Issued December 2015 Issue No. 70 Club Website: www.qsl.net/k7jar S-Meter e-mail: parcnews@hotmail.com Club Repeater: Output 146.62 MHz; Input 146.02 MHz, No Tone Next Meeting Friday January 15 th 2015 Meeting QTH is: Hawthorne and Walnut - Colville CLUB NET: Sunday Evenings 8:00p.m. Local Eating before the meeting at Rancho Chico 6:00 pm
Highlights from our December meeting. Attendance: Meeting was called to order by President Tom Howe KE7TEG There was a quorum of Officers present Minutes of the October meeting were read and accepted. Treasurer's Report Randy N7CKJ $9152.75 ARES Report No Dave PARC Net George W7WBN No changes Board Report Bruce KC7H No Report Announcements: Randy N7CKJ needs to sell more HRO raffle tickets to meet quota. Tom KE7TEG said the schedule Tech class has been changed to January 29 & 30 th. VE s are stilled needed on the 30 th at 1530 hrs at the Northport LDS church. Old Business: None Election Results (again): The following people were elected for 2016: Jim WW7DD President Jim W7JWT - Vice President Randy N7CKJ Treasurer Ed N7ELZ Secretary Bruce KC7H Board Member New Business: Ham of the Year was voted on. Gift Basket was won by Tom KE7TEG HRO Raffle was won by Debbie KF7GUB Meeting was adjourned. Respectfully submitted by: Ed Zeiser N7ELZ - Secretary 2
by Dave - WD7K BOILERPLATE A reminder that the ARES Net is every Sunday at 7:45pm local. The Stevens County ARES net can be heard on the 146.620 repeater located SW of Colville on Monumental Mountain and, when linked, the 147.060 repeater (which has a PL tone of 77.0) located NW of Spokane on Lookout Point. The Washington State Emergency Net (WSEN) anyone with HF privileges is welcome (encouraged) to check in when Stevens County is called. Saturdays at 0900 on 3985 khz and on Mondays at 1730 also on 3985 khz. Dave Klimas - WD7K Stevens County ARES Emergency Coordinator H (509) 738-6876 C (509) 675-8843 wd7k@hughes.net PARC Sunday Night Net at 8:00pm on the 146.62. Interested in becoming one of the Net control operators? Just e-mail George W7WBN at audax@gotsky.com 3
PARC BIO November sorry nobody stepped forward this month. Where is he? Alberto returned to Camp Pendleton on 12/13/15, I was there to see him come ashore! I spent one week in Oceanside and then he came home for a week over Christmas. Welcome home Marine! Mailing Address: CPL Gomez, Alberto CLB-15 TSLS Box 555717 Camp Pendleton, CA 92055-5717 Thank you everyone for your cards & letters while I was on deployment! They were much appreciated! Christmas morning: what a surprise. Seahawk mirror and his cousins nothing better than this! 4
USS Anchorage anchored off the shore of Camp Pendleton Alberto unloading their 7-Ton after just arriving back on base. 5
Welcome home Alberto and Friend Louis Friends and Family await the return of the Motor T crew from the USS Anchorage at Camp Pendleton. Inside the warehouse were posters welcoming home loved ones. I was so proud to be a part of Alberto s homecoming. 6
Christmas Party Good Food, decorated tables and club members with their family and friends. That s PARC s annual club Christmas party and potluck dinner. John KL7LL taking advantage of last minute raffle tickets. 7
No shortage of food here, as Randy N7CKJ goes through a second time. Club members enjoy each other s company as they settle back and await the gift exchange. Thank you Ed N7ELZ for the great pictures! 8
The Radio Corner by Jim W7JWT Happy Holidays and I will catch up with you next month!? Good Grounding for 2016? Submitted by Bill KL7BB 9
Calendar of Events 2016 January 2016 2 nd ARRL RTTY Roundup 3 rd Kid s Day Contest 3 rd Fruit Cake Toss Day! 3 rd Sunday Night Net 8:00 pm Net Control Operator Cynthia WW7CA 8 th NCCC RTTY Sprint 9 th Old New Year Contest 9 th TechFest is sponsored by the Gwinnett Amateur Radio Society (GARS). Georgia 9 th North American QSO Party CW 10 th Sunday Night Net 8:00 pm Net Control Operator Jim WW7DD 14 th Dress Up Your Pet Day 15 th PARC Monthly Meeting 7:30 pm Colville Snacks By: Diane 15 th NCCC RTTY Sprint 16 th North American QSO Party SSB 17 th Sunday Night Net 8:00 pm Net Control Operator Tom KE7TEG 18 th Run for the Bacon QRP Contest 18 th Martin Luther King Jr. Birthday 22 nd NCCC RTTY Sprint 24 th Sunday Night Net 8:00 pm Net Control Operator Larry KR7LRJ 28 th Fun at Work Day! 29 th NCCC RTTY Sprint 30 th Winter Field Day 30 th ARRL January VHF Contest 31 st Classic Exchange CW 31 st Sunday Night Net 8:00 pm Net Control Operator George W7WBN February 2016 5 th NCCC RTTY Sprint and NCCC Sprint Ladder 5 th YLRL YL-OM Contest 6 th Winter Contest 10-10 Int. SSB 6 th British Columbia QSO Party 7 th North America Sprint, CW 7 th Sunday Night Net 8:00 pm Net Control Operator George WA7MLS 8 th ARRL School Club Roundup 12 th NCCC RTTY Sprint and NCCC Sprint Ladder 13 th SARL Field Day Contest 13 th New Hampshire QSO Party 14 th Classic Exchange, Phone 14 th Sunday Night Net 8:00 pm Net Control Operator Cynthia WW7CA 14 th Valentine s Day 15 th PARC Monthly Meeting 7:30 pm Colville Snacks By: Jim W7JWT 17 th CWops Mini-CWT Test 1300z-1400z 20 TH Salam Ham-Fair ARRL sanctioned event www.w7sra.com 20 th ARRL International DX Contest CW 20 th SARL Youth Day Sprint 22 nd Run for the Bacon QRP Contest 21 st Sunday Night Net 8:00 pm Net Control Operator Jim WW7DD 26 th CQ 160-meter Contest SSB 27 th REF Contest, SSB and UBA DX Contest, CW and North American QSO Party RTTY 28 th Sunday Night Net 8:00 pm Net Control Operator Tom KE7TEG Calendar of events will be an ongoing part of the news letter, submit your dates to parcnews@hotmail 10
For Sale Amateur Radio Equipment In retirement, I moved to Spokane to be with my grandkids and build an Amateur Radio DX station. Due to health issues (Cancer, Chemotherapy and complications) the station will never be built. Therefore, I hope to sell all my ham equipment before I die, so that my family does not need to miss with it. All equipment is in storage in Spokane, WA. Mel Ming N7GCO www.teammel@gmail.com Rohn 45G 93 Tower ($2000.00) and consisting of: 8 Rohn 45G 10' Sections 1 Rohn 45G 5' Section (Cut off 10' section, can be used as short base se concrete) 1 Rohn 45AG4 8' Flat top Section 1 Rohn AS-455G Rotor Shelf 1 Rohn TB4 Heavy Duty Thrust Bearing for 3" O.D. Mast 3 Rohn GA-45GD Guy Bracket Assemblies 3 Rohn EP25343 Equalizer Plate Assembly 3 hole for guy line anchors 6 3/8" Polygon Guy cables with Turnbuckles (Top & Center Guys) 3 1/4" EHS Galvanized Guy cables with Turnbuckles (Bottom Guys) 1 Very Heavy Duty Mast 15 long Purchased & Installed: August 2005, Taken Down September 2014 In storage and ready to pick up in Spokane, Washington SteppIR Dreambeam 18 ($2000.00) Cost includes having it put together on ground by Adam Blackmer, manager of SteppIR paid by me. Yaseu 1000 rotator and controller ($350.00) Icom 7600 transceiver ($2000.00) Purchased new at HRO Portland. Non Smoker. In excellent shape Icom PW-1 Amp ($3000.00) Purchased new at HRO Portland. Non Smoker. In excellent shape I will have many smaller items for sale later. 11