Issue 58:04 April 2017 58 Years Of Service To Our Community

Inside This Issue…

President’s Message ....................... Page 2

Tech Saturday Forum .................... Page 4

April 5 Meeting ............................... Page 4

Welcome New Members ................. Page 4

Best Down Jersey DX Picks ........... Page 5

Skip Arey, N2EI - SNJ Report ....... Page 6

SNJ Section ARES Report ............. Page 8

Ham Radio Podcasts ....................... Page 9

Fox Hunt X ................................... Page 11

Greetings from Texas! .................. Page 12

Crisper View of the Future ........... Page 14

Field Day and Scouting ................ Page 17

300 Watts @ W2MMD .................. Page 18

Recent Licensing Stats ................. Page 19

Regional Hamfests/Events ........... Page 20

Field Day Band Chart .................. Page 21

DA’s and DIT’s ............................. Page 22

Contest Scores ............................... Page 24

Element 3 Question Quiz .............. Page 26

System Fusion Repeaters ............. Page 28

April Birthdays .............................. Page 29

April Contest Calendar ................. Page 30

Club Committees ........................... Page 32

Last Page Calendar ...................... Page 33

President :

Vice President :

Treasurer :

Recording Secretary :

Corresponding Secretary :

Harry Elwell, K2ATX

Tony Otlowski, W2WCC

Al Arrison, KB2AYU

Bruce Canino, KD2LBU

Ron Block, NR2B

2017 Club Officers

Chuck Colabrese, WA2TML (2015-2017)

Bill Price, NJ2S (2015-2017)

Jeffrey Garth, KC2WCS (2016-2018)

Trustees - 4 year term

Brian Jones, KD2BXD (2014-2017)

Bob Demola, KD2GFL (2015-2018)

Mark Gottlieb, WA2DIY (2016-2019)

Bob Fields, KC6AOH (2017-2020)

Chuck Lanard, KD2EIB (2016-2018)

Lee Marino, N2LAM (2017-2019)

John Zaruba, K2ZA (2017-2019)

Board of Directors - 3 year term

This Month’s Calendar…

General Membership Meeting Wednesday, April 5, 2017 @ 1930 Hours

Pfeiffer Community Center

GCARC 10 Meter Ragchew Net Every Thursday @ 2000 Hours

Check-in on 28.425 MHz or 28.415 MHz

Tech Saturday Forum Saturday, April 8, 2017 @ 0900 Hours

GCARC Clubhouse

GCARC 10 Meter Swap Meet Net Saturday, April 8, 2017 @ 2000 Hours

Check-in on 28.385 MHz

VE License Testing Session Thursday, April 13, 2017 @ 1900 Hours

Franklin Township Public Library

Board of Directors Meeting Wednesday, April 19, 2017 @ 1900 Hours

GCARC Clubhouse

GCARC 2 Meter Ragchew Net Thursday, April 20, 2017 @ 2000 Hours

Check-in on the 147.180 MHz Repeater

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President’s Message

March has been a busy month for our club. Our March meeting featured a program by Carver Washburn,

W2TFM, Region 2 Director for Army MARS. His presentation provided a detailed overview of the Army

MARS program including the organizational structure and the various modes used for communications.

The discussion subject for Tech Saturday focused on the Clubhouse Automated Satellite Station. One of

the contacts made via satellite, Adrian Liggins VA3NNA of Ontario, Canada, later contacted the club via

our website to say thank you for the new grid-square and to confirm that he would be sending his QSL

card shortly.

“Many thanks for the contact this morning. New grid for me as I work to-

wards VUCC. Will be sending QSL and SASE (with US global stamp,

rather than “greenstamp”) shortly. Best 73 de Adrian VA3NNA”

Al KB2AYU purchased and picked up the new antenna for the club station. The installation is waiting for

better weather. The process will involve removing the existing antenna and installing the new one. Have

you ever wondered what was involved in getting a large antenna high up on a tower? Well, wonder no

more; come on out and lend a hand. We will be announcing a work day as soon as the weather permits.

The last open committee chair position has been filled. Laurie KD2EYW has agreed to chair the Summer

Family Picnic Committee. While some of the committees only require an individual effort, many can

benefit from having several members to assist the chairman with the various tasks and duties of the par-

ticular committee. Serving as a committee member is a great way to become more involved in the club.

Anyone interested is encouraged to contact either a committee chairman or club officer for more informa-

tion.

Speaking of committees that could benefit from more members; Bill NJ2S and Sheldon K2MEN are co-

chairmen of the Hamfest committee. This year along with being the regions best Hamfest, our event is also

the ARRL New Jersey State Convention. Bill and Sheldon have been hard at work planning this year’s

event, but there is much more to do in order to bring all of the plans together in a successful event. Contact

Bill or Sheldon to see what you can do to help make this Hamfest our best ever.

Bill NJ2S is a busy guy. Apparently he didn’t feel that co-chairing the club’s largest fundraiser was

enough, so he has been working on possibly holding a Spring Tailgate event at the club site in May. In ad-

dition to the typical tailgating activities, Urb W1UL has agreed to organize two cram-style license classes,

one for those interested in the Technician Class license and one for those interested in the General Class

license. The Technician class would take place in the morning and the General class in the afternoon. Each

class would be followed by a VE session. Also, it is my understanding that John Sawina NA2R, has of-

fered to provide DXCC card checking services for the event. With the proposed date for this event just un-

der two months away there is still much to do and help is always welcome.

Jim KA2OSV reports that the W2MMD weekly 10 Meter Net has been doing quite well despite propaga-

tion issues. In addition to support by members of the club, several non-members have checked-in from in

and outside of the immediate area. On the first meeting of the net, in addition to the local check-ins, there

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were check-ins from Fort Dix, NJ and Sellersville, PA.

Finally, after a postponement due to weather, the club held the first Fox Hunt of 2017. Last year, the sly

fox managed to elude the hunters best efforts to track him down. After having to wait almost six months

for a re-match, the hunters were prepared (despite his efforts to hide), and the “Fox” was found.

Amateur Radio is a hobby that offers something for everyone; I truly believe that. In my case, it offers

many things; in fact, so many that I feel a bit like a kid in a candy store when I consider all of the possible

directions this hobby can lead. The fox hunt is certainly one of my favorites. While I definitely enjoy the

chase, I also enjoy the planning and preparing. Whether it be a different antenna, a new device, or perhaps

planning the actual chase; I find the entire event to be very enjoyable. For Fox Hunt X, I began planning

long before a date was even announced. Never did I consider that I would not participate in the event.

However, life happens and in spite of my desire and plans, when the day arrived I was unable to partici-

pate in the event.

Okay, water under the bridge...Jim, when is the next fox hunt!!

I look forward to seeing everyone at the April meeting.

Best regards,

Harry K2ATX

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Al Arrison, KB2AYU, (with Merrill Brown,

WK2G) picking up the antennas in New Paltz,

NY (about 80 miles north of NYC)

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Welcome New Club Members:

Virginia Macrie, KA2ZZA, (a returning member 1986-1997), who has an Advanced Class license and

lives in Hammonton, NJ.

Mario Tagliaferri, KD2JKY, who has a Technician Class license and lives in Blackwood, NJ.

Ron Hermann, KC3FRE, who has a General Class license and lives in Warminster, PA.

We are glad to have you as members of the Club and hope to see you regularly at Club events, activities,

and meetings.

Tech Saturday Forum : April 8, 2017 By John Zaruba Jr, K2ZA 0900 to 1200 Hours

The discussion theme for this month is:

Antennas : Design, Construction, Analysis, and Testing +++

Open Discussion

Do you have a home-brewed antenna that you would like to have analyzed?

What is the resonate frequency of that antenna you just built?

Would you like to learn how to design and construct your own antenna?

Come on out to this Tech Saturday, bring your antenna and have it tested.

The Discussion Theme is a QSO starting point - a way to initiate a conversation. All Tech Saturday Fo-

rums are an open QSO of all subjects of Amateur Radio interest. All questions are welcome as well as a

venue for members to show off their latest ham radio projects or gadgets.

All are welcome - hams and non-hams, Club members and non-Club members. Take a guided tour of our

Clubhouse. View our HF and VHF/UHF Operation Facilities and our vast antenna farm.

The Tech Saturday Forum is held on the Saturday after the Monthly Wednesday Night General Member-

ship Meeting. For more information, go to www.w2mmd.org on the Tech Saturday Forum page.

April 5, 2017 General Membership Meeting

Jim Fisher, AJ3DI

Linux in the Ham Shack

www.aj3di.com

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NG3K Announce DX Operations : www.ng3k.com/Misc/adxo.html

Best Down Jersey DX Picks

By Bill Grim, W0MHK

Best Down Jersey DX Picks will be on hiatus while its author recovers from sur-

gery. Please click the link below to view the Announced DX Operations.

Dues Are Due! Deadline is April 5, 2017

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Southern New Jersey Section Manager’s Report :

February 2017 By Skip Arey, N2EI

Our Section currently has 1,244 Full Members and 30 Associate Members

I am very excited to announce that the ARRL Executive Committee has approved the holding of an ARRL

approved New Jersey State Convention on September 10, 2017 in Mullica Hill, NJ under the sponsorship

of the Gloucester County Amateur Radio Club. As most of you know, the GCARC Hamfest has been

growing and their venue is ideal. This is a great honor for our Section. It is my hope that all Section Clubs

and individual hams will give their full support to this premier event.

The Section ECs and ASMs had a very successful meeting at Cooper Hospital MCC. Planning and coordi-

nation of operations within our Section are in good hands.

Jack WA2RHJ will be teaching a Technician Level class on April 1 - 2, 2017 at the Tabernacle Emer-

gency Services Building on New Road in Tabernacle. The class will be primarily taught on Saturday (all

day), with a review Sunday morning followed by a VE session Sunday afternoon. Contact Jack for more

information or to enroll at jpgordon <at> comcast <dot> net

The Audubon Amateur Radio Club will be offering a Tech Course Friday Evening March 31st from 7 pm

to 10 pm, Saturday, April 1st 9 am to 5 pm and Sunday, April 2nd 9 am to 12-noon review followed by

testing. The class will be help at the Audubon Senior Center, 239 Oakland Avenue, Audubon NJ 08106.

Registration is available by going to: www.k2aud.org and clicking on the upcoming classes tab. Walk in's

are welcome, but we do request they pre-register if possible.

The Field Day 2017 packet now is available from the ARRL website. Field Day

2017 is June 24-25 always the fourth full weekend in June. There have been no

significant rule changes from 2016. The Field Day packet contains everything you

or your club will need to succeed in June, including explanations, FAQs, articles

from experts, and even a log page template, if you log on paper for FD. For more

information on Field Day, contact the ARRL Contest Branch.

www.arrl.org/files/file/Field-Day/2017/2017_Field_Day_Packet

I have been asked to be the Keynote Speaker at this year’s Winter SWL Fest Banquet. The 30th Annual

North American Shortwave Association Winter SWL Fest will take place March 2-4 in Plymouth Meet-

ing, Pennsylvania, just north of Philadelphia. The Winter SWL Fest is a conference of radio hobbyists of

all stripes. Enthusiasts of everything from HF broadcasting, AM band broadcasting, VLF, scanning, satel-

lite TV, and pirate broadcasting are welcome. If you are interested in attending please go to:

www.swlfest.com for more details.

We are still awaiting action by the Senate in response to The Amateur Radio Parity Act of 2017. I will

post additional details as they become available.

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New Hams in our Section for this month:

Robert E Blaylock, KD2MOS (now a General)

James P Kelley, KD2MOR (now an Extra)

William Z Fisher, KD2MPC

Matthew C Klemic, KD2MOT (now a General)

73 de SKIP N2EI

ARRL Southern New Jersey Section

Section Manager: T J Arey, N2EI

n2ei <at> arrl <dot> org

Facebook Page: www.facebook.com/ARRL-Southern-New-Jersey-Section-for-Ham-Radio

License Upgrades in our Section for this month:

James K Bruynell, KD2MQS to General

Ira G Hosid, N2WAA to Extra

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Southern New Jersey Section ARES Report : January 2017 By Tony Otlowski, W2WCC

Total number of ARES members: 260

Change since last month (+, -, same): 0

Number of DECs/ECs reporting this month: 8

Number of ARES nets active:

Number of nets with NTS liaison:

Calls of DECs/ECs reporting: N2MHO

WJ3P

N2CSA

KC2ZOM

WX2NJ

KE2ES

N2SRQ

KC2GNQ

Number of drills, tests and training sessions this month: 26

Person hours: 107.1

Number of public service events this month: 8

Person hours: 5

Number of emergency operations this month: 0

Person Hours: 0

Total number of ARES operations this month: 34

Total Person hours: 112.1

Comments:

Submitted by: Tony Otlowski, W2WCC SNJ EC

ARRL Southern New Jersey Section

Section Manager: T J Arey, N2EI

n2ei <at> arrl <dot> org

Our General Membership Meetings are broadcast live on Periscope.TV

If you have an Android or iOS device, go to the app store and download the Periscope application. It is free.

If you don’t have a device, any PC with a modern web browser should let you view it. Go to

www.periscope.tv. Using the search function, search for W2MMD_MMDDYYYY, where MMDDYYYY

is the month , day, and year of the meeting. April’s meeting will be W2MMD_04052017.

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Interesting Ham Radio Podcasts By John Zaruba, K2ZA

If you are not familiar with the term, podcasts are downloadable audio files that

you can listen to on your smart phone, tablet, or computer. The term was origi-

nally coined in the early 2000s by joining the words "iPod" (the first commer-

cially successful MP3 player) and "broadcast". When you lead a busy life, pod-

casts present an opportunity to keep up with interesting subject matter while

attending to other chores like walking the dog, exercising, washing the car, etc.

If you have a commute that takes significant time, podcasts are a great way to

make that time go quickly. I listen to A LOT of podcasts, many hours worth every week (audio files com-

press very nicely), addressing a dizzying number of subjects. In both the Android and Apple iOS ecosys-

tems there are several "podcatcher" apps that allow you to subscribe to a show and automatically

download new content as it becomes available. The apps also help with content management; for example,

what to do with a show after you've finished listening to it. Overcast (iOS) is my app of choice and it is set

to delete the episode when I'm done, saving space on the phone. Most podcasts have "show notes" web

pages where you can find web links to topics or items discussed on the show. Overcast embeds the show

notes right in the app to make follow up extremely easy.

Here are a few ham radio podcasts I find interesting, perhaps you will too:

ARRL The Doctor is In: www.arrl.org/doctor. With Joe Hallas W1ZR and Steve Ford WB8IMY. A

short 20-30 minute podcast produced every two weeks or so by the ARRL, covering a wide array of tech-

nical topics in amateur radio. Very high production value, tightly scripted, highly educational. 5 out of 5

rating, especially for the new ham but those of us that have been in the hobby a while will learn things as

well.

Ham Radio 360: www.hamradio360.com/index.php/category/podcast. With Cale Nelson K4CDN and

interview guest. While a relatively new ham, Cale had a previous career in FM broadcasting and it shows.

Very high production value, by which I mean great sounding audio, tasteful intro and outro music, and

minimal advertising interruptions. This podcast has only been in its current form a little over a year and

was previously the FOTime Podcast. After some listener feedback Cale took the show from just recording

some friends discussing amateur radio topics to a commercial quality endeavor. Cale is a great interviewer

and makes subjects that aren't necessarily my "thing" interesting to listen to. 5 out of 5 stars, look forward

to this one every other week.

Ham Radio 360 Workbench: www.hamradio360.com/index.php/workbench. With George Zafiropou-

lous KJ6VU and Jeremy Kolonay KF7IJZ. George and Jeremy started out as co-hosts with Cale Nelson

K4CDN on the Ham Radio 360 show but now have spun off into a new show focused on the building/

making aspects of ham radio. To be honest, it took a show or two for George and Jeremy to gel as a team

but they are working great now. Lots of good technical content that is easily accessible to almost any ham

without being too basic. The show just completed an Antenna Analyzer build project and are in the midst

of designing a DC power management accessory. Workbench is released on opposite Tuesdays from the

main 360 podcast, so there is fresh content very week. This is an up and coming show, don't miss a minute

of it!

Ham Radio 360 Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/HamRadio360

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QSO Today Podcast: www.qsotoday.com. With Eric Guth 4Z1UG and interview guest. Eric is another

talented interviewer and his guests comprise the entire spectrum of ham interests. Contesting, DXing,

homebrew, QRP, VHF, moon bounce, you name it, Eric has interviewed at least one of the leading lights

in the hobby on any particular subject. His guests are a diverse mix of amateurs from all over the globe

and the interview is always a deep dive. High quality production, excellent content.

QSO Today Podcast Facebook Page : https://www.facebook.com/groups/750970178292446/

ICQ Podcast: www.icqpodcast.com. With Martin M1MRB/W9ICQ and Colin Butler M6BOY along

with rotating cast of co-hosts discuss general ham radio topics with a distinctly British flavor. The first

half of the show is a round table news and current events discussion followed by topical monologue with

Martin. It's a very general interest program recommended for newer hams or someone that wants to hear

more of amateur radio from a European perspective. Good production value and content, produced fort-

nightly.

ICQ Podcast Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/ICQPodcast

The Soldersmoke Podcast: www.soldersmoke.blogspot.com. With Bill Meara N2CQR and Pete Juliano

N6QW. Soldersmoke is the granddaddy of ham radio podcasts in continuous production for almost 10

years. The show has gone through several iterations starting with Bill and Mike KL7R (SK) from Juneau,

AK talking about QRP operating and home construction. Bill is a diplomat for the US State Department

and during the early years of the podcast we follow his exploits with his family starting in London and

later moving to Rome. The podcast was an outgrowth of their Skype conversations that Mike posted on the

internet for anyone that was interested. Almost as interesting as the homebrew and QRP discussion were

Bill's "travelogue" segments, seeing the DX side of ham radio from an American ham's perspective. At

one point the podcast went silent for several months after Mike was killed in a car accident while on vaca-

tion in Hawaii. After a time Bill took up the podcast again as a monologue and Soldersmoke morphed into

a more radio talk show format while still focusing on homebrew electronics, QRP, some amateur astron-

omy and travelogue thrown in. The third turning of the show occurred after Bill and family returned to the

US, settling in Northern Virginia. The episodes got a little intermittent for a while, then Bill started doing

interviews as part of the show. In late 2015 and early 2016 he had an excellent series with Peter Parker

VK3YE (check out Peter's YouTube channel if you like homebrew electronics and portable operating from

'Straya mate: https://www.youtube.com/user/vk3ye)

About a year ago Bill found a new regular co-host, Pete Juliano N6QW. Pete is an inveterate home

brewer, but surprisingly not big on CW so the podcast has taken a bit of a turn to SSB and higher power

construction projects. Bill and Pete have a super personality chemistry kind of like the ham radio version

of the NPR classic Car Talk. Highly, highly recommended, even if you don't build radios. Produced ap-

proximately monthly.

Soldersmoke Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/groups/91533460556/

On the podcast you may hear an occasional reference to the K2ZA Memorial DX-100; after my Dad

passed away I was finding homes for equipment that I just didn't have room for. On one of the episodes

around that time, Bill was lamenting the loss of his beloved Heathkit DX-100 transmitter, from his youth,

that had been "disposed of" by his parents while he was in the Army. I contacted Bill and offered my

Dad's DX-100 to him and made arrangements to deliver it to the "wilds of Northern Virginia". Bill and his

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Sunday, March 19, 2017 @ 1300 Hours

Spring Has Sprung? - Fox Hunt X

family are some of the most lovely and gracious people I've ever met, they made the delivery a real special

occasion.

So this was just a review of ham radio oriented podcasts that I subscribe to, I hope you find them interest-

ing and enjoyable as well. 73 de John K2ZA

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Teams in order of finish:

1. Jim Wright N2GXJ / Matt Rainey N2EEE

2. Phil Nunzio WA3RGY / Jeff Garth KC2WCS

3. Bruce Canino KD2LBU / Missy

4. Gary Hewitt W2WHV

More pictures on the website

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Jennifer Robinson, KD2EYR

Greetings from Texas!

Just wanted to send my “hellos” and let you know that I have been able to work the air

since arriving. I joined the Harris County ARES (www.harriscountyares.org) group here

in Tomball, TX. We get together weekly for lunch (they meet every day, I just meet them

on Fridays!) to discuss radio, any station issues and to make decisions about which public

service events in and around Houston we are going to work. We hold a weekly net on area repeaters and

support the Tomball Regional Medical Center for disasters and training.

We started the year with the Chevron Houston Marathon (see photo on page 13). The marathon is always

held the second weekend in January. The Houston Marathon & Half Marathon is sponsored by Chevron

and Aramco and draws about 25,000 runners and a couple hundred thousand spectators. The COMMS

group works in much the same way as the Bike to the Bay does. We man the water stations, SAG vans and

the Command Center. Since we were mostly on foot, I used a Baofeng BF-F8HP (Baofeng is HUGE

around this area). Myself and another HAM was stationed at a water break with a sponsoring company at

the half way point. My job was to report the lead male and female runners, the lead wheelchair and the tail

(or last runner). My partnering HAM (see photo below) was to monitor the medical station and report any

medical emergencies, although the EMS were on bikes riding throughout the whole race to assist. We

were on station by 6:00 am and finished with the last runner about noon.

We worked the County CERT Rodeo in February and have a BOGO Bike Race scheduled for March. I am

looking forward to the end of April when we will be setting up COMMS for the BPMS150 Bike Race

(Houston to Austin). I am glad to be able to continue to support the MS Bike Race while here and hope

that we have a good turnout. I always hope for good weather as the weather in Texas changes frequently

and without notice! In the mornings it could be 50 degrees and 80 by noon!

I will be attending Dayton Hamvention in May, so I hope to be able to meet up and visit if you are attend-

ing. I think of the club often and enjoy keeping up with you in the Crosstalk.

‘73 Jennifer

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A Crisper View of the Future By Jim Wright, N2GXJ

I was looking in the refrigerator for something to eat, and

found some old shriveled up fruit in the crisper. Yuk! It

got me thinking about Crispr. Something I’ve only heard

about recently. I’m pretty sure you’re familiar with the crisper in your

refrigerator. But are you familiar with Crispr? No, that is not a mis-

spelling (though it is pronounced the same). Would it be over-stated

to say this technology could be more life changing than autonomous

cars? (see January 2017 Crosstalk for that article). Read on, please!

A crisper is a drawer you can find in your refrigerator. A crisper of-

fers a more humid place to store food than in the rest of the interior. It comes with a sliding humidity ad-

justment that ranges from High to Low, or Vegetables (high humidity) to Fruit (low humidity), to reveal or

block air holes that let moisture and ethylene gas to escape from the drawer.

If you are lucky enough to have two crisper drawers in your refrigerator, generally in the high humidity

drawer is where you want to keep your vegetables, and in the low humidity drawer you want to keep your

fruits - but you cooks out there will recognize there are a few tricky exceptions. It turns out watermelon,

unripe (green) bananas, and strawberries should actually be kept in the high humidity drawer (which is the

vegetable drawer) to prolong their life. Ripe bananas and most other fruit belong in the low humidity

drawer, the fruit drawer, as expected. It’s about separating the ethylene emitting fruits from the ethylene

sensitive veggies. Crispers save you money by letting your fresh fruits and vegetables last longer. They

work best when they’re mostly full, but, of course, won’t save you money if you’re not going to eat what’s

in the crisper within a reasonable amount of time. Such is the case with the fruit I found in mine, which

got tossed anyway!

But there’s another Crispr. This one I just heard about again in the news because of a court battle on who

owns the patent rights to it. If you’ve read other articles for Crosstalk from me, you’d know that I wasn’t

dedicating an article to a refrigerator shelf. I just wanted to start with something familiar; prolonging the

shelf life of food items by using a Crisper, to introduce a tool called Crispr that can also be used for pro-

longing the shelf life of food items, but can also do so much more. And you might not have heard of it.

That is about to change.

So, what is Crispr? How about calling it a breakthrough technology that is already changing life on Earth

as we know it. Still too dramatic?….And you thought this was going to be an article about refrigerators.

Read on.

Just about ten years ago, a yogurt company found their bacteria was using an unexpected defense mecha-

nism to fight off viruses. Experimental work by several groups studying DNA were able to explain this

behavior when they found Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats (CRISPR) in

DNA can be followed by short segments of spacer DNA from previous exposures to foreign DNA they

call CAS (CRISPR-Associated System) genes. When I read that at first, I did not understand it either. Ba-

sically, they found that it is though these CAS that previous exposures to a virus can result in a form of

acquired immunity. A scientific paper was published in March 2007, (ref: www.science.sciencemag.org/

content/315/5819/1709.full?rss=1). Researching a bit, I see that the story was picked up by Reuters

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(www.reuters.com/article/us-bacteria-cheese-idUSN2237813120070323), but was simply described as

good for making cheese. That kind of missed the big picture. The true implication of this discovery might

have been lost on the media and the general public at the time. At least, I don’t remember having heard

about it then. Do you remember hearing about this then?

The science then goes off the

charts for me. What started with

a yogurt discovery has led to a

technique that today enables sci-

entists to edit genomes relatively

easily. Again, with the stuff I am

reading about but don’t claim to

understand, apparently a syn-

thetic Ribonucleic Acid (RNA)

is used in conjunction with

something called Cas9 (CRISPR

Associated Protein 9) to cut a

cell’s genome in a desired loca-

tion, allowing existing genes to

be removed, and new ones

added. Obvious, right? Hardly.

What I do see, however, is that

the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), an international non-profit with the

stated goals of promoting cooperation among scientists, defending scientific freedom, encouraging scien-

tific responsibility, and supporting scientific education and science outreach for the betterment of all hu-

manity, announced the use of CRISPR/Cas9-gRNA for genome editing as their pick for breakthrough of

the year in 2015 (ref: www.sciencemag.org/news/2015/12/and-science-s-breakthrough-year). That was

two years ago. Ok, now curious, I wanted to know more. And why it was in the news again last week.

I found that three years ago, patents were filed by a team from UC Berkeley, and shortly after that, patents

were filed by the Broad Institute based at MIT. The Broad Institute got their patents granted first. The

Berkeley group claimed interference, and that they deserve the patent.

This bring us up to 2017. Last month (last week when I was writing this), the US Patent Trial and Appeal

Board addressed the issue and came out with a ruling (www.wired.com/2017/02/patent-decision-crispr-

gene-editing-favors-mit/). The summary, as described in that article, is that Berkeley will get the patent

for using the system called Crispr-Cas9 in any living cell, but the Broad/MIT team gets the patent for use

in “eukaryotic” cells, which the article says basically means in plants and animals - which, of course, is

where the real money to be made is. But the technology is moving fast, and the battles over who owns

what intellectual property may continue (www.nature.com/news/why-the-crispr-patent-verdict-isn-t-

the-end-of-the-story-1.21510).

So, what’s the big deal? What’s in it for you and me?

Well, for one thing, those apples that go brown in your refrigerator’s crisper? Fix that by developing better

apples through genetic engineering. A team in China did that with tomatoes by turning off genes that con-

trol how quickly they ripen. What about protecting wheat crops and other food sources we rely on?

A Crisper View - Continued from page 14

A Crisper View - Continued on page 16

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Same thing - edit the plant genes to make them resistant to mildew, or other problems affecting plant yield.

What about things that affect people, like diabetes, autism, cancer, Alzheimer’s, and diseases like HIV?

Animal tests are already underway, with mice, and monkeys, to try and correct the genetic errors responsi-

ble for sickle-cell anemia, and there have been early efforts to study HIV using Crispr methods. With

Crispr, it is claimed that individual cancers can be studied much more effectively, so that a specific tumor

might be specifically attacked. I’m not kidding. See this reference: www.newyorker.com/

magazine/2015/11/16/the-gene-hackers.

But wait. Did you see what else was in that article just referenced? If you didn’t “click the link” to take a

look. It mentions using the technology to correct genetic flaws in human embryos. And those changes

would get passed down to their children, and their children, effectively re-writing the fundamental code of

life, with consequences for future generations that we may never be able to anticipate. What? That’s crazy

stuff. As the article says “Not since J. Robert Oppenheimer realized that the atomic bomb he built to pro-

tect the world might actually destroy it, have the scientists responsible for a discovery been so leery of us-

ing it.” A “fix” for one person, might be an “enhancement” for another. Think “super humans”

(www.wired.com/2017/02/human-embryo-editing-gets-ok-no-superbabies). The ethical questions are

real.

Crispr in labs editing out disease. Crispr outside of the lab, on the farm. Maybe even Crispr being used for

the creation of an engineered ecosystem - for example, where disease-carrying mosquitoes or ticks would

be wiped out. Malaria, a thing of the past? With Crispr technology, some are beginning to talk in those

terms (www.nature.com/news/crispr-the-disruptor-1.17673). The possibilities are mind boggling when

you being to think about them.

As Amy Maxmen wrote in the cover story “The Genesis Engine” starting on page 56 of the August 2016

edition of Wired magazine, “thanks to a new technique called Crispr, editing DNA is now as easy as cut

and paste. It could eliminate disease. It could solve world hunger. It could provide unlimited clean en-

ergy…It could really get out of hand.” As the magazine article suggests, welcome to the post-natural

world. Ready or not, evolution is about to get an upgrade!

We’ll all have to ponder that some more. For now, for me, I’m back to rummaging in the refrigerator. I

still need something to eat!

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Field Day and Scouting By Bob Applegate, K2UT Section Youth Coordinator

With Field Day approaching, it is time to reach out to a large group of potential new hams who can have a

lot of fun while doing things they need and also helping your club: Boy Scouts!

Reasons for Scouts to attend and camp at your Field Day site:

All Scouts need a certain number of nights spent camping for advancement.

During a camping trip, they can do many Scout requirements such as cooking.

Boy Scouts are required to know a number of knots…let them help erect antennas to practice

those skills.

Participation in an emergency preparedness exercise can count towards a requirement for their

Emergency Preparedness merit badge (an Eagle merit badge).

If they get on the air for at least five minutes, it will fulfill a requirement for the Radio merit

badge.

Reasons why it’s good for radio clubs to invite Scouts:

There will be a lot of potential operators for the GOTA station.

They can help with setup/teardown.

Provides an opportunity for recruiting new hams.

They may help with hospitality tent.

They’ll bring their parents out too, so it’s even more exposure.

To get started, contact your local Boy Scout troops and Cub Scout packs. Boy Scout troops can be found

by contacting the local council. A council is like an ARRL Section, but they don’t exactly overlay our sec-

tion, so there are multiple councils and you’ll need to contact the appropriate one for your Field Day site:

Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester, Salem and parts of Atlantic counties

(Garden State Council): 609-261-5850

Ocean and parts of Atlantic County (Jersey Shore Council): 609-272-6820

Mercer County (Washington Crossing Council): 215-348-7205

If you have questions or need help finding local troops, please contact me.

Bob Applegate, K2UT

Section Youth Coordinator, and a Boy Scout adult leader.

bob <at> applegate <dot> org

ARRL Southern New Jersey Section

Section Manager: T J Arey, N2EI

n2ei <at> arrl <dot> org

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300 Watts with Anan 10E @ W2MMD - March 18, 2017 By Mark Gottlieb, WA2DIY

Date Time Call Band Freq Mode Grid2 Country Comments

03/18 17:04 9K2NO 20M 14.204 SSB LL39xg Kuwait Muhammad Al Hashash

03/18 17:01 HB2T 20M 14.224 SSB JN47gn Switzerland Contest Call of HB9EE LoTW Only

03/18 16:52 YP0C 20M 14.266 SSB KN35so Romania Contest Call YO3CZW

03/18 16:24 9H2017EU 17M 18.160 SSB Malta Maltese Presidency Council of the EU

03/18 15:51 9K2K 20M 14.217 SSB LL39xg Kuwait Abdallah Bin Hamad

03/18 15:43 UA3KW 20M 14.277 SSB KO91nr Russia Vladimir A. Kovalev

03/18 15:36 IT9SSI 20M 14.295 SSB JN62ks Italy Dario Piscitello

03/18 15:23 YT0W 20M 14.209 SSB JN93ws Serbia Lazar Pavlovic

03/18 15:19 UA4S 20M 14.253 SSB LO45dv Russia Contest Call RU4SU

03/18 15:14 CV7S 15M 21.248 SSB GF25lq Uruguay Eugenio De Marino

03/18 15:07 5U5R 17M 18.145 SSB JK13am Niger Niger 2017 Expedition by Tifariti Gang

03/18 14:57 RW2F 20M 14.189 SSB KO04ft Russia Victor Loginov

03/18 14:55 UI5R 20M 14.323 SSB Russia Dmitry Ryazanov

03/18 14:51 TI2CC 15M 21.290 SSB EJ79vw Costa Rica Carlos Paez

03/18 14:33 IU4FIT 17M 18.132 SSB JN54mo Italy Armando Di Martino

03/18 14:27 V53DX 20M 14.187 SSB JG87mj Namibia Club Station

03/18 14:22 UP2L 20M 14.291 SSB MO13sc Kazakhstan Contest Call

03/18 14:03 YL2BJ 17M 18.150 SSB KO27rx Latvia Vilnis Mucenieks

03/18 13:52 RU6YK 20M 14.192 SSB LN04bo Russia Alexander N. Duvansky

03/18 13:30 IW3IBK 17M 18.133 SSB JN55vd Italy Simone Ciliesa

03/18 13:21 RV3FF 20M 14.289 SSB KO85wv Russia Andrey A. Bondarenko

03/18 12:59 TU7C 20M 14.345 SSB IJ85ce Ivory Coast DXpedition 2017 by F6KOP

Cory Sickles, WA3UVV, giving a

presentation on Digital Voice Radio

at the Uniontown Amateur Radio

Club

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Need a ride to a Club meeting, event, or activity?

Just send a message to the Club’s e-mail reflector :

GCARC <at> MAILMAN <dot> QTH <dot> NET

All members have access to this FREE service.

New and Upgraded FCC Licenses Issued per Year

FCC License Activity 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

Technician 21,316 23,974 25,621 29,223 28,504 28,927

General 9,667 10,132 9,567 10,902 11,179 10,287

Amateur Extra 3,426 3,259 3,023 3,672 3,618 3,955

Total Issued 34,409 37,365 38,211 43,797 43,301 43,169

Recent Licensing Statistics

The following report of FCC licenses issued is supplied by ARRL VEC Manager, Maria Somma, AB1FM.

Somma notes that 2016 was another outstanding year for Amateur Radio licensing. Licenses issued are

down only slightly from 2015, while 2014 was a record-setting year for new licensed issued. We continue

to see an elevated interest in obtaining an Amateur Radio license.

The total number of U.S. radio amateurs has continued to grow each year since the FCC license class re-

structure in 2007. As of December 31, 2016, the number of licensees in the FCC database is 742,787, up

from last year’s total of 735,405.

Article credit : Radio Waves - Winter 2017. The American Radio Relay League. www.arrl.org

April 26, 2017

National Administrative

Professional’s Day

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Regional Hamfests and Events

April 1 - 2, 2017 : AM Rally - Encouraging all Amateur Radio operators to try out the AM mode, 0000Z

on Saturday, April 1 to 2359Z on Sunday, April 2. It includes 160, 80, 40, 20, 15, 10, and 6 Meters. For

more information : www.amrally.com

April 22, 2017 : Sussex Amateur Radio Association - Delmarva Amateur Radio & Electronics EXPO and

the ARRL Delaware State Convention, Cheer Community Center, 20520 Sand Hill Road, Georgetown,

DE. www.radioelectronicsexpo.com

April 23, 2017 : Splitrock Amateur Radio Association Hamfest 2017, Roxbury Senior Center, Horseshoe

Lake Park, 72 Eyland Avenue, Succasunna, NJ. www.splitrockara.org

April 23, 2017 : Two Rivers Amateur Radio Club 46th Annual Hamfest/Computer Show, The Boston

Spectrum, 6001 Smithfield Street, Boston, PA. www.trarc.net

April 27, 2017 : RF Hill Amateur Radio Club Auction 2017, Old Hilltown School House, 819 Blooming

Glen Road, Blooming Glen, PA. www.rfhillarc.org

April 29, 2017 : York Hamfest Foundation 2017 York Hamfest, Elicker’s Grove Park, 511 Roth Church

Road, Spring Grove, PA. www.yorkhamfest.org

April 16, 2017 April 11, 2017

April 28, 2017

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Band Operator Mode

2 Meters Phone

CW

Digital

6 Meters Phone

CW

Digital

10 Meters Phone

CW

Digital

15 Meters Phone

CW

Digital

20 Meters Phone

Merrill Brown, WK2G CW

Jim Wright, N2GXJ Digital

40 Meters Vinnie Sallustio, N4NYY Phone

Harry Bryant, AA2WN CW

Digital

80 Meters Jim Clark, KA2OSV Phone

Darrell Neron, AB2E CW

Digital

Field Day - June 24-25, 2017 - Band Chart

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DA’s and DIT’s

Gary Reed, N2QEE, reports that the March 9, 2017 VE session had 6 candidates, with 4 new General and

2 new Technician Class licensees:

Lee Marino, N2LAM - General

Herb Dyer, KD2MQT- General

Mary Drager, N2DNF- General

Ken Paisley, N3WVV- General

Robert Keogh, KD2NEC - Technician

Harry McCormick III, KD2NEB - Technician

Congratulations to the following members :

Lee Marino, N2LAM : Upgrade to General Class

Herb Dyer, KD2MQT : Upgrade to General Class

Todd Rush, W7STR : Upgrade to Amateur Extra Class

Jim Clark, KA2OSV will start a 10 Meter Swap Meet on the second Saturday of every month @ 2000

Hours on 28.385 MHz. The first one will be on Saturday, April 8, 2017.

Ray Martin, W2RM :

For Sale: Yaesu FT-900AT and two

switching power supplies - $650.00

w2rm <at> arrl <dot> net (more information about this radio on the Swap

Meet page on the w2mmd.org website)

Gary Mirkin, WA3SVW :

TV’s newest reality star!

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It is with sadness that we report the following Silent Keys :

Thomas Cusack, KC2THO, on February 23, 2017 (current member)

Larry Scarpa, K1ON (W2CVV, WA2CVV), on March 14, 2017,

former member residing in Vermont.

DA’s and DIT’s

John Zaruba, K2ZA, reports: On the afternoon of March 24, 2017, the Glassboro D-STAR repeater

(KC2TXX) will be going offline for a configuration change.

The site will becoming back up as a Yaesu System Fusion repeater operating in Digital Only mode to

evaluate system RF and networking performance for a period of not less than 30 days (unless there are se-

vere operational issues) and will be linked to a system in the Atlantic City area.

There is considerable D-STAR coverage overlap in Gloucester County, KC2TXB in Bridgeton for the

eastern part, K2EOC for the north and northwest portions, and NJ2SC for the south and south west por-

tions of the county. These other resources should be able to handle typical system loads.

After the testing period the results and future direction will be discussed within the MCC AUXCOMM

group and among interested stakeholders.

Debbie, the widow of Tom Cusack, KC2THO, has donated Tom’s Kenwood TS-480 to the club.

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South Carolina QSO Party

February 25, 2017

Call: N2CQ

Operator (s) : N2CQ

Station: N2CQ

Class: Single Op FixedMixed LP

QTH: SNJ

Operating Time (hrs):

Location: Out of State/Province

Summary: Compare Scores

Bands CWQs PhQs DigQs

--------------------------------------------------------------------------

160:

80:

40: 29 14 0

20:

15:

10:

6:

--------------------------------------------------------------------------

Total: 29 14 0 Mults: 35

Total Score: 3,560

Club: Frankford Radio Club

Comments:

North Carolina QSO Party

February 26, 2017

Call: WB2P

Operator (s) : WB2P

Station: W2MMD

Class: SO SSB LP

QTH: NJ

Operating Time (hrs): 08:34

Location: Out of State/Province

Summary: Compare Scores

Bands CWQs PhQs DigQs

--------------------------------------------------------------------------

160:

80: 15

40: 133

20:

15:

10:

6:

--------------------------------------------------------------------------

Total: 148 0 Mults: 74

Total Score: 21,904

Club: Frankford Radio Club

Comments: Final score listed does not include bonus points.

40M was very loud all day. One of my favorite State QSO

Parties. Very friendly contest.

ARRL DX Contest, SSB

March 4, 2017

Call: WB2P

Operator (s) : WA2TML WB2P

Station: W2YC

Class: M/2 HP

QTH: SNJ

Operating Time (hrs): 28:40

Location: USA

Summary: Compare Scores

Bands QSOs Mults

--------------------------------------------------------------------------

160: 34 26

80: 138 61

40: 196 76

20: 498 93

15: 172 59

10: 79 24

6:

--------------------------------------------------------------------------

Total: 1117 339

Total Score: 1,135,989

Club: Frankford Radio Club

Comments:

Wisconsin QSO Party

March 12, 2017

Call: N2CQ

Operator (s) : N2CQ

Station: N2CQ

Class: SO Fixed LP

QTH: SNJ

Operating Time (hrs): 6

Location: Out of State/Province

Summary: Compare Scores

Bands CW-Dig Qs PH Qs

--------------------------------------------------------------------------

160:

80: 29 1

40: 31 15

20:

15:

10:

6:

--------------------------------------------------------------------------

Total: 60 16 Mults: 40

Total Score: 8,130.0

Club: Frankford Radio Club

Comments:

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ARRL DX Contest, SSB

March 4, 2017

Call: AB2E

Operator (s) : AB2E

Station: AB2E

Class: SO Unlimited HP

QTH: NJ

Operating Time (hrs): 10

Location: USA

Summary: Compare Scores

Bands QSOs Mults

--------------------------------------------------------------------------

160: 30 23

80: 91 54

40: 96 54

20: 113 57

15: 70 34

10: 25 15

--------------------------------------------------------------------------

Total: 425 236

Total Score: 300,900

Club: Frankford Radio Club

Comments: Rig: IC-7800/ SPE Expert 1.3K-FA

Antennas:

160M Inverted L

80M Inverted L

40M Delta Loop

10-20M G5RV

Condx terrible, did well on low bands, could work everything

I could hear. Caught a short 10M opening on Saturday late

morning.

73 and CW in WPX!

Darrell AB2E

Louisiana QSO Party

March 18, 2017

Call: N2CQ

Operator (s) : N2CQ

Station: N2CQ

Class: SO Mixed LP

QTH: SNJ

Operating Time (hrs): 7

Location: Out of State/Province

Summary: Compare Scores

Bands CW-Dig QS Ph Qs CW-Dig Mults Ph Mults

--------------------------------------------------------------------------

160:

80:

40: 12 0 12 0

20: 19 9 17 8

15:

10:

6:

--------------------------------------------------------------------------

Total: 31 9 29 8

Total Score: 5,354

Club: Frankford Radio Club

Comments: Thanks for the great No5W/M and KK4TE/R for

the great activity. They kept me there! Ken N2CQ

Carver Washburn, W2TFM, Region 2

Director of Army MARS, giving his

MARS presentation at the March 1,

2017 General Membership Meeting

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Element 3 General Class License Question Quiz

Questions from the Element 3 General Class License Question Pool. This will be regular feature to help

Technicians upgrade to General Class. Answers on ‘Last Page Calendar’.

This month we continue with Subelement G2: Operating Procedures

G2A11

What does the expression "CQ DX" usually indicate?

A. A general call for any station

B. The caller is listening for a station in Germany

C. The caller is looking for any station outside their own country

D. A distress call

G2B01

Which of the following is true concerning access to frequencies in non-emergency situations?

A. Nets always have priority

B. QSOs in progress always have priority

C. Except during FCC declared emergencies, no one has priority access to frequencies

D. Contest operations must always yield to non-contest use of frequencies

G2B02

What is the first thing you should do if you are communicating with another amateur station and hear a

station in distress break in?

A. Continue your communication because you were on the frequency first

B. Acknowledge the station in distress and determine what assistance may be needed

C. Change to a different frequency

D. Immediately cease all transmissions

G2B03

If propagation changes during your contact and you notice increasing interference from other activity on

the same frequency, what should you do?

A. Tell the interfering stations to change frequency

B. Report the interference to your local Amateur Auxiliary Coordinator

C. As a common courtesy, move your contact to another frequency

D. Increase power to overcome interference

G2B04

When selecting a CW transmitting frequency, what minimum separation should be used to minimize inter-

ference to stations on adjacent frequencies?

A. 5 to 50 Hz

B. 150 to 500 Hz

C. 1 to 3 kHz

D. 3 to 6 kHz

General Class Quiz - Continued on page 27

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ARRL Ham Radio License Exam Practice Website www.arrlexamreview.appspot.com

G2B05

What is the customary minimum frequency separation between SSB signals under normal conditions?

A. Between 150 and 500 Hz

B. Approximately 3 kHz

C. Approximately 6 kHz

D. Approximately 10 kHz

G2B06

What is a practical way to avoid harmful interference on an apparently clear frequency before calling CQ

on CW or phone?

A. Send "QRL?" on CW, followed by your call sign; or, if using phone, ask if the frequency is in use, fol-

lowed by your call sign

B. Listen for 2 minutes before calling CQ

C. Send the letter "V" in Morse code several times and listen for a response or say "test" several times and

listen for a response

D. Send "QSY" on CW or if using phone, announce "the frequency is in use", then give your call and lis-

ten for a response

G2B07

Which of the following complies with good amateur practice when choosing a frequency on which to initi-

ate a call?

A. Check to see if the channel is assigned to another station

B. Identify your station by transmitting your call sign at least 3 times

C. Follow the voluntary band plan for the operating mode you intend to use

D. All of these choices are correct

G2B08

What is the "DX window" in a voluntary band plan?

A. A portion of the band that should not be used for contacts between stations within the 48 contiguous

United States

B. An FCC rule that prohibits contacts between stations within the United States and possessions in that

portion of the band

C. An FCC rule that allows only digital contacts in that portion of the band

D. A portion of the band that has been voluntarily set aside for digital contacts only

G2B09

Who may be the control operator of an amateur station transmitting in RACES to assist relief operations

during a disaster?

A. Only a person holding an FCC issued amateur operator license

B. Only a RACES net control operator

C. A person holding an FCC issued amateur operator license or an appropriate government official

D. Any control operator when normal communication systems are operational

General Class Quiz - Continued from page 26

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County, State Location Callsign/Club Frequency Off-Set PL Tone

Atlantic County, NJ West Atlantic City W2HRW/SPARC 443.250 MHz Plus 146.2 Hz

Burlington County, NJ Medford K2AA/SJRA 145.290 MHz Minus 91.5 Hz

Camden County, NJ Blue Anchor KB2AYS 445.125 MHz Minus 91.5 Hz

Camden County, NJ Cherry Hill NJ2CH 145.370 MHz Minus 91.5 Hz

Camden County, NJ Cherry Hill K3RJC/HARC 444.900 MHz Plus 131.8 Hz

Camden County, NJ Cherry Hill KB2UMJ 446.375 MHz Minus 91.5 Hz

Camden County, NJ Gloucester City NJ2GC 447.775 MHz Minus 146.2 Hz

Camden County, NJ Runnemede WA2WUN 147.225 MHz Plus 192.8 Hz

Cape May County, NJ Wildwood WA2WUN 146.670 MHz Minus 167.9 Hz

Cumberland County, NJ Millville K2MFW/KB2OLT 447.875 MHz Minus 88.5 Hz

Ocean County, NJ Manchester WA2RES/OCARES 145.170 MHz Minus 131.8 Hz

Ocean County, NJ Toms River NJ2AR/JSARS 448.625 MHz Minus 141.3 Hz

Salem County, NJ Pennsville N2KEJ/SCRA 146.625 MHz Minus 131.8 Hz

Bucks County, PA Hilltown K3DN/WARC 443.950 MHz Plus 131.8 Hz

Bucks County, PA Sellersville W3AI/RFHARC 444.750 MHz Plus 103.5 Hz

Bucks County, PA Southampton W3SK/PWA 146.790 MHz Minus 131.8 Hz

Bucks County, PA Southampton W3SK/PWA 448.225 MHz Minus 131.8 Hz

Chester County, PA Jennersville N3SLC/SLRC 145.250 MHz Minus 114.8 Hz

Chester County, PA Paoli WB3JOE/MARC 445.675 MHz Minus 131.8 Hz

Chester County, PA Valley Forge W3PHL/PARA 443.900 MHz Plus 131.8 Hz

Delaware County, PA Lawrence Park W3DI 447.375 MHz Minus 100.0 Hz

Montgomery County, PA Horsham K3JJO/DRC 147.165 MHz Plus 162.2 Hz

Montgomery County, PA Wyndmoor K3PDR/PDRA 447.475 MHz Minus Open

Philadelphia County, PA Philadelphia WM3PEN/HARC 146.685 MHz Minus 146.2 Hz

Philadelphia County, PA Roxborough W3QV/Phil-Mont 444.800 MHz Plus 186.2 Hz

Kent County, DE Dover KC3ARC/KCARC 146.970 MHz Minus 77.0 Hz

Kent County, DE Woodside KC3ARC/KCARC 146.910 MHz Minus 77.0 Hz

New Castle County, DE Newark W3DRA/DRA 146.700 MHz Minus 131.8 Hz

New Castle County, DE Newark W3DRA/DRA 449.025 MHz Minus 131.8 Hz

New Castle County, DE Wilmington WA3UYJ 146.955 MHz Minus 131.8 Hz

Sussex County, DE Bridgeville W3TBG/NARC 145.210 MHz Minus 156.7 Hz

Sussex County, DE Lewes W4ALT 443.550 MHz Plus 156.7 Hz

Sussex County, DE Millsboro WS3ARA/SARA 449.825 MHz Minus 156.7 Hz

Sussex County, DE Seaford N3KNT 146.715 MHz Minus 156.7 Hz

Sussex County, DE Selbyville WS3ARA/SARA 147.015 MHz Plus 156.7 Hz

Regional Yaesu System Fusion Repeaters

*New entry or update as of this issue.

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April Birthdays Congratulations to our members celebrating their

birthday this month

Ronald Block NR2B

Merrill Brown Jr WK2G

John Bunting KC2SGN

Irma Colabrese N2FNF

Norman Glenn W2GAR

Kevin Hall KD2FFZ

Thomas Litle Sr AB2YG

Jerry Marinacci KE2CK

Frank Mayer W2SDR

Raymond Metzger AI2B (President 1978)

Michael Mollet N2SRO

Philip Nunzio WA3RGY

John O’Connell K2QA

Matthew Rainey N2EEE

Miguel Ramirez KC2HMG

Kent Simmons N3BKR

Keith Waltman W2ERP

Crosstalk Submissions

This is your Club newsletter. Make use of it.

If you have stories or photos of your hobby that you would like to share with the Club, please do so!

We will keep covering all of the GCARC events, but it is also nice to get those personal perspectives to

include in every issue.

Connecting through experiences is what makes the Gloucester County Amateur Radio Club a

REAL Club.

All submissions, queries, comments and editorials should be addressed to

Jeffrey Garth, KC2WCS at jeff <dot> garth <at> comcast <dot> net.

Submission deadline for the May 2017 issue: Thursday, April 20, 2017

Club Website www.w2mmd.org

Club E-Mail Reflector: GCARC <at> Mailman <dot> QTH <dot> Net

In Memoriam

April Birthdays

Silent Keys:

Gurdon Cooper AA4N (President 1966)

Daniel Damiano KC2ELC

William King N2STQ

Leonard Kravitz KD2CR

Whitney Myers KB2ZTL

David Riker WA2KOH

Edwin Stetser Sr K2JJC

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April Contest Calendar For more information on the contests, please go to the WA7BNM Contest Calendar website:

www.hornucopia.com/contestcal

April Contest Calendar - Continued on page 31

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April Contest Calendar For more information on the contests, please go to the WA7BNM Contest Calendar website:

www.hornucopia.com/contestcal

April Contest Calendar - Continued from page 30

www.facebook.com/W2MMD twitter.com/w2mmd_gcarc

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Jeffrey Garth, KC2WCS

Laurie Love, KD2EYW

Jim Wright, N2GXJ

Darrell Neron, AB2E

Jim Clark, KA2OSV

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The W2MMD Repeaters

Output: 147.180 MHz

Input: 147.780 MHz

Offset: +600 kHz - PL: 131.8 Hz (Conventional FM plus C4FM Capability)

On-The-Air - Analog Only

Output: 442.100 MHz

Input: 447.100 MHz

Offset: +5 MHz - PL: 131.8 Hz

Temporarily Off-The-Air

Output: 1284.400 MHz

Input: 1272.400 MHz

Offset: -12.0 MHz

PL Tone: None

The above 3 repeaters are all

located in Pitman, NJ

GPS: 39.728481°, -75.131088°

Intermittent Operation

Will be replaced soon Output: 224.660 MHz

Input: 223.060 MHz

Offset: -1.6 MHz

PL Tone: 131.8 Hz

Location: Sewell, NJ

GPS: 39.781382°, -75.099963°

Meeting Calendar

General Membership Meeting

Wednesday, April 5, 2017 @ 1930 Hours

Pfeiffer Community Center

301 Blue Bell Road

(Main Street and Blue Bell Road)

Williamstown, NJ

Board of Directors Meeting

Wednesday, April 19, 2017 @ 1900 Hours

GCARC Clubhouse

Gloucester County 4-H Fairgrounds

235 Bridgeton Pike (Rt 77), Mullica Hill, NJ

SKYWARN™ Net

Sunday @ 1945: 147.180 MHz

Gloucester County ARES/RACES Net

Sunday @ 2000: 147.180 MHz

10 Meter Ragchew Net

Every Thursday @ 2000 Hours

Check-in on 28.425 MHz or 28.415 MHz

10 Meter Swap Meet Net

2nd Saturday of the Month @ 2000 Hours

Check-in on 28.385 MHz

Gloucester County Amateur Radio Club - P. O. Box 370 - Pitman, NJ 08071

April 5, 2017 Meeting

Jim Fisher, AJ3DI

Linux in the Ham Shack

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Question Pool Answers : G2A11:C; G2B01:C; G2B02:B; G2B03:C; G2B04:B; G2B05:B; G2B06:A; G2B07:C;

G2B08:A; G2B09:A

Dues deadline is

April 5, 2017