HOSARC Newsletter 1st Field Day October 2006 Experience by Charlie Ridgway, KC2PED

I participated in my first I got my first chance at HF were rattling off were, but Field Day last night at the early Sunday morning. I eventually I fell into the Hall of Science ARC. I made a lot of calls but it groove. I think we climbed think ham radio is a lot like wasn't until the last one up through nearly every sailing. After I got home that I finally broke through band as the morning pro- from sailing I would feel a pile up. Then there was a gressed. Some of them like the boat was still rock- lengthy back and forth until were easy to work and had ing under me for hours. our call sign was finally great fidelity. Others were Today I was hearing call completely and correctly a challenge to pick the signs in the sound of pass- understood. The reply was dominant scratchy station ing cars, the subway and that we were a duplicate. out of the rest of the the bus. I even pulled out Oh well. scratchy stations. Many my portable to check to contacts were hard fought. I spent most of the night make sure it wasn't turned being scribe for Howie, While others were having on even though there was WB2HWW, and Keivan, breakfast I keyed up and no contesting going on on W2KTU, who logged got two more contacts of the VHF/UHF bands. It nearly 200 contacts. It was my own. One was a con- was three hours after we a little rough figuring out tact from a previously turned the radios off until I what those strings of letters worked band and the other was no longer "hearing" the and numbers the old hands was new. pile ups,

HOSARC Actives NX2ND on USS Ling

Earlier this year, HOSARC nal Ling military call sign The USS Ling is 312 feet members Dave, KC2ILK, of NXND. long and weighs approxi- Jim, N2BAL, Tom, mately 2,500 tons. It had a KC2CBA, and Felix, surface speed of more than E AMATUER RADIO CLUB K2KHV, traveled to Hack- 20 knots and a submerged ensack, New Jersey to acti- speed of almost 9 knots. vate special event station The sub carried a crew of NX2ND aboard the USS 67 enlisted men, 5 chiefs, Ling SS297, a World War 2 and 8 officers. It was Balao class . launched on August 15, The station was operated as 1943 and was one of the a special event station cele- first capable of brating Armed Forces Day. diving to more 400 fsw, The call sign of NX2ND which was 100 feet more was derived from the origi- than Japanese depth NewsFuse

Inside this issue:

1st Field Day 2 THE AMATEUR’S CODE

USS Ling 2 The Radio Amateur is: USS Ling Pictorial 3, 4 Considerate Loyal Technician Class 5 Progressive Friendly Marketplace 6 NEW YORK HALL OF SCIENC Club Calendar and Chairman Report 7 Balanced Patriotic

Club Info 9 First Field Day HF Contact by Charlie Ridgway continued from page 1

My game plan had been to spend the but it held. There was a cataract running nator and section wasn't as satisfying as night and leave in the morning when down the steps to the staff entrance of the finding out something about the other fresh troops arrived. But few operators Hall of Science which continued to run station would have been. Still, Field Day arrived in the morning. The overnight for quite some time after the rain stopped. is something I hope to do again. hadn't been bad weather-wise and the Think forty days and forty nights. clouds were breaking up a bit as the time When the rain stopped around 1100 EST to the close of the event grew shorter. we started breaking down right away just Ultimately I decided to tough it out which in case it was only a temporary lull. This may have been a tactical error on my gave me a chance to experience a bit of part. Shortly thereafter the heavens how a station goes together or, more opened again and rain came down faster properly, comes apart. I am sure those than the water from my DEP approved dipoles came out of the trees a lot easier shower head. We managed to keep the than they got in there, something I had equipment dry and operated through most missed. of the deluge. After Hurricane Katrina I was a little worried that the torrent would There is a certain amount of excitement breech the levy along the fence at the in being in a pile up and fighting to get to Charlie Ridgway, KC2PED edge of the road and inundate the station the top. But only passing a station desig-

Submarine USS Ling Ham Station continued from page 1 charges could withstand at the time. 11 submarine, while others operated the like setting with other artifacts displayed years later, the Ling was decommissioned Yeasu FT101ZD in the sub’s actual radio and preserved. On the museum grounds by the Navy and was donated to the Sub- room. The youngest is a memorial to the 52 marine Memorial Association. The Navy member of the team of submarines and their crew towed it to Hackensack, New Jersey operators was K2KHV’s lost during WWII. On where the NJ Naval Museum was born to 3 year old son, Felix, “CQ CQ CQ this is special event display are a PBR Mark II preserve and showcase to this important who was successful in station NX2ND operating aboard river patrol boat used in WW2 relic. making an HF contact. the Vietnam Conflict, a the submarine USS Ling.” Japanese suicide , A 6 meter loop was attached to the railing Some of the DX entities and a German Seehund of the 20 MM contacted Type U XXVIIB 2 man anti-aircraft gun, included England, Ecuador, midget submarine, just to name a few. and a dipole was and Canada. Most of the Guided tours are offered and other special stretched from contacts were stateside, with programming is available. The museum the conning the furthest being W6JRY. is located in Hackensack, New Jersey. tower to a flag- HOSARC operators were For more information please visit pole across the given an all access tour of www.njnm.com. river on the mu- the historic sub. The tour seum grounds. Many thanks go to the NX2ND trustees started at the antiaircraft Although band Bill Stagg, KC2BLN, and Howie Holden, guns fore of the conning conditions were WB2AWQ, who allowed HOSARC to tower then went to the tor- not favorable, operate the station. Both Bill and Howie pedo room in the bow; the more than 50 are members of the 10-70 Repeater Asso- ship’s bridge and navigation contacts were ciation of Northern New Jersey, which is and control station followed, made on 20 me- a club whose members volunteer their the radio room, mess hall, ters, a handful of time to restore, maintain, and operate the bathrooms, engine compart- contacts were radio room and other electronic and elec- ment and stern torpedoes made on 6 meters trical systems aboard the Ling. Also, were all visited as well. sideband. Some thanks to Dave Huryn, KC2ILK, who did of the operators The NJ Naval Museum is the advanced preparation necessary to set their equip- more than just the home of make the event a huge success. ment up in the QSL card used for special event the USS Ling. It is a mag- mess hall of the operation. nificent museum in a park

HOSARC NEWSLETTER Page 2 USS Ling Special Event Station Pictorial - Part 1

Coax was run through this HOSARC members set up their station in the sub’s mess hall, hatch to the station below. using logging software brought aboard on their laptops.

Tom, KC2CBA, logs stations using an Icom 706 Mark II.

3 year-old Felix tries his Jim, N2BAL, prepares to fire the 20 MM anti-aircraft guns to celebrate Armed Forces hand with the Yeasu Day 2006. FT101ZD in the sub’s radio room.

HOSARC NEWSLETTER Page 3 USS Ling Special Event Station Pictorial - Part 2

NJ Naval Museum is home to other important wart relics, such as this Japanese Kaiten II torpedo pictured in the foreground. It was a 2-man human torpedo filled with 3,417 lbs of explosives; it was The HOSARC banner is proudly used to sink US ships during WW2. displayed on sub’s control tower.

Dive controls

Maneuvering controls

US Navy TLB-12 Transmitter capable of Cramped quarters found in sub’s radio 200 watts on CW. room where the communications officers Forward torpedo room worked 12 hour shifts.

HOSARC NEWSLETTER Page 4 HOSARC Offers Free FCC Technician Class Training

HOSARC has started a free ham radio Students learn about the of radio transmission, and emergency class at the New York Hall of Science. Federal Communications Commission’s communications. Along with teaching The goal of the ham ra- the science of radio and short dio course is to improve and long distance communica- training in communica- tion, there is ample time allot- tion, science, and iono- ted in each classroom session spheric transmissions. for questions and answers with the instructors. Students HOSARC has started a will have the unique opportu- series of training classes nity of hands-on learning by preparing anyone inter- visiting and using a real work- ested in taking the FCC ing amateur radio station. technician class amateur radio license. The If anyone is interested in sign- classes are four weeks in ing up for one of the courses, duration and are held on or wants more information on Saturday mornings. becoming an amateur radio They begin at 9 am and operator, please contact An- end at 11 am at the New thony Mampilly at 718-969- York Hall of Science. 3116, anthonymam- The first class was sched- [email protected] or AB2UV uled for July 1, 2006. at [email protected] (FCC) rules and regulations regarding amateur radio, elementary physics, modes

HOSARC NEWSLETTER Page 5 Marketplace

A new feature of the HOSARC News- Tom has 50 feet of RG-8 coax, brand Also for sale is a Yaesu FT-847 Fuse is the Marketplace page. In this new in the box from Radio Shack. He is HF/VHF/UHF transceiver with cross- column the NewsFuse Editor will list an looking to sell it for $22. If you are inter- band repeat in excellent condition, very advertisement or any ham related equip- ested please send Tom an email. clean. It comes with original power ca- ment, including computers, that ble, hand microphone, and optional voice

HOSARC members would like to sell, synthesizer installed. Asking price is swap, or trade. There are no warranties $1,200. or guarantees implied by HOSARC with For sale is a Yaesu VX-150 VHF hand- these postings. If there is a piece of held radio in very good condition. Radio equipment that is listed that you are inter- is a solid performer. It comes with origi- ested in, please contact the seller directly. nal battery and wall charger. Asking If you would like to list a piece of equip- price is $100. ment please send an email to the Editor. Good luck and happy hunting. Sidney also has a Radio Shack HTX-10, 10 meter FM and SSB mobile transceiver Seller: KC2KXC for sale. It is brand new and still in the Email: [email protected] box. Asking price is $75. Mark has a number of commercial Mo- Motorola Saber I, UHF handheld radio torola radios for sale. All of these radios with 12 channels. Radio does not come are capable of covering the ham bands with battery or antenna. It is a very clean and then some. Mark has a Motorola commercial radio in good condition. Seller: K0SID Astro Saber in excellent condition. The Asking price is $75. Astro Saber covers 403 MHz to 470 Email: [email protected] Finally, Sidney is selling his Sony Vaio MHz. Mark also has a very rare Mo- Sidney has Yaesu FT50 dual band hand- Notebook VGN-T250. It is in good con- torola GP300 radio that covers the 220 held radio in excellent condition for sale. dition. Laptop is ultra portable with a MHz band! Send Mark, KC2KXC, an This is a solid radio. It comes with dual long lasting battery and was recently email if you are interested in his radios. battery charger (NC-50), two NiMH bat- upgraded with 1 GB RAM. Deal in- Seller: KC2CBA teries, and a built-in digital recorder. cludes power supply and 5.0 MP Sony Asking price is $250. W1 digital camera. Asking price is Email: [email protected] $1,600.

Welcome to the following new members: ______Les Sugai, N2UJG Jack Stifano, KC2MWX Ronald Hinds

HOSARC NEWSLETTER Page 6 October 2006 Schedule of Events • October — HOSARC Hamfest; AB2UV Guest Speaker Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat • November — ARRL Sweepstakes; 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 K1TTT Competition Station Visit HamFest Board Meeting Club Net • December — Holiday Party

• January — ARRL VHF Sweepstakes 8 9 10 Board 11 12 13 14 Meeting Club Net Board • February — ARRL International DX General Club Net Net Meeting General • March — Timonium Hamfest Club Net 15 16 17 Meeting 18 19 20 21 • April — HF is fun. Club Meeting Club Net Net • May — Dayton Hamfest Club Net 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 • June — Field Day; HOSARC Hamfest

Club Net Net • July — Fishing Trip; BBQ Party Club Net 29 30 31 Club Net

Chairman’s Report by Tom Golero, KC2CBA

The September club meeting had a large have 235 countries worked and 211 coun- Steve, KB2DG, asked for volunteers to turnout; it was a great start to the new tries confirmed; and we are 1 zone away work the October hamfest. Please email year at HOSARC. It Steve if you can help. was especially nice to Finally Anthony Mam- see some faces we plilly gave us an update haven’t seen in a on the success of the while such as Bob Technician license Aluska, KC2RFA, classes held at the mu- and John Neurberger, seum. N2STX. I look forward to seeing Highlights of the at least as many mem- meeting include our bers who showed up for own Dominick Mar- the September meeting rone who gave us a at the October meeting. overview of how to Rob smith, AB2UV, make a meteor scatter will be next month’s contact; our president guest speaker; his topic Allen, AE2J, put out a will be remote base call for members to operations. It should be take more active role a good one! in the club. Please remember that the club thrives when The official HOSARC QSL card 73, members take an ac- tive role. Pete, W2IRT, gave us an up- Tom from the WAZ award; we have just date on HOSARC’s DXCC count. We earned DXCC on both 10 and 20 meters!!

HOSARC NEWSLETTER Page 7 HOSARC Hamfest Signals Arrival of Fall

HOSARC NEWSLETTER Page 8 The Hall of Science Amateur Radio Club, HOSARC, was founded in 1972 and is affiliated with the New York Hall of Science, a hands-on science and NEW YORK HALL OF SCIENCE AMATUER RADIO CLUB technology center located in the historic Flushing Meadows, Corona Park in Queens, New York. HOSARC club members maintain and operate the ama- 73 Members strong! teur radio exhibit located in the lower level of the center’s central pavilion.

The exhibit is a fully functional radio shack, equipped with top-of-the-line,

Felix Lam, K2KHV, NewsFuse Editor modern amateur radio equipment. The shack operates all modes on all HF,

E-mail: [email protected] VHF, and UHF bands. Visitors to the Hall of Science can operate the kilo- watt HF station, WB2JSM. The club also operates the WB2ZZO repeater on Do you have a story? 444.200 with a positive shift and a PL tone of 136.5. You do not have to be a Contact the NewsFuse Editor. club member to use the repeater; all are welcome. Please join our club nets which occur every Wednesday evening at 9pm. Net control operators are Ken, K2JLK and Bernie, K2ZIR. The club meets at 8pm every second Tues- Check us out at day of each month in the cafeteria of the New York Hall of Science. Come on down, and meet the gang! WWW.HOSARC.ORG

Amateur Radio Operator’s Code of Conduct

The Code has appeared in every issue of League, through which Amateur Radio in tance, cooperation, and consideration for the Radio Amateur’s Handbook since the United States is represented nation- the interests of others. These are the hall- 1927. ally and internationally. marks of the amateur spirit. The radio amateur is: PROGRESSIVE, with knowledge BALANCED, radio is an avocation, abreast of science, a well-built and effi- never interfering with duties owed to CONSIDERATE, never knowingly op- cient station, and operates above re- family, job, school, or community. erates in such a way to lessen the pleasure proach. of others. PATRIOTIC, station and skill always FRIENDLY, slow and patient operating ready for service to country and commu- LOYAL, offers loyalty, encouragement, when requested; friendly advice and nity. and support to other amateurs, local counsel to the beginner; kindly assis- clubs, and the American Radio Relay

The HOSARC Board of Directors:

Tom Golero, KC2CBA, Chairman Alvin Levine, KB2SDX Ilda Schneider, KC2JOM

Dave Ellenberg, WA2KWP Lenny Menna, W2LJM James Schneider Sr., WA2UTR

Sidney Ko, K0SID Tom Tumino, N2YTF Felix Lam, K2KHV

The HOSARC Officers: Allan Koenigsberg, AE2J, Howard Weissman, WB2HLW, Steve Greenbaum, WB2KDG, President Secretary Treasurer Bernard Stein, K2ZIR, Vice President