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August 2013 Golden Spike Amateur Radio Club Volume 27 Issue 8

August 2013 – Presidents/VP Corner:

Presidents Note: Just wanted to let everyone know that I had to take a job that put me back on the road. So I won't be around for the Sunday nets but hopefully I will be for the Wednesday nets.

Lets all keep in mind that we have the two parades coming up that need a lot if volunteers so let's help out those that chair these events and volunteer!

73 KE7OMB Scott Hales President GSARC ke7omb@gmail.com

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The July Club Meeting was held at the Honeyville Park.

Items of discussion are as follows: Dutch Oven Breakfast supplied by Doug and Peggy Herford plus several pot luck additions. Paul Hales, W7PAH, gave a presentation on message handling through the NTS, National Traffic System, which is associated with the ARRL Radiogram Form and the FSD-3 Numbered Radiogram Information . The ARRL Message form was explained as well as how messages are sent and received. Both the Radiogram and the FSD-3 can be found on the Club web site: http://www.ubetarc.org/Information.html and the ARRL web site: http://www.arrl.org/public-service-field-services-forms * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

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ATK ( Blue Springs Hills) Repeater Update: A trip to the repeater is in the planning stages to do some cleanup and equipment checks.

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Brigham City Repeater Update: The ’29 is still having some problems linking through the 440 to the ‘43. The problems will be investigated. Paul is still working on the new CAT-1000 Repeater Controller and Link Board assembly.

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* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Because of layoffs and changes at ATK we are no longer able to mail, Snail Mail, the newsletter. Due to the cost of printing and postage it has been determined and will be necessary to publish the newsletter on the Club web site only. We hope that this will not be a problem for our members.

Byron Okada, KE7IRH, who still works at ATK, was contacted by the Recreational Council (RC). They told him about possible Club funding again. They requested Club information, membership and a budget. The request for funding was turned in as well as the membership information to the RC. Further information will be printed as we receive it from ATK. See below:

ATK sent Byron a response to the funding request. It appears that the RC has to be very selective which Clubs they provide funding for and our Club will not be funded this year, 2012 or 2013. We need to get more ATK employees as members of our Club to get possible funding from the RC.

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Training Classes and Test Sessions: Continue listening to our local Nets for information about where and when new training classes and test sessions will be held. If you have any friends that might be interested please invite them to join.

Amateur Radio Test Session Location: TBD Date: TBD Time: TBD

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GSARC Meetings & Activities:

August 2013: Fair Parade Comm. Support Date: Wednesday – Aug. 21st

Club Meeting – Topic: Batteries Presenter: Steve Keene Date: Wednesday – August 28th Location: Bear River Civic Center Address: 5871 North 4700 West, Bear River City Time: 1830 Hours (6:30 p.m.)

September 2013: Peach Days Parade Comm. Support Date: Saturday – Sept 7th

Club Meeting – Topic: Club Repeaters Presenter: Bob Haynie & Paul Hales Date: Wednesday – Sept 25th Location: Bear River Civic Center Address: 5871 North 4700 West, Bear River City Time: 1830 Hours (6:30 p.m.)

October 2013: BSA JOTA Comm. Support Date: October 19th & 20th

Club Meeting – Topic: Awards Presenter: Brad & Sandra Farnsworth Date: Wednesday – Oct 23rd Location: Bear River Civic Center Address: 5871 North 4700 West, Bear River City Time: 1830 Hours (6:30 p.m.)

November 2013: Club Meeting – Topic: How to Buy a Radio Presenter: Steve Richards Date: Wednesday – Nov 27th Location: Bear River Civic Center Address: 5871 North 4700 West, Bear River City Time: 1830 Hours (6:30 p.m.)

December 2013: No Club Meeting –

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Club Information: Golden Spike Amateur Radio Club Info NET: Wednesday night: 2000 hrs. (8:00 PM) Carried over the 145.430, 145.290, 147.220 and 448.300 MHz repeaters

NET Coordinators: Sandra Farnsworth, KE7EHJ Paul Hales, W7PAH

Box Elder County Emergency Training NET: Sunday night: 1930 hrs. (7:30 PM) Carried over the 145.430, 145.290, 147.220 and 448.300 MHz repeaters

NET Coordinators: Boyd Giles, KC0VLO Deloss Everton, W7TEU

Linked Repeaters: 145.430 - (pl .123) MHz (ATK-Blue Springs Hills) 448.300 - (pl .123) MHz (ATK-Blue Springs Hills) 145.290 - (pl .123) MHz (Brigham City) 147.220 - (pl .123) MHz (Fielding-Riverside)

Officers: President: Scott Hales, KE7OMB Vice President: Doug Harford, K7DKH Treasurer: Byron Okada, KE7IRH Secretary: Peggy Harford, K7PGE

Repeater Trustee/Control Operators: ’43 Site: Rob Daines, KK7DO ’29 Site: Paul Hales, W7PAH ’22 Site: Bob Anderson, AA7TR

Club Web Site: http://www.ubetarc.org/ (as of: 06-Nov-2006) Web Maintained by: Dave Cook, KD7OUP The Web site will be updated as Dave gets time though the Site Name (URL) may remain the same for quite some time.

Newsletter Editor: Bob Haynie, KC7JOK

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Meeting Room & Day Change: Club meeting will be held on the 4th Wednesday of the month

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Box Elder County ARES Amateur Radio Emergency Service

August 2013: What happens when you set up an antenna where you can’t drill through the roof or apply mounting hardware to make sure the antenna will stay where you put it? Well I found out. During July when we had a few days with high winds in Brigham. There were a couple of days when the wind was really high. The first day we had high winds I went to check on the on the antenna and found everything was fine. The second time we had high winds I got a call early one morning giving me the bad news. It took me about 15 minutes to get the mount back up on the roof. I had to do a little Cowboy rope work to get the antenna mount back up on the roof.

I had told Jim and others that I needed to get weight on the antenna mount just to make sure if there were high winds the antenna would not blow over. Well the wind was strong enough the second time it did blow over. Lucky for me I rigged the antenna with a catch just in case something might happen.

I took the antenna off the mast and checked it for damage. I removed the radial that was badly bent and straightened it then replaced it. I found some large bricks at the DI and cable tied them together after hauling them to the roof. I broke one of the bricks while lifting them up the wall but that is ok because they are just dead weight on the antenna mount. After the repair I went in and checked the antenna with the MFJ antenna analyzer. Everything is back up on the roof now and is acceptable for use should we need to use it. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

73 Bob Haynie KC7JOK Box Elder County ARES EC bhaynie72@hotmail.com *