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BANDBITS The official publication of the Peoria Area Amateur Radio Club
An ARRL Affiliated Club Volume 32, Number 11 November 2017
PAARC EVENTS
PAARC MEETS AT RED CROSS
The Peoria Area Amateur Radio Club meets at the American
Red Cross Chapter House, 311 West John Gwynn Jr. Avenue
between Hightower and Kumpf Blvd. in Peoria, Illinois. The
meetings are held on the second Thursday of each month.
Events: Board Meeting
Nov. 2, 7:00pm, Thursday, at the Red Cross Building
General Meeting
Nov. 9, 7:00pm, Thursday, at the Red Cross Building
Program: Dave Lucas presenting Raspberry Pi’s and Ham Radio uses. To sweeten the presentation, he will be giving
away a new Raspberry Pi 3, Internet Labs DVAP, and a 32GB
micro SD card.
Dec. 14: Club Christmas Party at the Lariat Steak house
starting at 6:30pm.
at the Lariat Steak house starting at 6:30pm.
INSIDE THIS ISSUE
1 President’s Message, PAARC Events, ARES Programs
and Officer Slate for 2018
2 Club Information, Directors, Net Control Reports for
October 1, 8, 15, 22, 2017.
3 Board and General Meeting Minutes and Net Control
Report October 29th.
4 October GOTA Report, ARRL Foundation Scholarship
Application and Mellish Reef DXpedition
5 Hamfests, 630-Meter Event and CWops Award
6 Buy, Sell or Trade, and Area FCC Exam Locations and
dates.
President’s Message
Keep your batteries charged, your coax coiled, your antenna, ready to deploy and your SWR at the minimum !! Happy Thanksgiving and Merry Christmas !!!!!! Fritz Bock WD9FMB 309-256-2297 Illinois Section/SEC
Peoria County ARES
Peoria County ARES Net on the first and second Wednesdays
of each month on the .075 repeater.@ 7:00PM
Meeting will be on the third Wednesday of each month.
Ares Net on November 1 @ 8PM
Ares State Wide SET from November 2nd through November
5th.
Ares Net on November 8th @ 8PM
November 15: ARES Meeting agenda is TBD.
Matthew Behnke, KD9ERS Woodford ARES
Woodford ARES is meeting quarterly with the next meeting on Thursday December 21 at 7:00pm at the Woodford EMA EOC on the south side of Roanoke. Curt/K9UQF Woodford ARES EC
NOVEMBER ELECTION
Listed below is the proposed slate of officers for
the year 2018.
President Dave AB9DL
Vice-President Mark W9WGN
Treasurer Neil KC8FYI
Secretary Rich KD9ANU
Director Tom W8NWG
The Board will appoint the Repeater Chairman and
Superfest Chairman in January.
Quote for the Month
It is our attitude at the beginning of a difficult task which,
more than anything else, will affect its successful
outcome.
--William James
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Repeaters
The PAARC operates three 2 meter repeaters, which are open for all
amateurs with 2 meter privileges. The 146.250 (input)/146.850
(output) repeater is located in Glasford. The repeater uses a 156.7 Hz
output tone for CTCSS squelch control.
The 147.675 (input)/147.075 (output) repeater is located on the Rock-
106 tower in East Peoria. This repeater is used for the Sunday night
net. This repeater uses a 156.7 Hz input tone for CTCSS squelch
control.
The W9PIA D-Star 144.505 (input)/145.105 (output) repeater is
located on the Rock-106 tower.
The Peoria Area Amateur Radio Club
The club was originally chartered as the Peoria Radio Club on
May 2, 1919. Please address all correspondences to:
The Peoria Area Amateur Radio Club
P.O. Box 3508
Peoria, IL 61612-3508
Voice Mail at (309) 692-3378 E–mail [email protected]
Web Page – http://www.w9uvi.org/
Membership Information
Membership in the Peoria Area Amateur Radio Club is available to
any licensed amateur and is administered as follows:
Voting Membership: $25 per calendar year. Ages 18 and under, or
65 and older are $20 per calendar year.
Family Membership: Voting membership for first member and $15
for each additional member in same household.
Non-voting Membership: $10 per calendar year for amateurs who
are interested only in occasional participation.
Honorary Life Memberships: are free and are awarded by a vote of
the general membership after recommendations from the Board of
Directors.
Dues are payable by February 1ST of each year.
BANDBITS Policy
BANDBITS is the official publication of the Peoria Area Amateur
Radio Club and is distributed to all members in good standing, and
to other interested parties. Permission is granted to reprint from
BANDBITS provided that credit is given to the original author, if
listed, and that BANDBITS is identified as the source of the
material.
Opinions expressed in articles and letters are those of the author and
may or may not reflect those of BANDBITS or the Peoria Area
Amateur Radio Club. BANDBITS reserves the right to edit any
copy, and to print or refuse to print any contribution.
Articles are welcome and can be sent to:
BANDBITS Editor – Cliff Shoemaker- W9OI
P.O. Box 3508 Peoria, IL 61612-3508 or via E-mail at
Articles for BANDBITS must be received by the Monday following
the club meeting for inclusion in the next issue.
Club Net Report – By Various Club Members
The Sunday Night W9UVI Net check-in results for the month
are shown in the table below, Highlights from the check-ins.
Oct.1 Oct. 8 Oct. 15 Oct. 22 Oct. 29 Total
31 30 20 21 25 127
10/1/17
K8ROY KC9ELL AD9I W9WTF W9WGN K9STS K9TYR KD9BRV K9CEW W8NWG KD9IVV KD9AER KD9ANU KD9IVC K9FIT K9HJZ K9TNT KC9RAV KD9JDF N9GZ KD0ONM KD9EUG KD9JFG KD9HZX W9GLO KC9YTT KC9MGK KD9JFW KB9ATO N9WFT NM0O Submitted by KD9DBQ 73 10/8/17
W9WTF W9JDP KD9JHQ AD91 K9STS K9TYR KD9BRV K8ROY KB9TNZ NM0O N9WFT K9QJ KD9IVV KB9IBC W9GMK K9QZ KD9ANU KD0UNM K9HJZ KD9JDF/AG KD9ERS N9GZ KC9YTT W9GLO K9CUF KA9RYV K9DUF KD9HZX N9CJI KB9ATO Submitted by KD9DBQ 73
10/15/17
KD9BRV, K9TYR, K8ROY, NM0O, KD9IVV, KD9JDF, W9GLO, KD9JHQ, KD9ANU, N9SJZ, K9STS, K9TYR, KD9JDF, N9WFT, KC9ELL, KD9EUG, KD9HZX, KD9BRV, KC9WRK, W9WGN Submitted by W8NWG 73
10/22/17
K8ROY K9TYR KC9ELL K9STS N9WFT NM0O KD9JDF N9GZ K9HJZ N9CJI KC9IVV KD9ANU W9TAZ W8NWG KC9YTT W9GLO KD9HZX K7OU N9VIP KD9JSU KD9BRV Submitted by KD9DBQ 73 Continued on page 3
Club Net/Newsline
The club holds a weekly net on Sunday Evening at 8:30 PM Local
Time on the 147.075 repeater. All Amateurs with 2 meter privileges
are invited to check in. Amateur Radio Newsline will be heard after
the Net.
Club Directors
President Fritz Bock, WD9FMB
Vice President Dave Lucas, AB9DL
Secretary Mark Suhs, W9WGN
Treasurer Susie Sanders, K9STS
Directors Gary Kantner, W9GMK (2 years) Jim Polson, W9JDP (1 year) Trustee
Repeater Ch.
Superfest Ch.
Bob Bush, W9WTF Neil Hubert, KC8FY
Deb Suhs, KA4DEB
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Minutes of PAARC Board Meeting, October 5, 2017
Those in attendance Fritz WD9FMB, Dave
AB9DL, Deb KA4DEB, and Neil KC8FYI. This
was not for a quorum, and there was no official
business conducted.
The group did discuss the following.
Officers for next year
Dave AB9DL President
Mark W9WGN Vice President
Rich KD9ANU Secretary
Open Treasure
Tom W8NWG Director
Fritz talked to Paul from Kenwood. Paul told Fritz
that if we wanted to have Kenwood to donate a
Prize for next year’s Superfest, to submit a request.
Yaesu also wants to come to Superfest.
Cable Experts is also looking to come back to
Superfest.
Submitted by
Mark W9WGN Secretary
as Recorded by Deb KA4DEB
General Meeting Minutes, Cont’d
With no other nominations by the floor, the following
are on the slate for 2018.
President Dave AB9DL
Vice-President Mark W9WGN
Treasurer Neil KC8FYI
Secretary Rich KD9ANU
Director Tom W8NWG
The Board will appoint the Repeater Chairman and
Superfest Chairman in January.
At the September Board meeting, and Club Meeting
Fritz had told the board and those at the September
meeting, that Clyde Huffman’s (K9QXF) widow had
donated $500 to the club. The board had decided at
that meeting to re-name the radio room to The Clyde
Huffman K9QXF Memorial Radio Room. The rest of
the funds will go to purchase an easy up for club
functions and anyone else who would like to use it
for portable operations. The easy up will be kept in
the radio room.
The November program will be Dave AB9DL doing
a presentation of Raspberry Pi. At the end of the
meeting a Raspberry Pi and a DVAP for D-Star use
will be given away as a door prize.
The December Meeting will be the club Christmas
Party at the Lariat Steak house starting at 6:30pm.
High Altitude Balloon Launch Fritz is working with
Dunlap High School on launching a Balloon
sometime either at the end of October or November.
If you are interested in helping contact Fritz.
Meeting Adjourned at 8:21 pm.
Submitted by
Mark W9WGN Secretary
Minutes of PAARC General Meeting—October 12, 2017
The meeting was called to order by Fritz WD9FMB
at 6:57pm
After introductions, the evening program was a
skype presentation by Don Wilbanks AE5DW of
Ham Nation. Don gave a background of his
involvement with Ham Nation and Amateur Radio
News Line. After that he took questions from the
group.
After a break the business meeting took place.
A motion was made by Susie K9STS to accept the
minutes as published in Band-Bits. This was
seconded by Jim W9JDP. The motion was
approved.
A motion was made by Bob W9WTF to accept the
treasures report as presented by Susie. A second
was made by Justin KD9JFF. The motion was
approved.
The November meeting will the elections of officers
for 2018 Continued next column
Net Report, Cont’d
10/29/17
K8ROY N9SJZ KC9ELL K9STS NM0O W8NWG K9TYR
KD9IVV K9TNT KD9ANU N9WFT KD9JDF N9GZ KD9AJR
KC9WRK KB9ATO KC9YTT K9HJZ KD9ERS K7OU
KD0UNM KD9BRV W9GLO KB9TNZ KB9RVH
Submitted by KD9DBQ 73
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ARRL Foundation Accepting Scholarship Applications
The ARRL Foundation Scholarship program is now
accepting applications from eligible applicants. The
deadline to submit applications is January 31, 2018. More
information is on the ARRL Foundation Scholarship
Program page.
All applicants must be FCC-licensed radio amateurs, and
many scholarships have other specific requirements, such
as intended area of study, ARRL Division, Section or
state, and license class. Applicants should review the
scholarships and check off the ones for which they are
eligible. More information is on the ARRL Foundation
Scholarship Program page.
is year, the Foundation Board of Directors is offering
several new scholarships. These include The Old Man
International Sideband Society Scholarship; The K6GO
Gale Olson and NA6MB Mike Bender Scholarship; The
Harry A. Hodges, W6YOO, Scholarship; the Medical
Amateur Radio Council (MARCO) Scholarship, and The
Ladies Amateur Radio Association of Orange County
Scholarship Taken from ARRL New 10/5/2017
PAARC GOTA CONTEST RUNNING TOTALS
As of November 1, 2017
This is the running total Points by Operator as of Nov.
1. Please note that Operators have until the 5th of each
month to turn in contacts.
Dwight (K9QJ) = 182 Points
Mark (W9WGN) = 56 Points
Larry (WA9VRH) = 8 Points
Seth (K0TOT) = 4 Points
Corey (KC9RAV) = 3 Points
Tom (W8NWG) = 3 Points
Dave (AB9DL) = 2 Points
November is here! Which means we only have a couple months left.
For this month, we are taking ALL contacts! Voice,
Digital, Key, and even yelling out the door (no, don't
log the yelling out the door calls)! Just log those calls
and get them turned in by the end of November!
If you have the most calls, you'll get 15 bonus points,
2nd place gains 10 bonus points, and 3rd place gains 5
bonus points.
As a reminder:
1st Place --- DMR Handheld
2nd Place --- Raspberry PI kit
3rd Place --- $50.00 Ham Radio Outlet Certificate
Submitted by:
Matthew Behnke, KD9ERS
Peoria County Emergency Coordinator
PAARC - Visit www.w9uvi.org
309-229-0820 – Cell email - [email protected]
Mellish Reef DXpedition Team Has Set Sail
The Mellish Reef VK9MA DXpedition team has said it
plans to concentrate on the lower bands during its
November DXpedition. Mellish is the 29th most-wanted
DXCC entity. Team member and ARRL Contest Update
Editor Brian Moran, N9ADG, said the boat was loaded
and set to depart Port Douglas, Australia, today (October
31).
“We are trying to get in front of some weather,” Moran
told The Daily DX Editor Bernie McClenny, W3UR.
Moran said the DXpedition’s operating plans on its
website are “always subject to revision by conditions and
pilot guidance.” He urged those attempting to work
VK9MA to listen first to get a feel for how the pileup is
working.
The team will always be running split; never call on the
VK9MA transmit frequency.
Data modes, and especially RTTY, will be one focus of
the VK9MA DXpedition, and the team may give
JT65/JT9 and the newly popular, but still beta, FT8 a try.
During the 13-day stay, VK9MA will run four complete
stations around the clock. — Thanks to The Daily DX
Taken from ARRL News 10 /31/2017
More Quotes for the Month! When people keep telling you that you can’t do a thing, you
kind of like to try it.
--Margaret Chase Smith
You may be disappointed if you fail, but you are doomed if
you don’t try.
--Beverly Sills
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CWops Announces Awards for Advancing the Art of CW
CWops has announced the recipients of its 2017 awards for
advancing the art of CW.
The Boy Scouts of America was recognized for its programs
over the years that have advanced the art of communicating
with Morse code. “Many radio amateurs can trace their interest
in CW to have begun with achievement programs and activities
in the Boy Scouts,” the CWops announcement said.
Roger Cooke, G3LDI, was recognized for his many years of
successful efforts in advancing the art of CW as the Radio
Society of Great Britain (RSGB) GB2CW coordinator, as well
as for his on-the-air code practice, teaching Morse code, and
authoring Morse Code for Radio Amateurs, now in its 12th
edition. — Thanks to CWops Awards Committee Chair Riki
Kline, K7NJ/4X4NJ
Taken from The ARRL News 10/27/2017
Happy Thanksgiving
To All PAARC Members
From your Bandbits Editor
HAMFESTS
Here's what the ARRL website presently has for Hamfests within
250 miles of Peoria. Not all fests are posted, or posted in a timely
manner on this website, so it may be an incomplete list.
11/04/2017 | MRC-91 Swapfest
Location: Milwaukee, WI
Type: ARRL Hamfest
Sponsor: Milwaukee Repeater Club
Website: http://www.mrc91.org
11/05/2017 | FCARC Swapfest
Location: Appleton, WI
Type: ARRL Hamfest
Sponsor: Fox Cities Amateur Radio Club
Website: http://www.fcarc.club/hamfest.php
11/18/2017 | Indiana State Convention (Fort Wayne Hamfest
and Computer Expo)
Location: Fort Wayne, IN
Type: ARRL Convention
Sponsor: Allen County Amateur Radio Technical Society
Website: http://www.fortwaynehamfest.com
11/25/2017 | TurkeyFest 2017
Location: Brazil, IN
Type: ARRL Hamfest
Sponsor: Wabash Valley Amateur Radio Association
Website: http://w9uuu.org/turkeyfest.html
01/06/2018 | 46th Annual Midwinter Swapfest Location: Waukesha, WI
Type: ARRL Hamfest
Sponsor: West Allis Radio Amateur Club
Website: http://www.warac.org
01/21/2018 | WCRA's 51st Annual Mid-Winter Hamfest
Location: St. Charles, IL
Type: ARRL Hamfest
Sponsor: Wheaton Community Radio Amateurs
Website: http://www.w9ccu.org/Hamfest.html
01/27/2018 | Winterfest
Location: Collinsville, IL
Type: ARRL Hamfest
Sponsor: St. Louis and Suburban Radio Club
Website: http://winterfest.slsrc.org
02/24/2018 | La Porte County ARC Hamfest
Location: La Porte, IN
Type: ARRL Hamfest
Sponsor: La Porte County Amateur Radio Club
Website: http://lpcarc.org
09/14/2018 | W9DXCC Convention Location: Schaumburg, IL Type: ARRL Convention Sponsor: Northern Illinois DX Association Website: http://w9dxcc.com/
630-Meter Special Operating Event on November 11
Commemorates Berlin Treaty Amateur Radio operators will descend upon 630 meters on
November 11 during a special operating event to commemorate
the 1906 Berlin Treaty, which made 500 kHz the International
Distress Frequency on November 3 of that year. US radio
amateurs recently gained access to 630 meters but must have
notified the Utilities Technology Council (UTC) of their intent
to operate and either received explicit approval or not heard
anything for 30 days in order to participate.
Four different groups will take part: US radio amateurs, US Part
5 Experimental operators, Canadian radio amateurs, and the
Maritime Radio Historical Society (MRHS). Canadian and
authorized US radio amateurs will operate from 472 to 479 kHz,
using CW.
Some stations are expected to offer cross-band contacts,
transmitting on 630 meters and listening on 160, 80, and 40
meters. Part 5 Experimental operators, including WD2XSH
stations and others who don’t yet have UTC approval, will
operate in the 472-479 kHz band or just outside of it, and there
may be some operation on 500 kHz proper.
The Maritime Radio Historical Society will activate its
KSM/KPH transmitter at Bolinas, California, for a mini “Night
of Nights” with special messages and bulletins.
Taken from ARRL News 11/1/2017
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Buy/Sell/Trade
Non-Commercial Ads from Club
members pertaining to Amateur Radio
will be printed free of charge. Each ad
will run for one issue and can be
continued by contacting the Editor.
Material may be sent to:
Bandbits Editor
P.O. Box 3508
Peoria, IL 61612-3508
Or via Email: [email protected]
AREA FCC EXAMS
Morton:
FCC Amateur Radio Exams are held at the Morton Public Library, 315 West
Pershing at 12:00 noon the third Saturday of even numbered months or as noted:
Dec.16. If no one is there at that time the examiners will leave as they are all
volunteers. Walk-ins are welcome. Please bring your original Radio License (if any)
and a copy, and the original and a copy of any of any Certificate of Completion
(CSCE) not already acted upon by the FCC. Copies are needed to send with your
license application. Fee for 2017 is $15.00. You will also need identification such as
a Driver’s License, and a Social Security Number. Contact Bob Bush W9WTF at
[email protected] for more information.
Bloomington:
The schedule for W5YI-VEC Amateur Radio for the last exams for the year 2017 is
Nov. 11 (tentative, due to scheduling rooms for a year) at the Bloomington Public
Library Community Room located at the intersection of E. Olive St. and S. East St.
Entrance is off of S. East St. People should contact Keith a week prior to the test for
date and location. Testing begins at 1:00pm. Bring two forms of identification. You
will need a copy of your current license plus and CSCE you want to apply. Contact
Keith Hanson AC9S at [email protected] (preferred) or (309) 378-4416 for
more information.
Note on testing – A Social Security number is now required for all FCC exams.
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