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 ad8ae@arrl.net, or Vice-

President, Keith Maven, kmavin@sbcglobal.net. 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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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 cwgeek@kb6nu.com.

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)

THE REPEATER PAGE 8 FEBRUARY 2019

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: lbrumett@glasgow-ky.com 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: winterhamfest@noars.net 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: crossroadshamfest@w8df.com 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: docdiesel@hotmail.com

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: wd8mxr@gmail.com 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: retired_guru@neo.rr.com 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: retired_guru@neo.rr.com

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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. wa4czd@arrl.net 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. club.kc5nx@gmail.com 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. w6krf73@gmail.com 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. k9tal@legion.org 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, qsl@tucsonhamradio.org. Spots: DXSummit.fi. Email re-quests for PDF certificate to qsl@tucsonhamradio.org. 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. wi4p@arrl.net 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— president@livoniaarc.com

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 — sallen17@gmail.com [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]