HAPPY NEW YEAR - ARRL 2015 Section News letter.pdf · the advertising they did about DXCC card...
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1 HAPPY NEW YEAR January 2015 Newsletter A full color copy of this newsletter with pictures and hamfest flyers can be found at www.az-arrl.org or http://www.arrl.org/Groups/view/arizona or www.facebook.com/arrlarizona HAPPY NEW YEAR!!! From my family to yours may the upcomming year be prosperous and Healthy for everyone, may the DX and propagation be excellent. I attended the Superstition Hamfest in December. The confusions of the city tax issue and whether it was going to happen or not, turned out to be a non issue but no one knew it till the last minute which in turn led to a lot of rumors and things like that. The event went off and the turn out was good The ARRL Booth had a lot of visits and signed up double digit renewals and new membership. I also thank the Hamfest committee for the advertising they did about DXCC card checkers being at the event. They were kept busy. I thank Superstition ARC for a great event. Looking forward to next years event. The ARRL Arizona Section has had another year of growth, these statistics are from November 2013 to October 2014. You see that ARRl membership is up plus 5 percent. The stats are from ARRL. Section Full Members Associate Members Full+ Associate Foreign Members Subs Total Oct 2014 Percent Change Nov 2013 Percent Change Arizona 4,036 69 4,105 0 8 4,113 4,094 +0.5 3,916 +5.0 From June 2013 to June 2014 amateur radio growth in Arizona is up, These statistics are from ah0a.org web site. 06/2013 total amateurs 17,688 06/2014 total amateurs 18,252 Total up 564 An increase of 564 Amateurs in Arizona is good increase. I thank each and every one of you that played a part in helping to increase people into this great hobby. During the last 18 months as your Arizona Section Manager it amazes me as to how much each and every one of you has put into this hobby. Your enthusiasm becomes infectious and our hobby benefits from it. Thank you very much. I would like to address an item concerning hamfest. When your committe or club puts on a hamfest and request ARRL approval of your event you take on certain items concerning the event. When you put the flyers together for your event include the ARRL logo, If you want ARRL DXCC card checkers at the event then put it on the flyer. This sections has several ARRL DXCC card checkers that are willing to show up at your event and check qsl cards for DXCC. If you do not inform the people that you have ARRL DXCC Card Checkers at your event and they show up because you asked them too and no one brings cards because your organization failed to put it on the flyers or advertise it in your news letter you just had some ARRL DXCC Volunteers travel a distance to just stand around. These volunteers are more then willing to show up and
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HAPPY NEW YEAR
January 2015 Newsletter
A full color copy of this newsletter with pictures and hamfest flyers can be found at www.az-arrl.org or http://www.arrl.org/Groups/view/arizona or www.facebook.com/arrlarizona
HAPPY NEW YEAR!!! From my family to yours may the upcomming year be prosperous and Healthy for everyone, may the DX and propagation be excellent.
I attended the Superstition Hamfest in December. The confusions of the city tax issue and whether it was going to happen or not, turned out to be a non issue but no one knew it till the last minute which in turn led to a lot of rumors and things like that. The event went off and the turn out was good The ARRL Booth had a lot of visits and signed up double digit renewals and new membership. I also thank the Hamfest committee for the advertising they did about DXCC card checkers being at the event. They were kept
busy. I thank Superstition ARC for a great event. Looking forward to next years event.
The ARRL Arizona Section has had another year of growth, these statistics are from November 2013 to October 2014. You see that ARRl membership is up plus 5 percent. The stats are from ARRL.
Section
Full
Members
Associate
Members
Full+
Associate
Foreign
Members Subs Total
Oct
2014
Percent
Change
Nov
2013
Percent
Change
Arizona 4,036 69 4,105 0 8 4,113 4,094 +0.5 3,916 +5.0
From June 2013 to June 2014 amateur radio growth in Arizona is up, These statistics are from ah0a.org web site.
06/2013 total amateurs 17,688 06/2014 total amateurs 18,252 Total up 564
An increase of 564 Amateurs in Arizona is good increase. I thank each and every one of you that played a part in helping to increase people into this great hobby. During the last 18 months as your Arizona Section Manager it amazes me as to how much each and every one of you has put into this hobby. Your enthusiasm becomes infectious and our hobby benefits from it. Thank you very much.
I would like to address an item concerning hamfest. When your committe or club puts on a hamfest and request ARRL approval of your event you take on certain items concerning the event. When you put the flyers together for your event include the ARRL logo, If you want ARRL DXCC card checkers at the event then put it on the flyer. This sections has several ARRL DXCC card checkers that are willing to show up at your event and check qsl cards for DXCC. If you do not inform the people that you have ARRL DXCC Card Checkers at your event and they show up because you asked them too and no one brings cards because your organization failed to put it on the flyers or advertise it in your news letter you just had some ARRL DXCC Volunteers travel a distance to just stand around. These volunteers are more then willing to show up and
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check QSL cards and answer your questions concerning Awards at any hamfest. Just remember they are volunteers and they do it on their time and gas expense so advertise their presence prior to the event.
Section Managers Calendar
I am starting the 2015 calendar and I will be attending the ham fests in Arizona. To clubs that wish to have your Arizona Section Manager talk to them about the ARRL current events and what is going on in Arizona put in your request by emailing me dates, that means more than one date, and I will try and work it out to arrange it. I would really like to meet some of you on your own home turf. I am putting time aside to attend as many as I can. 2015 is becoming a great year in Amateur Radio with the ARRL
HAMCON 2015--also the 2015 ARRL Southwestern Division Convention is September 11-13, 2015, at the Torrance Marriott South Bay Hotel , 3635 Fashion Way, Torrance, CA 90503
While on the subject of Southwest Division conventions, Arizona’s turn is 2016 and now is the time to start the planning. With that in mind ARRL members please let your clubs know that it is Arizona’s turn for the Southwest Division Convention is 2016 and volunteers will be needed. I know time is a very valuable thing so please carve out some time to help make this a very exceptional event for Arizona and the Southwest Division.
JANUARY HAMFESTS AND RELATED EVENTS
--10 January 2015 - Thunderbird Hamfest - hosted by the Thunderbird Amateur Radio Club will be held at Northwest Community Church, 16615 N 43rd Avenue in Phoenix. Hours are 8:00 AM (Vendors 7:00 AM) to 8
to 12:00 Noon. Spaces - $10 per parking space. Admission - $2.00 per person. VE testing 10:00 AM until 11:30 AM. Test fee - $15.00. Door prizes every half hour - Snacks and Beverages will be available. Talk-In 146.700 - 600 KHz (162.2 PL) or 446.150 -5 MHz (100 PL). Contact [email protected] for more information.
--18-24 January 2015. Quartzfest Organizers to hold an ARRL approved Operating Specialty Convention (Quartzfest) in Quartzsite, AZ on
SILENT KEYS It is with regret to inform you that Chuck Davis, W7CWD passed away this past Friday, December 26th. Chuck had a fairly short battle with brain and lung cancer. Chuck was a member of the Yavapai County Jeep Posse and really enjoyed being a member of our club and his ham radio activities.
ARRL Affiliated Clubs
Reminder to all ARRL Affiliated Clubs - please update your club information. Contact Tom KE7VMG if you need help with this, as he is more than willing to help you so that this gets done. Up-to-date and current information concerning your club is extremely important. All clubs remember to update information after your election of new officers. Even if the officers are the same you should update. updates are needed yearly.
Arizona Legislation Report
Arizona Legislator will be coming back in session. We still have no Arizona Legislation Liaison to help out and to help get the ball rolling concerning tower issues and the License plate issue.
Section Emergency Coordinator
Happy New Year! I know that some of you received new radios for Christmas as I have heard some of them on the air. I’ve also heard conversations about how hard some of those new radios are to program so you have bought programming cables to program them. But, what happens if you are on a public service event or an emergency operation and you push a button and get your radio in one of those weird modes where it won’t do anything and you have to do a master reset? You won’t always have your computer and programming cable handy to reprogram your radio.
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Take time this month and at least once a quarter to manually program a few frequencies in all of your radios. That way those programming skills will be fresh in your mind so you can quickly get back on the air when things go wrong. Dennis Bietry – KE7EJF / Section Emergency Coordinator / [email protected]
SCOUTING AND YOUTH IN AMATEUR RADIO
Joe Statkevicus K3TYE will be teaching a Radio Merit Badge class and a license class in Tucson starting on January 15th. Scouts should contact Stan Stachowiak at [email protected]. Space is limited so sign up early.
Raytheon in Tucson will be holding their Scout Day on Saturday, February 7, 2015 from 8:30am – 5:00pm. Tom Fagan K7DF [email protected] is the POC for the Radio Merit Badge. At least 30 scouts will be taking the Radio Merit Badge Class. If you hear them on the radio (HF or D-Star) please help them with contacts. This is the 7th year for the Raytheon Scout Day and over 350 scouts will be participating. Over 22 merit badges will be offered in the fields of engineering.
Tom Fagan K7DF ASM Youth and Scouting. ARIZONA NETS
- Arizona Traffic And Emergency Net (ATEN) meets in the winter from October 15 to April 15 at 5:30 PM and in the summer from April 15 to October 15 at 7:00PM on 3986 kHz daily. Tommy Ivan KF7GC Net Manager, Arizona Section Traffic Manager [email protected] www.atenaz.net
- Arizona Emergency Net – Maricopa (AEN-MAR) meets every Monday at 9:00 PM local time, for training and exercise in the public service communication arts on the Mt. Ord 146.92(-), Shaw Butte 147.24(+) or Scottsdale Airpark 146.760(-) repeaters. The repeaters require a 162.2 Hz tone. The repeaters are linked and cover most of Maricopa County and portions of Pinal, Gila, Coconino and Yavapai Counties in central Arizona. http://www.aen-mar.org
- Saguaro National Traffic System (NTS) Net (www.saguaronts.net ), meets daily at 6:30 PM MST (0130Z) on the Eastern Arizona Amateur Radio Society (E.A.A.R.S.) (http://www.eaars.org/ ) repeaters.
We are always looking for people to take messages and deliver them via telephone to hams and non-hams. The net is open to all ham operators regardless of license level and there’s no membership requirement associated with this net. Traffic is not required to check into the net. Training is conducted as needed or when someone asks. This is GREAT way to get involved with Emergency Communications (EMCOM) and learn how it’s done prior to an actual emergency. The repeaters are; 146.86 and (440.700 Hub) Heliograph Peak; 147.28 Guthrie Peak - Greenlee County; 145.21 Jacks Peak, New Mexico. Between Lordsburg & Silver City; 145.41 Pinal Peak Near Globe, AZ; 147.16 Mt Lemmon Near Tucson; 146.70 Greens Peak Near Springerville – Showlow; 145.27 South Mtn. Near Alpine, AZ; 147.08 Mule Mtn. Near Bisbee in Cochise County. All E.A.A.R.S. network repeaters operate with PL tone 141.3. For more information about this net, contact Greg Peters ([email protected]), Net Co-Manager. - There are many more nets in Arizona. Contact Tommy Ivan KF7GC for the full list.
NEW HAM REPORT
The following Arizona hams’ recently received their FCC license, Congratulations!
Report for 2014-12-03
Terry W Sitton, KG7PIF, Titus H Crabb, AF7MI, Jason Harrts, KG7PHX, Eric L Orrill, KG7PJQ, Theresa E
Montoya, KG7PHV, Gabe Foltz, KG7OVL, Scott L Hill, KG7OXR, Bret Woodard, KG7PIA, Devon T
Mortensen, KG7PJO, Michael W Sprouse, KG7PJP, Stephen Scheufler, KG7PIB, David L Jordan, KG7PHY,
Brent Averett, KG7PIJ, Wayne Miller, KG7PBV, Peter Ermke, KG7OVJ, Jonathon E Spinner,
KG7PDF,Rajneesh Kumar, KG7PBJ, Alexander R Gilmour, KG7PBW, Gregory J Olson, KG7OVI, Edward D
Mortenson, KG7PHZ, Robert M Sprague, KG7OWQ, Brian W Miiller, KG7PIH, Preston H Davison, KG7PID,
Louis F Roggio, KG7OZV, Denise C Roggio, KG7OZW, Bruce F Holmes, KG7OZX, Allan D Frymire,
AF7MK, Kenneth C Ruffcorn, KG7OYR, Christopher C Ruffcorn, KG7OYQ, Kurt V Leichtentritt, KG7PHW,
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Matthew J Alspaugh, KG7PFV, Carolynne D Selzer, KG7PIC, John M Guess, KG7PBU, Matthew A Hughes,
KG7OYT, Javier Camacho, KG7PFT, Victoria A Boyd, KG7OYY, Benjamin B Williams, KG7OYX,Michael J
Delay, KG7OYZ, David J Lutz, KG7PFU, Christopher B Halskov, KG7OZU, Patrick J Mcleod, KG7PII,
Willard C Bruce, KG7PBI, David Riddle, KG7PAL, Douglas H Askerman, KG7PAQ, Peter K Nigh,
KG7PAM. Donna Sherwin, KG7PAK, Walter A Sinner, KG7PAJ, Chad Eastman, KG7PAP, Ronald L
Johnson, KG7PIE, Steve Kile, KG7PAO, Raymond Malcolm, AF7MF, Michael G Downs, KG7OZB,
NEW ARRL CLUBS.
If your club is not affiliated with the ARRL contact Tom Fulmer KE7VMG AZ Section Affiliated Club Coordinator. If your club has changed officers or had an election please contact Tom immediately.
AMATEUR RADIO TESTING
This is a new section with listing of Amateur Radio Exams though out the Section. I would like to have it like how the Yuma Amateur testing is. Not a date and time but a 2nd Saturday or Wednesday ect. I hope you get the idea. this helps especially if you do it monthly. This is the second time I added the dates it will be the last. I need to have it like the Yuma Amateur testing announcement or like the Tucson area. 1st Saturday 2nd Saturday or Friday ect. Please submit in that format. You can email me directly.
Yuma Amateur Testing the Second Saturday of each month. By appointment only. Contact Bob Smith K7YAZ [email protected] or Robert Spencer KE8DM at [email protected]
Tucson Area.
Lighthouse YMCA/ARRL: First Thursday Contact Matt, AC7IL, [email protected]
Oro Valley/ARRL: First Saturday Contact David, AK2L, [email protected]
RST/ Laurel (No Fee): Second Monday Contact Diane, AA3OF, [email protected]
Jacobs Park YMCA/ARRL: Third Saturday Contact Fred, K7OFA, [email protected]
Graham / Greenlee County Area For VE testing on request, please contact Dave, N7AM, and he will arrange it.
Technician License Class - Tucson Every Tuesday, 6:30 - 9:00pm at TMC. Contact Dan, KC7VDA for info. [email protected]
Jan 5th - AARC & WVARC -- 7:00 PM St Clement Church Social Hall, 15800 N Del Webb Blvd, Sun City Contact - Joe Cutitta 623.215.2226 Times vary - Exams begin after Club Meeting ends
Jan 10th - Thunderbird ARC -- 10:00 AM Northwest Community Church, 16615 N 43rd Ave, Phoenix Contact - James Skinnell 602.826.1949
Jan 17th - Coconino ARC -- 9:00 AM Northern Arizona University, S Knowles & Runke Dr Bilby Research Ctr (Bldg #52), Flagstaff
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Contact - Roderick Martin 928.527.1139
Jan 20th - Boy Scout Troop 127 -- 8:00 PM St Francis Xavier School, 4715 N Central Ave, Phoenix Contact - John Kelly 602.264.6854
Jan 24th - Arizona ARC -- 7:00 PM American Red Cross, 6135 N Black Canyon Hwy, Phoenix Contact - Gary Hamman 602.996.8148 No Walk-Ins - Pre-Registration Required by Friday Night
HAM RADIO EVENTS - January 10 2015 Thunderbird Hamfest, Northwest Community Church 16615 N. 43rd Avenue, Phoenix AZ 8:00 AM to 11:30 AM, VE Testing contact [email protected] - January 10th, 2014. Central Arizona DX Association Annual Awards Banquet, Contact CADXA web site http://www.cadxa.org/Home/tabid/38/Default.aspx - January 19-26, 2015 -- Quartz fest/ARRL Operating Specialty Convention www.quartzfest.org - February 2 2015 -- : WVARC Annual Auction Contact Ted Walker KB5OF 13722 W. Gable Hill Dr. Sun City West, AZ 85375623 Phone 623-910-9275 http://www.westvalleyarc.org/m_index_5.htm - February 20 - 21 Friday and Saturday, 2015 -- Yuma Hamfest, Yuma County Fair Grounds, 2520 E. 32nd Street, Yuma, AZ. Talk in 146.840 PL 88.5 www.yumahamfest.org - March 21, 2015 -- Spring Fest Scottsdale Amateur Radio Club and ARCA hamfest Mountain Valley Church, 17800 North Perimeter Crive, Scottsdale, AZ, Talk-In Frequency: 147.18 PL 162.2, visit www.scottsdalearc.org contact Edwin Nickerson, WU7S - March 28 2015 -- Radio Society of Tucson Spring Hamfest Golden Corral Buffet & Grill, 4380 East 22nd St, Tucson A. 7:00 AM to Noon Talk in 146.800 PL156.7 Contact [email protected] or www.k7rst.org - April 2015 -- AARC DeVry Hamfest Phoenix. The exact date cannot be made until after January 2014. - 6 June 2015 -- Kachina / White Mountain Hamfest - July 24 -25 2014 -- Arizona State Convention, Williams Hamfest, Williams AZ. Williams Rodeo Grounds, contact www.arca-az.org or call 602-881-2722 - 17 October 2015 CopaFest Maricopa Amateur Radio Association, Harrah's Complex, located on Ak-Chin land, Ultra Star Multi Tainment Center 16000 Maricopa Road, Maricopa AZ 85139 HAMCON 2015--also the 2015 ARRL Southwestern Division Convention is September 11-13, 2015, at the Torrance Marriott South Bay Hotel , 3635 Fashion Way, Torrance, CA 90503
ON-LINE AMATEUR RADIO COURSE Several new hams wrote to me about an online Amateur Radio Course put together by Andy KE4GKP. They have the Technician, General and even Morse Code courses. Check them out at http://www.hamwhisperer.com/p/ham-courses.html it is even available on YouTube.
Ham Radio Contests - For information on June contests go to http://www.arrl.org/files/file/Contest%20Corral/2013-04.pdf
Have an event coming up? Let me know. Send me the flyer and I will add it to this newsletter. [email protected]
Note: If you are receiving the text version of this newsletter, the flyers can be found at www.az-arrl.org or http://www.arrl.org/Groups/view/arizona
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Attached: January 10 2015 Thunderbird Hamfest February 2, 2015 West Valley Amateur Radio Club 2015 Auction St. Clement of Rome Social Hall February 20-21 2015 Yuma and Arizona Section Hamfest Yuma County Fair Grounds March 21, 2015 -- Spring Fest Scottsdale Amateur Radio Club and ARCA hamfest March 28 2015 -- Radio Society of Tucson Spring Hamfest June 6 2015 -- Kachina / White Mountain Hamfest July 24 -25 2014 Williams Hamfest, Williams AZ. Williams Rodeo Grounds, October 17 2015 CopaFest Maricopa Amateur Radio Association, Harrah's Complex,
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Thunderbird Hamfest 2015 Saturday, January 10, 2015
Outside - Tailgating Thunderbird Amateur Radio Club, ARRL
and Amateur Radio Council of Arizona will host
Location: Northwest Community Church 16615 N. 43rd Ave Phoenix, AZ 85053 (Just south of Bell Road on the East side of 43rd Ave.)
Date: Saturday January 10, 2015
Time: Open to Vendors at 7:00 AM Open to Public from 8:00 AM to 12:00 Noon Commercial Vendors can set up Friday night after 5:00 PM Vendors must supply their own tables
Cost: Vendor: $10.00 per Parking Spot General Admission: $2.00 per person
Additional info: Door Prizes will be given away on the half hour beginning at 9:00 AM
VE Testing on-site in Classroom E110 from 10:00 AM to 11:30 AM. Exam Fee $15.00
Talk-in on 146.700 -600 KHz, 162.2 PL or 446.150 -5 MHz, 100 PL.
No Firearms, Alcohol or Drugs Permitted
Please park in designated areas only
Snacks and beverages will be available for purchase on site
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West Valley Amateur Radio Club
2015 Auction
February 2, 2015
St. Clement of Rome Social Hall 15800 N Del Webb Blvd
Sun City, AZ 85375
Contact: Ted KB5OF @ 623-910-9275
Welcome to the WVARC/West Valley Amateur Radio Club’s annual auction, the first Monday in February. Doors open at 1800 hours for registration, browsing and
setting up. Auction begins at 1900 hours.
YOU DON’T HAVE TO BE A CLUB MEMBER TO BE A SELLER.
Sellers will register and fill out one ticket per item to sell whether as individual items or a box containing more than one item. Rules of the auction are posted
which include payments and fees.
Note: when filling out your ticket(s) PRESS HARD. THERE ARE 4 COPIES!!! Bidders will register to receive a number paddle to use when bidding. A Cashier’s desk will be set up to pay for items won. You may pay at any time during or after the auction is over. Sellers will receive their proceeds in the mail. We have found this to be better than paying at the auction which takes too much time and gets
everyone home very late.
Items eligible for sale shall be ham related. This rule is followed to the T ! Auction directors will be the final word on what is ham related. Buyers will show receipt ticket
at the exit. There is a soda machine in the lobby. No other refreshments are planned. Equipment will be sold ‘as is’, no refunds. Payment will
be cash or check with proper identification. Your participation in this auction is your commitment to follow the rules. If you need help bringing in items from or in
taking items to your car, please ask and someone will gladly lend assistance.
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October 17, 2015
UltraStarMultiTainmentCenter 16000 Maricopa Road, Maricopa AZ 85139
Hello Bob,
The Maricopa Amateur Radio Association, Inc, will be holding its first CopaFest next year on
Saturday October 17th. Would you be able to to attend the event and represent the ARRL with a
booth. The location is at Harrah's Complex, located on Ak-Chin land. We would also be interested
in having someone from ARRL give a a presentation on Amateur Radio, as we plan on having
meeting rooms in the adjacent convention center.
Please let me know if this would be possible. We met today with our representative from Ultra Star
and would like to get this marketed as soon as possible.
73
Bob Howard W8RH
President
Maricopa Amateur Radio Association, Inc.
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