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BOARD
MEETING December 12 8:00 PM PARTY December
14 7:30 PM
PUBLIC SERVICE
de WB2NQV
For
the latest Public Service dates log on the CRA web site http://www.qsl.net/w2cra
Amateur Radio Emergency Services…..Info
Sheet.
de WB2AZE
The following is a listing for anybody
interested in helping out in the event of an Emergency.
The ARES Basic Deployment
list, as recommended by the ARRL.
1. A 2 Meter Ht
2. A 2 Meter Magmount antenna with coax
3.
An ear-phone
4. ARES ID Card
5. Extra batteries
6. Appropriate clothing
7. paper and pencil
8. food and water
Additional optional
equipment that I would recommend:
1. 2
Meter Collapsible Antenna.
2.
Throat Lozenges. (and any important medications!)
3.
Small first Aid packet (band aids, alcohol wipes)
4.
Insect repellent and sun screen.
5.
Swiss Army Knife/Leatherman knife.
6.
Small Flashlight, such as a mini mag light.
7.
External Battery Pack with power cord.
8. 25
foot coax assembly with pl259/double male/double female
connectors.
9.
roll of electrical tape.
Remember:
1. Listen First.
2.
Keep all Transmissions short and brief
for additional information,
consult www.arrl.org
CRA PROGRAM SCHEDULE
de Denis KA2YYB
December 14 Holiday Party Razberries
January 11 ATV
February 8 Advanced Repeater Networks
Part 2
Hamfest
Calendar
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Dates |
Event and Contact |
Location |
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9 Jan |
Ham Radio Auction-Fest |
Philadelphia, PA |
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20 Jan |
New York City/Long Island Section Convention |
North Babylon, NY Long Island |
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27 Jan |
Maryland Mobileers ARC |
Odenton, MD |
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24 Feb |
Long Island Mobile ARC |
Hicksville, NY Long Island |
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2 Mar |
Splitrock ARA |
Parsippany, NJ |
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3 Mar |
Great South Bay &
Suffolk County ARCs |
Lindenhurst, NY Long Island |
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16 March |
Cherryville Hamfest |
North Hunterdon Regional
High School |
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EXTREME HOME BREW
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Receiving the signal. Finally, the valve; we joined the valve by winding the clean
little bee wire around it and then plugging it with any insulating material we
could get to make it stick, - no valve holder, of course. So eventually we
produced a receiver of sorts, except it wouldn't oscillate. We tried building
more, another choke coil, and this went on for ages; there was no possibility
we could get this valve to oscillate. I think it's recommended according to a
friend of mine who had an amateur license, he thought that about 120 volts was
the best we could get and there was no way we could get that by trying to
smooth this any more.
So the only avenue open was to bribe one Chinese working at the
power station who was very much our way, and of course in those days was a
nationalist Chinese. The capital of China in those days was Chungking, and I
told him we could get him some overseas news from Chungking if he would slowly
wind his field coil power up on the generator every night starting at about 9
o'clock bit by bit, and get it up to about 130 on his meter. He understood, and
after that I said half an hour to drop it again, very quietly and slowly
because it may affect the lights "....and you no speak about that because
you get chopped, you know, and we will give you Chungking news...."
This was duly done and for about six months we had reliable
communication. The first trial on air had too much hum, and we had to modify a
few things two or three times in attempts to get it right, and in the end we
had a workable situation which was worth exploring. Capacitors right, choke coils right, one head phone, we had some
old rag so we tied it round the head and tied it on, or string, or whatever we
could get. With the hope of recording something we took some paper, which
wasn't in plentiful supply, but the odd piece of paper we could get. Running
notches down the left hand side, about a quarter to a half inch apart down the
paper, and bending it over so that these little pieces stuck up in the air, and
in the pitch darkness one could then put the headphones over one's head with
eyes looking out for possible interruption by the Japanese - we had some
lookouts, or cockatoos as the Australians called them, around the place to warn
us at the oncoming of the Japanese - and with great trepidation we heard Big
Ben chiming one night. Of course only one of us heard it but we were so full of
enthusiasm.
It was the BBC all right; it was quite a clear signal but it was
somebody talking about growing hops in Kent. This broadcast went on for
something like three quarters of an hour without any interruption, but
ultimately the signal faded out and I was very annoyed. I was asked the next
morning by my senior officer what was the news, and I said "we've got good
news; I can't talk here, come this way." So he came along and said
"what's this news you're talking about." I said I didn't actually
hear any news, and he became very annoyed with me and said what the hell did I
mean, and I said "if the British primary producing experts are capable and
able to spare the time to talk about growing hops in Kent, Britain must still
be alive and floating with their thumbs up, and as far as I'm concerned that's
the best news I could hear!"
**FOR SALE**
3 BEDROOM RANCH CLINTON / ANNANDALE
2200
square foot ranch with partially finished basement.
Three
bedrooms, 2 baths, eat-in kitchen with sun porch,
865
square foot three-car garage with walk-up attic storage on three-quarters of an
acre with pine grove. Oil, hot water heat.
Security system. Paved drive.
One
mile to commuter train, two miles to Interstate 78, three miles to NYC bus.
Asking $224,500. When fixed up and “spiffy”
At
present property needs some “fixer-upper” work. Price is negotiable.
Respond: E-mail WB2NQV@arrl.net
Got Your FRN?
The
FCC says that starting December 3, you’ll need an FRN issued by CORES to do
business with its ULS. Translated into English, that means that as of December
3, you may not any licensing business with the Federal Communications Commission
unless you have a special 10-digit “FCC Registration Number,” or FRN. These
numbers are issued by the Commission Registration Service (CORES) and will be
necessary in order to use the Universal Licensing System (ULS). Many hams who
are already registered with ULS already have their FRNs.
While all the abbreviations
and acronyms are firmly in place, it’s not certain that the systems they
describe will actually be ready to work together on December 3, according to
the ARRL Letter, which adds that there are still a lot of questions about how
ULS will be integrated into CORES.
. New Extra Class Questions Released
The
Question Pool Committee (QPC) of the National Conference of Volunteer Examiner
Coordinators (NCVEC) released a new
question pool for the Element 4 (Extra Class) written examination. The
questions in the new pool will be used in all Extra Class written exams between
July 1, 2002 and June 30, 2005.
According to a QPC news release, the new
Element 4 pool has 807 questions versus 665 in the current Extra Class pool -
an increase of more than 20 percent. There is no change, however, in the number
of questions on the Extra Class exam. This simply means that exam writers have
more questions from which to choose in preparing each exam. According to the
QPC, the new Element 4 pool is the most technically-oriented of any of the
three question pools, with more than 50% of the questions covering electrical
principles, circuits, signals and emissions.
All the question pools including the newly
released Element 4 Extra Class pool can be viewed at the ARRL website at
http://www.arrl.org/arrlvec/pools.html. Sample Extra Class tests using the new
pool will also shortly be available on the QRZ website located at
http://www.qrz.com/testing.html.
The QPC is now soliciting
comments and suggestions for the next revision of the Technician Class (Element
2) question pool, due to be updated in 2003.
DELAWARE VALLEY 2 METER FM SIMPLEX
CONTEST FEBRUARY 2, 2002!
The Holmesburg Amateur Radio Club of Philadelphia
is pleased to announce the second annual Delaware Valley 2 Meter Simplex
Contest to be held February 2, 2002.
The contest is open to all radio amateurs.
Stations within a 60 mile radius of Philadelphia's City Hall will exchange
their zip code and contact number. Stations outside of the 60 mile radius will
exchange their state and contact number.
According to HARC President Bob Josuweit,
WA3PZO, the contest is designed for hams to have fun over a 4 hour period from
7-11 PM local time on a Saturday night. The contest allows hams to meet their
neighbors on the air as well as give many the opportunity to experience
something else besides repeater contacts. The 60 mile radius reaches just about
all of the county boundaries surrounding Philadelphia. This also opens up an
opportunity for approximately 60 clubs to participate in the event. Last year's
winner K3SUE won by just 1 point!
The contest gives individuals as well as
clubs to participate in the event. Bonus points are being allowed for contacting
club stations/callsigns. "We realize that everyone will not be able to
contact WM3PEN so we're giving clubs a chance to put their club callsign on the
air." This could be from a club station or an individual's home. "We
don't know what the weather will be in February, but this gives everyone the
chance to operate from home." Clubs wishing to enter a club callsign as a
bonus point contact station in the event are asked to send a note to
WM3PEN@HARCNET.ORG. by January 12, 2002. A complete list of all bonus stations
will be published by January 19, 2002.
Contacts can be made on any 2 meter FM voice
frequency provided there is no interference to repeater, digital, satellite, or
other activities taking place in the two meter band. Contacts on 146.52 will
not be permitted.
Awards will be issued to individual top
scores in a high and low power category. Club station awards will also be
issued in the high and low power category. There is also an opportunity for
Clubs to sponsor awards for their members in a high and low power categories.
An award will also be issued for the highest mobile score.
For further information contact
WM3PEN@harcnet.org or WA3PZO@harcnet.org.
SAMPLE CONTACT EXCHANGE
1. If you live in the 60 mile radius of
William Penn (Philadelphia City Hall)
KB3AKK de WA3PZO Pse copy Nr.1 zip 19136
2. If you live outside of the 60 mile radius
WA3PZO de N3EFN Pse copy Nr. 1 PA.
3. If you work HARC's club call WM3PEN
exchange your information and make a note that it is the sponsoring club call
and worth 3 points. Other club calls will be worth 2 points. All other contacts
count as 1 point. Final score will be the number of contact points X the number of zip codes/states in high (10W or
more) and low power (less than 10W) categories. Individual, club station, and
mobile awards will be issued. Clubs can issue their own membership awards.
A list of zip codes up to 60 miles from
Philadelphia's City Hall is available.
ENTRY DEADLINE: All logs,
either paper or electronic should be received by February 28, 2002. Logs may be
sent to the Holmesburg Amateur Radio Club, PO Box 6253, Philadelphia, PA 19136
or emailed to WM3PEN@harcnet.org.
CRA II CLUB INFORMATION
The Cherryville Repeater Association II, Inc.
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.
A CRA II Publication
Editors
Articles &
Info:
WA2EPY,
Bruce Cunningham – bcc@interpow.net
KA2YYB, Denis Albisser –
KA2YYB@arrl.net
Interviews:
K2PA,
Roberto Matos – K2PA@arrl.net
Roster & Mailing:
W2CG, Marty
Grozinski __ W2CG@arrl.net
Many
thanks to all those who have contributed articles or information for this publication,
including: WB2NQV, WB2AZE, KA2YYB, W2CG, the ARRL, The Center for the
History of Defense Electronics Museum,
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 of 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.
THE CHERRYVILLE REPEATER
ASSOCIATION II
CLUB INFO:
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Club Info Line |
Website |
Packet |
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(908) 788-4080 |
W2CRA 145.51 |
EXECUTIVE
BOARD:
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Pres |
N3QDC |
Rob France |
(215) 766-8066 |
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VP |
KD2EL |
Pete Russo |
(908) 832-5798 |
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Sec |
K2YSY |
Pete Sneed |
(908) 369-5095 |
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Treas |
W2NCN |
Bill Greenhalgh |
(908) 369-3191 |
MEMBERS AT LARGE:
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W2CGX |
Barry Campbell |
(908) 725-0478 |
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N2ZVY |
Patrick Mauro |
(908) 470-6346 |
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W2XT |
Derry Galbreath |
(908) 369-7245 |
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AB2DW |
Tom Deegan |
(908) 236-0698 |
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N2QOR |
Justin Marchetta |
(908) 439-3094 |
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