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1 August 2012 Vol. 37, # 8 THE WACOM HAM INSIDE THIS ISSUE: WACOM President’s Message—2 DXpeditions Feature — St Pierre et Miquelon—8-10 WACOM General Information—3 West Alex Fair/5K Labor Day Run – 11 WACOM Meeting Minutes - 4 WACOM Hamfest Flyer – 11 Upcoming Events—5 WACOM Annual Picnic –12 WACOM DX Corner—6 WACOM Renewal Form - 13 WACOM Annual Picnic –7 2011 West Alexander Fair FP-land Coat-of-Arms 2011 WACOM Picnic 2 WACOM President’s Message - August 2012 Hello Radio ! ( That is usually how I preface my good morning "check in" to the K3PSP 146.79 repeater. ). Seem to be a group developing that calls into the repeater on a daily basis on their way to their "first stop" ( work , coffee, shop- ping ?? whatever) about 8-8:30am. You should try it , it's fun. Speaking of FUN, Our WACOM Picnic is Thursday August 2nd at our fa- vorite FIREHALL South Strabane VFD #1 (1696 East Maiden St, Washing- ton, PA 15301) @ 6 PM!! Bill—NY9H While it appears that Sherman Hemsley's day's on earth are gone, he might be "Movin' On Up " ; But WE ARE, as we are finally making headway with upgrading the .79 repeater. It had been moved from "Wheeler Hill" to 225 feet up the tower at Washington Park ( thanks to Dennis PSP and his crew, including Don YLR) . And so far, it indeed is showing the increased coverage the committee expected. While there may be some fine tuning, due to a new "RF" environment, it looks great so far. Especially along the Interstates, so do say "HI" whenever you hear a visitor passing. Sam has also extended his .49 radiator , and coverage with the addition of several more Rohn sections. One never knows who he will find when he turns on his HF ham radio. Yesterday, on 20 meter SSB, I worked a Puerto Rican station, which was a " Youth DX Adventure" mini expedition. Later, I found and contacted another " Youth DX " station, but on 17 meters TI5/ KS3P. That call belongs to Kaitlyn Cole the "young" daughter of Stan Cole NX3P formerly from South Franklin....they were busy making contacts , so I followed up with an email . Part of his response… [I] 'attended 5th grade at Morris Twp High School.. My class was the first year to go through the brand new McGuffey Middle School. My dad was AD3T (SK) and my mom is N3AOK and still lives in SF Twp. My daughter is Kaitlyn KS3P and she was the 2011 Amateur Radio Newsline Young Ham of the Year and she attended FDIM for the Build a Thon. I moved from PA in 2003 and now reside in north Alabama. I come back to PA rarely as work keeps me hoping. Kaitlyn and I are pretty active on HF and would love to talk to Wash, PA'. WOW ...... turn on that radio !!!!! Speaking of young people, WACOM TECH & GENERAL CLASSES begin on Tuesday Night, SEPT 4. 6:30 pm at "OUR" firehouse South Strabane VFD #1 (1696 East Maiden St, Washington, PA 15301) Class should be for 8 weeks, possibly with testing on the day following the last class. The General Class will follow shortly after. Our goal is to get everybody operating on HF. So far we've been very fortunate, as everyone has succeeded in passing. While the FREE classes are provided by WACOM , we need to have everyone at studying on the same page. We use the Gordon West study manuals ( about 24$ ) , which may be in stock at Radio Shack stores. We also request that you advise your intention to participate by sending an email to [email protected] . Please include your name ,address, phone, cell, and if you wish us to provide the manuals. Just prior to the first class we will place an order with the publisher. toner gone, 73 Bll NY9H/3 PS: I was successful in getting stuff destroyed by Verizon replaced/repaired & back on line! 3 WACOM OFFICERS, BOARD OF DIRECTORS, STAFF, REPEATERS, AND NETS! Repeaters W3CYO - 145.490 MHz, 443.300 MHz Officers K3PSP - 146.790 MHz President: Bill Steffey, NY9H; [email protected] 2 Meter Net - Tuesdays at 8:30PM on K3PSP Vice President: Dave Demotte, N3IDH; Repeater [email protected] Secretary: John Quigg, N3GHR 10-meter net - Tuesdays at 9PM on 28.340 MHz [email protected] Treasurer: Norma Plants, N3YJJ; YL Net [email protected] - Wednesdays at 7:30PM on K3PSP Repeater Board of Directors Elmer Net Director: Adam Quigg, NZ3S, - Wednesdays at 8PM on K3PSP [email protected] Repeater (immediately following the WA- Director: Jim Burtoft, KC3HW; COM YL Net) [email protected] LOCAL TRAFFIC NETS Director: Bud Plants, N3TIR; [email protected] <+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+> Webmaster: Joe Caldwell, N3XE; SWPA 2-Meter Daily Net 146.880 8:00 p.m. [email protected] WACOM Ham Editor: Ken Frankenbery, AA3GM * * * * * * * * * * * [email protected] HF WPA Phone Daily Net 3.983 6:00 p.m. 4 WACOM General Meeting Minutes 5 July 2012, 7:30 PM _______________________________________________________ Present: Bill S ( NY9H), Bud (N3TIR), Norma (N3YJJ), Sam (W3CYO), Dave D (N3IDH), Paul (W3PLP), Adam (NZ3S), John Q (N3GHR), Bob K (KB3IN), Frank (KB3AAG), Joe C (N3XE), Loren (WA3WZR), Patty (N3XAR), Jim B (KC3HW), Jim (AA3JK), Ed (N3ZNI), Don (KB3YRL), Fay (KA3VOM), Ken (AA3GM), Ralph (KB3VGY), Melissa (KB3VGU), Denny (K8DKS), Debbie (KD8KAC), Dennis (K3PSP), Jim(AA3JK), Dan (AB3EN), Bill (W3WH), Larry (K3VY) Bill called the meeting to order at 7:30 PM Reports Secretary – Don moved to accept minutes as published in newsletter, Bud 2nd, motion carried Treasurer – Norma gave treasurer’s report; Adam moved to accept treasurer’s report, Dave 2nd, motion carried; Norma noted that any outstanding receipts for field day should be turned in Repeater – frequency now available, Dennis will put repeater at Scenery Hill; Sam says 49 will be installed on tower soon Education – new VEs trained; Bill will have schedule for Technician and General classes by mid-August Nets – Wednesday night nets stopped until this fall; Bud working on a digital net ARES,RACES – 1st energy drill sent messages to Red Cross Old Business Club house – Dave reported that we should be able to move in soon; Bill and Bud going to next fire department meeting to discuss improvements Picnic – picnic will be first Thursday in August, the 2nd, at South Strabane fire hall (Laboratory) nd rd st Ham Fest – purchased 2 and 3 prizes from Ed; 1 prize to be a TV; vendors from last year coming again Field Day – good score, CW down, phone up because it ran all night; thanks to all who participated; it was sug- gested that we put a committee together to improve next year’s event VE – Bob Kinnear (KI4DBH) is now VE coordinator There being no further business, Sam moved to adjourn, Dave 2nd, meeting adjourned at 8:02 PM Thanks to Dan for his demonstration of the HRD deluxe operating software! Next WACOM meeting 2 August 2012, 6:00 PM!! FEATURING... WACOM Club Picnic! South Strabane Fire Dept. #1, 1696 E. Maiden St., Washington Pa. 5 __________________________________________________________ 2012 WACOM Upcoming Events Calendar Meetings, Contests & Other Significant Club Events (Subject to Change) 2 August 2012- WACOM PICNIC and meeting at 6:00 PM! South Strabane Fire Dept. #1 in Pancake 4-5 August 2012 - ARRL UHF Contest, http://www.arrl.org 26 August 2012—Western PA Section Convention, New Kensington, PA, : http://www.skyviewradio.net 3 September 2012- Labor Day 5K Classic, Washington, PA -http://www.laborday5kclassic.com 6 September 2012 - WACOM Meeting at 7:30PM @ Washington County Building 6-8 September 12—West Alexander Fair SES, West Alex, PA - www.westalexfair.com 8-9 September 2012 - September VHF QSO Party, http://www.arrl.org 9 September 2012—Butler Swapfest, Butler, PA- http://w3udx.org 30 September 2012—MarcFest, Belle Vernon, PA—http://www.w3csl.org 4 October 2012 - WACOM Meeting at 7:30PM @ Washington County Building 13-14 October 2012—PA QSO Party! - http://www.nittany-arc.net/PAQSO.html 4 November 2012—WACOM 2012 Hamfest!, Washington Co. Fairgrounds— http://www.wacomarc.org Want to show off your shack, antennas, and/or projects? 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