September 2015 - Pueblo Ham Club

 September 2015
Club Notes:
New name badges are now being made. If you go to any club event or
function, it really helps if you wear them as it lets the new people know who
you are. If you did not get one yet, and need one, please let AD0JL know.
The 146.79 repeater had a tone board installed recently, so please set your
PL to 88.5 if you have not been using a tone.
Sept. 14th Meeting/Class 6:30 Pueblo ESC
Sept. 19-20 Special event station for the Chile Frijoles Festival!
Sept. 25-27 Chile Frijoles Festival!
October 12th Meeting/class 6:30 Pueblo ESC
All meetings are now being held at the new Pueblo County Emergency
Services Center 101 W. 10th St. Pueblo, unless otherwise noted. It is at the
corner of 10th and Main.
PHC NET:146.79 (88.5) - Wed @7:00pm local; 146.88 (88.5)backup
ARES NET:146.79(88.5) – SUN @7:30 pm local; 146.88 (88.5) backup
THIS IS YOUR NEWS LETTER. PLEASE LET US KNOW WHAT YOU
WOULD LIKE TO SEE IN IT!
1 Minutes of the Meeting 8/15/15
A meeting was held before the Corn Feed as soon as a quorum was present
and a treasurers report was given.
September Meeting
We urge all PHC members to attend the September Meeting on the 14th
There is a lot of information to go over and some exiting things are happening
Chile and Frijoles Festival
The Pueblo Ham Club will be operating a special event station for the annual
Chile and Frijoles Festival in Pueblo. The station will operate the WEEKEND
BEFORE the Chile Festival on Sept 10-20 on 14.268 and 7.268 Mhz. We will be
using the W0PHC call sign and we will be sending out QSL cards. We will need
volunteer HF operators so keep these dates in mind. We also have a booth for
the following weekend during the actual festival. We will be doing limited radio
operations and help inform the public about ham radio. Volunteers are also
needed for this as well.
Hunting Season Radio Monitors
If you are going hunting and are within radio range of the Dear Peak repeater at
146.88, we will be monitoring in case of emergencies or other cases of hunter
assistance.
We are also seeking volunteers to help monitor this as well. Please contact Steve
KC0QCF for more information.
2 Annual Corn Feed
The annual corn feed was a great success. Held annually in City Park, it has
become a local ham radio favorite and a great time to put actual faces to all the
call signs you have been hearing, especially for the new hams.
Vanity License Fees
Just a reminder that by the time you read this the FCC will no longer be charging
a fee for vanity licenses. However the FCC ULS system will be offline for
maintenance until September 8 so no new licenses, upgrades, or vanity
applications until then.
156 Years Ago, a Solar Superstorm
Southgate Amateur Radio News
The anniversary of an historic solar storm, the Carrington Event,
occurred on Sept. 2, 1859. A CME struck Earth's magnetic field with such power
that telegraph stations caught fire and people in Cuba read their morning
newspapers by the red light of the aurora borealis.
If a similar storm struck our planet today, it might cause trillions of dollars of
damage to society's high-tech infrastructure.
Could the Carrington Event happen again? It almost did just a few years ago.
Extreme solar storms--past, present and future--are highlighted in the Sept. 2
edition of http://spaceweather.com .
3 FCC considering proposal to lock down computing devices (routers,
PCs, phones, SDRs) to prevent modification
From Southgate Amateur Radio News
The website LibrePlanet.org reports:
Right now, the FCC is considering a proposal to require manufacturers to lock
down computing devices (routers, PCs, phones) to prevent modification if they
have a "modular wireless radio" or a device with an "electronic label". The rules
would likely:
Restrict installation of alternative operating systems on your PC, like GNU/Linux,
OpenBSD, FreeBSD, etc.
Prevent research into advanced wireless technologies, like mesh networking and
bufferbloat fixes
Ban installation of custom firmware on your Android phone
Discourage the development of alternative free and open source WiFi firmware,
like OpenWrt
Infringe upon the ability of amateur radio operators to create high powered mesh
networks to assist emergency personnel in a disaster.
Prevent resellers from installing firmware on routers, such as for retail WiFi
hotspots or VPNs, without agreeing to any condition a manufacturer so chooses.
Take Action Now!
The FCC is asking for comments on this proposal. The most important thing you
can do is comment on the FCC's proposal and tell them you want to be able to
control your computing devices. Will you do this?
Comment deadline extended to October 9.
Read the full article here:https://libreplanet.org/
See also
https://www.fcc.gov/encyclopedia/rules-regulations-title-47
https://www.federalregister.gov/articles/2015/08/06/2015-18402/equipmentauthorization-and-electronic-labeling-for-wireless-devices
4 5 6 All the Ships at Sea & the Birth of Amateur Radio. Part 9 by AD0JL
Nothing brought wireless and radio to the pubic eye more than the Titanic
Disaster. Even before many many amateurs set up their own stations and began
experimenting causing the airwaves to become quite chaotic by 1910.
In 1912 after the Titanic sank, the US congress passed the Radio Act of 1912
which restricted private stations to the then “useless” bands above 200 meters
and the federal licensing of amateur radio stations and operators. The origin of
the term "ham", as a synonym for an amateur radio operator, was a taunt by
professional operators at the time.
Looking back, it is a wonder that ships and shore stations were able to do
wireless telegraphy with nothing more than inductors, capacitors, and electricity.
It truly boggles the mind to know that there were no vacuum tubes or transistors
anywhere in sight. Although this was a whirlwind time for the developments in
radio technology with the tube being developed right before World War One, dark
tiles wer looming on the horizon.
World War One was a terrible time for amateur radio While the introduction of the
vacuum tube promised a revolution, all amateur and commercial use of radio
came to abrupt halt on April 7, 1917 with the entrance of the US into the world
conflict. Most private U.S. radio stations were ordered by the President to either
shut down or be taken over by the government, and for the duration of the war it
became illegal for private U.S. citizens to even have an operational radio
transmitter or receiver. All civilian radio activities were curtailed for the duration.
However people like Marconi urged amateur operators to enlist ad radio
operators.
7 TUBES TUBES TUBES! The Pueblo Ham Club has a large inventory of vacuum
tubes for sale. If you need tubes, please contact Deb Balsick at 250-0421 or at
[email protected] Prices vary.
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Old style FCC AMATEUR Extra licenses available. Personalized replications of
the 1970s and 80s FCC Extra Class licenses are now available. $15 for a PDF
you can print and frame. Printed copies are available for $20 and $5 will go to
the PHC. This offer for printed copies is not available on-line, so message AD0JL
directly. Visit www.ad0jl.com for more info or email [email protected] 719-2510418
AD0JL will be willing to trade graphics and web design services for any used
radio odds and ends. Contact Richard at [email protected] or at 719-251-0418
Remember if you would like to place an ad for something to sell or are looking for
something to buy, please contact AD0JL on the 79, [email protected], or at
251-0418 No calls before noon or after 9pm, please.
Wanted! Your photos! We need pictures of our events, past present and future for the website and the archives. 8 9 Organizational Structure
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