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ZOOM -- Radio Lunch 12:00 PM, Thursday, 26 Jan 2023
开云体育Greetings:? By popular demand, we will continue to meet via Zoom. We will continue to avoid restaurants until the "covid" chatter subsides...Lynn continues to set up our meetings... ================================== Here is the connection information: Lynn Bisha is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting. Thursday, January 26, 2023 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM Join Zoom Meeting Meeting ID: 723 118 1077 Password: RADIO Please contact me if you have any questions... Regards, Ned, W2NED@... 585 734-1984 _._,_._,_
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ZOOM -- Radio Lunch 12:00 PM, Thursday, 19 Jan 2023
开云体育Greetings:? By popular demand, we will continue to meet via Zoom. We will continue to avoid restaurants until the "covid" chatter subsides...Lynn continues to set up our meetings... ================================== Here is the connection information: Lynn Bisha is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting. Thursday, January 19, 2023 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM Join Zoom Meeting Meeting ID: 723 118 1077 Password: RADIO Please contact me if you have any questions... Regards, Ned, W2NED@... 585 734-1984 _._,_._,_
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Important Information About W1AW/2 Operations To Pass On To Your Club
开云体育If anyone is interested in operating from home as W1AW/2 for Volunteers on the Air (VOTA), please read through this information on how to participate. Brian -------- Forwarded Message --------
Hello,
As you may already be aware, the ARRL is conducting a 2023 yearlong
operating event called Volunteers on the Air (VOTA). As part of this
effort, W1AW will be operating portable from all of the states and
territories. New York has 2 activations, one starting Jan 25th and one
starting May 24th These activations will run for 7 days and during that
time stations from NY will get on the air as W1AW/2.
?Matt KB2TBS, Bob KD2QLH and I have volunteered to be coordinators for
the NY state effort and that is why I am reaching out to you. I need
your help to reach out to and get the word out to the members of your club
about this event. NY is one of the first states to activate so we
have not got a lot of time to put this together.
Our coordination team is reaching out to the clubs in your area with the
information that we compiled from the ARRL big club list but you may
know of several other clubs or groups in your area to reach out to in
addition to what is listed at ARRL HQ. I am attaching a document that you can
share that explains what being a W1AW portable operator is all about. This is
a unique opportunity to operate from home as a W1AW portable NY station!
We have a web site that people can use to reserve time slots to operate.
We have tested it and it seems to be working just fine. It is located at
A user requests a login and once that is
provided to them, they can log in and reserve time slots for whatever
band and mode they wish. Also, operators can use this site to see who is
scheduled or where W1AW portable operations are taking place. Of course,
operators are encouraged to self-spot once on the air. There is a great
description and rules written by the Oklahoma section located
at:
Activators will have to be able to export their logs to an “adif”
file and upload it to a consolidator and we will be providing
information on how to do that shortly.
If you would like to contact us you can send an email to
vota@... to reach our entire team. You can also call me at
518-848-9028 any time after 4:00PM
Thanks and have a great day!
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ARRL Northern New York Section
Section Manager: Rocco J Conte, WU2M
wu2m@...
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Re: Meeting Debrief
Brian,? thanks again for both the interesting presentation and making the zoom meeting work!? Despite the difficulties I felt fully engaged in the meeting.? While I couldn't see the financial report,? I am guessing that we are still carrying a $2-3k surplus.? Is there any reason why the club couldn't fund one or two zoom accounts for club use, for current officers? Lastly,? I miss spoke regarding the dates of the January VHF contest. The correct dates and times are 1900 UTC Saturday,? January 21 to 0359 UTC Monday,? January 23 2023.? There will be a lot of local activity so get on 6M and 2M next weekend and give some points out to our local VHF contesters! Most of you probably have equipment... 73's Harry W KF2TV? On Fri, Jan 13, 2023, 7:08 PM Brian Donovan <k2as@...> wrote:
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Meeting Debrief
开云体育Thanks?to all who attended our January meeting.? We had a good turnout.? Also for your patience
whilst I was attempting to get all the systems up and running in order to present, run the meeting, and have Zoom up and running.? We had some issues with Zoom, as Dave C has been allowing us to use his Zoom account, but there were issues with attempting to
login on a new PC.? It may be a continuing problem, but we'll see.
The main issue with the Zoom meeting was the inability of the online participants to hear some
of the audio of people not near the microphone.? It was somewhat mitigated during the "around the room" segment, where I actually carried the speaker/mic around the room as people spoke.? Unfortunately, this is not as easy when people in the room spontaneously
comment during a discussion.? Next month, maybe we'll try a better placement of the speaker mic to try and get better audio.? If not, maybe additional mics might help.
Fred W3MUD mentioned a recording of a Field Day contact we had with the International Space Station.?
I checked my resources, and I don't believe I have a copy of it.? If anyone does have a copy of this recording of that QSO, please send it along to me and I will post on the website.
-- Brian
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Meeting Zoom Backup Plan
开云体育So I was doing some setup here at home for our meeting tonite, and I have run into a problem with
Zoom.? I won't bother you with the details, but first attempts at resolving it haven't worked.? So there is a good possibility that using Zoom tonite won't be successful.
One possibility is using my free account, but it will only work for 40 minutes.? Trying to record
and save the first part and restarting a new meeting and getting the info out would not be fun.? Most other virtual meeting tools have a 60 minute limit, also not great.
I found a completely free one though.? It looks similar to Zoom.? No download is needed on a PC,
and no account sign up either.? I will just have to send out a URL which you can click on in a browser.? If we go that route, I will probably send out the info to our mailing list between 6:45 and 7PM EST.
If a smart phone is your device for attending, you can download ahead of time, the app named "Jitsi"
at the Google Play Store or Apple App Store.? ?Just in case Zoom doesn't work out for us.
-- Brian
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ZOOM -- Radio Lunch 12:00 PM, Thursday, 12 Jan 2023
开云体育Greetings:? By popular demand, we will continue to meet via Zoom. We will continue to avoid restaurants until the "covid" chatter subsides...Lynn continues to set up our meetings... ================================== Here is the connection information: Lynn Bisha is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting. Thursday, January 12, 2023 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM Join Zoom Meeting Meeting ID: 723 118 1077 Password: RADIO Please contact me if you have any questions... Regards, Ned, W2NED@... 585 734-1984 _._,_._,_
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Reminder: XARC Meeting Tomorrow (Thursday 7PM Webster Rec + Zoom)
开云体育Thursday
January 12, 2023 7 PM at the Webster Recreation Center.? With any luck, we will have Zoom capability for our January Meeting.? It will be the usual agenda.? There will be a presentation by K2AS titled "A Brief History of Heathkit Amateur Radio Products", or
something similar.
We are trying a second live in-person meeting
with Zoom, and will be using similar but new hardware/software/etc, so no?guarantees?it will be flawless or even watchable, but we'll try.? Expect some
bumps in the road, as the person giving the presentation may also working the equipment.? We might need someone to volunteer to be our A/V specialist.? Like you were in high school.
Note to people attending in person: If you have a smart phone, think
about downloading and using the Zoom app during the meeting.? It might be a good experiment to see if it adds any value for the remote attendees, even if for video only.?
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XARC is inviting you to a
scheduled Zoom meeting.
Topic: XARC January Meeting
Time: Jan 12, 2023 07:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89965439959?pwd=dmZlZWhzaUhrTzIzMUtrcVcxN3Q1Zz09
Meeting ID: 899 6543 9959
Passcode: 983517
-- Brian
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XARC Dec. Minutes and Jan. Meeting
All: The December 2022 Meeting Minutes have been posted on the XARC web-site. Also, the January meeting will be an in-person meeting held as usual at the Webster Rec. Center, this Thursday (1/12) at 7:00PM. Zoom capability for remote access will be announced later this week. ~ Rich, K2RAH |
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Re: Website
开云体育John,
In the last 7 or 8 years, I've mostly
worked on WordPress sites. A lot has changed since the Front Page
days, and it has gotten better, but more complicated.? Cascading
style sheets have replaced all the inline styles that Front Page
used to add. ? They will save you a lot of typing in the long
run.? When I do straight HTML, I've often used Notepad++ (free).?
It is just a text editor, but has some syntax color coding and
checking.? It's not a full fledged html editor, but works well and
you can immediately view file in a browser.? If you are just doing
basic stuff, it's fine.
I've used HtmlKit as well, but I don't
think it is free, but maybe a free version.? If there are any
WYSIWYG editors, they are probably online based, which may or may
not work for you.? I'd Google around a bit.
Brian
On 1/6/2023 4:08 PM, john wright wrote:
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Re: Website
Hey Brian and others I had a legacy website that I built many years ago with Microsoft Front Page last issue 2003. I used it up until Windows 11 when it stopped working.? It is basically a similar to?word? html editor?that knows about links and basic web architectural? stuff. My files?are then uploaded with ftp (filezilla) since the interactive features are?no longer supported by the server.? I have been looking for a similar?replacement that is just an editor?but no luck so far Any suggestions? _/) ? _/) ? ? ? _/) ?_/) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ John Wright62 Grand View Dr. Fairport NY 14450 3 Santa Maria Court Port St. Lucie FL 34952 585 771-0509 (cell text ok) On Fri, Jan 6, 2023 at 3:45 PM Brian Donovan <k2as@...> wrote: Well, the best laid plans . . . |
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Re: Website
Well, the best laid plans . . .
So after I sent out the note, I wanted to make a video showing how to create a post.? To do so, I had to register as a new user, as my normal login is as a administrator and it wouldn't look the same.? I immediately ran into problems (this used to work).? When I tried to register, I got an error message (something about javascript and cookies). After a couple of things, I disabled a plugin on the website that blocks spam.? The error went away.? Now I was able to register.? When complete, it said click on the email it sent me to activate.? Never got the email. I have trouble with this before on WordPress/shared hosting.?? So I tried several fixes with either no luck or other issues.? It seems like something as basic as registering and getting an email sent should work. In the meantime, I checked to see if one of my test registrations was showing up, despite no email.? That is when I found that since I had disabled the spam protection plugin, we had received dozens of new spam registrations, in just less than one hour.? So I re-enabled it. That means, if you try to register, you may see an error.? If you were successful registering, you may not get an email.? That is OK, I can activate your account. Important:? If you can register, you must put in your real name. We can't allow anonymous names or nicknames.? Your username, I don't care (prefer callsign of name/initial etc).? I need to be able to recognize who you are.? If I can't tell, I assume it is spam. I will continue to work on this, and hopefully get to a solution.? One thing I know, I would like to drop GoDaddy later this year when we need to renew, for various reasons.? GoDaddy wants $100 extra to get a security certificate for a HTTPS://. With Bluehost it is free.? Not having a HTTPS is problematic.? Not because we need secure transactions, but because lots of stuff no longer works with only a HTTP domain. If you have registered, and know your login, I have updated most users to author, so you can try to create a post if you'd like. Brian |
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Website
开云体育Happy New Year to all, We have had a website for the last 20 years or so.? It has taken several forms and been located different places, with different URLs, domain names.? We have a pretty good one, one of the shortest and easiest to remember : xarc.us The site is WordPress based, meaning it is relatively easy to set up and manage.? It has all the standard, fairly static info about the club.? Home page, calendar, photos, etc.? It also has a Blog, where all types of information can be posted. blog1 of 2?
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publication that typically relates to a particular
topic and consists of articles and personal
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The last few years it has mostly been used for meeting announcements, other club info.? But we have tended to rely on our email list for most communication. I occasionally have put a few articles there, links, etc, that I felt I didn't want to bother people with an email for.? The last few months I have put quite a few up there.? I'm not sure if anybody has seen them or not (Steve has!).? They may or may not be of any interest, as they have mostly been personal experiences, but they are ham radio related.? Since we haven't had a regular newsletter, and our club is clearly not growing, even shrinking, the website is probably the best way to interact and communicate things that are maybe not important enough for a group email. The good news is this is easy to do, and all can participate.? Everyone who has previously created an account here, I can give author privileges.? If you don't you can create an account.? This is obviously for members, but ex-members, non-members that I know and trust can also be added.? If you have some ham radio related articles, posts, news, anything you would like to add, I would encourage you to participate. I would consider this to be similar to our around the table
portion of our club meetings.? New rig, new antenna, great DX
contact, recent or upcoming contest, construction project?? But
with more detail than we can share as a meeting is winding down. I will try to put together a video on how to log in and create a post.? It is pretty simple, but a video won't hurt.? Stay tuned and keep checking our website.? If you are interest now, I will start giving authoring privileges to current users. Let's start using our website to enhance our XARC community. Brian |
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ZOOM -- Radio Lunch 12:00 PM, Thursday, 5 Jan 2023
开云体育Greetings:? By popular demand, we will continue to meet via Zoom. We will continue to avoid restaurants until the "covid" chatter subsides...Lynn continues to set up our meetings... ================================== Here is the connection information: Lynn Bisha is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting. Thursday, January 5, 2023 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM Join Zoom Meeting Meeting ID: 723 118 1077 Password: RADIO Please contact me if you have any questions... Regards, Ned, W2NED@... 585 734-1984 _._,_._,_
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January 12 Meeting Notice with Zoom Info
开云体育Thursday January 12, 2023 7 PM at the Webster Recreation Center.? With any luck, we will have
Zoom capability for our January Meeting.? It will be the usual agenda.? There will be a presentation by K2AS titled "A Brief History of Heathkit Amateur Radio Products", or something similar.
We are trying a second live in-person meeting with Zoom, and will be using similar but
new hardware/software/etc, so no guarantees?it will be flawless or even watchable, but we'll try.? Expect some bumps in the road, as the person giving the presentation may also working the equipment.? We might need someone
to volunteer to be our A/V specialist.? Like you were in high school.
Note to people attending in person: If you have a smart phone, think about downloading
and using the Zoom app during the meeting.? It might be a good experiment to see if it adds any value for the remote attendees, even if for video only.?
I will send out another reminder next week.
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XARC is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.
Topic: XARC January Meeting
Time: Jan 12, 2023 07:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89965439959?pwd=dmZlZWhzaUhrTzIzMUtrcVcxN3Q1Zz09
Meeting ID: 899 6543 9959
Passcode: 983517
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-- Brian K2AS
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Re: Repeater Down (Update)
Kramer
开云体育Is it time for a new antenna? ? From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of john wright
Sent: Friday, December 30, 2022 2:38 PM To: [email protected] Cc: Mike-W2HYP <w2hyp43@...>; Jim-W2COP <jim.w2cop@...>; KD2MGM@... Subject: Re: [xarc] Repeater Down (Update) ? hello ? If that is the same antenna that was at the square, I can give you some history. It is a commercial antenna for the business band around 156 mhz. We go two of them at the hamfest, one for us and one for SIARC in Canandaigua On the VA hospital tower. A Ham friend?Rich Place WB2JLR provided the brains and the network analyzer to modify them for 2 meter. ? Jim ( name callsign ??) a model maker reworked the elements. They were lengthened?by cutting the dipoles and welding in a slug of measured?length. I think about 1/2 inch but measure a good dipole. I suspect that is where the break is.? The line length in the harness arms? was also lengthened. ? They are a good?antenna and ours has to be well over 30 years old. ? I am not sure what Siarc has now or even on the air? ?148.20 ? I?hope it helps and happy new year. _/) ? _/) ? ? ? _/) ?_/) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ John Wright 62 Grand View Dr. Fairport NY 14450 ? 3 Santa Maria Court Port St. Lucie FL 34952 585 771-0509 (cell text ok) ? ? On Fri, Dec 30, 2022 at 1:58 PM Brian Donovan <k2as@...> wrote:
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Re: Repeater Down (Update)
hello If that is the same antenna that was at the square, I can give you some history. It is a commercial antenna for the business band around 156 mhz. We go two of them at the hamfest, one for us and one for SIARC in Canandaigua On the VA hospital tower. A Ham friend?Rich Place WB2JLR provided the brains and the network analyzer to modify them for 2 meter. Jim ( name callsign ??) a model maker reworked the elements. They were lengthened?by cutting the dipoles and welding in a slug of measured?length. I think about 1/2 inch but measure a good dipole. I suspect that is where the break is.? The line length in the harness arms? was also lengthened. They are a good?antenna and ours has to be well over 30 years old. I am not sure what Siarc has now or even on the air? ?148.20 I?hope it helps and happy new year. _/) ? _/) ? ? ? _/) ?_/) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ John Wright62 Grand View Dr. Fairport NY 14450 3 Santa Maria Court Port St. Lucie FL 34952 585 771-0509 (cell text ok) On Fri, Dec 30, 2022 at 1:58 PM Brian Donovan <k2as@...> wrote:
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Re: Repeater Down (Update)
开云体育All,
Just got back from the repeater site.?
Everything is working OK now.? Problem was a section of coax
between the main feedline / surge protector and the duplexer.? It
was one of the original sections from the Xerox Tower site that we
reused.
As Matt reported, two of the four
antenna radials have broken off.? The good news, the SWR was still
1.6 : 1 at 145.00 MHz, even lower above 147.00.? I am hearing it
normally at my QTH again.? It may be an s-unit or two less than it
once was (several years ago, can't be sure broken radials is
reason), but sounds fine.
At some point, we probably should
address the antenna.? Likely the other two will break soon.
- Brian
On 12/27/2022 1:00 AM, Brian Donovan
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Re: Repeater Down (Update)
开云体育Thanks for the reports.? You may be
right, Ned.? I was going to do some tests with Matt to see if it
was affecting both rcvr and xmtr, but I just figured I'll wait
until I get down there and see what I find.? The antenna is
definitely compromised with missing two radials, but if the main
problem is something like a bad jumper cable to/from duplexer,
maybe we can get it fixed and worry about the antenna when it's
warmer.
No matter what is wrong, it being used
probably isn't doing it any good, SWR protection or not.? So I
will deactivate it for the time being.? Hoping I can get a look at
it by later this week, or weekend.
Brian
On 12/26/2022 3:38 PM, W2NED wrote:
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KD2REU Don