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News last updated: Sun, April 13, 2008 at 4:56 PM ET
APRIL 2008 MISSOURI SECTION NEWS
DALE BAGLEY, KØKY MO SM
Thanks to the Boeing Employees Amateur Radio Society (BEARS) for sponsoring the 2008 Missouri QSO Party. I heard lots of activity this year, but sadly not too many heard my QRP SSB signal during the contest. I did have a wonderful time visiting various counties in Northeast MO to give those in the contest a chance at some multipliers that don't have much Amateur Radio activity. I want to thank Dave Propper, K2DP, James Kinser, NØAJ, and the rest of the BEARS for the great job they do in sponsoring the QSO Party.
If you or your club has some activity, project, or event that you would like to share with all the ARRL members across MO that receive the Section News, please send a brief summary to kØky@arrl.org and I'll try to get it in a future issue.
Keith Little, NØTY, passed on a tidbit concerning sunspot cycle 23 that was interesting. If you want to check the info out go to the link provided. http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2008/28mar_oldcycle.htm?list1057675
Congratulations to the Kansas Amateur Radio community and PRB-1 committee for their hard work and success in the passage of their PRB-1 effort. On April 9th 2008, Kansas Governor Kathleen Sebelius signed House Bill 2805 the Kansas Emergency Communication Preservation Act into law which makes Kansas the 26th State to do so. PRB-1 or HB 2805 does not set new legal precedent. It simply assures that Kansas state law reflects the federal rules regarding Amateur Radio Stations at no cost to the state or its citizens. Thanks to former KS SM Orlan Cook, WØOYH for passing on the news.
APRIL 2008 HAMFESTS
On April 12th the Springtime Hamfest sponsored by the Ozark Amateur Radio Society at the Senior Center at 425 North Main St in Mount Vernon, MO. For more information contact Julie Frank, KDØBSK, 20500 Highway W Verona, MO 65769 or phone her at 417-440-9438 or by e-mail at Jules@guebiz.com . You can check their website at http://W0OAR.com Talk-In: 146.970 (no tone)
The April 19th HAMBASH 2008 is sponsored by the Ararat Shrine Amateur Radio Club and it will be held in the Ararat Shrine on 5100 Ararat Drive in Kansas City, MO. For more information you need to contact Dave Hinkley, KAØSOG 1221 SE 11th Street Lee's Summit, MO 64081 Phone: 816-525-4826 or you can Email: ka0sog@arrl.net Check out their website at http://www.hambash.com/
AFFILIATED CLUB NEWS KEITH HAYE, WEØG, ACC
The Heart of America Radio Club March meeting featured the judging of crystal radio receiver construction projects. The members brought homebrew simple crystal radio without amplification. Crystal Radio kits didn't qualify. Craig Schley, KAØFSP was in charge of the contest. Matt May, KC4WCTG and Brian Short, KCØBS are teaching the Technician licensing class at St. Joseph Medical Center on Tuesday and Thursday evenings.
The Callaway Amateur Radio League will have a amateur radio display in the Callaway Bank window during the week of June 23-30. Set up is probably 1:00 PM on Monday the 23rd and take down will be about 9:00 AM on Monday the 30th. Gene Meador, WBØHKN is responsible for getting the display together and it is important to note that the display will be on during the week end of Field Day, June 28/29.
The Bootheel ARC reports that Jill Niemeier, KCØYQJ, an 8th grader from Kennett, MO recently entered her project, "Emergency Communications II" in the 52nd Annual Southeast Missouri Regional Science Fair and received nine different prestigious awards for her work. Jill's accomplishments were reported along with a photograph in the Daily Dunklin Democrat. Congratulations to Jill and thanks to Larry Ford, NØRIC for passing on the great story.
Larry Staples, WØAIB the originator of "Larry's List" reports that for the second year, April 12th and 13th ham radio operators around the world will participate in a special-event transmission to commemorate the 96th anniversary of the sinking of Titanic, originating from the Titanic museum in Branson. Operators will transmit the news of the 96th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic using special event call sign W0S. The special call sign, WØS, stands for "White Star," the name of the company that built the Titanic. This year a group of 16 to 20 high school students, who recently passed their ham license exams, will travel from northeast Oklahoma to Branson and participate.
The special event idea was developed by museum attraction co-owner, Mary Kellogg Joslyn, and Nixa ham radio operators Rich Vogt, KB9YZE, Dave Beckler, WAØSAP, Al Gallo, WØERE and Rod Kittleman, KØADI. Most if not all of the Amateur Operators are members of the NIXA ARC. Check out the link provided http://www.wzeros.com/W0S_Special_Event.html
The Mississippi Valley DX and Contest Club recently had another excellent presentation by Merle Bone, WØEWM. Merle's subject was about Key Transceiver Specifications. He provided a twenty page handout full of charts, graphs, and etc. He discussed Receiver Noise Floor, Close-in Dynamic Range, Receiver Blocking and many other functions. He also discussed Transmitter Characteristics from CW Keying to Speech Processing. Merle compared 19 transceivers and how operating objectives influence the selection of the "right" Transceiver. Those present had a fantastic learning experience.
SECTION ARES REPORT FOR FEBRUARY 2008 DON MOORE, KMØR SEC
Total # of ARES members: 760
Number of drills, tests and training sessions this month: 97 Man hours: 831
Number of public service events this month: 8 Man hours: 71
Number of emergency operations this month: 3 Man hours: 19
Total number of ARES operations this month: 108 Total Man hours: 921
Comments: 5 of 9 districts reporting
SECTION TRAFFIC REPORTS FOR FEBRUARY 2008 DALE HUFFINGTON, AEØS,
MON-CW Sessions 50 QNI 97 QTC 34 NM K9ZTV
MO Phone Sessions 31 QNI 1308 QTC 141 NM KØRWL
MESN Sessions 5 QNI 260 QTC 3 NM AEØS
MOPN Sessions 29 QNI 156 QTC 12 NM KUØG
Audrain Co AARC Sessions 6 QNI 66 QTC 0 NM KBØKWC
Callaway CARL Sessions 3 QNI 31 QTC 0 NM WBØHKN
Boone Co Sessions 4 QNI 83 QTC 1 NM WMØH
Howell HCARC Sessions 48 QNI 28 QTC 3 NM KØRWL
Jackson Co ARES Sessions 5 QNI 71 QTC 0 NM KØUAA
Macon Co Sessions 4 QNI 33 QTC 0 NM KØKY
Rolla RRARS Sessions 31 QNI 453 QTC 15 NM KB9ZBO
St Louis CO ARC Sessions 11 QNI 98 QTC 9 NM KBØH
Sullivan ARC Sessions 14 QNI 199 QTC 8 NM KBØROX
Taney Co TLARC Sessions 1 QNI 5 QTC 319 NM KBØOFD
WAARCI Sessions 5 QNI 128 QTC 0 NM WBØTOM
10th Reg Sessions 60 QNI QTC 60 MO 90% with W7FBM K9ZTV, KC9M, WØSJS NM WØSS
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