Club Call: KC2GJL

Newsletter Volume 24 Issue 10

e-mail edition

5 March, 2002

AHARC Officers 2001-2002

President...............Al Myers, KW2J

Vice President......Basil McCutcheon, K3QBU

Treasurer...............Don Weiman, K2UOB

Secretary/Editor....Dave Grice, N2WDS

Program Chair......Mike Zias, NG2O

Next meeting will be held on

Tuesday March 5th

at 7:30 pm at the Allegany County Courthouse.

Directions may be found on our website:

www.aharc.org

Election of officers for 2002 - 2003 will be held

in April. Please plan to attend.

President's Message

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Local Repeaters & Nets

Repeaters

Ulysses - K3QBU 145.430- Alfred - K2BVD 146.955-

Wellsville - KA2AJH 147.210+ Coudersport - N3PC 146.685- PL 131.8

Bath - N2HLT 146.805- Arkport - KC2FWS 147.045+

Nets

New York Phone 3.925MHz @ 1 pm NYPON 3.925MHz @ 5 pm

WPA Phone 3.983 MHz @ 6 pm PA Phone Net 3.958 MHz @ 5:30pm

Western District Net 146.640- daily @ 6:30 & 9:30 pm; relay via 145.310-

160 mtr ragchew net nightly on 1.923 MHz @ 8 pm (NY, PA, WV OH & Ont)

Coffee Club Net 146.805- Daily 7-8 am

Western New York SKYWARN Frequencies

SKYWARN spotter nets are held Tuesdays on 2-meters weekly throughout the convective-season months (March-September) and on the first and third Tuesdays during the winter months.

Net times are: 7:00PM on the 145.31 Attica and 147.15 Fulton repeaters.

7:30PM on the 146.67 Arkwright and 145.11 Bristol repeaters (linked) and the 147.255 Watertown repeater.

All amateurs are welcome to check in. Non-amateurs are also encouraged to tune in on their scanners to listen to these nets for updated spotter information, training sessions, and weather reviews.

A SKYWARN HF net is also held weekly on Sunday mornings at 9:30 AM at 7.234 MHz (+/- QRM). The net is structured much like the weekly 2-meter informational nets, but is geared to a larger audience of storm spotters from Ohio and Michigan east to the New England Coast.

Editor's Notebook

Warm February greetings!

As I sit and write this column, the sun is shining and the temperature is 58 degrees!

Looking over my notes from the last meeting, the next couple of months will be busy ones. Why not invite a non-ham friend and expose him or her to amateur radio?

It was decided at the February meeting that AHARC donate $50.00 to Don, K2UOB, for a new controller for the Alfred Repeater, and I'm sure Don would appreciate any other donations towards improvements to be made at Alfred.

Karen and I "modeled" our sample AHARC shirts and the response was approval by the membership....so if you want a shirt with the AHARC logo, get out and buy one of the quality you would like and bring it with you to the meeting. Just one thing....we are novices at this, and we will not guarrantee perfect results! Please keep that in mind.

Mike, NG2O, has reservations made for March 22nd, at the Olean Center Mall, for an amateur radio display. Mike, Sam, and Dave will be needing help setting up, demonstrating, and take down that evening. How 'bout a few good hands? Contact Mike, NG2O.

Skywarn program coming up on May 7th.....more on this in the newsletter.

Annual dues are due in May! Payable to Don Weiman, Treasurer

One more little reminder…if you changed your email address please let Don, K2UOB know at - k2uob@arrl.net

Ok…that’s all I have for this month…any subjects you would like to write about, send it to me at - n2wds@arrl.net

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Editorial Comment by N2WDS

Bob Hamilton of the NWS made this statement to me in his email :

"If possible, I would like to incorporate cell phone "weather enthusiasts" more into the program. This would especially be important for your area given the lack of amateur radio operators. If you can think of how we can advertise this more to the general public, let me know."
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What does this statement tell us about our particapation as a group of amateur radio operators? It's not a lack of operators, it's a lack of interest on behalf of amateur radio operators. Wonder if anyone agrees with me on this? I advertise each month the various nets that are held on VHF and HF, which I'm mainly talking about the traffic nets and skywarn nets, however, I never hear any members from AHARC check in. WHY? If I stepped on anyones toes, sorry...but I'm going to tell it as I see it! There may come a day when you may be needed to handle formal written traffic or be a storm spotter looking for rotating wall clouds.....either way, you have to get off your be-hinder, check in, and participate. We've been approached....you have to make the effort. With 9-11 still very fresh in our minds, and God forbid that it happens again, are you willing to help? You may be needed.... Do you know the procedures of formal nets? If not, check in to one , you'll be very welcomed! I'm open to any and all comments on this subject.

73, Dave N2WDS

n2wds@arrl.net

Upcoming Activities

March 22nd: setting up a demo at the Olean Mall.

Help will be needed. For more info contact NG2O mikezias@aol.com .

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May 5th: Foxhunt at the State Forest in Phillips Creek

Details will follow in the next newsletter.

Here are two websites all about foxhunting/radio direction finding.... <http://members.aol.com/homingin/>

and <http://home.att.net/~wb8wfk/>

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May 7th: Skywarn Training from the NWS

Bob Hamilton, N3QOT of the NWS out of Buffalo, will put on a Skywarn program on May 7th at 7:30 pm.

Please spread the word. As the date draws closer, we should know which room in the county building we'll be using. Go to NWS website and click through the various links to learn more about Skywarn <http://tgsv5.nws.noaa.gov/er/buf/spt.htm>

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· Have you bought your shirt yet? If so, bring it to the next meeting, along with the info you wish to have on your shirt...remember, just your name and callsign, and that a white or light gray tee shirt or sweat shirt will work the best.

You might be a ham if.......

1. You know the latitude and longitude of your home QTH.

2. The local Radio Shack knows you by name.

3. You used your call sign as part of your email address.

4. You use your call sign as a computer password.

5. You taught your wife the letters S, E, and X in morse code so you could

tap out your request on her back without friends and children knowing what's on your

mind. In response, she learned to tap NO, NO, NO!!! ;-))