UPPER PENINSULA NET NEWS SERVING THE WESTERN GREAT LAKES

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UPPER PENINSULA NET NEWS SERVING THE WESTERN GREAT LAKES HAM OF THE YEAR KC8ZMN CHRIS HANSEN UNIONVILLE MI HAM OF THE MONTH N8IFY CHRIS SCHMIDT WEST BRANH MI JULY 2016 FROM THE

1 UPPER PENINSULA NET NEWS SERVING THE WESTERN GREAT LAKES HAM OF THE YEAR KC8ZMN CHRIS HANSEN UNIONVILLE MI HAM OF THE MONTH N8IFY CHRIS SCHMIDT WEST BRANH MI JULY 2016 FROM THE EDITOR BILL, N8NJA July, time for fireworks, vacations, and warm summer days. As many of you know I am not a fan of hot and humid weather, so far this year not too bad. I have enough projects I can do in the radio shack with the AC on when it gets uncomfortable outside. The major outdoor ham radio project has been reconditioning an 80 foot aluminum telescoping tower. The next major step is figuring out some kind of a tilt over mount, maybe on the line of the old EZ Way towers. The plan for this tower is SSB beams for two and six meters, and maybe 440. The HF bands have not been the best lately, but have to remember it is summer time and we are getting closer to the bottom of the sun spot cycle. If you follow the propagation reports you will see some times we go for days with no spots on the sun. This morning on 75 meters between 9 and 10 a.m. I was on and heard some real strong and long duration whistlers. Someday I have to do some reading up on what causes them, why some times you can hear them and the person you are talking with a few hundred miles away cannot. Sunday N8DAD, Barry and I are taking off to Ohio to visit our friend Jim, W8OFC, originally form Saginaw, lately a resident of Marina AZ and now in Vermilion OH. We are going to help him get an antenna up and set up his station. I am sure in the winter he will able to checkin to the Net. DON T FORGET U.P. HAMFEST, ESCANABA, AUGUST 6 TH!!!! UPPER PENINSULA NET WEBSITE www. michupnet.com NET STATS MAY 2015 CHECKINS 1000 TRAFFIC 45 MAY 2016 CHECKINS 1001 TRAFFIC 46 HIGH CHECKINS 32 N8BNC TWICE, 32 KD8KCV, 32 KC8ZMN

2 JULY 2016 BIRTHDAYS AND ANNIVERSEARIES Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 1 2 W8TWA PETE 3 WA8DNB & MELVIN W8ING MIKE 4 5 WX8Y DON KC8WKN MARY ANN 6 WB8IEH JIM 7 8 NK8V BOB AGNES XYL OF WB8IEH W8NWD NORM 31 LYNN XYL OF NK8V AUGUST 1 2 W8WOJ & XYL

3 EXAMS 07/10/2016 Lincoln MI Sponsor: Alcona County AR Group Location: Alcona Cty ARA Site Time: 12:00 PM (No walk-ins) 07/10/2016 Saint Joseph MI Sponsor: NQ8A Testing Group Location: Church of Christ Bldg Rear Time: 12:30 PM (Walk-ins allowed) 07/16/2016 Ionia MI Sponsor: ICARPSC Location: Ionia Central Dispatch Time: 6:00 PM (No walk-ins) 07/17/2016 Kalamazoo MI Sponsor: Kalamazoo ARC Location: Kalamazoo County Sheriff Dept Time: 8:30 AM (Walk-ins allowed) 07/20/2016 Livonia MI Sponsor: Livonia ARC Location: Livonia Civic Center Library Time: 7:00 PM (No walk-ins 07/20/2016 Prescott MI Location: Mills Township Hall Time: 7:00 PM (Walkins allowed) 07/23/2016 Allegan MI Sponsor: Allegan County ARC Location: Allegan General Hospital - Basement Cafeteria Time: 9:00 AM (Walk-ins allowed) 07/23/2016 South Lyon MI Sponsor: South Lyon Area ARC Location: Witch's Hat Depot Time: 9:00 AM (Walk-ins allowed) 07/30/2016 Lansing MI Sponsor: Central Michigan Amt radio Location: Holt Christian Church Time: 11:00 AM (Walk-ins allowed) 08/02/2016 Oak Park MI Sponsor: Hazel Park ARC Location: Oak Park Community Center Time: 7:00 PM (Walk-ins allowed) 08/04/2016 Lansing MI Sponsor: Ingham County VE Group Location: Lansing Fire Station #44 (Community Room) Time: 7:00 PM (Walk-ins allowed) 08/06/2016 Muskegon MI Sponsor: Muskegon Area AR Council Location: American Red Cross Bldg Time: 9:00 AM (Walk-ins allowed) 08/12/2016 Grand Rapids MI Sponsor: Grand Rapids ARA Location: Red Cross Building Time: 6:30 PM (Walk-ins allowed) 08/13/2016 Ann Arbor MI Sponsor: ARROW Communications Assoc. Location: American Red Cross Building Time: 9:00 AM (Walk-ins allowed)

4 08/13/2016 Lowell MI Sponsor: Lowell ARC Location: Flat River Outreach Ministries Bldg Time: 6:00 PM (Walk-ins allowed) 08/13/2016 Monroe MI Sponsor: W8OTC Location: Good Shepherd Church Time: 10:00 AM (Walk-ins allowed) 08/13/2016 Port Huron MI Sponsor: Eastern Michigan ARC Location: St Clair County Library Time: 10:00 AM (Walk-ins allowed) 08/14/2016 Saint Joseph MI Sponsor: NQ8A Testing Group Location: Church of Christ Bldg Rear Time: 12:30 PM (Walk-ins allowed) HAMFEST 7/16/2016 GMARC July Trunk Swap Location: Shelby Township, MI Type: ARRL Hamfest Sponsor: General Motors Amateur Radio Club Website: 07/16/2016 Lowell AR Youth Club Hamfest Location: Lowell, MI Type: ARRL Hamfest Sponsor: Lowell Amateur Radio Youth Club Website: 07/30/ CMARC OUTDOOR HAMFEST Location: Lansing, MI Type: ARRL Hamfest Sponsor: Central Michigan Amateur Radio Club Website: 08/06/2016 UP Hamfest 2016 Location: Escanaba, MI Type: ARRL Hamfest Sponsor: Delta County Amateur Radio Society Website: 08/07/2016 Seaway Trunk Swap Location: Port Huron, MI Type: ARRL Hamfest Sponsor: Eastern Michigan Amateur Radio Club

5 UP NET MEMBER PROFILE. EDITED BY AL, K8BLL RONALD FOXWORTHY, K9RSK GREEN BAY. WISCONSIN STILL RESIDING IN GREEN BAY, RON WAS BORN THERE IN FOLLOWING HIGH SCHOOL, HE OBTAINED AN ASSOCIATE DEGREE IN ARCHITECTURAL TECHNOLOGY AND ENGINEERING. NOW RETIRED SINCE HE WAS A BUILDING INSPECTOR AND CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER FOR CITIES OF GREEN BAY AND ALLOUEZ, WISCONSIN. EARLIER HE SAILED THE LAKES FOR REISE STEAMSHIP IN 1959 AND RON WAS A RADIO OPERATOR IN THE U.S. AIR FORCE FROM 1955 TO HE ENJOYED HE HIS TIME IN THE AIR FORCE BEING STATIONED AT HICKHAM AFB IN HONOLULU AND JOHNSTON ISLAND AFB. THIS LED TO HIS INTEREST IN AMATEUR RADIO AND HE HOLDS A GENERAL CLASS LICENSE. RON IS ALSO HAS A PRIVATE PILOTS LICENSE AND ENJOYS FLYING AS WELL AS HUNTING AND FISHING. RON AND HIS WIFE, SUSIE, HAVE CHILDREN, NOW GROWN. RON S HAM SHACK IS HOME TO A VARIETY OF GEAR INCLUDING TWO ICOM, THREE KENWOOD AND ONE YAESU HF TRANSCEIVERS; TWO ICOM 2 METER TRANSCIVERS; THREE ICOM AND ONE YAESU AMPLIFIERS; THREE MFJ ANTENNA TUNERS; TWO DRAKE RECEIVERS; TWO HALLICRAFTERS RECEIVERS; ONE ALLIED RECEIVER; PLUS NUMEROUS POWER UPPPLIES. RON SAYS THIS ISN T ALL OF MY STUFF BUT IT WILL GIVE YOU SOME IDEA OF THE COLLECTION. I MAY BE AN ELECTRONICS HOARDER. THAT S SUSIE S OPINION. ======================================================== SHAME ON ME FOR INCLUDING THESE Bambi, a blonde in her fourth year as a UCLA Freshman, sat in her US government class. The professor asked Bambi if she knew what Roe vs. Wade was about. Bambi pondered the question; then, finally, said, 'That was the decision George Washington had to make before he crossed the Delaware.' =================================================================== Two blondes were sipping their Starbucks when a truck went past loaded up with rolls of sod. "I'm going to do that when I win the lottery," announced #1 Blonde. "Do what?" asked #2 blonde. "Send my lawn out to be mowed." Replied blonde #1

6 FROM THE FCC VIA QRZ.COM. TECHNOLOGICAL ADVISORY COUNCIL (TAC) NOISE FLOOR TECHNICAL INQUIRY ET Docket No The TAC is requesting input to help answer questions about the study of changes to the spectrum noise floor over the past 20 years. Noise in this context denotes unwanted radio frequency (RF) energy from man-made sources. Like many spectrum users, TAC members expect that the noise floor in the radio spectrum is rising as the number of devices in use that emit radio energy grows. However, in search for concrete evidence of increased noise floors, we have found limited available quantitative data to support this presumption. We are looking to find ways to add to the available data in order to answer important questions for the FCC regarding this topic. Comment Deadline: August 11, 2016 Details are here: A1.pdf ===================================================================================== Amateur Electronic Supply Closing after 59 Years in Business Amateur Electronic Supply (AES) will close its doors at the end of July after 59 years in business. No reason has been given for the decision to close the business. AES has been a premier player among Amateur Radio equipment retailers for decades, as well as a major presence at Dayton Hamvention and other events. Various media outlets were informed of the closing in a brief message on July 6, but word of the closing has not yet appeared on the retailer s website or Facebook page. It s with great sadness that I have to tell you that Amateur Electronic Supply (AES) will cease operations at the end of this month, AES National Sales Manager Tom Pachner, W9TJP, said in an . An employee at the Milwaukee headquarters store, who did not wish to be identified, confirmed that the message was legitimate. It s believed that the AES staff was notified before the July 4th holiday weekend. In addition to the Milwaukee store, AES operates outlets in Cleveland (Wickliffe), Las Vegas, and Orlando. Fond-du-Lac, Wisconsin, native Terry Sterman, W9DIA (SK), founded AES in 1957 when he was just 18, after getting into the radio-tv business by working in his father s TV and electronics parts store. On January 1, 1998, ownership of AES shifted to Amateur Electronic Supply LLC, headed by Phil Majerus, a prominent Wisconsin businessman. Sterman died the following year at the age of 60, after a period of ill health. For many years, the public face of AES was its Executive Vice President Ray Grenier, K9KHW, who oversaw marketing and advertising for the retailer from 1964 until his retirement in Grenier nearly singlehandedly produced the famous AES catalog, as well as magazine ads. For about 20 years, he also organized the well-received AES Superfest, a promotional effort begun in 1995 that grew into a hamfest. In April, the AES Superfest hosted the 2016 ARRL Wisconsin Section Convention.

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UPPER PENINSULA NET NEWS SERVING THE WESTERN GREAT LAKES

UPPER PENINSULA NET NEWS SERVING THE WESTERN GREAT LAKES HAM OF THE YEAR W8WR LARRY ALMAN GREENVILLE MI HAM OF THE MONTH KC8ZMN CHRIS HANSEN UNIONVILLE MI AUGUST 2015 FROM THE EDITOR-----------------------------------------BILL,