April 2019 OH-KY-IN Amateur Radio Society Volume 59, Issue 4 The Official Newsletter of the OH-KY-IN Amateur Radio Society Awards presented to remaining 2018 recipients Julianna DiBenedetto KE8IUU John Phelps N8JTP Young Ham of the Year Meritorious Service Award 2019 Board of Directors President Ryan Owens AC8UJ ..................... (513) 235-0134 .......... [email protected] Vice President Cesi DiBenedetto KD8OOB .......... (513) 505-9782 .......... [email protected] Secretary George Gardei N3VQW ............... (513) 410-3406 .......... [email protected] Treasurer Brian DeYoung K4BRI ................. (859) 635-3095 ......... [email protected] Directors Bruce Vanselow N8BV ................ (513) 251-1555 ......... [email protected] Mike Niehaus KD8ZLB ................. (513) 257-6013 .......... [email protected] Dennis McGrath KD8ILY .............. (513) 207-9472 .......... [email protected] Trustee/Licensee Bruce Vanselow N8BV ................ (513) 251-1555 ......... [email protected] Past President Robert Gulley AK3Q .................... (859) 638-0374 .......... [email protected] For membership information, please contact Na- OH-KY-IN Repeaters than Ciufo KA3MTT, 6323 Cinnamon Ridge Dr, 146.670 (-) Clifton Burlington KY 41005, (859) 586-2435 or Email [email protected]. Renewals of Club Oh-Ky-In Life Members 146.625 *(-) Edgewood Memberships are due by the end of March. John Phelps N8JTP 146.925 *(-) Delhi Permission is hereby granted to any amateur Kenneth E Wolf N8WYC 443.7625 *(+5) Clifton radio group to quote or reprint from this publi- cation, if proper source credit is given, unless John W Hughes AI4DA A CTCSS (PL) tone of 123.0 Hz is required for access to all OH-KY-IN permission is otherwise reserved. Karl R Kaucher KK4KRK repeaters. All repeaters also trans- mit a CTCSS (PL) tone of 123.0 Hz THE Q-FIVER is now mailed & e-mailed, it's Howard Hunt NG8P * Fusion Repeater hoped, a week before the club meeting. Fred Schneider K9OHE APRS on 144.390 mHz Normally copy deadline is the weekend before Roger Higley W8CRK K8SCH-10 Edgewood WIDEn that. Please send your submissions for THE Q- Dan Curtin KF4AV FIVER (including notice of upgrades & callsign Steve Weeks AA8SW Packet on 145.010 mHz changes) to Brian K4BRI Kelly Hoffman, K8KAH K8SCH-7 Digipeater These may be: snail-mailed to or dropped off at Cindy Shipp, KB8WEI 6901 Backus Drive, Alexandria KY 41001 or tele- Jerry Shipp, W1SCR phoned to (859) 635-3095 any time 2 2019 Committee Chairs and Appointments Newcomers/Elmers Net ............... Robert Gulley AK3Q Q-Fiver Editor ........................... Brian DeYoung, K4BRI Technical Operations Group ....... Gary Coffey KB8MYC Field Day ........................................ Eric Neiheisel N8YC ARPSC Representative .................. Jerry Shipp W1SCR Historian ................................ Dale Vanselow KC8HQS Volunteer Examiners ................. Brian DeYoung K4BRI Special Publications ................ Jo Haltermon KD4PYS QCEN Representative .....................Pat Maley KD8PAT Fox Hunters ................................ Dick Arnett WB4SUV Membership ............................. Nathan Ciufo KA3MTT Equipment Mgr .............................................................. Fundraising ............................... Bruce Vanselow N8BV WebMaster .............................. George Gardei N3VQW Education ........................... Michael Niehaus KD8ZLB Silent Key .............................. Bryan Hoffman KC8EGV Repeater Control Ops Mgr ........ Bruce Vanselow N8BV Tech Talk Net Mgr .................... Bruce Vanselow N8BV PIO ............................................. Justin Moore KE8COY K8SCH QSL Mgr .............................. Bob Frey WA6EZV Librarian .................................... Justin Moore KE8COY TV/RFI ........................................ Dick Arnett WB4SUV Digital Group .................................. Jerry Shipp W1SCR HamFest ...................................... Gary Coffey KB8MYC The monthly Board meeting has relocated from My Neighbors Place to United Methodist Church at 3460 Epworth Ave—still on the second Tuesday of the month at 7PM. Board meetings are open to everyone—you do not need to be a board member to attend. April 2019 Calendar Tue Apr 2 7:30 PM Club Meeting in St Bernard—Antenna Modeling by Brian K4BRI Wed Apr 3 9:00 PM Tech Talk, NCS Robert AK3Q Sun Apr 7 7:00 PM Newcomers/Elmers Net, 146.67, Topic: Understanding Ground Effects on Signals Mon Apr 8 7:00 PM Classes for the Extra class license, Hamilton Co Communications Center—2377 Civic Center Dr Tue Apr 9 7:00 PM Board of Directors meeting at Westwood United Methodist Church –3460 Epworth Ave Wed Apr 10 9:00 PM Tech Talk, NCS Mike N8MRS Sat Apr 13 10:00 AM Monthly mobile Foxhunt—Starting at the Mt Storm Park in Clifton—Setup begins about 9:30AM 1:00 PM Brunch Bunch at Pepper Pod— Monmouth Street, 41071 Sun Apr 14 7:00 PM Newcomers/Elmers Net, 146.67, Topic: A Little Antenna Theory Mon Apr 15 7:00 PM Classes for the Extra class license, Hamilton Co Communications Center—2377 Civic Center Dr Classes for Technician and General class license—Red Cross Building at 2111 Dana Ave Wed Apr 17 9:00 PM Tech Talk, NCS Dale, KC8HQS Sun Apr 21 7:00 PM Newcomers/Elmers Net, 146.67, Topic: Easter No Net Mon Apr 22 7:00 PM Classes for the Extra class license, Hamilton Co Communications Center—2377 Civic Center Dr Classes for Technician and General class license—Red Cross Building at 2111 Dana Ave Wed Apr 24 9:00 PM Tech Talk, NCS George N3VQW Sun Apr 28 7:00 PM Newcomers/Elmers Net, 146.67, Topic: Arduino and Amateur Radio 3 OH-KY-IN Membership for 2019 Well, it looks as if Spring is finally upon us! As I write this short blurb, tomorrow is the first day of Spring. It seems as if this was quite a long winter. When Spring comes along, many OH-KY-IN activities come to mind– some include going to Hamvention, Field Day, Foxhunts, just to name a few. That being said, please be sure to renew your membership if you haven’t done so already. There are many ways to do so: You can print an application using the address http://ohkyin.org/wp/about-oh-ky-in/membership/membership- application/ and simply mail a check. OR...you can use ANY credit card or PayPal using the secure server at the following address: http://ohkyin.org/wp/about-oh- ky-in/membership/pay-membership-fees/ Don’t forget, we have the Lifetime Membership available as an option – this is an incredible way to support the organization, as well as make sure you never have to worry about renewing again! If anyone has any questions, please feel free to contact me at [email protected] 73, Nathan Ciufo, KA3MTT OH-KY-IN Membership Chairman ****** NOTICE ***** The Newcomers and Elmers Net on Sunday evening is changing time, from 6:30 PM to 7:00 PM. Please join the net every Sunday, now at 7PM 4 The Librarians Book Nook by Justin Patrick Moore, KE8COY I’m pleased to announce we have a new book in the club library this month. Exploding the Phone: the Untold Story of the Teenagers and Outlaws who Hacked Ma Bell by Phil Lapsley. The book came out in 2013 and my wife and I each read it then. I even wrote a review of the book for a previous issue of the Q-Fiver. Before smartphones, before the Internet and before the personal computer, a misfit group of technophiles, blind teen- agers, hippies, and outlaws figured out how to hack the world's largest machine: the telephone system. Ever since I was a teen and had heard about these “phone phreaks” I’d been fascinated by their stories. Until this book came out there wasn’t a complete history of who they were, what they did, or how they did it. A lot of these guys were hams and some later became legit and went on to work for the telcos. This past Winter Field Day I was hanging out with George Gardei N3VQW and Joe Maximetz KA2UYB. George and I were talking about books about hacking and I mentioned how much I’d enjoyed Exploding the Phone. Joe hearing me talk about the book piped up. It turns out Joe had been a phone phreak himself and was friends with a number of people in the book back in the day. Joe told me about how he would use a tape re- corder with multi-frequency tones on it to explore the phone system and connect with other phreaks around the country. Too cool! Joe is also listed in the acknowledgments section of the book. Phil Lapsley had reached out to Joe while writing this history of a fascinating technical subculture, and now it can truly be said that Joe is in the history books. And because Exploding the Phone is such an excellent book, and because Joe is a member of Oh-Ky-In ARS it only seemed right that we should have this tome in our collection, so I grabbed a copy. I encourage anyone with an interest in the phone system, the early days of hacking and networking, and readers who enjoy well written narrative non-fiction to come check out the book and talk to Joe about his ex- periences exploring the empire of wires Ma Bell built. Here is a brief description of the book: “Starting with Alexander Graham Bell's revolutionary ‘harmonic telegraph,’ by the middle of the twentieth century the phone system had grown into something extraordinary, a web of cuttting-edge switching machines and human operators that linked together millions of people like never before. Unfortunately for the telephone company, the network has a billion-dollar flaw. And once people discovered it, things would never be the same. Phil Labsley's Exploding the Phone tells this story in full for the first time. It traces the birth of long distance communication