DeFOREST AMATEUR RADIO CLUB - K8GE PO Box 73 - West Union, OH 45693-0073 SERVING SOUTH CENTRAL OHIO SINCE 1974 JULY 2000 EDITOR: WB8IOW - Jerry S. Paquette http://www.qsl.net/k8ge - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - MINUTES OF July 11, 2000 MEETING Barbara Lock - N8HIA The meeting was called to order by George, KK8J our president for the DeForest ARC. George led the members in the pledge of allegiance to the flag. We had 15 people attending the meeting. George asked for the minutes to be read. Marlene, KC8JXE made the motion to accept the minutes as published in the newsletter. Barry, KB8OMG second the motion and the motion carried. George asked for the treasurer's report to be read by Marlene. Marlene passed out copies of the report for all to read. Marlene reported a balance of $2,430.76 as of June 13, 2000, and inflows of zero, and outflows of $57.86, leaving a balance of $2,372.90 on July 11, 2000. Linda, KC8JZG made the motion to accept the report as read and Barb, N8HIA second and the motion carried. Ed, KE8FK said he did not have much to report at this time. Ed said we had 424 contacts between the 2 stations that were run for Field Day. There was one for CW and one for phone. George sent a message and Kim N8YWX copied message from W1AW. Ed said he will be sending in the results from Field Day to ARRL. The information will be published in the QST. George, KK8J will run the net for July and Karen KB8QMV will run the net August. Ed passed out certificates for nets ran in January, Ed, KE8FK; February, Barry, KB8OMG; March, Lucius, KF8RC; May, Marlene, KC8JXE; and in June, Jerry, WB8IOW. Thanks to all who ran the nets for these months. Ed wanted to remind every one of the special event coming up August 13, 2000 at Adams Lake to celebrate the Ohio Bicentennial and the Marine race August 19, 2000. Kim asked Ed to explain what we would be doing during the Marine race. We would be doing communication for the Marines along the race route. Jerry said he would be bringing his trailer to set up cross banding so we can use our hand held radios and be able to get out of difficult locations. George talked about Field Day, thanking all who attended and worked. It was nice and cool with a breeze. Barb wanted to thank everyone who helped with the July 4, 2000 parade. It went very smooth and the Lions said they appreciated our helping them with the communications. Jerry would like to order "Now You're Talking" books for our next class coming up later this year. If anyone else wants to order any books let Jerry know and he would order them with his order. Jerry made the motion to buy the books and Lyle KC8DDY second and motion carried. Jerry also made the motion to table the past proposal for the library donations, Pat KC8LVE second and motion carried. We had split the pot with Dick W8ZFO winning $9.00, congratulations. Millicent drew the winning ticket. Topic of the month will be a video of the Ohio Bicentennial and the history of Ohio. It was interesting and informative about Ohio. Pat brought the video. Thanks to Pat and we all enjoyed the video. The meeting adjourned at 7:40, with Kim N8YWX making the motion to adjourn, and Matt KC8LMJ seconding. 73's Barb N8HIA - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - NEXT MEETING August 8, 2000 - 7:00 PM ABCAP SENIOR CITIZENS CENTER, WEST UNION, OH Across from the Courthouse - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - DeForest A.R.C. Birthdays & SPECIAL EVENTS 08-01 KD4LJM Sandy Drake 08-02 Jeff Barr 08-05 KB8VXC Jr. McDaniel 08-08 DeForest ARC meeting 08-08 KB8QNS Ethel King 08-10 KB8QNP Richard Stultz 08-11 W8YGW Gordon Neal 08-12 KA8VEA Kathy Hoop 08-18 KC8LUH Jayne Lambert 08-21 WD8JCD Don Silcott 08-24 AA8IQ Betty Merrill 08-29 N8VGQ Mary Kemphues 09-01 K8GXL Donald Hoop 09-03 KC8CXM Jered Grooms 09-04 KB8SCV Warren Lewis 09-05 KC8JXC Don R. Myers 09-09 K8CML Ed Harmon 09-10 KB8JML John Kimble 09-11 KC8HGA Helen Paquette 09-12 DeForest ARC meeting 09-17 N8XGQ Marty Gilkison 09-21 N8XGP Ridney Lorenz 09-22 KA8URK Jack Bradford 09-24 KC8JZH Stephen Downey 09-25 KE4ETT James Brewer 09-29 KB8OMG Barry Storer 09-30 KF8IX Danny Hoop 09-30 N8YWX Kim Paquette - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - SECTION MANAGERS COLUMN Traditions - Oh, What To Do With Them? By Joe Phillips, K8QOE Ohio Section Manager In the musical "Fiddler On the Roof" Rev Tevea loves Tradition. He sings so right at the beginning . Then for the rest of the musical, he must deal with a new world breaking traditions faster than rebel teenagers. Like what we in amateur radio are doing right now. While in the 90s, we were seeking new membership (no code licenses; restructured tests for the new digital modes); the FCC simply rewrote the rules (three not six license classes; only one easy code test). And the early polls (lines at VE sessions) say, as a recruitment tool, it'll work. But what happens when these new hams arrive (and the old Techs have new General privileges)? Right now we have almost a century of amateur radio traditions. Now which get lost for the 21st century and which continue? Which traditions are broken as the new world spins on. I wondered about all of this during ARRL National Convention at Dayton while we conducted the Royal Order of the Wouff Hong Society initiation. Will the Wouff Hong's new members pass this experience to newly licensed hams like since the Society first meeting in 1921? Do we remember that "Elmers" continue to be Ham Radio most effective recruiting tool? Does anyone Elmer anymore - one on one recruiting? Will proper traffic handling procedures - which take time to learn and require some discipline to appreciate - continue to be taught? Who will remember color coding on resistors, when 807s weren't tubes, metalic capacitors, soldering guns, tiny 300 ohm twin lead, diodes, or tube sockets? Then there is a language barrier being developed in simple operation. Those pre-70s hams from pioneer days of ham radio remember one set and the post-70s hams, recruited mainly from citizens band membership, have a slightly different lingo. These differences are especially noted on VHF repeaters. As always the answers lie in how the new members are treated by the old. The experienced ham confronting a new, inexperienced member has TWO VERY BIG CHOICES. He or she can either instruct the inexperienced ham with the intent of getting a point across or instruct in a manner which demonstrates how intelligent the experienced ham is? The problem is how THE INEXPERIENCED HAM PERCEIVES the lesson is what determines effectiveness. In simpler terms, what was the intent of correcting the new ham? To get the point across or to show how smart the old ham is? And the new ham is the one who gets to make this call. DATES TO REMEMBER ----------------- For ECs and DECs, put Saturday August 26 down as your annual meeting with the SEC Larry Rain, WD8IHP. It begins at 10 a.m. at the Red Cross Center in Columbus - Pizza party and all. Then the ECs and DECs can join the rest of us at the annual Ohio Section Conference, Saturday, September 16 beginning at 9 a.m. at the Ohio Emergency Management Agency in Columbus, just like last year with some new twists (although the pizza party will be the same). Details in the next issue of the Ohio Section Journal. ACTIVE OHIO SECTION ------------------- Ever think there isn't much to do in this Section? Check out the Ohio Section Cabinet listing.. Emergency operations, volunteer monitors of the bands, newsletter work, checking government laws, traffic (message) handling or technical specialists. Plenty of field appointments with the type of variety ham operators love. Members of the Cabinet who control these functions need you. Con- tact them. Get involved. Ham Radio has plenty for you. ANOTHER OHIO NATIONAL CONVENTION -------------------------------- In case you like to plan, there will be another Amateur Radio National Convention in Ohio being planned. In August 2002, we will welcome the Young Ladies Radio League (YLRL) to Downtown Cleveland. Their local state affiliate is the Buckeye Belles. A QST COLUMN JUST FOR US ------------------------ Ohio's best kept secret. There is a column for Ohio Section News in each and every issue of QST, ham radio's national magazine. If you are an ARRL member, you get QST. Read and enjoy each issue, especially the Ohio Section news column. Thanks to the Ohio Section Journal, Ron Grifffin N8AEH, Findlay, editor, for the SECTION MANAGERS COLUMN - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - CLASSES NO-CODE TECHNICIAN ------------------ The DeForest ARC plans to sponsor an no-code Technician class starting in September. The fee will be $20 including the new edition of "Now You're Talking" published by the American Radio Relay League. All who take the class will become a member of the DeForest Amateur Radio Club for the remainder of the 2000 calendar year. If you have questions or wish to sign up, call (937) 544-3763 and leave your name and a phone number and your call will be returned. MORSE CODE CLASS ---------------- We are considering having a Morse code class. If you are interested in a class please let us know. If you have questions or are interested in a Morse code class, call (937) 544-3763 and leave your name and a phone number and your call will be returned. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Sick List --------- WA8YIQ, Earl Paquette (father of WB8IOW) is home after spending several weeks in the hospital. He is recuperating at home would be happy to get a card. His address is 3267 Windmill Drive, Beavercreek, OH 45432. KC8JXD, Glenna Blackburn is in and out of the hospital quite a bit and would appreciate a card from you. Her address is 29333 S.R. 41, Peebles, Oh 45660. (Note: addresses given only with permission of family members.) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - AMATEUR RADIO SATELLITES ------------------------ K8YMI - Bob Halley AMSAT announced in June that the Phase 3-D satellite will launch in September at the earliest. Under the latest tentative Ariane space schedule, P3D could go up on the Ariane Flight 507 in mid-September but it might be as late as the end of October. Several commercial customers have put their launch preparations on hold until concerns over possible onboard thruster problems can be resolved. Actually, setting the September or October dates is good news for AMSAT and the Phase 3D program since this is more specific than ESA has been in the past. The two Cosmonauts aboard MIR since April seem to be preparing to mothball the space station prior to their return home. According to Farrell Winder, W8ZCF, (a Cincinnatian) on June 12 both members of the crew spoke via Ham radio to some students in a Schnecksville, Pa. school. They used the call R0MIR and the earthbound end of the contact was handled by Tom Daniels, N3CXT. As usual, the young students had some pertinent questions about space flight careers and some of the thoughts the Cosmonauts have while in space. You may remember that Farrell Winder was one of the three American Hams who assembled the ATV station that is used on MIR now. The Cosmonauts did return to earth on June 16, after ten weeks in space. A story in the Enquirer recently talked of a wealthy American businessman willing to pay 20 million dollars for a trip to MIR. Amateur Radio Satellite enthusiasts the world over were saddened to learn of the June 13th death of Werner Haas, DJ5KQ. Werner was well known for his fine work on all of the Phase 3 satellites (and others) and tributes have been received from all over the world. He earned his Ham license as a young man and built a career in electronics, as an inventor, builder and marketer. He is credited with having founded AMSAT-DL, where he served most recently as Vice-president. AO-27 is the daylight satellite that can be worked with the dual band hand held rig and a hand held multi-element beam. The uplink is 145.850 and downlink is 436.795. Some of you may remember seeing Matt, KB8DDH try to work the satellite during Field Day in l999. It works like a repeater and has only one channel so it is always crowded. Roy Soifer, W2RS, recently updated the Q & A page on AMSAT-NA site. The URL is http://www.amsat.org/amsat/intro/ao2 7/faq.html. You will only hear it during daylight hours since it uses Timed Eclipse Power Regulation (TEPR). Simply, TEPR times how long the satellite has been in eclipse (or sun light) and decides which sub-systems to turn on or off. There are 3 seats fo fill on the AMSAT-NA Board of Directors and the 5 candidates are Keith Baker, KB1SF, Tom Clark, W3IWI, Mike Gil- christ, KF4FDJ, Andy MacAllister, W5ACM and Bruce Paige KK5DO. These are all excellent performers so this is a very tough selection for me to make. If you are a member of AMSAT, you will receive a mail ballot soon. Last month's column included my remarks about the problems I've been having with the Instant Track program. I have learned that it is not Y2K compliant so any orbital data received since January 1st. is questionable. I've tried using Keplerian elements from late December, and for the most part, they are close enough. The best solution seems to be the purchase of a new, compliant program which I suspect I will do shortly. JAS-2, (FO-29) was launched in August 1996 and is operational in Voice/CW Mode JA using both digital and a digi-talker. Uplink is 145.900 to 146.000 CW/LSB and the downlink is 435.800 to 435.900 CW/USB with a CW beacon on 435.795. -73- K8YMI - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - AUTOMOTIVE POWER ----------------- In the beginning automobile electrical systems were based on 6 volts. The only real reason for a battery was to start the car, thanks to Charles Kettering. Gas lights on autos worked okay, for a while. Then came lights and some radios, eventually heater blower motors. A few batteries were 8 volts for a while. Then came 12 volt systems, electric wipers, cigarette lighters, and more accessories, including foil window defrosters. Soon, new cars will likely be 42 volts and FEAD (front-end accessory drive) components such as water pumps, AC compressors, etc. will be operated electrically. Everything will likely be operated from the 42 volt system. (Based on the article: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) "Spectrum" magazine, May 2000, p. 34.) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -