NEW REPEATER
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JY1 Dies
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Birthdays
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The 440 repeater is going to be a reality. Roger, WB8WJV, Dean, KC8BGK, and Jeff, KC8HBH, re-tuned and assembled the GE master-pro UHF for amateur use. A long day at Rogers house was made even longer when the controller wasn't keying up the transmitter, but after investigating the wiring it was found out that the PTT and audio control lines were switched. The frequency of this repeater is 444.500 (+5Mhz) . The main purpose of this repeater is to link with 224.180 in Flint for reporting weather activities to the National Weather Service in White Lake. Please be advised that we will not change any reporting of weather events to the 31 or 36 there will be only ONE person in control of the 440 repeater when it is linked to White Lake. We don't want 10 people trying to report to White Lake. Hence when the repeater is linked to NWS it will need a PL tone and DTMF sequence to access. The courtesy tone will be different when linked. But other wise enjoy the repeater it's here for all to use and enjoy. Expectations of range are at least 20 miles. Frequency 444.500 (+5MhZ Offset) Call Sign KB8YUR The repeater is on the air at the clubhouse until it can be placed at its “home”, the Bay County Building.
The range is reduced because of this, but it will be a lot better as soon as it is moved and the pre-amp installed.

Special points of interest:
Membership dues are payable now
Plan ahead for /field Day 1999 we need volunteers
Any Ideas for Fund raising? Let us know we need to build up the club funds
Check into the Elmers Net on Wed nights at 9:00pm

King Huissen,of Jordan, JY1, SK

BAY AREA NEWSLINK

Bay Area Amateur Radio Club

Volume 2,Issue 2

FEBRUARY 1999
Club Call KB8YUR

New Repeater Coming Soon

FCC Denies fine extension

At last months meeting, it was brought up that if there is anyone who would like to teach the club about something concerning Ham Radio it would be fun.
So, if you have some topic that you would like to tell the club about, or perhaps talk about some equipment that you are familiar with, or something else that you might think of, contact Jeff or myself and set up a meeting that you can do it

Topics Needed

BIRTHDAYS THIS MONTH

BAY AREA NEWSLINK

HAPPY
BIRTHDAY
TO
YOU

It's January and it's time to pay your club dues. Please submit your payment to Al KC8FCW. Also all members need to be supporting the repeater fund. After all this is our repeater, and we use it, so let's contribute to the fund. The 145.31 repeater was worked on. Some of the connections were loose. They were tightened and now the repeater has better range. Hope everyone is enjoying it. Jerry KB8YTD is having a repeater party at his house soon. Listen to the Tuesday night nets for more information. We have our 440 repeater. However it's not on the air yet. We have a goal of having this on the air soon, and eventually linking it with the National Weather Service in White Lake Michigan. We all need to thank Dean KC8BGK and Jeff KC8HBH for putting up a new dual band antenna at the club house. They did this in the freezing cold temperatures on January 2. Now there is a 2 meter and 440 dual band up for us to use. Discussion was brought up on having a CW net on the 147.36 repeater immediately following the Tuesday night nets for all interested. This will be starting in 2 weeks, so mark your calendars and plan to join us. Plan on attending future club meetings on the second Thursday of every month. Bob NY7F suggested doing different demos on Ham Radio where the older, more experienced Hams teach the younger less experienced and we will be incorporating this into our meetings. Be thinking about what you would like to see. Please contact Al KC8FCW if you would like to do a demo. Even though it's not for a while, we need to be thinking about Field Day. Our organizer is Dean KC8BGK and he has decided that all operators will need to be assigned a time slot of 2-3 hours at a time. We need to let him know when we are available. Night time operating is essential and we will be needing people who will want to operate for night time slots. Help is also needed for set up and tear down. Please keep this in mind.
Submitted by Julie KC8HNT

MINUTES OF JANUARY MEETING

Volume 2,Issue 2

President
Jeff Lake KC8HBH
Vice-President
Jan Sharrow N8TNK
Secretary
Julie Lake KC8HNT
Treasurer
Al Pelletier KC8FCW
1 Year Trustee
Bruce Winchell N8UT
2 Year Trustee
Bob Shephard KC8AHP
3 Year Trustee
Steve Coates KB8YTC

AMMAN, Jordan - King Hussein of Jordan, a dominating figure in Middle East politics, died of cancer Sunday after a turbulent 47-year reign and was succeeded on the throne by his politically untested son Abdullah. Huissein, known to Hams worldwide as JY1, was always a rare contact on the bands but liked to get on the air as his time permitted.
He will be missed not only in the political world, but in the Amateur Radio world as well. Has anyone in the club ever had a QSO with him?

The FCC has denied a request by a Florida ham for an extension to respond to a forfeiture order resulting from an alleged non amateur violation of FCC rules. Jeffrey G. Guss, KF4MWT, of Palm Bay, Florida, was fined $2500 last October for alleged intentional interference to a Business Radio frequency. On November 6, Guss requested an unspecified time extension claiming he had not had adequate time to confer with his attorney and needed to look into his options further. In a letter dated January 26, the FCC's Riley Hollingsworth pointed out that the Commission's initial Notice of Apparent Liability was issued in February 1998, and that Guss had filed a response last June.
Hollingsworth said that if the $2500 fine is not paid, the matter will be referred to the US Attorney's office for collection. The FCC has not indicated whether Guss's alleged Business Band violation will affect his Amateur Radio license or future Amateur Service applications.

Repeater Control Operators
Earl Ramey WB8SIJ
Bob Cuthbert N8BBR
Art Briggs KF8NY
Technical Committee
Gary Ingersoll WB8ICU
Bob Cuthbert N8BBR
Earl Ramey WB8SIJ
Mike Gentle KB5TOJ
Jeff Lake KC8HBH
Newsletter Editor
Al Pelletier KC8FCW
Club Repeaters
145.310 (- )
147.360 (+)
444.500 (+)

Club Meetings are held on the 2nd Thursday of every
Month at the Bangor Twp
Hall in the building behind
The fire station. Meeting time is 7:30 pm.
NEXT MEETING IS
FEBRUARY 11, 1999
Attendance at last months
Meeting: 24

BAARC membership is open to anyone interested in Amateur Radio. Licensed members have full voting rights, non-licensed members are associates.

BAY AREA AMATEUR RADIO CLUB
615 MULHOLLAND ST
BAY CITY, MICHIGAN 48708-4208

FOR SALE

Kenwood model 520
HF Rig $275.00
Hammerlund HQ 170 Reciever
$100.00
Various HF mobile antennas
Bumper mounts,etc $135.00
Yeseau Land-Liner phone patch
$25.00
4-1000 Tube $100.00
Also various meters, relays and misc parts
Call Mac W8BUZ at
686-0675 or 892-3026
ICOM 751 HF rig
$575.00 call Mike N8AWF
684-9591

BAY AREA NEWSLINK

Volume 2,Issue 2

ARRL MEMBERS TO RECEIVE EMAIL ADDRESSES ARRL members soon will be able to announce their ARRL membership through their e-mail addresses! Starting February 1, 1999, a new membership service will be available for those wishing to have an ARRL e-mail address, and you won't have to switch e-mail services to do it. Not only that, but it will be free-of-charge to League members! The new, personalized League e-mail addresses will consist of the member's call sign @arrl.net. Electronic mail sent to the address automatically will be forwarded to any e-mail account you choose. As long as you remain an ARRL member, you'll never have to notify people of an address change -- even if you change Internet service providers. As soon as the service becomes available, members will be able to sign up quickly and easily through the ARRL Members Only Web Site. If you are not already registered for the Members Only Web Site, you can do so at http://www.arrl.org/members/. Taken from the ARRL Letter, 1/15/99 FORMER CANADIAN HAM CHARGED WITH JAMMING The FCC is not the only communications agency cracking down on malicious interference. The Radio Amateurs of Canada report that Industry Canada, the Canadian equivalent of the FCC, has charged a former ham with jamming. On December 22, 1998, Christopher Watson of Peterborough pleaded guilty to having "unlawfully and without lawful excuse interfere with radiocommunication by interfering with link repeater systems" and "unlawfully and without lawful excuse send false and fraudulent messages and calls on the radiocommunication system of the Ministry of Transportation." Watson was fined $500.00, and was placed on 3 years probation. Under the terms of the probation, Watson cannot "posses any radio apparatus that is capable of transmitting any messages, tones, communications of any description except for ordinary household telephone equipment (the latter not including cellular telephones)."

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We would like to wish the following members, whose birthdays
are in February, a very Happy Birthday with many many more to come:
Brian KC8EBW 2/4
Norm WD8PYL 2/10
Bob KB8VRU 2/19
Jim WA8BRB 2/19

BAARC membership is open to anyone interested in Amateur Radio. Licensed members have full voting rights, non-licensed members are associates.

Club Meetings are held on the 2nd Thursday of every
Month at the Bangor Twp
Hall in the building behind
The fire station. Meeting time is 7:30 pm.
NEXT MEETING IS
FEBRUARY 11, 1999
Attendance at last months
Meeting: 24

Repeater Control Operators
Earl Ramey WB8SIJ
Bob Cuthbert N8BBR
Art Briggs KF8NY
Technical Committee
Gary Ingersoll WB8ICU
Bob Cuthbert N8BBR
Earl Ramey WB8SIJ
Mike Gentle KB5TOJ
Jeff Lake KC8HBH
Newsletter Editor
Al Pelletier KC8FCW
Club Repeaters
145.310 (- )
147.360 (+)
444.500 (+)

President
Jeff Lake KC8HBH
Vice-President
Jan Sharrow N8TNK
Secretary
Julie Lake KC8HNT
Treasurer
Al Pelletier KC8FCW
1 Year Trustee
Bruce Winchell N8UT
2 Year Trustee
Bob Shephard KC8AHP
3 Year Trustee
Steve Coates KB8YTC

At last months meeting, it was brought up that if there is anyone who would like to teach the club about something concerning Ham Radio it would be fun.
So, if you have some topic that you would like to tell the club about, or perhaps talk about some equipment that you are familiar with, or something else that you might think of, contact Jeff or myself and set up a meeting that you can do it