED THUS FAR

Level Item

S-9+ Blue Sea Systems PN8051 Digital

Voltmeter - the chief offender

S-4 to S-5 AC power supply brick for IBM T-510

laptop

S-3 Victron Multi-Plus 120/2500 in in-

verter mode only (not when charging)

S-3 Hella cabin fans

S-3 Comcast cable box

ITEMS WHICH HAVE TESTED OK FOR RFI

Em-Trak B100 AIS transponder

Victron Multi-Plus 120/2500 charger (not invert-

er)

Standard GX5500 VHF radios

Rogue Wave Pro WiFi and router

Dr. LED cabin lights

DC voltage booster (WS4Y) for HF radio

Adler Barbour Cold Machine (29-year old frig w/

Danfoss compressor)

Ultra Senior and Junior bilge pump sensors

STILL TO TEST

Balmar 100A alternator w/MC-612 regulator

NextGen 3.5KW 120VAC generator

Miscellaneous other electronic devices

Stay tuned :-)

Bill

WA6CCA

PS…I just finished an RFI hunt for a client near Balti-

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Sunshine

Where the WRCC

Meets to Eat

Bahamas, Nassau - Lunch

December-May, every

Thursday, 12:30

Green Parrot Restaurant C6AGG—Carolyn

Bahamas, George Town, - Lunch Weekly Jan-Mar

Details on the Net

FL, Marathon - Lunch Wednesdays @ 11:30

November to May

Lazy Days Restaurant ND7K-Chuck Grey

FL, Melbourne – Lunch

Dragons Lunch 2nd Wednesday 11:30, Pineda Inn, US Rt 1 North of Mel-bourne. Contact W4KS or KN4RB

FL, Pensacola Beach - Lunch

2nd Tues every month — Hemmingway’s on the Beach Contact Chuck Cook—KE4KEA (850) 380-4217

FL, St. Petersburg - Lunch 2nd Sat 1230 MIDTOWN Sundries, 200 1st Av S

Ken Cowan—KC4OSZ

(727) 821-5383

NC, Oriental - Breakfast - Last Sat 0900 @ Village Restaurant -(Repeater 147.210+ tone 151.4)

Listen to the Net for de-

tails: 7.268 MHz at approxi-

mately 0800 ET. Please con-

tact the Editor with any

changes to this list.

The following members or their families received a card or

flowers from the club:

October

Tom Rader K4WJC

November

None

December

Ed Napoleon KC4JKW

Fred Haberlandt N1FH

Gordon Groves K3GG

Be sure to send any Get Well or Silent Key requests or notices to Debbie at

sunshine @ waterwayradio.net

— Debbie Lerner KD4GRR

more this week. Turns out his boat was generally OK, but he still had a high

noise level on his ICOM M802…so much he couldn’t hear anything. It turned

out to be the boat in the adjacent slip, generating a lot of RFI all the way

from 5 MHz to 15 MHz. The handheld sniffer found it easily, and we proved it

by leaving the slip, going out 200 yards or so, and making excellent contacts

on 40 meters, 20 meters, and with coast station WLO in Mobile AL on 12

MHz.

Marinas are notorious for high noise levels, of course, but often it’s the

boats in the marinas with the problem.

B

(Continued from page 8)

Jeanie & Shelley at registration Tom—K4WJC & Rosie

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The SEA CHEST

*FOR SALE*

Place your for sale items here! Last months item sold

in 1 day!

*WANTED*

Editor — Remember, this is free. There are no charg-

es to place your item in the Scuttlebutt newsletter.

This is the Collins room - everything ever made by

Collins. One of the units was used by NASA

If you zoom in to the nameplate on this unit it says

NASA-WALLOPS with a serial number. Here is George

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explaining a fine point about one of the units in the Col-

lins Room.

Here is some more of the Collins equipment.

(Continued from page 10)

George shows us some fine points of a unit. It is

quite a collection. Bob thoroughly enjoyed the time

we spent with George.

We took this photo with the Waterway Radio Cruising

Club's Burgee to commemorate the day.

We headed back to

the Ferry Terminal

and returned to the

Upper Peninsula for

our drive South along

Route 42. On the

way south, we

stopped in Sister Bay

for lunch at Al Johnson's Swedish Restaurant. It is a

legend and quite good though there were no goats

grazing on the grassy roof. Stuffed, we headed to-

ward Green Bay and our visit with our friend Loretta.

Captain Helen (KJ4UGF) and Chief Engineer Bob

(KJ4UGE)

On Board ALLEZ!

Presently in Waukegan, IL

Waterway Radio and Cruising

Club

Scuttlebutt is published quarterly to inform membership about Waterway Net news, activities and items of interest. Club Officers and Staff: Commodore: Jeff Wingfield KI4JDE Vice Commodore: Ridge Gardner N3JUY Rear Commodore: Glenn Tuttle K9TUT Sec/Treas: Jeanie Schreiber N4WFM Send Roster Updates & Address Changes to: secretary@waterwayradio.net Fleet Capt: Ed Napoleon KC4JKW Safety Officer: Tom Rader K4WJC Scuttlebutt Editor: Art Howard KC0TPG Send articles and pictures to: Editor@waterwayradio.net Exam. Coordinator: Ron Knaggs N1GYX Fleet Surgeon: Jim Hirschman K4TCV Sunshine Fund: Debbie Lerner KD4GRR Requests: sunshine @ waterwayradio.net Weather Coord.: Rich Gardner N3JUY Historian: Ron Knags N1GYX Webmaster: Bill Boyle N4UMS Contributions Please send to: Jeanie Schreiber N4WFM Membership Application may be downloaded from the WRCC web-site: www.waterwayradio.net

Inside This Issue Commodore’s Message ............... 1 ALLEZ! Visits W9EVT George Ulm 9-9-14 .................................. 2 Certificate of Appreciation .......... 3 Comments from the Sick Bay ....... 4 Secretary/Treasures Report ......... 5 New Supplier — WRCC Logo Ap-parel...................................... 5 Roster Updates ........................ 6 Sniffing Out Radio Noise Sources .. 7 Around the Waterways ............... 7 Sunshine ................................. 9 Luncheon Schedule .................... 9 Sea Chest ............................... 10

Scuttlebutt Waterway Radio and Cruising Club

27 Cheyenne Ct.

Palm Coast, FL

32137-8966

S/v Samana arrived at the Indiantown Marina for some

much needed refit work again. All the sailing of the last

year has taken its toll on systems. The plan is to com-

plete all the work before Christmas and leave some time

for a Christmas visit with a daughter and her family in

Clarksville, Tennessee.

We picked up our new jib sail while visiting the Chesa-

peake Bay. It is smaller than the old one that blew out, however it pulls

much better than the old bed sheet. The shape is computer designed for

the measurements of the boat. Modern sail design is wonderful.

Before we left the Chesapeake Bay we attended the SSCA (Seven Seas

Cruising Association) GAM at Camp Letts on the Rhode River. I volunteered

at the SSCA Amateur Radio table at Camp Letts and the WRCC table at the

SSCA GAM in Melbourne. It was really enjoyable working with the amateur

radio volunteers. SSCA asked me to assist as a VEC at both GAMs. It was

nice to see the happy faces on the new hams.

I have to thank you all for the submissions to Scuttlebutt. Once again there

is more material than there is room so several articles are staged for fu-

ture issues. Please continue to share your news,

stories, photos, items of interest, comments and

suggestions. Send them to:

Editor@waterwayradio.net or

alhowar@attglobal.net.

73, Art — KC0TPG

Vol. 28 No. 1, Winter 2015