W2CRA UP-LiNK
The Official Publication of the Cherryville Repeater Association II, Inc. 

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UP-LiNK

THE OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF
THE CHERRYVILLE REPEATER
ASSOCIATION II, INC.

 

 

BOARD MEETING Dec. 8

CRA II HOLIDAY BANQUET Dec. 10

 

PUBLIC SERVICE

The final two events of the season took place on consecutive Sunday’s last month, both equestrian events. November 7th, we were down at Millstone for the 25 mile Canal Ride. It is a fundraiser for a disease that causes blindness in horses. The day was cold and windy, but no sign of rain like they had the year before. Only three of us made the event, KB2RWY, N2UYV, and KB5U (up 1 from last year, but the event should have four ops!) In the first loop of the ride, the horses cross a busy road intersection and then go about 10 miles down and back, crossing one more road in the process. Cheryl stayed at the command post, Tim took the center road crossing and Keith hopscotched from the first road crossing to the turn-around and then back to road crossing again. Tim and Cheryl finished up the last leg alone. No injuries or accidents to report, so it was a quiet enjoyable day watching the horses.

A larger event took place on the following Sunday, new to CRA participation and a last minute call-up, was the Bucks County Horse Park event. This was not even announced at a meeting, and was ‘unofficial’ for Cherryville. About nine of us worked the event, and Duncan was a star attraction riding his new horse in their first competition. A 3 part event, we were stationed at various locations on the cross country portion of the event where riders traverse about two and a half miles with 16-18 jumps and a water crossing. We were just able to cover enough areas to be in position to see all the jumps and report any injuries, etc. Luckily we were not needed in an emergency capacity this time.

Both events drew tremendous raves and thank yous for the Cherryville operators!

 

ANNUAL AWARDS BANQUET

December 10, 1999

· Entertaining Speakers · Slide Show · Door Prizes

Coach N' Paddock

MORE WEBSITES

AND A CORRECTION

From the ARRL letter: Several subscribers e-mailed to call our attention to a typographical error in the URL for the FCC's Universal Licensing System (ULS) in the article about ULS registration, "VAST MAJORITY OF HAMS NOT ULS-READY". The correct URL is

http://www.fcc.gov/wtb/uls

SOLAR DATA SITEIf you haven't seen it, this is a neat site (for solar data.)

http://science.msfc.nasa.gov/newhome/headlines/ast15oct99_1.html

OFFICIAL TIME SITE

And this one to set your computer time correctly:

http://www.time.gov/

happy holidays

to all

from the Cra ii

officers & board

& the UPLiNK staff

have a happy and peaceful y2k!!!

GET WELL CHARLIE!

Unfortunately, WB2NQV will not be the M/C next week at our Holiday Banquet. He has been a major figure in the production for many years and we will miss him.

His excuse for not coming? Well, see below:

Hi Gang,

I will not be visiting the Northeast this Christmas, No Christmas Banquet, etc. The reason is…

I have a broken leg!! It's kinda tuff getting around with a ton of cast on my limb. Actually I cracked some joints in the knee and it has been held in place by a foot to butt cast. I can't put any pressure on it so I'm cruising around in a wheel chair and a walker.

73's,

Charlie

FALL CLASS FINISHES

VE TEST RESULTS

Here's news on our examinees from the Nov 11 VE tests. 

The FCC has finally processed the tickets for those who took the VE license exams on November 11. The results are: 

Peter Feury, of Bound Brook is now KC2FRK 

Paul Wickliffe III of Warren is now KC2FRJ 

Ian Stirling of Long Valley (the one who came in took all the tests through extra) is now AB2GR

Also, a "walk-in," Erik MacDonald is now KC2FRI He is from New Brunswick, NJ and is a junior at Rutgers University.

I (W2CGX) am now officially an Extra. 

Listen for the new guys on the repeater!  Barry, W2CGX 

 There was one other "walk-in", Russell Conklin from Hackettstown, NJ who passed element 2 but didn't try for any other elements. Russell is the Red Cross OEM coordinator for Warren County.  Congrats to all. de W2CG 

CONTEST CALENDAR

By the time you read this, the CQWW CW contest will be over. Band conditions were pretty good, hope you all did well.

ARRL 160-Meter Contest Dec 3 to Dec 5

ARRL 10-Meter Contest Dec 11 to Dec 12

CQ 160 Meter CW Contest Jan 28-30

ARRL DX CW Feb 18-20

CQ 160 Meter SSB Contest Feb 25-27

CRA II CLUB INFORMATION

The Cherryville Repeater Association II is a non-profit New Jersey Corporation dedicated to Community Service Through Communication. Meetings are held on the second Friday of each month at 7:30 PM at the Flemington Baptist Church unless otherwise announced. Visitors are always welcome!

Also, everyone is welcome on the Thursday Night Traffic Net, at 8 PM every Thursday, followed at 9:30 by the Swap-Net, and the ARES-RACES net at 8:30 PM on the first Thursday each month (immediately following the traffic net), all on the 147.375 repeater.

 

UPLiNK A CRA II Publication

Editors Marty Grozinski, W2CG

Roster & Mailing: mjgrozi@postoffice.ptd.net

Keith Burt, KB5U

Articles & Info: kb5u@blast.net

Roberto Matos, K2PA: Interviews

K2pa@arrl.net

Many thanks to all those who have contributed articles or information for this publication, including: The ARRL, ARRL Letter, QST, The Hudson Loop, N2FF, N3QDC, N2MQZ, and all not mentioned for their help.

This newsletter is an open forum for the Cherryville Repeater Association, II Inc. and its members, of general interest Club and ham radio related interest items. The opinions contained herein are those of the authors who have contributed their work. The officers and members if the CRA II Inc. are not liable for its contents. Articles and information are always welcome, and may sometimes be edited for content, punctuation, grammar, and newsletter space.

 

 

Deadline for submission for all issues is two weeks prior to the Board meetings.

 

ANNUAL AWARDS BANQUET

December 10, 1999

· Entertaining Speakers · Slide Show · Door Prizes

Coach N' Paddock

THE CHERRYVILLE REPEATER ASSOCIATION II

BOARD OF TRUSTEES:

Pres	N3QDC	Rob France	(215) 766-8066	n3qdc@att.net
VP	KB2DDM	Susan MacRae	(908) 475-5299	kb2ddm@fast.net
Sec	N3ODB	Elaine Kita	(610) 252-6193
Treas	N2RDL	Brian Campbell	(610) 559-1509	lupinus@fast.net

MEMBERS AT LARGE:*

	W2CGX	Barry Campbell	(908) 725-0478	barryc@compubell.com
	KA2TOV	Mike Grohol	(908) 782-9698	mjgrohol@blast.net
	W2GD	John Crovelli	(908) 996-3043	w2gd@hotmail.com
	N3MSK	Ed Kita	(610) 252-6193	n3msk@amsat.org
	K2PA	Roberto Matos	(908) 788-8253	k2pa@arrl.net

COMMITTEE CHAIRPEOPLE:

Public service	N2UYV	(908) 253-8783	tmclaughlin2@worldnet.att.net
Technical	N3MSK	(610) 252-6193	n3msk@amsat.org
Hamfest	N2MQZ KC2CMC	(908) 454-4370 (908) 806-3998	n2mqz@aol.com varas@sprintmail.com
Emerg Mgmt	KC2CMC K2PA	(908) 806-3998 (908) 788-8253	varas@sprintmail.com k2pa@arrl.net
Education	W2CGX	(908) 725-0478	barryc@compubell.com
VE Testing	W2CG	(908) 788-2644	mjgrozi@postoffice.ptd.net
Field Day	N3QDC	(215) 766-8066	n2qdc@worldnet.att.net
Holiday Party	KB3RWY	(908) 253-8783
Merchandise	N2VWL	(908) 475-4716	n2vwl@juno.com
Traffic net	N2MIF	(908) 638-6172
Programs
Refreshment	KB2YJX	(908) 725-0478
Roster	W2CG	(908) 788-2644	mjgrozi@postoffice.ptd.net
Scholarship	N2ZVY	(908) 479-6346	kc2boh@worldnet.att.net
SkyWarn	N2VWL	(908) 475-4716	n2vwl@juno.com
Uplink	KB5U	(908)-252-1974	kb5u@blast.net

NET SCHEDULE:

Hunterdon County Traffic and Emergency net		Thursday, 8:00 PM		147.375
Races net		1st Thursday, 8:30 PM		147.375
SkyWarn net		Thursday 9:00 PM		147.015
Swapnet		Thursday, 9:30 PM		147.375
Complex repeater net		Sunday, 7:30 PM		147.015
CLUB INFO LINE (908) 788-4080	WEBSITE www.qsl.net/w2cra		PACKET W2CRA· 145.51