SPARKS - January 2014 - Delta Amateur Radio Club
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1. Net 3 980 6 30p T Su CUSEC Center for United States Earthquake Consortium 3 810 As needed CUSEC Center for United States Earthquake Consortium 7 180 As needed DELTA CLUB 146 82 NET PREAMBLE 1121 13 Good evening this is first name and callsign calling this session of the DELTA CLUB s Information Net This net meets nightly at 8 00 pm central time except the second Tuesday of the month on the 146 82 W4BS repeater and requires a PL tone of 107 2 Hz This net provides an opportunity to present information about club events and amateur related topics This Net also provides new amateur stations training and allows all amateurs a regularly scheduled session for testing their radios and communicating with the a mateur radio community In the event of severe weather this is the official National Weather Service Skywarn Repeater for the Memphis area Delta Amateur Radio Club January 2014 Sparks Page 11 All licensed amateurs are encouraged to participate All stations are requested to refrain from transmitting withou t being acknowledged by net control Stations not providing their callsign or suffix will not be acknowledged Before we begin is there any station with emergency or priority traffic During this net should any station have emergency or priority traffic please use a double break followed by your call sign Does any station have announcements for the net Does any station have any questions or need any fil2. Tennessee 38184 2768 2014 BOARD OF DIRECTORS President Vice President Secretary Joe Wray WD4GXI Michael Knight KK4IOH Tom Raggett KJ4LMH 901 246 6113 901 832 8636 901 517 0492 wrayjoe yahoo com kk4ioh arrl net kj4lmh gmail com Treasurer Director of Training Director of Publications Rick Tillman WA4NVM Joe Lowenthal WA40VO Kenneth Laseter KI4AOH 901 268 7047 901 628 4318 901 853 0400 wa4nvm comcast net wa4ovo yahoo com kmlaseter laseterinc com Director of Programs Director of Meetings amp Special Events David Campbell KD4NOQ Denise Ganucheau KJ5SDG 901 388 6166 901 248 4806 kd4noq arrl net kj5dg arrl net New board members joining us in 2014 are listed in red Delta Amateur Radio Club January 2014 Sparks Page 9 HAM FESTS OF INTEREST DATE HAM FEST LOCATION LINK January 2014 24 amp 25 Capital City Hamfest Jackson MS http hamfest msham org March 2014 1 amp 2 Birmingham Hamfest Birmingham AL http birminghamfest org 29 Union City Hamfest Union City TN http www reelfootarc com April 2014 12 Free Fest Bartlett TN May 2014 16 Thru 18 Hamvention Dayton OH http www hamvention org August 2014 16 amp 17 Huntsville Hamfest Huntsville AL http www hamfest org PUBLIC SERVICE EVENTS 2014 If you are a coordinator for any of these events pl ease review the listed information If it is incorrect or changes need to be made please provide me with the correct inform
3. modules with excellent information If you want to go directly to it go to http jacquesricher com NEETS Delta Amateur Radio Club January 2014 Sparks Page 8 Extra Class If you are interested in an Extra Class please pre register by going to the Delta Club web page www deltaclub org click on Training Classes then click on Extra Class to send an email with name email address and contact phone preferably cell number to Joe Lowenthal WA4OVO at wa4ovo arrl net or call at 901 628 4318 You will be notified by email or phone when the class is set Classes have been held on Saturdays for 6 or 7 weeks in January and February COMPLETED CLASSES Tech Class 5 13 November 4 December 9 2013 Technician Class 4 13 July 8 August 12 2013 General Class 3 13 April I May 6 2013 Tech Class 4 11 Revisited Tech Class 2 13 February 11 March 18 2013 Extra Class 1 13 January 12 February 23 2013 Troop 225 Merit Badge Class February 9 2013 SPARKS NEWSLETTER amp DELTA CLUB INFORMATION SPARKS is published monthly by the Delta Amateur Radio Club and emailed to club members All information published in this newsletter is provided as a service While every reasonable effort has been made to ensure accuracy the Delta Amateur Radio C lub nor its officers assume any liability resulting from errors or omissions All correspondence may be mailed to Delta Amateur Radio Club P O Box 342768 Memphis
4. pool which was approved by the NCVEC o n February 1 2010 can be seen at http www ncvec org page php id 356 Testing for this question pool started July 1 2010 Practice tests are highly recommended The www grz com website is free To access the sample tests go to www qgrz com From the QRZ home page click on RESOURCES in the blue band on the top right Then click on 2010 Technician Exam Practice Test When you start answering the questions it will show you if you answered correctly or not with CORRECT or SORRY BUT THAT ANSWER IS NOT CORRECT Statistics are kept below the test question at This Quiz with the number of questions answered correctly and the percentage c orrect Also shown is the number of questions answered correctly from the 396 questions of the question pool It keeps track of your correct answers on subsequent tests Below the This Quiz line is Questions in This Test that is a list of the 35 question numbers of the current test If answered correctly the question number radio button turns green If answered incorrectly it turns red There are a number of other free sample test sites The following are some other ham radio practice exam sites www hamstudy org www aa9pw com http kbOmga net exams http copaseticflow blogspot com 2010 06 technician class practice test gadget html www qrz com http www hamradioclass org The 35 question FCC exam will be given at the end of class by a Volunteer Examiner VE team
5. 48 or by email at WC9S att net For membership information contact Tom KJ4LMH at 517 0492 or by email at KJ4LMH arrl net For training information contact Joe WA4OVO at 628 4318 or by email at WA4OVO arrl net Local area code is niner zero one oy aie Are there any additional announcements does any station have any questions or need any fills We will now take late check ins from any anywhere in the alphabet A Z Alpha through Zulu Please come now phonetically with your suffix only and please remember to spread them out ask for additions or corrections CLOSE Is there anything this station or the net can do for anyone before we close This is first name and callsign now closing this session of the Delta Club s Information Net I would like to thank all stations for checking in tonight and would like to ask that everyone check in tomorrow night at the same time Goodnight and 73 the net is now closed This is first name and callsign clear Delta Amateur Radio Club January 2014 Sparks Page 12 DELTA CLUB ADVERTISE MENTS See Advertisement Order Form for Instructions DELTA AMATEUR RADIO CLUB S Instale of avage P O Box 342768 commercial amp residential Memphis TN 38134 2768 tle ceramic quarry marble amp slate tiles DARC Meeting Second N n 901 363 9607 or Fax 901 365 1992 Tuesday of every month iii 5579 Federal Avenue at Ellendale Church of Christ 7365 Hwy 70 Bartlet
6. 5 7 50 Family membership is five dollars in addition to the individual membership fee which includes any immediate licensed or unlicensed family members living in your home who desire to be Delta Club members Please provide family member information below ONLY if you are applying for a family membership Name First Middle Last Call sign if licensed Lic Class Lic Exp Date Birthdate Mo Day 2 3 4 CLUB USE ONLY PLEASE DO NOT WRITE BELOW THIS LINE CASH___ CHECK AMOUNT RECEIVED BY PROCESSED BY SECRETARY DATE PROCESSED BY TREASURER DATE PROCESSED BY DISTRIBUTION DATE Delta Amateur Radio Club January 2014 Sparks Page 15
7. DELTA AMATEUR RADIO CLUB SPARKS amp P O Box 342768 Memphis Tennessee 38175 2768 Volume20 January 2014 Welcome to the W4BS Delta Amateur Radio Club REPEATER SYSTEM 146 820 147 360 Visit our home on the web at http www deltaclub org 224 420 443 200 NEXT CLUB MEETING DATE January 14 2014 2 Tuesday of each month PLACE Ellendale Church Of Christ 7365 Highway 70 Memphis TN 112 miles north of Hwy 64 Stage Road TIME 7 00 PM PROGRAM Working Special Event Stations Presented by David Campbell KD4NOQ VE TESTING Don t forget the monthly Volunteer Examiner testing session Registration begins at 5 30 PM and testing beg ins by 6 00 PM Please remember to bring two 2 forms of identification at least one a photo ID and copies of any existing licenses or CSCE s you might have Please be on time for registration as you will not be allowed to enter the testing session aft er 6 00 PM This is to allow our volunteer VE team to finish in time to attend the club meeting For more VE testing information please contact Bill Stevens WC9S VE Liaison Phone 901 603 3448 Email wc9s att net No testing was offered in December PRESIDENT S CORNER By Joe Wray WD4GXI QST QST I am Joe Wray WD4GXI your new President for 2014 You can check out my bio on the Delta Club 2014 Board of Directors web page I hope everyone is having a good start to the New Year I would like to enco
8. There is a 15 00 ARRL VEC FCC exam fee General Class If you are interested in a General License Class please let us know by sendi ng an email to wa4ovo arrl net with subject line General Class Or you can go to the Delta Club web page www deltaclub org click on Training Classes then click on General Class to send me an email with name email address and contact phone preferably cell number or call at 901 628 4318 A new question pool became effective July 1 2011 The new textbook is The ARRL General Class License Manual Seventh Edition item 8119 ISBN 978 0 87259 811 9 This edition with its question pool is valid through June 30 2015 Lately we have been running a combined Technician General class You will be notified by email or phone when the class is set Basic Electronics Class Basic Electronics is geared towar d bridging the gap between the General and Extra Class licenses There will not be a Basic Electronics class in the classroom anymore since there is so much on the internet However Alan Proffitt AE5RX has created a Google website for basic electronics fo r the Delta Club with useful links Click on https sites google com site darcelectronics my forms and then click on syllabus docx at the bottom of the list Alan alan proffitt comcast net will Elmer anyone who would like help or refer them to another Elmer One site inside this Google site is the US Navy Electricity and Electronics Testing Site NEETS There are 24
9. Tom Raggett will purchase 2 hams from Costco for the December meeting Tom will be reimbursed by the club for the price of the hams e Budget 2014 Rick Tillman presented the first cut budget for 2014 There will be more discussion at the January Board meeting and the Gen eral meeting The final budget will be presented to the club membership for approval at the February General meeting Delta Amateur Radio Club January 2014 Sparks Page 3 Donated Equipment Bill Stevens stated that the donated equipment will be presented at the January General Meeting It will be a silent auction for each piece Programs David Campbell stated that the programs for January and February are yet to be defined Traiming Joe Lowenthal stated that 18 passed the latest Tech class 1 student passed both the Tech and General There will be a General class January 4 2014 February 15 2014 An Extra class will be held February 22 2014 April 5 2014 The classes will be held at the EMHC ambulance headquarters office Insurance Denise Ganucheau asked if Board members were covered by liability insurance More discussion is in order on this matter Rick Tillman will send copy of policy to Board members Meeting adjourned President Rosalinda Melena called meeting to order and introductions were held Minutes Bill Covington made motion to accept minute s as published in SPARKS Hugh Wardlaw seconded Passed Treasurer Report Rick Tillman pre
10. advised that this months ARES meeting will be held at the Baptist Women s Hospital 6225 Humphrey s Blvd in Classroom A B C and NOT in the cafeteria conference room as usual Remember ARES meets at 6 45 pm on the 4th Tuesday of each month Look forward to seeing you there Delta Amateur Radio Club January 2014 Sparks Page 2 TREASURER S REPORT Submitted By Rick Tillman WA4NVM Beginning Balance as ofNovember 1 2013 7 594 84 Expenses D Gilbert Meeting Treats 33 15 Ellendale Church of Christ Donation 200 00 Tom Raggett Meat for Dec Meeting 41 27 SERA Repeater Membership 30 00 Total Expense 304 42 SubTotal 7 290 42 Income Membership Dues Year 2014 210 00 Tickets November Drawing 26 00 Patch Donated Gear Sales 250 00 TotalIncome 486 00 Income 486 00 Ending Balance as of November 30 2013 7 776 42 Submitted by Rick Tillman WA4NVM Certificate of Deposit 1 Balance 10 188 10 Certificate of Deposit 2 Balance 5 000 00 Total DARC Assets Balance 22 964 52 BOARD MEETING MINUTES December 3 2013 Presented by Tom Raggett KJ4LMH Secretary Present Joe Wray Richard Martin Bill Stevens Michael Knight Denise Ganucheau David Campbell Joe Lowenthal Steve Smith Rosalinda Melena David Gilbert Tom Raggett e The Board welcomed the 2014 Officers Tom will send names to Ken for publication in SPARKS e Discussion of nominees for Ham of the Year and New Ham of the Year e December Meeting
11. al 7 Extra Delta Amateur Radio Club January 2014 Sparks Page 6 Below in the Basic Electronics section is information on a Google website created by Alan Proffitt AESRX CLASSES IN PROGRESS General Class 1 14 January 4 February 15 2014 General Class 1 14 began on January 4 for 6 Saturdays through February 15 from 9am 1pm The location is at EMHC ambulance offices at 6972 Appling Farms Parkway Sixteen hams are in the class T hey are Jimmy Butler KK4SZQ David Carey KJ4KUR Bill Flanigan KK4VPS Errol Hook KK4PRV Ed Itkin KK4VPU Kim Koratsky KK4VPV Albert LaGroue KF5NKI Barri Munday WB4SWKP Kimberlee Norwood KJ4THC Dean Plessala KF5ZJH Sue Plessala KF5ZJI Michelle Rosamond KF5ZJJ Todd General Class 1 14 w Ed Arndt instructing Photo b Rosamond W5TOD Thomas Showers KF5VEB Joe Lowenthal WA4O0VO Doug Spoerre KK4VQB and Jan Spoerre KK4VQA Thomas Showers is driving 97 miles one way to make the class That is dedication The instructors are Joe Lowenthal WA4OVO Ed Arndt KV4LF and Pat Lane W40 QG Elmers are Dan Lasley NE7JN and Art Barnett WA4PSS The Delta Club VE team will provide the testing on February 15 CLASSES PLANNED Extra Class 2 14 February 22 April 5 2014 Extra Class 2 14 will be held on 6 Saturdays starting February 22nd from 9am 1pm at EMHC ambulance offices at 6972 Appling Farms Parkway Suite 110 If you are interested send an email to Joe Lowenthal at wa4ovo arrl net
12. ation Please email corrections tome at kmlaseter laseterinc com DATE EVENT COORDINATOR CONTACT INFO January 2014 19 Swamp Stompers Danny KJ4FXZ kj4fxz arrl net February 2014 gm Boy Scout Merit Badge University Ken KI4AOH kmlaseter laseterinc com April 2014 26 March for Babies March of Dimes Linda KJ4CTX llaseter laseterinc com May 2014 TBA Memphis in May Triathlon Ned KA4BLL ka4bll arrl net 31 Tour de Cure Denise KJSDG kj5dg denise gmail com September 2014 TBA MS 150 Bike Ride Darrell KK4D kk4d xipline com December 2014 TBA St Jude Marathon Roger WR4R wr4r bellsouth net Delta Amateur Radio Club January 2014 Sparks Page 10 MEMPHIS AREA VHF UHF NETS Net Name Freq MHz Local Time Day Mid South Barefoot ed Bullfrog net 146 535 7 30p Daily Delta Club Traffic and Information Net 146 820 107 2 8 00p Daily Secret Service Net 224 780 8 30p M Elmer Net 147 030 107 2 9 00p M The Short Winded Net 146 850 8 30p Tu MedMERS Net 146 730 107 2 12 00p W Six Meter Tech Net 53 01 8 30p W The 440 Net 443 200 107 2 9 00p W Collierville CERT Net 444 125 107 2 7 00p W TAC 2 Net 224 420 8 30p Th ARES Training Net 146 880 107 2 9 00p Th TENNESSEE HF NETS Net Name Freq MHz Local Time Day Tennessee CW Net 3 563 7 00p Daily Tennessee Slow CW Net 3 682 7 30p T Su Tennessee Early Morn Phone Net 3 980 5 40a M F Tennessee Morning Phone Net 3 980 6 45a M F Tennessee Evening Phone
13. bmitted in gif or jpg format or submitted as a hard copy and we will scan and place your ad for you 3 Your ad order must be received on or before the first Tu esday of the month before you want it to appear in Sparks SPARKS ADVERTISING FULL PAGE HALF PAGE 74 PAGE BUSINESS CARD 50 00 25 00 15 00 10 00 for 3 Months for 3 Months for 3 Months for 3 Months TwxX 8 h T wxX 4 h 3 w X 47h 34 7w X 27h Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun July Aug Sept Oct Nov Dec 2014 2014 2014 2014 2014 2014 2014 2014 2014 2014 2014 2014 Delta Amateur Radio Club January 2014 Sparks Page 14 DELTA AMATEUR RADIO CLUB P O Box 342768 TN 38184 2768 2014 MEMBERSHIP APPLICATION Call sign License Exp Date NewMember Renewal _ License Class Check One NOV TECH TECH _ GEN ADV _ EXTRA LastName ___ First Name ARRL Member Yes__ No Address gt BirthdayMonth_____ Day City isi tate tht Area Code Home Phone Email This membership cur gt sieg 20 ac uQ ED J gt O 3 oO im EN O E a OO This membership current through December 2014 Club dues INDIVIDUAL MEMBERSHIP 30 00 FOR FAMILY MEMBERSHIP ADD 5 00 DONATION TOTAL Individual dues will be pro rated quarterly for new members only NOT RENEWALS as follows January to March 100 30 00 April to June 75 22 50 July to September 50 15 00 October to December 2
14. d up our own interface from scratch but Unified Microsystems has a nice PC sound card interface kit It has the case circuit board and parts to build the interfa ce It is a first class kit with transformer isolation and optical PTT interface This kit has a great low price of 24 95 Go to their website to download the user manual diagram and cable pin outs Their website is http www unifiedmicro com Delta Amateur Radio Club January 2014 Sparks Page 5 AMATEUR HARDWARE UPDATE By James Butler KB4LJV Many new Ham radio projects use microprocessors The PICA XE microprocessor is one of the new ones in use To build a programmer for the PICAXE just takes a couple of resistors a DB9 serial cable and a 5 volt p ower supply When it is hooked to you computer with some free software you can program your PICAXE Many Amateurs build up their own programmer boards I found some ZIF zero insertion force sockets on Ebay for under 2 00 that worked perfectly to make a programmer I built up the programmer for the 18 pin PICAXE chips It works great The ZIF socket lets me plug in the microprocessor to program and remove without bending or damaging the pins The case I used was a 4 AA battery case to mount everything in The PICAXE site has diagrams and instructions for programming all the different PICAXE chips The site is http www picaxe com 2014 TRAINING CLASSES Submitted by Joe Lowenthal WA4OVO Director of Training Ther
15. e is no charge for classes but the student is responsible for the purchase of the license manual and the 15 ARRL FCC examination fee The Delta Amateur Radio Club had a great year of training in 2013 with 76 students receiving licenses or upgrades in the five classes held This number is the third highest of the seven years I hav e been Director of Training The highest number was 85 for two different years This year generated more Generals than ever Thanks to all of the volunteers that helped to make 2013 another great year A special thanks to the instructors Pat Lane W4OQG Dean Honadle N2LAZ Alan Proffitt AESRX Ed Arndt KV4LF Hugh Wardlaw WBASLI and Michael Knight KK4IOH I must acknowledge the efforts of Tom Fox KA4LWQ for creating an instructor s guide to go with the current ARRL Extra Class License manual Also thanks goes to the many Elmers and VEs Bill Stevens KI4TQA Rick Tillman WA4NVM Richard Martin K4DXF Geoff Wilson KV4LE Harry LaVoice KV4LD Dan Lasley NE7JN Win Guin W2GLJ David Gilbert AJ4LV Jeff Krause AJ4GY Stacy Krause KJ4MDA Ken Laseter KI4AOH Lin da Laseter KJ4CTX Roger Schlichter WR4R Ray Turner AEOAE Gary Weatherford WSEMA and Jim Norton WD4T for their help with the classes and FCC exam sessions We also have to thank Baptist Women s Hospital Lord of Life Lutheran Church and EMHC for allowing us to use their wonderful training facilities Licenses Earned in 2013 from Delta Classes 42 Technician 27 Gener
16. ls This is first name and callsign with the Delta Club s Information Net We will now take Early Check Ins Are there any stations that need to leave early If so please come now phonetically with your suffix only and please remember to spread them out by waiting for the courtesy tone Ask for additions or corrections only once We will now take check ins phonetically by suffix only if your suffix begins A H Alpha through Hotel Please come now and remember to spread them out Ask for additions or corrections only once if you have a short list This is first name and callsign with the Delta Club s Information Net We will now take check ins phonetically by suffix only if your suffix begins I Q India through Keebeck Please come now and remember to spread them out Ask for additions or corrections only once if you have a short ist We will now take check ins phonetically by suffix only if your suffix begins R Z Romeo through Zulu Please come now and remember to spread them out Ask for additions or corrections only once if you have a short list This is first name and callsign with the Delta Club s Information Net 1 The Delta Club meets the second Tuesday of each month at the Ellendale Church of Christ 7365 HWY 70 in Bartlett at 7 00pm 2 VE registration begins at 5 30pm with testing starting by 6 00pm A copy of you r license and CSCE is required For VE information contact Bill WC9S at 603 34
17. sented the Treasurer s report Ham Hilliard made motion to accept report as read Jeff Krause seconded Passed Testing No testing at this meeting Club expressed T HANKS to all the VE s who helped during the year Training Joe Lowenthal stated that 18 students in the latest Tech class received their license 1 student received both Tech and General Next General class is January 4 February 15 Extra class is February 22 April 5 Classes will be held at the EMHC ambulance headquarters Joe expressed his THANKS to the ELMER s that helped him in the classes Extra instructor guide Many thanks to TOM FOX for the creation of instructor guide for the Extra class New Ham of the Year Errol Hook Ham of the Year Michael Knight Everyone enjoyed the annual pot luck dinner Meeting adjourned Ham Hilliard made motion to adjourn Steve Smith seconded Passed Delta Amateur Radio Club January 2014 Sparks Page 4 ANNUAL HAM AWARD WINNERS Congratulations to this years Ham of the Year and New Ham of the Ye ar Delta Club President Rosalinda Melena made the presentations at the December meeting We sincerely appreciate the contributions Michael and Errol have made to ham radio and the Delta Club Thanks again gentlemen e Errol Hook KK4PRV 2013 New Ham of Michael Knight KK4IOH 2013 Ham of the Year the Year When we want to operate digital modes using our computer sound cards we need an interface We can buil
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19. urage all members to check into the Delta Information Net on 146 82 as often as you possibly can I feel the net is a good tool for our club to help our community and a great way for us to get to know each other better The added bonus is keeping you informed of any changes for upcomin g events I try to check in as much as I can and it has been a tremendous help for me learning new names and calls Go ahead and give it a try Speaking of events if you become aware of any community event that might need assistance with communication please contact me or one of the board members and we will look into the feasibility of working with them I hope everyone has a wonderful 2014 73 s JOE 2 WD4GXI This year marks the 100 anniversary of the ARRL There is a Centennial QSO Party which has already begun and will last through December 2014 There are two activities to this event 1 W1AW will be operating from each state and most territories and 2 the Centennial Points Challenge where you receive points for working various stations For further information on points go to www arrl org centennial qso party You do not have to be an ARRL member to participate but be aware 1f you are a member you are worth at least one point I am not sure but I think this is a first W1AW will operate from each state two times spread out over the year A very neat way to obtain WAS Worked All States don t you think ARES MEETING NOTICE ATTENTION Please be
20. with Extra Class in the subject line and name email address and cellphone number in the text See the Future Classes Extra Class below for the text to be used CLASS INFORMATION Technician Class If you are interested in the first amateur license class Technician please let us know by sending an email to wa4ovo arrl net with subject line Technician Class and give name email address and a contact phone number preferably a cell number Or you can go to the Delta Club webpage www deltaclub org click on Training Classes then click on Technician Class to send an email or call at 901 628 4318 We usually publish class schedules a month or two in advance You will be notified by email or phone when the class is set if you send an email informing us of your desire to b e in a class There is no charge for the class but registration is required Advanced study of The ARRL Ham Radio License Manual product 0977 ISBN 978 0 87259 097 7 red brick colored cover is strongly suggested as well as study of the 396 questions and answer Technical Class License question pool Barnes amp Noble Booksellers may have this manual You can purchase it online from www msars com www arrl org catalog Delta Amateur Radio Club January 2014 Sparks Page 7 or on Amazon com The list price is 29 95 which includes a CD The older ARRL Ham Radio License Manual Second Edition was priced at 24 95 but did not have a CD The current Technician License question
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