This Friday, December 5th, at 7:00 p.m., on 146.910, you will have the opportunity to ask and/or give advice on the W5BBS Tech Net serving the Tulsa metro area. Stop by, check in, and contribute to the chatter. See the Tech Net Blog. Information about problems and fixes will be documented here:
http://ke5omv.blogspot.com/
Sunday, November 30, 2008
Thursday, November 27, 2008
License, Upgrades and Renewals
Don’t Forget!
The Broken Arrow Amateur Radio Club
Sponsors ARRL Accredited VE Testing On The
Second Saturday of Each Even Number Month.
The next VE session will be December 13, 2008.
1. At 505 E Kenosha Street in Broken Arrow,
Oklahoma.
2. All Classes of License are Tested
3. Walk In’s are Welcome!
4. Testing Starts at 9:30 A. M.
5. New License, Upgrades and Renewals.
6. All for the Same Low Price!
7. A Full Service VE Session!
8. Only One Around For Many Miles.
9. Talk In Sometimes Available On 146.910
Contact/Liaison - Don Doyle, AC5II
Phone Number – 918.379.0962
The Broken Arrow Amateur Radio Club
Sponsors ARRL Accredited VE Testing On The
Second Saturday of Each Even Number Month.
The next VE session will be December 13, 2008.
1. At 505 E Kenosha Street in Broken Arrow,
Oklahoma.
2. All Classes of License are Tested
3. Walk In’s are Welcome!
4. Testing Starts at 9:30 A. M.
5. New License, Upgrades and Renewals.
6. All for the Same Low Price!
7. A Full Service VE Session!
8. Only One Around For Many Miles.
9. Talk In Sometimes Available On 146.910
Contact/Liaison - Don Doyle, AC5II
Phone Number – 918.379.0962
Christmas 2008 Photos
Christmas 2008 was a happy time for all of us that were able to attend. These photos are provided to our guest that are invited to join with us for the next Broken Arrow Amateur Radio Club Event.
Enjoy: Names added at some risk by Stan ...add comments and forgive mistakes
any mistakes will be corrected promptly.
Bob and Virginia Mitchell
Stan and Shirley Pennington
Mr and Mrs Gerry Paschal
Kevin Arnold and Jessica
? Somebody help me...leave a comment or Email to stanpennington@valornet.com
Scott and Tiffany Haley, Hank Sossin
Mr and Mrs Steve Ray, Mr and Mrs Hank Sossin
Steve Ray and (oops...help me Scott
Dan Lairmore (red shirt) , Bob Mitchell
Gary Burch , Craig Wooten
Enjoy: Names added at some risk by Stan ...add comments and forgive mistakes
any mistakes will be corrected promptly.
Bob and Virginia Mitchell
Stan and Shirley Pennington
Mr and Mrs Gerry Paschal
Kevin Arnold and Jessica
? Somebody help me...leave a comment or Email to stanpennington@valornet.com
Scott and Tiffany Haley, Hank Sossin
Mr and Mrs Steve Ray, Mr and Mrs Hank Sossin
Steve Ray and (oops...help me Scott
Dan Lairmore (red shirt) , Bob Mitchell
Gary Burch , Craig Wooten
Wednesday, November 26, 2008
Arrl Repeater Directory
One of the reference books to have is the Arrl Repeater Directory.
Ray(KE5WGA) told me something that I had not noticed.
The repeater directory also has a listing of Echolink and IRLP repeaters.
It also talks about D-Star.
Somebody will add a post on D-Star.
For Now somebody please leave a comment about D-Star.
Ray(KE5WGA) told me something that I had not noticed.
The repeater directory also has a listing of Echolink and IRLP repeaters.
It also talks about D-Star.
Somebody will add a post on D-Star.
For Now somebody please leave a comment about D-Star.
Tuesday, November 25, 2008
KD5NJR - Computer BookMarks
KD5NJR’s HOW-TO #1
What to do with all those bookmarks?
Scott Haley KD5NJR
KD5NJR@gmail.comwww.delicious.com/kd5njr
© copyright 2008.
Revision 0.13 September 2008.25 November 2008.
1. Introduction
There is a lot of information on the Internet (and on a lot of other things too) about amateur radio. Usually to save paper, or save ink, or reduce clutter or for whatever reason we’ll just hit the “bookmark” or “add to favorites” button to save the website address until we really need the information.
But in my experience it doesn’t take long to before you’re swamped in these bookmarks. I have problems with bookmarks.
1) The name of the site isn’t really what you associate the information with.
Example: The address to the page you’ve found about APRS is actually called http://www.arrl.org/news/features/2008/08/29/10282/ … which isn’t very helpful. So you have to edit the name of the bookmark to something else. Not a big deal, but it does take some time.
2) After a while you get more bookmarks collected than you can display on your screen at once. So, you scroll through them and you notice it takes longer and longer to find what you want. You could set up folders for the bookmarks.Example:Bookmarks
Banking
Ham Radio
Model Rockets
But depending on your browser and settings, it can take extra time and mouse clicks to get to a specific bookmark. And I’m not apt to put the bookmark in the right place when I first save it, so I have to periodically do some housecleaning on the computer now and again. When I am really on-top of things I have something that looks like this. Example:
Bookmarks
Banking
Ham Radio
Organizations ARRL
AMSAT
OKDXA
BAARC
Blogs
Soldersmoke
Model Rockets
Which is useful (“sorted” by subject) but cumbersome to navigate as things grow.
3) The bookmarks I have at home are not necessarily the ones I have at work. Or, but another way, they are not on all my computers. So I find myself sending emails to myself entitled “interesting link”. These emails sit around until I have time to cut and paste the address information into the browser and hit “save to bookmarks”.
4) The bookmarks I have are not the bookmarks my friend has. This is a similar situation to the one above.
But, I think I’ve stumbled across a solution for this. You’ll be a Delicious master in a few easy steps.2. Delicious (www.delicious.com)
Delicious is a free website. It’s a searchable collection of bookmarks. Thousands of folks save their bookmarks into it.
STEP 1: Get an account.
Like I said, it’s free. You’ll need to make up a username and password.Tip: Use your amateur callsign. To most folks it’s just a random jumble of letters and numbers, so it probably hasn’t been taken like, for example, OSU_Cowboy has been.
STEP 2: Search for stuff.
Type something into the search window like you would in Google. Ex: amateur radio.Now Google would bring back perhaps millions of results. But Delicious did not. That’s because it only returns websites that were already bookmarked by someone else. So, it it’s not important enough to be bookmarked, its not in Delicious.
STEP 3: Search specifically for stuff.
Let’s say you heard that a Delicious user named KD5NJR found a new website he liked about APRS. (You probably heard this on the Monday Night Net.) Fine. Go to his specific stash of Delicious links. Ex: www.delicious.com/kd5njr
There is a search box. Put APRS in there just like you would on Google. You’ll get a lot fewer results because they’ll be only the websites I like. And only those websites that I said were about APRS. The way I specify the subject on the bookmark is with tags. (more on those in a bit.)
STEP 4: Adding your own links
While logged into Delicious and at your page, (mine, for example is www.delicious.com/kd5njr) you can add your own bookmarks. You can put in the bookmarks you already use to get started. And in the future, when you find something cool, add it to Delicious so others might find it too.The most fields to put information into are:
URL: (the webs address itself, ex: www.arrl.org )
Title: (this might automatically populate)
Description: (I usually leave this blank in the interest of time, but if the Title isn’t descriptive and the URL isn’t memorable either, you might fill this in. Just enough to jog your memory )
Tags: Tags are what makes Delicious so smart. Typically some tags for you to add are provided by Delicious. Pick the ones that you think are most applicable. For our example website http://www.arrl.org/news/features/2008/08/29/10282/
I’d pick the tags: ham amateur radio packet APRS OpenAPRS.
STEP 5: Making Step 4 easier…
For Firefox (and probably other browser) users you can download the Delicious toolbar. It lets you add websites to Delicious right from the interesting website….without going to the Delicious website. It’s faster this way.
STEP 6: Security concerns…
Part of the fun is letting folks see what you think is interesting. The more people that add a website to Delicious, the further up in the list of results the bookmark will appear. Sharing websites makes Delicious better / smarter. But if you have something you don’t want to share you can take care of that by going to ‘edit’ on that bookmark from your Delicious page. Notice the checkbox marked “do not share.”
You can build up a list of Delicious friends and only share with them.
But I share (what I do share) with everyone. There is some stuff I just don’t put on the Internet.
3. Conclusion
So, when I find something neat on the Internet, I do something like this.
a) Find the link on Google or from a friend via email
b) Add the site to Delicious
c) Edit that entry with the important tags.
d) Sometimes I check if other people in Delicious use that site too.
e) Sometimes I see if other people in Delicious are using a similar website instead.
f) Perhaps I tell Stan about it. Ke5lep.blogspot.com
And it’s worked out well.
I have a common set of bookmarks available at work, at home, at a friends house. All I have to do is log in.
I can assign the bookmarks intelligent keyword reminders (those tags) to help my searches… That beats a million folders popping onto the screen when I hit “Bookmarks”. (And tagging also helps other folks’ searches.)
It works so well I’ve accumulated almost 1000 bookmarks in about a year. And that helps when someone asks me something about a digital mode, or the space shuttle or whatever.
Have fun.
73KD5NJR
Scott
What to do with all those bookmarks?
Scott Haley KD5NJR
KD5NJR@gmail.comwww.delicious.com/kd5njr
© copyright 2008.
Revision 0.13 September 2008.25 November 2008.
1. Introduction
There is a lot of information on the Internet (and on a lot of other things too) about amateur radio. Usually to save paper, or save ink, or reduce clutter or for whatever reason we’ll just hit the “bookmark” or “add to favorites” button to save the website address until we really need the information.
But in my experience it doesn’t take long to before you’re swamped in these bookmarks. I have problems with bookmarks.
1) The name of the site isn’t really what you associate the information with.
Example: The address to the page you’ve found about APRS is actually called http://www.arrl.org/news/features/2008/08/29/10282/ … which isn’t very helpful. So you have to edit the name of the bookmark to something else. Not a big deal, but it does take some time.
2) After a while you get more bookmarks collected than you can display on your screen at once. So, you scroll through them and you notice it takes longer and longer to find what you want. You could set up folders for the bookmarks.Example:Bookmarks
Banking
Ham Radio
Model Rockets
But depending on your browser and settings, it can take extra time and mouse clicks to get to a specific bookmark. And I’m not apt to put the bookmark in the right place when I first save it, so I have to periodically do some housecleaning on the computer now and again. When I am really on-top of things I have something that looks like this. Example:
Bookmarks
Banking
Ham Radio
Organizations ARRL
AMSAT
OKDXA
BAARC
Blogs
Soldersmoke
Model Rockets
Which is useful (“sorted” by subject) but cumbersome to navigate as things grow.
3) The bookmarks I have at home are not necessarily the ones I have at work. Or, but another way, they are not on all my computers. So I find myself sending emails to myself entitled “interesting link”. These emails sit around until I have time to cut and paste the address information into the browser and hit “save to bookmarks”.
4) The bookmarks I have are not the bookmarks my friend has. This is a similar situation to the one above.
But, I think I’ve stumbled across a solution for this. You’ll be a Delicious master in a few easy steps.2. Delicious (www.delicious.com)
Delicious is a free website. It’s a searchable collection of bookmarks. Thousands of folks save their bookmarks into it.
STEP 1: Get an account.
Like I said, it’s free. You’ll need to make up a username and password.Tip: Use your amateur callsign. To most folks it’s just a random jumble of letters and numbers, so it probably hasn’t been taken like, for example, OSU_Cowboy has been.
STEP 2: Search for stuff.
Type something into the search window like you would in Google. Ex: amateur radio.Now Google would bring back perhaps millions of results. But Delicious did not. That’s because it only returns websites that were already bookmarked by someone else. So, it it’s not important enough to be bookmarked, its not in Delicious.
STEP 3: Search specifically for stuff.
Let’s say you heard that a Delicious user named KD5NJR found a new website he liked about APRS. (You probably heard this on the Monday Night Net.) Fine. Go to his specific stash of Delicious links. Ex: www.delicious.com/kd5njr
There is a search box. Put APRS in there just like you would on Google. You’ll get a lot fewer results because they’ll be only the websites I like. And only those websites that I said were about APRS. The way I specify the subject on the bookmark is with tags. (more on those in a bit.)
STEP 4: Adding your own links
While logged into Delicious and at your page, (mine, for example is www.delicious.com/kd5njr) you can add your own bookmarks. You can put in the bookmarks you already use to get started. And in the future, when you find something cool, add it to Delicious so others might find it too.The most fields to put information into are:
URL: (the webs address itself, ex: www.arrl.org )
Title: (this might automatically populate)
Description: (I usually leave this blank in the interest of time, but if the Title isn’t descriptive and the URL isn’t memorable either, you might fill this in. Just enough to jog your memory )
Tags: Tags are what makes Delicious so smart. Typically some tags for you to add are provided by Delicious. Pick the ones that you think are most applicable. For our example website http://www.arrl.org/news/features/2008/08/29/10282/
I’d pick the tags: ham amateur radio packet APRS OpenAPRS.
STEP 5: Making Step 4 easier…
For Firefox (and probably other browser) users you can download the Delicious toolbar. It lets you add websites to Delicious right from the interesting website….without going to the Delicious website. It’s faster this way.
STEP 6: Security concerns…
Part of the fun is letting folks see what you think is interesting. The more people that add a website to Delicious, the further up in the list of results the bookmark will appear. Sharing websites makes Delicious better / smarter. But if you have something you don’t want to share you can take care of that by going to ‘edit’ on that bookmark from your Delicious page. Notice the checkbox marked “do not share.”
You can build up a list of Delicious friends and only share with them.
But I share (what I do share) with everyone. There is some stuff I just don’t put on the Internet.
3. Conclusion
So, when I find something neat on the Internet, I do something like this.
a) Find the link on Google or from a friend via email
b) Add the site to Delicious
c) Edit that entry with the important tags.
d) Sometimes I check if other people in Delicious use that site too.
e) Sometimes I see if other people in Delicious are using a similar website instead.
f) Perhaps I tell Stan about it. Ke5lep.blogspot.com
And it’s worked out well.
I have a common set of bookmarks available at work, at home, at a friends house. All I have to do is log in.
I can assign the bookmarks intelligent keyword reminders (those tags) to help my searches… That beats a million folders popping onto the screen when I hit “Bookmarks”. (And tagging also helps other folks’ searches.)
It works so well I’ve accumulated almost 1000 bookmarks in about a year. And that helps when someone asks me something about a digital mode, or the space shuttle or whatever.
Have fun.
73KD5NJR
Scott
Enjoy 2 Meter Radio
Stan's List
Things You Can do on 2 meter radio...
...see Scott's List...below for more ideas...add your comments
Scott's List
With a simple HT (say, 5W of power)…
Talk to someone line-of-sight “direct” on a simplex (146.520, etc.) frequency – typically less than a few miles.
Keep track of a Ham friend on a camping trip, Support a parade,
Be the talk-in frequency for an event,
Home in on the wiley fox on 146.310 MHz.Help locate downed weather balloons. ( astro.okstate.edu )
Communicate between band captains at Field Day, etc.
work the local repeater. (Tiger Hill repeater is 146.910 (out) 146.310 (in))typically less than 10 miles.Communicate easily with folks in Broken Arrow with fewer distance restrictions and dead-zones than you would have using strictly HTs.
Join in our weekly nets (2000 M, 1900 W, 1900 F)
Communicate with some of the better-equipped stations in NE Oklahoma.
Report storms on the weather net.
Try your hand at IRLP (Internet Radio Linking Project)Use your HT to transmit and listen to Kevin’s (KD5RHF) IRLP node. (146.535?) Send the commands to connect it to other stations around the world. The internet carries your voice between the 2 nodes.
Listen to astronauts (when they have time) operate from the International Space Station. 145.800 MHz. (transmitting can be a bit more involved)
With a mobile or base 2m FM rig (say, 20 to 100W of power) with an external antenna …
Talk to someone line-of-sight “direct” on a simplex (146.520, etc.) frequency for many tens of miles.
Participate in many nets on all the metro-Tulsa repeaters and quite a few in NE Oklahoma. Try the Saturday Night Simplex Net on 146.550 MHz.
participate in VHF contests such as the TARC Oklahoma Shootout in which you try and work as many people from different grid squares and/or counties as you can.
With 440 MHz coverage on your radio you could
work UHF repeaters such as the TARC UHF-linked system to easily talk to stations from I-35 to Arkansas and from Kansas to the Red River.
Work the crossband repeater on the International Space Station to communicate several states away.
With a PC and Internet Access you could
talk across the world with VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) software like Echolink.
Monitor the movement of APRS-equipped hams at http://www.openaprs.net/.
With 2m SSB (single-sideband ) mode and an appropriate antenna you could
a. take advantage of enhanced propagation and talk for 100s of miles during seasonal band openings, meteor showers, etc.
Things You Can do on 2 meter radio...
...see Scott's List...below for more ideas...add your comments
Learn to use ECHO LINK - talk to stations all over the world.
Access AUTOPATCH (on some repeaters) for short phone calls.
Try out IRLP *See the Post on this blog
Send and Receive SSTV photos
Prepare to send emergency message traffic - ***know all the rules***
Listen for EMERGENCY MESSAGE TRAFFIC by scanning a list of frequencies.
STORE REPEATER FREQUENCIES for use on trips.
Use your 2M radio as input to CROSS BAND REPEAT equipment.
Use your 2M radio to input DTMF TONES into a repeater for a station without this function.
Use your 2M radio to test power out of a repeater during REPEATER MAINTENANCE
Use your 2M radio to access TALK IN FREQUENCIES to a hamfest or field day.
"Over to you...Scott and the Group"
Scott's List
With a simple HT (say, 5W of power)…
Talk to someone line-of-sight “direct” on a simplex (146.520, etc.) frequency – typically less than a few miles.
Keep track of a Ham friend on a camping trip, Support a parade,
Be the talk-in frequency for an event,
Home in on the wiley fox on 146.310 MHz.Help locate downed weather balloons. ( astro.okstate.edu )
Communicate between band captains at Field Day, etc.
work the local repeater. (Tiger Hill repeater is 146.910 (out) 146.310 (in))typically less than 10 miles.Communicate easily with folks in Broken Arrow with fewer distance restrictions and dead-zones than you would have using strictly HTs.
Join in our weekly nets (2000 M, 1900 W, 1900 F)
Communicate with some of the better-equipped stations in NE Oklahoma.
Report storms on the weather net.
Try your hand at IRLP (Internet Radio Linking Project)Use your HT to transmit and listen to Kevin’s (KD5RHF) IRLP node. (146.535?) Send the commands to connect it to other stations around the world. The internet carries your voice between the 2 nodes.
Listen to astronauts (when they have time) operate from the International Space Station. 145.800 MHz. (transmitting can be a bit more involved)
With a mobile or base 2m FM rig (say, 20 to 100W of power) with an external antenna …
Talk to someone line-of-sight “direct” on a simplex (146.520, etc.) frequency for many tens of miles.
Participate in many nets on all the metro-Tulsa repeaters and quite a few in NE Oklahoma. Try the Saturday Night Simplex Net on 146.550 MHz.
participate in VHF contests such as the TARC Oklahoma Shootout in which you try and work as many people from different grid squares and/or counties as you can.
With 440 MHz coverage on your radio you could
work UHF repeaters such as the TARC UHF-linked system to easily talk to stations from I-35 to Arkansas and from Kansas to the Red River.
Work the crossband repeater on the International Space Station to communicate several states away.
With a PC and Internet Access you could
talk across the world with VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) software like Echolink.
Monitor the movement of APRS-equipped hams at http://www.openaprs.net/.
With 2m SSB (single-sideband ) mode and an appropriate antenna you could
a. take advantage of enhanced propagation and talk for 100s of miles during seasonal band openings, meteor showers, etc.
Monday, November 24, 2008
Our Christmas Party
Thanks to the club officers for pulling the Christmas party together.
I believe it was Kevin (KD5RHF) who got us set up with the room at Lone Star.
Tonight was a great time of fellowship.
Have a great Thanksgiving.
73
KD5NJR
Scott
I believe it was Kevin (KD5RHF) who got us set up with the room at Lone Star.
Tonight was a great time of fellowship.
Have a great Thanksgiving.
73
KD5NJR
Scott
Sunday, November 23, 2008
We have been waiting for an easy way to show family and friends this blog.
Google has solved our problem.
In any google search window type: KE5LEP
Broken Arrow Ham Radio Breakfast will show up and when you click the link you will be here.
This saves us from Emailing friends the full URL
http://KE5LEP.blogspot.com/
Google has solved our problem.
In any google search window type: KE5LEP
Broken Arrow Ham Radio Breakfast will show up and when you click the link you will be here.
This saves us from Emailing friends the full URL
http://KE5LEP.blogspot.com/
Saturday, November 22, 2008
Fox Escapes
Fox Hunters beware. A very clever pair of foxes are on the prowl. They were heard on the 146.910 repeater many times and were even reported to have been in possession of a supply of root beer.
However: No fox hunter was able to snatch victory from the foxes.
They got clean away.
Rumor has it that they may be back this way, but with the success of battle and victory in their hands they will be a worthy adversary if they reappear.
Congratulations to Jim(KE5OKT) and Carlton(KE5ooJ) and we respecfully thank you.
However: No fox hunter was able to snatch victory from the foxes.
They got clean away.
Rumor has it that they may be back this way, but with the success of battle and victory in their hands they will be a worthy adversary if they reappear.
Congratulations to Jim(KE5OKT) and Carlton(KE5ooJ) and we respecfully thank you.
Friday, November 21, 2008
Shack Photos
Shall we start an area for shack photos ?
There are lots of kinds of shacks I get the feeling:
Shacks that sprawl across and around a room now that the kids have moved on.
Shacks that double as a home office.
Shacks that are built into a closet-sized area (because maybe the kids are on the way) ??
I'm sure we could all get some pointers on organization this way too...
73
Scott
(I'll get some pictures to Stan soon, but mine is A WRECK right now.)
Send photos to: stanpennington@valornet.com
Stan Pennington(KE5LEP)
John Lathrop(N5TBM)
Butch Perryman(KD5RSS)
Bob Mitchell(W2CSL)
Don Roberts(KE5OMV)
Dave Ward(KE5LNN)
Tom Finley(KE5NCP)
Scott Haley(KD5NJR)
Ray(Kc5WSI)
Ray Young(KE5WGA)
Tom Hance (KD5CNY)
Dub Cross(N5NXX)
There are lots of kinds of shacks I get the feeling:
Shacks that sprawl across and around a room now that the kids have moved on.
Shacks that double as a home office.
Shacks that are built into a closet-sized area (because maybe the kids are on the way) ??
I'm sure we could all get some pointers on organization this way too...
73
Scott
(I'll get some pictures to Stan soon, but mine is A WRECK right now.)
Send photos to: stanpennington@valornet.com
Stan Pennington(KE5LEP)
John Lathrop(N5TBM)
Butch Perryman(KD5RSS)
Bob Mitchell(W2CSL)
Don Roberts(KE5OMV)
Dave Ward(KE5LNN)
Tom Finley(KE5NCP)
Scott Haley(KD5NJR)
Ray(Kc5WSI)
Ray Young(KE5WGA)
Tom Hance (KD5CNY)
Dub Cross(N5NXX)
Thursday, November 20, 2008
Ham Talk - Music to My Ear
(more...)
When I first started listening to Ham Radio I was delighted to hear some new phrases.
"Fine Business"
"Back to you"
"I have a good copy on you"
"Catch you further down the Log"
"How's that working for you?"
"You're not holding the repeater. Try increasing your power or move to another location"
"Roger ..That"
"XYL"
"Harmonics""
"73"
Give me and all the readers a comment with phrases that you have heard or used and we can share it around the table.
Youth At Heart Net Announcements 11/19/2008
Saturday, Nov. 22nd
9:00 AM FOX HUNT ke5ooj, Carlton, and ke5okt, Jim, will be the father and son Fox team for November. All are encouraged to participate. If you can’t be out there helping track the wiley foxes down, we would love to have you at your base station following the activity and helping out from that perspective. And if all you can do is listen in, well that’s OK too. In any case, after the hunt all are welcome to join in the celebration afterward. We may meet at a Braum’s, or some other kind of establishment that will accommodate our needs. All are invited.
Monday, Nov. 24th
7:00 PM BAARC Christmas Party – Lone Star Steakhouse by the Bass Pro Shop in Broken Arrow, 101 E Albany St, Broken – There will be no BAARC monthly meeting in December
Tuesday, Nov. 25
7:30 PM TRO meeting - Ryan's Family Steakhouse East 21st between 169 and Garnett
Saturday, Nov. 29
9:00 AM American Airlines ARC 0900 meeting, 1000 to 1100 VE testing - TWU Union Hall 11929 East Pine, Tulsa - - Check about testing session on this weekend.
Friday, December 5th, Sand Springs Christmas Parade – Parade of Lights – Artie, 625-8905, Bring a flashlight and an HT, K-Mart, East Side of parking lot at 5:00 p.m.
Friday, December 5th, Youth at Heart Tech Net 7:00 p.m. 146.910
Tech Net Update: After talking about it here on the Youth at Heart Net and at the Broken Arrow Amateur Radio Club Meeting this month, we have decided to try a Tech Net on this Frequency during the Youth at Heart Net, twice a month. The purpose of the Tech Net is to focus discussion of technical issues related to Amateur Radio. A big part of that is to provide a forum in which inexperienced (or less experienced) Amateur Radio operators may ask questions and thereby receive good advice. Our first Tech Net is scheduled to take place on Friday, December 5th and the second is scheduled for Wednesday, December 17th.
So if you have a question that you’ve been dying to get an answer to, this December 5th and 17th you can do a 2 Meter “shout out” on this frequency.
Saturday, December 6th, Skywarn Event – National Weather Service.
Saturday, December 6th, Broken Arrow Ham Radio Breakfast, 8:00 a.m.
at Golden Coral on the Southwest Corner of Mingo and 71st Street
9711 E. 71St Street
Saturday, December 6th, Rogers County Wireless Association Monthly meeting at the DAV Building, 802 West Dupont, in Claremore at 9:00 a.m.
Sunday December 14th, 2008 Once again the TARC has been asked to provide communications for the Marine Corps Toys for Tots Toy Run. This year's ride is Sunday, December 14th. We need about 10 operators to assist with the lineup at the fairgrounds from about 10am until the parade starts at 1pm, and 12 more along the parade route starting just before 1pm and staying until the last bike passes.
The route is reversed from previous years, starting at the fairgrounds, going west on 15th to Denver, then south on Denver and Riverside Drive to the casino at 81st St.
If you can help, please contact Jay, AD5PE at 918.834.6297 or ad5pe@arrl.net.
Tuesday, December 16th TARC annual Christmas Party will be at 7 pm at the North Sheridan Church of Christ, 1313 N. Sheridan Ave. Tickets are $4 and must be purchased in advance. Tickets can be purchased at the November Club meeting or by mailing payment to TARC, P.O. Box 4283, Tulsa, OK 74159. Mailed payments must be received by Wednesday, November 27th.
There will be door prizes and TARC has been asked that you bring a small door prize or dessert. TARC members will be eligible to win a Yaesu FT-8800 dual band mobile radio valued at $375.
Wednesday, December 17th, Youth at Heart Tech Net 7:00 p.m. 146.910
Tuesday, Dec. 30
7:30 PM TRO Holiday Party - Ryan's Family Steakhouse East 21st between 169 and Garnett
Monday, November 17, 2008
Breakfast 12/06/2008
You are invited to drop in for Breakfast
December 06, 2008 - Saturday
at Golden Coral on the Southwest Corner of Mingo and 71st Street
December 06, 2008 - Saturday
at Golden Coral on the Southwest Corner of Mingo and 71st Street
8:00AM
9711 E. 71St Street
9711 E. 71St Street
254 5560
See you then ... 73
See you then ... 73
Sunday, November 16, 2008
Sunspots
August 15, 2006: On July 31st, a tiny sunspot was born. It popped up from the sun's interior, floated around a bit, and vanished again in a few hours. On the sun this sort of thing happens all the time and, ordinarily, it wouldn't be worth mentioning. But this sunspot was special: It was backward.
"We've been waiting for this," says David Hathaway, a solar physicist at the Marshall Space Flight in Huntsville, Alabama. "A backward sunspot is a sign that the next solar cycle is beginning."
"We've been waiting for this," says David Hathaway, a solar physicist at the Marshall Space Flight in Huntsville, Alabama. "A backward sunspot is a sign that the next solar cycle is beginning."
Saturday, November 15, 2008
Soldersmoke News
http://soldersmoke.blogspot.com/
Soldersmoke
This blog has an emphasis on homebrew, QRP rigs and has an associated podcast to listen to when you're away from the radios.
73
Scott
KD5NJR
Soldersmoke
This blog has an emphasis on homebrew, QRP rigs and has an associated podcast to listen to when you're away from the radios.
73
Scott
KD5NJR
Hamlinks
HamLinks: The Ham Radio Toolbar for Firefox and IE
HamLinks is a free ham radio toolbar that extends your (Internet Explorer or Firefox) web browser to give ham radio operators quick access to great ham radio content. It's completely free, easy to install (and uninstall) and can be configured by the user. No registrations, spyware, spam or other hooks.
http://www.n0hr.com/Ham_Radio_Toolbar.htm
HamLinks is a free ham radio toolbar that extends your (Internet Explorer or Firefox) web browser to give ham radio operators quick access to great ham radio content. It's completely free, easy to install (and uninstall) and can be configured by the user. No registrations, spyware, spam or other hooks.
http://www.n0hr.com/Ham_Radio_Toolbar.htm
Friday, November 14, 2008
Friday Night Net (W5BBS) 11/14/2008
Sunday, Nov. 16 Route 66 Marathon - The Tulsa Repeater Organization will be organizing and providing communications for the Route 66 Marathon. Ten to fifteen operators are needed to help with communications. We will plan to meet at Veteran’s Park at 18th and Boulder at 7am, event will start at 8am.To volunteer to help with this event contact Vice President Tommy - KD5OPH at 695-3735 or email KD5OPH@tulsahamradio.org.
Starts & finishes at around 18th & Boulder. The full course runs along Riverside to Jenks and back.
- Full Marathon (26.2 Miles)- Half Marathon (13.1 Miles)- Quarter Marathon (6.55 Miles)
- Mayor's 5K Fitness Run and Walk- 5-Person Full Marathon Relay- Kids Marathon
Tuesday, Nov. 187:00 PM TARC meeting - Tulsa University Keplinger Hall Room M-1 (west of 5th & Harvard)
Saturday, Nov. 22nd
9:00 AM FOX HUNT ke5ooj, Carlton, and ke5okt, Jim, will be the father and son Fox team for November. All are encouraged to participate. If you can’t be out there helping track the wiley foxes down, we would love to have you at your base station following the activity and helping out from that perspective. And if all you can do is listen in, well that’s OK too. In any case, after the hunt all are welcome to join in the celebration afterward. We may meet at a Braum’s, or some other kind of establishment that will accommodate our needs. All are invited.
Monday, Nov. 24th
7:00 PM BAARC Christmas Party – Lone Star Steakhouse by the Bass Pro Shop in Broken Arrow, 101 E Albany St, Broken – There will be no BAARC monthly meeting in December
Tuesday, Nov. 25
7:30 PM TRO meeting - Ryan's Family Steakhouse East 21st between 169 and Garnett
Saturday, Nov. 29
9:00 AM American Airlines ARC 0900 meeting, 1000 to 1100 VE testing - TWU Union Hall 11929 East Pine, Tulsa - - Check about testing session on this weekend.
Friday, December 5th, Sand Springs Christmas Parade – Parade of Lights – Artie, 625-8905, Bring a flashlight and an HT, K-Mart, East Side of parking lot at 5:00 p.m.
Friday, December 5th, Youth at Heart Tech Net 7:00 p.m. 146.910
Tech Net Update: After talking about it here on the Youth at Heart Net and at the Broken Arrow Amateur Radio Club Meeting this month, we have decided to try a Tech Net on this Frequency during the Youth at Heart Net, twice a month. The purpose of the Tech Net is to focus discussion of technical issues related to Amateur Radio. A big part of that is to provide a forum in which inexperienced (or less experienced) Amateur Radio operators may ask questions and thereby receive good advice. Our first Tech Net is scheduled to take place on Friday, December 5th and the second is scheduled for Wednesday, December 17th.
So if you have a question that you’ve been dying to get an answer to, this December 5th and 17th you can do a 2 Meter “shout out” on this frequency.
Saturday, December 6th, Rogers County Wireless Association Monthly meeting at the DAV Building, 802 West Dupont, in Claremore at 9:00 a.m.
Sunday December 14th, 2008 Once again the TARC has been asked to provide communications for the Marine Corps Toys for Tots Toy Run. This year's ride is Sunday, December 14th. We need about 10 operators to assist with the lineup at the fairgrounds from about 10am until the parade starts at 1pm, and 12 more along the parade route starting just before 1pm and staying until the last bike passes. The route is reversed from previous years, starting at the fairgrounds, going west on 15th to Denver, then south on Denver and Riverside Drive to the casino at 81st St. If you can help, please contact Jay, AD5PE at 918.834.6297 or ad5pe@arrl.net.
Tuesday, December 16th TARC annual Christmas Party will be at 7 pm at the North Sheridan Church of Christ, 1313 N. Sheridan Ave. Tickets are $4 and must be purchased in advance. Tickets can be purchased at the November Club meeting or by mailing payment to TARC, P.O. Box 4283, Tulsa, OK 74159. Mailed payments must be received by Wednesday, November 27th. There will be door prizes and TARC has been asked that you bring a small door prize or dessert. TARC members will be eligible to win a Yaesu FT-8800 dual band mobile radio valued at $375.
Wednesday, December 17th, Youth at Heart Tech Net 7:00 p.m. 146.910
Tuesday, Dec. 307:30 PM TRO Holiday Party - Ryan's Family Steakhouse East 21st between 169 and Garnett
Starts & finishes at around 18th & Boulder. The full course runs along Riverside to Jenks and back.
- Full Marathon (26.2 Miles)- Half Marathon (13.1 Miles)- Quarter Marathon (6.55 Miles)
- Mayor's 5K Fitness Run and Walk- 5-Person Full Marathon Relay- Kids Marathon
Tuesday, Nov. 187:00 PM TARC meeting - Tulsa University Keplinger Hall Room M-1 (west of 5th & Harvard)
Saturday, Nov. 22nd
9:00 AM FOX HUNT ke5ooj, Carlton, and ke5okt, Jim, will be the father and son Fox team for November. All are encouraged to participate. If you can’t be out there helping track the wiley foxes down, we would love to have you at your base station following the activity and helping out from that perspective. And if all you can do is listen in, well that’s OK too. In any case, after the hunt all are welcome to join in the celebration afterward. We may meet at a Braum’s, or some other kind of establishment that will accommodate our needs. All are invited.
Monday, Nov. 24th
7:00 PM BAARC Christmas Party – Lone Star Steakhouse by the Bass Pro Shop in Broken Arrow, 101 E Albany St, Broken – There will be no BAARC monthly meeting in December
Tuesday, Nov. 25
7:30 PM TRO meeting - Ryan's Family Steakhouse East 21st between 169 and Garnett
Saturday, Nov. 29
9:00 AM American Airlines ARC 0900 meeting, 1000 to 1100 VE testing - TWU Union Hall 11929 East Pine, Tulsa - - Check about testing session on this weekend.
Friday, December 5th, Sand Springs Christmas Parade – Parade of Lights – Artie, 625-8905, Bring a flashlight and an HT, K-Mart, East Side of parking lot at 5:00 p.m.
Friday, December 5th, Youth at Heart Tech Net 7:00 p.m. 146.910
Tech Net Update: After talking about it here on the Youth at Heart Net and at the Broken Arrow Amateur Radio Club Meeting this month, we have decided to try a Tech Net on this Frequency during the Youth at Heart Net, twice a month. The purpose of the Tech Net is to focus discussion of technical issues related to Amateur Radio. A big part of that is to provide a forum in which inexperienced (or less experienced) Amateur Radio operators may ask questions and thereby receive good advice. Our first Tech Net is scheduled to take place on Friday, December 5th and the second is scheduled for Wednesday, December 17th.
So if you have a question that you’ve been dying to get an answer to, this December 5th and 17th you can do a 2 Meter “shout out” on this frequency.
Saturday, December 6th, Rogers County Wireless Association Monthly meeting at the DAV Building, 802 West Dupont, in Claremore at 9:00 a.m.
Sunday December 14th, 2008 Once again the TARC has been asked to provide communications for the Marine Corps Toys for Tots Toy Run. This year's ride is Sunday, December 14th. We need about 10 operators to assist with the lineup at the fairgrounds from about 10am until the parade starts at 1pm, and 12 more along the parade route starting just before 1pm and staying until the last bike passes. The route is reversed from previous years, starting at the fairgrounds, going west on 15th to Denver, then south on Denver and Riverside Drive to the casino at 81st St. If you can help, please contact Jay, AD5PE at 918.834.6297 or ad5pe@arrl.net.
Tuesday, December 16th TARC annual Christmas Party will be at 7 pm at the North Sheridan Church of Christ, 1313 N. Sheridan Ave. Tickets are $4 and must be purchased in advance. Tickets can be purchased at the November Club meeting or by mailing payment to TARC, P.O. Box 4283, Tulsa, OK 74159. Mailed payments must be received by Wednesday, November 27th. There will be door prizes and TARC has been asked that you bring a small door prize or dessert. TARC members will be eligible to win a Yaesu FT-8800 dual band mobile radio valued at $375.
Wednesday, December 17th, Youth at Heart Tech Net 7:00 p.m. 146.910
Tuesday, Dec. 307:30 PM TRO Holiday Party - Ryan's Family Steakhouse East 21st between 169 and Garnett
IRLP - With Help from KD5RHF
IRLP http://www.irlp.net/
Kevin Arnold (KD5RHF) is using IRLP for remote QSO capability on the 2 Meter Band. I listened to a QSO that included Diane L Dughman(KL2MY) located in Anchorage, Alaska and John J Kotlarik(NA9J) in Green Bay, Wisconsin. Ron Lancaster(KB5VDB) was able to contact them and Linda Burton(KE7WAA) from Providence, UT with his handy talky using low power from here in Tulsa. We might get Kevin or Ron to talk about this at breakfast in the near future.
The photo is from John J Kotlarik(Na9J) on his QRZ page lookup.
The IRLP node that we used was 9250. I will not give any more detail because I don't have any more than what you see here. Look at this web page and if you are interested then Google IRLP. The page is: http://status.irlp.net/
Take a look at http://www.narri.org/ because it also contains some useful information.
Thursday, November 13, 2008
Flashback from the past
http://www.amsat.org/amsat/archive/amsat-bb/31day/msg68814.html
Per the above link, Phil Karn from TAPR fame has some interesting old newsletters posted.
ex1:
73
Scott
Per the above link, Phil Karn from TAPR fame has some interesting old newsletters posted.
ex1:
http://www.ka9q.net/asr-1981.pdfPacket radio, satellites and writing seem to be something of a lost art. Maybe some of this will be a source of inspiration.
ex2:
http://www.ka9q.net/Gateway-vol2.pdf
73
Scott
Monday Night Net
Your assistance and participation is requested for the Monday Night Net.
in short:
The Broken Arrow Amateur (OK) Radio Club (W5BBS) holds (nearly) weekly information and swap nets on the 146.910 repeater (also 444.000 repeater) at 8p Monday nights, except for the first Monday night -- the club meeting. You do not need to be a BA (or other) club member... just a ham with a 2m or 440 MHz rig. Y'all come ! 73.
Let us know of your:
a) items of interest - ham news, etc.
b) projects your working on.
c) new DX
d) items for swap 'n trade.
Please join the discussion here too: http://w5bbs.blogspot.com/
73
Scott
KD5NJR
in short:
The Broken Arrow Amateur (OK) Radio Club (W5BBS) holds (nearly) weekly information and swap nets on the 146.910 repeater (also 444.000 repeater) at 8p Monday nights, except for the first Monday night -- the club meeting. You do not need to be a BA (or other) club member... just a ham with a 2m or 440 MHz rig. Y'all come ! 73.
Let us know of your:
a) items of interest - ham news, etc.
b) projects your working on.
c) new DX
d) items for swap 'n trade.
Please join the discussion here too: http://w5bbs.blogspot.com/
73
Scott
KD5NJR
Free To A Good Home: Not-so-old QSTs.
Okay. Here is the thing. I have a lot of stuff. Because once upon a time I had more money than time and now I have neither. So I'd like to cut down on the bulky magazines I have in storage at the Ham Shack. ( I need to get some of the wife's crafty stuff in the shack so the baby nursery can be exactly that when the times comes. ) A lot of these are QSTs from the early to mid 2000s. I think these would be great for a new ham or to loan out to your geeky friends that haven't taken the plunge yet. Similarly, I have a lot of Nuts 'n Volts that I saved for the robot and weather balloon articles...
I'd ask that you either read, enjoy and return to me or pass along. Otherwise please don't shread 'em, sell them on ebay, etc. In that case, just give them back to me and I'll try to find a library or something to take them when you and everyone else are done.
Yes, I know back issues are free via Internet to ARRL members, but with the economy the way it is, I'm doubting League membership is increasing. If I had $$$ I'd put it in AMSAT because they're pretty much on the rocks. But that is their own doing and beyond the scope of this post.
Anyway, that's my rant for today on this topic.
73
Scott
I'd ask that you either read, enjoy and return to me or pass along. Otherwise please don't shread 'em, sell them on ebay, etc. In that case, just give them back to me and I'll try to find a library or something to take them when you and everyone else are done.
Yes, I know back issues are free via Internet to ARRL members, but with the economy the way it is, I'm doubting League membership is increasing. If I had $$$ I'd put it in AMSAT because they're pretty much on the rocks. But that is their own doing and beyond the scope of this post.
Anyway, that's my rant for today on this topic.
73
Scott
W5BBS Tech Net 12/05/2008
Tech Net - 146.910 - 7:00 PM
Scheduled for the 1st Friday and the 3rd Wednesday of each month.
Friday - December 5th
Wednesday - December 17th
The purpose of the Tech Net is to provide a forum for discussion of technical questions by those who check in. For those with the questions, it offers eduction and enlightenment. For those who attempt answers, it provides an opportunity to be an "Elmer".Brain-storming, outside-the-box thinking, and helping-hand giving are allowed.We realize that some attempts to give correct answers will be more successful than others. But in the spirit of giving, that often occurs.Come join in!
Scheduled for the 1st Friday and the 3rd Wednesday of each month.
Friday - December 5th
Wednesday - December 17th
The purpose of the Tech Net is to provide a forum for discussion of technical questions by those who check in. For those with the questions, it offers eduction and enlightenment. For those who attempt answers, it provides an opportunity to be an "Elmer".Brain-storming, outside-the-box thinking, and helping-hand giving are allowed.We realize that some attempts to give correct answers will be more successful than others. But in the spirit of giving, that often occurs.Come join in!
Wednesday, November 12, 2008
BAARC Fox Hunt 11/22/2008
Foxes will be KE5OOJ - Carlton Danforth
KE5OKT - Jim Danforth
Date: Saturday 11/22/2008
Starting Time: 9:00AM
Repeater Input Frequency: 146.310
Repeater Output Frequency: 146.910 ... PL Tone 88.5
BROKEN ARROW AMATEUR RADIO CLUB
W5BBS
W5BBS
Breakfast Sign in Sheet 11/08/2008
To update or remove your name from this list email to stanpennington@valornet.com
Tom Hance KD5CNY kd5cny@qsl.net
Scott Haley KD5NJR kd5njr@gmail.com
Rick Larkin KA0OXN
Stan Pennington KE5LEP stanpennington@valornet.com
Shirley Pennington KE5PAQ stanpennington@valornet.com
Cat Roberts KE5OMU ke5omv@yahoo.com
Don Roberts KE5OMV ke5omv@yahoo.com
Ray Young KE5WGA broncoman351@sbcglobal.net
Nate Free KE5VSR cherokeetransport@tds.net
David Kupipc KE5RBR ke5rbr@sbcglobal.net
Virginia Mitchell KA2QHE
Bob Mitchell W2CSL bigbob6@cox.net
Bill Birchett K5BRR
T.C. Van Matre KB5TVE tvanmatre@cox.net
Paul Bisdorf AE5PB paul.bisdorf@usqce.army.mil
Dan Larimore W5YDL W5YDL@yahoo.com
John Meek AE5HQ john@johnmeek.com
Katie Jech KE5BZF katie.jech@jechweb.com
Alex Jech KD5PFF alex.jech@jechweb.com
John Lathrop N5TBM john5tbm@att.net
Tom Devlin AE5TD td3@aol.com
Tuesday, November 11, 2008
BAARC - Christmas Party
BAARCBROKEN ARROW AMATEUR RADIO CLUB
W5BBS
The Broken Arrow Amateur Radio Club Christmas party will be
on November 24th which is Monday night at 7:00PM. It will be at the Lone Star Steakhouse in Broken Arrow.
101 E. Albany St.Broken Arrow OK, 74012
Ph: 918 / 355-1133
Please contact any of the club officers if you plan to attend.
Officers for 2007
President: Kevin Arnold, KD5RHF, prez@w5bbs.org
Vice Pres.: Gerry Paschal, KC5JKU, paschalg@valornet.com
Secretary: Steve Bradley, KB5ZSD, swbradley@juno.com
Treasurer: Steve Ray, N5FEM, mailto:k9gdk@juno.com
Repeater Trustee: Jeff Scoville, AE5ME, mailto:ab5m@aol.com
Past President: Scott Haley, KD5NJR, kd5njr@arrl.net
Director: Steve Ray, N5FEM, n5fem@arrl.net
Director: Steve Bradley, KB5ZSD, swbradley@juno.com
Director: Guy Shipley, WB5MXO, mailto:%20wb5mxo@cox.net
Sunday, November 9, 2008
Saturday, November 8, 2008
Best Attendance Ever
Amateur Ham Radio operators from Northeast Oklahoma met for breakfast at Duffy's Resturant in Broken Arrow. Bob Mitchell (W2CSL) opened the event and welcomed all of the 21 operators that were in attendance. Bob and Virginia (KA2QHE) are the folks that we thank for motivating us to get together. Everyone was asked to state his or her Call Sign and to report how many miles were traveled to attend the breakfast. The most miles traveled was Dan Lairmore (W5YDL) with 62 miles. Don Roberts (KE5OMV) worked as the photographer for the day. He did such a fine job at the last breakfast that we are all grateful to see him repeat the effort. We all look forward to the next breakfast. Keep an eye on this BLOG for time and place information.
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