January 2009 - Ole Virginia Hams
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1. For More Information www viennawireless org winterfest php ee Table Sales and General Information Dennis WA4QMS Vienna Wireless Society Winterfest2009 viennawireless org PO Box 418 703 934 2081 Vienna VA 22183 Book Your Tables Online 2008 11 20 OVH ARC Newsletter January 2009 Pg 12 of 122. School educational records RIGHT NOW Create your 5 Minute Go List 1 Go from room to room with a small notebook 2 In your notebook list the one thing in each room that you would be able to carry in your backpack that if lost you would suffer for the rest of your life Such as Grandma s wedding ring the only photo of your deceased cousin a special book a wedding photo 3 List only one or two absolute treasures that fit in the go bag that you can grab as you are running through the house at breakneck speed with your list in hand because you have already pre decided what you cannot live without Make those critical choices NOW If you can put those precious items in the Go Bag now all the better If not list them on the 5 Minute Go List Taken from Disaster Recovery Journal s Fall 2008 Magazine article Creating a Go Bag Page 2 of 2 from David KI4AZX OVH ARC Newsletter January 2009 Pg 10 of 12 ANNOUNCING FHOSYFEST 2009 at the ra EATA RICHMOND RACEWAY COMPLEX 600 East Laburnum Ave Richmond VA 23222 Presented by the Richmond Amateur Telecommunications Society Hamfest and Computer Show Virginia s Largest Amateur Radio Exposition Featuring VE Exams Commercial Vendors 300 tables of Flea Marketers Hourly Door Prizes a 1000 Grand Prize Drawing Forums and Seminars on Amateur Radio Topics Our venue features Drive in loading nearly 12 hours of load in and set up time on Fri
3. ARRL s oe day February 6 two buildings filled with Virginia commercial and flea market vendors a sepa Ff St t rate building for VE testing forums and Late meetings free parking RV camping good VAN o a food an ATM excellent access to interstates Convention nearby motels For more information Keep reading or visit sd pipe http www frostfest com Ae Email info frostfest com Call Cas or Debbie Grys 540 872 5949 FF2009 OVH ARC Newsletter January 2009 Pg 11 of 12 WINTERFES 1 THE NATIONAL CAPITAL AREA HAM RADIO FAIR e Ham Radio Electronics and Computer Parts Pieces and Paraphernalia FEATURING Licensing Exams Walk ins Invited License Exams On Saturday February 21 SAM to noon on February 21 Large Indoor Exhibit Area e QSL checking for WAS DXCC VUCE until Noon e 150 Paved Tailgate Spaces 15 for one space includes one admission TAI LGATI N G I Tailgate area opens at 6AM on improved and expanded loading dock Sunday February 22 e FREE On Site Parking eee Be eB LD Sunday February 22 2008 Northern Virginia Community College Annandale Campus 1 8333 Little River Turnpike Annandale VA Indoor Exhibit Area Opens to Public at SAM 6 00 per person Talk in 146 91 Courtesy of the NVFMA
4. about HAARP later in this Newsletter The OVH expects shortly to embark on supporting the fairly new technology known as D STAR thanks especially to Mark WA4KFZ who has made a very generous offer which will enable the OVH to do that Some of you may be hesitant to jump in understandably so I can tell you the audio takes some getting use to but I have already seen its benefits just in day to day communications At the next meeting we ll have a small demo and you can see and hear yourself the variations Even though ICOM is currently the only hardware vendor for this radio equipment other options and development are likely Numbers count and there is already a lot of availability of local D Star repeaters in this area across the U S and elsewhere too I also look forward to seeing all of you at upcoming monthly OVH meeting on Monday January 19th at 7 30 PM at the NOVEC Technical Center in Gainesville Virginia where we ll be able to answer additional questions about D STAR Also if you haven t already paid your dues to renew your membership for 2009 using the form at w4ovh net or later in this newsletter you may pay up at that meeting See you there 73 George K4GVT OVH ARC Newsletter January 2009 Pg 1 of 12 Ole Virginia Hams Amateur Radio Club Inc Post Office Box 1255 Manassas Virginia 20108 OFFICERS JOTA President George Tarnovsky K4GVT 791 5956 John H KG4NXT 257 3566 Vice Pres Wayne Kline AG4ZZ 791 2100 Secretary Wayne
5. club and the ARRL Charlotte is survived by her husband Kenneth Coghill Ill of Manassas VA son Kenneth _ Coghill IV of Ashburn VA brother amp sister in law Lit amp Lynn Churchill of Richmond VA sister amp brother in law Dee amp Mac McMillan Oh Huntington WV and numerous nephews great nieces great nephews and cousins The family is requesting donations be made to Project Mend A House Phone ne 792 7663 Email director pmahweb org She gave her life to helping others and her body to science A memorial service will be held at a later date Just a few pictures from the OVH Holiday Christmas Party held on December 13 2008 at the QTH of George K4GVT amp Ev 50 attendees lots more pix at http k4gvt com OVH_Christmas_08 OVH ARC Newsletter January 2009 Pg 6 of 12 January 2009 OVH Meeting HAARP s Chief Engineer To Be Program Speaker Some of you will remember that in January 2008 the HAARP project conducted moonbounce experiments on frequencies just below and just above the forty meter HF band and invited the amateur radio community to participate by listening and then submit reception reports HAARP reportedly recerved several hundred reports from the ham community The HAARP web site at http AWwww haarp alaska edu contains a lot of information about HAARP and the effects of the ionospheric on HF radio propagation This was reported in the February 2008 OVH Newslett
6. is that everything is in the French language but that French version has been coming out like clockwork 30 or 40 pages or so every two weeks Of course English is the international language of ham radio and the Editor for the French version advised early on that his group intended to put out an English language version too That has now happened and you can subscribe to the monthly English language version free online at http ham mag com The initial English issue has somewhat different content than the French language editions although a similar format so you should still check out the French editions too OVH ARC Newsletter January 2009 Pg 5 of 12 From the News amp Messenger Charlotte Gayle Churchill Coghill es Charlotte Gayle Churchill Coghill 64 of Manassas VA died December 10 2008 _ Born to the late Howard and Sallie Profitt Churchill Nov 11 1944 in Washington DC Charlotte graduated from Howey Academy in 1964 receiving a BA from Louisiana Tech in 1968 pitas Charlotte was a teacher at Didlake in the early 1970s worked at Grants then Wards for 25 years until retiring She was passionate about cross stitching receiving numerous awards for her _ work in the Prince William Co Fair and other competitions A member of the Manassas Baptist Church and TOPS for many years she also held amateur radio license KG4QX0 and was a member of the Ole Virginia Hams radio
7. Circulation 170 OVH ARC Newsletter January 2009 Pg 2 of 12 ounshine Corner HAPPY NEW YEAR to all Hopefully everyone is off to a good start Birthdays this month Dan K9POO Elizabeth KG4NXV Charles W4XP Milt N4SN Ed WD4AV U Woody N4MQ Alan WA2GTT and Harold K4OPS Happy Birthday to you all The OVH Christmas Holiday Party on December 13th was a great success with between 50 and 70 people attending The food was wonderful and we were able to collect toys to donate to Toys for Tots Thanks to everyone for participating and a gigantic THANK YOU to George K4GVT amp his wife Ev for hosting this again Pictures are at http k4gvt com OVH_Christmas_08 Special thanks to Gordon NQ4K for presenting a program at the December meeting about the upcoming Virginia QSO Party in March Google Virginia QSO Party for follow up details Condolences to Ken WB4ZOH on the passing of Charlotte KG4QXO his wife on December 10 2008 Charlotte received her Technician ticket on December 2001 and was the OVH s membership chairperson for several years She always had a very cheerful greeting for everyone and always attended Field Day with Ken Everyone will miss her Her obituary from the local paper now the News amp Messenger appears later in this Newsletter Charlotte KG4QXO New Membership Chairman Bruce AB8CI is now the chairperson for new club members email ab8ci comcast net or tel 248 953 0274 Many tha
8. OVH P O Box 1255 Manassas VA 20108 OVH ARC Newsletter January 2009 Pg 8 of 12 O UO L O OU U UU O 7 Monthly Emergency Preparedness Checklist Please complete the following checklist on the first Saturday of every month Date review performed Signature Test smoke detectors if applicable Test carbon dioxide detectors if applicable Check fire extinguishers for proper pressure Turn fire extinguisher upside down and shake for 1 minute to remix extinguishing powder this is important as it settles to the bottom and over time it can clog the extinguisher Test fire escape ladder if applicable Practice fire escape plan Test sump pump s if applicable Mix a little bleach with water when testing to disinfect pump and plumbing Test Ground Fault Circuit Interrupt GFCI outlets these are usually located in kitchen and bathroom areas and any other areas where water is present Check Go Kit for outdated expired supplies Switch out seasonal items if appropriate Try on clothing and shoes in bag to make sure they still fit Check Shelter in place kit for outdated expired supplies Switch out seasonal items if appropriate Try on clothing and shoes in bag to make sure they still fit Check Auto Emergency Kit for outdated expired supplies Switch out seasonal items if appropriate Try on clothing and shoes in bag to make sure they still fit Review emergency contact information is
9. Phillips N7QLK 393 8447 LEGAL Treasurer Joe Dobes KI4OHR 369 2639 Pete KB4RME 369 2436 DIRECTORS MEMBERSHIP CHAIRMAN Don Butch Blasdell W4HJL 369 2877 Bruce AB8ClI 361 8873 Art Whittum W1CRO 791 4330 Charlie Dale WA4YGI 361 3091 NEWSLETTER Paul W4ZB 754 0910 WEEKLY NETS Thursdays 8 00 PM JOHN H 257 3566 NEWSLINE John H KG4NXT 257 3566 HAMFEST 2008 Chris KI4POT 361 3257 aE Bruce ABSCI 361 8873 Bill N4SV 590 9562 FIELD DAY 2008 M Joe KI4OHR 369 2639 PROGR 8 Butch W4HJL 369 2877 TBA CLUB ROSTER PUBLICITY EDUCATION QUARTERMASTER Mark WA4KFZ 818 8033 oo CLUB EMERGENCY COORDINATOR REPEATER CONTROLLERS David Meola KI4AZX 393 6681 Art W1CRO 791 4330 Butch W4HJIL 369 2877 ARES AREA EMERGENCY COORDINATOR Milt N4SN 369 7265 David Lane KG4GIY 361 3042 Steve N40GR 361 0008 David KG4GIY 361 3042 F A R REPS George K4GVT 791 5956 Ruth KU4WH 331 1234 Alan KD4KBX 330 8844 369 2877 W4OVH W4PVA TRUSTEE FINANCE Art W1CRO 791 4330 Mary Lu KB4EFP 369 2877 Joe KI4OHR 369 2639 SCHOLARSHIP Ruth KU4WH 331 1234 Jim W4JTP 392 0150 GENERATORS SUNSHINE Steve N4OGR 361 0008 Theresa KG4TVM 257 3556 Keith KM4AA 909 1512 a E TECHNICAL COMMITTEE Art W1CRO 791 4330 HISTORIAN Alan KD4KBX 330 8844 Theresa KG4TVM 257 3566 Bill N4SV 590 9562 WEBMASTER W40VH NET Butch W4HJL 369 2877 Bill N4SV 590 9562 George K4GVT 791 5956 Karl W4KRL 802 1527 EMAIL REFLECTOR w4ovh googlegroups com David KG4GIY 361 3042 David La
10. The OVH ARC Newsletter OLE VIRGINIA HAMS AMATEUR RADIO CLUB INC Post Office Box 1255 Manassas Va 20108 Repeaters W4OVH 146 970 amp 224 660 amp 442 200 OVH Nodes Port 1 145 030 Mhz Port 3 223 540 MHz Port 2 440 925Mhz 9600 Baud backbone N30H SYSOP BILL http www w4ovh net OLE VIRGINIA TIMES Do ber TO wnload th Remem VA ewal form new Yours January 2009 Dtp Avdoyyn 2t Members Or Pay at th ne Next Meeting January 19 2009 eting PRESIDENT S LETTER Greetings to all and Happy New Year I would like to remind everyone that nominations for OVH officers for the upcoming year will be held at the OVH meeting on January 19th Elections will then be held at the February meeting on Feb 16 2009 I remind everyone again about the latest Front Panel Design Challenge announced in the December 2008 OVH newsletter pgs 1 and 4 and at the last OVH meeting The deadline for submissions is February 6th We expect to have an excellent program with an great speaker at upcoming January meeting Art W1CRO has arranged for Steve Floyd W4YHD Chief Engineer for HAARP High Frequency Active Auroral Research Program in Alaska to give a presentation about HAARP I believe everyone will enjoy this informative presentation The HAARP website is at http www haarp alaska edu and I recommend that those who will be attending the meeting look at that ahead of time There is also some additional information
11. ations to be determined later this month David also reminded everyone that you do need to be registered to participate David also led a discussion on the motion approved at the November meeting concerning club equipment being borrowed and needing a club officer s approval in advance David stated that this could be an issue during an emergency John KG4NXT made a motion that the previous policy on equipment no longer require an officer s pre approval in the case of emergency All equipment shall be logged out This motion passed Repeater Butch W4HJL reported that everything is A OK and that he will do some more work on the 440 machine shortly Education Mark WA4KFZ had 6 students take his Technician class everyone that showed up for the exam did pass Mark will be working on a General class next more info to follow Butch W4HJL advised that Bob K4HJF is interested in teaching an Extra Class class Hamfest Chris KI4POT held his first planning meeting last week and it was decided that we would use 8 foot tables in 2009 His Hamfest group is currently working on the programs and flyers so they can pass them out at the Richmond Hamfest Field Day Joe KI4OHR reported that the Nokesville site is reserved for this event in June 2009 Joe has asked Theresa KG4TVM to help get an elected official to the event Sunshine Corner Theresa KG4TVM announced the birthdays for December also thanked George amp Ev for
12. e Manassas Police Department s Child Safety Council This motion was approved Meeting was adjourned at 9 18 pm OVH ARC Newsletter January 2009 Pg 4 of 12 Reminders about some upcoming events calendar dates HAMFESTS February 7 2009 Saturday Frostfest 2009 at the Richmond Raceway Complex Richmond Virginia Details at http www frostfest com February 22 2009 Sunday Vienna Wireless Winterfest at Northern Virginia Community College Annandale Campus Annandale Virginia Details at http www viennawireless org winterfest php A flyer for each of these upcoming Hamfests included in the electronic version of this Newsletter OPERATING CONTESTS There are lots of operating contests during January and February The web site maintained by WA7BNM lists almost all of them Check out http www hornucopia com contestcal for more PUBLIC SERVICE TRAINING ARES EVENTS Check the online Calendar by David KG4GIY at http www pwcares org for latest updates David maintains a comprehensive calendar for upcoming events at that web site OTHER ITEMS TO REMEMBER Right Now renew your annual OVH Membership using the form at http w4ovh net the form included later in this newsletter or at the January 19th OVH Meeting The 10 annual dues hasn t increased in many many years February 6 2009 Friday Deadline for submission for the latest Front Panel Design Challenge by George K4GVT See the Dec 2008 OVH Newsl
13. er pg 8 and you may want to review that if you will be attending the OVH meeting on Jan 19th 2009 at which HAARP s chief engineer will be the program speaker Randy K7AGE a prolific poster of excellent ham radio related tutorial type materials on youtube com produced an excellent video last year of his reception of direct and moonbounce signals from HAARP during the January 2008 experiments Check out http youtube com watch v L5E2ntIxAsc That video shows and describes the equipment K 7AGE used for his reception and signal processing of both the terrestrial signals from the HAARP transmitter as well as the long delayed signals from the HAARP transmitter which were reflected from the moon s surface K7AGE was able to receive terrestrial and moonbounce signals on each of the two frequencies used near the forty meter ham band used during the experiment Look at that before the meeting too More on HF Propagation The December 2008 Newsletter had a short article about HF Propagation which recommended again two seminal 1927 QST references A September 1936 QST article not previously mentioned by Kenrick titled The Kennelly Heaviside Layer Its Relationship to Our Everyday Communications Problems is also recommended reading This can be downloaded free by ARRL members from the ARRL s web site The Kennelly Heaviside Layer was formerly used to refer what everyone now refers to as the Ionosphere More on HF Propagation next month Usi
14. etter at page 4 for details or contact George Foundation for Amateur Radio Scholarships for 2009 2010 Available All post high school formal education is very expensive If you know anyone facing such expenses for education let them know they should check out FAR which administers 48 scholarships and is now accepting applications for the scholarships to be issued for the next school year Many of the scholarships require the applicant to have a ham radio license but some don t and some are even available for graduate school More information including the application forms which must be used to apply may be downloaded at http www farweb org Worth checking out by anyone who might be eligible The final final deadlines for submission of applications are May 1 2009 Emergency Preparedness Monthly Checklist from David KI4AZX David KI4AZX recently circulated via the OVH email reflector a two page Monthly Emergency Preparedness Checklist in PDF format he had prepared David did a great job with that and a copy of those two pages are included with the electronic version of this Newsletter FREE Online Ham Magazine Ham Mag Now in English Too The November 2008 Newsletter mentioned that several ambitious and very energetic hams in France are publishing a free online Ham Radio Magazine known as Ham Mag at http ham france free fr edited by Vincent F5SLD The only problem you will see there 1f you can t read French
15. hosting the OVH Christmas Holiday Party on the 13th Thanks to the club members for bringing new toys for the Toys for Tots campaign 21 were collected Condolences to Ken WB4ZOH on the passing of his wife Charlotte KG4QXO Theresa made a motion to donate 200 to Mend A House in Charlotte s name motion passed New Business George K4GVT announced that Mark WA4KFZ has offered to donate a DSTAR link to the club Mark discussed the feasibility and time frame with the club Motion by Neal KD7UHR for the Repeater Group to investigate the cost and maintenance to the club and bring a report back to the January meeting so the club can make a decision Motion approved Old Business Al KB4BHB donated a crystal set to the Assistant at the Parks amp Recreation Department Her son he could use that in his study for passing the ham exam David KG4GIY needs names of new members for the reflector list and also wants to look at removing non members from the list David KG4GIY made the following motion Only members in good standing shall have access to and be able to receive mail from the OVH reflector Good standing being paid members according to the official roster as published after the annual dues period and subsequently there after beginning with the 2009 dues period or other status as identified by the club its officers or the board Motion was approved with 2 opposed Butch W4HJL asked the club for 100 donation to th
16. ne KG4GIY 361 3042 Bob K4HJF 335 1939 All telephone numbers listed above are for Area Code 703 unless otherwise noted The OVH Times newsletter is the official monthly publication of the Ole Virginia Hams Amateur Radio Club Inc a 501 c 3 organization dedicated to the promotion and enhancement of Amateur Radio This edition of the OVH Times is Copyright 2008 by the Ole Virginia Hams The OVH ARC meets at 7 30 p m local time every third Monday of the month at the NOVEC Tech Center 5399 Wellington Branch Road Gainesville Virginia 20155 Members prospective members and all other interested persons are invited to attend Local information can also always be obtained through the OVH s FM repeaters on 146 97 amp 224 660 Mhz Up to date information about OVH activities and meetings is also available on the OVH web site at http www w4ovh net Articles and quotations in the OVH Times newsletter may be reprinted if credit is given to the OVH ARC and any other noted source Proposed materials for publication including pictures articles letters to the editor classified ads notes about specific errors complaints or the like are solicited from all readers Forward such items to the OVH Times Newsletter Editor PAUL W4ZB COM as soon as available at any time but the cutoff deadline for the OVH Times each month usually the second Monday of the month may preclude publication correction until the following month Last Rev 01 03 2009 Approx
17. ng Simple Screen Scraper Techniques To Customize The Aggregation Of Internet Information From Diverse Sources A lot of ham radio type data e g HF propagation information now available via the Internet needs to aggregated from diverse sources so that it may be efficiently viewed and understood as a whole in one place by the end user There are some very simple but highly customizable and powerful techniques available to address this type of situation A temporary techniques demo which aggregates a large amount of local weather information is at http w4zb com manassas wx Take a look if youre interested in learning how to do this Please note that the techniques used at that temporary techniques demo URL do NOT require the use of an web site URL but can be run directly from your web browser on any computer with an active Internet connection A how to do that explanation is in the ReadMe text file in the manassas wx_ScreenScraperExample zip c file which is embedded in the electronic version of this Newsletter The files included in that ZIP file may be easily customized and extended to grab and aggregate other types of information Newly Available Free HF Multimode Digital Software We ve mentioned previously that W1HKJ and others have been developing multimode HF digital software with the name FLDIGI for use on computers running the Linux operating system Reports about the Linux FLDIGI suggest is works as well as
18. nks from everyone to Joe KI4OHR for chairing this position for the last several years New Member Welcome to Neal KD7UHR who was voted in as a new member at the December meeting Please send your news email to ke4tvm hotmail com or telephone 703 257 3566 73 Theresa KG4TVM Minutes of the Ole Virginia Hams Amateur Radio Club Meeting December 15 2008 Meeting called to order by George K4GVT at 19 30 There were a large number of members present After the Pledge of Allegiance and introductions Program by Gordon Miller NQ4K on the Virginia QSO Party that is held every March Gordon presented a great slide show and very detailed explanation of the QSO party Get the latest updates by Googling Virginia QSO Party Break Drawing for the mystery box was won by Bob KC4T NC no 50 50 drawing this meeting Minutes from the November 2008 meeting were approved with no changes Treasurer s report by Joe KI4QHR was approved Membership Joe KI4OHR had one application to read in for Chip Deyerle KJ4EOY One application was voted in for Neal Radicic KD7UHR Joe also has now turned over the membership chair to Bruce AB8CI Thanks to Joe KI4OHR for chairing Continued on page 4 OVH ARC Newsletter January 2009 Pg 3 of 12 this committee for several years and thanks to Bruce AB8CI for taking this on ARES David KG4GIY let us know that Prince William County will be involved in the Inauguration Loc
19. the MIXW software running under Windows Art W1CRO points out the W1HKJ com group has at last ported FLDIGI to run under Windows too This will automatically result in a lot more interest in FLDIGI and a lot more users of that software It appears that a successful installation of the FLDIGI port to Windows XP or Vista requires a prior installation of the CYGWIN environment on the Windows machine That environment is available free at http cygwin com Query has anyone yet tried FLDIGI and the CYGWIN environment on Windows How does it compare to MIXW or other multimode HF digital software OVH ARC Newsletter January 2009 Pg 7 of 12 REMINDER Below is the 2009 Renewal Application Please fill out the form below for database attach your check and mail to the address below Be sure to update your e mail address or other information MEMBERSHIP RENEWAL APPLICATION OLE VIRGINIA HAMS AMATEUR RADIO CLUB 2009 NAME _ CALL SIGN ADDRESS __ SS TELEPHONE EMAIL BIRTHDAY ARE YOU PRESENTLY AN ARRL MEMBER YES NO ARE YOU A VOLUNTEER EXAMINER YES NO DO YOU WANT YOUR PHONE NO LISTED IN THE OVH ROSTER YES NO WHAT IS YOUR PRESENT LICENSE CLASS _ Dues are 10 00 per year and payable on January 1 2009 Dues for additional family members living at the same mailing address are 5 00 AMOUNT ENCLOSING NAME AND CALL OF FAMILY MEMBERS Name Call Name Call Return to Membership Renewal
20. up to date make appropriate changes Check generator s for proper operation fuel and oil levels Have service performed per user manual recommendations Back up all important information from your computer This includes anything you cannot live without if the computer fails Store the back up in an offsite location safe deposit box etc Review list of telephone numbers stored in home cell phones Review list of email accounts and contacts Myspace Facebook etc Page 1 of 2 from David KI4AZX OVH ARC Newsletter January 2009 Pg 9 of 12 Monthly Emergency Preparedness Checklist Check automobile transportation tires are properly inflated including the spare battery is charged fluids are at user manual specifications and fuel tank is full Review important documents are up to date and copies are stored in an offsite location safe deposit box etc These documents include but are not limited to the following Howsedeed Lifeinsurance O Z O Z O o O Homeowners insurance Wills _ Household inventory Livingwills __Floodinsurance Medical directives Carinsurance Medical records Car titleeMecdication information O O Z O Z O Driver s licenseHDoctors contact information O O O Z Passport card Birth Death certificates Utility bill Property card to prove legal residence Parole information po Licenses O O Awards Certificates ee SS
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