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1. SS PS pee BAZ Seales 4 i AR ma B i 14 Name City Date of Birth T Shirt Size Sunday April 19 Sunday April 26 Sunday May 3 Sunday May 16 walk MS 2015 VOLUNTEER REGI STRATI ON FORM Please Circle Your Walk Site Lancaster Gettysburg Hershey Bloomsburg Lewisburg Montoursville West Shore York Northeast State College Please indicate your volunteer choice s Planning Committee Route Marking Check In Registration Lunch Server Support Vehicle Driver Rest Stop Support Finish Line Celebration Medical Support Are you an O EMT O RN Communications Are you a Ham Radio Operator Traffic and Safety Photography As Needed Please mail this form to National MS Society 2040 Linglestown Rd Suite 104 Harrisburg PA 17110 or Fax to 717 652 2590 Questions Call 1 800 344 4867 152. s Miscellany Free Stuff Six Meter DX Charts MS Walk Registration Form our power supply needs From there we can finish the improvements of the last few years and really make it sing From there we move to the operating building The old tin can is showing her age and we are on the cusp of developing our new facility I have posted pictures and budget plans for the new building on our website We are fortunate that many of the jobs needed for this project can be performed by the skills of the membership It is these skills that we are fortunate to possess as it greatly increases our construction reach The completion of the operating building marks a huge step in our abilities to host events provide inclement meeting space and as a home for truly great stories As we approach our trigger point of 11 000 we must continue to do what we can to raise the money needed to complete the build That said the board will discuss ideas to raise money and close in on the goal On our Laurels not a chance We are continuing the drive and look to the help and participation of the membership to meet our goals 173 Kevin K3LLC Coming Events Tuesday 24 March 2015 7 00PM SPARC meeting at the Rapho Twp Municipal Bldg 971 N Colebrook Rd Rapho Twp Manheim P O 17545 for GPS The March license test session will be at 6 00 PM prior to the club meeting Those wishing to test should let me know by email at AB3RK ARRL NET
3. the Royalton Cropwalk the Lancaster MS walk and the Columbia Mardi gras parade in October we are planning to log some good service hours for the year Event dates are located on the K3IR org web site along the right pane This is one of the areas we as a club can shine on within our community We get a chance to come out of our shacks and show what amateur radio can provide in these situations The CPIN network is expanding and SPARC is at the center of many of these expansions We are redirecting one of our dishes and adding one more This will provide data into Lancaster city out to Maytown and helping cover even more territory With these additions we can start to consider adding backfill sector antennas to blanket areas rather than just point to point One of these fills is to provide a backup data connection to our beloved Rapho Township This will allow the facility to continue in times of need when we are at our most useful All of this brings us back to our site Though the winter chill has kept most of us away the site stands strong The work organizing the racks has given us a chance to make progress in improving our communications system Next is to reduce our power consumption and recalculate Table of Contents President s Message Coming Events Editor s Notes Six Meter DX Report ARES RACES Information SPARC Officers Nets Etc The QRSS Labs WSPR Kit Two Ears One Mouth Convert VHS to DVD Progress Jim
4. 9 00PM on 146 210MHz May be slightly delayed by SMRA club net Tuesday Digital Net 8 00 PM on the York 146 970MHz Repeater This is a busy digital data training net for beginners and advanced users The primary mode used is MT63 2k Other experimental modes are also used Morse Code Net Tuesday 2000 local time 8 00p SMRA repeater 145 430 67 0 Hz with alternate frequency of 146 460 1 000 kHz offset tone 67 0 Hz Wednesday York County SSB Net 7 45PM on 50 135MHz Informal net getting started Contact Steve Cruse K3 WHC for more information NEW Wednesday Pottstown Area Amateur Radio Club 8 30PM 50 130MHz Contact Leonard WV3P for more information Wednesday Red Rose Repeater Association Net 8 30 PM on 147 01SMHz This is an experiment to see if net attendance improves by starting a half hour earlier Wednesday QCWA Net 9 00PM on 146 97MHz Thursday Lancaster Radio Transmitting Society Net 9 00 PM on 145 390MHz Friday Lebanon County Digital Roundup Net 8 PM on the EARS 145 450MHz tone 100 0Hz repeater I cover all types of digital data modes training on computer radio interfacing and message handling The primary focus is with Fldigi and Flmsg and lots of SSTV using MMSSTYV The nets are always very informal and have sometimes lasted for 2 or more hours to cover all the evening s interest T3 Bob Sanborn AB3GF Sunday Info Net On the N3TUQ 900MHZz repeater 8 30PM Output 927 5875MHz In
5. Floyd asked for help with preservation and I agreed to help I am far from having a complete solution to the problem but enough has been accomplished to warrant a progress report that will help others with similar projects VHS cassettes are analog storage devices with well known failure modes My first step was to learn how to convert from VHS to DVD discs to get digital format data storable on computer hard drives thumb drives etc I own a Toshiba DVR620KU cassette DVD recorder player purchased because of the advertised capability to convert VHS to DVD Sounds easy but it isn t The manual for the DVR620KU is translated from Japanese and shows it I have personally participated in translating manuals and I know it isn t easy to go from a foreign language to English as we use it Japanese is especially difficult because of the differences in sentence structure The manual needs better indexing and organization With that caveat let s proceed to how I convert VHS to DVD using the DVR620KU Incidentally Consumer Reports recommends the DVR620KU as the economical solution to the problem I started in early December 2014 and with a lot of trial error and help from others I can report success with the conversion phase of the project Look at page 9 of the user s manual for a summary of various DVD formats and their capabilities The dubbing function of the recorder is used to convert VHS to DVD which requires the use o
6. program Greek to me AA3C Gud Luk amp DOS freeware Nn nent FRESH AND FREE WEBMASTER TRY THESE FREE SOFTWARE LINKS TOOLS Tucows Software Library Free Software MajorGeeks Tops List Safe Software DL Browse through more than 30 000 Sites downloads compatible with Windows 7 MajorGeeks is proud to announce that The Vista XP 2008 Server 2003 Server NT Windows Club listed us first in their recent ME 2k and even Windows 95 and 98 article Safe Software Download Sites 100 CompletelyFreeSoftware com Major Geeks 100 TOP Down Loads The freeware listed on this site has been hand picked tested reviewed and rated to 73 Jim Ibaugh AA3C SK ON4KST Six Meter DX maps for Six Meter report above map 20815 MENU o aag co Da EQ FQ 6Q HO 10 Jo KQ La m Ng oq PO og RQ Net wg CAE A Z Sp A ee Ky Uy sai SN A ed ae SS AE f A ANR ps PS s 5 f 7 t o f a amp z sy _ AA a A lt 1 eee a N ich J i HAN T amp ON4KST Se iHz to MENU 6 BQ ieee ee E eS aes i hee N N es y x ORR Sii i ant Y aA e rhe iin 7 Bet ens i MF 3 F i Alia R R 8 3 sal ra C se D v D SEARS Wi 4 de ACT he ae a ee e ANL ATTEN N WA FN re AS De Pe A Jae A N e N Nt o o o oaan Eo Te ee e e wN r e E aE e eee aut Se gg cycgg pg N KST T 11 Marc
7. so we can be properly prepared Rich Kaelberer AB3RK CVE The program for the evening will be a report by Dave Sarraf N3NDJ on his trip to the Ukraine A short business meeting will follow Monthly Breakfast The second Saturday of every month at 0800 is a SPARC breakfast at Gus s Keystone Restaurant 1050 W Main St Mt Joy PA Contact Gerry Wagner KB3SSZ for more details Everyone interested in Amateur Radio is invited to attend See http guskeystone com for restaurant details Other Events Wednesday 18 March 2015 Sunrise at the North Pole There s hope The astronomical definition of sunrise is when the first edge of the Sun is visible above the horizon Saturday 11 April 2015 8 00AM to 1 00PM 2015 York Hamfest Elicker s Grove Park 511 Roth Church Rd Spring Grove PA 17632 Tailgating Only Set up at 6 00AM Contact Duane Sterner KB3QLQ for details Tuesday 14 April 2015 The Dawn spacecraft goes into orbit around Ceres Ceres is the largest object in the asteroid belt See http dawnblog jpl nasa gov for detailed prorgress reports and photos Ceres from 28 000 miles NASA photo Sunday 19 April 2015 Lancaster MS Walk This is a joint SPARC and Red Rose Repeater Association project A registration form is attached at the end of this newsletter Please fill it out and send it to stacey derck nmss org or FAX to 717 509 0930 Harry Bauder WA3FFK is coordinating this event
8. E 34 is the button you want for dubbing Now proceed to page 50 for dubbing instructions When you reach step 8 on page 51 the dubbing operation should begin and you 11 should see the output picture and audio from the VCR If you don t see the picture you did something wrong and nothing is being copied Rewritable discs can be reformatted manually for reuse See page 29 of the manual If your recording exceeds the space available on the DVD the recording will stop automatically Because of overhead the amount of video recorded will be about 4 4GB If you have enough space left on the DVD you can add additional titles The next step is to edit the title name as described on page 76 of the manual When you are finished recording and editing go to page 32 and Finalize the disc It should now be playable in most DVD players and your computer BluRay players handle most disc formats and produce the best playback Title Menu 1 SCR270 TRAINING FILM 11629 2 WESTINGHOUSE RADAR DEVELOPMENT 3 HISTORICAL ELECTRONICS MUSEUM Example Title Menu Rewritable discs are made with materials that make them less stable over time Make copies on DVD R discs on your computer I use Roxio Creator for computer disc copies I store the video files on my computer and on a thumb drive stored in my safe deposit box I will save the topic of archival storage of digital data for a later article Now some tips on how to get free tech supp
9. Please also notify Harry of your plan to participate Membership in SPARC or Red Rose is not a requirement to participate This is primarily a handheld event Your HT should be programmed for the Red Rose Repeater on 147 015MHz tone 118 8 See http w3rrr org for details Editor s Notes Spring is coming at 1845EDT March 20 the moment when the Sun is directly over the Equator For the crew at the South Pole Station the Sun is setting What is the relationship between Amateur Radio and astronomy There has always been the seasonal effects on propagation but the relationship really got close when Amateurs started using the Moon as a reflector for long distance VHF and up communications It is time to plan your antenna repairs and improvements June and the VHF conference and Field Day are not that far away Contesting is recognized as good practice for emergency communicators I know this is redundant but I always need material for publication in the newsletter 73 George W3FEY Six Meter DX Report 13 March 2015 Brutal describes both the weather around here in February and early March and six meter propagation With the exception of a couple of single hop E openings the latest which occurred on 4 March the band has been as cold as the temperature There were a couple of noteworthy DXpeditions that had success on six meters 3GOZC on Juan Fernandez Island west of Chile in late February and earlier this mon
10. QRZ NEWS A MONTHLY PUBLICATION OF SOUTHERN PENNSYLVANIA AMATEUR RADIO CLUB INC PO BOX 422 Mount Joy PA 17552 Founded June 1960 AN AFFILIATED SPECIAL SERVICE CLUB OF THE ARRL INC Public Service through Communication Website WWW K3IR org Email address k3ir arrl net Repeaters 145 230 449 975 Packet 145 030 ATV 923 250 FN10se Club site 1715 Breneman Road Rapho Twp Manheim P O 17545 NO DELIVERY March 2015 President s Message Usually when a new regime is elected there is the victory lap the spoils of war the 6 month vacation not this board In its first month we have moved the mailbox Not only is the Mount Joy box easier to get to and cheaper but we are hopeful for better performance in the act of mail delivery After that we attacked the tyranny of Santander No more leakage of our money we are now up and running with Union Community National and after meeting the branch manager and fully understanding the process of getting the next round of officers on as signers I am relieved to report we are in better hands So that s it we are good we can ride out the next 23 months right Well we are just getting going We have our goals set to raise the money we need for the new building we have projects scheduled to further tie our community into the CPIN network and let s not forget our service work The calendar is filling with event communication gigs Between the Mount Joy Parade
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12. ency oscillator must be very accurate This is due to the narrow operating band but also the timing necessary for the listening stations to sync This accuracy pays out huge as WSPR signals as low as 100mW can reach around the world This is due to the massive amounts of error correction and pass after pass of sending data again at 8bits per minute So now that we know there is an ultra low power data transmission what can we do with it Enter the http wsprnet org website There you can map and track signals from transmitters to receivers around the world What this allows is real time sampling of signals and paths as conditions apply across the bands This allows for QTH to world propagation mapping in real time Want to know if it s worth firing up the rig want to know if DP1POL is up just check your beacon The standard kit comes with all the SMD components soldered and the screen mounted to the driver card The kit leaves the Through hole soldering and the dreaded coil winding to your own doing but that s not too bad You order the kit as a single band model but an expansion daughter board allows for up to six bands from 6M through 2200M yep that low Other features are a case and a GPS chip The GPS provides position I pps frequency stability and time sync For WSPR this is almost a necessity The QRSS labs device will use the GPS module to re sync after every transmit cycle ensuring you are at the greatest probab
13. f rewritable DVDs From the compatibility list on page 9 I chose DVD RW discs and the video format That s all I have experience with and all that I will cover in this report You need to be connected to your TV set to see the menus and results of your work For the dubbing operation the video input is from the VHS cassette but the recorder needs to be set to an unused hardware input L1 or L2 as described at the bottom of page 37 Do not select L3 I will assume that the user will have already done the preliminary set up such as setting the clock I don t think the dubbing function is dependent on the clock being set but if it isn t set the date information in the title created for the dubbed copy will be wrong Before placing your disc in the recorder set the recording format as described on page 28 of the manual Use the video mode When you put a blank disc in the recorder it will immediately be formatted in the previously set mode When formatting is complete the record mode information will be displayed on the screen Next study the information on Recording Mode on page 34 where trade offs between quality and recording time are discussed as well as copy protection information If you haven t done it already go to page 12 of the manual and pay special attention to the buttons on the lower right of the remote between 31 and 36 For the dubbing operation make sure that you do not accidentally press 33 REC REC MOD
14. ility of landing the spot The above picture is my install I opted to unstack the board to give ita lower profile and for the GPS chip in the corner It is completed with a USB power wire and a SO239 connector Soon I will move this into a weather tight box so I can mount the transmitter at the antenna point and feed the DC up to This should maximize output from 100mW Overall this setup is straight forward and provides a useful tool for HF propagation I suggest anyone looking to embark on this project to go to the QRSS Labs website at qrp labs com to look the kit over Also read the operating instructions for the kit Bring in your installs I want to see pictures more importantly I will spot you on WSPR to check that the beacon is transmitting Cheers Kevin Lampo K3LLC Two Ears One Mouth A good way to get involved in ham radio is to listen in on the various activities and learn from listening and exploring Of particular interest are the Digital nets To listen to these nets you will need some means of getting speaker audio from your radio to the sound card of your computer One less than ideal method is to simply place a computer microphone near your radio speaker You can also make a cable to run from the radio s phone output into the microphone jack of your computer If your radio has a data port you can pick up audio there See you owner s manual If you want to get into digital modes a little deeper an exter
15. linking with other area repeaters Lancaster County RACES VHF Net is held on the first Tuesday of the month at 2030 hours local time on the 145 310 MHz repeater in Rawlinsville The Lancaster County primary ARES RACES repeater is on 145 310 MHz with minus offset and 118 8 PL Pennsylvania RACES HF Nets are held at 3993 5 kHz LSB on all Sundays except holidays The statewide net is on the first Sunday of the month at 0800 hours local time The Central Area including Lancaster County net is at 08 30 local time EPA NBEMS Net Tuesday 7 30pm local EST 3 5920mhz Mode Olivia 8 500 1khz Net Mer WA3WSJ arrl net SPARC Nets SPARC holds nets every Tuesday at 2100 local time on 145 230 MHz minus offset and PL of 118 8 The 449 975MHz repeater is linked to the 2m repeater for the net Club Officers President Kevin Lampo K3LLC Vice President Scott Lithgow KN3A Secretary Peg Hamm KB3SCA Treasurer David St Pierre AB3 VJ Repeater Trustee Dave Payne N3LOM Nearby Nets of Local Interest If you need information on access tones etc the referenced web sites below will usually provide the information needed For more information see http arcc inc org arc fdbas html Monday Ephrata Area Repeater Society Net 9 00 PM on 145 450MHz Monday Keystone VHF Club Combined Club amp ARES RACES Net 8 30PM on 146 970MHz Monday South Mountain Radio Amateurs SMRA Club Net 9 00PM on 145 430MHz SSB net
16. lve single aircraft flying in close formation Instead he would have seen a large smear of targets near the maximum range of the radar It is not surprising that he thought there was a malfunction I received a lot of help from SPARC and Packrat members to achieve success in this project Rick Walter and Doug Hengst gave generously of their time expertise and equipment The Packrats were generous in their evaluations of the compatibility of my converted DVDs They gave me confidence that the converted discs are compatible with all but a few older players 173 George W3FEY Jim s Miscellany FREE Stuff By James L Ibaugh AA3C ARRL T S My collection of free software links has been around for several years Most of the stuff I have on my computer was downloaded from the many free software sites I visit Of course I ve got a small laptop and cannot try all the free stuff in ten life times Also shoe string budget causes my interest in free software Microsoft Virtual Academy Home Courses http www microsoftvirtualacademy com Free courses from MS Who could have known Stuff you might even be able to use Virtual Academy Home Courses Exchange Course Aspiring Technologists Lync Course Business Intelligence BI Microsoft Azure C XAML Microsoft Dynamics Data Platform Office 365 Enterprise Developer Administration Office End User SharePoint SQL Server System Center Visual Studio Gam
17. me frequency Wednesday 7 00 PM Eastern US east 7036KHz Olivia 8 500 1 5k Bulletins via MT 63 Thursday 7 15 PM Eastern Virginia Digital Net 3578 5KHz Olivia 4 500 1 3k on waterfall 9 00 PM Eastern Michigan Digital Traffic net 3583KHz Olivia 8 500 1k Saturday 10 00AM Eastern NY EBEMS Net 7036KHz Olivia 8 500 or MT63 1000 both at 1 5k on WF 1 00 PM Eastern Southern Territory SATERN net 14065KHz Olivia 8 500 1k on waterfall NOTE SATERN is Salvation Army Team Emergency Net They will welcome your check in 8 00 PM Eastern Michigan Digital Traffic net 3583KHz Olivia 8 500 1k NOTE Convention calls for Upper Side Band USB on all frequencies in digital modes Voice Nets 6 00 AM Daily The Roosters Net 3990 LSB informal net 6 00 PM Daily PA Traffic Net 3917 LSB 8 00 AM M Sa ECARS 7255 LSB runs until about 2 00 PM 8 00 AM M Sa Mid CARS 7258 LSB runs until about 2 00 PM 7 00 AM M Su Continental Traffic Net 14 300 USB runs to Noon 12 Noon M Su Maritime Mobile net 14 300 USB noon to pretty much the rest of the day see www 14300 net for all the nets that meet on 14 300 throughout the day CW Nets 7 00 PM and 10 00 PM Daily PA Traffic Net 3585 CW 73 10 Harry WA3FFK Converting VHS to DVD Progress Report Floyd Jury W3OLV has a collection of old VHS tape recordings of various WWII training films on the SCR270 radar and big bombers
18. nal sound card is the route to take The TigerTronics Signalink is a good choice It plugs into a computer USB port and you can order cables for most Ham radios Cost including cables comes in at a little over 100 The next thing you will need is some type of digital software The most popular seems to be FLDIGI The software is free at www wlhkj com Some antivirus software will choke on this site but I have never heard of anyone having any infections Just download and install the version of FLDIGI FLMSG and if you are adventurous FLAMP for your computer operating system All three install quite easily and don t take much disc space Once the install is complete open FLDIGI Now tune your receiver to 7 070 MHz 14 070 MHz or 21 070 MHz Upper Side Band USB You will probably hear a funny warbling sound Start FLDIGI and look at the display near the bottom this is called the waterfall From the pull down menu at the top of the page labeled Op Mode select PSK then BPSK31 If all you see is black your audio level is too low You may need to adjust the mic input level of your computer If the waterfall is all yellow your level is too high and needs to be turned down Once you get it set right you should see a blue background with what look to me like yellow railroad tracks running down the screen Move the cursor over one of these tracks and click You should start seeing text on the yellow part of the screen If you move
19. nt of the six meter openings they have experienced the QSL card for the DXpedition is also attached HH ni E One last note Dick KSAND Terry K4RX and I will be travelling to St Eustatius in late June for a 10 day DXpedition Emphasis will be six meters although there will be HF operation Call sign will be PJS something grid is FK87 Because of the topography of the island and our location we are considering two six meter stations One station on the eastern side of the island will look to Europe and Africa a second station on the west side of the island will have an antenna pointed towards the US and Central America The eastern main six meter station will have a seven element yagi and the western secondary station will have a five element yagi Power will be sufficient We are also looking at 7OMHz operation to attempt the first trans Atlantic contact on that band On 70MHz we should have a 6 or 7 element yagi We are hopeful that we will be able to make many 50MHz and few 70MHz contacts More information will be forthcoming That s about it for now 73 Chris Patterson W3CMP NEW CALEDONIA FK8CP CONFIRMING Qso wiTH W 3 CME merae a eat D perf else few ES Pia a R MI TOUZARD _ PsE as 2 P O BOX 945 QSL KIT Nx 98845 NOUMEA NEW CALEDONIA ARES RACES As part of the SPARC commitment to emergency communications the SPARC repeater system 1s maintained as available for
20. ort for your Toshiba DVR620KU Toshiba supports a user community on their web site where users help each other with problems Go to http support toshiba com and select Community Forums on the right center of the screen Then enter the model number of your Toshiba equipment You can enter the forums by other routes but functionality may be lacking Now you are on your own I am not skilled at navigating the forums Frequent advisor Rick Langston 1s an expert on the DVR620KU Rick is not a Toshiba employee You will see many posts from Rick Now let s take a look at some output from the 1942 SCR270 training film Six portable SCR270B radars were installed on Oahu on Dec 7 1941 The Opana ridge radar detected and reported the incoming Japanese bombers but the warning was ignored For a full report see page 11 of the November 2013 issue of QRZ News SCR270 radar display showing multiple targets The image above is from the 1942 training film 11629 Locating and Reporting Targets The transmit pulse is the large blip to the left The receiver doesn t recover until the transmit pulse is about 23 miles on its way Range is measured along the horizontal axis The design maximum range of the SCR270 is 150 miles It is possible to detect large targets beyond 150 miles See the report in the November 2013 QRZ News 12 This display only hints at what Joe Lockard saw on Dec 7 1941 A three meter radar cannot reso
21. oup nts epa Both nets will utilize the 146 640 tx MHz Transmit access tone 82 5 Hz AA3RG Repeater http www aa3rg org QRZ News Publication QRZ News is published monthly The deadline for submission of items for publication is 11 days before the regular membership meeting on the fourth Tuesday of each month If material is not copy and paste ready for publication more lead time is required We operate on an exchange basis with other not for profit publications Articles printed in QRZ News may be reprinted in a not for profit publication provided proper credit is given QRZ News is archived at http www k3ir org The ORSS Labs WSPR Kit Kevin Lampo WSPR 600 1091 45 2 GOUPL 23 9 As one prone to build I opted to ease into the concept of building a transmitter The QRSS WSPR beacon seemed like a good place to start First let s discuss the WSPR protocol WSPR 1s an offshoot of JT65 and JT9 It is another wonderful piece of design from Joe Taylor KIJT If you know the odd restrictions of JT65 then WSPR is no different It is a heavily error corrected digital signal that sends a maximum of 13 characters every 10 minutes Yep that is 8 bits per minute or 133 BPS To be fair it only transmits for 2 minutes resting for 8 This allows for more signals to run on a very narrow chunk of band like 100 Hz narrow This protocol allows for a couple of neat features with 2 caveats First the clock and frequ
22. put 902 5875MHz 25MHz PL 114 8Hz The N3TUQ 900MHz repeater is located on the LVSRA tower on Cornwall Mountain Net control Bob Howard KB3QAQ For more information visit http www n3tug com repeater aspx NEW Times and days PACKRAT VHF UHF NETS Visit the Mt Airy VHF Radio Club at http oackratvhf com airtimes htM for the latest information on VHF UHF nets NTS Eastern Area Phone net 3 917 at 4 00 PM daily for traffic going to EPA MDC WPA and Maryland We have a callup pass any traffic after that a round of comments Traffic manager is WA3QPX Net could use more checkins from EPA as we normally only get one checkin from EPA and sometimes none This is where the Fone traffic for EPA net normally comes from Any questions I will be on 3 917 at 4 00 PM 73 Paul WA3QPX Two EPA Nets Now Accessible via Echolink Posted By egroups_n3sw egroups_n3sw Mon Aug 27 2012 11 40 pm lt gt The EPA AA3RG and Echolink Traffic Net EAETN has been accessible since its inception via Echolink at node AA3RG R 149493 See the group Calendar for more information Thursday 8 00PM lt gt Now the Capital Area Traffic Net CATN is also accessible via Echolink at node N3TWT R 743026 See the group Calendar for more information All licensed hams are welcome to join in on these nets 73 Scott N3SW EPA STM lt gt AA3C note To visit our group on the web go to NTS EPA Group web site http groups yahoo com gr
23. t RTL SDR Scanner lt gt A cross platform Python frequency scanning GUI for USB TV dongles using the OsmoSDR rtl sdr library In other words a cheap simple Spectrum Analyser Sources are available on GitHub https github com EarToEKarOak RTLSDR Scanner First read INFO http eartoearoak com software rtlsdr scanner http sourceforge net projects rtlsdrscanner tileslatest download source directory lt gt Ham Radio Control Libraries lt gt Library of programs to control radio transceivers and receivers via computer software The Hamlib project s purpose is to develop flexible and portable shared libraries that offer a standardized API to control any radio oriented equipment through a computer interface Info Source http sourceforge net projects hamlib sour ce directory lt gt KBI1OIQ Andy s Ham Radio Linux Large Software Group 1 3 GBytes lt gt Ubuntu Linux remastered for Amateur Radio users This is a remastered version of Ubuntu Linux There are 32 bit and 64 bit versions available as well as an older image for the PengPod 1000 This version contains a lot of amateur radio software including Flidigi NBEMS Gpredict earthtrack xcwcp and qrq XLog and cqrlog flrig and grig xnec2c fl_moxgen aa analyzer owx VOACAP glfer Xastir gqrx gEDA GNU Radio Companion quisk direwolf linamc FreeDV wsjt x Micro Fox 15 Config and a TinyTrak3 configuration bring you the very best software Windows
24. th and 9QOHQ in the Democratic Republic of the Congo which is ongoing The 3GOZC group worked many stations in South America the Caribbean African and southwestern Europe on six meters On 2 and 3 March a few lucky stations in the lower Midwest were able to work them On a couple of other nights stations in Gulf Coast states were able to make contacts with the station A screenshot of the ON4KST DXmap for 3 March shows the paths from Juan Fernandez to the Midwestern USA as well as the massive TEP from South America and South Africa to Europe What is interesting is that when we hear absolutely nothing but noise in this area the band is booming in areas where the proximity to the Geomagnetic Equator supports propagation at SOMHz E i is ME a ON4KST 3 March 2015 Full size maps at the end of this newsletter The Italian DXpedition team has been operating 9GOHQ from Kinshasa grid JI75 in the Democratic Republic of the Congo since 10 March On six meters the group is using an FT 857 and three element quad Unlike many HF DXpeditions has made a genuine effort on six meters and has worked into Europe on several occasions The northernmost contact that I am aware of is G3BCG Because we are approaching the Spring Equinox there is a possibility of propagation to that area in the afternoon The DXpedition will wrap up on 25 March so there is still time An ON4KST screenshot for 11 March shows the exte
25. your cursor to the left edge of the yellow area and position it so you get the double ended arrow then press the left mouse button and slide to the right a white area will appear After a few seconds all the transmissions in the receiver bandpass will start to print in that area You should see a lot of activity There is a pretty comprehensive manual available but that would be kind of wimpy Just have some fun exploring the menus Next month we will work on setting up to transmit and at some of the other modes available with FLDIGI If you need help we have a pretty good setup at the club site and unless the weather is really brutal there will be someone there with free advice and a demonstration I am frequently asked what are some frequencies I can listen to for digital and voice nets Here is a list that I have compiled It is by no means complete and I haven t been able to verify every one but most are active Digital HF Nets Sunday 9 30AM Eastern NJ NBEMS net 7073 0KHz Olivia 8 500 1 5k on waterfall PA NBEMS net 3583 0KHz Olivia 8 500 11 00AM Eastern PA NBEMS net 7072 5KHz Olivia 8 500 1 5k on waterfall Monday 7 15 PM Eastern Virginia Digital Net 3578 5KHz Olivia 4 500 1 3k on waterfall Tuesday 8 00 PM Eastern Michigan Digital Traffic net 3583KHz Olivia 8 500 1k 9 00 PM Eastern Idaho ARES Statewide net 3578 5 PSK 31 1 5 on waterfall also uses Winmore peer to peer on sa
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