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Issue 99 — JULY 2001

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: n7gei@msn.com

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The President's Corner

At the next meeting, we continue our show-and-tell of homebrew/kit/antique equipment. Bring your pride and joy and show it off to the club!

Bring a friend next Tuesday.

CUL, Jim, WA6OTP

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2001 SOARC Officers and Board

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Welcome From Your Editor

I had a large cyst removed from my back a couple of weeks ago and it slowed me down for several days. The incision is healing nicely, however, and I'm back to my normal activities.

On Sunday, we went to my daughter's home in Medford for a cookout and my grandson's first birthday party. It's hard to believe it has been a year already. They say that the older you get, the faster time flies. I can believe that!

A couple of years ago, I took on the job of bringing the coffee supplies to the meetings on a temporary, I thought, basis because nobody else would do it. It is now time to pass this duty on to another one of our 97 members. All you have to do is bring the boxes to the meeting, start the hot water pot, and set out the supplies. The first person to ask me for the job at the next meeting will get it. If no one else wants the job, you'll need to bring your own drinks to wash down the donuts at future meetings.

If you have anything to submit for publication in the Gnus, see the contact information below the masthead.

73, Mike, N7GEI

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NEXT CLUB MEETING
TUESDAY, 17 JULY
1900
SENIOR CENTER
3^RD & B STREETS
GRANTS PASS

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Coming Attractions

Jerry Wright, WA7HBN, will present his latest up-to-the- minute HF antenna discovery that I'm hoping will finally allow subspace contact with our fellow hams "way out there".  Like you, Jerry has been getting bored with hearing the same 3.5 million hams on the bands and has been exploring "new frontiers".   Yes, this has actually been a blatant fabrication to get you to come to the club.  For the real story though, you will have to come to the meeting and find out what Jerry has been working on.

73, Bill, WX7U

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Calling All Ladies

Western Belles is a women's ham radio chat group that meets at 7:30 PM on the 1^st and 3^rd Thursdays of every month on the 147.300 repeater. Please check in!

The ladies get together regularly for lunch and all female hams are invited to attend. The next luncheon will be at 11:30 on Saturday, August 4^th, at El Patron Restaurant, 799 Rogue River Highway, Grants Pass. (Editor?s note: for those of you who have been in the area for a while, El Patron is where the A&W Restaurant used to be.)

73, Wilma, W1LMA, and Anita, KC7MGH

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2001 VE Exams

Additional 2001 SOARC amateur radio license exams will be conducted at 6:30 PM at the Senior Center on July 27^th and November 30^th.

Candidates for the Extra Class exam should be aware that next year's exams possibly will be much more difficult. A word to the wise.

73, Bill Tyner, WX7U

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Radio Shop Owner Passes

It is with a heavy heart that I pass on the fact that Mark Walker of Walker's Antique Radio Shop in Merlin has passed away due to a heart attack on July 2, 2001. Mark has been a very close friend of mine as well as many others in the ham community. He will be missed. Please pass this notice on to other local hams.

"73" Mark, until we meet again.

Submitted by Gary Ingram, KB7FCI

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Mister Guitar, SK

QST de W1AW
Special Bulletin 8  ARLX008
From ARRL Headquarters 
Newington CT  July 2, 2001
To all radio amateurs

SB SPCL ARL ARLX008
ARLX008 ''Mister Guitar,'' Chet Atkins, W4CGP, SK

Guitar picker, music legend and Amateur Radio operator Chester B. ''Chet'' Atkins, W4CGP, of Nashville, Tennessee, died June 30. He was 77.

Known as ''Mister Guitar,'' Atkins hailed from East Tennessee and began his musical career playing fiddle, but later earned his reputation as a guitarist. He went on to become the most-recorded solo instrumental musician in history.

Formerly WA4CZD, Atkins, a General licensee, obtained the vanity call sign W4CGP in 1998--the suffix standing for ''certified guitar picker.'' He was an ARRL member. He won 14 Grammy awards during his career and was elevated to the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1973. He was presented with a Lifetime Achievement Award in 1993 by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences in part to recognize his guitar-picking technique as well as his wide influence on music. He had more than 100 albums to his credit.

In addition to his own success as a performer, Atkins helped launch the careers of other notable performers. He is given primary credit for developing the uptown Nashville Sound that helped country music to compete with pop music.

In his later years of performing, he sometimes paired up with musicians from the pop and jazz worlds and was a frequent guest on the radio program ''A Prairie Home Companion.''

A funeral service for Chet Atkins was held July 3rd in Nashville's Ryman Auditorium, which formerly served as the home of The Grand Ole Opry where Atkins performed for many years.

Independence a Relative Term

About half way through the Declaration Of Independance, appears my favorite part:

"He has erected a multitude of New Offices, and sent hither swarms of Officers to harass our people, and eat out their substance."

The signers were talking about King George, but I find it fun to speculate.

Happy 4^th!

Bill Tyner, WX7U

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Are You a Monk?

A man is driving down the road and breaks down near a monastery. He goes to the monastery, knocks on the door, and says, "My car broke down.  Do you think I could stay the night?" The monks graciously accept him, feed him dinner, and even fix his car. As the man tries to fall asleep, he hears a strange sound.  The next morning, he asks the monks what the sound was, but they say, "We can't tell you. You're not a monk." The man is disappointed but thanks them anyway and goes about his merry way.

Some years later, the same man breaks down in front of the same monastery. The monks again accept him, feed him, and even fix his car. That night, he hears the same strange noise that he had heard years earlier. The next morning, he asks what it is, but the monks reply, "We can't tell you. You're not a monk." The man says, "All right, all right.  I'm dying to know.  If the only way I can find out what that sound was is to become a monk, how do I become a monk?" The monks reply, "You must travel the earth and tell us how many blades of grass there are and the exact number of sand pebbles.  When you find these numbers, you will become a monk." The man sets about his task.

Some forty-five years later, he returns and knocks on the door of the monastery.  He says, "I have traveled the earth and have found what you have asked for.  There are 145,236,284,232 blades of grass and 231,281,219,999,129,382 sand pebbles on the earth." The monks reply, "Congratulations.  You are now a monk.  We shall now show you the way to the sound."

The monks lead the man to a wooden door, where the head monk says, "The sound is right behind that door." The man reaches for the knob, but the door is locked. He says, "Real funny. May I have the key?"

The monks give him the key, and he opens the door.  Behind the wooden door is another door made of stone.  The man demands the key to the stone door.  The monks give him the key, and he opens it, only to find a door made of ruby.  He demands another key from the monks, who provide it.  Behind that door is another door, this one made of sapphire.  So it went until the man had gone through doors of emerald, silver, topaz, amethyst.  Finally, the monks say, "This is the last key to the last door."

The man is relieved to no end.  He unlocks the door, turns the knob, and behind that door he is amazed to find the source of that strange sound.

But I can't tell you what it is because you're not a monk.

Thanks to Gary, KB7FCI

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DON'T LOSE YOUR HEAD
TO GAIN A MINUTE
YOU NEED YOUR HEAD
YOUR BRAINS ARE IN IT

**Burma-Shave**

DROVE TOO LONG
DRIVER SNOOZING
WHAT HAPPENED NEXT
IS NOT AMUSING

**Burma-Shave**

BROTHER SPEEDERS
LET'S REHEARSE
ALL TOGETHER
GOOD MORNING NURSE

**Burma-Shave**

CAUTIOUS RIDER
TO HER RECKLESS DEAR
LET'S HAVE LESS BULL
AND LOTS MORE STEER

**Burma-Shave**

THE MIDNIGHT RIDE
OF PAUL FOR BEER
LED TO A
WARMER HEMISPHERE

**Burma-Shave**

SPEED WAS HIGH
WEATHER WAS NOT
TIRES WERE THIN
X MARKS THE SPOT

**Burma-Shave**

AROUND THE CURVE
LICKETY--SPLIT
IT'S A BEAUTIFUL CAR
WASN'T IT?

**Burma-Shave**

PASSING CARS
WHEN YOU CAN'T SEE
MAY GET YOU A GLIMPSE
OF ETERNITY

**Burma-Shave**

NO MATTER THE PRICE
NO MATTER HOW NEW
THE BEST SAFETY DEVICE
IN THE CAR IS YOU

**Burma-Shave**

A GUY WHO DRIVES
A CAR WIDE OPEN
IS NOT THINKIN'
HE'S JUST HOPIN'

**Burma-Shave**

AT INTERSECTIONS
LOOK EACH WAY
A HARP SOUNDS NICE
BUT ITS HARD TO PLAY

**Burma-Shave**

BOTH HANDS ON THE WHEEL
EYES ON THE ROAD
THAT'S THE SKILLFUL
DRIVER'S CODE

**Burma-Shave**

THE ONE WHO DRIVES WHEN
HE'S BEEN DRINKING
DEPENDS ON YOU
TO DO HIS THINKING

**Burma-Shave**

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