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Published by the Rip Van Winkle Amateur Radio Society, Inc.
August 2016
Page 1 Rip’s Report — Rip Van Winkle Amateur Radio Society August 2016
Rip Van Winkle
Picnic
August 14, 12 noon at
the Claverack Town
Park, off Route 217 in
Mellenville
Columbia County
ARES meeting
Sat. August 13 at 9 am
at the Columbia County
EOC, Hudson.
Upcoming Events
CLAVERACK—Please plan on joining us on
Sunday for a fun and food afternoon. Here’s
your chance to discuss those rare DX contacts
that you got (or almost got) over the year. Bring
your spouse and children and maybe we can get
some fun games going. We’re looking into hav-
ing a Foxhunt – Stan has graciously loaned his
Foxhunt equipment for the event.
The club is providing the hot dogs, ham-
burgers and drinks, but please consider bringing
a salad or desert. For those who are not familiar
with the location of the park, talk-in will be on
147.210.
See you there !!!
HUDSON—This meeting will primarily be to reacquaint us
and discuss our plan for becoming a well functioning unit. As
you may know, there is a SET planned for early October, and I
want us to be ready to accept the challenges this presents. One
item we should immediately address is the proper use of the
ICS forms and message passing protocols.
I have some ideas I would like to discuss with all of
you and welcome your suggestions and inputs as well. We
need to discuss training, practice, gear and several other topics
that are important to the function of our group. Please make
every effort to attend this meeting, and if you have questions
regarding this or other ARES matters, feel free to contact me
by return email to this address. I would suggest that you make
note of my alternate address: [email protected]. I want to
hear from you!
Don't forget to wear your ARES ID badge!! I'm
looking forward to getting us on track and seeing all of you
again.
Thanks and 73,
Barry Thompson - EC Columbia County
A Peek into the Home
of 147.210
A visit to the hilltop
Left to right: Repeater Chairman Tom Gutierrez,
N2NZD and Club President Barry Thompson use Trus-
tee Stan Engel’s new control panel to test voltages on
repeaters.
CLAVERACK—Several club members spent a
Sunday morning last month to check out the cur-
rent equipment at the Rip Van Winkle repeater site,
and to determine what new equipment will be
needed moving forward.
Part of planning for updates to the repeater
site is to provide backup power in the event of
power outages. The repeater committee is looking
to make the main repeaters functional as long as
possible, using alternative sources to power the ra-
dios, Currently, the site has two 6 amp solar panels
that are charging deep cycle batteries for radio op-
eration as well as site control backup.
Measurements were made to determine
how much power is consumed during transmit and
receive on all the current repeaters, to determine
what can be done to extend the life of the repeaters
during power outages.
Repeater chairman, Tom Gutierrez,
N2NZD, set up a monitoring device on the deep
cycle batteries to watch the voltage levels across
the next few weeks. The results should give the
group a clearer picture of what upgrades will give
the site the greatest benefit.
The analysis will assist the group in formu-
lating a grant request to acquire funding needed for
making the upgrades.
The group also checked the solar panels
and verified that the security devices were working
properly.
Due to the efforts of Stan WA2UET and
other members over the last several years, the site
appears to be in great shape, with equipment work-
ing at optimal levels.
Page 2 Rip’s Report — Rip Van Winkle Amateur Radio Society August 2016
Skywarn Are you ready for the
upcoming Thunder-
storm season? Can you ID the weather
that needs to be reported?
CLAVERACK—The Rip Van Winkle ARS is currently working to get a Skywarn session in one of our up-
coming meetings to get us all refreshed with how to identify hazardous weather conditions that should be
reported. We have contacted National Weather and are awaiting a response so that we can set up a time.
Rumor has it that the Albany district has only one person who is handling all the training, so it may
be some time before this training takes place. In the meantime, for all members that would like to take some
training modules online, please check out:https://www.meted.ucar.edu/training_course.php?id=23.
There are currently two modules available. Those who have taken them have found them to be quite
useful. The site has a gallery of several pictures, with commentary as to what the cloud formations represent.
So if you want to get good training for identifying a wall cloud or a shelf cloud, please check these modules
out.
Page 3 Rip’s Report — Rip Van Winkle Amateur Radio Society August 2016
CPOTA Anyone?
Checking out our County Parks...
High Falls in Philmont, NY. Photo by
Martin Miller, N2LDR, taken on August 3
with Android phone.
PHILMONT—With all the talk about NPOTA, or National
Parks on the Air, I thought it might be fun to get out and
explore some of the local natural attractions in our county.
So, armed with my handy talky tuned to 147.210, I hit the
trailhead on Roxberry Road, adjacent to Route 217 in
Philmont and hiked into the site. The trail was a bit wet
from all the rain that we experienced, but all went well and
about a half –hour, I was admiring the grand view. Ac-
cording to the website below, High Falls is 150 feet high.
Quite an attraction for such a local site. This site is main-
tained by the Columbia County Nature Conservancy.
Anyone interested in checking out High Falls can
go to the following website for all kinds of useful infor-
mation: http://hikethehudsonvalley.com/high-falls-
conservation-area/
Martin Miller
Page 4 Rip’s Report — Rip Van Winkle Amateur Radio Society August 2016
Fox Hunting 101
A Fun and Rewarding Amateur Radio Activity
By Tom Gutierrez, N2NZD
This is how the fox hunts I participated in were run.
They were mobile hunts, as in the fox could be any-
where in Pittsfield or surrounding towns and the hunters
would be mobile. The fox would go hide at a given
time, usually trying to find a good spot that either
blocks or reflects their signal and where their car might
blend in or be hidden. The fox transmits on the repeater
input at a regular interval of two minutes for 30seconds
to a minute.
They talk about whatever they want, but they let every-
one know it is a fox hunt. The hunters all start at a pre-
determined parking lot and when the fox makes his/her
first transmission everyone tries to get a bearing.
Then we would look at our maps and head off in our
mobiles. Most people were a team of two, but I did it by
myself. When we found a good safe spot to take anoth-
er bearing we would pull over and within 2minutes you
knew there was going to be another transmission to DF.
The timed transmission interval keeps it so that you
don't have to pull over abruptly, because you know
there will be another every 2 min.
In 20 minutes you could easily pull over 3 times a few
miles apart and have a good idea of the location that
your bearings cross. Then you would check your map
and either flat out guess, or move in for more DFing.
The first one to find the fox gets to do the hiding next
time, and is awarded a small stuffed fox that gets passed
on each hunt.
Ramsey Kit on loan from Stan Engels, WA2UET, for
the club to use in a possible upcoming Fox Hunt.
Fox hunting is a great way to hone our skills at tracking
down rogue transmitters and rigs with stuck micro-
phones.
Most of us used homemade tape measure 3 element beams (because they are flexible and don't break getting in/out
of a back seat) hooked to an HT, but some just used an HT with body blocking, and others had Doppler shift setups
on their cars. With a small beam you can change horizontal/vertical to help cut signal strength.
Some people also used attenuation because if the signal was strong enough you couldn't tell what direction it came
from, but if the fox uses an HT that isn't a problem. After two or three direction readings you can get a pretty good
idea of the location but then you look at hills, buildings, signal strength etc. It usually took 20-40 minutes for every-
one to find the fox. The fox would have donuts or drinks to enjoy while we waited for everyone. It was a lot of fun
and made for some good stories afterward.
Of course the whole thing is coming over the repeater so it tended to get others interested as well. It really was the
most fun I've had in ham radio.
Rip Van Winkle Amateur Radio Society Repeater Operation Rules
The Rip Van Winkle Amateur Radio Society maintains several repeaters for the use of club members as well
as for all amateur radio operators. Operation and use of these repeaters shall comply fully with the Amateur
Radio Service (Part 97) regulations of the Federal Communications Commission's Private Radio Service, and
the following rules of the Rip Van Winkle Amateur Radio Society:
1. The repeaters are provided for the purposes of contacting and passing information between fellow ama-
teur radio operators, and providing service to the public as a voluntary, noncommercial communication ser-
vice, particularly with respect to providing emergency communications.
2. In the spirit of the Amateur Radio Service, users shall respect and support each other in a courteous and
positive manner.
3. Due to the significant usage of repeaters by mobile users during commute hours; 6:00--9:00 AM and 4:00
--7:00 PM, the length of QSOs must be kept to a reasonable maximum. Conversations must be limited to 20
continuous minutes to permit others to use the repeater. During QSO's, operators must always pause before
transmitting, to allow other stations to break in. As the 147.210 repeater is the main frequency for the Rip
Van Winkle ARS, users should consider using one of the other repeaters or simplex for longer discussions.
4. Operators shall announce their call sign before transmitting any touch-tone commands, at the end of each
communication, and EVERY TEN MINUTES OR LESS during a communication.
5. There shall be ABSOLUTELY NO communications containing obscene, indecent, or profane words, lan-
guage, or denigrating inference. Discussion of political or potentially sensitive social issues should be avoid-
ed. If such discussion is undertaken, it must be conducted in a respectful manner and not be provocative or
angry in nature.
6. No one shall cause or condone the malicious or intentional interference of anyone communications on the
repeaters.
7. No person shall cause, or condone, malicious or intentional interference to anyone communicating via the
repeaters.
8. Control Operators designated by the Board and/or the Repeater Trustee are required to turn off a repeater
to terminate improper operation or use.
9. The Rip Van Winkle Amateur Radio Society officers and repeater trustee reserve the right to forbid the
use of the repeaters by anyone who repeatedly violates these rules, or anyone who facilitates or encourages
others to violate these rules.
10. Operators may not comment or discuss reprimands or corrective action taken by the club with any other
amateur via club repeaters.
Page 5 Rip’s Report — Rip Van Winkle Amateur Radio Society August 2016
5…4…3…2…1: Readability Reports
By Dan Romanchik, KB6NU
I'm big on Twitter. It connects me to a lot of interesting amateur radio operators, and I find a lot of food for thought
there. Yesterday, I saw the following Tweet:
Charlie – M0PZT @M0PZT
Blog updated: RST and Speed Matters http://www.m0pzt.com/blog/rst-and-speed-matters/ #hamradio
Being a CW geek, of course I was interested. Charlie’s point is that if you get a bad report, you probably should send
more slowly. I certainly have no argument with that.What I do take a little bit of an issue with is that Charlie says, “A
Readability 4 report should really make it known that information needs to be brief, but repeated – Certainly no ANT/
RIG/WX waffle!”
According to most sources, Readability 4 means, “Readable with practically no difficulty.” When I receive an R4 re-
port, I might slow down a little, but it doesn't mean to me that I have to cut the contact short or repeat information
over and over. I replied on Twitter that if the operator at the receiving station is having so much trouble copying, then
the report should probably be 319 or even 219.
Of course, RST reports are open to interpretation. With that in mind, I thought I'd explain a little more fully how I de-
cide what Readability report to give:
R5: Perfectly readable. To me, this means that copying a signal is no work at all, and that it sounds like it’s coming
out of a code practice oscillator. I can put my feet up on the desk or putter around the shack while I’m ragchewing
with the other operator.
R4: Readable with practically no difficulty. “Practically no difficulty” is the key phrase here. There may be some
QRN or QSB on this signal, and I have to pay some attention while copying. An R4 is still solid copy, though, and
ragchewing is definitely possible.
R3: Readable with considerable difficulty. A signal that rates an R3 needs my full attention. I have to work at copying
the signal, and even then, might miss characters here and there. Even though I don’t copy every single character, I’m
able to fill in the gaps. An R3 signal might not be good enough for a ragchew, and repeating information is probably a
good idea.
R2: Barely readable, occasional words distinguishable. A signal that rates an R2 is usually so weak that it’s below the
noise level or drops below the noise level occasionally. At this level, the contact will definitely be brief and any im-
portant information, such as the callsign needs to be repeated.
R1: Unreadable. Generally, I would never give out this report, as I would never attempt making contact if a signal was
truly unreadable.
Although my explanations above reflect the fact that I'm primarily a CW operator, I think they also apply to phone or
even digital contacts. For example, an R5 for a phone contact would mean that the signal sounds like it could be com-
ing from just down the street or coming through the local repeater.
What do you think? How do you decide what Readability report to give?
==================================
Dan, KB6NU, is the author of the "No Nonsense" amateur radio license study guides, and blogs about amateur radio
at KB6NU.Com. You can contact him by e-mailing [email protected]. If you want an honest Readability report,
look for him most evenings on 40m CW.
Page 6 Rip’s Report — Rip Van Winkle Amateur Radio Society August 2016
Happy
Next Meeting
Sept. 19
Churchtown
Firehouse
2219 Cty 27
Hudson, NY
All are Welcome
Please join us on the Tuesday night
Roundtable on 147.210 at 7:00 PM.
ALL are welcome!
Use the EchoLink (K2RVW-R) if
need be.
Your dues are important to this club! We sup-
port the operation of the repeater at between
700 and 800 dollars per year just in electric
bills. We are always upgrading and improving
and maintaining the system. Some of this ex-
pense is covered by our members. Our insur-
ance is $320 per year. Food alone for Field Day
and the picnic is over $300. We purchase some
kind of snack for each meeting at probably
around an average of $15 per month and about
another $100 plus for the goody fest. Other than
dues our income is sparse. The only substantial
income has been the fall tag sale and the goods
to sell are running out. The income from the
raffle is not a lot. Our paid roster so far in 2016
is only 45 members paid. About $600 income
from dues so far. A rough estimate is about
$1600 expense and about $600 income leaving
us in the hole for $1000. At the current rate we
will be broke in two years! I know that several
more members will pay their dues soon, but if
you could pay sooner it would make it easier to
plan. These figures are obviously a rough esti-
mate but I think you can all see the potential
dilemma looming. Please consider helping to
maintain your club. Not only dues but your at-
tendance at the meetings and your donations
toward the fall tag sale and other needed sup-
port.
Thanks, your treasurer...
Club Business ...
Marty-N2LDR
Richard-AC2MH
Joe-KC2JMS
Dom-KD2FNT
Joe-KD2HRE
Chris-N2PBN
Carol-N2REY
Dick-W2CSQ
Page 7 Rip’s Report — Rip Van Winkle Amateur Radio Society August 2016
New Ham Callsigns in the Club:
KD2LIL-Antonio Merante
KD2LIP—Jeremie Richardson
KD2LIN-Christian Sweningsen
KD2LIO– Vincent “Otter” Vispo
KE2WO-Steve Hadcock
N2JVF-Rich Dolan
Congratulations and Welcome !!!
2016 dues are
$25.00 per indi-
vidual $30.00 for
family $5.00 for
students and
active Military
are free.
Page 8 Rip’s Report — Rip Van Winkle Amateur Radio Society August 2016
RVWARS WEB PAGE The Web Page has been updated! We
added some info on the main page to try
to keep folks aware of events. Comments
and suggestions are welcome. We will
keep Dave Clappers design at least for
now. Let me know what you think.
www.rvwars.com
Newsletters back to
June 2006 on the web
site and
Click on “newsletters”
Join our Yahoo Group at the bottom
of our web page. Www.rvwars.com
Simply enter your email address.
SOME FUN 147.210 REPEATER DTMF CODES
Site Info:
228-Outdoor Temp >
229-Indoor Temp >
230-DC Volt Bat 1 >
231-AC Volt read >
232-DC Volt Bat 2 >
**********************************
450-To check your input to the repeat-
er. Key up and type 450, when it says
“ready” QUICKLY key up and record
your short message , un-key and it will
play it back as it heard it.
WEATHER RADIO
310-ON
325-OFF
These codes will work on 449.925 as
well as 2 Meters.
I would like to add a basic weather sta-
tion sometime as well so we could ac-
cess wind speed etc. up there.
Feel Free to try them!
Resets at
1:00 AM
Daily
Daily High/Low
900
910
930
920
940
FYI RVWARS is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit
corporation. As such all monetary
donations are tax deductible and do-
nations of equipment are deductible.
Please consider donating your idle
equipment to the club for our use or
for sale at the annual tag sale or auc-
tion.
New DTMF codes for the New Vantage Vue Weather Station: 500-Wind Speed & Direction
501-Outside Temperature
502-Indoor Humidity
503-Outdoor Humidity
504-High Wind Speed (since mid-
night)
505-High Outside Temperature (since
midnight)
506-Low Outside Temperature (since
midnight)
Hopefully a Rain reading will be add-
ed soon. But these are what is availa-
ble at this point. The system is in-
stalled and ready to use. Please feel
free to try the codes and see what is
going on at the repeater site at Forest
Lake. (the outside temperature from the new system
is different than that from the controller. They are
different sensors.)
TO USE THE BELOW CODES SIMP-LY KEY UP AND ENTER THE CODE
WITH YOUR KEY PAD
There are two types
of people in the
world :
The ones that di-
vide people into
two types - and the
ones that don’t !!
President — Barry Thompson, WA2KLP
V. President — Carl Verderber, WA2UJX
Secretary — Shelly Evans, AA2Y Treasurer — Marty Miller, N2LDR
Repeater — Tom Guterrez, N2NZD Historian — Shelly Evans, AA2Y Safety Officer — Todd Brackett,
KC2YKM Club Call — K2RVW
Club Special Event Call—WD2K Web Page — http://www.rvwars.com NEWS E-mail — [email protected]
Yahoo Group http://groups.yahoo.com/group/
RVWARS/
EVERY TUESDAY at 7:00 p.m.
Informal Roundtable on the
147.210 repeater ALL are
welcome.
147.210/147.810 NO PL tone
147.015/147.615 No PL Tone
449.925/444.925 PL tone 110.9 Hz
224.280/222.680 NO PL tone
Vital Statistics
Our ARES office in the
CC EOC is now ours
again! The investigator
that was borrowing it has
moved on to a new office.
We will be setting up com-
puters and equipment for
emergency and practice
use. We received a brand
new desktop computer
from the County. We also
received a new FTM-400
digital transceiver from
the county. We have a HF
setup and a VHF/UHF set-
up.
Repeaters
Weekly Nets
ARES
Page 9 Rip’s Report — Rip Van Winkle Amateur Radio Society August 2016
Rip Van Winkle Amateur Radio Society, Inc.
Treasurers Report
July 18, 2016
Balance Fwd. Checking Acct $3326.45
Rcpts: Dues $75.00
Total $75.00
Exp: Price Chopper (FD food) $64.00
Cumbie Farms (FD food) $111.39
Dunkin Donuts (meeting) $14.98
NYSEG $66.70
Lowes (FD Supplies) $83.64
Cumbie Farms (FD gas) $11.70
Walmart (keys for shelter $3.84
Total $407.70
Checking Bal $2993.75
Petty Cash $ 50.00
Total RVWARS monies $3043.75
WIRES-X Operating! WIRES-X is an interface to the world wide internet. It is digital work-
ing with the Fusion system. I have made a couple of contacts with it
and they are awesome audio quality! In digital mode it far exceeds the
audio quality of Echolink and DStar, The software is upgraded and
working through the repeater. You will however need a digital
UHF radio to use it. And if the WIRES-X is in use it will tie up the
repeater. I will email basic operating procedures to members as
soon as I figure them out. There are rig specific WIRES-X manuals
on the Yaesu.com web site. Some of our members have used it and
seem to be impressed. Another interesting fun mode of Amateur
Radio. And some rooms are very active.
If you have a Yaesu Fusion radio go to the Yaesu web site and down-
load the WIRES-X manual for your radio. It should walk you through
making a connection on the system available on the 449.925 repeater. I
usually have the system running while I am here. I turn it off when I
leave because I don’t know enough about it and don’t want to make a
mess.
2016 Dues
Mail to:
Rip Van Winkle ARS
PO Box 163
Ghent, NY 12075
Attn: Martin Miller, Treasurer
Or bring with you to
meeting
Make checks Payable to
RVWARS
Page 10 Rip’s Report — Rip Van Winkle Amateur Radio Society August 2016
Directions to the Rip Van Winkle ARS
meetings.
Directions from the north to Churchtown fire-house… Take exit 12 off of I90 onto route 9
south. Travel 4.6 miles to the traf-
fic circle and take the first right out
of the circle (not the mall) onto
route 9H. About 11.5 miles you
will come to a traffic light intersec-
tion of 9H and route 66. Go straight
through that light for about 3.6
miles to the next traffic light at 9H
and route 23. Again go straight
through that light for about 1.1
miles to a left turn off of 9H onto
County Route 27. It is marked.
Stay on route 27 for about 2.5
miles and the Firehouse is on the
right with a sign out front. Park in
the lot just before the building.
Firehouse from RVW Bridge and 9G.
From the intersection of 9G and
Route 23 take 23 about 2.7 miles to
the traffic light at the intersection
of Route 9. Go straight through the
traffic light and travel about 2.7
miles on route 9 to the next traffic
light at the intersection of 9H and
82. Turn left at that light onto
Route 9H about 2.8 miles to Coun-
ty 27. Stay on route 27 for about
2.5 miles and the Firehouse is on
the right with a sign out front. Park
in the lot just before the building.
For your information...
We have the antenna and have the cables and switches for the HF station in the Churchtown Firehouse. We should have a station set up and working soon so that we might do some operating on meeting nights.
THE CONSTITUTION AND BY-LAWS DOCUMENT IS UNDERGOING A
MAKEOVER. IT WILL BE BROUGHT TO THE MEMBERSHIP WHEN
FINISHED!
Join the RVWARS Yahoo Group. Go to the
www.rvwars.com web site and scroll to the bottom of the
page and simply enter your email
address into the box.
The new computer needed to upgrade
the system is in place and working
properly.
Thanks again Barry.
The repeaters are as follows:
The 147.210 repeater is unchanged! Using
a MTR-2000 with no PL tone required.
However there is a tone encoded at 110.9
Hz if you want to set up Tone Squelch on
your receiver.
The 449.925 Fusion repeater now requires
a PL tone of 110.9 Hz and also encodes that
tone for the use of your Tone Squelch.
The 224.280 repeater is completely un-
changed and works like a champ.
The NEW 147.015 Fusion repeater does
not require a PL tone but also encodes a
tone at 110.9 for the use of your tone
squelch.
The new 147.015 antenna is 80’ lower than the 147.210 antenna but seems to work
just as good as the 147.210…
There are some scratchy’s on our signals when the wind blows hard on the hill. That
apparently is just the nature of the Super Stationmaster antennas. We have talked
about changing them but that would be expensive and we would have a problem find-
ing a tower climber that is qualified by Insite Towers Company.
RVWARS REPEATER
CHATTER
Page 11 Rip’s Report — Rip Van Winkle Amateur Radio Society August 2016
The Meeting
room in the
Churchtown
Firehouse is
HUGE. Bring
yourself and lots
of other folks.
RVWARS ON
FACEBOOK!
There is now a group on Fa-
cebook for the Rip Van Win-
kle Amateur Radio Society.
Just search for the above.
There are currently 13 mem-
bers since Tom started the
group about a month ago.
Please join in!
ARRL has just published anoth-
er PowerPoint Jeopardy-type
game for instructors to use in
exam-prep classes for the Gen-
eral-class test. The game was
produced by our own W2XM.
The new game, and several old
ones, can be found at http://
www.arrl.org/instruction-exam-
practice-and-review.
Join us for our next Meeting
At the Churchtown Firehouse
Maybe we could add an
elected position to the club
as a “Reporter” to gather
some news so that I have
something to print each
month. I NEED NEWS
FOR THIS NEWSLET-
TER!
We are making badges for member that pay their dues. The purpose of the
badge is so that we will know that you paid your dues and also show that you are
a voting member of the club.
If you have paid your dues please pick up your ID badge at the meeting.
Columbia County (ARES) "Amateur Ra-
dio Emergency Service" is seeking new
members. We currently meet once a
month prior to the regular meeting. We
do an occasional public service event as
ARES members where we utilize our
communications skills and equipment to
assist with public safety. We assist the
County with Civil Emergencies and disas-
ter communications when they request us.
No equipment required. No experience
required. Total voluntary participation.
Your help is appreciated when needed to
maintain communications during disaster,
emergencies or public service events. If
you think you might be interested, please
email me or ask at field day or an RVW
meeting.
Thank you.
TomG ([email protected])
New and Old HAMS needed!
Page 12 Rip’s Report — Rip Van Winkle Amateur Radio Society August 2016
From the West RVW Bridge or 9G take Rt 23 to the 9H intersection and either go North to School House Rd and to Churchtown
Firehouse or go through the light and take Bells Pond Road to the Firehouse. From the North or from Hudson go south on 9H, from
the traffic light in Claverack, about 1 mile, to County Route 27 on the left then 2.4 miles to the Firehouse.
Park in the lot to the right of the Firehouse and enter through the Main Entrance. Someone will be listening to the repeater and will
help you if need be. “FIREHOUSE” is indicated on the right side of the map.
It’s right here,
Please join us!!!
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
Churchtown Firehouse
Please consider adding content to our Newsletter: Any Ham Related articles, particularly those re-lated to the Rip Van Winkle ARS or other local clubs are greatly appreciated. Please include pictures and images if possible. We would also like to hear your opinions about what is happening with the club. Please submit any material for inclusion to the Newsletter to: [email protected]
Items Donated and For Sale by David Haas, WB2APB,
of Copake Lake
COPAKE LAKE—David Haas, WB2APB, recently contacted the Rip Van Winkle ARS and donated sever-
al antenna items, as he is planning to sell his residence on Copake Lake. David has been a part-time resi-
dent there since 1970 and has often listened and participated on our 147.210 repeater. The donated items
include:
1) Ringo Ranger 11 Antenna
2)Hy Gain Model 5BDQ-S a Half wavelength doublet antenna for 10-80 meters
3)Cushcraft R6000 Vertical 6,10,12,15.17,20 meters
4)A 42 foot fiberglass 10-40 meter vertical antenna
5) a Ladder feed dipole antenna
various lengths of 50 ohm coax amd assorted Ham books
Thank you, David. The club will be sure to put these items to good use.
David also has some items for sale—please see below. Anyone interested, please contact David:
email: [email protected]
home: 518-325-3960 cell: 561-847-1613
Big motor, removes stones from planting soil. Table saw—looks like oak or elm.
Chop Saw. Electronic slot machine
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FOR SALE
For the news letter
Anyone interested it this package.
MFJ 962 tuner
Ten-Tek HF rig
Forty foot crank up tower
CDR rotor & cable
Coax cable
Tri Beam Ant
You have to take it down
Price total-----$550.00
Wa2uyy
Ron Coons Sr.
518-945-3731
If your ad is no
longer valid please
let me know.
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I have a Item here I would like
to put in the News Letter For
Sale I is a AOR TDF-370 DSP
Multi Media Terminal NEW in
Box. Everything is there plus I
burned a CD for the unit. There
is a link below of a description
on what the thing does plus you
can go right to a PDF file for the
owners manual and a picture of
the unit. Thanks !!!!!
I am ASKING $225.00
Mike , N2JVE
http://www.usascan.com/files/
tdf370.html
FOR SALE
Henry 2KD2 upgraded to 2KD3. Very low
hours 3-5000Z's, up-to-date grid bias cir-
cuit. Pi-L network, New power supply
components. Fully functional. requires
230VAC (no more); will show how to
build bucking transformer. Modified top
cover to fit new tubes. Full power out 80
thru10 M. Asking $590.00 Contact Carl
WA2UJX at [email protected]