It took us a couple of days to take down Scott’s antenna and put it back up. All three of his guy wires were tangled in the trees. Once down we put on a new antenna rotator. It went back up without any problem. Here are some photos:
2020 – SEA-PAC QSO PARTY
Saturday – June 6, 2020
16:00 UTC 6/6/20 to 04:00 UTC 6/7/20
(Saturday 9:00 AM to 9:00 PM PDT)
We may not be able to be with our 2,000 + fellow Amateur Radio Friends
this year on this day, but we can still have a “Ham-tastic” time on
the airwaves!
Categories:
· HF: SSB, CW, Digital – QRP, <150 watts and High Power.
· VHF/UHF: All bands, all modes, <50 watts and >50 watts.
Exchange:
The contest exchange is signal report and the first year you attended
SEA-PAC
(Example: 59 – 2003). For people yet to make it to the convention
it’s signal
report and “2020’”. (I.E. 59 – 2020)
Special Award recognition and bragging rights include:
· Any station working more than 100 contacts.
· Most past convention attendees contacted.
· Most States worked. (how about a 1-day WAS!)
· “Best” DX contact.
We encourage you to let us know you are planning to take part. A
summary
report form will be provided. Logs not required.
Contact: Ron O’Connor, KD7VIK ronocon@frontier.com
Here’s a tutorial for joining a Zoom meeting.
See below for a new link for this week’s Zoom Pie meetup at 2 pm Wednesday!
Here are two versions of the NEW link:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZAuc-2gpjMuGdLrz7GDr7bz802l2BMqeG1I
This was my first foray into Bitly, to shorten up the link. They even let me customize it! If the short link doesn’t work, try the long one.
I have set up the meeting to require you to register, but once registered you should be able to use the link again the following Wednesdays without doing anything more. No password, no waiting room. Registration is the only security layer, but should be enough for this group
This class filled in less than 24 hours. They may decide to offer another class. Stay tuned.
ANNOUNCEMENT – FT-3D User Training – Sat. May 2nd, 2020
Do you want to get to know your FT-3D a little bit better? Do you want to learn how to use more features of your FT-3D? Do you have an FT-3DR and want to learn how to use it? If you answered yes to any of these questions or would like a general overview, then you need to tune into the webinar.
This webinar will take place on Saturday May 2nd, 2020 for one session only. The time of this webinar will be: Eastern – 1pm, Central – 12pm, Mountain – 11am, Pacific – 10am. Registration is limited and you can register for the webinar at: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/1260075916231005710
A message from John Kruk, Yaesu USA:
A day of Fusion…145.5625 Mhz on 4/25/2020
After the webinar last week many have asked about how we can start to promote and use 145.5625 Mhz to make contacts on the frequency. So….what are you doing next Saturday?
Next weekend, Saturday April 25th, all day let us use 145.5625 Mhz and make/log contacts. Use simplex or WiRES-X but make sure that it is on 145.5625 Mhz (in this case repeaters would be out for usage). If you use Group Monitor (GM) make sure to use DG-ID 00.
Now to make it fun let us talk about how we can confirm exchanges with each other (and this is really good practice for DP-ID registraiton). Practice the exchange by making contact with others and exchanging your DP-ID with their DP-ID and mark the time.
Do not underestimate the distance that simplex can reach as well as a digital signal on simplex. Let us work to establish this as the Fusion frequency.
The Technician license class originally scheduled for this month has been cancelled for now. It is “Parked” on two Saturdays, May 16 & 23. Depending on how the coronavirus outbreak goes, it will settle on a pair of dates. Feel free to sign up, even if it puts you on a waiting list.
Lincoln County amateur Radio Club will not meet this month on our usual 2nd Tuesday date. Instead, we will join with ACS for a picnic at Big Creek Park on the 3rd Tuesday, August 20. It’s a semi-potluck, with ribs provided. Dinner is at 6:00 pm.
Amateur Radio ‘Field Day’ June 22-23, 2019 – Highlighting Science, Skill and Service
Field Day begins at 11 am Saturday and ends at 11 am Sunday. We will begin setting up Friday afternoon around 3 pm, with finishing touches done on Saturday morning. Take down will occur Sunday after 11 am. Lunch and dinner on Saturday and breakfast on Sunday will be provided to all club members and family attending. If not at Tuesdays club meeting (6/11/19) please contact Michelle Pelkey -KA7OQQ, by emailing n7oy.lcarc@gmail.com and let her know you’re coming, so she can give Chef Jim Golden an estimate of participants for meals.Hope to see you there and hear you on the air.
June’s Club meeting will be on the second Tuesday, 7:00 pm at the Samaritan Center for Health Education, 740 SW 9th in Newport. The Auxiliary Communications Service (ACS) meeting is at 6:00 pm, and all are welcome to attend both.
ARRL Field Day is Saturday June 22, with setup on Friday and tear down on Sunday. We will once again be setting up at Toledo Waterfront Park. More details to come as we have them.
We are back to our usual 2nd Tuesday meeting day for a while. See you all …
May 14 – SECOND Tuesday
Samaritan Center for Health Education
740 SW 9th, in Newport
6pm ACS, 7pm Club meeting