Issue 57:05
57 Years Of Service To Our Community
May 2016
2016 Club Officers
President :
Vice President :
Treasurer :
Recording Secretary :
Corresponding Secretary :
Jim Wright, N2GXJ
Cory Sickles, WA3UVV
Al Arrison, KB2AYU
Bob Fields, KC6AOH
Ron Block, NR2B
Trustees - 4 year term
Ray Martin, W2RM
Brian Jones, KD2BXD
Bob Demola, KD2GFL
Mark Gottlieb, WA2DIY
(2014-2016)
(2014-2017)
(2015-2018)
(2016-2019)
Board of Directors - 3 year term
Dan Tremolini, N2TXG
John Zaruba Jr, K2ZA
Chuck Colabrese, WA2TML
(2014-2016)
(2014-2016)
(2015-2017)
Bill Price, NJ2S
Jeffrey Garth, KC2WCS
Chuck Lanard, KD2EIB
(2015-2017)
(2016-2018)
(2016-2018)
This Month’s Calendar…
Inside This Issue…
General Membership Meeting
Wednesday, May 4, 2016 @ 1930 Hours
Pfeiffer Community Center
President’s Message........................Page 2
So Long, Farewell, Adieu ...............Page 4
Field Day .........................................Page 6
Regional Hamfests/Events..............Page 7
May 4, 2016 Program .....................Page 7
Skip Arey, N2EI SNJ Report ..........Page 8
Tech Saturday Forum.....................Page 9
A Lesson in Timeliness .................Page 10
ARRL Bulletin 13 .........................Page 11
DX Bulletin 13 ..............................Page 12
SNJ SEC ARES Report ................Page 13
ARRL Bulletin 12 ........................ Page 14
Cross-Band/Armed Forces ...........Page 15
Job vs. Hobby ................................Page 18
VEC Testing @ Hamfest ...............Page 20
2015 GCARC VE Sessions ...........Page 20
DA’s and DIT’s .............................Page 21
SJRA Centennial ..........................Page 21
Member Contest Scores ................Page 22
System Fusion Repeaters ..............Page 24
May Birthdays ...............................Page 25
May Contest Calendar ..................Page 26
Club Committees ...........................Page 28
Last Page Calendar.......................Page 29
Tech Saturday Forum
Saturday, May 7, 2016 @ 0900 Hours
GCARC Clubhouse
VE License Testing Session
Thursday, May 12, 2016 @ 1900 Hours
Franklin Township Public Library
Gary Reed, N2QEE
glreed49 <at> verizon <dot> net
Board of Directors Meeting
Wednesday, May 18, 2016 @ 1900 Hours
GCARC Clubhouse
GCARC 2M Ragchew Net
Thursday, May 19, 2016 @ 2000 Hours
147.180 MHz Repeater
GCARC 11:00 AM Brunch
Every Friday @ The Seven Star Diner
1890 Hurffville Road, Sewell, NJ
President’s Message
If you’ve been following the news recently, there’s been no shortage of tectonic news in it. And I’m not
just talking about what is happening to “shake up” the Presidential primary races, which, admittedly, offer
plenty to talk about on a daily basis as each of the major political parties works through the process of getting closer to having a nominee. The tectonic news I’m referencing here is earthquake news. Japan. Ecuador. As one would expect, amateur radio is playing a role in the help. “EchoLink VoIP Service Proving
Valuable in Handling Ecuador Earthquake Traffic”, and the earlier “Lack of Power Stymies Amateur Radio Post-Quake Aid in Ecuador” being two examples of headlines from ARRL.org’s news page. In the last
week alone, before writing this article, there have been over 30 quakes of magnitude 5.5 or greater, including seven of 6.5 or greater, including a 7.0 near Kyushu Japan, and a 7.8 near the coast of Ecuador. Predicting them is still an inexact science. Is there any evidence of earthquakes being more prevalent around
the dates of a full moon?
The USGS says the correlation is very minor (www.usgs.gov/faq/categories/9827/3354). In case you’re
wondering, the next full moon is May 21. Do the number of domestic cats and dogs reported missing go
up before a major quake? Don’t laugh - apparently that has been looked at too. Fortunately, we haven’t
had to deal with a major quake in the USA in a while, and it would be nice to keep it that way.
Doing any traveling in the near future? Like to Dayton, Ohio, perhaps? For those of you from the club going, please take good notes. We’d love to hear about your adventure, and the new products being sampled
at our June 1 meeting after you return. There are rumors out there about a Chinese FX-9A HF 15W transceiver, a new Samcon DP-20 DMR digital 2 way radio, an Elecraft K-pod control panel for the K3S and
K3, a new mini Baojie BJ-218 25W dual band VHF/
UHF transceiver, and several new software defined radio (SDR) based products to be intrigued by, including
something called the Airspy R2 SDR receiver that is
described as covering from 24 MHz to 1800 MHz, continuous.
And then there’s the ICOM IC-7300 HF Amateur
Transceiver, advertised as an entry level radio, but it
includes an FPGA-based RF direct sampling receiver
system. Please take pictures. Please take notes!
President’s Message - Continued on page 3
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President’s Message - Continued from page 2
I’m sorry to have missed the April club meeting. More about that later in this edition of Crosstalk. Thank
you Al for filling in for me. At the BOD meeting, I was briefed on membership’s approval to move forward with the acquisition of good PA equipment to support our Hamfest this September. That’s great
news. Thank you Michael Weldon!
I also heard that I missed a great program by Vinnie highlighting some of his recent radio restorations.
That was one I was really looking forward to. Did anyone take any pictures? The talent we have in this
club, is amazing. Thank you Vinnie for sharing!
Looking forward, May is about Mother’s Day, Prom, and graduation for some, but also a kick-off month
for charity walks and other events requesting communications support in our local communities. If you’re
interested in assisting, please let your presence be known - there are events happening near every week
this time of the season. And speaking of events, in just a couple of months is Field Day - a major radio
weekend for all of Ham Radio in North America, then the Original 13 Colonies go on the air, and then
comes our summer picnic! Busy, busy - just the way we like it. Hope to see you at our upcoming club
meetings and events!
Respectfully,
Jim Wright, N2GXJ
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So Long, Farewell, Auf Wiedersehen, Adieu
By Cory Sickles, WA3UVV
In Ecclesiastes, we learn that for every thing, there is a season. I’ve given that a lot
of thought throughout this past year – one that has been transitional, to say the
least.
I have relocated back in my hometown area to pursue some business opportunities and for other, more personal reasons. Those of you who know - know. Those of you who don’t - don’t and those few of you who
like to guess and carry rumors have been doing that, too.
Although I have been traveling back and forth, it has become obvious that I will be doing the Club a disservice if I attempt to continue as Vice President for the remainder of the year. Therefore, I’ve informed
the BOD that I am resigning, effective on Cinco de Mayo. (That’s May 5th, for all you gringos). That
should give Jim some time to appoint a new VP, as per the Club constitution.
There are some programs on the schedule already, so that part of the job will be a bit easier to whoever is
appointed and approved. Also, I’ll be available to offer them some advice, if they wish.
At one time, I was the chair of six different committees. More recently, that’s been a lot less. Without being VP, I only have two things to be concerned with - Membership and Publicity. Those are activities that
I can continue to do without needing to be in close proximity, at least until someone expresses an interest
in taking them over or next years BOD appoints someone else. Although I’ve already joined two other
clubs in the WPA and WV sections, I intend to continue my membership in the GCARC.
I’ve had the pleasure of knowing so many of you - plus all too many that are now Silent Keys. I’d like to
think I can continue those friendships and perhaps get to attend a meeting from time to time. One of the
more difficult aspects of leaving the area is what this club and the individual friendships have meant to
me. Although it’s been great to reconnect with amateur radio friends of my more “formative” years, the
relationships are different. Having first become a member in the late 80’s, the Club will always have a special place in my heart. In short, I’m going to miss you guys and gals.
This will probably surprise few of you, but I’ve been working to help grow and build the ham radio infrastructure out here – using what we’ve learned together in SNJ - and applied toward the growth and relationships in the GCARC. In a way, some of you are also getting to improve ham radio in this area, as several of you have been Elmers in one way or another to me. If one pays careful attention while going
through life, certain people can act as mentors, whether they realize it or not.
I’m always pleased when someone that had certain questions a year ago, is now answering them for someone else who’s trying to learn. That’s part - a significant one - of what makes amateur radio the outstanding pursuit that it is. That’s a concept that is well practiced in this organization. Our Club has been
successful because so many of us work to make it successful and show the kind of concern and energy
that’s required. We owe such an attitude to the GCARC’s founders and to those who will come into our
fold and be leaders, long after us.
Cory WA3UVV - Continued on page 5
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Cory WA3UVV - Continued from page 4
I could go on about my feelings and the high regard I hold many of you in, but I’m finding these few
words difficult enough to type. I am happy and I’m in a good place, but it’s proving to be challenging to
separate myself from SNJ and the things I have become so accustomed to.
As with my membership, I hope to continue to participate (in at least some small way) in this organization’s future, it’s continued growth and significance in the community - as much as I am able. So, this
really isn’t “goodbye”, but more of an “I’ll see you when I see you”. (For some, that may be next month in
Ohio)
I’ll also try to do better about writing articles for Crosstalk, at least when I think I have something significant to add. In the meantime, you can gain some insight into what non-linear thinking is going on in my
head – in the pages of CQ and The Spectrum Monitor.
Finally, I wish all of you well and thank you for the opportunity to have been a part of the GCARC family
for so long.
Cory Sickles, WA3UVV
w2mmd.org
Facebook Page
www.facebook.com/W2MMD
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Field Day
By Al Arrison, KB2AYU
GCARC members, please have a look at the band chairman chart
below. There are two very important slots open, 80M Phone and
20M Phone. Also, if nobody wants 10M CW and 15M CW, I
would like to see someone run Digital in place of CW on those
bands. At this time we will not be running Digital on 80,40, and
20 because of interference issues. Remember, everyone is invited
to come out and operate for whatever amount of time you can
spare. If you just want to observe and learn a few things, that’s
fine too.
Field Day - June 25-26, 2016 - Band Chart
Band
Operator
2 Meters
Mode
Phone
CW
Digital
6 Meters
Phone
CW
Digital
10 Meters
Phone
CW
Digital
15 Meters
Phone
CW
Digital
20 Meters
Phone
Merrill Brown, WK2G
CW
Digital
40 Meters
Mark Gottlieb, WA2DIY
Phone
Harry Bryant, AA2WN
CW
Digital
80 Meters
Phone
Darrell Neron, AB2E
CW
Digital
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Regional Hamfests and Events
May 1, 2016 : Warminster Amateur Radio Club - Hamfest 2016, Middletown Grange Fairgrounds, 576
Penns Park Road, Wrightstown, PA. www.k3dn.org
May 7, 2016 : Antietam Radio Association - 2016 Hagerstown Hamfest, Washington County Agricultural
Center, Route 65 South Sharpsburg Pike, Hagerstown, MD. www.w3cwc.org
May 7, 2016 : Ocean Monmouth Amateur Radio Club - Spring Hamfest, Diana Site, 2300 Marconi Road,
Wall Township, NJ. www.n2mo.org
May 13-14, 2016 : Delaware Valley Historic Radio Club - Kutztown Antique Radio Meet, Renningers
Kutztown, 740 Noble Street, Kutztown, PA. www.dvhrc.com
May 15, 2016 : Garden State Amateur Radio Association - GSARA Hamfest, MOESC Parking Lot, 100
Tornillo Road (off Shafto Road), Tinton Falls, NJ. www.gardenstateara.org
May 28, 2016 : Bergen Amateur Radio Association - BARA Spring Hamfest, Westwood High School,
701 Ridgewood Road, Washington Township (Bergen County), NJ. www.bara.org
May 28, 2016 : Rochester Amateur Radio Association - RARA Hamfest, Eastman Business Park, 200
West Ridge Road, Rochester, NY. www.rochesterham.org
May 29, 2016 : Maryland FM Association - Memorial Day Hamfest, Howard County Fair Grounds. Route
144, West Friendship, MD. www.marylandfm.org
May 20 - 22, 2016
www.hamvention.org
May 4, 2016 General Membership Meeting Program
John Zaruba, K2ZA, will be stepping in
to discuss D-STAR and the advantages
of this digital methodology. He will be
talking about what's new, repeater
commanding and callsign routing.
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March 2016 South Jersey Section Manager’s Report
By Skip Arey, N2EI
Our Section currently has 1,293 Full Members and 35 Associate Members
ASM for Burlington County Frank K2SQS and SNJ SEC Tony W2WCC met with
Burlington County Professional Staff John KB2BAA Head of the County Public
Safety Communications Support Division and Chris KC2GNQ (who is also our Section State Government
Liaison). They discussed Section ARES cooperation and support of county and regional activities. The
Section Management Team see this as a first step to clarifying the proper role and relationship of ARES
within the counties and municipalities served by our Section Hams.
A further reminder that ARES has been requested to provide communications support to the Joint Base
McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst air show May 13-15. Contact SNJ SEC Tony W2WCC directly with any questions at: w2wcc <at> comcast <dot> net.
Congratulations to well known NJ Ham and Nobel Laureate Joe Taylor, K1JT, of Princeton, New Jersey.
Joe has been named as the 2016 Dayton Hamvention® Amateur of the Year.
Congratulations to Jack N2VW for achieving DXCC CW Honor Roll. This achievement goes up on the
wall next to Jack’s Phone and Mixed Honor Roll Certificates. To achieve Honor Roll just once is every
DXers dream. To pull it off three times is truly something to be celebrated far and wide.
The Gloucester City Amateur Radio Club will be participating in their city’s “Clean Up Day” on April 10.
When our clubs reach out and participate in community activities it presents Amateur Radio and our Section in a very positive light. Well done folks!
The Section Management Team is still looking for someone to take on the post of Assistant Section manager for Gloucester County. If you are interested in helping build our Section and provide special support
to the hams in your county please contact me.
I will be heading out to the Dayton Hamvention again this year to assist in supporting the ARRL activities.
Stop by the ARRL Tables and say hi if you get a chance.
It’s almost Field Day time once again. If your club or group is planning on activating a station please remember to post operation at the ARRL Field Day site at: www.arrl.org/field-day.
And while we are talking about Field Operations, if you or your club are planning an activation in support
of the ARRL’s National Parks on the Air Event, please let me know so we can tell folks throughout the
Section. Don’t forget to take a few pictures and send them along for our Section Facebook and ARRL
pages.
The Delmarva Hamfest and Delaware ARRL State Convention will be held on Saturday April 16 at Sussex Tech High School on Route 9, west of Georgetown. For more information go to
www.radioelectronicsexpo.com or contact Hamfest Chairman, Vic Gumper at 302-628-3060 or vwg615
<at> yahoo <dot> com. Please consider supporting our neighboring Section by attending if you can.
SNJ Section Report - Continued on page 9
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SNJ Section Report - Continued from page 8
Gerald McGrantham KC4RN, age 73 of Lacey Township became SK on Tuesday, March 8, 2016 at his
home. He was a member of the South Jersey DX Association.
Valerie Grasso KC2KGE, age 70, of Jackson Twp., NJ, became SK on Wednesday, March 9, 2016, at Newark Beth Israel Medical Center, Newark, NJ. She was active with Jersey Shore Amateur Radio Society.
Charles E Sketchley, K2PQD, age 96 became SK on March 7, 2016 at Cardinal Village where he lived since
2008. 'Charlie' was one of the founding members of the Gloucester County Amateur Radio Club that started
in January 1959. He was one of the club's oldest living members.
Warren Keay KC2SSQ, age 86 of Crestwood Village, Whiting became SK on March 4, 2016. Warren was a
member of the Holiday City Amateur Radio Club.
New Hams in our Section for this month include:
Aaron I Crasner, KD2KGS
Daniel Krier, KD2KHM
Gerald W Blachniak, KD2KIA
Travis Kazeleski, KD2KGQ
Louis Bisonni, KD2KGP
License Upgrades in our Section for this month include:
Kenneth M Kebless, KD2IVG - Extra
Gary Triplo, KD2EBX - General
Mario G Assennato, K2ZGW (ex. KC2ZGW) - Extra
Tim E Tonnesen, W2TET (ex. KD2JYF) - Extra
Michael K Gilchrist, KD2KEN - Extra
73 de SKIP N2EI
ARRL Southern New Jersey Section
Section Manager: T J Arey, N2EI
n2ei <at> arrl <dot> org
Tech Saturday Forum : May 7, 2016
By John Zaruba Jr, K2ZA
0900 to 1200 Hours
Satellite Field Operations
The objective of the Tech Saturday Forum is to have an open discussion of subjects
of Amateur Radio interest. All questions are welcome as well as a venue for members to show off their latest ham radio projects or gadgets. All are welcome - hams
and non-hams - club members and non-club members. Take a guided tour of our clubhouse. View our HF
and VHF/UHF Operation Facilities and our vast antenna farm.
The Tech Saturday Forum is held on the Saturday after the General Membership meeting. For more information, go to www.w2mmd.org on the Tech Saturday Forum page.
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A Lesson in Timeliness – A Request for volunteers
By Skip Arey, N2EI
Some members of our Section have pointed out that a message related to a recent “High Winds” Weather
Event came their way well beyond being useful. While everyone who volunteers to support our Section
does their best, sometimes things just don’t work out as we would all hope they should. This recent problem points to that and it might help to explain the chain of events.
In this case, I received the Weather Alert on my portable phone while I was attending a private family
event at some distance from my home station. I left that event to locate a computer that would allow me
enough access to get the posting out to the Section in the two places I normally use for distribution of such
messages, our Section Facebook Page and the Section wide E-mail distribution server at ARRL HQ.
It now appears that the disconnect that caused the concern for some folks seems to have been with the Email messaging system. Unlike an E-mail system such as Gmail or Yahoo, messages placed on the ARRL
server are not directly distributed immediately. The message is first submitted, in this case by me, and it is
sent out in a batch at some later time that is not under the sender’s control.
In this case, the time between me submitting the message, once I received it, and the time at which the
Server System at ARRL HQ pushed it out, created a significant time gap that made the information more
or less useless to some individuals.
As most of you know, this is my first term as SNJ SM. I am still in the midst of a learning curve. Until this
event occurred I had no knowledge of the time release issues with the HQ system.
All the people who have stepped up to volunteer to serve our Section do their level best to see that our
members get service and support (including timely information) in dozens of ways while still juggling the
responsibilities of the “Real World” and maybe, just maybe, still having a few hours left over to enjoy the
hobby as well.
I have said from the moment I agreed to take on the position of SM that I would happily step aside for
anyone who can do a better job for the members of our Section and for the ARRL. I still maintain that position.
I continue to promise to do the best I can with what gifts and graces I have been granted. I know that from
time to time even these best efforts will leave some people less than happy.
All I can say to those folks is, we have a lot of empty chairs in the Section Management Team and we
would welcome your assistance to make things better down the log.
I hope this clears things up a bit.
73,
ARRL Southern New Jersey Section
Section Manager: T J Arey, N2EI
n2ei <at> arrl <dot> org
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QST de W1AW
ARRL Bulletin 13 ARLB013
From ARRL Headquarters
Newington CT March 28, 2016
To all radio amateurs
SB QST ARL ARLB013 ARRL Tells FCC to Restore Balance of Modes on 80 and 75 Meters
In comments filed on March 23 on its Petition for Rule Making (RM 11759) seeking changes to 80 and 75
meters, the ARRL has told the FCC that its primary objective is to "rebalance" the bands by correcting a
10-year old FCC error.
"ARRL's proposal is not fairly viewed as a proposal to take anything away from anyone," the League's
comments assured. "It is more properly viewed as the effectuation of a fair, equitable, and efficient 'band
plan' looking forward for the foreseeable future that balances everyone's needs, and which remedies a
plainly unfair plan, imprudently created in the 2006 Report and Order in WT Docket 04-140." The Report
and Order can be found on the web at: apps.fcc.gov/ecfs/comment/view?id=5513680269.
Prompting the League's assurances were comments filed on the ARRL's Petition by a number of Amateur
Extra class licensees, who felt that reforming 3600 to 3650 kHz for data modes could prove to be a disincentive to General licensees to upgrade. Other commenters saw it as an unfair spectrum grab. The ARRL
noted that prior to 2006, the band was evenly divided between RTTY/data and phone/image subbands,
with the RTTY/data subband extending from 3500 to 3750 kHz, and the phone/image subband extending
from 3750 to 4000 kHz.
The 2006 FCC Report and Order "substantially altered" what the League called "this even division of
emission types." In outlining the history of the proceeding, the ARRL pointed out that the FCC's Notice of
Proposed Rulemaking in Docket 01-140 would have shifted the line between the 80 meter RTTY/data subband and the 75 meter phone/image subband from 3750 kHz to 3725 kHz, pursuant to a 2002 ARRL Petition for Rule Making, RM-10413. This would change the ratio of spectrum between phone/image and
RTTY/data segments on 75/80 meters from 50/50 to 55/45, and it is what the FCC proposed in its NPRM.
In its Report and Order in Docket 04-140, however, the FCC made "a very substantial and unjustifiable
departure" from what it had proposed in its NPRM, the ARRL recounted. The Commission expanded the
phone/image subband at 75 meters to 3600-4000 kHz, and it reduced the 80 meter RTTY/data subband to
3500-3600 kHz, eliminating RTTY operation above 3600 kHz and changing "the entire dynamic of this
band," the League said.
The FCC had said in its proposal that no licensees would lose operating privileges. Nonetheless, the FCC's
phone band expansion reduced by 100 kHz the spectrum between 3500 and 4000 kHz that was previously
available to General class licensees, while Advanced licensees lost 75 kHz. In an apparent FCC oversight,
the Report and Order completely eliminated access by automatically controlled digital stations (ACDS) to
3620 to 3635 kHz. A subsequent FCC Report and Order and Order on Reconsideration only made the
situation worse by replacing the deleted ACDS segment with 3585-3600 kHz.
"It resulted in a sudden and severe dislocation of traffic-handling nets using telegraphy, without advance
planning or notice," the ARRL said. "It disaccommodated net participants with General and Advanced
class licenses; and it worsened the effect of the overexpansion of the 75 meter phone/image subband."
ARLB013 - Continued on page 12
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ARLB013 - Continued from page 11
The result, the ARRL noted, has been "a shortfall in available RTTY/data spectrum on 80 meters" that has
created a significant obstacle to narrowband digital data communications and experimentation. The
League said its current Petition "simply restores that which was disrupted in 2006 in error."
In its comments, the League conceded that compromises are inevitable in managing a heavily used band
like 75/80 meters, no matter the band planning approach. "Looking forward, it is necessary, in order to encourage experimentation with and expand the use of digital communication techniques, to rebalance the 75
and 80 meter subbands," the ARRL concluded.
QST de W1AW
DX Bulletin 13 ARLD013
From ARRL Headquarters
Newington CT March 28, 2016
To all radio amateurs
SB DX ARL ARLD013 DXCC Deletion of Kingman Reef
The ARRL Awards Committee has voted to delete Kingman Reef (KH5K) from the DXCC List, effective
29 March, 2016. Kingman Reef will be added to the Deleted Entities List on 29 March, 2016. The total
number of entities on the List will drop from 340 to 339.
The deletion process is described in DXCC Rules Section II DXCC List Criteria, Part 5(a) Deletion Criteria: "An entity may be deleted from the List if it no longer satisfies the criteria under which it was added.
However, if the entity continues to meet one or more currently existing rules, it will remain on the List."
With respect to the previous paragraph's text, Kingman Reef's original addition by virtue of separate administration has changed (separate administration by the U.S. Navy has been removed), and the reef does
not meet any current criteria to remain on the list. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service administers Kingman Reef and Palmyra Island. The reef is too close to Palmyra Island to count as a separate entity. The
reef is now considered part of the Palmyra/Jarvis DXCC entity.
DXCC members who have affirmed credit with Kingman Reef will see their current entity totals drop by
one on their DXCC awards -- including on the bands and modes where Kingman Reef credit is given.
They will also see their DXCC Challenge totals drop commensurately. Honor Roll status will now be attainable after confirming 330 entities on the DXCC List.
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SNJ Section ARES report for March 2016
Total number of ARES members: 205
Change since last month (+, -, same): +2
Number of DECs/ECs reporting this month: 8
Number of ARES nets active: 31
Number of nets with NTS liaison:
Calls of DECs/ECs reporting: KB2JCG
N2MHO
KC2GNQ
KE2ES
WX2NJ
N2SRQ
WJ3P
N2CSA
Number of drills, tests and training sessions this month: 36
Person hours: 139.7
Number of public service events this month: 1
Person hours: 10
Number of emergency operations this month: 0
Person Hours: 0
Total number of ARES operations this month: 37
Total Person hours: 149.7
Report Submitted by Tony Otlowski, W2WCC SNJ SEC
ARRL Southern New Jersey Section
Section Manager: T J Arey, N2EI
n2ei <at> arrl <dot> org
May 2 - 6, 2016 - Tropicana Hotel, Atlantic City, NJ
www.njepa.org
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QST de W1AW
ARRL Bulletin 12 ARLB012
From ARRL Headquarters
Newington CT March 24, 2016
To all radio amateurs
SB QST ARL ARLB012 ARRL HF Band Planning Committee Seeks Suggestions on IARU Region 2 HF
Band Plan
The ARRL Board of Directors' HF Band Planning Committee is inviting input from the US Amateur Radio community regarding possible changes to the International Amateur Radio Union (IARU) Region 2
Band Plan. The band plan can be found on the web at: www.iaru-r2.org/band-plan.
That band plan and other significant Amateur Radio spectrum issues will be high on the agenda at this
fall's IARU Region 2 General Assembly in Chile. Leading up to that gathering, the ARRL and other IARU
member societies in the Americas will be seeking comments and suggestions regarding the Region 2 HF
Band Plan. The HF Band Planning Committee will review the current plan, consider comments from the
US Amateur Radio community, and recommend any changes to the ARRL Board for submission to IARU
Region 2.
"The ARRL HF Band Planning Committee wants to stress that the IARU Region 2 Band Plan is a voluntary guideline and does not supersede FCC regulations related to spectrum usage," Committee Chairman
and ARRL Second Vice President Brian Mileshosky, N5ZGT, noted. He also pointed out two other issues
for radio amateurs to consider.

Most Region 2 countries outside the US do not have the sort of detailed sub-band regulations contained in the FCC's Part 97. For radio amateurs in these countries, the Region 2 Band Plan may serve
as the only source of guidance on spectrum usage.

The designation of a calling frequency or band segment for a particular purpose or mode in any IARU
band plan does not convey any special rights or exclusivity of use. On the other hand the absence of a
calling frequency or band segment associated with a particular purpose or mode should not suggest
that these have been overlooked or are viewed negatively.
The Committee is urging US radio amateurs who are considering suggesting revisions to the IARU Region
2 Band Plan first to study the existing IARU Region 2 Band Plan. They then should formulate a clear
statement of any proposed changes, including a brief explanation of why each particular change would
benefit all IARU Region 2 spectrum users. Participants should include name and call sign. Submit input
via e-mail by June 1, 2016 to: bandplan2016 <at> arrl <dot> org. Messages will be automatically acknowledged.
Radio amateurs licensed in Region 2 countries other than the US should contact their own IARU member
society for information on how to participate in the band-planning process. A list of societies can be found
on the web at: www.iaru-r2.org/directory.
The 19th IARU Region 2 General Assembly will take place in mid-October in Vina del Mar, Chile. Held
every 3 years, the Region 2 Conference is attended by delegations from IARU member societies in
throughout the Americas.
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How to participate Cross-Band with the Armed Forces on May 14, 2016
By Jim Wright, N2GXJ
As announced from various sources, the US Army, Air Force, Navy, and Coast Guard are participating
with Amateur Radio operators in a cross-band communications test as part of Armed Forces Day activities
this month starting on Saturday morning May 14 (1200Z), with activity continuing throughout the day.
Armed Forces Day is actually on May 21, but the test being scheduled earlier in order to avoid conflicting
with the Dayton Hamvention®.
If you’ve never tried cross-band communications before, operating this way is a bit unusual. For these
contacts you have to have your radio set to transmit on a different frequency than you are listening on. It
might take a little “going back to the manual” to learn how to split frequencies separately for RX and TX
on your existing HF radio, or at least it did for me when I tried it before. I only used traditional SSB for
my contacts, but CW is also available. It is advertised that there is an opportunity for radio amateurs to
utilize modern military communications modes such as MIL-STD serial PSK, and automatic link establishment (ALE) as well, but that’s going to be too advanced for me. I’d love to hear from any of you who
succeed with that! Beyond the novelty of the opportunity, QSL cards will be provided to stations that contact military stations during this event. Maybe one of those would look good on your wall?
Alright, so you’re curious. How to participate? Well, it goes something like this. Participating military stations will transmit on selected Military frequencies and listen for amateur radio stations in the Amateur
bands at the frequency they announce they are listening on. For example, let’s pick the Army station AAV
from Camp Evans, NJ. They are scheduled to transmit during the period 14 May 14:00Z-21:00Z. One of
their transmit frequencies is 7.493.5 MHz USB/CW. That is outside the ham portion of the 40 Meter band.
You would set your receive to that dial frequency and then “split” your transmit frequency to wherever
they tell you they are listening in the 40M band. For example, if they say they are listing on 7.280 MHz
LSB, then that is where you would set your transmit frequency to be while you are still listening on
7.493.5 MHz USB. Make sense? In the special case of transmissions on the 60 Meter band, new this year
is that military and amateur radio operators are authorized to directly communicate on the interoperability
channels. Just a reminder that if you are going to operate on 60 Meters, there are unique 60 Meter specific
maximum effective radiated output, transmission bandwidth, and channelized frequency limits applicable
to the amateur radio service that you might want to re-review before doing so.
From experience I’ve found that some military operators get really into it, running a pile up as if they were
in an Amateur radio contest. For example, WAR, the Army’s Pentagon station in Washington DC, was
transmitting their listening frequency on every transmission, and would transmit often during more quiet
periods to try and get Amateurs to respond for a higher QSO count. They tend to be the easier stations to
get in the log. The more challenging ones will be the ones that transmit “by their book”, which might only
be once every 10 minutes or so. The challenge for working them is picking up their listening frequency on
their first announcement, because if you miss it, you’re going to have to wait another 10 minutes or so before they transmit and you get to hear them say their listening frequency again. Be creative. Do troll the
spotting networks looking for others to do the work of finding and identifying the listening frequencies for
some of these guys for you, if you can. Patience and perseverance is the name of the game to bag these
more elusive stations.
For anyone up for a real challenge, the Secretary of Defense message will be transmitted via Military Standard radio teletype modes. As stated in the event documentation, “reception of Serial PSK will provide a
technical challenge to Amateur stations to receive the broadcasts using a high symbol rate Serial PSK
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Armed Forces Day - Continued from page 15
waveform not utilized in Amateur radio, but found in all modern military equipment.” Additionally,
broadcasts will be sent using Wide Shift FSK (RTTY), as this mode represents a baseline in interoperability common in all radio services.
If you want to try for the MIL-STD 188-110 A/B Serial PSK demodulation, you’re going to need some
form of digital interface to your radio’s audio, similar to what you might use for PSK31, or JT65 today.
And you’ll need some new decoding software, available from www.n2ckh.com/MARS_ALE_FORUM.
There are practice receiving signals in this mode transmitted daily. More details on this, and the whole
cross band event can be found at www.usarmymars.org/home/announcements.
Event opportunities like this one don’t happen that often, so why not take advantage of this one, and take
some credit for your proven expertise? Good luck to all who give it a try!
A sampling of some of the military stations expecting to participate, and the frequencies they are likely to
be transmitting on for you to listen for on sideband and CW, are summarized below.
Service & Callsign
Date times
TX Frequency
Emission
Amateur Band
ARMY
AAZ/Ft Huachuca, AZ
5/15 1500Z –
5/15 2359Z
ARMY
AAC/Barrow Army Reserve
Center, KY
5/14 1300Z –
5/15 0100Z
ARMY
AAV/Camp Evans, NJ
5/14 1400Z –
5/14 2100Z
ARMY
ABH/Schofield Barracks, HI
5/14 1600Z –
5/14 2300Z
ARMY
ADB/Camp Foster, Okinawa
(Japan)
ARMY
WAR/Pentagon Washington
DC
5/14 1500Z –
5/15 0100Z
AIR FORCE
AIR/Andrews AFB
5/14 1200Z –
5/14 2400Z
AIR FORCE
AGA2SY/Hancock Field,
NY
AIR FORCE
AGA4AR/Arnold AFB, TN
5/14 1200Z –
5/14 2400Z
AIR FORCE
AGA5SC/Scott AFB, IL
5/14 1600Z –
5/14 2300Z
5.330.5 MHz
14.383.5 MHz
18.211.0 MHz
5.346.5 MHz
7.360.0 MHz
13.963.5 MHz
20.920.0 MHz
5.330.5 MHz
7.493.5 MHz
14.846.0 MHz
18.272.0 MHz
5.357.0 MHz
14.438.5 MHz
18.272.0 MHz
20.997.0 MHz
14.487.0 MHz
17.545.0 MHz
20.994.0 MHz
5.357.0 MHz
14.854.0 MHz
18.211.0 MHz
24.760.0 MHz
4.517.0 MHz
7.305.0 MHz
15.807.0 MHz
20.740.0 MHz
4.575.0 MHz
7.540.0 MHz
13.993.0 MHz
3.299.0 MHz
7.457.0 MHz
15.632.0 MHz
3.308.0 MHz
4.872.0 MHz
7.545.0 MHz
USB
USB
USB
USB
USB
USB
USB
USB/CW
USB/CW
USB/CW
USB/CW
USB
USB
USB
USB
USB
USB
USB
USB/CW
USB/CW
USB/CW
USB/CW
USB
USB
USB
USB
USB
USB
USB
USB
USB
USB
USB
USB
USB
60M
20M
17M
60M
40M
20M
17M
60M
40M
20M
17M
60M
20M
17M
15M
20M
17M
15M
60M
20M
17M
12M
80M
40M
20M
15M
80M
40M
20M
80M
40M
20M
80M
80M
40M
5/14 1200Z –
5/14 2400Z
5/14 1500Z –
5/14 2000Z
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Service & Callsign
Date times
TX Frequency
Emission
Amateur Band
AIR FORCE
AGA9TR/Travis AFB, CA
5/14 1600Z –
5/14 2300Z
COAST GUARD
NMC1/Alameda, CA
5/14 1400Z –
5/15 0030Z
NAVY
NIIW/USS Midway CV-41,
San Diego, CA
5.14 1200Z –
5/15 0600Z
NAVY
NWKJ/USS Yorktown CV10
5/14 1200Z –
5/15 0400Z
NAVY
Camslant, Chesapeake, VA
5/14 1400Z –
5/15 0030Z
NAVY
NWVC/LST-325 Evansville,
IN
5/14 1200Z –
5/15 0400Z
NAVY
US Naval Academy, MD
5/14 1300Z –
5/15 0200Z
4.575.0 MHz
4.872.0 MHz
7.545.0 MHz
7.542.0 MHz
15.740.5 MHz
22.924.5 MHz
4.003.5 MHz
7.360.0 MHz
14.441.5 MHz
18.211.0 MHz
20.997.0 MHz
4.000.0 MHz
7.360.0 MHz
14.663.5 MHz
18.272.0 MHz
20.940.0 MHz
7.528.6 MHz
14.459.6 MHz
19.221.6 MHz
4.007.0 MHz
6.913.0 MHz
13.974.5 MHz
17.500.0 MHz
24.782.0 MHz
4.038.5 MHz
7.533.5 MHz
14.487.0 MHz
17.545.0 MHz
20.994.0 MHz
USB
USB
USB
USB
USB
USB
USB
USB
USB
USB
USB
USB
USB
USB
USB
USB
USB
USB
USB
USB/CW
USB/CW
USB/CW
USB/CW
USB/CW
USB/CW
USB/CW
USB/CW
USB/CW
USB/CW
80M
80M
40M
40M
20M
15M
80M
40M
20M
17M
15M
80M
40M
20M
17M
15M
40M
20M
17M
80M
40M
20M
17M
12M
80M
40M
20M
17M
15M
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When the Job gets in the way of the hobby
By Jim Wright, N2GXJ
I love the magic of amateur radio. From the educational and technical aspect, to the social aspect, to the
public service aspect, it’s awesome. Unfortunately, at this time in my life, there are inevitable time conflicts between job responsibilities and the hobby. For those who are enjoying the “big R” (retirement),
congratulations! For the rest of us still paying INTO social security, whenever there is a conflict, you can
guess which one wins. And that has been the case these past two months, and will be the case in May for
me as well. Though I’ve usually been able to be in NJ for the Board of Director’s meetings, by unfortunate
work scheduling, I’ve repetitively been on out of town business travel recently on the days of our scheduled monthly General Membership Meetings. For that, I apologize.
Looking forward, it seems as if my work responsibilities will actually be increasing for the rest of this
year, as my employer is both trying to introduce a new state of the art high performance supercomputing
interconnect into the market, and is attempting some site consolidations, and I’m in the thick of all that. In
fairness to our radio club, I’ll try to complete my term as your club president for the remainder of this
year, but will not be seeking re-nomination for next year. We’ll continue to adapt to the changing circumstances. We always have. Thank you everyone for stepping up where you can to help out.
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VEC Testing planned for our Hamfest this September
By Jim Wright, N2GXJ
Congratulations to all of our club members who have achieved the distinction
of having upgraded their license class over this past year, including Tony,
W2WCC, who I understand just achieved Amateur Extra status this past month.
Well done Tony!
By my last count, approximately 14% of our membership is presently licensed at the Technician Class
level. For those looking to move up, the next level up is General, where the world of HF voice opens up,
and on bands beyond just the Technician allocation on 10 meters. For a dedicated few, the ultimate goal
progressing up the ranks from Technician, through General, is to achieve Amateur Extra status. Many
might not be aware, but when you go for your test session, if you pass the initial level you are testing for,
you can right then, for no extra fee, go on to try the next level up, all the way up to Amateur Extra. Perhaps this will be your year?
If you are thinking of trying for an upgrade, an excellent date to target would be Sunday, September 11,
2016, this year, as that is the date of our Hamfest. For convenience, we plan to have VEC testing available
on-site for walk-ups to register and take their tests at 9am that day. As for the question pool(s) to study
from, you can find free copies of them linked from the “Get Your Ham Ticket” tab on the left side of our
W2MMD.ORG website. If you are looking to possibly upgrade all the way to Amateur Extra at the Hamfest this year, be advised that you will want to study from the new pool of questions (the July 1, 2016 to
June 30, 2020 pool) which will be in effect at that time. Questions from that pool (with answers) are also
available for free from the same web link. Good luck everyone!
Facts about the 2015 GCARC Volunteer Examiner Sessions
By Gary Reed, N2QEE
14 Sessions (Franklinville, Mullica Hill, Bridgeton)
60 Candidates
95 Exam Elements Taken
45 Licenses Earned:
26 Technicians
15 Generals
5 Extras
8 GCARC VE’s:
Gary - N2QEE; John - K2AEN; John - K2ZA; Jim - N2GXJ; Mike - N2MHO; Ed -N2RO; Kenny - WB2P;
Art - WE0RV
6 Visiting VE’s:
Nancy - N2ANG; Larry - KB2MN; Tim - N2LTQ; Bill - N2ZSO; Sam - KF3G; Alex - K3CIM
ARRL Ham Radio License Exam Practice Website
www.arrlexamreview.appspot.com
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DA’s and DIT’s
Gary Reed, N2QEE, reports that the April 14, 2016 VE session had one candidate, it was Tony Otlowski, W2WCC, who upgraded to Amateur Extra. Congratulations, Tony!
The GCARC Summer Picnic is scheduled for Saturday, July 23, 2016 at the Red Bank Battlefield Park
in National Park, NJ. 1300 to 1600 Hours. At the Main Pavilion.
John Dilks III, K2TQN, will be a guest speaker at the Dayton Hamvention on Friday, May 20, 2016 in
room 5 @ 1430 Hours.
Noble Laureate Joe Taylor, K1JT, of Princeton, has been named as the Dayton Hamvention Amateur of
the Year.
Did you know that comedian and actor, Garry Shandling, who died at the age of 66 on March 24, was a
ham? Shandling became a ham as a teenager in the 60s, long before he entered show business. His first
callsign was WA7BKG and then KD6OY. His most recent callsign, which expired in 2009, under a pseudonym, Dave Waddell, was KQ6KA. He held an Advanced Class license.
Frank Messick, W2FJM : A big thank you to Frank for painting the back steps at the Clubhouse. He will
paint the front steps when he gets more paint.
Congratulations to Dave Strout, W2YC, for scoring 3015 points in the 2015 ARRL DXCC Clinton B DeSoto Cup Challenge.
SJRA CENTENNIAL PRESS RELEASE:
It is a rare occasion when an amateur radio club can celebrate a landmark anniversary. In this case the
South Jersey Radio Association (SJRA) is preparing to celebrate its centennial anniversary and stake its
claim to being one of the oldest continually meeting clubs of its kind in North America. Founded on June
12, 1916 in the home of William G. Phillips in Collingswood, NJ, the history of SJRA dates back to the
very inception of radio, predating the first commercial radio broadcast by four years!
The club became affiliated with the ARRL in 1920. More information about the club’s rich history can be
found at www.sjra.org/timeline. The club invites other amateur radio operators to join in the celebration
and become a centennial member of SJRA. Various benefits accompany membership during the 2016
SJRA centennial year. Information about these benefits and applications can be found on the website at
www.sjra.org/basic-page/sjra-centennial. Other plans to celebrate the SJRA Centennial include a 10-day
QSO party from June 10 through 19 with various awards for participation. Participants can use just about
any mode using their QRP, low power or high power stations. Bonus points are awarded for logging an
SJRA member station, identified by the call/100 designation, or the clubs K2AA station. Complete rules
and logging details can be found at www.sjra.org/basic-page/sjra-centennial. Logs can be submitted in
any of the standard formats. Please join us in celebrating this special occasion in the history of the South
Jersey Radio Association.
Reprinted with permission from the South Jersey Radio Association.
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Oklahoma QSO Party
March 12, 2016
Mississippi QSO Party
April 2, 2016
Call: N2CQ
Operator (s) : N2CQ
Station: N2CQ
Call: N2CQ
Operator (s) : N2CQ
Station: N2CQ
Class: SOAB LP
QTH: SNJ
Operating Time (hrs): 6
Location: Out of State/Province
Class: Single Op LP
QTH: SNJ
Operating Time (hrs): 4
Location: Out of State/Province
Summary: Compare Scores
Band CW Qs Ph Qs Dig Qs
-------------------------------------------------------------------------160:
80:
40:
7
0
0
20:
43
0
0
15:
22
0
0
10:
6:
-------------------------------------------------------------------------Total: 72
0
0
Mults: 35
Total Score: 7,560
Club: Frankford Radio Club
Summary: Compare Scores
Band CW Qs Ph Qs Dig Qs
-------------------------------------------------------------------------80:
40:
20:
19
0
0
15:
10:
6:
2:
-------------------------------------------------------------------------Total: 19
0
0
Mults: 14
Total Score: 532
Club: Frankford Radio Club
Comments: Many thanks for the FB mobile OPs and fix
stations too! de Ken N2CQ. Equipment: IC-756PROII,
Force 12 C3SS Dipole.
Comments:
Michigan QSO Party
April 16, 2016
Ontario QSO Party
April 16, 2016
Call: N2CQ
Operator (s) : N2CQ
Station: N2CQ
Call: N2CQ
Operator (s) : N2CQ
Station: N2CQ
Class: Single Op QRP
QTH: SNJ
Operating Time (hrs):
Location: Out of State/Province
Class: SO CW QRP
QTH: SNJ
Operating Time (hrs):
Location: Out of State/Province
Summary: Compare Scores
Band CW Qs Ph Qs
-------------------------------------------------------------------------80:
10
0
40:
23
0
20:
1
0
15:
10:
6:
-------------------------------------------------------------------------Total: 34
0
CW Mults: 20 Ph Mults: 0
Total Score: 1,360
Summary: Compare Scores
Band CW Qs Ph Qs
-------------------------------------------------------------------------160:
80:
13
0
40:
19
0
20:
1
0
15:
10:
-------------------------------------------------------------------------Total: 33
0
Mults: 24
Total Score: 2,160
Club: Frankford Radio Club
Club: Frankford Radio Club
Comments
Comments:
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Local MS Walks for May 1, 2016:
Nebraska QSO Party
April 18, 2016
Cooper River Park, Pennsauken
Ocean City Boardwalk
Washington Lake Park, Sewell
Call: N2CQ
Operator (s) : N2CQ
Station: N2CQ
Class: Fixed QRP
QTH: SNJ
Operating Time (hrs):
Location: Out of State/Province
Summary: Compare Scores
Band CW Qs Ph Qs Dig Qs
-------------------------------------------------------------------------160:
80:
40:
20:
1
0
0
15:
10:
6:
-------------------------------------------------------------------------Total: 1
0
0
Mults: 1
Total Score: 4
Maximilian Kolbe, SP3RN
Patron Saint of Amateur Radio Operators
Club:
Comments:
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Regional Yaesu System Fusion Repeaters
County, State
Location
Callsign/Club
Frequency
Off-Set
PL Tone
Atlantic County, NJ
Atlantic City
K2ACY
449.625 MHz
Minus
156.7 Hz
Atlantic County, NJ
West Atlantic City
W2HRW/SPARC
443.250 MHz
Plus
146.2 Hz
Camden County, NJ
Blue Anchor
KB2AYS
445.125 MHz
Minus
91.5 Hz
Camden County, NJ
Cherry Hill
NJ2CH
145.370 MHz
Minus
91.5 Hz
Camden County, NJ
Cherry Hill
K3RJC/HARC
444.900 MHz
Plus
131.8 Hz
Camden County, NJ
Cherry Hill
KB2UMJ
446.375 MHz
Minus
91.5 Hz
Camden County, NJ
Gloucester City
NJ2GC
447.775 MHz
Minus
146.2 Hz
Camden County, NJ
Runnemede
WA2WUN
147.225 MHz
Plus
192.8 Hz
Gloucester County, NJ
Pitman
W2MMD/GCARC
147.180 MHz
Plus
131.8 Hz
Gloucester County, NJ
Pitman
W2MMD/GCARC
442.100 MHz
Plus
131.8 Hz
Mercer County, NJ
Lawrenceville
W2MER
147.105 MHz
Plus
123.0 Hz
Mercer County, NJ
West Trenton
W2ZQ/DVRA
146.670 MHz
Minus
131.8 Hz
Mercer County, NJ
West Trenton
W2ZQ/DVRA
442.650 MHz
Plus
131.8 Hz
Ocean County, NJ
Manchester
WA2RES/OCARES
145.170 MHz
Minus
131.8 Hz
Ocean County, NJ
Toms River
NJ2AR/JSARS
448.625 MHz
Minus
141.3 Hz
Salem County, NJ
Pennsville
N2KEJ/SCRA
146.625 MHz
Minus
131.8 Hz
Bucks County, PA
Hilltown
K3DN/WARC
443.950 MHz
Plus
131.8 Hz
Bucks County, PA
Sellersville
W3AI/RFHARC
444.750 MHz
Plus
103.5 Hz
Bucks County, PA
Southampton
W3SK/PWA
146.790 MHz
Minus
131.8 Hz
Bucks County, PA
Southampton
W3SK/PWA
448.225 MHz
Minus
131.8 Hz
Chester County, PA
Paoli
WB3JOE/MARC
445.675 MHz
Minus
131.8 Hz
Chester County, PA
Valley Forge
W3PHL/PARA
443.900 MHz
Plus
131.8 Hz
Delaware County, PA
Lawrence Park
W3DI
447.375 MHz
Minus
100.0 Hz
Montgomery County, PA
Horsham
K3JJO/DRC
147.165 MHz
Plus
162.2 Hz
Montgomery County, PA
Wyndmoor
K3PDR/PDRA
447.475 MHz
Minus
Open
Philadelphia County, PA
Philadelphia
WM3PEN/HARC
146.685 MHz
Minus
146.2 Hz
Philadelphia County, PA
Roxborough
W3QV/Phil-Mont
444.800 MHz
Plus
186.2 Hz
Kent County, DE
Dover
KC3ARC/KCARC
146.970 MHz
Minus
77.0 Hz
Kent County, DE
Woodside
KC3ARC/KCARC
146.910 MHz
Minus
77.0 Hz
New Castle County, DE
Newark
W3DRA/DRA
146.700 MHz
Minus
131.8 Hz
New Castle County, DE
Newark
W3DRA/DRA
449.025 MHz
Minus
131.8 Hz
New Castle County, DE
Wilmington
WA3UYJ
146.955 MHz
Minus
131.8 Hz
**Sussex County, DE
Lewes
W4ALT
443.550 MHz
Plus
156.7 Hz
Sussex County, DE
Millsboro
WS3ARA/SARA
449.825 MHz
Minus
156.7 Hz
Sussex County, DE
Selbyville
WS3ARA/SARA
147.015 MHz
Plus
156.7 Hz
*New entry or update as of this issue.
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May Birthdays
In Memoriam
May Birthdays
Congratulations to our members celebrating their
birthday this month
Insu Chon AB2IT
Michael Covaleski N2MMC
Robert Demola KD2GFL
Carmen Inverso WA2TRS
Brian Jones KD2BXD
William Jones KD2FHM
Darrell Neron AB2E
Joseph Shevlin KC2PHM
Virginia Wallace KB2JCQ
Silent Keys:
David Allin N2TVR
Walton Ashton Jr WB2OYQ
Bertha Farr Eggert WA4BMC
Hyman Friend KB2GH
Herbert Telling N2IZM
Crosstalk Submissions
This is your Club newsletter. Make use of it.
If you have stories or photos of your hobby that you would like to share with the Club, please do so!
We will keep covering all of the GCARC events, but it is also nice to get those personal perspectives to
include in every issue.
Connecting through experiences is what makes the Gloucester County Amateur Radio Club a
REAL club.
All submissions, queries, comments and editorials should be addressed to
Jeffrey Garth, KC2WCS at jeff <dot> garth <at> comcast <dot> net.
Submission deadline for the June 2016 issue: Friday, May 20, 2016
Club Website www.w2mmd.org
Club E-Mail Reflector: GCARC <at> Mailman <dot> QTH <dot> Net
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May Contest Calendar
For more information on the contests, please go to the WA7BNM Contest Calendar website:
www.hornucopia.com/contestcal
May Contest Calendar - Continued on page 27
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May Contest Calendar
For more information on the contests, please go to the WA7BNM Contest Calendar website:
www.hornucopia.com/contestcal
May Contest Calendar - Continued from page 26
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Club Committees
Standing Committees
Membership
Publicity
Hamfest
Repeater
Hospitality
Club Site
Field Day
Nominations
Health and Welfare
Budget
Constitution and By-Laws
Activity Committees
ARES/RACES Emergency Communications
Club Publications
License Testing/VEC Liaison
Programs
Database/Roster
Historian
Summer Picnic
Foxhunts
W2MMD License Trustee
Committee Chairs
Cory Sickles, WA3UVV
Cory Sickles, WA3UVV
Sheldon Parker, K2MEN and Bill Price, NJ2S
Michael Weldon, KB2UMJ
Dave MacDonald, WB3JOY
Al Arrison, KB2AYU
Al Arrison, KB2AYU
Jim Wright, N2GXJ
Ray Martin, W2RM
Al Arrison, KB2AYU
Ron Block, NR2B
Committee Chairs
John Zaruba Jr, K2ZA
Jeffrey Garth, KC2WCS
Gary Reed, N2QEE
Cory Sickles, WA3UVV
Jeffrey Garth, KC2WCS
Jeffrey Garth, KC2WCS
Jennifer Robinson, KD2EYR
Jim Wright, N2GXJ
Darrell Neron, AB2E
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6. Members are subscribed to the reflector using the member's e-mail address from the roster database.
You must use that address when sending an e-mail via the reflector.
7. If you use another address on the reflector, the message will get rejected or "bounced", because the reflector does not recognize that address.
8. Whenever a message sent to reflector is rejected or "bounced" for various reasons, the administrator
has to log-in to the Mailman.QTH website and approve the message. If the admin recognizes the address
as belonging to a club member, the message is accepted and passed on to the reflector.
FYI...If you use Comcast e-mail, you are limited to 100 addresses per message.
For more information about the e-mail reflector, goto : www.mailman.qth.net
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Meeting Calendar
The W2MMD Repeaters
General Membership Meeting
Output: 147.180 MHz
Input: 147.780 MHz
Offset: +600 kHz - PL: 131.8 Hz
Wednesday, May 4, 2016 @ 1930 Hours
Pfeiffer Community Center
301 Blue Bell Road
(Main Street and Blue Bell Road)
Williamstown, NJ
(Conventional FM plus C4FM Capability)
Output: 442.100 MHz
Input: 447.100 MHz
Offset: +5 MHz - PL: 131.8 Hz
Board of Directors Meeting
Wednesday, May 18, 2016 @ 1900 Hours
GCARC Clubhouse
Gloucester County 4-H Fairgrounds
235 Bridgeton Pike (Rt 77), Mullica Hill, NJ
(Conventional FM plus C4FM Capability)
Output: 1284.400 MHz
Input: 1272.400 MHz
Offset: -12.0 MHz
PL Tone: None
The above 3 repeaters are all
located in Pitman, NJ
GPS: 39.728481°, -75.131088°
May 4, 2016 Club Meeting
John Zaruba, K2ZA
D-STAR: The advantages of this
digital methodology
Output: 224.660 MHz
Input: 223.060 MHz
Offset: -1.6 MHz
PL Tone: 131.8 Hz
Location: Sewell, NJ
GPS: 39.781382°, -75.099963°
Area Repeater Nets
SKYWARN™ Net
Sunday @ 1945: 147.180 MHz
Gloucester County ARES/RACES Net
Sunday @ 2000: 147.180 MHz
Gloucester County Amateur Radio Club - P. O. Box 370 - Pitman, NJ 08071
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