All area ham radio operators, club members and friend of the WCARA are
invited to come to "Radio Night Open House" each and every Wednesday
Night from 6:30 to 8:00 PM local time at the WC8VOA Club Station at the VOA on
8070 Tylersville Road
All area ham radio
operators, club members and friend of the WCARA
are invited to come to "Radio Night Open House" each and every
Wednesday Night from 6:30 to 8:00 PM local
time
at the WC8VOA Club
Station at the VOA on 8070 Tylersville Road.
This is your newsletter!!! Please send Mike Ashley N8XW@arrl.net any and all club news, event updates, digital pictures, buy or sale needs, license upgrades or call sign changes.
SPECIAL WCARA BREAKFAST
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ATTENTION ALL WCARA MEMBER AND HAM FRIENDS:
ATTENTION ALL WCARA MEMBER AND HAM FRIENDS:
Make
plans to attend a special WCARA
Breakfast on Saturday, April 12, 2008, from
8:30 – 9:30 AMLocal Time at Bob
Evans Restaurant on 7781
Dudley Drive West
Chester,
OH 45069, Telephone: 513-779-4386.
All
of your Ham Buddies will be there. Good Coffee & Great Menu Items.
Talk-in
on the on the FARA 145.39 (-600) Repeater for those lost on the
Home Depot
Parking Lot.
'08 SPRING/SUMMER WCARA NET OPS ASSIGNMENTS
2006 Summer/Fall/Winter WCARA Net OPS Assignments are as follows:
2008 Spring/Summer WCARA Net OPS Assignments are as follows:
The WCARA
Monday Night Roundtable meets each Monday
Night at 8:00 PM local time(except Meeting
Nights on the 2nd Monday of the Month) on the FARA
145.39 (-600) Repeater.
Mar. '08
Apr. '08
May. '08
Jun. '08
Jul. '08
3/3/2008 – N8MIQ
4/7/08 – W8ND
5/5/08 – W8BXG
6/2/08 – KA8ABR
7/7/08KC8GPJ
3/10/2008 - Club Mtg.
4/14//08 - Club Mtg.
5/12/08 - Club Mtg.
6/9/08 - Club Mtg.
7/14/08 - Club Mtg.
3/17/2008 - TBD
4/21/08 – K8DEV
5/19/08 – WB0NPN
6/16/08 – K8BAX
7/21/08 – K8DEV
3/24/2008 - N8DZ
4/28/08 – KB8ZYE
5/26/08 – K8DST
6/23/08 – W8CDA
7/28/08 – W8CDA
3/31/2008 – WB0NPN
6/30/2008 – KC8ZGW
If a
scheduled Net Operator can not make his/her assigned date, please contract
David Wickelhaus so a substitute Net Operator can be found.
WCARA FELLOWSHIP LUNCHEONS
The July/August '05 Weekly WCARA Fellowship Luncheons Schedule is as
follows:
WCARA FELLOWSHIP LUNCHEONS
Weekly
WCARA Fellowship Luncheons Schedule is as follows:
03/18/08 – City Barbeque – 7706 VOA Centre –
755-0518
03/25/08 – Gold Star Chili – 7659 Tylersville Road
– 777-1865
05/20/08 – Bob Evans @ 7781 Dudley Drive, 779-4386
05/27/08 - McAlister's Deli @ 7622
Cox Lane, 755-6888
All
lunch meetings start at 11:30 AM Local Time.
All
Club members, guests and perspective new members are invited to attend.
WANTED: CLUB PHOTOGRAPHER
The WCARA needs a club member who can take digital pictures of club
events, meetings and public service activities that can be included in the HF
Chronicles
The
WCARA needs
a club member who can take digital pictures of club events, meetings, and
public service activities that can be included in the HF Chronicles. No formal
application is required. Just email your low-resolution JPEG picture files (no
larger then 250K per pictures) to the Editor at N8XW@arrl.net.
The HF
Chronicles reaches a “Worldwide Audience”.
BUY/SELL/TRADE - Ads are free to WCARA members and subject to editing
BUY/SELL/TRADE - Ads are free to WCARA members and subject to editing. 30 word
Advertisement limit. Individual Ads runs for 30 days and then is auto deleted.
Deadline for Ads is the 15th & 30th of the Month. WCARA Members send your
ads to N8XW@arrl.net
For Sale: MFJ Antenna Tuner, Model MFJ-16010 Random Wire Tuner for HF. New Price $49.95/Best
Offer.Contract Mike Ashley,
N8XW@arrl.net
For Sale: HeilProset IC Headset, W/AD-1 iC 8pin ¼” PTT Pigtall. You can use with ICOM equipment. New Price
$170/Best Offer.Contract Mike Ashley, N8XW@arrl.net
The condition of the above listed
equipment is not guaranteed nor warranted by the WC8VOA or the WCARA . Please see Seller for warranty details.
WCARA CLUB BADGES AVAILABLE
Greg Wilkins, WD8JCT, is able to get WCARA Name/Callsign nametags for $10.00 for any interested members.
Anyone who wants one should let Jim Kimmel (W8FEJ) know and give Cary Clark (W8CDA) the money and information.
Phenolic Resin is becoming expensive with each oil incease and all! Get your badge today while it still is a bargain!
N8XW and HF Chronicles Win Award
"HF CHRONICLES," newsletter of the West Chester Amateur Radio
Association, is the 2007 winner of the 16th annual Ohio
Ham Radio Newsletter Contest. It had won second place in a previous
contest.
Congratulations for an Excellent Job Mike !!
Posted by kc8zrk on Tuesday, September 18 @ 08:32:46 EDT (1198 reads)
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First two moonbounce QSOs!
n8eci writes "On 15-April Mike KA8ABR and Jim N8ECI made WC8VOA's first two QSOs with Al, W5LUA in TX and the club station IQ4DF in Italy via a 10 GHz earth-moon-earth path. With only 8 watts of microwave power and the tremendous gain of the 7.2m satellite antenna, these QSOs were made over a half-million-mile path.
Work continues on improving the antenna's feed system though waveguide matching and tuning!"
Posted by god on Wednesday, April 18 @ 09:01:55 EDT (1408 reads)
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IS YOUR SCANNER QUIET THESE DAYS ?
Anonymous writes "IS YOUR SCANNER QUIET THESE DAYS ?
By : Jim Kimmel W8FEJ
If your scanner seems unusually quiet these days it may not be because of a reduction in crime, 911 calls , or a
reduced frequency of natural disasters. More and moreof the local emergency services are converting to digitaloperation.. Even scanners equipped for trunking such as
the Pro 2052 and its siblings listen in vain for analog signals
which are no longer there. Is it time to go to Dayton or onto eBay and get what you can or even donate that “obsolete
scanner to Goodwill? Not at all.!! Especially when a new digital scanner may cost approximately $400.00 or more.
Radio Shack will print up for you a page or two of frequencies
in Butler and Warren counties and other nearby areas which
still use the analog mode. It might help if you make them awarethat you own a Radio Shack scanner and/or make a purchase.
The manager seemed willing to print a copy from his store
The source of this information is Scancat-Lite ComputerAided Technologies. They produce “full featured programming
software for your Radio Shack scanner.” The frequency list “sampleincludes about 60 analog frequencies in the VHF Lo, VHF HI, and 800mhz bands. The cost for the whole software package is $29.95. It may possibly be purchased from Radio Shack storesfrom their website, or directly from the information below. For a more comprehensive list of local frequencies see National
Communications information below. Your scanner will come to life again using the remaining (and very active) analog channels in the Butler / Warren County area
Contact:
Computer Aided Technologies
1112 Francais Dr.
Shreveport, LA
71118
Ordering: Call 1( 888) 722 6228
Technical Questions: Call1-(318) 687 2555
Website: www.scancat.com/scancat-lite
Or
You can order your local frequency list
from National Communications by calling <
1-800 423- 1331 or visit http://www.nat-com.org.
"
Posted by n8xw on Monday, April 17 @ 22:27:27 EDT (2442 reads)
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