Amoskeag Radio Club

Amoskeag Radio Club - Sat Bkfst / CMC Cafeteria / April 7, 2007 - HAM INFO + URLs

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Larson E. Rapp-WIOU April Fools - QST reference

"Improve Your Receiver Three S-Units" http://www.arrl.org/news/features/2000/04/1

To list any ham related items: contact w1ziz@arrl.net

Feedback on content and format appreciated

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TIMELY HAM INFO

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1. NHARES - Continuing weekly HF net 8:30AM Sat mornings - 3943KHz +/-QRM LSB - NH statewide

Activity encouraged from each NH-ARES district - Dave-KA1VJU (EC Red Team)

Looking for volunteer Net Control Stations - Contact: Dave-KA1VJU ka1vju@cnharc.org

2. NH Skywarn Training - out of Gray, ME http://www.erh.noaa.gov/gyx/spotters_skywarn/skywarn2.shtml

out of Taunton, MA http://www.erh.noaa.gov/box/skywarnTraining.shtml

6:30PM Tue May 1, 2007 Taylor Community Cntr, 435 Union Ave., Laconia, NH

Central NH ARC http://www.cnharc.org

(RESKED)> 6:30PM Tue May 15, 2007 NH Community Cntr, 12 Lions Ave., Hudson, NH

Hillsborough Co. ARES http://hcnh-ares.org

10AM Fri Jun 2, 2007 Mt. Wash. Discovery Cntr, 2779 Main St., N.Conway, NH

3. On-Line Class - Tech, General, Extra - includes lecture, slides, pictures, and quizzes

http://www.hamclass.net

4. 6Mtr SSB - 6 meter chat gathering - 50.180MHz USB - 9PM 2nd es last Sun - (next 9PM Apr 8)

Jack-WB4MDC - wjaywarren@gmail.com - Nashua, NH area

5. CVRC - Meeting at Marconi Museum - 6PM Tue April 10 - Bedford, NH

In honor of W1BC-Ray Minichiello's 90th birthday

6. 10Mtr SSB - 10 meter chat gathering - 28.4MHz USB - 9PM 1st es 3rd Sundays - (next 9PM Apr 15)

Jack-WB4MDC - wjaywarren@gmail.com - Nashua, NH area

7. MARC - 111th Boston Marathon - Monday April 16, 2007 - Boston, MA

info & signup http://www.amateur-radio.net/marc/index.html

8. GMARES - "Open Doors" Cultural Arts / Trolley Tour - 5/8PM Thurs April 26, 2007 - Manchester, NH

http://www.manchestercvb.com/whats-new/index.php?shownews=true&id=280&area=special

9. HCARES - P3 Orion "Hurricane Hunter" Aircraft Tour - 3/6PM Mon April 30, 2007 - N. Kingston, RI

http://www.erh.noaa.gov/box/announcement/HAT07WebRelease.htm

10. NEAR-Fest - Hosstrader Tradition Continues! - Spring Festival - Fri/Sat May 4/5, 2007 - Deerfield, NH

New England Amateur Radio Festival http://www.near-fest.com

11. PCARC/GBRA - Tour de Cure (Diabetes Assoc.) bike ride Sun May 6, 2007 - Portsmouth, NH

http://tour.diabetes.org/site/TR?pg=entry&fr_id=4347 signup kb1kbd@arrl.net

12. CNHARC - Sea Coast Bicycle Trek (NH Lung Assoc.) Sat/Sun May 19/20, 2007 - NH seacoast area

Dave - ka1vju@cnharc,org

13. ERARES - Fox Hunt (T-Hunt) - Sun May 20, 2007 - Pawtuckaway State Park - Nottingham, NH

info http://erockares.blogs.com/w1roc/2007/03/i_am_the_fox.html

http://w1roc.org WA1NH-Jason (EC ERARES) - wa1nh@w1roc.org

14. NH / VT-ARES - 26th annual Prouty Bike Ride & Challenge Walk - Sat July 14, 2007 - Hanover, NH

(Friends of the Norris Cotten Cancer Center) Rex - aa1kl@arrl.net

http://theprouty.kintera.org/faf/home/default.asp?ievent=217143

15. GMARES - Manchester (NH) Marathon 26mi road race - 8AM Sun Nov 4, 2007 - Manchester, NH

16. 6 Meter Rptr - On Mt. Uncanoonuc TV Channel 9 tower - 53.07MHz - 1(PL151.4Hz) - Goffstown, NH

http://www.gemoto.com

17. FOR SALE - HF station - TenTec Corsair, VFO, PS, D104, tuner-$500 N1JI - jock.irvine@verizon.net

Donations needed - laptops w/95,98 es sound cards for GMARES / ARC shelter project

contact Mark - k1rmc@aol.com Manchester, NH

Ham and test gear, antiques, misc; NEW List - Bob - w1gwu@worldpath.net - Alton, NH

60' Rohn 25G fdovr, stored-BO - Chris-N0CUH acornpapa@usadatanet.net - Jaffrey, NH

18. Ham-electronic Flea Markets - NEW ENGLAND area list http://web.mit.edu/w1gsl/Public/ne-fleas

19. ARRL - Morse code requirement ended last February - Anyone with CSCE... no instant upgrrades...

more details http://www.arrl.org/news/stories/2007/01/24/100/?nc=1

20. VE Sessions - List continually updasted by Jim-WW1Y - http://www.ky1n.net/ky1n.html

21. GMARES - Bob Raiche-KA1BOB, (ex N1FIJ) SK - Memorial Fund reminder

http://obit.goodwinfh.com/obit_list.cgi?task=All&listing=Currant

Type: Raiche into the Search Memorials box

Bob's Book - stories, memories and thoughts are being compiled.

Should include names, time frames and your contact info. Photos are encouraged.

Mail to: Bob's Book c/o Jennifer Raiche, 3 Pine St., Allenstown, NH 03275

or email to: magicimages@comcast.net - Subject: Bob's Book

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HOPEFULLY HELPFUL SITES

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22. ARES E-Letter - http://www.arrl.org/FandES/field/ares-el ARES e-mail news sent to ARRL members

23. NH-ARRL - http://www.arrl.org/sections/?sect=NH Monthly NH Section Manager (AK1K) report

24. NH-ARES - http://ares.arrlnh.org District web pages, local Net schedules-Freqs, Comm Plans

(NH-ARES Net schedules no longer on this site). See local ARES link.

To join or update your data http://ares.arrlnh.org/Members/ares-app1.htm

Phone numbers and edress now required. Please list any ICS courses completed.

Subscribe to email list: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/nh-ares

25. NH-ARES - NH Emergency Preparedness Brochure (from dhhs.nh.gov)

http://ares.arrlnh.org/Docs/Disaster%20Preparedness.pdf (Tnx: Rex-AA1KL)

26. NH-SKYWARN - info / weather conditions & forecasts http://www.qsl.net/kb1dfe/nhskywarn.html

Spotter Training Listings - See Item 2 above

27. SKYWARN - National Watches, Warnings, Advisories from NOAA NWS http://www.skywarn.org

28. NIMS - National Incident Management System - online training. http://training.fema.gov/EMIWeb/IS

ICS course info here Contact your EC about training reqiurements and opportunities.

29. WINLINK 2000 - An enhanced digital messaging system for amateur radio. http://www.winlink.org

http://www.home.earthlink.net/~k7bfl/WL2K_FAQ.pdf (Tnx: Steve-KB1DIG, Rex-AA1KL)

WL2K overview : http://www.wrock.nhradio.org/wl2k.htm (Tnx: Craig-N1VN)

30. ARESCOM - Glossary guide to digital jargon/alphabet soup of Digital Ham Communications - KH6KB

http://winlink.org/Presentations/Glossary%20for%20ARESCOMM.pdf (Tnx: KB1DIG)

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31. HAM SONG - Country/Western music-video - Dr. Demento lookalike hanging off a ham tower.

http://www.tmedlin.com/misc/100k%20video/hamband_100K.wmv (Tnx: John-WD1V)

More songs http://www.hamband.com/html/the_ham_band.html ham/musicians

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32. READY.GOV - Prepare, Plan, Stay Informed - Ready America; Ready Business; Ready Kids

http://www.ready.gov (incl. links)

33. Disaster Relief & Recovery - http://www.usafreedomcorps.gov - volunteer / donations / resources

34. New Hampshire's Citizen Corps - http://www.nhcitizencorps.org (Observe Flag raising)

NH Council List - http://www.citizencorps.gov/citizenCorps/allCouncilList.do#NH

35. GWOT - Global War on Terror - Hams died in collapse of the Twin Towers.

Hams went to Ground Zero to help with recovery.

WE MUST NEVER FORGET ! - We are at War - Total Victory over terrorism; only option

36. World Trade Center Memorial http://attacked911.tripod.com w/ music accomp. (Tnx Jeff-K1JWM}

NYFD 9/11 tapes from events occurring on Sept 11, 2001 - The Darkest Day - How 9/11 unfolded

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8926416/

37. Homeland Security - http://www.dhs.gov

38.Border Watch - Minuteman Civil Defense Corps http://www.minutemanhq.com

NH Border Watch news http://www.minutemanhq.com/state/index.php?chapter=nh

pg9 (Ham Radios) http://www.minutemanhq.com/pdf_files/training_manual2.pdf

"For the triumph of evil, all it takes is for a few good men to do nothing" - Burke

39. Wear the Border Cap ! http://www.newsmaxstore.com/nm_mag/borderpatrol.cfm

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40. ARES - RED CROSS monthly HF net - 8PM every 1st Wed - 3915KHz +/-QRM - Next: 8PM Wed April 4

K1ARC - New London(CT) Red Cross - http://www.qsl.net/k1arc/k1arc.htm

41. RED CROSS - Greater Manchester (NH) Red Cross Chapter http://redcrossmanchester.org

Nat. http://www.redcross.org By States http://www.redcross.org/where/chapts.asp

42. SALVATION ARMY - SATERN (Salvation Army Team Emergency Radio Network) - 14.265MHz

http://satern.org (for health & welfare inquiries)

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43. NESMC - N.E. Spectrom Management Council - Band Plan charts - Shows VHF/UHF SIMPLEX Freqs

http://www.nesmc.org/docs/NESMC-Bandplan-Graphic-121204.pdf

44. N. E. REPEATER DIRECTORY - http://www.nerepeaters.com 10 Meters - 1.2GHz

http://rptr.amateur-radio.net Find rptr distances

45. Callsign Lookup - http://callsign.ualr.edu/callsign.shtml U. of Arkansas at Little Rock - (zip codes ok)

http://www.wm7d.net/fcc_uls WM7D's Callsign Database - (U can get Yahoo map)

http://www.qrz.com QRZ.COM - (edress es home page sometimes listed)

http://www.buck.com/cgi-bin/do_hamcall Buckmaster Worldwide HamCall

District 1 - http://www.qrz.com/i/expired/soon_1.txt calls expiring WITHIN 30 days in District 1

46. VE sessions - New England area VE exam list - http://www.ky1n.net/ky1n.html

47. The Amateur's Code - http://www.irs.nhradio.org/amateurscode.html

Considerate, Loyal, Progressive, Friendly, Balanced, Patriotic

48. Marconi Museum / W1FGM - Volunteers always welcome at the Museum - Bedford, NH

http://www.MarconiUSA.org Ray-W1BC 472-8312 info@marconiusa.org

49. ARES / RACES - Emergency Preparedness - http://www.eham.net/articles/7176
                                Current Articles http://www.eHam.net/articles/    (Search by topic)

50. ARES - Emergency Prep:  GO KIT - http://home.comcast.net/~buck0/hamgear.htm
                                                    THE BOX - http://home.comcast.net/~buck0/combox.htm
                                                    LEDs  - http://home.comcast.net/~buck0/led.html

51. GBRA / PCARC - Support ARES and your local radio club. Dues and donations always welcome.
                                             Keep the repeaters on the air and help with public service.

Great Bay Radio Association (GBRA) Port City Amateur Radio Club (PCARC)

http://www.w1fz.org http://www.w1wqm.org

Twin State Radio Club (TSRC) Contoocook Valley Fadio Club (CVRC)

http://www.w1fn.org http://www.k1bke.org

White Mountain Radio Club (WMRC) Interstate Repeater Society (IRS)
http://www.w1mwv.com http://www.irs.nhradio.org

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/IRS_RADIO

52. CCARES - Cheshire County ARES - Tri-State FM Emergency Net - Wed 7:30PM - 146.805- (PL100Hz)

http://home.ne.rr.com/cheshireares (helpful links)

http://home.ne.rr.com/cheshireares/Newsletter.html (newsletter)

53. CAARES - Capital Area (Concord) ARES Net: Thur 8PM - 146.895- (PL100Hz)

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/caares

54. ECARES - East Rockingham County ARES Net Thur 8PM - 145.15- (PL127.3Hz)

http://www.w1roc.org (1st Thur 147.57MHz simplex)

55. GMARES - Greater Manchester ARES Net: Sun 8PM - 147.33+ (PL141.3Hz)

"SIGN UP" GMARES back on line ! http://groups.yahoo.com/group/GMARES

56. HCARES - Hillsborough County ARES Net Tues 8:00PM - 146.73- (PL88.5Hz) on N1IMO sys w/lnks

Monthly Meeting 7PM Wed April 11, 2007, Wadleigh Library, Milford, NH

No set program this month - welcome to bring your ENCOMM related Show and Tell

New website ! http://hcnh-ares.org New website !

57. WRARES - West Rockingham County ARES Net: Sun 8:30PM - 146.85- (PL85.4Hz)

http://www.wrock.nhradio.org WROCK EC Mike-ka1uvh@arrl.net

58. SCARES - Strafford County ARES Net: Wed 8PM - 147.000- (PL100Hz)

http://www.w1fz.org/ares/k1stf_net.html

59. SGARES - South Grafton County ARES website - EC Rex Carr-AA1KL

http://www.sgares.net aa1kl@arrl.net

60. W1SRA - Saddleback Repeater Association Net: Sun 8PM - 147.000- (PL100Hz)

http://www.sra.nhradio.org
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TIME / DATE: 8:00-9:30AM / Sat April 7, 2007

PLACE: CMC (Catholic Medical Center) cafeteria on the West Side of Manchester, NH

TALK-IN: 147.33+(PL141.3Hz) * 146.85-(PL85.4Hz) * 146.52 simplex

DIR: I-293(Rt 101) / Exit 5 OR: west over Bridge St. bridge

left onto W. Granite, right onto Main left at light onto Main St

0.5mi north to CMC (on left) CMC on right (past Vista)

cafeteria above main entrance parking across street (watch construction)

73,

Harvey Schow - W1ZIZ LISTS: ARC1,2,3,4 200+

Amoskeag Radio Club LIST: IRS 50+

Interstate Repeater Society LIST: NHARA 50+

AEC - Manchester Red Cross incl. reflectors; CVRC, IRS

w1ziz@arrl.net MARG, NARC, etc.

(603) 622-0945