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OLD BARNEY
Amateur Radio Club
http:www.obarc.org
e-mail: [email protected]
ARRL AFFILIATED
February 2015
NEXT MEETING Tuesday, February 3, 2015 at 7:30 PM
At The Ocean Acres Community Center 489 Nautilus Dr. Manahawkin, NJ
Old Barney Amateur Radio Club is celebrating its 40th Anniversary this year
Upcoming 2 Meter Beam Project
We have reserved the Ocean Acres Community Center the 2
meter project is to be held on February 21st at 10:00 AM.
For the sake of new members, from time to time OBARC
sponsors a building project. Our most recent project was
building a 2 meter J-Pole antenna. We had 10 builders and 10
mentors taking part in that project.
The 2 meter beam project starts at 8 am with an introduction to
antenna modeling software. We will than build a simple multielement 2 meter beam on a wooden boom. The antenna will be
optimized using an antenna analyzer and the elements length
will be tweaked.
Keep in mind, parasitic beam (only one drive element) theory is
the same regardless of the frequency. A 20 Meter bean is
approximately 10 times the size of a 2 Meter Bean.
EDITOR W2KJS
KEN SIMONSEN
Members are encouraged to
contribute to the newsletter
ideas, comments and concerns
are welcome. Please send to my
email address.
[email protected]
Normal membership meeting is
held on the first Tuesday of the
month at 7:30 PM at the
Ocean Acres Community
Center on Nautilus Drive in
Manahawkin.
Refreshments served.
If there is sufficient interest we will have a more advance
exposure of the antenna modeling software after the
construction phase.
Handicap accessible.
The only cost is for materials and that should only be a couple
of bucks.
Old Barney Amateur Radio Club
Anyone, not only OBARC members are welcome to attend.
P.O. Box 117
Jim, K2SZ, is in charge of the project and I would like to thank
Jim for his time and effort.
Manahawkin, NJ 08050
Visitors Welcome!
President’s Page
Radio Matters
By: Urb W1UL
January was an interesting month. It started with George Smith agreeing to present the program for
February but toward the end of the month he was involved in a car accident and was pretty banged up
and unfortunately had to cancel his appearance. Get well soon George.
The month ended with the blizzard that wasn't. As Shakespeare once said, “Much to do about nothing.”
On a more positive note, the plans for the 2 meter beam workshop was set for Saturday February 21st at
10:00 AM at the Ocean Acres Community Center. Thanks to Jim K2SZ for his efforts on this project.
Everyone is invited to either build of be a mentor, you don't have to be a member.
The OBARC Free Members Lending Library is almost ready to go. Essentially, members may borrow item
is 5 different categories: Books, Magazines, CDs, Equipment and Tools. We now have well over 100 item
in the library, check it out:
http://obarc.org/member-lounge/library.php
We are planning a one day Technician's Ham Cram. Show up in the morning with a desire to get a ham
license and leave in the afternoon with a license. Planning on late March. If you know anyone who might
like to attend have them contact me: [email protected] or 609-937-5487. We're not looking for a
commitment, only an indication of interest.
Think About It
By Urb W1UL
Is ham radio a microcosm of the general population? There was a recent DXpedition to Iran and it was a
mess. Any DXpedition has its share of “cops” who try to stop stupid people doing what stupid people do
such as calling on the DX station's frequency. In essence the cops cause more QRM than they deflect. In
many cases the offending operators are simply inexperienced. The EP6T DXpedition was plagued by
some of the most inconsiderate people I've ever experienced. Deliberately causing QRM was a relatively
small part of the lid's operating scheme. Has ham radio just become a reflection of the inconsiderate
society in which we live? I sure hope not.
If you're relatively new to ham radio be guided by a large amount of time listening and less time
transmitting. You'll recognize good operating when you hear it. Emulate the cream of the hobby and
ignore the examples of those who lack common curiosity.
ON THE AIR FOR FEBRUARY
By Skip N1IBM
Hello you may have missed in the November On the air column that I ask for your input about the DX info. Well I
had no response so that tells me we needed a change and going along with this Month's program. At the
program we hope to answer as many of your questions as we can. That being said The News Letter Column will
now be called DX and You. Know I am not a writer and not an expert by any means. However I am open to
suggestions from anyone on any topic related to DX, antennas, Logging, Software, Contesting, DXCC, making
submissions, or just anything you like as this is about what you want to know about. If you need to know then for
sure someone else does too. I will do my best to research and write about your topic and hope to answer your
questions. Just remember I need to know what you want to know about? So send me your input and I hope we
get some interesting topics. I can pick but then I am not really helping you. Send your topics to
[email protected] put in the subject newsletter just so I do not miss any. So for this month since I am not
telling you what is on the air I will tell you a few places where you can find that information. Good luck all hope to
see you at the meeting and work a lot of DX.
DX and YOU
By Skip N1IBM
For this month we will talk about were and how to find out what is on the air now and what is expected to be
coming on this month and months to follow.
First to see what is on the air right now of course it will require the internet. I have found the best to be
http://www.dxscape.com/ The reason I like it is the options allow you to see spots sent from say just the US or
just Europe or from all. You can choose to see spots on just one band or one mode or all it's up to your
choosing. Also there is a data base to search old spots to check a busted call or any other reason. I will leave it
at that for the live spots for now.
Now for checking on what is coming up in the next week and months. There are so many sources and they are
all different. It is important to check more than one. I will just put a list here as they are all good in there on way.
Some you can check live on the internet and some you can sign up for a weekly newsletter. Some are free and
some are not. I would start with the free ones unless you have money to spend.
http://www.ng3k.com/misc/adxo.html
http://www.dxcoffee.com/eng/ daily email
http://www.njdxa.org/index.php weekly email
http://www.hornucopia.com/contestcal/weeklycont.php Contest information
http://www.dailydx.com/trial.html This is not free but you can get a free two trial
ARRL Web site [[email protected]] weekly email
The above sites should get you enough information that you will not miss the rare one you need. I hope you
found this of some use and do not forget to send me your ideas to [email protected] for the months to
follow.
73's
Skip/N1IBM
VE TEST SESSIONS
Lending Library
OBARC: VE sessions will take place before the
regular meeting at 6:30pm. Sessions are limited
to 1 hour. Walk ins are welcome. Contact Urb,
W1UL via email [email protected] or by phone
296-5856 Directions to test site are available at
http://www.obarc.org.
JSARS: The 3rd Thursday of e v e r y month at
7:00PM (Walk-ins a l l o w e d ) Contact: Edward
Egenoino WA2NDA (609)693-3729 or cell 609713-4057 Email: [email protected]
Location: Riverwood R e c r e a t i o n P a r k -bldg.
#2 Riverwood Drive & Whitesville Rd (527) Toms
River jsars rptr 146.910 mhz,,pl 127.3 Toms
River, NJ 08755 legal photo ID, original and a
photocopy of your current Amateur Radio license
and any Certificates of Successful Completion of
Examination (CSCE) Social Security Number
(SSN) or your FCC issued Federal Registration
Number (FRN). VEC's are required by FCC to
submit either your SSN or your FRN number
HCARC (Holiday City ARC) VE Sessions –
The second Wednesday of every month at 7 pm.
Place: Holiday City South Clubhouse area,
Meeting Rm. #1. Mule Rd. at the corner of
Santiago Dr., Toms River, NJ. Directions: Rt.
37W to Mule Rd. jug-handle, then on Mule Rd.
To Santiago Drive, about ½ mile. Turn left into
Santiago Dr. To parking lot entrance.
Contact: Larry Puccio, K2QDY
At: [email protected]
Pre-registration is requested but not required.
By Urb W1UL
I have set up a beta version of the online library.
Go to obarc.org and on the left side navigation click
on the "Free Lending Library" link.
This will be the public version of the library for nonmembers but they will not be able to reserve an
item. Member will login at the Member Lounge with
their call and password and one of the items will be
the Member versions of the lending library.
We currently have 109 items loaded into the
searchable database. K2SZ has donated many
things but they are yet to be loaded into the
database.
Please let me know what items you would like to
see added to the library especially in the equipment
category.
Special thanks to my friend Greg, W2MYS from
NJDXA. He has donated 29 magazines to the
library, mostly CQ Magazines. CQ has a monthly
column on Kit Building you may find interesting.
Again, this is a beta version, any ideas,
suggestions or criticisms would be greatly
appreciated.
OLD BARNEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB
February 2015
OBARC EMAIL ALIASES and REFLECTOR
OBARC is in the process of giving every member an OBARC.ORG alias. Essentially an alias
address, such as [email protected], automatically forwards mail sent to your alias address to a
user specified address. Any mail sent to [email protected] is automatically forwarded to [email protected].
There are several advantages for OBARC members having an email alias in the form of [email protected].
1. If you know a member’s call you also know how to get email to that member.
2. If you have ever gone through the process of having to change you email address you know
what a chore it can be. You have to let everyone who might send you email at your new
address that your address has changed from you previous address. If you have and use an
OBARC alias you only have the change you old address to your new address in one place and
bingo you’re done.
To check to see if you have an alias in place, send a message to [email protected]. If the
message does not arrive in your In Box, let me know and I’ll get you set up. Send me your
current call and your preferred email address. [email protected] or call me at 609-937-5487.
OBARC-L Reflector.
What is a reflector? Most people on the Internet call them discussion lists but ham radio
enthusiasts tend to call them reflectors. No matter what you call them they are all software programs
that store a list of subscribers and send any posted emails to all subscribers automatically.
Virtually all OBARC members are also subscribed to the OBARC-L reflector. To post a
message to the reflector simply send an email to:
[email protected].
The name of the list need not be capitalized; it’s only capitalized here to avoid confusing an “L”
with a “1”.
Add a subject and the body to the message as you would with any email message. Click on
your “send” icon and presto, you’ve sent a message to all OBARC-L subscribers.
You can only post to the reflector using your subscribed address or an address on a “white list.”
Please note that if you are using an alias such as [email protected] you most likely cannot post from that
address. Send me an email using the email address you normally use to send messages.
[email protected] or call me at 609-937-5487. I will add you to our “white list.” You can be white listed
for more than one email address. People who are "white listed” can send email to the reflectors from an
address other than their subscribed address.
You can add or remove yourself from the list. Send a message to: [email protected]
In the body put
Subscribe obarc-l
Or unsubscribe obarc-l
That's an “L” above, not a one.
You can also get a list of all OBARC-L subscribers:
Send a message to [email protected] and in the body put: List OBARC-L
If you have any question of problems please contact me directly.
73 Urb W1UL [email protected] 609-937-5487
OLD BARNEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB
February 2015
Ocean County ARES® News – February, 2015
The next meeting of Ocean County ARES will be on February 18th, 2015 at the Ocean County EOC,
Robert J. Miller Airpark, Berkeley Township. The meeting starts at 7:00 PM. There will be no training
net held that evening due to the meeting. As I sat here putting this document together, the mail was
delivered and the ARCC finally sent the final Certificate of Coordination for the 145.170 MHz, WA2RES
repeater in Manchester. It only took 3 years to get it. There is still no word on the 70 cm frequency pair
for the Harvey Cedars D-Star repeater from the ARCC. It’s interesting how ARCC processes dozens of
requests for the W3BXW system every year, but we can’t get a single request processed. While on the
subject of D-Star, I encourage everyone to try out the “Ratflector” put together by
Keith – KC2OON. It is linked to the temporary Ocean County ARES D-Star repeater at the
Ocean County EOC on 444.500 MHz, +5 MHz (WA2RES/R). All it takes to get started is download the
D-Rats program from the Internet and plug in a few parameters in the setup and you then have the
capability to chat or send messages with other Ocean County ARES operators.
We are also going to monitor the Ratflector during ARES training nets and pass on any comments from
the chat section to the voice net. If you can’t make it into the repeater, but can monitor the output, this
is a good way to check into the net and be heard.
Keith has spent a lot of time putting this all together and it runs on a simple Raspberry Pi computer
drawing very little current from a 5 VDC source. D-Rats can be configured to be linked to the Internet
via a unique IP or you can gain access via RF if you have a D-Star radio inrange of the EOC repeater.
Once the repeater is installed at Harvey Cedars with a decent antenna, the system will become even
more functional. The D-Rats program will be covered in detail at the February 18th ARES meeting, so
if you have questions, bring them to the meeting!
The US Coast Guard Auxiliary Flotilla 16-01 and OMARC will be hosting a “Hamcram” session at the
Bayville First Aid Squad on Saturday, February 28th form 9:00 AM until 3:00 PM. There will be a VE
session at 1:00 PM to test anyone wanting to try for their license. Information on the class is available
at: http:/www.nject.us
73 de WX2NJ
Bob Murdock
Ocean County Amateur Radio Emergency Service® EC