CQ N9BAT: FD 2008 IS HERE!

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1 CQ N9BAT: FD 2008 IS HERE! THE CLUB STATION WILL ONCE AGAIN BE ON DISPLAY IN NORTH RIVERSIDE he time of the year we all look forward to is finally here Field Day. A time to break out of the ordinary and get out and enjoy the great outdoors. As in years past, the Chicago Suburban Radio Association will hold Field Day in Veteran s Park, located on 26th Street, a halfmile west of Harlem Avenue in North Riverside. According to Field Day Co-Chairman Ed Schumacher WA9GQK, we are scheduled to run 3A once again this year. There will be not GOTA (Get On The Air) station setup, but the club will be setting a 2- meter talk-in station that will be located inside the Welcome Tent area. Talk-in for any visitors will be provided on simplex and through the repeater on Past and present CSRA members, family, and friends are all invited to come and meet with old friends and acquaintances. Relax and spend time seeing new and old amateur radio technology being used in a live environment. The club will also be doing a barbeque picnic dinner, beginning around 5:00 pm on Saturday evening. All are welcome and encouraged to stop by. Bring a side dish or desert to share if you like as well. Field Day set-up will begin around 10:00 am on Saturday morning, with kick-off at 1:00 pm. Station operators will be needed around the clock, so please try to attend. The official CSRA Field Day page is on the club website at com/fd.htm THURSDAY JUNE 19th GRACE LUTHERAN CHURCH in WESTCHESTER 1101 MANCHESTER AVENUE (1 block north of Roosevelt ) FELLOWSHIP HALL - LOWER LEVEL. Doors open at 6:30 pm - meeting at 7:30! PRESENTATION: DXpediation ZL8R In seven days of operation they made over 40,000 QSOs on all HF bands, plus some vie EME on 6m. See the story!

2 CSRA - ILLINOIS OLDEST AMATEUR RADIO CLUB N9BAT CSRA Board Meeting 6:30pm CSRA General Meeting VICE PRESIDENT Frank Crescenzi K9KTU frank@crescenzi.net Grace Lutheran Church 1101 Manchester Avenue Westchester. Doors open at 6:30pm Meeting begins at 7:30pm TREASURER Ray Good AA9F aa9f@arrl.net Saturday June 28Sunday June 29, 2008: SECRETARY Norm Malina K9NJM njmalina@yahoo.com CSRA Field Day SARGEANT AT ARMS Vince Koepke NT9N vk9n@netzero.com TXT EDITOR R. Scott Childers W9CHI 2scott@gmail.com MEMBERSHIP R. Scott Childers W9CHI PUBLICITY Frank Crescenzi K9KTU frank@crescenzi.net PAST PRESIDENT R. Scott Childers Thursday June 19, 2008: CLUBCALENDAR CSRA BOARD AND COMMITTEE PRESIDENT Ron Urbaytis K9RWU urbieman@yahoo.com JUNE 2008 Veterans Park 26th Street, west of Harlem Ave. North Riverside. Setup at 10am. BBQ Picnic/Dinner at 5:00pm. (Please RSVP for picnic so we know how much food to have on hand - all club members and families are welcome at Field Day and Picnic!) Thursday July 17, 2008: W9CHI EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS CHAIRMAN Marty Pauschke AA9SL COFFEE AND MEETING REFRESHMENTS Tom Mihm N9TM RAFFLE PRIZE CHAIRMAN Vince Koepke NT9N CSRA Dinner Meeting and club social To be held at D s Little Italy. Located on the northeast corner near 31st Street and LaGrange Road starting at 6:30PM. AN UPDATE ON WY9U 2 METER CSRA NET MANAGER Ron Urbaytis K9RWU 15 METER CSRA NET MANAGER John Franta KA9MJE N9BAT CLUB CALLSIGN TRUSTEE Ray Good AA9F CSRA HAM HOTLINE: (24 hours a day) POST OFFICE BOX 7898, WESTCHESTER, ILLINOIS website N9BAT@arrl.net PAGE TWO Ray Good AA9F recently called Frank Jackowiak WY9U to see "what's up?" He is ending a 14 or so week period during which his voice disappeared. (Somehow connected to his heart condition) After a lot of speech therapy, his audio has returned, and he is feeling OK. Hopes to get back into club activities soon!

3 CSRA TXT NEWSLETTER JUNE 2008 THE OFFICIAL MINUTES THE MAY 2008 CSRA BOARD MEETING NORM MALINA - K9NJM CSRA SECRETARY The CSRA board discussed the tentative setup for Field Day. It looks like we will have three stations plus the welcome station, which will operate on the simplex and repeater frequency. The CSRA bike ride on May 31st will take place if the weather permits. The board decided to have a social on July 17th instead of a general meeting on that day. The social will be at D s Little Italy near 31st and LaGrange Road starting at 6:30PM. The board meeting ran into the general meeting, which is briefly covered below. MORE FIELD DAY 08 INFORMATION Anyone that brought a canopy last year is requested to bring one this year. Also, anyone who has another available canopy is encouraged to bring it as well. The other immediate need is to bring tables and chairs to the Field Day site. Even if you are just coming to visit, it is advised that you bring your own chair. Operators are needed at all times to keep the stations running. Please contact Ed, Ron or Norm for more info when you can be best utilized. Do not forget bug spray, suntan lotion and a flashlight of you will be on site in the dark hours. Any and all ice is appreciated! We will have a key to access the restrooms at the baseball field. 1. Two tickets to the Six Meter Hamfest in Wheaton on June 8th were raffled off. Congratulations to Scott Childers W9CHI and John Franta KA9MJE. 2. Ed (WA9GQK), who was in Dayton, left information covering an Open House on June 21st at the Illinois Rifle Range. The range is located in Bonfield (just west of Kankakee), and any CSRA members wishing to car pool should talk to Ed or Norm. You can bring the whole family if you wish. There will be military reenactments and an opportunity to shot if you want. There also is a picnic pavilion and indoor facilities. The next scheduled board and general meeting is on June 19th at Grace Lutheran Church in Westchester. RECYCLABLES NEEDED FOR GRACE! Attention members - we need your recyclables! - Used Compact Discs - 8 1/2 X 11 paper clean on one side - Clean jars of any size with lids - Old fishing line and old Crayons - Leftover clean party napkins - Cereal boxes - Empty, clean milk gallon jugs These items are needed for the Grace Lutheran Church Kids Summer Bible school project. They are planning for about 50 kids so I think it might be kind of nice for the club to help out. Be sure to bring these items to the June CSRA meeting. BIKE RIDE REPORT Vince NT9N, Tom N9TM, Norm K9NJM, Bill KC9EHL and Vince N9YIB met at the Brookfield Zoo Woods and trekked to Paul's Pizza at 31st and Wolf Road in Westchester. En-route, stopped by Ed WA9GQK s QTH. The weather was good and so was the pizza. About 1:00PM or so we headed back (I went home). I kept 2 meter communication with the bikers on the way back. Depending on interest and weather we may do another ride event before September. ALSO: VINCE KOEPKE - NT9N I d like the members to think about a special event station from the Santa Fe Caboose, sometime after Field Day. In the meantime, if anyone wants to check out their rig before field day, maybe the caboose would be a good place. Please contact me about stopping out on the weekends. Everyone can bring their FD rig to the caboose for a trial run. We will test one rig at a time. I will supply 12VDC battery, antenna tuner and Ground Mount antenna for 20 meters. Maybe they will have wire ant up in trees. If so I will supply 4:1 balun with PL259 connection. PAGE THREE

4 CSRA TXT NEWSLETTER JUNE 2008 FORSALE AM-FM SIGNAL GENERATOR By BOONTON MODEL 202-H Mint condition with manual. AM-FM SIGNAL GENERATOR By MEASUREMENT CORP. MODIFIED BY MOTOROLA with METER Excellent condition. QST & CQ MAGAZINES Most from 1970 to 1994 Good condition in cardboard holders Very cheap or free. AMECO TRANSMITTER 6 & 2 METER CW and VOICE AM VFO VERY STABLE VERY CHEAP. AC VARITRAN 5AMP VOLTS AC. PLEASE HELP ME GIVE THIS EQUIPMENT A GOOD HOME! NO OFFER REJECTED! RUDY PROHANKA WA9MMC at 708/ WESTCHESTER YAESU 857D HF/VHF/UHF Transceiver -Has all factory included accessories, plus I m including: -LDG FT Meter. (Goes for $50 new) -MH-48 DTMF Microphone. (Goes for $45 new) -Programming/CAT cable (serial). -Programming software (ADMS and FTMMO). Unit less than a year old - purchased at Dayton. Would like $600 MIKE DINGER W9PXZ at 815/ or w9pxz@mikedinger.us You can also contact Scott Childers W9CHI - Mike joined us at Field Day 2007 & is Scott s co-worker/engineer at the radio station. FORSALE I am selling my LDG Z11 QRP Auto tuner. It handles 0.1 to 125 watts, making it ideal for both QRP and standard 100 watt transceivers from meters. Selling for $ VINCE KOEPKE NT9N at 708/ or vk9n@netzero.com CSRA ASSISTS WITH COMMUNICATIONS DURING BERWYN CENTENNIAL PARADE NORM MALINA K9NJM Along with amateur radio operators from other clubs in the area, CSRA members practiced their radio and communication skills while helping with the Berwyn Centennial Parade on June 1st. Bill (KC9EHL) and his family member Joe were busy in back of the L- strip along with Tom (N9TM) and Norm (K9NJM). Lining up the floats as they did last year for the Houby Parade turned out to be routine for the CSRA members. The weather was perfect and the sixty or so entries were lined up for the parade in back of the L- strip over a six-block area with minimal difficulty. From beginning to end it took only about three hours to line up the parade participants. The parade started promptly at 2:00PM, and the parade participants left the L-strip going south on Lombard Avenue and then west on Cermak Road. Once the L-strip was cleared and the parade was under way, the job of the radio operators was finished. It was a good opportunity for the amateur radio operators to test their equipment and skills while having a presence with the general public. CSRA INFO NET Mondays at 8pm on PAGE FOUR

5 IF TAKING THE EISENHOWER EXPRESSWAY (I-290), exit at Mannheim, go south to Roosevelt, then east to Manchester. Or exit at 25th Avenue, south to Roosevelt, then west, over the bridge to Manchester Avenue. If exiting 25th Avenue eastbound, exit right to Gardner Road, then south to Devonshire. (Note: Devonshire does not go thru to Westchester Blvd or Mannheim Rd) PARKING is available alongside the church or on the side streets. MEETING place is in the fellowship room, on the lower level. 6 steps down from the entrance on the north side of the church (Devonshire Street). TALK-IN on the Repeater. PAGE FIVE