from the gavel, 2012 “ho ho ho” - ve3mis · 2012-12-12 · ve3mis/ve3rcx volume 15.12 - page 1...

VE3MIS/VE3RCX Volume 15.12 - of 8 December, 2012

27 Years, in the making

From the Gavel, 2012 “HO HO HO”

I came upon a CQ clear That glorious DX so bold “A new one!” I shout from in my shack, The F2 layer please hold I called him back, Old Man ‘tis me And waited for him to respond The Op came back from far away 59, you’re logged, and gone

O PSK! O PSK! How lovely is your waterfall O PSK! O PSK! How lovely is your waterfall I’ll macro here, and type some there As our signals punch thru the air O PSK! O PSK! How lovely is your waterfall. Dashing through the pileup with a straight-key QRP as I send ‘up-five’ the LIDS come back at me my ears begin to ring it’s already a long night what fun it is to send a string of di-dah’s to the night Deck the trees with dipole wires Dah-di-dah-di-dah di-dah-dah-dah Armchair copy by the fire Dah-di-dah-di-dah di-dah-dah-dah Pull some coax, run the cable Dah-di-dah-di-dah di-dah-dah-dah Check the propagation table

Dah-di-dah-di-dah di-dah-dah-dah O let us say a requiem My radio doth lie In a great heap I was too cheap The power supply did fry The magic smoke releas-ed The stain-ed roof doth tell I now do know, I should have read The darn-ed manual. Have yourself a merry little QSO May the QRM be light From now on our QSB shall be alright Have yourself a merry little QSO QSL right away From now on, I’m QRV all day. With apologies to all and sundry who actually wrote the songs that I so freely butchered. A happy and healthy holiday season to one and all! Keep on radiating signals. Scott VA3NMI

This Month

1. From the Gavel 2. Commentary 3. DX Award Update 4. The 2012 Index 5. All those that help 6. Radiotron Handbook 7. Club Calendar 8. RAC Application Form

Sunday Breakfast

Sunday breakfast are held on the first Sunday of each month. Time is 8:30AM at Bobby’s Hideaway Restaurant, 20 Queen St, North, Streetsville (NW corner of Britannia Rd/Queen St in Streetsville). All are welcome to come out and have an opportunity to chat in an informal setting.

Club Nets

Join in on the chatter

2 Metre Tuesday Night Phone Net

Starts at 8:30PM every Tuesday on the club repeater. Hosted by various net controllers. 145.430 MHz Tone 103.5 Minus (-) offset. Contact our VHF Net Manager, Lorne (VE3CXT), if interested in becoming a net controller.

75 Metre Sunday Night Phone Net

Starts at 8:30PM every Sunday. Hosted by various net controllers. 3.775 MHz +/- QRM. Contact our HF Net Manager, Michael (VE3TKI), if interested in becoming a net controller.



Direct from the editor’s desk…

Christmas, did someone say Christmas? It only just seemed like Halloween, oh well; there goes the diet for another year. So what is everyone wishing for this year, and a new microphone, even though one you already have is still perfectly good? Or maybe a new HT, you never can have too many of them, especially since the last one you dropped is in the pool, and it’s never worked quite right since. What ever it might be, I certainly hope that everyone in the club, and their families have a joyous time of year, and what ever appears under the tree, will find a spot somewhere in the basement. After all there must be a spot somewhere that hasn’t been filled yet.

Myself, I have not gotten around to some the things I promised myself I’d do last Christmas. For most of the year, as some of you know, I’ve been looking for a job, now that the doctors said I am

all back to normal, normal being the subjective part of that sentence. As usual I am rambling on again, as I tend to. So lets me get the thing I originally say. I wish everyone in the club a wonderful time of the, how ever you celebrate, you have a safe and fun time, or and oh yes I forgot, hope we all make it through December 21st

73 and enjoy… Valentine Stubbs, VE3VVS. Editor….

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MARC First Sunday of the Month Breakfast

The monthly club Sunday breakfasts are the first Sunday of the month Come One, Come All – The location:

08:30 at Bobby's Hideaway Restaurant, 20 Queen St North in Streetsville. (NW corner of Britannia Rd/Queen St. N in Streetsville)

MARC Members Yahoo Group

The MARC Members Yahoo Group is the primary way to disseminate club information about upcoming events.

Join the MARC Members Yahoo Group to receive club related communications and to contact other club members.

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/marc_members/



The MARC DX Award Update By Ed Spingola, VA3TPV

Photo 1: Michael, VE3TKI

As reported in the September issue of The Amateur, the MARC DX Award is being offered to MARC members who submit a log to the MARC Awards Manager, VA3TPV, during the 2012 – 2013 club year. The MARC DX award is being offered for Mixed,

SSB, CW, and Digital modes and is being issued for 10, 25, 50, 75, and 100 DXCC entities.

In the November issue of The Communicator, we reported on the MARC DX Awards received by John, VE3JOC and Asim, VE3XAP/VE3VE. Both John and Asim were active in the CQ WW SSB contest accumulating DXCC Entities.

Not to be out done, Michael, VE3TKI, has submitted an excerpt from his log from the beginning of the Club year. Michael has received the MARC DX Award – Mixed certificate # 2012-003 with 100 DXCC Entities. Michael had a combination of CW and SSB contacts. Good job Michael.

There are many contests throughout the year within which you can make DX contacts. There are of course regular DX openings on the bands. So get DXing and submit your logs.

See the MARC web site under Club Events/MARC Awards for the MARC DX Award rules and entry forms.

http://www.marc.on.ca/marc/events/events_awards.asp

or the September issue of The Amateur for details.

I will accept either a paper log or an ADIF log file if you need some assistance in determining your DXCC entities count.

So get on the air and enjoy this hobby of ours and make some contacts.

73 and Good DX.

Ed, VA3TPV



2012 The Communicator Index A Brilliant Idea—HF Lab for New Hams at the Club

Station (Laycock): Feb. Vol. 15.02 A First HF Contact (Alexander): Feb. Vol. 15.02 Advanced Graduation Class – 2012 (Laycock): May. Vol

15.05 Amateur Radio Advanced License Course, Jan. Vol.

15.01 AMATEUR (HAM) RADIO CLUB MEMBERS VISIT

CANADIAN WARPLANE HERITAGE MUSEUM (Robertson) : Nov Vol. 15.11

And now Word from the Membership Manager (Brown) : Sept. Vol. 15.09

Antenna Tuners – A Radio Amateurs Guide To Antenna Tuners (Hallas): Feb. Vol. 15.02

A Practical Guide To Building A Portable HF Antenna, oh, and it works too! (Booth) : June. Vol 15.06

ARES SET*: A Novice Viewpoint (Laycock) : Apr. Vol. 15.04

ARRL Announces New DXCC Fee Structure : Apr. Vol. 15.04

ARRL Field Day 2012 Overview (ARRL) : June. Vol 15.06 ARRL Field Day Tips and Techniques That Everyone Can

Use : June. Vol 15.06 Basic Antennas – Understanding Practical Antennas and

Design (Hallas), Jan. Vol. 15.01 Basic Class Pizza Nite Graduation at Club Station

(Laycock) : Feb. Vol. 15.02 Build A Go Kit Now - Are You Prepared (Goodier): Jan.

Vol. 15.01 Directions to MARC Field Day Site – Meadowvale

Conservation (Lorenc) : June. Vol 15.06 DX Desk Update – ARRL Diamond Challenge (Spingola):

Jan. Vol. 15.01 DX Desk Update – ARRL Diamond Challenge (Spingola):

Sept.. Vol. 15.09 DX World Guide (Langner) : June Vol. 15.06 Education Update (Laycock): Jan. Vol. 15.01 Education Update – 2012 Advanced Class (Bernard) :

Apr. Vol. 15.04 Field Day Operator Intercom (Hutchins) : Oct. Vol. 15.10 Filters 101 (Brickell): Mar. Vol. 15.03 Herewith a Halton County Radial Railway Museum

Special Event Report : Oct. Vol. 15.10

Logbook of The World to Now Support CQ Awards (Spingola) : May. Vol 15.05

LoTW Users List (HB9BZA) : Nov Vol. 15.11 MARC 2M Tuesday Night Net Goes Global (Lorenc): Mar.

Vol. 15.03 MISSISSAUGA AMATEUR RADIO CLUB AWARDS

(Spingola) : Sept. Vol. 15.09 New Editor – The Communicator (Stubbs) : June Vol.

15.06 Ontario South Director’s Report – November 2012

(Stewart): Feb. Vol 15.02 Ontario South Director’s Report – May 2012 (Stewart):

May. Vol 15.05 Ontario South Director’s Report – June 2012 (Stewart):

June. Vol 15.06 Ontario South Director’s Report – October 2012

(Stewart): Oct.. Vol 15.10 Radio Redux : Nov Vol. 15.11 Radiotron Designer’s Handbook (Spingola): Dec Vol.

15.12 Running Multiple Versions of FLDIGI (Spingola) : Apr.

Vol. 15.04 The Care and Feeding of Your Pet Ham (Sargeant) : Apr.

Vol. 15.04 The MARC DX Award Update (Spingola): Jan. Vol. 15.01 The MARC DX Award Update (Spingola): Feb. Vol. 15.02 The MARC DX Award Update (Spingola): Mar. Vol. 15.03 The MARC DX Award Update (Spingola): Apr. Vol. 15.04 The MARC DX Award Update (Spingola): May Vol. 15.05 The MARC DX Award Update (Spingola): June Vol. 15.06 The MARC DX Award Update (Spingola): Nov Vol. 15.11 The MARC DX Award Update (Spingola): Dec Vol. 15.12 The ARRL Field Day Handbook (Ford) : June Vol. 15.06 The Victorian Internet (Standage) : June Vol. 15.06 TOWER WORK (Lee) : June Vol. 15.06 Upcoming Special Event Stations (Spingola) : May Vol.

15.05 VA3/VE3 Incoming QSL Bureau (Spingola) : June Vol.

15.06 VE3RHE’s First Special Event (Emerson) : May Vol.

15.05 VE3MIS Club Station Update (Brickell): Feb. Vol. 15.02 What Tuners Do (Hunt): Mar. Vol. 15.03 Working The RAC Canada Day Contest (Spingola) June

Vol. 15.0



And those who help the club continue, day by day….

Direc tors Pres iden t Sco t t G rego ry VA3NMI 1s t V ice P res iden t Dav id Sh i l l i ng VE3XDS 2nd V ice P res iden t S tephan Bu jusca VA3OBR Treasu re r R ick B rown VE3IMG Secre ta ry Rober t Emerson VE3RHE Pas t P res iden t Je f f S tewar t VA3WXM Club Managers Membersh ip Manager R ick B rown VE3IMG Educa t ion Manager B a r r y L e i b n e r VE3LBL House /V is i to r Hos t Manager Mur ray Yewer VE3JMY News le t te r Ed i to r Va len t ine S tubbs VE3VVS Net Managers M ichae l B r i cke l l VE3TKI HF Ne t Sco t t G rego ry VE3NMI VHF Ne t Repea te r Manager J im B rampton VE3J IW Va lens Chu VE3XRE Ass is tan t John Lo renc (S r . ) VA3XJL Ass is tan t T rus tee John Du f f y VE3DRZ Club S ta t i on Manager As im Za id i VE3XAP R ick B rown VE3IMG Ass is tan t Bob Hudson VE3CWU Ass is tan t F ie ld Day Jo in t Cha i rman Dav id K ings land VE3MDX Thomas Godden VE3TWG FSV Manager Dan ie l Good ie r VE3NI John Du f f y VE3DRZ Ass is tan t Prog ram Manager B ryan Jay VA3BLJ Lo rne Jackson VE3CXT Ass is tan t Webmas te r R ick B rown VE3IMG T .B .D Ass is tan t Lega l Consu l tan t Lo rne Jackson VE3CXT Educa t ion Bas ic Course Ba r ry Le ibne r VE3LBL Pr ime Advanced Course Thomas Berna rd VA3TMB Pr ime MARC Awards Manager Edward Sp ingo la VA3TPV CANWARN Manager Pe te r Mosher VA3PKM Spec ia l Even ts /Wa lks

Manager Bob Boye r VE3XBB

Audi t Commit tee Aud i to rs Coord ina to r Bas i l Bu rgess VE3JEB Miss issauga Serv ice ARES

Emergency Coord ina to r Dan Good ie r VE3NI Thomas Berna rd VA3TMB Ass is tan t M ichae l B r i cke l l VE3TKI Ass is tan t Bob Boye r VE3XBB Ass is tan t John Du f f y VE3DRZ Ass is tan t Spec ia l In te res t Groups

Con tes t Manager As im Za id i VE3XAP R ick B rown VE3IMG Ass is tan t QSL Manager M ichae l B r i cke l l VE3TKI Pro jec t G roup M ichae l B r i cke l l VE3TKI

And we thank them all, for the contributions they make.



Radiotron Designer’s Handbook

To the radio designer that grew up in the 1950’s, the Radiotron Designer’s Handbook was the authoritative source of radio receiver design information. Edited by F. Landford-Smith and originally published by Iliffe and Sons Ltd., London, this tome is a comprehensive self-explanatory reference handbook for the benefit of all those interested in the design and application of radio receivers and audio amplifiers. The 4th edition was published in 1953. Subsequent impressions were published by various sources world wide. As a youngster interested in radio, I saved all my nickels and eventually had enough money to purchase a copy of the above handbook. My still pristine 4th Edition was reproduced and distributed by RCA Electronic Components, Harrison, N. J., one of the many companies who subsequently published and distributed this handbook world wide. The skeptic may pronounce that such an old handbook has little relevance in today’s modern world. I for one would disagree with this premise. From the basics of radio design we have forged the modern designs. Knowledge of from whence we came sparks ideas for future designs. The handbook has sections on power supply design, filters, modulation, pre-emphasis, general theory of networks, transformers and iron-cored inductors, rf amplifiers, oscillators, detection and automatic volume control, automatic frequency control, etc. This handbook has much to offer the ham experimenter. You can purchase a hard copy of this handbook on eBay in various media i.e. paper or CD ROM. However, the handbook is also archived on http://archive.org/ A full download is about 92 Mbytes (http://archive.org/details/RadioDesignersHandbook) . This is the one site where you can download the complete handbook in one file. You will be able to find on the internet other sites which allow you to download individual chapters. If you are looking for some older archival material try the above site. You may be surprised at what you can find. There are a lot of interesting books which selfless people have taken the time to digitize and archive. It is amazing what you can find if you dare to search. Enjoy. Ed Spingola, VA3TPV



CLUB CALENDAR FOR 2012 - 2013

November, 2012 01 Thu Exec Meeting 03 Sat ARRL Sweepstakes - CW 04 Sun HF - 75/80 Meter Net 04 Sun Sunday Brunch – Bobby’s Hideaway Restaurant 05 Mon Basic Class 85 06 Tue VHF/UHF - 2 Meter Net 08 Thu Club Meeting - Member's night 11 Sun HF - 75/80 Meter Net 12 Mon Basic Class 95 13 Tue VHF/UHF - 2 Meter Net 15 Thu ARES Meeting 17 Fri ARRL Sweepstakes - SSB 18 Sun HF - 75/80 Meter Net 19 Mon Basic Class 105 20 Tue VHF/UHF - 2 Meter Net 22 Thu Club Meeting - Member's night 23 Fri CQ WW DX - CW 25 Sun HF - 75/80 Meter Net 26 Mon Basic Class 115 27 Tue VHF/UHF - 2 Meter Net December, 2012 02 Sun Sunday Brunch – Bobby’s Hideaway Restaurant 02 Sun HF - 75/80 Meter Net 03 Mon Basic Class 125 04 Tue VHF/UHF - 2 Meter Net 06 Thu Exec Meeting 09 Sun HF - 75/80 Meter Net 10 Mon Basic Class 135 11 Tue VHF/UHF - 2 Meter Net 13 Thu Club Meeting - Member's night 16 Sun HF - 75/80 Meter Net 18 Tue VHF/UHF - 2 Meter Net 20 Thu ARES Meeting3 23 Sun HF - 75/80 Meter Net 25 Tue VHF/UHF - 2 Meter Net 27 Thu No Club Meeting 28 Fri RAC Winter Contest January, 2013 02 Tue VHF/UHF - 2 Meter Net 03 Thu Exec Meeting 06 Sun Sunday Brunch – Bobbie’s Hideaway Restaurant 06 Sun HF - 75/80 Meter Net

January, 2013 (continued) 08 Tue VHF/UHF - 2 Meter Net 10 Thu Club Meeting - Speaker’s Night 13 Sun HF - 75/80 Meter Net 15 Tue VHF/UHF - 2 Meter Net 17 Thur ARES Meeting3 19 Sat North American QSO Party, SSB 20 Sun HF - 75/80 Meter Net 22 Tue VHF/UHF - 2 Meter Net 24 Thu Club Meeting - Speaker’s Night 25 Fri CQ 160M Contest, CW 27 Sun HF - 75/80 Meter Net 29 Tue VHF/UHF - 2 Meter Net February, 2013 01 Fri 10-10 International Winter Contest, SSB 03 Sun Sunday Brunch – Bobbie’s Hideaway Restaurant 05 Tue VHF/UHF - 2 Meter Net 07 Thu Exec Meeting 10 Sun HF - 75/80 Meter Net 12 Tue VHF/UHF - 2 Meter Net 14 Thu Club Meeting - Speaker’s Night 15 Fri ARRL International DX Contest - CW 17 Sun HF - 75/80 Meter Net 19 Tue VHF/UHF - 2 Meter Net 21 Thu ARES Meeting 22 Fri CQ 160M Contest, SSB 24 Sun HF - 75/80 Meter Net 26 Tue VHF/UHF - 2 Meter Net March, 2013 01 Fri ARRL International DX Contest - SSB 03 Sun Sunday Brunch – Bobbie’s Hideaway Restaurant 03 Sun HF - 75/80 Meter Net 05 Tue VHF/UHF - 2 Meter Net 07 Thu Exec Meeting 10 Sun HF - 75/80 Meter Net 12 Tue VHF/UHF - 2 Meter Net 14 Thu Club Meeting - Speaker’s night 17 Sun HF - 75/80 Meter Net 19 Tue VHF/UHF - 2 Meter Net 21 Thu ARES Meeting 24 Sun HF - 75/80 Meter Net 26 Tue VHF/UHF - 2 Meter Net 28 Thu Club Meeting - Speaker’s night

NOTES: 1) Club meetings start 7:30PM at St. Thomas A Becket Church Hall, 3535 South Common Court unless otherwise noted. 2) Sunday brunch is held at 8:30AM on the first Sunday of each month at Bobby’s Hideaway Restaurant, 20 Queen St ,Streetsville. 3) ARES Meetings start at 7:30PM at the Red Cross, Ontario Zone Office (OZONE), 5700 Cancross Court, Mississauga, ON. 4) Executive meetings start 7:30PM at the Club Station, Danmax Electronics, 2311 Anderson Drive Unit B, Mississauga. 5) The Basic Classes start at 7:00 pm at the Red Cross OZONE, 5700 Cancross Court, Mississauga - Peel Training Room 6) Visit our website: http://www.marc.on.ca for any updates of the calendar



RAC MEMBERSHIP APPLICATION/TCA SUBSCRIPTION OPTIONS

For two- or three-year memberships or renewals please contact the RAC Office given at bottom of this page. Please enter applicable choice(s)

Please indicate New or Renewal:

1 year RAC membership; @$52.00 plus GST or HST as applicable Total $54.60 in AB, MB, NT, NU, MB, PE, QC, SK, YT (5%) Total $58.76 in NB, NL, ON (13%). Total $59.80 in NS (15%)

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CONTACT INFORMATION

DONATION OPTIONS

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