SM Dan Pruitt, AE6SX- ASMs K6YK and N2NS, ACC W6DPD, SEC KF6FIR, OOC N1VM, STM
K6RAU, PIC vacant, TC W6TE.
WOW! Here we are in May and there is a lot going on. The VHF
Contest and Field Day are next month. Dayton HAMVENTION, Armed Forces
Crossband, MARS/DHS drills, National Parks on the Air and all the QSO
Parties.
Weather has been fantastic so I'm sure Antennas have been up-graded,
installed, replaced or repaired. You can't have new antennas without
new gear. The modes, oh my all the modes. We have PSK, Packet and
CW, of course, then there is JT, SSTV, Video, FM and old AM. Now add
MESH Networks and all the digital modes, voice, video and packet.
Looking forward to Phase IV satellite and ground stations, cube SAT
micro SAT. Kids winning awards for loop antennas and SAT
construction. Like I said, Wow!
I don't think this is CB or old tube radio exclusively. Amateur Radio
is even back in 600 Meters while Raspberry PII's control everything with
Linux GPL.
Tell your friends, your relatives even those not so close. There is a
future for Amateur Radio and a present and a past to expand. Bring
them to Field Day or any other public event
Remember to support “The Amateur Radio Parity Act”. Go to the link
on the ARRL website http://www.arrl.org/amateur-radio-parity-act . We
have to continue the support for this legislation.
73;
Dan Pruitt, AE6SX
NEWS: From ARRL newsletters. Read complete articles from April to
now.
04/12/2016 First-Ever D-STAR Satellite to Launch in April
04/18/2016 Radio Amateurs Asked to Keep 7.060 MHz Clear for
Ecuador Earthquake Emergency Traffic
04/18/2016 New ARRL CEO Tom Gallagher, NY2RF, Pledges World-Class
Service, Openness, Inclusiveness
04/19/2016 Commemorative ARISS Slow-Scan TV Transmissions a
Success
04/19/2016 Brazil Eases Authorization for Radio Amateurs Attending
the 2016 Summer Olympics
04/20/2016 Lack of Power Stymies Amateur Radio Post-Quake Aid in
Ecuador
04/20/2016 SHARES Interoperability Exercise to Use 5 MHz Channels,
Involve Amateur Radio
04/20/2016 EchoLink VoIP Service Proving Valuable in Handling
Ecuador Earthquake Traffic
04/21/2016 Amateur Radio Praised Following Participation in
Washington Interoperability Exercise
04/21/2016 TAPR Dayton Hamvention Digital Forum to Include
SatNOGS, HamWAN, SDR Talks
04/23/2016 New AO-85 Distance Record Claimed
04/23/2016 Romania Puts Toe in the 5 MHz Waters with Scheduled
Amateur Radio Testing
04/25/2016 Now Shipping: High Speed Multimedia for Amateur Radio
by Glen Popiel, KW5GP
04/26/2016 Three ESA “Fly Your Satellite!” Program CubeSats
Now in Orbit
04/27/2016 Young Ham Wins First-Place Science Fair Trophy with Mag
Loop Antenna Entry
04/27/2016 ARRL/TAPR Digital Communications Conference Issues Call
for Technical Papers
04/27/2016 FCC Invites Comments on Petition to Eliminate 15 dB
Gain Limit on Amateur Amplifiers
04/28/2016 IARU Region 2 Calls for Emergency Communications
Workshop Papers, Presentations
04/28/2016 RFinder – The World Wide Repeater Directory Now Lets
Users File Jamming Reports
05/02/2016 ARRL Aims to Connect Engineers, Educators, Students at
IEEE International Microwave Symposium
05/02/2016 Deadline is June 1 for US Radio Amateurs to Submit IARU
Region 2 HF Band Plan Suggestions
05/03/2016 No Need for Panic Regarding Synthetic Aperture Radars on
70 Centimeters, ARRL CTO Says
05/03/2016 FCC Action Anticipated on ARRL’s “Symbol Rate”
Petition for Rule Making
05/04/2016 Digital Storage Oscilloscopes for Ham Radio Now Available
05/07/2016 ARRL Ham Aid Gear Headed to Ecuador to Support Earthquake
Relief, Recovery Some 400 pounds of Ham Aid Amateur Radio equipment
05/10/2016 AMSAT’s Fox-1B CubeSat Gets a January 2017 Launch Date
05/10/2016 Rare de Forest Audion Donated to ARRL, Mated with Vintage
Radio for Museum Display
05/11/2016 Over-the-Horizon Radars, Fishery and Taxi Traffic, Buoys,
and Broadcasters Continue to Mar Ham Bands
05/11/2016 Canadian Radio Amateurs Went on Alert to Assist in
Alberta Wildfire Emergency, Evacuations
05/12/2016 Elementary School’s SSTV CubeSat Now Set to Deploy from
ISS on May 16
05/14/2016 SATERN Founder Pat McPherson, WW9E, SK
Contests:
May 2016
+ RSGB 80m Club Championship, CW 1900Z-2030Z, May 19
+ UN DX Contest 0600Z-2100Z, May 21
+ NZART Sangster Shield Contest 0800Z-1100Z, May 21 and
0800Z-1100Z, May 22
+ Aegean RTTY Contest 1200Z, May 21 to 1200Z, May 22
+ His Maj. King of Spain Contest, CW 1200Z, May 21 to 1200Z, May 22
+ EU PSK DX Contest 1200Z, May 21 to 1200Z, May 22
+ Baltic Contest 2100Z, May 21 to 0200Z, May 22
+ CQ WW WPX Contest, CW 0000Z, May 28 to 2359Z, May 29
+ Portuguese Navy Day Contest, Digital 0800Z-2359Z, May 28
+ SARL Digital Contest 1300Z-1600Z, May 29
June 2016
+ NRAU 10m Activity Contest 1700Z-1800Z, Jun 2 (CW) and
1800Z-1900Z, Jun 2 (SSB) and
1900Z-2000Z, Jun 2 (FM) and
2000Z-2100Z, Jun 2 (Dig)
+ PVRC Reunion 0000Z-0400Z, Jun 4 (CW) and
0000Z-0400Z, Jun 5 (SSB)
+ 10-10 Int. Open Season PSK Contest 0000Z, Jun 4 to 2400Z, Jun 5
+ DigiFest 0400Z-1200Z, Jun 4 and
2000Z, Jun 4 to 0400Z, Jun 5 and
1200Z-2000Z, Jun 5
+ SEANET Contest 1200Z, Jun 6 to 1200Z, Jun 7
+ IARU Region 1 Field Day, CW 1500Z, Jun 4 to 1459Z, Jun 5
+ RSGB National Field Day 1500Z, Jun 4 to 1500Z, Jun 5
+ Dutch Kingdom Contest 1500Z, Jun 4 to 1500Z, Jun 5
+ Alabama QSO Party 1600Z, Jun 4 to 0400Z, Jun 5
+ RSGB 80m Club Championship, Data 1900Z-2030Z, Jun 6
+ DRCG WW RTTY Contest 0000Z-0759Z, Jun 11 and
1600Z-2359Z, Jun 11 and
0800Z-1559Z, Jun 12
+ VK Shires Contest 0600Z, Jun 11 to 0600Z, Jun 12
+ Portugal Day Contest 1200Z, Jun 11 to 1200Z, Jun 12
+ GACW WWSA CW DX Contest 1500Z, Jun 11 to 1500Z, Jun 12
+ ARRL June VHF Contest 1800Z, Jun 11 to 0259Z, Jun 13
+ RSGB 80m Club Championship, CW 1900Z-2030Z, Jun 15
+ All Asian DX Contest, CW 0000Z, Jun 18 to 2400Z, Jun 19
+ SMIRK Contest 0000Z, Jun 18 to 2400Z, Jun 19
+ Ukrainian DX Classic RTTY Contest 1200Z, Jun 18 to 1159Z, Jun 19
+ Stew Perry Topband Challenge 1500Z, Jun 18 to 1500Z, Jun 19
+ West Virginia QSO Party 1600Z, Jun 18 to 0200Z, Jun 19
+ Kid's Day Contest 1800Z-2359Z, Jun 18
+ WAB 50 MHz Phone 0900Z-1500Z, Jun 19
SK -The following Amateur became Silent Key since the last report:
John NZ6Q, Gene W7POR, Lloyd, WA6KZV and Tim, K6TRK.
They will be missed.
Traffic Report: [Apr 2016]:
ORS: W6SX 4 , WS6P 781, K6RAU 15 Total 800
PSHR: W6SX 28, WS6P 315, K6RAU 74
Mark your Calendars:
06/03/2016 | Northwestern Division Convention (SEA-PAC)
Location: Seaside, OR
Type: ARRL Convention
Sponsor: Oregon Tualatin Valley ARC
Website: http://www.seapac.org
06/11/2016 | Reno Ham Swap & Hamfest
Location: Verdi, NV
Type: ARRL Hamfest
Sponsor: Sierra Nevada Amateur Radio Society
Website: http://renohamswap.com
06/18/2016 | Santa Maria Radio Swapfest
Location: Orcutt, CA
Type: ARRL Hamfest
Sponsor: Satellite ARC
Website: http://satellitearc.com
09/17/2016 | Tenth Annual Sacramento Valley Hamfest
Location: Lincoln, CA
Type: ARRL Hamfest
Sponsor: Western Placer Amateur Radio Club
Website: http://www.wparc.us
10/14/2016 | Pacific Division Convention (PACIFICON)
Location: San Ramon, CA
Type: ARRL Convention
Sponsor: Mount Diablo Amateur Radio Club
Website: http://www.pacificon.org
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There was an error on my part in April's SM Report:
I am happy to report that JOHN, NZ6Q, IS WELL and will be on the USS
Lucid for Museum Ships Weekend!
I will blame it on my ineptitude in cutting and pasting his notice of
an SK from the Stockton Club.
My apologies for my error and especially to John, who humorously
informed me of my oops.
God Bless and 73 John.
Dan Pruitt AE6SX
SM of SJV for ARRL