August QUA CVARC 2014 A Monthly Publication for the Members of the Conejo Valley Amateur Radio Club

Inside this Issue: President’s Message……………………1 Trivia Corner ................................. 1 Meeting Discussion ...................... 2 CVARC VE Session Report …………..2 Linux for Hams …………………………3,4 For Sale ……………………………………4,6 Tech License Class……………………….5 UHF Contest Results……………………5 WebSDR………………………………..6,7,8 Mini Field Day Scheduled……………8 Amateur Radio Study Guides …….9 Guide to non-taxable donations…9 Application to Join CVARC………..10 Ventura County ACS/Repeaters..11 CVARC List of Officers………………..11 The CVARC club meeting is held at 7:30 PM on the third Thursday of the month (except for December) at: The East County Sheriff’s Station 2101 East Olsen Road Thousand Oaks, CA 91360 The East County Sheriff’s Station (“ECSS”) facility is just off the 23 freeway from the Olsen Road off-ramp, north, between Thousand Oaks and Simi Valley.

Trivia Corner

The answer to last month’s trivia question is the Heil PR-781 microphone. For this month, why did Elecraft settle on 500 watts as the output for its KPA500 solid state compact 160-6 meter power amplifier?

Presidents Message

by Zak Cohen, N6PK CVARC has started to conduct a field day every quarter so that our members and friends can practice their operating procedures and skills. It is also a chance to tryout equipment and antennas. There is another opportunity to check out your operation and equipment. Every Tuesday night, Area 2 for the Auxiliary Communications Service (“ACS”) conducts their weekly check-in for both members and visitors. This allows you to check out your equipment and coverage. At 6:45 PM we check in 40 meters, 6 meters, Packet operation and Fldigi. At 7:00 PM, we check in 2 meters and at 7:10 we check in 220 and 440 MHz. We also monitor 2-meter simplex, which is used for voice and Fldigi. This is an important test to ensure that if the repeaters go down we have an alternative. (Look up frequencies on the Area 2 website which is linked from the CVARC website. This gives you a chance to go through the website and see what other information is available.)

On the first Tuesday of each month, we hold our Operational Readiness Training. We checkin simplex operation from/to each Emergency Operations Center (“EOC”). This also checks out coverage.

In case of emergencies or impending emergencies, information on the situation will be passed on the BOZO repeater every 20 minutes. ACS members will be polled for availability to staff EOC’s. Amateur Radio Emergency Service (“ARES”) members will be assigned a different repeater or simplex frequency to help. All this depends on your previous testing of your equipment, coverage and operational check-ins.

There are also some other events available for practice – e.g., the Camarillo Air Show and the Ventura Marathon. E-mail me for further information.

Keep Operating!

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CVARC Meeting and Discussion – August 21st

The Conejo Valley Amateur Radio Club will conduct its monthly meeting at 7:30 P.M. on August 21, 2014, at the ECSS. We will have a presentation on Maximum Usable Frequency by Ken Larson KJ6RZ.

Maximum Usable Frequency (“MUF”) is a characteristic generally poorly understood by many hams yet the MUF equation is very simple. It provides a great deal of information concerning high frequency (“HF”) operation through simple algebra. Some of the information can be rather shocking. For example, even though the band seems to be open, what time of day does YOUR antenna stop working? When you turn your equipment on, who can YOU talk to or not?

The talk is not just a theoretical discussion but will provide easy to use tools that will allow you to immediately achieve more enjoyment from HF ops.

Ken Larson, KJ6RZ, is a past officer of CVARC. He is an expert engineer, technician and trainer. His articles and presentations have been published and cited in other major publications. His past presentations have been exceptional events – you will learn and enjoy.

I hope you can attend.

Zak Cohen – N6PK

CVARC VE Session Report

An exam was successfully completed on August 10, 2014 at the East County Sheriff’s Station in Thousand Oaks, CA.

There were:

6 candidates;

6 Volunteer Examiners;

9 elements tested;

6 elements passed;

5 new licenses earned consisting of 2 Tech, 2 General, and 1 Extra by the following hams:

Robert Albabese – Technician

Katryna Fleer – General

James Inman – Extra

Douglas Laabs – General

Evan Traaffenstedt – Technician

Thanks to the Volunteer Examiners that took their time to bring new Hams into the Amateur Radio Service.

Zachary Cohen – N6PK

Jonathan Fox – KT6LA

Greg Lane – K7SDW

Ken Sandberg – KS3I

George Tamayo – WD6EJO

Also, a thanks to Noel VanSlyke, K6NVS, who took the time to attend as a VE but was not needed since we had more examiners than candidates. All paperwork was compiled and mailed to the ARRL via USPS Priority Mail today at my expense.

73 – Rob,W6RH

Robert Hanson Ventura County ACS Radio Officer Ventura County ARES District Emergency Coordinator

805-901-0147

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Linux for Hams

With Microsoft Windows XP becoming vulnerable, you might consider to keep using that machine in an isolated way, but there are other alternatives:

1. If your computer is powerful enough, buy a new current Windows license and install it. 2. If your computer is not powerful enough and components are available, purchase new components, a new Windows license and upgrade and install. 3. If your computer is too old, you buy a new one with a new Windows license. A valid reason to update is the dependency on programs that just run with Microsoft Windows. However, if this dependency does not exist, it can be interesting to have a look at an alternative operating system: Linux.

Linux requires less computer power than Windows 7. Linux might even be able to run on your current computer. There are many applications with similar functionality like with Windows available for Linux, e.g., Web Browser, Office suite, e-mail, multimedia center, FLDIGI digital radio, Chirp 2 way radio programming and SDR reception. In addition, a Linux license, as well as many application licenses, are free. Linux comes in many flavors and to make a long story short my favourite distribution is Xubuntu. This Ubuntu variant does not have high requirements for computers, is widely supported and easy to install and operate. So let’s become practical.

1. How do you get Xubuntu: Use your Windows system to download the appropriate version from: http://xubuntu.org/getxubuntu/ Note: The 32 bit version works on both 32 and 64 bits computers with AMD or Intel CPU, a 64 bit version works only on 64 bits computers. 2. Put the downloaded file on a DVD or an USB memory stick (1 GigaByte or larger) Instructions for DVD and USB: http://www.ubuntu.com/download/desktop/burn-a-dvd-on-windows http://www.ubuntu.com/download/desktop/create-a-usb-stick-on-windows Note: Read these pages as if it was about Xubuntu instead of Ubuntu. 3. Try if Xubuntu works on your computer. Make sure the BIOS of your computer is setup to boot from CD or USB disk: http://www.ubuntu.com/download/desktop/try-ubuntu-before-you-install Note: Read these page as if it was about Xubuntu instead of Ubuntu.

4. When you’re ready, install Xubuntu.

Make sure your important data is backed up. You might lose it!

it! http://www.ubuntu.com/download/desktop/install-ubuntu-desktop Note: Read these page as if it was about Xubuntu instead of Ubuntu. Remember your UserID and don’t forget to set a password and remember while you’ll need it later on. (Tip: use a strong password of 8 characters minimum with a mix of capitals and lower case characters as well as numbers.) OK, Xubuntu is installed and boots up. What applications are in it?

By defBy default Xubuntu has a file manager, Firefox Web Browser, Thunderbird e-mail, Abiword word processor and GNUmeric spreadsheet as well as a number of multimedia applications. It is possible to add more applications in many ways of which I will describe just

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two. 1. Ubuntu Software Center Yes, you read well Ubuntu. Xubuntu has added the Ubuntu software center to simplify addition of applications. It’s a matter of starting the Ubuntu software center, typing the name of the application, searching and installing. Installing applications like this means you get the version Ubuntu selected at the time they released the Ubuntu version, hence the derived Xubuntu version. These applications will be maintained for bugs and vulnerabilities, but never be upgraded. With the Software Center I generally install the LibreOffice suite, VLC media player and XBMC multimedia center. Explicit HAM programs I generally using launchpad installation to install directly from the developers sites in order to have the latest and ‘greatest’ version. 2 Launchpad installation for HAM applications, using commands.

FLDIGI An application for digital communication like PSK, RTTY, SSTV etc. Open a terminal emulator from the menu and enter the following set of commands (the $ is the command line prompt): $ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:kamalmostafa/fldigi $ sudo apt-get update $ sudo apt-get install fldigi If you use Computer Aided Tuning (CAT): $ sudo adduser USERID dialout Where USERID is your USERID set during installation. CHIRP An application to set and exchange channel information between various radios like Baofeng UV5R, Yaesu FT60, 817 and may more. Open a terminal

emulator from the menu and enter the following set of commands (the $ is the command line prompt): $ sudo apt-add-repository ppa:dansmith/chirp-snapshots $ sudo apt-get update $ sudo apt-get install chirp-daily $ sudo adduser USERID dialout Where USERID is your USERID set during installation. GQRX An SDR receiver that works with the RTL-USB stick, Funcube Dongle, Funcube Dongle Pro Plus, HackRF and Ettus Research USRP. Open a terminal emulator from the menu and enter the following set of commands (the $ is the command line prompt): $ sudo apt-add-repository ppa:gqrx/snapshots $ sudo apt-get update $ sudo apt-get install gqrx GNURadio An SDR development platform. GNURadio can be installed many ways, but to get acquainted (and to be able to use GQRX as well) do it like this. Open a terminal emulator from the menu and enter the following set of commands (the $ is the command line prompt): $ sudo apt-add-repository ppa:gqrx/snapshots $ sudo apt-get update $ sudo apt-get install gnuradio 73 de Jaap KK6LMJ <jaap.de.goede@gmail.com>

For Sale:

Cushcraft 11 element 2 meter beam $20. Contact Ray Biederman, WB6L, at (805) 630-6903

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THE CONEJO VALLEY

AMATEUR RADIO CLUB

Presents

A FIVE SESSION COURSE

To Prepare You For

THE FCC TECHNICIAN LICENSE

FIVE SATURDAYS

SEPTEMBER 6TH

Thru OCTOBER 4TH

9a to 1p

In THE COMMUNITY ROOM

of the EAST COUNTY SHERIFF'S

STATION 2101 E. Olsen Road, Thousand

Oaks

STUDY MANUAL - $25 (Discounted price)

FCC EXAM BY THE CVARC

VE TEAM - $15 OCTOBER 12th (Details in class)

To purchase your study manual and to reserve your seat in the

class Contact - Tim Wheeler

k6poi@yahoo.com (805) 222-0023

5 Ventura County (CA) participants in the ARRL August 2014 UHF Contest were on the air: http://www.3830scores.com/comparescores.php?arg=hTsgxz8fisfB&call=WA6EJO Of note, 5 of us made QSOs on 902 MHz with ALINCO 2 watt FM handhelds (WA6EJO, KM6B, AG6AY, N6ZE/r with small yagis & NS6V with rubber duckie) Best 902 MHz DX: just under 20 miles between WA6EJO & N6ZE/r; (WA6EJO & NS6V: a VERY CLOSE second) NS6V, KM6B, WA6EJO at home QTHes; N6ZE/r, AG6AY on minor hilltops within a mile of home QTHes

bt73Pete, N6ZE

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This is a list from the estate of a local ham. The sale price is a good price discounted from looking at several good sources. The receipts are going to CVARC. CVARC funds are used for field day and other events, which benefit our members and the ham community. Those interested please call Jonathon Fox at 805-377-3697. [See right]

Price/items:

$50 - Astron RS-20A Power Supply, SN 9001700

$50 - Astron RS-20A Power Supply, no SN

$40 - Startech 2500 Frequency Counter, power supply and antennas

$35 - MFJ-207 HF SWR Analyzer with whip antenna

$50 - Kenwood MC-50 Microphone and base unit

$50 - Siltronix FS-301 HF Wattmeter

$350 Kenwood TS-440S HF Transceiver – 100 watts, SN 0120451

$200 Kenwood TS-711A 144MHz Transceiver – 25 watts, SN 7090011

$95 - Kenwood SP-230 External Speaker, SN 1070397

$30 - Larsen 2M/440 Antenna with Diamond Mag-Mount

$45 AEA LPF-30, 30MHz Low Pass Filter, 1500 watts

WebSDR at University of Twente

Brought to my notice in the ARRL contest was the WEBSDR system at the University of Twente in the Netherlands. This SDR is easy and free to access. One note though, on my PC IE would not run the receiver and with Chromethe audio stream was interrupted. It worked well with Firefox. Just open up the page at URL http://websdr.ewi.utwente.nl:8901/ and noise from the SDR will flood out of your PC’s speakers. The page includes details on the receiver, made at the University, and a link provides a history of the design. It is a broadband direct sampling SDR with the A to D running at about 77M samples per second, and so gobbles up and processes the complete spectrum from 10kHz to 29 MHz. This encompasses VLF, LF, MF and HF and so gives plenty of listening options 24/7.

The scale is marked every 5 MHz, and broadcast and amateur bands are marked below the scale. Click the scale to position the marker in a marked band, and click band on the waterfall view panel and your chosen band will be expanded across the scale. Select the correct mode, LSB, USB or AM,

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and click on the scale under a signal. Fine tuning can be accomplished with the frequency + and – controls to tune stations in. If you have a scrolling mouse, the scroll wheel will tune up and down as well. You can also slide the marker, or click in a new position to move it.

With such a range available, what to listen to first? It was just after 2pm local, which put the time at 11pm CET. The strength of the traces clearly marked which bands were open, and so a foray to 40m seemed in order. In Europe, ITU region 1, 40m ssb allocation is about 7045 to 7200 kHz. PSK is around 7040 and CW below that. There were plenty of stations around, and same as I remember from 20 years ago, a dozen or more different languages were being used. The band was quite clear of noise and many signals could be clearly resolved from dozens of different countries including SV, SM, PA DL, F, G, EA, I, YL, RA, OM, TF.

Eu 40m Band

So what next? The BBC Home Service traditionally operated in the long wave band on 200kHz. Due to the standardization in Eu on 9kHz channel spacing for broadcast stations in the LW and MW bands in region 1 a few 10s of years ago, it now operates on 198 kHz. So I tried that, and loud and clear came in the BBC news followed by Book at Bedtime. I was hoping for the Shipping Forecast, as a real bit of nostalgia, but I found I was a little early for that. It is broadcast at 00:40 UK time with the target audience being the many small vessels

used for work and pleasure in the waters around the UK. I think they tried to replace it by fax or satellite, but sometimes the old traditional methods of passing information are the most reliable. There was a fine spoof called the Shopping Forecast on a very British comedy program, and shortly after that was the Shipping Forecast, listing out those famous sea areas, Viking, Forties, Dogger, German Bight, Finistare and so on. Close down of the Home Service is at 01:00 UK, with a rendition of GSTQ. And then silence? No, the BBC World Service takes over.

BBC Home Service in the Long Wave Band

My first recollection of radios, after listening to the Pirate Radio stations broadcasting from international waters in the North Sea, were the propaganda stations from behind the Iron Curtain, sadly most of those are gone now, but I was pleasantly pleased to find Radio Republic of Korea (North) on 15245 kHz at about 2.25 pm local was keeping the old traditions going. The lady radio announcer quite elegantly slagged off Russian Imperialism before a fine rendition of a militarized version of ‘The Carnival is Over’, a Russian folk song made famous by the Seekers from Australia in the sixties. No doubt this military version was plagiarized by the Great Twerp in PJs himself.

Of course the question is ‘Can you?’ The answer is yes, providing conditions are OK. Saturday morning, I tuned to 21400 on the remote SDR and at my home station and then sent out a 200W CW signal. It was just about audible in the WebSDR, giving a reading of about 3dB about the noise level, but band conditions were not that good. No Eu stations were around on SSB that I could easily hear. A CW tone could get through, but when I tried SSB nothing was audible just above the SDR noise level. Not that surprising, CW has a 20dB advantage over SSB, so to get the same readability I would have needed 20kW of SSB!

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In all I had a great time. The system was easy to use, had a wide selection of stations to listen to, and could even provide the basis for propagation experiments. If you have a spare 10 minutes, give it a try.

Adrian Jarrett, K6KY

Mini Field Day Scheduled

In keeping with CVARC’s practice to conduct some form of Field Day every quarter, a mini Field Day is scheduled for October 11, 2014, from 0900 – 1600 local time, at the Thousand Oaks High School picnic tables under the roof where we had one previously. Please make plans to get your gear and antennas coordinated with Adrian Jarrett to ensure we have another successful outing.

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Amateur Radio Exam and Study Guide Websites

http://www.qrz.com On the right column under “Ham Study”, go to “Practice Tests”

http://www.eham.net On the left column under “Resources”, go to “Ham Exams”

http://www.KB0MGA.net Log in is required

http://www.radioexam.org Practice Exams

Tax Deductible Donations to CVARC

CVARC is an IRS-certified 501(c)3 charitable organization and donations are deductible pursuant to the IRS rules. If you have working radio equipment and ancillary equipment that you can and wish to donate to the club, please contact one of the board members and we will be happy to talk to you about the process. Many companies will either grant or match employee’s gifts to non-profit organizations like CVARC. Please determine if your company is among these and contact a board member so we may help fund and grow CVARC. We cannot accept certain donations, and have to place some restrictions around them (no hazardous materials, nothing we could not sell, etc.). If you are interested, look me up, or any other board member, at one of the meetings or contact us via email (our addresses are on page 11 of the newsletter).

CVARC is recognized by the ARRL as a Special Service Club (SSC). To be a part of the ARRL’s Special Service Club program, the club must regularly show that it is actively involved in certain areas, including: • New Ham Development and Training • Public Relations • Emergency Communications • Technical Advancement • Operating Activities

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Name: _______________________________________________ Call Sign:_____________________________________________ Class: _______________________________________________ Address: _____________________________________________ City, State, ZIP: _______________________________________ Telephone: (______) ______ - ___________________________ E-Mail: _______________________________________________ ARRL Member expiration date (on QST label):________________ ACS#: ______________________ ARES# __________________ Date: _______________________ Update Roster Only? _______ Family Membership $30: Names/Calls _____________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________ You will automatically receive the newsletter via E-Mail. If you wish to receive a paper copy by mail, check here: _________________

New or Renewal: __________________________________ Single Membership $25 _____________________________ Family Membership $30_____________________________ Multi-year ________ years @ $20/year = _______________ New Ham (licensed in last 12 months) $10 ______________ Single Membership & full-time student $10 ______________ ARRL Membership Renewal (incl. ARRL form) $ _________ Ad Space (2x3) One Year member $35 _________________ Ad Space (2x3) One Year non-member $75 _____________ Total enclosed $: __________ Cash _______ Check Number ____________ Interested in: License Upgrades: ______ Joining ARES/ACS: ________ Disaster Action Team: _______ Earning a ham license ____

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Ventura County ACS/ARES Times and Frequencies: Area 2 ACS/ARES members are encouraged to check in every Tuesday night at 7:00 p.m. on the Area 2 check-in nets. Please note that the detailed list of ACS/ARES frequencies, repeaters, off-sets, etc. is available on the Internet. The official frequency list was updated 9/20/2013 and is available at: http://vc-ares.org. [Please note that these frequency charts are notoriously difficult to edit. If you see an error, please bring it to the Editor’s attention. Thank you.] For quick reference, you may wish to pick a local repeater, shown courtesy of Zak Cohen, with their offsets/PL from the abbreviated list below: 146.805 – 100.0 Simi Valley AD6SV 147.885 - 127.3 Thousand Oaks - BOZO N6JMI 147.915 - 127.3 Camarillo WB6ZTQ 146.970 - 127.3 Oxnard WB6YQN 145.400 - NIL Ojai Valley N6FL 147.975 - 127.3 Ventura N6VUY 146.385 + 127.3 Santa Paula & County Wide SOUTH MOUNTAIN WB6ZSN 145.460 - 127.3 Moorpark K6ERN 146.880 - 127.3 Red Mt / County / SMRA County Wide WA6ZTT 146.850 - 94.8 Thousand Oaks - Grissom N6EVC 224.700 - 156.7 Thousand Oaks – Grissom K6HB 223.960 - 141.3 Thousand Oaks - Rasnow Peak N6CFC 445.580 - 100.0 Simi Valley K6ERN 449.440 - 131.8 Thousand Oaks (AMGEN) W6AMG 447.000 - 103.5 Camarillo Springs K6ERN For questions concerning ACS/ARES, please call Zak Cohen or go to the ACS/ARES section of the CVARC website at http://www.cvarc.org. Net Control operations for the weekly ACS/ARES Area 2 check-in are run from the ACS/ARES communications center at East County Sheriff Station (on Olsen Road) every Tuesday starting at 7:00 p.m.

Visitors are welcome and have the opportunity to operate the station. Please contact Zak Cohen, whose info is listed below, to arrange it.

2013 CVARC Officers

President.................................... Zak Cohen ....................................N6PK .......................... (818) 802-8211.................................... zcohen@ieee.org Vice President ............................ (currently vacant)………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. Secretary .................................... Jim Feldman ............................. W6CWM …………………….(530) 248-3365……………………………...jdfeld@verizon.net Treasurer ................................... Christian Ylagan ........................ KD6DWT ....................... (202) 558-2009 ............................. kd6dwt@verizon.net Public Relations ......................... Linda Parker..................................... .............................. (805) 583-2260......................... rose.lady@sbcglobal.net

Technical……………………………….. Avi Carmi…………………………………….K6AVI………………………(805) 616-2636 ……………………………………….avi@carmi.us Operations ................................. Adrian Jarrett .............................. K6KY .......................... (805) 915-7562................................ g4frz@hotmail.com Newsletter Editor ...................... Mike Slate (acting) ......................N6TEA ......................... (818)-917-6868 .......................................n6tea@arrl.net Education ................................... Tim Wheeler ............................... K6POI ......................... (818) 541-0321........................................ k6poi@arrl.net Social.......................................... (currently vacant)……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. Member at Large ....................... Todd Kleopfer ........................... KD6RCM ....................... (805) 844-8708..................................... kd6rcm@arrl.net Member at Large ....................... Andy Ludlum ............................ KI6NON ........................ (818) 370-3402...................................... ki6non@arrl.net

Member at Large…………………….Charles Pember……………………… KG6CLT……………………….(805) 495-6701………………………………crpember@aol.com

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Conejo Valley Amateur Radio Club PO Box 2093 Thousand Oaks, CA 91358-2093

Address Correction Requested

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CVARC Online For up-to-date information and back issues of newsletters, please visit the CVARC website at http://www.cvarc.org. In addition to visiting the website, you may like to join the CVARC Yahoo Group at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CVARCDiscussion/.

The Conejo Valley Amateur Radio Club is an ARRL affiliated Special Service Club. Meetings are held on the third Thursday of every month, except December. The meeting location is the Community Room at The East County Sheriff Station, 2101 E. Olsen Road, Thousand Oaks. Meetings start at 7:30pm with a pre-meeting social and technical assistance session from 6:30 to 7:30pm. Meetings are open to the public, and members are encouraged to bring their friends.

“QUA CVARC” is published monthly (on the Monday preceding the CVARC club meeting) by the Conejo Valley Amateur Radio Club, AA6CV, PO Box 2093, Thousand Oaks, CA 91358-2093. It is mailed free of charge to all members. Opinions expressed in articles in this newsletter are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the views of the club, its Board, or its members.

CVARC Membership Rates Visitors are always welcome at our monthly meetings, and we do not pressure newcomers to join. If, however, you would like to support the club and its activities by becoming a member then we will be very pleased.

The simplest way to join (or to renew) is to write us a check bearing your address, and give or send it to our Treasurer. Make the check payable to “CVARC” and please put your call sign and/or email address, if you have one, on the memo line of your check. Name, call sign, or address changes may be e-mailed to the Treasurer. Current annual rates are: Regular Membership $25. Family Membership $30. Special discounts are available for new members (licensed in the last 12 months) $10. Full-time Students: $10. Regular members renewing for multiple years: $20/year. Family members renewing for multiple years $25/year.