THE WEST COAST AMATEUR RADIO CLUB NEWSLETTER

APRIL 2018 VOLUME 37 NUMBER 4

WEST COAST AMATEUR RADIO CLUB, INC.

PO BOX 2617 COSTA MESA CA 92628-2617 http://www.qsl.net/wcarc/

https://www.facebook.com/groups/332448333576994/. CLUB MEETINGS: Coastal Community Fellowship 10640 Slater Ave, Fountain Valley

Corner of Slater and Ward. Afterglow at Lamppost Pizza. TALK-IN ON 145.260 – 136pl

VE TESTING: 5:30 PM meeting nights at the meeting location

WEEKLY NET: Mondays, 6:00 PM on the Fountain Valley RACES repeater, 145.260 –600 136.5pl

INTERMOD is the official publication of the West Coast Amateur Radio Club, Inc. All Intermod articles may be reprinted, provided that credit is given to WCARC INTERMOD.

Publication deadline is the last Thursday of the month in order to be published in the next month’s issue.

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2 VICE PRESIDENTS SIDEBAR 3 LAST NONTH PRESENTATION 4 RAFFLE REVIEWS 4 VE REPORT 5 MINUTES BOARD MEETING 6 HRO 7 MEMBERSHIP APPLICATION 8 ACTIVITY CALENDARS

IN THIS EDITION

WCARC OFFICERS AND HELPERS

President: Open Vice President: Jim Miller K6ARM Secretary: Ken Simpson W6KOS Treasurer: Jim Hansen KG6ZDP Board Members: Norm Pilawski, Ursula Hartunian Data Base Manager: Mike Anselmo KD6CML INTERMOD Editor: Don Dodge W6SNX Raffle: Jim Hansen KG6ZDP, and Ken Simpson W6KOS Refreshments: Ursula Hartunian W6UMH Site Liaison: Open VE Testing: Ken Simpson W6KOS Programs: Joe Tom KB6JOE

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Vice Presidents Sidebar

Spring is here as I now get home from riding the Metrolink train and the sun is still up! It’s freezing cold in the morning and blazing hot in the afternoon. I have been packing to move and I realized I am a pack rat. I had two boxes of old coax cable, 6 wire cutters, 14 plastic antenna insulators and many PL-256 coax connectors. Digging in the garage I found my electrical tool box with even more tools. In total, about 10 boxes of radio stuff plus a big box with my Elecraft K3 and Yaseu FT-817ND transceiver. My FT-60R handheld, I put in the desk for an emergency. Because my radio paraphernalia, as my wife calls it, is stuffed all over the house and garage. I really do not know what I have. As I Get older I am finding less time to build or assembly my radio "projects". I kept the 80 Meter transceiver kit and my solar battery box project. Now I understand why everyone likes an estate sale, lots of things you hope to use and it looks better in your garage then theirs! Read here, “Need new glasses”. Some items are hard to give up, but to move I needed to down size. I gave away my Chinese Rosewood furniture to OC Habitat for Humanity. Still crying about that one $$$. I am younger than some of our club members, so who knows how much radio stuff has accumulated around your house. Some of my donations were to radio friends who are active in kit building. I hope everyone is spring cleaning too. Let your unfinished radio projects go to a good home. It is time to dust off the radio hardware and make sure it still works or it may end up in Jim’s throw away pile.

Jim K6ARM

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Last month’s Presentation

. NVIS

What is NVIS ?

Means: Near - Vertical - Incidence - Skywave

Opposite of DX (long – distance)

Local - to - Medium Distance (0 – 250 miles)

Presentor: Cliff Guice KG6MIG

He had a great Power Point presentation on how NVIS works and how to build some NVIS antenna’s

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RAFFLE REVIEW By Ken Simpson W6KOS

We had no Raffle this month

VE TEST REVIEW There were 3 candidates. We ended with one General and two Techs. No call signs for the Techs.

General

Kate Harper - No call sign at testing, now KM6PW. Resides in Irvine.

Technician’s

Kenneth Hvizdos - KM6??? - Resides in Hutington Beach

John Heunemann - KM6??? - John resides in Capistrano Beach.

Congratulations all! We hope to see you back soon to upgrade, attend a meeting or both.

Thanks to, Rolfe Reinhart KF6VMR, Norm Pilawski WT6Y and Fred Osterman W0PE. I could not do it without you.

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Monthly Board Meeting at Denny’s

2017 Board Members: Vacant TBD President/Public Information Officer Jim Miller K6ARM Vice President Jim Hansen KG6ZDP Treasurer/Training Officer Ken Simpson W6KOS Secretary/National VE Testing Officer Norm Pilawski WT6Y Past President/Board Member/T-Hunt Tech Ursula Hartunian W6UMH Entertainment Refreshment Specialist Joe Tom Donald Dodge

KB6JOE W6SNX

Past President/Board Member/Advisor Member at Large

March 2018 Business Meeting

Meeting was held just before our monthly meeting

Opened at 7:23 pm March15, 2018.

Treasurers Report by Jim Hansen - $920.20.

Current board is willing to serve again but needs more support from the members.

Current board reelected.

Possible activities for 2018 discussed. These included the yearly picnic, a tour of the Iowa and Field Day participation with another group.

Meeting was adjourned at 7:30 PM.

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MULTI-STORE BUYING POWER!

Contact HRO for promotion details. Toll-free including Hawaii, Alaska and Canada. Call will be routed to the nearest store. All HRO 800-lines can assist you. If the first line you call is busy, you may call another. AZ, CA, CO, GA, TX, VA residents add sales tax. Prices, specifications and descriptions subject to change without notice.

ANAHEIM, CA (800) 854-6046

BURBANK, CA (877) 892-1748

OAKLAND, CA (877) 892-1745

SAN DIEGO, CA (877) 520-9623

PORTLAND, OR (800) 765-4267

DENVER, CO (800) 444-9476

PHOENIX, AZ (800) 559-7388

ATLANTA, GA (800) 444-7927

MILWUKEE, WI (800) 558-0411

NEW CASTLE, DE (800) 644-4476

WOODBRIDGE, VA (800) 444-4799

SALEM, NH (800) 444-0047

PLANO, TX (877) 455-8750

ONLINE STOREWWW.HAMRADIO.COM

• RETAIL LOCATIONS – Store hours 10:00AM - 5:30PM - Closed Sunday• PHONE – Toll-free phone hours 9:30AM - 5:30PM• ONLINE – WWW.HAMRADIO.COM

• FAX – All store locations• MAIL – All store locations

5 Ways to Shop!

FTDX1200100W HF + 6M Transceiver

FT-450DA100W HF + 6M Transceiver

FT-991AHF/VHF/UHF Transceiver

FTM-400XD2M/440 Mobile

FT-60R2M/440 5W HT

TS-590SGHF/50MHz Transceiver

TM-D710G2M/440 Dualband

TM-V71A2M/440 DualBand

TM-281A2 Mtr Mobile

TH-D74A2M/220/440 HT

IC-7610All Mode Transceiver

IC-7200HF Transceiver

IC-7100All Mode Transceiver

ID-5100A DeluxeVHF/UHF Dual Band Digital Transceiver

ID-51A Plus2VHF/UHF D-STAR Portable

HRO is family owned and operated by active hams!

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WEST COAST AMATEUR RADIO CLUB Membership Application MAIL TO: P.O. Box 2617 Costa Mesa, CA 92628

Check one: TODAY’S DATE: ___________________

[ ] New Membership [ ] Membership Renewal

============================================================ Applicant-1 Name:________________________________________________________ Call/Class:______________________ Address: _________________________________________________________________ City:_________________________________State:_____ZIP:_____________________ Home Phone:(____) _________ Work:(____) _________ Fax: (____) ___________ Cell: (____) ___________ E-Mail Address: _________________________________________________________ Occupation:______________________________ Birth Date:___________________ AARL Member? Y or N (_____) Applicant-2 Name:_______________________________________________________ Call/Class:____________________ E-Mail Address: _________________________________________________________ Occupation:_____________________________ Birth Date:____________________ AARL Member? Y or N (_____) Applicant-3 Name:______________________________________________________ Call/Class:____________________ E-mail Address: ________________________________________________________ Occupation: ___________________________ Birth Date:____________________ AARL Member? Y or N (_____) ============================================================ Publish phone numbers in membership roster? Y or N Home-[ ] Work-[ ] $ ______________WCARC Membership ($25.00). $ ______________Additional Family Members, same address ($5.00 ea). $_______________WCARC Badges ($8.00 ea). $_______________Total enclosed. Ver: 0218

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ACTIVITY CALENDAR

2018 Apr 11 Board Meeting Apr 19 Monthly meeting May 9 Board Meeting May 17 Monthly meeting Jun 13 Board Meeting Jun 21 Monthly meeting

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