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 bkn8nja@att.net 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
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EXAMS 07/10/2016 Lincoln MI 48742-9999 Sponsor: Alcona County AR Group Location: Alcona Cty ARA Site Time: 12:00 PM (No walk-ins) 07/10/2016 Saint Joseph MI 49085-8615 Sponsor: NQ8A Testing Group Location: Church of Christ Bldg Rear Time: 12:30 PM (Walk-ins allowed) 07/16/2016 Ionia MI 48846-8512 Sponsor: ICARPSC Location: Ionia Central Dispatch Time: 6:00 PM (No walk-ins) 07/17/2016 Kalamazoo MI 49001-4156 Sponsor: Kalamazoo ARC Location: Kalamazoo County Sheriff Dept Time: 8:30 AM (Walk-ins allowed) 07/20/2016 Livonia MI 48154-3045 Sponsor: Livonia ARC Location: Livonia Civic Center Library Time: 7:00 PM (No walk-ins 07/20/2016 Prescott MI 48756-9108 Location: Mills Township Hall Time: 7:00 PM (Walkins allowed) 07/23/2016 Allegan MI 49010-1524 Sponsor: Allegan County ARC Location: Allegan General Hospital - Basement Cafeteria Time: 9:00 AM (Walk-ins allowed) 07/23/2016 South Lyon MI 48178 Sponsor: South Lyon Area ARC Location: Witch's Hat Depot Time: 9:00 AM (Walk-ins allowed) 07/30/2016 Lansing MI 48911-7207 Sponsor: Central Michigan Amt radio Location: Holt Christian Church Time: 11:00 AM (Walk-ins allowed) 08/02/2016 Oak Park MI 48237-2085 Sponsor: Hazel Park ARC Location: Oak Park Community Center Time: 7:00 PM (Walk-ins allowed) 08/04/2016 Lansing MI 48911-5322 Sponsor: Ingham County VE Group Location: Lansing Fire Station #44 (Community Room) Time: 7:00 PM (Walk-ins allowed) 08/06/2016 Muskegon MI 49440-1233 Sponsor: Muskegon Area AR Council Location: American Red Cross Bldg Time: 9:00 AM (Walk-ins allowed) 08/12/2016 Grand Rapids MI 49503-1304 Sponsor: Grand Rapids ARA Location: Red Cross Building Time: 6:30 PM (Walk-ins allowed) 08/13/2016 Ann Arbor MI 48108-1516 Sponsor: ARROW Communications Assoc. Location: American Red Cross Building Time: 9:00 AM (Walk-ins allowed)
08/13/2016 Lowell MI 49331-9609 Sponsor: Lowell ARC Location: Flat River Outreach Ministries Bldg Time: 6:00 PM (Walk-ins allowed) 08/13/2016 Monroe MI 48161-9770 Sponsor: W8OTC Location: Good Shepherd Church Time: 10:00 AM (Walk-ins allowed) 08/13/2016 Port Huron MI 48060-4014 Sponsor: Eastern Michigan ARC Location: St Clair County Library Time: 10:00 AM (Walk-ins allowed) 08/14/2016 Saint Joseph MI 49085-8615 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: http://www.gmarc.org 07/16/2016 Lowell AR Youth Club Hamfest Location: Lowell, MI Type: ARRL Hamfest Sponsor: Lowell Amateur Radio Youth Club Website: http://www.k8lhs.club 07/30/2016 2016 CMARC OUTDOOR HAMFEST Location: Lansing, MI Type: ARRL Hamfest Sponsor: Central Michigan Amateur Radio Club Website: http://www.centralmiarc.com 08/06/2016 UP Hamfest 2016 Location: Escanaba, MI Type: ARRL Hamfest Sponsor: Delta County Amateur Radio Society Website: http://www.dcars.org 08/07/2016 Seaway Trunk Swap Location: Port Huron, MI Type: ARRL Hamfest Sponsor: Eastern Michigan Amateur Radio Club
UP NET MEMBER PROFILE. EDITED BY AL, K8BLL RONALD FOXWORTHY, K9RSK GREEN BAY. WISCONSIN STILL RESIDING IN GREEN BAY, RON WAS BORN THERE IN 1936. FOLLOWING HIGH SCHOOL, HE OBTAINED AN ASSOCIATE DEGREE IN ARCHITECTURAL TECHNOLOGY AND ENGINEERING. NOW RETIRED SINCE 1995. 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 1960. RON WAS A RADIO OPERATOR IN THE U.S. AIR FORCE FROM 1955 TO 1958. 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
FROM THE FCC VIA QRZ.COM. TECHNOLOGICAL ADVISORY COUNCIL (TAC) NOISE FLOOR TECHNICAL INQUIRY ET Docket No. 16-191 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: http://transition.fcc.gov/daily_releases/daily_business/2016/db0615/da- 16-676A1.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 e-mail 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 e-mail. 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 2013. 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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