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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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From the Board
Board of Director’s Message
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Event Information and Hours
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QTH — Directions to Plano Centre
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Ham-Com Prizes
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Convention Overview
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Commercial Exhibitor List
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Special Needs Parking
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Supporting Clubs and SIGs
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Main Hallway Layout
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Main Exhibit Hall Layout
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North Hallway Layout
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Meeting Room Locations
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Ham-Com Tailgate Market
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Boy Scout Radio Merit Badge Session
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The Ham-Com Board of Directors is committed to ensuring the
quality of our event so that it can continue to grow.
W5DXCC—DX Dinner
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We hope that you enjoy your time at Ham-Com 2013!
Block Schedule
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Program Schedule
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Bill Nelson, AB5QZ
Fred Varian, WD5ERD
Jim McClellan, N5MIJ
Dee Miller, N5UIG
Speaker Biographies
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National WX Service Fort Worth Office
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We believe that Ham-Com is truly “Amateur Radio at its best—
Commercial exhibitors, flea markets, speakers, workshops, special
interest groups, door prizes and much, much more…”
This year, 54 commercial vendors will exhibit their products at our
event. The indoor flea market will be comprised of 37 vendors and
many more are expected to fill the outdoor flea market and tailgate
areas.
The event will host over 80 hours of speakers, workshops and special interest group meetings. We deeply appreciate the contributions of all the speakers and workshop facilitators that add so much
to our hobby.
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June 7-8 | Plano Centre | Plano, TX
— Hours of Operation —
Outdoor Flea Market
Friday: 8:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Saturday: 8:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.
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Indoor Flea Market
Friday: 8:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Saturday: 8:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Commercial Exhibitors
Friday: 8:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Saturday: 8:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Note:
Some workshops and association
meetings run through 9:00 p.m.
both days.
— Setup Times —
Indoor Flea Market
Friday: 7:00 a.m. - 8:00 a.m.
Saturday: 7:00 a.m. - 8:00 a.m.
Only registered vendors will be
allowed in the Flea Market Area
during setup/take-down times.
Commercial Exhibitors
Thursday: 9:00 a.m. - 9:00 p.m.
Only commercial exhibitors will
be allowed in the Commercial
Area during setup/take-down
times.
Outdoor Flea Market
Friday, 7:00 a.m. - 8:00 a.m.
Saturday, 7:00 a.m. - 8:00 a.m.
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HAMCOM 2013 LOCATION & DIRECTIONS
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QTH — 2000 East Spring Creek Parkway
Plano, TX 75074 — 33.055 N / 96.683 W
Talk-in frequency:
147.18+ (PL 107.2)
Plano, TX is located approximately 25 miles north-northeast of
Dallas on US 75. DFW International Airport is approximately
30 miles away and Dallas Love Field is approximately 18
miles. Plano is served by DART bus and rail Service to and
from downtown Dallas.
Take the Spring Creek Parkway exit east and cross Avenue K
(Hwy 5). The Plano Centre is just east (0.7 mile) of US 75 on
Spring Creek Parkway.
For hotels, visitor information, online maps and directions,
please visit our Web site:
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2013 HAMCOM PRIZES
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HAM-COM 2013 PRIZES! DAILY! HOURLY!
Attending Ham-Com 2013 just got more exciting. Not only do you get to see great stuff but you can also win stuff as well.
Online Prize
Heil Pro-Set Elite
Friday Grand Prize
Flex 3000
Saturday Grand Prize
ICOM IC-7600
Actual prize may differ in detail than the images shown above.
Wait... There’s more!
$1,000 From The ARRL
ARRL – The national association for Amateur Radio has provided $1,000 in $50 demoninations that we will be giving away
during the convention. Lucky winners can use the prize vouchers towards toward ARRL publications and products.
DAYTON SPECIAL
North Hall, Booths #187-188 or online
HAM-COM SPECIAL
Commercial Area, Booth #418 or online
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COMMERCIAL EXHIBITORS QUICK LIST
ABR Industries
Ameritron
Amsat
ARRL
ARRL Mentoring Booth
BACA
Batteries America
Battery Tech, Inc.
Begali Keys
Buddipole
Calendar Arts
Caps Unlimited
CCA Trackersoft
Clear Signal Products, Inc.
CQ Communications, Inc.
Cushcraft
DC Power, LLC
Diamond Antenna
Elecraft
Electronic Products Design, Inc.
Expert Amps USA, LLC
FlexRadio Systems
Force 12
GRE America
Ham Radio Deluxe
Ham Source
Ham-Com Commercial Check-In
Ham-Com Prize Booth
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Ham-Crazy
Hygain
Icom America, Inc.
Kenwood
Lido Mounts
Main Traiding Co.
MFJ Enterprises, Inc.
National Weather Service
NCG Company
Palstar
Pixal Technologies
Rohn Towers
Scentsy
Suspender Man
Tarheil Antennas
Texas Towers
The Ham Station
The Sign Man of Baton Rouge
Vectronics / Mirage
VIS Amateur Supply
W2IHY Technologies
W5YI Goup
WB0W
West Mountain Radio
Western Case
Wired Communications
Yaesu
YL / RL
SPECIAL NEEDS PARKING AT HAM-COM
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SUPPORTING CLUBS AND SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS
285 Tech Connect Radio Club
Alliance Amateur Radio Club
Amateur Radio Users Group
Arlington Amateur Radio Club
ARRL Hamfest List
ARRL North Texas Section News
Austin Amateur Radio Club
Austin QRP Club
Bedford Amateur Radio Club
Big Bend Amateur Radio Club
Big Country Amateur Radio Net
Border Amateur Radio Society
Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club
Bryan Amateur Radio Club
Central Oklahoma Radio Amateurs
Central Texas DX and Contest Club
Choctaw Amateur Radio Club
Colorado ARES District 6
Dallas Amateur Radio Club
Dallas County REACT
Dekalb County Amateur Radio Club
Delta DX Association
Denton County Amateur Radio Association
Denver Radio Club
DERA Disaster Service
DFW Contest Group
Eastern New Mexico Amateur Radio Club
Edmond Amateur Radio Society
Ellis County Amateur Radio Club
Fannin County Amateur Radio Club
Fort Smith Area Amateur Radio Club
Garland Amateur Radio Club
Grayson County Amateur Radio Club
Ham Association of Mesquite
Heart O’ Texas Amateur Radio Club
Highland Lakes Amateur Radio Club
Hill Country Amateur Radio Club
Hopkins County Amateur Radio Club (HCARC)
Houston County Amateur Radio Club
Incoming QSL Buro for the 5th call area
Irving Amateur Radio Club
Jefferson Amateur Radio Club
Kaufman County ARES, Inc.
KP1/5 Project - Dedicated to DX Island Reclamation
Lake Area Amateur Radio Club
Lamar County ARES
Lawton Independent Repeater Alliance
Lockheed Martin Amateur Radio Club (Fort Worth, TX)
Lone Star Amateur Radio Association
Lone Star DX Association
Lone Star Storm Spotters Network
Longview East Texas Amateur Radio Club
Marshall Amateur Radio Club
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McKinney Amateur Radio Club
Mesquite Amateur Radio Club
Metrocrest Amateur Radio Society
Midland Amateur Radio Club
Minden (Louisiana) Amateur Radio Association
North Richland Hills Amateur Radio Club
North Texas Contest Club (NTCC)
North Texas Microwave Society
North Texas QRP Club (NTCC)
Northeast Tarrant County Amateur Radio Club
Northeast Texas Radio Operations and Command
Northwest Amateur Radio Society of Houston, TX
Oklahoma City Autopatch Association
Oklahoma DX Association
Palestine/Anderson County Amateur Radio Club
Paris Texas Radio Group
Park County Radio Club
Plano Amateur Radio Klub (PARK)
QRP Amateur Radio Club International
Red River Valley ARC
Reelfoot Amateur Radio Club
Richardson Wireless Klub (RWK)
Roadrunners Microwave Group
Rockwall Amateur Radio Club (RARC)
Rogers County Wireless Association
Sabine Valley Amateur Radio Club
Sam Houston Amateur Radio Club
San Angelo Amateur Radio Club
San Antonio Radio Club
Short Mountain Repeater Club
South Canadian Amateur Radio Society (SCARS)
Southwest Dallas County Amateur Radio Club
Sun City Amateur Radio Club
Tech Connect Radio Club
Teer Radio Association
Temple, TX Amateur Radio Club
Tennessee QSO Party
Ten-Ten International Net, Inc.
Texas DX Society (TDXS)
Texas Radio Lighthouse Society (TRLHS)
Texas Repeater System Club
Texas VHF-FM Society
Travis County ARES
Tri-County Amateur Radio Club of North Texas WC5C
Trinity Valley ARC
Tulsa Amateur Radio Club
Upper Lake Livingston Wireless Association
Valencia County Amateur Radio Association
West Fork Amateur Radio Club
West Texas Repeater Association
Wichita Falls Amateur Radio Society
Williamson County Amateur Radio Club
Wilson Amateur Radio Club
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2013 DFW Contest Forum
The DFW Contest Group announces the 2013 DFW Contest
Forum to be held on Friday, June 7 in conjunction with
Ham-Com at the Plano Center in Plano, Texas.
The DFW Contest Forum kicks off with a light luncheon and special guest speaker Doug Grant,
K1DG, followed by four hours of presentations on contesting. Presentations during the Contest
Forum will cover topics from the beginner to advanced contest topics;
11:30-12:45: Doug Grant: WRTC2014 - The Olympics of RadioSport Return to the USA
1:00-2:00: Why Contesting / Introduction to Contesting
2:00-3:00: Contest Operating Best Practices
3:00-4:00: Station Building
4:00-5:00: Antennas for Contesting
The cost for the Luncheon is $20 and includes admission to the first hour presentation with special guest Doug Grant, K1DG as well as a Deli Sandwich with condiments, potato salad, deli
chips, cookie, soft drink and mint. Admission price also gives you a chance to win one of our
several door prizes. Seating is limited to 200. Tickets must be purchased in advance using the
information below. There is no charge for the remaining 4 hours of presentations and all are
welcome to attend.
Please visit the DFW Contest Group website to purchase tickets online at:
http://www.dfwcontest.com/dfw-contest-forum.html
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MAIN HALLWAY LAYOUT
Main Hallway Layout
Scentsy
Plano Centre
Main Entry
Rest Room
Entrance
Entry Barrier*
National
WX Service
Ham-Com
Registration
National
WX Service
Ham-Com
Registration
AMSAT
Ham-Com
Registration
Windhaven
Entry
Ham-Com
Registration
Windhaven
Entry
Ham-Com
Registration
ARRL KIT
BOOTH
Exhibit
Hall Entry
Door
Exhibit
Hall Entry
Door
Caps
Unlimited
ARRL
Caps
Unlimited
Exhibit
Hall Entry
Suspender
Man
Exhibit
Hall Entry
Suspender
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BACA
Door
Snack Bar
ARRL
Door
YLRL
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Clubs
PARK
MARC
LSDXA
LSDXA
MARC
Door
10-10
Intl
Door
TriService
MARS
DARC
GARC
QCWA
Meeting Rooms
Entry barrier in effect from
6:00 a.m.—8:00 a.m. both days.
No entry except for exhibitors,
flea market vendors or staff.
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NORTH HALLWAY
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Dallas Amateur
Radio Club
Gainesville
Hamfest
Garland Amateur
Radio Club
K5TIT
DStar
Texas
QSO Party
K5TIT
DStar
Dallas County
REACT
Rockwall
Amateur Radio
Club
Ham Association
of Mesquite
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Men’s
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Source
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MEETING ROOMS
Ham-Com and the Amateur Radio community
salute the
National Weather Service
Fort Worth Office
for their outstanding
contribution to this event
and to public safety
throughout the region.
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TAILGATE MARKET
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Friday, June 7
McKinney Amateur Radio Club (MARC)
The tailgate market location has been moved closer to the
Plano Centre building. Please view the parking layout map
shown below for complete information. Tailgaters with campers
or camping trailers can park overnight at the Plano Centre. You
may not arrive before 5:00 p.m. on Thursday, June 7 and must
depart by 9:00 a.m. on Sunday, June 10.
Saturday, June 8
Plano Amateur Radio Klub (PARK)
Space is allocated on a “first-come, first-served” basis” so there
are no advance sales or reservations.
The McKinney club will host the tailgate market on Friday, June
8. The Plano club will host the tailgate market on Saturday,
June 9. All proceeds go directly to the clubs.
The fee for tailgate will be $8.00 per space per day. The tailgate market opens for business at 7:00 a.m. each event day.
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BOY SCOUT “ONE-DAY” RADIO MERIT BADGE SESSION
Ham-Com will be hosting the
Boy Scout Radio Merit Badge
Location: Windhaven Room
The cost is FREE to all Scouts in uniform. Scout
leaders in uniform will be able to get in FREE. Lunch
will be provided for all Scouts under 18 years of age.
BOY SCOUT ONE-DAY RADIO MERIT BADGE PROGRAM
YES, once again on June 8, 2013, Ham-Com the biggest
Amateur Radio gathering in Texas will be hosting the Boy Scout
Radio Merit Badge at the Plano Center in Plano, Texas. This
innovative Boy Scout one-day Radio Merit Badge this year will
be like NO other Merit Badge. The class is limited to the first
200 Boy Scouts enrolled. This Radio Merit Badge will be done
in a fun and constructive way. All the instructors are Amateur
Radio operators and Boy Scout leaders. This is the same Radio
Merit Badge that has been offered at the Circle Ten Council,
Winter Camp with a twist. It has also been used in 2007,
2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 and at 6 other Hamfest
outside of Texas and 2 in 2009 in Texas.
The Scouts will be able to see and use Amateur Radio
equipment and we will be doing a Radio Fox hunt. What !!!
You do not know what an Amateur Radio Fox hunt is all about.
You will have to come to Ham-Com to find out.
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All Boy Scouts in uniform who have completed the oneday Radio Merit Badge will have the chance to take the
FCC Technician Exam at NO COST (under 18 years of age
ONLY). Scouts taking advantage of this offer must bring three
(3) different printed copies of the completed test result with
different test numbers from www.qrz.com showing a passing
score of 80 or higher. The Tests must be 3 different test with
different time and dates. Specific forms of identification with
Photos ( one has to have a Photo) are required [Two (2) copies]
to take the test. Please check the VE TESTING section on this
website for more details. The Merit Badge VE Session Master
is a final arbiter regarding qualification for free tests. If you
have any questions about the one-day Radio Merit Badge
session, send an e-mail to Richard M. Phillips, Sr.; (KB5YBQ) at
[email protected] or call 972.423.1632
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DX DINNER
2013 W5DXCC LSDX DINNER TICKETS
NOW ON SALE!
Come sit, relax, eat, ragchew, and listen to a great presentation. Every year the Lone Star DX Association dinner is one of the best
events of Ham-Com. This year’s dinner looks to be extra special. Tickets are limited so be sure to purchase yours early! You can
also inquire about DX Dinner tickets at the LSDX table in the main hall on the days of the event, if tickets are available.
MENU
A garden salad, BBQ brisket and chicken, potato salad, ranch style beans, corn cobbettes, bread and butter, and for desert a
peach cobbler.
DETAILS
June 7th, 2013, happy hour starts at 5PM. Dinner time is 6:00 PM. The cost for the DX dinner is $40 per person. Checks can be
mailed to N0RB at the qrz.com address.
DOOR PRIZE!!
We will also be giving away a Yaesu FT-2000.
PRESENTATION TOPIC / PRESENTER BIO
The speaker will be Gene SPINELLI, K5GS, who was part of the 2012 ZL9HR DXpedition to Campbell Island.
Gene was first licensed in 1976 as WB5WFD, and has held K5GS since 1996. He’s an avid DXer and an occasional contester.
Gene’s radio interest has always been DXing with occasional diversions into restoring vintage radios and the digital modes. He’s
been a member of NCDXC since 1978. A retired I/T executive, he spent 40 years at IBM and most recently 5 years consulting
with a Japanese technology firm. Gene and wife Pam live in Colorado and look forward continuing their travels in retirement.
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Wire Antenna
11am
1pm
DFW Contest Group
Introduction to
Contesting
12 pm
DFW Contest Group
Luncheon
Texoma Hamarama
Association
12pm
Traffic Handling
ARRL North Texas
Section Appointees
Forum
End Fed Long
Wire Antenna
NTX ARES
General Meeting
Hillhaven
Plano Centre
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Shady Grove
Traffic Handling
Dirt Simple DSTAR
Red Cross
Tech & Comm
In Disaster Relief
LSDX
Quarterly Meeting
Summits
On The Air
Ham Radio Deluxe
v6.1 & Forward
Understanding Off-Center
Fed Antennas
Sunny Slope 1 & 2
Plano Centre
ARRL West Gulf
Division Member
Forum
Introduction To
QRP
Incident Command
Structure
ARRL West Gulf
Division Member
Forum
Solar Electricity For
Amateur Radio
And Other Needs
Incident Command
Structure
Flex Radio - Advances
in SDR
Operating A
Station on 630 Meters
Summits
On The Air
Transmission Lines in
Matched and Unmatched
Conditions
LSDX
Clipperton Island
TX5K
1pm
Tri-Service MARS Annual
Meeting
LSDX
Campbell Island
ZL9HR
Boy Scout Radio Merit Badge
11am
LSDX
Norfolk Island 2013
VK9NT
10am
Ham Radio Deluxe
v6.1 & Forward
Introduction To Amateur
Radio Satellites
2pm
Basics of HF
Propagation
10GHz Transverter
From Surplus Parts
Microwave DXing
in West & Digital
Modes EME
VE Testing
Summits
On The Air
Introduction To
QRP
Fairview 1 & 2
Plano Centre
The G5RV Antenna
System - An Analysis
LSDX
DX Safari To
Lesotho, Africa
9am
2pm
DFW Contest Group
Contest Operation
Best Practices
Introduction To Amateur
Radio Satellites
VE Testing
Basics of HF
Propagation
LSDX - 2013
Propagation and Beyond
8am
Excel Based
Virtual Lab
Kanzius Cancer
Research Foundation
Update
Spring Glade 1 & 2
Plano Centre
Northbrook 3
Plano Centre
Northbrook 1 & 2
Plano Centre
Windhaven
Plano Centre
Room / Time
Saturday, June 8, 2013
Hillhaven
Plano Centre
Sunny Slope 1 & 2
Plano Centre
Fairview 1 & 2
Plano Centre
Spring Glade 1 & 2
Plano Centre
Operating A
Station on 630 Meters
ARRL North Texas
Section Appointees
Forum
10am
Northbrook 3
Plano Centre
9am
Solar Electricity For
Amateur Radio
And Other Needs
8am
Northbrook 1 & 2
Plano Centre
Windhaven
Plano Centre
Room / Time
3pm
4pm
4pm
New Digital Sound Card
Modes Beyond PSK31
HSMM-MESH
Workshop
DFW Contest Group
Antennas For
Contesting
HSMM - MESH
Update
Applications and
Accessories for the
HSMM - MESH
-
Dirt Simple DSTAR
DSTAR
101/102
Basics of HF
Propagation
National Weather Service - Skywarn
3pm
Understanding Off-Center
Fed Antennas
Incident Command
Structure
Transmission Lines in
Matched and Unmatched
Conditions
DFW Contest Group
Station Building
5pm
Ham Radio Deluxe
v6.1 & Forward
HSMM-MESH
Workshop
5pm
Prize Drawing
Friday, June 7, 2013
BLOCK SCHEDULE
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DX Dinner Banquet
6:30pm - 8:30pm in Windhaven
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Ham-Com 2013 Presentation and Programs Director
Dallas Astler, N5DLA, began his love for electronics when he was
10 years old. He completed his High School education majoring
in Vocational Electronics. After taking a detour in the business world
into corporate management and later law enforcement, he returned
to his first love, technology. He presently works as Director of Project
Management for Telecommunication Properties, Inc. in the wireless
industry. He decided to join the ranks of Amateur Radio in 2011, and is
finding his new hobby fascinating.
PLEASE CHECK BACK OFTEN AS PRESENTATION TIMES AND DATES MAY CHANGE
Friday, June 7, 2013
Kanzius Cancer Research Foundation Update.
(Fairview 1 & 2)
10:00 am
ARRL North Texas Section Appointees Forum.
Chris Brewer, N5GMJ
(Sunny Slope 1 & 2)
All appointees who hold an appointment from the Section
Manager are urged to attend. This forum is used to discuss
section business while we are all gathered together at
Ham-Com 2013.
Excel Based Virtual Lab To Demonstrate Mixers, Modulators
and More.
Richard Gillette, W9PE
(Sunny Slope 1 & 2)
Demonstration of a free Excel program with virtual: signal
generators, mixer/product detector or phase modulator, 3
channel oscilloscope and a spectrum analyzer to
demonstrate many radio circuit functions in both the time
and frequency domain. Great for instructors or anyone wanting to explain many radio circuit functions without any test
equipment to lug and set up.
Texoma Hamarama Association.
Henry L Allen, W5TYD
(Hillhaven)
Board of Directors meeting for planning the 2013 Texoma
Hamarama Hamfest for Oct 25-26, 2013
11:00 am
VE Testing (Hour 1 of 7)
Hosted by Lockheed ARC and the Kilocycle Club of Fort Worth
(Spring Glade 1 & 2)
End Fed Long Wire Antenna.
Larry Brown, WB5CXC/W5W
(Sunny Slope 1 & 2)
Building and operating an End Fed Long wire antenna. These
antennas are very good for portable operations and requires
on one support. It is also a good antenna for restricted areas
where antenna are discouraged.
Texoma Hamarama Association.
Henry L Allen, W5TYD
(Hillhaven)
Board of Directors meeting for planning the 2013 Texoma
Hamarama Hamfest for Oct 25-26, 2013
11:30 am
DFW Contest Group Luncheon.
Doug Grant, Guest Speaker
(Windhaven)
12:00 pm
VE Testing (Hour 2 of 7)
Hosted by Lockheed ARC and the Kilocycle Club of Fort Worth
(Spring Glade 1 & 2)
Ham-Com 2013
1:00 pm
VE Testing (Hour 3 of 7)
Hosted by Lockheed ARC and the Kilocycle Club of Fort Worth
(Spring Glade 1 & 2)
DFW Contest Group - Why Contesting & An Introduction To
Contensting
Eric Silverthorn, NM5M
How to discern the structure of a contest and the skills
necessasry for enjoyable and successful partication.
(Windhaven)
Solar Electricity For Amateur Radio And Other Needs.
Dan Lepinski
(Northbrooke 1 & 2)
Plain English discussion about how solar electricity works,
its application to ham radio and emergency needs (among
others), and the steps required to construct a solar electric
power system for home and portable use.
Practical Considerations For Implementing And Operating A
Station On 630 Meters.
John Landridge, NB5NJD
(Northbrook 3)
An independent Part 5 experimental station’s impressions
of the 630-meter band after one season of operating and
practical considerations and expectations for the would-be
medium wave operator. Content is also applicable to the
2200-meter band.
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An Introduction To Amateur Radio Satellites
Douglas Quagliana, KA2UPW
(Fairview 1 & 2)
Interested in Amateur Radio satellites? Get all the basics on
using Amateur Radio satellites and find out how you can get
started. This presentation also includes collecting and
analyzing satellite telemetry, satellite tracking, and several
simple satellite antennas you can easily build.
Microwave DXing in West Texas And Using Digital Modes On
EME At Microwave Frequencies.
Al Ward, W5LUA
(Sunny Slope 1 & 2)
Microwave DXing in West Texas by W5LUA, WA5YWC &
W5RLG will talk about our recent 10 GHz contacts from
DM70 from Ft.Davis. The second talk will be by me and will
discuss my recent contacts on 24 GHz EME using the JT-4F
digital mode.
2:00 pm
VE Testing (Hour 4 of 7)
Hosted by Lockheed ARC and the Kilocycle Club of Fort Worth
(Spring Glade 1 & 2)
DFW Contest Group - Contest Operation Best Practices.
Jim Spaulding and Tom Horton, W0UO/K5IID
(Windhaven)
How to discern the structure of a contest and the skills
necessasry for enjoyable and successful partication.
Introduction To QRP.
Mike Malone, KD5KXF
(Fairview 1 & 2)
A basic of overview of QRP HF operating and gear.
Summits On The Air.
Curtis Hayes, KC5CW
(Northbrook 3)
Equipment, websites, apps, travel, weather, safety, logging,
modes, chasing, activating, spotting, alerting and how much
fun and addictive it is to activate summits and/or chase
activators for points, awards, and a grand old time.
I10Ghz Transverter From Surplus Parts.
Bob Gormley, WA5YWC
(Sunny Slope 1 & 2)
Last years presentation showed a hands-on demo of a basic
10 GHz microwave transverter. This years presentation
shows the culmination of designing and building a 10 GHz
transverter from surplus parts.
Basics Of HF Propagation.
Tom Schuessle, N5HYP
(Hillhaven)
An overview of the methods, modes and magic of
ionospheric propagation of radio waves on the MF and HF
bands. A good introductory springboard for further inquiry.
3:00 pm
VE Testing (Hour 5 of 7)
Hosted by Lockheed ARC and the Kilocycle Club of Fort Worth
(Spring Glade 1 & 2)
DFW Contest Group - Station Building.
Randy Farmer, W8FN
(Windhaven)
Hardware & Station Building. Radio Equipment
Requirements. Computers & Interfacing. Station Automation.
Multi-Radio & Ergonomics. RFIConsiderations. Etc.
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Transmission Lines In Matched And Unmatched Conditions.
Bob Alexander, W5AH
(Northbrook 3)
An overview of that happens on a transmission line in
matched and unmatched conditions, a look at SWR,
transmatches and baluns.
Incident Command Structure And Amateur Radio.
Kelly Roark, KC5AMT
(Fairview 1 & 2)
Will provide a brief overview of the Incident Command
System and provide some examples of where amateur radio
operators may be asked to serve. Will also give examples of
how incident command can be used in amateur radio events.
Understanding Off-Center Feed Antennas.
Dick Sander, K5QY
(Sunny Slope 1 & 2)
PowerPoint slide presentation. About 20 slides and technical
explaination to enhance the slides.
4:00 pm
VE Testing (Hour 6 of 7)
Hosted by Lockheed ARC and the Kilocycle Club of Fort Worth
(Spring Glade 1 & 2)
DFW Contest Group - Antennas For Contesting.
Dick Weber, K5IU
(Windhaven)
This presentation compares a range of antennas suitable
for restricted lots and provides information about their
performance so fact based selections can be made between
candidate antenna options.
HSMM-Mesh Workshop
Rusty Haddock, AE5AE
(Fairview 1 & 2)
A workshop with some of the HSMM-MESH team present to
help answer your hardware and software questions and to
show off what you’ve been doing with the routers and a mesh
network. Bring your laptops and routers if you like!
New And Underutilized Digital Soundcard Modes
ALE400 and FreeDV
Rusty Haddock, AE5AE
(Sunny Slope 1 & 2)
Go beyond PSK31! In this forum we will discuss some new or
old underutilized modes that bare taking a look into. Other
recent advancements in digital soundcard modes will also be
discussed.
5:00 pm
VE Testing (Hour 7of 7)
Hosted by Lockheed ARC and the Kilocycle Club of Fort Worth
(Spring Glade 1 & 2)
HSMM-Mesh Workshop
Rusty Haddock, AE5AE
(Fairview 1 & 2)
A workshop with some of the HSMM-MESH team present to
help answer your hardware and software questions and to
show off what you’ve been doing with the routers and a mesh
network. Bring your laptops and routers if you like!
Ham Radio Deluxe v6.1 And Forward.
Rick Ruhl, W4PC
(Sunny Slope 1 & 2)
Ham Radio Deluxe 6 is here and we’re not stopping. This is
just the beginning for the new Ham Radio Deluxe.
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PROGRAMS
6:30 pm
DX Banquet from 6:30pm to 8:30pm
(Windhaven)
Building and operating an End Fed Long wire antenna. These
antennas are very good for portable operations and requires
on one support. It is also a good antenna for restricted areas
where antenna are discouraged.
Saturday, June 8, 2013
NTX AREAS General Meeting
John Galvin, N5TIM
(Shady Grove)
NTX ARES updates and open discussion on ARES activities.
Lone Star DX Associatio - 2013 Propagation and Beyond
Carl Luetzelschwab, K9LA
(Northbrook 1 & 2)
A look into this past year, what is going on now and what we
can look forward to in 2014
10:00 am
Boy Scouts Merit Badge
(Windhaven)
8:00 am
Boy Scouts Merit Badge
(Windhaven)
Basics Of HF Propagation.
Tom Schuessle, N5HYP
(Fairview 1 & 2)
An overview of the methods, modes and magic of
ionospheric propagation of radio waves on the MF and HF
bands. A good introductory springboard for further inquiry.
9:00 am
Boy Scouts Merit Badge
(Windhaven)
VE Testing (Hour 1 of 7)
Hosted by Lockheed ARC and the Kilocycle Club of Fort Worth
(Spring Glade 1 & 2)
Lone Star DX Program - Dx Safari to Lesotho, Africa
Charles “Frosty” Frost, K5LBU
(Northbrook 1 & 2)
Frosty will speak about his latest trip to southern Africa as
7P8D in Roma-Maseru, Lesotho. Frosty will fill us all in on
any new plans for 2013/2014.
The G5RV Antenna System - An Analysis
Mike Malone, KD5KXF
(Northbrook 3)
The G5RV is one of the most popular antenna systems in use
by hams around the world. This presentation will set record
straight about what Louis, G5RV, intended by showing the
history, the theory, modeled/emperical performance data
and the recent improvements to extend its’ band capabilities by antenna designers. The G5RV is truly an all around,
reasonably performing HF antenna, with just a few points of
contention.
Incident Command Structure And Amateur Radio.
Kelly Roark, KC5AMT
(Fairview 1 & 2)
Will provide a brief overview of the Incident Command
System and provide some examples of where amateur radio
operators may be asked to serve. Will also give examples of
how incident command can be used in amateur radio events.
Understanding Off-Center Feed Antennas.
Dick Sander, K5QY
(Sunny Slope 1 & 2)
PowerPoint slide presentation. About 20 slides and technical
explaination to enhance the slides.
End Fed Long Wire Antenna.
Larry Brown, WB5CXC/W5W
(Hillhaven)
Ham-Com 2013
VE Testing (Hour 2 of 7)
Hosted by Lockheed ARC and the Kilocycle Club of Fort Worth
(Spring Glade 1 & 2)
Lone Star DX Program - Norfolk Island 2013 - VK9NT
San Hutson, K5YY
(Northbrook 1 & 2)
San will talk about his latest trip to Norfolk Island with
pictures showing what has been going on on the island in the
past 5 years.
Transmission Lines In Matched And Unmatched Conditions.
Bob Alexander, W5AH
(Northbrook 3)
An overview of that happens on a transmission line in
matched and unmatched conditions, a look at SWR,
transmatches and baluns.
Introduction To QRP.
Mike Malone, KD5KXF
(Fairview 1 & 2)
A basic of overview of QRP HF Operating and Gear.
Ham Radio Deluxe v6.1 and Forward.
Rick Ruhl, W4PC
(Sunny Slope 1 & 2)
Ham Radio Deluxe 6 is here and we’re not stopping. This is
just the beginning for the new Ham Radio Deluxe.
Traffic Handling.
Jo Ann Keith, KA5AZK
(Hillhaven)
The presentation will cover the ARRL Message form including
the basic parts, how to write a message and how to send it.
Also covered will be basic NET procedures including
checking into a NET and netNEToperations during an emergency. CW NETs operations will also be included.
ARRL North Texas Section Appointees Forum
Chris Brewer, N5GMJ
(Shaddy Grove)
All appointees who hold an appointment from the Section
Manager are urged to attend. This forum is used to discuss
section business while we are all gathered together at
Ham-Com 2013.
11:00 am
Boy Scouts Merit Badge
(Windhaven)
VE Testing (Hour 3 of 7)
Hosted by Lockheed ARC and the Kilocycle Club of Fort Worth
(Spring Glade 1 & 2)
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Lone Star DX Program - Campbell Island - ZL9HR
Gene Spinelli, K5GS
(Northbrook 1 & 2)
Gene first visited Campbell Island in September, 1965 while
serving aboard a US Navy weather ship supporting
“Operation Deep Freeze”. He made a total of 16 trips to the
island during the years 1965 – 1967. Gene will talk about
his resent visit to Campbell as part of the ZL9HR team
in 2012.
Summits On The Air.
Curtis Hayes, KC5CW
(Northbrook 3)
Equipment, websites, apps, travel, weather, safety, logging,
modes, chasing, activating, spotting, alerting and how much
fun and addictive it is to activate summits and/or chase
activators for points, awards, and a grand old time.
Tri-Service MARS Members Meeting.
Mike Malone, KD5KXF
(Fairview 1 & 2)
Informational meeting on all aspects of MARS and the TEXAS
MILITARY FORCES/ TEXAS STATE GUARD
COMMUNICATION.
ARRL West Gulf Division Member Forum.
Rick Roderick, K5UR
(Sunny Slope 1 & 2)
Forum to update members on ARRL happenings from the
ARRL VP perspective. Venue to ask questions of the Division
and ARRL leadership.
Traffic Handling.
Jo Ann Keith, KA5AZK
(Hillhaven)
The presentation will cover the ARRL Message form including
the basic parts, how to write a message and how to send it.
Also covered will be basic Net procedures including
checking into a net and net operations during an emergency.
CW Nets operations will also be included.
12:00 pm
Boy Scouts Merit Badge
(Windhaven)
VE Testing (Hour 4 of 7)
Hosted by Lockheed ARC and the Kilocycle Club of Fort Worth
(Spring Glade 1 & 2)
Lone Star DX Program - Clipperton Island - TX5K
Ed Cox, KE3D
(Northbrook 1 & 2)
The expedition was a multi-disciplinary project involving
amateur radio and environmental science. The team
consisted of 24 radio amateurs and 5 scientists/ journalists.
Flex Radio - Advances in Software Defined Radio.
(Northbrook 3)
ARRL West Gulf Division Member Forum.
Rick Roderick, K5UR
(Sunny Slope 1 & 2)
Forum to update members on ARRL happenings from the
ARRL VP perspective. Venue to ask questions of the Division
and ARRL leadership.
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Practical Considerations For Implementing And Operating A
Station On 630 Meters.
John Landridge, NB5NJD
(Northbrook 3)
An independent Part 5 experimental station’s impressions
of the 630-meter band after one season of operating and
practical considerations and expectations for the would-be
medium wave operator. Content is also applicable to the
2200-meter band.
Dirt Simple DSTAR
Don Smith, KK5DON
(Hillhaven)
I’ll give you the DSTAR ‘Big Picture’ to get your new DSTAR
radio on-the-air quickly. I’m a new user of DSTAR and I’ve
gathered the disparate information you’ll need to quickly
understand how to program your DSTAR radio and discover
the exciting possibilities of DSTAR.
1:00 pm
Boy Scouts Merit Badge
(Windhaven)
VE Testing (Hour 5 of 7)
Hosted by Lockheed ARC and the Kilocycle Club of Fort Worth
(Spring Glade 1 & 2)
Solar Electricity For Amateur Radio And Other Needs.
Dan Lepinski
(Northbrook 3)
Plain English discussion about how solar electricity works,
its application to ham radio and emergency needs (among
others), and the steps required to construct a solar electric
power system for home and portable use.
Incident Command Structure And Amateur Radio.
Kelly Roark, KC5AMT
(Fairview 1 & 2)
Will provide a brief overview of the Incident Command
System and provide some examples of where amateur radio
operators may be asked to serve. Will also give examples of
how incident command can be used in amateur radio events.
Summits On The Air.
Curtis Hayes, KC5CW
(Sunny Slope 1 & 2)
Equipment, websites, apps, travel, weather, safety, logging,
modes, chasing, activating, spotting, alerting and how much
fun and addictive it is to activate summits and/or chase activators for points, awards, and a grand old time.
LSDX Quarterly Meeting.
(Hillhaven)
Red Cross - Technology & Communications in Disaster
Relief Operations
(Shady Grove)
2:00 pm
Boy Scouts Merit Badge
(Windhaven)
VE Testing (Hour 6 of 7)
Hosted by Lockheed ARC and the Kilocycle Club of Fort Worth
(Spring Glade 1 & 2)
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An Introduction To Amateur Radio Satellites
Douglas Quagliana, KA2UPW
(Fairview 1 & 2)
Interested in Amateur Radio satellites? Get all the basics on
using Amateur Radio satellites and find out how you can get
started. This presentation also includes collecting and
analyzing satellite telemetry, satellite tracking, and several
simple satellite antennas you can easily build.
cover the changes, updates and new uses of the wireless
mesh networking system designed for ham radio use.
5:00 pm
Ham-Com 2013 Prize Drawings
Ham Radio Deluxe v6.1 And Forward.
Rick Ruhl, W4PC
(Sunny Slope 1 & 2)
Ham Radio Deluxe 6 is here and we’re not stopping. This is
just the beginning for the new Ham Radio Deluxe.
3:00 pm
Boy Scouts Merit Badge
(Windhaven)
VE Testing (Hour 7 of 7)
Hosted by Lockheed ARC and the Kilocycle Club of Fort Worth
(Spring Glade 1 & 2)
National Weather Service - Sky Warn
Various Speakers
(Northbrook 1 & 2 and Northbrook 3)
Basics Of HF Propagation.
Tom Schuessle, N5HYP
(Fairview 1 & 2)
An overview of the methods, modes and magic of
ionospheric propagation of radio waves on the MF and HF
bands. A good introductory springboard for further inquiry.
DSTAR 101/102
Lisa McClellan, N5LRM
(Sunny Slope 1 & 2)
Come learn about the basics and some advanced options
relating to DSTAR.
Applications And Accessories For The Mesh
Rusty Haddock, AE5AE
(Hillhaven)
OK, you’ve found out what a mesh network is and your group
has built one. Now what? It’s all about communications. Here
are some ideas to utilize on your Mesh network.
4:00 pm
Boy Scouts Merit Badge
(Windhaven)
National Weather Service - Sky Warn
Various Speakers
(Northbrook 1 & 2 and Northbrook 3)
Dirt Simple DSTAR
Don Smith, KK5DON
(Sunny Slope 1 & 2)
I’ll give you the DSTAR ‘Big Picture’ to get your new DSTAR
radio on-the-air quickly. I’m a new user of DSTAR and I’ve
gathered the disparate information you’ll need to quickly
understand how to program your DSTAR radio and discover
the exciting possibilities of DSTAR.
HSMM Mesh Update News
Glen Currie, KD5MFW
(Hillhaven)
HSMM-MESH(TM) / Broadband-Hamnet(TM) Update will
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Bob Alexander, W5AH
Bob has been a ham for 44 years. He was originally licensed
in 1963 as WA5FZG and has held an extra class ticket
since 1975. Bob is addicted to CW. His 30 year electronics
career includes experience in high power RF design, signal
processing, wireless, EMI and EMC testing and 17 years
experience in design, manufacture and test of antenna
systems for everything from aircraft or shipboard use to space
communications.
Chris Brewer, N5GMJ
Chris Brewer has been an amateur radio operator for 30
years. He has been a NET control for Tarrant County RACES
since March 2011. He also held the position of President of
the Tri-County Amateur Radio Club from Aug -2004 through
Aug -2007. He is on the Board of Directors for the Kilocycle
Club of Fort Worth and is an active member of the Texas
Interconnect Team. Chris has operated in just about every
mode that is available to us. But his specific interests are digital
modes: Most specifically APRS and D-Star on VHF/UHF and
PSK and RTTY on HF. However he also likes to jump into a
good rag chew QSO on HF at times as well though. Chris was
asked to be the Official Observer Coordinator back in January
2013 and shortly after was asked if he was interested in serving
as the Section Manager for North Texas. He has been the
Section Manager since April 30, 2013.
Ed Cox, K3ED
Licensed originally as KN3SWJ in 1962, In 1979, I upgraded
from general thru advanced to extra class. DX was and still
is one of my passions in the hobby. I have operated from
numerous DX locations. I have held callsigns, K4HPQ,
W0RAO,K3SWJ and now KE3D. I have been licensed in the
UK (G5EQC) and had CEPT permits to operate in Germany,
Netherlands, and Belgium. I have operated from Vietnam,
Cambodia, and Thailand. I have operated from many
Carribean locations such as VP2MSG, ZF2HE, Haiti, BVI,
USVI, Jamaica etc. I really enjoy geography and having real
QSOs with DX stations (not just Hello 599 goodbye). I do have
5 band DXCC and over 322 confirmed countries worked. I
am an electronic engineer with a master’s degree and am a
licensed Professional Engineer in Florida. I got a first class FCC
phone License in 1963 and a second class radio telegraph
license. I currently work in the Semiconductor Industry
designing ICs for telephony.
Glen Currie, KD5MFW
Glenn is one of the developers of HSMM-MESH(TM) /
Broadband-Hamnet(TM). Along with other developers in the
Austin, Texas and expanding areas, continue to develop and
expand the popular high speed broadband microwave system
for amateur radio. The wireless networking system can be
used stand alone or linked with the Internet and has an almost
unlimited number of uses.
Bill Drake, KJ5ZV
Texas Military Forces, Texas Army Mars Zone 2 Coordinator.
Stephen Denison, W5SMD
I have been a ham since 2010, and have been active in SOTA
for a little over 2 years. I am currently ranked 3rd in Texas for
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Randy Farmer, W8FN
Randy was first licensed as WN4TTE in 1964. Under
the tutelage of local W4OYI he quickly upgraded to the
Conditional class license and began handling CW traffic on
the various ARRL NTS nets. Along with traffic handling came
participation in the old ARRL CD Party operating events that
began his conversion into a dedicated CW contester. An
upgrade to Amateur Extra and moves in the late ‘60s and
early ‘70s brought callsign changes to first WA9VZM and
then WB8MKZ (yuk!). W8FN was acquired in the first wave of
callsign choice for Extras. As his interest in contesting grew,
Randy began to pursue contest station engineering in earnest,
always trying to maximize the potential of available hardware.
He was involved with the KS8S multioperator station in the
early ‘80s and eventually built his own competitive two tower
station in the Dayton, Ohio area that produced good results
in both domestic and DX contests through the late ‘80s and
into the mid ‘90s. Relocation to the DFW area in 1997 put
an end to multiple towers and presented the new challenge of
staying competitive within the confines of a small city lot. He
now concentrates his contesting efforts on domestic contests,
especially ARRL November Sweepstakes, and has managed
good finishes in the Low Power category for the last several
years. He currently resides with his wife and a blended family of
stepcats in Arlington, Texas.
Charles “Frosty” Frost, K5LBU
As a avid contester and DXer, Frosty has lead many DX Safaris
to Southern Africa.
John Galvin, N5TIM
N5TIM is the NTX Section Emergency Coordinator.
Richard F. Gillette, W9PE
A Ham since 1952, W9PE. BSEE Illinois Institute of Technology
MBA Loyola Chicago A licensed Professional Engineer (PE)
Over 40 years of engineering in medical, commercial and
Military/Aerospace (Electronic Countermeasures.) An Old
Crow, an IEEE Life Senior Member and a ARRL member.
Bob Gormley, WA5YWC
Bob is vice president of NTMS and is interested in all aspects of
building microwave equipment from surplus parts. He is
currently active on the vhf and microwave bands.
Rusty Haddock, AE5AE
Rusty Haddock, AE5AE (McKinney Amateur Radio Club)
Having worked for a wireless mesh networking startup Rusty
became interested and active with the HSMM-MESH development in Austin since the first HAM-COM presentation in 2009.
He has presented on the topic of HSMM-MESH at several
webinars, hamfests, and local clubs. Despite the odd looks he
gets from passersby, Rusty doesn’t mind tinkering with his WiFi
equipment in public because he’s just “geeking out”, generally
harmless, and having fun. New mesh toys this past year include
more WRT54G’s, a Raspberry Pi, and a BeagleBone Black.
Curtis Hays, KC5CW
Sr. Network Engineer at Yahoo! and Amateur Extra licensee.
Fairly new to SOTA but very involved with activating and
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investigating summits near DFW. I got my ticket while in the
USAF in Colorado Springs as KB0ODL in 1994.
Rick Hiller, W5RH
Rich has been an Ham, on and off, since 1969. He spends
most of my time in the technical aspects of the hobby dealing
with HF and antenna systems. He enjoy givng presentations on
all aspects of the HF antenna system and likes helping other
hams with their antenna problems. CW is his favorite mode.
Tom Horton, K5IID
Tom received his first license KN5IID on November 12, 1956
at age 14. He upgraded to a general license in early summer
1957 and soon contests, DXing and certificate chasing became
his prime interests and remain the same today. Tom has long
believed that contest operators are very well trained individuals
that can jump into emergency situations and provide excellent
communications skills. Tom has had the privilege of operating
from BY1QH in China in the CQWW both in Phone and CW
in 1986. Tom is on the DXCC Honor Roll and possesses 5
Band DXCC, WAZ, Worked All Counties #661 as well as many
other awards. Tom and his family now reside in Hillsboro, TX
on an average city lot, all he has ever had access to with his
average station and antenna’s. To this day and throughout all
his moves and travels, Tom has kept the K5IID callsign since it
is easy and farily recognizable on CW.
San Hutson, K5YY
Retired MD-CQ DX HALL OF FAME-1983-DXAC
CHAIRMAN-1982, 17 SOLO AND TEAM DX-PEDITIONS
SINCE 1970 from 39 countries.
Jo Ann Keith, KA5AZK
KA5AZK has been a Ham since 1979 and has been involved
with traffic handling since that time. She has been a part of
the National Traffic System serving as Region Five Transmit.
She has also been a part of the 7290 Traffic Net since 1980
serving as Manager, Assistant Manager and Treasurer during
that time. Presently she is serving as Net Manager and is ARRL
Assistant Director West Gulf Division for the National Traffic
System.
John Landridge, NB5NJD
Over nearly 25 years, John has been active in DXing and
currently has 315 countries confirmed and 9-band DXCC,
mostly on CW. John has had an interest in MF and LF
spectrum since he was an 11-year old reading about the
1750-meter Part 15 band in Radio-Electronics magazine in
the early 1980’s. After spending a few years monitoring the
work of the ARRL’s 600-meter Part 5 Experimental Group, John
decided to independently apply for a Part 5 license in August
of 2011 and see what the band had to offer. Needless to say
he was hooked from the first time he transmited, using the call
sign WG2XIQ. John operates CW and WSPR typically with a
few excursions into other digital modes when the opportunity
presents itself. Professionally John has spent time as a software
engineer as well as a broadcast engineer and currently does
some work as a consultant while he works to complete a
doctorate in chemistry.
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Michael Malone, KD5KXF
President of Ham Association of Mesquite, memberships in
Flying Pigs QRP International, QRP ARCI, G-QRP.
Douglas Quaglian, KA2UPW
Douglas Quagliana, KA2UPW. Douglas holds an Extra Class
Amateur Radio license and has been chasing amateur radio
satellites since 1996. His writings have appeared online and
in amateur publications including CQ/VHF, QRPp, QRP
Quarterly, the AMSAT Journal, AMSAT UK Oscar News, and
the Proceedings of the AMSAT-NA Space Symposiums. His
other amateur radio interests include digital signal processing,
APRS, QRP, and mobile HF. His amateur radio works includes a
9k6 and 38k4 baud DSP soundcard modem and a matching
telemetry program for the amateur radio satellite AO-51
(Echo), APRSSpeak, and a telemetry program (ARISSatTLM)
for the ARISSat-1 satellite. Douglas holds a Bachelors Degree
in Computer Science from St. Bonaventure University and a
Masters Degree in Computer Science from Stevens Institute of
Technology in Hoboken, New Jersey. He has one patent.
Kelly Roark, KC5AMT
Kelly has been an amateur radio operator for almost 20
years. He has a degree in Emergency Management from the
University of North Texas. He currently serves as the VicePresident and Training Officer for the Denton County Amateur
Radio Association.
Rick Ruhl, W4PC
An avid Ham radio enthusiast since the age of 21, Rick holds
an Extra Class amateur radio license and is lead developer for
W4PC Software Radio Operations Center software suite and
Ham Radio Deluxe. Rick studied computer science at Southern
Tech in Atlanta, GA.
Rick Roderick, K5UR
Rick lives north of Little Rock, Arkansas on a 50 acre hilltop
QTH. He has worked 370 countries, including 314 countries
on 160 meters, 351 countries on 80 meters, 353 countries on
40 meters, and 152 countries on 6 meters. He holds DXCC
on 10 bands and is ranked 5th in the world on the DXCC
Challenge Award. He holds over 20 different Worked All
Zones Awards, and was one of the first to achieve Worked All
Zones on 160 meters. On VHF/UHF, he’s held many operating
and achievement records over the years, including the world
distance record for QSO’s on 2 meters meteor scatter and 222
MHz tropo. He was one of the first to work all continental 48
states on 2 meters without the use of moonbounce, 47 states
in one year. He is second in the world on 6 meters VUCC
and first in the world on VUCC for 2 meters, 222 MHz, 432
MHz, and 1296 MHz for non-EME. He received the Fred Fish
Memorial Award #3 for having worked all grid squares in the
United States on 6 meters. He’s held numerous HF and VHF/
UHF national contest records. All of that from 5 land! He’s
been a ham for 44 years. He’s a Life Member of the ARRL and
has held numerous ARRL volunteer positions continuously for
all of those 44 plus years. He served on the ARRL DX Advisory
Committee and was chairman for many years. He has also
served on CQ Magazine’s DX Advisory Committee for 40
years. He was instrumental in the creation and implementation
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of Logbook of the World, and the DXCC Challenge Award.
He has been on the ARRL Board of Directors for 20 years and
currently serves as ARRL First Vice President.
Dick Sander, K5QY
Amateur extra, retired technical writer from Rockwell/Alcatel.
BA Business, ASSC degree Electronics. ARRL DX card checker,
#1 DXCC Honor 6-band DXCC. Previous HamCom Speaker
and multiple club presentations.
Eric Silverthorn, NM5M
Eric Silverthorn (NM5M) was licensed in 1976 at age 13 and
currently lives in Plano, Texas. Eric is a member of the DFW
Contest Group and is an avid contest operator. Growing up
in Houston (and becoming a member of the Texas DX Society
at age 16) Eric had the opportunity to participate in many
contests from the K5LZO, NR5M, K5RC multioperator stations
In the 1990s Eric often operated from the N5AU and WX0B
stations in Dallas. Eric has operated contests from several DX
locations including: BY1QH, 4U1ITU, HC8N, V26B, XE2FU
and CU3URA.
Tom Schuessler, N5HYP
Licensed since 1985 but attracted to the magic of radio since
a child. Active in radioScouting education, enjoys casual HF
operations, amateur satellite communications and foxhunting.
Don Smith, KK5DON
Television news cameraman and video editor. Former radio
host and former television reporter and anchor.
Jim Spaulding, W0U0
Jim Spaulding, WØUO was first licensed in the summer of
1957 as KN7AER in Billings, Montana. Subsequently he
has held the call signs of K7AER, WØOUE and, since 1975
WØUO. Jim has been an avid DXer and Contester since 1973
after settling down in Stillwater, Minnesota. DX achievements
include awards for 5BDXCC (soon to upgrade to 9BDXCC),
5BWAZ and is currently one down (P5) from top of the honor
roll for DXCC (Mixed). Contest achievements include numerous
Division wins in the ARRL International DX Contest and
numerous top ten finishes in the ARRL International DX Contest
CW and SSB (low power, QRP, and with others multi-single low
power), ARRL 160 Meter Contest (low power), CQ 160 Meter
Contest CW (low power), Top Band DX Challenge (low power)
and the CQ Worldwide DX Contest CW and SSB (QRP). Jim
has operated from Minnesota, Wisconsin (multi-multi WØAIH),
Kansas, Colorado, 6Y5 (multi-single W0UO/6Y5) and KP2
(multi-single KV4FZ). Jim and his wife reside in rural Parker
County,Texas.
Al Ward, W5LUA
Al is the president of the North Texas Microwave Society. Al
is active on all bands from 160 meters through 77 GHz. My
favorate mode is Earth-Moon-Earth or EME communications.
Dick Weber, K5IU
First licensed in 1960 and is now an active, CW-only casual
DX’er using Collins gear; Dick has restored and is an active
antenna modeler and builder. He has written over 40 articles
for CQ, QEX, Ham Radio, Communications Quarterly, and the
CCA magazine The Signal. He’s given several talks at Dayton
and over a hundred other presentations between Ham-Com,
The W5 DX BASH, and at numerous club meetings over the
past thirty years. He is recently retired from Raytheon where he
held the title Principal Engineering Fellow. He has BSME and
MSME degrees, is a Texas PE, has 32 US patents, over 300
foreign patents, and has published articles in professional heat
transfer journals.
Doug, K1DG
Doug has been licensed since 1967. Over the years, he has
managed to collect plaques for first-place scores in single-op,
single-op-assisted, multi-single, multi-2 and multi-multi categories from his own station and numerous host stations. In addition, he was a competitor in 5 WRTC events, winning one gold
and two bronze medals. He is past president of the Yankee
Clipper Contest Club, past member and Chairman of the ARRL
Contest Advisory Committee, member of the CQWW Contest
Committee and has chaired the Dayton Hamvention Contest
Forum for over 10 years. Along with being a “professor” at
Contest University he is also Director of Contest University and
the World Wide Radio Operators Foundation, and Chairman
of the WRTC2014 Organizing Committee.
Gene Spineli, K5GS
Gene was first licensed in 1976 as WB5WFD, and has held
K5GS since 1996. He’s an avid DXer and an occasional
contester. Gene’s radio interest has always been DXing with
occasional diversions into restoring vintage radios and the
digital modes. He’s been a member of NCDXC since 1978.
A retired I/T executive, he spent 40 years at IBM and most
recently 5 years consulting with a Japanese technology
firm. Gene and wife Pam live in Colorado and look forward
continuing their travels in retirement.
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Fort Worth, TX
Digital photos by Bill Bunting, N5SAL
Meteorologist Tara Dudzik prepares to broadcast a severe weather update
from the Fort Worth NWS office on a NOAA Weather Radio transmitter in
North Texas. Urgent updates to a fast-changing severe weather situation
are often done through live broadcasts on weather radio frequencies in
the affected areas.
The operations area of the
Fort Worth National Weather
Service Office.
Meteorologist Jennifer Dunn,
KE5JFJ, measures the rainfall
for the 6-hourly supplemental
climatological observation at
the Fort Worth NWS Office.
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