t The next General Membership Meeting will take place on Monday,
February 25th at 7:00 pm in the Livonia at the Civic Center Library.. We
will be discussing results of our February 17th Swap ‘n Shop, along with An-
nual Election of Officers. Dues must be paid before you are eligible to
vote. t
Weekly Breakfasts take place each Saturday at Senate Coney Island,
34359 Plymouth Rd. It is just east of Stark, on the south side of Plymouth.
We begin arriving around 7:45 am. t
The LARC in the Park Program is held on the second Saturday of the
month, around 9:30 am (after breakfast). For the colder months LARC in the
Park takes place at the Livonia Police Department downstairs in the Training
Room. Members Only. You must RSVP to Bill Allen or Joe Mattia by Thurs-
day, March 7th for LITP on March 9th. The topic will be “Traffic Handling.” t
t Operators are needed for our Thursday 2-meter Net Call-Ins. You may
check out the upcoming schedule on the website at http://www.livoniaarc.com/
index.php?page=NetControl&keep_session=1770083364.
You may also contact Net Manager, Hiro, AD8AE at [email protected], or Vice-
President, Keith Maven, [email protected]. t
t THANK YOU to all members who came out to support our 49th Annual
Swap ‘n Shop on February 17th, especially Doris Kelterborn, K8DXJ, and
Gordon Scannel, KD8COJ, for their excellent organization. We appreciate all
members who came to set-up, monitor, guard, help in the kitchen and clean up
(plus any other jobs I’ve forgotten). Thank you if you attended and swapped
and shopped and sold. This is our Club’s only fundraiser, and we couldn’t be
a success without it, and all of you.
Skywarn spotter training sessions are held to train individuals on how to
accurately observe severe weather phenomena. Skywarn training presenta-
tions usually last around two hours.. At a minimum, it is asked that Skywarn
volunteers review procedures by attending a Skywarn spotter training session
every two years. The next local Skywarn training will take place on Wednes-
day, March 20, at 7:00 pm in the Livonia Civic Center Library Auditorium.
IN THIS ISSUE
Up Front 1
ARRL / D-star 2
Yacht Racing 3
Swap Photos 4-5
Shooting the Moon 6
Random Wire Lengths 7/8
Stephen Hawking 8/13
Contest 9
DX News 10
Swaps & Hamfests 11
Special Events 12
Local Nets 13
About LARC 14
FEBRUARY 2019 VOLUME XI ISSUE II
VE SESSIONS
The next VE Sessions will March 13, followed by May 8. Contact
Mike, N8MR, for more information.
IMPORTAN DATES
February 25—General Meeting
TOPIC: Elections & Swap
Wrapt
March 9—LARC in the Park.
Livonia PD Training Room.
RSVP a must. Topic: “Traffic
Handling.”t
March 11—Board Meetingt
March 13—VE Sessiont
March 20—Skywarn Trainingt
March 25—General Meeting
TOPIC: Intro to Contesting
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THE REPEATER PAGE 2 FEBRUARY 2019
ARRL BOARD OF DIRECTORS STATEMENT
At its annual meeting January 18 - 19, the ARRL
Board of Directors decided that the organization needs
to "review, re-examine, and reappraise ARRL's regula-
tory and legislative policy with regard to private land
use restrictions."
In order to effectively undertake such a review, the
Board adopted a resolution to withdraw its December
18 Petition for Rule Making to the FCC, which sought
to amend the Part 97 Amateur Service rules to incorpo-
rate the provisions of the Amateur Radio Parity Act
(ARPA), without prejudice to refiling. The resolution
also is asking members of Congress who had refiled
legislation to enact the Amateur Radio Parity Act
(ARPA) to refrain from seeking to advance that legisla-
tion pending further input from ARRL.
Board members noted that ARRL has been pursuing
adoption of the ARPA for the past several years, and
that objective has not yet been achieved. While every-
one understands that getting Congressional approval
on any matter can be a lengthy process, the difficulties
getting the ARPA approved has been a source of frus-
tration to the organization and its members. A majority
of the Board now believes that there is a need to reas-
sess the organization's approach to this issue.
The Board wants to make
clear to its members, and to
those whose policies and con-
duct prevent or impair the
right of US Amateur Radio
operators to operate from
their homes, that this pause
is not, and should not be in-
terpreted as an abandonment
of its efforts to obtain relief
from private land-use re-
strictions. The Board noted that its intent is "to renew,
continue and strengthen the ARRL's effort to achieve
relief from such restrictions." This action represents a
chance to get the best product possible for all US Ama-
teur Radio operators.
The Board expressed its sincere appreciation to the
thousands of ARRL members who took the time to con-
tact their representatives in Congress to urge them to
support the Amateur Radio Parity Act. The Board also
offered its thanks to those members of Congress who
have consistently and continuously supported the
rights of US Amateur Radio operators.
WAYNE COUNTY D-STAR REPEATER
Wayne County finally has a D-star Repeater!! On Monday, January28, the new repeater
went on the air with the call sign of W8DTW. The default reflector is 24C, but that reflector
can be unlinked and desired reflector linked. It has been requested that the repeater be re-
turned to 24C at the end of a QSO, or after 10 minutes of inactivity, it will unlink whatever
reflector was being used and relink to 24C. The following are the operating frequencies:
W8DTW-A – 1284.400 out & 1272.400 in
W8DTW-B – 444.725 out & 449.725 in
W8DTW-C – 145.170 out & 144.570 in
W8DTW-D – 1298.400 Simplex – High Speed Data – Store and Forward
DPlus Dashboard is:
https://70.88.93.86
Registration is:
https://70.88.93.86/Dstar.do
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A story that I just became aware of—and find fasci-
nating—involves the use of amateur radio communica-
tions in the Golden Globe Race, a 30,000 mile, non-stop
solo yacht race to celebrate Sir Robin Knox-Johnston’s
historic 1968/9 world first solo non-stop circumnaviga-
tion.
Scuttlebutt Sailing News reported on January 21,
2019 (day 205 of the race):
Sailors have been making use of the Amateur Radio
net (ham radio) for decades, and while National tele-
communication authorities have often turned a deaf ear
to unlicensed operators using made-up
call signs while at sea, warnings from a
National regulator to Golden Globe
Race skippers has created intrigue into
an exciting finale for race leaders.
Modern navigation and routing tools
are restricted from use in the 2018-19
contest, limiting GGR skippers to the
type of equipment available for the in-
augural Sunday Times Golden Globe
solo non-stop round the world race in
1968-69. That includes Amateur Radio.
The skippers have been using this
free communication system to gain
weather forecasts and maintain contact
with their teams, which is allowed un-
der the Race Rules. However, it is the
responsibility of each skipper to ensure
that they abide by National and Inter-
national regulations which Jean-Luc
Van Den Heede and Mark Slats, in first
and second in the race, have not been
doing. [[Neither Van den Heede or
Slats have valid amateur radio licenses…Dan]]
Said the warning, “You use an amateur callsign and
are making connections with amateur radio operators.
The call sign letters are not registered, and thus illegal.
I ask you to stop. If you have a legal amateur callsign
then I urge you to present it.”
As a result of this warning, Slats is considering
dropping out of the race, even though the race is nearly
complete. Yachting Monthy reports:
Mark Slats, who is less than 50 miles from Golden
Globe Race leader Jean-Luc Van Den Heede, has an-
nounced he is thinking about retiring from the race af-
ter being banned from broadcasting on the Ham Radio
Net.
Race organizers said the Dutch skipper does not
have the required licence, and has been warned by the
Dutch authorities to stop broadcasting, which has left
him unable to communicate with his shore team.
Under the rules of the race, all of the entrants are
able to use this free communication system to gain
weather forecasts and maintain contact with their
teams, but, it is the responsibility of each skipper to
ensure that they abide by national and international
regulations.
It’s not only the yachters that are flouting the rules,
it’s the amateur radio operators who are communi-
cating with them. According to Yachting Monthly,
OFCOM, the UK regulator issued the
following warning:
‘Fair warning both to unregistered
GGR skippers and to legitimate Ham
radio operators communicating with
them. In Britain, the Ham Radio net is
controlled by OFCOM, which recently
revoked more than 500 licences for
non-compliance. This includes com-
municating with unregistered Ham
radio operators. The maximum penal-
ty is 6 months in prison, a £5,000 fine
and loss of their licence.’
I wish that I’d found out about this
sooner. It would be interesting to lis-
ten in on some of these communica-
tions. One question I have is why
these guys failed to obtain a valid am-
ateur radio license? The Golden Globe
Radio website notes, “[The race] will
be sailed under the auspices of the
Royal Nomuka Yacht Club in the
Kingdom of Tonga. His Royal High-
ness, Crown Prince Tupouto’a Ulukalala is Patron of
the Race.” They probably could have issued valid ama-
teur radio licenses to all the racers.
Have any of you heard the communications? Do you
know any more about the technical details?
When he's not dreaming of sailing around the world,
Dan blogs about amateur radio, writes exam study
guides (www.kb6nu.com/study-guides), and operates
CW on the HF bands. Look for him on 30m, 40m, and
80m. You can email him about your experiences with 3D
printing at [email protected].
Reprinted with permission.
AMATEUR RADIO (ILLEGALLY) AIDING YACHT RACERS BY DAN ROMANCHIK, KB6NU
One of the yachts competing in the 2018 Golden Globe Race
THE REPEATER PAGE 4 FEBRUARY 2019
49TH ANNUAL LARC SWAP ‘N SHOP
Inside & outside, our mem-
bers volunteered to make
our Swap the very best it
could be.
Thank you, All!
We especially want
to thank all our
guests—those who
bought tables and
those who came to
shop and visit.
Bill’s selfie
THE REPEATER PAGE 5 FEBRUARY 2019
49TH ANNUAL LARC SWAP ‘N SHOP
Photography by Dane Bohr
THE REPEATER PAGE 6 FEBRUARY 2019
On October 4, 1957, the Soviet Union forever
changed the course of human history, launching Sput-
nik 1 into orbit around the Earth. Sputnik 1 was the
first such artificial satellite, and being a creation of the
USSR, a disappointment for Americans. The U.S.
rushed out an attempt to get a satellite in space,
launching Vanguard TV3 on December 6 of the same
year. But just a couple of seconds after launch, and hav-
ing ascended only four feet off the ground, Vanguard
TV3 crashed, further dampening American hopes of
dominating the heavens.
Despite these setbacks, the U.S. government was
not about to accept defeat. Just over a decade later,
Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin would become the first
men — American or Soviet — to land on the moon. The
successful moon landing boosted American interest and
faith in the space program for decades.
But that took years, and before it happened, few ide-
as were off the table. The U.S. wanted to boost the mo-
rale of its citizens, and space seemed like a great way to
do that. In 1958, the year after Sputnik 1 launched
(and a few months after the U.S. got a satellite into or-
bit, in Explorer 1), the United States Air Force began
the development of something called “A Study of Lunar
Research Flights” or “Project A119.” The title was mis-
leading. The goal of Project A119 was, simply put, to
nuke the moon.
The theory behind the project was simple and, in
retrospect, ridiculous. There was little if any scientific
value to be gained from exploding a nuclear weapon on
the moon’s surface. And that wasn’t Project A119’s in-
tent anyway. The purpose of the project was to create a
flash on the moon’s surface which was so bright, it’d be
noticeable across the globe (assuming it was night time
where you were). In an interview, one of the lead physi-
cists on the project stated that it “was clear the main
aim of the proposed detonation was a PR exercise and a
show of one-upmanship. The Air Force wanted a mush-
room cloud so large it would be visible on earth. The US
was lagging behind in the space race.”
Other than the show of galactic superiority, Project
A119 had limited purpose. The display of awesomeness
— in the literal sense of the word — was the goal. The
team behind the project (which included a doctoral stu-
dent named Carl Sagan) was specifically charged with
determining three things: the potential effects on the
moon’s surface (including whether nuclear fallout there
would prevent future exploration), any benefits to sci-
entific inquiry, and, most importantly, how to maximize
the mushroom cloud of dust to ensure peak visibility of
the explosion back here on Earth.
Thankfully, the project was canceled well before an-
ything nuclear exploded. Besides the fact that the idea
was ludicrous, there were practical problems as well —
for example, if the rocket failed, there was a chance
that the bomb would have gone off on Earth. Regard-
less, a pair of treaties with the Soviet Union rendered
any further nuke-the-moon investigation moot. The
U.S. shifted its focus toward landing people on the
moon, and of course, made history with the Apollo moon
landings a decade later.
Now I Know is a free newsletter with over 100,000 subscribers, com-
piled by Dan Lewis. You can learn something new everyday. Sub-
scribe at nowiknow.com.
Reprinted with permission.
Bonus fact: We never ended up bombing the moon,
but, in the name of the Space Race, we did once bomb
Arizona. As the Atlantic reported, to prepare for the
moon landings, NASA wanted a testing ground which
matched the topology of where the astronauts were,
hopefully, about to go. So they took a swath of land in
northern Arizona and bombed fake craters into the sur-
face, and use that area to test rovers and tools, and to
help the astronauts become familiar with the area.
PAGE 6
SHOOTING THE MOON BY DAN LEWIS IN “NOW I KNOW”
THE "BEST" RANDOM WIRE ANTENNA LENGTHS BY JACK CLARKE, VE3EED
THE REPEATER PAGE 7 FEBRUARY 2019
A random wire is exactly that—a piece of wire that’s
as long as you can possibly make it. One end of the wire
attaches to a tree, pole or other support, preferably at a
high point. The other end connects to the random-wire
connector on a suitable antenna tuner. You apply a lit-
tle RF and adjust the antenna tuner to achieve the low-
est SWR. That’s about all there is to it.
Random-wire antennas seem incredibly simple,
don’t they? The only catch is that your antenna tuner
may not be able to find a match on every band. The
shorter the wire, the fewer bands you’ll be able to use.
And did you notice that the random wire connects di-
rectly to your antenna tuner? That’s right. You’re
bringing the radiating portion of the antenna right into
the room with you. If you’re running in the neighbor-
hood of 100W, you could find that your surroundings
have become rather hot—RF hot, that is! We’re talking
about painful “bites” from the metallic portions of your
radio, perhaps even a burning sensation when you
come in contact with the rig or anything attached to it.
The random wire antenna is probably one of the least
expensive, easiest and cheapest HF antennas to use if
you have a tuner and you want to get the "most" out of
a length of "random" wire without having to pull out
that calculator, doing the math, getting the center insu-
lator built or bought, running the feedline, and all the
rest that goes with putting up a more elaborate anten-
na. All you need for a random wire antenna is some
wire, your tuner, one or more supports up as high as
you can get them to string the wire from the supports
to the tuner, at least one or two insulators and a little
time.
One single wire, no solder connections, very sim-
ple… all the way from the tuner to the end support.
That's it in a nutshell… or is it?
Many hams have tried till they are blue in the face
to install the random wire antenna that works on most;
if not all of the HF bands with terrible results.
SWR usually is all over the place and the tuner will
just not do it's job. You can get good loading and low
SWR on sometimes 2 or 3 bands, but one or more of the
bands that you want, just will not cooperate with an
SWR that can be adjusted with the "tuner".
So after much frustration, down it comes and you go
on to a totally different type of antenna… all that time
just wasted in your opinion… until now!
We recently found some good information about ran-
dom wire lengths that you should and should not use.
Jack, VE3EED, hopefully has solved a major head-
ache we all have when we attempt to go thru the trial
and error and frustration with getting the random wire
to work where WE want it to work.
He knew that in order for the tuner to "see" a fairly
low SWR to work within it's range, that the antenna
had to be NOT A HALF WAVE ON ANY FREQUENCY
that we wanted to use, because a half wave will give us
a very high impedance and the resulting high SWR into
a 50 ohm transmitter!
So Jack took most of one day, did the math with the
aid of his trusty calculator, several cups of coffee and
came up with, in Jack's own words… "Here's the word
on random-wire antennae."
Presented for your consideration by Jack, VE3EED,
the table (below) represents half wave lengths and mul-
tiples that you DO NOT WANT TO USE!
You have to stay away from a half wavelength on
any frequency. Therefore, we came up with the follow-
ing numbers to avoid (IN FEET):
These lengths in the table are the culprits that
cause all of the trouble when using random lengths.
So those are the numbers above that we have to stay
as far away from as possible when building a long-wire
antenna. Here they are in order: 16 19 22 26 32 33 38
44 46 48 52 64 65 66 76 78 80 88 92 95 96 99 104 110
112 114 123 128 130 132 133 138 144 152 154 156 160
165 171 176 182 184 190 192 195 198 208 209 220 224
(Continued on page 8, Wire)
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228 230 231 234 240 242 246 247 256 260 264 266 272
276 285 286 288 297 304 308 312 320 322 323 325 330
336 338 342 352 361 363 364 366 368 369 374 380 384
390 396 399 400 414 416 418 429 432 437 440 442 448
455 456 460 462 464 468 475 480 484 494 495 496.
Some of these numbers are too close to squeeze in
between them. Here are the final numbers (in my opin-
ion) in green below that would be good for a long-wire
antenna: (You may want to make a note of them)
29 35.5 41 58 71 84 107 119 148 203 347 407
423
John Clarke, VE3EED is a regular contributor to the Surrey Amateur
Radio Club publications. This article is a reprise from 2014. Reprinted
with permission.
_____________
REVISION NOTES: James, KB5YN, points out that
one of the so-called GOOD numbers was 220 feet. That
is the 10th multiple of a half wave on 15 meters. His ra-
dio didn't tune up very well on 15 meters. So, having
nothing better to do one day, I re-did the calculations
going out to 500 feet. That meant calculating all the way
to 32 multiples of a half wave on 10 meters. I won't bore
you with all that so the first portion of this still only
shows up to the 4th multiple. There are so many new
frequencies to stay away from, that it gets pretty tricky
for the longer wires. However, the list has been revised
and is good for wires as long as 500 feet. t Mike AB3AP wrote a small C program that does just
what Jack did, but used the band edges. Because he’s
more visually oriented, he then plotted the many over-
lapping "red zones" and ended up with the page at: t http://udel.edu/~mm/ham/randomWire/ t He plotted the results for the U.S. CW band edges for use
with his 4 band Elecraft K1 QRP rig. t You will note that when comparing Mike’s results with
VE3EED that some of the results are a bit different.
(Wire, Continued from page 7)
YOU CAN’T BE LATE TO THIS PARTY BY DAN LEWIS IN NOW I KNOW
Stephen Hawking, pictured at the left, was con-
sidered one of the world’s smartest people during his
lifetime. The author of “A Brief History of Time”,
Hawking was an expert in theoretical physics — and he
had a lot of theories about the way the universe worked
well beyond his core area of study. He famously did not
believe in any sort of higher power, was sure that the
chance of an alien encounter over the foreseeable future
was nil, and dispensed with the idea that time travel
could be real. All of these takes were firmly grounded in
science, of course, but they also often sparked debate,
both in the scientific community and among lay people.
In June of 2012, Hawking attempted to put one such
debate to rest — the one around time travel. To see if it
was real, he threw himself a big party, “complete with
balloons, hors d’oeuvres and iced champagne,” per Sci-
entific American. And on the invitee list was everyone.
Here’s a copy of the invitation, below:
You’ll immediately note two things about the invita-
tion: one, it’s intended to be a welcome party for time
(Continued on page 13, Hawking)
THE REPEATER PAGE 9 FEBRUARY 2019
CONTESTS
INFORMATION ABOUT THESE AND MANY OTHER CONTESTS AVAILABLE AT:
http://www.hornucopia.com/contestcal/contestcal.html
NAME DATES MODES BANDS CATEGORIES LINK
FEBRUARY 2019
+ South Carolina QSO Party 1300Z, Feb 23 to
1300Z, Feb 24
CW, Digi-tal, Phone
160, 80, 40, 20, 15,
10, 6m Several http://scqso.com/rules/
+ North American QSO Par-ty, RTTY
1800Z, Feb 23 to
0559Z, Feb 24
RTTY 80, 40, 20,
15, 10m Single/Multi http://www.ncjweb.com/NAQP-Rules.pdf
+ North Carolina QSO Party 1500Z, Feb 24 to
0059Z, Feb 25
CW, Phone, Digital
80, 40, 20, 15, 10, 6,
2m Several http://ncqsoparty.org/rules/
MARCH 2019
+ Oklahoma QSO Party 1500Z, Mar 9 to 0200Z, Mar 10
and 1400Z-2100Z, Mar 10
CW, Phone, Digital
80, 40, 20, 15, 10, 6m
Several http://k5cm.com/okqp2018rules.pdf
+ QCWA QSO Party 1800Z, Mar 9 to 1800Z, Mar 10
CW/Digital, Phone
160, 80, 40, 20, 15,
10, 6m Several
http://www.qcwa.org/2019-qso-party-rules.pdf
+ Idaho QSO Party 1900Z, Mar 9 to 1900Z, Mar 10
CW, Phone, Digital
160, 80, 40, 20, 15,
10m Several http://idahoarrl.info/qsoparty/rules.htm
+ North American Sprint, RTTY
0000Z-0400Z, Mar 10
RTTY 80, 40, 20m Single http://ncjweb.com/Sprint-Rules.pdf
+ Wisconsin QSO Party 1800Z, Mar 10 to 0100Z, Mar 11
CW/Digital, Phone
All, ex-cept
WARC Single/Multi http://www.warac.org/wqp/wqp.htm
+ Virginia QSO Party 1400Z, Mar 16 to 0400Z, Mar 17
and 1200Z-2400Z, Mar 17
CW, Phone, Digital
All, ex-cept
WARC Several
https://www.qsl.net/sterling/VA_QSO_Party/2019_VQP/2019_VQP_Main.html
+ Louisiana QSO Party 1400Z, Mar 16 to 0200Z, Mar 17
CW/Digital, Phone
160, 80, 40, 20,
15, 10, 6, 2m
Several http://laqp.louisianacontestclub.org/laqso_rules.htm
+ North American SSB Sprint Contest
0000Z-0400Z, Mar 24
SSB 80, 40, 20m Single http://ssbsprint.com/rules/
THE REPEATER PAGE 10 FEBRUARY 2019 PAGE 10
DX NEWS
Start
Date
End
Date DXCC Entity Call
QSL
via
Reported
by Info
FEBRUARY 2019
2019 Feb16
2019 Mar18
Vietnam XV9YM LoTW DXNews By DL3YM fm Ho Chi Minh City; 40-10m; CW; QSL also
OK via DARC Buro and eQSL 20190116
2019 Feb22
2019 Feb24
Puerto Rico KP3RE LoTW KP4RV By KP4RV KP4VP KP3LR KP4RD fm Culebra I (IOTA NA-
249); 80-10m; CW SSB FT8; 100w; delta loops, verticals; QSL also OK via Club Log
20181114
2019 Feb23
2019 Mar10
New Caledo-nia
FK LoTW TDDX By JG1XMV as FK/JG1XMV fm Grand Terre I (IOTA OC-
032), and possibly fm OC-033; 40 20 17 15m; SSB; QSL also OK via JG1XMV (Buro or direct) and eQSL
20190129
2019 Feb27
2019 Mar05
Bhutan A5A JH1AJT DXW.Net
By JH1AJT DJ9ZB E21EIC; 160-10; CW SSB FT8; focus on 160m FT8, 1840 QSX 1908 for JA (FT8 normal mode); QSL: P.O. Box 8, Oiso, Naka-gun, Kanagawa 255-0003, Japan; QSL also OK via Club Log
20190131
MARCH 2019
ARRL International DX Contest, Phone (Mar 2-3, 2019) Check here for pericontest activity too.
2019 Mar06
2019 Mar12
French Poly-nesia
FO LoTW 425DXN By OK2ZI as FO/OK2ZI fm Tahiti (IOTA OC-046); 40-10m;
CW SSB + digital (incl FT8); QSL also OK via OK2ZI and Club Log 20190201
2019 Mar06
2019 Mar13
Guantanamo KG4 Home Call
OPDX By N4SIA as KG4AS and KP2L as KG4SC fm the Naval Station club station; HF, incl KG4SC on 5357 kHz; CW SSB FT8 20190211
2019 Mar08
2019 Mar16
Bahamas C6AKT LoTW DXNews By M1KTA fm nr Glass Window Bridge, Eleuthera I (IOTA
NA-001); 80 40 20 15 10m; CW; QSL also OK via M1KTA and Club Log 20181130
2019 Mar11
2019 Mar27
Juan Fernan-dez
XR0ZRC LoTW DXNews By R7AL RA1ZZ RK8A RL5F RW9JZ CE1TBN fm IOTA
SA-005 (FF06oi); 160-10m; CW SSB FT8; 3 sttions; QSL also OK via R7AL (Buro or direct) and Club Log
20190106
2019 Mar13
2019 Mar25
Uganda 5X3C LoTW TDDX By an international team fm KJ0hd; 160-10m; CW SSB
RTTY FT8; 5X3E on FT8 20190125
2019 Mar13
2019 Apr17
Barbados 8P6DR LoTW TDDX By G3RWL; 80-10m; CW RTTY; QSL also OK via Club
Log (preferred), email request, RSGB Buro 20190208
2019 Mar14
2019 Mar26
Togo 5V7EI LoTW DXW.Net By 13 op EIDX Group team; 160-10m; SSB CW + digital; 5
QRO stations; QSL also OK via M0OXO 20181230
2019 Mar14
2019 Mar30
Curacao PJ2 LoTW DK5ON By DK5ON as PJ2/DK5ON; 80-6m; CW SSB RTTY FT8;
5w; QSL also OK via DK5ON (Buro or direct) and Club Log 20181209
2019 Mar21
2019 Apr22
French Gui-ana
TO2BC LoTW TDDX By DL7BC fm GJ43vu; 40-10m; mainly SSB, some RTTY
PSK, CW on request; QSL also OK via DL7BC and Club Log 20190131
SWAP AND HAMFESTS
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Cave City Hamfest Start Date: 03/02/2019 End Date: 03/02/2019 Location: Cave City Convention Center 502 Mammoth Cave Street Cave City, KY 42127 Website: http://ky4x.org Sponsor: Mammoth Cave Amateur Radio Club Type: ARRL Hamfest Talk-In: 146.94 Public Contact: Larry Brumett , KN4IV 108 Withers Drive Glasgow, KY 42141 Phone: 270-651-2363 Email: [email protected] Elyria Winter Hamfest Start Date: 03/03/2019 End Date: 03/03/2019 Location: Lorain County Community College 1005 North Abbe Road Elyria, OH 44035 Website: https://www.noars.net/winter-hamfest/ Sponsor: Northern Ohio Amateur Radio Society Type: ARRL Hamfest Talk-In: 146.70 (PL 110.9) Public Contact: Tom Porter , W8KYZ 161 Herrmann Drive Avon Lake, OH 44012 Phone: 440-930-9115 Email: [email protected] Michigan Crossroads Hamfest & Radio Swap Start Date: 03/16/2019 End Date: 03/16/2019 Location: Wings Event Center 3600 Vanrick Drive Kalamazoo, MI 49001 Website: http://www.w8df.com/index.php?content=hamfest Sponsor: Southern Michigan Amateur Radio Society Type: ARRL Hamfest Talk-In: 147.000 +600 (PL 94.8) Public Contact: Thomas Goodson , WR8G PO Box 934 Battle Creek, MI 49016 Phone: 269-815-8007 Email: [email protected] Gallipolis Ohio Hamfest Start Date: 03/16/2019 End Date: 03/16/2019 Location: Gallia County Senior Citizens Center 1165 Street Route 160 Gallipolis, OH 45631 Sponsor: Mid-Ohio Valley Amateur Radio Club Type: ARRL Hamfest Talk-In: 147.060 (PL 74.4) Public Contact: Lester Cardwell , KD8ZU 15422 Hannan Trace Road Crown City, OH 45623 Phone: 740-339-1025 Email: [email protected]
Perrysburg Hamfest and Computer Fair Start Date: 03/17/2019 End Date: 03/17/2019 Location: Owens Community College 30335 Oregon Road Perrysburg, OH 43551 Website: http://www.tmrahamradio.org Sponsor: Toledo Mobile Radio Association Type: ARRL Hamfest Talk-In: 147.27 (PL 103.5) Public Contact: Brian Harrington , WD8MXR 4463 Holly Hill Drive Toledo, OH 43614 Phone: 419-285-5624 Email: [email protected] 2nd Annual GMARC Technology Expo Start Date: 04/13/2019 End Date: 04/13/2019 Location: Emidio & Son's Party Center 48 East Bath Road Cuyahoga Falls , OH 44221 Website: http://cfarc.org Sponsor: The Cuyahoga Falls Amateur Radio Club, Inc. Type: ARRL Hamfest Talk-In: 147.270 (PL 110.9) Public Contact: Pat Morrow , N8OQP 627 Brewer Avenue Akron, OH 44305 Phone: 234-206-0270 Email: [email protected] 65th Annual Cuyahoga Falls Amateur Radio Club Hamfest Start Date: 04/13/2019 End Date: 04/13/2019 Location: Emidio & Son's Party Center 48 East Bath Road Cuyahoga Falls , OH 44221 Website: http://cfarc.org Sponsor: The Cuyahoga Falls Amateur Radio Club, Inc. Type: ARRL Hamfest Talk-In: 147.270 (PL 110.9) Public Contact: Pat Morrow , N8OQP 627 Brewer Avenue Akron, OH 44305 Phone: 234-206-0270 Email: [email protected]
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02/28/2019 | "2019 Rare Disease Day" Special Event Feb 28, 0000Z-2359Z, N4R, Sparta, TN. WA4CZD. 14.246 7.246 7.115. QSL. Jill Dybka, 7737 Sparta Hwy., Sparta, TN 38583. QSL to home call of WA4CZD and via BURO with home call of WA4CZD. [email protected] 03/01/2019 | The Battleship Texas 105th Birthday Mar 1-Mar 14, 0000Z-0000Z, W5T, Cleburne, TX. Club KC5NX. 14.225 14.045 7.225 7.045. QSL. CLUB KC5NX, 9200 Summit Court West, Cleburne, TX 76033. Club KC5NX is back on the air this year to help celebrate the 105th birthday of our Grand Lady, The Battleship Tex-as...really neat QSL card, special freq / time request hon-ored, whatever... We'll be on the air ! ! SASE requested. 73. [email protected] https://www.qrz.com/db/kc5nx 03/02/2019 | Eastern Sierra Early Trout Opener Mar 2, 1300Z-2000Z, W4T, Lone Pine, CA. Bishop Amateur Radio Club. 7.250 14.250. QSL. Keith Franson, PO Box 125, Lone Pine, CA 93545. [email protected] 03/05/2019 | C-47 Skytrain Special Event Mar 5-Mar 12, 0000Z-0000Z, W5S, Oklahoma City, OK. Mid-Del Amateur Radio Club. 7.100 14.070 14.280 28.380. QSL. Aaron Scott, 2108 Turner Dr, Oklahoma City, OK 73110. The Douglas C-47 Skytrain was a valuable asset to the Allies during World War 2. More than half of the 10,174 C-47’s that were built, were built at Tinker Air Force Base in Oklahoma. 2019 marks the 75th Anniversary of the C-47 that is on display at Regional Park in Midwest City, OK just a few miles from the location that it was built. The Mid-Del Amateur Radio Club will be operating a C-47 Special Event Station during the week of March 5-12th 2019. w5mwc.org 03/08/2019 | The American Legion's 100th Birthday celebration Mar 8-Mar 10, 1800Z-2359Z, K9TAL, Indianapolis, IN. The American Legion Amateur Radio Club. 14.275 7.225; *CrossRds* EchoLink Conference; IRLP Reflector 9735. Certificate & QSL. The American Legion National Headquarters, P.O. Box 1055, Attn: TALARC, Indianapo-lis, IN 46206. [email protected] or www.legion.org/hamradio 03/09/2019 | Commemorating the Empire Ranch Mar 9, 1600Z-2000Z, K7T, Sonoita, AZ. Oro Valley Amateur Radio Club. CW: 7.040, 14.040; SSB: 7.200, 14.250; FT8: 14.074, 18.100. Certificate. Email request, to, [email protected]. Spots: DXSummit.fi. Email re-quests for PDF certificate to [email protected]. Please, no paper QSL's. www.tucsonhamradio.org 03/09/2019 | USS Midway Museum Ship Special Event: Launching of USS Midway
Mar 9, 1700Z-2359Z, NI6IW, San Diego, CA. USS Midway (CV-41) Museum Ship. 14.320 7.250; PSK31 on 14.070. QSL. USS Midway (CV-41) COMEDTRA, 910 N. Harbor Dr., San Diego, CA 92101. 03/09/2019 | Winter Field Day Mar 9-Mar 17, 1300Z-2100Z, W2B, Clay, NY. Bear Bait Radio Club. 14.235 14.070 7.070 3.235. QSL. Bear Bait Radio Club, 4483 Route 31, Clay, NY 13090. bear-baitradioclub.com 03/23/2019 | 205th anniversary of the Battle of Horseshoe Bend Mar 23, 1400Z-2100Z, N4H, Daviston, AL. Lake Mar-tin Amateur Radio Club. 14.325 7.280 3.850. Certificate & QSL. John Philips, PO Box 938, Alexander City, AL 35011. Commemorating this battle which brought a close to the Creek Indian War and made Andrew Jackson an American hero, the Lake Martin Amateur Radio Club will operate portable from Horseshoe Bend National Military Park near Daviston in Tallapoosa County Alabama. SASE for card or 9X12 envelope with appropriate postage for certifi-cate & card. [email protected] or www.facebook.com/K4YWE 03/23/2019 | Cherry Blossom Special Event Station Mar 23, 1400Z-2000Z, W4BKM, Macon, GA. Macon Amateur Radio Club. 14.240 7.225. Certificate. Macon Amateur Radio Club, P.O. Box 4862, Macon, GA 31208. www.w4bkm.org
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SPECIAL EVENT STATIONS
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SOME POPULAR LOCAL NETS
Net Day Time Frequency PL Tone Link
Michigan Traffic Net Daily 7:00 PM 3.952 MHz None MITN
Michigan Net Twice Daily
6:30 PM 10:00 PM
3.563 MHz None QMN
Southeastern Michigan Traffic Net Daily 10:15 PM 146.76 MHz 100 Hz SEMTN
Wolverine SSB Net Daily 2300 UTC 3.935 MHz None WSSBN
Michigan ARPSC Net Sunday 5:00 PM 3.932 MHz None MIARPSC
Garden City ARC Sunday 9:00 PM 146.86 MHz 100 Hz GCARC
Salvation Army Team Emerg. Radio Net Monday 7:30 PM 147.18 MHz 100 Hz SATERN
ARROW ARC Monday 8:00 PM 146.96 MHz 100 Hz ARROW
ARC
Utica Shelby Emerg. Com Slow Code Monday 9:00 PM 147.18 MHz 100 Hz USECA
Motor City ARC Tuesday 9:00 PM 147.24 MHz 100 Hz MCARC
Wayne County ARPSC Net Wednesday 9:00 PM 145.330 MHz 100 Hz WA8EOC
Hazel Park ARC Kids Thursday 7:00 PM 146.64 MHz 100 Hz HPARC
Oakland County ARPSC Net Thursday 8:00 PM 146.900 Hz 100 Hz W8OAK
LARC 2 Meter Net Thursday 8:00 PM 145.35 MHz 100 Hz Livonia ARC
travelers and two, it took place on June of 2009, about three
years before Hawking told anyone about the party — assum-
ing time is linear, that is. But for a time traveler, that
shouldn’t be an issue. If time travel were possible, Hawking
half-jokingly observed, at least one of the time travelers out
there would have at least made an appearance. After all, who
wouldn’t want to hang out with Steven Hawking? And if
you’re a time traveler, it’s not like you’re too busy.
And yet, no one showed up. Professor Hawking and his
team were left alone in the room, a banner reading “Welcome
Time Travelers” hanging from the wall waiting to greet the
guests that never arrived. He was disappointed — per Altas
Obscura, Hawking stated that he “was hoping a future Ms.
Universe was going to step through the door” — but not sur-
prised. In an interview in 2012, Hawking (per History Chan-
nel) cited the party as “experimental evidence that time trav-
el is not possible.”
Of course, there are plenty of other explanations as to
why no time travelers showed up at Hawking’s party. Per-
haps non-interference with former events is the law of the
time-traveling future, as doing so would have implications on
future timelines that we can’t appreciate. Maybe time travel-
ers were there but were invisible, on some sort of other
planes of existence. Or maybe Stephen Hawking’s parties are
known, throughout timelines, to be really boring and best
avoided.
Regardless, Hawking and his proteges almost certainly
saw this “experimental evidence” as more joke than science.
After he passed away in March of 2018, he was interred in
Westminster Abbey as thousands gathered to pay their final
respects. The Stephen Hawking Foundation gave out 1,000
tickets to the event, issuing them via a lottery hosted on the
organization’s website. Anyone who wished to get a ticket
could register for the drawing by filling out a form which,
among other things, asked for the person’s birthdate. And as
one London travel blogger noticed, the Foundation made
some efforts to accommodate time travelers. Despite the fact
that Hawking as interred in 2018, the Foundation’s website
accepted birth years extending to 2038 — just in case any
future-born time travelers wished to attend Hawking’s
funeral.
(As far as we know, none did.)
Another non-ham reelated, but interesting, article from
nowiknow.com.
(Hawking, Continued from page 8)
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ABOUT LARC
LIVONIA AMATEUR RADIO CLUB OFFICERS
& COMMITTEE CHAIRS President - Mike Cononie, KE8CEH— [email protected]
Vice President - Keith Mavin, KE8AUO
Treasurer - Bill Allen, KD8KTF
Recording Secretary - Tas Foley, K8TAS
Public Information Officer - Chuck Reti, WV8A
Membership Manager - Bill Allen, KD8KTF
Past President—Ryan Marrs, K8RDM
Club License (K8UNS) Trustee—Stanley Philips, N8SP
ARRL VE Liaison - Mike Rudzki, N8MR
Webmaster—Dane Bohr, K8DPB
LARC/LPD EOC Liaison—Bill Allen, KD8KTF
Repeater Maintenance - Dan Saputo, K8PLW
Swap-N-Shop—Doris Kelterborn, K8DXJ and Gordon Scannell, KD8COJ
Field Day Coordinators—Andy Biggs, KD8ZPX and John LaRock, K8XD
2-Meter Net Manager - Hiro Wakamatsu, AD8AE
Refreshments—Jason Mitchell, NG8J
Equipment Manager - Mike Rudzki, N8MR
Safety Officer - Andy Biggs, KD8ZPX
Volunteer Examiners - K1QD, N8RI, K8LU, KN8B, N8MR, WA8DHP, AC8ND, W2EQX, KD8KTF,
AC8QI, KD8ZPX, WV8A, KB8DGC, AC8TG, NG8J, K8XD, K8GNG
Repeater Newsletter Editor - Sandy Allen, KD8UTR — [email protected] [NEW]
LIVONIA AMATEUR RADIO CLUB
P.O. BOX 51532
The Livonia Amateur Radio Club, founded in 1969, has been a long-standing part of the Li-vonia, Michigan community. Our club has wide and varied interests -- Special events, DX,
Contesting and More. LARC has been affiliated with the ARRL since February 7, 1976.
When mailing dues or other Club pay-ments, please send to Bill Allen, Treasurer 19682 Norwich Rd. Livonia, MI 48152
ELECTION FOR OFFICERS
Takes place at this Monday’s General Meeting,
February 25th.
[You must be current with dues to vote]