Issue 85 — APRIL 2000
Monthly Newsletter of the Southern Oregon Amateur Radio Club
SOARC, P.O. BOX 1164, GRANTS PASS, OREGON 97528
VISIT THE SOARC WEBSITE AT: http://www.qsl.net/soar/SOARC/
EDITOR: MIKE WRIGHT, N7GEI, 432 GRANDVIEW AVE., G. P., OR 97527
PHONE: 541-471-0440 E-MAIL:
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The President's Corner
Another month has blitzed by; at least it seems that way to me. The weather has been better than April usually serves up. This has helped to remind me that I have been neglectful about getting my batteries charged and radios checked. We may be in for a long, hot summer. This will be good for the visual stimulus of youthful remembrance. This will not be good for those of us who watch for fire. So get your memories and radios in order.
I will see you at the club meeting--bring a friend.
73, Jim, WA6OTP
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2000 SOARC Officers and Board
| President: Jim McNutt, WA6OTP, 479-5630 |
Vice President: Bill Tyner, WX7U, 476-2703 |
| Secretary: Sean Smithers, N7ZWU, 476-7964 |
Treasurer: Ann Randall, KB7TGO 476-2456 |
| Board of Directors: | |
| Mike Wright, N7GEI, 471-0440 |
Will Calvert, N7KS, 660-2193 |
| Elmer Seutter, W6IGK, 955-5240 |
Cy Potts, W7MQL, 471-0522 |
| Gary Ingram, KB7FCI, 474-7974 |
Gary Williams, KC7TYQ, 479-4313 |
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Welcome From Your Editor
Beginning with this issue, the Gnus is now available online for all SOARC members with internet capability. Mailed copies of the Gnus will be sent only to members who do not have an e-mail address listed on the club roster or those members who still wish to have a copy mailed anyway. Also, a mailed Gnus still is being sent to households with family memberships where one or more members do not have an e-mail address listed on the roster. An up-to-date roster is included with the mailed Gnus, or available online at our website. Please check your listing and report any changes, corrections, or additions to your editor.
If you have anything to submit for publication in the Gnus, or you just want to communicate something to your editor, you can contact me at 471-0440 or at mdwmkw@cpros.com.
73, Mike, N7GEI
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NEXT CLUB MEETING
TUESDAY, 18 APRIL
1900
SENIOR CENTER
3RD & B STREETS
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Coming Attractions
We have a great program lined-up for next week! It will interest newcomers and oldtimers alike.
Will Calvert, N7KS, and Sean Smithers, N7ZWU, will be presenting the ABC's of packet radio. From the basics of operation to the assembling of a station, they will take us step-by-step through this fascinating mode. They will be demonstrating an operating packet system and you will have the opportunity to ask any questions you may have about packet.
73, Cy Potts, W7MQL
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April 7th License Testing--A Success!
Everything seemed to fall into place as 25 examinees appeared for new and upgrade ARRL tests. Of 29 exams given, 22 passed, and there were a lot of familiar faces in the group! In a strange way, with all of the successful test upgrades, you would think that we would have sent in more than just three new licenses earned. Ah, but it's that FCC restructuring that's the cause. On the 17th (the day before our club meeting), the SOARC VE's will have held a paperwork-only session and, during that affair, there will be 18 more upgrades sent in from the April 7th session. So, with the built-in wait until the restructuring day takes effect, there will be be a total of 21 new license upgrades. There was one new license earned as Sandra went through the code, novice, and tech written tests to be a tech+. Hopefully, there will be peace in the house now...
Remember, when you come in on the 17th at 6:30 p.m. be sure you bring your CSCE copy, your I.D., and another $6.65. The FCC doesn't take American Express.
A special thanks to the Western Belles for pitching in during the entire exam. They kept the place civil and the tension low. Thanks also go to Bill Leiken who did yeoman work inside the exam room keeping the papers from drifting; helping with everything except the actual monitoring.
73, Bill, WX7U
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What's Your Code Proficiency?
Just because the ITU told the FCC to drop code requirements to 5wpm, does that mean you can quit studying code here in Josephine County? Ohhh no!
The SOARC VE crew intends to continue code testing at 5, 13, and 20 wpm and offer a new test for 25 wpm--yes, 25!! SOARC will offer our own endorsements and, frankly, flaunt them in the face of ARRL for "caving in" like a sand cave at high tide. You won't need them to upgrade, but you might want them for your own personal pleasure
You use code or lose it. Our certificate will be one of those really nice ones that will dominate your wall of amateur radio awards and certificates. Code is a test you can't fake. You either copy it or not. There's no answer sheet somewhere to memorize. Perhaps, someday, knowing code will be so esoteric it will be like knowing how to read hieroglyphics...but not yet, bucko.
73, SOARC team of Volunteer Examiners
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Calling All Ladies
Western Belles is a new women's ham radio chat group that meets at 7:30 PM on the 1st and 3rd Thursdays of every month on the 147.300 repeater. They will have a luncheon on the last Saturday of each month and all lady hams are welcome to attend.
Please check in!
73, Wilma, W1LMA, and Anita, KC7MGH
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FYI
The Monday night swapnet has been moved to Wednesday night--same time (2000), same station (ORCA system).
WA6OTP is still conducting a code class at 2000 on Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday on 147.220.
The ARES net has been moved to Wednesday night at 1900 on the 147.300 repeater.
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More Websites From KB7FCI
INFORMATION SEARCHING
Altivista www.altavista.digital.com
Dogpile www.dogpile.com
Excite www.Excite.com
Hotbot www.Hotbot.com
InfoSeek www.Infoseek.com
Lycos www.Lycos.com
WebCrawler www.Webcrawler.com
Yahoo www.Yahoo.com
Opentext www.Opentext.com
Netscape www.Netscape.com
COLLEGE PREPARATION
Sat, GRE, Tests www.petersons.com
College Board Online www.collegeboard.org
Comparing Schools www.collegeview.com
COOL WEB SITES
Gaze At The Future www.word.com
Techno-Rich-Fun www.cnet.com
For News Junkies www.pointcast.com
Nifty Ideas On Anything www.learn2.com
Stats, Scores, Stories www.espn.sportzone.com
Quirky Smart Site www.feedmag.com
Radio On Your PC www.audionet.com
Amusing Stock Ideas www.fool.com
Move Over Jeopardy www.berzerk.com
Decide What To Do www.citysearch.com
Jobs http://www.monster.com
Nearly Free Software www.shareware.com
Duh www.povmag.com
INCREDIBLY USEFUL SITES
All The Best Sites Of 1998 www.Yil.com/best98
HowTo Do Anything www.how2do.com
Useful Site Of The Day www.incrediblyuseful.com
Helpful House Hints www.Todayshomeowner.com
www.learn2.com
Better Homes & Gardens www.bhlive.com/
Homesick Gourmet www.homesickgourmet.radish.ne
Martha Stewart www.marthastewart.com
Ticketmaster Online www.ticketmaster.com
Betty Crocker Recipe's www.bettycrocker.com
Birder Home Page www.birder.com
Auction Web Site www.ebay.com
Put Paragraphs In Jive www.jivenator@jiveon.com
Gifts www.giftinabasket.com
Do It Yourself www.housenet.com
Home Improvement www.bhglive.com/homeimp/docs
Restaurant Surveys www.zagat.com
City Guide Networks www.sidewalk.com
www.citysearch.com
www.yahoo.com/promotions/metros
Go Network www.go.com
New Stuff, Dirt Cheap www.andysgarage.com
Avoid Food Poisoning www.foodsafety.org
REFERENCE AND RESEARCH
Kennedy Space Center www.ksc.nasa.gov/ksc.html
NASA Home Page www.gsfc.nasa.gov/nasa_homepage.html
Intelligence Resource www.fas.org/irp
Universe-Space Science www.windows.umich.edu
Research It www.iTools.com/research-it
UFO Black Vault www.blackvault.com/
Scientific phenomena www.knowledge.co.uk/frontiers/sfonline.htm
Websters Dictionary www.m-w.com
Old Farmers Almanac www.almanac.com
Atlas of the World http://cliffie.nosc.mil/~natlas/atlas
Ask a NASA Scientist http://imagine.gfsc.nasa.gov/docs/ask_an_astronomer.html
Britannica Online www.eb.com/
Britannica Internet Guide www.ebig.com
CIA World Fact Book www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html
National Geographic www.nationalgeographic.com
Better Business Bureau www.bbbonline.org
Internal Revenue Service www.irs.ustreas.gov
The Library of Congress www.icweb.loc.gov/homepage/ichp.html
UFOs And Strange Info www.sightings.com
Info On Year 2000 www.y2kchaos.com
Research Museums www.si.edu
Information Please www.infoplease.com
Consumers Digest www.consumersdigest.com
Park Locator by LL Bean www.llbean.com/parksearch
AUTOMOBILE PRICING
Edmonds www.edmund.com
Carsmart www.carsmart.com
Autovantage www.cuc.com/ctg/cgi-bin/auto/home
Carpoint www.carpoint.msn.com
Kelly Blue Book www.kbb.com
Auto-By-Tel www.autobytel.com/
MAPS AND DRIVING
Best Scenic Drives www.byways.org
Speedtraps www.nashville.net/speedtrap
Wacky Side Trips www.roadsideamerica.com
Best Greasy Spoon www.astro.princeton.edu/~goldberg/
Disney's Animal Park www.animalkingdom.com
www.mapsonus.com
www.mapquest.com
www.mapblast.com
www.proximus.com/yahoo
WEATHER
www.weather.com
www.doppler.net
Satellite Pictures of U.S. www.goes.noaa.gov
PEOPLE LOCATOR...YELLOW PAGES INFORMATION
Bigfoot Directory www.bigfoot.com
Bigfoot Advanced www.bigfoot.com/run?FN=3DBFD_SEARCH_
ADVANCED
Hotmail www.hotmail.com
The Informant www.informant.dartmouth.edu
Net@ddress www.netaddress.usa.net
Look Up A Person www.theultimates.com
Finding People On The Net http://alpha.acast.nova.edu/phone.html
People Search www.whowhere.com
Yellow Pages, White Pages,
People Lookup & Reverse
Phone Number Lookup www.infousa.com
CARDS OF ALL TYPES
www.marlo.com
www.cardcentral.net
www.greetingsonline.com
www.messagemates/index.asp?
www.mypostcards.com
www.hallmark.com
Valentine www.valentine.infospace.com
Greetings www.egreetings.com
FREEBIES AND AUCTIONS
Games,samples, Demos http://206.216.40.113/free_offer
All kinds of free stuff www.thefreesite.com
Game Demos www.dailydemo.com
www.webauction.com
www.webstakes.com
Games www.gamecenter.com
NEW ENGLAND, NEW HAMPSHIRE
Yankee Magazine www.Newengland.com
www.reckers.com/neweng.htm
www.visitnh.gov/
www.nh.com
www.Newengland.com
FLIGHTS AIRLINE TRAVEL
www.flifo.com
www.farefinder.com
www.travelocity.com
www.bestfares.com
www.reservationdesk.com
www.previewtravel.com
www.flightdiscount.com
(Have to register)
www.biztravel.com
www.flymetrojet.com
www.Tvlink.com/welcome.htm
Flights And Trip Savings www.travelzoo.com
Ticket Auction www.priceline.com Retime
Flight Tracking http://flight.thetrip.com/flightstatus
Chk Before Leaving The House www.henricson.se/mats/upl
JOB HUNTING
www.monsterboard.com
www.headhunter.net
Government Jobs Anywhere www.ajb.dni.us/
www.careerpath.com/index.html
www.coolworks.com
www.carreers.org/
www.newspapers.com
Job Hunting www.dbm.com/jobguide
Research Employers www.hoovers.com
GENEALOGY
www.cindislist.com
www.First.com/fu/tmaps.html
www.census.gov/ftp/pubgenealogy/www/
www.connect-time.com/jan1998/Cover0.html
www.genealogy.org/~paf
National Gen Site www.ngsgenealogy.org
MEDICAL INFORMATION
Columbia Education http://cpmcnet.columbia.edu/texts/guide
Mayo Health www.mayohealth.org
American Medical Assc www.ama-assn.org
Kiplinger www.kiplinger.com
Pub Med www.ncbi.nim.nih.gov/pubmed
BH&G Cold and Flu Guide www.bhglive.com/health/coldflu.html
Family Medicine http://mir.med.ucalgary.ca:70/1/family
www.ncbi.nim.nih
www.bewell.com
www.intelihealth.com
Medical Search www.medscape.com
Drug Index www.rxlist.com
SENIOR SITES
Elderly Health Care www.wellweb.com/
Medicare www.seniorlaw.com/
Healthy Living, Love and
Finances www.thirdage.com
Resources for Computer Trng www.seniornet.org
JOKES
Political Humor www.theonion.com
www.laugh-of-the-day.com
www.tcmr.com
E-Mail Jokes www.cris.com/~Dcashman/humor
LISTEN TO LIVE POLICE SCANNER AND FIRE REPORTS
CLASSMATES THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY
www.classmates.com
By registering you can look up others who have registered in any
school in the country. By subscribing, you can get information on same
people. Great info on old friends.
STOCKS AND MUTUAL FUNDS INVESTING
www.stockstowatch.com
www.stockstowatch2.com
www.pathfinder.com/fortune
www.goodmoney.com
Co-Op America www.coopamericaorg
Highest CD rates www.bankrate.com
EE Bonds www.savingsbonds.gov
U.S. Treas. Securities www.Bonds-online.com
Stock Market news www.thestreet.com
Quicken Stock Search www.quicken.com/investments/stocks/search
GARDENING
Problem Solving & Ortho www.gardening.com
The Garden Gate www.prairinet.org/ag/garden/homepage.htm
Virtual Garden www.pathfinder.com/vg
Earl The Yard-Care Ans.Guy www.yardcare.com
The Armchair Gardener http://armchairgardener.com/
Gardenweb www.gardenweb.com
STORYBOOKS...WEB SITES FOR KIDS
Aesop's Fables Online www.pacificnet/~john/aesop
Bedtime Story's www.bedtime-story.com/bedtimestory
Go On A Dolphin Watch www.whro.org/vmsm/watch.html
The White House www.whitehouse.gov/WH/kids/html/home.html
Dinosaur Society www.dinosociety.org
Joseph Wu's Origami www.datt.co.jp/origami
www.yahooligans.com
www.bess.com
Kids Hangout www.disney.com
Discovery News Online www.discovery.com/area/discoverynews/news1.htm=l
NET BASICS
Learning The Net www.learnthenet.com
Internet Terms www.netlingo.com
Browsing The Web www.members.iquest.net/~Mjdecap/beginrs.htm
Internet Reference www.refdesk.com/
Internet Service www.pcworld.com/interactive/isps/.
Search The Web http://galaxy.einet.net/www/www.html
Gary Ingram
Merlin, Oregon
http://home.cdsnet.net/~kb7fci/
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