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Ham Radio License testing this Saturday
For those of you that want to get their ham license or upgrade there will be a testing session this Saturday in the conference room behind the WaFed building 5215 South Sixth Street. Testing starts at 1:00 PM and walkins are allowed. For those of you VE's that just want your name on the green sheet you are welcome too. 73, Jim WO7V
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Relaying a message... Scott is the VP of Willamette Valley DX Club, Trustee of W7PXL, co-founder of Ducks on the Air N7DUX and ARRL? Oregon Section Manager. -- 73 | Cyndi | KK7AZD | Chiloquin by Agency Lake HH 6101191 | HOIP 100097
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Snow flake
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So everyone should have received their Google sheet email link go ahead and open it please. I had one volunteer that had trouble with it. If I don't hear from you I'm assuming it works for you. Thanks 73 Walt KK7DRL
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SOTA Gathering
Jeffersonians- We will be having a SOTA breakfast/gathering December 14th, 2024 at 9:30am at the Centennial Grill on N. Phoenix Rd (Centennial Golf Course in Phoenix/S. Medford). All are welcome to join for a nice visit, ask any questions as activator or chaser, tell us your 2025 goals or UTC New Year and Winter Bonus plans, etc. Looking forward to seeing you all! We had fun last winter seeing each other and hope to make this more of a regular event, monthly or quarterly. 73, Amy--AG7GP
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Greetings my KBARA volunteers Due to the holiday and my work schedule the briefing meeting will be on-site at the fuel commander where the Registration tent will be at. At the corner of spring st and south 6th. They are doing construction on it so there is a chain link fence around it you can't miss it. Registration starts at 4pm I want to all meet there at 3pm. Plenty of parking just north of the fence. What to bring: Dress warm be Prepared for rain snow ice freezing temperatures. Hi viz if you have it Your best HT fully charged and on high power your best Hi gain antenna that you have for it. I will bring extras. The reason for this is after my testing we all need to do this for good comms. Your cell phone and external battery pack if you have one my phone died last year. A flash light also. The club has traffic wands for us also. You will all receive a email link from Allen Rogers when you click on it you will see a real time list of the entries as they register. Everything else will be discussed at the briefing meeting. Any questions please reach out to me. Thank you 73 Walt Costa KK7DRL Second Vice President KBARA Event Coordinator
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How to Let Kids Talk with Santa Over Ham Radio This Holiday Season
Thanks Walt/KK7DRL for pointing this out. How to Let Kids Talk with Santa Over Ham Radio This Holiday Season Santa Claus will be on the amateur radio airwaves again this year. The 3.916 Santa Net will be on the air every night at 7:00 PM CST from November 29 through December 24. Reserve a spot with Santa by making a pre-net check in. You can check in each night starting at 6:30 PM CST online at www.CQSanta.com. Santa and Mrs. Claus will also be on the air, together, thanks to special arrangements with the Cowley County Amateur Radio Club in Kansas. They will be on the air on the 147.000 repeater and the Sunflower Net system, between 10 AM and noon CST on November 30 and beginning at 10 AM until band conditions change on December 14 and 21. In addition to the local repeater, the Sunflower Net offers connection options to Allstar, DMR, Dstar, Echolink, Fusion, Hamshack Hotline, M17, and P25. The club is also setting up a radio link at the local library to talk to Santa. A special effort is being made to give children who are hospitalized or otherwise unable to visit personally an opportunity to reach out to Santa. Also, for the 4th year, Santa has sent Elf Chucky and his team of amateur radio operators to northern Colorado, to help make sure children of all ages can talk to Santa on station N?P from the North Pole. Thanks to the Longmont Amateur Radio Club and the Northern Colorado Amateur Radio Club, children can get into the holiday spirit by talking to Santa on the radio. Both are ARRL Affiliated Clubs. Get the details on that operation at https://w0eno.org/santa.
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Rescheduling of the November KBARA meeting
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KBARA, To avoid conflict, we were going to reschedule November's meeting from the 27th to the 20th. However, the large room has already been reserved by another group for the 20th. We may reserve the medium room for the 20th, but there is a fire marshal limit of 20 people in that room. Note: we usually only have about 20 people attend. Other options include large room on the 19th or the large room on the 27th knowing we may have limited participation because of Thanksgiving being on the 26th. I am calling for a vote (ironically): __ Tuesday, Nov 19 large room __ Wednesday, Nov 20 medium room (20 people) __ Tuesday, Nov 27th large room (before Thanksgiving) In any case it may be a small meeting with a class, socializing and some info distribution. I will finalize the reservations at noon on Friday, Nov 8th and email the plan. You may reply to this email, or send your response to info@... to get it to all the Executives. We also need to discuss the schedule for the December meeting. Walt should have some info forthcoming. Thanx, Jeff Eastburn, KBARA Sec/Treas KJ7IRV, ~73 Sent with Proton Mail secure email.
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Snowflake Parade
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Greetings KBARA This email is going out to my Snowflake Volunteers and any other members that might be interested in volunteering. I would like to have a briefing meeting on Saturday maybe breakfast? I would like to know if we all could attend that? Please respond to this email l would like your thoughts on this due to it being the holiday weekend. Also I need all your email addresses for the Google sheet tool that we use for the entry placement order. Thank you. 73 Walt Costa KK7DRL Second Vice President KBARA Event Coordinator
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Google Meet for November 2024 Club Meeting
Here's a link for live streaming of the club meeting https://meet.google.com/egk-uqjk-xmv Thanks, Charlie / K7AKT
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November KBARA meeting on the 19th
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KBARA, The consensus is to have the November meeting on the 19th in the big room. Cyndi (KK7AZD) will be giving an ARES presentation at 6:00 PM, followed by the regular meeting at 6:30 PM. I will have more electronic components to give away, so please, COME GET FREE STUFF! Hope to see you there, Jeff Eastburn, KBARA Sec/Treas KJ7IRV, ~73 Sent with Proton Mail secure email.
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Tower #3 goes up
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Hello Everyone, Here is a link to a short video showing tower #3 going up yesterday. Thanks to my Son Christopher and Erik Jorgensen for the help. Now just one more tower base to build and put in the ground. Hopefully towers 4 and 5 will be installed soon. 73, Jim WO7V
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Sad news on inovato
See message I received Sun, Nov 17, 2024, at 5:02 PM > Dear Fellow Hams, > > I have been fighting pancreatic cancer in recent months, which has now spread to my lungs. The treatment schedule and my energy level require me to close Inovato in a few weeks. My family is helping get final Quadras built and orders shipped. > > I wanted to let as many people as possible know as this will be the last opportunity to purchase Quadras and accessories before it closes. As long as the store accepts your order, they will get shipped. I apologize in advance if I am a bit slower than normal getting orders out. > > I can only directly email customers who have opted in to receive emails, so please let other hams who have Quadras or might want one know. > > It has been an honor and pleasure to help bring the fantastic HamClock by Elwood Downey to more hams. I am sorry this plug-and-play HamClock appliance will come to an end. But remember you can always make your own using a Raspberry Pi. See the excellent tutorial by G6NHU for step by step instructions. > > 73, > > Michael > > P.S. I release all support content and the Quadra Restore Image to the community. > inovato > > 4750 SW Maplewood Rd > Portland OR 97219 > United States > 73 | Cyndi | KK7AZD | Chiloquin by Agency Lake HH 6101191 | HOIP 100097
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Field Day Results
This months QST lists our field day results on page 70 Klamath Basin ARA W7VW (+N2RSN) 305 2 25 2,570 OR 73, Jim WO7V
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ARRL Sweepstakes SSB this weekend
Hello Everyone, For those of you that don't plan on participating in the ARRL EME contest this weekend there is another one that might suit your fancy. It is the ARRL Sweepstakes SSB which is always a lot of fun. The exchange is a bit lengthy but is quite manageable. This is a great way to work all of the US states plus all of the Canadian provinces in one weekend. You have to work all 85 sections to complete a clean sweep. I've only managed to work them all once. For more information you can look at this page on the WA7BNM contest calendar and this one from the ARRL. For logging I would suggest you grab a copy of N1MM and set it up to run your radio. 73, Jim WO7V
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Hello Everyone, Being a recovering DX junkie isn't easy. You have to work at it. The easiest way is just to yield to the temptation to get DXCC on 160m. I already have DXCC on 80m-10m including the warc bands but 160m for me has always been a pipe dream. You need a good antenna. Well on that band other than a 4-square antenna which is out of the question for me, a loop antenna is second best. Loops are quieter and not so prone to electric noise as they are magnetic (H field only). Only problem is that at 160m you really need something formed in a square about 135 feet on each side. Fortunately my Wiard street property has enough space to put one up. Last summer Terry, KA6DNO came over and drilled two 24" holes for some fixed towers. Later I got Eric, W7KHD to help me weld up the rebar cage for the 55ft crank up tower I've been hoarding for the past 14 years. This tower will be the source of the RF in the (NE) corner of the property. The cage to support the tower was a really big measuring 4x4x7.5 ft and weighed 280lbs. It took 8 yards to fill the hole. My contractor dug the hole and set the base. He also set the base for the other 2 fixed towers. My contractor also poured a pad next to the big tower where I will place a cabinet to house all of the radio equipment. That's right, the whole shebang will be remote controlled! Well today I got my wife to help me pull up the NorthWest corner tower. Attached is a clip of the "Erection". In the next few days I plan on erecting the SW tower So to complete the 4th (SE) tower is a work in progress. I have a few options but I think the tower I brought home last weekend from my friend Larry Johnson will suffice nicely to form the SE corner tower. I will keep you all posted. 73, Jim WO7V
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SNOWFLAKE PARADE
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Greetings KBARA The snowflake parade is coming up on Dec 5 so I'm asking for volunteers. Our task is to organize the placement of the floats and entry's. Sometimes im busy with something else or I just didn't hear you so if we have talked already and you want to volunteer or you haven't said anything to me yet please respond to this email so I can make a plan for you. As soon as I know how many members I have a more detailed group io will come out with all the details. Thank you very much. 73 Walt Costa KK7DRL Second Vice President KBARA Event Coordinator
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Field Day 2024
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All, Field Day 2024 was a great success. We had a lot of participation and setup/teardown assistance. I can't thank everyone enough for all the help and support you gave. We hope to see everyone at our club in-person meeting this Wednesday at 6:30pm. Before the club meeting, Jeff (KJ7IRV) will be giving a talk on ferrites. That will begin at 6pm. If you're not sure where our club meeting is, please check out our website, https://w7vw.org/, for the address. We hope to see you there! Here is a link to a Google album with pictures. I've made it so you can upload your own Field Day pictures if you want. https://photos.app.goo.gl/4mamZfnem9zmLBWG9 73, Charlie / K7AKT
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Rescheduling correction
KBARA, Correction, Thanksgiving is the 28th, not the 26th. Thanx, Jeff Sent with Proton Mail secure email.
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FREE Black Friday Technician Ham Radio License Class!
Relaying a message... Scott is the VP of Willamette Valley DX Club, Trustee of W7PXL, co-founder of Ducks on the Air N7DUX and ARRL? Oregon Section Manager. ----- Original message ----- From: Scott N7JI Rosenfeld <ars.n7ji@...> Subject: FREE Black Friday Technician Ham Radio License Class! Date: Tuesday, October 29, 2024 5:18 PM 73 | Cyndi | KK7AZD | Chiloquin by Agency Lake HH 6101191 | HOIP 100097
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*** November 2024 In-Person Meeting Change ***
Our November 2024 in-person meeting will be changed from Wednesday, November 27th to Wednesday, November 20th. Same place and same time as usual. :) Mark your calendar! See you there. Thanks, Charlie / K7AKT
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