S.O.A.R.C. NEXT CLUB MEETING: 7:00 PM, Tuesday May 16, 2006 last meeting at Senior Center

Change of Meeting Location: Starting with the June 20, 2006 at 7 pm meeting, & subsequent meetings will be held at, the Fruitdale Grange, 1440 Parkdale Dr & US 99, Grants Pass OR. Contact Club Vice President Richard J. Huttenga, KD7IA, Tel. 955-2901, email: huttenga@terragon.com, for more info.

Calling All Ladies: It would be nice to see the LADIES meet on air again for the Western Belles. It would be great if we were growing and strengthen groups and meetings, instead of disbanding. Think about becoming active again. For now the Western Bells will only meet for Lunch: This month Saturday May 3rd. At 11:30 River's Edge Restaurant, 1936 Rogue River Hwy. Grants Pass

Classes: None to report.

Field Day is June 24-25, 2006
If you missed the QSO party. It was a blast! Then please come to the Amateur Radio Field Day event. Field Day is the main event in which hams all over the country set up simulated emergency stations in public areas. Using only emergency power (generator, battery, solar or similar options) they make contact with other stations all over the country and the world using a multitude of radio modes.

Amateur Radio Week for 2006 starts with Kids Day on June 17.
This is a day when clubs around the country try to have as many activities for youth as possible. Not only are there youth clubs (membership is made up of youth) involved, but demonstrations and on-air activities are set up in many locations inviting youth to come, see and even send messages on the radio using many different methods -from Morse code to the latest high speed digital equipment.

Tuesday June 20 is "Take Your HT to Work Day"
Amateur Radio Operators around the country will take their smaller, handheld radios to work with them. By wearing them on a belt or putting them on a desk, they hope to get inquiries from co-workers about radio. Over the lunch hour, they will encourage their co-workers to actually talk on the radio under supervision and also invite them to come see full stations in operation the following weekend.

Coos County Radio Club Hamfest and Swap Meet.
Bandon, Oregon, July 22, 2006, 9:00 am to 2:00 pm. Talk-in on 146.610 (no tone) and 146.52 Simplex. Contact Ron W7VU at (541) 572 5546, w7vu@arrl.net or CCRC, http://www.coosradioclub.org/ Ron W7VU, w7vu@arrl.net, Tel. 541 572 5546

Jefferson Amateur Radio Society 23rd Annual Potluck & Swap Meet.
It's official the Jefferson Amateur Radio Society's 23rd Annual Potluck & Swap Meet will be on Sunday August 6th, 2006 Starting at 9:00 am. The location will be at Tom Pearce Park in Grants Pass, OR

(Remember you can list your "for sale or trade" or "wanted" items in the newsletter.)

1. My truck has broke down and I am down and desperate. So I need to sell everything I have that is not needed to live. I need to raise about $700. Contact Brandon Michaels at (541) 582-9020, leave message if reach machine.
2. I-Com HT IC-T2H, includes homebrew adapter to use in cigarette lighter, (it was not made with one), 8 AA battery case, extended microphone, special Radio Shack telescoping ¼ wave antenna with high gain (read instructions with it). $70 o/b/o.
3. 5/8-wave portable whip antenna for auto/truck. Recently rebuilt and retuned by a master in our club, $25 o/o/b.
4. PC. 1000 megahertz, (1 Gig hertz), Intel Pentium III, Maxtor 6E030L0 [Hard drive] (30 GB), DVD RW Drive/burner 8XMax [CD-ROM drive], CD-RW Drive/burner [CD-ROM drive], Main Board: Intel, 384 Megabytes RAM DIMM Memory, Windows Millennium, Floppy Disk Controller, 4 USB Ports, 19" Monitor, Crystal SoundFusion Sound Card, New 56K Internal Modem, (to be installed), Microsoft Natural Keyboard, Keio Laser Mouse, NVIDIA Vanta Video Card, New 450 watt power source. May require several days before ready for delivery while I scrub the drive and prep. I scrub the drive and prep. EXTRA'S: PC Scanner, I will also throw in a separate Panasonic Fax/Answering machine, extra internal 30 GB hard drive, (not installed), Original legal DVD's included: Stargate with Kurt Russell; Monte Walsh with Tom Selleck: Demolition Man with Stallone & Snipes: The Incredibles by Disney; The Family Man with Nicolas Cage; Hart's War with Bruce Willis & Colin Farrell: The Bodyguard with Kevin Costner & Whitney Houston; Good Will Hunting with Robin Williams & Ben Affleck Asking $500. S&H cost extra on any items to be shipped.
5. Like new, and most recent copy of the book Now You're Talking! Level 1. The Official ARRL License Manual" $7.50

DUES FOR 2006!
Please help by sharing in the club operations cost by submitting your dues now. Individual dues are $15.00 and additional amateur family members are $7.50 each. This is a very important part of our clubs revenue, to operate & carry out our goals.

Membership Roster will now be printed Quarterly to save cost, but an updated copy will be available on the web at the URL: http://www.qsl.net/soar/SOARC/Roster.html

If you do not have Internet access you can call to find out when your club membership due's are due: CALL Secretary: Jim Woods, W7PUP, Tel. 956-5287 or Treasurer: John Stubbe, K7VSU, Tel. 479-3718

SOARC Repeaters, K7LIX with autopatch on 146.640- and on 147.300+.

SOARC ARES/NTS Net - Monday Evening, 1930 Local on 147.300+

ORCA Swapnet - Wednesday Evening, 2000 Local on the ORCA system.

2006 Complete ARRL/SOARC Licensing Exams (REVISED COPY). The VE's are offering the 2006 exam schedule with the first two sessions taking place in the Senior Center on 3rd and C Streets, Grants Pass OR.

March 31, 2006 @ 6 PM VE's assemble, 6:30 PM Test Session.
June 22, 2006 @ 6 PM VE's assemble, 6:30 PM Test Session.

The last two sessions will be held in the new SOARC meeting facility - the Fruitdale Grange, 1440 Parkdale Dr & US 99, Grants Pass OR.

Sept. 22, 2006 @ 6 PM VE's assemble, 6:30 PM Test Session
Dec. 9, 2006 @ 6 PM VE's assemble, 6:30 PM Test Session

As everyone can see we will serve up quarterly sessions once again. And as in the old days, they are on Fridays except of the last one, which is a Saturday due to room scheduling convenience. Everyone, remember to visit the ARRL.org website to get the latest information about testing, requirements, new changes that are coming down the pike. Here is the website address for Grants Pass exam schedules. If you will notice the right hand side contains lots of hyperlinks covering most of the questions about exam sessions.

http://www.arrl.org/arrlvec/examsearch.phtml a copy of this completed schedule has been sent to the VEC and should appear at this site very soon.

73, Bill (WX7U), VE and Liaison.

CONTESTS

EVENTS

73 W6IGK Elmer

MUSEUM SHIPS WEEKEND EVENT

Sponsored by The Battleship New Jersey Amateur Radio Station.

Started in 1997 by the USS Salem Radio Club.

Now that 2006 has started it's time to start planning for this year's Museum Ships Weekend
NEW DATE 0000Z June 3 through 2359Z June 4, 2006

Now sponsored by the Battleship NJ Amateur Radio Station

2006 CERTIFICATE INFORMATION

You must work at least 10 participating ships

All stations that work at least 10 of the participating ships will receive a certificate if they send a copy of their log entries showing these contacts.

Certificate is 8.5 X 11. Please either send $2.00 to cover costs or send a large enough envelope with enough postage. Certificates should not be folded.

All certificate requests must be received by Oct 31, 2006.

Send certificate requests to: Margaret Burgess, KB2BRR

150 Schooner Ave, Barnegat, NJ 08005 USA

Here is the list of participating ships so far for 2006 Museum Ship Event - 57 ships

We will add ships to the list as they notify us of their participation.

Note: If anyone knows of any ships that want to participate please have them contact us so we can add them to the list. Also please send us corrections.

Ships wishing to participate should send a note to museum@nj2bb.org with the name of ship, callsign, location, qsl info and contact info for person responsible.

While operation on any amateur frequency is allowed here is a list of suggested frequencies:

Some ships will also be on 3880 KHz - 3885 KHz and 7290 KHz Amplitude Modulation with either their ships original equipment or modern equipment.

While any operating mode can be used in this event and CW and SSB are the dominant modes we are encouraging all the participating ships, that have the ability, to fire up their original equipment on 3885 KHz, 3600 & 3625 (in the UK), 3705 (W. Europe), 7290 KHz and 14,286 KHz in the AM mode.

For more information go to:
http://users.tellurian.com/freddie/nj2bb/ship-event.html

Thanks to Don Coons kf6ctj for the submission.

See you all at the meeting.

73, Dennis Wa5KTC

Newsletter Submissions.

1. All email concerning the newsletter be directed to the following email address: "SOARC Newsletter Editor" soarc.newsletter.editor@gmail.com
2. All final submissions for the newsletter if at all possible are made no later than 8 days before the next S.O.A.R.C. club meeting date. If no meeting is to take place in a month then no later than 8 days before the 3rd Tuesday of the month.

73's, "SOARC Newsletter Editor"

Elmer's Corner: None reported

Last Minute News: None reported

Just For Fun: None reported

(This list is subject to update.)