|
|
Check it out! |
Ham Radio Class and
Testing Sessions
Please check the
ARRL Amateur Licensing Class Search Page
Royal, W3ZIF, sent in
a link to an online QSL card museum. Many
interesting QSL cards collected over many years.
Some may be familar to you or may be in your
collection.
Ham Gallery QSL
Museum
Three Square Hollow Repeater
South Mountain
Repeater Assoc. (SMRA) recently put a new 2m
repeater on the air! It’s located high atop
the mountain at Three Square Hollow on 146.460+ MHz
with an input of 147.460 MHz and a tone of 67.0 Hz.
If you need help programming the odd split into your
rig, they are
compiling a list of transceivers club members
use with instructions. |
|
Third Call Area QSL Bureau |
If
you work DX please consider have QSL envelopes on
file at the ARRL Third Call Area Incoming QSL
Bureau. Send a couple of 6x9 self-stick
envelopes, self-addressed to yourself, place you
call sign where the return address belongs, and with
"Forever" USPS postage affixed to:
National Capitol DX Association
PO BOX 1149
Clinton, MD 20735-5149
|
|
Amateur Radio Club of Trinity HS |
Sean Barnes, physics
teacher at Trinity HS, sent an announcement that 41
students earned their Technician license at the
November testing session. On 2m listen for new
calls in the range of KB3RY and KB3RZ and welcome
them to amateur radio. |
|
Congratulations |
to CARC member
Dale Brubaker,N3XIF,
on receiving Verizon
Wireless's President's Award for Excellence. For
those of you who may not know, this award recognizes
employees for exceptional teamwork, leadership and
outstanding customer service. |
|
FAR Scholarships |
The Foundation for Amateur Radio
announced it plan to administer 55 scholarships for
academic year 2008-2009. Information:
www.amateurradio-far.org or FAR
Scholarships, PO Box 831, Riverdale, MD 20738.
|
|
Handiham |
Ham Radio and Technology for people
with disabilities. Information available at
www.handiham.org or e-mail
hamradio@courage.org They welcome
donations – cash, vehicles, ham radio equipment. |
Field Day 2007
Cumberland Amateur Radio Club, operating
as K3IEC and GOTA Station AF3I, participated in ARRL's Field
Day exercise from Shaffer Park in Carlisle.
Our entry is in the 2A commercial power
class.
Eighteen members and guests enjoyed the
annual event and were treated to delightful weather
conditions with daytime temperatures in the 70s and a brisk
lower-50s overnight.
Visitors included Bob Fodness W3OWR, his
son Judd KB3OPO, and grandsons Ben KB3OPN and Adam. Harry
Fasick K3EYL made a special trip from Texas to be part of
the activities.
Through team effort we earned 490 QSO
Points plus 390 Bonus Points for a Claimed Score of 1310.
Thanks to everyone who made this possible.
Special thanks to those unsung heroes who
worked behind the scenes in a variety of roles:
- Linda and Paul Walterick in the Food
and Nutrition Division
- Joe McLaughlin in the Ground
Transportation Division
- Ted Halliday in the Facility
Logistics Division
- Sherry Morgan in the Provisioning
Division
- Jim Funkhouser in the Charcoal Grill
Clean-up Division
- Jim Binkley for his valiant efforts
attempting to secure the Satellite QSO bonus points.
Phone QSOs totaled 328 including 30 made
by our guest Mark KB3PGM at the GOTA station. The CW mode
brought in an additional 81 QSOs.
In a spectacular feat of Morse code
proficiency Paul Walterick KB3MJA made his first-ever CW QSO
on 20 meters Sunday morning. I clocked his transmission at
24 wpm. I not sure, but I may have heard Paul say "There is
nothing difficult about sending CW. It was as easy as 1, 2,
3."
We earned Bonus Points in the following
categories:
- Set-up in a Public Place -- 100
points
- Information Booth -- 100 points
- W1AW Field Day Message -- 100 points
- GOTA Station QSO Bonus and GOTA Coach
Bonus -- 40 points
- Entry Submitted via the Web -- 50
points
Thanks to all that participated and/or
provided moral support, nourishment and good conversation!
|
W3HP Wins Leonard
Award
Reprinted from the HARRISBURG RADIO AMATEUR’S CLUB
NEWSLETTER, February 2007, via the ARRL
Congratulations to
CARC member Rick Harris......
NEWINGTON, CT, Jan 29, 2007 -- The ARRL Board of Directors
has named the recipients of the 2006 Bill Leonard, W2SKE,
Professional Media Award and the Knight Distinguished
Service Award. The Board selected ARRL member RJ Harris,
W3HP, of Mechanicsburg,
 Pennsylvania,
to receive the Leonard Award, which goes annually to a media
professional or group doing the best job of covering Amateur
Radio in print, photo essay, audio or video formats. Harris
was recognized for "professional coverage of Amateur Radio"
on WHP Radio, in Harrisburg.
As the 2006 winner, Harris will receive a $500 check and an
engraved plaque.
Licensed as WA3LIV in 1968, Harris is operations manager at
WHP and the host of its morning show. Harris said he was
honored to receive the Leonard Award. "Amateur Radio has
been an important part of my life for nearly 40 years and a
catalyst for my career as a professional broadcaster, he
said. "I'm blessed to have a 5 kW signal with 148,000
listeners to be able to highlight the fine work of a great
group of Americans -- radio amateurs. Hams truly are our
country's stealth first responders."
Harris said he'll use a portion of his cash award to
purchase a new 2-meter transceiver to be the prize in an
essay contest for students at the Trinity High School
Amateur Radio Club, N3THS. He says the club has been
responsible for helping more than 50 young people earn their
Amateur Radio licenses. One lucky ham will win his first
radio.
The award honors the late Bill Leonard, a former president
of CBS News and an avid Amateur Radio operator who was most
active on the air during the 1960s and 1970s. In 1958,
Leonard's contribution to Sports Illustrated, "The Battle of
the Hams," covered the "sport" of DX contesting. Leonard was
inducted into the Broadcasting Hall of Fame in 1996.
CW Dropped as License Requirement
Until 1991, when a Morse code examination was
dropped from the requirements to obtain a Technician ticket,
all prospective radio amateurs had to pass a Morse code
test. With the change the US will join a growing list of
countries that have dropped the need to demonstrate some
level of Morse code proficiency to earn access to
frequencies below 30 MHz.
The new rules also put all Technician
licensees on an equal footing, whether or not they've passed
a Morse code examination. Starting February 23, Technicians
will gain CW privileges on 80, 40, 15 meters and CW, RTTY,
data and SSB privileges on 10 meters. When the new rules go
into effect Technicians may begin using their new privileges
without any further action.
On or after February 23, an applicant holding
a valid Certificate of Successful Completion of Examination
(CSCE) for Element 3 (General) or Element 4 (Amateur Extra)
credit may redeem it for an upgrade at a Volunteer Examiner
Coordinator (VEC) exam session. A CSCE is good for 365 days
from the date of issuance, no exceptions. For example, a
Technician licensee holding a valid CSCE for Element 3
credit would have to apply at a VEC test session and pay the
application fee, which most VECs charge, in order to receive
an instant upgrade to General.
|
|
|
Revised:
08/31/09
|
