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VOLUME XXXV #1
JANUARY 2015 Q5
DOWNEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB
SERVING DOWNEY AND THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES SINCE 1951
Event Date Lead
ARC Walk 03.21.15 Norwood
Downey Street Faire TBA Savage
DARC 2015 Public Service Events
JANUARY MEETING WILL BE ON THE 8TH
Please note a change to our meeting date.
Scott Bovitz, N6MI, will be our guest speaker for our January 8
th meeting.
Holding an Extra Class license, he was first licensed in 1969 and has been very active since. He is an avid T-Hunter, contester, lawyer and composer. Scott has presented at the Downey club before, most recently in July of 2012 when he shared the story of purchasing a former news van with a 55ft mast and equipping it for Ham Radio. This time around he will present “A photo history of all-day transmitter hunting in Southern California”. Scott has participated in various types of transmitter hunts since the 1980’s. He is a member of the United States National Radiosports Team and has scored Silver Team and personal Bronze medals (1991 and 1993). This will be a great time to introduce new or non hams to our hobby and looks to be an excellent presenta-tion. See you there, Dave N6TEB
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THE DOWNEY
AMATEUR RADIO CLUB, INC.
P.O. Box 207
Downey, CA 90241
Q5 Staff
Editor
John Powell, KF6EOJ [email protected] Phone: (562) 862-4608 Alt Phone: (562) 985-8610 Assistant Editor
Rick Norwood, KD6KHJ Phone: (562) 865-5750 [email protected]
Associate Editors
John Schroeder, N6QQ Jon Olesen,KD6HXP Steve Hartranft, KI6SUF Electronic Publishing
Rick Norwood,KD6KHJ Phone: (562) 865-5750 [email protected]
Permission to copy material from the Q5 is granted provided that credit is given to the “DARC Q5”.
Q5, as in: a signal that is perfectly readable, hence the name of our newsletter. We hope you agree.
Club Officers President
Dave Glenn, N6TEB Phone: (562) 928-8560 [email protected]
First Vice President Ron Eveland, W6QM Phone: (562) 860-3623 [email protected]
VP Service Rick Norwood, KD6KHJ Phone: (562) 865-5750 [email protected] VP Membership James Nielsen, KJ6WZW Phone: [email protected] VP Programs Kent Savage, K6WCI Phone: (562) 716-6070 [email protected] VP Ways and Means Steve Hartranft, KI6SUF Phone: (562) 923-0070 [email protected] Secretary
Bill Heather, KB6WKT Phone: (562) 863-6607
[email protected] Treasurer Frank Myllo, KC6YPV Phone: (562) 860-4045 [email protected] Director (One Year) Buck Kerns, AE6DT Phone: (562) 634-8441 [email protected] Director (Two Years) Paul Metzger, K6EH
Phone: (562) 900-2217 [email protected]
Trustee, W6TOI
Bill Heather, KB6WKT Phone: (562) 863-6607
Looking for an Elmer?
Here are a few resources that can get you going: Bill Heather, KB6WKT, 562 863-6607 [email protected], Helping Hams, Contesting Ivan Mikulich, KB6ATT, 562 862-4592 [email protected], Helping Hams, Field Trips Glenn Allen, KE6HPZ, 562 928-2080 [email protected], Microwave Harold ‘Buck’ Kerns, AE6DT, 562 634-8441 [email protected], Public Service John Schroeder, N6QQ, 562 404-1112 [email protected], Contesting, DXing, DXCC and WAS Card Checker, QSL cards for CQ WAZ and WPX awards.
When and where we meet:
We normally meet the first Thursday of each month at 1930 hrs in room 120 of
the First Baptist Church in Downey. The church is between 2nd and 3rd
streets, near City Hall, address is 8348 E. 3rd St. Use 2nd St, east from
Downey Ave (1 block north of Firestone Bl), adjacent to City Hall. Entrance via
double glass doors on the north side of 2nd St.
Swap Meet Information:
CHHS Electronics Swap Meet
Chino Hills High School
16150 Pomona Rincon Rd
Chino Hills, CA
Held the third Saturday of each month, 06:30 to 11:30 AM
W6TRW Swap Meet
Northrop Grumman Parking Lot
Corner of Marine and Aviation
Manhattan Beach, CA
Held the last Saturday of each month, 07:00 to 11:30 AM
Affiliations:
Affiliated ARRL Club
Los Angeles Area Council of Amateur Radio Clubs
Orange County Council of Amateur Radio Organizations
Club Frequencies:
Simplex: 145.595 MHz*
440 Repeater #1: 445.640 (-) PL 156.7 Hz*
440 Repeater #2: 445.640 (-) PL 88.5 Hz
* See Calendar for Net Schedule
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Presidents Message January 2015
A new year is upon us. With it comes hope and the optimism of starting a New Year fresh.
I am encouraged that as a club we have been around for almost 65 years. This year is the first in several that we have a full slate of officers and we are busy planning a fun and active year.
As a board member we look to make several changes this year starting with plans for a license class. We will also be scheduling one activity per month for the entire year. Many months are already booked with our various public service events. For those that aren’t booked we are planning a trip to a local lighthouse, T-hunt and participating as a club in one of the many HF contests, either from the EOC or one of our member’s home stations. A Club picnic trip to the Maritime Museum or silent auction are also being considered. Please email me with your thoughts and sug-gestions for fun club activities.
We already have our guest speakers planned for the first part of the year with Scott, N6MI presenting at the January meeting about all day T-hunting, Bill from HRO will be speaking in February, March will be Gene, WB9COY talking about Yaesu’s new digital format, April has Dave, N6HD slated to speak about ARES and the rest of the year is filling in quickly.
Some of the other things we have slated for this year are:
Become more involved with emergency preparedness by reaching out to our local CERT members which includes many DARC members.
Have presentations by ARES and DCS regarding Ham opportunities. Review, document and repair as needed the Ham stations at the Police Department and EOC. Send invitations to newly licensed Hams to join in our club and activities. Keep our web page current with activities and opportunities. (Thanks Rick, KD6KHJ)
On the topic of the web page did you know you can type downeyham.com in most browsers and it will take you directly to our page? It is much easier to remember and easy to share.
Several folks have asked about the status of our repeater on Downey PIH. The current status is we are wait-ing on final approval from the Hospital to reinstall. They had to have some reverse engineering work done and improve the quality of some of the older existing antenna systems to complete their roofing project. We have been assured our installs were of acceptable quality and we are now looking at March to be back on the air from there.
I hope you had a wonderful Holiday season and look forward to seeing you at our next meeting.
73, Dave N6TEB
June Board Minutes...None Submitted
October General Meeting Minutes...None Submitted
October Board Minutes...None Submitted
December Board Minutes...None Submitted
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Minutes of the D.A.R.C Board of Directors Meeting – November 18, 2014
Dave Glenn, N6TEB, President, called the meeting to order at 1920 hrs in the Emergency Operations Center (EOC) at the Downey Fire Station #1.
Officers Attending: President: Dave Glenn, N6TEB 1
st VP: Ron Eveland, W6QM
Treasurer: Frank Myllo, KC6YPV- Absent VP Service: Rick Norwood, KD6KHJ VP Ways & Means: Steve Hartranft, KI6SUF Secretary: Bill Heather, KB6WKT-Absent Director 2 Years: Kent Savage, K6WCI, (Proposed Paul Metzger. K6EH) Director 1 Year: Buck Kerns, AE6DT-Absent VP Membership: James Nielsen, KJ6WZW VP Programs: Open (Proposed Kent Savage, K6WCI)
Agenda Topics:
1. Luncheon: A discussion followed, and everyone thought it went very well this year. The only issue raised was that we needed more desserts. 2. Tour de Sewer Debrief: Rick reported that next year the event is proposed to be held on the 3d weekend in October. He also suggested that new positions be manned on the route next year. 3. Hamcon,Update: No report since Bill Heather was absent. 4. License Classes: No meeting was held last month because of work interference. James Nielsen will schedule new meeting. 5. Planning Calendar for Christmas Parade, Rose Float Escort, and EOC Reservations: Kent Savage report-ed that a well trained staff was available for these events. He also said that he would contact Buck Kerns on who to contact on Rose Parade Float. 6. Guest Speaker For December: None, it will be our yearly Christmas Party where everyone is encouraged to bring their favorite food item to share. 7. Hospital Repeater Status: Kent Savage and Paul Metzger reported that the hospital had found several un-authorized antennas on their roof that had to be removed. Our club antennas were grandfathered in, so no club action would be required. 8. Downey Ham.com. see #3 above. 9. Monthly Activity Day: November local Emergency Preparedness Drill will be held. The club station at the EOC will be activated. 10. Continuity: A yearly calendar needs to be prepared.
Activity Day Suggestions: Several club activities were discussed for meetings and possible field trips to local museums. A T-Hunt may be considered if there is enough interest, and also a club auction was mentioned.
Meeting was adjourned at 2020 hrs. Ron Eveland W6QM, (substituting for Bill Heather, KB6WKT)
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General Meeting Minutes
December 4, 2014
President Dave Glenn, N6TEB, brought the meeting to order at 1930 hours with 19 people in attendance. We commenced with the Pledge of Allegiance led by Dave. Then, Dave asked each person in attendance to intro-duce themselves'.
Business:
Dave introduced a motion to completely fill our organization's Board of Directors by having Kent Savage, K6WCI, vacate his position of Director for Two Years, and accept Paul Metzger, K6EH, for this position. Next to have Kent Savage, K6WCI, to accept the position of Vice President of Programs. The motion was accepted and the vote was unanimous to accept for Paul and Kent
Kent then handed out two Certificates of Appreciation to those that were unable to attend our annual luncheon in November. One to John Powell, KF6EOJ, for Q5 Editor, and one to Paul Metzger, K6EH, for Repeater Sup-port and Maintenance..
Since this was our annual Christmas party an extended break was taken to enjoy all of the "goodies" brought for the party, We all left with a "Sugar High".
Dave Glenn then adjourned the meeting at 2035 hours.
Respectfully submitted, Ron Eveland W6QM
December VE Session
The VE session held on December 20th yielded three new Technicians and two new Generals. One of those upgrading to General was one of our newer members Allen Miller, KK6ORJ. Congratulations! Also notable was Buck Kerns, AE6DT, was able to participate as a VE! The next test session is February 21,2015.
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December “Goodies Night” Meeting
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Treasurer’s Report—Income
Treasurer’s Report— Expense
2015 (OVER)/
Nov 14 YTD ANNUAL UNDER
ACTUAL ACTUAL BUDGET BUDGET
EXPENDITURES
Repeater $287.00 $287.00 $287.00 $0.00
Club Merchandise $0.00 $0.00 $0.00
Correspondence
Printing $0.00 $0.00 $0.00
Supplies $0.00 $0.00 $0.00
Postage $31.88 $31.88 $0.00
Committees
Award $31.88 $31.88 $31.88 $0.00
Education/Awareness $0.00 $0.00 $0.00
Membership $0.00 $0.00 $0.00
Publicity & Public Relations $0.00 $0.00 $0.00
Sunshine $0.00 $0.00 $0.00
Equipment/Maintenance $0.00 $0.00 $0.00
Events
Christmas Party $0.00 $0.00 $0.00
Field Day $0.00 $0.00 $0.00
Luncheon $825.00 $825.00 $825.00 $0.00
Fund Raisers $0.00 $0.00 $0.00
Other Events $0.00 $0.00 $0.00
Insurance $0.00 $0.00 $0.00
Misc. Expenses $0.00 $0.00 $0.00
Officers' Expenses
Board Members $0.00 $0.00 $0.00
Treasurer $0.00 $0.00 $0.00
Other Organizations
Dues $0.00 $0.00 $0.00
P.O. Box Rental $0.00 $0.00 $0.00
Refreshments, Meetings $0.00 $0.00 $0.00
$0.00 $0.00 $0.00
Total Expenditures $1,143.88 $1,175.76 $1,175.76 $0.00
2014 - 2015 Nov 14 YEAR-TO-DATE ANNUAL (OVER)/UNDER
ACTUAL ACTUAL BUDGET BUDGET
INCOME
Club Merchandise $0.00 $0.00
Dues $130.00 $130.00 ($130.00)
Luncheon $675.00 $675.00 ($675.00)
Misc.Income $20.00 $20.00 ($20.00)
Fund Raisers $0.00 $0.00
Total Income $825.00 $825.00 $0.00 ($825.00)
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Treasurer’s Report— Summary
January Birthdays Frank Myers, N6ATU, 4th
Ron Eveland, W6QM, 12th
Robert Patterson, K6ZCM, 23rd
Kent Savage, K6WCI, 28th
Dave Glenn, N6TEB; Amy Savage, K6AMY; Greg
Savage, K6SVG; Kent Savage, K6WCI
DOWNEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB
TREASURER'S REPORT
Nov-14
SUMMARY
CHECKING-CHASE $5,403.91
BALANCE AS OF Oct 31, 2013
INCOME $825.00 $825.00
EXPENDITURES $1,143.88 $1,143.88
CHECKING-CHASE
BALANCE AS OF Nov 30, 2013 $5,085.03
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January 2015 DX By Mike Gauthier, K6ICS 12-14-2014
January Propagation Outlook Winter is here. It’s time for the best nighttime DX conditions of the year on 160 to 30 meters. Daytime operat-ing conditions will remain about the same as last month. 20-15 meters, should have openings with strong sig-nals. 10-12 meters will be open most days from shortly after sunrise till sunset. Monitor the 10 meter beacons (28.1-28.3MHz) to check for openings. If a band sounds dead, call CQ. You may find the band open, but no one is transmitting. Monitor the DX spotting services, such as DX Summit http://www.dxsummit.fi/DxSpots.aspx for band conditions and what DX is currently on the air. January DX ANTARCTICA, DP1POL. Felix, DL5XL is on the air as DP1POL on Neumayer III, IOTA AN-016, until the end of February 2015. Activity is on the HF bands using mainly CW, but also some SSB and RTTY. QSL via DL1ZBO. ANTARCTICA, IA/IZ2QEJ. Paolo, IZ2QEJ is operating as IA/IZ2QEJ on Concordia Base, IOTA AN-016, until February 2015. Activity is during his free time on the HF bands. QSL direct to home call after his return. BAHAMAS, C6ATS. John, KK4OYJ is on the air as C6ATS from South Bimini Island, IOTA NA-048, until April 2015. Activity is on the HF bands. QSL direct to NI5DX. BELGIUM, ON70BUTS. Members of the Radioclub of G.T.M. in Kruibeke will be operating using special event call sign ON70BUTS until January 14, 2015 to commemorate the Battle of the Bulge. QSL via ON4CFB. BENIN, TY2CD. Wynand, ZS6ARF is on the air as TY2CD until 2018. He plans to operate the HF bands us-ing CW, SSB and various digital modes. QSL direct to home call. CAPE VERDE, D44TWO. Harald, DF2WO is operating as D44TWO from Praia, Santiago Island, IOTA AF-005, until January 8, 2015. Activity is holiday style on 40 to 10 meters using CW and SSB. QSL via M0OXO. INDIA, AU1SV and AU5SV. Special event stations AU1SV and AU5SV are on the air until January 12, 2015 to celebrate the birthday of Swami Vivekananda, the first Hindu monk to speak at the Parliament of the World's Religions in 1893 in Chicago, Illinois. Activity is on 40 to 10 meters using SSB and PSK31. QSL via operators' instructions. LAOS, XW4XR. Bruce, 3W3B will be operating as XW4XR from Vientiane until January 2, 2015. Activity will be on 80 to 10 meters using CW and SSB. QSL via E21EIC. SOUTH SUDAN, Z81B. Massimo, IZ0EGB is currently on the air as Z81B from Juba. He is active on 40 to 6 meters using SSB. His length of stay is unknown. QSL to home call. SVALBARD, JW9JKA. Svein, LA9JKA will be operating as JW9JKA from Bear Island, IOTA EU-027until May 2015. In his free time he is operating the HF bands and 6 meters. In the winter season he will focus on 160 meters. QSL direct to home call. WALLIS AND FUTUNA ISLANDS, FW5JJ. Jean-Jacques, FW5JJ is operating from Wallis Island, IOTA OC-054, and expects to be here for the next two years. Activity is on the HF bands and 6 meters. He is also active using 2 meter EME. QSL direct via F5RXL. DARC Member DXCC Count N6QQ - 350 Mixed, 336 SSB, 313 CW, 252 RTTY, 8-Band DXCC, 6-Band WAS, 5-Band WAZ, 3052 WPX.
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K6ICS – 325 Mixed, 302 Phone (AM & SSB), 166 Mixed on 40 Meters. KB6ATT - 305 Mixed, 60 CW. K6TV - 257 Mixed, 240 SSB, 126 QRP, 151 CW, 30 RTTY. W6TOI - 215 Mixed, 145 Phone, 104 CW, 100 RTTY. WA6OUD - 161 Mixed, 131 Phone on 10 Meters. W3OB - 150 Mixed. KJ6YQV - 148 Mixed, 142 Mixed on 10 Meters. AE6XC – 108 Phone. K6EH - 57 on 30 Meters CW. I am interested in receiving DX reports for this column, one contact or many. e-mail: [email protected]
Ham Ad, Gear for Sale A couple of assembled (and tested) Ten-Tec “T-Kits”. The 1253, a 9 Band “Short Wave” suger-regen receiver. This kit re-ceiver is about 6” on a side, runs on internal batteries or external 12V supply. Has screw terminals for a wire antenna, or adapt it for PL-259 use. Original cost nearly $100, selling for $40.
The 1209, a 2 meter to 6 meter all mode Transverter (5W in, 8W out). Use with your 5W HT, or 2M all mode rig “dialed down” to 5W, for 8W out on 6 meters. This is a relatively inexpensive way to get on the “Magic Band” if you don’t have 6 meter gear. It comes with a long
red/black fused pigtail power cord. PL-259 in/out connectors. No tuning, one on/off switch. Original cost nearly $160, selling for $40. Both units come with the original manuals of course. Both are clean and in “near new” con-dition. Contact John Powell, KF6EOJ at 562-862-4608 or [email protected] for details.
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DARC Annual Membership
Single: $20 Associate: $10
Maximum for Family: $35
Make checks payable to “DARC”,
Send to: DARC Membership
PO Box 207
Downey, CA 90240
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DARC INFORMATION
VE Exams
The Downey Ama-teur Radio Club provides VE exami-nations for all clas-ses of Amateur Radio licenses on
the third Saturday of each even-numbered month. Exams are held at the Downey Fire Department Headquar-ters EOC rear building, 12222 Paramount Boulevard, beginning at 08:30 AM.
The upcoming dates are:
February 21, April 18
Contact Steve or Ginny Grudzinski 951-674-4699 prior to the session.
The ARRL/VEC test fee is $15.00 for all tests which goes to the ARRL to cover their expenses in providing the tests and handling the applications.
After the test session please wait 10 days before contacting the ARRL at (860) 594-0300 or http://www.qrz.com/callsign for new license information. Please do not call the FCC directly.
SERVING DOWNEY AND THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES
SINCE 1951
Downey Amateur Radio Club PO Box 207 Downey, CA 90240
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