SERVING DOWNEY AND THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES SINCE 1951 Q5

DOWNEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB JUNE 2010

VOLUME XXIX #6

SERVING DOWNEY AND THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES SINCE 1951

No Guest Speaker Info for June As of “press time” there was no information on a guest speaker for June

Altadena Repeater is Back! Thanks to the work of Glenn Allen, KE6HPZ, the re-peater located up in Altadena is back on line. Its still on 445.640 (-) PL 156.7 Hz. Beep!

CQ Field Day...CQ Field Day...CQ

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DARC will be participating in Field Day this year. We will be operating from the EOC at Fire Station 1. At this time we are in the planning stages. Anyone who can help with the set-up, operating, logging, tear-down and or/all of the above please contact Rick, KD6KHJ at kd6khj@arrl.net or Buck, AE6DT at ae6dt@arrl.net.

If anyone has a particular mode they would like to run, please let us know. In high demand are CW OPs! The dates are: set-up, 11:00 Friday June 25th, until operating Saturday June 26th, starting at 11:00, run-ning to 11:00 Sunday June 27th. Teardown Sunday June 27th, 11:00– 14:00. With the new antenna system for VHF operations we should be able to “up” our score in this area. HF op-erations are pending an antenna system, however an inventive Ham might be able to get an antenna up for this event. Everyone is invited to participate even if you have not operated in a contest before. Come on out and join in on the fun! We will be using the club callsign W6TOI.

For those who are not familiar with Field Day, it is con-sidered the operating/contest event of the year. Hams all over the country will be inside, outside, in the city, in the country, wherever, operating single or multiple sta-tions for 24 hours.

Its both a contest and an operating event, having roots in emergency operations, and some clubs still set up as they would during an emergency. DARC is fortunate to have a permanent EOC with plenty of room to spread out if need be. This is a chance for those with Technician or General Class li-censes to work all portions of the bands (as long as a higher class control op is on hand, and, we get that elu-sive HF antenna!). QRZ Field Day from W6TOI

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http://www.downeyarc.org

THE DOWNEY

AMATEUR RADIO CLUB, INC.

P.O. Box 207

Downey, CA 90241

Q5 Staff

Editor

John Powell, KF6EOJ jpowell@csulb.edu Phone: (562) 862-4608 Alt Phone: (562) 985-8610

Associate Editors

Dave Buhler WB6ZGF Phone: (562) 861-6069 wb6zgf1@verizon.net John Schroeder, N6QQ Phone (562) 404-1112 n6qq@msn.com

Electronic Publishing

Rick Norwood,KD6KHJ Phone: (562) 865-5750 kd6khj@arrl.net

Permission to copy material from the Q5 is granted provided that credit is given to the “DARC Q5”.

Q5, as in: a signal that is perfectly readable, hence the name of our newsletter. We hope you agree.

Club Officers President Rick Norwood, KD6KHJ Phone: (562) 865-5750 kd6khj@arrl.net First Vice President Ron Eveland, W6QM Phone: (562) 860-3623 w6qm@msn.com VP Programs Dave Glenn

Phone: (562) 928-8560 n6teb@arrl.net

VP Membership Arlene Schwartz, KE6GFI Phone: (562) 928-1775 ke6gfi@arrl.net VP Service Dave Buhler, WB6ZGF Phone: (562) 861-6069 wb6zgf1@verizon.net VP Ways and Means Steve Hartranft, KI6SUF Phone: 562-923-0070 grandpasjh@aol.com Secretary Delight Miller, WB6WWI Phone: 323-559-2100 delightm@verizon.net Treasurer (interim) Frank Myllo, KC6YPV Phone: 562-860-4045 kc6ypv@arrl.net Director (One Year) Buck Kerns, AE6DT Phone:(562) 634-8441 ae6dt@arrl.net Director (Two Years) Frank Myllo, KC6YPV Phone: 562-860-4045 kc6ypv@arrl.net Trustee, W6TOI Tom VanBuskirk, K6TV Phone: (562) 861-3085 tomk6tv@cs.com

Looking for an Elmer?

Here are a few resources that can get you going: Bill Heather, KB6WKT, 562 863-6607 kb6wkt@arrl.net, Helping Hams, Contesting Ivan Mikulich, KB6ATT, 562 862-4592 kb6att@att.net, Helping Hams, Field Trips Glenn Allen, KE6HPZ, 562 928-2080 ke6hpz@ham-radio.com, Microwave Dave Buhler, WB6ZGF, 562 861-6069 wb6zgf1@verizon.net, Net Control, Public Service, Emergency Communications Harold ‘Buck’ Kerns, AE6DT, 562 634-8441 ae6dt@arrl.net, Public Service John Schroeder, N6QQ, 562 404-1112 n6qq@msn.com, Contesting, DXing, DXCC and WAS Card Checker

When and where we meet:

We normally meet the first Thursday of each month at 1930 hrs in room 120 of

the First Baptist Church in Downey. The church is between 2nd and 3rd

streets, near City Hall, address is 8348 E. 3rd St. Use 2nd St, east from

Downey Ave (1 block north of Firestone Bl), adjacent to City Hall. Entrance via

double glass doors on the north side of 2nd St.

Swap Meet Information:

CHHS Electronics Swap Meet

Chino Hills High School

16150 Pomona Rincon Rd

Chino Hills, CA

Held the third Saturday of each month, 06:30 to 11:30 AM

W6TRW Swap Meet

Northrop Grumman Parking Lot

Corner of Marine and Aviation

Manhattan Beach, CA

Held the last Saturday of each month, 07:00 to 11:30 AM

Talk-In 145.320, PL 114.8

Affiliations:

Affiliated ARRL Club

ARRL Special Service Club

Los Angeles Area Council of Amateur Radio Clubs

Orange County Council of Amateur Radio Organizations

Club Frequencies:

Simplex: 145.595 MHz*

440 Repeater #1: 445.640 (-) PL 156.7 Hz*

440 Repeater #2: 445.640 (-) PL 88.5 Hz

* See Calendar for Net Schedule

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Minutes of the D.A.R.C. General Meeting – May 6, 2010

The meeting was called to order at 1930 by President, Rick Norwood, KD6KHJ, with a group of 28 persons present. The group was led in the pledge of allegiance by John Schroeder, N6QQ. For introductions, each member stated their name and call sign. Presentation: D-Star Radio Basics, presented by Ken Chafin, W6CPA. He provided handouts: Description of basics; D-Star Internet Resources and Southern California D-Star Repeater Systems. Baker to Vegas Debrief: Joy Matlack, KD6JFV.There were 265 teams who paid the entry fee. The team from Wales was unable to attend due to the volcano. There were 253 teams who started the race and 250 finished in the allotted time. One team finished three hours after the Sunday 0700 hr time limit. This year the race was at a slower pace by about 2.5 hours longer. The temperature during the day was 105-109 degrees. There were 27 life flights, 55 ground transportations and numerous treated and released. One of the ham’s had a coronary at the race and died. The Baker Ice Company donated 1200 pounds of ice for the race. There is some discus-sion concerning Leg 2 being split into two parts because of the heat problems. Next year’s race will be on April 16 and 17. The Treasures Report, as it appeared in the Q5, was approved. The Minutes of the last General Meeting, as they appeared in the Q5, were approved. Street Fair: Frank Tillmann, KN6LM, reported that the Club had a good location and all went well. There were a few people inquiring about us. Our role was different this year, in that we were responsible for the issuing of radios. The individual left their driver’s license and when radio was returned, the license was given back. Kids Day: Rick Norwood, KD6KHJ, announced that will not take place because we were not provided the nec-essary information. Hawaiian Festival: Will be held on July 17 and 18. Signups will be taken at next meeting. Field Day: Rick Norwood, KD6KHJ, stated that Fire Department is working on getting the radios placed. Hope to use the facility for Field Day. Request: Larry Tinkler, K6LXT, stated that he has family members who are working in the Peace Corps. They are training teachers in English. A group of young students want to get into radio. If anyone has equipment that he might send to these students, please see him. VE Session: Arlene Schwartz, KE6GFI, stated the there was a special session at the Latter Day Saints Church, where 16 new techs passed the test. She thanked the following members for their assistance: Leo Ferasol, AF6PF; Buck Kerns,AE6DT; Sam Loller, K1SL; Ron Eveland, W6QM; Jack Jones, W3OB; Rick Norwood, KD6KHJ; and Frank Myllo, KC6YPV. Drawing: Larry Tinkler, K6LXT, and Ron Eveland, W6QM, conducted the drawing. The winners were Kent Sav-age, K6WCI- 3.5 Digit DMM; Richard Lambert, N6ABK- 7 pc Nut Driver Set; David Glenn, N6TEB- 4 Bag Combo Tool Kit; Ron Eveland, W6QM- Opto Light; Kenneth Carlson, N6SWO- Tysonic Ni-CD/Ni-MH Universal Charger; Larry Tinkler, K6LXT- Tysonic Ni-CD/Ni-MH Universal Charger; and Norman Wright KG6FSA, Volt-age Tester; Next General Meeting will be June 3rd. Board Meeting after June General Meeting will be on June 8. The meeting was adjourned at 2110. Respectfully submitted, Delight Miller, WB6WWI, Secretary

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Minutes of the D.A.R.C. Board of Directors Meeting – May 11, 2010

President, Rick Norwood, KD6KHJ, called the meeting to order at 1926 hours in the Emergency Operations Center (EOC) at Downey Fire Station #1.

Officers Reports:

President: Rick Norwood, KD6KHJ-No Report. Rick requested photos to be submitted by any members who have taken pictures of club involvement during recent events.

1st Vice President, Ron Eveland, W6QM – No Report

VP Programs, Dave Glenn, N6TEB – Dave stated that no speaker has been set for June, but that he is looking into a couple of possibilities.

VP Membership, Arlene Schwartz, KE6GFI- No report. Rick distributed the newly worded letter to be sent out to members needing to renew their dues. Upon review by the Board members, it was agreed that a few minor changes be made to the signature portion of the letter and that it be revised and mailed out to appropriate members. Frank Myllo will provide names to Rick for the mailing list.

VP Service, Dave Buhler, WB6ZGF - Absent. Buck Kerns, AE6DT reported that he has had contact with Dave who is feeling better as he recovers from a stroke.

VP Ways and Means, Steve Hartranft, KI6SUF - Steve presented the possibility of looking into another vendor for the clubs shirts, hats and other apparel. After a brief discussion, it was decided that he would invite the new vendor to make a presentation to the Board at the July meeting.

Secretary, Delight Miller, WB6WWI – Absent. Linda Fernandez, KI6NSI taking notes.

Treasurer, Frank Myllo, KC6YPV – Frank stated that after comparing past statements, it was found that an ad-justment of $63.95 to the club’s gain was needed in order to have the statements balance.

Director 1 Year, Buck Kerns, AE6DT – No report. It was suggested that testing dates, times and locations be added to the club flyer. Rick will check into it before the next printing.

Director 2 Years, Frank Myllo, KC6YPV – No Report

Agenda Topics:

The Board Meeting Minutes and Treasurer’s Report, as they appeared in Q5, were approved with the notation by Frank Myllo regarding needed adjustment.

PV Repeater: Rick referred to an email he received from Paul Metzger, K6EH, regarding the need to move the W6TOI PV repeater. Rick had questions regarding the specific size of the repeater. Other members had ques-tions regarding ownership of the different parts of the repeater so Rick stated he would contact the owner of the repeater for further information and clarification.

Street Faire 05.01.10 De-Brief – Buck stated that all those who committed to the event were present at some time during the event. A few event visitors expressed varied interest in the club and in ham radio. He was also able to DX with Dave Buhler during the morning on simplex.

Kids DayJOTA: 05.08.10: Arlene stated that the participation with the Boy Scouts for Kids Day did not come together. She is still waiting for confirmation contact from the Scouts as to their interest. She suggested focus-ing on including JOTA (Jamboree On The Air) participants in our Field Day event. Rick recommended that a definite commitment to involvement by the Scouts be secured before proceeding with any further plans.

EOC Radio Room: Buck stated that the Fire Station is still working on the completion of the new radio room. A suggestion was made that Field Day could be held at the EOC, but after discussion about availability of HF antennas, no definite decision was made.

Field Day 06.26 – 06.27.10: It was suggested and agreed that an announcement about Field Day will go into

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Treasurer’s Report—Income

Treasurer’s Report— Expense

2009 - 2010 Apr 10 YEAR-TO-DATE ANNUAL (OVER)/UNDER

ACTUAL ACTUAL BUDGET BUDGET

INCOME

Dues $80.00 $435.00 $1,100.00 $665.00

Misc.Income $96.95

Yard Sale $0.00 $400.00 $400.00

Other $0.00 $0.00 $0.00

Donations $0.00 $0.00 $0.00

Fund Raisers $0.00 $500.00 $500.00

Total Income $176.95 $435.00 $2,000.00 $1,565.00

2009-2010 Apr 10 (OVER)/

ACTUAL YTD ANNUAL UNDER

ACTUAL BUDGET BUDGET

EXPENDITURES

Repeater Phone Line $25.83 $117.73 $225.00 $107.27

Club Bulletin

Printing $0.00 $200.00 $200.00

Supplies $0.00 $30.00 $30.00

Postage $61.00 $60.00 ($1.00)

Committees

Award $0.00 $70.00 $70.00

Membership $0.00 $20.00 $20.00

Publicity & Public Relations $109.75 $30.00 ($79.75)

Sunshine $0.00 $25.00 $25.00

Equipment/Maintenance $0.00 $350.00 $350.00

Events

Christmas Party $0.00 $25.00 $25.00

Field Day $0.00 $50.00 $50.00

Luncheon $4.80 $150.00 $145.20

Special Events $0.00 $0.00 $0.00

Fund Raisers $0.00 $0.00 $0.00

Insurance $0.00 $350.00 $350.00

Officers' Expenses

Board Members $0.00 $150.00 $150.00

Treasurer $0.00 $25.00 $25.00

Other Organizations

Dues $10.00 $10.00 $0.00

P.O. Box Rental $0.00 $80.00 $80.00

Refreshments, Meetings $0.00 $150.00 $150.00

Total Expenditures $25.83 $303.28 $2,000.00 $1,696.72

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Treasurer’s Report— Summary

June Birthdays:

Donald McFadden, AA6LN, 16th

Ed Roos, KC6ZHY, 19th

Hilary Olesen, AF6VG, 20th

Dave Glenn, N6TEB, 24th

Frank Myllo, KC6YPV, 29th

Happy Birthday to All!

Please Renew Your Dues:

Glenn Allen, KE6HPZ, William Livingston, WA6QLW, Kenneth Carlson, N6SWO, Mary Carlson, KC6BBJ, Leo Ferason, AF6PF, Steven Sherman, AA6IO

DOWNEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB

TREASURER'S REPORT

Apr-10

SUMMARY

CHECKING-CHASE $8,622.83

BALANCE AS OF March 31, 2010

INCOME $241.95

EXPENDITURES $123.16

Raffle (Month) $33.00

Raffle (Total Holdings) $277.82

Brunch (Month) $0.00

Brunch (Total Holdings) $45.75

Club Merchandise (Month) $0.00

Club Merchandise (Total Holdings) $0.00

CHECKING-CHASE

BALANCE AS OF April 30, 2010 $8,774.62

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the next newsletter. Arlene stated that she planned to put a notice in the local Downey paper and requested names from Board members of other local city papers in which she could place the notice.

Old Business:

DRMC: Dave Glenn spoke to his contact person at DRMC regarding their interest in being a testing site and getting their radio room set up. He was informed that DRMC has been working with the Rio Hondo ARC in this regard.

By-Laws Review: Frank Myllo requested and it was agreed that discussion of the By-laws be delayed until the next Board meeting. A few minor changes are still being worked out.

Webpage: Dave Glenn continues to work on redoing the entire website. Members made several observa-tions and comments for his consideration.

New Business:

Board Meeting Date Change: It was suggested that since the next Board meeting as scheduled on 06.08.10 is on Election Day, it would be best to reschedule to another date. It was agreed that the new date would be 06.01.10.

Next General Meeting: 06.03.10

Next Board Meeting: 06.01.10

The meeting was adjourned at 2024 hrs.

Respectfully submitted,

Linda Fernandez, KI6NSI, Substitute Secretary

Downey Street Faire Photos

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ARRL Membership and Renewals

Just a reminder to current club members and new members, the DARC will accept new memberships to the American Radio Relay League as well as renewals of memberships. We can provide the forms. When you renew through the club, the club receives a club commission from the ARRL. We know that many members’ ARRL dues generally become due in August because of our past practices in hosting ARRL night at club meetings in August. Questions about this program may be directed to Arlene Schwartz, KE6GFI, ke6gfi@arrl.net.

May Meeting Photos

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June 2010 DX

By Mike Gauthier, K6ICS

5-11-2010

June Propagation Outlook

10 Meters is showing a lot more activity with the longer daylight hours of late spring and early summer. There are also stronger signals and longer openings on 12-17 meters, follow the sun, 20 and 30 meters may have around-the-clock openings. Nighttime signals on 40-80 meters will be weaker and have greater background noise, but there is still DX to be worked. The increased QRN and weaker signals will make DXing on 160 me-ters very difficult until fall.

June DX

ASIATIC RUSSIA, RZ9DX/0/A. Valery, RZ9DX is on the air as RZ9DX/0/A from Medvezh'ya Island, IOTA AS-005, in the Kara Sea Coast West Group. He has been active on 20 meters using CW and SSB. QSL via op-erator's instructions.

BRUNEI, V85AVE, V85TL, & V85TX. Roslan, V85AVE has been on 20 metes SSB around 1300 to 1500z. QSL via EA7FTR. In addition, Tamat, V85TL has been active on 20 meters CW around 1400z. QSL to home call. Mohamad, V85TX has been active using RTTY on 20 meters around 1600z. QSL via W3HNK.

CHAD, TT8PK. Phil, F4EGS is operating as TT8PK and has been active on 15 meters using CW around 1400z and 20 meters SSB around 1700z. QSL to home call.

KERMADEC ISLANDS, ZL8X. The ZL8X team announced officially they will be sailing in mid-November to Raoul Island, Kermadec Islands aboard the MV ClaymoreII. Their original announcement stated they would be going via the Braveheart. The Claymore II and Braveheart are both owned and operated by the same com-pany. The change in ships has not changed the cost of the DXpedition. The team is looking for sponsors. For more details about the transportation change and to help support this team, check out:

http://www.kermadec.de/news/news_archives/index.php?task=shownews&id=14.

MALTA, 9H3MK. OH1MN, Markus, plans to be on the island of Malta (EU-023) between June 19th and July 3rd. He'll be active in his spare time as 9H3MK on SSB and digital modes on 80 through 6 meters. QSL via OH1MN.

PALAU, T88CF. Mike, KM9D is active as T88CF from Bablomekang Island, IOTA OC-009. To date, he has been active on 80, 30 and 17 meters. His length of stay is unknown. QSL via OM2SA.

SARDINIA, IS0E. A team from the DXCiting Group will be going to Sardinia from July 16th to 24th. Team members include: EA3AKA, Gabriel; EA3GHZ, John; EA5EOR, Enrique; and EC5BME, Dina (YL). They have been issued a license with the call IS0E. Plans are to have two stations one with and one with out an amplifier. Activity will be on CW and SSB on all bands. The Website for this one will be http://is0e.dxciting.com. Plans are to announce the QSL route in a few days, which can go via the bureau, direct or via LoTW, after the DXpedi-tion is complete.

SENEGAL, 6V7EA. A second team from the DXCiting Group including EA1AP, Silvia (YL); EA1CJ, Juanjo; EA1SA, Alberto; and EA5KA, Raul will be heading to Senegal. They will be signing 6V7EA, however they are

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waiting for the license. Plans are to have three 3 stations simultaneously on the air on SSB, CW and RTTY or others digital modes. The dates for this one will be July 25 to 31.The team has a Web page at http://6v7ea.dxciting.com/. At the moment the QSLing information has yet to be finalized.

SEYCHELLES, S79BWW. CT1BWW, Marq, will be operating from the Seychelles from July 17 to 31 on CW, SSB and maybe RTTY. He has the license in hand and the call will be S79BWW. The IOTA reference is AF-024. The QSL will be via CT1BWW either via bureau or direct. More info can be found on his Website at www.ct1bww.com/s79bww/index.html . Rumor has it that EA2RC, Juan Car, is waiting for a license and tickets and may also be joining Marq. Both CT1BWW and EA2RC are founding members of the DXciting Group. SUDAN, ST2AR. Robert, S53R is on the air as ST2AR from Khartoum until the summer of 2011. QSL to home call. WEST KIRIBATI, T30XG. JA1XGI/W8XGI, Haru, will be headed to Tarawa, West Kiribati, arriving June 3rd. He will be operating as T30XG until June 9th. Listen for him on 7 through 50 MHz on CW, SSB and the digital modes. Suggested frequencies are as follows: CW - 7020, 10115, 14030, 18085, 21030, 28030 and 50110 KHz SSB - 14185, 21260, 28450 and 50130 KHz RTTY - 10140, 14090, 18105, 21090, 28090 and 50115 KHz Haru now has a Web page at http://island.geocities.jp/t30xg/. QSL via JA1XGI, either direct or via the bureau.

DARC Member DXCC Count

N6QQ 338 MIXED, 321 SSB, 295 CW, 222 RTTY, 6BDXCC, 5BWAS, 3052 WPX,

WA6RTA 328 Phone (AM & SSB)

KB6ATT 305 Mixed, 60 CW

K6ICS 295 Mixed, 288 Phone (AM & SSB), 164 Mixed on 40 Meters

K6TV 206 SSB, 126 QRP, 110 CW, 215 Mixed

W3OB 150 Mixed

W6TOI 174 Mixed

WA6OUD 129 Phone on 10 Meters

K6EH 57 on 30 Meters CW

I am interested in receiving DX reports for this column, one contact or many. e-mail: k6ics@arrl.net

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SERVING DOWNEY AND THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES

SINCE 1951

DARC Annual Membership

Single: $20 Associate: $10

Maximum for Family: $35

Make checks payable to “DARC”,

Send to: DARC Membership

PO Box 207

Downey, CA 90240

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Do you have an idea for an article for the Q5? Remember, this is OUR newsletter, about OUR hobby. Please submit articles to: John Pow-ell, KF6EOJ, jpowell@csulb.edu

DARC INFORMATION

VE Exams

The Downey Ama-teur Radio Club provides VE exami-nations for all classes of Amateur Radio licenses on the third Saturday of each even-numbered month.

Exams are held at the Downey Fire De-partment Headquarters, 12222 Para-mount Boulevard, beginning at 08:30 hrs The upcoming dates are:

June 19th

August 21st

Contact Steve Grudzinski, AD6HT at 951-674-4699 prior to the session.

The ARRL/VEC test fee is $15.00 for all tests. The fee is controlled by the FCC but goes to the ARRL to cover their ex-penses in providing the tests and han-dling the applications.

After the test session please wait 10 days before contacting the ARRL at (860) 594-0300 or http://www.qrz.com/callsign for new license information. Please do not call the FCC directly.

Downey Amateur Radio Club PO Box 207 Downey, CA 90240

Website:

http://www.downeyarc.org

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7900 Florence Ave Downey, CA

(562) 927-6713