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Newsletter March 2009 Kingston Amateur Radio Club 2009 Executive President: Les, VE3KFS Newsletter Editor: Joan Clarke [email protected] [email protected] Vice-Pres: Robert, VE3RPF Repeater Committee: [email protected] VE3KFS, Les Lindstrom [email protected] Treasurer: Bill, VA3OL [email protected] VA3GST, John Snasdell-Taylor [email protected] Secretary: Chip, VA3KGB va3kgb@rac .ca VA3KGB, Chip Chapman [email protected] Past-Pres: Tom, VE3UDO [email protected] VE3JCQ, John Wood [email protected] 2009 Committee Chairs Two Meter Net Manager: VE3MNE, Don Gilroy [email protected] VE3CLQ, Bill Nangle [email protected] P.O. Box 1402 Kingston Ontario K7L 5C6 http://www.ve3kbr.com VE3KAR The 2nd Repeater is now VE3KBR Operational VE3UEL 147.090(+) MHz VE3KER 146.94(-) MHz News Kingston Amateur NOTE FROM THE PRESIDENT (Les, VE3KFS) Tom Lloyd VA3ZE/ VE3UDO Silent Key The passing of Tom has really struck the Amateur community here in Kingston as the flood of mail on the Free list has shown. As a long standing member of the KARC Tom could always be counted on to provide guidance and help to his fellow Amateur. His support and hard work on such club efforts as the repeater, field day, Emergency services and Club picnics to mention just a few, were instrumental in the KARC success over many years. The celebration of Tom's life was very well attended by a majority of KARC members. Thanks to all who were able to attend. Don't forget the next club meeting on Wednesday, April 1st, 2009 7: 00 pm. at Smitty's From the Editor: This is a much smaller newsletter than you've been getting – not many articles coming in. I sure could use your help with interesting material for future newsletters. Kingston Amateur News Page 1 WEEKLY NETS: KARC conducts a 2m weekly net on VE3KBR - 146.940 (-) each Tuesday evening at 7:30 P.M. All are welcome to check-in. SCHEDULE OF NET CONTROLS April May 07 VE3SIQ 05 VE3MUD 14 VE3KC 12 VE3JPW 21 VE3NFU 19 VE3SIQ 28 VE3VJF 26 VE3KC If are any conflicts in the schedule please contact Bill at [email protected] and we'll juggle a few things. The net script has been posted on the Website FRONTENAC ARES Sunday night net on VE3KBR at 1930 hours. All are welcome to check-in. FRONTENAC ARES Tuesday HF night net on 3.740 at 2030 hours. The THIRD MONDAY of every month at 7:00 pm. is the KINGSTON ARES REGULAR MONTHLY MEETING at the Woodbine Firehall, second floor KARC Web page designed and maintained by: VA3KGB, Chip http://www.ve3kbr.com/ Publication Schedule of the KARC Newsletter will be April 29th, 2009 Kingston Amateur News Page 2 OF INTEREST SILENT KEY: Tom, VA3ZE. Tom Lloyd, (May 19, 1929 - March 20, 2009), passed away at the Kingston General Hospital. The Kingston Amateur Radio Club passes on its condolences to his wife, Minnie, and children Jo-Ann and Bill and families. Tom will be deeply missed by all those who knew him and were on the receiving end of his kindness and friendship. Tom and daughter, Jo-Ann December 31, 2008 Kingston Amateur News Page 3 There have been many tributes paid to Tom by members of the Kingston Amateur Radio Club. Too many to include on these pages. Following is one which I received from Steve, VE3KC, which I think represents the thoughts and feelings of all. The others, received, can be read at the end of this newsletter. Hello everyone: I am deeply saddened by Tom's death. I first met Tom in April 1992 just after he was licensed. Bill VE3DXY, Tom, me, and Bill VE3NFU, Stu VE3IVX, Bernard VE3NB or Michael VE3PRW - I can't remember which - went to the Pickering Fleamarket in VE3DXY's Volkswagen Diesel. Tom and I became good friends and spent countless hours together working on Club and personal projects, computers, enjoying fishing trips, fleamarkets, etc. Tom loved amateur radio and he loved helping people. He also loved animals. Those who have known him as long as I did will remember the myriad dogs and cats that were part of his family. And speaking of family, he was enormously proud of his son, daughter and granddaughter. He was looking forward to her wedding this fall and although he won't be there in person, he'll be watching, I'm sure of that. The Kingston amateur community was better with Tom in it. I have lost a good friend and we as a community have lost a true amateur whom we'll always remember and hold in the highest regard. We are all better because Tom was one of us. 73, Steve VE3KC Tom had a friendly helper Kingston Amateur News Page 4 DXpeditions and Contests for April Lots more planned DXpeditions for this month, no sign of a recession with the DXpeditions!! Here’s some of them for you to work: 6W/IK4ALM Operating from Senegal, 29 Mar 09 - 09 Mar 09. 40m - 10m. SSB and QRS CW. PJ2/PA4JJ Operating from the Netherlands Antilles, 01 Apr 09 - 11 Apr 09. All Bands. SSB and CW. SZ4/PA3EWP Operating from Kenya, 01 Apr 09 - 12 Apr 09. 40m – 10m. SSB and CW. VX8X Operating from Ellice Island, NWT, 02 Apr 09 - 05 Apr 09. 40m, 20m, and 15m. SSB and CW. K7XF/KH0 Operating from the Mariana Islands, 3 Apr 09 - 07 Apr 09. 80m – 10m. CW, SSB and RTTY. G3MXJ/K9N Operating from Norfolk Island, 4 Apr 09 - 14 Apr 09. 40m - 17m. CW only. VK9XGI Operating from Christmas Island, 04 Apr 09 - 11 Apr 09. All bands. CW and Digital. OH0/OH2YL Operating from Aland Island, 09 Apr 09 - 14 Apr 09. All bands. CW and SSB. C91FC Operating from Mozambique, 09 Apr 09 - 13 Apr 09. 80m-10m. SSB, CW and Digital. XU7MDY Operating from Cambodia, 09 Apr 09 - 21 Apr 09. 80m-10m. CW, SSB and Digital. SO4R Operating from the Western Sahara, 12 Apr 09 - 17 Apr 09. 160m-10m. SSB, CW and Digital. 5C2A Operating from Morocco, 19 Apr 09 - 25 Apr 09. All bands. CW, SSB, RTTY, and PSK31. JW/F8DVD Operating from Svalbard, 19 Apr 09 - 25 Apr 09. All bands. CW and SSB. 5W8A Operating from Samoa, 22 Apr 09-24 Apr 09. All bands. CW and SSB. April Contest Log RSGB 80m CW Contest. 1900Z – 2030Z April 6th. RSGB 80m SSB Contest. 1900Z – 2030Z April 15th. Ontario QSO Party. 1800Z April 18th to 0500 April 19th, and 1200Z to 1800Z April 19th. Run for the Bacon QRP. 0100Z – 0300Z April 20th. Nebraska QSO Party. 1700Z April 25th to 1700Z April 26th. ARRL International DX Contest, SSB. 0000Z Mar 07 – 2400Z Mar 08. Russian DX Contest. 1200Z Mar 21 – 1200Z Mar 22. CQ WW WPX Contest. 0000Z Mar 28 – 0000Z Mar 29. See you on the Bands !! Kingston Amateur News Page 5 THE KINGTON AMATEUR RADIO CLUB WEB SITE AND THE KARC NEWSLETTER ARE READ BY MORE THAN JUST ITS MEMBERS. To the VE3KBR membership, I read with great interest the article on CFS Alert. In 1976 as a contractor I was sent to CFS Alert to install the then new HF 10 KW transmitters (Lancaster Hall) and its HF receiving system (OPS Bldg). It was my first field assignment when I worked for Harris RF Communications in Rochester, NY. Following that project I did additional projects at T-1 Richardson, CFS Carp, NRS Newport Corner, CFS Debert, NRS Mill Cove, some Naval Detachment in Halifax, CFB Baden, CFB Lahr, St. Johns, NS, Kingston, ONT and other sites across Canada. Oh yes, I taught the (RF 745) 10 KW factory course to the DND instructors at Kingston. Biggest event was the blizzard of 1977..Back then, once the DND inner circle figured out what my past was, and it fact it was verified, I was always warmly welcomed at every DND facility I visited and enjoyed every trip I made to Canada. Prior to 1976 I was in the US Navy as a Communications Technician Maintenance (E-6) branch. My last active duty station was NAVSECACT Winter Harbor, ME. I worked in the TTY/Crypto area but I was also schooled at Goodfellow AFB on the infamous AN/GSQ-53 station clock. What a time piece that was! Sorry but I don't have any pictures myself to offer you. Thanks for the trip back down memory lane. It was good reading for me, especially when you know what really went on behind the Green Door. On the story of Alert, I did spend a lot of time visiting customers within DND and DCEM. I was aware of a lot of those projects. Regards, K3SKE Dan Szymanski Frederick County, MD Potomac Valley Radio Club National Capital DX Association Frederick Amateur Radio Club dxc.k3ske.net Kingston Amateur News Page 6 My Favorite Phone and Email Scams by Chip, VA3KGB Anyone who has a phone, cell phone or Internet access has probably received one or more scam messages. Thank goodness for Caller ID, but that doesn't tell you who the Blocked Name/Blocked Caller ones are. You have to love those ones from 123-4567 and 000-0000 numbers. They just don't get answered. A quick note on how to protect yourself. I never give out my bank account, credit card account number, PINs, etc over the phone to an incoming call. And no one gets my PIN numbers whether I phoned/emailed the institution or not. Unless I know who I'm talking/emailing to they don't get any personal information.