WB6FZH, Greg, has organized and outlined the initial KARC WEBSITE
CONTENTS:
This is the general Outline, and should be in place about January 30th (possibly sooner) The project takes many hours to do. Many Club Pages from all over the country were viewed. The best ideas were stolen by your crack editorial staff will be incorporated. We will start simple and hope it will be attractive to new members and serve the membership of KARC. If there is something you would like to see, let Greg, WB6FZH or Walt, AH6OZ know what you would like to have incorporated.
Treasurer's Report: 10/31/97- Income=$36.70, Expenses=$75.57, New Balance= $539.81- Thank you Len, KH6NFN.
There were 2 big winners and 6 lesser prizes (Pre-paid Phone Cards). The Alignment tools and Solder were donated by a member, and the Radio Shack at Windward Mall donated the phone cards. Thank you! Remember, you can not win if you do not attend. Well, almost... 3 KARC members at random received phone cards inserted into their KARC NEWS. Now it even pays to subcribe!
The Big Event of the Meeting was The VK0IR Heard Island DXpedition Videotape that was sent along courtesy of Richard La Chance. The professionally produced video showed how adverse the conditions were, and how well planned the expedition was. It certainly gives a great insight as to what the other end of the pile-up looks like. A big thank you to all that contribute in any way to DXpeditions past, present and future.
The concensus at the meeting was that Amateur Radio Videotapes are a good alternative to speakers, and sources of tapes are being explored. No vacation videos unless they feature Amateur Radio Operations Please! (If you have VHS videotapes that would be of interest to the members, Please contact Howard, WH6LF, 247-0775.)
Greg, WB6FZH/KH6 reported no response from any club as a result of any of the letters written asking to exchange club papers, etc. Greg did get a nice reply via E-mail from the other KARC, Kuai Amateur Radio Club and the Maui Club. They both were very positive. It seems somewhat ironic that some clubs that are centered on communication do not seem to communicate.
Show and tell had a few pictures of some QRP projects and an interesting 40 meter transciever. It is called the "Pixie2", and was hooked to a wattmeter and was able to generate 250mw from an alkaline 9v radio battery for power. The small battery was bigger than the transciever. It is crystal controlled, and only a key, earphone and antenna are required. It was crystal controlled on 7040 kc. A good antenna is required for those who would try to operate this simple rig. This was brought by WB6FZH, Greg, who said that it cost less than $12.00 in kit form and took less than an hour to complete. Greg did not expound on exactly how many stations he had worked with the radio..
The "EXCHANGE BOX" got a work out, it was full when it arrived, and almost full when it left..but with different books, catalogs, and parts. It will be at the January meeting too.
New members were welcomed to the club. Mike Burger, AH7R, & "Mac" Makempshall, KA1LAX. Welcome!
The recent CQ WW DX contest had many local participants both SSB and CW. The ARRL 160 Contest has started while this is being typed. WB6FZH will try to make a contact or two with low power again...This year with a WW2 TCS-12 Transmitter (1.5 to 12.0 mc) and an HRO-W Receiver (450kc to 30mc). The CW Notes are filling the Vintage headphones on the other side of the room. Later, when the West Coast QRM dies down, He will give it a try... Oh did I mention the 5 watt QRP output level too? UPDATE:12/8/97- About 10 hours of operation...No contacts until 0320 Sunday morning (Local Time) A station in Alaska was contacted, at 0338 one in Nevada. That was enough! Sleep needed. The crew up at KH7R (QTH:Northshore) was still going strong when my filiments were switched off, I could not hear most of the stations they were working with my Butternut vertical.
Part 97 (The part of FCC Rules that govern Amateur Radio) has been ammended to include a responsibility of the Licensee to "not transmit from any place where the operation of the station could cause human exposure to RF Electromagnetic fields in excess...." you get the idea, so how do you do you find out what is required? The exact procedures and technologies are still being formulated. Generally, if you operate your station at these levels or less you are exempt from periodic testing. Power level and frequency of operation 500W PEP 160-40 meters, 425 on 30, 225 on 20, 125 on 17, 100 on 15, 75 on 12, 50 on 10, 50w PEP on 6, 2 and 1.25, 70 on 70cm, and other levels on even higher frequency bands.
There is a FCC bulletin that gives specific charts, tables and graphs that relate to specific measurements. One example drawn from the information is as follows: 2 meters (145mhz)-Power Level:250w- antenna:9.0dbi- at 20.9 feet from your antenna in your home(controlled area) and 46.7 feet in the uncontrolled area(outside). This means that outside these distances OK, inside not OK. Are your signs and alarms in place? (just kidding!)
You can imagine the future for Amateur Radio Operators; lawsuits by folks that pass by your antenna (even if you are not even home...), The RF Police, new insurance exclusions in your insurance policies, Renewed controversies over RFI Cellular, PC, Public Safety Radio (is it safe?) Local verses State or Federal Jurisdiction, and ofcourse which chart and study is right for minimin or maximum levels. QRP stations, those at less than 5 watts output (10w PEP) would seem exempt. Has anyone started a class action suit as to what Ham Radio may be doing to birds landing on our antennas, or the insect or plantlife considerations...just when you thought this was not a big deal..
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