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Tom Fagan K7DF Section Manager [email protected] www.az-arrl.org or http://www.arrl.org/Groups/view/arizona
January 2012 Happy New Year!
The full color copy of this newsletter with pictures and hamfest flyers can be found at www.az-arrl.org or
http://www.arrl.org/Groups/view/arizona
NEW YEARS RESOLUTIONS
Introduce someone to Amateur Radio, give a talk to your local club on a interesting topic, help teach a ham
radio class, help a fellow ham with their station, or send your section manager a short article for this newsletter.
THUNDERBIRD HAMFEST
The Thunderbird Hamfest is January 7th
. This year we are outside - tailgating permitted! Northwest
Community Church, 16615 N. 43rd Ave, Phoenix, AZ. Just south of Bell Road on the East side of 43rd Ave.
http://www.w7tbc.org/hamfest.html
YOUTH AND SCOUTING
Kids day January 8th
(Sunday). Kids Day is an on-air event to encourage young people (licensed or not) to
have fun with Amateur Radio. It is designed to give on-the-air experience to youth and hopefully foster interest
in getting a license of their own. It is also intended to give older hams a chance to share their station and love
for Amateur Radio with their children.
Hungry? Boy Scout Troop 157 will be hosting a pancake breakfast on Saturday January 21st in Tucson from
7:30-10:30am at the Elks Lodge #2532 615 S. Pantano Road. The troop has been teaching the engineering,
radio, electronics and electricity merit badges for several years now. There is a strong support from hams with
the troop. 13 hams joined us for the pancake breakfast last year. Please help support the scouts again. Tickets
($5 adult, $3 kids) can be purchased from Jim Fagan. Please contact me, Jim Fagan KE7IDC Assistant Section
Manager, [email protected]
CENTRAL ARIZONA DX ASSOCIATION SPECIAL EVENT OPERATION – K7UGA
The Central Arizona DX Association is very pleased to announce our Special Event Operation in celebration
of the Arizona Centennial during the week of February 13 -19, 2012. We will be using the call of the late
Senior Senator, and Arizona native son, Barry M. Goldwater – K7UGA. Individual CADXA members will be
operating from their home stations located throughout Arizona during that week using the call K7UGA.
However, only special operating locations from Tucson, Prescott and Phoenix will be on the air celebrating the
100th anniversary on Tuesday, February 14, 2012. Operations will be on all Amateur Bands (160 – 2 Meters);
and will be using SSB, CW, RTTY, PSK31 and Satellite modes. This CADXA Special Event Operation has
proudly received recognition from the 2012 Arizona Centennial Foundation as a sanctioned “Special Event”;
and from the Arizona Historical Advisory Commission as an official “Centennial Legacy Project”. All QSL
requests go to Bob Davies – K7BHM (qrz.com) with an SASE. For more details, please go to our web-site at:
www.cadxa.org
ARRL 2012 SOUTHWESTERN DIVISION CONVENTION
The ARRL 2012 “Arizona Centennial” Southwestern Division Convention will be held in Yuma, Arizona on
February 17-18, 2012. It’s hosted by the Yuma Amateur Radio Hamfest Organization and will be held at the
Yuma County Fairgrounds, 2520 E 32nd Street in Yuma. Hours - Friday, noon to 5:00 PM - Saturday, 8:00 AM
to 5:00 PM. Buzzard barbecue, Saturday, 6:00 - 8:00 PM. ARCA meeting - Saturday, 11:00 AM. $5.00
admission. W1AW/7, Vendors, Card Checking. Visit the web site at www.yumahamfest.org for details.
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AMATEUR RADIO TELEVISION
This month the receive link from Mt Lemmon to White Tanks will be installed. Those in the Phoenix area will
be able to watch all the activity on the Mt Lemmon HAM TV repeater. After the incoming link is installed the
Mt Lemmon receive link will be installed and then we will have full time two-way video and audio. White
Tanks will receive the Mt Lemmon output - 1277.25 MHz AMTV. Mt Lemmon will receive White Tanks on a
separate link frequency of 2417.5 MHz FMTV. All the parts are in Arizona for the White Tanks receive -
including an 8 ft dish! Bil Munsil [email protected]
PUBLIC INFORMATION COORDINATOR
Norm Seeley KI7UP has resumed his position as Public Information Coordinator. Norm would like each club
to contact him with the name of their Public Information Officer. If you work for the media or know someone
who does, let him know. Norm can be reached at [email protected].
ARIZONA NETS
- Arizona Traffic And Emergency Net (ATEN), meets daily on 3986 kHz at 7PM in the
summer (April 1st) and 5:30 PM in the winter www.atenaz.net Tomy Ivan KF7GC net
manager, Arizona Section Traffic manager [email protected]
- Arizona Emergency Net – Maricopa (AEN-MAR) meets every Monday at 9:00 p.m. local
time, for training and exercise in the public service communication arts. The Mt. Ord 146.92(-) or the Shaw
Butte 147.24(+) repeater. Both require a 162.2 Hz tone. The repeaters are linked and cover most of
Maricopa County and portions of Pinal, Gila, Coconino, and Yavapai Counties in central Arizona.
http://www.aen-mar.org/
- Saguaro National Traffic System (NTS) Net (http://www.saguaronts.net/), meets daily at 6:30 p.m. MST
(0130Z) on the Eastern Arizona Amateur Radio (http://www.eaars.org/) Society (E.A.A.R.S.) repeaters. The
net is open to all ham operators that are interested in the NTS regardless of license level. Traffic is “not”
required to check into the net but I certainly encourage any type of radiogram message traffic. If you don’t
know how to send, receive, or deliver traffic, we’ll train you right on the net. We also have training net on
Monday evenings if you would like to participate during that net. The repeaters are; 146.86 and (440.700
Hub) Heliograph Peak; 147.28 Guthrie Peak - Greenlee County; 145.21 Jacks Peak, New Mexico. Between
Lordsburg & Silver City; 145.41 Pinal Peak Near Globe, AZ; 147.16 Mt Lemmon Near Tucson; 146.70
Greens Peak Near Springerville – Showlow; 145.27 South Mtn. Near Alpine, AZ; 147.08 Mule Mtn. Near
Bisbee in Cochise County. All E.A.A.R.S. network repeaters operate with PL tone 141.3. For more
information about this net, contact Greg Peters ([email protected]), Net Manager.
- There are many more nets in Arizona, contact Tomy Ivan KF7GC for the full list.
NEW HAM REPORT
The following Arizona hams just received their FCC license, Congratulations!
Richard Jarvis AE7PV, John Pierrard AE7PY, Gregory Pitz KF7SJA, Richard Tworek KF7SJB, Michael
Douglass KF7SJC, Ian Bennett KF7SJD, Douglas Rehder KF7SJE, Donna Vigneri KF7SJF, Raymond
Coronado KF7SJG, Carl Girard KF7SJH, Scott Fisher KF7SKF, Fred Donald Fellow KF7SLK, Michael Tobin
KF7SLL, James Ray KF7SLM, Ranjit Sood KF7SLN, Angel Munoz KF7SLO, Stephen Metcalf KF7SLP, Janet
Cooper KF7SLQ, Stephen Saway KF7SNF, Scott Schneeweis KF7SNG, Wesley Glogner KF7SNI, Ryan
Lunkley KF7SNJ, Tom Wuelpern KF7SNK, Shari Rice KF7SNL, Anna Davis KF7SOO, Barbara Rains
KF7SOP, Brenda Brown KF7SOQ, Ilene Church KF7SOR, Janna Montierth KF7SOT, Michael Brown
KF7SOU, Donald Carter KF7SPE, Michael Corrieri KF7SQS, John Frankel KF7SQT, James Birmingham
KF7SQU, Michael Mcdonald KF7SQV, Jerald Mckim KF7SQW, Tyler Taylor KF7SQX, Harold Carey
KF7SQY, Mason Renfer KF7SQZ, Paul Kuhn KF7SRB, Milton Brown KF7SRC, James Livingston KF7SSE,
Theresa Whipp KF7STH, Glenn Steinacker KF7STO, Joe Hermann KF7SVT, William Newhouse KF7SVU,
Jeff Murch KF7SVV, David Bremson KF7SVW, Matthew Schwartz KF7SVX, Todd Woolgar KF7SVY,
Jessica Hathcock KF7SVZ, Herbert Dwyer KF7SWA, Gregory Veltri KF7SWB.
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SILENT KEYS
Bill Schuchman, W7YS passed away on December 23rd
. Bill was a Ham for over 70 years and has helped well
over 100 people get their amateur radio licenses. His experience and expertise was always shared with anyone
needing help. He set the bar high, and help many of us become better hams. He will be greatly missed by all of
us.
ARIZONA QSO PARTY
The 2011 preliminary results are on the AZQP website at www.azqsoparty.org
The 2012 Arizona Centennial QSO Party will be held Oct 13-14, 2012.
HAM RADIO EVENTS
- January 7, 2012 Thunderbird Hamfest - New Location - This year we are outside - tailgating permitted!
Northwest Community Church, 16615 N. 43rd Ave, Phoenix, AZ. Just south of Bell Road on the East side of
43rd Ave. http://www.w7tbc.org/hamfest.html
- January 21-28, 2012 Quartzfest for more info go to www.quartzfest.org
- January 28, 2012 McDowell Sonoran Challenge McDowell Mtn Park (Dynamite Blvd & Alma School Rd)
- January 28, 2012 JROTC Orienteering at Bomboy Mine Northwest of Superior http://www.mcecg.net/
- January 28, 2012 Palm Springs Hamfest Palm Springs CA http://desertrats.am/
- February 12, 2012 Runner's Den Road Classic Paradise Valley Mall, Phoenix http://www.mcecg.net/
- February 13-19, Arizona Centennial Celebration: 1912 – 2012 K7UGA Special Event Station. Prescott,
Tucson and Phoenix, Arizona – Central Arizona DX Association. 1500Z – 2359Z . All bands: CW, SSB,
RTTY, PSK31, and Satellite: using late Senator Barry M. Goldwater’s Call – K7UGA. QSL w/SASE to Bob
Davies-K7BHM: 1623 N. Los Altos Ct. Chandler, AZ 85224 For more details see: www.cadxa(dot)org
- February 17-18, 2012 ARRL Southwestern Division Convention Yuma, Arizona www.yumahamfest.org
- February 12, 2012 Runner's Den Road Classic www.quartzfest.org
- March 2012 Radio Society of Tucson Hamfest Tucson AZ http://www.rstclub.org/
- March 11, 2012 Mesquite Canyon 50 K White Tanks Regional Pk http://www.mcecg.net/
- March 2012 Radio Society of Tucson Hamfest TBD
- March 2012 Scottsdale Hamfest, TBD
- April 2012 AARC hamfest, TBD
- April 14, 2012 March of Dimes March for Babies Wesley Bolin Plaza (State Capitol) http://www.mcecg.net/
- April 21, 2012 Highline Trail Run Near Payson http://www.mcecg.net/
- April 21, 2012 Pat’s run Phoenix Zoo http://www.mcecg.net/
- May 2012 Cochise Hamfest Sierra Vista
- June 2, 2012 Kachina Amateur Radio Club Hamfest - Show Low City Hall, 180 North 9th Street
Show Low Arizona http://www.kachina-arc.org
- July 20 - 22, 2012 ARCA/Williams Hamfest at Williams AZ. http://www.arca-az.org/
- October 13-14, 2012 Arizona Centennial QSO Party http://www.azqsoparty.org
- October 13, 2012 Cactus Cha-Cha White Tanks Mtn Park http://www.mcecg.net/
Have an event coming up? Let me know. Send me the flyer and I will add it to this newsletter.
Attached:
Thunderbird Hamfest January 7, 2012
Quartzfest Flyer January 21-27, 2012 (Updated)
Palm Springs Hamfest January 28, 2012 (Updated)
ARRL Southwest Division Convention Yuma, AZ February 17-18, 2012
White Mountain Hamfest June 2, 2012 (Updated)
Note: If you are receiving the text version of this, the flyers can be found at www.az-arrl.org or
http://www.arrl.org/Groups/view/arizona
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