Just a quick reminder that the
WCARS Hamfest is one week from
today!
Our club appreciates your
attendance at the 2013Hamfest
and as the 2014 WCARS Hamfest
Chair, I would like to
personally invite you to attend
our event again this year!
Our confirmed Vendor list is
growing and we are looking
forward to seeing the following
vendors next Saturday:
- Tarheel Antennas
- Triad Electronics
- Satellite Sam
-
J.M.R. Sales
-
Webster Communications
-
Ham World, Inc.
-
DBJ Radio
- The Wireman, Inc.
- T.A.W.
- AC & DC Electronics, Inc.
- N4HER
- Custom Audio / Video
Services
- The Pole Man
- Plus many other friendly
vendors setting up in the Pole
Barn and as tailgaters.
*The gate will open at 6:00 am
on Saturday morning for those of
you who will be setting up as a
tailgate vendor. Remember, there
is no cost to set up as a
tailgater, but you will still
need to purchase an admission
ticket to enter the grounds. The
main building will open for
business at 8:00 am.
For your convenience, I have
attached two PDFs. The first is
the WCARS Hamfest Flyer with an
advance order form at the
bottom. If you are so inclined,
mail it in now to receive your
ticket at the early bird
price of only $5.00 per ticket.
(NOTE: Unless you get a check in
the mail on Monday for an early
admission ticket price of $5.00,
we will NOT be able to hold your
ticket as a WILL CALL at the
gate). Plus, if you
order your ticket early, your
name will be put into the
drawing for the early bird
registration prize. This year,
the winner will have the choice
of a Wouxun Dual Band HT with
either 2m/440 or 2m/220
capabilities.
The second PDF lists the door
prizes that WACRS is offering
this year. Plus, many of the
vendors will be providing
additional door prizes. Good
luck to all!
Please let me know if you have
any questions. You may contact
me via email at
[email protected] or
visit the WCARS website at
www.wcars.org for additional
information.
Also, please feel free to
forward this email on to other
Hams who might be interested in
attending.
73s,
Jeff - KJ4TEI
WCARS Hamfest
Johnny Cash, Joseph Stalin, & The
Great Morse Code Crack----------Field
Day June 28 & 29 Not
one in your area look at this map.
http://www.arrl.org/field-day-locator----------------------May
be easier to go to the one nelow
baving problems as you can see.
Radio Amateur’s Sub-9 kHz VLF Signal
Detected Across the Atlantic
06/06/2014
How low can you go?
A signal on 8.971 kHz has
spanned the Atlantic, from North
Carolina to the UK. Running on
the order of 150 µW
effective radiated power, very
low frequency (VLF) experimenter
Dex McIntyre, W4DEX, transmitted
signals on June 2 and 3 that
were detected by Paul Nicholson,
an SWL in the UK. Earlier this
year, Nicholson detected
McIntyre's WH2XBA/4 Experimental
Service VLF signal on 29.501
kHz. McIntyre needed no FCC
license to transmit on 8.971
kHz, since the Commission has
not designated any
allocations below 9 kHz —
dubbed “the Dreamers’
Band.” “I’ll probably make more
transmissions on 8.9 kHz when
there is no chance of
thunderstorms,” McIntyre told
ARRL this week. “Then, maybe
sliding down in frequency to see
how low I can go for Paul to
detect the signal.” Right
now, McIntyre said his priority
is to complete a transverter for
the other end of the spectrum —
5.7 GHz. He’s also working on a
second 24 GHz system as a
loaner, “so I’ll have someone to
work,” he noted. “Sure is lonely
here above UHF.”Nicholson used
sophisticated digital signal
processing (DSP) software to
detect McIntyre’s transmission.
The distance was approximately
6194 km (approximately 3840 mi).
Nicholson was able to detect the
VLF signal during both daylight
and nighttime paths.On
June 1 and into June 2, McIntyre
transmitted a steady, GPS-locked
carrier at 8.971.000 kHz.
Between 0000 and 0600
UTC, Nicholson measured a
carrier at that frequency in
Todmorden, UK. He combined the
electrical and magnetic field
receiver outputs to produce a
unidirectional antenna
response.“This brought the
signal up to a significant
level,” Nicholson reported. “The
signal bearing was roughly west.
W4DEX is bearing 285°
from here. The S/N is max on a
bearing of 315°,
which puts the prevailing
southwesterly background nearer
to the side of the antenna
response. This gave the signal a
respectable 12.5 dB S/N in a 46
µHz bandwidth.”
Nicholson said McIntyre’s
carrier also was visible during
a daylight path in a 23 µHz
bandwidth.Just to confirm that
Nicholson was actually detecting
McIntyre’s signal, the two
experimenters conducted a blind
confirmation test. McIntyre
changed his transmit frequency
slightly, and Nicholson was also
able to detect that signal at
8.971.100 kHz at the same
strength. An e-mail response
from McIntyre confirmed 8.971.1
kHz as the new frequency.Is a
two-way sub-9 kHz contact in the
offing? “A two-way,
transatlantic contact would be a
hundred times more amazing than
just a simple signal detection,”
McIntyre said. “I seriously
doubt I will ever have that
receive capability. But not long
ago I seriously doubted I would
be the first to receive a
transatlantic or New Zealand 137
kHz transmission. Going down in
frequency has been as much fun
as going higher. It’s all
RF.”McIntyre expressed his
appreciation to Nicholson, “who
was convinced this could be done
with so little radiated power
and for his continuous prodding
to give it a try.” He also
credited Nicholson’s “amazing
weak-signal
software.McIntyre’s
transmitter consisted of a
Hewlett Packard HP 3586B
selective level meter with
tracking generator. The
low-level generator output is
amplified by a Wandel &
Golterman A-160 level regulator,
which feeds a Hafler P3000
stereo audio amplifier, which
has been bridge connected for
mono output. In this
configuration, the P3000 is
capable of putting out 400 W of
audio into an 8 W
load. McIntyre said the same
generator and amplifier have
been used on 137, 74, and 29 kHz
experiments.His antenna is
essentially the same one he uses
for 160 meters and for other LF
experiments. For this
experiment, however, it was
equipped with a gigantic
base-loading coil, which
contains nearly a mile of wire.
“The vertical wire is
spaced 1.5 meters from the
tower, hanging from an insulator
29 meters above ground,”
McIntyre explained. “Top hat
consists of about 170 meters of
#18 Copperweld. Most of the top
hat wires run about 7 to 20
meters over the top of a
combination of oak and pine
trees. Total antenna capacitance
is close to 1200 pF.”McIntyre
also thanked Jay Rusgrove, W1VD,
and John Andrews, W1TAG,
for their technical advice,
Markus Vester, DF6NM, for
technical advice “and additional
prodding,” Mal Hamilton, G3KEV,
for coming up with the term
“Dreamers’ Band,” and Stefan
Schaefer, DK7FC, for “proving
dreams can come true.”He also
expressed gratitude to
Warren Ziegler, K2ORS, for the
opportunity to experiment on 29
and 74 kHz, “and all the other
VLF experimenters who posted
their results on the RSGB LF
Group and the Yahoo
Sub 9kHz Amateur Radio
group.
Back
--------------Thomas Land
> Date: Thu, 19 Jun 2014
08:07:30 -0400
> From: [email protected]
> To: [email protected];
[email protected]
> Subject: WCU/PARI Balloon
Flight on 21 June 2014
>
> Although I haven't seen a
formal announcement, some emails
I have
> received from Western Carolina
University staff suggest that
they are
> planning a balloon launch on
21 June 2014 in conjunction with
the Pisgah
> Astronomical Research
Institute (PARI). You can read
more about PARI here:
>
> http://www.pari.edu/
>
> It looks like the balloon will
be carrying an APRS tracker on
144.39
> MHz, and possibly their usual
433.92 MHz beacon. The landing
zone
> should be south of the PARI
facility, east of Lake Jocassee.
I am not
> sure about the launch time.
>
> The balloon should be audible
in Caldwell Co. and western NC
for much of
> the flight.
>
>
> Todd
> AL0I
The entire article is
at:
http://www.arrl.org/news/radio-amateur-s-sub-9-khz-vlf-signal-detected-across-the-atlantic--
www.nhc.noaa.gov
Feedback requested for
Experimental Potential Storm
Surge Flooding Map in 2014;
NOAA releases 2014
hurricane
season
outlooks: Atlantic, Eastern ...
www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/outlooks/hurricane.shtml
The 2014 Atlantic hurricane
season
outlook is an official product
of the National Oceanic
and Atmospheric Administration
(NOAA) Climate Prediction ...
The
National Hurricane Center's
Tropical Cyclone Reports contain
comprehensive
information on each tropical
cyclone, including synoptic
history ...
www.nhc.noaa.gov/news/20140320_pa_2014seasonChanges.pdf
Update
on NHC Products and Services for
2014 NOAA’s National Hurricane
Center ( NHC)
will implement the following
changes to its text and
graphical ...
www.nhc.noaa.gov/prepare
The
first and most important thing
anyone should do when facing a
hurricane threat is
to use common sense. National
Hurricane Preparedness Week 2014
...
--------------------------
To: Duke Knief
May 20 at 7:34 PM.
This has fairly wide distribution so
far. If it's a dupe, hit the delete
button.
.....Duke
This was from the Fox station in
Atlanta.
From: W4UOC
Subject: Amatuer Radio Emergency
Service and GEMA
http://video.foxnews.com/v/3575775732001/ham-radio-gaining-new-support-in-digital-era/#sp=show-clipscy
--------------------
Foothills Community Workshop in
Granite Falls
(http://foothillscommunityworkshop.org)
is having an open house on Fri.,
May 30, 5-9PM and Sat., May 31,
10AM-6PM. We will have tours,
demos,
food, activities, etc. The
railroad will be operating and there
will be
demos in the electronics area, the
laser cutter, the 3D printer, the
CNC
routers, the ham radio station and
others.
----------------
Looks like several Counties are
already getting ready for field Day
in June. Good idea. Right now my
plans are to visit some Counties in
Area-11, Area-12 and Ares 13. Not
sure if I can hold to it. Trying to
do 6 Counties. If you will drop me
an E-mail on your FD locations I
will see what I can do. I will need
to know if you will operate Saturday
and Sunday or just a one day event.
http://www.arrl.org/field-day-locator
Paul - KD4OZI
----------------------
Looks like several Counties are
already getting ready for field Day
in June. Good idea.
Right now my plans are to visit some
Counties in Area-11, Area-12 and
Ares 13.
Not sure if I can hold to it. Trying
to do 6 Counties. If you will drop
me an E-mail
on your FD locations I will see what
I can do. I will need to know if you
will operate Saturday and Sunday or
just a one day event.
http://www.arrl.org/field-day-locator
Paul - KD4OZI
Nov. 16, 2011: Joe Carcia
mans the mic at W1AW at the
American Radio Relay League
Headquarters in Newington,
CT.Allen
Pitts / ARRL
Fresno,
Calif. – iPhone,
beware?
The newest trend in American
communication isn't another
smartphone from Apple or Google but
one of the elder statesmen of
communication: Ham radio licenses
are at an all time high, with over
700,000 licenses in the
United States, according to the
Federal Communications Commission.
Ham radio first took the nation
by storm nearly a hundred years ago.
Last month the FCC logged 700,314
licenses, with nearly 40,000 new
ones in the last five years. Compare
that with 2005 when only 662,600
people hammed it up and you'll see
why the
American Radio Relay League --
the authority on all things ham --
is calling it a "golden age."
"Over the last five years we've
had 20-25,000 new hams a year,"
Allen Pitts, a spokesman for the
group, told FoxNews.com.
For more information
http://www.foxnews.com/tech/2011/11/17/radio-days-are-back-ham-radio-licenses-at-all-time-high/
So join the latest craze -- no
iPhone app required.
Michelle
Macaluso is part of the Junior
Reporter program at Fox News. Get
more information on the program
here.
Also
Thanks To Brian (AB1JU) Area-11, EC
of Wilkes County, for providing me
with the data
4/22/2014
--------
Foothills Amateur Radio Club
News and InformationServing Wilkes
County, NC and the surrounding
areas, The Foothills Amateur Radio
Club welcomes you to our group!
Please
join me in welcoming our new DEC for
Area-14
Steve (N4SET), Steve is the
Treasurer for the Western Carolina
Amateur Radio Society (WCARS) and is
also heavily involved in Buncombe
County ARES Skywarn Group. I’am
look forward in working with Steve
and I sure that he will need help
from the EC’s in Area-14. Welcome
Aboard Steve.
Paul - KD4OZI
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Welcome our New Section Manager
Karl Bowman (W4CHX).
---------------------------------
I have
worked with Bill a number of years
and certainly hate to see him go.
When ever I met Bill at a Hamfest or
meeting he always had a smile on his
face
and an upbeat conversations. Happy
trails to you my Friend.
Paul - KD4OZI
Subject: NORTH CAROLINA QSO PARTY
THIS WEEKEND
Date: Mon, 17 Feb 2014 21:01:18
-0500 (EST)
Reminder! The 2014 North Carolina
QSO Party, sponsored by the Raleigh
Amateur Radio Society, will be held
on Sunday, February 23, 2014, from
1500z to 0100z (10:00 AM to 8:00 PM
EST). For further information,
please see the NC QSO Party
website,http://rars.org/ncqsoparty/
This
is a friendly, low-key contest, and
a great opportunity to improve your
operating skills. Besides, it's fun
to be on the other side of the
pile-up as operators around the
world want to contact YOU!
Also, effective Thursday, February
20th, Karl Bowman, W4CHX, takes over
as ARRL NC Section Manager.
TNX es 73,
Bill Morine, N2COP
-------------------
Garage Security
The following are videos
on how to break into a
garage
I
am pleased to announce that Roger
Burt, N4ZC of Mount Holly, NC is the
recipient of the 2013 Award. Roger
will receive this award
on Saturday, March 8, 2014 at
the Charlotte Hamfest during the
ARRL Forum.
Congratulations Roger.
ARRL Roanoke Division
Director: Dennis Bodson, W4PWF
[email protected]
--------------------------------
One Ring Scam
The 268 area
code has been linked to a form
of
telephone fraud known as the
"one ring scam". The person
perpetuating the scam calls the
victim via a robodialer or
similar means, sometimes at odd
hours of the night, then hangs
up when the phone is answered
with the hope that they will be
curious enough to call the
number back. When the victim
does this, an automatic $19.95
international call fee is
charged to their account, as
well as $9.00/min thereafter.
Similar scams have been linked
to Grenada (area
code 473), Jamaica (area
code 876), the Dominican
Republic (area
code 809) and the British
Virgin Islands (area
code 284).[1]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Area_code_268#One_Ring_Scam
KD4OZI -
2/08/14
---------------------------
Sent:
Monday, February 3, 2014 11:29
AM
Subject: ARRL
Membership or renewal deals
Guys,
It’s the time of the
year for me to renew my
ARRL membership. I want
to share what I do for
your consideration.
There are always codes
you can use to get a
free book. This year I
am getting “Hints &
Kinks for the Radio
Amateur" 18th edition
which is new. In the
past I have received
others each year I
renew. When you consider
you are getting your
membership. a great
magazine and a “free"
book for $39 it is a
super deal! Don’t renew
for multiple years for
the little saving when
you can get another book
each year. Below are two
of the renewal codes so
look for a book you’d
like to have and join
ARRL or renew. Start
building your ham radio
library!
Jim Howard,
W4SDJ
EC Cherokee
County NC ARES
Home
828-837-3630
Cell
828-644-8675
2/6/2014
----------------------
*Governor McCrory Launches ReadyNC
App to Help Families Prepare for
Emergencies*
*Raleigh, NC -* Governor Pat McCrory
and Public Safety Secretary Frank L.
Perry announced the launch of a new
mobile application today that will
help
North Carolinians prepare for
everything from minor traffic
emergencies to
severe storms on a daily basis.
The app is free and available now in
the AppStore for iPhones and Google
Play for Android devices.
"The ReadyNC mobile application is
an all-in-one tool that both
residents
and visitors can use to get the
latest weather, traffic and hazard
information and know what to do to
be safe," said Governor McCrory.
"None
of us can predict when the next
disaster will occur, but we can
minimize
the impacts by preparing ahead of
time."
Governor McCrory stresses the new
mobile app does not replace calling
911. However, it can be used to find
life-saving information.
The new app provides users with:
- real-time traffic and weather
information
- critical information on how to be
safe during different hazardous
events
- real-time information about opened
shelters for evacuees (including
addresses, capacity, directions and
if the shelter is pet-friendly)
- real-time updates on flood levels
of major nearby creeks and rivers
- phone numbers and links to all
North Carolina power companies to
report outages
- basic instructions on how to
develop emergency plans and what to
put
in your emergency supplies kit
- real-time information on which
counties have issued evacuation
orders
- contact numbers and links to
websites for those who need help
recovering from a disaster
- direct links to the ReadyNC.org
and NCDPS.gov websites and social
media accounts
"We've seen countless examples
across the country and here in our
own state
that remind us that those who are
prepared ahead of time fare better
during
disasters," said Secretary Perry.
"This simple app will help each
family do
just that."
The mobile application was developed
by N.C. Emergency Management using
Citizen Corps funds that are
designated to foster emergency
preparedness.
Brian T. Simpson
Director
Stanly County Emergency Services
201 S Second St
Albemarle, NC 28001
Office: (704)986-3650
Fax: (704)986-3653
[email protected]
Thanks to Bill (K4VET) for providing
this infprmation to me.
Paul - KD4OZI
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An excellent new video about
Ham radio - about 30 minutes
long.
Ray (KI4UDZ)
I
hope
you
might
help
us
to
share
the
news
about
a
new
educational
video
about
Amateur
Radio.
It
is
free
to
view
and
share
and
can
be
found
here:
It
has
been
created
for
anyone
who
wishes
to
encourage
youth
and
adults
to
explore
the
world
of
Ham
Radio
and
it
also
can
be
found
on
the
home
page
of
the
project
website
at
www.RadioQRV.com.
Thank
you
for
your
consideration.
73,
Mike
--------------------------------------
From: Carl W4EAT
Sent: Tuesday, January 21, 2014 8:25
PM
Subject: Helpful Info on Packet
Guys, I hope you find this article
from Packet Radio: What? Why? How?
published by Tucson Amateur Packet
Radio Corporation to be helpful. Not
just for Packet but for any
electronics you might have. Enjoy!
How to Repair Packet Equipment
Will also work for other types of
electronics.
STEP 1 Approach the ailing packet
unit in a confident manner.
This will give the unit the mistaken
idea that you know something.
It will also impress anyone who
happens to be looking, and if the
unit should suddenly start working,
you will be credited with its
repair. It this step fails to work,
proceed to step 2.
STEP 2 Wave the manual at the unit.
This will make it assume that
you are at least familiar with the
source of knowledge. Should this
step fail to work, proceed to 3.
STEP 3 In a forcible manner, recite
Ohm's Law to the instrument
(CAUTION: before taking this step,
refer to some reliable handbook
to be sure of your knowledge of
Ohm's Law). This will prove to the
unit, beyond the shadow of a doubt,
that you happen to know
something. This is a drastic step
and should be attempted only if
the first two fail. If this step
fails to work, proceed to step 4.
STEP 4 Jar the unit slightly. This
may require anything from a
three to six foot drop, preferably
on a concrete floor. However, you
must be careful with this step
because, while jarring is an
approved
method of repair, you, must not mar
the floor or get the unit out of
tune. Again, this is a very drastic
step. If it fails, proceed to step
5.
STEP 5 Brandish a
large screwdriver in a menacing
manner. This
will frighten the unit and
demonstrate your knowledge of the
deadly "short circuit" technique.
Proceed to step 6.
STEP 6 Add a tube...even though the
unit is solid state... This will
prove that you are familiar with the
node's design. This will
confuse the unit and thereby
increase your advantage. If this
doesn't work, proceed to the most
drastic and dangerous step. It
is seldom needed and is a final
resort if all else fails!!
STEP 7 THINK . . . !
Sorry, it is no longer published or
I’d buy several for my “close
friends”. 
73 Carl
--------------------------------------------------------
What
happened at out
Western Branch ARES Meeting..
Regarding the
ARES Access list,
you probably should
include a similar
statement after the last
entry and before the
signature block. .......
Duke W4DK
This document
contains personal
information and is
For Official Use
Only.
When superceded, the
document should be
appropriately
destroyed.
Gentlemen -
During the recent
Henderson County SET,
the question of
identifying members for
security purposes came
up. If you're fortunate
enough to be able to get
a county ID card or
something from the
sheriff's office for
your members, fine.
Everyone may not be so
fortunate, so here's a
possible solution to
consider.
Put together a list of
your ARES members, FULL
names as they appear on
their drivers license,
in alphabetic order,
with NCDL numbers. A
nice ARES logo on a
letterhead looks good as
well as the EC's or some
other official's
signature block at the
bottom (don't forget to
list the ECs info too).
Date it, laminate the
sheet and pass out to
facilities where you may
need access .... EOC,
911, hospital security
office, etc. ..... for
them to keep on file. A
quick and easy picture
ID system.......
and remember to keep it
up to date as members
come and go.
Here's sample wording
you might use at the top
of the document.....
For the purposes of
Security and Facilities
Access, the following
named Individuals are
members of the Amateur
Radio Emergency Service
and have
completed the necessary
NIMS courses for ICS
Qualification:
NAME NCDL#
Doe, John Quincy
2125551212
73' Duke W4DK
---------------------------------
I
received the message below from Earl
WX4J. We now have an outlet for
traffic for Puerto Rico and the US
Virgin Islands. Note that in order
to it to be delivered the traffic
must have a valid real telephone
number,
not a Skype number.
So you can
now edit your forwarding files to
route NTSPR and NTSVI to the
WX4J MBO in Florida.
73 Dave WB2FTX
EADC NTSD
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-------------------------------------------------------------------------
Nice
to
see
Ham
Radio
show
up
in a
commercial.
Amateur
Radio:
It's
not
rocket
science.
It's
the
Hobby
preferred
by
rocket
scientists.
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ARES WESTERN
BRANCH ANNUAL MEETING will be
Saturday, November 2nd at the Higher
Education Center of Western Piedmont
Community College in Morganton from
9:00 AM to 12:30 PM. For more
details, go to
www.kd4ozi.org
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
____________________________________________________
Western Branch Fall
Meeting - Morganton, NC
2128 S. Sterling St
Meeting Date: November 02, 2013
Start time 9:00 AM - Hard Stop 12:30 PM
The Higher Education Center campus.
Can hold up to 100 people.
WPCC Higher Ed. Center
2128 S. Sterling St
Morganton
Room HEC 163
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Need your
ICOM HF radio repaired? Well, let us
just say the ICOM man
has returned home and is back repairing
ICOM HF rigs.
Paul Hansen, W6XA
Amateur Radio Service
1813A N Boulevard
Anderson, SC 29621
864-222-3539
707-479-5892
Thank Bill (WA2EDN) for
providing the above information.
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