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Hello, Just a reminder to review the September, October and November minutes, which were up on the same day as our last meeting. I know, a miracle! More likely with shorter meetings in North Augusta. :) Send me any additions, corrections or clarifications, and I'll present them at the meeting! Thank you! 73s Gerald McMillen Secretary

The next NABRC meeting is Monday, December 11 at the 6th floor classroom of the Aiken Regional Medical Centers. 6:30pm fellowship and meeting at 7:00pm Prior to the pandemic, I gave a presentation on the newly developed nanoVNA, Vector Network Analyzer. Since my initial presentation there have been considerable developments/ improvements. I will give a brief presentation of current state i.e what's changed, improved and what hasn't. I will NOT be presenting how to use the nanoVNA. However, I will answer questions prior to the meeting and will have an example of recent nanoVNA. -- Dave, WB5NHL Treasurer, NABRC

Hello Group, For those of you wondering where your printed CQ magazine is, below is an answer I received from the publisher. I hope CQ magazine makes it through this tough time. It would be a big loss if they folded. This also sorta reflects what the ARRL is going through with their print editions. You can read some back issues of CQ at the link he provides. 73 Carl Juvrud KP2L ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: <w2vu@...> Date: Thu, Nov 30, 2023 at 6:13 PM Subject: Re: Missing issues To: Carl Juvrud <cjuvrud@...> Hi Carl, Unfortunately, we have not been able to publish print editions of the last several issues. We apologize for this and are doing all we can to get things moving again. PDF copies of the August and September issues may be downloaded from our website at www.cq-amateur-radio.com (links are at the bottom of the homepage). A PDF copy of October is attached. Unfortunately, the November and December issues are delayed. Thank you for your patience and understanding as we navigate very choppy financial waters. Vy tnx & 73, Rich W2VU On 2023-11-30 16:50, Carl Juvrud wrote: Hello Rich, I have not received the Aug, Sept, October or November 2023 issues of CQ. My label shows my subscription runs until Dec. 2025. Are you sending out printed issues?? Please advise. Thanks/73 Carl W. Juvrud KP2L 6680 Hiwassee Run Aiken, SC 29803-0530

This is an 8-min interview of the IARU president at the current World Radio Conference in Dubai. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6T8yYesD2kQ -- Dave, WB5NHL Treasurer, NABRC

The SCHEART VHF repeater located at Caesars Head has joined the statewide system of link-able sites. This repeater transmits on 145.130 MHz and receives on 144.530 MHz with a PL tone of 123.0 Hz. The ability to link this repeater as part of the statewide network enhances coverage in Northwestern part of the state and provides additional redundancy to the Greenville area. The node number is 36 This means link command is *36 You should update your list of SCHEART repeaters or download/print the SCHEART list at https://scheart.us/repeater-frequencies-pl-and-node/ -- Dave, WB5NHL Treasurer, NABRC

Storm-Spotter Training The National Weather Service in Charleston, South Carolina, has posted the 2023-2024 Storm Spotter training schedule. All classes will be virtual. You can share this opportunity with your friends or family who might be interested in this training. Register here. Ground truth observations and reports help NOAA validate its forecasts and warnings. Consider helping the National Weather Service by taking the training and serving as a spotter. -- Dave, WB5NHL Treasurer, NABRC

Reminder: NABRC Monthly Meeting - Public Safety #2 North Augusta Location When: Monday, November 13, 2023 6:30pm to 9:00pm (UTC-05:00) America/New York Where: 501 W. Five Notch Road North Augusta, SC 29841 Organizer: NABRC View Event Description: Fellowship starts at 6:30PM Meeting starts at 7:00PM

Hello! Looks like I have a little backlog! September (https://k4nab.org/download/september-2023-minutes/) - Draft was on the website, approved in October, never renamed. Done! October (https://k4nab.org/download/october-2023-minutes/) - Draft never released to the website, approved in November after I read them during the meeting. November (https://k4nab.org/download/november-2023-minutes-draft/) - Draft from tonight's meeting. Please review all of them, and let me know of any additions, corrections or clarifications and I'll incorporate them. Anything changed in the September and October ones, we'll note in the minutes of the Monday, December 11, 2023 meeting at the Hospital. Thanks and 73s, Gerald McMillen Secretary North Augusta Belvedere Radio Club

To all, Please pass this around to any other lists or interested parties. I was told that the N2ZZ/R VHF repeater at Aiken Regional Medical Centers was totally off the air a few weeks ago. Previously, just Echolink was off the air while I was working with hospital IT to fix the repeater’s Echolink computer. I found out that the hospital experienced a power surge which took out several electronics in the hospital, such as controlled doors, a few weeks ago. I went up to the repeater and found that the programming of the ARCOM controller was scrambled. I dug out the Windows XP computer that I used to program the controller back in 2006, found the last file, uploaded it to the controller, and all was well again. I also replaced the backup battery. In that time space, I contacted hospital IT, they met me up at the repeater to fix the Echolink computer, and now Echolink was back on the repeater. That repeater has been in almost continuous operation since 2006 without a hiccup. After surveying the situation, I realized that the controller was seriously out of date, and if failed completely, could not be directly replaced. I contacted ARCOM, asked them to upload the data that I have to a new controller. They sold me that new one, along with an RTC time clock that will keep the time. Still, as nothing is easy, all the audio levels of the new board would need to be calibrated. I met Joe N4ADI up at the repeater. We pulled out both the ARCOM RC-210 controller box and the Kenwood TKR-750 repeater. Joe has offered to replace the board, calibrate the audio levels and completely go through the repeater to evaluate sensitivity, power levels, etc. Hopefully, we can meet up next weekend and reinstall the repeater with the new controller. At that time, we will revisit the Echolink setup. I have not been able to produce enough gain on the old ARCOM board from the Echolink box to equalize the audio with the repeater audio. Hopefully, we can fix that as well. So, the N2ZZ/R 145.350 repeater will be off the air this week. Just an FYI to all! ‘73 de Jim N2ZZ

The next NABRC meeting is Mon, Nov 13 at Public Safety #2 in North Augusta. At the Sept meeting the it was requested that a club meeting address the topic of SWR (Standing Wave Ratio). This month's meeting addresses the request. We will have a short (10 min) professionally prepared video explaining SWR in clear visual terms. We will answer questions like: Where should I measure SWR What's this about excess loss Any tips on tuning an HF antenna If you own an antenna analyzer PLEASE BRING IT. We would like to demonstrate the variety of analyzers on the market. Finally, we will have DIY 50 ohm calibration loads you can build yourself .-- Dave, WB5NHL Treasurer, NABRC

From Kevan Nason, N4XL We had too many issues finding an acceptable location. Hated to do it. Another Hamfest gone. Kevan N4XL Very sad to hear. Always enjoyed the hamfest and catching up with everyone. -- Dave, WB5NHL Treasurer, NABRC

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The members listed below are the current nominees for officer and director positions. Additional nominations continue to be solicited. Nominations remain open through and including the next club meeting on November 13. President - Jim Matson Vice President - Arthur Ruditzky Secretary - Gerald McMillen Treasurer - Dave Kjellquist Directors - Charlie Miller, Carl Juvrud -- Dave, WB5NHL Treasurer, NABRC

N4SMS school club is in a public middle school in downtown Aiken SC. We operated a little over 19 hours over 5 days, 511 contacts, 38 states, 2 VE, 16 DX, 8 Clubs, and 32 schools. Total score 125,320. Close to our score from Feb 2023. The club is supported by the North Augusta-Belvedere Radio club, K4NAB since 2009. We had 6 students and 6 elmers from the club in support. Also 3 former Schofield students participated as mentor’s/loggers. Kent KQ4KK Total Contacts by Band and Mode: Band CW Phone Dig Total % ---- -- ----- --- ----- --- 40 1 23 0 24 5 20 5 479 0 484 95 15 2 0 0 2 0 10 1 0 0 1 0 -- ----- --- ----- --- Total 9 502 0 511 100 Total Contacts by State \ Prov: State Total % ----- ----- --- FL 71 14 OH 45 9 PA 36 7 NY 29 6 VA 28 5 MD 25 5 21 4 IN 20 4 MI 20 4 IL 16 3 MA 16 3 NJ 16 3 MO 14 3 TN 13 3 SC 11 2 MN 10 2 WI 10 2 TX 9 2 AR 8 2 CT 8 2 KY 8 2 LA 8 2 WV 8 2 DE 7 1 ON 7 1 VT 6 1 AL 5 1 NC 5 1 OK 5 1 MS 4 1 NH 4 1 KS 3 1 AZ 2 0 IA 2 0 ME 2 0 NE 2 0 CO 1 0 GA 1 0 ID 1 0 NB 1 0 NM 1 0 QC 1 0 RI 1 0 Total = 42 Total Contacts by Country: Country Total % ------- ----- --- USA 482 94 Canada 8 2 Italy 6 1 Austria 1 0 Belgium 1 0 Bulgaria 1 0 Croatia 1 0 Dominican Republic 1 0 England 1 0 Federal Republic of Germany 1 0 France 1 0 Ireland 1 0 Netherlands 1 0 Puerto Rico 1 0 Saint Martin 1 0 Sweden 1 0 Switzerland 1 0 Western Sahara 1 0 Total = 18

Wednesday update on the Schofield Middle School Technology and Ham Radio club N4SMS participation in the Oct ARRL School Club Roundup. For the first 3 afternoons, we have a total of 320 contacts, over 10 DX countries. 6 current Schofield students have participated each of the 3 days. Winston and Annie Matson, former Schofield students came and helped coaching and logging. Elmers in attendance are Dave, John, Jim Harrison, James Matson, and Kent. KP2L gave us some Club contacts. We are operating on Thursday, and plan on operating on Friday. We start usually on 40m then move to 20m. You can track us on DX Summitt web site. Kent KQ4KK

K4NAB Repeater (146.730 - no PL) now has new controller and lithium battery & Solar charge controller and is operational from 9AM to 9PM on the timer while testing the solar panels and new battery. A new NHRC3 repeater controller was installed by Walter B. and the whole repeater was tuned up with the output wattage set to 35W Carl W4IXI

Four photos form Saturday's tailgate are on the NABRC webpage. https://k4nab.org/home-page-for-nabrc/resources/aiken-county-ham-radio-tailgate/ -- Dave, WB5NHL Treasurer, NABRC

---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Bill S <billszk2004@...> Date: Sun, Oct 15, 2023 at 2:59 PM Subject: TailGate To: Carl Juvrud <cjuvrud@...>, David Kjellquist <dave@...>, James Matson <jimmatson@...> Afternoon, Wanted to take this opportunity to thank the membership of NABRC for your support and attendance. I have received several emails and text messages with complimentary remarks. If only the weather had been perfect :-) Thank you all! Pictures taken by me at Tailgate" https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1e9dzBAurP99tRAceuH4prGwLYMEG38yc?usp=sharing FYI. The winners of the door prize were: Wireman $50 Gift Certificate. Terry Volk. No Call sign given. ARRL $50 Gift Certificate Brad Newsome KM4WAW ARRL $25 Gift Certificate Amanda Plexico KY4GS ARRL 425 Gift Certificate Joe Patrick WB4RGO 73 Bill W4WCS