ELK COUNTY AMATEUR RADIO
ASSOCIATION NEWSLETTER Mar.2010
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The Feb.meeting of the Elk County Amateur
Radio Association will be held on Sunday, 1:30 pm Mar.21st, 2010, at the Elk County 911 Center, Ridgway, PA.
The Elk County Amateur Radio Association web page is www.n3nia.com. This page contains club information, email addresses, and the homepage addresses of members.
If you would like have your page included, or have suggestions for the web page’s content, please send an email to Tommy Hammerbeck or Fred Siggins.
President: N3LVG, Scott Logue
Vice President: N3RJH, Rick Wehler
Secretary N3RYG, Jerry Robinson
Treasurer: N3UDN Mary Lewis
Publicity KB3EWT Shari Lewis
Newsletter: N3RYG, Jerry Robinson
Reprographer:
Distribution: N3UDM Bernie Jarbeck
ECARA webpage: N3LLR Bill Edgar
KA3UVC Fred Siggins
N3FXD Tommy Hammerbeck
Emergency Coordinator: N3SGY Bob Devilling
3RD Region Net 7243.0 kHz 4 p.m. daily
Western PA Phone Traffic Net 3983.0 kHz 4:45 p.m. daily
Western PA EMA Net 3990.5 kHz 9 a.m. Sunday
Quad County ARC 147.315 PL 173.8 7 p.m.
Cameron County ARC 147.180 SEE NOTE 7:30 p.m.
NOTE: Whittimore Hill PL now 173.8; Grove Hill PL 173.8
Elk County ARA 147.000 No PL 8:00 p.m.
Elk County ARA 442.200 8:20PM
Centre County 146.850 PL 173.8 9:30 p.m.
National Traffic System Nets:
Eastern Area Net – 7.243 @ 2:30 p.m. – receives and gives traffic to other area nets and brings to and takes from region nets
Third Region Net – 7.243 @ 4:00 p.m. – receives and gives traffic to EAN and brings to and takes from section nets.
Western PA Phone & Traffic Net – 3.983 (7.243, 1.897) @ 6:00 p.m. – receives and gives traffic to 3RD and brings and takes from local nets
Western PA CW Traffic Net – 3.585 @ 7:00 p.m. – receives traffic from the WPAPTN and passes to local hams for delivery. Takes traffic from WPAPTN.
Erie Area Mailbag Net – 146.88 @ 8:00 p.m. (M-F) – receives traffic from the WPAPTN and passes to local hams for delivery. Takes traffic for WPAPTN.
Northwestern PA 2 meter Traffic Net – 145.13 @ 9:00 p.m. (Mon. – Sat.) – receives traffic from the WPAPTN and passes to local hams for delivery.
Takes traffic for WPAPTN.
Independent Nets:
PA Traffic Training Net – 3.610 @ 6:30 p.m. – moves traffic while training CW operators in traffic handling.
PA Phone Net – 3.958 @ 5:30 – moves traffic independent of the NTS.
There have been some additions to the http://n3nia.com website. These include a (Weather Radio) button and a printable preamble and roster on the (Members~Net) page,
so those doing the nets can print it off, along with a (For Sale~Wanted) button. Another addition is a Solar-Terrestrial Chart.
Election of club officers was held at the February meeting. The only person still holding the same office as last year is Mary Lewis. The listing of officers for 2010 is as follows:
President: N3LVG, Scott Logue
Vice President: N3RJH, Rick Wehler
Secretary: N3RYG, Jerry Robinson
Treasurer: N3UDN, Mary Lewis
W5KUB.COM will be broadcasting the Dayton
Hamvention again, live streaming on the internet this year. The fun starts when
the convoy leaves for Ohio on Wednesday morning
May 12 at approx 1300 UTC. This is our 8th year to broadcast and we have viewers
in over 150 countries. There is a chat room on the web site for hams around the
world to chat with each other or the W5KUB team. Again this year, we will be
giving out thousands of dollars of prizes to some lucky viewers. Prizes range
from Heil Microphones, Icom equipment, Comet antennas,
Daiwa wattmeters, LDG antenna tuners, Arrl handbooks, etc to mention just
a few. The site is up and running 365 days a year. Please check it out and go to
hamvention with us. The site is
http://w5kub. com
73, Tom W5KUB
John Frantz, K3TMD, has contacted me with the date for the Preparedness Fair at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. It will be held on Saturday, March 27, 2010, from 11:00AM to 3:00PM. John would like some hams to help him with a booth at this event. It is a good way to show people just what ham radio is and what we can do in an emergency.
There is also a test session scheduled for Saturday, March 27, 2010, at 9:30AM at the Elk County EMA/911 Center, Boot Jack Rd, Ridgway, PA. All license class tests will be given. This is a LARC VE test session, so there is no charge.
Also, Bill Edgar, N3LLR, has passed along the list of test dates for Bradford for 2010. The dates are: April 6, June 1, Aug. 2, Oct. 5, and Dec 7, 2010. Tests begin at 7:00pm and are held at the Red Cross Center, Congress St, Bradford. These are ARRL test sessions so there is a test fee of $15.
I am still open to any suggestions for articles for the newsletter. I will consider any suggestions that are at least radio related. You can contact me by email at n3ryg@yahoo.com or see me at the meeting.
Field Day will be held June 26 & June 27 at the Lewis Camp. Watch upcoming newsletters for details.