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470 Amateur Radio Group News Letter & Ham Radio Today

2008-08-15T22:59:00.000-04:00

Hello Everyone!! A Special Notice About The News Letter and

The Website... This week you will receive 2 news letters the same,

this is a testing procedure on the news letter and site testing..

If you do not receive the news letter twice,please let me know..

The security features are in place which makes this news letter

safe for all ages, and security is of the most highest..A special thanks

to Moe Brewer for all the great work he is doing for the 470ARG and

470 ARG Net, also a special thanks again to Tim Berry for all he has

done for the 470 ARG ......

Reference the two 470 Special Events :

November 1-15,2008 Control # 5498 W5YI, 470 Amateur Radio Group 1st Anniversary of

the 470 ARG Net , has been approved and will take part on 10-20-40 & 80 meters, look in

QST for the special event times and information....or contact me if your interested in taking part.

The Special Event Call Will Be W4H...

Also the W4H Special Event call sign will be used for the special event July 1- 8,2009,

Control # 5548 W5YI, which is the 470 ARG 4th of July QSO Party being held on 10-20-40- & 80 meters

Look for the times and exact frequencies in upcoming news letter's and in QST Special Events..

Both of the events above should also be listed at the ARRL Special Event Pages..

Any and all questions contact me via e mail or by phone..

Listed below are the rules on Special Events..

If your interested in doing a special event contact me and I would be glad to help you

get started with your event..

I have contacted Sue & HAl from Cheap QSL a card is being drafted and should have

in the next few days, the cards will be made so that it shows the 470 SPL.Event, but with

your all information so that the QSL card will go directly to you, not as a club or

organization entity.. You would give your call ,example.. "this is N4JTQ operating special event station W4H calling CQ".. so when you make contact ,have them send to you as listed on QRZ.. the QSL card will be yours, if you wish to make a card that's fine but would appreciate using the similar type format that they will send and I will pass on, the cards are $9.95 for a hundred or $23.95 for 250 cards, this dosn't include shipping ..These cards are not fancy plain and simple but not a bad looking card, she can split colors on 250 or more...

The TenTec Hamfest Information Page !

Hope To See Ya There !!

http://radio.tentec.com/hamfest/

Here Is The Answer To Those Who Asked About Vanity Call Price!!

FCC TO RAISE VANITY CALL SIGN FEES

On August 11, the FCC announced that the cost of an Amateur Radio vanity
call sign will increase 60 cents, from $11.70 to $12.30
<http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/FCC-08-182A1.pdf>.
The fee will increase 30 days after notice of the increase is published
in the Federal Register <http://www.gpoaccess.gov/fr/index.html>; no
date has yet been set for publication. The FCC is authorized by the
Communications Act of 1934, as amended, to collect vanity call sign fees
to recover the costs associated with that program. The vanity call sign
regulatory fee is payable not only when applying for a new vanity call
sign, but also upon renewing a vanity call sign for a new 10 year term.

The vanity call sign fee has fluctuated over the 12 years of the current
program -- from a low of $11.70 to a high of $50. The FCC said it
anticipates some 15,000 Amateur Radio vanity call sign "payment units"
-- or applications -- during Fiscal Year 2009, collecting $184,734 in
fees from the program.

The vanity call sign regulatory fee is payable not only when applying
for a new vanity call sign, but also upon renewing a vanity call sign
for a new term. The first vanity call sign licenses issued under the
current Amateur Radio vanity call sign program that began in 1996 came
up for renewal two years ago.

Those holding "personalized" call signs issued prior to 1996 are exempt
from having to pay the vanity call sign regulatory fee at renewal, as
Congress did not authorize the FCC to collect regulatory fees until
1993. Such "heritage" vanity call sign holders do not appear as vanity
licensees in the FCC Amateur Radio database.

Amateur Radio licensees may file for renewal only within 90 days of
their license expiration date. All radio amateurs must have an FCC
Registration Number (FRN) before filing any application with the
Commission. Applicants can obtain an FRN by going to the ULS and
clicking on the "New Users Register" link
<http://wireless.fcc.gov/uls/>. You must supply your Social Security
Number to obtain an FRN.

The ARRL VEC will process license renewals for vanity call sign holders
for a modest fee. The service is available to ARRL members and
nonmembers, although League members pay less. Routine, non-vanity
renewals continue to be free for ARRL members. Trustees of club stations
with vanity call signs may renew either via the ULS or through a Club
Station Call Sign Administrator, such as ARRL VEC.

League members should visit the "ARRL Member Instructions for License
Renewals or Changes" page
<http://www.arrl.org/fcc/memberlicenseinstructions.html>, while the
"Instructions for License Renewals or Changes" page covers general
renewal procedures for nonmembers
<http://www.arrl.org/fcc/licenseinstructions.html>. There is additional
information on the "ARRL VEC's FCC License Renewals and ARRL License
Expiration Notices" page <http://www.arrl.org/arrlvec/renewals.html>.

License application and renewal information and links to the required
forms are available on the "ARRL Amateur Application Filing FAQ" Web
page. The FCC's forms page also offers the required forms
<http://www.arrl.org/FandES/field/regulations/application-filing-faq.htm

For some of our new or new HF operaters, the question was asked on last weeks net on signal reports to here is a website thanks to N4BHK Bill, this may answer some of your questions, I would suggest listen though before you get on the air and this will help you out...There are a lot of great operaters on the HF bands that will welcome the new hams and those who are just starting on the HF bands, got a question then ask it on the net every Tuesday on the 145.470 at 7:00pm is when it starts....

http://www.astrosurf.com/luxorion/qsl-code

Each Monday at 7:30 pm I would like to invite everyone to join us on the 146.940 repeater for the Sevier County Emergency Radio Service Net, stop by check in and if your interested in becoming a ARES Member you can contact any of the SCERS members for a application, or just e mail me or Kim Owens KG4RAQ .... Stop by our website for more information at http://www.freewebs.com/aresradio/index.htm .............

One Day Study Session !!!

Our 1 Day Study session for Ham Radio, will be held at the Newport Red Cross Building on Sept. 13^th beginning at 8 am.

The Red Cross Building is located on Main Street, directly across from the Court House.

If anyone is interested in getting their Technician License, or upgrading their General Class Licesins please

call Don Ellison, KI4ORC at the Newport Red Cross Building 423-623-6133, or Velma Wills at home 423-625-8812.

Thanks and 73,

Velma Wills, AG4XP

Ag4xp@hughes.net

The W5YI VE Group tested last week and we want to congradulate KI4ZQO Teresa on her upgrade to General Class !!! The ve team test every other month but if there are 3 or more that would like to be tested please let us know as we will do a special testing session for you.. also as always ,those who maybe impaired we will help you in anyway possible to assist you in taking your upgrade, or getting your amateur radio license....this has always been the policy of the group....We try to follow Handi Hams in their testing the impaired and that of the W5YI and ARRL VE Test Procedures.....Also don't forget the great session that Velma and their team do above if you wish to do the all day session, they also have a great success rate .......

Handi Hams Link

Check Out Their Thunder Free Screen Reader, if you are impaired this is a great group and very helpful group.. I reccomend 100% to those impaired or not to join , its a great and wonderful group... http://www.handiham.org/

National Terror Alert, Great Information For Those Who Want To Know What's Going On In Our World, They Send Out A News Letter That is VERY INFORMATIVE!!

http://www.nationalterroralert.com/

Hustler 5BTV vs The Gap Challenger from eham..

http://www.eham.net/forums/TowerTalk/6057

How to tune your Hustler Multi Band

http://www.intergate.com/~n8itf/hustler.htm

Reviews On The Hustler Multi Band'

http://www.eham.net/reviews/detail/1902

The Comit CHA250B Review

http://www.eham.net/reviews/detail/5175

GAP Antenna Review

http://www.eham.net/reviews/detail/569

http://www.eham.net/reviews/detail/127

http://www.gapantenna.com/testimonials.htm

Cushcraft HF Reviews

http://www.eham.net/reviews/detail/518

http://www.eham.net/reviews/detail/1901

MFJ Reviews

http://www.mfjenterprises.com/PReviews.php

There are many other antenna manufactuers but I have listed these as they mostly was discussed on the net, so hope that the info above will be helpful in your choice of vertical antenna, I have a 5BTV and will buy another for Cathy in the near future, cost and the performance are great !!

The Blogger 470
https://www.blogger.com/start

Nebraska Ham Couple Killed at Home (Aug 14, 2008) -- Carolyn, N0LAL, and Steven Baily, N0US, were found dead in their home -- located in a rural area just north of Lincoln, Nebraska -- on Sunday, August 9. Police believe the deaths occurred after a string of home invasions; a suspect, Brandon Crago, is in custody on suspicion of murder. In a court appearance on August 14, a judge set Crago's bail at $5 million for robbery, use of a weapon to commit a felony and being a felon in possession of a firearm; murder charges are pending. According to the Omaha World-Herald, authorities believe Crago, a man with a history of drug abuse, acted alone. The Bailys, who helped found the Ashland Amateur Radio Club (AARC), served as storm spotters and helped out with club events; Steven maintained the club's repeater. Neighbor Linda Graham, KC0IOQ, told the ARRL, "We're going to be lost without Steve. He was our repeater guy. He had just bought a new power supply and ammeter for the repeater." The Bailys have two daughters, Jennifer and Heather, KL2AK. A memorial service is still being planned.

Harry Mills, K4HU (SK) (Aug 14, 2008) -- Harry Judd Mills, K4HU, passed away Saturday, August 9 at the Cardinal Care Center in Hendersonville, North Carolina after a period of declining health. He was 100. Mills was a resident of Hendersonville since his retirement in 1971 after a 30 year worldwide career with RCA as an engineer and manager. First licensed in 1922 as 8VHX, he was a 72 year member of the ARRL, a founder and past president of the Quarter Century Wireless Association (QCWA) Chapter 76 of Hendersonville and a fellow of the Radio Club of America (RCA).

ARRL's "Big Project" Makes a Big Impact on Youth

Mark Spencer, WA8SME, gets ready to demonstrate to educators attending the ARRL Teachers Institute at ARRL HQ how to make a satellite QSO . [S. Khrystyne Keane, K1SFA]

Since 2001 when the Education & Technology Program - also known as the "Big Project" -- started, ARRL has expanded the scope of its educational outreach programs by providing grants of station equipment and instructional resources for professional development to more than 300 schools (with more schools added each year). The Education & Technology Program has expanded the highly successful teacher development program in electronics, robotics and space -- the Teachers Institute on Wireless Technology.

From humble beginnings in 2003, a single gathering of 12 educators came together at ARRL Headquarters became the Teachers Institute, with the goal to promote wireless technology literacy. Since then, the Teachers Institute has provided teachers from elementary schools to the university level with the basic tools and teaching strategies to introduce the science of radio, space technology, weather, microcontroller basics and robotics in their classrooms. In 2008, the Teachers Institute program has expanded to six four-day sessions that now include ATV and radio astronomy, more hands-on instruction of project kits -- such as a seismometer, a 24-hour clock and A BOT Instructor's Board -- to enhance the teachers' ability to instruct basic robotics, a fox-hunt activity and satellite contacts.

Each year, the League receives gratifying reports from the schools that participate in the Education & Technology Program. The schools tell us that the resources we offer are bearing fruit -- both in terms of licensing students and teachers and engaging them in wireless technology, both in the classroom and in after-school activities.

"The Education & Technology Program is truly one of ARRL's most significant projects," said ARRL Chief Development Officer Mary Hobart, K1MMH. "The contributions of ARRL members make a direct connection to teachers and their students, opening the door to Amateur Radio and other exciting areas of science."

911 -- 2001

http://lcweb2.loc.gov/diglib/lcwa/html/sept11/sept11-overview.html

This Weekend in Contest

SARTG WW RTTY Contest	Aug 16-17
NCCC Sprint	Aug 16
ARRL 10 GHz and Up Contest	Aug 16-17
Russian District Award Contest	Aug 16-17
Keyman's Club of Japan Contest	Aug 16-17
Feld Hell Sprint	Aug 16
ARCI Silent Key Memorial Sprint	Aug 16
North American QSO Party, SSB	Aug 16-17
New Jersey QSO Party	Aug 16-18
Run for the Bacon QRP Contest	Aug 18

Don't forget the Lighthouse Contest !! Check The ARRL Special Event's !!

A Look At The 146.730 Repeater ...

http://www.wb4gbi.com/englishmtn.html

The 146.940 Repeater.....

http://www.wb4gbi.com/greentop.html#444300

To see all of Tim's Repeaters Click Below...

http://www.wb4gbi.com/

A Look At WB4GBI Tim Berry,

First licensed in 1973 as WN4GBI, Tim has been an active in East Tennessee Amateur Radio for 30 years. He has held the Amateur Extra Class license since 1982, and also holds the FCC Lifetme General Radiotelephone license (previously the FCC First Class Radiotelephone license) since 1978. He is a member and past president of the Radio Amateur Club of Knoxville (RACK). He is also a member of the Middle East Tennessee Emergency Radio Service (METERS). Tim is also the Owner and Operator of these East Tennessee Repeaters: 52.15/53.15, 144.57/145.17, 144.87/145.47,146.025/146.625, 146.13/146.73, 146.34/146.94, 147.675/147.075, 222.74/224.34,and 449.300/444.300. All these repeaters are located in the Knoxville, TN area. All of Tim's repeaters are open, and hams are welcome to try them out when in the area. Tim has been an amateur repeater owner since 1981. Tim is presently employed as the Chief Engineer of Citadel Broadcasting of Knoxville, which consists of radio stations WIVK-FM, WNOX FM, WNML AM/FM, WNRX-FM, and WOKI-FM. In addition, Tim is also the Chief Engineer of WJBZ-FM in the Knoxville area. He is also the Chief Engineer and Technical Director of the Vol Radio Network, which broadcasts the University of Tennessee football, basketball, and baseball games. He is married to Tammy, KB4TQO, and they have a daughter, Paige. Tim has a website which shares information about the repeaters: http://www.wb4gbi.com

Thanks Tim For All You Do !!

For those who are new or haven't been to KG4QPG website lately come check it out.....

http://kg4qpg.com/

Ok Ladies Here Ya Go !! chick_factor_international-membership.pdf

Chick Factor International

Don't forget to send in your SASE with your membership form. The
address to send it to is Chick Factor International PO BOX 18495
INDIANAPOLIS IN 46218 USA
Heather L. Heininger, KB9ZLB
President of Chick Factor International -- Thanks Robin And Cathy For The Info!!

Lets Talk SWR In General and Deeply !!!

Our Special Discussion For This Week....

In telecommunications, standing wave ratio (SWR) is the ratio of the amplitude of a partial standing wave at an antinode (maximum) to the amplitude at an adjacent node (minimum), in an electrical transmission line.

The SWR is usually defined as a voltage ratio called the VSWR, for voltage standing wave ratio. For example, the VSWR value 1.2:1 denotes a maximum standing wave amplitude that is 1.2 times greater than the minimum standing wave value. It is also possible to define the SWR in terms of current, resulting in the ISWR, which has the same numerical value. The power standing wave ratio (PSWR) is defined as the square of the VSWR.

The voltage component of a standing wave in a uniform transmission line consists of the forward wave (with amplitude $V f$ ) superimposed on the reflected wave (with amplitude $V r$ ).

Reflections occur as a result of discontinuities, such as an imperfection in an otherwise uniform transmission line, or when a transmission line is terminated with other than its characteristic impedance. The reflection coefficient $Γ$ is defined thus:

$Γ$ is a complex number that describes both the magnitude and the phase shift of the reflection. The simplest cases, when the imaginary part of $Γ$ is zero, are:

$Γ = - 1$ : maximum negative reflection, when the line is short-circuited,
$Γ = 0$ : no reflection, when the line is perfectly matched,
$Γ = + 1$ : maximum positive reflection, when the line is open-circuited.

For the calculation of VSWR, only the magnitude of $Γ$ , denoted by ρ, is of interest. Therefore, we define

ρ = | Γ |

At some points along the line the two waves interfere constructively, and the resulting amplitude $V max$ is the sum of their amplitudes:

At other points, the waves interfere destructively, and the resulting amplitude $V min$ is the difference between their amplitudes:

The voltage standing wave ratio is then equal to:

As ρ, the magnitude of $Γ$ , always falls in the range [0,1], the VSWR is always ≥ +1.

The SWR can also be defined as the ratio of the maximum amplitude of the electric field strength to its minimum amplitude, i.e. $E max / E min$ .

To understand the standing wave ratio in detail, we need to calculate the voltage (or, equivalently, the electrical field strength) at any point along the transmission line at any moment in time. We can begin with the forward wave, whose voltage as a function of time t and of distance x along the transmission line is:

where A is the amplitude of the forward wave, ω is its angular frequency and k is a constant (equal to ω divided by the speed of the wave). The voltage of the reflected wave is a similar function, but spatially reversed (the sign of x is inverted) and attenuated by the reflection coefficient ρ:

The total voltage $V t$ on the transmission line is given by the superposition principle, which is just a matter of adding the two waves:

Using standard trigonometric identities, this equation can be converted to the following form:

where

This form of the equation shows, if we ignore some of the details, that the maximum voltage over time $V mot$ at a distance x from the transmitter is the periodic function

This varies with x from a minimum of $A (1 - ρ)$ to a maximum of $A (1 + ρ)$ , as we saw in the earlier, simplified discussion. A graph of $V mot$ against x, in the case when ρ = 0.5, is shown below. $V min$ and $V max$ are the values used to calculate the SWR.

Standing wave ratio for ρ = 0.5

It is important to note that this graph does not show the instantaneous voltage profile along the transmission line. It only shows the maximum amplitude of the oscillation at each point. The instantaneous voltage is a function of both time and distance, so could only be shown fully by a three-dimensional or animated graph.

SWR has a number of implications that are directly applicable to radio use. There are, however, some serious misconceptions regarding the effects of SWR. The ARRL Technical Information Service^[1] has a good collection of articles which reveal many of these misconceptions.

SWR is an indicator of reflected waves bouncing back and forth within the transmission line, and as such, an increase in SWR corresponds to an increase in power in the line beyond the actual transmitted power. This increased power will increase RF losses, as increased voltage increases dielectric losses, and increased current increases resistive losses.
Matched impedances give ideal power transfer; mismatched impedances give high SWR and increased loss in the transmission line.
Reflected power in the transmission line is re-reflected at the transmitter, and is eventually radiated by the antenna (minus cable loss).
The higher voltages associated with a sufficiently high SWR could damage the transmitter. Solid state transmitters which have a lower tolerance for high voltages may automatically reduce output power to prevent damage. Transmitters using tube-type output stages may arc. The high voltages may also cause transmission line dielectric to break down and/or burn.
VSWR measurements may be taken to ensure that a waveguide is contiguous and has no leaks or sharp bends. If such bends or holes are present in the waveguide surface, they may diminish the performance of transmitter and receiver equipment strings. Arcing may occur if there is a hole, if transmitting at high power, usually 200 watts or more (Need reference for the power statement). Waveguide plumbing[1] is crucial for proper waveguide performance. Reflected power may occur and damage equipment as well. Another cause of bad VSWR in a waveguide is moisture build-up, which can typically be prevented with silica gel or pressurization of the waveguide with dry gas.
A very long run of coaxial cable especially at a frequency where the cable itself is lossy can appear to a radio as a matched load. The power coming back is, in these cases, partially or almost completely lost in the cable run.

Update On 470 Special Events and QSO Party

2008-08-11T15:05:00.001-04:00

November 1-15,2008 Control # 5498 W5YI, 470 Amateur Radio Group 1st Anniversary of

the 470 ARG Net , has been approved and will take part on 10-20-40 & 80 meters, look in

QST for the special event times and information....or contact me if your interested in taking part.

The Special Event Call Will Be W4H...

Also the W4H Special Event call sign will be used for the special event July 1- 8,2009,

Control # 5548 W5YI, which is the 470 ARG 4th of July QSO Party being held on 10-20-40- & 80 meters

Look for the times and exact frequencies in upcoming news letter's and in QST Special Events..

Both of the events above should also be listed at the ARRL Special Event Pages..

Any and all questions contact me via e mail or by phone..

Kisted below are the rules on Special Events..

If your interested in doing a special event contact me and I would be glad to help you

get started with your event..

About --

Call Sign Systems

Special Event

When transmitting in conjunction with an event of special significance, an amateur station ("special event station") may transmit the identification announcement using a special event call sign in accord with the procedures detailed below. Substituting a special event call sign for its assigned call sign may help a special event station call attention "on-air" to its participation in the special event and to the unique opportunity for the amateur service community to exchange greetings with the station. Use of these provisions, however, must not detract from the station making the source of its transmissions known to those receiving them. The special event station must also transmit its assigned call sign at least once per hour during such operation.

A block of 750 call signs is available for use in the special event call sign system. The format of each call sign ("one-by-one") consists of a single letter prefix "K", "N" or "W", followed by a single digit numeral "0" through "9", followed by a single letter "A" through "W" or "Y" or "Z" ("X" is not available to amateur stations). The station license grantee must obtain coordination for the use of a special event call sign through one of the following special event call sign coordinators. These coordinators maintain and disseminate world-wide a common data base for the day-to-day usage of the one-by-one format call signs (for example "K1A"). Upon completing the coordination process, the special event station may substitute the one-by-one format call sign for its assigned call sign during the period of the special event. The following volunteer entities have been certified as special event call sign coordinators.

Indicators

In addition to the special event call sign system, any amateur station, including a special event station, may include with its assigned call sign one or more indicators (example "W1AW/national convention"). Each indicator must be separated from the assigned call sign by a slant ("/") or any suitable word that denotes the slant mark ("portable," "stroke," etc.). If the indicator is self-assigned, it must be included before, after, or both before and after, the assigned call sign (example "KP2/W1AW/contest"). No self-assigned indicator may conflict with any other indicator specified by the FCC Rules (such as "AA", "AG", "AE" or "KT") or with any prefix assigned to another country (such as "DL", "F", "G" or "VE").

Questions concerning one-by-one call signs and the common data base should be directed to the special event call sign coordinators.

--
Rick Sawaya Sr N4JTQ &
Cathy Sawaya KI4YPO
2005 Spence Mountain Loop
Sevierville,TN 37876
865.429.2422
Monitor 145.470 & 444.300
Member Of SCARS,ECARS,SSCC
OMISS,MWCC

Donations to the 145.470 send to:
Tim Berry
214 Echodale Rd
Knoxville TN 37920

470 ARG News Letter and Ham Radio Today

2008-08-07T23:00:00.001-04:00

Yea !! the 146.730 repeater is up and running.. Once again Tim berry WB4GBI has another great

repeater up on English Mountain...Thanks Tim, the repeater will be a great help to the emergency

nets that will be using the repeater, and it is also our backup for the 470 Net as long as there are no

emergency nets in operation... Please take the time to give it a try and give Tim a signal report on

the machine, with your working conditions and location....I know that a lot of hams are very happy to see the repeater back in operation,,,,,,and bring back memories to a lot..

Anyone interested in taking the Skywarn Spotter Seminar please contact me asap on the dates or

the days that would be ok with you to take.. Howard wants also to do one in the spring here in Sevier

County but we need a min of 15 people per class..So if you know someone who is interested

and wants to be certified or re certified please let me know via e mail or call me at home..

Looking for doing in the next 60 days here in Sevierville.......

A reminder that this weekend , the 9th, which is Saturday the W5YI ve team will be at the Sevier County Rescue Squad on Hwy 411 next door to TenTec.. We will be testing all class license, please bring a copy of your FCC License if your upgrading, and a photo ID.. The doors will open at 9:00am and testing begins at 10:00 am..We would like to thank the Sevier County Rescue Squad for allowing us to use their great building.. it allows us to be able to provide a great atmosphere for testing,and anyone that requires any special needs testing..If you have any questions call me or e mail at this e mail address, or Kim Owens at 256-0070 (865) .........We will have coffee and donuts for everyone testing...Come On By And Say Hi!!

CERT What is CERT......Click Below

http://www.citizencorps.gov/cert/about.shtm

Teach In , our kids may enjoy !

http://www2.arrl.org/news/features/2008/08/05/10250/?nc=1

The International Lighthouse Weekend !! This is really cool if you like Lighthouse's

http://illw.net/

ARRL Contest Calander Balance 2008


August	2 - 3	ARRL UHF Contest	Rules Soapbox Logs received

	16 - 17	ARRL 10 GHz and Up Contest	Rules

September	13 - 15	ARRL September VHF QSO Party	Rules

	20 - 21	ARRL 10 GHz and Up Contest	Rules

	20 - 21	ARRL International EME Competition	Rules

October	18 - 19	ARRL International EME Competition	Rules

November	1 - 3	ARRL November Sweepstakes (CW)

	15 - 16	ARRL International EME Competition	Rules

	15 - 17	ARRL November Sweepstakes (Phone)

December	5 - 7	ARRL 160 Meter Contest

	13 - 14	ARRL 10 Meter Contest

Better Days Ahead for 40-Meter Phone

David E. Greer (N4KZ) on August 6, 2008
View comments about this article!

A new U.S. ham recently posted a question on eHam about operating on 40-meter phone. At night, he said, he only hears strong shortwave broadcast stations and very few hams. Don't hams operate on 40-meter SSB at night, he asked? That's a good question and, fortunately, some relief is on the way for 40 meters -- in just a few months. And the change to 40 meters should be rather profound worldwide.

As experienced hams know, 40-meter phone at night can be horrible in the U.S. phone band because of the ear- piercing interference from foreign broadcast stations. Many of their signals are strong enough to nearly peg our S-meters and if music is broadcast, it can seemingly splatter across large segments of the band.

But some relief is on the way. As of March 29, 2009, foreign shortwave stations broadcasting on 40 meters between 7100 and 7200 KHz are to cease. They will be permitted, however, to continue using 7200 to 7300 KHz. So, that will free a 100-KHz portion of the band from the terrible interference those high-powered stations generate. As such, the 40-meter band will double in size for many of the world's hams.

At present, the band is just 7000 to 7100 KHz in much of the world. (Quite a few countries have already given their hams early permission to use the band above 7100 KHz.)

The 40-meter situation -- with shortwave broadcast stations sharing the band with hams -- has a long and complex history. But here is a short version. Prior to 1938, 40 meters was a worldwide ham-only band from 7000 to 7300 KHz. But in the years leading up to World War II, some governments began pushing to use part of 40 meters for broadcasting. Why? It's prime shortwave real estate and as the world would soon discover, they had war on their minds and wanted good propaganda outlets via shortwave radio. Hence, they obtained international permission to broadcast on a portion of 40 meters provided they did not interfere with hams in North and South America, which comprise Region 2. None of them ever took the non-interference issue seriously and hams in North and South America got stuck with terrible interference and the hams in Europe, Africa, Asia and the Pacific, Regions 1 and 3, lost their use of 7100 to 7300 KHz as a result.

This injustice was partially rectified five years ago when the World Radio Conference voted to evict the broadcasters from 7100 to 7200 and return that portion of the band to hams in Regions 1 and 3. This has no direct impact on us in Region 2 other than after March 29 of next year, the band from 7100 to 7200 KHz should be free of foreign broadcast stations and all the interference they generate. Although many hams around the world will probably continue operating SSB below 7100 KHz -- as they do now -- many will certainly move up into the U.S. phone band above 7125 to work us simplex instead of operating split frequency.

Just imagine -- ragchewing at night on 40-meter phone between 7125 and 7200 without BC interference? Or working DX stations right on your frequency without having to listen down below 7100. Or, if you're in Regions 1 or 3, you can operate from 7000 to 7200 KHz.

I can't wait.

73, Dave, N4KZ

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Lets Do Antenna's This Week

How High Should A Dipole Be!

http://www.qsl.net/aa3rl/ant2.html

Multi Band Antenna's For HF...Plain Facts

http://www.arrl.org/tis/info/multibandvert.html

Construction of a 5/8 Wave 2 Meter Antenna

http://www.arrl.org/tis/info/pdf/8009022.pdf

6 Band Windom Antenna

http://users.erols.com/k3mt/windom/windom.htm

A Fan Tenna For 2 Meters Yea!!!!

http://www.qsl.net/w4sat/fantenna.htm

2 Meter Halo Antenna

http://members.aol.com/n2kbk/2mhalo.html

UHF-VHF Direct Beam

http://www.qsl.net/w4sat/antlegn.htm

The Eggbeater Antenna .....VHF-UHF

http://pagesperso-orange.fr/on6wg/Page%201.html

The Grass Wire Antenna HF

http://users.erols.com/k3mt/graswire/graswire.htm

Multi VHF Projects

http://home.comcast.net/~buck0/hampage.htm

N8TW Site ...

http://www.geocities.com/wa8wqc/

Hamsticks Home Page For Lakeview !! These Work

http://www.hamstick.com/

6 Meter Halo

http://www.hamuniverse.com/6mloop.html

One Day Study Session !!!

Our 1 Day Study session for Ham Radio, will be held at the Newport Red Cross Building on Sept. 13^th beginning at 8 am.

The Red Cross Building is located on Main Street, directly across from the Court House.

If anyone is interested in getting their Technician License, or upgrading their General Class Licesins please

call Don Ellison, KI4ORC at the Newport Red Cross Building 423-623-6133, or Velma Wills at home 423-625-8812.

Thanks and 73,

Velma Wills, AG4XP

Ag4xp@hughes.net

Thanks For The Notice ,Please advise us anytime on your sessions!!

Our Special Event and Info Site

http://www.freewebs.com/n4jtq/

Arrow Manufactuering Company

http://www.arrowantennas.com/

The CIA World Fact Book

https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/index.html

Disaster Family Kit...It's always good to be prepared...

http://www.pueblo.gsa.gov/cic_text/misc/disaster/famlykit.htm

Well going to keep it short this week, hope that everyone is doing well and that will hear you on the Tuesday Net this Tuesday, we had 67 check in's which was great that everyone took the time out to stop by and join us.. You all are what makes the 470 Amateur Radio Group Net what it is, thank you!!! and a special thanks to Tim Berry WB4GBI for the use of his repeater for the net....Also don't forget the Ladies Net on Monday and Thursday's at 8:00 pm on the 145.470 ........

Happy Birthday to all who's birthday is this week up coming, if you have a prayer request please send to 470prayerlist@gmail.com and we will bring up on the net....

73 All and God Bless

Rick & Cathy

--
Rick Sawaya Sr N4JTQ / VE For W5YI & ARRL

Member Of Sevier County Emergency Radio Service

And Sevier County ARES...NCS For 470 ARG NET
Cathy Sawaya KI4YPO
2005 Spence Mountain Loop
Sevierville,TN 37876
865.429.2422
Monitor 145.470 & 444.300 & 146.730
Member Of SCARS,ECARS,SSCC
OMISS,MWCC

Donations to the 145.470 or the 146. 730 send to:
Tim Berry
214 Echodale Rd
Knoxville TN 37920

470 Update On The November Special Event / 470ARG / Aug 3,2008

2008-08-03T22:00:00.000-04:00

I wanted to let everyone know that the 470 Amateur Radio Group Net

Special event call has been approved and will be listed in QST..

The special event call is W4H (Whiskey Four Hotel )..

The dates are November 1st thru November 15th, from

1:00 pm to 9:00 pm, the operation frequencies will be

14.250, 7.250, 28.350, 3.850 mhz +/- 20khz per

the ARRL instructions....Those who are interested

in taking part in the Special Event please contact me

ASAP so that I can have the list to turn in ..... Before the

event will send those a brief story of the 470 Group,and the

repeater system of WB4GBI, with his approval also..

Still working on the 4th of July Event.. I am going to order

a 100 special event QSL cards. and if this goes well will

get more.. Because of cost and economy I am going to request that

a SASE be sent. Will advise more on QSL and event to those

who may want to participate in the event...Also if you

want to work a certain frequency...

Rick Sr

470 Amateur Radio Group August 3, 2008 Ham Radio Today

2008-08-02T21:40:00.001-04:00

Welcome all to the August 3rd Edition Of The 470 ARG News Letter..

Cathy and I hope that you all have had a really super week and

having a great weekend... This week I wanted to present some interesting

I thought items so I hope that everyone will enjoy!!

Below I have listed several links to ...

The History Of Ham Radio.. I have done links as to keep the

volume of space down on loading and the 470 ARG link..

The link directly below is a series of chapter listed at the bottom...

I also do my letter to help those who may be impaired, and hope that

they are able to read or listen to the items listed..

http://www.astrosurf.com/luxorion/qsl-ham-history.htm

Next link.....

http://www.ac6v.com/history.htm

Next link

http://www181.pair.com/otsw/EarlyAmateur.html

Next link

http://www.af2cw.com/code/meaningofcw.html

Next link

http://dj4br.home.t-link.de/ssb1e.htm

Next link

http://ham-shack.com/history.html

Next link

http://hamradiomarket.com/articles/SSBHistory.htm

Special Events Calendar For August 2008 Good Luck !!!

August 2008

Aug 1-Aug 4, 1300Z-2359Z, Canton, OH. Canton Amateur Radio Club, W8AL. Annual Pro Football Hall of Fame Festival. 28.365 21.365 14.265 7.265. Certificate. Donald E. Perry, 968 Culverne Ave NW, Massillon, OH 44647. www.w8al.org

Aug 2, 1300Z-2200Z, Dillon, MT. Beaverhead National Forest, W7B. Beaverhead Forest 100^th anniversary -- 75^th anniversary of the CCCs. 14.200 7.280 3.880. Certificate. Bill Kolar, W7AVG, 955 East Parkview, Dillon, MT 59725. cbkolar@bmt.net

Aug 2, 1400Z-1800Z, Townshend, VT. West River Radio Club, W1RRC. Grace Cottage Hospital Fair Day. 14.250 14.070. QSL. John Borichevsky, N1TOX, PO Box 8087, North Brattleboro, VT 05304-8087. www.westriverradio.org

Aug 2-Aug 3, 0000Z-2359Z, Pittsburgh, PA. Pittsburgh area Amateur Radio clubs, VARIOUS. 250^th anniversary of the City of Pittsburgh. 28.350 21.350 14.250 7.250 3.850 and elsewhere. Certificate. Edward K. Oelschlager, N3ZNI, 60 Carl Ave B2, Eighty Four, PA 15330. Please include $2 for certificate. www.pittsburgh250ham.org

Aug 2-Aug 3, 1200Z-2000Z, Groton, CT. Submarine Base Amateur Radio Club, N9N. 50^th anniversary of USS Nautilus's trip to North Pole, 1958. 14.343 14.243 7.279. QSL. Don Keith, N4KC, 40 Red Stick Rd, Indian Springs Village, AL 35124. n4kc@bellsouth.net

Aug 2-Aug 3, 1400Z-2200Z, Alexandria, VA. The Mount Vernon Amateur Radio Club, K4CG. The 218^th Birthday of the United States Coast Guard. 14.250 10.110 7.270. QSL. US Coast Guard TISCOM, 7323 Telegraph Rd, Alexandria, VA 22315. k4us@mvarc.com

Aug 2-Aug 4, 1700Z-0100Z, Anchorage, AK. Anchorage Amateur Radio Club, KL7AA. 2008 Alaska ARRL Convention. 14.929. QSL. Alaska QSL Bureau, PO Box 520343, Big Lake, AK 99652. www.kl7aa.com/

Aug 7-Aug 17, 1400Z-0000Z, Des Moines, IA. Madison County DX Club, W0ISF. The annual running of the great Iowa State Fair. 146.535 14.250 7.250. QSL. Mark Mease, 2989 Truro Rd, Truro, IA 50257. Operating times, day and evening, and will vary throughout the Fair. mmease@netins.net

Aug 9, 1200Z-2200Z, Stow, MA. Central Massachusetts Amateur Radio Association, W1BIM. Smokey Bear's 64^th Birthday. 28.450 14.265. QSL. Ray Doucette, KB1OUW, 2 Dawes Rd, Stow, MA 01775. www.cmara.org

Aug 9, 1300Z-2200Z, Oil Springs, ON, Canada. Lambton County Radio Club, VA3OIL. 150^th anniversary of the 1^st commercial oil well in North America. 14.240 7.240 3.840. QSL. KB1SF, 3560 Pine Grove #488, Port Huron, MI 48060. US, QSL to address listed. Canadians QSL VA3KSF, 377 Bentinck St, PO Box 33,Corunna, ON N0N 1G0 Canada. www.ve3sar.org

Aug 9, 1300Z-1900Z, Van Wert, OH. Van Wert Amateur Radio Club, W8FY. US 127/US 30 Garage Sales Crossover Point. SSB 14.304 7.204 CW 7.044 FM 146.850 EchoLink 315705. Certificate. Van Wert Amateur Radio Club, PO Box 602, Van Wert, OH 45891. www.w8fy.org

Aug 9, 1600Z-2300Z, San Diego, CA. USS Midway CV-41 Museum Radio Room, NI6IW. US Coast Guard Birthday in 1790 and National Code Talkers Day. SSB 14.325 7.250 CW 14.060 7.040 BPSK 7.070-7.080 MT63 14.109 7.037 RTTY 14.080 7.080. QSL. USS Midway CV-41 Museum Radio Room, 910 N Harbor Dr, San Diego, CA 92101. af6ha@yahoo.com

Aug 9-Aug 10, 1600Z-1900Z, Plano, TX. Plano Amateur Radio Klub (PARK), K5PRK. PARK is celebrating their 35^th anniversary as a club. 28.350 21.300 14.255 147.18. QSL. PARK, PO Box 860435, Plano, TX 75086. www.k5prk.org

Aug 9-Aug 10, 1800Z-1800Z, Mt Sunflower, KS. Trojan and Sand Hills Amateur Radio Clubs, K4S. Highest point in Kansas. Part of Colorado 14er Event. 14.260 14.060 7.260 147.42. QSL. K4S, 1553 County Road T, Colby, KS 67701. www.14er.org

Aug 10, 1200Z-1600Z, Uncompahgre Mountain, CO. Old Goats QRPexpedition Team, N0B. N7UN/N0TU/K0UIF to climb/activate the summit for 14er event. 18.157 14.342 14.060 7.060. QSL. N0B -- Guy Hamblen, 16 Dongan Ln, Newfoundland, NJ 07435. Colorado 14er Event. n0b-14er.blogspot.com or www.14er.org

Aug 14-Aug 17, 1300Z-2100Z, Sycamore, IL. Kishwaukee Amateur Radio Club, W9S. Commemorating Steam Power on the Farm. 7.043 CW 14.267 7.267 3.988. Certificate. Bob Yurs, W9ICU, 1107 Commercial St, Sycamore, IL 60178. www.w9icu.com

Aug 14-Aug 17, 1400Z-0000Z, Window Rock, AZ. Navajo Amateur Radio Club, N7C. The Navajo Code Talkers. 14.265 7.265. QSL. Herb Goodluck, N7HG, PO Box 3611, Window Rock, AZ 86516. Times are daily. n7hg@citlink.net

Aug 15-Aug 24, 1400Z-2359Z, Marshfield, MA. Whitman Amateur Radio Club, NN1MF. 141^st Annual Marshfield Fair. 18.160 14.260 7.260 3.860. Certificate. Whitman ARC, PO Box 48, Whitman, MA 02382. www.wa1npo.org

Aug 16, 1400Z-2200Z, Alliance, OH. Alliance Amateur Radio Club, W8LKY. Birthplace of the Scarlet Carnation, Ohio's state flower. 7.240 7.050. Certificate. Alliance Amateur Radio Club, PO Box 3344, Alliance, OH 44601. www.w8lky.org

Aug 16, 1400Z-2000Z, Huntington, NY. Peconic Amateur Radio Club, W2AMC. International Lighthouse/Lightship Weekend. 14.270 7.270. Certificate. Peconic ARC, PO Box 113, Peconic, NY 11958. www.peconic-arc.com

Aug 16, 1400Z-2300Z, Litchfield, MN. Meeker County Amateur Radio Club, K0MCR. History of farming/equipment used in the early 1900s. 14.260 7.260 7.060 3.840. Certificate. Jim Westrup, 524 S Holcombe, Litchfield, MN 55355. ka0csw@yahoo.com

Aug 16, 1400Z-2000Z, Van Buren, IN. Grant County Amateur Radio Club, W9EBN. 36^th Annual Popcorn Festival from the Popcorn Capital of the World. 146.79 14.260 7.260. Certificate. Bart Bartholomew, WA9SPT, 6981 N E00 W, Marion, IN 46952. www.grantarc.com

Aug 16-Aug 17, 0000Z-2359Z, Dunkirk Lighthouse, Lake Erie, NY. Lancaster Amateur Radio Club, W2SO. Dunkirk Lighthouse. 14.250 7.240 3.900 operating all modes. QSL. Lancaster Amateur Radio Club, 525 Pavement Rd, Lancaster, NY 14086. dunkirklighthouse.com or larc.hamgate.net

Aug 16-Aug 17, 0000Z-2359Z, Eagle Harbor, MI. International Lighthouse/Lightship Weekend, K8E. Eagle Harbor Lighthouse, plus two range lights upon request. 14.275 14.030 7.275 7.030. QSL. N8MR, 14071 Fairway, Livonia, MI 48154. www.kc8nah.com/Interests/EagleHarbor/illw08.htm

Aug 16-Aug 17, 0100Z-2359Z, Dunkirk, NY. Lancaster Amateur Radio Club, W2SO. Dunkirk Lighthouse, Lake Erie, NY- Lighthouse Weekend. 21.300 14.250 7.250 3.850. QSL. Lancaster ARC, 525 Pavement Rd, Lancaster, NY 14086. dunkirklighthouse.com

Aug 16-Aug 17, 0100Z-2359Z, Merchantville, NJ, WORLDWIDE. International Lighthouse-Lightship Weekend Org, KC2HOU. Honoring the world's maritime light beacons and the keepers. 28.370 21.370 14.270 7.270. QSL. ARLHS Hdq, 114 Woodbine Ave, Merchantville, NJ 08109, WORLDWIDE. illw.org

Aug 16-Aug 17, 1300Z-2200Z, Fire Island, NY. Great South Bay Amateur Radio Club, W2GSB. Lighthouse Weekend. SSB 14.240 10.110 7.260 3.925 CW 21.280 14.058 7.058. QSL. W2GSB/LH, PO Box 1356, West Babylon, NY 11704-0356. www.gsbarc.org

Aug 16-Aug 17, 1300Z-2100Z, Sea Girt Lighthouse, NJ. North America DX Assn/Neptune Amateur Radio Club, NA2DX. Celebrating International Lighthouse/Lightship Weekend. 14.260 7.260. QSL. North America DX Association, PO Box 357, Bradley Beach, NJ 07720. kc2q@arrl.net

Aug 16-Aug 17, 1400Z-1900Z, North Canton, OH. Airwaves Radio Club, N8AIR. Presenting the "Wings of Freedom Tour". 14.260 14.270 7.260. Certificate. MAPS Air Museum, 2260 International Pkwy, North Canton, OH 44720. www.mapsairmuseum.org

Aug 16-Aug 17, 1500Z-2100Z, Offutt AFB, NE. Strategic Air Command Memorial Amateur Radio Club, K0GRL. Air Force Week, Offutt air show, and Gen Lemay's call sign. 14.247 7.247. QSL. SACMARC, PO Box 1292, Bellevue, NE 68005-1292. www.sacmarc.org

Aug 16-Aug 30, 1400Z-2200Z, Azle, TX. Tri-County Amateur Radio Club, W5P. Activation of Pelican Island TX050L. 21.250 14.250 7.250. QSL. W5P Pelican Island, c/o WC5C Tri-County ARC, 820 Wood Ln, Azle, TX 76020. Saturdays only. www.wc5c.org

Aug 17, 1300Z-2100Z, Brooklyn, NY. New York City Transit-Amateur Radio Club, K2IRT. Barefoot in the Park - Marine Park Nature Center Celebration. 14.265 7.270. Certificate. Robert W. Lobenstein, WA2AXZ, 1958 East 36 St, Brooklyn, NY 11234. We expect to demonstrate PSK-SSTV and satellite communications. wa2axz@arrl.net

Aug 17, 1400Z-2000Z, Southold, NY. Peconic Amateur Radio Club, W2AMC. International Lighthouse/Lightship Weekend. 14.270 7.270. Certificate. Peconic ARC, PO Box 113, Peconic, NY 11958. www.peconic-arc.com

Aug 19-Aug 21, 1500Z-1700Z, Detroit, MI. Motor City Radio Club, W8MRM. 2008 Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers International Symposium on Electromagnetic Compatibility. 14.240 14.040 7.240 7.040. QSL. Motor City Radio Club, 7869 Huron, Taylor, MI 48180-2608. Aug 19-20, 1500Z-2100Z, Aug 21 1500Z-1700Z. www.emc2008.org or www.w8mrm.org

Aug 20-Aug 24, 2200Z-0200Z, Ringoes, NJ. Cherryville Repeater Association II, W4H. Hunterdon County (NJ) 4H Fair. 14.280 7.280. QSL. Cherryville Repeater Association II, Inc - W2CRA, PO Box 308, Quakertown, NJ 08868. www.qsl.net/w2cra

Aug 21-Aug 24, 1300Z-2359Z, Hannibal, MO. Hannibal Amateur Radio Club, K0S. WW2-LST 325 Ship in Hannibal Missouri. SSB 14.265 7.265 CW 14.040 7.040. Certificate. Hannibal Amateur Radio Club, PO Box 1522, Hannibal, MO 63401. $3 fee for certificate. W0KEM.com

Aug 23-Aug 24, 1300Z-0100Z, Jackson's Mill/Weston, WV. Stonewall Jackson Amateur Radio Association, W8V. 50^th West Virginia State ARRL Convention. 14.270 7.200. Certificate. SJARA, PO Box 752, Clarksburg, WV 26301-0752. k8dfsjara@aol.com or www.sjara.org

Aug 24, 1400Z-2100Z, Hanover, KS. Crown Amateur Radio Association, K0ASA. Hollenberg Pony Express Station Festival. 14.240 14.040 7.040 3.540. Certificate. Crown Amateur Radio Association, 11551 W 176th Terr, Olathe, KS 66062.

Aug 27-Sep 1, 1600Z-0100Z, Canfield, OH. 20 over 9 Amateur Radio Club, W8F. 163^rd Canfield Fair. 28.385 14.285 7.285 3.885. Certificate. 20/9 Amateur Radio Club Inc, 4939 E Radio Rd, Austintown, OH 44515. www.qsl.net/20over9

Aug 29-Aug 30, 2100Z-2100Z, Brady, TX. Heart of Texas Ham Operators Group (HOT-HOG), WA5HOT. World Championship Goat Cookoff. 21.360 14.250 7.295 3.875. Certificate. Rick Melcer, N5KAO, PO Box 1021, Brady, TX 76825-1021. www.hothog.org

Aug 29-Sep 1, 1500Z-2000Z, Edgerton, WI. TriCounty Amateur Radio Club, W9MQB. 52^ndAnnual Rock River Steam Thresheree. 14.275 7.280 3.900. QSL. TCARC - W9MQB, PO Box 411, Johnson Creek, WI 53038. tcarc@w9mqb.org

Aug 30, 1200Z-2000Z, Manassas, VA. Ole Virginia Hams, W4OVH. Civil War of Battle of 2^ndManassas (Bull Run). 146.970 21.362 14.262 7.262. QSL. Ole Virginia Hams, PO Box 1255, Manassas, VA 20108. aldugaw@juno.com or www.w4ovh.net

Aug 30-Sep 1, 1900Z-1900Z, Paradise, AZ. Cochise Amateur Radio Association, K7RDG. 29^th Anniversary of our trek to Ghost Town of Paradise. 21.305 18.115 14.265 7.230. Certificate. Cochise ARA, PO Box 1855, Sierra Vista, AZ 85636-1855. www.k7rdg.org

Aug 31-Sep 1, 1330Z-2030Z, Prairie Grove, AR. KD5TLH. Labor Day Arts and Craft Fair. 146.955 14.260 7.260 7.275. QSL. Joe Dunn, 12358 West Ervan Beeks Rd, Farmington, AR 72730. bjoedunn@hotmail.com

Skywarn.. The Manual In PDF .... Remember , always give the info that

is needed..If your certification has been more that 2 years your certification

is no longer valid... During bad weather always listen before starting a QSO

as the Skywarn Net maybe in progress... THIS REPEATER 145.479 IS A SKYWARN
REPEATER AS WELL AS THE 146.940..The NCS for Skywarn do have the

right to ask you to not TX while the net goes on and in full operation for those

who may not know..... Please check for the next class if your interested

in becoming a skywarn spotter...Manual Below....

http://www.emergency-radio.org/Skywarn.pdf

Below is a link to Events or Special Events Only for the 470ARG

This is not the new 470 ARG Website that will be up and running in

the next few weeks,that will have more features and information

about the 470 ARG, the link above is only for events that will be in

the near future and announcements only so we don't tie up the

net as much and everyone can also go to for reminders...

Again the new 470 ARG Website will be in operation in a few weeks..

Thanks to Moe!! N4CQW along with many features and a full Blog..

http://www.freewebs.com/n4jtq/

The 470 Website Blog is below

http://470-arg.blogspot.com/

BLUEGRASS CONCERT FOR SHELBY HAMFEST
The Town of Dallas is planning a Bluegrass concert for Friday, August 29th. It will be uptown Dallas, North Carolina. This is being done to welcome and entertain the many Ham Radio operators that will be in town for the 52nd Annual Shelby Hamfest that will be held at the Dallas park, also known as Biggerstaff Park. Please plan to attend this concert and let as many people know about it as possible. There are at least two bands scheduled for this event. I am not sure of the band names at this time. This email is just to let as many people know at this time as possible.....

From The Bluegrass ARS

http://mail.google.com/mail/?ui=1&attid=0.1&disp=vah&view=att&th=11b7bdbb3735ef5e

Mountain Cooking from Me to You All.............

Pare and slice very thin about 5 or 6 Potatoes...Chop one onion....Place a layer of

potatoes in bottom of a greased baking dish and sprinkle with onions...Spread with

a layer of cold roast pork,(diced or sliced) ....Repeat layers until full.....Cover with milk

and bake in 400 deg oven for one hour.....Eat to your hearts content!!!!

A Little From The Preacher ...Oh My

They were having the funeral of a woman who had a ungovernable temper...

When she would let loose the air was blue...Just as they lowered her

casket into the ground a thunderstorm came up..... and the lightning struck close by...

Then said her husband --- She's Arrived !!!!!!

On a cold January day down here in Tennessee they was having a baptism

in the river...The Preacher said to the man, "Is The Water Cold?" ..."Naw!"

he replied..Shouted out one of the deacons---- "Dip him agin' Preacher, He's still lyin'."

Interested in the weather report now! and what about the 470 ARG News
Letter..
Click Below.. plus links to more..
http://www.etskywarn.org/

Sevier County Emergency Radio Service - SCERS
Check Out Our Website For A Lot Of Great Information,
Our Net Is Each Monday At 7:30 pm on the 146.940
Membership Is Not Required To Participate In The Net!!
http://www.freewebs.com/aresradio/

Hamfest The One To Attend!!! Hope To See Everyone There!!!

The 9th annual TEN-TEC Factory Hamfest
Fri. Sept. 26 and Sat. Sept. 27, 2008!

Welcome hams from around the country to the 9th annual Ten-Tec factory
hamfest! Featuring a discount sale on Friday and Saturday on new and used
Ten-Tec ham radio equipment! Door prizes! Tour of the Ten-Tec factory! Meet
the Ten-Tec factory representatives! 4 HF stations will be simultaneously on
the air to try out the latest equipment. License testing at 1:00 Saturday
afternoon. Bencher/Ten-Tec Friday night CW copying contest, 6:00 p.m.,
hosted by Willard Sitton, W4HZD. Winner takes home a new Bencher iambic
paddle.

When:
Friday 9/26/08 2 p.m. – 7 p.m.
Saturday 9/27/08 9 a.m. – 2 p.m.

Where:
Ten-Tec, Inc., 1185 Dolly Parton Parkway, Sevierville, TN 37862.
We are 2 1/2 miles east of downtown Sevierville on highway 411 north, across
the street from Sevier County High School.

PLEASE NOTE NEW PARKING INFORMATION FOR 2008: In past years, we have used
the vacant lots across Industrial Park Blvd from Ten-Tec for parking (the
former location of the Electro-Voice building). These lots are now being
developed and may be unavailable for parking for the 2008 hamfest. We have
an arrangement with Sevier County High School to use their lots for parking
across the street from Ten-Tec starting at 7:00 a.m. Saturday morning. We
also ask that if you are not tailgating Saturday, do not park behind the
Ten-Tec building so we can maximize the number of tailgaters who need space.
Please also keep tailgating space to 20 feet maximum per vendor. Friday we
will park cars as usual in the lots behind our building. Please clear these
at the end of the day Friday; no overnight parking on Ten-Tec property.
Thank you!

Admission:
FREE admission and FREE tailgating. Tailgating Saturday only.

Tailgating:
Tennessee's largest tailgating session! Tailgating in the rear parking lot
and grass areas behind the Ten-Tec building. Tailgating setup begins 7:00
Saturday morning. BYO tables + chairs. NO COMPUTER OR NON-HAM RADIO VENDORS
– amateur radio items or related electronics only.

Events:
Sale on Ten-Tec gear Friday and Saturday.
Friday night CW copying contest, 6:00 p.m.
License exams 12:30 p.m. Saturday. Sign up by Noon.
Factory tours every 20 minutes Friday and Saturday – sign up inside the tent
Door prizes Friday and Saturday
Complimentary snacks and drinks Friday night.

Where To Stay:
Sevierville and Sevier County are a heavily traveled tourist area. There are
some 140 hotels and motels within 15 miles of Ten-Tec. The official show
hotel for the Ten-Tec Hamfest and the SEDCO DX and Contest Conference (see
below) is Mainstay Suites in Pigeon Forge, TN, 6 miles south of the Ten-Tec
factory. A special room rate has been blocked off for attendees. Reserve
under rate code SEDCO for either or both Friday and Saturday nights by
calling (865) 428-8350 or toll free (888) 428-8350.

No overnight camping or overnight parking at Ten-Tec. We will have 24 hour
security and will ask you to move your vehicle.

Also on Saturday, September 27th – after the Ten-Tec Hamfest, the fun
continues into the evening with the 4th annual SEDCO DX and Contest
Conference, to be held at Mainstay Suites in Pigeon Forge, TN. This event is
separate from the Ten-Tec hamfest and is sponsored and organized by SEDCO
(Southeastern DXers and Contesters) and is being run as a NON-PROFIT event
by W4NL, KA4S, and W4UWC. Ten-Tec and DX Publishing – publishers of DX
Magazine – are providing support and endorsing the event. Tickets will be
available starting in July.

What:
4th annual SEDCO DX and Contest Conference

When:
Saturday, 9/27/08 afternoon + 1.5 hour dinner break + evening
presentations. See SEDCO website at http://sedco.homestead.com/

Where:
Mainstay Suites, 410 Pine Mountain Rd., Pigeon Forge, TN. (888)428-8350 to
reserve using rate code SEDCO for Friday and/or Saturday nights. The
conference will be held in the Suites' ballroom with full AV projection and
audio equipment for presentations.

Cost:
Tickets for the SEDCO 2008 event are $25. An on-site buffet dinner will be
held during the conference dinner break and will host approximately 150
people. Dinner tickets separate from the event ticket are also available in
advance at $25. You can purchase an event ticket, dinner ticket or both. You
can buy dinner tickets without an event ticket and vice versa. The 2006 and
2007 dinners were sold out in advance; we recommend advance purchase. No
refunds on advance ticket sales. Event details: See the SEDCO website at
http://sedco.homestead.com/

Tickets: Tickets are available now. SEDCO requests you put your Amateur
Radio callsign (if you have one) on your ticket order as they will be making
name call badges for attendees – you can add call with your first or last
name or in the comments field on our order form. You will be provided with a
receipt via mail, check-in for event and/or dinner badges at MainStay Suites
with your receipt on the day of the event. A $0.75 P&H charge will be added
to your order (not shown in shopping cart checkout). TN. sales tax applies
for TN. residents. No refunds on advance ticket sales. For More Info Go To
The TenTec Website...Thanks fellows for your support in our W5YI Test
Sessions next door at the Sevier County Rescue Squad............Helping The
Hams and Those Who Will Be Hams....

From Jim Yearwood To The 470 ARG and News Letter!

Hamfest

The 9th annual TEN-TEC Factory Hamfest
Fri. Sept. 26 and Sat. Sept. 27, 2008!

Welcome hams from around the country to the 9th annual Ten-Tec factory
hamfest! Featuring a discount sale on Friday and Saturday on new and used
Ten-Tec ham radio equipment! Door prizes! Tour of the Ten-Tec factory! Meet
the Ten-Tec factory representatives! 4 HF stations will be simultaneously on
the air to try out the latest equipment. License testing at 1:00 Saturday
afternoon. Bencher/Ten-Tec Friday night CW copying contest, 6:00 p.m.,
hosted by Willard Sitton, W4HZD. Winner takes home a new Bencher iambic
paddle.

When:
Friday 9/26/08 2 p.m. – 7 p.m.
Saturday 9/27/08 9 a.m. – 2 p.m.

Where:
Ten-Tec, Inc., 1185 Dolly Parton Parkway, Sevierville, TN 37862.
We are 2 1/2 miles east of downtown Sevierville on highway 411 north, across
the street from Sevier County High School.

PLEASE NOTE NEW PARKING INFORMATION FOR 2008: In past years, we have used
the vacant lots across Industrial Park Blvd from Ten-Tec for parking (the
former location of the Electro-Voice building). These lots are now being
developed and may be unavailable for parking for the 2008 hamfest. We have
an arrangement with Sevier County High School to use their lots for parking
across the street from Ten-Tec starting at 7:00 a.m. Saturday morning. We
also ask that if you are not tailgating Saturday, do not park behind the
Ten-Tec building so we can maximize the number of tailgaters who need space.
Please also keep tailgating space to 20 feet maximum per vendor. Friday we
will park cars as usual in the lots behind our building. Please clear these
at the end of the day Friday; no overnight parking on Ten-Tec property.
Thank you!

Admission:
FREE admission and FREE tailgating. Tailgating Saturday only.

Tailgating:
Tennessee's largest tailgating session! Tailgating in the rear parking lot
and grass areas behind the Ten-Tec building. Tailgating setup begins 7:00
Saturday morning. BYO tables + chairs. NO COMPUTER OR NON-HAM RADIO VENDORS
– amateur radio items or related electronics only.

Events:
Sale on Ten-Tec gear Friday and Saturday.
Friday night CW copying contest, 6:00 p.m.
License exams 12:30 p.m. Saturday. Sign up by Noon.
Factory tours every 20 minutes Friday and Saturday – sign up inside the tent
Door prizes Friday and Saturday
Complimentary snacks and drinks Friday night.

Where To Stay:
Sevierville and Sevier County are a heavily traveled tourist area. There are
some 140 hotels and motels within 15 miles of Ten-Tec. The official show
hotel for the Ten-Tec Hamfest and the SEDCO DX and Contest Conference (see
below) is Mainstay Suites in Pigeon Forge, TN, 6 miles south of the Ten-Tec
factory. A special room rate has been blocked off for attendees. Reserve
under rate code SEDCO for either or both Friday and Saturday nights by
calling (865) 428-8350 or toll free (888) 428-8350.

No overnight camping or overnight parking at Ten-Tec. We will have 24 hour
security and will ask you to move your vehicle.

Also on Saturday, September 27th – after the Ten-Tec Hamfest, the fun
continues into the evening with the 4th annual SEDCO DX and Contest
Conference, to be held at Mainstay Suites in Pigeon Forge, TN. This event is
separate from the Ten-Tec hamfest and is sponsored and organized by SEDCO
(Southeastern DXers and Contesters) and is being run as a NON-PROFIT event
by W4NL, KA4S, and W4UWC. Ten-Tec and DX Publishing – publishers of DX
Magazine – are providing support and endorsing the event. Tickets will be
available starting in July.

What:
4th annual SEDCO DX and Contest Conference

When:
Saturday, 9/27/08 afternoon + 1.5 hour dinner break + evening
presentations. See SEDCO website at http://sedco.homestead.com/

Where:
Mainstay Suites, 410 Pine Mountain Rd., Pigeon Forge, TN. (888)428-8350 to
reserve using rate code SEDCO for Friday and/or Saturday nights. The
conference will be held in the Suites' ballroom with full AV projection and
audio equipment for presentations.

Cost:
Tickets for the SEDCO 2008 event are $25. An on-site buffet dinner will be
held during the conference dinner break and will host approximately 150
people. Dinner tickets separate from the event ticket are also available in
advance at $25. You can purchase an event ticket, dinner ticket or both. You
can buy dinner tickets without an event ticket and vice versa. The 2006 and
2007 dinners were sold out in advance; we recommend advance purchase. No
refunds on advance ticket sales. Event details: See the SEDCO website at
http://sedco.homestead.com/

Tickets: Tickets are available now. SEDCO requests you put your Amateur
Radio callsign (if you have one) on your ticket order as they will be making
name call badges for attendees – you can add call with your first or last
name or in the comments field on our order form. You will be provided with a
receipt via mail, check-in for event and/or dinner badges at MainStay Suites
with your receipt on the day of the event. A $0.75 P&H charge will be added
to your order (not shown in shopping cart checkout). TN. sales tax applies
for TN. residents. No refunds on advance ticket sales. For More Info Go To
The TenTec Website...Thanks fellows for your support in our W5YI Test
Sessions next door at the Sevier County Rescue Squad............Helping The
Hams and Those Who Will Be Hams....

From Jim Yearwood KE4HX

Jim has invited those who are interested in going to Wate Tv on the 29th,friday nite, for a

tour and to set in for the 6:00 News Cast. The chief engineer will speak to everyone and Jim will show everyone around, This well be at Wate Tv on 1306 N Broadway or Graystone as some people call it...Anyone interested please contact me by e mail at n4jtq@bellsouth.net

so that we have a idea how many people will be at the station.. That you Jim and Wate Tv For This Great Invitation and A Chance To See The Station and Talk To Everyone ..

From The National Terror Alert Center........
http://www.nationalterroralert.com/updates/2008/07/30/three-thousand-blank-british-passports-stolen-in-raid-could-be-used-in-terrorism/

United States Call Policies

I had a request for this site again so here is the link ...

http://earlyradiohistory.us/recap.htm

From K9JY, Moe Brewer Has A Comment Posted , and

Check Out Tips On Contesting !!

http://k9jy.com/blog/2007/09/05/30-ham-radio-contest-tips-test-equipment-before-contest/

Area 51 Contest Club

http://www.a51cc.com/

Red Cross and ARRL On Backround Checks For ARES

http://www2.arrl.org/news/stories/2008/05/18/10104/?nc=1

Call Signs By State And Class

http://www.wm7d.net/fcc_uls/call_summary.shtml

Tennessee ARRL

http://www.tnarrl.org/

Tennessee Nets 76 Shown, From ARRL

http://www.arrl.org/FandES/field/nets/client/Sresults1.html?netype=LS&state=Tennessee&dow=%%&freq=0-1000000&ntfs=%%

Tennessee Phone Net>....

Tennessee Phone Net
3980 kHz

The Tennessee Phone Net meets at the following times
(all times are Central)

Weekday Schedule

		5:40 AM Net Control Station	6:45 AM Net Control Station	6:30 PM Net Control Station
Monday	Larry - WB4NCW	Andy - W4SQE	David - WA4VVX
Tuesday	Larry - WB4NCW	Greg - K4KO	Wylodean - WA4HKU
Wednesday		Larry - WB4NCW	Larry - WB4NCW	Jerry - KB4VEL
Thursday	Tom - K4CMY	Terry - W4SYE
Friday	Larry - WB4NCW	Larry - WB4NCW	Jerry - KB4VEL

NOTE: The Monday evening Net is a combined TN ARES Net and TN Phone Net
.

Weekend Schedule

	8:00 AM Net Control Station	6:30 PM Net Control Station
Saturday	David - WA4VVX	Jerry - KB4VEL
Sunday	Larry - WB4NCW	NO NET

Holiday Schedule

	8:00 AM Net Control Station	NO EVENING NET
Monday	Andy - W4SQE	-
Tuesday	Greg - K4KO	-
Wednesday	Larry - WB4NCW	-
Thursday	Terry - W4SYE	-
Friday	Larry - WB4NCW	-
Saturday	David - WA4VVX	-
Sunday	Larry - WB4NCW	-

.

If you would like to help with the TN Phone Net, please contact one of the following:

Manager for the early morning session: Larry Marshall - WB4NCW
Net Manager for the morning session: Larry Marshall - WB4NCW
Net Manager for the evening session: Larry Marshall - WB4NCW

tnarrl.org

Well hope that everyone has enjoyed this weeks news letter, and a Happy Birthday to those who's birthday is coming up in the next week....

PS : HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO TIM BERRY !!!!! Hope That You Had A Great Birthday !!!!

Hope to hear everyone on the net Tuesday, we had a total of 65 last week, a great turn out for the summer month, thanks to all who did stop by on a beautiful night....

73 and God Bless

Rick Sr & Cathy

470 Amateur Radio Group July 26, 2008

2008-07-26T18:14:00.001-04:00

Hello everyone and hope your doing great !!!

Sorry about last weeks net but with the extreme bad weather

that we was experiencing, I wanted to make sure that the

East Tennessee Skywarn Observers and Net Controls

was able to relay information to the Weather Service...

Plus I felt that most had equipment unplugged so that no

damage would take place to their equipment...

Our Primary Weather Net meets on the following repeaters for Anderson, Blount, Knox, Loudon and Union Counties. We always know whats on the way thanks to the great efforts of the spotters and the weather bureau, that reports on these repeaters.

Primary 146.940 - No PL Tone
Back up 145.47- No PL Tone
Back up 146730- No PL Tone

Our Secondary Weather Net meets on the following repeaters for Northern Anderson, Campbell, Union and Claiborne Counties.

Primary 147.360 + No PL Tone
Back up 145.470 - No PL Tone
Back up 146.730- No PL Tone

Currently all our weather net are held on the WB4GBI repeater system courtesy of Tim Berry WB4GBI.

Theie is also a weather net on the 145.230 repeater during bad weather!!

Interested in Ham Related Photo's to send in to be published ..

Click Below....

http://www.rsgb.org/news/news062.php

Interested in the weather report now! and what about the 470 ARG News Letter..

Click Below.. plus links to more..

http://www.etskywarn.org/

Sevier County Emergency Radio Service - SCERS

Check Out Our Website For A Lot Of Great Information,

Our Net Is Each Monday At 7:30 pm on the 146.940

Membership Is Not Required To Participate In The Net!!

http://www.freewebs.com/aresradio/

Special Events For The Remainder Of July HF

Jul 22-Jul 29, 1600Z-2100Z, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Canary Island. URE --Seccion Las Palmas, AM8IL/AN8L. Lobos Island IOTA AF-004. 14.250. QSL. Antonio Candelaria Mendoza, C/. Blas Herrera, 23, Teror, LA 35330, SPAIN. We'll be operating before and after the IOTA 2008 Contest. (We'll be on the air as AN8L during the contest.) Details at www.islotedelobos.com

Jul 25-Jul 26, 1200Z-2000Z, Berne, IN. Adams County Amateur Radio Club, W9A. Annual "Swiss Days" in the Swiss community of Berne, Indiana. 14.280 7.280 7.120 18.140. QSL. Adams Co Amateur Radio Club, c/o 604 Sprunger St, Berne, IN 46711. wb9kqo.com

Jul 25-Jul 27, 1500Z-0300Z, Indianapolis, IN. Indianapolis Motor Speedway Amateur Radio Club, W9IMS. 15^th running of the Brickyard 400. 21.340 14.240 7.240 3.840. QSL. Indianapolis Motor Speedway ARC, PO Box 18495, Indianapolis, IN 46218-0495. QSL and certificate available. www.w9ims.com

Jul 26-Jul 27, 1400Z-0600Z, Leonore, IL. Starved Rock Radio Club, W9MKS. 75^th anniversary of club founding. 14.290 7.240 3.900 146.55 FM. Certificate. Starved Rock Radio Club, PO Box 198, Leonore, IL 61332. www.qsl.net/w9mks

Jul 26-Jul 27, 1400Z-1400Z, Sanborn, IA. Northwest Iowa Amateur Radio Club, W0VHQ. Celebrateing "Rail Road Days" in Sanborn, IA. 28.460 14.260 7.260 VHF Echolink Node 102345. QSL. W0VHQ, 1430 Western Ave, Sheldon, IA 51201. Operating from a vintage "DROVERs" Caboose used to house/sleep owners who accompanied thier live stock to market. Live web cam of operations from vintage Drovers Caboose! follow the link from www.sanborniowa.com.

Jul 26-Aug 10, 0000Z-2359Z, Arctic Circle 66° 33' N Lat, AK. 2008 ARRL Alaska State Hamfest Convention, W1AW/KL7. All Band, all mode Arctic Circle W1AW/KL7 Convention Station. 14.200 7.050 3.933 50.125. QSL. W1AW, 225 Main St, Newington, CT 06111-1494. www.akhamfest.com

Jul 28-Aug 7, 2330Z-0600Z, Hanover, PA. 3905 Century Club, N3I. 31^st Anniversary. 7.178 7.233.5 3.902. QSL. J.P.Thornton, 5308 Glen Elm Dr, Peoria Heights, IL 61616-5123. www.3905ccn.com

Jul 29-Aug 3, 0000Z-2359Z, Isabela, PR. Federation Radio Amateur of Puerto Rico, K4S. Guillermo M. Schwarz, KP3S Memorial Dedication. 18.145 14.230 7.178 3.880. QSL. Carlos R. Rodriguez, KP3S, RR 5 Box 73A, Isabela, PR 00662-4509. kp3s.50megs.com/memory.htm

Jul 31-Aug 3, 1400Z-2200Z, Oshkosh, WI. Fox Cities Amateur Radio Club Inc, W9ZL. Experimental Aircraft Association's Airventure - 2008. 14.270 7.250. Certificate. FCARC/Airventure, PO Box 2346, Appleton, WI 54912. www.fcarc.us

Jul 31-Aug 3, 1700Z-2300Z, Litchfield, MN. Meeker County Amateur Radio Club, K0MCR. First time Amateur Radio is on display at our fair. 14.260 7.260 7.060 3.840. Certificate. Jim Westrup, 524S Holcombe, Litchfield, MN 55355. ka0csw@yahoo.com

New Website & The VHF QSO Party
Hi all,
In September several of us are planning to ascend Whitetop Mountain VA for the ARRL VHF QSO Party. This is one of the biggest VHF radio contests of the year.
In support of our efforts we have created a new website. It may be found here:

http://whitetop.embarqspace.com/

Please take a moment and check out the website. It has information about our team, our equipment, Whitetop Mountain, and the contest itself. I ask that you share this website with all those with an interest in amateur radio. Please check back often as our webmaster will be updating it as new information on our expedition arises.
Most of all we are asking for your contacts during the contest. Even the best station in the world can't make contacts if it has no one to work. Please work us on as many bands as possible, we really need your help because we're in it to win it.

Hope to hear you in September.

Peace and 73
Adam WK4P

Radio QTH Ham Sign Call Lookup!

http://www.radioqth.net/vanity/index.aspx

http://www.radioqth.net/lookup.aspx

VHF & UHF Radio Stuff

http://www.vhfhamradio.com/

http://www.cq-vhf.com/

http://www.df5ai.net/

220 J Pole !!

J Pole Antenna

The N6ZAV J-Pole makes a great (but not so hidden) transmitter antenna.

Using the above table, cut the tubing to the size shown for the desired band. The only section where size is not critical is the mast section. Use any size you desire for mounting purposes.

Use steel wool to clean the copper and solder the antenna together as you would with normal copper tubing. Pay close attention to keep the joints straight and snug while doing this. Soldering this together takes quite a bit of heat and a propane torch is the tool of choice.

After the antenna has had a chance to cool, you can attach the coax. Strip the end of the coax that you are going to connect to the antenna and make sure that there is just enough to span the distance between the elements. The cable should be centered between the elements. Strip the center conductor and tin it with solder if it is multi-stranded. Do the same for the braided shield. Using the stainless steel hose clamps, attach the center conductor to the "B" side of the antenna and the shield to the "A" side. Start with the connections about 3" to 5" above the bottom of the "J" and tune with an SWR meter. That's about it! See you on-the-air!

73 de Marty, N6ZAV

Parts List:  1 10' length of 1/2" copper    tubing schedule "L" or "M"  1 1/2" copper tubing "T" fitting  1 1/2" copper tubing elbow     fitting  2 1/2" copper end caps  2 small stainless steel hose    clamps  1 50 ohm coax cable with    connector for radio.

Element Size Table:             2 Meters                  220 MHz     Total length Cut Tubing  Total length Cut Tubing A      60 5/8"    60 1/4"       39 3/4"    39 3/8" B      20 1/4"    19 7/8"       13 1/4"    12 7/8" C        3"        2 1/4"         2"        1 1/4"

The Super J-Pole Antenna(Collinear Design)

Below is a Javascript for calculating the lengths of tubing to be used for the construction of a Super J-Pole. The antenna I constructed was made of 1/2" tubing.

Frequency

Bottom Section inches

Top Section inches

Matching section inches

Some Places To Find Parts http://www.ipass.net/teara/brew.html W9IMS This Weekend and More From QRZ

Indianapolis Motor Speedway Amateur Radio Club
PO BOX 18495
Indianapolis IN 46218-0495
USA
**QSL: IMPORTANT! READ THE QSL INFO BELOW!

Detailed info Update this listing Update Policy...
Mailing Label Postcard

Email: Show W9IMS's email address

Pictured above: Standing in front of the Control Tower / Pagoda at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in the front straightaway near the start/finish line & pits, 5/24/08, are (L-R) visiting operators Emily Bishop (WE4MB) and dad Mike Bishop (WM4RB) from Cleveland, TN; Amanda Feriante (AF6YL) and mom Kortnee (KF6Y) from Fremont, California.
W9IMS HISTORY In April 2004, the owner of The Saturday Evening Post and club member Beurt SerVaas met with Indianapolis Motor Speedway CEO Tony George, and on May 25, 2004, W9IMS became the Official Amateur Radio Club of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway -- the first time in history that a ham radio club has received this designation.
W9IMS conducts special event operations for all three races that make up the Triple Crown on Indy's legendary 2½-mile oval - the Indianapolis Motor Speedway http://www.indianapolismotorspeedway.com . These events are the Indianapolis 500 http://www.indy500.com , the Brickyard 400 http://www.brickyard400.com , and the Indianapolis MotoGP http://www.redbullindianapolisgp.com Unfortunately, the United States Grand Prix, http://www.usgpindy.com which was run from 2000-2007, will not be returning to the IMS in 2008.
2004 INFO
W9IMS talked with 7,766 people from 81 different countries during the three races.
2005 INFO
W9IMS talked with 5,283 people from 70 different countries during the three races.
We had a special guest in the shack. Mike King, the chief announcer for the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Radio Network and the voice of all IndyCar Series events, stopped by and talked with hams around the world. Those lucky hams also got their QSL cards signed by Mike. http://home.earthlink.net/~w9ims/2005/Mike_King_at_W9IMS.jpg
In addition, Mike King mentioned W9IMS on the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Radio Network during the live worldwide broadcast of the Indy 500! http://home.earthlink.net/~w9ims/2005/W9IMS_on_Indy_500_broadcast.mp3
One of our members, David Spoelstra, N9KT, did an interview with 2005 Indy 500 winner Dan Wheldon! http://home.earthlink.net/~w9ims/2005/Dan_Wheldon.mp3
2006 INFO
W9IMS talked with 7,537 people from 96 different countries during the three races.
We had a guest op for the 90th running of the Indy 500. Nine year old YL Extra Amanda Feriante and her family of hams from California visited us and worked stations from W9IMS! http://www.qrz.com/af6yl
2007 INFO **
W9IMS talked with 8,994 people from 91 different countries during the three races.
During the Indy 500 Special Event our guest op, Amanda Feriante, had interviews with the local radio and TV stations. Hear her on WIBC at http://home.earthlink.net/~w9ims/2007/Amanda_Fariante_WIBC.mp3 and see her (and some of our shack) on WXIN Fox 59 at http://home.earthlink.net/~w9ims/2007/Amanda_Fariante_WXIN.wmv
One of our members, Brian D. Smith, W9IND, wrote an article that was published in the November 2007 QST about our Indy 500 Special Event titled "Girl Meets Brickyard - A Ham Radio Adventure."
It was announced that the 2007 USGP would be the last one run at the Brickyard. That makes those USGP QSL cards you have quite collectable!
On the plus side, we are all looking forward to the inaugural running of the Red Bull Indianapolis MotoGP race! The Indianapolis Motor Speedway has now come full circle because the first land-based vehicle race held there was a motorcycle race on August 14, 1909!
2008 SCHEDULE
Indy 500 - May 9-11, 16-18, 23-25. Our intention is to operate from 1500Z through 0300Z on the Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays. We will also be on a lot during the weekdays during the month of May.
Allstate 400 at the Brickyard - July 25-27; Red Bull Indianapolis GP - September 12-14. Our intention is to operate from 1500Z through 0300Z on Friday, Saturday and Sunday of the race weekends. There may be ad hoc operations starting the weekend before and during the week leading up to the race weekend. But other than the weekend of the event itself, operation will be at the sole discretion of individual ops.
FREQUENCIES
W9IMS will operate on or near: 1.840, 3.840, 7.240, 10.140, 14.070 PSK31, 14.240, 18.140, 21.340, 28.340, 50.140, 144.240 SSB and 146.52 simplex FM. Watch for spots at sites such as DX Summit http://oh2aq.kolumbus.com
EQUIPMENT
W9IMS uses Icom 756 Pro 2s and 3s with a variety of commercial and homemade amps. We have towers ranging from 110 feet to 180 feet. We have monobanders on 40m, 20m, and 10m. We have dipoles at 150 feet for 80m and 200 feet for 160m. We have a WARC dual bander at 110 feet. We use the excellent freeware programs N1MM (www.n1mm.com) and XMLog (www.xmlog.com) to log all our contacts.
QSL INFO
NOTE: There will be a NEW QSL card for all three races this year. It will be at least 90 days after the race before we have them to mail out.
A full-color custom four-sided QSL card will be available for EACH race. A certificate on heavy photo paper will be available for working ALL three races. The cost for printing these comes out of our own pockets, so we must insist on an SASE for QSL cards and an SASE and $1 for certificates! Any additional donations are GREATLY appreciated and will go directly into the fund for printing new cards.
NON-USA STATIONS - QSL direct or via the bureau. If you want a certificate, then you must follow the directions below for USA STATIONS FOR CERTIFICATE.
USA STATIONS (FOR QSL CARDS) - send your QSL card with an SASE (#9 or #10 Business Envelope -- our QSL cards are 3.5" x 5.5"). You may put multiple W9IMS contacts on one card and we will send you the corresponding QSL cards -- i.e., if you list contacts for all three races, we will send all three cards back - MAKE SURE YOU INCLUDE ENOUGH POSTAGE!
USA STATIONS (FOR CERTIFICATE) - send a listing of your contacts for the three different races along with $1 and an 8.5" x 11" SASE. The certificate is on heavy photo paper.
SWL STATIONS - Follow the directions above for USA or NON-USA stations (direct or via bureau) and substitute an SWL report. For a certificate, please enclose sufficient postage and an 8.5" x 11" self-addressed envelope.
Please email W9IMS if you have any questions.
-David Spoelstra, N9KT

Ladies don't forget the 470 Ladies Round Table Each Monday & Thursday At 8:00 pm

on the 145,470 repeater

W5YI VE team will be testing this August 9 at the Sevier County Rescue Squad Building on Dolly Parton Parkway at 10:00am,Doors are to open at 9:00am, Coffee and Donuts will be served,bring a copy of your licenese if upgrading.. We will do all Class Testing ! For more information call Kim..KG4RAQ 2560070 or Rick Sr at 4292422 Hope to see you there....Please remember if you need any handicap testing please advise us before you come so that we can have enough VE present, also to VE please contact me prior the test.....

FIRST ANNUAL LARC
ALL HAMS PICNIC
and TAILGATE SWAP MEET
August 2, 2008
10:00 AM - til ?
Panther Creek State Park
Spoone Shelter
2010 Panther Creek Road
Morristown, TN
FREE ADMISSION
PLEASE BRING
1 COVERED DISH TO SHARE
TALK IN FREQUENCY
: 147.030 (NO TONE)
ALL AMATEUR RADIO OPERATORS WELCOME
BRING YOUR FAMILY
Swimming-
$3.00 per person ~ Life Guard on premises
For more information call:
June McClary, AI4SO
423/487-0332
AI4SO@hughes.net
~ or ~
Gloria Pritikin, KJ4BFH
865/674-7884
GAPritikin4128@aol.com

Humor by Rev Leon Hill

At an Athiest's funeral a freind looked down at him and shook his head and said-"all dressed up and no place to go"

Insomnia is contagious,if your baby has it chances are you won't be able to sleep either!!

The worst part of doing nothing is you never take a day off !

Many people sow wild oats on saturday Night,then they come to churh on Sunday praying for a crop failure......

2008 Olympics Worth a Try !!! You Never Know ..............Good Luck.......http://www.bj2008ses.com.cn/

Don't forget the 220 net this Thursday !! 224.800 at 9:30pm

Hamfest

The 9th annual TEN-TEC Factory Hamfest
Fri. Sept. 26 and Sat. Sept. 27, 2008!

Welcome hams from around the country to the 9th annual Ten-Tec factory hamfest! Featuring a discount sale on Friday and Saturday on new and used Ten-Tec ham radio equipment! Door prizes! Tour of the Ten-Tec factory! Meet the Ten-Tec factory representatives! 4 HF stations will be simultaneously on the air to try out the latest equipment. License testing at 1:00 Saturday afternoon. Bencher/Ten-Tec Friday night CW copying contest, 6:00 p.m., hosted by Willard Sitton, W4HZD. Winner takes home a new Bencher iambic paddle.

When:
Friday 9/26/08 2 p.m. – 7 p.m.
Saturday 9/27/08 9 a.m. – 2 p.m.

Where:
Ten-Tec, Inc., 1185 Dolly Parton Parkway, Sevierville, TN 37862.
We are 2 1/2 miles east of downtown Sevierville on highway 411 north, across the street from Sevier County High School.

PLEASE NOTE NEW PARKING INFORMATION FOR 2008: In past years, we have used the vacant lots across Industrial Park Blvd from Ten-Tec for parking (the former location of the Electro-Voice building). These lots are now being developed and may be unavailable for parking for the 2008 hamfest. We have an arrangement with Sevier County High School to use their lots for parking across the street from Ten-Tec starting at 7:00 a.m. Saturday morning. We also ask that if you are not tailgating Saturday, do not park behind the Ten-Tec building so we can maximize the number of tailgaters who need space. Please also keep tailgating space to 20 feet maximum per vendor. Friday we will park cars as usual in the lots behind our building. Please clear these at the end of the day Friday; no overnight parking on Ten-Tec property. Thank you!

Admission:
FREE admission and FREE tailgating. Tailgating Saturday only.

Tailgating:
Tennessee's largest tailgating session! Tailgating in the rear parking lot and grass areas behind the Ten-Tec building. Tailgating setup begins 7:00 Saturday morning. BYO tables + chairs. NO COMPUTER OR NON-HAM RADIO VENDORS – amateur radio items or related electronics only.

Events:
Sale on Ten-Tec gear Friday and Saturday.
Friday night CW copying contest, 6:00 p.m.
License exams 12:30 p.m. Saturday. Sign up by Noon.
Factory tours every 20 minutes Friday and Saturday – sign up inside the tent
Door prizes Friday and Saturday
Complimentary snacks and drinks Friday night.

Where To Stay:
Sevierville and Sevier County are a heavily traveled tourist area. There are some 140 hotels and motels within 15 miles of Ten-Tec. The official show hotel for the Ten-Tec Hamfest and the SEDCO DX and Contest Conference (see below) is Mainstay Suites in Pigeon Forge, TN, 6 miles south of the Ten-Tec factory. A special room rate has been blocked off for attendees. Reserve under rate code SEDCO for either or both Friday and Saturday nights by calling (865) 428-8350 or toll free (888) 428-8350.

No overnight camping or overnight parking at Ten-Tec. We will have 24 hour security and will ask you to move your vehicle.

Also on Saturday, September 27th – after the Ten-Tec Hamfest, the fun continues into the evening with the 4th annual SEDCO DX and Contest Conference, to be held at Mainstay Suites in Pigeon Forge, TN. This event is separate from the Ten-Tec hamfest and is sponsored and organized by SEDCO (Southeastern DXers and Contesters) and is being run as a NON-PROFIT event by W4NL, KA4S, and W4UWC. Ten-Tec and DX Publishing – publishers of DX Magazine – are providing support and endorsing the event. Tickets will be available starting in July.

What:
4th annual SEDCO DX and Contest Conference

When:
Saturday, 9/27/08 afternoon + 1.5 hour dinner break + evening
presentations. See SEDCO website at http://sedco.homestead.com/

Where:
Mainstay Suites, 410 Pine Mountain Rd., Pigeon Forge, TN. (888)428-8350 to reserve using rate code SEDCO for Friday and/or Saturday nights. The conference will be held in the Suites' ballroom with full AV projection and audio equipment for presentations.

Cost:
Tickets for the SEDCO 2008 event are $25. An on-site buffet dinner will be held during the conference dinner break and will host approximately 150 people. Dinner tickets separate from the event ticket are also available in advance at $25. You can purchase an event ticket, dinner ticket or both. You can buy dinner tickets without an event ticket and vice versa. The 2006 and 2007 dinners were sold out in advance; we recommend advance purchase. No refunds on advance ticket sales. Event details: See the SEDCO website at http://sedco.homestead.com/

Tickets: Tickets are available now. SEDCO requests you put your Amateur Radio callsign (if you have one) on your ticket order as they will be making name call badges for attendees – you can add call with your first or last name or in the comments field on our order form. You will be provided with a receipt via mail, check-in for event and/or dinner badges at MainStay Suites with your receipt on the day of the event. A $0.75 P&H charge will be added to your order (not shown in shopping cart checkout). TN. sales tax applies for TN. residents. No refunds on advance ticket sales. For More Info Go To The TenTec Website...Thanks fellows for your support in our W5YI Test Sessions next door at the Sevier County Rescue Squad............Helping The Hams and Those Who Will Be Hams....

Contesting .............................

Contesting (also known as radiosport) is a competitive activity pursued by amateur radio operators. In a contest, an amateur radio station, which may be operated by an individual or a team, seeks to contact as many other amateur radio stations as possible in a given period of time and exchange information. Rules for each competition define the amateur radio bands, the mode of communication that may be used, and the kind of information that must be exchanged. The contacts made during the contest contribute to a score by which stations are ranked. Contest sponsors publish the results in magazines and on web sites.

Contesting grew out of other amateur radio activities in the 1920s and 1930s. As transoceanic communications with amateur radio became more common, competitions were formed to challenge stations to make as many contacts as possible with amateur radio stations in other countries. Contests were also formed to provide opportunities for amateur radio operators to practice their message handling skills, used for routine or emergency communications across long distances. Over time, the number and variety of radio contests has increased, and many amateur radio operators today pursue the sport as their primary amateur radio activity.

There is no international authority or governance organization for this sport. Each competition is sponsored separately and has its own set of rules. Contest rules do not necessarily require entrants to comply with voluntary international band plans. Participants must, however, adhere to the amateur radio regulations of the country in which they are located. Because radio contests take place using amateur radio, competitors are generally forbidden by their national amateur radio regulations from being compensated financially for their activity. High levels of amateur radio contest activity, and contesters failing to comply with international band plans, can result in friction between contest participants and other amateur radio users of the same radio spectrum.

Radio contests are principally sponsored by amateur radio societies, radio clubs, or radio enthusiast magazines. These organizations publish the rules for the event, collect the operational logs from all stations that operate in the event, cross-check the logs to generate a score for each station, and then publish the results in a magazine, in a society journal, or on a web site. Because the competitions are between stations licensed in the Amateur Radio Service (with the exception of certain contests which sponsor awards for shortwave listeners), which prohibits the use of radio frequencies for pecuniary interests, there are no professional radio contests or professional contesters, and any awards granted by the contest sponsors are typically limited to paper certificates, plaques, or trophies.^[1]

A multioperator contest effort involves a team of operators at one station.

During a radio contest, each station attempts to establish two-way contact with other licensed amateur radio stations and exchange information specific to that contest. The information exchanged could include a signal report, a name, the U.S. state or Canadian province in which the station is located, the geographic zone^[2] in which the station is located, the Maidenhead grid locator in which the station is located, the age of the operator, or an incrementing serial number. For each contact, the radio operator must correctly receive the call sign of the other station, as well as the information in the "exchange", and record this data, along with the time of the contact and the band or frequency that was used to make the contact, in a log.

A contest score is computed based on a formula defined for that contest. A typical formula assigns some number of points for each contact, and a "multiplier" based on some aspect of the exchanged information. The rules for most contests held on the VHF amateur radio bands in North America assign a new multiplier for each new Maidenhead grid locator in the log, rewarding the competitors that make contacts with other stations in the most locations. Many HF contests reward stations with a new multiplier for contacts with stations in each country - often based on the "entities" listed on the DXCC country list maintained by the American Radio Relay League ("ARRL"). Depending on the rules for a particular contest, each multiplier may count once on each radio band or only once during the contest, regardless of the radio band on which the multiplier was first earned. The points earned for each contact can be a fixed amount per contact, or can vary based on a geographical relationship such as whether or not the communications crossed a continental or political boundary. Some contests, such as the Stew Perry Top Band Distance Challenge, award points that are scaled to the distance separating the two stations.^[3] Most contests held in Europe on the VHF and microwave bands award 1 point per kilometre of distance between the stations making each contact.^[4]

After they are received by the contest sponsor, logs are checked for accuracy. Points can be deducted or credit or multipliers lost if there are errors in the log data for a given contact. Depending on the scoring formula used, the resulting scores of any particular contest can be either a small number of points or in the millions of points. Most contests offer multiple entry categories, and declare winners in each category. Some contests also declare regional winners for specific geographic subdivisions, such as continents, countries, U.S. states, or Canadian provinces.^[5]

The most common entry category is the single operator category and variations thereof, in which only one individual operates a radio station for the entire duration of the contest. Subdivisions of the single operator category are often made based on the highest power output levels used during the contest, such as a QRP category for single operator stations using no more than five watts output power, or a High Power category that allows stations to transmit with as much output power as their license permits. Multi-operator categories allow for teams of individuals to operate from a single station, and may either allow for a single radio transmitter or several to be in use simultaneously on different amateur radio bands. Many contests also offer team or club competitions in which the scores of multiple radio stations are combined and ranked.^[6]

A wide variety of amateur radio contests are sponsored every year. Contest sponsors have crafted competitive events that serve to promote a variety of interests and appeal to diverse audiences. Radio contests typically take place on weekends or local weeknight evenings, and can last from a few hours to forty-eight hours in duration. The rules of each contest will specify which stations are eligible for participation, the radio frequency bands on which they may operate, the communications modes they may employ, and the specific time period during which they may make contacts for the contest.

The rules of a contest will indicate which stations are eligible to participate in the competition, and which other amateur radio stations they may contact. Some contests restrict participation to stations in a particular geographic area, such as a continent or country. Contests like the European HF Championship^[7] aim to foster competition between stations located in one particular part of the world, specifically Europe. There are contests in which any amateur radio station worldwide may participate and make contact with any other stations for contest credit. The CQ World Wide DX Contest permits stations to contact other stations anywhere else on the planet, and attracts tens of thousands of participating stations each year.^[8] In large contests the number of people taking part is a significant percentage of radio amateurs active on the HF bands, although they in themselves are a small percentage of the total amateurs in the world.

There are regional contests that invite all stations around the world to participate, but restrict which stations each competitor may contact. For example, Japanese stations in the Japan International DX Contest (sponsored by Five Nine magazine) may only contact other stations located outside of Japan and vice versa.^[9] There are also contests that limit participation to just the stations located in a particular continent or country, even though those stations may work any other station for points.

All contests use one or more amateur radio bands on which competing stations may make two-way contacts. HF contests use one or more of the 160 meter, 80 Meter, 40 Meter, 20 Meter, 15 Meter, and 10 Meter bands. VHF contests use all the amateur radio bands above 50 MHz. Some contests permit activity on all HF or all VHF bands, and may offer points for contacts and multipliers on each band. Other contests may permit activity on all bands but restrict stations to making only one contact with each other station, regardless of band, or may limit multipliers to once per contest instead of once per band. Most VHF contests in North America are similar to the ARRL June VHF QSO Party,^[10] and allow contacts on all the amateur radio bands 50 MHz or higher in frequency. Most VHF contests in the United Kingdom, however, are restricted to one amateur radio band at a time.^[11] An HF contest with world wide participation that restricts all contest activity to just one band is the ARRL 10 Meter Contest.^[12]

Contests exist for enthusiasts of all modes. Some contests are restricted to just CW emissions using the Morse code for communications, some are restricted to telephony modes and spoken communications, and some employ digital emissions modes such as RTTY or PSK31. Many popular contests are offered on two separate weekends, one for CW and one for telephony, with all the same rules. The CQ World Wide WPX Contest, for example, is held as a phone-only competition one weekend in March, and a CW-only competition one weekend in May.^[13] Some contests, especially those restricted to a single radio frequency band, allow the competing stations to use several different emissions modes. VHF contests typically permit any mode of emission, including some specialty digital modes designed specifically for use on those bands. As with the other variations in contest rules and participation structure, some contest stations and operators choose to specialize in contests on certain modes and may not participate seriously in contests on other modes. Large, worldwide contests on the HF bands can be scheduled for up to forty-eight hours in duration. Typically, these large worldwide contests run from 0000 UTC on Saturday morning until the end of 2359 UTC Sunday evening. Regional and smaller contests often are scheduled for a shorter duration, with twenty-four hours, twelve hours, and four hours being common variations.

Many contests employ a concept of "off time" in which a station may operate only a portion of the available time. For example, the ARRL November Sweepstakes is thirty hours long, but each station may be on the air for no more than twenty-four out of the thirty hours.^[14] The off-time requirement forces competitive stations to decide when to be on the air making contacts and when to be off the air, and adds a significant element of strategy to the competition. Although common in the 1930s, only a small number of contests today take place over multiple weekends. These competitions are called "cumulative" contests, and are generally limited to the microwave frequency bands. Short "sprint" contests lasting only a few hours have been popular among contesters that prefer a fast-paced environment, or who cannot devote an entire weekend to a radio contest. A unique feature of the North American Sprint contest is that the operator is required to change frequency after every other contact, introducing another operational skills challenge.^[15] Whatever the length of the contest, the top operators are frequently those that can best maintain focus on the tasks of contest operating throughout the event.

The wide variety of contests attracts a large variety of contesters and contest stations. The rules and structure of a particular contest can determine the strategies used by competitors to maximize the number of contacts made and multipliers earned. Some stations and operators specialize in certain contests, and either rarely operate in others, or compete in them with less seriousness. As with other sports, contest rules evolve over time, and rule changes are one of the primary sources of controversy in the sport.

The origin of contesting can be traced to the Trans-Atlantic Tests of the early 1920s, when amateur radio operators first attempted to establish long distance radiocommunications across the Atlantic Ocean on the short wave amateur radio frequencies. Even after the first two-way communications between North America and Europe were established in 1923,^[16] these tests continued to be annual events at which more and more stations were successful in establishing two-way contacts over greater and greater distances. In 1927, the American Radio Relay League, which had been principal in organizing and publicizing these tests, proposed a new format for the annual event, encouraging stations to make as many two-way contacts with stations in other countries as possible. The 1928 International Relay Party, as the event was renamed, was the first organized amateur radio contest.^[17] The International Relay Party was an immediate success, and was sponsored annually by the ARRL from 1927 through 1935.^[18] In 1936, the contest name changed to the ARRL International DX Contest, the name under which it is known today.

To complement the burst of activity and interest being generated in DX communications by the popularity of the International Relay Parties, the ARRL adopted a competitive operating format for events designed for non-international contacts. The first ARRL All-Sections Sweepstakes Contest was started in 1930.^[19] The Sweepstakes required a more complicated exchange of information for each two-way contact that was adapted from the message header structure used by the National Traffic System. The competition was immediately popular, both with those operators active in the NTS who participated as an opportunity to gauge the merits of their station and operating skills, and among those for whom the competitive excitement of the event was the primary attraction. The contest, sponsored annually by the ARRL, became known as the ARRL November Sweepstakes in 1962.^[20]

Another important innovation in early contesting was the development of Field Day operating events. The earliest known organized field day activity was held in Great Britain in 1930, and was soon emulated by small events through Europe and North America.^[21] The first ARRL International Field Day was held in July, 1933, and publicized through the ARRL's membership journal QST.^[22] Field day events were promoted as an opportunity for radio amateurs to operate from portable locations, in environments that simulate what might be encountered during emergency or disaster relief situations. Field day events have traditionally carried the same general operating and scoring structures as other contests, but the emphasis on emergency readiness and capability has historically outweighed the competitive nature of these events.

Modern contests draw upon the heritage of DX communications, traffic handling, and communications readiness. Since 1928, the number and variety of competitive amateur radio operating events have increased. In 1934, contests were sponsored by radio societies in Australia, Canada, Poland, and Spain, and the ARRL sponsored a new contest specifically for the ten meter amateur radio band. By the end of 1937, contests were also being sponsored in Brazil, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hungary, Ireland, and New Zealand. The first VHF contest was the ARRL VHF Sweepstakes held in 1948,^[23] and the first RTTY contest was sponsored by the RTTY Society of Southern California in 1957.^[24] The first publication dedicated exclusively to the sport, the National Contest Journal, began circulation in the United States in 1973.^[25] Recognizing the vitality and maturity of the sport, CQ Amateur Radio magazine established the Contest Hall of Fame in 1986.^[26] By the turn of the century, contesting had become an established world wide sport, with tens of thousands of active competitors, connected not just through their on air activities, but with specialist web sites, journals, and conventions.

Without a single world wide organizing body or authority for the sport, there has never been a world ranking system by which contesters could compare themselves. The vast differences contesters face in the locations from which they operate contests, and the effect that location has on both radio propagation and the proximity to major populations of amateur radio operators also conspired to make comparisons of the top performers in the sport difficult. The first World Radiosport Team Championship event was held in July, 1990 in Seattle, Washington, USA, and was an effort to overcome some of these issues by inviting the top contesters from around the world to operate a single contest from similar stations in one compact geographic area. Twenty-two teams of two operators each represented fifteen countries, and included some top competitors from the Soviet Union and nations of the former Eastern Bloc for whom the trip was their first to a western nation. Subsequent WRTC events have been held in 1996 (San Francisco, California, USA), 2000 (Bled, Slovenia), 2002 (Helsinki, Finland), and 2006 (Florianópolis, Brazil). The closest thing to a world championship in the sport of contesting, WRTC 2010 will take place in Moscow, Russia.^[27]

The scale of activity varies from contest to contest. The largest contests are the annual DX contests that allow world wide participation. Many of these DX contests have been held annually for fifty years or more, and have devoted followings. Newer contests, those that intentionally restrict participation based on geography, and those that are shorter in duration tend to have fewer participating stations and attract more specialized operators and teams. Over time, contests that fail to attract enough entrants will be abandoned by their sponsor, and new contests will be proposed and sponsored to meet the evolving interests of amateur radio operators.

In a specialised contest in the microwave frequency bands, where only a handful of radio amateurs have the technical skills to construct the necessary equipment, a few contacts just a few kilometers away may be enough to win. In the most popular VHF contests, a well-equipped station in a densely populated region like Central Europe can make over 1,000 contacts on two meters in twenty-four hours. In the CQ World Wide DX Contest, the world's largest HF contest, leading multi-operator stations on phone and CW can make up to 25,000 contacts in a forty-eight hour period, while even single operators with world-class stations in rare locations have been known to exceed 10,000 contacts, an average of over three per minute, every minute. Over 30,000 amateur radio operators participated in the phone weekend of the 2000 CQ World Wide DX Contest, and the top-scoring single operator station that year, located in the Galápagos Islands, made over 9,000 contacts.^[28] Other HF contests are not as large, and some specialty events, such as those for QRP enthusiasts, can attract no more than a few dozen competitors.

Contacts between stations in a contest are often brief. A typical exchange between two stations on voice — in this case between a station in England and one in New Zealand in the CQ World Wide DX Contest — might proceed as follows:

Station 1: CQ contest Mike Two Whiskey, Mike Two Whiskey, contest.

(Station M2W is soliciting a contact in the contest)

Station 2: Zulu Lima Six Quebec Hotel

(The station calling, ZL6QH, gives only his callsign. No more information is needed.)

Station 1: ZL6QH 59 14 (said as "five nine one four").

(M2W confirms the ZL6QH call sign, sends a signal report of 59, and is in Zone 14 (Western Europe).)

Station 2: Thanks 59 32 (said as "five nine three two").

(ZL6QH confirms reception of M2W's exchange, sends a signal report of 59, and is in Zone 32 (South Pacific).)

Station 1: Thanks Mike Two Whiskey

(M2W confirms ZL6QH's exchange, is now listening for new stations.)

On Morse code, suitable well-known abbreviations are used to keep the contact as brief as possible. Skilled contesters can maintain a "rate" over four contacts per minute on Morse code, or up to eight contacts per minute on voice during peak propagation periods, using this short format.^[30] The peak rate of contacts that can be made during contests that employ longer exchanges with more information that must be sent, received, and acknowledged, will be necessarily lower.

Most serious competitive stations log their contest contacts using contest logging software, although some continue to use paper and pencil. There are many different software logging programs written specifically for radio contesting. Computer logging programs can handle many additional duties besides simply recording the log data; they can keep a running score based upon the formula of the contest, track which available multipliers have been "worked" and which have not, and provide the operator with visual clues about how many contacts are being made on which bands. Some contest software even provide a means to control the station equipment via computer, retrieve data from the radio and send pre-recorded morse code, voice or digital messages. After the conclusion of a contest, each station must submit its operational log to the contest sponsor. Many sponsors accept logs by e-mail, by upload on web sites, or even by postal mail.

Once a contest sponsor receives all the logs from the competitors, the logs undergo a process known as "cross-checking." In cross-checking, the contest sponsor will match up the contacts recorded in the logs and look for errors or omissions. Most contests enforce stiff points penalties for inaccuracies in the log, which means that the need for speed in operation must be balanced against the requirement for accuracy. It is not uncommon for a station to lead in points at the end of the contest, but slip behind a more accurate competitor after the cross-checking process has assessed penalties. Some contest sponsors provide custom log checking reports to participating stations that offer details about the errors in their log and how they were penalized.^[31]

Most contests are sponsored by organizations that either publish a membership journal, or sell a radio enthusiast magazine as their business. The results of radio contest events are printed in these publications, and often include an article describing the event and highlighting the victors. Contest results articles might also include photographs of radio stations and operators in the contest, and a detailed listing of the scores of every participating station. In addition to publication in magazines and journals, many contest sponsors also publish results on web sites, often in a format similar to that found in print. Some contest sponsors offer the raw score results data in a format that enables searching or other data analysis. The American Radio Relay League, for example, offers this raw line score data to any of its members, and offers the summary report of the winners and the line score data in a non-searchable format to anyone through their web site.^[32]

Because radio contests take place using amateur radio, competitors are forbidden by regulation from being compensated financially for their activity. This international regulatory restriction of the Amateur Radio Service precludes the development of a professional sport. In addition to the recognition of their peers, winners in radio contests do, however, often receive paper certificates, wooden plaques, trophies, engraved gavels, or medals in recognition of their achievements. Some contests provide trophies of nominal economic value that highlight their local agricultural or cultural heritage, such as smoked salmon (for the Washington State Salmon Run contest) or a bottle of wine (for the California QSO Party).

Well hope that everyone enjoyed the news letter this week and hope to talk to you on the net this week.. Check out Tim's website and join his e news letter for the most current information on the WB4GBI repeater system!!

http://www.wb4gbi.com/

73 All & God Bless

Rick Sr & Cathy

470 ARRPG News Letter For 07.20.08 /Ham Radio Today

2008-07-21T13:13:00.001-04:00

Hello all and welcome to this weeks news letter July 20th, 2008

Hope that everyone is doing well, and enjoying the wonderful

weather that we are having.. I have got a few good articles and

information to pass along this week so hope you enjoy....

The Truth About Amateur Radio ....No This Is

Very Interesting But During His Talk Notice His

Shack Also ... Makes You Wonder .......Just Click Each

Link Below...

http://youtube.com/watch?v=IWE7FrVY9T4

http://youtube.com/watch?v=pPCSxq1H5po&feature=related

http://youtube.com/watch?v=VUyNkvieLTM&feature=related

We Thanks To Larry For The Links, Take The Time If You

Can To Check The Other Video's .....

I wanted to remind everyone of our test session coming up the

2nd Saturday of August 2008 at the Sevier County Rescue Squad

on Dolly Parton Parkway, will will have a portable set on the 145.470

repeater if anyone needs directions or just e mail me and let

me know your coming.. Test begins at 10:00 and doors open at

9:00am. Please bring a copy of your license if upgrading and a ID

the cost is 14.00 and we will have coffee and donuts for all..We are looking for more VE's

so if your interested and would like to join the W5YI group please contact me for a

application..

Get up to date real time weather and info about the

470 Amateur Radio Rat Pack Group,Click Below...

http://www.etskywarn.org/

Some Nets To Remember ,Bookmark If You Wish..

I would like to invite everyone to stop by and check into

the SCERS net every Monday at 7:30 pm,

on the 146.940 repeater system, right after the

METERS net at 7:00pm on Mondays..If you are interested in

joining Sevier County Emergency Radio Service please e mail

me or contact Kim, KG4RAQ.. We are looking for new members

that are interested in helping our communities...again for more

details check out the website or contact any of the members..

http://www.freewebs.com/aresradio/index.htm

METERS Net = http://www.metersinc.org/

470 Amateur Radio Rat Pack Group Net, Every Tuesday at 7:00pm

on the 145.470 Repeater System, NCS this week will be N4JTQ.

Hope that you will be able to join us.. I have applied for a 1x1 call for

November of this year to celebrate our 1st year of being a net, I will

let you all know more when I recieve more information, and we will

be asking those with HF to help participate in the special event in

November between the 1st and the 15th if you would like..Those who might be

interseted please contact me so I have a idea how many will take part.

Ladies don't forget the only East Tn Ladies Round Table Net on Monday

& Thursday at 8:00 pm on the 145.470 repeater...

For more net announcements and events stop by on the 470 Net evry Tuesday..

This is from Rickey Baxley,Thanks

Puppy Size

This is one of the neatest stories you will ever hear. You will know precisely what this little girl is talking about at the end (you'll want to share this one with your loved ones and special friends)!
'Danielle keeps repeating it over and over again. We've been back to this animal shelter at least five times. It has been weeks now since we started all of this,' the mother told the volunteer.
'What is it she keeps asking for?' the volunteer asked.
'Puppy size!' replied the mother.
'Well, we have plenty of puppies, if that's what she's looking for.'
'I know...we have seen most of them,' the mom said in frustration...
Just then Danielle came walking into the office
'Well, did you find one?' asked her mom. 'No, not this time,' Danielle said with sadness in her voice. 'Can we come back on the weekend?'
The two women looked at each other, shook their heads and laughed.
'You never know when we will get more dogs. Unfortunately, there's always a supply,' the volunteer said.
Danielle took her mother by the hand and headed to the door. 'Don't worry, I'll find one this weekend,' she said.
Over the next few days both mom and dad had long conversations with her.
They both felt she was being too particular. 'It's this weekend or we're not looking anymore,' Dad finally said in frustration.
'We don't want to hear anything more about puppy size either,' Mom added.
Sure enough, they were the first ones in the shelter on Saturday morning. By now Danielle knew her way around, so she ran right for the section that housed the smaller dogs.
Tired of the routine, mom sat in the small waiting room at the end of the first row of cages. There was an observation window so you could see the animals during times when visitors weren't permitted.
Danielle walked slowly from cage to cage, kneeling periodically to take a closer look. One by one the dogs were brought out and she held each one.
One by one she said, 'Sorry, you're not the one.'
It was the last cage on this last day in search of the perfect pup.
The volunteer opened the cage door and the child carefully picked up the dog and held it closely. This time she took a little longer.
'Mom, that's it! I found the right puppy! He's the one! I know it!' she screamed with joy. 'It's the puppy size!'
'But it's the same size as all the other puppies you held over the last few weeks,' Mom said.
'No not size... the sighs. When I held him in my arms, he sighed,' she said. 'Don't you remember? When I asked you one day what love is, you told me love depends on the sighs of your heart. The more you love, the bigger the sigh!'
The two women looked at each other for a moment. Mom didn't know whether to laugh or cry. As she stooped down to hug the child, she did a little of both.
'Mom, every time you hold me, I sigh. When you and Daddy come home from work and hug each other, you both sigh. I knew I would find the right puppy if it sighed when I held it in my arms,' she said.
Then holding the puppy up close to her face she said, 'Mom, he loves me. I heard the sighs of his heart!'
Close your eyes for a moment and think about the love that makes you sigh. I not only find it in the arms of my loved ones, but in the caress of a sunset, the kiss of the moonlight and the gentle brush of cool air on a hot day.
They are the sighs of God. Take the time to stop and listen; you will be surprised at what you hear. 'Life is not measured by the breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath! away.'

KANSAS HAM, SON, ELECTROCUTED WHILE ERECTING ANTENNAS

While putting up backyard antennas on the afternoon of Sunday, July 13,
Edward Thomas, KC0TIG, of Kansas City, Kansas, and his son Jacob were
electrocuted. Edward, 65, was pronounced dead at the scene. Jacob, 27,
was rushed to the hospital but died later that day. Initial reports
suggest that the antenna they were installing came in contact with 7620
V power lines. Neighbors reported a "loud popping sound" and the
electricity went out on the block.

Jacob's 7 year old daughter witnessed the tragedy and ran to the
neighbor's yard, calling for help. Byron Kirkwood and another neighbor
attempted to perform CPR on the men; the neighbor also called 911.
Robert Mullendore, a spokesman for the Kansas City Board of Public
Utilities (KCBPU), was quoted by Kansas City television station KSBH as
saying it is rare to survive a shock as strong as the two men received:
"There are people who will survive -- they're lucky by the grace of God,
it's high energy, it's dangerous, that's why it's up in the air -- you
just have to be careful. Even those who survive have pretty wicked
wounds and they are lifelong wounds." In the power business for more
than 30 years, the spokesman said these accidents are "really rare,"
saying that he only sees something like this "every two or three years.
If you're doing any kind of work like this, you just really, really need
to be aware of your surroundings."

Chuck Kraly, K0XM, used to work for KCBPU; he built and maintained the
substation that fed the circuit going to the Thomas home: "This is
nothing to take chances with. In my almost 30 years as a ham -- and 27
years in the power utility field -- I have seen way too many
'accidents.' Stop and look. If it is close or seems that way -- don't.
Find another place. High voltage lines are not forgiving. Your life
depends on it. Please follow the warnings. Anywhere close is too close."
-- Thanks to Larry Staples, W0AIB, and others who contributed to this
story Be careful everyone when working on your anteena system!! I

really don't want to have to publish a letter like this for someone in

our area......

We Where Warned Out Of Gas!! The links below make you wonder !!!

I know everyone has a theroy of the gas gas issues so here are a few more!!

http://www.cnn.com/2007/EDUCATION/06/12/cnnpce.out.of.gas/index.html

http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0706/02/siu.01.html

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=07Yyw0F39mw

http://www.wsws.org/articles/2001/jan2001/oil-j03.shtml

http://www.parstimes.com/news/oilandgas/

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/12/27/AR2005122700929.html

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/04/05/AR2006040501954.html

This may be one that we all should be concerned about !!!

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/04/05/AR2006040501954.html

I subcribe to many newspapers over sea's to see what there story is, I started doing this

a few years ago when I was laid off for the winter, thats dangerous lol but I found that our

media is restricted in what they say.. nothing new being a former police officer, I know

the media can be asked not to present things and they don't!! I know that this is a little off beat for me to talk about, but I wanted to ring these item to everyones attention, to consider and think about, I still believe a that a lot should not be brought upon the radio as is does

sometimes creates issues from each of our beliefs ... But if you can put it out then you should be able to take it...without geting mad !!!

anyway I do hope that you find the gas issues informative..

Surfin On The Road At Disney

http://www.arrl.org/news/features/2008/07/18/10215/?nc=1

ARRL Continuing Education Online Course Registration (Jul 17, 2008) -- Registration remains open through Sunday, August 3, 2008 for these online course sessions beginning on Friday, August 15, 2008: Amateur Radio Emergency Communications Level 2 (EC-002); Amateur Radio Emergency Communications Level 3 (EC-003R2); Antenna Modeling (EC-004); HF Digital Communications (EC-005); VHF/UHF -- Life Beyond the Repeater (EC-008), and Radio Frequency Propagation (EC-011). Each online course has been developed in segments -- learning units with objectives, informative text, student activities and quizzes. Courses are interactive, and some include direct communications with a Mentor/Instructor. Students register for a particular session that may be 8, 12 or 16 weeks (depending on the course) and they may access the course at any time of day during the course period, completing lessons and activities at times convenient for their personal schedule. Mentors assist students by answering questions, reviewing assignments and activities, as well as providing helpful feedback. Interaction with mentors is conducted through e-mail; there is no appointed time the student must be present -- allowing complete flexibility for the student to work when and where it is convenient. To learn more, visit the Continuing Education course listing page or contact the Continuing Education Program Coordinator.

A reminder from last weeks News Letter on The ARRL......

E-mails Asking for Personal Information Are Not from ARRL (Jul 14, 2008) -- We have received several reports from ARRL members with arrl.net e-mail accounts who have recently been contacted via e-mail asking for personal information, such as user names and passwords. Please be assured that these e-mails are fraudulent attempts at "phishing" and did not originate from ARRL. According to ARRL Information Technology Manager Don Durand, "This is a very crude attempt at phishing, using an easily determined spoof of the originating/return address. There is never a time when we would ask via mass e-mail for user names and passwords of arrl.net users. There is simply no need to ever do so." If you receive an e-mail asking for personal information and it looks like it originated from ARRL, please do not respond, just delete it.

Special Events Upcoming

Jul 28-Aug 7, 2330Z-0600Z, Hanover, PA. 3905 Century Club, N3I. 31^st Anniversary. 7.178 7.233.5 3.902. QSL. J.P.Thornton, 5308 Glen Elm Dr, Peoria Heights, IL 61616-5123. www.3905ccn.com

Well hope that everyone has enjoyed the news letter this week, hope that evryone will

join us Monday at 7:30 on the 146.940 for the SCERS net and also Tuesday for the 470 net,and Cathy says ladies see you then, mmm I have never figured out seeing on the radio LOL Happy Birthday to those who's birthday is today and in the upcoming week....

Prayer list e mail at 470prayerlist@gmail.com we will bring up on Tuesday's Net..

Subcribe to Tim Berry's news Letter --Top Left on the Website !! http://www.wb4gbi.com/

73 and God Bless

Rick & Cathy

Update on The E Mail Chat July 21 ,2008

2008-07-21T13:09:00.001-04:00

There has been some confusion on the new E Mail Chat setup by Moe..

Please bookmark the following link to access the News Letter's and

the new E Mail Chat that will be released in the next few days to everyone!

Several have received several e mails about signing up on the 470 Rat Pack Group,

you will get a e mail from Moe or I , or Bill N4BHK.. My suggestion is to delete

the one that has been coming to your e mail several times a day if you are receiving,..

it has no threat or virus as we can determine at this time, just being a nuisance..

We are not responsible for this e mail ..Our New E Mail Chat Will Be

Issues Of Amateur Radio and Community.. The system will be monitored

24/7 so that no improper information is placed on the Site!!!

Can click for Dial Up or High Speed, Will Ask You On The Opening Page.....
http://www.etskywarn.org/

Please stop By The 146.940 SCERS Net Tonight At 7:30 pm and

don't forget the Ladies Net At 8:00pm On The 145.470

July 16th 470 ARG / Ham Radio Today News Letter

2008-07-16T21:51:00.001-04:00

This week will be several topic's so hope that everyone will enjoy,

hope that all are doing ok and enjoying this great weather...

We had 69 total checkin's last week on the net and would like to thank everyone

for taking the time to check in and join us on the net!!

Well lets get started ..........

What have you done for me lately? From Tim Berry ..Sign Up For E Mails Direct............

Posted: 13 Jul 2008 06:01 PM CDT

What have you done for me lately?

If you are unfamiliar with repeater operation, you might think that repeaters are "plug and play," or that you put one on the air that all of the work is done. Not so. A repeater owner or trustee will spend countless hours testing his repeater for coverage, proper tuning, and audio. And this of course doesn't count, heaven forbid, if it goes off the air.

Sometimes, I just pay "social calls" at the sites where my repeaters are, but more often than not, I usually give the repeater a full check up when I visit a site. What parameters would one check on his repeater to make sure it is functioning at its full capacity? Well, here's some parameters; I'll try to give each one of these some discussion in the future. On the receiver side: Sensitivity, selectivity, modulation acceptance bandwidth, carrier frequency, IF frequency, audio-output symmetry. On the transmitter side: Power output, spectral purity, deviation, carrier frequency, modulation symmetry. Particular to repeater operation: desensitization ("desense"), repeat audio level, time-out timer, hang timer, and effective sensitivity. It is not necessary to check all of these parameters every time you go to the site, but all of these have some bearing on how well a repeater operates.

So…Why the title of this article? What have I done (for you, the repeater user) lately? Well, this past Saturday, I spent almost all of the day working on the 146.73 repeater. I am getting it fully ready for its trip home to English Mountain. I am really looking forward to having 146.73 back on the air at English Mountain, where it was for over 25 years. I hope Sam (WB4HAP, from whose estate I bought the repeater after he became a silent key) would be proud. Saturday, the repeater was fitted with a control receiver, DTMF decoder, two new fans to cool the transmitter PA, a new rack-mounted electrical strip, and new duplexer cables. The control receiver had some issues, but those were all repaired and the repeater is now fully ready for its homeward trip. I'll be working on an installation date (hopefully) next week.

Today, Sunday, July 13^th, I spent a couple of hours at the 145.17 repeater site in South Knoxville. The repeater had no repeat audio, and even though it was on the air, it was basically useless; so, I visited that site and gave the repeater a good tune-up. Here's hoping it works for a while to come.

So, even there was no hamfest or field-day type event this weekend, it was a busy ham radio weekend. I hope you enjoy the "fruits of my labors!"

Check Out The Link Below For Tim's Blog !!! Thank You MOE !!

http://wb4gbi.blogspot.com/2008/07/what-have-you-done-for-me-lately.html

EMP The Rest Of The Story..... Click The Link Below

http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/5971/emp.html

RACK Blog Page ....Click Below

http://www.w4bbb.blogspot.com/

The Rockwell Collins Club.. ....

http://rockwellcollinsclubs.com/

Redneck Time ...... From A Ham Operater Thanks ,We Have Passed It On ...

We have enjoyed the redneck jokes for years. It's time to take a reflective look at the core beliefs of a culture that values home, family, country and God. If I had to stand before a dozen terrorists who threaten my life, I'd choose a half dozen or so rednecks to back me up. Tire irons, squirrel guns and grit -- that's what rednecks are made of. I hope I am one of those. If you feel the same, pass this on to your red neck friends. Ya'll know who ya' are.

You might be a redneck if: It never occurred to you to be offended by the phrase, 'One nation, under God.'

You might be a redneck if: You've never protested about seeing the 10 Commandments posted in public places.

You might be a redneck if: You still say ' Christmas' instead of 'Winter Festival.'

You might be a redneck if: You bow your head when someone prays.

You might be a redneck if: You stand and place your hand over your heart when they play the National Anthem.

You might be a redneck if: You treat our armed forces veterans with great respect, and always have.

You might be a redneck if: You've never burned an American flag, nor intend to.

You might be a redneck if: You know what you believe and you aren't afraid to say so, no matter who is listening.

You might be a redneck if: You respect your elders and raised your kids to do the same.

You might be a redneck if: You'd give your last dollar to a friend.

God Bless the USA!

From Kansas City FOX 4 News 2 Die In Tower Mishap,,

http://www.myfoxkc.com/myfox/pages/Home/Detail?contentId=6973013&version=5&locale=EN-US&layoutCode=VSTY&pageId=1.1.1

Comming Soon !! THE RAT PACK E MAIL CHAT !!

Fox Hunt !!! Click Below To Learn More !!

http://w4bbb.blogspot.com/2008/07/foxhunt.html

Check Out This Contesting Website If You Like Contesting !!

http://www.contesting.com/

Looking For HF Nets.. I Have Had Several Ask For The Frequencies, So

Here Are Links To Some That ARO Have Listed.... Thanks

http://www.ac6v.com/nets.htm

http://www.n1yz.com/HFNET_LIST.HTM

http://satern.org/net.html

http://www.eoss.org/hardware/hf_nets.htm

http://www.n5lxi.com/nets.html

http://www.dxer.com/hfnets.html

http://www.hal-pc.org/~bvarc/tdrfreq.htm

http://www.qsl.net/ka9fon/hfnets.htm

http://www.hamdata.com/bc.html

Well hope that the above is helpful to you all who enjoy the HF Bands..

Contesting Calender Very interesting if you are into it!!

http://www.hornucopia.com/contestcal/perpetualcal.php

http://www.ly4a.com/?p=137

Good Information

Spring is here and the ticks will soon be showing their heads. Here is a

good way to get them off you, your children, or your pets. Give it a try.

Please forward to anyone with children... or hunters or dogs, or anyone

who even steps outside in summer!!

A School Nurse has written the info below -- good enough to share -- And

it really works!!

I had a pediatrician tell me what she believes is the best way to remove

a tick. This is great, because it works in those places where it's some

times difficult to get to with tweezers: between toes, in the middle of a

head full of dark hair, etc.

Apply a glob of liquid soap to a cotton ball. Cover the tick with the

soap-soaked cotton ball and swab it for a few seconds (15-20), the tick

will come out on its own and be stuck to the cotton ball when you lift it

away. This technique has worked every time I've used it (and that

was frequently), and it's much less traumatic for the patient and easier

for me.

Unless someone is allergic to soap, I can't see that this would be

damaging in any way. I even had my doctor's wife call me for advice

because she had one stuck to her back and she couldn't reach it with

tweezers. She used this method and immediately called me back to say,

'It worked!'

Please pass on. Everyone needs this helpful hint.

Application For Redneck Driver's License

Last name: ________________ First name: (Check appropriate box)
[_] Billy-Bob [_] Bobby-Sue [_] Billy-Joe [_] Bobby-Jo
[_] Billy-Ray [_] Bobby-Ann [_] Billy-Sue [_] Bobby-Lee
[_] Billy-Mae [_] Bobby-Ellen
[_] Billy-Jack [_] Bobby-Beth Ann Sue Age: ____ (if unsure, guess)

Sex: ____ M _____ F _____ Not sure

Shoe Size: ____ Left ____ Right

Occupation:
[_] Farmer [_] Mechanic [_] Hair Dresser [_] Waitress
[_] Unemployed [_] Dirty Politician

Spouse's Name: __________________________
2nd Spouse's Name: __________________________
3rd Spouse's Name: __________________________
Spell S-P-O-U-S-E

Relationship with spouse: [_] Sister [_] Aunt
[_] Brother [_] Uncle [_] Mother [_] Son
[_] Father [_] Daughter [_] Cousin [_] Pet

Number of children living in household:___
Number of children living in shed: ___
Number of children that are yours: ___

Mother's Name: _______________________
Father's Name: _______________________(If not sure, leave blank)

Education: 1 2 3 4 (Circle highest grade completed)


Vehicles you own and where you keep them:
___ Total number of vehicles you own
___ Number of vehicles that still crank
___ Number of vehicles in front yard
___ Number of vehicles in back yard
___ Number of vehicles on cement blocks

Firearms you own and where you keep them:
____ truck ____ kitchen
____ bedroom ____ bathroom ____ shed

Model and year of your pickup: _____________ 196_

Do you have a gun rack? [_] Yes [_] No; If no, please explain:

Newspapers/magazines you subscribe to:
[_] The National Enquirer [_] The Globe
[_] TV Guide [_] Soap Opera Digest
[_] Rifle and Shotgun [_] Armed and Ready!

___ Number of times you've seen a UFO
___ Number of times you've seen Elvis
____Number of times you've seen Elvis in a UFO

How often do you bathe:
[_] Weekly [_] Monthly [_] Not Applicable

How many teeth?___
Color of teeth:
[_] Yellow [_] Brownish-Yellow
[_] Brown [_] Black [_] N/A

Brand of chewing tobacco you prefer:
[_] Red-Man

How far is your home from a paved road?
[_] 1 mile [_] 2 miles
[_] What's a paved road?

Thanks Tony For This Great Information !!! KI4VMN

Hamstick Bandwidth ,Yes They Do Work !!! I Use On 75 & 17 Meters !!!

http://www.eham.net/articles/19475

Want To Work The Artic Circle Check Out This Link ....

http://www.arrl.org/?artid=8327

The 50/50 Rule

http://www.eham.net/articles/19176

Warning !!! From ARRL

1908 This Is Great Thanks To James V...

This will boggle your mind, I know it did mine!
The year is 1908.
One hundred years ago.
What a difference a century makes!
Here are some statistics for the Year 1908 :
************ ********* ********* ******

The average life expectancy was 47 years.

Only 14 percent of the homes had a bathtub.

Only 8 percent of the homes had a telephone.

There were only 8,000 cars and only 144 miles of paved roads.

The maximum speed limit in most cities was 10 mph.

The tallest structure in the world was the Eiffel Tower!

The average wage in 1908 was 22 cents per hour.

The average worker made between $200 and $400 per year .

A competent accountant could expect to earn $2000 per year,
A dentist $2,500 per year, a veterinarian between $1,500 and $4,000 per year, and a mechanical engineer about $5,000 per year.

More than 95 percent of all births took place at HOME .

Ninety percent of all doctors had NO COLLEGE EDUCATION!
Instead, they attended so-called medical schools, many of which
Were condemned in the press AND the government as "substandard. "

Sugar cost four cents a pound..

Eggs were fourteen cents a dozen.

Coffee was fifteen cents a pound.

Most women only washed their hair once a month, and used
Borax or egg yolks for shampoo.

Canada passed a law that prohibited poor people from
Entering into their country for any reason.

Five leading causes of death were:
1. Pneumonia and influenza
2. Tuberculosis
3. Diarrhea
4. Heart disease
5. Stroke

The American flag had 45 stars.

The population of Las Vegas , Nevada , was only 30!!!!

Crossword puzzles, canned beer, and ice tea
Hadn't been invented yet.

There was no Mother's Day or Father's Day.

Two out of every 10 adults couldn't read or write.
Only 6 percent of all Americans had graduated from high school.

Marijuana, heroin, and morphine were all available over the counter at the local corner drugstores. Back then pharmacists said, "Heroin clears the complexion, gives buoyancy to the mind, regulates the stomach and bowels, and is, in fact, a perfect guardian of health." ( Shocking? DUH! )

Eighteen percent of households had at least
One full-time servant or domestic help.

There were about 230 reported murders in the ENTIRE ! U.S.A. !
And organized Barbershop didn't exist

Now I forwarded this from someone else without typing
It (all) myself, and sent it to you and others all over Canada & U.S.A
Possibly the world, in a matter of seconds!

Try to imagine what it may be like in another 100 years.

Hey Oscar Our Dog Is On The Channel 8 Website He May Even Make TV !!

If you can give him a vote on the website !!!! There are two photo's one with Cathy name and one with mine... He would appreciate I am sure !!

http://volunteertv.mycapture.com/mycapture/photos/Album.aspx?EventID=526787&CategoryID=39504

WB6FZH "GO KIT INFO"

72HR EMERGENCY DEPLOYMENT KIT

Build Your Own Kit!

List of Ham Radio Emergency Items

References - Food - Radio and Personal Items

THIS LIST IS A PRODUCT OF MANY OTHER LISTS- Ideas have been stolen from everyone, everywhere...thanks!

This list was developed to give a starting point that the user can develop his or her own list if items from. TWO THOUGHTS...

First-You can not be of any help to anyone if you are not well prepared and in reasonable health. Be sure to have what you need to sustain yourself (food, water, medicine, etc.) so others will not have to take care of you.

Second- You need to have your equipment and supplies in readiness ahead of time at specific location. If there is an item that you need elsewhere that is part of your kit, place a note (easily seen) on the outside of the kit so you or another you can retrieve it. Keep an inventory inside the container itself.

Finally..Consider the containers you use for your supplies, can you carry them? Can you put wheels on them? Iis it waterproof or resistant? Is it clearly marked? Can you sit on it when it is empty?. Can you mount the equipment into it or on it? Should you build a shelf-like framework that fits inside the container? Would your antenna fit inside large PVC Pipe with removable end caps? Where is your Duct Tape? Do you have light to see at night? Can you provide battery power to others while not disabling your set-up? How do you plan to recharge your batteries? Did you hide some of your favorite candy, gum, healthbar, snack,etc. inside one of your equipment boxes in addition to your food supply? Do you have a plastic tarp to cover you and the equipment? Is your equipment and supplies marked with your name? Good Luck!

WB6FZH's Suggested Items for Radio Operators During Emergencies

IDENTIFICATION and DOCUMENTATION
- Original Driver's License or ID Card Issued by State Government
- FCC Amateur Radio License (Copy OK)
- ID CARD of Specific Group (ARES, AREC, REACT, Etc.)
- If your ID Cards do not have your home address on it, have Utility Bill, Insurance Bill, etc. that shows your home address (you may need it to gain access to your home).
- Optional: Photo of your family and yourself
- Personal Address Book w/radio contacts
- Small Binder with Important Information
  - Net Frequencies and Functions (Keep it Current)
  - Simplex Frequencies and Functions
  - Plans for Repeater Failures (Simplex on Ouptut? Alt Simplex)
  - Outline for Net Operation and Traffic Handling
  - Packet Frequencies and Identifiers (Digipeat Set-ups,etc)
  - Whatever materials you need to do your best work.
  - Blank Paper that fits this binder
  - Consider Plastic Page Protectors for some references
  - Detail Map of your area, Map of nearby area
RADIO & Portable Station EQUIPMENT
- Note: Separate VHF/UHF and HF complete inventories
- VHF/UHF Radio, HF Radio (Per your requirements)
- Microphone, Headphones,Earphone, "Y" adapter for 2nd Headphones
- OPTIONAL: Additional Headset with microphone
- POWER SUPPLIES- High Current Batteries(GEL/NICAD/ALK), Power Suppy, DC charger, DC Cords Extra Batteries & Spare Fuses (Make list of REQ)
- DC Power Center- Cable to Main Battery meets connectors for muliple connections (Scanner, TNC, VHF, UHF, HF, Light, etc)
- VHF/UHF ANTENNA- Portable and Fixed Portable (for each band used or dualband)-
- HF ANTENNA- Fixed Portable (G5RV,etc), Mobile Antenna w/Counterpoise & support
- HF Antenna Support- Hanging, Hook,Poly Rope,Duct Tape, Counterpoise
- COAXIAL CABLE ADAPTORS- Barrell Adaptor, PL259 to BNC, Adaptors as required for your set-up, surveyors tape to mark cables.
- MFJ or similar ANTENNA TUNER/SWITCH w/cable
- LOW PASS FILTER- 1KW or 100W w/cable
- CLIP-ON GROUNDPLANE "Tigertail" 21" w/Aligator Clip
- "Mini-Mag" Flashlight with spare bulb and batteries
- Pocket Knife with built-in Tools or small tool kit.
- Cash, Coin and Credit Card info.(8 quarters,20 dimes, $10,$5,5-$1)
- Bandaids,Coff-Drops,Towelettes,Tape,Sunscreen,Misc Pills.in Small Container
- SWR/Wattmeter to monitor RF output and antenna condition w/connector cable
- DC ADAPTORs for Polarized standard power connectors with fused wires, Molex, Voltage Adaptors, Etc.
- MONITOR RADIOS- AM/FM/SW?, SCANNER(WX and Public Safety), CB/FRS and Perhaps HT to liason Frequency.
- Programming Information and Manual for your radios. List of the information programmed into the radio if RESET required.
- Spare 2mtr HT (AA battery Type)pre-programmed,w/tiger tail, 1/2 wave ant,w/case & acc.
- Pocket Card w/ Frequency/Channel information
Additional Radio Items- (stored separately)
- VHF "Brick" Amplifier w/cable to HT w/spare adaptors
- DC Extension power cable (10-15') to AMP, w/LG Aligator Clips, Molex, Power Pole,etc connectors
- Spare Fuses for Amplifier and other accessories
- 1/4 wave or 5/8 wave magnetic mount antenna with adaptors to BNC,SMA,PL-259
- Wall Chargers for HTs
- Gell Cell 12 volt Batteries for AMP & ACC, w/connectors and Cigarette Lighter Jack
- Extra 1/2 wave 2mtr antenna for HT
- Extra AA Alkaline or Lithium Batteries (also AC fast-charger w/batteries)
- Dozen Cable Ties, misc types.
- Pencils,pens,erasers,markers,pen-knife,paper,binder,white-out,Carbon Paper,plastic Envelope
- Flashlight- 3- "D"Cell type(spare batteries/lamp), Lantern w/batteries/Lamp
- Compass and ability to use it.
- Misc.Personal Items- W/case: Safety Items, First Aid,Sun glasses,Spare reading Glasses,Matches,Tweezers, Insect repellant,Kleenex,SunBlock,Sewing Kit,adhesive tape,Gause Pads 6- 4",handi-wipes,
- ARES Field Manual, and other refrences as required.
- MARS Members- appropriate references (report format,net procedures,refrences,etc.)
- FRS Radio- one or two w/batteries w/plan to contact family, local FRS Plan,etc
- ARES/MARS VEST- Safety Vest (reflector Tape),etc.
WRITING & Traffic Handling
- Spare Glasses in Hard Case
- Zippered See-Through Case for misc. items
- Pens, Pencils, Erasers (White-out?)
- Water-Resistant container for your papers
- Message Forms (Help List if required)
- Log Book (wear wrist watch, or have clock nearby)
- Clip Board with Paper (3 ring binder type best)
- Spiral Notebook (Organization, Name and Callsign on Book)
- Computer Disc with duplicate programs used, and Important information for display.
- Notebook Computer if required, 100% paper back-up
TOOLS & MISC.- MINIMUM Short Duration
- Assorted Wire Ends w/Crimp Tool for extending or repairing wires
- Roll of speaker wire and Power Wire
- 6" Diagonal Cutters
- 6" Needle Nose Pliers
- Wire Crimper/Cutter/Stripper
- Roll of UL Black Plastic Tape
- Roll of Duct Tape
- Screw Drivers- Standard and Phillips
- Locking Pliers & Vice Grips
- Wrenches and Drivers
- Regular Pliers
- Hex Wrench,Spline Wrench,Square-Drive
- Wrench Suitable to turn off Gas Valve (8" Adjustable Crescent Wrench)
- BAG of connectors,plugs,jumpers,Coax Crimp-type Connectors,etc.
- Volt Ohm Meter & spare battery
- 12VDC Soldering Iron and solder
- Flashlight with spare bulb and batteries
- Case or Zippered Bag to store tools
- Inventory List of Contents of All Bags/Cases
TOOLS & MISC.-EXPANDED Longer Duration
- PRY BAR
- Claw Hammer, Assortment of Nails
- Assortment of Hooks, Eyes, Screws, Nuts, Bolts, and stiff wire.
- Tool Box Saw or Hack Saw with spare blades
- Folding Shovel
- Plastic Bags (HD Garbage..Small and Large) Clear or Black
- Folding Tarps (1 small, 1 medium)
- 50' of Hemp Rope (3/8 min) Poly OK if no hemp
- 50' of Poly Twine
- Siphon and container to transfer Gasoline or Kerosene
- Axe or Hatchet
- Jumper Cables for Car (Extra Long Best, in Bag because of acid)
- Road Flares
- Lanterns and Stove of Coleman type, with spare fuel, mantle and burner jet.
- 2 to 5 Gallons of Gasoline in Approved container with spout.
- Fire Extinguisher (ABC 3 to 10 lb)
- AC Generator (W/12V DC) with spares and fuel
- 2- 50 3wire Grounded AC Extension Cords 1-#12GA, 1#16GA
- Binoculars- Opera Glasses
- Roll of Paper Towels, TP (in plastic Bag) and 10 cotton Shop Rags
- Whistle on lanyard (signal mirror?) ID CARD ON LANYARD?
PERSONAL ITEMS- MINIMUM Short Duration Events
- Personal Medications (in adaquate supply with written descripton
  / Prescription Copy of drug and size tab,etc.)
- Extra Prescription Glasses and hearing aid batteries
- First Aid Kit (See Red Cross List for Recommended Contents)
- Snacks (High Energy, etc.)
- Liquid Refreshment- Water, Soda, Juice (No Alcohol)
- Throat Lozenges (Cough Drops,etc)
- Headache Medicine (Aspirin,etc)
- Water Resistant Windbreaker/ Jacket
- Hat and Sunglasses and sunscreen (if required)
- Hankerchief
- Space Blanket, Plastic Drop Cloth,
- Spare Keys to your vehicle
- Back-up Credit Cards,Cash,Coin,PhotoCopy of Radio ID, DL, etc
PERSONAL ITEMS- EXPANDED Longer Duration Events
- 3 day supply of water (canteens, etc. transportable)
- Cooler with 3 day supply of food (w/prep.supplies etc)
- Camp or Military Style "Mess" Kit, and cleaning suppies
- Expanded First Aid Kit
- Foul Weather Gear, Poncho, Rain Hat, Regular Hat
- Sleeping Bag or Blanket/Pillow w/2 slips, (sit on it too)
- Toilet Articles (Over-night type kit) & TP supply
- Wind-up or Battery Alarm Clock
- Lantern or Flashlight with spare bulb and batteries
- Candles with waterproof matches
- Extra Underware and Socks
- Work Gloves
- Folding Chair with Name on It (antenna Base?)
- Electrical Tape, Duct Tape, Poly-Rope, Nylon twine
- FOOD ITEMS
  - Water- personal carrier, bottled, canned, bagged,(washcloth in baggie)etc.
  - Canned Soda- Ginger Ale, Coke, 7up,Fruit Juice,etc
  - Canned: Soup,beans,Chili,Tuna,Ravioli,Tortias,Crackers,etc.
  - Peanut Butter,Crackers,Jam/Jelly,Cheese Spread,Chicken/Ham Spread,hard Candy
  - Large Zip Lock Bags, Roll of Foil, Napkins(in Baggie)
  - Can opener,knife,spoon, fork, Vegetable scraper,beer can opener,2nd Spoon
  - Napkins/Paper Towels
  - Instant Coffee, Hot Chocloate Packs, Soup Packs, Tea Bags,
  - Hard Candy, Protein Bars, Gum, Favorite Candy,
  - Sterno Stove, Spare Sterno, Pellet Stove, Pan w/handle & Lid,W/Bar or Tablet Fuel
  - MRE,dried Food, Dried Fruit, Powdered Milk, Lemonade,etc.
  - Boxing and inventory for the above items.
  - Roll of Antacid Tablets,Bismith Liquid,
  - 6- Garbage Bag for Trash (45 GAL), Rain Poncho, cover radios, bedding
  - Paper Towel Roll for Napkins/Clean-up.
OTHER EQUIPMENT TO BE CONSIDERED
- Plan with family where to meet or how to communicate after or during the emergency. Even Designate relative out of area to check in with to coordinate in worst case
- FRS Radios (2) for Family w/spare batteries (plan to use it)
- Phone Patch with proper Plugs/Jacks and Phone Interface Connections
- 12vdc High Current PS for 12V HF Radio Transceiver.
- Binder with Photocopied References of Value
- Sturdy Shoes and Protective Clothing
- Umbrella- Rain or Sun Shade (Antenna Support?)
- Golf Shirt, Pants, Belt,
- PAD / CUSHION for folding Chair
- Travel Alarm Clock,
- Portable radio with earphone and spare batteries
- Reading Book, Bible, pocket video game,
THIS LIST UNDER CONTINIOUS REVISION- Your suggestions are always appreciated. Greg Greenwood, WB6FZH

Consider your own simulation, take your equipment to another location, and set up your station, and see what you do not have... and write it down. Participate in Drills and Simulations if you can, and Join an Emergency Communications Group if you can (RACES, ARES, REACT, MARS ETC)

ARES "GO-KIT" LINKS

72HR DEPLOYMENT KIT INFO: Food, Antennas & Supplies

ARES "GO KIT"- Equipment & Supplies for Immediate Field Deployment,etc
SUGGESTED FOOD LIST FOR "GO KIT"- Think about it ahead of time.
EMERGENCY SUPPLIES IN GENERAL- Home, Vehicle, Personal
TC ARES VHF /HF ANTENNAS-NVIS HF & VHF Beams, Jpoles,etc
GO KIT SNACK LIST- Be sure to have Food/Snacks/Preparation items you like.

Well hope that there has been some useful info for you, and if you have something

that you would be interested in sharing please send to me.... There has been a lot

of intrest in the HF Bands so I have been trying to give a little more info on the HF Bands..

I haven't forgot the VHF-UHF Bands !!! We will have more on these bands in the upcoming weeks....Hope that everyone had a great time in the DX contest this last past weekend..

Think about a topic for next weeks net, the EMP topic was very interesting this week on the

net and hope that everyone enjoyed the information that was provided via the net and

the news letter.. I have placed another link in this one sent ny N4BHK Bill I thought that you all may want to read also....

Don't forget the 470 ARG Net Tuesday at 7;00 pm..145.470

Note the 6.73 Machine Should Be UP In The Next 2 Weeks If No Problems,

Check Out Tim's Website For More Or Subscribe To His News Letter..

The 470 Net backup will be the 6.73 machine, also look for Skywarn and Cock County ARES

on the 6.73 machine...

The Ladies Round Table On Monday & Thursday at 8:00 pm 145.470

Also StopBy On Monday at 7:30 pm For The Sevier County Emergency service Net

On The 146.940...

Also any new events that are coming up please e mail to me so that I can post....

Happy Birthday to everyone who's birthday is this week....

We have photo's to send out but we will send in a seperate letter in a few days ....

Don't forget all the other great nets in the area... Also W5YI will be testing on the 9th of August , for more info please contact me or Kim at this e mail or kg4raq@charter.net..

We will be testing all classes. at the Sevier County Rescue Squad in Sevierville,starting at 10;00 am doors open at 9;00am .......That will be the second Saturday of August on the 9th...Come on by and see us !! The dates are also shown at TenTec....We also will do special testing if need be, we are hoping for a good turn out, its also close so you don't have to drive so far !! Save that gas!!!

With that we wish everyone a great week.. a safe week... God Bless and 73

Rick & Cathy

--
Rick Sawaya Sr N4JTQ &
Cathy Sawaya KI4YPO
2005 Spence Mountain Loop
Sevierville,TN 37876
865.429.2422
Monitor 145.470 & 444.300, 3.975, 14.250, 7.251
Member Of SCARS,ECARS,SSCC
OMISS,MWCC

Donations to the 145.470 send to:
Tim Berry
214 Echodale Rd
Knoxville TN 37920

470 News Letter July 10., 2008

2008-07-10T22:25:00.001-04:00

Hello everyone and hope that everyone is having a great month,

and hope that everyone is doing well...We have had a great turn out

the last few weeks on the net 66 last week and 69 the week prior..

I know that doing the summer that everyone enjoys being outside

during these great months, and would to say thanks to all who

have took the time to check into the net the last few weeks..

I have brought links and info on the last few weeks of

discussion from the net so hope that everyone finds interesting,

more of current affairs so a little change from the normal....

From Russell a little humor...

Subject: Acts 2:38

An elderly woman had just returned to her home from an evening of church services, when she was startled by an intruder. She caught the man in the act of robbing her home of its valuables and yelled: Stop! Acts 2:38! (Repent and be baptized, in the name of Jesus Christ, so that your sins may be forgiven.)

The burglar stopped in his tracks. The woman calmly called the police and explained what she had done.

As the officer cuffed the man to take him in, he asked the burglar: 'Why did you just stand there? All the old lady did was yell a scripture to you.'

'Scripture?' replied the burglar. 'She said she had an Ax and Two 38s!'*

Send this to someone who needs a laugh today and remember: Knowing scripture can save your life - in more ways than one!

Thanks Russell KF4LIA

Our Troops Are Facing New Weapons ,Click The Link Below...

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/09/AR2008070902396.html?wpisrc=newsletter

LHC .......Is It A Good Or A Bad Thing ?

http://www.uslhc.us/What_is_the_LHC

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Large_Hadron_Collider

http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/03/29/no-the-lhc-wont-destroy-the-earth/

http://www-td.fnal.gov/LHC/USLHC.html

DX Contest Info !!

This week's bulletin was made possible with information provided by
QRZ DX, the OPDX Bulletin, 425 DX News, The Daily DX, DXNL, Contest
Corral from QST and the ARRL Contest Calender and WA7BNM web sites.
Thanks to all.

CYPRUS, 5B.  Jack, RW3QC, will be active as 5B4AII during the IARU
HF World Championship as a Single Op, All Band, High Power, Mixed
entry.  QSL via RW3RN.

MALDIVES, 8Q.  Tim, VE6SH, IARU Vice President, will be active as
8Q7TM between July 11 and 20, including an entry in the IARU HF
World Championship.  QSL via VE6SH.

AFRICAN TOUR.  John, 9M6XRO, will be active from the following
African locations, July 11 to 13 from Johannesburg, South Africa, as
ZS6/GM3OOK; July 14 to 19 from Mozambique as C91XO; July 19 to 25
from Swaziland as 3DA0OK.  He will be QRV on 160 through 10 meters
using CW, RTTY and SSB.  QSL via M3SDE, direct/bureau for all three
call signs.  See QRZ.com.

CAPE VERDE, D4.  Massimo, IZ4DPV, will be active as D4C during the
IARU HF World Championship as a Single Op, All Band, High Power, SSB
entry from Mindelo, Ilha do Sao Vicente (AF-086, WLOTA LH-1976).

MARKET REEF, OJ0.  Five operators will activate Market Reef between
July 11 and 14, which will include a Multi-Op entry as OJ0A in the
IARU HF World Championship.  They will have three stations on the
air on 160 through 6 meters.  Operators are G0CKV/SM0CKV, OH1VR,
OH3RM, W6RGG and G3SXW.  All operators will sign OJ0/home call
before and after the IARU Contest, except for OH1VR who will use
OJ0VR.  QSL all OJ0/homecalls via the operators' home call signs and
OJ0VR via OH1VR.  QSL to OJ0A via OH3RM.

GREENLAND, OX.  Operator Bo/OZ1DJJ (OX3LX) is expected to combine a
work and vacation DXpedition until July 23.  Activity will be on 6
meters and possibly 2 meters.  Operations will be limited to his
spare time.  QSL via OZ1PIF.

FAROE ISLANDS, OY.  A German group will be active from Suduroy
Island (EU-018), until July 16.  Operators are DL2MLU, DD1LD, DD5FZ,
DK7MCX and DL6RAI.  Look for the operators to sign home call/OY.
Activity will be on the HF bands and 6 meters using CW, SSB and
Digital.  The team is expected to be in the IARU HF World
Championship.

MICRONESIA, V6.  Dick, AD7AF, will be active as V63WWA from Kosrae
Island (OC-059) until July 24.  Activity will be mostly CW with some
SSB, PSK31, and RTTY on 80 through 10 meters.  QSL via AD7AF.

IRAQ, YI.  Buzz, NI5DX, reports that Kitch, WD6V, who has been
active as YI9WV, has put some 4000 contacts in the log since
mid-April.  Most of his contacts have been on 40 and 30 meters CW,
but he has also been on 20, 17, 15 and 10 meters.  Kitch has also
been active on PSK31 on 20 meters and is expected to try 40 meters.
QSL YI9WV via NI5DX, by the Bureau or direct with SASE and 1 USD or
1 IRC.

UNITED KINGDOM, G.  GB50OT will be QRV until July 13 to mark 50
years of RAOTA, the Radio Amateurs Old Timers' Association.  Look
for them on 80 through 6 meters using SSB, CW and digital.  QSL via
G3VBE.

USA, N.  The Carolina DX Association will activate N4BX from grid
square FM13 for the CQWW VHF Contest July 19 and 20.  They say FM13
is probably the U.S. grid locator with the smallest amount of land
in it.  It is mostly a water grid.

ALAND ISLANDS, OH0.  OH2PM and OH2BH will be taking a ferry to Aland
Islands today and will be QRV in the IARU Contest signing OG0A.  QSL
via OH2BH.  They will also be active outside the contest as OH0R and
OH0B, respectively.  QSL to their callbook addresses.

MONTENEGRO, 4O.  Bill, ON5JE, will be active as 4O1/ON5JE from Budva
until July 17.  Activity will be on the HF bands, propagation
permitting.  QSL via his home call sign.

ASCENSION ISLAND, ZD8.  Jim, N6TJ, is once again active as ZD8Z and
will be staying on the island until July 15.  Activity will be on
all bands CW and SSB.  Look for him to be in the IARU HF World
Championship.  QSL via his new manager AI4U, direct or by the
Bureau.

THIS WEEKEND ON THE RADIO.  The IARU HF World Championship, FISTS
Summer Sprint, West Coast Regional Challenge and QRP ARCI Summer
homebrew are on tap for your contesting pleasure.  Please see page
78 in July 2008 QST and the ARRL and WA7BNM contest web sites for
details.

The Real Threat Of EPW !

http://www.buzzle.com/editorials/10-1-2005-77899.asp

http://video.aol.com/video-detail/electromagnetic-pulse-weapons--emp-22/3050500898

http://www.nationalterroralert.com/updates/2008/07/08/congress-looks-at-emp-electro-magnetic-pulse-bomb-threat-from-iran/

Orders From The White House, Excecutive From G Bush...

http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/orders/

Radio Rescue !! THIS IS A GREAT SITE !!!!...

http://radiorescue.net/joo2/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=10

Check Out WB4GBI's Updated Site with Blog Page!!

http://www.wb4gbi.com/

Lakeway ARC

http://www.lakewayarc.org/

Smoky Mountain ARC

http://www.smokymountainarc.org/

Kansas Teen Named 2008 Young Ham of the Year

2008 Young Ham of the Year Emily Stewart, KC0PTL

Emily Stewart, KC0PTL, a 17 year old from Leavenworth, Kansas, has been named the 2008 Young Ham of the Year (YHOTY ), announced YHOTY Award Administrator Bill Pasternak, WA6ITF. Emily was selected based on her commitment to Amateur Radio, along with leadership, outreach, and her technical and public service achievements of the Amateur Radio Service to others. She will receive her award as part of the Huntsville Hamfest. More than two dozen young people were nominated for this award, now in its 22nd year.

The daughter of Mike, K0MDS, and Sharon Stewart, Emily was first licensed in August of 2003 when she was 12; she holds a General class license. She said she was "so excited" when she got her ticket that she wanted to share Amateur Radio and made presentations while in middle school about ham radio. That led to getting active in her local radio club and contributing articles to the club newsletter. Through her local activities, Emily was appointed in 2006 as the first Assistant Section Manager for Youth in the ARRL Kansas Section.

Emily has lived in Kansas for eight years. Prior to that, home was in Germany, where her father was serving in the US military. She credits her dad for sparking interest in amateur radio when they moved back to the United States: "I thought it was really cool when he started talking to people overseas in Europe. And Germany was still kind of home to me, so when he started talking to people in Germany, I said I wanted to do that, too."

Last August, while attending the ARRL Kansas State Convention, Emily conducted a survey of attendees, asking how many had persuaded their children or grandchildren to get involved in Amateur Radio. The slim response led her and Brian Short, KC0BS, to develop the Kansas Legacy Project. This project has three prongs: Pass the spirit and knowledge of the Amateur Radio Service to a new generation; build ties between family members using ham radio activities, and increase youth participation in ham radio. Through her efforts, Emily hopes to encourage hams to get the younger members of their families to get their ham licenses and get involved. The project has netted good results so far, including one of the youngest hams in the region to be licensed -- 7 year old Lucie Goodhart, KD0DMO, who took a license class with her dad and passed her Technician test last March.

Emily is also interested in the public service and storm spotting portion of Amateur Radio: "My dad would sometimes take me out with him to go storm spotting. I decided that I wanted to have some training, so I took a couple of online courses in emergency communications. I will either go out with my dad when we get called out to do some storm chasing or I will stay at home and do spotting from home -- just in case something really nasty does happen. Then that way I'm home with my mom."

Emily also has a deep interest in spaceflight and astronomy. One of her cousins, US Astronaut Robert L. Stewart, was a crewmember onboard the space shuttles Challenger and Atlantis. She has been attending Spacecamp since she was in the 6th grade. "I'm also into astronomy and that's another thing my dad and I do," said Emily. "We volunteer at an observatory about an hour away from Leavenworth. We work on public access nights."

This fall, Emily heads into her senior year at Leavenworth High School where she is a member of the National Honor Society, Vice President of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes and is a copy editor for the school yearbook. Already a Registered Pharmacy Technician with the state of Kansas, she is considering making pharmacy her career.

Emily is a member of the American Radio Relay League and the Kickapoo QRP Amateur Radio Club. She's also a regular participant in Field Day, Kids Days and QRP events.

The 2008 Amateur Radio Newsline! Young Ham of the Year Award will be presented on Saturday, August 16, 2008 at the Huntsville Hamfest in Huntsville, Alabama. As the 2007 Young Ham of the Year, Emily will receive a trip to the Huntsville Hamfest, ham radio equipment, various books and magazines and an all-expense-paid week at Spacecamp in Huntsville. Amateur Radio Newsline will award her with a commemorative plaque at the ceremony.

The presentation of the YHOTY award is a regular feature of the Huntsville Hamfest and has been made possible through the generosity and kindness of the event's Planning Committee. This year's YHOTY award ceremony will be hosted by Don Wilbanks, AE5DW, of Amateur Radio Newsline, along with representatives of corporate underwriters Vertex-Standard and CQ Communications, Inc.

The Amateur Radio Newsline "Young Ham of the Year" award program (formerly the Westlink Report Young Ham of the Year Award), has been presented annually since 1986 to a licensed radio Amateur Radio operator who is 18 years of age or younger and who has provided outstanding service to the nation, his/her community or the betterment of the state of the art in communications through the Amateur Radio hobby/service.

International Space Station On-The-Air with ARISS

Greg Chamitoff, KD5PKZ

July looks to be a busy month for Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS). On Friday, July 4, members of the Austin Amateur Radio Club (AARC) facilitated a successful ARISS contact between the International Space Station (ISS) and Cub Scout Pack #304 and Blackland Prairie Elementary School in Round Rock, Texas. Before an audience of 100, 10 Cub Scouts asked nearly 20 questions of Greg Chamitoff, KD5PKZ. Chamitoff launched into space on May 31 on the space shuttle Discovery and took over on the ISS for Garrett Reisman, KE5HAE. Chamitoff is scheduled to return to Earth in November.

An ARISS contact has been scheduled with the National Agriculture Museum in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada on Wednesday, July 9 at 15:14 UTC. Telebridge station W6SRJ in Santa Rosa, California will assist with the contact. The museum is a large research facility in the City of Ottawa covering more than 1000 years of major contributions to agricultural progress. A public camp is part of the overall operation of the farm.

Another ARISS contact has been scheduled with the Department of Astronomy and Space Sciences (DASS) at the Kuwait Science Club in Safat, Kuwait on Monday, July 14 at 17:05 UTC. Telebridge station WH6PN in Hawaii will assist with the contact. DASS aims to spread scientific awareness in the fields of astronomy and space sciences by actively engaging the public in exploring the cosmos. This educational activity will educate young people about space stations, satellites and ham radio.

If a school in your area is interested in participating in an ARISS contact, please visit the ARISS Web page for more information on how to apply.

Riley Hollingsworth to Retire July 3: The End of an Era

Riley Hollingsworth, K4ZDH, spoke at the FCC forum at the 2008 Dayton Hamvention. After almost 10 years of working in Amateur Radio enforcement, Hollingsworth is set to retire from the FCC today. [S. Khrystyne Keane, K1SFA, Photo]

On Thursday, July 3, Special Counsel for the Spectrum Enforcement Division of the FCC's Enforcement Bureau Riley Hollingsworth, K4ZDH -- the man who has come to embody Amateur Radio Enforcement - will say goodbye to the FCC as he retires and begins his life as a private citizen. In May, Hollingsworth announced he would definitely retire; he had contemplated retiring in January 2008, but cited "several issues on the table that I want[ed] to continue to work through with the amateur community." While his successor has not yet been named, he was quick to point out that the FCC's Amateur Radio enforcement program will continue.

Hollingsworth said that he has "loved" working for the FCC and has "always had great jobs, but this one involving the Amateur Radio Service has been the most fun and I have enjoyed every day of it. I've worked with the best group of licensees on earth, enjoyed your support and tremendous FCC support and looked forward every day to coming to work. The Amateur Radio Enforcement program will continue without missing a beat, and after retirement I look forward to being involved with Amateur Radio every way I can. I thank all of you for being so dedicated and conscientious, and for the encouragement you give us every day."

Saying it has been a "privilege to work with and for the Amateur Radio licensees and the land mobile frequency coordinators," Hollingsworth said that he is "extremely fortunate to work for two wonderful groups of people: Those at headquarters in the Enforcement Bureau, and for the Amateur Radio operators."

Before joining the FCC, Hollingsworth, a South Carolina native, graduated from the University of South Carolina and Wake Forest University School of Law. While in high school, He worked as a disc jockey for WRHI, an AM station in Rock Hill, South Carolina. "It's a funny thing," Hollingsworth said. "They once held a beauty pageant in Rock Hill and nobody won!" In the mid-1970s, he was a "Nader's Raider" and worked on brown lung disease in the North and South Carolina textile mills.

"Basically I'm just an ordinary guy caught in the cross-hairs of radio history," Hollingsworth said. "But I am proud of the fact that the digital clock on my VCR has been blinking for 4 years."

Hollingsworth told the ARRL he was "so very impressed" with the young people who are involved with Amateur Radio: "To the very young Amateur Radio operators I have met who have dreams of being scientists and astronauts and communications engineers, we will be pulling for you; I have a strong feeling we won't be disappointed."

Calling the Amateur Radio Service a part of the American heritage, Hollingsworth explained that he is "going to stay as actively involved in it as I possibly can. Thank you all for working tirelessly to provide the only fail safe communications system on Earth and for helping this country keep its lead in science and technology. What an incredible gift it has been to work with you every day, and how fortunate we are to love the magic of radio! Every gift of lasting value comes with responsibility. We must never forget what we owe for our spectrum privileges. I will continue working with you in every way I can to ensure that Amateur Radio lasts a thousand years."

Get Ready for the IARU HF World Championship

HF Contesting usually hits a dry spell during the summer months, but the weekend of July 12-13 brings a summer bright spot for HF contesters -- the IARU HF World Championship.

According to ARRL Contest Branch Manager Sean Kutzko, KX9X, the IARU contest is a little different from most major HF contests. "For starters, it's only 24 hours long (instead of the normal 48). This leaves you plenty of time over the weekend to have fun in the contest and participate in other activities. Another difference is that you can combine modes. While most HF contests are either CW or SSB, IARU allows you to operate CW, SSB or a mixture of both. Lastly, the IARU contest exchange is a signal report and your ITU zone." ITU zones are different than CQ zones, Kutzko said. For a map of ITU zones, visit the IARU Web site.

One of the features of the IARU contest is the highlighting the IARU member Amateur Radio organizations from all around the world. These organizations often participate in the contest with a special call (often ending in HQ, designating a national headquarters station) and can be worked as special multipliers in the contest. Kutzko said that IARU Administrative Council members from around the world will also be on and can also be worked for special multiplier credit. "If you hear a station giving R1, R2, R3 or AC as their contest exchange, that station represents part of the IARU Administrative Council or regional Executive Committee."

The IARU HF World Championship runs from 1200 UTC Saturday, July 12 to 1200 UTC Sunday, July 13. For complete rules and forms, you can visit the IARU Contest Web page or the ARRL Contest Web page.

Are You "IN Shape" for the Doctor's Check-up?

Starting this month, we at ARRL are introducing a brand new monthly feature: Amateur Radio quizzes! Stump your friends with your knowledge of arcane ham trivia. Stump yourself by trying to answer these easy (and sometimes not-so-easy) questions. See if the Doctor really does know best.

This month we visit the Department of Redundancy Department with a test about...tests! How much do you know (or remember) about your ham license exam and the processes involved? We have ways to make you talk!

1. How many VE's must be present to administer an exam?
a. None, exams aren't administered in Canada!
b. 1
c. 2
d. 3

2. What is the passing percentage for FCC amateur exams?
a. 50 percent
b. 75 percent
c. 80 percent
d. About 50-50 from what I've seen

3. Which of the following was sufficient to pass the Element 1 Morse Code exam?
a. 25 consecutive characters copied
b. Begging and pleading for mercy
c. A written essay describing the text sent during the exam
d. A what?

4. What is the document the test administrator provides that shows you've passed your exam?
a. FCC Form 605
b. OET Bulletin 65
c. CSCE
d. An ARRL Radiogram to your mom

5. Which of the following are needed to access your personal license information from the FCC Universal Licensing System?
a. URL
b. FRS
c. FRN
d. CORES

6. After passing your General class exam, what do you append to your call sign when calling CQ on 20 meter phone?
a. Stroke KT
b. Stroke AG
c. Upgrade
d. Yippee!

7. How long should it take between passing your first exam and getting your call sign?
a. The VE team will assign you a new one on the spot
b. As soon as the VEC receives the exam report
c. No more than a couple of weeks
d. "Why, back when I took the test, the FCC was so slow that some of us NEVER got our call signs!"

8. The set of questions from which exams are constructed is called the__________.
a. Test booklet
b. Instrument of torture
c. Test generator
d. Question pool

9. You must be _________ to administer an amateur exam session.
a. 21 years of age
b. An accredited Volunteer Examiner
c. This tall
d. An Amateur Extra class licensee

10. Which reference contains the current rules and regulations for the Amateur Radio Service?
a. FCC Wireless Telecommunications Bureau Operations Policy Manual
b. Article 25 of the International Radio Regulations
c. Riley Hollingsworth's Little Black Book
d. Part 97 of the FCC Regulations

Bonus Question -- At the test session, 90 percent of the more than two dozen candidates passed their Technician exam. Of those, 66 percent passed and went on to the General. Of those, 66 percent went on to take the Extra, but 25 percent failed. If the test room could only hold 35 candidates (not including the examiners), how many total candidates were there?

Answers

1. D -- more may be present, but three is the minimum
2. B
3. A -- B was not unusual, but remained insufficient
4. C
5. C
6. B -- although D is frequently added
7. C
8. D -- although B is common
9. B
10. D

Bonus Answer -- The solution is courtesy of Zack, W1VT. N is the total number of test takers. The number of successful Extra candidates must be an integer and is equal to N × 9/10 × 2/3 × 2/3 × 3/4 = N × 3/10. N must less than 35, greater than 24 and divisible by 10, so the answer is 30 candidates, leaving 9 successful Extras.

Reminders..

August 9th W5YI will be testing in Sevierville,TN at the Rescue Squad Building ..Doors Open At 9:00 am and Testing Starts at 10;00 am, If you need more info call Me at the number below or contact Kim at 256.0070 Testing All Classes....

470 Amateur Radio Rat Pack Group Tuesday @ 7:00 pm 145.470

Ladies Round Table Net 145.470 Monday & Thursday 8:00pm

Sevier County Emergency Radio Service Net Monday @ 7:30 pm ,All welcome

ARES and RACES Members,on the 146.940 Repeater, again no affiliation

is required to check in the net, we would apprecate you stopping by.....

SMARC 7:00 Thursday on the 146.655 or 146.940 as backup..

Rocky Top Swap Shop Wed @ 9:00 pm WED .....145.230 !!

East TN Redneck Net 146.625 9:00 pm Thursday's

220 Fun Net 224.800 Thursday @ 8:30 pm

Well hope that you have enjoyed this weeks news letter, some interesting

articles that have been brought up during the nets and some that we should

all be aware of that is going in our world...... Well have more on some great events

coming up on a seperate letter !!

73 and God Bless

Cathy & Rick Sr

Power Supply Warning !!

2008-07-05T08:45:00.001-04:00

RadioShack Recalls Power Supplies Due to Electrocution and Fire Hazards

WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with the firm named below, today announced a voluntary recall of the following consumer product. Consumers should stop using recalled products immediately unless otherwise instructed.

Name of Product: 13.8V DC Power Supplies

Units: About 160,000

Importer: RadioShack Corp., of Fort Worth, Texas

Hazard: The recalled power supplies are wired incorrectly, posing electrocution and fire hazards.

Incidents/Injuries: None reported.

Description: The recall involves RadioShack 13.8V DC Power Supplies, catalog numbers 22-507 and 22-508 with date codes from 08A04 through 01A08. Date code format is MMAYY where MM is the month and YY is the year. The catalog number and date code are located on the back of the power supply. Power Supplies with a green dot on the product and the product's packaging have already been repaired and are not included in the recall.

Sold at: RadioShack stores nationwide from October 2004 through January 2008 for between $50 and $85.

Manufactured in: China

Remedy: Consumers should unplug the recalled power supply immediately and take it to any RadioShack store for a free repair. Registered owners of the recalled power supplies will be mailed a notice.

Consumer Contact: For additional information, contact RadioShack at (800) 843-7422 anytime, or visit the firm's website at www.radioshack.com/recall

To see this recall on CPSC's web site, including pictures of the recalled products, please go to:
http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml08/08319.html
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Rick Sawaya Sr N4JTQ &
Cathy Sawaya KI4YPO
2005 Spence Mountain Loop
Sevierville,TN 37876
865.429.2422
Monitor 145.470 & 444.300
Member Of SCARS,ECARS,SSCC
OMISS,MWCC

Donations to the 145.470 send to:
Tim Berry
214 Echodale Rd
Knoxville TN 37920

470 News Letter July 4th 2008

2008-07-03T20:57:00.000-04:00

Hello all from Cathy and I, Because its a

Holiday Weekend and know that everyone is busy with

holiday activities and family ,will keep it short this week..

Please Remember Our Troops and Their Families this

4th Of July and keep them in your prayers..

Also from our prayer list at 470prayerlist@gmail.com,

this was sent in for us to keep in our prayers....

Kd4utv Bob Blanchard, stricken with seizures just hours after signing into the 470 net last week. Bob was taken to the hospital & spent a few days. He was released & will most likely sign into the net this evening, he still needs our prayers. 73...Tom K4dwf

Thank you Tom,and Bob hope that your doing better, please let us know is we can help..

and you will be in our prayers !!

This was sent by a ham operater but still not sure who but thanks for the info...

   I had a neighbor who had bought a new pickup. I got up very early one Sunday morning and saw that someone had spray painted red all around the sides of this beige truck (for some unknown reason). I went over, woke him up, and told him the bad news. He was very upset and was trying to figure out what to do probably nothing until Monday morning, since nothing was open. Another neighbor came out and told him to get his WD-40 and clean it off. It removed the unwanted paint beautifully and did not harm his paint job that was on the truck. I'm impressed! WD-40 who knew?

Water Displacement #40. The product began from a search for a rust preventative solvent and degreaser to protect missile parts. WD-40 was created in 1953 by three technicians at the San Diego Rocket Chemical Company. Its name comes from the project that was to find a 'water displacement' compound. They were successful with the fortieth formulation, thus WD-40. The Convair Company bought it in bulk to protect their atlas missile parts.

Ken East (one of the original founders) says there is nothing in WD-40 that would hurt you.

When you read the 'shower door' part, try it. It's the first thing that has ever cleaned that spotty shower door. If yours is plastic, it works just as well as glass. It's a miracle! Then try it on your stovetop. Voila! It's now shinier than it's ever been. You'll be amazed.

Here are some of the uses:

1) Protects silver from tarnishing
2) Removes road tar and grime from cars
3) Cleans and lubricates guitar strings
4) Gives floor's that 'just-waxed' sheen without making it slippery
5) Keeps flies off cows
6) Restores and cleans chalkboards
7) Removes lipstick stains
8) Loosens stubborn zippers
9) Untangles jewelry chains
10) Removes stains from stainless steel sinks
11) Removes dirt and grime from the barbecue grill
12) Keeps ceramic/terra cotta garden pots from oxidizing
13) Removes tomato stains from clothing
14) Keeps glass shower doors free of water spots
15) Camouflages scratches in ceramic and marble floors
16) Keeps scissors working smoothly
17) Lubricates noisy door hinges on vehicles and doors in homes
18) It removes black scuff marks from the kitchen floor! Use WD-40 on nasty tar and scuff marks on flooring. It    doesn't seem to harm the finish and you won't have to scrub nearly as hard to get them off. Just remember to    open some windows if you have a lot of marks.
19) Easily removes Bug guts on the finish of your car quickly
20) Gives a child's play gym slide a shine for a super fast slide
21) Lubricates gear shift and mower deck lever for ease of handling on riding mowers
22) Rids kids rocking chairs and swings of squeaky noises
23) Lubricates tracks in sticking home windows and makes them easier to open
24) Spraying an umbrella stem makes it easier to open and close
25) Restores and cleans padded leather dashboards in vehicles, as well as vinyl bumpers
26) Restores and cleans roof racks on vehicles
27) Lubricates and stops squeaks in electric fans
28) Lubricates wheel sprockets on tricycles, wagons, and bicycles for easy handling
29) Lubricates fan belts on washers and dryers and keeps them running smoothly
30) Keeps rust from forming on saws and saw blades, and other tools
31) Removes splattered grease on stove
32) Keeps bathroom mirrors from fogging
33) Lubricates prosthetic limbs
34) Keeps pigeons off the balcony (they hate the smell).
35) Removes all traces of duct tape
36) Folks even spray it on their arms, hands, and knees to relieve arthritis pain
37) Florida 's favorite use is: 'cleans and removes love bugs from grills and bumpers
38) The favorite use in the state of New York WD-40 protects the Statue of Liberty from the elements
39) WD-40 attracts fish. Spray a LITTLE on live bait or lures and you will be catching the big one in no time. Also, it's          a lot cheaper than the chemical attractants that are made for just that purpose. Keep in mind though, using   some chemical laced baits or lures for fishing is not allowed in some states
40) Use it for fire ant bites. It takes the sting away immediately and stops the itch
41) WD-40 is great for removing crayon from walls. Spray on the mark and wipe with a clean rag
42) Also, if you've discovered that your teenage daughter has washed and dried a tube of lipstick with a load of        laundry, saturate the lipstick spots with WD-40 and rewash. Presto! Lipstick is gone
43) If you sprayed WD-40 on the distributor cap, it would displace the moisture and allow the car to start

P. S. The basic ingredient is FISH OIL

This was good I hope that you all like.....

The Importance of Walking

Walking can add minutes to your life.

This enables you at 85 years old
to spend an additional 5 months in a nursing home
at $7000 per month.

My grandpa started walking
five miles a day when he was 60.
Now he's 97 years old
and we don't know where the hell he is.

I like long walks,
especially when they are taken
by people who annoy me.
The only reason I would take up walking
is so that I could hear heavy breathing again.

I have to walk early in the morning,
before my brain figures out what I'm doing.

I joined a health club last year,
spent about 400 bucks.
Haven't lost a pound.
Apparently you have to go there.
Every time I hear the dirty word 'exercise',
I wash my mouth out with chocolate.

I do have flabby thighs,
but fortunately my stomach covers them.
The advantage of exercising every day
is so when you die, they'll say,
'Well, she looks good doesn't she.'

If you are going to try cross-country skiing,
start with a small country.
I know I got a lot of exercise
the last few years,.....
just getting over the hill.

You could run this over to your friends
but why not just e-mail it to them!

We all get heavier as we get older,
because there's a lot more information in our heads.
That's my story and I'm sticking to it.

AND
every time I start thinking too much
about how I look,
I just find a Happy Hour
and by the time I leave,
I look just fine

...............................................................................

Special Events July 2008

July 2008

Jul 1-Jul 16, 0500Z-0500Z, Hancock, MI. United States Guts Players Association, K1G. 50 ^th Anniversary of Guts Frisbee (the original frisbee game). 18.130 14.290 7.178 3.902. QSL. Miles Marsh, K8NET, 2034 Dornoch Dr, Uniontown, OH 44685. Other bands & frequencies, mobile and portable ops possible depending on conditions. www.usgpa.com

Jul 1-Jul 31, 0000Z-2359Z, Quantico, VA. FBI Amateur Radio Association, K3FBI. 100^th Anniversary of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. 14.280 7.280 All bands phone and PSK. Certificate. FBIARA, ERF Building 27958A, Quantico, VA 22135. No SASE required for certificate, just send QSL. www.fbi.gov/fbihistory.htm

Jul 3-Jul 5, 1800Z-0000Z, Jonesborough, TN. Johnson City Amateur Radio Club, W4ABR. 37^th Annual Jonesborough Days - Tennessee's oldest town. 21.375 14.250 7.265 3.870. Certificate. Ed Ingraham, 377 AA Deakins Rd, Jonesborough, TN 37659. www.jcara.org

Jul 4, 1200Z-1700Z, Harrisburg, PA. Harrisburg Radio Amateurs Club, W3W. 2008 ARRL Eastern Pennsylvania Convention. 7.240 14.240 146.52. QSL. Joe Stepansky, KQ3F, 7648 Patterson Dr, Harrisburg, PA 17112. hrac.tripod.com

Jul 4, 1300Z-2300Z, Van Wert, OH. Van Wert Amateur Radio Club, W8FY. Holiday at Home Van Wert County Museum. 7.204 14.204 7.044 146.700 EchoLink 315705. Certificate. Van Wert Amateur Radio Club, PO Box 602, Van Wert, OH 45891. www.w8fy.org

Jul 4, 1500Z-2200Z, Missoula, MT. Hellgate Amateur Radio Club, W7PX. Independence Day at Fort Missoula. 21.360 14.260 7.260. QSL. HARC, POB 3811, Missoula, MT 59806-3811.

Jul 4, 1500Z-2300Z, Paonia, CO. Montrose (Colorado) Amateur Radio Club, K0P. Paonia Cherry Days Celebration of local fruit harvest. 14.260 7.220. QSL. Steve Schroder, KI0KY, 29848 Stingley Gulch Rd, Hotchkiss, CO 81419. ki0ky@montrosearc.org or www.montrosearc.org

Jul 4-Jul 5, 2300Z-0200Z, Plattsburg, MO. Northwest Missouri ARES Group, WD0SKY. Commemorating the 175^th Anniversary of Plattsburg, MO. 28.430 14.330 3.970. QSL. Trevor Black, 568 NW 305th, Plattsburg, MO 64477. nwmoares.org

Jul 4-Jul 6, 0000Z-2359Z, Isabela, PR. Federation Radio Amateur of Puerto Rico, W4P. Independance Day Week End. 3.880 7.178 14.230 18.145. QSL. Carlos R Rodriguez, KP3S, RR 5 Box 73A, Isabela, PR 00662-4509. kp3s@arrl.net or kp3s.50megs.com/memory.htm

Jul 4-Jul 18, 0000Z-2359Z, Northern, NJ. North Jersey DX Association, W2B. 50^th Anniversary of the North Jersey DX Association. 14.250 14.050 7.250 7.050. QSL. W2 QSL Bureau or direct to W2IRT, PO Box 1623, West Caldwell, NJ 07007-1623. www.njdxa.org

Jul 4-Sep 14, 2359Z-2359Z, Serres, GREECE. Radio Amateur Association of Serres, SY7ISDE. Special Event Station for the International Six Days Enduro. 14.225 3.797. QSL. Radio Amateur Association of Serres, SZ7SER, PO Box 1063, Serres 62110, GREECE. sy7isde.blogspot.com

Jul 5, 1230Z-1900Z, Ashland, KY. River Cities Amateur Radio Association, K4S. 20^th year, Summer Motion a community get together. 146.94 14.240 7.240. Certificate. RCARA, PO Box 612, Ashland, KY 41105. www.summermotion.com/ or www.rcara.org

Jul 5, 1300Z-1900Z, Delaware, OH. Delaware Amateur Radio Association, K8ES. Delaware County Ohio Bicentennial Community Day. 14.260 7.260 7.060 IRLP 4186. Certificate. See K8ES.ORG for details. www.k8es.org

Jul 5, 1400Z-2200Z, Smithville, TN. DeKalb County Amateur Radio Club, K4F. 37^th Annual Smithville Fiddlers' Jamboree & Crafts Festival. 28.425 21.335 14.280 7.275. QSL. Wm Freddy Curtis, DeKalb County Amateur Radio Club, 288 Dogwood Cir, Smithville, TN 37166-2712. www.dcarc.drivehq.com

Jul 5, 1400Z-2030Z, Williamsburg, VA. Williamsburg Area Amateur Radio Club, K4RC. Celebate the Proclamation of the Declaration of Independance. 14.261 7.261 3.951. QSL. KU4FP, 132 Druid Dr, Williamsburg, VA 23185. Certificate offered for stations working all three of our Historic Triangle Events. www.k4rc.net/special.event.htm

Jul 5, 1500Z-2100Z , Hammondsport, NY. Keuka Lake Amateur Radio Association, N2WEA. 100^th Anniversary Flight of the June Bug - Glenn H. Curtiss aviator. 28.400 14.275 7.250 3.925. Certificate. John Babbitt, WB2SQX, 1990 Square Woods Dr, Canisteo, NY 14823. From the Glenn H. Curtiss Museum in Hammondsport, NY. glennhcurtissmuseum.org. www.klara.us

Jul 5, 1600Z-2300Z, San Diego, CA. USS Midway CV-41 Museum Radio Room, NI6IW. Commemorating Independence Day. 14.325 7.250 14.060 7.040. QSL. USS Midway CV-41 Museum Radio Room, 910 N Harbor Dr, San Diego, CA 92101. af6ha@yahoo.com.

Jul 5, 1700Z-2300Z, White Oak, PA. Two Rivers Amateur Radio Club, W3O. Amateur Radio Demonstration at White Oak PA Community Day. 7.175 7.275 7.040 7.080. Certificate. Two Rivers Amateur Radio Club, PO Box 225, Attn: Community Day QSL, Greenock, PA 15047. www.tworiversarc.com

Jul 5-Jul 6, 1600Z-2300Z, Winona, MN. Winona Amateur Radio Club, Inc, N2B. Season Five of the Great River Shakespeare Festival. 14.250 7.250. Certificate. Leslie Hittner, K0BAD, 1340 Conrad Dr, Winona, MN 55987. www.w0ne.org

Jul 9-Jul 13, 1800Z-2200Z, Austin, TX. Naturist Amateur Radio Club, NU5DE. Nude Awareness Celebration -- Nude Recreation Week. 21.365 14.265 7.265. QSL. Naturist Amateur Radio Club, PO Box 200812, Austin, TX 78720-0812. www.nu5de.org

Jul 12, 0800Z-2100Z, Vernon, CT. Jesus Festival, K1J. A fair held in Vernon with good music. 145.110. Certificate. John Winkley, 105 Oxford Dr, East Hartford, CT 06118. gospeljohn7767@yahoo.com

Jul 12, 1200Z-1700Z, Hamilton, OH. Butler County VHF Association, W8CCI. Celebrating the 50^th anniversary of our club. 14.260 7.260 EchoLink w8cci-r. Certificate. John DeLaCroix, 67 Woodcrest Dr, Middletown, OH 45044. w8wcq@cinci.rr.com or www.mindspring.com/~bcvhfa

Jul 12-Jul 13, 1200Z-2200Z, Geneseo, NY. Squaw Island Amateur Radio Club, W2G. Geneseo, NY Airshow & Flying Tigers Reunion. 14.265 7.265. QSL. Norm Schrader, WB2GGM, 6009 Pine Haven Ln, Honeoye, NY 14471. wb2ggm@yahoo.com or www.siarc.us

Jul 12-Jul 13, 1500Z-0600Z, South CleElum, WA. Upper Kittitas County Amateur Radio Club, WR7UKC. 99^th Anniversary of 1^st Milwaukee railroad service to the Northwest. 14.243 7.243. Certificate. Upper Kittitas County ARC, PO Box 603, South CleElum, WA 98943. QSL and certificate abailable. www.qrz.com/wr7ukc

Jul 12-Jul 13, 1600Z-2300Z, Hollister, CA. San Benito County ARES, N6LY. 61^stAnniversary, Hollister Motorcycle Rally. 28.400 21.340 14.250 7.250. QSL. Harry Hill, 1060 Nez Perce Dr, Hollister, CA 95023. www.sbcares.org

Jul 12-Jul 13, 1800Z-1800Z, Alcova Reservoir, WY. Casper Amateur Radio Club (W7VNJ)-, W7I. Goose Island - highest island in North America(?). 14.330 3.930. QSL. Jay Martin, W7DRJ, Goose Island Event Station, 1441 Ivy Ln, Casper, WY 82609. casperarc.net

Jul 12-Jul 20, 0100Z-2359Z, Cedar Rapids, IA. Rockwell Collins Amateur Radio Clubs, W0CXX. 50^th Anniversary of the Collins S-Line. 14.285 14.050 7.285 7.050. QSL. Collin Amateur Radio Club, South Campus, HQ Station, 10211 Hall Rd, Cedar Rapids, IA 52411. Collect 4 or more QSLs from 4 different facilities and mail to W0CXX for special certificate (QSLs will be returned). w5rok.us or w0cxx.us

Jul 12-Jul 20, 0100Z-2359Z, Cedar Rapids, IA. Rockwell Collins Amateur Radio Clubs, N0CXX. 50^th Anniversary of the Collins S-Line. 14.285 14.050 72.85 7.050. QSL. Rockwell Collins Amateur Radio Club, North Campus, 10211 Hall Rd, Cedar Rapids, IA 52411. Collect 4 or more QSLs from 4 different facilities and mail to W0CXX for special certificate (QSLs will be returned). w5rok.us or w0cxx.us

Jul 12-Jul 20, 0100Z-2359Z, Richardson, TX. Rockwell Collins Amateur Radio Clubs, W5ROK. 50^th Anniversary of the Collins S-Line. 14.285 14.050 7.285 7.050. QSL. Rockwell Collins Amateur Radio Club, PO Box 833807 Mail Stn 461-290, Richardson, TX 75083-3807. Collect 4 or more QSLs from 4 different facilities and mail to W0CXX for special certificate (QSLs will be returned). w0cxx.us or w5rok.us

Jul 12-Jul 20, 0100Z-2350Z, Toulouse, France. Rockwell Collins Amateur Radio Clubs, F6KNZ. 50^th Anniversary of the Collins S-Line. 14.285 14.050 7.285 7.050. QSL. Rockwell Collins Amateur Radio Club, 6 avenue Didier Daurat, Blagnac, FRANCE. Collect 4 or more QSLs from 4 different facilities and mail to W0CXX for special certificate (QSLs will be returned). w5rok.us or w0cxx.us

Jul 12-Jul 20, 0100Z-2359Z, Tustin, CA. Rockwell Collins Amateur Radio Clubs, W6CXX. 50^th Anniversary of the Collins S-Line. 14.285 14.050 14.285 7.285. QSL. Rockwell Collins Amateur Radio Club, Southern California Chapter, 14192 Franklin Ave M/S 550-100, Tustin, CA 92780. Collect 4 or more QSLs from 4 different facilities and mail to W0CXX for special certificate (QSLs will be returned). w5rok.us or w0cxx.us

Jul 12-Jul 20, 0200Z-2359Z, Melbourne, FL. Rockwell Collins Amateur Radio Clubs, W4CRC. 50^th Anniversary of the Collins S-Line. 14.285 14.050 7.285 7.050. QSL. Rockwell Collins Amateur Radio Club, 1874 Palmer Dr, Melbourne, FL 32935. Collect 4 or more QSLs from 4 different facilities and mail to W0CXX for special certificate (QSLs will be returned). w5rok.us or w0cxx.us

Jul 12-Jul 26, 1400Z-2200Z, Azle, TX. Tri-County Amateur Radio Club, W5G. First Opening of Greer Island. 21.250 14.250 7.250. QSL. W5G Greer Island Project, c/o TriCounty ARC WC5C, 820 Wood Ln, Azle, TX 76020. Saturdays only. usislands.org, kb5ylg@yahoo.com or www.wc5c.org

Jul 13, 1800Z-2359Z, Cookeville, TN. Sons of Confederate Veterans, N4F. Confederate General Nathan Bedford Forrest Day. 14.270 7.270 3.870 145.270 FM EchoLink N4ECW-R. Certificate. Dennis M. Barrett , N4ECW, 1035 E 6th St, Cookeville, TN 38501. N4ECW@arrl.net

Jul 15-Jul 17, 1500Z-2100Z, Greenleaf, WI. Green Bay Mike & Key Club, K9EAM. Wisconsin Farm Technology Days. 14.230 7.250 3.875. Certificate. David Catalano, N8KQS, 2937 Beth Dr, Green Bay, WI 54311-7516. n8kqs@sbcglobal.net or www.k9eam.com

Jul 17-Jul 23, 1200Z-2100Z, Warren, OH. Warren Amateur Radio Association, W8P. 19^th Annual Packard Car Show. 20 m 40 m. Certificate. Gail Wells, KC8LRH, 708 Delaware Ave SW, Warren, OH 44485. kc8lrh@hotmail.com or www.w8vtd.org

Jul 19, 1300Z-2000Z, Paris, TX. Red River Valley Amateur Radio Club, WB5RDD. 24^th Annual Tour de Paris Bike Ralley. 28.350 14.295 146.76 444.500. QSL. Leo Salas, N5JEP, PO Box 6103, Paris, TX 75461-6103. www.wb5rdd.org

Jul 19, 1300Z-1600Z, Wapakoneta, OH. Reservoir Amateur Radio Association, K8QYL. Celebrating the 39^th anniversary of Moon Landing. 14.235 7.185. QSL. Rick Wagaman, WB8ZRQ, 240 Linconln Dr, Celina, OH 45822. rwag1@verizon.net

Jul 19, 1800Z-2200Z, Los Alamos, NM. Los Alamos Amateur Radio Club, W5PDO. The Earthwatch Institute's Student Challenge Awards Program. 28.450 21.350 14.250. Certificate. Don Casperson, AA5PA, 1423 43rd St, Los Alamos, NM 87544. From Fenton Hill Observatory. laastro.lanl.gov/earthwatch

Jul 19-Jul 20, 1200Z-1800Z, Holyoke, MA. Hampden County Radio Association, W1NY. American Legion 351 27^th Annual Catfish Derby. 14.260 7.260. QSL. HCRA Catfish, PO Box, Agawam, MA 01001. Times: Sat 1200Z-2400Z; Sun 1200Z-1800Z. www.hcra.org

Jul 19-Jul 20, 1300Z-2200Z, Cambridge, OH. Cambridge Amateur Radio Association, W8C. Zane's Trace, 200 year anniversary of the first road in the NW Territory. 14.260 7.235. QSL. George A. Alfman, 1975 N Moose Eye Rd, Norwich, OH 43767. Look for other special events in main cities along the original Zane's Trace road across Ohio -- from Wheeling, WV through OH to Maysville, KY. geoalfman@aol.com or www.w8vp.org

Jul 19-Jul 20, 1300Z-2300Z, Forest City, IA. Winnebago-Itasca Travelers Ham Club, W0WIT. 50^th Anniversary of Winnebago Industries. 14.263 7.253 3.970 147.27+. QSL. Frank Krizan, 1005 Talley Rd, Garland, TX 75044. www.orgsites.com/ia/witcars

Jul 19-Jul 20, 1300Z-0100Z, Springfield, MO. Southwest Missouri Amateur Radio Club, W0EBE. Celebrating 60 years of affliation with ARRL. 14.275 7.275. QSL. Southwest Missouri ARC, PO Box 11363, Springfield, MO 65808. www.smarc.org/specialevent

Jul 19-Jul 20, 1300Z-2200Z, Zanesville, OH. Muskingum Valley Amateur Radio Group, W8Z. Zane's Trace, 200 year anniversary of the first road in the NW Territory. 14.260 7.235. QSL. George Alfman, 1975 N Moose Eye Rd, Norwich, OH 43767. Look for other special events in several main cities along the original Zane's Trace road across Ohio -- from Wheeling, WV through OH to Maysville, KY. geoalfman@aol.com

Jul 19-Jul 21, 1600Z-0400Z, South Manitou Island, MI. BSA Scout's Venture Crew 9050, W8M. SM Island National Park and Lighthouse Activation. 18.160 14.247 14.040 7.250. Certificate. Dan Mills, 1817 Mills Ave, North Muskegon, MI 49445. dan@n8ppq.net or www.n8ppq.net

Couple Things Of Local Intrest

7/3/2008- 7/6/2008	Independence Day Sidewalk Sale-
	BFOW; (865)453-7316

7/4/2008

18th Annual Patriot Festival

Patriot Park; (865)429-7350

FIRST ANNUAL LARC

ALL HAMS PICNIC

and TAILGATE SWAP MEET

August 2, 2008

10:00 AM - til ?

Panther Creek State Park

Spoone Shelter

2010 Panther Creek Road

Morristown, TN

FREE ADMISSION

PLEASE BRING

1 COVERED DISH TO SHARE

TALK IN FREQUENCY

: 147.030 (NO TONE)

ALL AMATEUR RADIO OPERATORS WELCOME

BRING YOUR FAMILY

Swimming-

$3.00 per person ~ Life Guard on premises

For more information call:

June McClary, AI4SO

423/487-0332

AI4SO@hughes.net

~ or ~

Gloria Pritikin, KJ4BFH

865/674-7884

GAPritikin4128@aol.com

OK Have A Great And Safe 4th .... Catch everyone on the net Tuesday..

Happy Birthday to everyone who's birthday is today or in the upcoming week.... And a special thanks tp KF4LIA for a great invocation on the net last week.......

73 All

God Bless

Rick and Cathy

Child Found By Ham Operater

2008-06-27T18:43:00.000-04:00

A 2 year old boy which wondered into a cornfield and went missing

around 10:00pm Thursday was found today. Rick Russell KG4BFG

of Powell Tennessee,along with several other Amateur Operaters,Jefferson County Sheriff

Deputies and Rescue Squad,as well as the Knox County Sheriff's Deputies and Air Watch

helped with search efforts in Jefferson County Tennessee,just off Silver Lane, for Cody Humbard,

a 2 year old child who wandered into a cornfield last night and was found shortly

after 9:00 am this morning when Rick Russell walked up on him, during the search. The search had lasted all night

according to reports from the news media and those who had started the search last night. The boy's

grandmother had told the police the family searched for the child for about a half hour, before calling 911 to

get more help for the search.. There was a lot of concern due to the ponds in the area, that he may

get close to them but all that concern had left this morning after Rick Russell found Cody. Request for more help by John,KI4YZG, another local Ham Operater,

was transmitted over the 145.470 repeater owned by Mr. Tim Berry, Over 100 people was involved in the search. Our thanks to Rick Russell, Paul Belcher W4ZAZ, who brought Rick Russell, Scott and John, and all the Amateur Radio Operaters, all the Emergency Personal and Citizens who helped with the search and rescue of little Cody..

Click Below For A Clip from the local news network's....

http://www.volunteertv.com/news/headlines/22004384.html

http://www.wbir.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=60094 &catid=2

Our Thanks To All Who Participated In The Search & Rescue Again,

from the 470 Amateur Radio Rat Pack Group,and Also From Mr. Tim Berry

WB4GBI..

Rick & Cathy Sawaya

145.470 Ratpack

470 Amateur Radio Group News Letter & Ham Radio Today

ARRL's "Big Project" Makes a Big Impact on Youth

Update On 470 Special Events and QSO Party

About --

Call Sign Systems

Special Event

Indicators

470 ARG News Letter and Ham Radio Today

Better Days Ahead for 40-Meter Phone

470 Update On The November Special Event / 470ARG / Aug 3,2008

470 Amateur Radio Group August 3, 2008 Ham Radio Today

August 2008

Tennessee Phone Net3980 kHz

Weekday Schedule

Weekend Schedule

Holiday Schedule

470 Amateur Radio Group July 26, 2008

Below is a Javascript for calculating the lengths of tubing to be used for the construction of a Super J-Pole. The antenna I constructed was made of 1/2" tubing.

Hamfest

470 ARRPG News Letter For 07.20.08 /Ham Radio Today

Update on The E Mail Chat July 21 ,2008

July 16th 470 ARG / Ham Radio Today News Letter

WB6FZH "GO KIT INFO"

72HR EMERGENCY DEPLOYMENT KIT

Build Your Own Kit!

List of Ham Radio Emergency Items

WB6FZH's Suggested Items for Radio Operators During Emergencies

ARES "GO-KIT" LINKS

470 News Letter July 10., 2008

Kansas Teen Named 2008 Young Ham of the Year

International Space Station On-The-Air with ARISS

Riley Hollingsworth to Retire July 3: The End of an Era

Get Ready for the IARU HF World Championship

Are You "IN Shape" for the Doctor's Check-up?

Power Supply Warning !!

470 News Letter July 4th 2008

July 2008

Child Found By Ham Operater

Tennessee Phone Net
3980 kHz