February 2014

Photos from the 2013 GRNR. For more see: http://www.zs2pe.co.za/Events/events_2013.htm

This Newsletter is published by the Port Elizabeth Amateur Radio Society

P.O. Box 10402, LINTON GRANGE, 6015

Editing by Eric ZS2ECH

QSX-PE - Newsletter for the discerning Radio Ham

Download QSX-PE from www.zs2pe.co.za/Newsletter/Newsletter.htm or www.commco.co.za/pears.htm

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PEARS Monthly Meeting Tuesday 18

th of February, 7:30 pm

at the Italian Sporting Club, Charlo, 17 Harold Road. Why not wear a name badge with your call sign to the meeting so that everyone can get to know each other.

WRINKLY RAVERS The regular monthly lunchtime meetings of the Wrinklies take place every first Thursday of the month

at ‘Beyond Beans’ in Newton Park. You will only be excused if you have a "more" important appointment,

or you do not have any wrinkles. Come join the folks for some tremendous company and fun, whether

you have wrinkles or not.

SEE YOU THERE!!!!!

DIARY OF EVENTS 24 – 26 January CQ 160-Meter Contest, CW

31 Jan – 2 Feb ZS1SKR from the Diaz Festival in Mossel Bay

1 February 2014 Herald VW MTB Cycle Tour

2 February 2014 Herald VW Road Cycle Tour

1 – 2 February Antique Wireless Association CW Activity Day

1 – 2 February EPC WW PSK Contest

8 – 9 February SARL Field Day Contest

8 – 9 February SARL VHF/UHF Analogue/Digital Contest

8 – 9 February CQ WW RTTY WPX

8 – 9 February AM QSO Party

15 February SARL Youth Day Sprint

15 – 16 February ARRL Int'l CW DX Contest

18 February PEARS monthly meeting at the Italian Sporting Club

21 – 23 February CQ WW 160 Meter SSB

23 February SARL Digital Contest

1 – 2 March ARRL Int'l Phone DX Contest

2 March SARL Hamnet 40 m Simulated Emergency Contest

18 March PEARS monthly meeting at the Italian Sporting Club

6 April Ironman

PEARS EMAIL REFLECTOR To register on, or change your settings on the PEARS email reflector, visit http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/pears and follow the instructions to register. This is moderated by JP Human, ex ZS2BZ, and he will verify you are a legit ham, before admitting you onto the mailing list. If you don’t provide a password, one will be generated and emailed to you – KEEP this for future changes to your “account” as set up when you registered. You can change how you receive emails from the list – individually or in batches per day, etc. To send mail to everyone in the list, simply write and send an email to PEARS[at]mailman.qth.net (replace [at] with @). This email will automatically be forwarded to everyone in the list. If they reply, their reply will also go to everyone, (unless they delete the automatically filled in to-address and put just you in the destination). PLEASE do not spam this address as the resultant frustration will render it useless if users block emails from the list. Treat it with the respect it deserves, as a direct link to many PEARS members and non-members alike. Thanks to JP for his setting this up for us, long ago.

Al Akers ZS2U underwent a quadruple heart bypass early in January. The operation went well and Al is back at his QTH. Ted Smook ZS2TED was readmitted to the white house because of complications arising from his hip replacement last year. He is currently recuperating at sister’s place in Somerset West. We wish both Al and Ted a speedy recovery!

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WINLINK BY PIETER JACOBS V51PJ

Wil jul graag weer bekend stel aan die sagteware. Die sagteware kan afgelaai word van WL2K se webwerf. Koppel aan die wat internet het en lees bietjie meer as wat ek gaan skrywe.

Waaroor die skrywe aan julle.

Die goeie nuus is dat daar tans 3 SYSOP stasies in Afrika is: Kaapstad, Maputo en Rosh Pinah.

Die stasies bied u die geleentheid om van 80m tot 12m te kan konnekteer. So waar u ook al mag wees is u ten minste binne radio afstand op een van die frekwensies met n SYSOP stasie.

Baie dink dadelik – o heng al weer n modem wat ek moet aankoop wat net gaan stof opgaar. Ja koop hom as jy die geld los het, maar jy het effektief net n klankkaart interskakel (soundcard interface) nodig om te kan opereer. Die modus wat op klankkaart gebruik word is WINMOR. Daar is Winmor 500 en Winmor 1600 beskikbaar. Dit is maar net verskillende spoed modusse.

Nou hoe om in te skakel of deel te wees. Laai die program RMS Express af en installeer. Die opstel is eenvoudig. Vir registrasie stuur n epos na die ouens in beheer en hul skep n “password” uniek aan jou roepsein en epos dit vir jou.

Nou wat nou?

Wel nou het jy keuses. As jy n Pactor modem het kan jy Pactor modus kies. Dus sal jy dit op HF gebruik – USB. As jy n TNC of n Byonics TT4 modem het kan jy packet doen. – LW packet vir VHF/UHF op FM. As jy n klankkaart interskakel het kan jy Winmor modus kies. HF USB en ek glo of FM deur die herhaler.

Nou na wie toe? Wel jy sal daar sien jy kan inligting aftrek en een van dit is die frekwensie lys van SYSOPS. Nou laai dit af – gebruik TELNET want jy het mos internet by die QTH. O ja, jy moet ook ITS HF Propagation aflaai. Nou vir die wat nie HF Propagation ken nie moenie bodder nie, die sagteware gesels met mekaar en doen als vir jou klaar. Jy sal na jy die Frekwensie lys afgelaai het sien jy kan n stasie kies. Maar ja 3 is in die suide van Afrika so dit sal makliker bereikbaar wees.

Die sagteware sal n voortplantingstudie doen – die rekenaar sal so n rukkie besig lyk. Dit sal dan vir jou die kondisies gee van watter band en watter stasie is beste gelee vir jou. Dus jy het nou jou modus gekies en die SYSOP (CMS) gekies. Wat nou.

Wel tik n epos vir iemand wie se adres jy ken – dit kan enige adres wees en stuur vir hom/haar n epos via die radio network.

Dus jy kan nou n veldstasie iewers wees waar geen selfoon werk nie of op die see of waar ookal. Jy het toegang na die buitewereld.

Nou wat daarvan en wat is die nut.

Ja hier kan mens seker baie uitbrei. As jy n RALLY hou kan jy die stelsel tussen punte gebruik om sodoende leers (files) met die nodige inligting deurstuur vir kontrole doeleindes. Dit kan op HF of VHF/UHF geskied.

As daar n ramp situasie is – die Philpines eilande was n goeie voorbeeld. Alle kommunikasie was tot niet. Amateurs het die sagteware gebruik met Pakket modems en kon sodoende inligting deursit. Hul het n stasie gehad wat met HF aan n CMS op een van die ander lande gekoppel was en kon dus die buitewereld kontak. Hierdie operasie het geloop totdat alle stelsels weer in werking was.

Jy is op jou boot op n vaart iewers in die wereld. Jy kan satteliet gebruik – jy het die geld – of jy kan RMS Express gebruik – geen kostes – jy kan jou APRS inligting en jou epos aflaai en afstuur. So mense kan sien waar jy beweeg.

Die Bounty wat gesink het kon slegs met RMS Express n epos uitkry toe hul in die moeilikheid beland het – alle ander stelsels het gefaal. Die epos is na die kuswag gestuur en reaksie was binne n halfuur beskikbaar.

Nou jy ry in die bos en moet jou bankbestuurder kontak oor jou bankkaart wat nie werk nie. Wel stuur hom n epos en jy kan aangaan

Lees meer op op die WL2K webwerf en vat dit van daar af. Hoop ons kan jul van hulp wees eendag as jul epos dringend moet stuur.

Ed: For more info see: http://www.winlink.org/

!!! ICASA EXTENDS CLOSING DATE OF INTENSION TO RENEW AMATEUR LICENSES !!!

The closing date for Form B is 28 February 2014. Failing to do so will result in cancellation of the license. This applies to all amateur radio licenses including repeaters and beacons. Download Form B from the PEARS webpage at: http://www.zs2pe.co.za/ICASA%20FORMB%202014.doc

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RESCUE RADIO: APRS BRINGS HAPPY ENDING FOLLOWING ACCIDENT DOWN-UNDER

Copied from: http://www.arnewsline.org/

Ham radio, APRS and a damaged cellphone were responsible for a quick rescue of a radio amateur involved in an automobile accident as we hear from Graham Kemp, VK4BB, of the WIA news in Australia:

Jenny, VK4FJMP and Hunter the dog were headed from Singleton New South Wales to her home in Killarney, just south of Warwick Queensland. The vehicle was fitted with an Alinco dual band radio and APRS tracker.

Some three hours behind was Bob, VK4DA also on his way home to Killarney, his vehicle fitted with an Icom 706 for HF, an Icom 880 for D-star, a Yaesu FTM-350 with APRS and an IPad mounted in a bracket for tracking other Hams.

About 1400 hours that day, Bob received a telephone call from Jenny stating that she had rolled the car, was injured and trapped in the vehicle. She further explained that her phone was damaged in the accident and she could only call the last number dialed. Fortunate for Jenny, she had called Bob as requested, when she had left the main highway at Tenterfield tracking east along Mt Lindsay Road, that is in parts, unsealed road.

After enquiring about the dog’s condition, Bob asked for her location, the nature of injuries and entrapment, Jenny was unable to give her exact location and that she was suffering from a possible broken arm. She also advised the vehicle was on its side and suffered significant panel damage and she was unable to open the doors or break through a window.

Bob, pulled his vehicle over and fired up the IPad and was able to pin point the exact GPS coordinates of Jenny's location. This information was passed onto the Ambulance and Rescue Service, that was able to reach her without any delay.

Jenny suffering a dislocated shoulder was treated at Tenterfield hospital and collected by Bob on his way through, the dog was transported from the scene by a thoughtful passer-by.

Emergency services may have still been able to find her given that she was on a known road and an estimated distance from Tenterfield, the APRS tracker in her car providing Bob the exact coordinates to relay to the emergency services reduced the delay in response and possible further injury.

Basie ZR2BA is now the repair agent in PE for the GHD hair straightener and carries a wide range of spares. Contact detail: Basie du Plessis, 082 888 2118.

EARLY REPORT OF PEARS NATIONAL VHF/UHF CONTEST Unfortunately most of the contest period was affected by the heat wave that was present in most parts of South Africa. It dried up the air and prevented temperature inversions from forming, resulting in no long distance contacts.

In spite of all this several log sheets have been received indicating that there was some activity throughout the country on all the bands: 50, 70, 144, 432 and 1296 MHz. So far contacts have been recorded from Divisions 1, 2, 3 and 6. A report was received from Division 4 to say that Nico ZS4N and a doyen on VHF, could not turn his beam antennas as his rotator got stuck in one position. Dennis Green ZS4BS informed us that he called a number of times on 50,200 MHz and 144,200 MHz and did not hear anything due to the poor conditions. We have not heard anything from Division 5 yet. On a brighter note Andre ZS2ACP worked Sian ZS3SVD and Dick ZS6BUN, both on 50 MHz digital - these are the longest distances recorded during the contest. A big surprise was to note that there were Rover stations roaming around in Division 2: Andrew ZS2G/R, Mandy ZS2AV/R and Simon ZS2CC/R. Of course, the field stations Allan ZS2BO and Terence ZS2VDL, kept the flag flying throughout the contest period.

Kindly note that the closing date for all the VHF/UHF contest logs is on 15 February 2014, and either post it to PEARS or e-mail it to this new address: mikecbosch@gmail.com Please make an effort to submit a log sheet, even if you have made only a few contacts, and prove your participation, as the number of logs received during contests will go a long way in keeping the PEARS as well as the SARL VHF/UHF contests alive.

73 Mike, ZS2FM

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SARL Hamnet 40 m Simulated Emergency Contest Sunday 2nd March 14:00 to 16:00 CAT

This SSB Contest is open to all Radio Amateurs in South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Swaziland, Mozambique, Lesotho, Marion Island and South African Antarctica. Only contacts with these areas will count. It is a phone contest in the band segments 7 063 to 7 100 kHz and 7 130 to 7 200 kHz.

Categories: a. Single operator stationary mobile b. Single operator portable c. Multi-operator portable d. Single operator base station

Antennas: Antennas are limited to antennas with less than unity gain relative to a dipole. Stationary Mobile stations shall use antennas that rely solely on their vehicles for support and shall not exceed a height of 5 metres above ground. Portable station antennas may not be erected and installed before the day of the contest and no permanent manmade structure may be used to either house equipment or for antenna supports.

Power: Stationary Mobile and Portable stations shall operate from the same site for the duration of the contest and all power used shall comply with the requirements for Field Stations in the general rules. See SARL Contest Manual 2014 at: http://www.sarl.org.za/public/contests/contestrules.asp

Exchange: Signal report followed by a three-figure number as follows: Category a: Starting with 201 for the first contact Category b: Starting with 401 for the first contact Category c: Starting with 601 for the first contact Category d: Starting with 801 for the first contact Non-participants start with 001 for the first contact

Scoring: Scoring consists of points accumulated from all contacts, multiplied by a multiplier. Contact with a station in: Category a, b and c in own area 3 points Category a, b and c in another area 4 points Category d or non-participant in own area 1 point Category d or non-participant in another area 2 points

Areas are as defined in the following list: Area 1: ZS1 Area 2: ZS2 Area 3: ZS3 Area 4: ZS4 Area 5: ZS5 Area 6: ZS6 Area 7 (eastern group): 3DA, 7P, C9, Z2, ZS8 Area 8 (western group): A2, V5, ZS7

The multiplier consists of the number of call areas worked, multiplied by a power multiplier. The power multiplier is 2 for an output power of over 50 W PEP, and 3 for an output power of less than 50 W PEP.

Sponsor: Hamnet Eastern Cape, Al Akers, ZS2U, 53 Clarence Street, Westering, Port Elizabeth, 6025. E-mail contest[at]peham.co.za. The closing date for log submissions is 10 March 2014.

Look what happens when we cut down too many trees – This is terrible!

Global warming is one thing, but look at what might happen if we continue to clear our forests!

We have to stop cutting down trees!

This is getting serious!

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Battery advance could boost renewable energy take-up By Paul Rincon

Copied from: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-25674738

US researchers have made an important step forward in the quest to store electricity from intermittent energy sources such as wind and solar.

A Harvard University team came up with a way to drive down the cost of flow battery technology, which is capable of storing energy on large scales - within an electrical power grid, for example.

Grid-scale storage for renewables could be a game-changer - making wind and solar more economical and reliable.

Details appear in the journal Nature.

While flow battery designs are suited to storing large amounts of energy cheaply, they have previously relied on chemicals that are expensive or difficult to maintain, driving up costs.

Most previous flow batteries have chemistries based on metals. Vanadium is used in the most commercially advanced flow battery technology, but its cost is relatively high. Other variants contain precious metal catalysts such as platinum.

The researchers say their new battery already performs as well as vanadium flow batteries, but uses no precious metal catalyst and has an underlying chemistry that is metal-free, instead relying on naturally abundant, more affordable chemicals called quinones.

These water-soluble compounds are organic (carbon-based) and are similar to chemicals that store energy in plants and animals.

"These molecules are cheap and they're in all green vegetables, as well as crude oil," said co-author Michael Aziz from the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

The mismatch between the availability of intermittent wind or sunshine and the changing demand for grid electricity is

one of the main obstacles to boosting the fraction of energy that comes from renewable sources.

Prof Aziz told the Nature podcast: "What do you do when the sun isn't shining and the wind isn't blowing? This problem is the one we think we can solve with a way to store massive amounts of electrical energy, if we can make it cost effective and safe. And we think we've taken a big step in that direction now."

Much like fuel cells, flow batteries store energy in chemical fluids contained by external tanks, instead of within the battery container itself as do the solid-electrode batteries found in cars and mobile devices.

"[A flow battery is] similar to a fuel cell in that respect. It stores energy as hydrogen gas outside the fuel cell and when you need to convert that chemical energy into electrical energy, you run it through the fuel cell to make electricity," Prof Aziz explained.

"The difference with a flow battery is that you need to run it forwards and backwards. You run it backwards to turn the electrical energy into chemical energy and store it in the tanks. Then you run it forwards to get the energy back out, converting the chemical energy back into electricity."

The amount of energy that can be stored by a flow battery is limited only by the size of the tanks and the amounts of storage chemicals that can be afforded, he added.

In an accompanying article in Nature, Grigorii Soloveichik, from General Electric Global Research in New York, called the results "promising", and said the approach "may serve as the basis for a new flow-battery technology".

The scientist, who was not involved with the latest study, added: "If long-term capacity and energy efficiency retention can be demonstrated, and if practically useful batteries can indeed be prepared cheaply, then this technology will be suitable for a wide array of energy-storage applications."

← Flow batteries store energy in external tanks, instead of inside the battery container itself.

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Radio to the Rescue Copied from: http://theelectronicball.blogspot.com/2009/10/radio-to-rescue.html

Emergency services (such as the police force and fire brigade) know the vital importance of good communication. In order to avoid chaos and unnecessary casualties, it is essential to know where help is needed and what kind of help is needed. This is often easier said than done, as can be seen only too clearly from the situation with the C2000 emergency services radio system in the Netherlands. It works well in theory, but in practice it’s a different story. Emergency aid in event of a major disaster often requires creativity and unusual actions.

In 1953, the North Sea broke through the dikes and submerged large portions of the southern Netherlands. Nothing was spared: people, animals, and buildings all fell victim to the merciless flood waters. A certain Mr Hossfeld was caught in the middle of this catastrophe. Taking his son with him, he plunged into the ice-cold water, and fortunately they managed to swim to a house where they could enter through an open window and climb onto the roof. The next day they were brought to safety. After they reached dry land, they found that the emergency services were desperately short of communication equipment. Everything had literally been swept away, and the town of Zierikzee was totally cut off.

Mr Hossfeld (now 83 years old [2009]) did what he could and must do: using a few radio valves (EL3, EL6 and 807) and some coils made by winding wire around a bottle, he put together a transmitter that could deliver 10 watts of power to a 15-metre longwire antenna. This was enough to make contact with the outside world (and in a manner of speaking, it was the spiritual ancestor of the C2000 system). For five days and nights, a team of four people constantly manned the PA0ZRK transmitter to coordinate assistance activities for Zierikzee.

Radio amateurs such as Mr Hossfeld played a vital role in the initial hours and days of the 1953 floods. Many lives were saved as a result of their efforts.

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Amateur radio experiences DIY renaissance By David Sumner

Copied from: http://urgentcomm.com/blog/amateur-radio-experiences-diy-renaissance

When amateurs began experimenting with radio more than a century ago, they had no choice but to build everything they needed. Some went on to become successful entrepreneurs, selling their creations to fellow hobbyists who were more interested in operating radios than in constructing them. Others built their own receivers and transmitters either from economic necessity or for the fun and satisfaction of being able to say, "I did it myself."

After World War II, the market was flooded with surplus electronic components that could be bought in bulk for less than the cost of manufacture. The Heath Company parlayed these riches into a successful business by designing kits that could be built at home by anyone with simple tools and a soldering iron.

Step-by-step instructions virtually eliminated the risk of failure. No one embraced Heathkits more enthusiastically than the amateur-radio community. At the time, electronic manufacturing still involved point-to-point wiring and was very labor intensive, so hams could buy a kit for less than the cost of an equivalent factory-assembled unit and — as a bonus — experience the joy of putting it together. Other companies also offered kits, but Heathkit is virtually synonymous with the era.

The advent of solid-state devices, printed circuit boards, and automatic parts insertion removed the price advantage that kits enjoyed. By the time the Heath Company closed its doors in 1992, most amateur-radio equipment was being manufactured in Japan.

But Heathkit's demise did not spell the end of home construction in amateur radio. Anyone who has ever made a two-way radio contact with simple equipment they built on their own workbench or kitchen table will tell you that it's a thrilling experience. One of the many thriving subcultures in amateur radio is the QRP community, named for the international Morse code signal for "decrease power." QRPers pride themselves on being able to communicate all over the world with less than 5 watts of transmitter power, often with homemade gear. Their clever equipment designs — offered as kits by clubs and small businesses — have led to a renaissance in kit building. There are so many kits available from so many suppliers that, if you set out to build them all, you would never finish!

Today, the fruits of a kit-builder's labors can be slipped into a backpack, along with a battery and a roll of wire for a day of hiking, with space left over for lunch. At a nice spot along the trail, one end of the wire gets tossed into a tree and the other is connected to the radio for a couple of hours of surfing the ionosphere in search of contacts with other hams near and far. You might (or might not, depending on where you are) be able to get a signal on your smartphone, but it is truly liberating to be able to communicate using equipment you've built yourself — using just the natural phenomenon of radio-wave propagation and without a trillion dollars' worth of telecommunications infrastructure.

Radio amateurs don't develop radio-communication skills and capabilities just for ourselves. We want to be of service to our communities and country. Public service and emergency preparedness are important ways to give back for the privilege of accessing the radio spectrum. The more we know, the more capabilities we develop by doing it ourselves, the more valuable we can be when we're needed. And we will be needed. Society relies ever more heavily on a fragile telecommunications infrastructure that is susceptible to overload and outright failure. We can't substitute for all that infrastructure. But we can communicate, no matter what.

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Sunday Bulletins PEARS bulletins are transmitted on Sundays immediately after the SARL English transmission, i.e. at about 08:30 on 7098 kHz as well as the 2 metre linked network that provides from

Butterworth to George and up to the Free State and their environs. PEARS 7098 or 3640 kHz transceiver facilities are also remotely linked as needed. In addition, the SARL's 40 m operations on 7082 or 7066 kHz or Hamnet's 7070 kHz can be remotely patched to the 2 m network in receive only mode or with full transceive capability for interactive events. A recorded rebroadcast of the bulletin takes place on the Eastern Cape Linked Repeater Network every Monday night at 20h00 courtesy of various volunteers who rotate this duty. The bulletin readers are always looking for something to announce. If you have something to contribute, please forward it to the next reader.

Bulletin Roster 26 January Johannes ZS2JO

2 February Tony ZR2TX

9 February Theunis ZS2EC

16 February Chris ZS2AAW

23 February Nick ZS2NT

2 March Glen ZS2GV

9 March Patsy ZS2PTY

16 March Clive ZS2RT

The bulletin readers are always looking for something

to announce. If you have something to contribute,

please forward it to the next reader.

CONGRATULATIONS

BIRTHDAYS – February 2014 02 Ginny ZS2GIN XYL of Pat ZS2PJP Pullinger 02 Paul ZS2PG Galpin 02 Shirley XYL of Gus ZS2MC Winter 04 Cordell ZS2CS Schnetler 04 Ivan ZS2ILN Newman 06 Mandy ZR2AM La Mude 06 Neels OM of Patsy ZR2PTY Kruger 07 Chantal XYL of Jack ZS2YCL Loock 07 Joan ZR2ABA XYL of Allan ZS2BO Bowles 08 Scott ZS2SR Rollo 09 Joy XYL of Fredrick ZR2FM Leibach 10 Lynne ZS2MM Crothall 11 Dirk ZS2D Ligthelm 12 Peter ZR2PEL Lunow 12 Rosemary ZR2MCR XYL of Rob ZS2ROB Mac

Geoghegan 17 Jeffrey ZR2JEF Ferreira 18 Peter ZS2PF Flynn

19 Gary ZS2GRL Laaks 20 Linesha XYL of Mark Tiran 21 Mathew ZU2MAT Allen 26 Charmaine XYL of Otto ZS2Q van Rooyen 26 Henry ZS2HD Danielson 26 Jacques ZR2JH van der Heide 28 Basie ZR2BA du Plessis 28 Karel ZS2KKK Stone 29 Wolf ZS2WG Gerstle

ANNIVERSARIES – February 2014

01 Madeleine and Merrick ZS2MH Flugel 01 Lizette and Nico ZS4N Oelofse 05 Anita and Jacques ZS2BZ Human 15 Vanessa ZS2VS and Christopher ZS2AAW Scarr 24 Barbara and Bill ZS2BIL Hickson

If you are a member and your birthday or

anniversary details are omitted or incorrect, please notify Clive ZS2RT (or any committee

member) to update our records.

Four Metre Net On Monday evenings at 19h00 there is a four metre net at 70.2 MHz FM - antennas are horizontally polarized. This net serves a dual purpose: It will get amateurs together to discuss various aspects of the hobby; and it will also provide signals for stations further afield to listen out for and hopefully, when there are openings, to make contact with net members. You are welcome to join in. 73, Al ZS2U

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HAM RADIO OUTLET-SOUTH AFRICA cc “Where Radio is a Passion”

Launch of the long awaited ICOM IC7100

Complete with touch screen and DSTAR as standard.

Orders taken @ ONLY R16995 incl VAT.

For all your Amateur needs from plugs to coax….

give us a call 041 3711425 Speak to Donovan (ZS2DL) or Andre (ZS2BK)

We Ship Country Wide!

Visit http://www.hamradio.co.za

For all your ham radio requirements!

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Your Society’s Committee for 2013/2014 Chairman Nicholas Thompson ZS2NT 082 490 0824 Nick.peham[at]gmail.com Vice Chairman, Technical/repeaters

Glen Cummings ZS2GV 082 411 2743 glen[at]peham.co.za

Secretary, Functions organising Patsy Kruger ZS2PTY patsy[at]peham.co.za Treasurer Clive Fife ZS2RT 041 367 3203 clive[at]peham.co.za Public Relations Johannes Geldenhuys ZS2JO 082 320 3032 Johannes[at]s4.co.za Events, Rally organising Tony Allen ZR2TX 082 956 2920 tony.zr2tx[at]gmail.com QSX Distribution, Contests, Awards, ZS2PE

Theunis Potgieter ZS2EC 082 766 8830 zs2ec@vodamail.co.za

Technical/repeaters, WiFi Chris Scarr ZS2AAW 082 925 6367 christopher[at]peham.co.za

CO-OPTED POSTS RAE Examination Admin. Donovan ZS2DL 082 852 4885 zs2dl[at]hamradio.co.za Assessors Rory ZS2BL

Chris ZS2AAW Donovan ZS2DL Bill ZS2ABZ

072 026 8909 082 925 6367 082 852 4885 041 581 2580

rory[at]commco.co.za christopher[at]peham.co.za zs2dl[at]hamradio.co.za zs2abz[at]isat.co.za

Hamnet scoring Al ZS2U 041 360 2983 al[at]peham.co.za Contest Committee Theunis ZS2EC

Mike ZS2FM 082 766 8830 084 612 9600

contest[at]peham.co.za mikecbosch[at]gmail.com

Meetings catering Bill Hodges ZS2ABZ O41 581 2580 zs2abz[at]isat.co.za QSX Editor Eric Hosten ZS2ECH 072 8414 693 qsx[at]peham.co.za

Replace [at] with @ when you want to send an email (this is done to try to prevent spamming).

PEARS' VHF/UHF, Packet & Other Services

Local Repeaters: These repeaters form a separate sub-net in the PE - Uitenhage - Despatch area. Town VHF

145,050/650 Town UHF

431,050/438,650 Uitenhage

145,075/675 Tygerhoek

145,000/600 Longmore

145,025/625

Cape Linked System Repeaters: These form the PEARS long-range 2-metre repeater system, in conjunction with the Border, Southern Cape and

WCRWG systems. See www.zs2pe.co.za/Repeaters/repeaters.htm for more details. Lady's Slipper 145,100/700

Grahamstown 145,150/750

Cradock 145,050/650

Noupoort 438,750 / 438,675

Colesberg 431,075/438,675

Kareedouw 145,127/725

Plett 145,175/775

Brenton 145,075/675

Packet network: ZS0NTP-2 Packet Node

Lady’s Slipper 10,151 LSB 300bd APRS

144,800 1200bd 438,275 1200bd (FWD)

434,875 9600bd 434,800 1200bd APRS Cape Linked System

ZS0NTP BBS Lady’s Slipper

On all node frequencies

ZS0GHT-2 Packet Node Grahamstown

144,800 1200bd 434,800 1200bd (FWD)

439,850 9600bd

ZS0CDK-2 Digi Cradock

144,800 1200bd

ZS0KDJ APRS Digi Mount Road

434,800 1200bd

ZS0KDB APRS Digi Longmore

434,800 1200bd

ZS2ABZ-4 WMR918 WX Station

144,625 1200bd

VHF Beacon: 50,007 MHz FSK – ZS2X, 25 Watts into 2 element Yagi beaming north.

Banking details (for subs & donations): NEDBANK SAVINGS ACCOUNT No. 221 252 7594, Bank code 121217, A/C name: Port Elizabeth Amateur Radio Society. Please use call signs as a reference.

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IF NOT DELIVERED RETURN TO

Port Elizabeth Amateur Radio Society

PO Box 10402 LINTON GRANGE

6015

AMATEUR RADIO is the hobby for RADIO EXPERIMENTERS

and those who like to fiddle with ELECTRONICS, COMMUNICATIONS or COMPUTERS