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Bergen Amateur Radio Association

BARA Bulletin January 2015

Volume 52 Number 1 www.BARA.ORG

NEXT MEETING

January 4, 2015

7:30 PM

Municipal Building Senior Center

350 Hudson Avenue.

Township of Washington, NJ

07676

BARA Auction 1

WA2ZNT, SK 1

Bill James Service Award 1

2015 Dues 1

Upcoming Events 2

VE Exam Schedule 3

Public Service Information 3

Link of the Month 3

Niko’s Chili Recipe 3

Member Contest Scores 4

DX Insights 4

January VHF Contest 4

Note From K2ZB 5

INSIDE THIS ISSUE

Our 52nd Year

2015 BARA DUES

BARA Dues for 2015 are $25 for an

individual member and $35 for a

family membership.

Please pay at a business meeting, kit

night, or mail to the Treasurer.

BARA Auction

Sunday, March 15, 2015

Now is the time to start thinking

about that equipment you don’t use

any longer. Dig it out, check it, out

and recycle it at the BARA auction.

The Bill James

Service Award

A couple of our newer BARA mem-

bers have asked: what is the Bill

James Service award?

Bill James was a former BARA pres-

ident, a mover and a shaker who

never stood still. Some of Bill's

many accomplishments include:

- Bill was the original trustee of our

club callsign K2BAR.

- Bill was instrumental in the for-

mation of BARA's VHF contest ac-

tivities and an active contributor and

participant for many years.

- Bill forged our initial relationship

with the Red Cross.

- Bill was a driver behind the crea-

tion of the first BARA website and

also of the transition from paper to

electronic distribution of the BARA

Bulletin.

Bill James gave freely of his

knowledge, skills, and time in ser-

vice to BARA over many years. Bill

James passed away on January 9,

2002. The BARA Executive Com-

mittee instituted the annual Bill

James Service Award to honor Bill's

memory and to recognize the efforts

and contributions of a current BARA

member. Each year the BARA Exec-

utive Committee chooses one BARA

member to recognize and honor for

their outstanding service to BARA.

(Continued on page 5)

Josephine Kehoe

WA2ZNT, SK

Josephine was a long time friend

of BARA. I first met her on the

79 repeater while commuting to

and from work. You could always

count on her for some cheer when

caught in a traffic jam on a rainy

day. She was always looking for

K2BAR in the VHF contests to

give BARA a point on FM.

Josephine or her operating skill

never gave it away, but she was

blind from birth.

She attended a BARA Field Day

in Oradell and I worked with her

on 15 Meters. She was so happy

making contacts that she did not

want to leave when her daughter

came to pick her up.

She passed away on December 4,

2014 at the age of 93.

Rest in piece Josephine.

Oh, did I mention she raised five

children and her husband was also

blind from birth. He travelled to

Brooklyn every day for work.

If you your life if hard, think of

Josephine and what she overcame.

-de WA2LXE


BARA BULLETIN

BARA RESOURCES

The BARA Bulletin is published monthly by the Bergen Amateur

Radio Association. Subscriptions are included in the annual member-ship dues. Membership is open to anyone interested in radio communi-cation.

QSL Bureau:

Warren Hager, K2UFM

Public Service:

Club Contesting:

Phil Barber, WA2LXE

VE Exams:

Don Younger, W2JEK

Donnan917’at’aol.com

Hamfests:

Jim Joyce, K2ZO

Webmasters:

wm’at’bara.org

Tony Izzo, K2AMI

David Levine, K2DSL

MEMBERSHIP

APPLICATION

Interested in learning more about amateur radio and meeting new

people? Then join the Bergen

Amateur Radio Association (BARA). Dues are $25 per year. Send your application request to:

David Levine, K2DSL

11 Mackay Ave.

Waldwick, NJ 07463

e-mail to k2dsl’at’arrl.net.

Please include your name, address, town, zip, call sign, license class, and phone number.

Best wishes for a

Happy and Healthy New Year

to All BARA Members and Their Families.

Upcoming Events

January 3,4 - ARRL RTTY Roundup

January 4 - BARA Business Meeting

January 6 - Kit Night



January 24, 25 - ARRL VHF Contest


February 3 - Kit Night

February 8 - BARA Business Meeting **

February 15 - BCFMA Annual Meeting

February 20 - 22 - ARRL DX Contest - CW

March 15 - BARA Auction

** Note: This is the Second Sunday of the Month


PUBLIC SERVICE

ARES NET

Second Monday of each month

7:30 PM

W2AKR (K2GCL) Repeater

146.790 Mhz; PL 141.3 Hz

A training net for all stations interested

in Public Service

communications.

K2BAR NETS

SSB Net:

Mondays 9:00 pm

10 Meters – 28.375 MHz

Net Control: Jim, K2ZO

FM Nets:

Mondays 8:00 pm

YL Net

2 Meters: 146.79 MHz.

PL 141.3

Net Control: Joanne, KC2QGH

Wednesdays 9:00 pm


PL 141.3

Net Control: Hector, W2NPR

Thursdays 8:30 pm

70 cm: 444.100

PL 141.3

Net Control:

Thursdays 9:00 pm

Technical Net


PL 141.3

EchoLink via K2FJ-L

Net Control: Gordon, W2TTT

Meeting Programs

Are there any topics of interest to the

club that you would like to see a presen-

tation or demonstration? Is there a sub-

ject you could lead a discussion on?

Please contact Steve Holly, WI2W

WI2W ‘at’ ARL.NET

VE EXAM SCHEDULE

The next VE test session

is scheduled for:

January 2015

(Date to be announced)

7 PM

Westwood Regional H.S.

Room 123

The FCC has imposed a

Testing fee of $15.00

per exam/retest.

Required documents:

Two forms of ID required

for all transactions.

Social Security Number

if unlicensed or FRN

Number if a licensed

Ham.

Original CSCE if prior

test credit is claimed.

If license upgrade.

original and a copy of

current FCC license

Questions may be directed to:

Don Younger, W2JEK

201-265-6583

Question Pool effective dates:

The current General exam question

pool will be revised on July 1,

2015.

Technician, Element 2-July 1, 2014

General, Element 3 - July 1, 2011

Extra, Element 4 - July 1, 2012

Study guides and sam-

ple tests should re-

flect the appropriate

question pool date.

Sample tests available at QRZ.COM

http://www.qrz.com/p/testing.pl

Daily FCC report of new and re-

newed callsigns available at:

Link of the Month

Here's an impressive bunch of pic-

tures of a 3L 160M yagi and more.

http://www3.ocn.ne.jp/~kan1/newmonsterantenna2.html

— Tnx to K2ZO

Niko’s Chili Recipe Great dish of those cold Winter

days.

Ingredients

2-3 Lbs chopped meat

2 medium size onions

5-6 cloves garlic

2 Red peppers

2 green peppers

4-5 celery sticks

2 Tbsp dry parsley

2 cans stewed tomatoes

2 cans red beans drained

2 cans vegetarian beans

drained

3 Poblano or hot peppers

2 chili peppers chopped

2 Tbsp Chili Powder

2 Tbsp Paprika

Salt to taste 1 Tbsp

Preparation

Cut all the fresh ingredients to

small bite size pieces. Keep the

onions and garlic separated from

the rest of the ingredients.

In a large size pot heat some olive

oil and sauté the onions and garlic.

Add the chopped meat and contin-

ue to brown it up. Add the chili

powder and paprika to the chopped

meat. Keep working to separate

the chopped meat to the smallest

size you can. When the meat is

nice and brown add the chili sauce.

Run the stewed tomatoes through

the food processor and add to the

pot. Bring to a boil and keep stir-

ring the mixture. Add the remaining

ingredients, lower the flame to low

heat and simmer for 2 to 3 hours.

Keep stirring so as to prevent the

mixture from sticking to the bottom.


DX Insights

By Harry, W2FT

MEMBER REPORTED CONTEST SCORES SUBMITTED

FOR AGGREGATE CLUB SCORE

ARRL 160 Meters

Power QSOs ARRL/RAC Sect. Score

WA2ALY Low 184 53 19.502

W2JEK Low 77 27 4,158

KB2YAN Low 35 21 1,470

ARRL 10 Meters

Power Mode QSOs PTs Mults. Score

K2DSL Low Mixed 189 620 98 60,760

WA2LXE Low SSB 147 294 61 17,934

W2JEK QRP CW 53 212 26 5,512

KC2RDW High SSB 60 120 38 4,560

KB2YAN Low CW 40 160 23 3,680

KD2GPT Low SSB 51 102 29 2,958

W2JC Low SSB 24 48 9 432

OK (Checz Rep.) RTTY Contest

Power QSOs Pts. DXCC OKs Score

K2DSL Low 382 806 89 23 90,272

RAC Winter Contest

Power Mode QSOs Pts. Sec Score

K2DSL Low Mixed 215 1446 144 63,624

Stew Perry 160 Meter Contest

Power Mode QSOs Points Score

WA2ALY Low CW 93 294 294

Members are encouraged to show “Bergen ARA” as the club when submit-

ting contest logs and send a copy of the summary sheet to WA2LXE for inclu-

sion in the Bulletin. A minimum of three individual submissions are usually

required for the “Club” category.

CROZET ISLANDS FT5W

Crozet Islands are a group of six islands, volcanic by origin, located in the South Indian Ocean. The islands are a French possession and declared a nature preserve in 1938. A research station has been established on the island which is staffed by 18 to 30 people depending on the season. The climate can range from 65 F in the summer to 23 F in the winter. The highest point is 3,580 ft. with a total area of 136 sq. mi. It rains on an avg. of 300 days a year.

The island is the home of four different species of penguins as well as elephant seals and many species of sea birds. Killer whales are often seen beaching themselves to prey on the seal popula-tion.

There have been several DXpeditions to Crozet over the years but Club Log has Crozet listed as #5 on the DX most wanted list.

We can look forward to some good DX this winter so keep watching the bands and updates.

Be on the look out for Navassa Is. K1N at the end of January. This entity is listed as #1 most wanted so there will many looking to put K1N in the log. Check the navassadx.com/ web site for updates.

Good Hunting

73,

W2FT

Congratulations David

ARRL January VHF Contest

Start: January 24th at 2 pm (1900 UTC)

End: January 25th at 11 pm (0359 UTC Jan 26)

BARA member scores will be aggregated for a

Club Score. Show “Bergen ARA” in the “Club”

line on the Cabrillo log file.

Contest exchange is callsign and grid square.

Popular bands are:

SSB: 6M, 2M, and 440 MHz.

FM: 2M and 440 MHz. Simplex

Repeater operation is not permitted.

If help needed in submitting log to ARRL, send

contact info to WA2LXE. Show times in UTC.

Full info and operating categories at:

http://www.arrl.org/january-vhf


By unanimous vote the 2014 Bill

James Service Award was given to

Richard Galbraith, K2ZB. Richard

was presented with a beautiful en-

graved plaque at the BARA 2014

Awards and Recognition dinner

thanking him for his contributions

to BARA not just over the past

year but for decades of service to

BARA.

Richard is an unstoppable force

always stepping up and volunteer-

ing for all of BARAs' activities.

Usually Richard is the first person

to show up at the BARA garage to

help in loading up for Field Day

and the VHF contests. Before the

sun comes up Richard is at our

Field Day site shooting antenna

lines over the light poles. Richard

is the go to guy for shooting anten-

na lines whether it's for Portable

Day or helping a new ham put up

his first antenna. While some of us

were participating in the last Fox

Hunt Richard was volunteering his

communication skills in support of

the Crop Walk public service

event. You can always count on

Richard, K2ZB, to get the job

done.

Congratulations Richard Galbraith,

K2ZB, recipient of the BARA

2014 Bill James service award!

(Continued from page 1) Thank you BARA

for the

Bill James Service Award

You could have knocked me over

with a feather when my name was

called at the BARA Holiday Din-

ner 2014. What have I done this

time?

Couldn’t think of a thing to say, but

lots to remember.

Bill needed an antenna installed in

his River Edge yard, so Tony

K2AMI and I went there. I only used

a bow and arrow then and the tree

for raising the antenna was about

150 foot away. And so I shot an ar-

row into the air and it looked like a

rocket launching without a smoke

trail. Tony had just purchased a 500

foot role of 1/8” Parachute cord for

home and friends use. Most of the

cord was used up on that shot. I

think Tony could not believe the

amount of cord used but it made Bill

a very happy camper. Bill was burn-

ing up the airwaves after that.

Sometime after that at a kit night

Bill with his tremendous sense of

humor took his cane in the air,

like a sword and bellowed out

TOUCHÉ. My weapon of choice

was a yardstick sitting on the ledge

of the blackboard. I can't remember

what the outcome was of the short

battle, but that little skirmish has

never exited my memory. The fol-

lowing morning came the sad news

of Bill’s passing. In a few days he

was buried in West Caldwell NJ.

One of his requests was to have an

HT buried with him. When Judi and

I pass there on the way to family

visits in West Caldwell I relive the

famed battle. Cane versus Yard-

stick.

In my Radio room on the wall

where it can't be missed when you

enter is the Bill James Service

Award plaque where it will be dis-

played for all to see when they visit

here.

I want to thank the BARA club for

this award and all that wish to see it

must make an appointment first hi

hi.

73,

Robert Richard Galbraith, K2ZB



169 Woodland Ave.

Westwood, NJ 07675

President

Rachel Weiss, AJ4WD

RACHEL.A.WEISS ‘at’

GMAIL.COM

Vice-President

Steve Holly, WI2W

9 Passaic Ave.

North Haledon, NJ 07508

WI2W’at’ARRL.NET

Secretary

Peter Schneider, KC2QYM

50 George St.

Tenafly, NJ 07670

Pxschneider’at’juno.com

Treasurer

David Levine, K2DSL

11 Mackay Ave.

Waldwick, NJ 07463

K2DSL ‘at’ARRL.NET

Trustees

Bennett Norell, KO2OK

KO2OK’at’ARRL.NET

Harry Johnson, W2FT

W2FT’at’AOL.COM

Chuck Lemken, KC2SST

CLEMKEN’at’HOTMAIL.COM

BARA Bulletin

Phil Barber, WA2LXE, Editor

WA2LXE’at’ARRL.NET

Next Business Meeting

Sunday, January 4th at the

Twp. Of Washington

Senior Center

Presidents Emeritus

Bill James, WA2QHL - SK

Dominick Interdonato, NB2F - SK

Steve Mendelsohn, W2ML - SK

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