Lincoln Amateur Radio Club

Lincoln Amateur Radio Club

October Meeting 7:30 PM, Wednesday, October 8, 2014

LI-COR, 4647 Superior Street, Lincoln, Nebraska LI

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LARC Meetings are held the second Wednesday of each month at LI-COR.

OCTOBER Thu Oct 2, 6:00 pm—VE Exams, Northside Café, 2701 N 48. Sat Oct 4, 7:00 pm—Transmitter Hunt, West O St. McDonalds (P 8) Sun Oct 5, 1:00 pm—5K 4 Vision Run, Holmes Park, 70th & Normal (P 6) Wed Oct 8, 12:00 pm—QCWA Luncheon, The Knolls, 2201 Old Cheney Wed Oct 8, 7:30 pm—LARC October Meeting, LI-COR (see above) Sat Oct 11, 8:00 am—QCWA Nebraska Rare County Activation (P 7) Sat Oct 11, 9:00 am—Market to Market Relay Race, Omaha to Lincoln Haymarket (P 6) Sun Oct 12, 1:00 pm—CROP Hunger Walk, St Marks Church, 84th & Pioneers (P 6) Tue Oct 14, 6-9 pm—Technician License Class (6 weeks) & FCC Exam, Union College Wed Oct 15, 7:00 pm—LARC October Board Meeting, Hy-Vee Board Rm, 6001 Village Dr. Thu Oct 16, 8:00 pm—SATERN, Salvation Army Disaster Group Meeting, Salvation Army Thu Oct 16, 11:59 pm— November LOG Article Deadline Sat Oct 18, 7:00 pm—Transmitter Hunt, North 27th St Walmart (P 8) Sat Oct 25, 2:00 pm—LARC sponsored Road Rally, followed by Bratsfest at 5:00 pm. (P 14) Thu Oct 30, 7:00 pm—Nov LOG Mail Prep, Christian Record Services, 4444 S 52 (P 5)

Upcoming Events Sun Nov 2, 12:01 am— DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME ENDS - Fall back one hour. Wed Nov 12, 7:30 pm—LARC November Meeting, LI-COR.

Coming Events Also see http://k0kkv.org www.facebook.com/LARCLincoln

Do you plan on setting up a 2-meter and/

or 70-cm mobile rig? Come to this Club

meeting for tips and techniques on how to do

it. Bryan Leavitt, WØBCL, will take you through the steps and will provide ideas

that will help you with the installation process.

Also, the Club is in the process of standardizing memory channels and frequen-

cies for the 2-meter and 70-cm bands. This is important especially for emergency

communications and will allow hams to rapidly change frequencies by going to

predetermined memory locations. A list of the frequencies/memory locations will

be available at the October meeting, and the Club will have computers available for

programming the most common HT radios with the standardized settings. So

bring your handhelds to the Club meeting and get them programmed with

new settings. —Bryan Leavitt, WØBCL

Mobile Installation 101

December Board Elections Only Club members can vote for 2015 Board members. See Page 5.

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The Lincoln Amateur Radio Club, Inc. PO Box 5006

Lincoln, NE 68505-0006

Club Repeater KØKKV 146.760 (-) Packet APRS KØKKV 144.390 DX Packet Cluster telnet cluster.k0gnd.net Web Site http://k0kkv.org Facebook www.facebook.com/LARCLincoln

President Mike Walsh KBØQH 402/489-5904 [email protected] Vice Pres Bryan Leavitt WØBCL 402/470-2074 [email protected] Secretary Todd Shapland KDØPTI 402/202-4698 [email protected] Treasurer Marlene McLaughlin KDØHYM 402/570-6478 [email protected] Bruce Steyer KBØKA 402/486-1714 [email protected]

Connie Zehr NØGMA 402/202-2805 [email protected] Chris Brennfoerder KCØAOO 402/217-7051 [email protected] Jeremiah Parker NØPBJ 402/405-4880 [email protected] Trustee Reynolds Davis KØGND 402/488-3706 [email protected]

2014 Board of Directors

2014 Committee Chairs Committee Board Liaison Chair Phone (402) Email

Activities KBØKA Chuck Bennett, KDØPTK 310-5003 [email protected] Auction KBØKA John Hauner, KØIH 486-1400 [email protected] Awards NØGMA Lois Steyer, NØOLK 466-1714 [email protected] Christmas Party KCØAOO Marlene McLaughlin, KDØHYM 570-6478 [email protected] Co-chair KCØAOO Becky Brennfoerder 326-1031 Club Station KBØQH Gene Rittenhouse, KDØOVK 440-6903 [email protected] Convention KDØHYM Reynolds Davis, KØGND 488-3706 [email protected] Cornhusker Games KDØHYM Jeri Lyn Rogge, NØJLR 217-2044 [email protected] Co-chair KDØHYM Aaron Rogge, NØADR 617-0234 [email protected] Education KBØQH Reynolds Davis, KØGND 488-3706 [email protected] Instructor KBØQH Richard Mulder, ACØLN 817-3937 [email protected] Emergency Response KDØPTI Reynolds Davis, KØGND 488-3706 [email protected] Estate Assistance KDØHYM Reynolds Davis, KØGND 488-3706 [email protected] Co-chair KDØHYM John Mardock, KRØP Facebook NØPBJ Jeri Lyn Rogge, NØJLR 217-2044 [email protected] Field Day KDØPTI Jeff Bennett, WØWKP 432-0825 [email protected] LOG/ Club Newsletter NØGMA Bev Bennett, KDØPTR 875-2594 [email protected] Merchandise WØBCL Michelle Shapland, NØMDS [email protected] Nets NØPBJ Connie Zehr, NØGMA 202-2805 [email protected] Public Relations WØBCL Darrell Best, WAØQYI 423-1594 [email protected] Public Service WØBCL Mike Long, KØSHC 770-2427 [email protected] QSL Cards KCØAOO Greg Brown, KTØK 796-2201 [email protected] Repeater KDØPTI Ed Holloway, KØRPT 326-1139 [email protected] Technology KBØQH Dan Sellmeyer, WBØYYE 261-4520 [email protected] Co-chair KBØQH Steve Sellmeyer, WBØQQT 466-5746 [email protected] Transmitter Hunts NØPBJ Cliff Mackey, KBØTXE 601-7083 [email protected] Web Site NØPBJ Bob Mitchell, WBØRJJ 430-6290 [email protected]

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From the President

B y the time you read

this it will be October,

which means the LARC

Board has put together a

Nominating Committee

that will solicit a slate of

candidates for Board va-

cancies next year. The Nominating Committee

will be announced at the October 8 Club meet-

ing, and at the November 12 meeting the com-

mittee will present a list of candidates and take

additional nominations from the floor. Voting

will take place at the December 10 meeting.

LARC needs an infusion of new people on

the Board and committees every year to keep

the Club vibrant and responsive to member

interests. If you think that you would like to

serve on the Club Board, I urge you to contact

the Nominating Committee or a current Board

member and express your interest to serve.

Propagation. And now for something

completely different: I was operating on 20

meters last week and decided to try to make

some contacts on my QRP radio, which has a

maximum power output of 5 watts. I fired eve-

rything up and responded to a W1AW/5 station

calling CQ on RTTY. To my surprise he came

back to me and gave me a 599 report from

Texas. Since I was transmitting with only 5

watts, I thought that he was just giving every-

one the same 599 and finished the QSO. Next I

found a VE7 station calling CQ from British

Columbia on PSK31 and responded to him. He

came right back to me, again with a 599 signal

report. I gave him his report and told him that I

was operating at 5 watts. He responded that my

signal was the strongest on his PSK waterfall

screen. I was amazed. Similar to the phrase

"Location, Location, Location" in the real es-

tate arena, I am convinced that in Amateur Ra-

dio the key is "Propagation, Propagation, Prop-

agation."

—Mike Walsh, KBØQH

THANK YOU

LI-COR (2006-present)

LARC Monthly Club meeting 4647 Superior Street

Christian Record Services

for the Blind Monthly LOG Mail Prep

4444 S 52 Street

Salvation Army Monthly LARC Homebrew kit builders

2625 Potter Street

Did you miss the September meeting? Be sure to attend the October 8

meeting, “Mobile Vehicle Installation”

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September 17 Board Meeting Quick View

LARC Board Meetings are held at 7:00

PM on the third Wednesday of each

month at the Hy-Vee Board Room, 6001

Village Dr. (40th & Old Cheney). Club

members are encouraged to attend. All

Board members (see list on LOG Page 2)

were in attendance.

Michelle DeGarmo Shapland, NØMDS

was appointed as Merchandise Chair,

replacing Lydia Wasserstein,

KCØWWR.

Backup Net Control operators are

needed for the 9:00 PM Nets.

The Tuesday Net Control position is still

not filled.

Approved $200 for food and supplies for

the annual Club Picnic September 21.

Tower climbers and Antenna tuners are

urgently needed.

Approved new web host for one year.

Homebrewers will build an attenuator

used for fox hunting. Details will be in-

cluded in the Homebrew article (P 8).

Received a donation from Community

Health Charities: $594.

A handout of standard 2-meter / 70-cm

frequencies and area repeaters will be

available at the October meeting.

Board Nominating Committee was ap-

pointed.

345 memberships to date.

679 Net check-ins reported for August.

LARC partners with Red Cross for emer-

gency preparedness. The Club Station is

located at the Red Cross location in west

Lincoln.

—Bev Bennett, KDØPTR. Editor

September Club Meeting

Date: September 10, 2014

Place: LI-COR

Time: 7:30 PM

Attendance: 62

Ticket Sales: $33.00

Winner—$21.00 (65%), Kay Softley,

KDØTPP

Club—$12.00 (35%)

Mike Walsh, KBØQH, opened the meet-

ing at 7:33 PM and asked for current projects

that members are working on.

Committee Reports

Education: Reynolds Davis, KØGND, an-

nounced that the Technician Class will begin

in October at Union College.

Public Service: Mike Long, KØSHC, over-

viewed September, October and November

events.

Club Auction: John Hauner, KØIH,

reminded everyone to attend the September

28 Club Auction.

Merchandise: Bryan Leavitt, WØBCL, re-

minded members to pick up name tags; Club

shirts are available; orders can be placed at

the Merchandise table.

Christmas Party: Marlene McLaughlin,

KDØHYM, reminded members to purchase

discounted tickets on or before October 8 for

the December 7 Christmas Party.

Program

Cliff Mackey, KDØTXE, Fox Hunting

Instruction and Demonstration. Additional

presenters included: Ryan, KGØBU;

Reynolds, KØGND; Jeff, WØWKP; Dan,

WBØYYE; and Blaine, KØNE.

The meeting was adjourned at 9:35 PM.

—Todd Shapland, KDØPTI, Secretary

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September LOG Mail Prep

T he September LOG Mail Prep crew met

at 7:00 PM on Thursday, August 28, and

prepared 726 September LOGs for mailing.

Thanks to NØADR, KDØDIU, NØDGR,

KØGND, KØIH, NØJLR, KBØKA,

KØKPH, KØKTZ, KDØOVK, KDØPTK,

KDØPTR, KBØQH, KDØRIY, KDØRTK,

KDØTPP, KDØVSD and KDØWYG. REMINDER: Mark your calendar. LOG Mail Prep is open to all Hams. We will meet Thursday, October 30, at Christian Record Services for the Blind, 4444 S 52 St., to prepare the November LOG for mailing. Please enter on the south side of Christian Record, along Linden Street. There is always the opportunity to visit with other Hams and helpers over a special dessert and drink. Please join us and help prepare the November LOG for mailing. We are usually done in an hour or less.

—Bev Bennett, KDØPTR

2014 Board Elections

L arry Frisch, KDØRTK, Bev Bennett,

KDØPTR, and Dan Sellmeyer,

WBØYYE, non-Board members, and Mar-

lene McLaughlin, KDØHYM, and Todd

Shapland, KDØPTI, Board members, will

start the nominating process for the 2015-

2017 Board elections.

Board members whose term expires are

Bryan Leavitt, WØBCL, Connie Zehr,

NØGMA, Chris Brennfoerder, KCØAOO,

and Bruce Steyer, KBØKA. Nominations

may be made from the floor at the Novem-

ber 12 Club meeting ONLY. Each nominee

shall be eligible to submit a biography to be

published in the December Lincoln LOG.

—Marlene McLaughlin, KDØHYM

M embers of the Board of Directors of

the Lincoln Amateur Radio Club, Inc.,

are Club members who are nominated and

elected by other Club members. Half of the

eight Board members are elected each year

for a two-year term of service. The Nominat-

ing Committee will present the slate of nomi-

nees at the November 12 meeting whose

number must equal the number of vacancies

on the Board plus one or more. All nominees

must agree in advance to let their names be

placed in nomination. Only LARC members

may nominate, be nominated or serve on the

Board. The nominating process will be com-

pleted at the Club meeting held on Wednes-

day, November 12, 2014.

At the Club meeting held on Wednesday,

December 10, a quorum (15%) of members

for 2014 and/or 2015 will vote for those who

will serve on the Board for 2015-17. Board

members (not Club members) elect Board

officers—President, Vice President, Secretary

and Treasurer —Bev Bennett, KDØPTR

BYLAWS OF THE LINCOLN

AMATEUR RADIO CLUB Section 1: Members

Voting Rights: Each Club member is enti-tled to cast one ballot in any Club election.

At the annual meeting a Club member for either the current year or the following year

is entitled to cast votes for Directors. No proxy votes are allowed at any time.

Section 3: Directors

Be a Full Club member for six (6) months immediately prior to nomination.

Be a licensed Amateur Radio Operator for at least one (1) year prior to nomination.

Not miss more than three consecutive Club

or Board meetings without substantial cause.

Be willing to serve on one or more commit-

tees as necessary.

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Public Service Update

Public Service Calendar of Events

October Update

W e have three October

events.

October 5, Sunday—5K 4 Vision Run,

1:00 PM, Holmes Park, 70th & Normal.

October 11, Saturday—Market to

Market Relay Race, 9:00 AM, from

Omaha to Lincoln. Plenty of help is need-

ed for this annual event, The assignments

are staggered, so pick your time. You do

not have to commit for the entire day.

October 12, Sunday—CROP Hunger

Walk, 1:00 PM. St Mark’s Church, 70th

& Pioneer. Signup sheets will be available

at the October 9 Club meeting.

November 9, Sunday—The Good Life

Halfsy Marathon, 9:00 AM.

—Mike Long, KØSHC

Did you find the hidden tower in the LOG?

September Campout & Picnic

T he weekend turned out to be one of the

coldest on record (with frost warnings Friday) and on-and-off rain showers. All-in-all, those who toughed it out enjoyed the weekend.

Pancakes were on the menu for some on Satur-day morning and a hamburger/steak-fry Satur-day night cookout. Lonnie, WDØAOP, and

Cathy, KCØVET, Rech provided a big screen TV for the 9:00 PM Saturday Husker/Fresno

State late-night game. Cathy made delicious homemade ice cream—one with cherries and another with chocolate chips. Can you believe

that Cathy has had ice cream one and two times a day since she and Lonnie have been married, which is over 40 years. I don’t know whether to

laugh or cry. Kurt Draper, KCØKGY, made a number of contacts with 5 watts to a dipole strung in a

tree. Kurt has a nifty new small mobile radio that covers HF/2 meters/70 cm. Lonnie,

WDØAOP, also made contacts throughout the weekend. Mary, KDØONS, Kay, KDØPTT and Dale, KDØPTE, spent their first weekend as

newbie campers and are ready to camp a time or two before the snow flies. All in all, family and friends enjoyed good conversation, food

and a laugh or two over the weekend, and that’s something to be thankful for.

—Chuck Bennett, KDØPTK

Last Blast Triathlon September 14

The water at Branched Oak Lake was 15

degrees warmer than the air when the swim-

ming leg of the Last Blast Triathlon began.

Nonetheless, over 200 contestants participated

in the swim-bike-run triathlon— a fund-

raiser for the YMCA. Our crew reported on

the progress of the competitors throughout the

event, which started at 8:00 AM and wrapped

up by Noon, followed by a nice lunch at Lip-

py’s BBQ in Malcolm. Helping out were:

KEØBHQ, NØDIZ, KØGND, KØKPH, KØ-

LVR, KRØP, KDØPTF, KDØPTI, KØSHC

and KDØZNO. —Reynolds Davis, KØGND

Pawnee Lake Campout Photo by Kay Softley,

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LARC Merchandise Purchase your LARC polo

shirt and other items at the

Merchandise table. Visit

www.arrl.org/shop/ for

additional merchandise.

Previously ordered name tags are available

for pickup.

Basic HF Radio Instruction Book $18.50

This book contains a wealth of knowledge

on everything from selecting equipment and

antennas to fine tuning your setup.

Help Wanted

• Net Control Operators Contact: Jeremiah Parker, NØPBJ, 402/405-4880, [email protected],

• Tower Climbers and Antenna Tuners

Contact: Bruce Steyer, KBØKA, 402/486-1714, [email protected]

Or contact Gene Rittenhouse, KDØOVK, on 146.760

R oad Rally crew members will meet at

1:30 PM at Antelope Park, A Street and

Capitol Parkway, and pick up a route list and

rules and regulations. Look for the LARC

banner.

Connie, NØGMA, and Chuck, KDØPTK, are certified Road Rally race officials and will

present the winners with first-, second- and third-place trophies. Gather your pit crew, choose

your driver (share the cost of gas) but remember, people living in the same household can not

ride in the same vehicle, (unlicensed pit crew members are exempt.) Rules for the Road Rally

will also be posted on www.facebook.com/LARCLincoln and the k0kkv.org web site.

Young and old can participate. A Road Rally is similar to a scavenger hunt, but instead of

picking things up, you look for clues around Lincoln on wheels. It will be a fun time. so make

plans now to attend.

Following the Road Rally, winners will be presented with their tro-

phies at a first-ever Road Rally Bratsfest at 5:00 PM. Bring your own fla-

vor of brats and buns and a bag of chips or cookies. Plates, napkins and

drink will be provided. Heat not guaranteed. This outrageous event will be

broadcast on 146.760.

ROAD RALLY RULES 1. Form a pit crew of 3 or 4 people for each car. Designate: (a) a driver (b) a cell

phone photographer and (c) a navigator.

2. No one living under the same roof can ride in the same car (unfair advantage).

3. Your pit crew can determine where you want to start and end.

4. The race will end at the Antelope Park location.

Additional rules will be given at the time of departure.

Questions: Chuck, KDØPTK, 402/310-5003 or Connie, NØGMA, 402/202-2805.

LARC Road Rally Saturday,

October 25

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LARC HomebrewersLARC HomebrewersLARC Homebrewers CQ CQ CQ. Calling home-

brewers and kit builders. I

am putting together a list of

people interested in building

the tape measure beam or the

offset attenuator. These are

kits made up and ready to

build from Marvin Johnston (KE6HTS).

The deadline to order is October 12 at the

end of the next Homebrewer workshop.

Tape Measure Beam kit is $21.00.

Offset Attenuator kit is $26.00, or

$23.00 if 12 or more kits are ordered.

The cost of shipping will be included in

the final cost of the kits.

Some homebrewers have a $10.00

credit/rebate from the Anderson Powerpole

project. I will make the rebate adjustments

at the October 8 Club meeting and the Octo-

ber 12 Homebrewer/Kit Builder session.

LARC Homebrews meet the Sunday

following the Wednesday Club meeting. If

you are working on a project, join us at 2:00

PM, Sunday, October 8, at the Salvation

Army Center, 27th & Holdrege. Bring a

cookie sheet to protect the table top when

soldering, a soldering iron and your person-

al hand tools. Elmers are available.

———Dan Sellmeyer, WBØYYEDan Sellmeyer, WBØYYEDan Sellmeyer, WBØYYE [email protected]@[email protected] 402/261402/261402/261---452045204520

Transmitter Hunt Update

O ne result from the

September Program is

the creation of the First

Responders Transmitter

Hunters: We had nine Hams—NØADR,

KGØBU, KDØDBO, KDØHYM, KBØKA,

KØNE, KBØQH, KDØRTK and WBØYYE—

sign up at this time to be on call, pending availa-

bility, to be part of this group. Call signs and

names will be reviewed by the Board for the crea-

tion of policies and procedures. Meanwhile, should this group be needed, a Board member

will call me via cell phone and I will generate the text messages to those listed above and give them

a phone number to contact for Transmitter Hunt Net Control. The plan includes a test of this sys-

tem.

Since my appointment as Trans-

mitter Hunt Chairman, we have had

four days and seven hunt events.

September 27 was the final hunt for

September. All Fox Hunts begin at

7:00 PM and meet at various locations.

October dates: Saturday, October 4,

McDonalds, 345 West O St, for a team Fox Hunt.

Saturday, October 18, Walmart, 4700 N 27th St,

for a competitive Fox Hunt, intended to give

more experienced hunters an added challenge. We continue to need experienced T Hunt-ers as Elmers to train newbies. Experienced Hunters are asked to try to bring a newbie to

the Fox Hunt. Newbies who attend will be linked up with an Elmer.

—Cliff Mackey, KBØTXE

Bring UPC labels from Best Choice Products purchased at Russ’s or Super Sav-er Markets to a Club meeting, deposit them in the large jar on the table by Club Secretary, Todd Shapland, KDØPTI. The Club can earn some extra money by turning in the UPC labels.

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Nightly Net Control—9:00 pm, 146.760 (-) / Friday Talk Tech—10:00 pm

Sun-Bryan WØBCL

Mon-Tony AD9O

Tue- Guest Net Control

Thu-Mike KCØDHM

Fri-Reynolds KØGND

Sat-Tony KØIFC

Wed-John KRØP

LARC LOG CALENDAR—October 2014

ARES® 146.760 (-) 2-Meter Net—Net Manager Connie Zehr, NØGMA

k0kkv.org www.facebook.com/

LARCLincoln

Daily Lunch Plans at 11:30 am on 146.850(-) Saturday Breakfast at 8:00 am, Northside Cafe

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1 2 3 4

5 6 7 8 9 10 11

12 13 14 15 16 17 18

19 20 21 22 23 24 25

26 27 28 29 30 31

Transmitter Hunt 7:00 pm McDonalds 345 West O St

Nov LOG Mail Prep, 7:00 pm, Christian Rec-ord Services, 4444 S 52nd St

SATERN Meeting, 8:00 pm, Salva-tion Army

Nov LOG ARTICLE

DEADLINE

LARC Home-brewers, 2:00 pm, S A

LARC Board, 7:00 pm, Hy-Vee, 40th & Old Cheney

Technician Class 1 of 6, 6:00 pm, Union College

QCWA Noon Luncheon, The Knolls, and LARC, 7:30 pm, LI-COR

5K 4 Vision Run, 1:00 pm, Holmes Park

SATERN Net

7:30 pm

Transmitter Hunt, 7:00 pm, Walmart, 4700 N 27th St

VE Exams, 6:30 pm, Northside Café

Market to Market Relay Race, 9:00 am

Nebraska QCWA Rare County Activation

CROP Walk 1:00 pm, 84 & Pioneers

Technician Class 2 of 6, 6:00 pm, Union College

Technician Class 3 of 6, 6:00 pm, Union College

Road Rally, 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm

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Ads are free to local Radio Amateurs. E-mail your ad by the third Thursday of the month for the following month’s Lincoln LOG to [email protected] with Lincoln LOG Ad on the Subject line.

For Sale / Wanted

For Sale Rohn BX-56 tower. The BX series is the heavy duty se-ries of towers. This tower is straight, no rust, and comes with the assembly hardware. 56 feet tall. Seven sections of 8 feet each. $350.

Call Evan, NØGMR, 402/435-4083 or email [email protected]

For Sale: Ron Frame, WØKQX Estate

Alinco DJ-191 2-Meter HT,$125;

Alinco DJ-G5,VHF/UHF XCVR, $100; Alinco DJ-X-10-T HT

XCVR $225; Alinco DJ-X10 .1 to 2000 MHz Scanner $150; Alinco

DR-135 Mark II 2 meter XCVR

$175; Alinco EBP-37N 4.8V 700 MAH $20; Alinco EBP-37N 4.8V

700 MAH $20; Alinco EDC-36

Cigarette lighter cable, $5; Alinco EDC-37 power cable $5; Alinco

EDC-63 Desk Charger $25; Be-speco VM-22 On/off switch w/

LED $30; Brunton Sherp Temp/

pressure/wind hand-held $35; Cen-tech 93543 Scale, $10; Cherokee

AH-50 6 Meter XCVR HT $50; Comanche Warrior 10-meter AM/

FM/SSB XCVR $75; Electro

Voice, 600E Hand Mic $25; Gar-man GPS-12 GPS $20; Grundig S

350 AM FM SW $65; Heath Kit

SA-5010 Automatic Keyer $40; Icom BC-127A Charger, $15; Ken-

wood AT-120 HF antenna tuner, $60; Kenwood HC-10 World

Clock $50; Kenwood KPS-10A

Power Supply, $50; Kenwood MC-

30S Hand Mic, $25; Kenwood MC-40S Hand Mic, $35; Kenwood PS

-30 Power Supply $75; Kenwood

PS-40 Power Supply $90; Ken-wood SP-120 Speaker $40; Ken-

wood TR-7600 2-meter XCVR $60; Kenwood TR-7625 2-meter

XCVR $75; Kenwood TS-120S

HF XCVR $225; Kenwood TS-60S 6 meter all mode $450; Ken-

wood TS-660 6-10-15 XCVR $200; Kit 4-15 MHZ Tunable Loop

Antenna, $25; MFJ-1621 Portable

Antenna $65; MFJ-1717 Dual Band HT Antenna BNC $15; MFJ-

259 1.8-170 MHz Antenna Ana-

lyzer $175; MFJ-418 Pocket CW Tutor $35; MFJ-9040 40-Meter

CW XCVR $150; Motorola HT-1250 LS Trunking HT, $150;

Motorola HTN-9000B Desk

Charger $25; No brand, Misc Tiny Trunk - misc connectors $25; Pass-

port 2008 World Band Radio Di-

rectory $5; Radio Shack HT CB, $15; Radio Shack, 4 each, HT

Pouches, $10; Radio Shack misc pouches/cases, $5; Radio Shack 20

-280 Amplified Antenna $25;

Radio Shack 22-091 Battery Tester

$15; Radio Shack 22-148 140 watt inverter $40; Radio Shack 22-508

15A Supply $35; Radio Shack 63-

90970 Atomic Clock $35; Radio Shack DX390 AM FM SW $125;

Radio Shack HTX-10 10-meter mobile XCVR $100; Radio Shack

HTX-10 10-Meter XCVR $100;

Radio Shack Pro 2052 Dual Trunk-ing Scanner $125; Radio Shack Pro

26 Scanner $75; Radio Shack Pro 94 Scanner $150; Radio Shack

TRC-232 CB HT $15; Realistic

DX-302 .01 to 30 MHz Receiver $250; Realistic DX342 9-Band

AM/FM/SW $25; Realistic HTX-

202 2-Meter XCVR $65; Realistic Navaho Prowler 23-Channel CB,

$25; Shure, CMTAB, Hand Mic $25; Titan Road Pro RPSY201-10-

Meter HT $125; VANCO SWR-1

SWR/Field Strength $25; Watson W-881 Scanner Antenna, $25;

XTECH, 65-EA, Multi-meter $40.

—Call Reynolds Davis, KØGND

402/488-3706

Continued on Page 11.

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Class Schedule Technician Class license: Tuesday, October

14, 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM, for six weeks, FCC

exams on the final session, November 18.

Amateur Extra Class license: Tuesday, Jan-

uary 20, 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM, for eight

weeks, FCC exams on the final session,

March 10.

All classes are held at Union College.

Call Reynolds Davis, KØGND, 402/488-

3706 for more information.

For Sale Butternut HF9V Vertical in good condition,

$250. Bob Frey, KØQBZ, 402/421-1468.

Ads are free to local Radio Amateurs. E-mail your ad by the third Thursday of the month for the following month’s Lincoln LOG to [email protected] with Lincoln LOG Ad on the Subject line.

For Sale / Wanted

QCWA Nebraska - NEØQP Chapter 25 - Lincoln, Nebraska

Chartered May 28, 1964

C hapter 25 is pleased to announce the

2014 Nebraska Rare County Activation

special event in early October. The

event is designed to encourage amateurs

in Nebraska and outside of Nebraska, to activate

those Nebraska counties that are currently (or have

traditionally been) difficult to contact. The event is

aimed at making the rarer counties of Nebraska

available to county hunters—for example, those

earning county hunter awards and/or those who

might be interested in earning a Worked All Ne-

braska Counties award.

The activity will take place entirely on Satur-

day, October 11. It will start at 8:00 AM CDT

(1300Z) and end at 5:00 PM CDT (2200Z). The

special event station, NEØQP, will be operating

from some of the counties during this period. A

preliminary list of rare counties that will be the

main focus includes these counties: Boyd, Knox,

Garfield, Johnson, Loup, Rock and Sioux. In addi-

tion, there will be an effort to activate Washington,

Burt, Cumming, Johnson, Pawnee, Boone, Holt,

Perkins, Chase, and Grant counties.

The general frequencies to be used in the spe-

cial event are located near the County Hunter’s Net

frequencies: CW: 7,056.5 14,056.5 21,056.5

kHz—SSB: 7,188 14,336 21,336 kHz It may be that not all rare counties will be acti-

vated, and some at different times than others,

since we will be using mobile stations. Therefore,

about two weeks prior to the activity we will post a

Schedule of Operations with more specific infor-

mation (call, county, time, band) about operations

that we are aware of. The posting will occur on the

QRZ.com Web site for NEØQP (NEØQP is the

club call sign for QCWA Chapter 25, which is

sponsoring this activity.)

Individual Amateurs or clubs that are interest-

ed in participating in this special event are encour-

aged to contact Reynolds Davis, KØGND, at

[email protected] so that we may post tenta-

tive schedules for their operations. Also, stations

that might need a specific county are encouraged to

contact KØGND at the same e-mail address and we

will endeavor to activate that county if it is not

already scheduled.

http://www.qcwa.org/chapter025.htm

2014 Rare County Special Event

Saturday, October 11

Lincoln LOG October 2014

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Christmas Party: December 7, The Falls, 5925 Adams, 5:30-9:00 PM Dinner Buffet: Prime Rib, Ham, and Chicken Breast, 1 salad side,1 potato side, 2 vegetables, dessert, dinner roll, and drink (including soda.) Members only: On or before October 8, $15.50, Children (5-10) $8.50. After Octo-

ber 8, Adults $18.00, Children (5-10) $10.50 NON-members: Adults $22, Children (5-10) $11.50.

Tickets can be purchased at the October or November Club meetings, or send a check or money order to LARC, PO Box 5006, Lincoln, NE 68505-0006; on line, http://k0kkv.org (PayPal,) or at the door. There will be entertainment and prize drawings throughout the evening.

—Marlene McLaughlin, KDØHYM 402/570-6478

Becky Brennfoerder

2014 LARC Awards It is that time of year again when we need to be thinking of the Club Awards that will be presented at

the Christmas party in December. Put on your thinking caps and start remembering back through the year.

Steve May, WAØASM, Award. The current Board will select the recipient. This award recognizes a

Club member who sees a need and steps forward to take it on without expecting recognition.

Jerry Kohn, WDØEGK, Award. This Award is based on public service participation in addition to

personal character and a desire to go above and beyond what is expected.

Robert Fricke, WØPOL, Award is a homebrew/kit build award. Only current members of the Lin-

coln Amateur Radio Club will be eligible for this award. Anyone wishing to enter a project must con-

tact Connie Zehr, NØGMA Awards Chairman, [email protected], or call 402/202-2805, to regis-

ter their project for evaluation at the November 12 Club meeting. This Award recognizes excellence

in construction, from antennas to circuit boards, and will be judged by a panel of three at the Novem-

ber 12 Club meeting. A $100 cash prize will be awarded at the December 7 Christmas Party.

Ed Woerner, WAØQJK, Award is presented to a Club member who has acted as a mentor, helped

other Ham operators to advance in the hobby and has gone above and beyond what would have been

expected. Nominations are sought from Amateur Radio operators in the area. Club membership is not

required. Please be ready to nominate your favorite Ham for this award.

Jerry Cox, WØMAO, Award is for excellence in all areas of Amateur Radio including operating

techniques, public service, experimenting technical achievement and helping others. This award is

also by nomination from the Amateur Radio Operators in the area, and Club membership is not re-

quired to qualify for this award. Bring your favorite nomination for this position to the November 12

meeting.

—Connie Zehr, NØGMA, Awards Chair

Lincoln LOG October 2014

Page 13

VE Exam Sessions September 4

W e had two candidates at

the VE Exam Session

with one new Amateur Extra and

one that upgraded.

• Thomas Smith, ADØKL, of Lincoln

passed Technician, General, and Amateur

Extra, so Thomas is a brand new Ham with

an Extra.

• Caryl Bohn, WX4KST, of Lincoln, up-

graded from Technician to General. Caryl

just received the Technician in August; the

next month, September, the General was

earned.

Congratulations to both!

The thirteen Volunteer Examiners

(VE’s) who participated in the session are:

NØADR, WØBMB, KØGND, KØKTZ,

ACØLN, NØLNK, W1LXE, NØPBJ,

KØQBZ, NØSCE, KØVNJ, KEØY, and

WEØY.

VE Exams in Lincoln are generally held

the first Thursday of each month, at Northside

Café, 2701 North 48th St., at 6:30 PM. Some-

times holidays interfere with the usual date so

the exam is held the second Thursday. The

next VE Exams in Lincoln will be October 2,

November 6, and December 4.

The exam fee is $15 and a picture ID (or

two IDs without pictures) is required. If you

are trying for an upgrade, please bring a copy

of your license that we can keep to send in

with the paperwork. If you just recently passed

the Technician exam and have not yet received

your license or seen the license posted on the

FCC Web site, please bring a copy of your

CSCE that we can send in with the paperwork.

On a new note, the FCC has made it possi-

ble for Hams to receive his/her old class li-

cense if it has expired over two years ago with-

out taking the General or Extra exam. You

must attend a VE Session, pay the current ex-

am fee ($15), and have at least a Technician

Class license to qualify for the General or Am-

ateur Extra upgrade that you used to have. If

you don’t have a current Technician, you must

pass the Technician exam at a VE Session and

be upgraded to your old license. You must pro-

vide the proof that you originally had the Gen-

eral, Advanced, or Extra and provide a copy of

the proof for the team to turn in with the Form

605. The license will be a “new” issue, so you

will receive a sequential call sign, not your

original call sign. Since the Advanced Class

license is no longer issued, a General Class

license will be issued.

If your license is within the two-year grace

period, you can simply renew your license

through the FCC. And, of course, the original

call sign will be maintained and the Advanced

Class license can be renewed.

Thank You to KØKPH and KØGND; on

an “as available” basis, KØKPH provides cata-

logs from Ham Radio Outlet and KØGND pro-

vides LOGs to new and old Hams at the ses-

sions.

—John Hauner, KØIH

LARC Membership is yearly, January through December. See the back page of this LOG for addi-

tional details. Membership is necessary if you wish to nominate someone to the

Board or to accept a Board nomination in November or to vote for a prospective Board member in December.

Lincoln LOG October 2014

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Skywarn® #5—August 31 The threat had been promoted for several

days—late afternoon severe thunderstorms on Sunday, August 31. It all started on schedule. We were called out at 5:00 PM and asked to

cover the western areas of the county. The storm arrived on schedule with torrential rain and hail with up to golf-ball size reported near

Bennet. We were able to close the net shortly after 8:00 PM. This was the first EOC activa-

tion for the new Director of Emergency Man-

agement, Jim Davidsaver! Thanks to every-

one for helping: NØADR, KCØAOO, KEØAQE, KDØAWI, WØBCL, KEØBHQ,

KDØDBO, KDØDEU, NØDFI, NØDGR, KDØDIU, NØDIZ, KBØDNP, NØGMA,

KØGND, KDØIMS, NØIXE, KØJSL, KTØK, KYØK, KØKPH, NGØM, K3MED, KØNC, KDØONM, KDØONQ, NØOSB, KRØP,

KDØPTF, WAØRAJ, KDØRIY, KDØRJD, KDØRJE, WBØRJJ, KØRPT, KBØRZP, KCØSVX, KD7SXW, KEØTAS, KDØTPM,

KØVNJ, KDØVPH, KDØVSD, KBØWZG, KDØZNM, KDØZNO, WØZNS and ACØZQ.

* * * * * Skywarn® #6—September 9

Fall approaches. Nonetheless, locally heavy rain and some street flooding occurred. There were no severe winds or hail reported.

Net Control was KTØK, subbing for KØGND, who was teaching at Union College. Answer-ing the 7:30 PM call for help were: NØADR,

NUØC, KDØDBO, NØDIZ, KØIFC, KTØK, KYØK, KØKPH, NGØM, KØNC, KDØONN, KRØP, KDØPTF, KDØPTI, KDØPTK,

KDØPTR, KDØRTK, KDØRZP, KD7SXW, KEØTAS, KDØTPM, KDØVMI, KDØVSD,

KCØWWR, KDØWYH, KDØYFJ, KDØZNM and WØZNS. The net was closed at 8:59 PM.

—Reynolds Davis, KØGND

Lincoln Repeater Club

KØLNE/R , 146.850 (-) October 2014

W ell we know that old saying about the

weather in Nebraska, “Wait a few

minutes, and the weather will change.”

This is now September, and the rain this

month has been daunting. Also, cooler

weather has set in for a while, but soon it will

be Indian Summer. Love Nebraska!

We would also like to thank all who

joined the Lincoln Repeater Club (LRC) dur-

ing this last year. We really do appreciate

your membership. By the time you receive

this newsletter, it will be October. Wow, how

time flies. Please use our LRC 146.850 (-)

repeater and work the world on EchoLink.

For additional information, refer to our web-

site www.lincoln85.org.

Bud Elliot, KEØY was the lucky winner

of the Kenwood TM-281A Mobile VHF

radio. Bud is

looking forward

to getting it in-

stalled.

Please consider

joining or renewing

your current member-

ship to help support the

Lincoln Repeater Club.

Send your $10 mem-

bership dues to

Lincoln Repeater Club, C/O WØCHV,

6705 W. Mill Rd., Raymond, NE 68428-

4308.

Thank you for your support.

—73, Lonnie Rech, WDØAOP

Lincoln LOG October 2014

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The Quickies

C ongratulations to Alan

Wedige, WDØBGZ, on

placing #9 in the country for sin-

gle op 40-meters during the

ARRL International DX Contest. With

Alan’s help, LARC had a five-log club entry

that was 18th best in the country in the local

clubs category. … Congratulations to Karen

Winney (XYL of Jim, KD6MXE) on being

the first female elected to the Presidency of

the International Footprinters Association at

their annual convention in Ogden, UT. …

Jeri Lynn Rogge, NØJLR, did a great job on

the KFOR morning show the last week of

August promoting the Christian Record 5K 4

Vision Run at Holmes Park October 5. …

Art, KØAIZ, Zygielbaum’s tower took a

direct lightning hit during the August 31

storm. The 2M/70-cm stacked antenna on top

of the tower was shattered, but the gear in his

shack appears to be OK. Electrical-type stuff

in his “barn” suffered the most damage. …

Joe Eisenberg, KØNEB, spent the first week-

end of September in Dayton conducting a kit

-building class and presenting his slide show

from Germany to the monthly Dayton ARA

meeting. … We should have a crop of new

Generals after the September 23 VE testing

at Union College. The new Technician class

begins October 14. … See you at the Club

Meeting,.

—de KØGND.

Twenty Years Ago in the LOG At the October 1994 meeting, Roger Han-

sen, NØLIA, gave a presentation on comput-

ers under the hood of your car. … The ARES

group was focused on snow and 4-wheel drive

vehicles. … 78 Hams helped with the opera-

tion at the State Fair and chalked up 1,365

hours of volunteer time. … Public Service

included helping at Ruth Hill School’s

“HillFest” and the Alzheimer’s Walk. …

Planning was underway for the 26th annual

Toyathon. … The 1994 Midwest Division

ARRL convention was slated for Omaha on

October 14-16.

Thirty Years Ago in the LOG

The Club toured the Nebraska State Patrol

Criminalistics Laboratory; the lab’s focus was

on narcotics, toxicology, serology, trace evi-

dence, etc. … The ECV Committee, headed

by Bruce Colgrove, WØDMS, began work on

the newly acquired unit preparing it for use by

the Club. Six operating positions were being

contemplated with three or four devoted to

Amateur Radio. … Bruce, WØDMS, was ap-

pointed Lancaster County Emergency Coordi-

nator replacing KØGND, who had moved to

Europe. … The “Meet Your Fellow Ham”

column profiled John Philip Hauner, now

KØIH. (Did you know that John got his first

license in 1962 and let it expire, started his

career as a math/science teacher in Loup City

and last year completed 30 years with the Lin-

coln Electric System). … The Club Auction

was scheduled for November 11, with Ken

Seeman, KCØCG, and Randy Faris,

WØMYT, as chairs.

—Reynolds Davis, KØGND

Check into Facebook and follow LARC.

www.facebook.com/LARCLincoln

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KØMJJ October 2014 Issue

Lincoln Amateur Radio Club Registration Form

Personal Information (please print legibly) Name:____________________________________Call:_________________ Address: ______________________________________________________ City: _____________________________State ____ Zip+4: ______________ Phone: ____/____-_____ / E-Mail Address __________________________

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Lincoln Amateur Radio Club Membership Information

____ LARC: ($15 per Calendar Year —Jan-Dec) What year? _______

____ ARRL: The National Association for Amateur Radio: ($39 per year)

_____New or ____Renewal

Please write your check to:

The Lincoln Amateur Radio Club, Inc. And mail it to: PO Box 5006, Lincoln, NE 68505-0006 Or bring it to any Club Meeting.

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Lincoln LOG October 2014

About the Lincoln Amateur Radio Club The Lincoln Amateur Radio Club, Inc. (LARC) is a nonprofit organization devoted to the promotion of Amateur

Radio. The Club sponsors activities and programs to promote growth in Amateur Radio, as well as furthering the

experience of those already licensed, and to create international good will. The Lincoln LOG is mailed monthly to all paid members of LARC and to all Lancaster County, Nebraska,

Hams. If your label says, “COMPLIMENTARY,” please consider joining the Club and supporting its activities. Even if you are not currently active, your contribution will help to ensure the future of Amateur Radio. Annual

dues are only $15. For your convenience, please join by completing and mailing in the form below to: Lincoln LOG,

Lincoln Amateur Radio Club, Inc., PO Box 5006, Lincoln, NE 68505-0006 or visit http://k0kkv.org and use PayPal.

The LOG solicits your input. If you have an idea for an article, wish to contribute an article or photo, or

want to place an ad in the LOG, contact the editor, Bev Bennett, KDØPTR, preferably by email,

[email protected] (or by phone, 402/875-2594.) The deadline for each issue is the Thursday immediately

following the Wednesday Board meeting.

The LOG and other Lincoln Amateur Radio Club information are available at http://k0kkv.org and www.facebook.com/LARClincoln and may be used freely. Permission is granted to other publications to reprint

articles, provided that source credit, author, and previous print source appear in the reprint.

Look for

the tower

hidden in

the LOG.

It may be

upright,

on its side,

upside

down &

any direc-

tion.

Did you find the hidden tower in the LOG?