LOWER DUES PROPOSED

he following By-Law amendment to the club's Constitu­ T tion was submitted at the October 7, 1999 business meet­ MEETING HIGHUTES ing in accordance with the procedure specified in the club's Con­ he October business stitution. The membership will vote upon it during the Novem­ T meeting was called to or­ ber 4, 1999 business meeting. All members are urged to attend der at 7:06 pm by President the meeting and vote on this proposed amendment to the club's Chris Smith. Twenty-five constitution. members were present. Fol­ lowing the salute to the flag By-Law Amendment and roll call, the Secretary's and Treasurer's reports were We, the undersigned, request that Section 2 of By-Law Article II read and accepted. be deleted and replaced with the following: Committee reports fol­ lowed: Technical - The con­ Section 2- All members, except those specified in Section 1 of trol cable from the club to the By-Law Article II, shall pay dues of ten dollars ($10) per calen­ tower site was pulled in on dar year. Members joining the Association in the last 6 months October 7th. The repeater will of a calendar year shall pay five dollars ($5) for that year only. be installed at the new site the week of October 1Oth. Activi­ 1. William M. Miller Jr. 4. Henry R Blanchett Jr. ties - No report. Buildings and 2. Alan Dulong 5. Chris J. Smith Grounds - Andy Reuter re­ 3. Scott Szala 6. Janice G. Smith ported the grass has been cut. Ham Class - No report. Scholarship - No report. Con­ stitution- Work is progressing 1997- NlRFI speaks out... 1999 - SEE IT! steadily. Draft copies will be available for review Sunday mornings at the club. Tmver - Chain link fence about 75% complete. It is anticipated that the first cellular customer will be on the tower by December 1st. Fleamarket - Ed Blouin, KAlA\V, thanked all that helped make the fleamarket a success. Communications­ None. Ratifications - Eleven new and 'Tll believe it when I see it" reinstated members were voted • MEETL~G Page 2 Page2 November !999 ZERO BEAT MEf:Tt_NG- contmued from page one Published monthly by the into the club: Southeastern Massachusetts George Belford, Nl TNQ Amateur Radio Association, Inc. _: -.:~>~-\.::::;_:.; :=·· :·-_. - .. - : 54 Donald Street. Henry Brown, Kl WCC Sooth Dartmouth, MA 027 48 David Dean, KlJGV Novemberp, 1?99 Anthony Gomes, NlJXZ > . . 10:3tli~ t •••....••• EDITOR Dennis Hebert, AFl C ·SE~IAR<\ .Clubhouse · William M. ~filler Jr. K !IBR Robert Koczera, W 1BN . ···- . -· ... -·- ...... - ...... Phone: (508) 996-2%9 E-Mail: [email protected] Joseph Krisnosky, NliXC Jeffery Lehmann, NIZZN AD\'ERTISING s_~nw Mello, KAlESG LOCAL CoiiUllercial ads the size of a business card Nixo?l Pendergrass, KBlWB '>~.ill be accepted. Rates are $5.00 for one in­ Richard Robinson, Nl YZG VESESSIONS sertion. $20.00 for six insertions. and $35.00 for twelve insertions. Old Business - None IN NOVEMBER .'\on-commt>rcial ads up to forty words in length will be accepted. Rate is $3.00 for one New Business - A motion to or $12.00 for six insertions. Club members provide free spaces to vendors at have one free non-CQI11Illercial ad per month. next years Fleamarket was ap­ 08 Brookline, l\IA *********************************** proved, with the Fleamarket set Bob W ondolowski for September 10, 2000. TilE DEADLINE FOR 508-865-5822 SUBMITTING ARTICLES FOR A motion to reimburse Bin PUBLICATION IS TilE 15TH Field, W AlFYF, for a Mass 11 OF Tiffi PRECEDING MONIH. Providence, RI card sent to Rockv Pimentel, Judy Nelson KlVJZ, was appro;ed. 401-231-9156 A petition to change the ·- NAME THATCIRCUIT club's Constitution was pre­ 13 Falmouth, MA sented to the membership. (See page one for details.) Ben Fleck - ~~~---~o For the Good of the Club - 508-540-2583 - ;; \:::~ Board of Director's meeting Oc­ 1?\PL1 :1>- =:= OlTil'T tober 28th. 17 Cambridge, l\tA Nick Alterndben1d The meeting was ad­ - journed at 8:05 pm. 617-253-3776 Following the meeting, a 20 Marlborough, MA 1.) Regulated Power Supply "Mystery Box" donated by Ed 2.) Emitter Follower Amplifier William Wade 3.) Ratio Detector Baker, KlBKR, was auctioned 4.) Window Comparator off. The high bidder was Chris 781-891-9079 5.) Motor Drin ControDer Smith, KlCJS, who paid $6.50 A"'SWER- See Last Page for the box of goodies.

"!.1an's nund stretched by a new idea never goes back to its original dimensions. " Chuck Wyrick 224 N. Broadway Manager Salem, NH 03079 KM4NZ (603) 898-3750, 1-800-444-{)()47 Oliver Wen dell Holmes November 1999 SEMARA's ZERO BEAT Page 3

t is with deep regret I that we report the passing of former mem­ CLUB NOTES ber Kenneth Pickering, KlMTK, at age 77. Ken lived in Homestead, Florida the last six years ere it is November al­ and was a minister in the H ready! Where did Church of Gospel ~finis­ summer and fall go? Vet­ try for 21 years. Rest in erans Day is on the 11th, peace. Ken. and the BIG ONe (Turkey Day) comes on Thursday the 25th. n October 6th the 0 145.49 repeater in Fairhaven got stuck on ow! Eleven new or transmit for several W reinstated members hours and suffered con­ joined the club during the siderable damage. For Fleamarket held in Septem­ the duration of the out­ ber. All were voted into age, the Fairhaven membership during the Oc­ Weather Net was granted tober business meeting. permission to use our re­ Welcome to the club! peater. We wish Mark Jodoin, KAl WBF, he final figures are in good luck with the re­ T on the Fleamarket. pairs. We ended up making a net profit of $60 5. 71 in addi­ ~ub member Mar­ tion to $110.00 from new C mo Coppellotti, members that joined during NlPVP, was &lightly the event. However, the embarrassed--during the money we made is secon­ Horsetraders Fleamarket dary to the great time had in New Hampshire. by alll During the door prize drawings he thought they embers are cautioned drew his call, so he tried M to PLEASE unplug to claim the prize. It the coffee maker when turns out that they an­ leaving the club. The cof­ nounced Nl PVB, not fee maker was accidentally NIPVP! left on last month for sev­ eral days. We are fortunate ue to member's re­ that it didn't burn up or D quests, complete start a fire. information on the phasing out of FCC re you curious about Form 610 and the imple­ A how things work? mentation of the new . Then check out this nifty electronic filing system ~ .. Internet site. It is abso­ using the universal Form · . lutely fascinating! 605 will be covered in .. next month's issue of ... www. howstuffworks. com ZERO BEAT Page 4 SEMARA's ZERO BEAT November 1999

TilE E~LY YEARS OF CO!\tl~ltRCIAL RADIO IN OUR AREA

ommercial radio in the New Bedfurd area In mid-1925 C officially kicked off during the last week of \VBBG went off May in 1922 when WDAU went on the air from the air. Just like the Slocum & Kilburn "Mill Store". The store \\/'DAU, it lasted {today we would call it a hardv.·are store) was lo­ Iess than two cated at 23-27 North Water Street in lower down­ years. And in a town New Bedford. The building still stands to way it was fi­ this day. nancial problems The 500 that caused its '11ltt sta­ demise too. All tion was radio stations, built by large or small, Irving had to pay V e r - ASCAP a large milya, fee to play IZE, who ASCAP music. was man­ Irving..... knew he RADIO STATION \VBBG ager of couldn't afford MATTAPOISETT, MA the radio to pay ASCAP 1925 depart­ for the music he ment in wanted to play on the station. He needed some the store. financial backing to keep the station on the air. Irving ac­ He solved the problem by joining forces with tually did Armand J. Lopez as a partner, and moving the the "first" station back to New Bedford. In November 1925 1--~------1 r a d i o the new venture licensed the station as WNBH SLOCUM & KILBURN SITE - 1999 b r o a d - since the main studios would be located in the (Part of the-Whaling Museum Complex) casting in New Bedford Hotel. Operating radio stations out this area of hotels was common in the 1920s as most ho­ from his amateur radio station lZE located at his tels had a house band (music!) and the commu­ home in Mattapoisett. However, in 1922 amateur nity image was enhanced by having a radio sta­ radio broadcasting to the public was prohibited by tion in the hotel. It is interesting to note that a re­ law, leaving only commercial stations to entertain mote studio as located in the home of Lester the public. Jenkins on Palmer Street in the west end of the 1923 didn't bode well for Slocum & Kilburn. city. Lester was also an amateur radio operator Financial problems beset the concern and in late with the call letters 1FR. 1923 it sold the radio station transmitter and The actual transmitter for WNBH was lo­ equipment to Irving. WDAU was off the air after cated at the Atlas Tack factory in Fairhaven. The less than two years ofbroadcasting. station's antenna was attached to the tall smoke- Irving installed the equipment from WDAU in his Mattapoisett home at 9 Atkinson Way. On January 9, 1924, he obtained a commercial li­ cense and went on the air as WBBG. He called the station "The Voice of Cape Cod", and trans­ mitted once a week each Wednesday evening. The station transmitted on 248 meters, or 12 I 0 KHz on today's radio dial. The antenna was sup­ ported by a 125 foot four-legged tower adjacent to his home. Stations as far away as Florida and Wyoming reported hearing \VBBGl November 1999 SEMARA's ZERO BEAT Page 5 stack on the property. Electrical power was pro­ WMAF was quite the station. Not only vided by a steam generator maintained by steam en­ did it transmit programs originating from its gineer Burt Hill. (Burt also ran the steam generator own elaborately appointed studios, but it also at Colonel Green's radio station in South Dart­ transmitted programs from the Capitol Theater mouth.) and other locations in New York City. Colonel Irving was the General Manager of WNBH for Green made arrangements with AT&T to relay many years, remaining with the station even after he the programs over telephone lines from New and his partner sold it (May 1934) to E. A. Anthony York to South Dartmouth. & Sons, 0\vners of the Standard-Times newspaper. Another feature Irving retired from \VNBH as Chief Engineer in of WMAF was its 1955. outdoor loudspeaker system. All of the programs transmitted on WMAF were also broadcast over loud­ n July 1, speakers installed 0 1923, rad10 around the top of a station \VMAF \vent \Vater tower at Round on the air from Colo­ Hills. Parking spaces nel Edward H. R. for automobiles were Green's 3 00 acre es­ situated around the tate "Round Hills" in water tower so the Colonel's neighbors South Dartmouth. LOUDSPEAKER TOWER Colonel Green con­ could drop by and AT ROUND HILLS tracted with the West­ listen to the pro- 1923 em Electric Company grams. (Bell Telephone) to Less known was the "Radio Automobile" design, build, and in­ that Colonel Green had specially built. It was a stall the 500 watt sta­ car outfitted with a radio receiver and loud­ tion. Two 100 foot speakers. The "Radio Automobile" toured the high four-legged tow­ local countryside stopping at fields and farm­ ers supported the houses to entertain the farmer or housewife transmitting antenna. No expense was spared in with music, news, and weather reports. constructing WMAF. In fact, the station cost Colonel Green's fascination with radio $500,000. That's in 1923 dollars! Not to worry, the didn't stop after he built radio station WMAF, Colonel inherited $175 million when his mother the loudspeaker tower, or the "radio automo­ Hetty Green, the "Amazon of Finance", died. bile"_ He also set up a $200,000 radio labora­ (Locally, Hetty Green was known as the "Witch of Wall Street") tory at Round Hills where experiments were conducted under the guidance of Dr. Samuel W. Stratton, President of the Massachusetts In­ WMAF TO\VERS stitute ofT echnology (MIT). The Colonel felt 1923 that one day motion pictures would be trans­ mitted by radio and his laboratory's work The tv.. in l 00 foot would help speed up the process. Although the transmitting towers Colonel never lived to see it, we now call it dwarf the transmitter television! building below. In the background is About 1931 WMAF ceased transmissions ..... , Colonel Green's estate after 8 years "on the air". Of the four area ra­ house which stands to dio stations started in the 1920s, onlv W"?'JBH this day as a condo­ is on the air to this day. - minium overlooking fThanks 10 rad~o hzstonan and author Donna Halper ofQumcy. AtA Buzzard's Bay. for backgrouna m[ormat10n used m this article. and Dr ..Vorman RJiey o( Sew Bedford. .\H for the detazls about Burt Hill and the fVJ.iBH Transmitter locared arAtlas Tack.) PageS SEMARA's ZERO BEAT November 1999 BOB & HENRY WIN FOXHUNT

t was a bunt to remember! Bria..r1 Parent and Biil Miller, KIIBR parked on a dead end I street and the hunt was on. Then Bill realized thev ~vere not in New Bedford as the rules require! So Brian and Bill moved two blocks and into New Bedford -just over the line so to speak Although they vvere parked out in the open on a well lit street and only s1x blocks from the club, it took 18 minutes for the first hunter to find them. Bob & HeM\. d1d it again! It took them over a year to get their first \-\in, but they have ·won the l~'t three times they were hunters. Congratulations! -that is a new record for consecutive wins. Im­ mediately after Bob & Henry found the fox, Tim Smith, NlBTQ, was successful. Next was Chris Smith, Kl CJS, followed bv Rick CabraL N 1RFH. In fact Rick raced bv the fox 1HREE times before t~ slowed do\-\n and bagged him. The last hunter was Steve Saun­ ders, N 1ZGX, who had to leave for a prior appointment and couldn't finish the hunt. (He was about two blocks away from the fox at the time.) Following the hunt, eyer:·one \vent to Burger King down at the cove for the usual '·pig-out" and ragchewing session. Bob & Henry once again told all hunters to '"Pack a lunch!" for the next hunt. They truly plan to elude capture on the next hunt. (It must be something in the food at Burger King that causes these illusions of grander and invincibility ... ) See you next hunt!

Emergency Communications Workshop SEMARA CHRISTMAS There will be an Emergency Communications Workshop on Satur­ day November 13th from 9 AM-4:00PM at the SEMARA, South­ east Massachusetts Amateur Radio Association Amateur Radio PARTY Clubhouse in South Dartmouth, Massachusetts. The club's annual Christmas Party will be held on This Emergency Communications Workshop ·will prmide the December 11, 1999 at Thad's Steakhouse in New· background and information to serve Amateur Radio Operators Bedford. The cocktail hour starts at 6 pm, with \\llen they need to re.-pond to a communic.ations emergency. It will teature an Introduction and Conclusion to Emergency Communi­ dinner scheduled for 7 pm. Three meal choices are cations, and five 1-hour training sessions on topics including: available: l. Roast Prime Rib of Beef, au jus. Tactical Message Handling for ARES/RACES/SKYWARN NTS T rat1ic Message Handling 2. Baked Stuffed Jumbo Shrimp, dra\\TI butter. Net Operations I and II 3. Whole Stuffed Boneless Breast of Chicken. Basic Red Cross Operations The price is $16.00 per person. There is a limit of Go Kits 48 tickets, and full payment along with meal selec­ This training will also teature a 1 hour lunch that \\ill be provided tions is required by the November 4th business at no coerc~ cost to anv Amateur who attends the session. The meeting. Contact Janice or Chris Smith to reserve presentations \\ill be given by other Amateur Operators well versed in the topics listed above. The training will be a worthwhile your place at this annual gala event endeavor not just for emergency communicators but for anyone \\ho is an amateur radio operator, and wants to learn more about the hobby.

Preregistration is requested but is not required in case anyone NOQUOCliOKE ORCHARDS would like to attend at the last minute. If you preregister, please try 594 Drift Road. Westport, MA 02790 to do so by Saturday November 6th, 1999 so that we can get an (508) 636-2237 approximate head count. We \\ill, however, accept any preregistra­ tions after that day or any walk-ins as long as space pennits. Apples - Pears - Peaches For anv additional infonnation and to pn::regi::;ter for the workshop, Sweet Apple Cider - Squash pkase~contact: KDlCY, Rob Macedo by email at: Westport Macomber Turnips [email protected]. ultranetcom Hay & Custom Work ~ovember 1999 SEMARA's ZERO BEAT Page 7

TECHNICAL TIPS NET DIRECTORY omebrevvers often need to mount high pO\\er transis­ -Sunday- H 8am 28.375 SE.\fARA .VET tors a.11d diodt.-'S on heat sinks. 50.225 Yankee SSB This is ~ -pically done using 3pm 28470 UFO mica insulators and heat sink 7pm 147.000+ Swap Net grease. However, an alternate -4th Sundav- method does exist. Simply 9pm 449.575 EM-ARRL mount the high power compo­ nents DIRECTLY on the heat -Daily- 5:30pm 3.915 EMIRI NTS ssb sink (using heat sink grease) 7&10 pm 3.658 EM/RI NTS cw and then mount the heat sink 6:45pm 14 7.315+ 1'-i!Sffrivia assembly on the chassis using 7pm 1-16.550 S£\LiRA .\ET insulated standoffs. This 8pm 145.230- EM-NTS method works well for series - Monday to Friday- regulated power supplies where 8am 1-1. 262 S£\fARA 'v'ET all the pass transistors have 8pm 145.490- Weather their collectors connected to­ -Saturday & Sunday- gether. Do not use this method 8am 7.237 lJFO if the circuitry would be shorted -Thursday- out by such common mounting! 7pm 14.264 UFO 8pm 147.180+ Trivia -Saturday- 7:30 pro 3.978 UFO VISIT THE SEMARA WEBSTTES 1800G 14.300 Coast Guard - SEMCARES NET- 1st Sllllday of the: month at 7:30pm 145.490- (Fairhaven Repeater) ~.LRH.NEl/SEMARA/SEMARA.HTM MEMBERSAOLCOM/RJCABRAL}HAM/SEMAR<\

SEMARA OFFICERS 1999

.....····· NOVEMBER 1999 DECEMBER 1999 :. 4- Business :-.feeting, 7:00pm 2 - Business :-.feeting. 7:00pm President Chris J. Smith. K 1C J S 6- \"E Session. 10:30 am J ice-President Robert :-.teti•ier. ~1\:ZJ •••• 4- \ "E Session. 10:30 am Secretary Henry Blanchett. W!GYL •••• 11 - 2 '.lctcr Foxhunt 'if clubhouse. 7:00pm Treasurer Bradford Anselmo. ~ l \ TF 9- 2 '.!eter Foxhunt :[3 clubhouse. 7:00pm Board ofDirectors: 13- SEi\ICARES "Emergency Communi­ cations Workshop., 9 am to 4 pm 11-S£:-.fARA Christmas Party. 6 pm. Andrew Reuter. WA1FNM Thad· s Steakhouse '.lartin Jcd::.n_ F;.-\1 YFV I 15- SDIC.-\RES '·Straugy '.!eeting·· Scott Szala. W!EV 7:30pm M~RRV Trustees: 18- Tech-Talk., "Internet Hacking A-Z"" William M. ~lill-'< Jr.. KllBR- Chairman by Tim Smith. ~lBTQ- 7:00pm CHRiSTMAs~ ~orman Riley. WI.-\Tl Frank Fonse.:a. WBIASD ••• '.!artin F. Jordan, k-\.1 YFV William Vincent. WIPOW Coffee Hour at the clubhouse every Sunday at 9:00 am. Drop by and ragchew! r· .,_.. •...... •. ·...... ~:~ '"'·'~ ····=····... ·.··••· ·.·. ····•··•• • :r~~ •.., .'c·~._-- _---·.-.__ -_····-~-····.····_)"_:,_·•• .. ·••·_· " 1 145.150- WAJDGW Fall River 192 8 0 145.490- KAIWBF Fairhaven ~f-j :1t~~! . ;}'l~!M_ ~it fu;~er /1 146.445 +lMhz 91.5 KBlBWN Dartmouth !;;Ei ~-t2.350 + l..Jl.3 NIOFD Acushnet t: H 146.655- 88.5 WAIGPO Falmouth j 146.685- NlOEG Plymouth ~·n lltm! ~~5° ~lt~ t;J~;r~~ ru II_••• :;~ 146.955 - 88.5 KIPDO Dennis 443.600 + NSIN Norn:ell . 147.000 + 67.0 WIAEC Dartmouth 443.800 + 88.5 NIRFH Dartmouth '- ,j 147.045 + WAHJMG Yarmouth 443.850 + l3l.8 WlAR.\1 Chatham li -:-: 147.135 + 67.0 NDIN Taunton d 444.250 + !41.3 WAIGPO Falmouth •_:.•··· ·=t 147.180 + 77.0 NlFDX Bridge\\ater 444.350 + 88.5 WlACT Fall River -· :.J 147.315+ 156.7 NlBBT Wareham 444.550 + N1FDX Bridgewater il .. 447.075- NlDZD Kingston ; 22 -::i 224.340- NISGK ~A.ME THAT CIRCUT .4.1'1/SWER: .\rddns -""Md ~!11(M~}I ·1 f f -~=::::+~~.~-~~~~'-~-~~~-::-;----:-~.·----~~~-~'=::

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