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May, 2001
The ARPSA Newsletter
by Randy Miller, N8IYX

April, 2001
The ARPSA Newsletter
by Randy Miller, N8IYX

March, 2001
The ARPSA Newsletter
by Randy Miller, N8IYX

February, 2001
The ARPSA Newsletter
by Randy Miller, N8IYX

February 3^rd  -- Club meeting 9:00am, at the Glenn Oaks Concourse.  Breakfast at Lindy’s, before the meeting.

March 3^rd   -- Club meeting will be held at the new 911 Dispatch Center.  All members and guests are welcome to attend the meeting/tour.

March 29^th  – SkyWarn Spotter Training at 7pm in the Courthouse lower level conference room.

May 19^th – Michigan Week Parade.  ARPSA will be providing parade communications.

June 23^rd – Habitat for Humanities Bike Run

June 23^rd & 24^th – Field Day Activities

August 18^th – Three Rivers Triathlon

President                     Jim Teeters N8SHO

Vice President            Gene Childress            K8OMQ

Treasurer                    Bill Douglas            AE8EA

Secretary                    Randy Miller    N8IYX

Activities                     Bert Carroll            WB8MWV

Payment of your ARPSA dues can be mailed to:

Bill Douglas
30205 Fawn River
Sturgis, MI   49091

 Check the ARPSA website, www.qsl.net/arpsa for updates and more information.

ARPSA will be returning to Glenn Oaks Community College for our monthly meetings.  This change begins with our February meeting.  Also, note we will have a special meeting location in March.  This will be a one-time meeting location, at the New 911 Dispatch Center.  There will be a short meeting and then a tour of this new facility.

December, 2000
The ARPSA Newsletter
by Randy Miller, N8IYX

VHF Cordless Telephones

Not many people are aware of the new 15 channels, which have been added to the VHF cordless telephone band.  In response to that, I have decided to create a little chart of all the allocated frequencies for each channel.  Note the original channels 1 thru 10 have been changed to 16 thru 25. 
If you want to hear both parties, then you must listen to the base frequencies.
However, if you need to know whom the party on the cordless telephone is, then listen to the handset frequency.

Ch

Base

Handset

Ch

Base

Handset

1

43.72

48.76

13

44.40

49.40

2

43.74

48.84

14

44.46

49.46

3

43.82

48.86

15

44.48

49.50

4

43.84

48.92

16

46.61

49.67

5

43.92

49.02

17

46.63

49.845

6

43.96

49.08

18

46.67

49.86

7

44.12

49.10

19

46.71

49.77

8

44.16

49.16

20

46.73

49.875

9

44.18

49.20

21

46.77

49.83

10

44.20

49.24

22

46.83

49.89

11

44.32

49.28

23

46.87

49.93

12

44.36

49.36

24

46.93

49.99

25

46.97

49.97

If you want to hear both parties, then you must listen to the base frequencies.
However, if you need to know whom the party on the cordless telephone is, then listen to the handset frequency.

Cellular Telephone Frequencies

The cellular band is in the 869.010 to 894.000 Mhz range, in 30 KHz steps. 
That makes a total of 835 possible frequencies to scan.

900 MHZ CORDLESS TELEPHONE FREQUENCIES (902 - 928 MHz NFM)
Panasonic KX-T9000 (60 Channels) 30-100 KHZ SPACING 
Base 902.100 - 903.870 (30Khz spacing) 
Handset 926.100 - 927.870 

CH  BASE                      HANDSET 

01   905.600                    925.500 08   906.300      926.200 15   907.000      926.900 
02   905.700                    925.600 09   906.400      926.300 16   907.100      927.000 
03   905.800                    925.700 10   906.500      926.400 17   907.200      927.100 
04   905.900                    925.800 11   906.600      926.500 18   907.300      927.200 
05   906.000                    925.900 12   906.700      926.600 19   907.400      927.300 
06   906.100                    926.000 13   906.800      926.700 20   907.500      927.400 
07   906.200                    926.100 14   906.900      926.800 

OTHER 900 MHZ CORDLESS PHONES

AT&T #9120 : 902.000 - 905.000 & 925.000 - 928.000 Mhz 
OTRON CORP. #CP-1000 : 902.100 - 903.900 & 926.100 - 927.900 Mhz 
SAMSUNG #SP-R912 : 903.000 & 927.000 Mhz

November, 2000
The ARPSA Newsletter
by Randy Miller, N8IYX

November 4^th -- Club meeting 9:00am, at the Red Cross Office in the Fairview Living Center. Breakfast at Lindy’s, before the meeting.

December 2^nd -- Club meeting in the morning.

December 2^nd – Dinner at a place and time to be announced.

 

73

Jim N8SHOIn the News

October, 2000
The ARPSA Newsletter
by Randy Miller, N8IYX

October 7^th -- Club meeting at the Red Cross Office in the Fairview Living Center. The meeting begins at 9:00am, with many enjoying breakfasts at Lindy’s before the meeting.

October 14^th – Social Event – Dinner at Bill’s Steakhouse, US 12, Bronson. Let’s meet at the restaurant about 5:30pm. No reservations needed, we will get a table and enjoy the company of all that can make it.

October 24^th – Planning meeting at Glen Oaks Concourse about 6:30pm. Open to any member that wants to join in on the conversation.

November 4^th – November meeting

December 3^rd – Put this date on your calendar for our annual dinner meeting. No place set yet, but we will let you know. This is the dinner meeting we have been holding in January for the past several years. We thought it would be a good idea to try it in December, again.

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August, 2000
The ARPSA Newsletter
by Randy Miller, N8IYX

August 5^th – Club meeting at the Red Cross office in the Fairview Living Center, Centreville. The meeting begins at 9:00am, with many enjoying breakfasts at Lindy’s before the meeting.

August 15^th – Communications check on the Triathalon Course. Gil and Randy, along with any other volunteers (need two more, please??), will be driving the course to check that each assigned location can talk to the NET control point with a handheld.

August 19^th – The Three Rivers Triathalon will take place near Corey Lake. Please arrive at Happy Landing Café (County Line Road) at 7:00 a.m. for maps, assignments, shirts, and final details. If you plan to have breakfast, please be there by 6:30 a.m. We will use 146.49 simplex for this event (145.31 repeater for back up).

August 29^th – Planning meeting at Glenn Oaks, starting around 6:30 p.m. All are welcome to attend.

ARPSA Field Day Activities -

It was WET, wild, and fun. Many club members, along with a few visitors enjoyed the event. This was the first time we tried using a computer based logging program. It worked great, and simplified the reports needed for ARRL.

Stan operated the grill, for supper.

Nothing like filling the gas tank of the generator in a downpour!

We made 325 contacts and were able to score the bonus points in several areas. We worked three transmitters and three bands. There will be a lot of opportunity for more operators, next year.

Next year’s ideas: Hold our Field Day at the Fairgrounds (this is where the Covered Bridge Days events are); Have a sign-up sheet for operators to indicate when they will be there to operate; Have our picnic on the Saturday of Field Day. What do you think? What are your suggestions?

 

Three Rivers Triathalon – August 19^th (146.49 Simplex)

Radio operators will be meeting at the Happy Landing Café, on County Line Road. Shirts, maps, and final details will be provided.

Here is the map for the Triathlon.
It is rather large so click this thumbnail for a full blown version.

June 2000
The ARPSA Newsletter
by Randy Miller, N8IYX

June is a very busy month for club activities. Please mark you calendar now. Below is a quick listing of the events.

June 3^rd – Club meeting at the Red Cross office in the Fairview Living Center, Centreville. The meeting begins at 9:00am, with many enjoying breakfasts at Lindy’s before the meeting.

June 17^th – ARPSA picnic at Oaklawn Park in Sturgis. Bring a dish or two to pass, and arrive 12 noon to 1:00pm. We will be eating around 2:00.

June 24^th – Bikes-to-Build, bike run in Centreville area. Arrive at the Centreville Fairgrounds by 6:45 am. We will use the 145.31 repeater for this event (146.49 simplex for back up).

June 24^th – Field Day, at Thurston Woods Park in Sturgis.

This club has a broad range of knowledge and experience that we have yet to tap. We are a volunteer-based organization. Without the selfless work of volunteers, like you, there would be no ARPSA. We must keep a rich blend of events, social activities, demonstrations, fundraisers, and educational programs. ARPSA should be the place to be, if you are an Amateur Radio operator in St. Joseph County. If you are not a member, you should join now. If you are a member, you should volunteer to take on a new task. You have an opportunity right now, to take this club in a direction that interests you!…………….Randy, N8IYX

Stan, N8SAA, has volunteered to provide the hamburgers and hot dogs. All you have to do is show up and enjoy. Remember to bring your family, table service, soft drinks, and a dish or two to pass. We will be at Shelter #2 in the Oaklawn Park. There is plenty of room and a place for the kids to play.

The Michigan Week Parade was on May 20^th. The volunteer operators that helped with the event were: WB8MWV – Bert; KB8ZU – Don; N8EOX – Warren; N8SHO – Jim; W8LTQ – Bill; KC8OFY – Doug; KO1PF – John, and; KC8NAE – Bob. The volunteer operators were active, by providing information to-and-from parade officials, helping to find people, and helping the parade work smoothly. Everyone had a great time, and it was another job well done!

Have you heard of the organization, Habitat for Humanity? Yes, that’s the group that builds houses (remember Jimmy Carter). Well, here is your chance to help this great cause. On June 24^th, they have a bike event that is used as a fundraiser for Habitat. ARPSA has provided communications between the start/stop and the sag stops, along with a couple of sag vehicles, for the last few years. Your help is needed for this event. Call Bert, WB8MWV, to let her know you will be there to help.

This annual event (June 24^th) has taken on all of the aspects of a full-blown contest. But, it is not a contest at all. This is your chance to get away from it all. You can leave your air conditioned shack and join the group, swatting bugs, eating lousy food, telling stories, and getting no sleep. There are many other activities, too. You can watch N8EOX fire his arrow to the sky, trying to get that antenna over the tree. (He has discovered the arrow doesn’t always fall to the ground.) Or, watch N8SHO magically erect his portable mast. See K8SGV, toss the rope over the tree limb, on his first try! You won’t want to miss N8SAA’s added new dimension to field day, this year.

We hope to see you at Thurston Woods Park (NE side of town, by the water tower) to help set-up (around 10am Saturday), operate (we need volunteers to work the radios), and to tear down (Sunday morning).

May 2000
The ARPSA Newsletter
by Randy Miller, N8IYX

New meeting location: The next club meeting (Saturday May 6^th at 9am) will be held at the Red Cross office in Centreville. The office is located inside the Fairview Living Center at 441 E. Main Street. (This is right across from the fairgrounds.) Please park on the West side of the building and enter the building through the West door. You will need a code to get into the office (someone will help you). If your late, call on the 3-1 repeater and you’ll get in! Join us for breakfast at Lindy’s before the meeting!

The Michigan Week Parade is here again (May 20^th)! We will be providing communications as in past years. Because this falls on Dayton Hamvention weekend, we need to make certain we have enough volunteers signed up to do the job. Bert, WB8MWV, is coordinating this event, and needs your help. This is one of our biggest events. So far we have Warren (N8EOX), Bill (W8LTQ), and Jim (N8SHO) signed up. Call Bert to sign up. (You might even get a T-shirt for your effort.) See page two for more information.

We have two events on June 24. Field Day starts and the Bikes-to-Build fundraiser for Habitat for Humanities. This will stretch our resources. Please sign up soon to participate. This will allow us to plan each event better.

WEATHER STORM SEASON: Please be prepared for SKYWARN duty at anytime!
Check the weather every morning and have your equipment ready!
your HT, extra CHARGED UP batteries, county map, pad of paper, pen/pencil,
SKYWARN MANUAL, just to name a few. Listen on the 145.31, whenever
severe weather is a possibility. We need your help!!!!!
Would YOU be a volunteer for our group and attend a Quad 4 IMO weather
meeting??? They are in Cass Co., at the Sheriff's Dept., 3:00PM on the
following dates: May 7, June 11, July 9, August 13, all Sundays. CALL
ME!!! 616-651-1600 or on the 145.31.……….Bert WB8MWV

Place: Old Depot – West Main Street (see top middle of map)
Date/Time: May 20 at 12:30pm for instructions/radio check
Frequency: Primary 145.11(-) pl 131.8, Backup 146.49 simplex
Bring: HT with extra battery, Vest, sunscreen, drink, snack

April 2000
The ARPSA Newsletter
by Randy Miller, N8IYX

Stan, N8SAA, has put the final touch to the new web-site. Go to www.qsl.net/arpsa/ and you will see the fantastic efforts of Stan.

Next Month – New Meeting Location

Michigan Week Parade - ARPSA members provide communications for this kickoff event for Michigan Week. The parade takes place in Sturgis, in May and historically includes a visit by the Governor of Michigan. (Bert will need a volunteer to help her organize the club’s efforts.)

Field Day - Each year in June the amateur event of the year happens, and the members of the club are always involved with the setup, operation, and tear down of the equipment and antennas. We have never won top honors but the fun and food are great. (Jim, Rodney – are you ready for this!)

-- Ramsey Electronics was raided by 7 armed federal agents, and 3 state troopers, and has been prohibited from selling certain wireless transmitter kits. The government alleges these commonly available wireless kits were intended for illegal wiretapping and international espionage. "Hacker" groups allege the order to remove previously legal wireless technology kits came from the White House, chagrined after the Linda Tripp wiretapping incident.

-- During the production of a recent music video awards ceremony in New York City, the MTV production crew allegedly used 16 frequencies in the Amateur 420-450 Mhz band for crew communications.

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