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Issue 111 — AUGUST 2002

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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President's Corner

So you thought is was hot last month?
The heat is here now.
The fire is here now.
Smoke is here now.
Ham radio is here now.
ARES  is here now.
Red Cross is here now.
IV residents are here now.
Thunderstorms are coming.
Time to get ready is now.
Time to come to club is now.

CUL, Jim, WA6OTP 

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Welcome From Your Editor

I want to thank Matt Eadie, KD7JLC, for bringing all of the extra potluck supplies to Field Day. It was really thoughtful of him and I'm sorry I didn't remember to thank him last month. Thanks to everyone who contributed to another successful Field Day operation. Great sausages, Bill, as usual!

The annual SOARC picnic will be at 1:00 on September 7^th at Whitehorse Park. There will be a sign-up sheet for food at the next SOARC meeting. The club will provide the sausages and hot dogs, as usual. You need to provide your own table service(s).

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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2002 SOARC Officers and Board

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NEXT CLUB MEETING
TUESDAY, 20 AUGUST
1900
SENIOR CENTER
3^RD & B STREETS
GRANTS PASS

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Coming Attractions

We'll obviously be spending some time at the next meeting discussing what is now being called the Biscuit Fire. We had hoped to have Sara Nicholson, Josephine County's new emergency honcho, but she will be tied up with the ongoing fire emergency. We might be able to get her boss to speak to us, again, depending on the fire situation.

The SOARC Picnic is coming up next month, followed by CROP Walk and JOTA.

73, Bill Tyner, 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.

There will not be a luncheon in September because of the SOARC Picnic. Details of the October luncheon will be announced at a later date on the net and in the Gnus.

73, Wilma, W1LMA, and Anita, KC7MGH

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Roster E-mail Addresses

Several e-mail addresses on the club roster are not good. Please check your e-mail address and notify your Gnus editor, Mike Wright, if it needs to be changed or deleted. If you no longer have internet access, let your editor know so a copy of the Gnus can be snail-mailed to you. If you now have internet access, please let us know your e-mail address.

Thanks, Mike, N7GEI

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2002 VE Exams

The next VE exams will be held August 30th at 6:30 PM at the Senior Services Center!  Just go into the parking lot off of 4th and C Streets.  We will need a copy of your license (need to see picture ID) and a copy of any CSCE's you may hold and want to use (make sure they have been awarded within the one-year time limit).  Anyone who will grandfather into general class needs proof of their license status prior to 4/87.  It's surprising what will pass for proof nowadays.

As always, VE's will assemble at 6:00 to coordinate and prepare for the crush. 

The remaining date for SOARC-sponsored ARRL VE license exams for 2002 is November 29th.  Walk-ins are welcome.

Come by and test your code speed.  SOARC still offers code speed certification tests rewarded by a very attractive certificate to attest to your Morse prowess.

73, Bill Tyner, WX7U

VE Liaison

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Classified Ads

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Isopole 2M antenna with 30-foot pipe mast, support at house eaves; has rigging for the apex of a 40M

inverted vee. All for $75.

40M inverted vee antenna, complete with approximately 40 feet of RG8X. $25.

NEED a spare or starter HT? I have Kenwood

3500 & 2500's. Cheap!

Cy, W7MQL, 471-0522, cypotts@rascals.org.

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