Monthly Section News Summaries
Monthly Summary for October 2009
It's a time to share what has been going on in the section in clubs, ARESŪ
groups, or other areas of interest in amateur radio.
==> CARROLL COUNTY CLUB BALLOON LAUNCH
There's always something neat going on in the MDC Section. Witness the
Carroll County High-Altitude Balloon Launch, CarrollSat-1, launched in
conjunction with the Mason-Dixon Hamfest in Westminster, Md.
A homebrew PICAXE module to sample temperature and light was sent aloft in a
ouple Styrofoam cups taped together and a 10 milliwatt garage door opener for
a transmitter all attached to a balloon that was a whole one foot in
diameter. There was even a technical presentation on the project.
To see and read about everything that went into the project, please click
<http://simsat.net/carrollsat/>.
==> SPECIAL EVENT STATION FOR AIDS
The following is a summary of information posted by Page Pyne, WA3EOP,
regarding the upcoming special event station for World AIDS Awareness Day.
AIDS is still a threat to men, women and children with 2.5 million people
becoming infected during 2008, bringing the total living with HIV to 33.2
million. A special amateur radio station will be operating at UNAIDS HQ in
Geneva, Switzerland, from December 1-7th, 2009, with the special event
callsign 4U1AIDS. They invite people to observe the "World AIDS Day" and
demonstrate global HIV awareness.
International World Aids Day 2009 Amateur Radio Certificate:
Those amateur radio stations which have a radio contact with 4U1AIDS on any
three amateur radio bands, will awarded a special commemorative certificate
World AIDS Day Award.
Amateur radio stations that have radio contact with 4U1AIDS on five amateur
radio bands will be awarded a special commemorative UNAIDS pennant. Special
QSL card: For each radio contact with 4U1AIDS, a special QSL card will be
sent. QSL information: For further information, please get in contact with:
Andrey Fedorov, UNAIDS, 20 Avenue Appia, CH-1211, Geneva 27, Switzerland.
WEB sites: Official UNAIDS WEB site:
<http://www.UNAIDS.org>http://www.UNAIDS.org>.
Amateur Radio 4U1AIDS WEB site:
<http://www.DX-World.com/4u1aids>http://www.DX-World.com/4u1aids>.
==> CHANGES TO WINLINK INSTRUCTIONS & MDC NTS INFO
MDC ASM Al Nollmeyer, W3YVQ, has provided updates to Winlink instructions and
MDC NTS information. These updates may be viewed on the MDC Section home
page,
<http://www.arrl-mdc.net/>. Look for the blinking !NEW! symbol.
Assistant Section Manager Al, W3YVQ, is the MDC Section Traffic Manager, STM,
and has been a force majeure in establishing the Winlink e-mail over radio as
an integral part of our national message handling system.
==> PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY ARESŪ HOSPITAL DRILL
On October 6, 7:30 PM Prince George's County, Maryland, Amateur Radio
Emergency Service (ARES) conducted the fourth and final quarterly Hospital
drill for the year 2009. Radio operators participated in a "impromptu" drill
called for by ARES AEC Wanda Montgomery, KA3AHI, who is assigned
responsibility for the County Hospital Project by EC Dan Blasberg, KA8YPY.
The drill required e-mail messages be sent from the hospitals to "a Shelter"
(W3CB at home) where a radio operator would store and forward them to the
Health Department. The Health Department would receive them via Telnet on
site and forward to AEC Wanda Montgomery, KA3AHI, "HD clients."
Five of the six Prince George's County hospitals and the county Health
Department participated in the drill. For the rest of the detailed report,
please read it on the ARRL Section website:
<http://www.arrl.org/sections/MDC.html>
==> SECTION TRAFFIC MANAGER REPORT
MDC NTS NETS:
MEPN 0910 W3YVQ QND/31 QNI/350 QTC/74 MINS/723
MEPN 0910 W3YVQ QND/3 QNI/20 QTC/7 MINS/180 SET 09
BTN 0910 K3CSX QND/23 QNI/320 QTC/25 MINS/442
BTN 0910 K3CSX QND/3 QNI/19 QTC/4 MINS/34 SET 09
BTN 0909 K3CSX QND/30 QNI/297 QTC/43 MINS/483
BTN 0907 K3CSX QND/31 QNI/303 QTC/47 MINS/550
BTN 0908 K3CSX QND/31 QNI/253 QTC/33 MINS/420
BTN 0906 K3CSX QND/30 QNI/271 QTC/51 MINS/547
MDD 0910 AA3SB QND/62 QNI/353 QTC/159 MINS/717
MDD 0910 AA3SB QND/6 QNI/6 QTC/3 MINS/31 SET 09
MSN 0910 W8CPG QND/31 QNI/165 QTC/45 MINS/789
SET 09 OCT 3 JURISDICTIONS:
MEPN:
ALLE, ANAR, BACI, BACO, CARR, CECI, DE, GARR,
PRGE, STMA, WASH;
BTN:
BACI, BACO, CECI, HARF, MONT.
PSHR: W3YVQ 160, KK3F 140, W3CB 132, AA3SB 120,
KB3LNM 105, WB4FDT 100, K3IN 90, N3ZOC 90, KB3MXM 85,
KB3LFG 62; 0909 KB3MXM 80;
TFC: KK3F 1101, AA3SB 127, WB4FDT 110, W3YVQ 101,
KB3LNM 87, K3IN 64, N3ZOC 63, W3CB 44, KB3MXM 30,
KC3Y 13, KA3KID 10, KB3LFG 4; 0909 KB3MXM 41.
73, W3YVQ, MDC STM
w3yvq atsign arrl dot net
==> FINALLY. . .
The MDC Section Staff would like to wish you and yours a safe and highly
enjoyable Thanksgiving holiday.
If you send me a short write up on your JOTA activities and some pictures,
ASM Al Brown, KZ3AB, will post them on
the ARRL MDC Section webpage,
<http://www.arrl.org/sections/MDC.html>.
Look forward to hearing what's going on around the MDC
Section on the upcoming Echolink Net.
73, Jim Cross
SM MDC
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