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Issue 114 — NOVEMBER 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

The 147.300 repeater has had it's share of trouble this year.  Now, it has a new problem and I am working on it. I hope it will be fixed in the next few days.  Club should be fun this month.  I hope to see you all there.

Don't forget to bring a friend to the meeting.

CUL, Jim, WA6OTP

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Welcome From Your Editor

At our last meeting, Dennis Recla, WA5KTC, gave us an excellent presentation about digital communications. I did a little more research on the subject and came up with "The infamous chart", which is included in this month's Gnus. The first column is labeled "Source for:" and the second column is headed "Web address (URL):". The copying process made them too dark to read. This chart was featured in the 73 Magazine column "The Digital Port", by Jack Heller, KB7NO. I hope it provides a decent resource for those curious about digital comms.

We nominate officers and board members next meeting and elect them in January. Our December meeting will be our Christmas potluck and gift exchange at 6:00 on our regular meeting night at the Redwood Grange on Redwood Avenue. The club will be providing the meat and there will be a sign-up sheet passed around at the next meeting for covered dishes. Don't forget to bring a $5.00 gift for each person in your party.

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, 19 NOVEMBER
1900
SENIOR CENTER
3^RD & B STREETS
GRANTS PASS

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Coming Attractions

At the next SOARC meeting, Josh Streeter, KD7OBX, will give us a rundown of what goes into putting "Newsline" on the air.

We'll also have a report from our illustrious—industrious—whatever—leader on the 147.300 repeater problems.

This month's meeting also will include nominations for club officers and board members to be elected at the January meeting. Think about what position you would like to serve in during the coming year.

Our annual Christmas shindig, potluck and gift swap, will be at 6:00 on the regular meeting night in December at the Redwood Grange on Redwood Avenue in Grants Pass. Don't forget to include your covered dish on the sign-up sheet at the meeting.

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.

Our next luncheon will be at 11:30 on December 7^th at Deano's Restaurant, 2482 Williams Highway, Grants Pass.

73, Wilma, W1LMA, and Anita, KC7MGH

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2002 VE Exams

The last SOARC-sponsored ARRL license exams of the year will be held  November 29th at the Senior Center, 4th and C Streets, at 1830 hours.  VE's please be there at 1800 sharp to help eat the cookies that we buy for the examinees.

Don't forget--we will need a copy of your driver's 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 April 1987.  It's surprising what will pass for proof nowadays. 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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Good Amateur Practice Means:

• giving a little ground--even if you have a right not to--in order to help preserve Amateur Radio and not cause it to get a bad name or hasten the day when it becomes obsolete.
• respecting band plans, because they make it possible for every mode to have a chance.
• being aware that we all love Amateur Radio, and there's no need to damage or disgrace it just to save face.
• keeping personal conflicts off the air. Settle your arguments on the telephone, the Internet, or in person. Just keep them off the air.
• cutting a net or a contester a break, even if you don't have to and even if you have no interest whatsoever in nets or contesting.
• realizing that every right carries responsibilities, and just because you may have a right to do certain things doesn't mean it's right to do them in every circumstance.
• you don't "own" or get preference to use any frequency.
• not operating so that whoever hears you becomes sorry they ever got into (or tuned in on) Amateur Radio in the first place.

--thanks to Riley Hollingsworth/ARRL

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Butternut HF-6V vertical antenna with 160-meter coil. $90.00. Jan Moller, K6FM, 474-5031.

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The Department of Transportation reports that many Americans are going to travel 100 miles or more to spend Thanksgiving with family. Then they're going to spend the rest of the day giving thanks that they live 100 miles away.

--Conan O'Brien

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