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October 2017 ISSUE WWW.NFLARC.ORG

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NFLARC

W5NFL

DMR # 3148669

The NFL Amateur Radio Club

Meets the second Saturday of each month at 12:00 noon lunch and 1:00 PM Meeting at the NFLARC clubhouse, near Dobins Rd & CR1020 Corsicana

Sign points to Clubhouse on CR 1020

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The Linked Repeaters at • Corsicana - 2M (145.290 + with a tone of 146.2) • Corsicana – DMR 440 (442.925 cc9) • Buffalo - 2M (147.280 + with a tone of 146.2) • Franklin - 2M (146.960 - with a tone of 146.2) • Hillsboro - 2M (146.780 - with a tone of 123.0) • Fairfield * 2M (145.110 * with a tone of 146.2)

• Lindale * 2M (145.600 simplex with a tone of

146.2)

• Mexia * 2M (145.39 - with a tone of 146.2)

• Echolink * KD5OXM-L

• We can be Monitored via

o http://nflarc.org/radio.html

o http://www.radioreference.com

� Look for

� Navarro, Freestone, Limestone

and Leon Counties Repeaters

The DMR Linked Repeaters

• Corsicana – DMR 440 (442.925+ cc9) RX 442.925

TX 447.925

Color Code

9

TS TG Description

1 2 Dallas Metro (Primary)


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1 3 North America (PTT activated with 10 min inactivity timeout)

1 1 Worldwide All Languages (PTT activated with 10 min inactivity timeout)

1 3100 Bridge to BM 3148 (PTT activated with 10 min inactivity timeout)

1 310 Tac 310 (PTT activated with 10 min inactivity timeout)

1 3777215 Comm 1 (PTT activated with 10 min inactivity timeout)

2 9 Local (PTT activated with 10 min inactivity timeout)

2 3148 TX Statewide (Primary)

2 3175 TX-OK Statewide (PTT activated with 10 min inactivity timeout)

2 9000 TX Statewide Brandmesiter (PTT activated with 10 min inactivity timeout)

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Radio RX 443.275

Radio TX 448.275

Color Code DMR/9

Slot 1 Slot 2

Brandmeister DMR-MARC

TG Name TG Name

9000 Texas BM(Primary) 2 Dallas Metro (Primary)

31052 Arkansas (PTT activated

with 15 min inactivity

timeout)

3148 Texas DM(Primary)

31402 Oklahoma (PTT activated


timeout)

8710 Crossroads Talkgroup (PTT

activated with 15 min

inactivity timeout)

310 *TAC310 (PTT activated


timeout)

13 North America (PTT

activated with 10 min

inactivity timeout)



timeout)

1 Worldwide All Languages

(PTT activated with 10 min

inactivity timeout)



timeout)

* These talkgroups are interconnected between MARC and BM, so you will be

able to talk to someone from either network on these.

NFLARC Channel on Zello

http://zello.me/k/eVG6G

License Training Class / Testing

TBA

New Members

Local News & Events

Ham In The Park 2017

Kevin “Duck Whisperer” K5MOS is back, yes he talks to the

animals.


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Clayton WA5HED & Jason KG5CBD put up a HF antenna

Wil WB5YFX sets up and shows Michael KF5KHS his portable

repeater

Doug KE5CDK and James KG5UEI listen to DMR QSO’s

Wil WB5YFX & Jason KG5CBD on HF station

Doug KE5CDK & Claton WA5HED on HF


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Rebekah K5RCM serves up hotdogs to visitors

Michael KF5KHS & Claton WA5HED enjoying a hotdog

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The Texas QSO party is sponsored each year by the Northwest

Amateur Radio Society - W5NC - to encourage contacts

between Texas amateur radio operators and amateur radio

operators throughout the world. This event is also an excellent

opportunity for county hunters to add to their list of Texas

counties worked. Operating times are from 1400Z, September

23rd to 0200Z, and again from 1400Z to 2000Z on the 24th.

For more information, please visit:

http://txqp.net/

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Featured Amateur

Maybe next month


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NFLARC Weather Nets

NFLARC Weather Net Frequencies: • Corsicana - 2M (145.290 + with a tone of 146.2) • Corsicana - 440 (442.925 +5 DMR CC9 TG-Local) • Buffalo - 2M (147.280 + with a tone of 146.2) • Franklin - 2M (146.960 - with a tone of 146.2) • Hillsboro - 2M (146.780 - with a tone of 123.0) • Fairfield - 2M (145.110 * with a tone of 146.2) • Lindale - 2M (145.600 simplex with a tone of 146.2) • Mexia - 2M (145.39 - with a tone of 146.2) • Simplex Frequency - 146.500 MHz • Echolink - KD5OXM-L

ARES Net

Limestone County ARES Group

ARES group for Limestone Co.

List their Coms plan as follows:

• Repeaters

o Mexia Repeater 145.39 – Primary

o Hillsboro Repeater 146.78 – Secondary

• Simplex

o 146.500 FM Primary

o 146.550 FM Secondary

o 147.550 FM Texas State Guard Freq

They will have a weekly net on Tuesday Nights 8PM on Mexia

Repeater 145.39

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Hill County ARES Group

Joe Moore KE5YPH is the new Hill Co ARES Coordinator.

He plans to have “Hill County Emergency Training Net” on

Hillsboro Repeater 145.780

Thursdays at 7:00 pm

World News & Event

CAT17 BATC Videos

The British Amateur Television Club has made available videos

of the talks given at the CAT17 event held at the Finningley

Amateur Radio Club Sept 9-10

Among the videos are:

• Es'hail 2 satellite update by Dave G8GKQ

• DigiTwist an experimental low-cost satellite tracker by

Brian G4EWJ

• Introduction to Optical Communications by Bernie

G4HJW

• 5.7 GHz Linear Amplifiers for the ADALM Pluto by Brian

G4EWJ

CAT17 BATC Videos -

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUWLnUZllytlcCFd93tnB

zw/videos


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BATC - http://www.batc.org.uk/

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New President of EURAO - Petrica Stolnicu, YO9RIJ

The new EURAO president, 43-year-old Petrica Stolnicu, YO9RIJ

has given a profile interview to the organisation.

Stolnicu discusses his passion for the Ham Radio hobby, how

the hobby has changed since his first contact and fulfilling his

mandate as president.

Read the full interview - http://www.eurao.org/en/node/908

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UK Repeaters Closed due to Abuse

Two UK Amateur/Ham Radio Repeaters have been temporarily

closed due to abuse.

The repeaters, GB3DY at Wirksworth and GB3EE at Chesterfield

have been closed for a period of 14 days to try and resolve the

problem.

The RSGB advise that if a repeater is suffering abuse it is

essential that users do not react or attempt to communicate

with the abusers as doing so inevitably makes the situation

worse.

Repeater Abuse Guidance -

http://www.ukrepeater.net/abuse.htm

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HAM RADIO 2017 (Friedrichshafen) Lectures

DokuFunk have created an archive presenting the major papers

and speeches from the HamRadio 2017 in Friedrichshafen in its

"Lecture Room"

HAM RADIO 2017 (Friedrichshafen) Lectures -

http://www.dokufunk.org/index.php

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In Devastated Dominica, 'Hams' Become Vital

Communications Link

Brian Machesney (Call sign: K1LI), left, and Gordon Royer Jr. (J73GAR), in

Dominica earlier this year, discussing the operation of a ham radio set.

Michelle Guenard

When Hurricane Maria smashed into the tiny island of Dominica

in the Eastern Caribbean earlier this week, phone service went

down, virtually cutting off the island. But within hours, amateur

radio operators got on the air and have been providing a vital

link to the outside world ever since.

Speaking to ABS Television/Radio in his first interview since

Maria made landfall, Dominican Prime Minister Roosevelt

Skerrit, on a visit to Antigua, said at least 15 people were dead

and at least 20 others missing amid "unprecedented"

destruction.

View of damage caused the day before by Hurricane Maria near Roseau,

Dominica, on Wednesday.

AFP/Getty Images

An estimated 95 percent of roofs on homes in some towns were

blown off in the 160-mph winds brought by the hurricane,

which topped out at Category 5 when it hit the island.

Debris-strewn roads are impassable, he said. "We have to

access villages by sea and also by helicopter," said Skerrit,

whose own home was among those severely damaged in the

storm.


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"Every village on Dominica, every street, every cranny, every

person was impacted by the hurricane," he told ABS, saying that

the main hospital in the capital, Roseau, is without power

because authorities are afraid of starting backup generators

owing to extensive flooding.

"It has been brutal. We have never seen such destruction.

Unprecedented," he said.

Shortly before the storm struck, ham-radio enthusiasts Michelle

Guenard and her husband, Brian Machesney, set up a Facebook

page from their home in Craftsbury, Vt., to act as a

clearinghouse for whatever information they could glean

through the airwaves via ham operators on Dominica, many of

whom they know personally. There's also a livestream of the HF

radio frequency being used for the emergency network.

The couple have been traveling to Dominica on and off for the

past decade, where they've trained ham operators, helping get

them licensed, bringing in radio equipment and getting them

set up.

"We know through these emergency situations that ham radio

is the only way to get information when everything else goes

down," Guenard tells NPR.

One of the operators the couple helped train, Gordon Royer Jr.,

is now a primary contact in hard-hit Roseau.

Guenard says that Dominica's mountainous interior complicates

radio communications from one side of the island to the other,

so hams use a mid-island broadcast repeater. Remarkably, the

repeater survived the storm intact.

Michelle Guenard (left) and her husband, Brian Machesney, overlooking Scott's

Head and Soufriere Bay, Dominica, earlier this year.

Tom Stearns

Although many ham operators lost antennas in the ferocious

winds, they've been able to "put up a scrap of wire" and get

back on the air, Guenard says. A second repeater, based in

nearby St. Lucia, has also been pressed into service, "kind of like

smoke signals from one mountaintop to the next," she tells

NPR.

The storm passed over Dominica around midnight on Monday.

By Tuesday afternoon, hams were broadcasting reports of

damage, she says. "For the longest time, the chatter was very

basic reports. No one could get anywhere" to see the extent of

the destruction.

Gradually, more detailed reports started to flow in.

"The way the storm hit, all of the palm trees came off the island

to the west and then swept back in," leaving the island "armpit

deep in timber," she says.

"They are having to go from town to town via fishing boat," she

says. "But they haven't been able to get anywhere except for

major ports."

Which means it could be some time before the full extent of the

death and destruction is known, Guenard says.

One of the two cellphone providers on the island has reportedly

managed to restore service in some areas, but customers are

being asked to use text only to keep from overwhelming the

still-fragile network.

For the moment, anyway, Dominica's ham radio is more

reliable.

http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-

way/2017/09/21/552649149/in-devastated-dominica-hams-

become-vital-communications-link

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The Joy of the QSO

Since my retirement I suppose I've had a little more time to

think, philosophize if you will, about the important things in life.

As my work career fades into the past, I've quickly come to

realize that events and issues from my work-life, at the end of

the day, weren't that important at all. The things that I stressed

and fretted over where simply mirages of importance that

faded away as time passed.

So, I've asked myself, what is it about Ham Radio that's so

important? Many of us spend a lot of time in the hobby, so

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Many of us chase awards, join clubs, go on expeditions and

have many significant achievements in our ham careers that

bring a certain level of satisfaction. However, what we soon

learn is that it's the chase, not the finish that's exciting. I've

enjoyed very much chasing DXCC Honor Roll, WAE-TOP, IOTA,

SOTA and competing in a variety of contests. However, once

the objective is achieved, the excitement of working toward the

goal is gone and the sense of accomplishment is not quite as

satisfying as the thrill of the chase.

So in my thinking about what's lasting and important about ham

radio, at least to me, starts from a simple QSO. QSO's bring joy

in many ways, i.e., marking a needed entity of the list, working a

new club member, getting that rare country that you never

thought possible, whether QRP or QRO or perhaps a special

contact on Top Band or the Magic Band. It's QSO's that bring

joy. However, many of these QSO's are the 599, TU type of QSO

and are more focused on accomplishment or earning some

award than the relationship side of ham radio. As I've

progressed or maybe matured or perhaps just gotten more

sentimental, I get a lot of lasting joy from a simple rag-chew.

Does a rag-chew bring my recognition, no. Will it qualify me for

any awards, maybe, but probably not. But what it does do is

allow me to meet real people with similar interests as me. Since

I retired I find that I have more and more rag-chews with the

most interesting people. And I am starting to come across guys

multiple times and we pick up where we left off from the

previous QSO. It's wonderful. I don't have to worry if I've

already worked them on the band I'm on, they are glad, at least

I think they are, to take my call and have a chat, I don't have to

worry about getting a "worked B4" response.

I've found there's lots of unexpected pleasure in the simple

things. A simple QSO gives me lots of satisfaction. Don't get me

wrong, you may well hear my call in a DX pile up or calling CQ in

a contest, but I've learned to stop and smell the roses and the

roses of ham radio, to me, are the relationships you can build

and develop through conversational ham radio.

My mode of choice is CW, but I don't suppose it really matters

what mode you use. Just get on the air and have a real chat,

you might find it brings a little more meaning to the hobby.

Mike Crownover, AD5A, and writes from Texas, USA. Contact

him at [email protected].

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Grey line Prop – How it Works

One of the most fascinating propagational irregularities is the

effect of the grey line on HF radio comms.

Ham, CB and 11m radio ops, as well as shortwave listeners, can

optimize long distance comms to various areas of the world by

monitoring this enigmatic phenomenon as it moves around the

globe and passes over their QTH.

What is it?

For those who don’t know, the grey line (also referred to as the

terminator or twilight zone) is a shifting line that separates the

illuminated day side and the dark night side of a planetary body.

Another way of explaining it is that the grey line is a band,

naked to the human eye, around the Earth that splits daylight

from darkness. Here, the grey line region is the part of the

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Many DA-RC members will concur that prop along the grey line

is very efficient. In decent conditions, radio waves can travel

along the terminator to antipodal points. One major reason for

this is that the D layer, which absorbs HF signals, disappears

rapidly on the sunset side of the grey line, and it has not yet

built upon the sunrise side. This process is known as skywave

propagation.

Because two grey-line stripes move constantly around the

earth, the propagational alterations are brief though — usually

only about 30 minutes to an hour or so in length. This is your

window of opportunity! At this time, there is almost no signal

attenuation, but the MUF is still very high, so long-distance skip

is still possible. However, when the sun quits illuminating the E

and F layers, the MUF can drop dramatically … sometimes with

only a few minutes of warning, sometimes between heartbeats.

So when you establish a contact, get the QSL info fast!

Most DA-RC members actively scour the bands at sunrise or

sunset, taking advantage of these times when the ionosphere is

highly efficient, often pulling in some amazing signals when the

hours before them have produced little.

Working the grey line, for example, was definitely the most

profitable of times for the 135DA0 DXpedition team in the

Solomon Islands when Tom, Shane and Darren worked most

stations from Europe at this time.

Of course, grey-line prop is probably of far less appeal to those

who use the radio bands in conjunction with their occupation.

If you are one of these guys, chances are that grey-line

propagation will be either a curiosity or a nuisance, as more

stations that could cause interference to your signal become

audible.

For DX Hunters and DXpeditioners though, the grey line

represents a terrific twice daily opening to work DX.

Grey Line Resource

To monitor the grey line in your DXCC and cash in on some

awesome DX opportunities in the evenings and mornings,

please check out the world map

at http://dx.qsl.net/propagation/greyline.html . This map

shows the current position of the grey line terminator and

refreshes every 5 minutes.

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Radio Hams Unite Woman with Family

A group of amateur radio enthusiasts united a Lucknow woman

who had got estranged from her family in India.

Sikha Sharma was spotted at Shyamnagar radio station in a

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her whereabouts. HAM radio operator Somnath Adhikary

VU3ZSA representing West Bengal Radio Club (Amateur Club)

based in Sodepur, first spotted her at the railway station

wandering aimlessly.

He immediately contacted the secretary of the Club Ambarish

Nag Biswas VU2JFA who instructed him that they should render

assistance to the woman who was in some sort of trouble.

Soon, two other HAM operators staying near Shyamnagar

joined Adhikary and they took the woman to the Government

Railway Police (GRP).

Media Story - http://www.millenniumpost.in/kolkata/ham-

radio-enthusiasts-reunite-lucknow-woman-with-her-family-

260608

West Bengal Radio Club - http://wbradioclub.in/

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Are Electric Cars Greater Ham Radio Threat than PLT?

The South African Radio League are suggesting that electric car

charging stations could pose a greater threat to amateur radio

than Power Line Telecommunication (PLT).

The looming problem was extensively discussed during an IARU

EMC committee meeting. There is currently no consensus

amongst various technical bodies such as ETSI, CEPT, CIPR and

ITU about the inference limits.

One of the problems the committee identified is that the

delegations who attend these meetings are not necessarily

people experienced in radio and telecommunications and are

more concerned about how fast these electric car batteries can

be charged. This is one of the aspects that will be discussed at

the IARU Region 1 meeting with a call to mobilise national

societies to start talking with their standard bodies.

The SARL is represented on the TC73 committee of the SABS

where EMC and EMI matters are dealt with. The SARL

representative, Hans van de Groenendaal, will also raise the

issue at Working Group 5 of TC73 due to meet in the next two

months.

SARL News -

http://www.sarl.org.za/public/_news/read_arch.asp?file=../../b

ulletins/sarlnews%2020170909.txt

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Report VDSL interference NOW

For three years the RSGB EMC Committee has been

investigating the problems of interference from VDSL

broadband on the HF amateur bands and lobbying for action to

reduce the problem.

It has a lot of historical data, but both Ofcom and Openreach

contend that 150 reports from 50,000 amateurs are not

indicative of a major problem when there are 9.5 million VDSL

installations deployed.

RSGB EMC Committee has set up a survey to collect current

signal levels at the frequencies of VDSL band transitions, which

indicate the presence and strength of interference. It is very

simple to do you just tune your receiver (set to AM or SSB 3kHz

bandwidth) to each frequency requested note the S meter

reading on the survey form. Full instructions are included in the

survey.

The EMC Committee plans to present its findings at the RSGB

Convention in October and then use them to persuade

Openreach to take further action.

RSGB EMC Committee Survey (Closes 30th September 2017) -

tinyurl.com/GB2RS-0309A

ARRL vDSL Interference - http://www.arrl.org/dsl-interference

March 2006 ECC Report 79 High Capacity DSL Systems -

http://www.erodocdb.dk/Docs/doc98/official/pdf/ECCRep079.

pdf

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Eighteen BBC Local Radio Stations Fall Silent

Eighteen BBC Local Radio services went off-air recently due to

major technical problems around the network.

The stations affected all use the BBC ViLoR system – which

connects local radio studios with servers in London rather than

use local hard drives for music, audio and studio software.

A total of 33 transmitters on FM, DAB and AM went quiet

before stations started rebroadcasting BBC5 live. Shortly

afterwards stations reconnected to their transmitters via ISDN

but online streams remained on 5 live.

“Technical problems are continuing to affect output at a number

of BBC Local Radio stations this morning, including at BBC Three

Counties. Engineers are working to fix the problem but at the

moment it’s not known how long it will be before normal service

resumes.”

— BBC Annoucement

BBC Three Counties updated listeners at midday saying they are

back on-air locally but unable to play any jingles, songs or

recorded voice reports. Phone lines were down across the

network but the text-in number worked as normal.

“We’ve been having a couple of technical issues today but our

engineers are working hard behind the scenes to resume normal

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— BBC Essex Tweet

It's claimed one or more BBC ViLoR radio services on all

platforms suffered an outage, resulting from an equipment

failure.

The BBC said BT has confirmed that the issue was caused by an

engineer carrying out pre-work activities in Oxford where a

fibre tray was disturbed at the time of the incident.

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.radio Now Available

The top-level domain (TLD) name '.radio' is now available to the

radio industry and amateur radio enthusiasts and is reserved for

individuals and companies with an active interest in the radio

sector.

The .radio TLD can be used for web and e-mail addresses and

will be managed by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU)

with support from other world broadcasting unions.

Individuals or entities that will be accepted for the use of a

.radio domain are radio broadcasting stations, Unions of

Broadcasters, Internet radios, Radio Amateurs, Radio

professionals (journalists, radio hosts, DJs, etc.), Radio-related

companies selling radio goods and services and radio products

and services.

One or more .radio domain name(s) can be requested during

the launch period, which ends on 31 October 2017.

.radio domains registration - http://www.register.radio/

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Realtime Band Conditions

Created by Tad Cook (K7RA) bandconditions.com is an

experimental Website providing 24/7/365 actual (REALTIME)

band condition information to CW QRPp, QRPe and CW/SSB for

Contesters interested in increasing their scores.

It can also be of benefit to other Radio Amateurs to determine

band conditions for Nets and casual QSO's.

This information is NOT based on any software predictions or

any kind of satellite based readings. It is based on a new

Ionospheric sounding method called "HF Ionospheric

Interferometry" which operates very similarly to the PolSAR

system used by NASA.

Realtime BandConditions - http://www.bandconditions.com

VOACAP Predication - http://www.voacap.com/prediction.html

Imaging the Ionosphere Using Polarimetric SAR and GPS -

https://nex.nasa.gov/nex/projects/30/

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Kenya Gets 60m Allocation

Following a request from the Radio Society of Kenya (RSK),

Kenya state radio regulator, CAK (Communications Authority

Kenya) advised the RSK that a new 60m allocation has been

granted between 5275 kHz and 5450 kHz on a secondary basis.

All modes are permitted with a maximum power of 400W PEP.

Tnx: 5Z4XB, 5Z4NU, VK3XXX, CAK

Kenya National Frequency Allocation Table (p.52) -

http://www.ca.go.ke/images/downloads/FrequencySpectrum/

NationalFrequencyAllocation/The_National_Table_of_Frequenc

y_Allocation_2017.pdf

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DMR Meeting on the Air

The European Radio Amateurs' Organization has announced a

new party on the air with the motto: 'DMR meeting on the air'.

The event is not a contest - just a radio meeting with a few

simple 'rules'/ recommendations.

The party will be held the weekend 23rd-24th September 2017 -

00:00-24:00 UTC.

More information - http://www.eurao.org/en/node/907

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FCC Opens 630- and 2200-Meter Bands; Stations Must Notify

UTC Before Operating

The FCC has announced that the Office of Management and

Budget has approved, for 3 years, the information-collection

requirement of the Commission’s March 29 Report and Order

(R&O) that spelled out Amateur Radio service rules for the two

new bands — 630 meters and 2200 meters. Notice of the action

appears in today’s edition of the Federal Register. Before using

either band, stations must notify the Utilities Technology

Council (UTC), formerly the Utilities Telecom Council, that they


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plan to do so, and if UTC does not respond within 30 days, they

may commence operation.

Last March 27, the FCC adopted the 2012 World

Radiocommunication Conference (WRC-12) implementation

Report and Order (ET Docket 15-99), amending its Amateur

Radio rules to — in the FCC’s words — “provide for frequency-

sharing requirements in the 135.7-137.8 kHz (2200-meter) and

472-479 kHz (630-meter) bands.”

Section 97.313(g)(2) of those rules requires that, prior to

starting operation in either band, radio amateurs must notify

UTC that they intend operate by submitting their call signs,

intended band(s) of operation, and the coordinates of their

antenna’s fixed location. The new rules do not permit any

mobile operation.

“Amateur stations will be permitted to commence operations

after a 30-day period, unless UTC notifies the station that its

fixed location is located within 1 kilometer of Power Line Carrier

(PLC) systems operating on the same or overlapping

frequencies,” the FCC said. PLC systems are unlicensed. “This

notification process will ensure that amateur stations seeking to

operate [on 630 or 2200 meters] are located beyond a

minimum separation distance from PLC transmission lines,

which will help ensure the compatibility and coexistence of

amateur and PLC operations, and promote shared use of the

bands.”

The FCC announced that it is making effective immediately the

Part 97 rule amendments, § 97.3, 97.15(c), 97.301(b) through

(d), 97.303(g), 97.305(c), and 97.313(k) and (l), which do not

require OMB approval

Click HERE to access the UTC notification website.

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Biggest Amateir Radio Exam in Bangladesh

Amateur Radio Exam 2017 has been successfully completed by

BTRC Spectrum Division in Bangladesh on 19 August 2017, more

than 250 candidates participated in this exam.

Pictures and Offical Post -

https://www.barl.org/barl/2017/08/19/amateur-radio-exam-

19-august-2017/

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Ham Radio Emergency Operation - Irma

US Amateur/Ham Radio Operators will be active along with

Emergency Services providing communication assistance and

public service nets using 80m, 40m and 20m bands.

American operators are aware that Part 97.101 (c) of the Ham

licence always gives priority to stations providing emergency

communications. In order for Amateur Radio to play an

effective role in supporting humanitarian efforts, it is key that

all licensees cooperate to minimize potential on-air problems.

ARRL West Central Florida Section Manager Darrell Davis,

KT4WX has reported that Amateur Radio Emergency Service

(ARES) teams have been requested to provide communication

support at evacuation shelters in Highlands, Hillsborough, and

Polk counties.

IARU Region 2 Emergency Coordinator Cesar Pio Santos, HR2P,

has compiled a list of emergency frequencies, subject to

change, for use in the Caribbean to assist communication of

Hurricane Irma.

Hurricane Watch Net - 14.325.00 MHz, 7.268.00 MHz

SATERN - 14.265 MHz, 7.262 MHz

Puerto Rico: 3.803, 3.808, 7.188 MHz. Radio amateurs in Puerto

Rico also will cooperate with the HWN on 7.268 and 14.325

MHz.

Cuba: Daylight hours, 7.110 MHz (primary) and 7.120 MHz

(secondary); Provincial Net — 7.045, 7.080 MHz, and on other

lower frequencies as necessary. Nighttime, 3.740 MHz (primary)

and 3.720 MHz (secondary) and on other lower frequencies as

necessary.

Dominican Republic: 3.873 MHz (primary), 3.815 MHz

(secondary), 7.182 MHz (primary), 7.255 MHz (secondary);

14.330 MHz (primary), 21.360 MHz (primary), 28.330 MHz

(primary).

Caribbean Emergency and Weather Net (CEWN): 3.815 MHz

and 7.162 MHz (when necessary)

ARRL IRMA - http://www.arrl.org/irma

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Wrexham Amateur Radio Society to Help Brymbo Talk to the

World

On 21st October 2017, Members of Wrexham Amateur Radio

Society will put on a Special Event Station (SES) at the Brymbo

Heritage Project, during the centres open day.

The radio group will use their radio equipment and antenna’s

from the venue, and talk to amateur radio operators in the UK

and Worldwide.

The callsign GB1BSW will be in use, with operation on both the

HF and VHF bands.


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Members of the public are invited to take part and operate

under supervision using the special event callsign.

“When we heard of this event, we figured it would be an ideal

opportunity to put on a Special Event, and as it’s location isn’t

far from where we meet, it seemed like a great idea. Given how

high up Brymbo is, that should help!

We’re hoping for plenty of visitors on the day, and if anyone is

interested in Amateur Radio, they can have a go!”

— Rob Harris - Chairman Wrexham Amateur Radio Society

Wrexham Amateur Radio Society meets every First and Third

Tuesday at Brymbo Sports and Social Club, Brymbo from 7:30

(for an 8pm start)

Wrexham Amateur Radio Society - http://www.wrexham-

ars.com

Wrexham Amateur Radio Society (Twitter) -

https://twitter.com/GW4WXM

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FCC’s Updated Rules Governing Personal Radio Services

Become Effective on September 28

The FCC recently adopted a comprehensive reorganization of

and update to the rules governing the Personal Radio Services

(PRS). These include a wide variety of wireless devices used by

the general public for personal communication, including hand-

held Family Radio Service (FRS) transceivers, radio-controlled

models, Personal Locator Beacons (PLBs), medical implant

devices, and others.

In addition to the updated rule changes, the FCC enhanced the

General Mobile Radio Service (GMRS) to allow new digital

applications, allot additional interstitial channels, and extend

license terms from 5 to 10 years. It also allotted additional

channels to the FRS and increased allowable power on certain

FRS channels from 0.5 W to 2 W. It also updated the Citizens

Radio Service (CB) rules to allow hands-free headsets, eliminate

a restriction on DX communication, and remove other outdated

requirements.

“These changes and others will update PRS rules to be more in

line with current public demands for the services and will make

the rules easier to read and find information, while also

removing outdated requirements and removing unnecessary

rules,” the FCC said.

Source:ARRL

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Guides for New Radio Hams

The Essex Ham site has a number of guides aimed at new radio

amateurs

Guide – Ham Radio Operating Dos and Don’ts -

https://www.essexham.co.uk/operating

DX Chasing: Why, How and When -

https://www.essexham.co.uk/dx-chasing

Amateur Radio Getting Started Guides -

https://www.essexham.co.uk/getstarted

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Digital Modes for Foundation Level?

The move towards the use of digital modes for entry level

licences is being considered in at least three major

countries as a means of making Amateur Radio more

relevant and attractive.

Reviews of the Foundation licence in the UK, Australia,

and the USA Technician licence, include talk and proposals

that some digital modes should be included.

A number of European countries are considering entry

level licences, with proposed inclusion of digital modes.

The UK Foundation licence has permitted some digital

modes since the outset.

“...while past entry level or beginner licences have initially

given a taste of Amateur Radio, technology has moved on

in the past decade and beginner licences are no longer

reflective of current practice, or society generally”

— WIA Secretary, Jim Linton VK3PC

The Radio Society of Great Britain (RSGB) is looking at the

syllabus of its Foundation Licence, while the Amateur


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Radio Relay League (ARRL) is considering adding some

digital modes to the Technician Licence, among other

changes.

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ARDF Record at YOTA 2017

Dutch Amateur Radio Operator Suzan PD3SZN established a

record for the fastest time among women in the ARDF

competition at YOTA 2017 in Gilwell Park.

In the afternoon an ARDF (Amateur Radio Direction Finding)

hunt was organised at the camp. The 2m and 80m bands were

used. The Dutch team won first place in the 2m hunt. Suzan

PD3SZN established another record for the fastest time among

the women competing. It was a challenge to find all 5 stations.

Many passed the transmitter locations several times. Those

who were not tired out by the first hunt could hunt again using

the 80m band. Later in the day, during the closing ceremony, it

was announced that Lennart PD5LKM, along with 2 other

competitors, had set the fastest times in the 80m hunt.

Veron Report (Google English - http://tinyurl.com/VERON-

YOTA2017

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Ofcom Resolves Car Locking Issue

Northern Ireland Gym owner Wendy MacBean reported her

customer concern to Ofcom in relation to customers being

unable to use their key-fob locking properly.

“For the most part, these devices are only used in short bursts.

The problem comes when one of these becomes faulty and they

remain on permanently. When that happens, they can interfere

with other nearby devices, like car key fobs, using those same

radio waves, which is what happened here.”

— Ofcom Engineer Robert Barfoo

Ofcom despatched engineers from the Spectrum Management

Centre to investigate, and on the second visit, using spectrum

analyser equipment, identified interference on 433.92 MHz,

part of the licence exempt Ultra High Frequency (UHF) band not

only used by the Amateur Radio community, but also for short

range devices like car key fobs.

The Ofcom engineer team traced the problem to premises

nearby. Once inside, they quickly found the cause of the

problem – a faulty wireless doorbell. It was switched off and

normal service was resumed for motorists out on the street.

Vehicle theft without keys - https://www.autocar.co.uk/car-

news/industry/how-crooks-can-steal-your-car-without-key

Ofcom - https://www.ofcom.org.uk/about-

ofcom/latest/features-and-news/doorbell-investigation

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Estonia on 60m from September 2017

60m will become available on a regular basis to Estonian class A

and B amateurs on 1st September 2017.

Band segment and max allowed power are according to the ITU

rule 5.133B - 5351.5 to 5366.5 kHz, max 15W EIRP.

They also have the possibility of using the frequency segment

5370-5450kHz with max power 20dBW (100W) TX output but

unfortunately so far only on special permission basis and only

for local rescue communications.

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Ten million Raspberry Pi boards made in Wales

The Sony UK Technology Centre (Sony UK TEC) has announced

the production of the 10 million Raspberry Pi boards made in

Wales.

Raspberry Pi boards were originally made in China, but in 2012

Sony UK TEC was contracted to make 10,000 units. However, a

Sony UK TEC spokesperson confirmed that the facility “went on

to produce one million [Raspberry Pi boards] in its first year.”


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Steve Dalton, Sony UK TEC managing director, said, “The last

five years have seen unprecedented growth across our Pencoed

facility – something we are understandably proud of.”

The Pencoed facility was chosen, a Sony UK TEC spokesperson

explained, “due to the facility’s capacity and innovative

automated processes.” Based roughly 13 miles west of Cardiff,

the Sony UK TEC facility “has seen staff numbers leap by 200,

taking its team of local employees to 540” over the last five

years.

10 million Raspberry Pi boards made in Wales, UK

Steve added, “Our growth has been intrinsically linked to the

success of the Raspberry Pi. This is a significant achievement

for everyone involved in its production, especially our

devoted Sony Team, The Raspberry Pi Foundation, and

distributors Premier Farnell.”

Raspberry Pi co-founder Eben Upton joined Sony UK TEC to

celebrate the milestone, saying “when we initially began

manufacturing [Raspberry Pis] here at Sony UK TEC, we

could never have imagined it would be the soaring success it

has become – and for that we are grateful to Sony and our

distribution partners.”

Raspberry Pi boards made in the UK

Eben attributes much of the success of the Raspberry Pi to

Sony UK TEC’s “unparalleled manufacturing standards,

comprising the latest techniques and the very best

engineering talent.”

Steve Dalton added that making Raspberry Pis in such

volume “has challenged our highly skilled team of engineers

and technicians to develop new processes and drive

innovation. We were able to support The Raspberry Pi

Foundation further by introducing Pi manufacturing to our

counterparts in Japan, and there is now a ‘made in Japan’

version of Pi.”

No Raspberry Pi 4 yet, though

Speaking with Beta News at a separate event, Eben was

asked whether we might see a Raspberry Pi Model 4

sometime soon. His response was, “Nope!”

Eben clarified: “I think we gave the impression by launching

Pi 2 and Pi 3 a year apart that we were establishing some

sort of annual cadence. We’ve said that we think the

Raspberry Pi 3 is more of a three-year platform.”

Even that is a very soft timeline, though, as Eben added,

“we’re not much more than a year into that (very rough)

window yet.”

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Repeater Abuse – Ofcom Takes Action

According to a report on the RSGB website, Ofcom has

requested the temporary closedown of two amateur radio

repeaters.

Ofcom has mandated that GB3DY at Wirksworth and GB3EE at

Chesterfield go silent for 14 days. Both of these repeaters are

70cm analogue voice repeaters located between Sheffield and

Derby.

There’s an example of the abuse here on YouTube, and some

archived discussion from Usenet here.

The RSGB statement released on the 25th of August 2017 says:

“The RSGB’s Amateur Radio Observation Service and the

Emerging Technology Coordination Committee are working to


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formalise an agreed process for dealing with unfortunate

situations like this and will be contacting all Repeater Keepers

once this is finalised.”

The RSGB is keen to emphasise the following:

“If a repeater is suffering abuse it is essential that users do not

react or attempt to communicate with the abusers as doing so

inevitably makes the situation worse.”

Taking action against repeater abuse

The official guidance on combating abuse can be found on the

ETCC website at www.ukrepeater.net/abuse.htm

This guidance includes the note that “It is a fundamental

requirement of their NoV that Keepers are responsible for

monitoring the traffic passing through their repeater and taking

appropriate action to prevent unsuitable content being

transmitted” and that they should be prepared to switch off

repeaters, and to document and if possible record the offences

taking place.

Also worthy of note – AROS. This is a volunteer service run by

RSGB. According to their site, they investigate reports of licence

infringements, or instances of poor operating practice which

might bring the Amateur Service into disrepute. They can also

act as an independent source to verify infringements. You can

contact AROS, or submit reports by post or email – More on

AROS

What can you do?

If you hear or experience abuse, keying or anything offensive on

your local repeater:

• Do not react, or mention the abuse / keying

• Log it, and pass notes to the repeater keeper

• Consider reporting it to AROS

Handy Links

• Report amateur radio abuse to Ofcom – In the case of

repeater abuse, they are likely to refer you to the NoV

Holder

• RSGB Repeater List

• RSGB AROS

Hear Keying on GB3DA (Danbury, Essex)? Log it here: GB3DA

Project QRM

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Recognize your Elmer!

How cool is this? I didn’t even realize that the ARRL had such an

award.

I want all of you, right now, to go to http://www.arrl.org/elmer-

award and recognize your Elmers. There’s no charge for this,

and I’m sure your Elmer will appreciate it. I sure did.

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Senate Rejects Bill to Restore ABC Shortwave

Australia's senate has rejected proposed legislation to restore

the international radio service of the country's public

broadcaster.

Many remote communities in Pacific island countries rely on

shortwave radio.

The bill would have required the ABC to restore its shortwave

transmission services which the broadcaster ended in January

2017.

This move was described in the bill as having deprived

communities in Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands and other

parts of the Pacific of access to reliable emergency

broadcasting.

Submitters of the bill questioned the ABC's assertions that very

few listeners accessed Radio Australia's shortwave service.

Concerns of the submitters included perceived neglect of

remote communities in the Pacific, and the loss of capacity for

emergency warning broadcasts.

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It’s finally here

TYT MD-9600

MSRP 350.00

50W out put power

Dual band dual standby ,dual time slot

Single call match, group call match

USE TDMA digital function

Comply with digital protocol ESTI TS102361-1-2-3

Compatable with Mototrbo

Analog and digital combined

ANI function

Encryption Function

Remote Kill/Stun and activate

Short Text message function

Call log check and edit function

Short Text message check and edit function

250 zones, 16channles for each zone

Draft message edit function

PC Password protection function

Contacts check and edit function

Upgradeable by firmware

Voice prompt

Color LCD Display

Low voltage prompt

Encryption Alert

VOX Transmitting

Monitor function

SQL Setting

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Here comes the clones


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Retevis RT90 Latest Dual Band DMR Mobile Radio will coming

soon on 27th September. The RT90 gives you the crystal clear,

noise-free audio of over-the-air digital communications in your

vehicle, full analog transceiver capabilities.

RT90 supports analog and digital modes. It provides dual-band

support, operating on both 400-480MHz and 136-174MHz at up

to 50 watts VHF and 45 watts UHF, the low power is 25 watts,

using Time-Division Multiple-Access (TDMA) digital technology.

This Dual Band DMR Mobile Radio is also compatible with

Motorola TRBO and DMR Tier II.

The RT90 offers 3000 channels and 250 zones with 64 channels

for each zone. It can save 10000 contacts. RT90 has built-in

CTCSS/DCS, channel scan, priority scan, short text message

features, draft message edit, contacts check and edit, and

encryption. It also has remote stun/kill and activate.

Main Feature

• Use Time-Division Multiple-Access(TDMA)digital

function

• Comply with digital protocol ETSI TS 1020361-1.-2-3

• Compatible with Mototrbo Tier I &II Analog and digital

combined

• Single call, group call and all call

• Ani Function

• Encryption function

• Remote Kill/Stun and activate

• Short text message function

• Call log check and edit function

• Short text message check and edit function

• Contacts check and edit function

• PC programmable function

• CTCSS.DCS encoding and decoding function

• PC password protection function

• Draft message edit function 250 zones, 16 channels for

each zone

• 3000 channels

• Color LCD Display

• Programmable functional keys

• Voice Prompt

• Low Voltage prompt

• Upgradeable by firmware

• TOT

• Emergency alert

• SQL Setting

• Scanning Function and priority Scanning

• Monitor Function

• VOX Transmitting

• Lone Worker

• Time and zone setting

If you need you can learn more from here.

http://www.retevis.com/retevis-rt90-dmr-digital-mobile-radio

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SOTABeam Click2Tune for ICOM

The ability to transmit a low power carrier for tuning up

amplifiers or antenna matching networks is very useful.

Unfortunately, it's a facility that many ICOM radios don't have.

Although various ingenious "solutions" have been suggested

they often provide a fixed tune interval which is not ideal in

most cases. SOTABEAMS "Click2Tune for ICOM" provides the

perfect solution!


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The Click2Tune for ICOM has been designed with functionality

and ergonomics in mind. It is available as a kit or ready built.

Click2Tune for ICOM - http://www.sotabeams.co.uk/click2tune-

for-icom/

DIY

Notes about updating the firmware on the MD9600

Here is an interesting little tid-bit:

Thanks to James, KB0NHX, for providing this info.

If you have an MD9600 and you see the screen like the attached

photo, most likely you performed a firmware update without

putting the radio into programming mode. You must put the

radio into programming mode before flashing firmware to the

radio.

To enter programming mode:

Press P1+ Alarm key(red key) and then turn on the MD-9600

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Flashing the DVMega UHF with the latest firmware using an Arduino Uno and a Raspberry Pi In case you've missed it, there's a new firmware release out (3.17) for the DVMega - a small transceiver that can operate as a Digital Mode Hotspot that supports DMR, D-Star and Fusion. Unless your DVMega is brand new (purchased after 2017-09-07) it's safe to assume you're on an older version. You can always check your current version in the MMDVMHost logs or your preferred MMDVMHost dashboard. Unfortunately there's no built in way to upgrade the firmware, which leaves you with a couple of choices depending on your board-

1. Remove the large chip and flash it with an Arduino Uno, a microcontroller that uses the same chip as the DVMega (UHF Version Only!)

2. Solder a wire between two points on the board and program it direct from the host computer or Raspberry Pi. (Both Versions)

More info here: http://www.marrold.co.uk/2017/09/flashing-dvmega-uhf-with-latest.html

Ham Software

New Versions of the Pennsylvania QSO Party Contest Logs are

Now Available!

The 2017 Pennsylvania QSO Party rules have added additional

Canadian multipliers, so I have updated the PA QSO Party

software accordingly. In addition, I've also added the ability to

log multiple counties (sent from single stations on county lines)


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by simply using the + as a county separator. For example, to log

York and Adams counties, just type YOR+ADA in the county

received field and then press Enter.

This new, multiple county + option is designed for the default

File Share method most of us use. If you are using TCP

networking, or you are on a county line yourself, you can still

use the Recall method to quickly enter the additional county.

Lord willing, I plan to have the new + method of logging

multiple counties in the rest of the state QSO party software in

their next releases, which should be by January, if not before.

As always, upgrades are free to registered users.

You'll find both PA In State 4.2 and PA Out of State 4.0 Contest

Logs here:

http://www.n3fjp.com/stateqsoparty.html

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Hi All,

Just a quick heads up. Ham Radio Deluxe is running an

advertisement with MY N3FJP call in their title, presumably with

the hopes of intercepting folks Googling for N3FJP software and

directing them to their HRD site instead.

Last evening a prospective customer was interested in trying

N3FJP software. On Googling N3FJP, the first link he was

presented listed N3FJP - Ham Radio Deluxe. After clicking the

link, he was taken directly to the Ham Radio Deluxe site.

I am not associated or affiliated with the Ham Radio Deluxe

organization in an way. You will not find my software on their

web site. If you have the opportunity to tell someone about

N3FJP Software (for which I am VERY grateful), please be sure

to tell them to visit n3fjp.com and not be mislead by HRD's

advertisement.

Thanks so much for helping to make sure folks looking for N3FJP

Software can actually find it!

73, Scott

N3FJP

http://www.n3fjp.com

Serving the Amateur Radio community with contesting and

general logging software since 1997.

1 Peter 3 vs 15: Always be prepared to give an answer to

everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you

have. But do this with gentleness and respect...

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Hi All,

Just a quick note to let you know that an HRD representative

has written to me, saying that their advertisement using N3FJP

in their title link was in error and not their intention. He

apologized and has removed the N3FJP - Ham Radio Deluxe

advertisement from the Google results page. As far as I am

concerned, the matter is now closed.

Everyone, thanks so much for your support, kind words and

encouragement today. You provided much reassurance during

an unsettling event, and Kimberly and I really appreciate it!

Now, let's get back to having fun with radio! Enjoy your

weekend all!

73, Scott

N3FJP

http://www.n3fjp.com

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Hi All,

On contest weekends, do you wonder how your club is doing in

total as the event unfolds? How are your buddies fairing

individually, or how is your score stacking up compared to

others? Even if you are just operating casually with an HOA

restricted station, being able to see your friend's total with a

similar HOA set up can be enlightening and motivating!

Watching everyone's score in real time is a blast! Last year, QST

published an article I wrote (August 2016, page 61), detailing

how club contesting has really reinvigorated our local group.

Seeing our total club score climb in real time, as well as

supporting and encouraging each other throughout the

weekend in our text chat room has brought contesting fun to a

whole new level. You can read the article here:

http://www.n3fjp.com/help/clubcontesting.html

At the time I wrote the article, I wasn't aware that in addition to

the web uploader I had already programmed into my contest

software, there were also free, real time online scoreboards


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available, too. In addition to using the real time score status

web page my software creates, I started receiving requests to

upload to these other real time online scoreboards as well.

Knowing how much fun the existing uploader has added to our

group, I've been only too happy to add the additional

scoreboard options!

The two most often requested scoreboard sites are

https://contestonlinescore.com/ and http://cqcontest.net/. To

set up the software, first go to both of these sites and create

your free accounts. Then, from the contest program's menu

options click Settings > Web Contest Upload Status > Other

Online Score Sites. Enter your user info and enable the upload.

I've included the defaults to both of these sites, and I encourage

you to create free accounts and upload to both.

In testing so far, ContestOnlineScore.com seems to be working

fine. While the score upload appears to be working properly

with both sites, I am aware that the club name, if included, is

not appearing on the CQContest.net site. I have reached out to

the CQContest.net folks repeatedly, but all of my e-mail to

CQContest.net has gone unanswered.

All the data, including club name, uploaded to the

ContestOnlineScore.com site appears to be working properly.

The administrators of the ContestOnlineScore.com have been

very helpful, supportive and encouraging throughout the

development process. Also note that the

ContestOnlineScore.com site allows you to easily create a

private room for your club or buddies if you like!

With the exception of the state QSO parties, new versions of all

my contesting programs with the real time online scoreboard

upload feature are now on the web site! Lord willing, I plan to

have this feature in the state QSO party software by January, if

not before. As always, upgrades are free to registered users!

I am looking forward to seeing your call on the online

scoreboards this contest season!

Enjoy!

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FlexRadio update - SmartSDR V2.0

FlexRadio are reporting positive results and feedback after

launching SmartSDR V2.0.

The company have seen a significant percentage of customers

have already upgraded to the new version within a month of

the software's release. The release has been one of our most

successful yet, despite being one of the biggest.

New and enhanced features included in v2.0 include SmarkLink

and:

• Pop out panadapters and control windows on

SmartSDR for Windows

• New metering sidebar for Maestro

• 40 dB preamp gain for increased VHF sensitivity on

FLEX-6700/6700R

• Improved single tone and two tone dynamic range on

the FLEX-6300

• New N1MM spectrum feature with spot integration

• New VSP driver for SmartSDR CAT

• New TURF for Australia, and IARU Region 2

• Numerous bug fixes and performance enhancements

Download FlexRadio v2.0 -

http://www.flexradio.com/downloads/smartsdr_v2-0-

17_installer-exe/

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MacLoggerDX Version 6.13 Released

Dog Park Software has announced that version 6.13 of

MacLoggerDX has been released.

Included in the new release:-

• Added Keyer sound files to Shortcuts menu.

• Added Error window for Confirmations.

• Added Band and DXCC to Change Selected Log Entries.

• Added Log panel Rag Chew search field.

• Added setLogTimeOn, setLogTimeOff AppleScript

commands.

• Added real-time upload option to Speed Log.

• Speed Log - derive DXCC from Call and Mode from

Frequency.

• Log menu updated.

• Improved LoTW upload error reporting.

• Fixed Club Log update timing issue.

• Fixed eQSL confirmations API change.

• Fixed database is locked bug.

MacLoggerDX is used by Amateur/Ham Radio Operators on

their Macs in 112 countries, organizing and filtering the spots

from favourite DX Cluster for DXing, casual Contesting or rag-

chewing.

The software supports close to a hundred radios, automatically

tuning to the spots you are interested in and optionally

swinging your beam around.

Operators can be alerted to rare contacts or Band Openings and

looking up, displaying on 2D, 3D and Satellite Maps and logging

your contacts to a super fast SQL database.

MaxLogger DX -

http://dogparksoftware.com/MacLoggerDX.html


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Pocket Sized HF beacon System

SOTABeams WSPRlite portable HF beacon/antenna testing

system has been enhanced with the release of "WSPRlite-to-

go".

WSPRlite-to-go is an Android app that allows your WSPRlite to

be programmed and operated from any android device. It uses

the location and timing data already available in your phone to

provide enhanced functionality for a WSPRlite.

WSPRlite-to-go Free from Google Play –

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.dxplorer.ws

prliteconfig

Allows you to adjust settings for a SOTABEAMS WSPRlite.

A WSPRlite is a low power amateur radio transmitter, useful for

testing and comparison of antennas - see

http://www.sotabeams.co.uk/wsprlite for details. This app is

only useful if you have a WSPRlite.

Your Android device must support USB On-The-Go (OTG), and

you will need a USB OTG cable (such as

http://www.sotabeams.co.uk/on-the-go-lead-for-wsprlite-to-

go/) to connect the Android device to your WSPRlite.

Features:

- Adjust all the same settings as the desktop config program,

including callsign, locator, band, and power level

- Automatically calculate the locator based on your current

position

- Automatically start the WSPRlite at the correct time (network

connection required)

- Open DXplorer.net in a browser to view statistics about where

your transmissions have been received

- Update WSPRlite firmware

Note: Using the autostart function and powering a WSPRlite

from your Android device is a great option for short periods of

operating in the field. But be aware that using a WSPRlite

powered from your phone will drain your phone battery faster!

After programming you can still start the WSPRlite manually

using the push-button on the device (see

http://dxplorer.net/wsprlite/ for instructions). If starting it

manually, we recommend using https://time.is/ or similar to

check the current time, as the system clock on a phone can be a

bit inaccurate.

Permissions used:

- Location: for calculating Maidenhead grid locator based on

current position

- Network access: for firmware updates, and checking the

current time for autostart

- Write to storage: for caching downloaded firmware updates

- Prevent device from sleeping: for autostart function, to make

sure that the start occurs at the correct time and is not delayed

by the phone sleeping

See privacy policy for more details.

This app uses the following libraries:

https://github.com/felHR85/UsbSerial - MIT license

https://github.com/alt236/USB-Device-Info---Android/ - Apache

2.0 license

BUY, SELL, or SWAP

• FS

o Kenwood TS 930s HF (NEEDS MIC) o Kenwood SP 820 o Kenwood TS 700 SP M/SSB o Contact John Ellington KE5TNX

----------------------------------------------------------------------- Local Silent key’s XYL has donated his shack to NFLARC Thanks to Claton WA5HED for inventorying the items and sending the spreadsheet Item Description ???? ?? Antenna ?10m? Magnetic base ???? ?NMO mount dual band Antenna ?


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Alinco EJ-50U Alinco EJ-50U TNC Board Diamond C110 (New)Diamond C110 – Extension Cable

10' Extension Cable RG8X/Mini-8 coax with mini UHF connectors.

Diamond C110 (New)Diamond C110 – Extension Cable 10' Extension Cable RG8X/Mini-8 coax with mini UHF connectors.

Diamond K400-3/8C

(New)Diamond K400-3/8C - Trunk / Lip / Hatchback Mount 3.8 x 24 thread to PL-259 with 6.5' RG-316 Teflon coax cable

Diamond K400-3/8C

(Used)Diamond K400-3/8C - Trunk / Lip / Hatchback Mount

Diamond K400C (New)Diamond K400C - Trunk / Lip / Hatchback Mount SO-239 to PL-259 with 6.5' RG-316 Teflon coax cable

Diamond K400C (Used)Diamond K400C - Trunk / Lip / Hatchback Mount SO-239 to PL-259 with 6.5' RG-316 Teflon coax cable

Diamond SG7900 (New)The Diamond SG7900A is a 2 meter and 440 MHz (70 cm) mobile antenna. It is a 7/8 wave center fed on 2 meters providing 5 dBi gain and a 3 x 5/8 wave center fed on 440 providing 7.6 dB gain.

Diamond SG7900 (Used)The Diamond SG7900A is a 2 meter and 440 MHz (70 cm) mobile antenna. It is a 7/8 wave center fed on 2 meters providing 5 dBi gain and a 3 x 5/8 wave center fed on 440 providing 7.6 dB gain.

ICOM CR-338 ICOM CR-338 – High Stability Crystal Unit *Currently installed in IC-718

ICOM EMS-20i ICOM EMS-20i Rapid Charger ICOM FL-222 ICOM FL-222 – 1.8 khz/-6db SSB

*Currently installed in IC-718 ICOM FL-52A ICOM FL-52A – 500hz CW/RTTY Filter ICOM HS-85 (New)ICOM HS-85 Headset/PTT ICOM IC-32AT ICOM IC-32AT

w/ 2 x CM-7x/BP-7x w/ ICOM BC-35 Battery Charger w/ Yaesu MH-12a2b Microphone

ICOM IC-718 IC-718 HF Transceiver – Base radio, HF All Band Transceiver, 100W

ICOM SP-23 (New)ICOM SP-23 External Speaker ICOM SP-5 (New)ICOM SP-5 External Speaker ICOM UT-102 ICOM UT-102 Voice Synthesizer Kenwood TM-721A

Kenwood TM-721A – 2m/70cm mobile

Little Tarheel II Tarheel Little Tarheel II (Blue) – Antenna Frequency Coverage Continuous – 3.4 to 30 MHz

MFJ-4125P MFJ-4125P - 25A Switching Power Supply with integrated Anderson PowerPole connectors

MFJ-4125P MFJ-4125P - 25A Switching Power Supply with integrated Anderson PowerPole connectors

Micranta SWR Micranta – Field Strength & SWR Tarheel CB-1 Tarheel CB-1 Installation Kit

*Goes with Little Tarheel II Turbo Tuner Icom Turbo Tuner Icom – Screwdriver Antenna

Controler/Tuner Yaesu FT-212RH Yaesu FT-212RH – 2m Mobile Adapter – Male SMA → Female BNC Adapter – Male SMA → Female PL259 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Wil WB5YFX writes

BELTON HANEXPO LIST

LIST FOR BELTON HAMEXPO OCT 6TH & 7TH 2017

DIAMOND GZV4000 40AMP POWER SUPPLY $125.00

ASTRON 50AMP POWER SUPPLY $145.00 EACH.

KENWOOD TM-V71A $285.00

ICOM PS-125 $120.00

ICOM IC-2820H D-STAR $435.00

ICOM ID-800H 2EA. ONE WITH SOFTWARE AND CABLE $325.00

ICOM ID-880H $350.00

ICOM SM-6 DESK MIC $68.00

ICOM V8000 $145.00

ICOM OPC-478U $32.00

WOUXUN KG-UVD1P (NEW) 5WATT HT $110.00

AMERITRON ATR-15 TUNER $265.00

BAOFENG UV-5RTP(NEW) 8WATT HT W/ EXTRA BATTERY

$90.00 EACH

LDG AT-600PRO II AUTOTUNER & LDG M-600 METER ( NEW)

$470.00

MOTOROLA R1225 & DUPLEXER UHF REPEATER $ 475.00

ROHN 25G (NEW) 10FT. SECTION $100.00


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CDE HAMII ROTOR&BOX (REBUILT) $295.00

CDE HAMII ROTOR&BOX $225.00

HY-GAIN HAMII ROTOR&BOX (REBUILT NORM’S SERVICE)

$400.00

BELTON HAMEXPO INSIDE NEAR WEST DOOR-3 TABLES & 1

VEHICLE

PLEASE CONTACT ME PRIOR TO OCT 5TH. IF YOU ARE

INTERESTED IN ANY OF THE ABOVE.

Hamfests & Events 10/07/2017 | HamEXPO Location: Belton, TX Type: ARRL Hamfest Sponsor: Temple Amateur Radio Club Website: http://tarc.org/hamexpo/

NFLARC Weekly Information Net

Net meets every Wednesday night at 9:00 PM local time

• The Linked Repeaters at o Corsicana - 2M (145.290 + with a tone of

146.2) o Buffalo - 2M (147.280 + with a tone of 146.2) o Franklin - 2M (146.960 - with a tone of 146.2) o Hillsboro - 2M (146.780 - with a tone of

123.0) o Fairfield * 2M (145.110 * with a tone of

146.2) o Lindale * 2M (145.600 simplex with a tone of

146.2) o Mexia * 2M (145.39 - with a tone of 146.2) o Echolink * KD5OXM-L

• We can be Monitored via o http://nflarc.org/radio.html o http://www.radioreference.com”

� “Navarro, Freestone, Limestone and Leon Counties Repeaters”

Net Control Schedule

• October

• 04 Wil/Jason

• 11 Jason/Rebekah

• 18 Michael/Doug

• 25 Wil/Jason

• November


• 08 Michael/Doug

• 15 Wil/Jason


• 29 Michaels/Doug If you would like to learn or practice being net control, contact us here http://nflarc.org/email.html

NFLARC Scheduled Club Meetings

May 1, 2017

NFLARC Dues

October 14, 2017

NFLARC Lunch Time: 12:00pm - 1:00pm

NFLARC Meeting Time: 1:00pm - 3:00pm

November 11, 2017



December 9, 2017



Other Area Nets

• HF

• 10 mtrs Tues 8:00p 28.437 + or – W5DXS net

• 40 mtrs M-Sat 10:00-noon 1:00-2:00p Sat 10:00a-noon 7.290

• 80 mtrs 24/7 6:30p SW Traffic Net 3.873

• 80 mtrs 24/7 8:00p-9:00 Gulf Coast Hurricane Net 3.935

• U/VHF

• Daily-

• 4:00 a -An informal net

• on 146.580 Simplex every morning,

• Come and visit with the bunch!

• Mon-

• 7:00p 146.82 and Waco area 146.660 linked Temple ARC

• 8:00p Hotarc Bakers Dozen Training net (WX Net)

• 145.150

• 8:15p Oklahoma VOIP Net

• This is a DMR, Fusion, Echolink, Digital, etc. mode Net

• BM3140

• to participate you must use a

• DMR Radio on a Repeater. Open or Hotspot

• Fusion

• Echolink

• IRLP

• 10:00p CST PAPA DMR Roundtable California Statewide Net

on TG 3106


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• Tue-

• 7:00p - Bosque County ARC Round Table Net

• 147.180

• 7:00p Brand Meister DMR Statewide Net

• This is a DMR Digital mode Net.

• To participate you must use a DMR Radio on a Repeater

that has Brand Meister Texas Statewide TG3148 Channel

Set up, or DMR-MARC TG9000.

• All licensed radio operators are welcome to check in.

• 8:30p- Slo-scan Emergency Preparedness Net

• 147.24 (97.4 tone)

• 8:30p- Hytera BrandMeister USA Net on BM TG-31089

• 9:00p- SlowScan-ATV Talkabout Net

• 147.140, 97.4

• 9:30p Ventura County Digital Radio Club Net VCDRC 31070 19:30 VCDRC 31070

• 10:00p 147.360 PL Tone 110.9 Tarlton Area ARC

• 10:00p Sierra Nevada Amateur Radio Society (SNARS) weekly

DMR net

• BM TG 31328,

• Time Slot 2

• 10:00p SNARS DMR Net SNARS 31328

• Weds.

• 7:00p North America Tech Net North America 93

• 7:30 p.m. DMR-MARC DMR Texas Net

• This is a DMMR Digital mode Net

• TG3148

• to participate you must use a DMR Radio on a Repeater

that has DMR-MARC Texas Statewide Channel Set up.


• 7:30 p.m. W5TSG Emergency Relay Net

• SIMPLEX . 147.550

• All checkins during the 7:30 net will have an opportunity

to make comments on the 8:00 p.m. net

• 7:30p Ohio Statewide Net Ohio 3139

• 8:00 p.m. W5TSG Traffic and Training Net

• 147.320 with a tone of + 123

• 8:00pm THE W5TSG TRAFFIC AND TRAINING NET

• ON THE LAST WEDS. OF THE MONTH ON 145.31 TONE

123.


• Bud AD5SK Net Control

• 9:00p- Quad County net

• (NFLARC Linked repeaters)

• This is on a linked repeater system that includes some or

all these repeaters

• Hillsboro 146.780 CT 123

• Buffalo 147.280 CT 146.2

• Corsicana 145.290 CT 146.2

• Farifield 145.110 FM 0

• Franklin 146.960 CT 85.4

• Mexia 145.390 CT 146.2

• Lindale simplex 145.600 CT 146.2

• 9:00 PM Metroplex AMSAT-

• Arlington ARC Repeater 147.14+, 110.9 Hz Tone

• 10:00p EU DMR net Europe 92

• Thurs.

• 7:00p LWARS Training Net

• 146.78

• 7:00p Kentucky Net Kentucky 3121

• 7:00p West Virginia DMR and Service net West Virginia 3154

• 7:30p Texas DMR Swap net 1st

Thursday of the month.

• This is a DMR Digital mode Net

• TG3148

• to participate you must use a DMR Radio on a Repeater

that has DMR-MARC Texas Statewide Channel Set up.


• 8:00p Central Texas Amateur Radio Net 145.310, 123.0

• 8:00p 147.14 Central Texas ARC Net (WX Net)

• 8:00pm DMR Net Arkansas

• On DMR BM TG3105

• 8:00pm 100 watts on a wire DMR Net

• World Wide English Talkgroup on DMR-MARC TG13.

• 8:00pm DMR Tech Net

• 0100 UTC in Summer

• 0200 UTC in Winter months

• North America English Talkgroup (3)

• 8:30p- Hytera BrandMeister USA Net on BM TG-31089

• 9:00p NorCal NorCal 31063

• 9:00p Ventura County Digital Radio Club (VCDRC) Ventura

310652

• 9:30p Oklahoma VOIP Net

• This is a DMR, Fusion, Echolink, Digital, etc. mode Net

• BM3140

• to participate you must use a

• DMR Radio on a Repeater. Open or Hotspot

• Fusion

• Echolink

• IRLP

• Friday

• 12:00 noon Alaska Morning Net

• Corsicana Saltgrass Repeater 444.775 + t100

• 7 :30p cst TGIF Net Brandmeister TG 31665

• http://globaldxclub.com/index.php?page=TGIF_NET

• 8:00p Louisiana Statewide Net

• BM TG3122

• 8:00p cst Tennessee Digital Amateur Radio Group Net

• BM TG3147

• Last Friday of the month

• monthly friendship and rag chew net

• http://www.tg3147.net/

•

• Sat.

• OUTDOOR ADVENTURE GROUP / NET "DIGITAL"

• (OAG/N ~ www.HamRadio1.com)

• DMR TG: 31772

• 10:00 AM PST (12 Am CST zone)

• Worldwide DMR-MARC Net

• 1600 UTC 11pm cst in Summer,

• 1700 UTC 12pm cst in Winter months

• Worldwide Talkgroup (1)

• Worldwide DMR-Brand Meister Net

• 1600 UTC 11pm cst

• Worldwide Talkgroup (91)

•

• Sun.

• 19:00 UTC - 2:00 CST Europe Net

• Brand Meister TG92

• 7:30p Johnson County ARC (Cleburne)

• 444.00 tone 136.5 and 145.45 tone 88.5

• 7:00pm cst South East Florida DMR Tech Net

• DMR BM TG 31124

• 7:00pm Tac310 DMR Net

• Tac310 Talkgroup on DMR-MARC TG310 & Brand Meister

TG310.

• 9:30p Iowa Statewide Net


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• Iowa 3119

• 8:00 pm DMRTrack Net

• TG 31489 DMRTrack

*Black = Analog

*Red = Digital

AREA CLUB MEETINGS

• All-Ham Breakfast o Every Sat.9:00am GRIFFS at China Spring Road &

Wortham Bend Road in China Spring. Come join your fellow hams every Saturday morning.

• Bosque County ARC o 2nd Sat. 6:30pm Johnny’s Café on HWY. 6 In Clifton o VEC team there to give a test or upgrade at 5:30 each

meeting • Central Texas ARC

o 1st Tues. 7:00pm Belton EOC • HOTARC

o 4th Thurs. 7:00pm W5NCD Workshop 12772 Chapel Rd., Lorena

• Lake Whitney ARS o 3rd Sat. 10:00am Whitney Fire Department

• Leon County Ham Radio Club o 1st Tues. 7:00 p.m. at the Centerville Municipal Building,

also known as the fire station. The building is located just past Lacy's Grocery Store on the right

• Temple ARC o 1st Thurs. 7:00pm Western Hills Church of Christ Adams

& I-35, Temple • W5TSG ARC

o 2nd Monday 6:30pm TSGARC Clubhouse 3292 Speegleville Road, Waco

• Tarleton Area ARC o 1st Tuesday of each month Stephenville (also a 70cm

repeater available 444.775 PL tone 88.5) • CCARC - Cedar Creek Amateur Radio Club

o Second Saturday of each month at the Mabank Cafe, 301 N. 3rd. Street in Mabank.

o Their meeting room is a no-smoking area for us all morning.

CONTEST CALENDAR

North American SSB Spirit Contest Delayed

The North American SSB Sprint Contest, originally scheduled for

1st October 2017 (Saturday, September 30, in US time zones),

has been postponed and will be rescheduled for a later date.

“Our thoughts and wishes for an effective and orderly recovery

from the recent weather events in the Caribbean and southern

US, and the earthquake activity in Mexico have prompted us to

postpone this weekend’s contest,” said NA SSB Sprint

Committee Chairman Bob Hayes, KW8N. “As much as many

enjoy this contest and were looking forward to participating in

it this weekend, it is necessary and appropriate to give wide

berth to the health-and-welfare communications now taking

place on the amateur bands. We encourage all Amateur Radio

operators to assist or donate to the recovery efforts through

appropriate aid organizations.”

A new date for the NA SSB Sprint has not yet been determined.

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October 2017

+ UBA ON Contest, SSB 0600Z-0900Z, Oct 1

+ Classic Exchange, Phone 1300Z, Oct 1 to 0800Z, Oct 2 and

1300Z, Oct 3 to 0800Z, Oct 4

+ Peanut Power QRP Sprint 2000Z-2200Z, Oct 1

+ IQRP Quarterly Marathon 0800Z, Oct 2 to 2000Z, Oct 8

+ ARS Spartan Sprint 0100Z-0300Z, Oct 3

+ German Telegraphy Contest 0700Z-1000Z, Oct 3

+ Phone Fray 0230Z-0300Z, Oct 4

+ CWops Mini-CWT Test

1300Z-1400Z, Oct 4 and

1900Z-2000Z, Oct 4 and

0300Z-0400Z, Oct 5

+ 432 MHz Fall Sprint 1900 local - 2300 local, Oct 4

+ UKEICC 80m Contest 2000Z-2100Z, Oct 4

+ SARL 80m QSO Party 1700Z-2000Z, Oct 5

+ NRAU 10m Activity Contest

1700Z-1800Z, Oct 5 (CW) and

1800Z-1900Z, Oct 5 (SSB) and

1900Z-2000Z, Oct 5 (FM) and

2000Z-2100Z, Oct 5 (Dig)

+ NCCC RTTY Sprint 0145Z-0215Z, Oct 6

+ NCCC Sprint 0230Z-0300Z, Oct 6

+ YLRL DX/NA YL Anniversary Contest 1400Z, Oct 6 to 0200Z, Oct 8

+ ARRL EME Contest 0000Z, Oct 7 to 2359Z, Oct 8

+ GTC CW Cup 0600Z-1200Z, Oct 7 and 1200Z-1800Z,

Oct 8

+ TRC DX Contest 0600Z, Oct 7 to 1800Z, Oct 8

+ Microwave Fall Sprint 0800 local - 1400 local, Oct 7

+ Oceania DX Contest, Phone 0800Z, Oct 7 to 0800Z, Oct 8

+ Russian WW Digital Contest 1200Z, Oct 7 to 1159Z, Oct 8

+ SKCC Weekend Sprintathon 1200Z, Oct 7 to 2400Z, Oct 8

+ International HELL-Contest 1600Z-1800Z, Oct 7 (80m) and

0900Z-1100Z, Oct 8 (40m)

+ California QSO Party 1600Z, Oct 7 to 2200Z, Oct 8

+ FISTS Fall Slow Speed Sprint 1700Z-2100Z, Oct 7

+ WAB HF Phone 1900Z, Oct 7 to 1900Z, Oct 8

+ RSGB DX Contest 0500Z-2300Z, Oct 8

+ UBA ON Contest, CW 0530Z-0800Z, Oct 8

+ UBA ON Contest, 6m 0800Z-1000Z, Oct 8

+ 4 States QRP Group Second Sunday

Sprint 0000Z-0200Z, Oct 9

+ RSGB 80m Autumn Series, CW 1900Z-2030Z, Oct 9

+ 10-10 Int. 10-10 Day Sprint 0001Z-2359Z, Oct 10

+ NAQCC CW Sprint 0030Z-0230Z, Oct 11


+ CWops Mini-CWT Test 1300Z-1400Z, Oct 11 and


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1900Z-2000Z, Oct 11 and

0300Z-0400Z, Oct 12



+ Makrothen RTTY Contest

0000Z-0759Z, Oct 14 and

1600Z-2359Z, Oct 14 and

0800Z-1559Z, Oct 15

+ Oceania DX Contest, CW 0800Z, Oct 14 to 0800Z, Oct 15

+ QRP ARCI Fall QSO Party 1200Z, Oct 14 to 2359Z, Oct 15

+ Scandinavian Activity Contest, SSB 1200Z, Oct 14 to 1200Z, Oct 15

+ Arizona QSO Party 1600Z, Oct 14 to 0600Z, Oct 15 and

1400Z-2359Z, Oct 15

+ Pennsylvania QSO Party 1600Z, Oct 14 to 0500Z, Oct 15 and

1300Z-2200Z, Oct 15

+ FISTS Fall Unlimited Sprint 1700Z-2100Z, Oct 14

+ PODXS 070 Club 160m Great Pumpkin

Sprint 2000Z, Oct 14 to 2000Z, Oct 15

+ Asia-Pacific Fall Sprint, CW 0000Z-0200Z, Oct 15

+ UBA ON Contest, 2m 0700Z-1000Z, Oct 15

+ Run for the Bacon QRP Contest 0100Z-0300Z, Oct 16

+ ARRL School Club Roundup 1300Z, Oct 16 to 2359Z, Oct 20

+ Telephone Pioneers QSO Party 1900Z, Oct 16 to 0300Z, Oct 17



1300Z-1400Z, Oct 18 and

1900Z-2000Z, Oct 18 and

0300Z-0400Z, Oct 19

+ RSGB 80m Autumn Series, Data 1900Z-2030Z, Oct 18



+ MCG Autumn Sprint 1600Z-2000Z, Oct 20

+ Araucaria World Wide VHF Contest 0000Z, Oct 21 to 1600Z, Oct 22

+ JARTS WW RTTY Contest 0000Z, Oct 21 to 2400Z, Oct 22

+ 10-10 Int. Fall Contest, CW 0001Z, Oct 21 to 2359Z, Oct 22

+ RCB XYL Test 0700Z-2159Z, Oct 21

+ New York QSO Party 1400Z, Oct 21 to 0200Z, Oct 22

+ Stew Perry Topband Challenge 1500Z, Oct 21 to 1500Z, Oct 22

+ Worked All Germany Contest 1500Z, Oct 21 to 1459Z, Oct 22

+ South Dakota QSO Party 1800Z, Oct 21 to 1800Z, Oct 22

+ Feld Hell Sprint 2000Z-2359Z, Oct 21

+ Illinois QSO Party 1700Z, Oct 22 to 0100Z, Oct 23

+ RSGB RoLo CW 1900Z-2030Z, Oct 22

+ SKCC Sprint 0000Z-0200Z, Oct 25



1300Z-1400Z, Oct 25 and

1900Z-2000Z, Oct 25 and

0300Z-0400Z, Oct 26

+ UKEICC 80m Contest 2000Z-2100Z, Oct 25

+ RSGB 80m Autumn Series, SSB 1900Z-2030Z, Oct 26



+ CQ Worldwide DX Contest, SSB 0000Z, Oct 28 to 2400Z, Oct 29

DX News

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International Air Ambulance Week 2017

The 2017 International Air Ambulance Week will take place

between 9th -17th September 2017, with the focus on

supporting and generating donations for flying medical services

around the world.

The event covers two weekends, giving amateurs a great

chance to get involved and support the event.

Whilst Amateur Radio Operators / Stations are encouraged to

promote the donation causes, it is requested that any

donations generated go to the stations chosen local or national

cause.

Registration will be mandatory and all stations taking part will

be issued a registration number which will be listed on this

website. The registered number needs to be quoted by each

station regularly. Included in the list alongside each registered

station will be a clickable link enabling those wishing to donate,

to donate directly to the charity of the service they wish to

support.

The event is primarily intended to help support public donation

funded flying medical services, whether part or entirely

donation funded, though not restricted entirely to those. The

location of the special event station can be anywhere you


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choose to set it up – club, home or if you can manage the

permissions to do it, a public place.

No costs will be involved in registering or taking part and a free

series of Awards will be available for those who support the

event as detailed below.

• An award for having registered and taken part in the

event.

• A Bronze award for having logged a minimum of 5 IAW

station.

• A Silver award for having logged a minimum of 10 IAW

station.

• A Gold award for having logged a minimum of 15 IAW

station.

Awards for SWL will follow the above requirements More than

one award may be claimed.

Claims for the awards will need to be made to the IAW’s Award

Manager including an excerpt from the log as proof of a valid

claim.

The event’s date has been set to coincide with the UK’s own

funding drive week for its own helicopter ambulance services.

Almost all of these, around 30 in number, are entirely public

donation funded.

The event is intended to commence on the fourth weekend of

September annually and is to be run by the same team which

operates the well-established International Museum

Weekends.

International Air Ambulance Week 2017 - http://www.radio-

amateurevents.org/IAW/Registration.htm

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Worked All Europe from a train station (QRP)

Judy and I rode our bicycles from Andover to the Potter Place

railroad station. I operated in the Worked All Europe contest

and managed 9 countries in 20 minutes. The weather was

perfect and 20 meters was in good shape.

What a day for a bike ride… a perfect August afternoon. It was

nearly 80F with a nice breeze. We arrived at Potter Place

around 3:00 pm. I tossed a half wave wire over a maple tree on

the hill over looking the old station. There was a picnic table

directly underneath. I used the KX3 on 20 meters.


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The band was full of stations operating in the WAE contest. I

had no trouble making contacts. I’ve changed my log to show

the countries worked.

13 Aug-17 1925 14.041 SN7Q CW 599 599 Poland

13 Aug-17 1927 14.036 OM3RM CW 599 599 Slovak Rep

13 Aug-17 1928 14.031 RU1A CW 599 599 Russia

13 Aug-17 1930 14.030 DM6V CW 599 599 Germany

13 Aug-17 1933 14.030 HG5F CW 599 599 Hungary

13 Aug-17 1935 14.019 S500R CW 599 599 Slovenia

13 Aug-17 1936 14.021 DP6A CW 599 599 Germany

13 Aug-17 1938 14.023 R6AF CW 599 599 Russia

13 Aug-17 1942 14.033 ED2A CW 599 599 Spain

13 Aug-17 1944 14.039 YO9HP CW 599 599 Romania

13 Aug-17 1945 14.043 9A1AA CW 599 599 Croatia

After nearly a dozen QSOs, I packed up for the return ride. The

results from operating QRP out of a backpack with a short wire

must be the closest thing to pure magic. Combined with a

glorious bike ride… well… it’s fantastic!

www.amateurradio.com/wae-from-the-railroad-station-qrp/

Amateur Satellite

Three ELaNa CubeSats Delivered to ISS Delivery of recent payloads to the ISS including three CubeSats which are part of NASA's Educational Launch of Nanosatellites (ELaNa) mission SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft successfully berthed to the International Space Station (ISS) on Wednesday 16 August 2017 after their twelfth commercial resupply (CRS) mission launched from Kennedy Space Center’s Launch Complex 39A in Cape Canaveral, Florida. The CRS-12 Dragon carried 32 of NanoRacks’ customer payloads to the ISS. Notably on this mission was the U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command (SMDC) and Adcole-Maryland Aerospace’s Kestrel Eye IIM (KE2M) satellite. This satellite is a technology demonstration seeking to validate the concept of using microsatellites in low-Earth orbit to support critical operations. The overall goal is to demonstrate that small satellites are viable platforms for proving critical path support to operations and hosting advanced payloads. KE2M is the second flagship satellite in NanoRacks’ Kaber Deployment Program. NanoRacks Kaber Deployment Program allows for a larger EXPRESS class of satellites to be deployed from the International Space Station, up to 100 kilograms. NanoRacks deploys these Kaber-class satellites currently through the Japanese Experiment Module Airlock and will shift deployments to the NanoRacks Airlock Module when the Company’s commercial Airlock becomes operational (planned for 2019). On this mission are also three satellites that were selected for flight by NASA’s CubeSat Launch Initiative (CSLI) as part of the twenty-second installment of the Educational Launch of Nanosatellites (ELaNa) missions, and sponsored by the NASA Launch Services Program (LSP). These include NASA Jet Propulsion Lab’s (JPL) ASTERIA, Goddard Spaceflight Center’s DELLINGR, and Pennsylvania State University’s


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OSIRIS-3U. These CubeSats have a target deployment for mid-November. Additionally, NanoRacks brought 28 DreamUp student experiments to the ISS, which includes the Student Spaceflight Experiments Program Mission 11 (21 MixStix), Israel’s Ramon Foundation (5 MixStix), Cuberider-1, and the Boy Scouts of America (both NanoLab projects). The Boy Scouts of America (BSA) project, sponsored by the Center for Advancement of Science in Space (CASIS), is the first-ever experiment in space by BSA. The scouts of Troop 209, a part of the Pathway to Adventure Council based in Chicago, are seeking to better understand how bacteria function in space, and why virulence patterns in space differ from those on Earth. With the completion of the CRS-12 launch, NanoRacks has now brought over 580 payloads to the International Space Station since 2009. ------------------------------------------------------------------- Satellite Deployable VHF Crossed Yagi Antenna Radio amateurs Sean Hum VA3SHV and Jeff Nicholls VA3NGJ worked on the design for a deployable VHF crossed Yagi antenna on the recently launched NORsat-2 “This antenna is a completely new type of deployable antenna — it unfolds to be more than three times as large as the satellite that took it into orbit. This is the first time that a deployable antenna of this type has been contemplated and successfully used as a main mission antenna for a CubeSat.” — Sean Hum VA3SHV The very high frequency (VHF) antenna was designed to unfold from the CubeSat after receiving a command from the Norwegian Space Center to deploy once in orbit. In July, cameras on board the CubeSat confirmed the successful deployment of the antenna. Full Story - http://news.engineering.utoronto.ca/u-t-engineering-designed-cubesats-novel-deployable-antenna-launched-orbit/

Digital Radio News

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3148591 K5RCM Rebekah

3140265 KA5LSU William

3148585 KD5JUM Edward

3148505 KD5OXM James

3148434 KE5CDK Doug

3148590 KE5CDK Doug

3148474 KE5FGU Mary

3148517 KE5YPH Joe

3148589 KW5MOS Kevin

3140264 WA5LSH Tracie

3148586 WB5YFX Wil

3148669 W5NFL NFLARC

1148140 KF5KHS Michael

1148105 KG5RKI Ty

1148110 KG5RKI Ty

1148432 WA5HED Clayton

1148536 KG5UDQ Raymond Hopkins (TY’s

Grandpaw)

1148537 KG5UDQ Raymond Hopkins (TY’s

Grandpaw)

1148155 N5OAH Dan

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1148392 W5KVN Kevin

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From Pi-Star

DMR+ Users - please take note;

It has been brought to my attention that the DMR+ admins are

working on some new software, and have run into some

problems, specifically with 8/9 digit DMR ID's on DMR+.

I have made some changes to the dashboard to make it auto

truncate DMR ID's for DMR+ down to 7 digits, if you are using

DMRGateway and an 8/9 digit DMR ID, the dashboard will apply

your 7 digit ID to XLX and DMR+ Masters only - BM will get the

8/9 digit ID.

Please update, and then press apply in the config page for these

changes to take effect.

also

Those using DMR+/Phoenix Uk do not need to use suffix IDs.

The system automatically assigns an ID 901005 and 901004 for

hotspots. To ensure ids pass the validation checks Andrew has

kindly made this change.

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BrandMeister Talk Groups

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TG 950605 Russia / Ekaterinburg (1) TG 950606 Russia / Saint Petersburg TG 950607 Russia / Verkhnaya Pyshma TG 950608 Russia / Kaliningrad TG 950609 Russia / Syktyvkar TG 950610 Russia / Chelyabinsk TG 950611 Russia / Moscow / RD3ANL TG 950612 Russia / Omsk TG 950613 Russia / Ekaterinburg (2) TG 950614 Russia / Domodedovo TG 950615 Russia / Rostov-on-Don TG 950616 Russia / Rostov Region TG 950617 Russia / Caucasus TG 950618 Russia / Kirov TG 950619 Russia / Volgodonsk TG 950620 Russia / Moscow / R2AJV TG 950621 Russia / Moscow TG 950622 Russia / Krasnoyarsk (1) TG 950623 Russia / Krasnoyarsk (2) TG 950624 Russia / Mozhaysk TG 950625 Russia / Krasnogorsk TG 950626 Russia / Narofominsk TG 950627 Russia / Krasnodar TG 2049125 PI2NOS TG 2049881 XRF088 A TG 2049882 XRF088 B TG 2080332 France/DCS033C 16 TG 2080673 France/XRF067C 17 TG 2229192 WIRESX-Room-ITA TG 2229193 YSF-BM2221 TG 3103827 NEARC TG 5059742 XRF740 C ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Pi Star Talk Group PiStar has created a Talk Group number 31672, registered on Brandmeister. Its for users of the Pi-Star image to get together and chat about amateur radio and using the Pi-Star image. It's basically a general chat/user based support group. Pi Star (Facebook) - https://www.facebook.com/groups/pistar/files/ PiStar Website - http://www.pistar.uk/ --------------------------------------------------------------


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QSL Card

Web LINKS

info sites

Amsat http://www.amsat.org/

ARDEN http://www.aredn.org/

Ham Contest Calendar http://www.hornucopia.com/contestcal/index.html

My DX Summit http://new.dxsummit.fi/#/

QRZ http://www.qrz.com/

QRZnow http://qrznow.com/

RepeaterBook http://www.repeaterbook.com

South African Radio League

(SARL) -

http://www.sarl.org.za/

Wireless Inst. of Austrailia WIA - http://www.wia.org.au/

News Sites

amateurradio.com

Grapevine Amateur Radio

http://www.amateurradio.com/

http://hamradio2.com

Grapevine Amateur Radio http://www.livefromthehamshack.tv/

ICQpodcast http://icqpodcast.com/

Southgate Amateur Radio News http://www.southgatearc.org/index.htm

The Spectrum Monitor http://www.thespectrummonitor.com/index.aspx

DMR Info

DMR BM3148 Net http://tg3148.net/

DMR Activity Map https://kg5rki.com/

DMR Blog http://www.dmrhamradio.com/

DMR Lonestar Netwatch http://216.130.253.123:42420/MinimalNetwatch

DMR repeater map http://www.cqdmrmap.com/

DMR Net Calendat https://calendar.google.com/calendar/[email protected]&ctz=America/New_York&pli=1

Software

Chirp http://chirp.danplanet.com/projects/chirp/wiki/Home

N3FJP logging software http://www.n3fjp.com

Dealers

Associated Radio http://www.associatedradio.com/home.php

B and H Sales Derby Radio Shack http://www.hamradiocenter.biz/

Bridgecom Systems, Inc https://www.bridgecomsystems.com/

Clear Signal Products Inc. (the

Coaxman)

http://www.coaxman.com/

D & L Antenna https://www.antennatail.com/

Grapevine Amateur Radio http://www.grapevineamateurradio.com/

Lido Mounts http://www.lidomounts.com

WB0W – Dealer

Baodengtech

http://www.wb0w.com/

https://baofengtech.com/

SILENT KEYS

FYI

• NFLARC Club Dues are due every May

Ham Radio Glossary

2015-2016 Officers President: Doug S - KE5CDK Vice President: Jason T – KG5CBD Secretary: Rebekah M - K5RCM Treasurer: James S - KD5OXM Director (1yr): Mary S - KE5FGU Director (2yr): Kevin M - KW5MOS Director (3yr): Michael B - KF5KHS Field Day Committee: Testing Committee: Rebekah M - K5RCM


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VE Team Rebekah M - K5RCM Michael B - KF5KHS Kevin M - KW5MOS Mary S - KE5FGU Doug S - KE5CDK Wil G – WB5YFX Bud G – AD5SK And more…? Public Relations Chairman Rebekah M - K5RCM Activities Chairman Rebekah M - K5RCM Ragchew Editor Doug S - KE5CDK

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The NFL Amateur Radio Clubnflarc.org/ragchew/Ragchew2017-10b.pdf · DMR # 3148669 The NFL Amateur Radio Club Meets the second Saturday of each month at 12:00 noon lunch and 1:00 PM