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EVARC Upcoming Events/Announcements
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Next meeting of the Elkhorn Valley Amateur Radio ClubDate: Saturday,
December 10, 2022 This is the annual Election of Officers meeting. Plan on attending to vote for your favorite candidate for office Minutes from the November 12, 2022 meeting minutes are available and can be read here Visitors and guests are always welcome to the meeting. |
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Northeast Nebraska HamfestPhotos from the hamfest have been posted. The Northeast Nebraska Hamfest was a big success. Thanks to
club members for their efforts on hosting the event and to the
people from Nebraska and South Dakota that attended this year.
Also a special to Les of
D&L Antennas
for coming, CHC Hall for the facility and food, along with the
businesses that provided our door prizes this year. This list
includes: GigaPartsMark your calendar for November 18, 2023 for the next Northeast Nebraska Hamfest |
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Parks on The Air (POTA)Interesting in learning more about Parks on the Air? Mark Wagner, N4ET forwarded a YouTube video that explains what POTA is, how it works, how to participate, and even some ideas on equipment to get on the air in a park. It is mady by KD4MM and NT8B of the Vienna (Virginia) Wireless Society. The link to the video is: https://youtu.be/PT6Fs9T3tno Note: the Video is almost a hour long |
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SIMPLEX NET - How far can you reach on 2 meters?Join us for simplex net on Monday evenings after the EVARC 7:30 net. The frequency is 146.52 simplex, no tone. If you are asked to call for additional check-ins please use the phraseology "This is {your call sign} looking for additional check-ins for the Elkhorn Valley Simplex Net. Any station that has not been acknowledged that would like to check in please call { your call sign}" Make a list of any new stations and then call net control and report this new list. Questions/suggestions should be sent to Terry, KF0ATX! |
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Amazon SmileThe club is an Amazon Smile donation recipient. If you purchase items from Amazon and have an account, go to your Amount & Lists, Click "Your Amazon Smile", and search for and select "Elkhorn Valley Amateur Radio Club". Then when your order an item from Amazon, start each shopping session at the "amazon smile" web site. A small portion (0.5%) of your order price will then be donated to the club. The club is a registered 502c3 non-profit organization. The club recently received a check from Amazon for over $20.64. If you haven't set your "charity" to "Elkhorn Valley Amateur Radio Club", please do so! Then order through the Amazon Smile home page! |
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Club Shirts The club has arranged with Renegade, located in the mall, to make available club logo shirts. They have the club patch and will order and make shirts for the club. The "official" shirt color will be gold. However they can make apparel with the club patch in any color. If you would like a gold shirt please print and compete the order form. Download and complete the order form and take it to Renegade to order your shirt.
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Local VHF/UHF Nets
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Midwest and Nebraska Section NewsThe Midwest Division Monthly Newsletter can be read on their web site. October 2022 Newsletter. The latest Nebraska Sections news can be found on the Nebraska Section Facebook page or the ARRL Nebraska Section news web page. |
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Special Operating Events
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Test Sessions within 200 miles of
Norfolk, NE
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12/10/2022 - Boone IA 50036 Sponsor: Boone Amateur Radio Klub
Date: Dec 10 2022
Time: 9:00 AM (Walk-ins allowed)
Contact: Steven C. Huffman
(515) 230-0459
Email: mailto:[email protected]
VEC: ARRL/VEC
Location: Boone Pioneer Senior Center
1112 Story St
Boone IA 50036-2222
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12/13/2022 - Sioux Falls 57104 Sponsor: Sioux empire ARC
Date: Dec 13 2022
Time: 7:00 PM (No Walk-ins / Register or Call ahead)
Contact: Willis L. Gravning
(605) 961-8466
Email: mailto:[email protected]
VEC: ARRL/VEC
Location: Minnehaha Cty Emergency Mngt Bldg
608 N Sigler Ave
Sioux Falls SD 57104
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12/20/2022 - Hastings NE 68901 Sponsor: Amateur Radio Assoc. of Nebraska
Date: Dec 20 2022
Time: 6:00 PM (Walk-ins allowed)
Contact: Allen D. Harpham
(402) 462-4619
Email: mailto:[email protected]
VEC: ARRL/VEC
Location: Hastings Municipal Airport Terminal
3300 W 12th St
Hastings NE 68901-3445
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01/21/2023 - Sioux City, IA 51101 Sponsor: Sooland Amt Radio Assoc
Date: Jan 21 2023
Time: 10:00 AM (Walk-ins allowed)
Contact: Tim T. Jarman
(712) 223-4033
Email: [email protected]
VEC: ARRL/VEC
Location: Downtown Public Library
529 Pierce St
Conference Room
Sioux City IA 51101
Website: https://k0tft.com/
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02/21/2023 - Hastings, NE 68001 Sponsor: Amateur Radio Assoc. of Nebraska
Date: Feb 21 2023
Time: 6:00 PM (Walk-ins allowed)
Contact: Allen D. Harpham
(402) 462-4619
Email: [email protected]
VEC: ARRL/VEC
Location: Hastings Municipal Airport Terminal
3300 W 12th St
Hastings NE 68901-3445
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The Ak-Sar-Ben ARC has testing on the last Wednesday of each month.
See their
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Hamfests/Conventions
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NOTE: Recommend you check the event before scheduled date. Current as of: 12/03/2022 | |
02/25/2023 - HARC Winter RF Fest, Perry, IA 50220 Start Date: 02/25/2023
End Date: 02/25/2023
Location: National Guard Armory
2930 Willis Ave.
Perry, IA 50220
Website: https://www.qsl.net/kd0neb/
Sponsor: Hiawatha Amateur Radio Club
Type: ARRL Hamfest
Talk-In: 145.190 PL 114.8
Public Contact: Robert Colling , KE0STT
806 Prairie St. Guthrie Center, IA 50115
Phone: 641-740-7526
Email: [email protected]
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7/8/2023 - North Bend Flea Market Location: North Bend, NE
Details to follow |
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08/26/2023 - Northern Plains Regional Radio Council Hamfest Start Date: 08/26/2023
End Date: 08/26/2023
Location: Brewster American Legion Post
825 3rd Avenue
Brewster, MN 56119
Website: https://www.facebook.com/groups/NPRRC/
Sponsor: Northern Plains Regional Radio Council
Type: ARRL Hamfest
Talk-In: 146.67 - 141.3
Public Contact: Randy Donahue , WB0ZSO
PO Box 336
Fulda, MN 56131
Phone: 605-610-9419
Email: [email protected]
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11/18/2023 - Northeast Nebraska Hamfest Start Date: 11/18/2023
End Date: 11/18/2023
Location: CHC Hall (Knights of Columbus)
105 Elm Avenue
Norfolk, NE 68701
Sponsor: Elkhorn Valley Amateur Radio Club, Inc.
Type: ARRL Hamfest
More information to follow
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News From the ARRL Letters |
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Quarter Century Wireless Association to Celebrate 75 YearsThe Quarter Century Wireless Association (QCWA) will celebrate its 75th anniversary on December 5, 2022.
Today, QCWA has 230 chapters in the US. During the organization's 75 years, it has had nearly 40,000 members. The Cleveland, Ohio, chapter was the first chapter chartered in 1951, and now has over 100 members. To celebrate its 75th anniversary, the QCWA Special Event Station, W2MM, will operate from 0001 UTC December 3 to 2359 UTC December 10, 2022. Only QCWA members in the US and its territories will have an opportunity to activate W2MM for this event. More information is available at https://qcwa.org/w2mm-special-event.htm. QCWA is also hosting the members-only Worked 75/75 Members Contest from December 5, 2022, through February 18, 2023. The contest encourages QCWA members to contact a minimum of 75 QCWA members during the contest period. All contest entrants will receive a special certificate. Additional information is available at https://qcwa.org/1-worked-75-75-members-contest.htm. -... -.- | |
Youth/Youngsters on the Air Month-Long Event Begins December 1On December 1, 2022, YOTA begins a month-long, special event to
celebrate young amateur radio operators --
YOTA Month 2022.
YOTA is Youth or Youngsters on the Air. Amateur radio operators aged 25
and younger will be on all bands using all modes throughout the month to
make contacts around the world. In 2021, YOTA participants worldwide
made 119,516 contacts, surpassing their goal of 100,000 contacts.
In the United States, the call signs for the event will be K8Y, K8O, K8T, and K8A. Argentina will be active as LR1YOTA, Canada as VC3YOTA and VB7YOTA, El Salvador as YS1YOTA, and Honduras as HQ2YOTA. Amateur radio operators are encouraged to listen for and contact these stations, as well as all call signs ending in the letters "YOTA" across the globe. In addition to the month-long celebration, on December 30 from 1200 to 2359 UTC, round three of the YOTA Contest will be active. Various YOTA activities and events are organized throughout the world. The International Amateur Radio Union (IARU) Youth in Amateur Radio web page includes additional information and links at https://www.iaru.org/on-the-air/youth-in-amateur-radio. -... -.- |
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Nova Scotia Students Contact Astronaut Via Ham RadioStudents at Five Bridges Junior High School in Stillwater Lake, Nova Scotia, Canada, finally had an opportunity to talk with an astronaut onboard the International Space Station (ISS) via ham radio.
The students were anxious to ask questions ranging from curiosities about the astronauts' work schedules to concerns about radiation in outer space. Astronaut Cassada was asked about his favorite part of training for his ISS mission, and he replied, "All of it!" The contact was made possible with amateur radio volunteers at the Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) ground station in Casale Monferrato, Italy, using the call sign IK1SLD, and was the 1,495 contact made since the ARISS program began. In the US, ARISS includes support from ARRL, AMSAT, NASA, NASA's Space Communication and Navigation (SCaN) organization and the Center for the Advancement of Science in Space (CASIS). -... -.-- | |
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Education and Training
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CLOSING ITEMSThe EVARC weekly net meets every Monday evening at 7:30 PM on the club 2 meter repeater (146.73 - ). Check-in to the net to hear an update on activities of other club members, announcements of local interest, and any late breaking information. Everyone is welcome to check in. The EVARC Simplex net meets on Monday evening shortly after the Monday net. The frequency is 146.52, no offset, no tone. The EVARC weekly rag chew net meets every Thursday evening at 7:30 PM on the club 440 repeater (444.250 + and Wires-X room 28001). Check-in for general discussion and a weekly trivia question. Want to try your hand as Net Control? Contact Andy, KF0CSI or Shane, KE0APG. ... -.- |
The purpose of this
newsletter is to provide information to local hams with items of interest.
It is compiled from local, regional, and national sources. Created by Monty Wilson, NRØA.
Contact the Webmaster with
comments or questions..
A
crossband activation of NEPM, the Battleship USS Iowa's original
active call sign, is scheduled in memory of Pearl Harbor. As
the representative of the National Museum of the Surface Navy at
the Battleship Iowa Museum in San Pedro, California, the
Battleship Iowa Amateur Radio Association (BIARA)
will honor the sailors and ships previously homeported in San
Pedro who were attacked on December 7, 1941, with special
crossband activations of NEPM on December 6 and 7, 2022. When
Pearl Harbor was attacked, seven of the battleships formerly homeported in San Pedro Bay were not present. Eight Pacific
fleet battleships -- the USS Arizona, USS California, USS
Maryland, USS Nevada, USS Oklahoma, USS Tennessee, USS West
Virginia, and USS Pennsylvania -- were at Pearl Harbor and
absorbed the brunt of the Japanese attack. Of these eight ships,
three sank, one capsized, and four suffered varying degrees of
damage. Under the authority of the Navy and Marine Corps
Spectrum Office Southwest, they will transmit using the Iowa's
NEPM call sign on assigned military frequencies and listen for
calls from the amateur radio community in their adjacent bands.
NEPM will transmit on 14.375 MHz, 18.170 MHz, and/or 21.460 MHz
on J3E upper sideband and/or A1A CW. The operator will advise
listeners as to where they are listening. Amateur participants
are reminded not to transmit on the NEPM military frequencies.
Operations on both days are expected to be from 1500 to 2400 UTC.
QSL procedures can be found at
Founded
in 1947, QCWA's mission includes promoting "friendship and cooperation
among Amateur Radio (Wireless) operators who were licensed as such at
least a quarter of a century ago." 
On Wednesday, November 23, 2022, the students were able to talk with
Astronaut Josh Cassada, KI5CRH, for about 11 minutes as the ISS passed
over northern Europe. 
No
new sunspots appeared over the past reporting week, November 24
- 30. But sunspots were visible every day. 
