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.