April 2004 - The Massillon Amateur Radio Club
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1. FEEDBAC APRIL 2004 VOLUME 49 APRIL MEETING The meeting for the month of April will be held at theMassillon Senior Center on April 2nd 2004 at 8 00 PM SPRING HAS SPRUNG As sit here writing this I m looking out the window at 3 inches of snow on the ground Maybe Mother Nature has played a cruel joke on us Accord ing to the calendar March 20 just 3 days from now is sup posed to be the first day of spring Oh well maybe it will warm up next month Anyway did all of you attend the Skywarn meeting at the Stark State College Campus on March 24th did and was glad did With the comming of spring many changes in the weather are expected and we as amateures must be prepared in case of extreamly inclement weather We now have a new Director at the helm of the Stark County EOC He is Rick Alatorre and the training session was a really good way to meet him We look forward to working with him both professionally and socially RESTRUCTURING PETITION At last month s meeting we proposed sending a letter to the ARRL concerning our displeasure with the proposed new License Restructuring Well I m afraid that is no longer possible The proposal has gone to the FCC and they have issued a number to the issue It s RM 10867 Actually there have been 4 proposals sent to the FCC and all four are up for comment To learn more about each proposal go to http gullfoss2 fcc gov prod ecfs retrieve cgi native_or_pdf pdf2. LA4YW You will be able to watch the QSL layout on Johnny s Web site as well Johnny also mentions that the logs for YA8G are now updated 2 3 times a week at the following Web site http www gqsl net la8g YA8G htm ZD8 ASCENSION ISLAND Ian G3WVW and his family are now new residents of Ascension Island and will be there until the end of March 2006 He has been allocated the callsign ZD8I and will be active using SSB on the bands from 80 6 meters except 30m An Icom IC 2KL will be arriving on the island in May together with an Optibeam OB9 5E for HF and a 6 element Tonna for 6 meters His suggested frequencies are 3737 7077 14237 18137 21337 24937 and 28537 kHz Operating times are when work and family commitments permits The QSL Manager is G4LTI Further information can be found on the Web page at http www zd8i net ADDED NOTE Ian is expected to visit the Falkland Islands occasionally first trip last two weeks in May and do not be surprised if you hear him as a VP8 callsign not known yet He will be active as QRP using a FT 817 into a dipole ZK1 SOUTH COOK ISLANDS Victor ZK1CG ZK1USA from Rarotonga Island OC 013 in the South Cook Islands will be active in the CQ WPX SSB Contest as a All Bands entry as ZK1CG He informs OPDX that there are only 2 active operators on ZK1 at the moment Jim ZK1JD is the other operator Victor will see if he can get Jim ZK1JD to get on during the contest to help out Rem
3. 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 1 2 Massillon ARC meeting West Stark info net 147 180 at 8 00 PM Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 3 BD W8AU 6 7 BD WD8CIB 9 West Stark info net 147 180 at 8 00 PM 10 VE EXAMS Akron call Bruce 330 929 2766 11 BD KC8Q0C iz E 14 Ia 16 West Stark info net 147 180 at 8 00 PM if VE EXAMS Mansfield call Richard 419 886 2463 I8 HAMFEST Cuyahoga Falls call Ted 330 688 2013 19 20 2d 22 BD KC8IIU BD KC8NSE 23 West Stark info net 147 180 at 8 00 PM 24 HAMFEST Canfield call Don 330 793 7072 VE EXAMS Tiffin call Mike 419 448 9958 26 28 BD K8XAF 27 ay 30 West Stark info net 147 180 at 8 00 PM Please contact KA8ZQH to add delete or change Calendar
4. operate on RTTY QSL via direct or via the bureau D2 ANGOLA 6 meters Ed D2PFN travelled to Johannesburg over the past weekend to pick up a 6 meter 4 element beam He will install it on his tower and it will be operational in 7 10 days DAO GERMANY Look for the following operators to be active using the special callsign DAOWPX in the CQ WPX SSB Contest this weekend Operators are Klaus DB9JP Marion DF4UM Luer DF5TP Peter DH4JQ Gerhard DH4JU Harald DH9KR Diethelm DJ2YE Guenter DK1RI Alexander DK5 VZ Karlfried DLIEK Marion DLISDJ Stefan DL7AOS Lars DL9LR and possibly some others They will set up a special station for this contest They will use 4 running and one multiplierstation during the contest All radios are YAESU FT 1000 Mark V They have monobander beams for 10 15 and 20m a 4 square for 40 and 80 verticals for 80 and 160m two dipoles each for 40 80 and 160 and beverages and a multiband beam for the multiplierstation QSLs are prefered by the DARC bureau or by DLIEK No e QSLs DXCC NEWS Bill Moore NCIL ARRL DXCC Manager announced that the following operations are approved for DXCC credit Uganda 5X1X November 11 2003 to December 17 2003 Iraq YI NGSL From April 10 2003 to June 9 2003 e YI9L formerly YI NGSL From June 10 2003 to February 27 2004 YISLEK Current operation beginning January 25 2004 e YI PA5M Current operation beginning August 14
5. stand on the proposed licensing changes A vote was taken and the majority approved sending a letter objecting to this move to the ARRL Gary WC8W will write the letter anyone wanting to sign it can do so at the April meeting Jack N8LCS needs helpers for the MS Walk on April 18 2004 for the Towpath in Canal Fulton Jason KC8LIN has a sign up sheet for Quail Hollow Terry N8ATZ said the MARC web site has been paid He also announced Sky Warn training will be March 24th at Stark State College everyone is encouraged to attend He said an Akron business has approached him wanting MARC Hamfest table and chair rental business A vote was taken to stay with Schrader at this time Jim WA8GXM asked for help at the hospitals during tornado warnings Sam WA8YGR and Larry KC8RKU will be at Massillon Community and Ed WA8DRT at Doctors More help is needed to cover these if you can help contact Jim Joe WD8BGW passed around a survey What kind of programs would you like to have on meeting nights We welcomed 4 newly licensed members Scott McGill KC8ZCT Sarah McGill KC8ZCS George Mike Garaux KC8QOC and Thomas StGeorge KC8ZEH Don W8DEF gave a report on the program given by the Perry Police Dept and the FBI held at Perry high School Comments were heard from Rich KA8ZQH and Tim WB8HHP There was no other business so the meeting ended at 8 40 P M with motion made by Saundra N8TZB and second by many others After refreshments Perry W8AU gave a very good
6. 2003 Togo Pascal F5JSD has commuicated with Bill NCIL and he reports that the 5V7C operation March 5 13th is good for DXCC ADDED REMINDER Do you have questions regarding DXCC program issues Visit the DXCC Web site Here you will find the program rules the current and deleted DXCC lists and all of the forms needed to participate If after reading the information MARC April 2004 _ Page 6 ere you still have questions regarding the DX Program contact the DXCC Desk The DXCC Web page is at http www arrl org awards dxcc FM MARTINIQUE Also V2 Koh JALADT Taka JA7AGO and Aki JA7ZP are going to attend the Caribbean Hamboree TO7HAM http www caribbeanhamboree org that will be held starting April 9th to 14th Look for them to operate as FM homecall before the meeting on 80 10 meters on all modes QSL via their home callsign Also the trio will visit Antigua V2 and expect to be active starting April 15th to the 20th Activity will be all band modes Callsigns will not be known until they get there QSL via their home callsigns FO CLIPPERTON ISLAND It looks like the April DXpedition to Clipperton Island has once again been postponed until 2005 Reports indicate that weather may have played a factor in the decision but the delay will give the organizers time to gather more operators for the trip If you are interested in joining the team going to Clipperton in 2005 please contact Dave K4SV via E mail at
7. 8 and WAB NT58 Co ordinates are 56 07N and 02 75W Craigleith Island Reference numbers are IOSA FF03 SCOTIA CS03 and WAB NT58 Co ordinates are 56 07N and 02 71W JW SVALBARD Francois F8DVD will once again be active from here between April 4 10th He will operate from the town of Longyearbyen located on the 78 Deg Lat North IOTA EU 026 WAZ 40 Grid Loc JQ78TF For this second expedition Francois will use the callsign JW F8DVD Activity will be on all bands between 80 10 meters Francois will be especially active for Asia and all Pacifc aera He will often operate number by number to give a chance to all stations especially the QRP ones QSL via the French Bureau or Direct to Francois Bergez 6 Rue de la Liberte F 71000 MACON France SAE IRC or USD 1 USD for EU 2 USD for others QSL via WD9EWK either direct or through the QSL bureaus He will design the card after the trip using photos he takes while he is down there Patrick has started a Web page with information about the trip and will update it as needed before and during the trip at http lu wd9ewk net QSL INFO AND NEWS 5V7C LOGS The logs have been uploaded to the following Web site at http 5v7c free fr searchlog php e QSL 9M2 GM4YXI via N3SL Steve N3SL states Logs will be E mailed and cards are on hand so QSLs should be immediate if direct to Kim Larson daughter of N3SL use N3SL QRZ callbook address Randy W5U
8. E now acting QSL Manager for HC8L for all past and future activity reports that new cards are being ordered so expect a slight delay in MARC April 2004 Page 7 processing your requests As with other stations he manages direct requests with SASE or SAE with 1 USD or IRC will be answered directly others will be answered via the bureau system QSL status for HC8L and other stations Randy manages can be found on his Web page at http www datasync com wS5ue qsl w5ue html TJ3 CAMEROON Possible New IOTA Jack F6BUM announced he is going to Cameroon April 2nd His length of stay was not mentioned Also he is thinking of activating Mondoleh Island while there from April 10 11th between 0700 1600z However night operations from the island are not possible because he can not stay on the island at night Activity on CW will take place on April 10th and SSB operations will be on the 11th Look for him to use the callsign TJ3MC QSL via the address on QRZ com YA8 AFGHANISTAN Johnny YA8G LASIA informed OPDX that he is now active on all nine HF bands at the momen and has put some effort in working NA on 80m CW and 20m RTTY both SP as well as LP Johnny states My noise level is still tremendously high but sometimes I can copy signals from EU AS NA and SA at the same time I beg each and every DX er to respect when I m calling certain areas QSL cards are being handled as soon as they are received by his manager
9. First they want to make an entry level Class license for now called Novice with a mer 25 question exam and of course no code requirement This is fine except leave the exam at it s current 35 questions all from the current Tech Class Question pool and of course no code requirement Then they want to give the new class CW Phone and Data image privileges on the 80 40 15 and 10 meter bands Plus certain VHF and UHF privileges This is totally UNACCEPTABLE In today s Hi Tech world it is a good idea to create an entry level class with some phone etc privi leges do not object to this idea however the idea of open ing up the 40 and 80 meter bands which are already extremely crowed a very bad idea and it s an open invitation to disaster If they wish to have phone privileges how about giving them the 10 and 15 meter formerly Novice CW band for phone This will include the 28 3 MHz through 28 5 MHZ band A HUGE band on 10 meters 28 100 MHZ through 28 500 MHZ It will include the prestigious DX window on 28 400 28 500 MHZ On 15 meters they will have 100 MHZ from 21 100 MHZ through 21 200 MHZ a very nice entry band Since there is no longer a code requirement then why not get some use out of these portions of the bands The current General and Extra CW bands will be UNAFFECTED Next they want to consolidate the Technician Tech Plus and General Class licensees into a new General Class license that would require NO
10. K4S V2 Charter net F HR5 HONDURAS Gerard F2JD will again be active as HR5 F2JD from March 18th to May 14th He will be active on all bands on SSB CW and RTTY QSL via F6AJA and the logs will be online on the Web site at http LesNouvellesDX free fr IOTA NEWS NEW TOOL Tim EI8IC has provided DXers with a new tool on his Web for IOTA chasers Enter your 6 digit Grid Locator code and the Web page will generate a short path long path and distance list from your QTH to each of the current IOTA reference numbers Visit his Web pages at the following URLs http www qsl net ei8ic iota iota php Mirror Site http www mapability com ei8ic iota iota php AF NEW Possible new IOTA to be activated See TJ3 below AF NEW Sebastien F8DQZ will be in Guinea from April 18th to May 2nd One of his main goals is to activate Tristao Islands located in the Guinee Maritime Province North Group What is interesting is the callsign he will use to operate 3XDQZ Three X Ray Delta Quebec Zulu QSL via F8DQZ Activity will be on 80 10 meters Visit his Web page at ehttp f8dqz chez tiscali fr e EU 123 Three operators Jurij MMODFV John GMOWRR and Mike GM SWL were expected to activate four islands of the North Berwick Harbour Fidra Island Reference numbers are IOSA FF04 SCOTIA CS04 WAB NT58 ARLHS SCO 080 and WLH LH 0313 Co ordinates are 56 07N and 02 78W e Lamb Island Reference numbers are IOSA FFO
11. MORSE CODE Also they want to grandfather current Advanced Classes into Amateur Ex tra class with NO additional testing just Give it to them This is TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE Currently there is too much confusion on the distinction of Tech and Tech Plus class totally understand the theory behind this proposal Remember when you were young and someone gave you say anew bike You didn t take very good care of it because you didn t earn it It s just human nature to do that Same thing with just giving licenses away you don t RESPECT the new license If you had to earn the new license you d respect it Yes it s a great idea to have just three distinct license classes But consider this All of the current Tech and Tech Plus licensees must take a special 25 question exam from the current General Class license pool to obtain their new General Class License No Code Tech Class will still have to pass the 5 WPM Morse Code requirement The same with Advanced Class Licensees A special 25 question exam taken from the current Extra Class License question pool to EARN their new license This way they will RESPECT their new license This must be done within say a 3 year period or their license will revert back to either Novice or General re spectively This way within a 3 year period there would be a three class system Novice General and Extra A simple but effective system What do you thi
12. amp id_document 651 6083735 To comment on the ARRL Proposal you can go to the FCC web site at http savartifoss2 fcc gov prod ecfs upload_v2 cgi and insert the required information and then enter your comment Be sure to include the RM 10870 in the upper left hand corner If you wish to comment on the other proposals they are RM 10868 through RM 10870 You will have to comment on each proposal separately if you wish You will have 30 days to make comments urge each member to read and comment on this very important issue This will se verely affect Amateur Radio for years to come Please read the Editorial on page 4 HORT XIP April showers brings May s flowers and also deadly lightning Play it safe disconnect your antenna and local power from the rig A great article on this subject is on page 70 of this month s QST encourage you to read and heed 73 DE WB80WM Contents page 2 Secretary s Report page 3 N8ATZ Column page 4 Editorial by WC8W page 5 OPDX Dx News Bulletin page 8 Profile Bob Kiplinger K8KIP page 9 April Calendar PROGRAM FOR APRIL Our VP Joe WD8BGW informs us the program for the month of April will be a video of The Ham Radio Olympics produced by the Yasme Foundation and the Northern Califor nia DX Foundation The exciting video recounts the World Radiosport Team Championship WRTC 2000 held in Bled Slovenia This 24 hour Olympic style competition is a celebra tion of contesti
13. ea since he was about 3 years old He has lived in his present location picturesque Wayne County in the heart of Amish Country since 1997 He is a retired postal employee working in the maintence department at the main post office in Akron Oh Bob has been married to Gladys N8ZQF for the past 44 years Bob has been a ham since 1964 with a Novice call WN8MMI which at the time was only good for 1 year He let the Novice call lasp but took the General Class license about a year later He was a General Class for about 2 years with the call sign of N8LFN then moved up to Advanced class and then in 1997 he became an Extra Class Ham He applied for and got the Vanity call sign K8KIP soon after Bob first joined the Massillon Amateur Radio Club in 1962 but let his membership lasp for a while but rejoined and has been a loyal member ever since He has held the office of Club Secretary and Trustee His equipment consists of a Yaesu FT 1000 MP a Kenwood TS 130 a Yaesu FT 100D 2 meter amp etc equip mentis a Kenwood TM 742 tri band 2 440 amp 6 meters vari ous power supplies amp antenna tuners The antennas are a very impressive array of a Tennadyne T12 log periodic a di pole for 160 10 meters a vertical on a side arm for 10 meters AM and a vertical for 2 amp 440 on top of a 75 foot free standing tower He also has a6 meter antenna above a TV antenna next to the house on a small tower Bob s main interest is in rag chewing Al
14. ember Victor s shack is in his workshop so he may get called away at times for work during the contest ZL7 CHATHAM ISLANDS Chris ZL1CT GM3WO J is planning to be active as ZL7V July 5 15th Callsign and dates to be confirmed Activity will be on 80 40 30 20 meters CW SSB QSL via N3SL ADDED NOTE There may be some activity from Chatham Island during the Easter vacation holidays by another operator announcement will not come until his arrangements are all in place ZS8 MARION ISLAND A reort from the 425 DX News states Ludwig ZS6WLC and Pieter ZR6PSR two staff members of the Hartebeesthoek Radio Astronomy Observatory Space Geodesy Programme will conduct a scientific expedition from Marion Island AF 021 in April The two operators are to depart on April 1st from Cape Town and depending on off loading of equipment and other work load amateur radio operations as ZS8MI will commence on April 7th until around the 30th Plans are to operate CW SSB For complete DX information and other news please visit OPDX web sites http www papays com opdx html ALSO VISIT THE NORTHERN OHIO DX ASSOCIATION S WEB HOME PAGE http www en com users k8yse nodxa htm1 TE MARC April 2004 Page 8 Bob Kiplinger K8KIP was born on March 24 1939 in Put IN Bay on South Bass Island He has lived in the Massillon ar
15. ng and ham radio Teams made up of the world s very best operators faced off in simulated pile ups and collected contacts in the IARU HF World Championship contest MARC MINUTES March 5 2004 The Massillon Amateur Radio Club meeting was held at the Massilon Senior Center with 41 members and guests present MARC President Jim WA8GXM opened the meeting at 8 00 P M The Pledge of Allegiance was given and a round of introductions was made Jim WA8GXM them made a correction on the February minutes about the correct starting time A motion was then made by Don W8DEF and second by Byron KF8UN to accept the rest of the minutes as stated in the FEEDBACK MARC Treasurer Anne N8GAF gave the January and February financial reports A motion was made for an approval by Saundra N8TZB and second by Rich KA8ZQH MARC Vice President Joe WD8BGW gave the correspondence report MARC received a thank you letter from the Massillon Baptist Temple for the donation made in remembering Bruce Cummons W8ZNV Joe also had newsletters from other Amateur Radio Clubs and a list of upcoming Hamfests He talked about Florida having hams involved with the Amber alert He also gave warning about E Bay scams with amateur equipment Ask the seller if they are licensed You can check this out further on the ARRL web site OLD BUSINESS There was no old business to report this month NEW BUSINESS Gary WC8W discussed broad band over power lines He then asked if MARC would take a
16. nk While were at it lets go for the whole enchilada Let s propose a NEW BAND PLAN For years decades ac tually the General Class has had to put up with Extreme crowding on the 40 and 80 meter bands Since the elimina tion of the Novice CW requirement the 40 amp 80 meter Novice CW bands have almost gone unnoticed not too much activity on them How about this move the General Class phone band down to 7 150 MHZ with an upper end at 7 300 MHZ Use the 7 100 7 150 MHZ for and exclusive Amateur EXTRA Class phone band Do the same for the 80 meter band move the General Class phone down to 3 750 MHZ with an upper band limit at 4000 MHZ Use the former Novice band for Extra Class phone starting at 3 675 to 3750 MHz as an Exclusive Extra Class Wow This would help alleviate the crowding on those bands and give AN INCENTIVE to upgrade This idea would give the General Class the most popular license class an extra 75 MHz on 40 meters and 100 MHz on 80 Of course Amateur Extra Class can operate within established limits on ALL bands Best part about this the present CW BANDS WILL BE UNAFFECTED Don t forget the CW boys have an ex clusive DX infested rag chewing band all to themselves 30 meters This idea gives something for everyone it does not give the new entry level class everything and nothing to General or Extra don t know why the 14 Directors at the League did not think of this Yes something mus
17. program the USS LST 325 Congratulations goes to Thomas KC8ZEH for winning the 50 50 for 22 50 Minutes by Linda KBMOO Secretary MARC MARC Safety Break date came in after the meeting It will be Mothers Day weekend May 7 8 amp 9 Contact Joe WD8BGW to get on the schedule MARCApril 2004 Recent Website Updates tion that the club s website while chock full of useful information doesn t give any specific directions to get to our monthly meetings at the Senior Citizens Center guess I m so used to our regular club members attending that never thought about it Over the last couple of meetings we have had a few new members come by for a visit and some of them don t really know the city very well The address of the Center is posted on the meetings page but this isn t enough if you don t know your way around Sorry for the omission it has been corrected along with a handful of errors that had been hanging around including one of which was the meeting start time We have provided a link from the home page that directs you to a new section on the meetings page Here you will find specific directions from Route 21 along with a map showing the meeting location We hope this will make it a bit easier for guests to find us on meeting night D uring last months meeting it was brought to my atten More Website Updates Speaking of the website your webmasters have been hard at work correcting some erro
18. rection Finder Update The Direction Finding Kit is almost finished A few wiring er rors were discovered and thanks to some help from Ramsey Electronics think we re close to a finished DF unit I ll soon post the final installment of my experiences building and de bugging this kit including setup and road tests Look for it ina week or two 2004 Club Roster The 2004 Club Roster should be finished by the time you read this and hope to have it posted on the website by then The membership grace period expires at the end of March so if you haven t renewed your membership by then you will see your name dropped from the list I m sure you didn t mean for this to happen take a few minutes and send in your dues to help support our great organization If you did renew and don t see your name on the web roster make sure you let us know about it That s it for this month see you at the April Club Meeting Terry N8ATZ EASTER SUNDAY APRIL 11 2004 Rabbit2 MARC April 2004 Page 4 Proposed RM 10867 an Editorial The FCC has issued a Rule Making number to the ARRL Proposed Licencing Restructuring and has opened it to comments The comment period is for 30 days beginning 03 24 2004 The ARRL proposal in my opinion has some merits The idea of making just 3 Amateur Radio License Classes a sound idea with clarity and distinction for each class How ever they are going about it all wrong
19. rs and adding some additional material As we enter the public service season watch for announcements of upcoming events that the club helps with We can always use new volunteers to help with these events Our next event is the Annual MS Walk which is on Sunday April 18th This is a nice low stress event and a great way to gain some public service experience while helping out a great organization The bad part this year is that the walk is the same day as the Cuyahoga Falls Hamfest which many of our members attend We need enough volunteers to cover both Canal Fulton Community Park and Quail Hollow State Park about 12 14 volunteers in all This spring event is usually a bit muddy at both events so wear your old walking boots If you are not going to the hamfest this year consider helping out with this public service event We can really use your help Maxim Memorial Station W1AW Have any of you ever worked the Maxim Memorial Station W1AW Recently the ARRL ran a story that covered some new equipment that was being installed that operates on some of the newest digital modes being used today They also in cluded a link that details the history of the station and includes some great pictures from W1AW I had the opportunity to visit ARRL Headquarters back in 1985 in my famous Gold Cou gar Check out the website story that includes some pictures from my trip and the full story on this most famous of ham stations Di
20. t be done to help our fellow Amateurs to grow With the advent of comput ers and chat rooms amateur radio doesn t hold much ap peal for the younger generation Will this help Only time will tell So please go to the web sites listed on page 1 and read the entire proposals all 4 of them and then form your OWN opinion and let the FCC know your ideas Each of the 4 proposals have merit Maybe some good will come out of the distinct proposals can only hope the FCC has the insight to look at all of them along with your comments and then decide which one or a combination of all 4 is best 73 s de WC8W Editor FEEDBACK Federal j ag i Communications Eas Commission web site for comments at www icc gov e file ecfs html When entering the RM number in the ECFS proceeding field RM must be in capital leters and the hyphen must be included MARC April 2004 Page 5 EXCERPTS FROM Ohio Penn DX Bulletin No 653 March 22 2004 The Ohio Penn DX PacketCluster DX Bulletin No 653 March 22 2004 Editor Tedd Mirgliotta KB8NW Provided by BARF80 ORG Cleveland Ohio Thanks to the Northern Ohio Amateur Radio Society Northern Ohio DX Association Ohio Penn PacketCluster Network AB5K amp the AR TelNet Clusters Network KIXN amp GoList NCIL W2CE N3SL NG3K W3HC W3UR amp The Daily DX N4AA amp QRZ DX W5UE K6SRZ KB6NAN N7NG K8YSE WD9EWK 9A6XX CE6TBN DL VE3ZIK amp www contes
21. though he has worked some DX he is not actively pursuing it You can hear him on 2 meters and 6 meters quit often usually talking to Gladys or one of many local hams PH A At left is a picture of Bob s Tennadyne T12 against a grey sky Not a very good picture for this time of year T A visitor to Bob s house of ten wonder s what the post is for he says it s an Amish antenna but we know it s a hitchen post for his Amish friends horses Below Across the street is a picturesque photo of an Amish one room school house still in use Ask Bob what the name is and he ll tell you Yoder Dame FOR SALE Yaesu FT 990 HF Rig only used for 1 year just like new condition With MD 1 microphone Exceptional condition Asking 1000 but will talk Contact Jim KC8AXR at 330 875 3865 after 4 00 PM weekdays FM Clegg 2 Meter FM old transciever Comes with power cord and manual Fixer upper 144 Tecraft Criterion Series NU Verter VHF Freq Converter Copper box 2 meter to 10 meter RDF Ray Jefferson Direction Finder 535 1605 88 108 26 8 27 8 150 400 and108 174 MHz AT 250 Kenwood automatic antenna tuner Operators manual and service manual MR8100 Uniden scanning mobile reciever 12 bands CONTACT Rick WA8TSU 330 494 2589 or 145 715 MHz WILL TALK PRICES April 2004 Monthly Planner May SMTWTF S 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21
22. ting info DLIEK amp The DX News Letter DLSEBE EI8IC FSCWU amp La Gazette du DX FSNQL amp UFT F6AJA amp Les Nouvelles DX G3SXW HIJIQJ AIKIADH amp 425 DX News JI6KVR amp JA IOTA Islands News LASUTA MMODFYV OKIDOT PA7FM PY2TV VA3RJ amp ICPO Z32XX and ZK1CG for the following DX information 3B9 RODRIGUES ISLAND The Mega DXpedition 3B9C is now active until April 13th Direct QSLs go via FSDXA P O Box 73 Church Stretton SY6 6WF UK Bureau cards go via RSGB Bureau Remember Bureau QSLs can be requested via their Web page For updates and more details visit their Web page at http fsdxa com 3b9c 3D2 FIJI Brian N6IZ will be active again as 3D21Z from Namotu Island IOTA OC 121 in Fiji from March 28th until April 3rd In between surfing and taking in the sun look for him on 80 40 30 20 15 10 meters SSB or CW Details from his last visit in 2003 are available via the following Web page soon to be updated at http www brianboschma com 3d2iz html 9A50 CROATIA Attention Prefix Hunters Look for special event station 9A50EZA to be active until the end of year in honor of 50th anniversary of the Radio Club Ludbreg Activity during the past week was on 14187 kHz after 2000z QSL via 9AIEZA Radio Club Ludbreg P O Box 9 HR 42230 Ludbreg CROATIA CU AZORES Arlindo CTIEGW will be active as CT1EGW CU2 from April 7 11th from Sao Miguel EU 003 During his free time he plans to
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