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Club Net =========== SELARC meetings are held on the 2nd Thursday of each month ** Next Club Meeting ** Thursday, Feb. 11th, 7pm Fayard Hall, Room 217 (1205 North Oak Street) Talk-in 147.00 (-600) ================================================ SELARC officers for 2009-2010 - Contact them at the e-mail links below!
Shuttle Columbia Special Event Station (Nacogdoches Amateur Radio Club) will hold a special event station in remembrance of the shuttle disaster on Feb. 1, 2003. The event is on Saturday, Feb. 6, 2010. Ham operators from other areas are welcome to attend the event on 20 or 40 meters (7.200 and 14.270MHz). Operation will begin at 0800 CST (1400 UTC) and end at 1500 CST (2100 UTC). Info at kd5gen@arrl.net Louisiana QSO Party sponsored by the Thibodaux Amateur Radio Club, will begin at 1500Z February 13 and end at 0300Z February 14. Rules and information are available at http://www.qsl.net/w5yl/LAQSO_/laqso_.html Spanish Town Parade on Sunday February 13 in Baton Rouge is planning to station amateur radio operators at various locations around the course. These operators will be in communication with AB5G Communication Bus and an operator stationed with the Baton Rouge Police Command Post. Will start at 12 noon and last around 3 hours. Communications will be conducted on a simplex 2 meter frequency. Contact Matt Anderson KD5KNZ, 225-806-2524 Pearl River County ARC is offering a free ham radio licensing class at Henleyfield Community Center (Hwy. 43 North) on Feb. 20 & 27, 8am to 5pm. Testing will be on Saturday March 6, with a testing fee of $14. For info contact Larry Wagoner N5WLW (601) 590-0553. New Orleans Mardi Gras Marathon scheduled for Sunday February 28 is looking for amateur radio assistance. If interested contact Joe at Joen5ozg@bellsouth.net LOUISIANA STATE CONVENTION (Acadiana Amateur Radio Association) is March 12 and 13 in Rayne, Louisiana at the Civic Center, 300 Frog Festival Drive. Details at http://www.w5ddl.org/hamfest/ LOUISIANA SECTION CONVENTION (Twin City Ham Club), Barak Shrine Temple at 6620 Frontage Road, Monroe, LA on Saturday, April 24. Info at http://www.tchams.org/ New Orleans Hamfest is scheduled for Saturday September 25 at the Harahan Recreation Gymnasium, 6601 10th Street. More info at NOHamfest@w5gad.org Southeast LA Amateur Radio Club VE tests are scheduled for the last Sunday of each month in Room "B" of the North Oaks Medical System Diagnostic Center. All sessions are on Sundays from 2pm-5pm with $15 testing fee. Bring photo ID and any appropriate CSCE.
Annual Dues are now due and must be paid by the March meeting!! If you have not already renewed your membership or if you would like to become a member of SELARC, please print out and complete the application/renewal form and return it with your check to: P.O. Box 1324, Hammond LA 70404. Thanks!
February birthday greetings to David Catania N5QOX, Joey Fiero W5TFW, Susan Rachinskas KE5KMP, David Rhymes KE5NVY, George Swan AE5FK and Larry Wagoner N5WLW!
A hearty "Thank You" goes to everyone who helped make our 29th Annual Hamfest on January 16th a success!! In spite of a cold and rainy forecast, the weather cooperated and our many ham friends and exhibitors turned out to make it an enjoyable and informative event. Congratulations to the all the prize winners at the Hammond Hamfest. The major prize winners were: Grand Prize: Honda EU2000i 2kw Generator
- Jan Edwards W5EV of Folsom Congratulations to the following new
hams and upgrades on their success at the Hammond Hamfest VE session: And more congratulations to the following new hams and upgrades from the Jan. 31 VE session at North Oaks Medical Center: Technician:
Our ham radio community lost a dear friend and strong advocate with the recent death of Captain (USN) Mike King, W5PY, of Slidell. He was a stranger to no one and was always ready to help and support anyone or any project. Besides his many military decorations, Mike was a member of ARRL, the Ozone Amateur Radio Club, Scottish Rite 32 degree mason at Fresno, CA, and Master Mason at Ballinger Lodge #643. He was also an Eagle Scout. A memorial service was held at First Baptist Church at 4141 Pontchartrain Blvd., Slidell on Thursday, Feb 4th at 6:30p.m. There will be a tribute to Mike on www.arnewsline.org this week.
President Tyrone Burns N5XES called the meeting to order at 7:10pm. Minutes of the December 5th meeting and Christmas party were accepted as published in the "Hamster". Treasurer Carol Redmond KE5GOC presented the updated financial report for the coming hamfest and the annual budget summary, which were accepted as presented.Attendance: Ralph K5CAV, Carol KE5GOC, James K5QNT, Tyrone N5XES, Bob WB5FBS, David N5QOX, Scott KD5PCK, Ray K5AZU, Alex KD5GFI, Camille KD5RVW, Forrest KD5PKS and Julian W5EDQ. Committee Reports: REPEATER (Bob WB5FBS) - all repeaters and digipeaters are working well, especially the new 145.130; the 147.00 repeater is experiencing the same noise and RF interference that is bothering other repeaters in local communities. HAMFEST (Tyrone N5XES) - went over final job assignments needed for the hamfest, especially for setup on Friday and clean up on Saturday. Ticket sales are important and must be turned in by Friday night for the dues credit reward. Old Business: Motion was made and passed to extend our thanks to Leslie Liuzza KE5ILT and her family for putting together the successful Christmas party in December. New Business: It was reported that member Bob Kula K5SHY is recuperating now at his home; also that the mother of Maryanne Jones KE5RSY has recently passed away. Announcements: Hamfest on Jan. 16th, please be there to help! Also the Jackson MS Hamfest will be January 29 & 30.
As you pay your dues for 2010 membership in SELARC, think about your
membership and what it means to you. Does it mean that you have met your
obligation for the year? Does it mean you are an active/participating
member that is proud to be a member of SELARC?
February is here, the ground hog says 6 more weeks of winter, Valentine's Day is around the corner and YES, "The SAINTS are playing in The SUPER BOWL!!!". To quote a few of the phrases, " CHA-CHINGGG!", "WHO DAT?" and "BLESS YOU BOYs!!". Anybody and everybody who has a business has jumped on the band wagon. The local donut shop here in Springfield has had to go 24 hours just to keep up with the additional demand for "BLACK and GOLD" King Cakes. The orders are outnumbering Mardi Gras king cakes 3 to 1. One thing is for sure, this has been a year of breaking records for the SAINTS, and 'win or lose' they will have played in the 'SUPER BOWL. No one can take that away from "dem SAINTS". "GEAUX SAINTS" And now on to other things: our Hammond Hamfest is over and was well received!. Many thanks to all who came out and participated with the setup and operations on Friday and Saturday! We are already on the calendar for next year as our 30th Anniversay Hamfest. More details on this at the meeting. . The Jackson Hamfest was bigger this year. They picked up a new vendor who sells ICOM radios, and he has told me that we are on his calendar for 2011. We already have verbal commitments from our current vendors and we are moving up the date by one weekend. Our 30th Anniversary Hamfest will be on 8 Jan, 2011. More details on this later. CU at the meeting on Thursday evening! 73 Tyrone N5XES
UPCOMING HAMFESTS: SECTION APPOINTMENTS: Herman Campbell KN5GRK -- Official Relay Station; Brett Williams KB5YZB -- Emergency Coordinator, Lafourche Parish. Please help me in welcoming Carlos Ingram KB5YEG of Rayville, LA, as our new Louisiana Section Traffic Manager (STM). He has also been appointed Louisiana Traffic Net Manager (LTN). Please send Carlos your Net Reports, Public Service Honor Roll (PSHR) reports and Station Activity Reports in the future. His email address is kb5yeg@arrl.net or carlosing@hughes.net. His contact information is good on QRZ.Thanks to Carlos for taking on this work for the Section. SECTION ARES STATISTICS: ARES MEMBERS 494, DRILLS/TRAINING 26 MH 68,
PUBLIC SERVICE EVENTS 2 MH 8, EMERGENCY OPERATIONS 2 MH 9, TOTAL
OPERATIONS 30 MH
85, ARES NET SESSIONS 88 CHECKINS 896 NET MH 20.9. OTHER REPORTS RECEIVED: Jim Bookter N5NVP Section Affiliated Club Coordinator. Virginia Bryant KE5DJA PIO. LOUISIANA SECTION FLOWER FUND: The flower fund has only collected $125. If additional donations are not made, the fund will be dissolved and donations returned to the donors. LOUISIANA MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP: The window for application for the scholarship is about to close for this year. Please encourage any licensed entering or attending college student to apply for this scholarship. Details are available on the ARRL Website. NEW OZONE ARC OFFICERS FOR 2010 -- Tom McCullough KD5GFG President, Wayne Tamborella KC5DEZ Vice President, Frank Skiles WA5VCS Secretary, John Guthans AA5UY Treasurer, and Board Members Ron Riviere WB5CXJ, Tony Samrow KE5PDC, Tom Goertz W5HWQ. AMATEUR RADIO CLUB OF CENTRAL LOUISIANA -- New officer slate:
President -- Mike Canady N5GJQ; Vice President -- Chuck Standlee AC5PW;
Treasurer - Scott Wren KD5DFL; Secretary -- Steve Neesley KE5IAK;
Director at large -- Ron Addison KE5BCQ who became SK after elections;
Past President -- Guy Tanner WD5HAI. LOUISIANA SECTION WEBSITE -- Many thanks to Ken Standard AD5XJ for his great work redesigning our Section website http://www.laarrl.org. Please go to the site and checkout all the information and links. Send any suggestions or comments to AD5XJ@arrl.net
LOUISIANA SECTION MEMBER IN THE NEWS -- Check the January of CQ Magazine
on page 60 for a great article titled "Teaching the Teachers". It
features Orleans Parish EC Joel Colman NO5FD with a description of his
work with the kids at the Henry S. Jacobs camp in Utica, Mississippi.
Great work Joel! 73, Gary Stratton K5GLS LA Section Manager
DELTA DIVISION WORKED ALL GRIDS AWARD The new Delta Division Worked All Grids (WAG) Award is available for anyone presenting proof of contact with each of the 40 grids making up the Delta Division. Each station worked in these 40 grids must be located within one of the four Sections (AR, LA, MS, and TN) that constitute the Delta Division. The starting date for these 40 QSOs is January 1, 2010. Any combination of bands and modes may be used to qualify for the award; there will be no band or mode endorsements. You may send your QSLs, along with $6.00 to cover the cost of the award, to Howard Runions W4HLR (Delta Division Assistant Director) starting April 1. More details of this new award will be posted soon on the Delta Division website. You can also contact Howard via email at hireddux@yahoo.com if you have comments or questions. Ron Brown AB5WF and Alan Levine WA5LQZ have both been recognized for
their many years of dedicated service with the Delta Division
Distinguished Service Award. It was my pleasure to present Ron his
plaque during the ARRL Forum at the Delta Division Convention this past
Saturday in Jackson, MS, and I hope to have the opportunity to present
Alan's plaque in person in the near future. 2010 ANNUAL BOARD MEETING The minutes of the ARRL Board Meeting held earlier this month are now posted on the League website at www.arrl.org/announce/board-1001/ As indicated in the ARRL article on January 19, much of the Board's focus was on issues related to emergency communications. During this meeting the Board felt compelled, in large measure because of "unrest" within the FCC itself, to take a position on whether any rule changes were desirable concerning prohibited transmissions. Rather than waiting to see what the FCC was going to do next, the Board decided that it should make its wishes known to the FCC as soon as possible. Also much to my surprise, the Board ultimately decided to inform the FCC that some flexibility is needed in 97.113(a)(3) to accommodate hams participating in emergency drills on behalf of employers. Although I tried to have the Board include some reasonable time limits on these drills, the Board declined to include any time limits. (Along with almost all of the other Directors, I did support the final decision to adopt the motion without time limits.) K1ZZ does a good job in his March 2010 QST editorial of describing the recent actions taken by the Board of Directors on this issue. I would also encourage you to read the editorial by W2VU on page 8 in the February 2010 issue of CQ.
Mickey
Cox K5MC
==> NHC To Provide Greater Lead Time for Watches, Warnings - Beginning with the 2010 hurricane season, NOAA's National Hurricane Center in Miami will issue watches and warnings for tropical storms and hurricanes along threatened coastal areas 12 hours earlier than in previous years. According to NHC experts, advancements in track forecasts are making it possible for forecasters to provide greater lead time. Tropical storm watches will be issued when tropical storm conditions are possible along the coast within 48 hours. Tropical storm warnings will be issued when those conditions are expected within 36 hours. This is an increase of 12 hours from those issued in previous years. Similar increases in lead-time will apply to hurricane watches and warnings. The hurricane watches and warnings will generally be timed to provide 48 and 36 hours notice, respectively, before the onset of tropical storm force winds. That additional time will also allow people preparing for the storm -- securing oil rig platforms, getting food and water stockpiled, boarding windows and such -- enough time to finish preparations and get to safe shelter. ==> FCC Proposes to Revise Vanity Call Sign Rules - Late last year, the FCC issued a Notice of Proposed Rule Making (NPRM) -- WT Docket 09-209 -- seeking to amend the Commission's Amateur Radio Service rules to clarify certain rules and codify existing procedures governing the vanity call sign system, as well as revise certain rules applicable to club stations. Interested parties may make comments on the NPRM in the following ways: via the Federal eRulemaking Portal or via the FCC's Web site. Comments must be submitted by March 26, 2010; reply comments are due no later than April 12, 2010. ==> NCVEC Releases Second Technician (Element 2) Question Pool - The previously released pool dated January 4, 2010 is invalid for use. Upon review of the pool, members of the QPC found and corrected more than 50 minor typographical errors and clarified the questions and answers, making them easier to understand. These adopted changes are now incorporated in a revised question pool. The errata list, as well as the revised Technician question pool, is available on the NCVEC Web site at, http://www.ncvec.org/. The newly revised Technician question pool will become effective for all examinations administered on or after July 1, 2010; it will remain valid until June 30, 2014. The current Technician question pool that became effective July 1, 2006 will expire June 30, 2010. The new Technician pool contains approximately 400 questions, from which 35 are selected for an Element 2 examination; it will contain graphics and diagrams, something new for this element. ==> FCC Seeks Public's Help in Reform Effort - According to its chairman, the Federal Communications Commission wants to change the way it is seen by the American public. In order to further that effort, on January 7, FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski announced that the Commission had launched a new Web site -- Reboot.FCC.gov-- saying it is the first-ever Web site dedicated to soliciting public input on ways to improve citizen interaction with the FCC, "creating a forum where the public can participate in improving the FCC." ==>IN BRIEF: * Coming events on the radio: NCCC Sprint Ladder on February 5. Look for the FYBO Winter QRP Sprint, the Minnesota QSO Party and the AGCW Straight Key Party on February 6. The Vermont QSO Party, the YL-ISSB QSO Party (CW), the 10-10 International Winter Contest (SSB), the British Columbia QSO Party, the Delaware QSO Party and the Mexico RTTY International Contest are February 6-7. On February 7, check out the North American Sprint (CW) and the ARCI Fireside SSB Sprint. The New Mexico QSO Party is February 8. The ARRL School Club Roundup is February 8-12. The NAQCC Straight Key/Bug Sprint is February 10 and the CWops Mini-CWT Test is February 10-11. NH QSO Party, Asia-Pacific Sprint, LA QSO Party, OMISS QSO Party and FISTS CW Winter Sprint are Feb. 13-14. George Washington's Birthday W7G (HF) is Feb. 19-22. ARRL DX Contest and AM QSO Party are Feb. 20-21. CQ WW 160 Meter SSB, Mississippi QSO Party and North American QSO Party are Feb. 27-28. All dates, unless otherwise stated, are UTC. * DQ11APOLLO is a special-event station of the Deutsche
Amateuer-Radio-Club (DARC celebrating the 40th. anniversary of the first
manned landing on the moon by NASA. July 20, 2009 marked the 40th
annnivesary of the first manned landing on the moon by the Apollo-11
mission. To celebrate this brilliant technical achievement of NASA, a
group of space-flight enthusiast radio amateurs of the DARC applied for
the special-event callsign DQ11APOLLO. It was issued on July 15, 2009
and is valid 365 days. The station will be activated on the
mission-dates of the past Apollo flights on all HF, VHF & UHF-bands
using SSB, CW, FM and PSK. Many details are available at the DQ11APOLLO web page: http://tinyurl.com/ylenq3k AMSAT News Service Bulletin 326.02 from AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD) * ARRL Continuing Education Course Registration remains open through Sunday, February 21, 2010, for these online course sessions beginning on Friday, March 5, 2010: Amateur Radio Emergency Communications Level 1; Antenna Modeling; Radio Frequency Interference; Antenna Design and Construction; Ham Radio (Technician) License Course; Propagation; Analog Electronics, and Digital Electronics. Each online course has been developed in segments -- learning units with objectives, informative text, student activities and quizzes. Courses are interactive, and some include direct communications with a Mentor/Instructor. Mentors assist students by answering questions, reviewing assignments and activities, as well as providing helpful feedback. To learn more, visit CCE page http://www.arrl.org/cce/courses.html or contact the Continuing Education Program Coordinator cce@arrl.org. --The ARRL Letter and The American Radio Relay League
Members Listed by Callsign KF5CJU Varisco,
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Stay Radio Active ! See you at the meeting !! ================================================ SELARC is proud to have partnered with Southeastern Louisiana University to serve the university and community for over 30 years. Through our association with the Tangipahoa parish Office of Homeland Security, Project LION and Southeastern radio station KSLU-FM we have been an active component in the communications plans for Homeland security and disaster management for local and regional events including severe weather incidents, train derailments, and evacuations. The campus amateur radio station located in the facilities of KSLU is an integral part of radio communications for campus emergency management. ================================================ When you are ready drop us a line: wb5net@arrl.netSELARC
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