.The Ham Arundel News
Providing Fellowship and Community Service through Amateur Radio since 1951
July 2021 43rd Year of Publication ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
I was going to title the article "Six Months more Prez of Tyranny" but things went so well Field Day that I wanted to thank everyone. Sez 73 We now have completed half Eric the year and have Field Day 2021 behind us. KC3GDV I wanted to thank everyone that made Field Day happen this year. Editor’s Note: Attached at the end of this newsletter is a retrospective of Field Day, from The weather was mostly cooperative. We only the AARC Twitter account. had rain during set up. Also, this issue contains updated tables for The masts went up, the feedline was dropped Echolink and information. and the rigs were in place all before the 2:00 pm start time. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ There are too many people to thank and I don't Contents want to forget anyone, so I am thanking everyone that participated in the Setup, operating, and clean-up. This event could not Newsletter Deadline 2 have been accomplished without everyone New Members, Silent Keys 2 doing a great job. Echolink Information 2 Club News 3 We had great representation from the local and Calendar 4 state emergency management officials. I was AARC Repeaters, radio info 5 told by Keith AE3D that the way you can tell if it Other Repeaters, Nets, Echolink 6-8 is a good Field Day, as with any other party, is Special Event Stations 9-10 that if the Police have to come out it is a good QSO Today Expo 2021 11 one. LOL Luckily when the police did come out Field Day retrospective 12 to talk to me it was not because of someone misbehaving, but my wife looking for me since I had not called her all day. The Ham Arundel News and EchoLink Now Available W3VPR.org are the official publications of AARC is now connected to Echolink.
The Anne Arundel Radio Club After a two month test, (ARRL Club No.0484) the Board approved the use of the system Mailing Address: so members who are Anne Arundel Radio Club on travel, vacations or Post Office Box 308 outside of the Davidsonville, MD 21035-0308 coverage area can communicate with Editor: Phil Nelson / NO3N other club members Send newsletter articles, information and using Echolink. questions to: [email protected] Connectivity is through the K3HRT-R node. Mailing Address: Access to the club repeaters is restricted to the Anne Arundel Radio Club membership. Members can not only access Post Office Box 308 the Holly Net and Wednesday night net but Davidsonville, MD 21035-0308 also initiate QSOs. To request access to the AARC Echolink email the coordinator at Meetings:
Spending Motion for July Meeting Nominations for a new Vice President will take At the June meeting of the Board of DIrectors, place at the July 1 meeting. they reviewed a proposal for the refreshment of the security system at the clubhouse. This replacement will cover security additions to the clubhouse and workshops. The proposal was introduced at the June presentation meeting for final review at the July 1 meeting.
The membership approved the omnibus spending motion for $4,100 to cover costs of several projects at the June 3 meeting. This Meetings appropriation dealt with IT equipment in the clubhouse, the ID card program, the new Effective July 15, the clubhouse will be J-Pole antennas, and renovations to shed 1. reopened for membership meetings. The Note:in addition to providing identification cards Board will use a hybrid system, holding the to the members, the Club has received meeting in the clubhouse and simultaneously interested requests from Maryland Mobileers, broadcasting it via Zoom. This is to allow the another club in Montgomery County, and the membership to be active even if unable to MDC Section (all of which will be revenue at attend meetings. cost). New Members The new antenna funding is currently under review as some items in the proposal could be Greg Witmyer, KC3SEG, Technician completed with volunteer labor (club members, Roy Burchette, KC3RQR, Technician Scouts). Once the costs have been finalized Lee Karlowitz, KC3IZV, Technician the appropriation motion will be presented to Tyler Latvala, Unlicensed, Student the membership. Abie Alexander, AB1F, Extra
Vice President License Upgrades
Michael R. Pruett II, N3KEV, Extra Joe Conover, KL4QG, has resigned as Vice William T Burson, KC3QOR, General President of the Club. Joe was also the David Earnest, W3RDE, General Clubhouse Manager as well as having a key role with the Maryland QSO Party. The Vice President is also responsible for selecting speakers for the meetings. Calendar
Club Training
The meeting schedule for July - September is: The club’s Fall Technician Class is scheduled to start on October 2. Register at July 1 - Membership Meeting, 7:30 PM
July 8 - Board meeting Testing
July 15 - Membership Presentation Meeting, 7:30 Pre-registration is PM, Topic: AARC Repeaters suggested in the event there are cancellations. August 5 - Membership Meeting, 7:30 PM July 10 - 1:00 PM. Anne August 12 - Board meeting Arundel Radio Club, Davidsonville Family August 19 - Membership Presentation Meeting, Recreation Center. 7:30 PM, Topic: MDC Section Report Registration begins at 12:30 PM.
Davidsonville Millersville Glen Burnie Annapolis
147.105+ 147.075+
223.880- 224.560-
444.400+ 442.300+
PL 107.2 is active for all repeaters The 147.105, 147.075 and 444.400 repeaters are frequently linked. Please allow 2-3 seconds after the courtesy beep to allow for the link to reset.
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Visiting AARC
Visitors are welcome at all meetings and on all nets.
Meetings are held in the Clubhouse at the Davidsonville Family Recreation Center, Queen Anne Bridge and Waysons Roads off Rt. 214 near Davidsonville, MD.
For en-route directions make contact on the 147.105 repeater.
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AARC Service Frequencies
When assisting in community events, Field Days or races, ARRC uses 146.430 MHz as the primary communications frequency. In the event the frequency is busy, the backup is 146.475 MHz Repeaters
2 Meter Repeaters
Location Frequency Tone Notes Davidsonville 147.105+ 107.2 AARC Repeater with morning traffic net. Glen Burnie 147.075+ 107.2 AARC repeater Located in Northern AA County. Brandywine 147.150+ 114.8 SMARC Repeater. Prince Frederick 145.350- 156.7 SPARC/CARA Repeater. (N3PX Group) Laurel 147.225+ 156.7 Laurel ARC Repeater. Millersville 146.805- 107.2 Repeater. Barstow 145.350- 156.7 SPARC Repeater Baltimore 147.030+ 156.7 BRATS Repeater. Westminster 145.410- 114.8 CCARC Repeater Sykesville 147.285+ 107.2 CCARC Repeater Columbia 147.135+ 156.7 Columbia ARC Repeater Cooksville 147.390+ 156.7 Columbia ARC Repeater Bladensburg 146.610- N/A GMRA Repeater Greenbelt 146.880- N/A GMRA Repeater District Heights 145.230- 110.9 Prince George’s ARES Lexington Park 145.390- 114.8 SPARC/CARC Repeater.. (N3PX Group) Prince Frederick 146.965- 156.7 Calvert ARA
1.25 Meter Repeaters
Location Frequency Tone Notes Davidsonville 223.880- 107.2 AARC 1.25M repeater *check to see if tied into 7.105... Millersville 224.560- 107.2 AARC repeater Located in Northern AA County. Barstow 223.960- 186.2 Southern MD Digital Group, analog Baltimore 224.960- N/A BRATS Repeater.
70cm Repeaters
Location Frequency Tone Notes Davidsonville 444.400+ 107.2 AARC 70 cm Repeater. Annapolis 442.300+ 107.2 AARC 70 cm Repeater Millersville 449.125- 107.2 Maryland Mobileers Repeater. Upper Marlboro 443.600+ 103.5 SMARC 70 cm Repeater. Sunderland 444.950+ 156.7 CARA 70 cm Repeater Baltimore 448.325- N/A BRATS 70 cm Repeater Westminster 449.875- 127.3 CCARC 70 cm Repeater, FM and C4FM Baltimore City 448.275- 156.7 Columbia ARC Repeater Columbia 449.475- 156.7 Columbia ARC Repeater Lanham 447.325- 110.9 Prince George’s ARES
Packet Stations
Location Frequency Call Notes Davidsonville 145.050 W3VPR AARC Club packet node running JNOS Davidsonville 145.010 W3VPR-5 Digipeater Relay to EOC Winlink Millersville 145.010 W3AAC-5 Digipeater Relay to EOC Winlink Glen Burnie 145.010 W3AAC-10 EOC Winlink system and digipeater Amateur Radio NETS
Day Name Frequency (MHz) Time
Daily Baltimore Traffic Net 146.670 1830
Daily Maryland Emergency Phone Net 3.820 1800
Daily Maryland-DC-Delaware Traffic Net 3.643 1900 and 2200
Daily Maryland Slow Net 3.563 1930
Weekdays The “Holly Net” 147.105+ PL107.2 0700 147.075+ PL107.2 440.400+ PL107.2
Sunday AA County ARES Net 146.805- PL107.2 2000
Sunday Columbia Group Net 147.135+ PL156.7 2100 147.390+ PL156.7 448.275- PL156.7 448.275-PL156.7
Sunday (1st) REACT Net 146.805- PL107.2 1930
Monday Calvert ARA Net 145.350- PL156.7 1930
Monday Maryland Mobileers Net 146.805- PL107.2 1930
Monday Queen Anne’s ARC Net 146.940- PL107.2 2000
Monday Delmarva Amateur Radio Enhancement Net 146.820- PL156.7 2100
Tuesday Kent Amateur Radio Society 2-meter Net 147.375+ PL156.7 1900
Tuesday PG-ARES Training Net 145.230- PL110.9 1900
Tuesday (3rd) Anne Arundel - CERT 442.300+ PL107.2 1900
Wednesday Boating Net 146.805- PL107.2 1930
Wednesday Elmer Net 145.350- PL156.7 1930 146.390- PL114.8
Wednesday AARC Talk Net 147.105+ PL107.2 2000 147.075+ PL107.2 440.400+ PL107.2
Wednesday AERO 440 Net 449.575- PL123.1 2000 (2nd)
Wednesday (4th) AERO 140 Net 147.240+ PL123.1 2000
Wednesday Laurel Bi-weekly Club Net 147.225+ PL 156.7 2030 (odd)
Wednesday Maryland HF Hospital Net 3.820+/- 1900 (after 3rd Mon.) Echolink (E), Allstar (A) and IRLP (I) Repeater Access
Repeater Location PL Tone Nodes
W1AW Newington, CT (ARRL) 100 Hz E - W1AWBDCT (501443); I - 4292
W3VPR Davidsonville 107.2 E - 337437 (K3HRT-R)
N3UR Jarrettsville E - 297689
K3YGG Bethesda, NIH 156.7 Hz E - 247914
K3GMR Bladensburg E - 796114
W3FDK Frederick 141.3 Hz E - 614369
W3CU Millersville 107.2 Hz E - 90911 (KA2JAI-R)
WA3NAN Greenbelt E - 40045
WA3FSJ Port Deposit 107.3 Hz E - 585690
K3WX Ashton 156.7 Hz E - 251966; I - 4088
WB3GXW Silver Spring 156.7 Hz E - 147225 (WASH_DC)
N3HIA Dundalk 192.8 Hz E - 480134; A - 49358
K3ARS Warton 156.7 Hz E - 249466
N3HIA Joppa 103.5 Hz E - 245186; A - 493800
N3UHD Clear Spring 79.7 Hz E - 481682 N3ITA Frederick 79.7 Hz K3KMA Thurmont 103.5 Hz
K3VEC Silver Spring 156.7 Hz E - 84345; I - 4712
K3ORG Ocean City 151.4 Hz E - 54945; I - 4291
W3SMD Barstow, Prince Frederick 186.2 Hz A- 513100
KX3B Elkton 131.8 Hz A - 59149
N3KTX Frederick 107.2 Hz I - 7070 N3KZS Manchester
KD3SU Boonsboro 94.8 Hz I - 8657
WA3UMY Lexington Park I - 4820
N3PX Barstow, Prince Frederick 156.7 Hz E - 315280 (WB3BW-R)
K3EMD Trappe 156.7 Hz E - 969856 (W3GAC-R) Special Event Stations
Independence Day Jul 9-Jul 11, 2000Z-0400Z, W4W, South Carolina Peach Festival 44th Anniversary, Gaffney, SC. Jul 3, 1400Z-2000Z, K4RC, Colonial Cherokee County Coroner’s Office . 145.250 Williamsburg Special Event, Williamsburg, VA. 147.240 145.190 442.500. QSL. Dennis Fowler, Williamsburg Area Amateur Radio Club. 7.265 P.O. Box 1210, Gaffney, SC 29342. 14.265. Certificate & QSL. QSL Manager, P.O. Box [email protected] 1470, Williamsburg, VA 23187. 245th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence in Jul 10-Jul 11, 1200Z-1200Z, W4O, 40Th 1776. www.k4rc.net Anniversary O.M.I.S.S Traffic & Awards Net, East Berlin, PA. WO4L. 14.290 7.180 3.825 18.155. Jul 4, 1400Z-2200Z, W7PX, Independence Day Certificate & QSL. Robert Hess, 74 Curtis Dr, East Celebration at Fort Missoula, Missoula, MT. The Berlin, PA 17316, . Celebrating the 40th Hellgate Amateur Radio Club. 14.260 7.195. QSL. Anniversary of the O.M.I.S.S. Traffic and Awards The Hellgate Amateur Radio Club, P.O. Box 3811, net. Active on 8 bands using Netlogger to run nets. Missoula, MT 59806-3811. HARC will again be Certificate and or a QSL card available. QSL to operating a special event station at Fort Missoula WO4L. [email protected] or on July 4. https://www.w7px.org https://www.omiss.net/Facelift Jul 10, 1000Z-1600Z, WA4USN, Charleston Jul 10, 1600Z-2300Z, NI6IW, USS Midway Amateur Radio Society (CARS), 50th Museum Ship Special Event: Independence Anniversary, Hanahan, SC. Charleston Amateur Day, San Diego, CA. USS Midway (CV-41) Radio Society (CARS). 7.190 14.265. QSL. Bill Museum Ship. 14.320 7.250 PSK31 and CW Dean, 30 Lombardi Lane, Hanahan, SC 29410. All (various) DSTAR. QSL. USS Midway (CV-41) contacts will be made in General Class COMEDTRA, 910 N Harbor Drive, San Diego, CA Frequencies 20 meters and 40 meters. 92101. Check spotting networks to find us on HF. https://www.wa4usn.org www.qrz.com/db/ni6iw Jul 11, 1600Z-2000Z, N3TAL, 96th Anniversary of Anniversaries the Dedication of the Bladensburg Maryland Peace Cross, Lanham, MD. American Legion Post Jun 26-Jul 10, 0000Z-2359Z, W6S, SFVARC 75th 275 Amateur Radio Team. 7.275 MHz. QSL. Anniversary, Northridge, CA. San Fernando Valley American Legion Post 275 Amateur Radio Team, Amateur Radio Club. 21.074 14.074 7.074 3.573. 8201 Martin Luther King Jr. Highway, Lanham, MD Certificate. San Fernando Valley Amateur Radio 20706. [email protected] Club, P.O. Box 280244, Northridge, CA https://www.qrz.com/db/n3tal 91328-0244. https://www.W6SD.com Jul 11, 1600Z-2000Z, N3TAL, Blandenburg World Jun 27-Jul 11, 1200Z-2359Z, K9U, Union County War I Memorial ,Lanham, MD. American Legion Indiana Bicentennial, Liberty, IN. Union County 275 Amateur Radio Team. 7.275 MHz. QSL. Indiana Bicentennial Board. 14.040 3.540 7.185 American Legion Post 275 ART, 8201 Martin Luther 7.035. QSL. Howie Huntington ,K9KM, 25350 N. King Jr. Hwy, Lanham, MD 20706. n3tal Marilyn Ln., Hawthorn Woods, IL 60047. @outlook.com or www.qrz.com/db/n3tal [email protected] Jul 16, 1400Z-1800Z, K5S, Memorializing the Jun 28-Jul 9, 0000Z-2359Z, K1P, 250th First Chairman of the FCC, Aberdeen, MS. Shiloh Anniversary of Peru, Ma, Hinsdale, MA. K1TTT. Amateur Radio Club. 14.270 7.170. QSL. Jim 14025 14074 14085 14250. QSL. David Robbins, Buffington, K5JIM, P.O. Box 52, Aberdeen, MS 15 Baumann Rd, Hinsdale, MA 01235. QSL via 39730-0052. 125th birthday of Eugene O. Sykes of LOTW or SASE. Medallions for most band/mode Aberdeen, first chairman of the Federal combinations. Communications Commission. wiki.k1ttt.net/Peru250thAnniversary.ashx [email protected]] Jul 18, 1300Z-2100Z, KY8C, John Glenn's 100th TN. Special Operations Radio Team. 3.975 LSB Birthday Celebration - John Glenn Museum, 7.725 LSB. Certificate. Darrell Collier, 234 Historic New Concord, OH. Cambridge Area Maker Group. Nature Trail, Gatlinburg, TN 37738. We will expose 14.290 14.275 7.275 7.240. QSL. Cambridge Area law enforcement cadets to amateur radio Maker Group, Robert M. Howell, N8WJ, 69081 operations during the conference. Mount Hermon Rd., Cambridge, OH 43725-9469. www.sort-team.org Operating from John Glenn's childhood home ( John Glenn Museum ) in New Concord, OHIO Jul 19-Jul 24, 2330Z-0130Z, W4H, Warrick County www.cambridgeareamakers.org 4H fair, Boonville, IN. Warrick ARES/RACES. 14.320 SSB. QSL. Steve Connaughton, 7677 Jul 24, 1700Z-2100Z, W8VP, Ohio Salt Fork State Jenner Rd, Chandler, IN 47610. Celebrating the Park 61st Anniversary, Cambridge, OH. Warrick County Indiana 4H fair. Additional Cambridge Amateur Radio Association. 7.235 frequencies modes may be used depending on 14.245. Certificate. Cambridge Amateur Radio band and weather conditions. Operating times will Association, P. O. Box 1804, Cambridge, OH be mostly late afternoons and evenings. 43725. Please send $1 and SASE. www.w8vp.org warrickaresraces.org
Miscellany Jul 24, 1200Z-2100Z, W4R, Pirates Parlay, Hampton, VA. Blackbeards Crew. 14.260 14.255 Jul 11-Jul 18, 0000Z-2300Z, K9R, Red Skelton 7.198 7.177. Certificate. Jason Gnatowsky, 25 Museum of Comedy Festival 2021, Vincennes, Melita Rd., Arvonia, VA 23004. IN. Red Skelton Museum of American Comedy. TBD. Certificate & QSL. Mark Steven Williams, Jul 31-Aug 1, 1400Z-1900Z, N3P, 66th Season at K9GX, POB 5973, Elizabeth, IN 47117-5973. Penn Can Speedway, Susquehanna, PA. Operating schedule, QSL and certificate plans will Binghamton Amateur Radio Association. 28.350 be announced on our FB page "K9R Red Skelton 14.260 7.260 146.865 repeater (146.2 tone). Museum Special Event", Certificate. Robert Mess, 2505 Oak Hill Rd., https://www.facebook.com/groups/3687043582068 Susquehanna, PA 18847. [email protected] or 75 and K9R QRZ page. Mark Steven Williams, www.w2ow.org K9GX, POB 5973, Elizabeth, IN, 47117-5973. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Email:
Jul 19-Jul 22, 1220Z-1220Z, WX4SOC, Public Safety Cadet National Conference, Gatlinburg, Our third and next QSO Today Virtual Ham Expo is scheduled Live from August 14-15, 2021 and then on-demand for 30 days. We promise a flawless, great learning experience for those seeking to improve their knowledge and to be exposed to new ideas, equipment, and practical techniques – all done in a highly engaging format on the vFairs platform that we used in our first August 2020 Expo. No need to travel - participate from your home or office! Information can be found at
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