BSSS 1996-01

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Badger State
01996
Radio By Radio
For Amoteurs • Amateurs
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Vol. 27 No. 1 • 313th Consecutive Monthly Issue• Baraboo, Wisconsin• January 1996
PRB-1 Codified in Massachusetts Badger Contesters
A new law in Massachusetts will put the
First Draft of
language of the FCC's federal preemption By Les Peterson, W9YCV
of state and local laws affecting amateurs Wisconsin PRB-1 9741 West Howard Avenue, Greenfield, WI 53228
(PRB-1) on the books in thl!t state when it
Codification Written
takes effect next year.
H-2782, a bill in the Massachusetts
legislature, was written by ARRL Volunteer A bill to codify PRB-1 as Wis
Counsel Thomas Carrigan, WA 1 NVS, in consin law has been written. It is a
1992. The bill was passed by both cham first draft, and may be changed
bers of the legislature earlier this year, then before being assigned a number for
sent back to the legislature by Governor introduction on the Assembly floor.
William Weld, for modification. Both A spokesman for Rep. Ben Brancel's
chambers of the legislature then enacted the (R-Endeavor) office told BSSS that
bill in the last week of this year's legislative the bill most likely will be intro
session and sent it to the governor, who duced on the House floor in March,
signed the bill into law on November 21. 1996. As soon as the bill has a
The bill becomes law 90 days after number, we will publish complete
signing, and is assigned to Chapter 225 of the complete text and the bill's
the Massachusetts General Laws. number. If you have questions,
Eastern Massachusetts ARRL Section contact Wisconsin Section State
Manager Phil Temples, K9HI, said "Like Government Liaison Verne Teske,
PRB-1, the new Chapter 225 does not give W9RYA, 3260 Carol Court, Oak
amateurs a green light to do anything they Creek, WI 531 54.
want to do with their antennas. You are still At least five states have now
(L to Rl Dick Johnson, WA9LZM; Ken Boston, WF9K; Fred Sanders, W..X-SKVS;
bound by the zoning laws of your city or codified PRB-1 as state law, accord
Glen Randala, WA 1 UJU; Ralph Doll, N9LAD; Rick Sell, N9MYK, Bruce
town, and you will still have to go through ing to the Regulatory Information
Richardson, KE90T; Eric Rugowski, WD91AB; Bruce Herrick, WW1 M; and Jim
the same process for approval that you have Branch of the American Radio Relay
White, KA9UZW, are the members who attended the Badger Contesters'
to go through now. League.
meeting at the home of Ken, WF9X.
"So what's the difference? Now, when
Photo by Les Peterson/W9YCV
you go to your town hall, you can point to Chapter 225 as requmng that local
regulations be reasonable. If you should find it necessary to go to court for satisfaction,
you can choose state court or federal court. State court trials would be less expensive, Badger Contesters! What group is that, you ask? Well, read on. Through the
but the precedents set in PRB-1 cases do not transfer to Massachusetts courts," Temples promotional efforts of Bruce, KE9QT, the Badger Contesters club became a reality three
said. or so years ago. Meetings of interested UHF/VHF'ers took place at various swapfests
Carrigan has written a primer for Massachusetts hams on what the new law means. to discuss its formation, organizational structure, name and purpose. The club's
It is available on the World Wide Web at organizational structure was kept to a minimum but enough to become an ARRL
affiliated club. And the members selected Bruce, KE9QT, to be our fearless leader.
The club has these purposes: (1) Provide a means by which Wisconsin UHF/
http://www.ultranet.com/-shawn/wa 1 nvs.html
VHF'ers can get recognition through participation in the club competitio~ portion of the
UHF/VHF contests without jeopardizing their individual scores. (2) Promote increased
Temples also suggested that Massachusetts amateurs who contacted their representa
friendship, friendly rivalry, and the sharing of information among Wisconsin UHF/
tives and senators in support of H-2782 now send a note thanking them for their support.
VHF'ers outside contests. Any amateur in Wisconsin with such interests can become a
-ARRL Bulletin ARLB 106, 11 /30/95 member. There are no dues, just voluntary contributions to help offset the costs of
meeting notices and newsletters put out by Bruce. ARRL does have one membership
requirement: that is, a member must attend two club meetings a year after the first year
Vanity Call Form Available
of membership -- one meeting the first year.
Please turn to page 9
FCC vanity call sign application Form writing ARRL, 225 Main Street, Newing
610V is now available, but the FCC is not ton, CT 06111. Please include an sase.
yet accepting completed forms for filing. ON THE INSIDE
Form 610v also is available from the
In response to requests by radio ama
FCC via the internet at
teurs, the ARRL has mailed 9000 copies What's Happening: Edited by Ken Ebneter, K9EN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
http://www.fcc.gov/Forms/Form610V or
of the form. If you requested one from the E-Z Audio Amp for In-Car Use: By Mike Greenfield, N9JIY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
ftp://ftp.fcc.gov/pub/Forms/Form610V I,
ARRL and do not receive it by December From the Old Goat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . • . . 4
or by fax at 202-418-0177. Ask for Form Wisconsin Nets A66ociation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • • . • . . . . . . 4, 11
16, call 860-594-0300.
006108. Here and There . . • . . • • . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
The FCC is expected to announce The Computer Corner: By Dr. Stan Kaplan, WB9RQA . .. ... . . ....... ........ .. 6
opening dates for the first vanity call sign The FCC Forms Distribution Center Wisconsin QCWA Chapter 55 Fall Meeting: By Les Peterson, W9YCV . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
filing gate in early 1996. You can obtain will accept orders in about one month. Ask Elmer: By Elmer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
For the ladies: By Nancy Johnson, N9NZM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
FCC Form 610V (along with FCC form Call 800-418-3676.
A Record That Will likely Stand Forever: From Bob Baird, W9NN . . . . . . . . . • • . . . . • 8
1070V and FCC vanity call sign informa
Foxy Folks -Racine Megacycle Club's 1995 Winners. 1996 Hunt Schedule ... ..... . 9
tion fact sheet PR 9000, number 206v) by -ARRL Bulletin ARLB109, 12/8/95 Space Shuttle, Retrieveable Satellite, Ham Packet Radio to Test Positioning System . . . 9
Riverland Amateur Radio Club ............ , , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Eau Claire Amateur Radio Club . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . 10
Racine Megacycle Club ........•••.. ... .• .... , ... , . . . • . • . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Sheboygan County Amateur Radio Club . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • 10
Taylor County Araa Amateur Radio Club . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Quarter Century Wireless Aasociation Southeastern Wisconsin Chapter 162 . . . . . . . . 12
Watts Snoo (Central Wisconsin Radio Amateurs at UW/Stevens Point) • . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Red Cedar Repeater Association . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Washington County Amateur Radio Club . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . 12
Mancorad Radio Club . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . 13
Wisconsin Amateur Packet Radio Association (WAPRI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . 14
Yellow Thunder Amateur Radio Club • . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
WHAT'S HAPPENING
~ Swapfests and Other Social Events ~ Club Meetings
~ Amateur Radio Exam Schedules
EDITED BY KENNETH A. EBNETER, K9EN, 822 WAUONA TRAIL, PORTAGE, WI 53901
Swapfests additional informa.tion o!! n,2ny of these events. column for the latest complete listing. Tl
SUNDAY, JUNE 2, 1996. Pri ceton Hamf est/CO!r.puter fol lowing are additior..s or changes since th:
Show. Bureau County Fai rgrouds in Princeton, IL. -1 -i -c::.t... . -i·n·;:n:1 .
Sponsored by the St;:irved Rock Radio Club.
and Other Social Events SUNDAY, JUKE 9, l996. Cook County Hamfest at F!l.LLS )lJv!Jl.TEfJR RADIO CLUB !!\C
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Santa Fee Park, 9lst and Wolf Road, McHenry County The Falls Amateur Radio Club, Inc-. meets the la!
Fairgrounds, Woodstock, IL. Wednesday of the month at the Bank One building j
SUNDAY, JANUARY 1996. South Bend Hamfest and
7; SEPTEMBER 13, 14, 15, 1996. ARRL National Germantown, WI at Pilgrim and Mequon Roads. The doo!
Computer Expo, Downtown, US 33 at Jefferson
~orth Convention at S11perfest 96, Peoria Civic Center, open at 7:00 p.m. and the meeting will begin at 7:'.
Blvd.
Peoria IL. For exhibition information contact: F & B p.m. ! !GUESTS ~.RE WELCOME!!
SUNDAY, JANUARY 14; 1996. 24th Annual Midwinter
Productions, 7150 Uni1rersity ST., Peoria, IL 61614
Swapfest. Held at the Waukesha County Expo Center
(309) 693~9667. Faqx: (309) 693-3465. For general YELLOW THUKDEP. AM.A.TEUR RMIO CLUB ( S~.RABOO)
Forum, Waukesha WI. Sponsored by the West Jl.llis information contact: Ron Morgan, KB9NW, General
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Amateur Radio Club. For information or reservations
Chairman, (309) 692-FEST. E- Mail: Superfest ~ Days rotate: The meeting dates for 1996 are Jc
contact: WAHAC Swapfest, P.O. Box 1072, Milwaukee, WI AOL.com. 16, Feb 14, Mar 14, Apr 16, May 15, Jun 13, Ju: 16, At
53201. See also ad on last page. As a service to our readers, t'.lis section of 14, Sep 12, Oct 15, No1• 13. Hl meetings will be;:
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1996. Red Cedar Repeater
Badger State Smoke Signals is available without the Baraboo Civic Center, room 14, unless otherwi
Association Inc. , Legion Post 53 634 Water
1 ~-rnerican 1 charge to list your upcoming Swapfest, Hamfest, noted. Starting time for the monthly club meeting
St. Eau Claire, WI. Contact: Steve Hart,
~.A90MC, dinner, picnic, party or other event of interest to 7:30 p.m .. The program start time after the meeting
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E616 810thAve., Knapp, WI 54749. [phone].
Radio in Wisconsin and nearby areas. Send 8:00 p.m., with a one hour limit.
~-mateurs
SUNDAY, M!i.RCH 10, 1996. SEWFARS Swapfest,
information on your event to Kenneth A. Ebneter,
Waukesha County Expo Center, Waukesha, WI. Contact:
K9EN, 822 Wauona Trail, Portage, WI 53901. In
SEWFARS PO Box 102, Delafield, WI 53018. (414) 789-
addition, space is available at attractive rates on
1034.
our advertising pages. For information on rates and The Test Point
SUNDAY, MARCH 31, 1996. Lake County
L~.M.~RSFEST. requirements for our advertising pages, please
Fairgrounds, Grayslake, IL.
contact K9ZZ or K9Et\.
SATURDAY t-1.AY 4, 1996. 18th Annual Cedarburg
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Swapfest, 8:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., at the Circle-B
Recreation Center, Highway 60 and County I (20 miles Amateur Radio Examination Locations
North of Milwaukee, West of Grafton). Contact: ORC
Club and Sch~dules in the Wisconsin Area
Swapfest Chairman, W58 N985 Essex Drive, Cedarburg WI
53012- 1439. Telephone (414) 377-2784 or (4141 284-
3271. Meetings
January 06, 1996 Oak Creek, WI ( SWAT/MR.n.c
SU!'mAY MAY 11, 1996. Kankakee Area Radio Society January 13, 1996 Madison,
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Hamfest 96. Will County Fairgrounds, Peotone, IL.
January 17, West Allis, WI (MRAC)
1996~
SUNDAY, JUNE 11 1996. Adams County AHC Spring January 20, 1996 Loves Park, IL
Hamfest; Friendship, WI. Contact: Adams County ARC,
Due to space limitations, we car.not always January 27, 1996 Tomahawk, WI
PO Box 232, Friendship, WI. Phone (608) 564-7887.
carry the full listing of Wisconsin and area club January 27, 1996 Wauwatosa, WI (MRAC)
Packet N9TD-1on145.03.
meetings,. Please see the November 1995 meetings January 29, 1996 Milwaukee, WI (BADGEP.)
See also the back page and flyer ads for
February 03, 1996 Oak Creek, WI (SWAT/MRAC
February 03, 1996 Fond du Lac, WI
Badger State month. This material is to be sent to the Editor. February 10, 1996 Madison,- -WI
February 17, 1996 f.... r-..w. ..o....c....: .P. ;:,rk.. , .T..T....
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February 17, 1996 Milwaukee, WI (BADGER)
Where to Send It
Smoke Signals February 21, 1996 West Allis, WI (MRAC)
February 24, 1996 Tomahawk, WI
Address changes and corrections should be sent February 24,1996 Wauwatosa, WI (MRAC)
Amateur Radio to KeEn dEitbonrieatle mr. aterial, photographs, feature articles, •M .. ..:...:.,>,. r'-r' h~~ (..,) ./.. I 1.._ Q_, QJ I...\., Oak Creek I WI ( sw.n.T /MR.!l.C
March 09, 1996 Madison, WI
Education and Information display ads, and exchange papers should be sent to March 16, 1996 !.....n....u...o...c...:. -P;..:..,..r..k.. , -T-l.
Jim Romelfanger.
M::>rrh 11\ lQQ' Milwaukee, WI !BADGER)
Inquiries about advertising should be directed to ··~-, •.• ,, .,,!)
March 20, 1996 West Allis, WI (MRAC)
Ken Ebneter.
CHAIRMAN: Kenneth A. Ebneter, K9EN, 822Wauona
March 23, 1996 Menomonie, WI
Trail, Portage, WI 53901. Telephone [phone]. Club, swapfest, and Test Point information
March 30, 1996 Tomahawk, WI
should be sent to Ken Ebneter.
March 30, 1996 Wauwatosa, WI (MRAC)
EDITOR: Jim Romelfanger, K9ZZ, 412 ~ Ash Street, Swapfest ads should be sent to Jim Romel
Baraboo, WI 53913. Telephone [phone]. fanger. April 20, 1996 Milwaukee, WI (BADGER)
Subscriptions should be sent, with check or May, 04, 1996 Milwaukee, WI (B.n.DGER)
TREASURER: Jim Decker, WB9UQT, P.O. Box 337, money order, to Jim Decker. Ozaukee Swapfest
Baraboo, WI 53913-0337. November 2, 1996 Menomonee, WI
Conditions for Reprinting or BBS Posting
CONTRIBUTING AUTHOR: Richard R. Regent, K9GDF,
Material from Badger State Smoke Signals Monthly, 1st Sat. Racine, WI
5003 South 26th Street, Milwaukee, WI 53221. (except January, July &A ugust)
Monthly, 1st Sat. Oak Creek, WI (SWAT/MR.l\.C)
Permission is hereby granted to reprint articles or
Subscriptions posting articles on radio or telephone bulletin boards (except May , June, July &A ugust)
from Badger State Smoke Signals, providing credit is Monthly, 2nd Sat. Madison, WI
1 year (12 issues) $12.00 given to the original author, publication in which the Monthly, 3rd Wed. West Allis, WI (MRAC)
2 years (24 issues - save $2.00) $22.00 article first appeared, and to Badger State Smoke Monthly, 3rd Sat. Loves Park, IL
3 years (36 issues - save $4.00) $32.00 Signals. THIS CREDIT IS MANDATORY, AND NO Monthly, Last Sat. Wauwatosa, WI (MRAC\
MATERIAL MAY BE PRINTED OR POSTED UNLESS IT (except December)
Special club package reduced rates are available. For IS GIVEN. This newspaper is produced by volunteer Monthly, Last Sat. Tomahawk, WI
information, contact Ken Ebneter, K9EN.
Radio Amateurs, and is non-profit. This newspaper is (January thru October only)
mailed from Portage, WI 53901. Badger State Smoke Quarterly Marshfield, WI
When to Send It Signals is incorporated as a Wisconsin non-stock, non (Second Saturday every third month.)
profit organization.
The closing date for each issue is the first of the QST de w1.n.w
month for the next month's issue. For example, the Editorial Disclaimer Jl.RRL Bulletin iOl ARLB!Ol
closing date for the June issue is May 1 .
From ARRL Headquarters
The only exception is for participating clubs. Par The opinions expressed in editorials, guest editorials, Newington CT November l, 1995
ticipating clubs are requested to send their material no columns, articles, and letters from readers are the To all radio amateurs
later than FIVE DA VS after the club's meeting. For opinions of the authors· only, and do not, unless
example, If a club meets on the 4th of the month, the otherwise stated, express or imply endorsement by SB QST ARL Jl.RLBlOl
material should be sent no later than the 9th of that Badger State Smoke Signals, or by any other in ARLBlOl l 996 VE test fees set
dividual or organization.
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WH••OMNi i#i'V - UHUV•H "'"'' atiU'fCC JIVl•Hrn v
Rd., ErownDeer, WI 53223. Telephone 1414\ 355-0237. p.m.
Effecti11e January~. 19%; l:.he maximum allowable Also available FCC General Radio Telephone
reimbursement fee for an amateur operator lj_cense Commerdal exams. Fees are $5. 90 for the Amateur FOND DU LAC WI (ARRL-VEC)
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examination will be 6.07 dollars. The FCC set this Radio exams and $35. 00 for the commercial exams. Febru~ry 3 1996
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amount based on the Consumer Price Index between
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September 1994 and September 1995 and it i~i2i be en MADI SOK I WI Sponsored by the Fond du Lac f._rnateur Radio Club.
increase frorP the c11c.-en t 5 _9 C dollars. VE exa!11s are l:eld in Madison every second From 9:00 a.m. to Noo!'l. at the Corrununity United
Saturday morning (September through May) of the Methodist Church located at 701 Minnesota Ave., in
Volunteer examiners and volu!!teer examiner !11onth at 8 a .m. They are held at the operations North Fond du Lac, W!. All level tests, walkins
coordinators may charge exami!'l.ees for out of pocket buildi!'l.g of the Madisor. Metropolitan Sewerage welcome. Contact: Doug Schultz, N9EZF, (414) 922-
expenses incurred in preparing, processing, District at 1610 Moorland Rd. To get there take the 3088.
administering, or coordinating reexaminations for Be.ltline !H~IY 12 & 181 to South.Towne Dri11e. Go south
amateur operator licenses. The amount of a.ny such 8110 mile till South Towne Drive makes a bend and BARABOO, WISCONSIN
reimburseme!'l.t fee from any one examinee for a!'l.y one beco!11es Moor land Rd. and enter at gate. Location: Public Library, Baraboo, WI. Contact:
examination session, regardless of the number of You should bring a picture ID; your ~riginal Steve Schwoegler, WB9RNL; [phone].
elements administered, must not exceed the maximum licence and a. copy of your licence. For exams beyond
allowable fee. the novice tests, bring a check for$:. 90 made out to CEDARBURG WI - ORC H..n.MFEST
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the ARRL/VEC. If the special 610 form 1Hith the medical EAU CL/I.IRE WI - ECARC H/l_MFEST
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Many Swapfests1Hamfests offer exam sessions. If exemption is required, contact me beforehand to GREEN BAY, WI - ARES HAMFEST
not shown above contact the sponsor ir.g club in the obtain one. No appointments are necessary to take K.~UKAUNA1 WI - SWAPFEST
Swapfest column on pa.ge 2. exams. For further questions, please leave a message t>!Jl.NITOWOC WI LAKESHORE HAMFEST
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The FCC now requires applicants to show their on the mailbox or phone me at ( 608) 832-6631. MARSHFIELD, WI - HAMFEST
ORIGINAL ftJlATEUR LICENSE to the VEC. ft_ copy of your Mark Jenks, NZ98 OP..K CREEK I WI - SM.II.RC HAMFEST
license must be attached to your FCC form 610. You RACINE, WI - RACINE HAMFEST
will also be required to have a photo ID, or other RIVER Fft.LLS WI RHINELANDER, WI - NWARC SWAPFEST
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acceptable identification. Held in the church baseme!'l.t at the United ROCKFORD, IL - RARC HA.MFEST
Methodist Church 127 South 2nd St., River Falls, WI. ROTHSCHILD WI - WVRA HA."1FEST
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GEKERAL RULES Cor.tact: Chuck Kelly, KA9YRV, 234 W Cascade Ave., SOUTH MILWAUKEE, WI - SMARC HAMFEST
FOR MOST EXAMINATIONS: River Fa1 ls, WI 54022. STEVENS POINT, WI - CWRA SWAPFEST
Be sure to check with sponsors in the event there W/l.UKESHA, WI - KMRA SWAP FEST
are changes and/or errors in the dates or information REDGRANITE, WI (W5YI l!EC) WAUKESHA, WI - MIDWINTER SWAPFEST
given. Test sessions are held in Redgra.nite on the DUBUQUE IA - H!IJ'1FEST
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Some examinations require filing an FCC Forn 610 second Saturday of each month, at the Civic Center, See the Swapfest column for additional
and advance registration at least 30 days before the Z02 Pine River rd., just off Highway 21. Testing information and contact persons.
exam date. !Some VECs permit walkins. Check with begins at 9:00 a.m. Breakfast meeting at 8:00 a.m. at
sponsor. 1 the Cirve on High~!ay 21 prior to testing session. All GREAT RIVER AM.~TEUR RADIO CLUB
To register ~1ou must first secure a copy of the Amateurs are welcome a.t the breakfast. Contact Terry DUBUQUE, IOWA - /l.RRL/VEC
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current FCC Form 610 a.nd fill it out completel11 (AKD Lynn Witt, M9BA, 9145 I\1yLane, Berlin WI 54923. The Great River P...mateur Radio Club VEs are now
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CORRECTLY). Get your form from an FCC Field Office, field stocked, which means retests can be given
the ARRL. Send a 32ci SASE if you request O!~e from the RACINE, WISCONSIN - ARRL/VEC irmnediately.
ARRL. In most cases, forms can also be obtained from Mo!!thly - first Saturday except January; July; Exams are held at 9:00 am at the Central Fire
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the sponsoring group. and August. Station, 9th and Central in Dubuque. Use the basement
ARRL/VEC examinations require a check for $5 _9 0 Monthly exams are given 9:00 to 11:00 a.m. at the entrance on 9th street. For more info, contact: Carl
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payable to 'AHRL/VEC11 (The 1996 rate is not known at Red Cross Building; 4521 Taylor ii.venue, Racine. Clark; NO!CILX; 145 Delicia Drive, Dubuque, IA 52001.
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the time of BSSS printing deadline.) Walki!!S are permitted. Or call Carl at 319-557-9149. Talk-ins are on the
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The FCC now requires applicants to show their Inquiries and registrations should directed 147.84/24 147.63/03 and 146.295/895 repeaters.
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ORIGINAL /IX~TEUR LICENSE or CSCE to the VEC. You must to Robert N. Jensen WOWLN 5616 Cambridge lane #6
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al so have two good copies of your license or CSCE. A Racine, WI. Telephone ( 414) 886-8551. LOVES PARK, IL
copy of your license or CSCE must be attached to your Third Saturday of every month. Northern Illinois
FCC form 610 and most VEC !'{ant a copy for their TO!-Ll\.HAWK; WI Volunteer Examiners (W5YI VEC). Heid at North
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' records. You will also be required to ha.I.Te a photo ID Last Saturday of every month_ Jan. thru Oct. Suburban District Library, 6340 North Second St.
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or other acceptable identification. Tomahawk Volunteer Examiners ( ARRL/VEC). (Hwy. 251), Loves Park, IL. Contact: Dennis G.
Technician class licensees must show proof of Tomahawk, WI. No preregistration required, but Eksten, W9SS, (815) 877-6768.
testing before March 21, 1987, in order to upgrade to appointment would be appreciated. Registration at
General with a code test only. 8:30 a.m. and testings starts at 9:00 a.m. For
Additional information is given below. location or other information, inquire on 145. 43 MHz. MINNESOTA TEST INFORMATION
repeater or contact: Terry Collins, KB9AUP, W6564
MILWAUKEE RADIO /IJ1ATEURS' CLUB (MRAC/VECJ Highway 8, Tomahawk; WI 54487. Telephone ( 715) 453-
From the Dece~ber 1995 edition of "The Ground
OA.T< CREEK, WI (SWAT -MRAC /VEC) 4633.
Wave11 Saint Paul Radio Club.
FIRST SATURDAY DATES (No exams June, July or 1
August. May exam on 2nd sat at 1:00 p.m.): 3:30p.m. at STEVENS POINT WI
1 Saint Paul Radio Club (SPRC)
6560 S. 27th St., Oak Creek, WI. (2 -blocks south of Contact: Joe Larson, N9JW _ ( 715) 344-1182.
o·o) Contact: Jay Bellows, KOQBE [phone]
College. ) ( MRAC fee $5.
Test Site: St. Paul Technical College
THIRD WEDNESDAY DATES: At 6:30 p.m. Manor at APPLETON WI - ARRL/VEC
1 235 Marshall Ave.
Park, 3023 S 84th St., West Allis, WI. !-t~NITOWOC I WI (HAMFEST) St Paul, MN
LAST SATURDAY DATES (except December): 9:00 a.m. KAUK.~UNA, WI (HA.MFEST) TESTING: First Saturday of the month, 8:30 a.m.
at 7500 W. State St., Wauwatosa S&L; lower level, Conducted by the Fox Ci ties ARC VE team. All test
Wauwatosa, WI. session in Appleton are held at James Madison Jr.
Anoka Amateur Radio Club (AARC)
For Additional Information Contact; Jack Krause, High, 2020 S. Carpenter Street. Candidates check in
Contact: Art Mundy, WOFYX, [phone]
( 414) 774-6999 or call ( 414) 466-1-l.AMS (Answering between 8 and 9 a.rn. with testing starting at 9 a.m. No
Test Site: Blaine City Hall
Machine) or write !{RAC, 1737 11. J.16th St., Wauwatosa, walk-ins after 9 a.m. Contact George R. Croy, W9MDP,
9150 Central Ave NE
WI 53226. 2113 Twin Willows Drive; 11.ppleton, WI 54914. ( 414)
Blaine, MN
Bring along your ORIGINAL license, CSCE and two 730-0967.
TESTING: Second Saturday of the month, 9:00 a.m.
( 2) good quality photocopies, plus two forms of
identification, such a driver's license, etc. Also MENOMONIE; WI
Bloomington /l_inateur Radio Club (BARC)
required is $5.00 for the exam fee. WALK-INS are The Menomonie VEC will be sponsoring exams from
Contact: Jerry Jensen, WTOW [phone]
welcome. To register in advance, use a post card: 9:00 to 11:30 a.m. at the UW Stout Communication
Test Site: Creekside Community Center
print the grade of license you are applying for, and Center, 820 South Broadway, Menomonie; WI. Use the
98th & Penn Avenue S
your name, address, and telephone nUJ!lher. Send the north entrance. Walk-ins only. Contact Jim Ley NX9F.
1 Bloomington, MN
, card to MF.AC/VEC, c/o Jack Krause, W9JK; or Les Work: [phone]; Home: [phone].
TESTING: Second Saturday of the month, 9:00 a.m.
· Peterson, W9YCV at the addresses shown above.
M.l\RSHFIELD, WI (ARRL/VEC)
Valley Amateur Radio Club (VARC)
BADGER EXAMINERS (BE) - MILWAUKEE Sponsored by the Marshfield Area ARS. Held at St.
Contact: Paul Ramey, WGOG [phone] or
Amateur exarns: 1 :00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. Joseph Hospital 611 St. Joseph Ave. in the 1 West
1 1 Test Site: Hayes Community Center
Commercial exams: 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon. classroom located adjacent to the Westwood Cafeteria
14601 Hayes Road
on the main floor of the hospital. Use the main
Apple Valley, MN
Unless otherwise noted at WMVS-TV studios, ~-~TC entrance or any other entrance and follow the signs to TESTING: Second Thursday of the month 7:00 p.m.
Downtown campus in the C building starting at 9: 00 a. m the cafeteria. Registration starts at 8:30 a.m. with
,for commercial exams and Amateur exams at 1:00 p.m. testing starting at 9:00 a.m. Talk in on the 147.18
WSYI
;the same day. The address is 1036 N. 8th Street, Marshfield repeater. Walk-ins welcome. Contact:
Contact: Dave Ranney, NOAXL [phone]
Milwaukee. Enter at the North West entrance of C Walter Friant WBOKIN, 2310 Wallonie Drive,
!, 1 Test Site: Eden Prairie Library
Building. Walkins are welcome. To register in Marshfield, WI 54449 ( 715) 387-3870.
479 Eden Prairie Drive
advance, send a post card with your name, test or
Eden Prairie, MN
tests you wish to take, date you wish to take., your GREEN BAY, WI (ARRL/VEC)
TESTING: Third Tuesday of the month 6:30 p.m.
call sign, address and telephone number to Badger Contact N9NOF, Keith Summers, 918 Bluebird
(continued on paqe 15)
Examiners, Gary J. Sharbuno, WI9H, 5119 W. Willow St.,De Pere, WI 54115. (414) 336-6087, after 4:00
Wisconsin Nets Association Ltd.
By Richard Regent, K9GDF
Jim Merrell, W9A YK, Secretary • W283 Hi/lenda le Drive • Oconomo woe, WI 53066
Ed Rice, W9NGP of Oconomowoc, has been
working hard as Net Manager of the Wisconsin
SECTION Wisconsin Nets Intrastate Net Late (WIN/L) for over eight years.
He assigns Net Control Stations, handles traffic,
MANAGER'S NOTES
t and has prepared 96 consecutive monthly reports.
Net WNA Freq. UTC CDT Mgr. WIN/L is a CW traffic net that meets daily at IO
P.M. on 3.662 MHz. Ed is pursuing other activities
BWN Yes 3985 1200 0600 W9AYK
BEN Yes 3985 1800 1200 KE9VU and responsibilities so he has requested to take
WSBN Yes 3985 2330 1730 K9UTQ some time off from traffic handling.
Richard R. Regent, K9GDF WNN Yes 3723 0000 1800 KA9FVX Mr. Rice is a retired electronics instructor from
WSSN Yes 3645 0030 1830 N9BDL
5003 South 26th Street WIN/E Yes 3662 0100 1900 WB91CH the Milwaukee Area Technical College, and has
Milwaukee, WI 53221 WIN/L Yes 3662 0400 2200 W9UW written several books on radio and television servic
NWTN Yes 34/94 0030 1830 NS9Q
ing. He also is a strong supporter of the Wisconsin
(Rhinelander area)
SM: Richard R. Regent, K9GDF; ASM: K9- Nets Association, CW and Amateur Radio.
FHI; STM: KA9KLZ; SEC WB9SMM; ACC: RCRA No 01 /61 0030 1830 KA90MC Art Evans, KA9KLZ, our Wisconsin Section
K9FHI; SGL: W9RY A; OOC: N6JSX; PIC: K9ZZ; (Mondays CST) (Menomonie Area) Traffic Manager, wrote in a letter to Ed "Your
BM: WB9JSW; TC: K9GDF. expertise and presence on the CW nets will be
Gr. Bay No 72/12 0245 2045 WB9NRK
Red Cedar Repeater Association Auction, (Green Bay Area) greatly missed .. thanks for your many years of
February 27 starts 7 P.M. at American Legion service to the amateur community. Your dedication
ARES No 4.65/5.25 0200 2000
Post, 634 Water Street, in Eau Claire; contact and service will be an inspiration to all of us."
(South East/South Central Wisconsin)
KA90MC for details. Thanks for all your volunteer work from all of
If you would like to be an ARRL Volunteer RACES No 3993.5 1400 0800 WA90AY us, Ed.
(LSB Sunday)
Examiner please phone [phone]. Taking over as NM of WIN/L is Ron Tlachac,
It's time to appoint a Field Day committee and W9UW, who has been appointed by Art.
arrange for a site! February 10 Madison; February 17 Milwaukee; Would you like to learn how to relay messages
Club activity suggestions: hold seminar on good February 21 West Allis; February 24 Tomahawk and handle traffic? Then please get in touch with
operating techniques, OSCAR, packet or other and Wauwatosa. Art Evans, KA9KLZ, Cuba City, WI. Art can put
specialty operating modes; Explorer scout demon Sorry to report Silent Keys W9DND and N9- you in touch with alert folks in your area to help
stration meeting, Valentine's Day message center. NXR. you learn about this interesting facet of Amateur
Four Lakes ARC has renewed as a SSC. Drop me a note if you would like a free list of Radio. Who knows, he may eventually appoint you
New Green Fox ARC officers: pres AA9LY, vp Wisconsin's 111 radio clubs or 127 nets. as an Official Relay Station, Net Control Station or
N9GVY, treas N9TXS, secy WB9ZBS. . Thought of the month: Teamwork is the fuel that Net Manager. If you would like a list of 127 nets in
Exams: February 3 Racine and Oak Creek; allows common people to attain uncommon results. Wisconsin please drop me a note. 0
NTS Traffic Report printing them up for mailing. If you can catch me
E-Z Audio Amp for
on the BWN on the morning of the 7th, all would
November, 1995 be well.
In-Car HT Use
Hale Blakely, W9CBE, will also accept reports
and forward them to me. Hale covers most of the
Another super month for the traffic handlers in
CW and SSB nets so there is someone on almost
Wisconsin. The dedication and hard work of all
By Mike -Greenfield, N9JIY
every net to take reports.
concerned make Wisconsin one of the top traffic
Reports can also be sent via packet. My packet 2437 Magna Vista brive · ' ' h.~'~
handling states in the nation.
Jackson, WI 53037
address is: KA9KLZ@ NX9V.WI.USA.NOAM
With all seven nets reporting this month, there
NX9V forwards directly into my PBBS, so
were 3996 check-ins and 2351 pieces of traffic It's easy enough to hook your 2-meter
getting reports to me is not dependent on me
passed. The Badger Weather Net (NM W9AYK) halldie.:.talkie to a mobile antenna and 12V
checking the NX9V mailbox.
had 1910 check-ins and 2202 messages passed. The power supply. But how cfo you gef eno\.lgh
Thanks to all stations who participate in the
Badger Emergency Net (NM KE9VU) had 685
audio volume out of the tiny thing? It's a pain
Wisconsin nets. You are the nets and Wisconsin
check-ins and 104 messages passed. The Wisconsin
nets are the best. 73. and a problem!
Sideband Net (NM K9UTQ) had 583 check-ins and
100 messages passed. The Wisconsin Slow Speed
Arthur A. Evans, KA9KLZ Here's a very easy solution .. if you· have a
Net (NM N9BDL) 215 check-ins and 29 messages
passed. The Wisconsin Interstate Net/Early (NM Wisconsin Section Traffic Manager cassette player in your car radio. Radio Shack
WB9ICH) had 238 check-ins and 71 messages (and others?) offer a device that lets a portable
passed. The Wisconsin Interstate Net/Late (NM CD player dump audio into an in-car cassette
W9UW) had 136 check-ins and 10 messages pass From the player. It's for a 118" stereo plug on one end.
ed. The Northwoods Traffic Net had 229 check-ins
The other end looks like a tape cassette. It uses
and 35 messages passed. Old Goat no batteries!
There were seven station with traffic totals in
excess of 100, two of whom made Brass Pounders
To use it, you slip the "fake" cassette end
League. The stations are: W9AYK - 2657 (BPL),
Jim Romelfanger, into your cassette player, plug the stereo plug
WB9JSW - 725 (BPL), K9FHI - 305, W9CBE -
K9ZZ, Editor into your portable CD player, then let your car
216, K9DHR - 131, N9BDL - 120 and KA9KLZ -
108. radio amp do all the hard work.
• As you read in the lead story on the front
There were eleven stations submitting Public
page, the first draft of a bill to be introduced in the
Service Honor Roll reports, and thirty stations You can also plug the stereo plug into the
Wisconsin legislature to codify PRB-1 (the Federal
submitting Station Activity Reports. earphone jack on your HT! You'll get 2-meter
Doctrine of Preemption of tower regulations) as
It was with deep regret that I accepted the
audio out of half your car's speakers, but that's
state law has been written.
resignation of Ed Rice, W9NGP, as Net Manager
PRB-1 is federal law now, and is codified as plenty, and you'll have all the amplification you
of Late WIN. Ed has been an integral part of
such in Part 97 .15(e) of the Federal Communica can stand.
Wisconsin's traffic system for many years and his
tions Commission's rules governing the amateur
dedication and hard work will be greatly missed.
service. It reads "Except as otherwise provided Radio Shack calls this device a "Compact
Ron Tlachac, W9UW, has been appointed as the
herein, a station antenna structure may be erected at Disc Cassette Adapter.• It's stock number 12-
new NM of Late WIN. I urge everyone to give
heights and dimensions sufficient to accomodate
support and cooperation to Ron as they did to Ed. 1951, and will set you back about $20. A deal!
I mail my reports to League Headquarters on the
Please turn to page 9
7th of the month. That makes the deadline for
reports the 6th. I can accept reports until I start
SEWFARS SWAPFEST
Adams County 'Amateur Radio Club
SPRING HAMFEST
Ham Radio • Elettronir.s • Computers
e No-Tune Windom Antennas
Southeastern Wistonsin FM Amateur Repeater Sotiety, Inc. Saturday, June 1, 1996
146.820 • 145.070 • 444.125 Adams County Fairgrounds
SUNDAY, MARCii IO, 1996 • WAUKESllJ\ COUNlY EXPO West of Hwy. 13 on Cty. J • Friendship, WI
CENTER ARENA • WAUKESHA, WISCONSIN 8 a.m to 2 p.m. • Seller Setup at 7 a.m.
Talkln on 145.29 Adams Repeater
Mail S.A.S.L • Mate ehecb payable to SEWFAIS
Adams County Amateur Radio Club P. O. Box 232
P.O. Box 102, Delafield. WI 53018 Friendship, WI 53934 (608) 564-7U7
Phone [phone] • Tai kin 146.820 Packet: N9TD-1 on 145.03
HERE HPM Award .Nominations 1996 Wisconsin
.·.· :· . ·,. . : ·.. . .· .. ·
and Nominations are now open for the Hiram QSO Party
Percy Maxim Memorial Award. TJ:lis award
goes annually to a radio amateur tinder age 21
THERE
whose amateur ·radio accomplishments and The 1996 Wisconsin
contributions are exemplary. Section Managers QSO Party will be held
nominate individuals based on, but not limited from noon CST until 7
to, parti~ipatfori or leadership in local· or na p.m. CST on Sunday.
March 10. The contest
tional organizational affairs, technical achieve
HPM Award to Wyoming Youth
is open to all radio ama
m,ent, operating record, recruitment and training
teurs. and is sponsored
of new amateurs and public relations activities.
annually by the West Allis Radio Amateur Club,
The ARRL Hiram Percy Maxim Award has Nominations should thoroughly document
P. O. Box 1072, Milwaukee WI 53701. Full
gone to Beth Harris, KJ7FC, a 15-year-old Amateur the nominee's Amateur Radio achievements atid
rules and information will be published in the
Extra Class licensee in Cheyenne, Wyoming. contributions during the previous calendar year.
February 1996 issue of Badger State Smoke
Beth was first Ii censed as a Novice in 1993 and An award panel reviews the nominations and Signals.
advanced to Extra Class in little over a year. She is selects a winner. The winner gets 1000 doilars,
an active operator and a member of the Shy-Wy an engraved plaque, and a trip to attend an
for information requests.)
Amateur Radio Club in Cheyenne. ARRL convention for a formal presentat.ion.
Beth, a sophomore at Cheyenne East High The nomination deadline is March 31, 1996.
Other awards
School, is active in several student organizations, Section Managers may nominate more than one
ARRL Amateur· Extra Class Certificate:· $5
including French and Amateur Radio Clubs, and person. For more details, contact Rick Palm,
(previously $3); Rag Chewers Club: $2 from ARRL
has been singing in choirs since she was five. KICE, Field Services Manager, at ARRL
HQ, no charge from ARRL-affiliated clubs; (previ
Beth was nominated for the award by Paul M. Headquarters.
ously no fee); Old-Timers Club: $2 from ARRL
Crips, KI7TS, a communication technology instruc -ARRL Bulletin ARLB 107, 12/06/95
HQ, no charge from ARRL-affiliated clubs (previ
tor at Carey Junior High School in Cheyenne, who
ously no fee). Friendship Award: $3 from ARRL
said Beth "has a true love of life, learning and New Year to See
HQ, no charge from ARRL-affiliated clubs (previ
exploration. With young operators like Beth,
Higher ARRL Awards Fees ously no fee); Code Proficiency: SASE (9 x 12-inch
Amateur Radio will always have its rightful place as
for certificate, business-size envelope for endorse
a national resource.''
ments); WAC and 5-Band WAS: Return postage for
Beth was honored at a luncheon on November A new fee schedule for ARRL operating
cards.
15, attended by her parents, school officials, ARRL awards will take effect January 1, 1996. Some fees
- The ARRL Letter, 11/28/95
Wyoming Section Manager "Rev" Morton, are unchanged, some rise from 1995 levels, and
WS7W, former Wyoming SM Steve Cochrane, some are new (in many cases in the past the League
Racine Megacycle Club
WA7H, ARRL Public Information Officer Wilson recouped the cost of postage for mailing of an
Sellner, WB7RRZ, and ARRL Rocky Mountain award and return of QSL cards, but absorbed the Members See the Lights
Division Director Marshall Quiat, AG0X. costs of printing the certificates and of administra
The Hiram Percy Maxim Memorial Award tion).
recognizes outstanding under-21 licensed amateurs, The new schedule is based on policy developed
and includes a 1000 dollar cash award. Nominations by the Board's Membership Services Committee
are made through ARRL section managers, with a and approved by the Board's Administration and
deadline of March 31 each year. Finance Committee, with the goal of approximately
breaking even on the costs of offering awards. Here
-ARRL Bulletin ARLB105, 11/29/95 are the new fees, with previous fees, if any, in
parentheses: VUCC and DXCC certificates
FCC Book on InterNet
First ever: $10 (includes pin); Additional: $5
(includes pin); Replacement: $5; Pins: $5. (VUCC
The FCC Interference Handbook now is avail certificate fees are new.)
able on the Internet. The 22 page booklet, available
from the Compliance and Information Bureau via DXCC applications
the FCC World Wide Web home page, includes the First for an ARRL member in a calendar year:
same information and illustrations contained in the No charge for the first 120 QSO credits (previ
recently published Interference to Home Electronic ously, no limit). Additional for an ARRL member
Entertainment Equipment Handbook. It includes in a calendar year: $10 for the first 100 QSO
information about equipment installation, identifying credits (new).
interference sources, curing interference problems, First for a foreign non-ARRL member: $10 for
and filters. It also contains a list of home electronic first 120 QSO credits (previously, no limit). Addi
equipment manufacturers and telephone numbers. tional for a foreign non-ARRL member: $20 for
Pictures illustrate different TV interference prob first 100 QSO credits (new).
lems, including ham or CB transmitter interference. Additional QSOS: 10 cents per QSO (new);
The Interference Handbook is available on the Convention/HQ walkin card check: $2 (limit of 120
World Wide Web at cards per application). (Return postage must be
http://www. fee .gov /Bureaus/Compliance provided by the applicant for any cards submitted
/WWW /tvibook. html. or for information requests.)
-ARRL Bulletin ARLB 108, 12/06/95
Worked All States
ARRL Instructor Aw ard
WAS certificate: $5 plus return postage for
Nominations Open cards (new); WAS endorsement:$2 plus return Each December, members of the Racine Megacycle Club
postage for cards (new); 5BWAS certificate: $10 tour the city to view the Christmas decorations and
Nominations for the ARRL Instructor of the plus return postage for cards (includes pin; pin fee lights aboard an old-fashioned trolley. Here, Bill Hawes,
W9ERG ("Skokie Bill"), of Skokie, Illinois boards the
is new); 5BW AS pin: $5 (was $3); 5BW AS plaque:
Year awards are due to ARRL Section Managers by
trolley during a snowstorm. This year's tour was on
$25 plus shipping. (Return postage must be pro
January 31, 1996. December 1 1. •
vided by the applicant for any cards submitted or
Each year, the ARRL Board of Directors selects -Photo courtesy Dave Voss/WB9USI
recipients for each of four award categories. The
ARRL Herb S. Brier Instructor of the Year Award
is presented to a nonpaid volunteer instructor. The
Herb S. Brier award is co-sponsored by the Lake
County, Indiana, Amateur Radio Club. The ARRL
9ubscription Form • Regular Individual 9ubscription Rates
Professional Instructor of the Year Award is pre
sented to a paid, professional teacher. Th~ ARRL
1 Year: $12.00 • 2 Years: $22.00 (save $2.00) • 3 Years: $32.00 (save $4.00)
Professional Educator of the Year Award is pre
sented to a paid, but not certified, instructor. The PLEA9E PRINT!
ARRL Excellence in Recruiting Award is presented
to someone who recruits more than teaches.
Name:----.....-------------- Call 9ign (if any):-------
Section Managers forward nominations to the
Educational Activities Department at ARRL, and ZIP: ____
Address:------------ City:-------- State:
EAD will send details to nominees about how to
compete for the awards. See QST for your Section o 1 Year D 2. Years D 3 Yeara DNew D Renewal
Manager's name and address. (Wisconsin: Richard
Regent, K9GDF, 5003 South 26th Street, Milwau 9end this form, with your check or money order, to Jim Decker, WB9UQT, Treasurer, P.O. Box 3g'7,
kee, WI 53221.) Baraboo, WI 63913-0337. Please do NOT send caahl ·Jenu.y 1998
-ARRL Bulletin ARLB110. 12/8/95 L--------------------------~--~----------
distribute them in my department at the medical Wisconsin QCWA
The school. Before I was able to saturate my department
with them, each time we had an electrical storm Chapter 55 Has
two or three or four unprotected computers would
be damaged or have their brains temporarily scram Autumn Meeting
bled. Protected machines came through the ordeal
unscathed. Invariably, the next day would find
several of my colleagues in my office, begging for
By Stan Kaplan, WB9RQR By Les Peterson, W9YCV
a protector. They work.
I OS Martin Drive 9741 West Howard Avenue, Greenfield, WI 53228
A warning, though. MOVs wear out with time,
Port Washington, WI 53074-9654
and you cannot tell when one is bad unless they
( 414) 284-9346
actually short out and "let the smoke out" or blow
WB9RQR@ N9PBY.EN63Bl.Wl.USA.NA
a fuse. After many spikes, a preferred path devel
SKAPLAN @ POST.ITS.MCW.EDU
ops between the zinc oxide' particles, which reduces
the resistance until the device actually shorts out.
No. 27: SURGE PROTECTORS Some claim this is a fire hazard. Apparently com
puter manufacturers hesitate to include MOVs in the
Even your ancient XT deserves a surge protec power supply because of the I imited life characteris
tor. These devices intercept high voltage spikes, tics and inability to tell when the device is bad.
sometimes only a few picoseconds in duration, that Therefore, if you have a surge protector that is
come down the line (fairly often) anJ have the more than, lets say, five years old, replace it or
potential for damaging components in your power replace the MOVs.
supply, on the motherboarJ, or anywhere else One last hint. Tie one or two simple overhand
inside the computer. knots in the power cord of the surge protector, or
Pick one up at your local Ace Hardware store even in the power cord of the computer itself.
for well under $10, or on sale from time to time for Why? In the event of a close lightning strike, it may
under $5. Wherever you buy one. make sure it has save the computer. Lightning does not like sharp
"three mode" protection. What that simply means is bends, and the surge of high voltage electricity
that instead of just one MOY (Mdal Oxide Varis traveling down your power cord will balk at a knot.
tor), there are three of these devices inside. They It will probably fry the cord at the knot, dissipating Dick Scarvaci, K9CAN (left), presented three
look just I ike disk capacitors (though usually col its energy in the act of making the cord into toast. certificates to his father, John, W9GIL.
ored red to distinguish them). One should be Better the cord, than the computer!
soldered between the ground lead (green) and the An experiment done by a leading computer guru · Photo by Les Peterson/W9YCV
hot (black) wire, one between the ground lead and proves this point. Jn a large office with many
the neutral (white) wire, and one between the hot computers, knots were put in the cords of some,
Wisconsin Chapter 55 gathered at George's
and neutral leads. while others were left alone. After a lightning
Wilson House in Port Washington, WI for its
MOVs are made of a zinc oxide mixture, placed strike, every machine with a knot in its cord work
annual Fall meeting Saturday, October 14. It was a
between two electrodes. The device acts like a very ed fine (after replacement of the toasted cords).
typical Wisconsin Fall day with bunches of sunshine
high value resistor under usual conditions. When a Those computers without knots in the cord were
to bring out the colors of the leaves. And a few rain
high voltage spike comes down any of the three ruined, and required extensive servic.e or complete
wires, the MOV's voltage threshold (typically 130 replacement. A knot is a simple insurance policy, showers occurred to provide a little variety.
volts) is exceeded and the device conducts, shorting indeed! Happy computing. At the request of Chairman Ed Seruga, KE9JJ,
out the spike and preventing it from reaching the forty members and guests observed a moment of
computer. Reprinted, by permission,jrom the ORC News silence in memory of past members. Then Verne
Some years ago, when surge protectors were letter, Ozaukee Radio Club, P.O. Box 13, Port Teske, W9RYA, gave the invocation.
unavailable or very expensive, I began to make Washington, Wisconsin 53074 (Skip Douglas, Following a delightful buffet dinner, the chair
these devices at a cost of about $10 each and KA9DDN, Editor). 0 man had members introduce the guests they had
brought with them. _There was a warm welcome to
returning memher Toni Gettelman, W91ZO. He
recently returned to the Milwaukee area having
SEWFARS SWAPFEST lived several years in Washington State.•• Herb
Roehner, W A9UVK, a frequent visitor to Chapter
55 meetings, became a member. After that, there
HAM RADIO ELECTRONICS COMPUTERS came the drawing of numbers for door prizes. The
main prize was a beautiful artist's painting of the
SOUTHEASTERN WISCONSIN FM AMATEUR REPEATER SOCIETY
Port Washington area where we were holding this
146.820 145..070 444.125 INC. meeting. Orv Stewart, KA90NQ, the painter's
S NDAY father, donated this limited edition painting (No. 15
out of 250 reproduced.) The lucky winner was Bea
L Krause, the wife of Jack Krause, W9JK.
Next, Dick Scarvaci, K9CAN, presented his
MARCH 10, 1996
father, John Scarvaci, W9GIL, with three QCWA
certificates. These were: Golden Anniversary - 65
years, Century Club - 106 years and Continuously
8:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Licensed - 66 years (see accompanying photo).
At this point, the ladies went to another area to
play bingo, and our business meeting began. The
SET-UP BEGINS AT 6:00 AM!
minutes of the June meeting and the treasurer's
WAUKESHA COUNTY EXPO CENTER
report received approval. Next came the election of
ARENA three board members. Since no further nominations
came from the floor, the nominees previously
WAUKESHA WISCONSIN
selected received a unanimous vote. These new
ADMISSION $4.00 ADVANC'E, $5.00AT DOOR
board members are: Fred Linn, W9NZF; Ed Wille,
RESERVED TABLES PER 4 ff $5.00$6.00AT DOOR W9PWG; and Verne Teske, W9RYA. Meeting
ELECTRICAL OUTLET $5.00 briefly, the board elected these chapter officers,
with Verne becoming the new chairman, and Fred
AMATEUR EXAMS - Bring original license with you.
Linn the vice chairman. The others continued in
RES~RVATION DEADLINE IS FEB 23, 96 order early! their positions as follow: Jack Krause, Secretary,
and Erv Froehlich, Treasurer. As board members
Mall S.A.S.E. Make Checks ta: SEWFARS P.O. Box 102 Delafield, WI 53018
Phone 414-78&-1034 TALK-IN: 148.820 we have: Ed Wi!le, Ed Seruga, and George Cox,
N9BCX.
__A DMISSION TICKETS$4.00MUST be with tableL ________ _ For the program, Fred Linn spoke about and
pu~ased
displayed some publications and several antiqu_e
__T ABLE R£SERVATION$S.OOtor eacth 4 ft
~.~:!'.'.
A._ 1 EXIT 2UA
ELECTRICAL OUTtET $5.00 I Continued on page 7
__A MATfUR EXAM INFORMATION
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STATE, ZIP: II 0 '•• ~~ r;:;i _____ eunsdel 1e1s. s~l\y° ot on eleeadr n(o hr otwhr 1t0t lnsSlyasltleamtio n
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PHONE# I ~~-"e. t1 Q ..... ssuinnkpelrc, a\\n'ady stpoo loalu. nTchhe .raen.'s a Info
ll ~­ cennas lllto the skv. It's SI
Mail wtth S.A.S.E. Make checka to: SEWFARS I ~ Obonteh ~efrrsoonnle \s\s'o arnkdln ega aslvO. rw
PO BOX 102 DELAAELD W1 63018 Phone: I cmainn u1nt.e>sta. ll an antenn..i ln
414-78&-1034 TALK-IN 146.820
Ask For The
Continued from page 6
Ladies
Elmer
radios from his collection - one of which was a
By Nancy Johnson, crystal detector. Fred is a member of the Antique
N9NZM Wireless Association who frequently attends their
407 Adams Street conventions and pays visits to the museums. So,
Q. How can I find a hidden caricature of Bill Gates Fort Atkinson, WI
you know the members enjoyed this program.
and others in Windows? 53538
As for the Spring meeting, the decision was to
A. Get into the Windows 3.1 or 3.11 Program
hold it on the second Saturday in June, and some
Manager. Next select Help and then About Pro W9NN
place in the Waupaca area. Fergie, W9IEM, and
gram Manager. With the mouse, move the pointer 19 October 1995
Erv, W9RZW, are to select a location. 0
within the large red or blue squares in the flag. Plover, WI
Hold both the Control and the Shift keys down.
P.S. Helen has a very fine book on the market,
Steady the mouse and give a quick double (left) Dear Nancy:
called "I Never Shot a Rabbit", all about Ham
click. The credit note "Dedicated to all the hard
radio.
working people of the Microsoft Windows 3.10 Glad you enjoyed the old time list of early
Team!" will appear, or you might instead see a YL's. Having been a ham since 1920, I know a lot
small window with program management names of them, although most are SK. Enclosed is a tear Call Last Name First Name licensed
scrolling inside it. On the left of this window will sheet from a recent ·QST (September 1995). Helen
1ASP Colson Helen 19167
be either (in E-mail names) BillG, SteveB, MikeHal is an old and dear friend of mine and I hear from
1BAE
or T-Bear. Bill appears in a yellow sport jacket with her very often. She was the Librarian for Motorola
(W1BDN) Smith May 1923
black bow tie. The exact outcome is random. So if Co. in Chicago and I saw her often. She is also the W1Bll
you do not get anything, just back up to Program first YL member of the QCWA. I'm one of the 5 (W1FTJ) Wilkins Dorothy 1931
Manager and carefully start this hunting procedure surviving charter members. I suggest you write 1CDP
over. Helen and tell her what you're trying to do by (W1MMP) Randall Eunice 1921
1NV Campbell Margaret 19167
writing a YL column in a ham paper. I know she
10G Tarr Gertrude 19167
Q. Mat is EMM386? will be happy to pass on a few ideas. Her call is
1 RO ( 1Z R) Rotch Edith 1919
A. EMM386.EXE is a memory driver that fakes W8GJX. 1VO Haskell Shirley 19167
expanded memory and fills upper memory blocks. Another very talented lady is Cynthea Wall, 1WX Powell Cecil 19127
When loading it through CONFIG.SYS be sure to KA6ITT, daughter of Lenore Kingston, W6NAZ, 2AUO Carman Beatrice 1920'S
W2BFM Stern Marion 1932
load HIMEM.SYS before it and DEVICEHIGH now deceased. Lenore was a Hollywood actress and
N2BY
commands after it. formerly worked with me at WGN. In fact, our
(W4UF) Chapman Dorothy 1927
gang of engineers made a ham out of her in 1945:
W2FPR Wende It Marge 1932
Q. Mat is DEFRAG? W9CHD. Anyway, Cynthea has written 3 or 4 W20J Ingersoll Jeanne 1920'S
A. DEFRAG.EXE organizes or defragments a disk successful books about "Adventures in Ham Radio". W2TEF Hudson Jean 1930'$
(or hard drive) to optimize disk drive performance. I've enjoyed them. If you write her, tell her hello W2WP Picard Alice 1930
W3ABK Darne Frances 1927
One caution, do not use DEFRAG while Windows from Bob Baird, WGN Engineering Supervisor,
3AEC
is running. Also, Norton Utilities has a defrag W9NN. Good luck and let me know if I can help.
(W20CC) Raser Pauline 1923
version called Speedisk.
73, Bob Baird Please turn to page 9
Q. How can I tame bad sectors on my hard drive?
*·*
A. At the C prompt type COPY NUL, telling
A U C T I O N !
the computer to copy files to nowhere. As the
computer goes through the files one by one, it tries
to copy them and stops on a.bad sector. Write down
the file name and press I for ignore. From your list
copy those files, if you can, and rename the origi
nals. The bad sectors are still occupied by a file and
won't be used again. Another way is to use diag
February 27, 1996 • 7 P.M.
nostic software like PC Tools or Norton Utilities.
Q. Mat is a simple way to check how many bytls
are on a disk before I back it up or copy it?
A. Use CHKDSK to add up the total number of
bytes on a disk, including hidden files, user files, American Legion Post 53
allocation units and disk space. This will tell you
how many floppies you'll need. CHKDSK also will
634 Water Street
show the amount of disk space available if you want
to add software to a disk.
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Do you have a question or a problem? Ask
Elmer! Send your questions (no telephone calls,
please) to "Ask Elmer," 5003 South 26th Street,
Milwaukee, WI 53221.
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Editor's note: Last month, Elmer told you how to
clean your monitor screen. What he told you was
correct. He did omit one thing, though: When you
clean your screen, turn the monitor offf irst! I tried
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Hams QSO Twice - With Seventy-Two Years Between Contacts
On November 17, 1923, two young hams had a QSO. And exactly 72 years still both happily hamming. And, as Al says in a note to Bob, "Here it is! A
to the day, on November 17, 1995, they had their second contact. Bob Baird, documented record that will probably stand." There can be little doubt about that.
W9NN, of Plover, Wisconsin, orignally U8CWR, worked 9BBI, Al Kahn, South Thanks to Bob for sending the info to BSSS. And we hope their third QSO
Bend, Indiana in the first contact. Locations and gear have changed, but they are doesn't take another 72 years. 0
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and is how the call system was set up before the U. S. Commerce Department location is shown as South Bend. Note he was a League member, and a
structured calls with "W" prefixes. This ia a copy of the card he sent to 9BBI, member of ROWH - the Royal Order of the Wouff Hong. You'll have to attend
now K4FW, in 1923. an ARRL convention if you want to join the ROWH.
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Here's the card Bob sent to Al after their second contact - in 72 years. His Here is Al Kahn's 1995 CSL card. A lot of things changed in 72 years - just
colorful and long ham radio history are well-summarized on the card. compare it to Al's 1923 card above.
What Hath God Wrought? delete, enter, various commands, mouse control and
keyboard arrow inputs, to name a few.
Fortunately there are uses of Morse code be USED AMATEUR
By Richard Regent, K9GDF sides those for the hard of hearing. There are
RADIO EQUIPMENT
5003 South 26th Street, Milwaukee, WI 53221 around 20 manufacturers or developers of Morse
input hardware or software. They concentrate on
Editor's note: In our December, 1995 issue, we
use in Augmented Alternative Communications or
published some information about Dr. Tom King's WE BUY SELL, AND TRADE
Assistive Technology. These companies could use I
work using Morse code to assist individuals with
suggestions from CW operators to formulate new
CONSIGNMENTS ACCEPTED
communicative disorders. The information was
Morse characters.
reprinted from HMORSEls," a publication which
helps coordinate these efforts with other people Doctor Thomas King, WF91, a Professor at the We buy, sell, and repair antique clocks
engaged in this work. The following story provides University of Wisconsin -Eau Claire Department of
)( Ham Radio gear traded for clocks
more details about this important endeavour, which Communicative Disorders, continues to promote the
uses a Hmarriage Hb etween the first digital code - use of Morse Code in rehabilitation and education. )( Clocks traded for Ham Radio gear
Morse - and computers to give the speech-disabled At learning centers and childrens hospitals across
OUR STOCK CHANGES OFTEN!
a means to communicate. the country various Morse Code programs, encour
aged by Tom, are being used or tested to help
Thomas Edison's hearing became worse when people talk with each other. 4~ RADIO
he was forty years old. Unfortunately he did not RECYCLERS
Tom is also Editor of the MORSEis newsletter.
invent a hearing aid, but instead had his workers ~;~/
Under the newsletter title you will see MORSEis
shout in his ear or use Morse code. After his first
Neil Lawton, WK9Q
shown in Morse code. MORSEis informs folks
wife died, he met a 19-year old woman named 7730 W. National Ave.
about the important information and accomplish
Nina. So they could talk Tom taught her Morse West Allis, WI 53214
ments of using code. Tom's work now includes [phone]
code, too. Eventually he tapped out his marriage
collaborative efforts with the UW-Madison Trace
proposal on her wrist and they were soon married. Open Monday, Tuesday,
Research and Development Center, and John
Wednesday, and Friday
Samuel Morse did not develop his original code Hopkins University Center for Technology in from 10 - 5
beyond the letters of the alphabet, numbers and a Education. Saturday 10 - 2
few p~nctuation. That was enough for Tom Edison Dr. Tom King would be glad to hear from you Mail a card with your list of
to propose to Nina but it limits use with modern on expanding the Morse character set or any com wants and your phone
number to be added to our
computers. The current 101-key computer keyboard ments you may have on this subject. Tom can be computer data basal
has new applications beyond normal Morse code. reached at (715) 836-3980 or on E-mail at
There are needs for Morse patterns for shift, alt, [email protected]. 0
rom oat
local laws that fly in the face of PRB-1.
• Among the Christmas cards received here at
Contesters
the K9ZZ "household" (myself and guinea pig
"Starsky", so named because he lives in a hutch),
Continued from page 4 was one from long-time friend Howard Trimble,
Continued from front page K6TER, of San Diego (Pacific Beach, actually).
amateur service accomodations. State and local Howard and I became friends not long after I got
As for meetings, Bruce tries to hold meetings at regulation or a station antenna structure must my Novice ticket in January, 1958 (has it been that
swapfests around the state so members can easil}' not preclude amateur service communications. long already?).
meet the ARRL requirement of attendance at two Rather, it must reasonably accomodate such Howard passes along a few comments about
meetings per year. Additionally there may be communications and must constitute the BSSS and certain of its contel')ts:
meetings at members homes. There was such a minimum practiable regulation to accomplish the
"Just finished reading my Smoke Signals, and
meeting on September 21 at the QTH of Ken state or local authority's legitimate purpose. [See
feel as if I know all those people whose names are
Boston, WF9X. PRB-1, 101FCC2d 952 (1985) for details." {13old
printed. I don't copy WlAW bulletins any more;
As time permits and when there is a need, face added by BSSS.)
just wait and read them in Smoke Signals, partly
Bruce produces a newsletter, Badger Contesters, or Codification as a state law will provide radio
due to being lazy and mostly due to the band
a news card. He announces upcoming meetings, amateurs in Wisconsin an important additional tool
conditions being very poor.
reports on upcoming contests, tabulates members'
to combat ordinances in the state which fly in the
scores in contests, provides membership lists, lists face of what PRB-1 by using clever "dodges," such "Being a creature of habit, I read the Computer
those on the Internet, and other amateur related as exhorbitant application fees. That happened in Corner first, and then Ask Elmer. A couple months
information.
Racine County. But codification - passage by the ago, you had the picture of sun spots and I learned
The club has a net that meets on 144.220 MHz
Wisconsin House and Senate and signature by the more in a few minutes after being puzzled for 40
SSB at 8:30 p.m. each Tuesday with Greg, AA9-
Governor - will happen only if radio amateurs show years about sun spots."
AO, up in Green Bay as net control. Check in to it
their support for the bill. Thanks, Howard. The writers of those columns
and learn more about the club. It also has a club
As the story on the front page tells us, the bill are astute people, and we're glad to have them.
call: KB9LMF.
does not yet have a number assigned. And as the And we all hope the K6TER holiday season was a
As I mentioned earlier, on September 21,
story also says, we will tell you when it does, what great one. I'd sure like to see Pacific Beach and
eleven members of the Badger Contesters met at the
the number is, and we will print the complete text Mud Flat High (Mission Bay Senior High School)
home of Ken Boston, WF9X. It began with member
of the bill. once more.
introductions. Each briefly described his UHF/VHF
station and activities. Bruce, KE9QT, talked about The bill probably won't curb all abuses of • Finally, we hope that YOUR holiday season
the new Rover rules situation. He also had planned power or violations of PRB-1 's provisions, but it was first-rate, too. And here we go into another
to demonstrate his newly constructed 2304 MHz gives us another tool to use, either to prevent an year of BSSS. Stay tuned. This will be an
equipment but the rainy weather changed it to a illegal law or unenforceable law from being passed, interesting year. 0
show and tell. The members had an opportunity to
see Ken's evolving UHF/VHF contest station. Some
also checked into the local six-meter net that was in Racine Megacycle Ch.1b 19.?5 Fox Hunt R~st.11~~
progre.11s.
We thank you, Ken, for holding this meeting. ·.-:.:.- - . .. . .. .. . . :.:.: ::: ... :::.· ... .·· ··.··.· .·. .. .:· ... .::.-..:.:..::..:..:..:..:.-:.. · .
1. ··· N96Lz ~ Dave/·.... 14 .· .·.· >f\J9i=tGX ~ Alex .· ····~~··········.•· ~~·~~~ ..- ~!~~? .
Remember, all interested Wisconsin amateurs c.. ... .
are welcome to join Badger Contesters. Let it be 2 WB9USI ~· Dave 15 ·· · l<C9NG - Dave
> .\ ···
known to Bruce by E-mail or snail mail that you . . 3 .... \/VB.9ZKY - Gefre ·.··. <. 16 Brianna ~ (ZT) 29· John'"lTHHr .. · 3
want to join the throng. His addresses are: E-mail · · 4 ···•··· W89ZKX .; l:fonnie t1e7 Kris - (NG) > .3 0 .. N9ZOW3oave .:.: \
5 .••.. <.KB9HSJ :- Jrie\ > > ..• ·· N91HH -Art ..
'7K4E197Q2.T2,1 [email protected] Bmopxu 3se7t1v0e2.e4o, mM oilrw Baruukceee R, WichI a5r3d2so3n7,- < · 16 <KW FB99ZSTV"'M R o-bo e...· .·i.·1•·· i1> is . • 2fl0f .·.· ·.. · .·· · JAaAm9LeL$'. '.:- MIRikGeX ) / ~3~3/)· . <W~~0~W~~L~N: t~.:Broub~ <> .····:.•i ::::
:0024. Even an expression of interest to another
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For the ladies 13.·· ··• K$9Ktu ::··sti<lrori ··.·•··· ·. ·.·. 2a· KB9JIE ·~Linda··
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The RC!cihe Megac';c;le Club spririsored· 2~rtieter··Hidden Transmitter (FbXl Hu11ts are qpeh tci. i11'
interested persons. Th~hunt .aieals any ~here ih .Racine or)<enosha countieSeasfdfHVv'v.4$'..!he •stai'f .
Continued from page 7 point varies; talk-ins ol1J47.27+ ·repeater. FOra·comple~e•listof Fox Hunt rules send a11SASEto; //
Fax
Al.JnfRules,c/() RMC;P.d/Box3,.RaCine, WI 5340t~Ob03. · ··
3BCK Garmhausen Adaire 1920'5
3CDQ Zandonnil Elizabeth 1922 RMC Fox Hunt Schedule for 1996
W3CUL Burk Mae 1932
W4AXF Collins Carrie 1929
SAWQ
Jan 5 Mar 29 Jun 21 Sep 13 Nov 8
(W51ZL) Brown Ruth 1924
Feb 2 Apr 26 Jul 19 Oct 11 Dec 6
W5BKG Henderson Ethel 1929
W5TU Reiff en Rose 1930'5 Mar 1 May 24 Aug 16
W5ZZV Bornemann Margaret 1930'5
W6AET Terrell Florence 1926 • Alex Voss, N9RGX, Secretary, Racine Megacycle Club
W6ALH Melara Esther 1929
W6DHV Amarantes Mae 1931
W6EK Card Flora 1930's
Spartan Packet Radio Experiment to Test GPS
W6GA Necker Mary 1931
W6GEV Lary Lois 1932
W6GOZ Kirtley Iva 1932
W6MA Wallace Bertha 1927 The Spartan Packet Radio Experiment (SPRE), ics, and it can display detailed maps of selected
650 Parkin
an experiment to test satellite tracking using ama geographic regions.
Gladys Kathleen 1 916?
teur packet radio and the Global Positioning System Amateur radio ground stations can transmit
K7ANQ Osterbeck Lilly 1930's
(GPS), will be among those aboard N/.SA's Spar their locations to SPRE, and, if heard, SPRE wjll
7CB (7FG) Dow Winifred 1912?
W7COX tan/GAST-Flyer spacecraft. The Spartan spacecraft relay GPS information back to Earth. All ground
(W9SUNI Viers Frances 1932 is scheduled for launch on January 11, 1996, stations within range of SPRE will see the relayed
W7NH Hart Nellie 1932 aboard the space shuttle Endeavor as part of mis stations plotted at the on the map at the correct
751
sion STS-72. geographic location. The APRtrak software also
(W6HEGI Gilbert Harriett 1923
will decode and display SPRE housekeeping teleme
Peckham "Ma"/W7ABD 1930's SPRE was developed and built by the Univer
try, including temperatures, voltages, and system
WSADU Driver Blanche 1920's sity of Maryland Amateur Radio Association
8BI Bourne Beatrice 1920'5 status. This software is freely available on the
(UMARA) with assistance from NASA, volunteer
SER (8NHI Candler Emma 1915 InterNet for installation on IBM compatible comput
engineers, and volunteer software professionals.
9CCN ers.
(W0RNOI Northrop Ada 1925 The spacecraft is a cube-shaped, battery-powered,
9CFQ Hume Lillian 1920's retrievable satellite. Spartan will be deployed by the SPRE hopes to involve Amateur Radio opera
9DET Bergner Elizabeth 1920's shuttle's robot arm and likewise retrieved after tors throughout the world.
W9DXX Bourke Alice 1932 approximately 48 hours of free flight. SPRE is Elementary and high schools are encouraged to
9GJX
designed to relay ground-station positions and enlist the aid of local Amateur Radio operators to
(W8GJXI Hargreaves Helen 1929
transmit telemetry containing the GPS location of set up ground stations and participate in the SPRE
W91LH Jones Carrie 1931
W9JYO Zimmerman Thelma 1932 the spacecraft and housekeeping data. The GPS data experiment.
9UA will be generated by another Spartan experiment. SPRE will use a ground control network,
(W0UAI Ensor Loretta 1923 Special software called APRtrak will be used at SPREnet, consisting of specially equipped Amateur
W0CMV Sisk Opal 1931
SPRE ground stations to plot the positions of Radio stations, to distribute data via the InterNet.
VE3AYL Burnett 1930
stations and objects worldwide using SPRE trans
VE4EI Sparks Mae 1930's
0 missions. APRtrak uses full-color maps and graph- Please turn to page 13
10
BADGER STATE SMOKE SIGNALS • JANUARY 1996
PARTICIPATING
CLUBS AND ORGANIZATIONS
Riverland Amateur Ea'u Claire Amateur Radio Club
Radio Club
Carl Searing, W9NW, Secretary
Tom O'Brien, WB9BJQ 1129 McKinley Road • Eau Claire, WI 54703
Secretary
MEETING/CHRISTMAS PARTY date or site.
December 12, 1995 • N9JOE and WB9RBP to co-chair
Club mail address: P.O. Box 621
1996 Mission Eau Claire training.
Onalaska. WI 54650
The club's annual Christmas party was • Next VE exams to be held on Janu
held in a large meeting room on the third ary 13, 1996.
MEETING MINUTES was defeated. floor of our usual location. The room was • Lunch committee for January 9,
December 5 very tastefully decorated for the holiday 1996 meeting: KC9NN, N90HE.
OLD BUSINESS season by Judy Spangler, XYL of Bert, There followed an excellent meal (our
Meeting was called to order at 7: 00 W9ZZI. parties tend to be of the bring-a-dish-to
p.m. by President Feroz, WU9N. Minutes Club dinner will be January 20, 1996 President Kevin Zehr, N90HE, open pass type). Saint Nicholas (and his helper,
of the previous meeting were approved as and the Lighthouse at Nob Hill at 6:00 ed the affair. An invocation was given by Nolene Harison, N9MNA) passed out the
appearing in BSSS. Karl, KB9EQI, noted p.m. for cocktails and 7:00 p.m. for din the Rev. Paul Bittner, W0AIH. This was presents. Nolene had been given a sum
that Greg's call sign, KA9FOZ, was incor ner. There will be a choice of three en followed by the appearance of Saint Nich with which to buy presents, and she man
rectly listed in last month's minutes. trees. Members will receive a reminder olas, who bore an uncanny resemblance to aged to come up with almost as many
Treasurer's report was read and approved. along with dues renewal notice. N9HME! presents as she had dollars, plus she wrap
Dues for 1996 are payable. Last year's Bill, KE9XQ, explained the creation of ped each one. Kudos to Nolene. Our
A very brief business meeting pre
increase in dues helped our financial heath special interest group for the purpose of thanks also to Lois Riley, daughter of
ceded the festivities. Introductions were
in spite of large expenses this year. building a 80 meter receiver. Members Lowell, W9MEO. Lois played the bag
made. Over 60 members and friends were
440 Repeater: Dan, N9PZC, reported should sign up if interested. pipes during the evening, an interesting
present.
that things are going fine but some things Kent, W9LZQ, reported that Scott accompaniment to the occasion.
Items discussed, in capsule form:
are still left to procure. Help is needed in Neader would design a homepage for the A special prize was given to the ham
modifying some radios. club on the InterNet. Motion made by • The Eau Claire Ski Club wants attending who was licensed the longest:
SKYWARN: Nothing new to report Kent, seconded· by Walt, AA9AW, to volunteers for January 13 races. Ray Dietzler, W9HUT.
but Kent, W9LZQ, reminded members proceed with the homepage. Motion car • The club voted to donate a sum of These notes were furnished by Joe
that additional help will be needed this ried. money to the food pantry. Eide, KB9R, as the secretary was unable
year because of the expanded coverage by Motion was made by Karl, KB9EQI, • No info yet on the 1996 hamfest to attend. D
NWS. Training will begin in February, to apply for a club call. Bill, KE9XQ,
before the regular SKYW ARN training. seconded. A discussion followed, but the
Trailer and Equipment: Bob, N9- motion was defeated.
LZK, reported that all equipment of the Nomination committee presented the
club will be engraved with an unique following slate of officers to the club:
$HEBOYGAN
identifying number. President: Duane Fruechte, W9HWQ.
Swapfest: No report. Date will be Karl, KB9EQI, was nominated from the
August 24,1996 at the Omni Center in floor by Jim, N9UWN. County Amateur Radio Club
Onalaska. Vice-President: Bob Wilson, N9LZK.
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Repeater: Duane, W9HWQ, reported Secretary: Dan Abts, N9PZC.
that all is well. A meeting of the commit Treasurer: Judy Williams, N9LGV. Mike Musiel, KF9SJ, Secretary
tee was called to resolve a few problems. Voting for president was done by secret
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Solutions were found to the satisfaction of ballot. The winner was Duane, W9HWQ.
all. A motion was made by Kent, W9- Other officers were elected by acclama
LZQ, to restrict access to the autopatch by tion. The December meeting of the Sheboy to get on a mailing list for this letter,
changing the access code to something less Bill, KE9XQ, offered his thanks on gan County Amateur Radio Club was please contact a board member. Thanks
common than the POUNDS access. Mo behalf of the club to Feroz for his capable called to order by Chris, N9VKC. The for the hard work, Kurt.
tion was seconded by Roger, KA9BKK. direction during his term as president. SCARC meets at the Red Cross Building, After a brief discussion of club busi
After considerable discussion, the motion Motion to adjourn at 8:00 p.m. D 2032 Erie Ave., Sheboygan, WI, at 7 p.m. ness, the rest of the meeting was set aside
on the second and fourth Tuesday of the for a informal gathering and eye to eye rag
month. There is usually no general mem chew night. Thanks to everyone who
bership meeting in February, because of supplied the ever important munchies.
Racine Megacycle Club the Banquet, and July, because of Field
Day. Nets
Alex Voss, N9RGX, Secretary Club Meeting Notes The Packet Net Lives Again! The
Sunday night packet net is moving to
Ham Of The Year Award nomination Saturday night. The first net is scheduled
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forms were handed out. If you were not at for Saturday, January 6th. The net will use
the meeting, and are a current club mem the Converse (conference) mode available
MEETING MINUTES dinner. Aftetwards we all went to see the ber, you should be receiving a nomination in KG9BO's mailbox. If you would like to
December 11, 1995 Christmas lights on Racine's trolleys. It form in the mail from Steve, N9TRK. participate, contact Josh at KG9BO on the
Please fill this out as soon as possible and Sheboygan LAN frequency of 144.99
was a wonderful evening, and we all had
There was no business meeting m fun. The Racine Megacycle Club wishes return it to the address on the form. MHz, or tune into the Monday Night Fun
December. everyone a Merry Christmas and a Happy RSVP forms for the club banquet were Net for more info.
This month the Racine Megacycle New Year. also passed out. The banquet will be the Monday Night Fun Net. Meets at 7
Club held its annual Christmas meeting. RENEW AL TIME IS HERE! If you Saturday the 17th of February at 5 p.m. If p.m. local time on 147 .06 MHz
The meeting was held at the Chart Room you have not RSVP'd by the time you read ( + 107 .2PL). All with a Amateur Radio
Restaurant where we all had a fine chicken Continued on page 11 this, and would like to attend, contact license of Technician class or higher are
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A updated call list is being prepared together.
Racine Megacycle Club/W9UDU
for emergency services purposes. Area Monday Night 10 Meter Fun Net.
hams who would like to participate in Meets around 7:30 p.m., generally follow
1996 Membership Application emergency services and public safety nets ing the 2 meter net. The net meets on
should sign up with Mike, KF9SJ. The 28.350 MHz (USB), and all code class
new list will also be used to develop a Amateur Radio operators are welcome to
calling tree, based on what time of the day check in.
participating hams are available. Sunday Morning Coffee Clutch and
Steve, N9TRK, club treasurer, re G5RV Net. The net meets at 9 a.m. local
ported that the club is still in the black. time on 3.860 MHz (LSB). All radio
Club VP Kurt, N9ZMO, distributed copies amateurs of General Class or higher are ·
City:---------------State: ZIP:- ---- of the SCARC NewsNet newsletter. The welcome to attend. Now that the Winter
club newsletter is currently being distrib season is arriving, I expect this net will
uted at the club meetings only. The postal become lively again.
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costs have prevented us from doing a
Member of ARRL? D Yes 0 No Include B.S.S.S.? 0 Yes 0 No general mailing of these. If you would like Submitted by Michael J. M11siel, KF9SJ
Dues are $15.00 ($6.00 if you already receive Badger State Smoke Signals). Send this
PERSONAL THANKS: Thanks from Ken Ebneter, K9EN, Portage, end myself to Martin and the
form, with check or money order, to RMC, P.O. Box 3, Racine, WI 53401-0003, or crew at MFJ Enterprises for a nice surprise this past summer. Ken and I both enjoyed being
give to Dave, AA9HL. Family rates are available. mugged! We wish all of you at MFJ a super 19961 -73, Jim, K9ZZ
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