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ALERT: Mon, January 18, 2010; 6:34 PM ET Section Events
ARRL Nebraska State Convention Sponsored by the Lincoln Amateur Radio Club March 20, 2010 Lancaster Event Center For More Info: http://lincolnhamfest.org (Your announcement here!) (Send them to KØAIZ@arrl.org)
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News last updated: Tue, January 26, 2010 at 10:36 PM ET
Happy New Year! The end of 2009 was snowy and cold. Here in Lincoln, we had 14" to 15" on the ground at one time and that didn't include the drifts. I know it was worse in other areas. Driving became a real adventure. Hams in this area helped to get meals-on-wheels distributed and medical personnel moved to places they needed to be. Despite the fact that some have said that amateur radio is becoming irrelevant, we prove them wrong when the weather gets bad and dangerous.
The Haitian disaster gives us something to think about. There were not many Haitian stations on the air. Although the analysis has yet to be done, I suspect it was due to collapsed buildings, antennas, and the lack of electricity. The message for us is to be sure we have the ability to get on the air despite the loss of a tower or the lack of city power. Having a QRP HF radio stashed away with charged batteries and an easily deployed temporary antenna is probably not a bad idea. Along with your hand-held and mobile VHF/UHF radios, that would put you in good stead to serve your community in case of wide spread destruction.
Our Section Traffic Manager, Mike, NFØN, sent me an interesting email which quoted from the January 1942 issue of QST. In late October, early November a heavy snow and freeze took out "all communications lines in the eastern part of the State." Here are some extracts from the article:
"Fremont was completely isolated from the outside world for several hours. First communication lines were established by W9OED, Fremont. This was accomplished on 1.75-Mc. Phone. W9OED called "CQ Omaha, Urgent Traffic," was answered by W9OYB, Omaha, who in turn called up W9KVT, Omaha, on the land line and informed him OED was calling him. W9KVT contacted the Associated Press office, and the night news for the Fremont Morning Guide was transmitted by VKT to OED. Immediately following completion of this effort, BNC, Omaha, called OED, Fremont, for traffic west to Grand Island for the A. T. & T. When contact was finally established in round-about way, BNT in the meantime had gotten into Grand Island via Kansas City, Julesburg, Colorado and North Platte.
"The following morning, lines still being out of order, OED scheduled BNC for United Press news for the Fremont Daily Tribune. The October 31st news was handled at OEDâ€(TM)s with the assistance of RCH and his XYL who copied the press in shorthand. Saturday morning on the BNC schedule, the local newspapers furnished a stenographer and the press transmissions were handled without a hitch. The U.P. had a direct landline to the home of BNC, who had an amplifier on the telephone and rebroadcasted the U.P. office reading of the news direct to OED, who merely sat and watched the stenographer take it down in shorthand. The telephone, telegraph and teletype lines all went out and came back at about the same time. All Western Union telegraph traffic in and out of Fremont was handled by VKG, who, with the assistance of BQP, passed 18 messages in a short time.
"The Pioneer Radio Club of Nebraska are now all building 56- and 112-Mc. Equipment, so that if and when another call comes for amateur radio assistance, they will be more than ready to fill the bill."
It's been nearly 70 years since that event. We're still needed when times are bad.
The ARRL Nebraska State Convention will be held on March 20, 2010, at the Lancaster Event Center in Lincoln. The program includes Bob Allison, WB1GCM from ARRL HQ giving a view of the ARRL laboratory, Joe Dawson, KBØLQR, showing us how to construct a tower safely, and Jon Morris, KAØJGG, Nebraska Section Emergency Communications Coordinator speaking on emergency communications. There's much more. Tables are available -- and there are many more tables then last year at the flea market. Please take a look at the Convention website: http://lincolnhamfest.org for updates and more info.
73 & see you on the air,
Art Zygielbaum, KØAIZ
ARRL Nebraska Section Manager
Section Traffic Manager and Section Emergency Coordinator
Net Reports - November 2009
* Net Report Legend: Sessions=Number of times net called, QNI=Number of Station Check-ins, QTC=Formal Traffic Count
Nebraska 40 Meter Net
Sessions 31, QNI 305, QTC 2
Reported by KW0R, KL7MH, KD0CES
Nebraska Cornhusker Net
Sessions 30, QNI 516, QTC 13
Reported by K0CWW
Nebraska Morning Phone Net
Sessions 29, QNI 1699, QTC 26
Reported by KA0DOC
Nebraska Storm Net
Sessions 31, QNI 898, QTC 1
Reported by AG0L
West Nebraska Net
Sessions 27, QNI 1390, QTC 87
Reported by K0RRL
Buffalo County ARES
Sessions 4, QNI 26, QTC 0
Reported by KA0DBK
Dodge County ARES
Sessions 3, QNI 20, QTC 0
Reported by KC0KKE
Eastern Nebraska 2-Meter Net
Sessions 29, QNI 525, QTC 0
Reported by KB0DNP
Midland ARES - October
Sessions 2, QNI 78, QTC 0
Reported by W9HZC
Midland ARES - November
Sessions 4, QNI 187, QTC 0
Reported by W9HZC
Midland ARES - December
Sessions 3, QNI 123, QTC 0
Reported by W9HZC
Mid Nebraska ARES 2-Meter Net
Sessions 13, QNI 141, QTC 2
Reported by KC0MWM
NPPARC
Sessions 3, QNI 21, QTC 0
Reported by W0DED
Platte Valley 2-Meter Net
Sessions 5, QNI 53, QTC 1
Reported by KW0R, KL7MH
W0IRZ Memorial ARES Net -- 2009
Sessions 52, QNI 812, QTC 32
Reported by W0WHY
Traffic Totals
KØPTK 120 originations
Public Service Honor Roll
(Please visit http://www.arrl.org/FandES/field/pshr/ for more information about the honor roll.)
KAØDBK 112 points
KBØYTM 25 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 |
Storm Net |
3.982 |
Daily |
1830 |
2330 |
West Nebraska Net |
3.950 |
M-S |
0700 |
1200 |
Notes from the Section Traffic Manager:
Please report your individual traffic monthly totals to me at my email address
I welcome your comments and suggestions.
Mike, NF0N
OFFICIAL OBSERVER REPORTS
| KAØJTI | 50 hours |
| WØHXL | 85 hours |
| KBØZZT | 25 hours |
| KE6DZD | 140 hours |
| W3PRR | 32 hours |
| WØDED | 25 hours |
| WBØMWB | 25 hours |
| WBØCMC | 20 hours |
| NØXY | no report |
| WØWFM | no report |
| WBØWXS | 10 hours |
| KEØXQ | 100 hours |
**********SPECIAL EVENTS STATION**********
(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.hara-w0sok.org
Heartland DX Association http://www.hdxa.net
Lincoln ARC http://www.lincolnarc.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/
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.
2010
KAØCPO - Jack Higgins
2009
WØBTE - Frank Fernald
KAØBOI - Mary Ellen Miller
WØCQQ - William "Bill" Welch
KAØEOE - Marvin Anderson
WDØEYF - David Wesley Britton
WAØFRT - Bob Johnson
WØIXF - Milton "Milky" S. Berg
WBØWFS - Betty Hernes
WØURC - John Herron
KCØYRS - Tim Beaver
2008
WBØQPP - Scott E. Perrson
WØRMB - Cecil D. DeWitt
WDØCJH - Norma Rickel
KØFRU - Harold Detour
KBØZHC - Ralph Orahood
WAØRPW - Mac Reed
WBØEGK - Jerry Kohn
NØLAL and NØUS - Carolyn and Steven Baily
WEB RESOURCES
HAMFESTS AND CONVENTIONS
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 $14.ØØ cash or check.
NEBRASKA
http://www.arrl.org/arrlvec/examsearch.phtml?State=NE
IOWA
http://www.arrl.org/arrlvec/examsearch.phtml?State=IA
NOTICE
You may reprint items from this webpage/newsletter without prior permission if attribution to this source is provided.
Art Zygielbaum KØAIZ
ARRL Nebraska Section Manager
k0aiz@arrl.org
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