Dec 11

This week in Radio Sports: (Dec 12 thru Dec 18)

This week in Radio Sports: (Dec 12 thru Dec 18)

 

ARRL Affiliated Special Events :

  • 12/11/2016 | 95th Anniversary of the First Amateur Radio Shortwave Signals to Span the Atlantic Ocean

Dec 11-Dec 12, 1200Z-0300Z, N1BCG, Greenwich, CT. ARRL and RSGB. 80 – 10 meters. QSL. ARRL, Attn: N1BCG, 225 Main St., Newington, CT 06111. Station 1BCG in Greenwich, Connecticut was Received in Ardrossan, Scotland, United Kindgom. Commemorative QSL. QSL also via bureau or LoTW.

  • 12/15/2016 | 7th Anniversary of the First Flight of the Boeing 787 Dreamliner

Dec 15-Dec 19, 0000Z-2359Z, W7D, Seattle, WA. Greg Magone. 14.250 14.245. QSL. L. Greg Magone, 27492 254th PL SE, Maple Valley, WA 98038.

  • 12/15/2016 | Anniversary of the Silver Bridge Collapse

Dec 15-Dec 17, 1500Z-2359Z, N8S, Point Pleasant, WV. Silver Bridge Special Event Group. 14.250 7.200 3.850. QSL. Gail Hodges, 6195 Sandhill Rd, Point Pleasant, WV 25550. We will be operating these frequencies plus or minus 20 kHz.. As the opportunity arises we will be operating In the CW and digital portions of the bands.We will announce that operation as we operate the primary SSB stations

  • 12/17/2016 | Christmas in Bethlehem, NM

Dec 17-Dec 25, 1500Z-2359Z, KC5OUR, Belen, NM. Valencia County Amateur Radio Association. 28.383 21.383 14.283 7.183. QSL. VCARA, PO Box 268, Peralta, NM 87042. kc5our@arrl.net or www.kc5our.com

Dxpeditions From Afar:

2016 Dec10 2016 Dec19 Turks & Caicos VP5 LotW DXNews 20160810 By VE7ACN as VP5/VE7ACN fm Grand Turk I (NA-003, FK41kk, FK41kl); 40-10m, perhaps 80m; mainly CW, some SSB; holiday style operation; QSL also OK via VE7ACN
2016 Dec11 2016 Dec16 Martinique FM LotW W2LNX 20161203 By W2LNX as FM/W2LNX; 40 30 20m; PSK31 PSK63; 50w; Buddipole; early mornings and late afternoons
2016 Dec16 2016 Dec22 St Lucia J6LNX LotW W2LNX 20161203 By W2LNX as J6/W2LNX (possibly using J6/W2LNX); 40 30 20m; PSK31 PSK63; 50w; Buddipole; early mornings and late afternoons
2016 Dec17 2017 Jan02 St Lucia J68HZ LotW TDDX 20161110 By K9HZ; 160-6m; CW RTTY SSB; 3 ele yagi; QSL also OK via K9HZ

Contesting:

NAQCC CW Sprint 0130Z-0330Z, Dec 14
+ QRP Fox Hunt 0200Z-0330Z, Dec 14
+ Phone Fray 0230Z-0300Z, Dec 14
+ CWops Mini-CWT Test 1300Z-1400Z, Dec 14 and   1900Z-2000Z, Dec 14 and   0300Z-0400Z, Dec 15
+ NCCC RTTY Sprint 0145Z-0215Z, Dec 16
+ QRP Fox Hunt 0200Z-0330Z, Dec 16
+ NCCC Sprint 0230Z-0300Z, Dec 16
+ Russian 160-Meter Contest 2000Z, Dec 16 to 2400Z, Dec 17
+ AGB-Party Contest 2100Z-2400Z, Dec 16
+ OK DX RTTY Contest 0000Z-2400Z, Dec 17
+ RAC Winter Contest 0000Z-2359Z, Dec 17
+ Feld Hell Sprint 0000Z-2359Z, Dec 17
+ Padang DX Contest 1200Z-2359Z, Dec 17
+ Croatian CW Contest 1400Z, Dec 17 to 1400Z, Dec 18
+ Stew Perry Topband Challenge 1500Z, Dec 17 to 1500Z, Dec 18
+ ARRL Rookie Roundup, CW 1800Z-2359Z, Dec 18

NPOTA Activations:

Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial National Memorial NM09,DZ06 N8HM 2016-12-12 15:00:00 2016-12-12 15:45:00 Tidal Basin Tour. 20m/40m SSB. 17m/15m if open and necessary.
Shenandoah National Park NP51 K7FRG/WD7I 2016-12-12 15:30:00 2016-12-12 16:30:00 20m – SSB. Times approximate.
Martin Luther King, Jr. National Memorial National Memorial NM18,DZ06 N8HM 2016-12-12 16:00:00 2016-12-12 16:45:00 Tidal Basin Tour. 20m/40m SSB. 17m/15m if open and necessary.
Cedar Creek and Belle Grove National Historical Park HP06 K7FRG/WD7I 2016-12-12 17:00:00 2016-12-12 18:00:00 20m – SSB. Times approximate.
Oregon National Historic Trail National Historic Trail TR07 KG7SUB 2016-12-12 17:00:00 2016-12-14 04:00:00 Mobile across the state of Oregon and Idaho. Will operate SSB on 20m at various stops on the Oregon Trail.
Korean War Veterans National Memorial NM13,DZ06 N8HM 2016-12-12 17:00:00 2016-12-12 17:45:00 20m/40m SSB. 17m/15m if open and necessary.
Flight 93 National Memorial NM07 K7FRG/WD7I 2016-12-12 20:45:00 2016-12-12 21:45:00 20m – SSB. Times approximate.
First Ladies National Historic Site NS16 K7FRG/WD7I 2016-12-13 14:15:00 2016-12-13 15:15:00 20m – SSB. Times approximate.
Cuyahoga Valley National Park NP14 K7FRG/WD7I 2016-12-13 17:00:00 2016-12-13 18:00:00 20m – SSB. Times approximate.
River Raisin National Battlefield Park BP04 K7FRG/WD7I 2016-12-13 20:00:00 2016-12-13 21:00:00 20m – SSB. Times approximate.
Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore LK02 K7FRG/WD7I 2016-12-14 13:45:00 2016-12-14 14:45:00 20m – SSB. Times approximate.
Big Thicket National Preserve PV04 N1CC K0YY W7FKF 2016-12-14 15:00:00 2016-12-14 22:30:00 Trio of stations approved by SUP to operate from Big Thicket VC. CW-SSB on 40-30-20-17 please spot.
Adams National Historical Park HP02 W1YRC 2016-12-14 17:00:00 2016-12-14 19:00:00 K1CYQ and W1YRC will operate 40 & 20 SSB with 17 if the band is open. CW also if requested. Date is flexible and may change due to wet weather.
Gulf Islands National Seashore SS08 AG5CC 2016-12-16 15:00:00 2016-12-16 22:00:00 My fourth trip to the Davis Bayou Area of the Gulf Islands National Seashore in Ocean Springs, Mississippi. 20 or 40 meters SSB, depending on propagation.
Cape Cod National Seashore SS03 W1AST 2016-12-16 15:30:00 2016-12-16 17:30:00 I plan on returning to the Marconi Site in Wellfleet that I activated in July. I will be running CW and SSB under W1AST if alone. I hope to hear you on the 20 and 40m bands. Going to try to activate both!
Oklahoma City National Memorial Affiliated Area AA18 K5EK 2016-12-17 14:00:00 2016-12-17 18:00:00 CW 40 KHz up from bottom of band. SSB 7.188 and 14.255. No cell phone or internet, please spot if you hear me. THANKS!!!
Fort Smith National Historic Site NS25 AF5Q 2016-12-17 14:00:00 2016-12-17 16:00:00 20 and 40 SSB and some CW. In conjunction with TR12 Spot me if you hear me. This is a large 3 state 3 day run. 73, Ron, AF5Q
Cape Cod National Seashore SS03 W1AST 2016-12-17 15:30:00 2016-12-17 17:30:00 I plan on returning to the Marconi Site in Wellfleet that I activated in July. I will be running CW and SSB under W1AST if alone. I hope to hear you on the 20 and 40m bands. Going to try to activate both!
El Camino Real de los Tejas National Historic Trail National Historic Trail TR20 N5DRG 2016-12-17 17:00:00 2016-12-17 23:00:00 Bands: 40-M CW 7.065, 7.040 40-M SSB 7.265 + or – 5 kc 20-M CW 14.065, 14.040 +or- 20-M SSB 14.265 + or – 5 kc 15-m CW 21.030 15-M SSB 21.325 + or – 5kc Additional Operators will be W5DVG and possibly WB5BEK, KN5L, K5BRY, and WD4IFU

 

Oct 20

Annual Christmas Party

This year’s Christmas party is scheduled for Thursday, December 15 at 6:00PM at the Golden Corral on Stuart Rd. The price is $9.95 for the buffet including drinks.

Oct 18

Attention Users of 146.925

As most of you have probably noticed by now, there seems to be some interference taking place on the 146.925 repeater. This seems to take place only after dark, and seems to be a combination of some other signal combining with the output signal of the repeater, which is then heard on the input side of the repeater. Due to the DSP delay in the repeater, when this happens the repeater will begin to reverberate its own audio. (When someone unkeys, it’ll sound like they are in an echo chamber.)

Up until a few days ago, the repeater would hang anywhere from 30 seconds to a few minutes, blasting this noise over the airwaves. As you know, the repeater requires a PL tone of 114.8 to access it. The repeater also normally transmits a 114.8 tone on the output, allowing you to use “tone squelch” to keep out interference and the noise created when people use the repeater in digital mode. However, this output tone was also keeping the repeater open whenever the nighttime interference took place.

As a result, the output tone of 114.8 has been temporarily removed from the repeater. If you have your radio set up for “tone squelch” on the output of the 146.925 repeater, you will no longer hear the repeater. You will need to disable this function on your radio to hear the machine. You must still transmit a tone of 114.8 to access the machine (don’t turn that off, or you won’t be able to access it!), but the machine will no longer send a tone back to you.

This has kept the machine from hanging itself up all the time. However, the interference is still there (and we’re working to track down the source), and is affecting users’ ability to access the machine from far away locations using an HT. (You’ll notice it sounds like someone is “doubling” with HT users.)

Once the interference problem is resolved, the 114.8 PL tone on the output should be restored. In the meantime, make sure your radios aren’t requiring a PL tone from the machine, otherwise you won’t hear it.

Sep 14

Cleveland Amateur Radio Club Announces 2nd National Park on the Air Event

    w4t1  As many of you know we are well on the way to our 2nd NPOTA activation. October 1st the Cleveland Amateur Radio Club will be activating as W4T at Red Clay State Park, for the Trail of Tears (TR12).

    In the days following, each club member will be receiving an email survey about attendance. Please take a few minutes and fill out this survey. As of right now, no particular plans for Stations, Bands, Mode, Etc… have been set. Knowing who will be participating will help us reach this conclusion.

    If you are not an active club member and are interested in this event, please contact us at mailto:info@carc.cc

     As always, thanks for your continued support,

                           Jesse Rogers (W4JUU)

Jul 25

Cleveland Amateur Radio Club members Successfully Complete Antenna Removal.

3    Yesterday, July 24th, Cleveland Amateur Radio Club members successfully completed the removal process of a 50’ Rohn Tower and a Hy-Gain TH6-EM “Thunderbird” yagi antenna with a complete rotor package.
This antenna system was graciously donated to the CARC by the family of the late Bill Brock (WA4NPU) of McDonald, TN. Bill served as club president 1979.
We as a club would like to send a special thank you to Don(WB4KGF) and Charlotte(WD4EZR) Albritton for making this donation possible.
Also, we would like to thank: Club President Jack McCarty(WA5CHJ), Club Treasure Johnny Miller(K4JFM), Ron Watson(AA4RW), Buddy Kimsey(WA4NIV), Ed Moore(NR4CW) and Jesse Rogers(W4JUU) for dedicating their Sunday morning for this task.
As we begin Phase 2, Siting/Site Development, any comments, ideals or suggestion by the club membership about locations will be greatly appreciated.