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ALERT: Sun, May 4, 2008; 11:52 AM ET OBARC announces test session! June 5th, 2008 at the Ocean Acres Community center, Nautilus Drive, Manahawkin. Doors close 7 PM. Contact Dave Burgess, WA2TVS at 609-698-2872. Directions available at www.obarc.org |
News last updated: Sat, May 3, 2008 at 9:17 AM ET
SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY NEWSLETTER FOR APRIL 2008
SECTION MANAGER, JEAN PRIESTLEY, KA2YKN
Well, we made it through the winter and now we are now ready to dive into all our nice weather activities. The first that comes to mind (what is left of it) is Fox hunts or better know as transmitter hunts. It only takes a small group to have a large amount of fun. Then there is that time honored tradition of checking you outdoor equipment such as antennas and towers. Let us not forget that even though it was not a hard winter, there are still repairs and preventative maintanance that may need to be done. There is the March of Dimes WalkAmerica, American Cancer Rides and MS Rides and Walks. But in the center ring for our summer activities is FIELD DAY. Sign up early and often. Finally, there will be those club activities including picnics. Ham radio is the great hobby that it is today because hams and friends and families of hams join in and support these activities. Thank you in advance for participating and being a part of things.
On April 5th the Burlington County Radio Club held an Amateur Radio demo for the Venture Scouts at Pine Hill Scout Camp in New Jersey. They used an FT-857 with an MFJ tuner into a vertical antenna. Several contacts were made on 20 meters PSK with stations in Europe. They used an FT-7800 on 2 meters. SSTV also made a big hit. The operators were Bob Nelson, K2QPN and Frank Huminski, K2SQS. The Venture Scouting is a co-ed program for 14-20 year olds. There was also GPS training, followed by a geo-caching hunt, mountain biking and rifle marksmanship training. Venture Crews participated from Southern NJ, Maryland and Delaware. They also participated in leadership training to advance their skills.
A new law (P.L. 2007, c 198) went into effect on March 1 pf 2008) went into effect on March 1
2008 regarding the use of wireless telephones and communication devices in a moving motor vehicle. Section 1.a reads: The use of a wireless telephone or electronic communications device by an operator of a moving motor vehicle on a public road or highway shall be unlawful except when the telephone is a hands-free wireless telephone or the electronic communications device is used hands-free, provided that its placement does not interfere with the operation of federally required safety equipment and the operator exercises a high degree of caution in the operation of the motor vehicle. For the purposes of this section, an electronic communications device shall not include amateur radio. The full text of the law can be found at: http://www.judiciary.state.nj.us/legis/2007c198_law.pdf
The new Amateur Extra class Question Pool has been released. The national Conference of Volunteer Examiner Coordinators has released the new pool of question for the Amateur Extra class license. This pool will become effective for examinations given on or after July 1, 2008 and should be in service until June 30, 2012. The pool, which consists of 741 questions and 12 graphics, can be downloaded from the NCVEC website in Word, PDF or RTF formats.
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JSARS Is still holding their testing sessions the third Thursday of each month at 7:30 pm at the Riverwood Recreation Building on Riverwood Drive in Toms River, NJ. For more information call Ed, GENOINO, WA2NDA at 609-693-3729. Holiday City ARC is also still holding their test sessions every other 2nd Saturday from 10am to 12pm, (May, July, Sept, Nov). Sessions are held at the Holiday City South Clubhouse area in meeting room #1 on Mule Road at the corner of Santiago Dr in Toms River. Your contact person is Bill Haldane, AC2F and the phone is 732-240-7064 or ac2f@earthlink.net. When going to any test session, you must have your original license and at least one Xerox copy and original and one copy of any credit sheets you may have. Also bring 2 forms of id.
An Amateur Radio test session will be conducted on Saturday June 7, 2008 at 9:30 AM. Doors will open at 9 AM. The location of the testing is the Tony Canale Fire Training Center, 5033 English Creek Avenue, Egg Harbor Township, NJ 08234. The test fee is $14 and you must have 2 forms of ID. Anyone who is testing to upgrade their present license must bring their orginal amateur radio license plus a photo copy of same. Southern Counties Amateur Radio Association is the sponsor of the testing. All the Volunteer Examers are certified by the ARRL. Pre-registration is mandatory. Please contact Lou, KA2NTT, ka2natt@arrl.net or call 609-927-9182 to register.
Testing sessions by SJRA are on the 4th Tuesday of each month at the Winslow Senior center. Contact is Mark, K2AX at JTRA@comcast.net or (609)820-1523.
If you haven't already, please make a note or bookmark the following site:
http://www.erh.noaa.gov/phi/skywarn/index.html.
The Battleship New Jersey will soon be on summer hours but still check the website or more information. If your club is thinking about visiting the NJ2BB club station, please be sure to make arrangements ahead of the scheduled date to insure that someone will be there. Just go on our website at www.nj2bb.org for information to schedule a visit. If you have worked NJ2BB and want to send a card, the QSL manager is Margaret Burgess, KB2BRR 150 Schooner Ave, Barnegat, NJ 08005. Please send your cards with an SASE to insure receiving a card in return from NJ2BB. http:// www.nj2bb.org
Early this coming summer the ship will open a new tour route named "City at Sea". Its intent is to highlight the support activities within the vessel, such as dental, medical and sickbay. The will also be a Quick Stop (aka smoke shop), Post office and machine shops. Of interest to the Ham community is the WW2 Radio Room that members of BNJARS have been working on. This compartment was once filled with black crackle painted equipment that glows in the dark. The gang has fount the appropriate equipment from various sources, restored and repaired each item as needed. When the new route opens to the public, all of the gear on display will be ready for real operations. Except that the antenna feed lines will most likely not be back in service yet. Once the cables are installed, Ham operations from this space will commence much to the delight of the viewing public and the operators.
If you have an activity coming up or want to report something that happened, please send a short write up to me and I will put it in next month. Please remember that if you work traffic to report it to Dan, K2UL.
Traffic report for March Traffic manager, K2UL, Dan Ostroy
SNJ/NNJ Section Net Reports
QNI reports NJM 82 N2GJ NJPN 232 W2CC NJSN 188 K2PB NJN(E) 176 AG2R NJN(L) 171 AG2R
(the above nets are dual section nets of both SNJ and NNJ. Liaisons with 2RN)
SNJ Local Net Reports JSARS 365 WA2NDA SJTN 22
Station Activity Reports (SAR) WA2CUW 128 KB2RTZ 92 AA2SV 47 WA2NDA 45 K2GW 32 K2UL 25 W2QOB 17
Public Service Honor Roll (PSHR) K2GW 145 K2UL 95 WA2CUW 90 W2QOB 87 N2HQL 85 WA2NDA 78 KA2YKN 60 KB2ADL 63
STM reports that the past six years have been posted on the web at
http://k2ul.home.att.net/stm_monthly.htm
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