December - Nixa Amateur Radio Club

Nixa Amateur
Radio Club,
Inc.
Open Mic
Volume 3; Issue 12
December 2010
INSIDE THIS ISSUE:
November Meeting Wrap-Up
Club Meeting wrap-up
Extreme Mobiles
1
1&2
The 1 Element
beam
3
This month <50MHz
4
AT&T U-Verse info
6
Tour de Bass thanks
8
Club Information
9
Special points of interest:
• November meeting wrap-up
For those of you that couldn’t
make it, you missed a great
meeting! We had almost 30
people present, and had a
great time talking ham radio.
Jeff Kerr, KC0VGC, was unanimously re-elected to serve as
club Secretary for another 4year term, congratulations Jeff!
James Adkins, KB0NHX, then
gave an update on the 53.270
repeater. We purchased a
structural analysis from Vertical Structures for the East
County TRS site near Strafford
to serve as our local 6-meter
receiver when the high-power
amplifier is brought on line.
We received a passing analysis,
and are clear to begin installation. Installation of equipment
in the shelter will begin this
winter, and a bid is being
sought from PDQ Towers for
the install, which would not
occur until next Spring at the
earliest. James also announced
• Another Extreme Mobile Install
• A one-element, bi-directional beam
that Dwayne Kincaid, owner of
LDG Electronics, e-mailed him
and told him he was impressed
with our club, and the website,
and offered to help out with a
donation of equipment if
needed. He has donated an
LDG AT-100ProII tuner which
will be used for remote control operation, and an AT600Pro autotuner to be used
with the club’s Tranworld TW500A 500-w HF amplifier for
local operations. Kent
Doucey, N0IRM, gave an update on the HF station reinstall at the Fire Department.
Robert Kentsch, KC0WSE,
built a wonderful console for
the new station and plans to
begin re-install after Thanksgiving is in order. Kent also
passed around the book list of
the new 114-book library donated by Bob Du Brul,
WB0RJR-SK, through his
brother Alan, K0AWD, and
Dean Gaines, KC0SQD-SK.
The books will be on a shelf at
the club HF station, and available for checkout by members
only for a period of a month at
a time, not to exceed 2
months per checkout. See any
officer to check out or turn in
a book at a club meeting. Remember, if you lose or destroy
the book, you will be responsible for replacing it so we can
keep this valuable resource
available to members.
Next month is our Christmas
meeting and it’ll be at the Bandana’s Barbeque in Nixa, located behind Taco Bell at US
160 and Hwy 14 in Nixa.
73 & see you there!
Another Extreme Mobile Installation
• Local Nets of Interest
• Below 50 Mhz . . .
• AT&T U-Verse—Described
• Technical Committee Report
• A Thanks from Staff at Tour de Bass
• Treasurer’s Report
• 2010 Review in Pictures
• Club Contact Information
James Adkins, KB0NHX, is
further proof that you just
can’t give a ham too much
free time His mobile install
is the next in our extreme
mobile install features.
James’ van “is a rolling Kenwood advertisement” says
Kent Doucy, N0IRM. Two
power feeds come from the
battery, one to the console
in between the front seats,
which provides power to
the 25-w Motorola CDM1550 radio, modified for the
220 amateur band and the
30-w Motorola Spectra for
900 MHz, both mounted in
the console. It also supplies
power to a 100-w TK-690H
low-band radio on the
MSHP frequencies,
mounted under the driver’s
seat, and the 100-w Kenwood TK-690H modified
for 6-meters mounted under the passenger seat. The
Area Nets of Interest
Daily Nets:
Wednesdays:
146.835 -
7:00 a.m.
Little Switzerland ARC Net
146.820 -
7:30 p.m.
EARS Club Check-In Net
3.963 LSB
5:45 p.m.
Missouri Phone Traffic Net
145.210 -
8:00 p.m.
Barry County ARES Net (162.2 Hz)
146.625 -
7:00 p.m.
Douglas County Check-in Net (110.9 Hz)
147.150 +
9:00 p.m.
Combined KARC - TLARC Net
3.585 CW
7:00 p.m
Missouri Section CW Net
Thursdays:
3.803 LSB
10.00 p.m. Roundtable SSB Net
3.963 LSB 7:00 p.m.
Mondays:
Region D ARES HF Net (SW MO area)
145.270 -
7:30 p.m.
Nixa ARC Check-in Net (162.2 Hz)*
146.970 -
7:30 p.m.
Lawrence County ARES Net
147.225 +
8:00 p.m.
Greene County ARES Net
53.270 -
8:00 p.m.
The 6-Meter Net (162.2 Hz - 51.570 input)
145.350 -
8:00 p.m.
Four-State ARC Net (103.5 Hz)
145.270-
8:00 p.m.
Missouri VoIP Net (162.2 Hz)
52.525
9:00 p.m.
Joplin 6-Meter FM Simplex Net
147.195 +
9:00 p.m.
Taney County ARES Net
8:00 p.m.
SMARC Friday Night Net (100.0 Hz)
145.490 -
7:00 p.m.
Sky Warn Check-in Net (136.5 Hz)
Sundays:
145.230 -
7:30 p.m.
Christian County ARES Net (162.2 Hz)
146.775 -
8:00 p.m.
SWMO D-Star Net (w/ wide area links)
146.805 -
7:30 p.m.
Newton County ARES Net (127.3 Hz)
147.345 +
9:00 p.m.
Stone County ARES Net (162.2 Hz)
145.270 -
8:00 p.m.
Bible Belt Christian Fellowship Net (162.2 Hz) *
* Nets also on 53.270, 224.280, 444.275 and 927.5375 machines
Fridays:
Tuesdays:
146.910 -
Another Extreme Mobile Installation(continued)
rear power feed powers the radios
mounted underneath the rear
bench seat, seen in the picture in
he article. This
powers the 100-w
Kenwood TK690H modified for
the 10m ham band,
the 100-w Kenwood TK-790H
modified for the
2m ham band, and
the 100w Kenwood TK-890H modified for the
UHF ham band. 8 gauge zipe wire
was used for both DC power runs
to the battery. The console, seen
above, is a Havis Shield console
that allows 18” of faceplates to be
installed. All radios are remotehead capable and have speakers in
the control head, except the 900
MHz Spectra. Both it and the Motorola CDM on 220 can be remote
head mounted, but are not in this
application. Currently, James is
planning to build a mic switch to
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allow the use of one mic for all 5 of
the Kenwood radios. After all, 7
mics is kind of hard to keep track
of! For antennas,
he used an Antenex
C40 for 42 MHz
MSHP action, an
Antenex C50 for 6meters, both
mounted on the
hood. On the roof
in the front, a 5 dBd
gain 900 MHz antenna is mounted. In the center, he
has a 1/4 wave for
220 and for 2m,
and in the rear a 3
dBd gain Antenex
5/8 wave for UHF.
The 900 MHz, 440,
and 220 antenna
mounts all use lowloss Comtelco
Microloss 900
coax. For 10-meters, he has a Larsen NMO-27 cut to the 10m band
that he takes off the vehicle before
entering the garage. One day he
worked Costa Rica mobile on 10m!
And, as a neat addition, he installed
a 3’ long PVC pipe that runs along
the driver’s side of the van on the
inside. In the pipe, he stores a Larsen NMO-150 5/8 wave, a Larsen
NMO-220 5/8 wave, the Larsen
NMO-27 (when not in use) and a
Larsen NMO-440 6 dBd gain UHF
antenna. When more gain is
needed in the mobile, the smaller,
lower gain antennas can be removed in lieu of higher gain, higher
performance ones for
cruisin’ the sticks!
Who wouldn’t want
to have 400-w ERP
from the mobile on
UHF, or 200-w ERP
on 2-meters? As
seen in the pictures,
all wire is run
through wire loom to
keep it out of the way.
73 & mobile safely!
O P E N MI C
A One Element, Bi-directional Beam with 3dB of Gain
By: Peter Sils, KD0AA
Many hams do not have the luxury of having a tower and a
beam antenna for HF and have
to resort to either vertical or
wire antennas. Since a tower
and beam were out of the question for me, I wanted a single
wire antenna that would exhibit
some gain. I found that ladder
line is very low loss compared
to coax and much cheaper.
Many hams do not want to use
ladder line because it has to be
routed away from metal objects
and the earth and the load varies with the elements (I.E. rain
and snow) and requires an antenna tuner. After understanding these attributes it is easy to
construct a basic dipole antenna
with “ladder line” that will load
on many bands. Simply build a
“dipole” and instead of using
coax at the center insulator attach ladder line. You will need
an antenna tuner with a balanced input (or use a 4:1 balun).
A simple doublet (dipole) can be
constructed by using two quarter wave wires. At the center
insulator, either coax or ladder
line is attached. No gain is
achieved and the pattern is similar to two fat lobes off the sides
of the antenna.
Now, let’s get to the gain you
can achieve with a balanced antenna.
If a doublet is made from a pair
of half wavelength wires the anPage 3
tenna becomes a simple collinear with approximately 1.9dB
gain over a dipole. The pattern
is a narrowed figure 8 favoring
the sides of the antenna and
reduced gain off the ends.
this antenna will also load on
most of the other bands (80 –
10 meters) depending on the
height of the antenna and length
of ladder line used. You can
make this antenna for 15 meters
and it will be less than 60’ long
and needs only to be mounted
at a height of at least 22’.
This antenna design has
worked VERY well for me as
DU7LA (in the Philippines) as
well as here in Nixa as
KD0AA.
Remote Balun Assembly mounted in weatherproof box at the QTH
of Peter Sils, KD0AA
You can achieve even more gain
by constructing a same type of
doublet antenna using two .64
wavelengths and gain 3dB over a
simple dipole. A gain of 3dB is
the equivalent
to doubling of
your power
and you benefit on receive
as well! The
pattern is even
more a narrowed figure
8. So, by building a doublet
that is approximately
85’ long (and
mounted 33’
high) you can
achieve 3dB gain in two directions on 20 meters! This design
is called the “Extended Double
Zep” antenna. What’s nice is
Here are a few
pictures of
how I have
attached the
ladder line to the house and to
the remote balun outside my
shack. These are MFJ 4:1 baluns
and connected to a ground rod
directly below the housing box.
A short length of coax
runs from the box to
the window of my shack
(covered with foam to
protect).
If you have the room to
mount the “extended
double Zep” you will
enjoy the increase of
3db gain in two directions and the effect of
doubling your power!
O P E N MI C
This Month Below 50 MHz
By: Kent Doucey, N0IRM
It’s hard to believe that it’s the holiday season and this year is almost
in the books. November has been
good to us as far as solar conditions and DX activity. Solar numbers have fell back toward the end
of this month with current flux
numbers in the upper 70’s with
some sunspot activity still visible.
The last part of October and the
most of November yielded some
great conditions with flux numbers
reaching into the lower 90’s. These
conditions lasted for most of the
month. November’s activity even
included an M class flare on the 6th
of the month.
You didn’t have to look at
the solar weather to know that DX
conditions were good in November. We had well over 30 spots put
on the NARC reflector this month.
It’s great to see all the activity.
K0LAF, Charlie had some great
spots including Botswana and Belize. It looked like Mark, K0ABC
was mopping up, spotting Burundi,
Swaziland, Vanuatu, and Sierra
Leone just to name a few. We
heard from N0IRN, Gary who had
several spots with his new antenna
system this month. Donald, AC0PD
alerted us of a great 15 meter
opening on the 13th, spotting Italy,
Germany, Corsica, and Spain.
KD0AA looked like had a great
month also with Zimbabwe, The
Gambia, and Angola to name a few.
Thanks for all the information guys.
It is really nice to see the activity,
not only does this keep us all informed of conditions but I think it
also sparks peoples interest to this
angle of our hobby. Keep up the
good work.
Look for 4L5O from Georgia during CQWW CW. HS0ZEE will be
active from Thailand on and around
CQWW CW also. Look for PZ5T
from Surinam working this month.
Well looking back it’s been
a great year on the HF bands.
Sometimes solar conditions have
not been as well as we hoped for
but at times I have to remind myself you could work every station
on the first call every time I don’t
think it would be near as much fun!
I hope everyone enjoyed
There have been some great openCQWW SSB since the last newsings, great DXpeditions, and conletter. Conditions were great and
tests in 2010. In looking back lets
as always there was plenty of activbe thankful for our privilege of beity, especially some great 10 and 15
ing able to take advantage of the
meter activity. Be sure to watch for
great HF opportunities. Looking to
CQWW CQ that will be coming
2011 lets hope for better conditions and even more activity. I did
find one thing I wanted to mention
before we close up for the year.
After working a DX station and
getting his information on qrz.com I
noticed he posted a link to a page I
found very interesting, dx-code.org.
Take time to take a look at it when
you get a minute and think about
each point of the DX Code of Conduct. The page says “just as we
work to
Sheridon Street, HS0ZEE, at his station in Chiang Mai,
improve
Thailand
our technical
skills, we
should all
aspire to hold ourselves to the
up about the time of your reading
highest ethical operating stanthis. This is a great opportunity to
dards”. I can’t think of much more
work some DX, just be sure to be
than that to say, very well put I
prepared for your exchange so not
thought. That seems like a good
to slow the “big guns” down. Some
point to close on. It’s a great priviupcoming contest besides the
lege to write this article for you
CQWW’s are the ARRL 160 meter
every month, thank you for taking
CW contest, and Top band Sprint
the time to read it. Until next
the weekend of December 3rd. Demonth, happy holidays, GOOD DX
cember 6th is the SARL Field Day
contest and the RSGB 1.8 MHz
and see you in 2011.
CW contest. On the 7th is the
DARC 10 meter contest, Ukrainian
DX contest, the ARRL sweepstakes
SSB, and the North American Collegiate ARC Championship SSB.
Looks like there will be
some great DX activity coming up.
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VOLUME 3; ISSUE 12
Schedule of Events
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• December 11, 2010: Nixa ARC
Christmas Club Meeting—Bandana’s
BBQ in Nixa—Located behind Taco
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Announcing the Nixa Amateur Radio Club Library
We are excited to announce
a great new benefit to our
great club members. Thanks
to a generous donation by
Bob Du Brul, WB0RJR-SK
through his brother Alan,
K0AWD, and from Dean
Gaines, KC0SQD-SK, the
club now has a 114-book super library at its disposal.
The library consists of several
handbooks from different
eras, as well as many antenna books, a lost users
manual book, and very technical books such as semiconductor cross references, basic electronics, and more! The library consists of a current General class
study guide, and numerous older study
guides, with the oldest
book dated 1949!
There’s even books
about how to track
down and fix RFI and
Electrical Interference,
Picture of some books from the Nixa ARC club library being inventoried by Kent Doucey, N0IRM
and numerous in depth books
on propagation that you will
enjoy. Special thanks to Kent
Doucey, N0IRM, for taking
about 2 weeks to inventory
the books condition and assign them a club “book” number so they can be checked
out. Basically, if you’re a club
member, you will be allowed
to check the books out at a
club meeting, and be expected to return them at the
next one. If you damage or
destroy the book, you will be
asked to replace it so we can
keep this awesome resource
up and going. We will put a
list on the club website & you
will be able to view which
books are checked out also.
Can AT&T’s UU-Verse© and Ham Radio
Coexist?
By: Michael Rains, K0RFI
(CO) to the home over infrastructure commonly called Outside Plant. U-verse service can
include just one component or
any combination of all three. Uverse can be installed alongside
the existing POTS (plain-oldtelephone-service) or dial-tone
service; but U-verse and DSL
cannot be installed at the same
address. A device installed at
the residence called a Residential Gateway converts and divides the U-verse signal into the
individual services.
I’m sure by now most of you
have heard about or seen advertisements for AT&T’s new cable
video service. U-Verse has
been touted as the next best
thing for television since the
advent of color; but I’m sure
most of you haven’t heard about
any potential problems with
Amateur Radio. I’ve recently
heard U-Verse compared to
BPL (Broadband over Power
Line) in that regard. While UThe UVerse does operate on many
verse
radio frequencies, it doesn’t
signal can
produce the broadband noise
be analoheard for miles that put BPL
gous to a
into the Amateur Radio Hall of
large
Shame.
stove
Rather, the majority of the inpipe,
terference issues my research
with two
has uncovered dealt more with
Bandwidth dispersal in the U-Verse
TVI from nearby transmitting
system
stations instead of U-Verse
causing interference to stations.
smaller pipes placed inside. The
smallest pipe, about the size of a
This multi-part article will exgarden hose, serves the voice.
plain how U-verse works, poIt requires the least bandwidth
tential interference issues and
of the service. A larger pipe,
solutions and the amateur’s rethe size of a gutter downspout,
sponsibilities in resolving intersupplies the internet data.
ference.
Internet speeds up to 32Mbs
(mega-bits-per-second) are currently allowed. The remainder
U-verse Overview
of the space supplies the video
data; U-verse can support up to
four simultaneous video feeds,
U-verse is a digital IP-based
(internet protocol) combination
called streams.
video, internet and telephone
The bandwidth required to feed
system. Data is fed from the
all this service simultaneously is
community’s Central Office
quite large, and the U-verse serPage 6
vice uses data carriers that
sometimes fall on or near Amateur Radio frequencies from 80
meters (3.5MHz) up to 6 meters
(50MHz). More discussion on
this in Part II.
The type of data is generally
called VDSL, a faster variant of
the common DSL (Digital Subscriber Line). VDSL stands for
Very-High-Speed DSL .
VDSL is delivered to the home
by one of two methods:
1. Using fiber optic ran to a
central neighborhood location,
then transitioning to existing
copper twisted-pair telephone
wire already in place, called
FTTN (Fiber To The Node, or
sometimes called Fiber to the
Neighborhood)
Using fiber optic cable ran from
a fiber hub to the home, called
FTTP (Fiber To The Premise).
Most customers receive UVerse via FTTN, where a fiber
trunk is ran from the Central
Office to a distribution box
(Node) feeding a particular
neighborhood, then the service
transitions to existing twistedpair phone cable the remainder
of the distance to the home. At
the node, a device called a
VRAD (Video-Ready Access
Device) is used to insert the
VDSL signal onto the existing
phone lines serving the home.
NEWSLETTER TITLE
VOLUME 1, ISSUE 1
Can AT&T’s UU-Verse© and Ham Radio
Coexist? (Cont’d)
sion.
U-verse service on twisted-pair
can reach homes normally reach
Once the U-Verse VDSL signal
100BaseT Ethernet service
homes up to 3300 feet from the
arrives at the home, it is sent
(internet) is available from the
node. New technology available
first to the Residential Gateway.
RG in both wired and wireless
this past summer now allows UThe Residential Gateway (RG)
802.11(a)(b)(g) access. AT&T
verse to reach up to 7500 feet
is the main brain for the Udoes not currently provide
from the node by using two line
Verse service in the home. It
802.11(n) access in the RG.
pairs instead the normal single
distributes the video data, acts
pair. Of course, due to line
as a wireless internet access
losses, cross-talk, and
U-Verse technicians are reother hardware factors;
quired to adhere to installadata rates drop quickly the
tion and safety practices that
further the signal travels
have been developed over the
life of the U-Verse product in
from the node.
order to minimize service inInfrastructure upgrades
terruptions. When the home
were done prior to Uinstallation is properly done,
Verse deployment to minithe U-Verse system is fairly
mize data speed losses and
robust; but the overall system
improve the signal-todesign leaves a few gaping
noise ratio, and individual
holes allowing for potential
home feeder lines are upinterference from nearby
graded on a case-by-case
transmitters, noise producers
basis at time of U-Verse
and even sunspots.
installation.
In Part II, I will dig deeper into
FTTP is only used in
newer areas where the
Visual depiction of difference between FTTN
fiber infrastructure was
and FTTP U-Verse services
placed before homes were
constructed. Fiber is run
from the CO to a central
hub that feeds a neighborhood,
point and Ethernet switch, and
the issue and discuss potential
or sometimes just a single block
provides the dial tone for the
problems and solutions as well
on a street. From the hub, fiber
telephony service. The RG
as the amateur operator’s recable is then buried to the
assigns each device on the syssponsibilities regarding interhome. A powered device called
tem an IP address and acts as
ference.
an ONT, or Optical Network
the interface and firewall beTermination, changes the signal
tween each device and the
on the fiber into the VDSL data
Next month, guest columnist
World-Wide Web.
found on FTTN circuits. A
Michael Rains, K0RFI, will disVideo signal data is distributed
common misconception is that
cuss ways to minimize intervia 75Ω coax connection or
all lines, even inside the home,
ference from your U-Verse
Ethernet to each television setare replaced with fiber cables.
connection and to your Utop box (STB). The STB then
Per AT&T practice, fiber is
Verse connection from your
converts the data to a viewable
never installed inside the home.
amateur gear.
signal and sends it to the televi-
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Technical Committee Update
In November, Jeremy Tannehill,
KC0UJZ, traversed to the Cox Hospital site and re-set the wirelesss Internet
radio and the club’s Linksys router
which brought the club’s IRLP node
back up on line. Both it and the 2m
repeater Internet radio and router had
to be reset due to changes in the Internet provider’s settings. Since we do
not have great access at Cox hospital,
James Adkins, KB0NHX, built an AC
receptacle that the SCOM 7330 controller will be able to reset when the
proper DTMF code is sent over the air.
The devices have been built and tested
and the first unit was installed and
tested on site at the Cox Hospital site.
While at Cox, we also re-installed and
tested the Henry 200w amplifier. With
the amplifier installed, we only realized
0.02 uV of de-sense compared to without it. The repeater now has 138-W
out of the duplexers instead of 6-W.
Nixa ARC Repeaters
Should make a huge difference in coverage. Jeremy also advised that Verizon
is taking the top 150’ off the tower
where our 927.5375 repeater is located
in Republic, and we would have to re-
also be prepared for an external controller and link radio to be attached to
it before moving to the Springfield City
Utilities East County TRS tower site.
After receiving a passing structural
analysis for this site for the 927.5375 &
53.270 local receiver, James Adkins
contacted Collin at PDQ Tower Services to obtain a quote for installation
of the coax & antennas for those two
antennas. It looks like the estimated
cost to install the equipment on the
tower is $2,600.00. PDQ is donating
1/2 day of labor ($750.00) and waiving
their mobilization fee ($3,000.00) due
to us being a non-profit organization
and having worked with Jeremy and
James over the years on both amateur
and work related projects. We will
begin fundraising soon so we can get
this site up, look for more information
in the near future.
Pic of the completed re-settable outlet
move the repeater. James Adkins and
Jim Adkins, KC0IYI, responded to the
site to remove the repeater from service. It will get a good checkup and
November 2010 Treasury Report
Beginning Balance: $1776.84
Debits
6-Meters: (Republic)
53.270 / 51.570
PL 162.2 Hz
2-Meters: (Nixa)
145.270 / 144.670
$ 24.00
$1,500.00 Structural analysis for local
$
6m RX site
Membership dues
$
$
$1,624.50 Total Debits
$ 24.00
Total Credits
PL 162.2 Hz
70-Centimeters (Springfield)
442.275 / 447.275
$ 124.50 Fans for 224.280 Amplifier
PL 162.2 Hz
1.25-Meters: (Springfield)
224.280 / 222.680
Credits
Ending Balance: $176.34
PL 162.2 Hz
33-Centimeters (Republic)
927.5375 / 902.5375
PL 162.2 Hz
Thanks from the Staff of Tour de Bass
We received a thank you letter from
Holly at St. Johns for the professional
and great job we did providing communications for the Tour de Bass bike
ride in October 2010.
She is always very happy with our professionalism and efficiency, and says
she’ll never do a bike ride without us
again! So, thank you to everyone
that participated once again. It is the
great pool of willing, able and excellent amateur radio operators that
make this event successful. We had
19 volunteers from the Nixa Amateur Radio Club, Greene County
ARES, and the Southwest Missouri
ARC working together as a team to
make this a great event.
So, please keep this in mind for next
year if you’d like to be a part of the action. Mark your calendar now for Saturday, October 22, 2011 and be ready
to have a super time giving back to the
community and showing everyone what
amateur radio is and what we can really
do with our skills
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The Nixa Amateur Radio Club, Inc., call KC0LUN, was founded in April 2002.
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Nixa Amateur Radio Club, Inc.
P.O. Box 467
Nixa, MO 65714-0467
Website: http://www.nixahams.net
E-mail: [email protected]
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The club assists in providing communications for many different public service
events. We work with Greene and Christian County ARES and the National
Weather Service by providing communications for Sky Warn spotting. We also
work with Greene County ARES and other organizations in providing communications for the MS-150, and American Diabetes Association fundraiser bike rides. We
hold special event stations for local hams to participate in, such as the annual Sucker
Days celebration and the annual ARRL Field Day drill for emergency preparedness.
We encourage our members to not only participate in our club events, but to also
be members of their local ARES and RACE’s groups, and the Christian County
CERT team.
The club provides 5 repeaters that are open for all hams to use. These repeaters
are part of a sophisticated linked system which allows all repeaters and VoIP nodes
to be linked together simultaneously for nets or emergency events and announcements. We also provide VoIP modes, such as EchoLink and IRLP for our members
to explore. Currently, we are working on a club HF station to be installed at the
Nixa Fire Department General HQ Emergency Operations Center.
The club holds “The 6-meter Net” on the 53.270 repeater weekly on Mondays at
8:00 p.m., which covers all radio bands 6-meters and below. We also have a weekly
check-in net on the 145.270 repeater on Thursdays at 7:30 p.m. The net is simulcast on all 5 Nixa ARC repeaters, IRLP and EchoLink. Feel free to check in on any
band! The 145.270 repeater also hosts the “Bible Belt Christian Fellowship Net”
held on Tuesdays at 8:00 p.m.
Visit www.nixahams.net for more exciting information!
Nixa Amateur Radio Club Elected Officers
President: James Adkins, KB0NHX
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James started serving the club as Secretary when the club was founded, and then moved into the Vice-President position. James and his
wife, Kim, KCØGKP, have two children, Sierra and Kolton. James works as a technical field engineer and repairs two-way radio and
repeater equipment daily. In the past, James delivered pizza while attending college. James’ primary interests in ham radio include maintaining the club repeaters and promoting amateur radio. He enjoys operating HF through 1200 MHz from his home station.
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E-mail: kbØ[email protected]
Vice-President: Kent Doucey, N0IRM
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Kent was appointed to Vice-President by the board after the resignation of Chris Cochran, KB0WZC, as President in October 2010.
Kent and his wife Wendy have 3 children: Richard, KD0HGY, Britney, and Katie. Kent has been a law enforcement dispatcher and
deputy sheriff in the past and currently serves on the Stone County 911 board. Kent enjoys HF SSB and digital operations and building
HF antennas. He writes the “Below 50 MHz” article for the newsletter and volunteers on the club’s technical committee.
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E-mail: nØ[email protected]
Treasurer: Jeff Morrissey, KBØWVT
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Jeff is a charter member of the Nixa Amateur Radio Club and took over the treasury job almost 2 years ago. Jeff has a daughter,
Brooke, KCØYVF, and son, Garrett. Jeff works in management and has a background in computer networking. Before ham radio, Jeff
was an Internet guru and ran a BBS from his house. Jeff’s primary interests are SkyWarn spotting, being active with Christian County
CERT, and other emergency communications support.
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E-mail: kbØ[email protected]
Secretary: Jeff Kerr, KCØVGC
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Jeff obtained his license in 2005 and began to immediately make an impact with the club and was elected as secretary shortly thereafter.
Jeff and his wife Dee have two daughters, Emily, KCØYOO, Stephanie, and a son Brandon. Jeff works in PC Networking and considered computers his hobby before amateur radio. Jeff’s primary interests include 6-meters and HF SSB as well as 900 MHz FM.
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E-mail: kcØ[email protected]