CENTRAL ILLINOIS RADIO CLUB Short CIRCuits November 2001 Central Illinois Radio Club P.O. Box 993 Bloomington, IL 61702-0993 President: Rick Kempf, WD9HRU 309-828-8054 Vice President: Larry Mays, KB9NPH 309-827-8183 Secretary: Dean Lacy, AA9BS 309-452-4309 Treasurer: Floyd Hofmann, W9EX 309-452-3612 Newsletter Editor: Norman Huber, N9ZKS 309-378-4674 The CIRC is a not-for-profit ARRL special service club whose purpose is to advance the service of Amateur Radio. Located in Central Illinois, CIRC and its members welcome all to use the 146.94 repeater and to attend club meetings. Submissions for the newsletter must be received by the 10th of the month and may be snail or e-mailed to the editor at: Norm Huber 19266 E. US Hwy 150 Bloomington, IL 61704-5855 e-mail n9zks@earthlink.net Permission is granted to Amateur Radio-related organizations to reproduce contents of Short CIRCuits provided full credit is given. NOVEMBER PREZ COLUMN CQ, CQ, the CIRC. The month of Nov is almost over. We have a couple of activities this month. Jingle Bell Run The first one is the Jingle Bell Run on the 18th . The event starts at Ash Park and follows Constitution Trail past Colene Hoose School on the way to Jumers. The race portion kicks off at 1 p.m. We will be in place by 1230 p.m. The event lasts around an hour. Nominating Committee News Dean Lacy AA9BS and Larry Mays KB9NPH presented a slate of officers for the year 2002, at the October meeting. President: Larry Mays KB9NPH Vice President: John Payne KB9ZDZ: Secretary, Mitch Bricker KB9PXL Treasurer: Rick Kempf WD9HRU To be selected: An Elected Board Member Nominations will be accepted from the floor at the November meeting, with voting to follow. Xmas Dinner Our Christmas dinner is December 6, 6:30 arrival, eating around 7 at Ned Kelley's. We will be choosing from the menu, so you do not have to pick ahead of time. It would be extremely helpful though, to get a head count to Keith AC9S so that they pick a suitable area for us, no later than November 28. Last year the group ended up being separated. Code Class: Presented by Dean Lacy AA9BS, assistant Larry Mays KB9NPH John Payne KB9ZDZ has been the only ongoing member and is progressing quite well. John hopes to take his exam at Morton on the 15th of December. We all have had a good time working with the code, meeting at Dean's on a weekly basis. Deans assistant has declared some absenteeism in order to fill other commitments. Red Cross: CIRC member Larry Mays KB9NPH and his wife (Cheryl) have joined the Heartland Chapter of Bloomington Red Cross. I am willing to serve as a liaison between the CIRC and the Red Cross as needed. Whenever I indicate I'm a member of the Central Illinois Radio Club that has their monthly meeting at the Red Cross, it generates very positive feed back. With comments directed to how much the Red Cross expects to depend on the radio communications should the need arise. September 11, 2001 has put a challenge to this club that we need to prepare for. Hope to see everybody at the November meeting 73's de WD9HRU. Calendar of Events Weekly 2 Meter Net Every Tuesday evening on the 146.940-146.340 repeater at 9:00 p.m. 10/10 Breakfast First Saturday of every month at 8 a.m. Baker's Square, Vernon & Vets (Just south of College Hills Mall) CIRC Meeting Fourth Wednesday of the month at 7:30 p.m. at the Red Cross building in Bloomington (Just north of the airport). MORTON EXAM DATES Following is the schedule for W5YI-VEC Amateur Radio exams for the year 2001 at the Morton Public Library. Setup is from 11 to Noon. Exams begin at noon but registration is typically from 11:45 to 12:30. Questions may be directed to Bob Davis (AA9MY) at 309-263-8620 (Day) or email to redavis@dpc.net Please bring two forms of identification. You must have Social Security Number. We can not administer a test without SSN. You will need a copy of your Current license plus any CSCE you want to apply. Morton Public Library 315 W. Pershing Morton, IL 61550 Remaining dates for the year 2001 (Walk-ins are welcome) Dec 15 FOR SALE The following is a list of equipment from the shack of N9PE, who recently became a Silent Key. Please look it over and make any offers based on a fair current value. Ten-Tec OMNI VI Plus HF (model 564 S/N 04A10198 Transceiver (with 217, 219, 282, 285, and 288 filters), 705 microphone, model 280 (metered, power supply) Astron RS 35A power supply Ameritron AWM - 30 Peak reading SWR meter MAHA Battery Charger (purchased for TH-D7A) Kenwood TH-D7A Dual band HT with TNC (APRS, Packet, DX) DC adapter ( filtered DC plug) for TH-D7 TH - 25 HT w/spare ni-cad battery & wall wart. ICOM 27H FM mobile transceiver MFJ TNC-2 Packet Controller Keyer (fits over MFJ paddles) A-B Co-Ax Switch Heathkit Dual Paddle Electronic Keyer ( a classic ) Regency HR 2 - 2M FM XTAL mobile. Alliance HD-73 rotor and control CDR rotor control Cushcraft A3S Yagi Antenna Swan WM-2000 Watt meter - pending offer D 104 microphone ( an original classic ) Solder Station ( temp. controlled and ESD protection) -pending offer The sale of these items is being handled by AB9M Gary Huber, AB9M ECS, Wireless Development Team, State Farm Insurance Work Voice: 309-766-6229 Home Voice: (309) 662-0604 Email: AB9M@aol.com REPEATER NEWS The repeater has had some problems lately. It failed 10 November and Floyd, W9EX removed it from the transmitter site for trouble shooting and repair 12 November. It appeared that the transmitter power supply had failed. We will be hoping to get it back on the air ASAP. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPECIAL EVENT On 1 Dec the National Weather Service in conjunction Amateur Radio will be conducting a Special Event Station to acknowledge the contributions of Ham Radio to NWS during storm season. The event runs from 00Z to 24 Z. More info at http://hamradio.noaa.gov. The call sign to be used at Lincoln will be WD9CIR (Wx Doppler 9 Central IL Radar) on phone and WD9CIR/NWS on CW. Local DX Packet Cluster Information Bloomington Access and Transport node BMIDX1 (N1SF) 144.91 1200 baud Bloomington PacketCluster node BMIDXC (K9CW2) Connections to the network are made by first connecting to BMIDX1 then connecting to BMIDXC or K9CW2