March-April Nebraska Section News

I’m trying very hard not to blink. I would hate to miss spring this year. It’s been an interesting transition from winter to what seemed to be spring and back again.

I did spend a little time taking part in the Nebraska QSO party this weekend. Reynolds Davis, K0GND, described propagation as pretty amazing. He said he would give out a call and then log 3 contacts a minute for a long time. I had a similar experience. It is nice to feel “rare.” The NE party was held on the same weekend as the North and South Dakota parties. The plan is to move toward a “Rare Midwest States QSO Party” in the future. Thanks to Reynolds and the Nebraska QCWA for organizing this year’s event.

The Nebraska State Convention was a success once again. Held on March 16 th, the flea market was filled with stuff to drool over. The forums were informative. Ken Dewey, WD0BIV did his usual magic talking about weather. Tomas Hood, NW7US, presented a very interesting discussion on propagation. And Norm Fusaro, W3IZ, from ARRL HQ gave his views on the future of Ham Radio. I also appreciated the support and comments from the ARRL Midwest Division Director, Cliff Ahrens, K0CA, and his Deputy Director, Rod Blacksome, K0DAS. Thanks to the Lincoln Amateur Radio Club for another great effort in support of our community and hobby.

The Pioneer Amateur Radio Club’s Dave Theophilus, W0NRW, sent out an announcement that Larry Martens, K0SW, was presented with an ARRL Elmer Award by Jarad Chrisman, KD0EFC. Dave wrote that “the award is given to an amateur radio operator who provides personal guidance and assistance to would-be hams.” For more information about the ARRL award, please visit:

http://www.arrl.org/elmer-award

Congratulations and thanks, Larry!

Jeff Scarbrough, N5SXQ, dropped me a note about the trials and tribulations of getting a 70cm repeater working in the Sidney area. It is now up and running. The frequency is 442.250 MHz with a 107.2 Hz tone. The coverage is good but the south Platte river valley is blocked by hills and mesas. Jeff plans to fix that with a linked repeater near Sterling or Crook, Colorado. The repeater already proved useful when Jeff’s truck died in an area with no cell coverage. He contacted his wife, Judy, KD0SAB, via the repeater and she brought out repair parts. If you are in the Sidney area, give the new machine a try.

As you plan your calendar, please consider adding a couple of ham events. The 2013 Wyoming State Convention and Swap will be held on June 7 th and 8 th in the Bozeman Trail Steakhouse and Conference Center. The Steakhouse is located in Buffalo, WY. For more information, please visit:

http://www.wyominghamcon.org

The ARRL Midwest Convention will be held at the Cowan Civic Center in Lebanon, MO, on November 8 and 9, 2013. The Convention is free. That’s right, no registration fee. There are also no fees for vendors, flea market participants, or parking. For more information, please download a PowerPoint description at:

http://www.arrlmidwest.org/pictures/ARRL%20Midwest%20Convention.pptx

Well that’s the news for this report. I would like to thank the many people who stopped by to thank me for my time as Section Manager. As you know, I will step down as Section Manager at the end of June. ARRL rules appropriately don’t allow me to comment on the election process. I would, however, encourage you all to vote.

73 for now,

Art K0AIZ

73, Art K0AIZ

Art Zygielbaum, KØAIZ
ARRL Nebraska Section Manager

Section Traffic Manager and Section Emergency Coordinator

Net Reports - February 2013

Nebraska 40 Meter Net, no report
Nebraska Cornhusker Net, Sessions 28, QNI 391, QTC 4, Reported by K0CWW
Nebraska CW Net, Sessions 20, QNI 73, QTC 3, Reported by AA0W
Nebraska Morning Phone Net, Sessions 26, QNI 1581, QTC 39, Reported by KA0DOC
Nebraska Storm Net, Sessions 28, QNI 1561, QTC 11, Reported by AG0L
One Sixty Meter Weather Net, Sessions 23, QNI 634, QTC 2, Reported by W0EJL
West Nebraska Net, Sessions 24, QNI 1281, QTC 142, Reported by K0RRL
Buffalo County ARES, Sessions 3, QNI 27, QTC 0, Reported by WA0LST
Dodge County ARES, Sessions 4, QNI 30, QTC 1, Reported by KC0KKE
Elkhorn Valley ARC, no report
Eastern Nebraska ARES Net, Sessions 28, QNI 743, QTC 0, Reported by KN0RKY
Mid-Nebraska ARES Net, Sessions 12, QNI 105, QTC 0, Reported by KC0MWM
NPPARC, Sessions 4, QNI 30, QTC 0, Reported by WD0D
Platte Valley 2-Meter Net, Sessions 4, QNI 30, QTC 0, Reported by KW0R
W0IRZ Memorial ARES Net, Sessions 4, QNI 75, QTC 2, Reported by W0WHY

* Net Report Legend: Sessions=Number of times net called, QNI=Number of Station Check-ins, QTC=Formal Traffic Count

Traffic Totals

K0PTK: 362 PSHR Total = 115
WA4STO: 346 PSHR Total = 130

Public Service Honor Roll
(Please visit http://www.arrl.org/FandES/field/pshr/ for more information about the honor roll.)

KAØDBK 91 points
KBØYTM 26 points

Net Reports - March 2013

Nebraska 40 Meter Net, Sessions 16, QNI 202, QTC 4, Reported by KW0R
Nebraska Cornhusker Net, Sessions 29, QNI 324, QTC 4, Reported by K0CWW
Nebraska CW Net, Sessions 21, QNI 74, QTC 11, Reported by AA0W
Nebraska Morning Phone Net, Sessions 31, QNI 1769, QTC 46, Reported by KA0DOC
Nebraska Storm Net, Sessions 31, QNI 1659, QTC 13, Reported by AG0L
One Sixty Meter Weather Net, Sessions 9, QNI 261, QTC 2, Reported by W0EJL
West Nebraska Net, Sessions 26, QNI 1358, QTC 194, Reported by K0RRL
Buffalo County ARES, Sessions 4, QNI 28, QTC 0, Reported by WA0LST
Dodge County ARES, Sessions 6, QNI 43, QTC 0, Reported by KC0KKE
Eastern Nebraska ARES Net, Sessions 31, QNI 926, QTC 0, Reported by KN0RKY
Mid-Nebraska ARES Net, Sessions 13, QNI 96, QTC 1, Reported by KC0MWM
NPPARC, Sessions 4, QNI 34, QTC 0, Reported by WD0D
Platte Valley 2-Meter Net, Sessions 5, QNI 38, QTC 0, Reported by KW0R
W0IRZ Memorial ARES Net, Sessions 5, QNI 72, QTC 5, Reported by W0WHY
Elkhorn Valley ARC, Sessions 4, QNI 28, QTC 4, Reported by KD0JE

* Net Report Legend: Sessions=Number of times net called, QNI=Number of Station Check-ins, QTC=Formal Traffic Count

Traffic Totals
(PSHR: Public Service Honor Roll)

K0PTK: 312 PSHR Total = 115
WA4STO: 414 PSHR Total = 140; BPL = YES, Orig: 136: Rcvd: 76; Sent: 200; Dlvd: 2 for Total of 414

Public Service Honor Roll
(Please visit http://www.arrl.org/FandES/field/pshr/ for more information about the honor roll.)

KAØDBK 89 points

Nebraska Section Nets

Net name, frequency, meets, time CDT, time utc

40 Meter Net, 7.282, Daily, 1300, 1800
Cornhusker Net, 3.982, Daily, 1230, 1730
CW Traffic Net, 3.540, M-F, 1900, 0000
Morning Phone Net, 3.982, Daily, 0730, 1230
One Sixty Weather Net, 1.995, Daily, 1930, 0130
Storm Net, 3.982, Daily, 1830, 2330 or 0130
West Nebraska Net, 3.950, M-S, 0700, 1200

Notes from the Section Traffic Manager:

Looking for any historical notes you may have about any of the Nebraska Section Net’s. Please send me your articles, stories, remembrances, pictures or anecdotes you may have. We will add to the monthly summaries.

Please report your individual traffic monthly totals to me at: nf0n@arrl.net I also check in to several net’s daily, you can send to me on the net. I welcome your comments and suggestions.

Mike, NFØN

OFFICIAL OBSERVER REPORTS

February 2013 Hours

KE6DZD - 60
WBØMWB - 37
KBØZZT - 150
WBØWXS - 10
WØHXL - 46
WBØCMC - 0
KEØXQ - 120
ACØDQ - 80
KAØJTI - 50

KB0DNP, NØXY - no report

March 2013 Hours

KE6DZD - 80
WBØMWB - 46
KBØZZT - 100
WBØWXS - 44
WØHXL - 41
WBØCMC - 20
KEØXQ - 100
ACØDQ - 80
KAØJTI - 30

KB0DNP, NØXY - no report

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(none listed - please send KØAIZ your announcements!)

WEB PAGES

AKSARBEN ARC http://www.aksarbenarc.org/main/
Amateur Radio Association of Nebraska (used to be: Hastings ARC) http://www.w0wwv.org
Ashland ARC http://ashlandarc.org/
Bellevue ARC http://www.bellevuearc.org
Boyer Valley Amateur Radio Club (IA) http://www.bvarc.net
Buffalo County ARES http://www.bcares.info
Douglas County ARES http://www.mdares.org/home/
Elkhorn Valley ARC http://www.qsl.net/evarc
Heartland Amateur Radio Association http://www.qsl.net/hara
Heartland DX Association http://www.hdxa.net
Lincoln ARC http://www.k0kkv.org
Midway ARC http://wØky.kearney.net/
Midwest Home Brewer's & QRP Group http://www.qsl.net/hbqrp
Nebraska EMA http://www.nema.ne.gov/
Pine Ridge ARC http://www.pineridgearc.org/
Pioneer Amateur Radio Club http://www.k0jfn.com
Strategic Air Command Memorial ARC http://www.sacmarc.org/
Quarter Century Wireless Association http://www.qcwa.org/
Society of Wireless Pioneers http://www.sowp.org/
South East Nebraska Radio Club http://www.senrc.farmpond.net
1Ø-1Ø International http://www.ten-ten.org/
3900 Club http://www.3900club.com

Other Links of Interest

ARRL DX Bulletins http://www.arrl.org/w1aw/dx/
ARRL Propagation Bulletins http://www.arrl.org/w1aw/prop/
ARRL Keplarian Elements http://www.arrl.org/w1aw/kep/
ARRL Transmission Schedule http://www.arrl.org/w1aw.html#w1awsked
ARRL General and Special Bulletins http://www.arrl.org/w1aw/
ARRL Emergency Communications http://www.emergency-radio.org

SICK CALL

These are Amateur Radio Operators who are ill and need our support. Please send get well cards or QSL cards with your best wishes on them as they recover from their illnesses or surgeries. I will post along with their names what they are recovering from only with the permission of the families or the member themselves.

SILENT KEYS

While we celebrate the friends that they were, it is with sadness that we recognize the loss of these hams from our fold.

2013

WØADK - Lambert (Burm) Burmester

2012

WØAEX - Bob Rennolet, Sr.
KØAQQ - William Sprout
WAØASM - Steve May
KAØBTY - Robert Musil
KCØEHX - Roger Wilmont
WØHNW - Garry (Hoss) Cartwright
KØJPP - Berl Damkroger
KØKES - Joe Nanos
KBØOZD - Tadhg (Tag) Jackson
WØQOU - Martin Klein
WDØQVX - Henry Missel
ex-KAØREX - Claudius Shoniwa
KØRPC - Raymond M. Pohl
WØRVQ - Verne Voss
WØSZF - Verle (Moe) Francis
KAØTDN - Glen A. Roberts

2011

KAØFZW - Raymond E. Sheridan
WØGFQ - Leo Meyerson
WØJCB - William A. Rice
WØJCP - Dick Dyas
WØJJL - Jim Monk
KCØKOG - Jim Nitz
WØKQX - Ronald L. Frame
KI0KS - Robert Dunn Jr.
KAØLAR - Dan Tinkham
KBØLLZ - Bud Watson
KA2NIC - John Mark
KA0S - Doug Mibourn
WCØP - Don Duckett
KCØQR - Jerry Robb
KØTVP - Stanley Prokes
KØUDB - Gaylord Ottun
KBØWIC - Richard W. Harter
NØWWO - James Kuehn
KØYAB - Dick Moen
KCØYE - Robert M. Hill
NØXII - Steve Peterson
KCØYFU - Steve Rudolph
NØZRV - Vernon (Vern) Berggren

WEB RESOURCES

ARRL External Noise Handbook

HAMFESTS AND CONVENTIONS

ARRL Listing
Nebraska Section Convention: http://www.lincolnhamfest.org

VE TESTS

When attending a VE session, make sure you bring the following: your original license, a photocopy of your original license, 2 forms of identification (one with a photograph of you), any CSCE's and $15.00 cash or check.

NEBRASKA
http://www.arrl.org/arrlvec/examsearch.phtml?State=NE

Lincoln Amateur Radio Club
First Thrusday of every month at 7pm CT, T&R's Garden Restaurant, 5250 Cornhusker Highway, Lincoln. For more information, the club website is http://www.k0kkv.org.

IOWA
http://www.arrl.org/arrlvec/examsearch.phtml?State=IA

NOTICE
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Art Zygielbaum KØAIZ
ARRL Nebraska Section Manager
k0aiz@arrl.org