NCDXC Annual Picnic - Northern California DX Club
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NCDXC Annual Picnic - Northern California DX Club
Inside……… President’s comments Editor’s reflections…p.2 Our June Speakers, New Member, ……..p.3 NCDXC Annual Picnic Come and enjoy the great outdoors! June Meeting Mumblings, General Minutes, Board Meeting Minutes…………….p.4 NCDXC Picnic ……p.5 Local Happenings (Amtech Day)……..p.6 Date: July 2nd Time: 11:00-1500 (or later) Food: Burgers, hot dogs, soft drinks supplied by the club Bring a salad or dessert if you wish NO ALCOHOL ALLOWED Location: Palo Alto-Mitchell Park Come join us! Everyone has a great time! The site is in the shade so that even on a hot day you will be comfortable!!! Bring along some badminton, croquet, beach balls, or baseball equipment as some folks may love to be active!! See you on the 2nd of July!!!!!!! Field Day………….p.7 Thank you HRO…p.8 July Meeting is July 2nd At Mitchell Park Picnic Begins at 11:00 Enjoy till 3:00 or later! Come and join the fun! Deadline For August DXer Contributions is July 26! (All attendees will receive a special gift!) See you at the Picnic!! July, 2005 Northern California DX Club Club Officers: President: Vice Pres: Secretary: Treasurer: Director: Director: Director: Dewey Churchill, KG6AM John Eisenberg, K6YP Mike Gavin, W6WZ Steve Jones, N6SJ Ron Panton, W6VG Doug Westover, W6JD Chuck Patterson, K6RK Exofficio Director/ DXer Editor Carolyn Gavin, WB6ABC 132 Alta Vista Rd. Woodside, CA 94062 [email protected] Web Page: Chuck Vaughn, AA6G http://www.ncdxc.org DX Ladder: 9-Band Award: Contests: California Award: Records Manager: Publications Mgr: John Kelly, KG6XF John Brand, K6WC Dick Courtway, N7RC Robert Bickel, K6FX Ron Panton, W6VG Ron Panton, W6VG Club Repeater, Frequency/offset: Trustee: Control Operator: Club simplex: Thurs. Net OTR: Net Manager: DX News: Swap Shop: W6TI/R 147.360 Mhz +, pl 110.9 Bob Vallio, W6RGG Robert Smithwick, W6CS 147.54 MHz (suggested) 8 pm local time. Randy Wright, W6CUA Net Control Operator Mitch Cipriano, AE6AI W6TI DX Bulletins: W6TI Station Trustee Bob Vallio, W6RGG, transmits DX information at 0200 UT every Monday (Sunday evening local time) on both 7.016 and 14.002 MHz. Club address: Box 608 Menlo Park, CA 94026-0608 The DXer is published monthly by the Northern California DX Club and sent to all club members on the web. Unless otherwise noted, NCDXC permits reuse of any article in this publication—provided The DXer and the article’s author are credited. Page 2 President’s Comments Fellow Hams, It is an honor and a privilege to serve you as your president for the 2005-2006 year. This board of directors is extremely hard working and co-operative, so that being president is an easy task. As you know there is no August meeting and the picnic serves as the July meeting. Our next regularly scheduled meeting is September 8th at Harrys’. It is my intention, unless the club wishes otherwise, to continue our arrangement with Harry’s Hofbrau in Redwood City for our meetings during 2005-6. This has been a year of growth and enrichment for the club, thanks to all. See you at the picnic. 73’ Dewey, KG6AM Editor’s Reflections………………… Dear Friends, Hope this finds you all enjoying our fabulous S.F. Bay Area weather. Someone shared with me yesterday, June 25th that she just spent 9 years in Virginia after growing up in CA. She has moved back as of the last 3 days and says it’s either too hot or too cold in the east and very little outdoor activity goes on. She told me that this is a completely different life style and she is thrilled to be back. I moved here 41 years ago from Chicago, and I, too, will never forget the weather extremes. I’ll never get over my delight about the “perfect” weather in this area. People still complain about minor variations, but some of them may have no idea of what the really super heat and cold can be like. We’ve had another AmTech Day which was great fun. But this weekend was Field Day which turned out to be a great time had by all. I’d like to personally thank all the operators who have given of their time and energy to put the PAARA site on the map. Some of them operated for 1-4 hours straight and just kept adding to the count for this June, 2005 activity. Many clubs were represented as far as operators are concerned and several of our NCDXC members were very busy adding up contacts in share with the sponsoring club, PAARA. This is one of the special ham radio experiences of the year and the weather was…perfect!! Your editor and friend, Carolyn, WB6ABC July, 2005 OUR JUNE GUESTS Our first speaker on June 9th at the monthly meeting was Steve Jones, N6SJ who gave an excellent presentation of his special tips and techniques for effective CW operating. It was very informative and as usual offered in a calm, humorous, well organized and thorough manor as one expects from our club’s treasurer. People were very interested and asked questions as well as offered interesting comments as the talk progressed. Thank you, Steve! Our 2nd speaker was Jerry, K6MD who was present at our NCDXC meeting for the 1st time in several years. He had recently returned from a “front line” tour of duty in Iraq. Not only is Jerry an accomplished ham radio operator, but he is also a medical doctor. His slides were very real, raw and remarkable. While it was very obvious that he was up close and personal to the full gamut of the war’s reality, which was unique to view, it was at times extremely heart wrenching, very difficult to absorb the horrors of battle. In the picture above you see Steve, N6SJ, our first speaker. And standing is Jerry Griffin, K6MD. Next to Steve is an excellent CW operator, Risto, K6RK. NEW MEMBER WELCOME!!!!!!!!!! Steve Fields, K6PMF, became a new member in our club at the June meeting. He is a school teacher in the Menlo Park District, near Redwood City, CA. and he spends some of his teaching time encouraging young children to know about and understand the amateur radio ins and outs. He is enthusiastic about his new license and has been heard quite frequently on the 2 meter 9:00 A.M. talk net. We’re glad to have you aboard, Steve. Attention Club Members!! If you read this on the NCDXC website, and do not receive the DXer on your email because you have recently changed your email address, please send your email address to me at [email protected] so I can get it to you directly each month. Thanks. Carolyn, WB6ABC AMTECH DAY was June 4th-great time as always. FIELD DAY was another extremely special event held on June 25th and 26th. Page 3 July, 2005 Monthly Mumblings of the June Meeting All present at the May and June NCDXC meeting were given a very special gift. Since we had a number of the very attractive Visalia convention mugs, designed by Dick Letrich , W6KM, left over, they were shared with all members. Prize winners for the June, 2005 raffle were: Door prize: Visalia mug/CQ Magazine: Dave, W6PHF, Steve, KV60, Doug, W6JD 5th prize: Coast Tek Torch V1 Power Laser Light:Joe,N6IWJ 4th prize: NCDXC Polo Shirt: Bob, KE6HKI 3rd prize: Dxing On the Edge (book): Dave, W6PHF 2nd prize: SGC Digital Multi-meter: Steve, W6MKM 1st prize: Vertex Standard VHM FM Transceiver: Jerry, K6MD Wasn’t it great that Jerry, our special guest, won the 1st prize? L/R Jerry,K6MD Joe,N6IWJ Bob,KE6HKI Dave,W6PHF General Meeting Minutes June 9, 2005-Meeting held at Harry’s Hofbrau began at 7:30 P.M. Officers present were: John Eisenberg, K6YP, vice-president, Steve Jones, N6SJ, treasurer, Mike Gavin, W6WZ, secretary, Chuck Patterson, K6RK, director, Ron Panton, W6VG, Carolyn Gavin, WB6ABC, DXer editor. There was an election of officers at the June meeting!! All of the present officers were voted unanimously to serve another term. It was also announced that our 2005 picnic would be on July 2nd at the same location, Mitchell Park, Palo Alto. See picnic details on page 5 of this DXer!!!!! The next part of the meeting was our 2 presentations as described on page 3. Respectfully submitted by secretary, Mike, W6WZ Board Meeting Minutes The board meeting took place at Ron Panton’s home, W6VG, on June 4th at 10:00. Present were: Dewey, KG6AM, pres., John, K6YP, v.p., Steve, N6SJ, treas. Mike. W6WZ, sec., Chuck, K6RK, director, Carolyn, WB6ABC, DXer ed., Ron, W6VG, dir., and Chuck Vaughn, AA6G, on the airwaves. The 1st subject discussed was how to get the DXer to the members electronically without problems. We had a long discussion and we hope it will be easier in the future. Next we had a long talk about the Visalia, 2005 convention, led by George, W6YD who told us of all the positive and problematic occurrences. We talked about how we need more commitment on the part of members as well as the idea of doing all of the future conventions jointly with SCDXC. The sharing idea has not been decided but is an interesting possibility. Respectfully submitted by secretary, Mike, W6WZ Page 4 July, 2005 NCDXC Annual Picnic Our annual club picnic is on July 2nd at NCDXC Annual Picnic Mitchell Park in Palo Alto at the Pine Grove Group Picnic Area, same location as the last 2 years! It is at Middlefield Road and East Meadow Drive. Enter the park either off Middlefield or Meadow and drive to the parking area closest to the tennis courts. The Pine Grove Area is adjacent to the tennis courts and the parking lot. Date: July 2nd Time: 11:00-1500 (or later) Food: Burgers, hot dogs, soft drinks supplied by the club Bring a salad or dessert if you wish NO ALCOHOL ALLOWED Location: Palo Alto-Mitchell Park Come join us! Everyone has a great time! The site is in the shade so that even on a hot day you will be comfortable!!! Bring along some badminton, croquet, beach balls, or baseball equipment as some folks may love to be active!! See you on the 2nd of July!!!!!!! (All attendees will receive a special gift!) Page 5 July, 2005 NEWS OF OUR LOCAL HAPPENINGS Attention Dxers ! Are any of you interested in sharing radio experiences? Would any of you like the opportunity to do a presentation at Pacificon next fall? Rich Holoch, KY6R, a member of NCDXC has joined the Pacificon Steering Committee and is looking for Dxers who would like to share at Pacificon. Please contact Rich by email at [email protected] if you are interested. The presentation can be technical or non-technical. Thanks for this good idea, Rich. By the way, Rich was our speaker in January, 2005. His presentation was on wire antennas. AmTech Day –June 4, 2005-another wonderful outing at the Standford Linear Accelator. At the left is the big guy Dave, KB6PFF, responsible for keeping the AmTech Days happening. He is enjoying trying some new equipment. The next photo you see two great ham enthusiasts, Kristen, K6WX, and David, W6DH enjoying the afternoon using solar powered equipment. The 3rd photo is Steve, KV6O, having a great time shooting tennis balls with an air gun which is used to shoot up string/ropes when putting up dipole antennas. Last you see KB, KG6QQR, and Mike, W6WZ with two other operators chatting behind them. Thank you FARS for continuing to sponsor this fabulous activity for the last 10 months for local hams. NEXT AMTECH DAY IS JULY 23!!! PAARA-Field Day-June 25, 2005 Bayfront Park, Menlo Park…. End of Marsh Rd. (for pics see p.7) A good time was had by all!!! Page 6 July, 2005 PAARA FIELD DAY, 2005 was a great success! The turnout of operators, the press, visitors, fellow hams, etc. was outstanding. NCDXC members were well attended! The weather was delightful. It was so great to have Terry, AA6T’s, RV available to make the abundant food and beverages easily accessible plus provide a shady area for people to sit and enjoy visiting and camaraderie. Wow! Now our thanks to the operators and loggers who gave their time and expertise: HF Phone: Kristen, K6WX, NCDXC member, Steve, AD6AB, John, K6YP, NCDXC member, Mark, KR1PTO, NCDXC member, Mike, W6WZ, NCDXC member, Rich, W6APZ, Doug, KG6LWE, David, W6DH, Pink, KG6ILA, Peter, K6WEB, NCDXC member, Steve, KV6O, NCDXC member and his daughter who will make a fantastic operator one day soon. GOTA (Go On the Air) Station-Encourages new hams. Jim Rice, K6AK, control operator, Kyle, KG6MSK, Jim’s 11 yr. old son, Rob, KG6HVW, Christopher, KG6SVI, Kristen’s 12 yr. old son. Ron, W6AZ’s chiropractor, Dr. Wendy Chuang operated with Jim and was very excited about ham radio. CW –Andreas, N6NU, Ron, W6AZ, Tim, K6AX, Chris, W6KNS VHF/UHF –2 meters 16:440- Joel, KD6W, Rolf, N6NFI, Andy, KG6RWO SATELLITE Contact-Rob, N2RAG, Mikie, N6IL, NCDXC member I’m sure that I missed some operators. We thank them, also, for helping people to understand the importance of our hobby to the safety of our community and country. By the way, there was great press coverage. At least 4 newspapers had articles about the event in their papers. Field Day Photos-2005 Photos-Row 1- left-Terry, AA6T’s RV, next: Kristen, K6WX and John, K6YP (NCDXC members), operating, Vic, AB6O, with the Palo Alto Times reporter in front of the PAARA Field Day trailer showing the WI/FI antenna which connects the logging systems. Andreas, N6NU, diligent CW operator. Row 2-left- Terry’s significant other, Kathy and her daughter, Chris, who prepared and served super food!! Marilyn, Stanley, WA6ZGI’s friend is not pictured but was the 3rd member of the food serving and preparation team. Next picture-Kristen, K6WX chatting with Terry, AA6T, and last Mike, W6WZ, (NCDXC member) operating in a 2nd trailer up on the hill with Steve, AD6AB working as a team. Page 7 July, 2005 Thank you for your generosity, HRO!!! Page 8 July, 2005
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