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Re: CCARC Meeting Tonight
John, I will not be in attendance tonight. Dave KC3KHV On Thu, Feb 27, 2025, 7:14 AM John Szwarc via <johnszwarc=[email protected]> wrote:
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CCARC Meeting Tonight
Good morning everyone! A final reminder about the Clearfield County Amateur Radio Club meeting tonight.? 7 PM at the Clearfield Emergency Management Agency building.? 911 Leonard Street, Clearfield.?? We have several projects in the works right now.? Lots to talk discuss.? Please plan to attend. Thank you. John N3SPW -- John Szwarc |
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Re: Tuesday night net
Hey Tim how have you been? I'm on an airplane in Tampa Florida heading back to Pa. Probably can't check into the net tonight same as I was on the plane last Tuesday leaveing. but I'm on the way back and would like to run net control some time. I'll talk to you and the group this week for more info. And hope your Bible study is going good. The Bible is the only true word of God! On Mon, Feb 17, 2025, 9:29 AM Tim Leet via <teleet=[email protected]> wrote: Good morning everyone, if someone would like to step up and be a net control for the Tuesday night net that would really be appreciated. Unfortunately, I will be starting a Bible study at our church on Tuesday nights and will not be able to call the net at this time. The Bible study is during that time. I will be glad to help out if there¡¯s any weeks that we are not there and I am available. Anyone can be a net control. It is not hard at all, so if you would like to do the net on Tuesday night just let us know and we¡¯ll be glad to get you on board. It is a great net. And only last about 15 to 20 minutes. Of course, we would like to get a lot more people participating and if it lasts an hour, that would be great too. Anyway, hope everyone has a great week and please consider being a neck control for the? net. It is a great opportunity and good experience.? 73? from Tim. K5TEL |
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"Amateur Radio Emergency Preparedness Act of 2025"
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Re: February CCARC Newsletter
¿ªÔÆÌåÓýHarvey,Sorry about that. ?Not sure how I missed you. ?I¡¯ll add you to the attendees this evening. ?? John 814-553-5649 On Feb 24, 2025, at 10:12?AM, Harvey Haag via groups.io <hhaag@...> wrote:
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Re: Updated Club Roster
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On Feb 25, 2025, at 9:07?AM, Dave maranowski via groups.io <dmaranowski@...> wrote:
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Re: Updated Club Roster
John I am an ARRL member Dave KC3KHV On Sun, Feb 16, 2025, 12:23 PM John Szwarc via <johnszwarc=[email protected]> wrote:
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CCARC net tonight and meeting
CCARC members,
Just a quick reminder about the weekly net which will happen at 7pm tonight on the 147.255 repeater. Rich N3RBJ will be our net control station tonight. Hope to hear everyone on the air. And also this Thursday at 7pm we will have our February Club meeting. The location is the usual Clearfield County EMA building, 911 Leonard St. In Clearfield. We have several projects in the works so there will be lots to talk about. Thank you, John N3SPW 814-553-5649 |
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Re: February CCARC Newsletter
John, I was at the January meeting. Harvey N3RTK
On Saturday, February 22, 2025 at 08:40:01 PM EST, John Szwarc via groups.io <johnszwarc@...> wrote:
Everyone, The February CCARC Newsletter is now ready for your?review.? Here's the link: And if you'd like to see the complete collection of newsletters, here's a link to the index: Thank you. JOhn N3SPW John Szwarc |
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Re: D-STAR repeater antenna
Ok with me. John NA2BA On Sun, Feb 23, 2025 at 1:51?PM Tim Leet via <teleet=[email protected]> wrote: Sounds good to me |
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Re: D-STAR repeater antenna
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On Feb 22, 2025, at 10:15?PM, John Szwarc via groups.io <johnszwarc@...> wrote: |
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Re: EMA Center HF Antenna Update
I would like to suggest, for consideration, a slightly different approach to Emergency Communications HF Antennas at the 911 Center. Given that Em Com Events are, thankfully few and far between, uncertainty about the status of an antenna can be a problem, particularly if the antenna is not routinely operated as a check out.? And that will happen. When I designed our personal portable HF stations, I used several different free standing, self supporting, multi-band antennas with excellent results while making 400-500 Parks On The Air (POTA) activations over the last few years. POTA is an excellent activity for field testing and improving our stations' capabilities and procedures. My suggestion would be to consider deploying antennas like or similar to the ones shown in the two videos below. The way it could work is to prepare the building so that an antenna like those reviewed, could be set up outside on the ground with the feed line entering the building, which would be permanently wired to carry the feed line into the shack.? So the antennas would be stored until needed for practice or actual Em Com, set up outside and plugged into the building Feed Line entry point, then we can get on the air.. ??? And it may be surprising, but you can effectively work the county, state, region, lower 48 states and into Europe with an HF antenna sitting 5 feet off the ground and Judy KC3JAS has the QSOs to prove it.? Check out her QRZ page. If anyone wants to try these antennas at the 911 building, let me know.? Like Paladin in the old TV Cowboy show, I? "Have Antennas???? Will Travel". A note on my videos: Due to my Hoosier Drawl, you can change the video speed to 1.5x and I almost sound normal, which will shorten the run times. First video compares two antennas, a dipole and a vertical, both mounted on a five foot tripod. Second video evaluates what you get by elevating a dipole 20 feet. Other KC3TL videos can be found here, several on antennas: On Saturday, February 22, 2025 at 01:09:40 PM EST, Lasse kb3wbt via groups.io <kvantlars@...> wrote:
So, in essence no hf antenna what so ever.... On Sat, Feb 22, 2025, 12:58 John Szwarc via <johnszwarc=[email protected]> wrote:
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Re: D-STAR repeater antenna
¿ªÔÆÌåÓýSounds great to me. The progress and growth the club is going through says this is the time to make those investments. I can't believe we have 29 members in the club and it is still growing. Great jobs guys. Keep up the great work! Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone -------- Original message -------- From: "John Szwarc via groups.io" <johnszwarc@...> Date: 2/22/25 10:15 PM (GMT-05:00) Subject: [W3CPA] D-STAR repeater antenna Everyone, Our planned DSTAR repeater is progressing.? The tower we had asked for permission to use is going to have some maintaince? done in the near future.?? They will be climbing the tower and this is our opportunity to install an antenna for the DSTAR repeater without incurring additional cost.?? So the need for an antenna becomes immediate if we¡¯re to take advantage of this. I called Scott N3XCC who builds repeaters.? He built the DMR one for us.?? He has a suitable antenna he would sell for $600.?? It¡¯s new old stock.?? He bought it for a project that fell through.? So never installed.?? The retail on this antenna is over $1,000.?? So this is a real deal for us.? He¡¯s willing to take payments but I don¡¯t want to commit the club to this expense without consulting others.?? What are your thoughts on this??? We also need duplexers and I had previously discussed with Scott and he has a set for us.?? He said we could borrow them for a while and purchase later if we¡¯d like.? So what does everyone think?? John N3SPW 814-553-5649 |
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Re: D-STAR repeater antenna
Works for me... On Sat, Feb 22, 2025 at 10:15?PM John Szwarc via <johnszwarc=[email protected]> wrote:
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Re: D-STAR repeater antenna
Seems like an opportunity? to save the club the expense of installation and a fair price on the antenna. On Sat, Feb 22, 2025 at 10:15?PM John Szwarc via <johnszwarc=[email protected]> wrote:
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D-STAR repeater antenna
Everyone,
Our planned DSTAR repeater is progressing. The tower we had asked for permission to use is going to have some maintaince done in the near future. They will be climbing the tower and this is our opportunity to install an antenna for the DSTAR repeater without incurring additional cost. So the need for an antenna becomes immediate if we¡¯re to take advantage of this. I called Scott N3XCC who builds repeaters. He built the DMR one for us. He has a suitable antenna he would sell for $600. It¡¯s new old stock. He bought it for a project that fell through. So never installed. The retail on this antenna is over $1,000. So this is a real deal for us. He¡¯s willing to take payments but I don¡¯t want to commit the club to this expense without consulting others. What are your thoughts on this? We also need duplexers and I had previously discussed with Scott and he has a set for us. He said we could borrow them for a while and purchase later if we¡¯d like. So what does everyone think? John N3SPW 814-553-5649 |
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Re: EMA Center HF Antenna Update
Yes, no HF antenna at all until this is sorted out.? I did suggest to Allen that possibly?we could temporarily?install a long wire or something until the antenna on the tower is either fixed or replaced.? That is part of the conversation?he is going to have with the county officials to see if they will allow something?to be temporarily?installed.?? On Sat, Feb 22, 2025 at 1:09?PM Lasse kb3wbt via <kvantlars=[email protected]> wrote:
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Re: EMA Center HF Antenna Update
So, in essence no hf antenna what so ever.... On Sat, Feb 22, 2025, 12:58 John Szwarc via <johnszwarc=[email protected]> wrote:
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EMA Center HF Antenna Update
Everyone, This morning Allen K3HOC and myself spent some time at the Clearfield County EMA building trying to sort out the mess of coax antenna wires to come into the amateur radio station area.?? The long answer:
The short answer: It appears this is going to take a while.? But we will eventually get it fixed. Thank you and 73. John N3SPW John Szwarc |
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