SPOKANE HAMFEST · SPOKANE HAMFEST ARRL Washington State Convention September 22, 2007 University High School 12420 E 32nd Ave, Spokane Valley, WA 99216 Sponsored by 7 Amateur Radio

SSPPOOKKAANNEE HHAAMMFFEESSTT ARRL Washington State Convention

September 22, 2007 University High School

12420 E 32nd Ave, Spokane Valley, WA 99216 Sponsored by 7 Amateur Radio Clubs:

Please note: you must be present at the Spokane Hamfest to win a door prize. No proxies, please. Thanks.

SEPTEMBER 21, 2007, FRIDAY 7:00PM-9:00PM Vendor & display setup SEPTEMBER 22, 2007, SATURDAY 8:00AM Vendor & display setup 9:00AM Doors open to public The following are available throughout Saturday: American Radio Relay League Commons Area Jim Fenstermaker, K9JF, Northwestern Division Director; Bill Sawders, K7ZM, Northwestern Vice Director; Dan Henderson, N1ND, Regulatory Information Manager; Mark Tharp, KB7HDX, Eastern Washington Section Manager Spokane County Amateur Radio Emergency Services/Radio Amateur Civil Emergency Service (ARES/RACES) Commons Area National Weather Service Commons Area Kerry Jones, KD5EFU

American Radio Relay League DXCC QSL Card Checking ARRL Table, Commons Area Jay Townsend, WS7I All paperwork & checking must be in strict accordance with requirements posted on www.arrl.org/awards/dxcc Radio Test Bench Table Commons Area Equipment is available to test HF & VHF gear Jack Tiley, AD7FO Kamiak Butte Amateur Repeater Association Announcers’ Table, Commons Area Spokane DX Association Commons Area Inland Empire VHF Radio Amateurs Commons Area Lilac City ARC & Lilac City 10-10 International Commons Area TopHat Novelties/Engraving Commons Area J & K Enterprises Commons Area

Mike Morin, VE7MMG, Engraver Commons Area Food & Refreshments Commons Area Confectioneries & refreshments are available during the day, & lunch may be purchased from Papa John’s Pizza.

SEMINAR ROOM LOCATIONS All seminar rooms designated with “E” are located on the 2nd floor above the Commons area. Stairs are located in the NE & NW corners of the Commons area. An elevator is just beyond the Commons toward the gym on the left (just beyond the first hall to the left). The license testing classroom, C107, is on the east side of the school, with the entrance to that area facing the east parking lot. 9:30AM American Radio Relay League Forum What’s happening at the League & how these activities benefit Amateur Radio Room #? Jim Fenstermaker, K9JF, ARRL Northwestern Division Director ; Bill Sawders, K7ZM, ARRL Northwestern Vice Director; & Dan Henderson, N1ND, ARRL Regulatory Information Manager 10:30AM Stevens County Signal Sleuths Track RFI to Border Patrol An example of Amateur Radio & government cooperation resolving 2-meter repeater interference Room #? Richard A. Tell (Ric), K5UJU, was first licensed as KN5UJU, Novice class in 1959, at the age of 15. He upgraded to General class within the year &, eventually, upgraded to Extra class in 1970. He holds a B.S. degree in physics & an M.S. degree in radiation sciences & has spent most of his professional career in the area of RF hazards. He spent 20 years with the Environmental Protection Agency where he worked as Chief of the Electromagnetics Branch in the Office of Radiation Programs serving as a Commissioned Officer in the U.S. Public Health Service assigned to the

EPA. During the past 20 years, he has been involved in his own scientific consulting business that focuses on RF safety issues. He relocated to beautiful Colville, Washington with his wife several years ago after spending 29 years in Las Vegas. 11:00AM Tour of ARRL Headquarters by Life Member Gary, K7OX Room #? Gary Elliott, K7OX, who has been a Ham for over 54 years, had never visited the League until recently. While visiting his daughter in New York City during the holidays, he took the train up to Newington & pretty much had the run of the place. The folks were great & he had a personal tour guide who took him everywhere. He then, of course, operated W1AW. 11:00AM ARRL Volunteer Examiner License Testing Session Room C107 Please bring a photo ID, radio license, if any, plus a photocopy, & any outstanding Certificates of Completion, plus a photocopy, & TIN or FRN number. The cost is $14. For more information, please contact Mary Qualtieri, AA7RT, at the Hamfest. It is not necessary to attend the Spokane Hamfest in order to attend the license testing session. 11:30AM The Famous Bozo Copper Double Extended Zepp Antenna Room #? Julius “Bozo” Bosold, N7DRA 12:30PM Volunteer Prize Drawings Announcers’ Table, Commons Area Spokane Hamfest volunteers who spend at least two hours of their time toward helping the event are elegible for special prize drawings, & must be present to win; 1st prize a Kenwood TM-271A 60W 2m mobile radio, 2nd prize the ARRL Handbook for Radio Communications, 3rd prize an Outback Steakhouse $20 gift certificate.

1:00PM Amateur Radio Emergency Services/Radio Amateur Civil Emergency Service (ARES/RACES) Forum Room #? Gordon grove, WA7LNC, Assistant State RACES Officer, ARRL Eastern Washington Section Emergency Coordinator

1:30PM Tales of Ten Meters General discussion about 10-10 International, “paper chasing”, 10 meter openings, operating practices, & contests. Room#? Bear Carson, AC7HI ARRL life member, ARRL Eastern Washington Technical Specialist, ARRL/W5YI Volunteer Examiner, 10-10, Fists, DXCC. 2:00PM A Tour of ARRL Headquarters Meet those who serve the membership Room #? Dan Henderson, N1ND, is the Regulatory Information Specialist of the American Radio Relay League (ARRL), the national association for Amateur Radio. He is responsible for providing up-to-date information & handling queries on FCC rules & regulations, antenna restrictions, & related topics. Before accepting the challenging job as RIS, Henderson was the Contest Branch Manager, running the ARRL's contest program for almost eight

years. First licensed in 1971 as WN4YMV, he later held the call signs WN4QQN, WD4HCY & WA4QQN. Henderson became N1ND (proud to be a Notre Dame alumnus) on the first day the vanity call sign program began in 1996. His interests in Amateur Radio include emergency communications, public service, elmering, contesting DXing & education. In 1996, Henderson was given the Cash Gregg Award for Outstanding Contributions to Amateur Radio, presented by the Western Carolina Amateur Radio Society. He's written several published articles on a variety of topics (from Amateur Radio to baseball to political science) & contributed chapters in some of the League's publications. Prior to working at ARRL Headquarters, Henderson was a Political Science Instructor at several colleges & universities, & earlier, a high school teacher & coach. Honors include: Outstanding Teaching Fellow, University of Vermont, 1990; Outstanding Western NC Educator of the Year 1984; Founders Award initial recipient - the WNC High School Model United Nations, 1987. Henderson holds BA degrees in History from

The University of Notre Dame & in Secondary Education from Appalachian State University & a M.A. degree in Political Science from The University of Vermont. Outside of ham radio, Henderson enjoys golf, computers, travel, reading, Notre Dame athletics & being a life-long supporter of 2004 World Series Champion Boston Red Sox!

3:00PM How Do I Get on the Low Bands? Room #? LaMar Ray, WA7LT Currently on his 7th Amateur Radio call sign, LaMar has been designing, building, & using unique antennas since 1948. Most of his activity has been directed at DXing & contesting on the HF bands. 4:30PM Raffle Prize Drawings Announcer's Table, Commons Area GRAND & DOOR PRIZE RAFFLE INFORMATION Name and address, or call sign must be on the front of each ticket to be valid. Any tickets drawn without this information may be discarded at the discretion of the Spokane Hamfest Committee. Grand Prize Raffle: the white tickets are $1 each. The two prizes are each an ICOM IC-706MKIIG HF/VHF mobile radio. You need not be present to win. The winner is responsible for all delivery charges. Door Prize Raffle: the green/white

admission tickets are drawn intermittently during the event to award various prizes. The main door prizes are a Yaesu FT-1802M 50W mobile 2M radio & a Yaesu VX-170 HT 2M 5W radio, plus over $800 in other door prizes. You must be present to win, & proxies are not accepted. The winning ticket numbers will be posted on the chalkboard at the Announcer's Table in the Commons Area for approximately two hours, or as time allows. All tickets will be put back into the tumbler after each drawing for further prize drawings. 5:00PM Doors close 5:00PM No Host Dinner All are invited to attend Old Country Buffet 12209 E Sprague Ave, (corner of Sprague & Pines) Spokane Valley, WA

THE SPOKANE HAMFEST WISHES TO THANK THE FOLLOWING

CONTRIBUTORS FOR THEIR GENEROUS SUPPORT

Spokane Radio Amateurs

Chapala Restaurants Inc.

Casa de Oro Restaurant

Schuck's Auto Supply

Baskin Robbins

Miller's Hardware Inc.

Staggering Ox Gourmet Sandwiches

Napa Auto Parts

Outback Steakhouse

Longhorn Barbecue

Discount Tire Co. Inc.

Cyrus O'Leary's Restaurant & Bar

American Tire Depot

Toby's Battery & Auto Electric, LLC

Heart Arrow Veterinary Service, LLC

Pulse Larsen Antennas

Frankie Doodle's

Art's Corner Market

WorldRadio, Inc.

Northern Quest Casino

Sweet Old Bob's Restaurant

The American Radio Relay League

SPOKANE HAMFEST 2007 PARTICIPATING & SPONSORING CLUBS

Kamiak Butte Amateur Repeater Association, KB7ARA, consists of several privately owned linked repeaters. It covers an area from NE Washington to NE Oregon, & from western Montana to central Washington. The KBARA system is also part of the Evergreen Intertie, an interconnected group of repeaters located in western Washington, Oregon, & Northern California. The repeaters' frequencies & locations are as follows: 147.380Mhz on Mica Peak near Spokane, WA; 147.360MHz & 223.90 MHz on Stensgar Mt. near Chewelah, WA; 147.280MHz on Pikes Peak in the Blue Mountains near Walla Walla, WA; 147.020MHz on Lookout Pass on the Idaho-Montana border; 146.740MHz on Kamiak Butte near Pullman, WA; Internet Radio Linking Project (IRLP) Node #3957 in Spokane, WA; Please visit these websites for more information: www.kbara.org & http://groups.yahoo.com/group/evergreenintertie. To support KBARA, please send your contributions to KBARA, P.O. Box 30801, Spokane, WA 99223-3013. NW Tri-State A.R.O. was started on February 19, 1972 with the goal of linking the Palouse Empire with the Inland Empire using a VHF repeater. Present members who were at those first organizational meetings are John WA7HWD, Phil WA7HTL, KenW7NGI, Ann WA7ROS & Jim WA7RVV. The club currently owns & maintains two repeaters, 146.22/82 on Moscow Mountain near Moscow, ID & 147.84/24 on Mica Peak near Spokane, WA. All Amateurs are encouraged to participate in the 8 PM check-in each Wednesday evening. The club address is POB 13133, Spokane Valley, WA 99213-3133.

The Spokane DX Association, K7SDX, was formed in early 2002 by three expert hams, K7OX, N5AR, & WA7LT (ex-W9LT). Today, the club is 40 members strong, & has monthly meetings which include presentations on all aspects of DXing & contesting by our local experts, guest visitors, or via CD, DVD & PowerPoint presentations. Recent subjects have included topics such as DXpeditions, HF contesting, creating better antenna systems, HF & VHF/UHF DXing techniques, ham software, tower installation, etc. Visitors are always welcome. Contact information can be obtained on our web page: http://www.sdxa.org or by sending requests to our K7SDX address found at PO Box 19358, Spokane WA 99219. Inland Empire VHF Radio Amateurs, WR7VHF, promotes VHF Amateur Radio communications in the 21st century. It provides local repeaters on Chewelah Peak, Krell Hill, in downtown Spokane, & Spokane Valley. The club radio system also has packet nodes & BBS. Activities for club members are held throughout the year, including a picnic & Christmas party. A weekly net is conducted Wednesday evenings at 7:30 p.m., on the 146.880 repeater, PL 123.0 Hz. Monthly club meetings are held the 2nd Thursday of the month, 6:30PM, except July & August, at Spokane Community College, building 1 (old main). Meeting rooms vary in location, so look for the "VHF Club" signs. For more information write to Inland Empire VHF Radio Amateurs, P.O. Box 2552, Spokane, WA 99220, or [email protected] or visit http://www.vhfclub.org The Palouse Hills Amateur Radio Club includes members from the Pullman WA & Moscow, ID areas. The group meets at 7:00 pm. on the last Wednesday of most months at the Sandpiper Restaurant in Moscow. Many members meet informally at noon of the second Monday at the same location. And there's a 2m simplex net at 8:00 pm. on Thursday evenings. New members & visitors are always welcome. For further information, contact Byron Stevenson (K7MTG) at [email protected] or 208-882-9431

Spokane Radio Amateurs, W7NBR, P.O. Box 141731, Opportunity, WA 99214. For more info, please contact Thom Sletmoen, N7UTJ, Vice President, (509) 487-2870 or [email protected]. University High School ARC has been in existence for 16 years & supports students who want to become involved with Amateur Radio by helping them get their license, upgrade, build radio projects, & generally enjoy the hobby. A nightly net is run on the Agilent Amateur Radio Group’s repeater (145.21 minus offset) at 7:00PM. All hams are welcome to check in. The club also has station KE7CDO at the school & can operate on 440 MHz, 2, 6, 10, 15, 20, 40 & 80 meters. The Spokane Hamfest & participating clubs are not responsible for lost, damaged or stolen merchandise. All sales are strictly between the buy & seller. SPOKANE HAMFEST 2007 COMMITTEE

Chairman: Betsy, N7WRQ Treasurer: Neil, N7LVO Club Reps: John, W7OE; Ken, KD7DDQ; Bozo, N7DRA; Mike, N1NG; Bob, W7HFI; Jim, WA7RVV; Ann, WA7ROS; Bryan, K7WXO; Alicia, KE7IFX; Gary, K7OX; LaMar, WA7LT; Jack, AD7FO Prizes & Advertising: John, W7OE; Duff, WA7BFN Ticket Sales: Roy, VE7DTT; Jan, VE7QE; Bozo, N7DRA; David, AC7MV; Marybeth, KC7QGV; Jim, WA7RVV; Ann, WA7ROS; Bryan, K7WXO Host: Steve, WA7WKX and University High School