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Fresno Amateur Radio Club Newsletter Sept 2010 Volume 72 Issue 9
FARC General Meetings
Are held the 2nd Friday of
each month 7 pm at Cedar
Lanes unless otherwise
noted
__________________
2010 FARC BOARD MEETING DATES
1st Tuesday of each month
Woodward Park Library at
Champlain and Perrin
__________________
FARC Nets
Morning Drive Time Net
Weekday mornings-730mdash
800 am
W6TOR 146940
Tech Net Wednesdays 700 pm
W6TOR 146940
FARC Net Sundays 700 pm
W6TOR 146940
Fresno Amateur Radio Club Inc PO Box 5912 Fresno Ca 93755-5912
The Prez Sez CQ CQ
Itrsquos time for the Board of Directors elections
We have 6 seats open four of our present
BOD members say they will run again Thank
you all for stepping up once again We need 2
more members who are willing to run Elec-
tions will be held at the October 8th meeting
Ted Miller W6TLM is in charge of the election
committee for members who want to run If you want some more info
on the BOD call Ted he will be glad to answer all of your questions
Nominations close at Septembers meeting
Our annual Swap Meet is on Nov 12th Start collecting your items This
is one of our largest meetings of the year
The annual Christmas Party is December 10th our regular meeting night
The party will be at Yosemite Fall cafe again this year Everyone had a
great time last year and the pre dinner music was wonderful Please
plan to attend this event
73 Tom
Our next meeting will be September 10th at 700 PM Meeting place Cedar Lanes
BowlmdashCedar and Shields Aves Come to the meeting and enjoy the camaraderie with
your fellow hams
SKIPSKIP
Tom Jarvis KG6KYU
Fresno Amateur Radio Club
Page 2
FARC BOARD OF DIRECTORS
FARC Officers
Tom Jarvis Pres - KG6KYU kg6kyuw6tocom (559) 916-2445 122011
Craig Carter VP mdashK6QI k6qiw6tocom (559) 284-1722 122011
Jim Erbe Sectry - WA6NIF wa6nifw6tocom (559) 222-7524 122011
Ron Hunt Treas - N6MTS n6mtsw6tocom (559) 289-8514 122010
Board Members
Aaron Lusk K6USY k6usyw6tocom (559) 301-1022 122010
John McGraw AE6QR No E-Mail (559) 255-2349 122010
Ken Holden mdashWA6OIB wa6oibw6tocom (559) 323-6753 122010
Charles McConnell W6DPD w6dpdw6tocom (559) 431-2038 122010
Dave Smith W6TE w6tew6tocom (559) 323-6095 122011
Joseph Capell W0PJD W0PJDmecom (559) 225-3582 122011
Jack Baker AC6LT ac6ltCVIPnet (559) 297-4311 122010
Mark your calendars for every Thursday for the lunch gathering at the Silver Dollar Hof-brau at the corner of Hwy 41 and Shaw It
starts at 12 noon and there is a table reserved in the back room
Also every Monday and Saturday at the Coun-
try Waffles at Blackstone and Dakota starting at 7am
Lastly Breakfast every Tuesday at Yosemite Falls Cafe at Blackstone and Shaw starting at
8am
Date Event
Sept 10 FARC General Meeting
Sept 11-13 ARRL VHF QSO Party Sept 17 SJVARS General Meeting Sept 17-19 ARRL SW Division Hamfest
Sept 18 CARP Swap meet Sept 18-19 QCWA QSO Party
Sept 20 North America Sprint Sept 28 QCWA Luncheon
Date Event
Oct 1 CARP General Meeting
Oct 5 FARC BOD Meeting Oct 8 FARC General Meeting Oct 15 SJVARS General Meeting
Oct 15-17ARRL Pacific Division Conv Oct 21-24 Microwave Update-Cerretos
Oct 26 QCWA Luncheon
Support our advertisers in SKIP They
support us not only in revenue for the club but they also allow us space on the
counters and shelves for copies of SKIP and other club announcements
Please send items for SKIP to Editor Dave
Smith W6TE w6temsncom
Fresno Amateur Radio Club
Page 3
The Membership Attendance award for August was
won by Richard Pack KE6SHL
Thanks to Richard Pack KE6SHL for providing the photographs in-cluded in SKIP
Irsquos time to turn the reigns of editor of SKIP
over to someone else Irsquove been at it for two years as well as two years back in the mid
1980rsquos The December issue of SKIP will the
last issue with me as editor Of course I will be
happy to help you get going 73
Dave W6TE
Right Photo 1973 UCP Telethon Don Hoff (SK)
WB6TFU (sitting with handheld) Ray Firth WB6UCQ (sitting next
to Don) Stuart Home WB6VRJ (standing with
handheld) (Stuart is saying ldquoWherersquos the disco)
Others in the photo are
unidentified
Fresno Amateur Radio Club
Page 4
Local Amateur Radio Repeaters Organization Call Sign Frequency Offset PL
AARC WB6QDN 146610 - NONE
CARP K6ARP 147675 - 1413
CARP N6JXL 224380 - 1413
CARP K6ARP 444725 - 1413
CARP NI6M 440350 + 1413
CONDOR WB6BRU 224900 - 1567
FARC W6TO 146940 - NONE
FARC W6TO 223940 - NONE
FARC W6TO 444200 - NONE
FRESNO N6MTS 145230 - 1413
KINGS ARC KA6Q 145110 - 1000
KJ6KO KJ6JO 92766259020125 - 1462
MADERA ARC W6WGZ 147180 + 1462
MADERA ARC W6WGZ 441175 - 1462
QCWA WQ6CWA 146850 - 1413
QCWA WQ6CWA 443250 + 1072
RACES N6HEW 147150 + 1413
SJVARS KE6JZ 146820 - 1413
TURLOCK ARC W6BXN 147030 + 1000
WA6NIF WA6NIF 444100 + 1000
WINSYSTEM K6JSI 146790 - 1000
Birthdays
Steve Basset NA6G 927 Jerry Chandler K6PKO 925
Tim Bornemann N6SUZ 909 Dennis Freeman K6YLN 925 John McGraw AE6QR 805
Anniversaries
Tom amp Tammie Reinhart N6MQG 917 Arlen amp Karin VanFossen WB6VAF 922
Jim amp Elaine Clymer WS6X 904 Lewis amp Astrid Roberts KI6YWX 903
Don Hoff WB6TFU passed away 12 August 2010 He had just undergone surgery to correct a mitral
valve (heart) defect He had spent quite a few hours in surgery and gone to ICU where he passed away
Don and I and others had participated in a 1973 UCP Telethon see picture
Don was a retired deputy sheriff
Recently he had not been that active on the air but he had been a long time member of the Fresno Ama-
teur Radio Club
Sent in by Stuart Holm WB6VRJ
Fresno Amateur Radio Club
Page 5
FARC AUGUST BBQ Hosted by Ken and Gwyne Holden
VISIT W6TOCOM
Fresno Amateur Radio Club
Page 6
If you want help with DX you can
contact the local members of the Central California DX Club for
some assistance Charles W6DPD 431-2038 Perry K6XJ 299-2802 or Jim WS6X 292-8353 can give
you advice The big thing about finding DX is to tune the bands
Check out the Central California DX Club Web page at httpwwwccdxcorg for information and useful links
The local DXrsquoers meet on the first Saturday of
the month for breakfast at Carrowrsquos 4280 N Blackstone in Fresno The group gathers be-tween 0700 and 0800 All are welcome
Check out wwwspaceweathercom and
wwwsolarcycle24com for information on the solar cycle The higher the solar flux and the
lower the A and K Indices the better the band conditions The sun is not cooperating by providing sunspots at this time there are
lots of blank days
October 10 2010 should be the date for new entities for the DXCC list as some of the Netherlands Antilles become independent or
their status changes within the Dutch govern-ment There probably will be 2 deletions and
up to 4 additions Operations from the new entities are being planned now to begin on 101010
In 2011 people in the southern Sudan will
vote on whether to become independent from Sudan If the vote is for independence Southern Sudan could return to the DXCC
List
The address of the Sixth District QSL Bureau is P O Box 970 Fairfax CA 94978-0970 You can send up to 10 address labels and
$070 for each envelope to the address above They will put 1 unit of First Class
postage on the envelope
Postage rates around the world are con-
stantly changing To see current rates go to h t t p w w w q s l n e t w 9 o l
IRC_Charthtm where you can find the cur-rent postal rates for most of the countries of the world IRCs can be ordered online from
the US Post Office
If you donrsquot get a DX Bulletin and you belong to ARRL you should register on the members only web page and check the box for the
ARRL DX Bulletin This one is emailed each Thursday Or you can go to the ARRL web
page in the News Bulletin section and view the bulletins there You can also read the OPDX Bulletin or the 425 DX Bulletin on the
web Search OP DX Bulletin or 425 DX Bulle-tin to get the URL You can subscribe to the
Daily DX Weekly DX or QRZ DX too These bulletins will keep you informed of DX opera-
tions and QSL information The following operations are scheduled
Afghanistan T6TL and T6JC Oct 2010 to May 2011
Bahrain A92IO now through August 2011
Wake Island KH9WA2YUN now through 2010
Djibouti J28AA now for at least a year
Djibouti J28JV soon for at least a year maybe 2
Lebanon OD5DL6SN now to December 2010
South Shetlands DT8A now to February 2011
Angola D2CQ February 2010 for a few years
Aves Island YV0A early 2010
Marion Island ZS8M May 15 2010 to April 2011
Rwanda 9X0TL July 21 to September 2010
Egypt SUHA3JB September to November 2010
Gough Island ZD9GI October 2010 for 1 year
Conway Reef 3D2C October 1 to October 10 2010
St Maarten PJ7 beginning October 10 2010
South Cook Is E51NOU Oct 18 to Nov 13 2010
Sable Island CY0 October 22 to November 1 2010
Greenland OX October 20 to October 30 2010
Australia VK100WIA Now through October 31 2010
Botswana A2 October 21 to November 4 2010
Senegal F5NFV6W Oct 25 to Nov 1 2010
Kermadec ZL8X November 19 to December 5 2010
Norwegian Antarctica 3Y8XSZ Nov to Dec 2011
Jarvis Is N5E Scheduled for Nov 17 to Dec 1 2010
Niue ZK2A November 19 to December 3 2010
Norfolk Island VK9N Dec 5 to Dec 12 2010
THE DX CORNER by Charles McConnell W6DPD
Charles
W6DPD
Fresno Amateur Radio Club
Page 7
Juan Fernandez XR0ZN postponed to the end of Spratly
Islands DX0DX January 6 to January 24 2011
South Orkney Islands VP8O January 27 to February 8
2011
Sierra Leone 9L5MS March 2011
Jan Mayen JX July 4 to July 14 2011
Watch the DX Bulletins for up to date informa-
tion As the time for the operation is at hand watch the DX Summit (wwwdxsummitfi) for listings There are a number of state QSO par-
ties each year Check the contest corral in QST
or the ARRL web page State QSO parties are a good place to collect states for your Worked
All States award ARRL Log Book of the World now supports the Worked All States Award
Good luck tune the dial and listen
This solar charging project was inspired by Jim
Clymer WS6X
So far my solar system is working great The DieHard battery is a sealed AGM type with 3 year warranty
Basically you start with the combined 60 watt
panels wired up to the controller thru a shut-off switch and a 10 amp fuse thats inside the control panel From the output of the control
panel it goes to a 100 amp resetable circuit breaker connected to the positive post of the
battery
Then I just connect a wiring block that has all
the radios wired to the battery I do have a 200 watt inverter if I need to use it for an AC item
I will be adding 2ea 3 12 LCD displays for
voltage from the panels and the battery Also will add an ammeter of the same display size to the circuit Taking a long time to get them
from China Jim Erbe WA6NIF
Fresno Amateur Radio Club
Page 8
FRESNO ENCOMM ARESRACES by Dan Pruitt AE6SX
Irsquom happy to say there are
some new faces taking the
lead with ARES The County
has also made some
changes that we have yet to
see culminate CERT is con-
tinuing the excellent training
with another class this
month SATERN is growing
with in the Salvation Army
We are planning a Birthday Party for ARES later
this month
Lewis Roberts KI6YWX has put his skills to work
and taking the lead on our training His Computer
skills will also benefit in the Administration Ini-
tially he is creating a database with each memberrsquos
training status and updating contact information so
if you havenrsquot filled out a recent application expect
to do so in the near future Next he will be imple-
menting training focused on the basics such as traf-
fic handling and net procedures
Fresno County has been infected with monetary
shortfalls like most of the state and nation This
means an increased interest in various Volunteer
organizations One hurdle we have to clear is that
it also means that an intense game of musical
chairs has been added to the management teams
Some have retired others promoted and new hires
have replaced known contacts The good thing is
that we have a chance to renew our commitments
and new protocols will be engaged Irsquom hoping to
expand on this next month
CERT is continuing their 911 classes to add to their
over 800 trained graduates This class will start 21
September For more information contact Citizen-
CorpsFresnogov This is a great basic awareness
course and a must have if you want to do more
than radio during a disaster
The Fresno Salvation Army is expanding and is
finding that during a disaster an understanding of
SATERN and a reserve will be needed in the case of
an extended event To rectify this interested per-
sons are in the process of earning their Technician
Licenses They are discovering a whole new world
that was not apparent to them prior to this class I
personally find it gratifying to see the wide-eyed
response The Salvation Army is also offering a
Disaster training class on the 18th of September
For information contact Captain Dwaine Breazeale
KG6SYA
dwainebreazealeuswsalvationarmyorg
We are having a Party You are invited to come
see the operation at the Citadel and celebrate 75
years of ARES We will be on the air as K6CME and
will have some informational forums that you can
participate in and learn from There will also be
cupcakes This will be 25 September from 9 AM to
1 PM All are welcome non-hams as well Come
and see what ARES and EmComm are all about
For more information infofresnoarescom
The ARRL is revamping the ARECC Level 1 course
to be out after December It is no longer being of-
fered online however we can still certify Level 1
completions locally We will then be offering our 3rd
Level 1 Class in November The date is yet to be
established and will be tailored within reason
Please contact me using ldquoLevel 1rdquo as your subject
at ae6sxarrlnet
73 de Dan AE6SX
NET Monday 1930 hrs local on 147150+ PL
1413
Monthly The 4th Thursday of each Month
Salvation Army Citadel 1854 N Fulton 1900 hrs
Training meeting
EmComm and Coffee 0830 hrs 3rd Friday Yo-
semite Falls Cafe on Blackstone and Shaw
Web wwwfresnoarescom or wwwfresno-
racesnet You can contact us directly at
infofresnoarescom
DAN PRUIT
AE6SX
Fresno Amateur Radio Club
Page 9
FARC AUGUST BBQ Hosted by Ken and Gwyne Holden
Fresno Amateur Radio Club
Page 10
I just saw the Fresno ARC Inc on the arrlorg
web site and I noticed that you offer help for
newcomers I have updated the free ham ra-dio practice exams available from Copasetic
Flow The practice exams now allow users to construct customized tests that focus on the exam questions they havenrsquot yet answered or
the exam questions they havenrsquot yet answered
correctly
Study material exists for several of the exam questions and more study material is
being added on a daily basis
You can see all the practice tests at
h t t p c o pa s e t i c f l o w s a p p s po t c o m
There is an embeddable version of each of the practice tests These can be placed di-rectly on your website so your readers can
practice for an exam without ever leaving your site The embeddable versions of the
exams can be found at the following links
Technician General Extra
Finally you can also find the tests Face-
book at
h t t p w w w f a c e b o o k c o m a p p s
applicationphpid=140851685938025
Please let me know if you find them handy or
if you think of any ways to make it better Itrsquos all free I hope it can help you new mem-
bers Thanks 73 de KD0FNR Hamilton Carter
PS The tests were mentioned recently on
kb6nucom at h t t p k b 6 n u c o m n e w - o n l i n e - t e s t
you can also see comments about the practice
exams on the QRZ forums httpforumsqrzcomshowthreadphp
Fresno Amateur Radio Club
Page 11
This is a description of how I built my first wire an-tenna using 450 ohm window line The idea was to make an antenna that I would be able to use on both the 40 meter and 20 meter bands using my limited knowledge of antenna building electronics and sol-dering I wanted to use the antenna in the phone sec-tion of the two bands
The first thing I did was to purchase 100 feet of the 450 ohm window line wire
Next was to cut it in two equal 34 12 foot sec-tions I intentionally cut it longer than what I thought it should be to allow for tuning I then stripped the insulation from one end of both 34 12 foot sections of the wire Then I twisted the two exposed wires together I purchased a center insulator to attach the two sides of the antenna One 34 12 oot section would attach to each side of the insulator and 50 ohm coax would be used to feed the window line antenna I am using 50 ohm coax to feed it to more closely match the 52 ohm impedance of the inverted V
I then placed the twisted ends through the eye of the insulator And twisted the wire braid from the insulator and the antenna together
OK This is where you may get a little chortle as my soldering skills might not be very goodbut each wire was soldered to the braid and a good connection was confirmed with an ohm meter reading I then wrapped the soldered wire connections in black pvc electrical tape The outside layer of the electrical tape was the coated with a light coat of PVC cement The PVC cement melts the tape and makes for a kind of heat shrink wrapping The picture above was taken afer the cement had dried completely
HOW DOES IT WORK
Well I havent raised it up the push-up pole just yet I plan on doing that in the next week or so I will update this site as I get it up and tuned After some research I will be tuning the longest wire first (40m) and then the 20m Check back here for updates Of course your comments are wel-come and appreciated Just CLICK HERE to send me an email
2040 Meter 450 ohm Window Line Dual Band Inverted V Dipole Wire Antenna by
KI6QEL
Fresno Amateur Radio Club
Page 12
There is only one contest results to report this month 2010 ARRL International DX Contest (Phone)
FARC Club members are shown in yellow
CONTEST RESULTS By Dave Smith W6TE
Dave Smith
W6TE
2010 ARRL International DX Contest (Phone)
Displaying entries for Section=SJV
Call Score QSOs Mult Class Power 1-Band Section Club
1 KT6YL 198468 448 149 S C SJV NCCC
2 AA6K 170328 379 151 S B SJV MLDXCC
3 N2NS 126405 265 159 SA SJV NCCC
4 N6YMM 109500 303 125 S C SJV
5 KE6SHL 71595 218 111 S B SJV
6 N6ZM 43845 188 79 S C SJV NCCC
7 N3RC 32562 139 81 S B SJV NCCC
8 K6AAB 29388 159 62 S B SJV NCCC
9 W6SX 26112 131 68 S C SJV NCCC
10 W6DPD 22680 140 54 SA SJV NCCC
11 K6YV 21762 122 62 S C SJV NCCC
12 K6LE 14175 105 45 SA SJV NCCC
13 K6CSL 7560 74 35 S B SJV NCCC
14 NA6G 3321 43 27 S B SJV NCCC
15 K6MI 510 17 10 S A SJV NCCC
16 K6UMO 432 17 9 S B SJV
17 KD6CPA 12 2 2 S 20 SJV
Stuart Holm WB6VRJ
I just talked with John W6JWK Pritchett He had back surgery and I believe three vertebrae fused they also removed 2 bone spurs each of which was the size of an acorn he is getting
along just fine and even doing a bit of walking now and then
Fresno Amateur Radio Club
Page 13
2010 AMATEUR RADIO EXAMS
UNLICENSED THRU EXTRA CLASS
Sponsored By the FRESNO Volunteer Exam (VE) TEAM
And The
FRESNO AMATEUR RADIO CLUB INC
AMERICAN RADIO RELAY LEAGUE
Exams for all Amateur license classes will be conducted on the following dates in Fresno California All
exams are given on Saturday and begin at 930 AM
Nov 13
LOCATION Bonaventure Mobile Home Park 1724 Minnewawa Ave Clovis CA 93612-2545 Exams
are held in the community room
DIRECTIONS From Highway 99 South of Fresno exit Clovis Ave Go north to Shaw and turn left on
Shaw to Minnewawa Turn right on Minnewawa and then left to the Mobile Home Park From Highway
41 or Highway 99 North of Fresno take Shaw Ave exit turn right (East) to Minnewawa Ave and turn
left Then turn left into the Mobile Home Park
Theory exams are multiple choice Priority mail is used to send paperwork to ARRL who sends data to
FCC via electronic mail thus assuring the fastest possible service on new licenses which typically arrive
in about two weeks
BRING Two IDrsquos one with photo Taxpayer ID Number (Social Security Number) or FCC Registration
Number (preferred) Fee $1500 per test session Bring Exact change Original and copy of Amateur
License if upgrading Talk in on 14694 repeater
Walk inrsquos only no pre-registration
More Info Contact Charles (559) 431-2038
4364 E Ashlan Ave Fresno Ca 93726
Phone (559) 227-2986
Shop at SPARKYrsquoS for all your electronic needs
Everything in electronics for
HOBBYIST
DO-IT-YOURSELFER EXPERIMENTER
Professional and Amateur Radio publications
Since 1963
Shortwave radios-Parts-Tools
Computer Accessories-LAN-Data Comm Cables and wire
Fresno Amateur Radio Club
Page 14
FRESNO AMATEUR RADIO CLUB INC
PO Box 5912 Fresno CA 93755-5912
Send To
FARC DUES ARE $1500 PER YEAR FOR FULL MEMBER-SHIP Additional family members in the same household
are $500 each per year Make checks payable to FARC and send to
PO Box 5912 Fresno Ca 93755-5912
Upcoming 2010
Fresno Amateur Radio Club
Activities and Events
No Board Meeting this month
Sept 10th FARC Club
Meeting
2010 Fresno Amateur Radio Club Application
Date ______
Name _________________________________________ Callsign _________
Address ___________________________________ State ____ Zip ____________
Home Phone ___________________ Business Phone _______________________
Occupation ______________________________ Birth Date _________________
Spouses Name ______________________ Anniversary Date _________________
License Class _______________________ First Year Licensed ________________
Email Address _______________________________
I am interested in serving on one of the committees Please contact me with more details _____
FARC ndash PO BOX 5912 FRESNO CA 93755-5912
Fresno Amateur Radio Club
Page 2
FARC BOARD OF DIRECTORS
FARC Officers
Tom Jarvis Pres - KG6KYU kg6kyuw6tocom (559) 916-2445 122011
Craig Carter VP mdashK6QI k6qiw6tocom (559) 284-1722 122011
Jim Erbe Sectry - WA6NIF wa6nifw6tocom (559) 222-7524 122011
Ron Hunt Treas - N6MTS n6mtsw6tocom (559) 289-8514 122010
Board Members
Aaron Lusk K6USY k6usyw6tocom (559) 301-1022 122010
John McGraw AE6QR No E-Mail (559) 255-2349 122010
Ken Holden mdashWA6OIB wa6oibw6tocom (559) 323-6753 122010
Charles McConnell W6DPD w6dpdw6tocom (559) 431-2038 122010
Dave Smith W6TE w6tew6tocom (559) 323-6095 122011
Joseph Capell W0PJD W0PJDmecom (559) 225-3582 122011
Jack Baker AC6LT ac6ltCVIPnet (559) 297-4311 122010
Mark your calendars for every Thursday for the lunch gathering at the Silver Dollar Hof-brau at the corner of Hwy 41 and Shaw It
starts at 12 noon and there is a table reserved in the back room
Also every Monday and Saturday at the Coun-
try Waffles at Blackstone and Dakota starting at 7am
Lastly Breakfast every Tuesday at Yosemite Falls Cafe at Blackstone and Shaw starting at
8am
Date Event
Sept 10 FARC General Meeting
Sept 11-13 ARRL VHF QSO Party Sept 17 SJVARS General Meeting Sept 17-19 ARRL SW Division Hamfest
Sept 18 CARP Swap meet Sept 18-19 QCWA QSO Party
Sept 20 North America Sprint Sept 28 QCWA Luncheon
Date Event
Oct 1 CARP General Meeting
Oct 5 FARC BOD Meeting Oct 8 FARC General Meeting Oct 15 SJVARS General Meeting
Oct 15-17ARRL Pacific Division Conv Oct 21-24 Microwave Update-Cerretos
Oct 26 QCWA Luncheon
Support our advertisers in SKIP They
support us not only in revenue for the club but they also allow us space on the
counters and shelves for copies of SKIP and other club announcements
Please send items for SKIP to Editor Dave
Smith W6TE w6temsncom
Fresno Amateur Radio Club
Page 3
The Membership Attendance award for August was
won by Richard Pack KE6SHL
Thanks to Richard Pack KE6SHL for providing the photographs in-cluded in SKIP
Irsquos time to turn the reigns of editor of SKIP
over to someone else Irsquove been at it for two years as well as two years back in the mid
1980rsquos The December issue of SKIP will the
last issue with me as editor Of course I will be
happy to help you get going 73
Dave W6TE
Right Photo 1973 UCP Telethon Don Hoff (SK)
WB6TFU (sitting with handheld) Ray Firth WB6UCQ (sitting next
to Don) Stuart Home WB6VRJ (standing with
handheld) (Stuart is saying ldquoWherersquos the disco)
Others in the photo are
unidentified
Fresno Amateur Radio Club
Page 4
Local Amateur Radio Repeaters Organization Call Sign Frequency Offset PL
AARC WB6QDN 146610 - NONE
CARP K6ARP 147675 - 1413
CARP N6JXL 224380 - 1413
CARP K6ARP 444725 - 1413
CARP NI6M 440350 + 1413
CONDOR WB6BRU 224900 - 1567
FARC W6TO 146940 - NONE
FARC W6TO 223940 - NONE
FARC W6TO 444200 - NONE
FRESNO N6MTS 145230 - 1413
KINGS ARC KA6Q 145110 - 1000
KJ6KO KJ6JO 92766259020125 - 1462
MADERA ARC W6WGZ 147180 + 1462
MADERA ARC W6WGZ 441175 - 1462
QCWA WQ6CWA 146850 - 1413
QCWA WQ6CWA 443250 + 1072
RACES N6HEW 147150 + 1413
SJVARS KE6JZ 146820 - 1413
TURLOCK ARC W6BXN 147030 + 1000
WA6NIF WA6NIF 444100 + 1000
WINSYSTEM K6JSI 146790 - 1000
Birthdays
Steve Basset NA6G 927 Jerry Chandler K6PKO 925
Tim Bornemann N6SUZ 909 Dennis Freeman K6YLN 925 John McGraw AE6QR 805
Anniversaries
Tom amp Tammie Reinhart N6MQG 917 Arlen amp Karin VanFossen WB6VAF 922
Jim amp Elaine Clymer WS6X 904 Lewis amp Astrid Roberts KI6YWX 903
Don Hoff WB6TFU passed away 12 August 2010 He had just undergone surgery to correct a mitral
valve (heart) defect He had spent quite a few hours in surgery and gone to ICU where he passed away
Don and I and others had participated in a 1973 UCP Telethon see picture
Don was a retired deputy sheriff
Recently he had not been that active on the air but he had been a long time member of the Fresno Ama-
teur Radio Club
Sent in by Stuart Holm WB6VRJ
Fresno Amateur Radio Club
Page 5
FARC AUGUST BBQ Hosted by Ken and Gwyne Holden
VISIT W6TOCOM
Fresno Amateur Radio Club
Page 6
If you want help with DX you can
contact the local members of the Central California DX Club for
some assistance Charles W6DPD 431-2038 Perry K6XJ 299-2802 or Jim WS6X 292-8353 can give
you advice The big thing about finding DX is to tune the bands
Check out the Central California DX Club Web page at httpwwwccdxcorg for information and useful links
The local DXrsquoers meet on the first Saturday of
the month for breakfast at Carrowrsquos 4280 N Blackstone in Fresno The group gathers be-tween 0700 and 0800 All are welcome
Check out wwwspaceweathercom and
wwwsolarcycle24com for information on the solar cycle The higher the solar flux and the
lower the A and K Indices the better the band conditions The sun is not cooperating by providing sunspots at this time there are
lots of blank days
October 10 2010 should be the date for new entities for the DXCC list as some of the Netherlands Antilles become independent or
their status changes within the Dutch govern-ment There probably will be 2 deletions and
up to 4 additions Operations from the new entities are being planned now to begin on 101010
In 2011 people in the southern Sudan will
vote on whether to become independent from Sudan If the vote is for independence Southern Sudan could return to the DXCC
List
The address of the Sixth District QSL Bureau is P O Box 970 Fairfax CA 94978-0970 You can send up to 10 address labels and
$070 for each envelope to the address above They will put 1 unit of First Class
postage on the envelope
Postage rates around the world are con-
stantly changing To see current rates go to h t t p w w w q s l n e t w 9 o l
IRC_Charthtm where you can find the cur-rent postal rates for most of the countries of the world IRCs can be ordered online from
the US Post Office
If you donrsquot get a DX Bulletin and you belong to ARRL you should register on the members only web page and check the box for the
ARRL DX Bulletin This one is emailed each Thursday Or you can go to the ARRL web
page in the News Bulletin section and view the bulletins there You can also read the OPDX Bulletin or the 425 DX Bulletin on the
web Search OP DX Bulletin or 425 DX Bulle-tin to get the URL You can subscribe to the
Daily DX Weekly DX or QRZ DX too These bulletins will keep you informed of DX opera-
tions and QSL information The following operations are scheduled
Afghanistan T6TL and T6JC Oct 2010 to May 2011
Bahrain A92IO now through August 2011
Wake Island KH9WA2YUN now through 2010
Djibouti J28AA now for at least a year
Djibouti J28JV soon for at least a year maybe 2
Lebanon OD5DL6SN now to December 2010
South Shetlands DT8A now to February 2011
Angola D2CQ February 2010 for a few years
Aves Island YV0A early 2010
Marion Island ZS8M May 15 2010 to April 2011
Rwanda 9X0TL July 21 to September 2010
Egypt SUHA3JB September to November 2010
Gough Island ZD9GI October 2010 for 1 year
Conway Reef 3D2C October 1 to October 10 2010
St Maarten PJ7 beginning October 10 2010
South Cook Is E51NOU Oct 18 to Nov 13 2010
Sable Island CY0 October 22 to November 1 2010
Greenland OX October 20 to October 30 2010
Australia VK100WIA Now through October 31 2010
Botswana A2 October 21 to November 4 2010
Senegal F5NFV6W Oct 25 to Nov 1 2010
Kermadec ZL8X November 19 to December 5 2010
Norwegian Antarctica 3Y8XSZ Nov to Dec 2011
Jarvis Is N5E Scheduled for Nov 17 to Dec 1 2010
Niue ZK2A November 19 to December 3 2010
Norfolk Island VK9N Dec 5 to Dec 12 2010
THE DX CORNER by Charles McConnell W6DPD
Charles
W6DPD
Fresno Amateur Radio Club
Page 7
Juan Fernandez XR0ZN postponed to the end of Spratly
Islands DX0DX January 6 to January 24 2011
South Orkney Islands VP8O January 27 to February 8
2011
Sierra Leone 9L5MS March 2011
Jan Mayen JX July 4 to July 14 2011
Watch the DX Bulletins for up to date informa-
tion As the time for the operation is at hand watch the DX Summit (wwwdxsummitfi) for listings There are a number of state QSO par-
ties each year Check the contest corral in QST
or the ARRL web page State QSO parties are a good place to collect states for your Worked
All States award ARRL Log Book of the World now supports the Worked All States Award
Good luck tune the dial and listen
This solar charging project was inspired by Jim
Clymer WS6X
So far my solar system is working great The DieHard battery is a sealed AGM type with 3 year warranty
Basically you start with the combined 60 watt
panels wired up to the controller thru a shut-off switch and a 10 amp fuse thats inside the control panel From the output of the control
panel it goes to a 100 amp resetable circuit breaker connected to the positive post of the
battery
Then I just connect a wiring block that has all
the radios wired to the battery I do have a 200 watt inverter if I need to use it for an AC item
I will be adding 2ea 3 12 LCD displays for
voltage from the panels and the battery Also will add an ammeter of the same display size to the circuit Taking a long time to get them
from China Jim Erbe WA6NIF
Fresno Amateur Radio Club
Page 8
FRESNO ENCOMM ARESRACES by Dan Pruitt AE6SX
Irsquom happy to say there are
some new faces taking the
lead with ARES The County
has also made some
changes that we have yet to
see culminate CERT is con-
tinuing the excellent training
with another class this
month SATERN is growing
with in the Salvation Army
We are planning a Birthday Party for ARES later
this month
Lewis Roberts KI6YWX has put his skills to work
and taking the lead on our training His Computer
skills will also benefit in the Administration Ini-
tially he is creating a database with each memberrsquos
training status and updating contact information so
if you havenrsquot filled out a recent application expect
to do so in the near future Next he will be imple-
menting training focused on the basics such as traf-
fic handling and net procedures
Fresno County has been infected with monetary
shortfalls like most of the state and nation This
means an increased interest in various Volunteer
organizations One hurdle we have to clear is that
it also means that an intense game of musical
chairs has been added to the management teams
Some have retired others promoted and new hires
have replaced known contacts The good thing is
that we have a chance to renew our commitments
and new protocols will be engaged Irsquom hoping to
expand on this next month
CERT is continuing their 911 classes to add to their
over 800 trained graduates This class will start 21
September For more information contact Citizen-
CorpsFresnogov This is a great basic awareness
course and a must have if you want to do more
than radio during a disaster
The Fresno Salvation Army is expanding and is
finding that during a disaster an understanding of
SATERN and a reserve will be needed in the case of
an extended event To rectify this interested per-
sons are in the process of earning their Technician
Licenses They are discovering a whole new world
that was not apparent to them prior to this class I
personally find it gratifying to see the wide-eyed
response The Salvation Army is also offering a
Disaster training class on the 18th of September
For information contact Captain Dwaine Breazeale
KG6SYA
dwainebreazealeuswsalvationarmyorg
We are having a Party You are invited to come
see the operation at the Citadel and celebrate 75
years of ARES We will be on the air as K6CME and
will have some informational forums that you can
participate in and learn from There will also be
cupcakes This will be 25 September from 9 AM to
1 PM All are welcome non-hams as well Come
and see what ARES and EmComm are all about
For more information infofresnoarescom
The ARRL is revamping the ARECC Level 1 course
to be out after December It is no longer being of-
fered online however we can still certify Level 1
completions locally We will then be offering our 3rd
Level 1 Class in November The date is yet to be
established and will be tailored within reason
Please contact me using ldquoLevel 1rdquo as your subject
at ae6sxarrlnet
73 de Dan AE6SX
NET Monday 1930 hrs local on 147150+ PL
1413
Monthly The 4th Thursday of each Month
Salvation Army Citadel 1854 N Fulton 1900 hrs
Training meeting
EmComm and Coffee 0830 hrs 3rd Friday Yo-
semite Falls Cafe on Blackstone and Shaw
Web wwwfresnoarescom or wwwfresno-
racesnet You can contact us directly at
infofresnoarescom
DAN PRUIT
AE6SX
Fresno Amateur Radio Club
Page 9
FARC AUGUST BBQ Hosted by Ken and Gwyne Holden
Fresno Amateur Radio Club
Page 10
I just saw the Fresno ARC Inc on the arrlorg
web site and I noticed that you offer help for
newcomers I have updated the free ham ra-dio practice exams available from Copasetic
Flow The practice exams now allow users to construct customized tests that focus on the exam questions they havenrsquot yet answered or
the exam questions they havenrsquot yet answered
correctly
Study material exists for several of the exam questions and more study material is
being added on a daily basis
You can see all the practice tests at
h t t p c o pa s e t i c f l o w s a p p s po t c o m
There is an embeddable version of each of the practice tests These can be placed di-rectly on your website so your readers can
practice for an exam without ever leaving your site The embeddable versions of the
exams can be found at the following links
Technician General Extra
Finally you can also find the tests Face-
book at
h t t p w w w f a c e b o o k c o m a p p s
applicationphpid=140851685938025
Please let me know if you find them handy or
if you think of any ways to make it better Itrsquos all free I hope it can help you new mem-
bers Thanks 73 de KD0FNR Hamilton Carter
PS The tests were mentioned recently on
kb6nucom at h t t p k b 6 n u c o m n e w - o n l i n e - t e s t
you can also see comments about the practice
exams on the QRZ forums httpforumsqrzcomshowthreadphp
Fresno Amateur Radio Club
Page 11
This is a description of how I built my first wire an-tenna using 450 ohm window line The idea was to make an antenna that I would be able to use on both the 40 meter and 20 meter bands using my limited knowledge of antenna building electronics and sol-dering I wanted to use the antenna in the phone sec-tion of the two bands
The first thing I did was to purchase 100 feet of the 450 ohm window line wire
Next was to cut it in two equal 34 12 foot sec-tions I intentionally cut it longer than what I thought it should be to allow for tuning I then stripped the insulation from one end of both 34 12 foot sections of the wire Then I twisted the two exposed wires together I purchased a center insulator to attach the two sides of the antenna One 34 12 oot section would attach to each side of the insulator and 50 ohm coax would be used to feed the window line antenna I am using 50 ohm coax to feed it to more closely match the 52 ohm impedance of the inverted V
I then placed the twisted ends through the eye of the insulator And twisted the wire braid from the insulator and the antenna together
OK This is where you may get a little chortle as my soldering skills might not be very goodbut each wire was soldered to the braid and a good connection was confirmed with an ohm meter reading I then wrapped the soldered wire connections in black pvc electrical tape The outside layer of the electrical tape was the coated with a light coat of PVC cement The PVC cement melts the tape and makes for a kind of heat shrink wrapping The picture above was taken afer the cement had dried completely
HOW DOES IT WORK
Well I havent raised it up the push-up pole just yet I plan on doing that in the next week or so I will update this site as I get it up and tuned After some research I will be tuning the longest wire first (40m) and then the 20m Check back here for updates Of course your comments are wel-come and appreciated Just CLICK HERE to send me an email
2040 Meter 450 ohm Window Line Dual Band Inverted V Dipole Wire Antenna by
KI6QEL
Fresno Amateur Radio Club
Page 12
There is only one contest results to report this month 2010 ARRL International DX Contest (Phone)
FARC Club members are shown in yellow
CONTEST RESULTS By Dave Smith W6TE
Dave Smith
W6TE
2010 ARRL International DX Contest (Phone)
Displaying entries for Section=SJV
Call Score QSOs Mult Class Power 1-Band Section Club
1 KT6YL 198468 448 149 S C SJV NCCC
2 AA6K 170328 379 151 S B SJV MLDXCC
3 N2NS 126405 265 159 SA SJV NCCC
4 N6YMM 109500 303 125 S C SJV
5 KE6SHL 71595 218 111 S B SJV
6 N6ZM 43845 188 79 S C SJV NCCC
7 N3RC 32562 139 81 S B SJV NCCC
8 K6AAB 29388 159 62 S B SJV NCCC
9 W6SX 26112 131 68 S C SJV NCCC
10 W6DPD 22680 140 54 SA SJV NCCC
11 K6YV 21762 122 62 S C SJV NCCC
12 K6LE 14175 105 45 SA SJV NCCC
13 K6CSL 7560 74 35 S B SJV NCCC
14 NA6G 3321 43 27 S B SJV NCCC
15 K6MI 510 17 10 S A SJV NCCC
16 K6UMO 432 17 9 S B SJV
17 KD6CPA 12 2 2 S 20 SJV
Stuart Holm WB6VRJ
I just talked with John W6JWK Pritchett He had back surgery and I believe three vertebrae fused they also removed 2 bone spurs each of which was the size of an acorn he is getting
along just fine and even doing a bit of walking now and then
Fresno Amateur Radio Club
Page 13
2010 AMATEUR RADIO EXAMS
UNLICENSED THRU EXTRA CLASS
Sponsored By the FRESNO Volunteer Exam (VE) TEAM
And The
FRESNO AMATEUR RADIO CLUB INC
AMERICAN RADIO RELAY LEAGUE
Exams for all Amateur license classes will be conducted on the following dates in Fresno California All
exams are given on Saturday and begin at 930 AM
Nov 13
LOCATION Bonaventure Mobile Home Park 1724 Minnewawa Ave Clovis CA 93612-2545 Exams
are held in the community room
DIRECTIONS From Highway 99 South of Fresno exit Clovis Ave Go north to Shaw and turn left on
Shaw to Minnewawa Turn right on Minnewawa and then left to the Mobile Home Park From Highway
41 or Highway 99 North of Fresno take Shaw Ave exit turn right (East) to Minnewawa Ave and turn
left Then turn left into the Mobile Home Park
Theory exams are multiple choice Priority mail is used to send paperwork to ARRL who sends data to
FCC via electronic mail thus assuring the fastest possible service on new licenses which typically arrive
in about two weeks
BRING Two IDrsquos one with photo Taxpayer ID Number (Social Security Number) or FCC Registration
Number (preferred) Fee $1500 per test session Bring Exact change Original and copy of Amateur
License if upgrading Talk in on 14694 repeater
Walk inrsquos only no pre-registration
More Info Contact Charles (559) 431-2038
4364 E Ashlan Ave Fresno Ca 93726
Phone (559) 227-2986
Shop at SPARKYrsquoS for all your electronic needs
Everything in electronics for
HOBBYIST
DO-IT-YOURSELFER EXPERIMENTER
Professional and Amateur Radio publications
Since 1963
Shortwave radios-Parts-Tools
Computer Accessories-LAN-Data Comm Cables and wire
Fresno Amateur Radio Club
Page 14
FRESNO AMATEUR RADIO CLUB INC
PO Box 5912 Fresno CA 93755-5912
Send To
FARC DUES ARE $1500 PER YEAR FOR FULL MEMBER-SHIP Additional family members in the same household
are $500 each per year Make checks payable to FARC and send to
PO Box 5912 Fresno Ca 93755-5912
Upcoming 2010
Fresno Amateur Radio Club
Activities and Events
No Board Meeting this month
Sept 10th FARC Club
Meeting
2010 Fresno Amateur Radio Club Application
Date ______
Name _________________________________________ Callsign _________
Address ___________________________________ State ____ Zip ____________
Home Phone ___________________ Business Phone _______________________
Occupation ______________________________ Birth Date _________________
Spouses Name ______________________ Anniversary Date _________________
License Class _______________________ First Year Licensed ________________
Email Address _______________________________
I am interested in serving on one of the committees Please contact me with more details _____
FARC ndash PO BOX 5912 FRESNO CA 93755-5912
Fresno Amateur Radio Club
Page 3
The Membership Attendance award for August was
won by Richard Pack KE6SHL
Thanks to Richard Pack KE6SHL for providing the photographs in-cluded in SKIP
Irsquos time to turn the reigns of editor of SKIP
over to someone else Irsquove been at it for two years as well as two years back in the mid
1980rsquos The December issue of SKIP will the
last issue with me as editor Of course I will be
happy to help you get going 73
Dave W6TE
Right Photo 1973 UCP Telethon Don Hoff (SK)
WB6TFU (sitting with handheld) Ray Firth WB6UCQ (sitting next
to Don) Stuart Home WB6VRJ (standing with
handheld) (Stuart is saying ldquoWherersquos the disco)
Others in the photo are
unidentified
Fresno Amateur Radio Club
Page 4
Local Amateur Radio Repeaters Organization Call Sign Frequency Offset PL
AARC WB6QDN 146610 - NONE
CARP K6ARP 147675 - 1413
CARP N6JXL 224380 - 1413
CARP K6ARP 444725 - 1413
CARP NI6M 440350 + 1413
CONDOR WB6BRU 224900 - 1567
FARC W6TO 146940 - NONE
FARC W6TO 223940 - NONE
FARC W6TO 444200 - NONE
FRESNO N6MTS 145230 - 1413
KINGS ARC KA6Q 145110 - 1000
KJ6KO KJ6JO 92766259020125 - 1462
MADERA ARC W6WGZ 147180 + 1462
MADERA ARC W6WGZ 441175 - 1462
QCWA WQ6CWA 146850 - 1413
QCWA WQ6CWA 443250 + 1072
RACES N6HEW 147150 + 1413
SJVARS KE6JZ 146820 - 1413
TURLOCK ARC W6BXN 147030 + 1000
WA6NIF WA6NIF 444100 + 1000
WINSYSTEM K6JSI 146790 - 1000
Birthdays
Steve Basset NA6G 927 Jerry Chandler K6PKO 925
Tim Bornemann N6SUZ 909 Dennis Freeman K6YLN 925 John McGraw AE6QR 805
Anniversaries
Tom amp Tammie Reinhart N6MQG 917 Arlen amp Karin VanFossen WB6VAF 922
Jim amp Elaine Clymer WS6X 904 Lewis amp Astrid Roberts KI6YWX 903
Don Hoff WB6TFU passed away 12 August 2010 He had just undergone surgery to correct a mitral
valve (heart) defect He had spent quite a few hours in surgery and gone to ICU where he passed away
Don and I and others had participated in a 1973 UCP Telethon see picture
Don was a retired deputy sheriff
Recently he had not been that active on the air but he had been a long time member of the Fresno Ama-
teur Radio Club
Sent in by Stuart Holm WB6VRJ
Fresno Amateur Radio Club
Page 5
FARC AUGUST BBQ Hosted by Ken and Gwyne Holden
VISIT W6TOCOM
Fresno Amateur Radio Club
Page 6
If you want help with DX you can
contact the local members of the Central California DX Club for
some assistance Charles W6DPD 431-2038 Perry K6XJ 299-2802 or Jim WS6X 292-8353 can give
you advice The big thing about finding DX is to tune the bands
Check out the Central California DX Club Web page at httpwwwccdxcorg for information and useful links
The local DXrsquoers meet on the first Saturday of
the month for breakfast at Carrowrsquos 4280 N Blackstone in Fresno The group gathers be-tween 0700 and 0800 All are welcome
Check out wwwspaceweathercom and
wwwsolarcycle24com for information on the solar cycle The higher the solar flux and the
lower the A and K Indices the better the band conditions The sun is not cooperating by providing sunspots at this time there are
lots of blank days
October 10 2010 should be the date for new entities for the DXCC list as some of the Netherlands Antilles become independent or
their status changes within the Dutch govern-ment There probably will be 2 deletions and
up to 4 additions Operations from the new entities are being planned now to begin on 101010
In 2011 people in the southern Sudan will
vote on whether to become independent from Sudan If the vote is for independence Southern Sudan could return to the DXCC
List
The address of the Sixth District QSL Bureau is P O Box 970 Fairfax CA 94978-0970 You can send up to 10 address labels and
$070 for each envelope to the address above They will put 1 unit of First Class
postage on the envelope
Postage rates around the world are con-
stantly changing To see current rates go to h t t p w w w q s l n e t w 9 o l
IRC_Charthtm where you can find the cur-rent postal rates for most of the countries of the world IRCs can be ordered online from
the US Post Office
If you donrsquot get a DX Bulletin and you belong to ARRL you should register on the members only web page and check the box for the
ARRL DX Bulletin This one is emailed each Thursday Or you can go to the ARRL web
page in the News Bulletin section and view the bulletins there You can also read the OPDX Bulletin or the 425 DX Bulletin on the
web Search OP DX Bulletin or 425 DX Bulle-tin to get the URL You can subscribe to the
Daily DX Weekly DX or QRZ DX too These bulletins will keep you informed of DX opera-
tions and QSL information The following operations are scheduled
Afghanistan T6TL and T6JC Oct 2010 to May 2011
Bahrain A92IO now through August 2011
Wake Island KH9WA2YUN now through 2010
Djibouti J28AA now for at least a year
Djibouti J28JV soon for at least a year maybe 2
Lebanon OD5DL6SN now to December 2010
South Shetlands DT8A now to February 2011
Angola D2CQ February 2010 for a few years
Aves Island YV0A early 2010
Marion Island ZS8M May 15 2010 to April 2011
Rwanda 9X0TL July 21 to September 2010
Egypt SUHA3JB September to November 2010
Gough Island ZD9GI October 2010 for 1 year
Conway Reef 3D2C October 1 to October 10 2010
St Maarten PJ7 beginning October 10 2010
South Cook Is E51NOU Oct 18 to Nov 13 2010
Sable Island CY0 October 22 to November 1 2010
Greenland OX October 20 to October 30 2010
Australia VK100WIA Now through October 31 2010
Botswana A2 October 21 to November 4 2010
Senegal F5NFV6W Oct 25 to Nov 1 2010
Kermadec ZL8X November 19 to December 5 2010
Norwegian Antarctica 3Y8XSZ Nov to Dec 2011
Jarvis Is N5E Scheduled for Nov 17 to Dec 1 2010
Niue ZK2A November 19 to December 3 2010
Norfolk Island VK9N Dec 5 to Dec 12 2010
THE DX CORNER by Charles McConnell W6DPD
Charles
W6DPD
Fresno Amateur Radio Club
Page 7
Juan Fernandez XR0ZN postponed to the end of Spratly
Islands DX0DX January 6 to January 24 2011
South Orkney Islands VP8O January 27 to February 8
2011
Sierra Leone 9L5MS March 2011
Jan Mayen JX July 4 to July 14 2011
Watch the DX Bulletins for up to date informa-
tion As the time for the operation is at hand watch the DX Summit (wwwdxsummitfi) for listings There are a number of state QSO par-
ties each year Check the contest corral in QST
or the ARRL web page State QSO parties are a good place to collect states for your Worked
All States award ARRL Log Book of the World now supports the Worked All States Award
Good luck tune the dial and listen
This solar charging project was inspired by Jim
Clymer WS6X
So far my solar system is working great The DieHard battery is a sealed AGM type with 3 year warranty
Basically you start with the combined 60 watt
panels wired up to the controller thru a shut-off switch and a 10 amp fuse thats inside the control panel From the output of the control
panel it goes to a 100 amp resetable circuit breaker connected to the positive post of the
battery
Then I just connect a wiring block that has all
the radios wired to the battery I do have a 200 watt inverter if I need to use it for an AC item
I will be adding 2ea 3 12 LCD displays for
voltage from the panels and the battery Also will add an ammeter of the same display size to the circuit Taking a long time to get them
from China Jim Erbe WA6NIF
Fresno Amateur Radio Club
Page 8
FRESNO ENCOMM ARESRACES by Dan Pruitt AE6SX
Irsquom happy to say there are
some new faces taking the
lead with ARES The County
has also made some
changes that we have yet to
see culminate CERT is con-
tinuing the excellent training
with another class this
month SATERN is growing
with in the Salvation Army
We are planning a Birthday Party for ARES later
this month
Lewis Roberts KI6YWX has put his skills to work
and taking the lead on our training His Computer
skills will also benefit in the Administration Ini-
tially he is creating a database with each memberrsquos
training status and updating contact information so
if you havenrsquot filled out a recent application expect
to do so in the near future Next he will be imple-
menting training focused on the basics such as traf-
fic handling and net procedures
Fresno County has been infected with monetary
shortfalls like most of the state and nation This
means an increased interest in various Volunteer
organizations One hurdle we have to clear is that
it also means that an intense game of musical
chairs has been added to the management teams
Some have retired others promoted and new hires
have replaced known contacts The good thing is
that we have a chance to renew our commitments
and new protocols will be engaged Irsquom hoping to
expand on this next month
CERT is continuing their 911 classes to add to their
over 800 trained graduates This class will start 21
September For more information contact Citizen-
CorpsFresnogov This is a great basic awareness
course and a must have if you want to do more
than radio during a disaster
The Fresno Salvation Army is expanding and is
finding that during a disaster an understanding of
SATERN and a reserve will be needed in the case of
an extended event To rectify this interested per-
sons are in the process of earning their Technician
Licenses They are discovering a whole new world
that was not apparent to them prior to this class I
personally find it gratifying to see the wide-eyed
response The Salvation Army is also offering a
Disaster training class on the 18th of September
For information contact Captain Dwaine Breazeale
KG6SYA
dwainebreazealeuswsalvationarmyorg
We are having a Party You are invited to come
see the operation at the Citadel and celebrate 75
years of ARES We will be on the air as K6CME and
will have some informational forums that you can
participate in and learn from There will also be
cupcakes This will be 25 September from 9 AM to
1 PM All are welcome non-hams as well Come
and see what ARES and EmComm are all about
For more information infofresnoarescom
The ARRL is revamping the ARECC Level 1 course
to be out after December It is no longer being of-
fered online however we can still certify Level 1
completions locally We will then be offering our 3rd
Level 1 Class in November The date is yet to be
established and will be tailored within reason
Please contact me using ldquoLevel 1rdquo as your subject
at ae6sxarrlnet
73 de Dan AE6SX
NET Monday 1930 hrs local on 147150+ PL
1413
Monthly The 4th Thursday of each Month
Salvation Army Citadel 1854 N Fulton 1900 hrs
Training meeting
EmComm and Coffee 0830 hrs 3rd Friday Yo-
semite Falls Cafe on Blackstone and Shaw
Web wwwfresnoarescom or wwwfresno-
racesnet You can contact us directly at
infofresnoarescom
DAN PRUIT
AE6SX
Fresno Amateur Radio Club
Page 9
FARC AUGUST BBQ Hosted by Ken and Gwyne Holden
Fresno Amateur Radio Club
Page 10
I just saw the Fresno ARC Inc on the arrlorg
web site and I noticed that you offer help for
newcomers I have updated the free ham ra-dio practice exams available from Copasetic
Flow The practice exams now allow users to construct customized tests that focus on the exam questions they havenrsquot yet answered or
the exam questions they havenrsquot yet answered
correctly
Study material exists for several of the exam questions and more study material is
being added on a daily basis
You can see all the practice tests at
h t t p c o pa s e t i c f l o w s a p p s po t c o m
There is an embeddable version of each of the practice tests These can be placed di-rectly on your website so your readers can
practice for an exam without ever leaving your site The embeddable versions of the
exams can be found at the following links
Technician General Extra
Finally you can also find the tests Face-
book at
h t t p w w w f a c e b o o k c o m a p p s
applicationphpid=140851685938025
Please let me know if you find them handy or
if you think of any ways to make it better Itrsquos all free I hope it can help you new mem-
bers Thanks 73 de KD0FNR Hamilton Carter
PS The tests were mentioned recently on
kb6nucom at h t t p k b 6 n u c o m n e w - o n l i n e - t e s t
you can also see comments about the practice
exams on the QRZ forums httpforumsqrzcomshowthreadphp
Fresno Amateur Radio Club
Page 11
This is a description of how I built my first wire an-tenna using 450 ohm window line The idea was to make an antenna that I would be able to use on both the 40 meter and 20 meter bands using my limited knowledge of antenna building electronics and sol-dering I wanted to use the antenna in the phone sec-tion of the two bands
The first thing I did was to purchase 100 feet of the 450 ohm window line wire
Next was to cut it in two equal 34 12 foot sec-tions I intentionally cut it longer than what I thought it should be to allow for tuning I then stripped the insulation from one end of both 34 12 foot sections of the wire Then I twisted the two exposed wires together I purchased a center insulator to attach the two sides of the antenna One 34 12 oot section would attach to each side of the insulator and 50 ohm coax would be used to feed the window line antenna I am using 50 ohm coax to feed it to more closely match the 52 ohm impedance of the inverted V
I then placed the twisted ends through the eye of the insulator And twisted the wire braid from the insulator and the antenna together
OK This is where you may get a little chortle as my soldering skills might not be very goodbut each wire was soldered to the braid and a good connection was confirmed with an ohm meter reading I then wrapped the soldered wire connections in black pvc electrical tape The outside layer of the electrical tape was the coated with a light coat of PVC cement The PVC cement melts the tape and makes for a kind of heat shrink wrapping The picture above was taken afer the cement had dried completely
HOW DOES IT WORK
Well I havent raised it up the push-up pole just yet I plan on doing that in the next week or so I will update this site as I get it up and tuned After some research I will be tuning the longest wire first (40m) and then the 20m Check back here for updates Of course your comments are wel-come and appreciated Just CLICK HERE to send me an email
2040 Meter 450 ohm Window Line Dual Band Inverted V Dipole Wire Antenna by
KI6QEL
Fresno Amateur Radio Club
Page 12
There is only one contest results to report this month 2010 ARRL International DX Contest (Phone)
FARC Club members are shown in yellow
CONTEST RESULTS By Dave Smith W6TE
Dave Smith
W6TE
2010 ARRL International DX Contest (Phone)
Displaying entries for Section=SJV
Call Score QSOs Mult Class Power 1-Band Section Club
1 KT6YL 198468 448 149 S C SJV NCCC
2 AA6K 170328 379 151 S B SJV MLDXCC
3 N2NS 126405 265 159 SA SJV NCCC
4 N6YMM 109500 303 125 S C SJV
5 KE6SHL 71595 218 111 S B SJV
6 N6ZM 43845 188 79 S C SJV NCCC
7 N3RC 32562 139 81 S B SJV NCCC
8 K6AAB 29388 159 62 S B SJV NCCC
9 W6SX 26112 131 68 S C SJV NCCC
10 W6DPD 22680 140 54 SA SJV NCCC
11 K6YV 21762 122 62 S C SJV NCCC
12 K6LE 14175 105 45 SA SJV NCCC
13 K6CSL 7560 74 35 S B SJV NCCC
14 NA6G 3321 43 27 S B SJV NCCC
15 K6MI 510 17 10 S A SJV NCCC
16 K6UMO 432 17 9 S B SJV
17 KD6CPA 12 2 2 S 20 SJV
Stuart Holm WB6VRJ
I just talked with John W6JWK Pritchett He had back surgery and I believe three vertebrae fused they also removed 2 bone spurs each of which was the size of an acorn he is getting
along just fine and even doing a bit of walking now and then
Fresno Amateur Radio Club
Page 13
2010 AMATEUR RADIO EXAMS
UNLICENSED THRU EXTRA CLASS
Sponsored By the FRESNO Volunteer Exam (VE) TEAM
And The
FRESNO AMATEUR RADIO CLUB INC
AMERICAN RADIO RELAY LEAGUE
Exams for all Amateur license classes will be conducted on the following dates in Fresno California All
exams are given on Saturday and begin at 930 AM
Nov 13
LOCATION Bonaventure Mobile Home Park 1724 Minnewawa Ave Clovis CA 93612-2545 Exams
are held in the community room
DIRECTIONS From Highway 99 South of Fresno exit Clovis Ave Go north to Shaw and turn left on
Shaw to Minnewawa Turn right on Minnewawa and then left to the Mobile Home Park From Highway
41 or Highway 99 North of Fresno take Shaw Ave exit turn right (East) to Minnewawa Ave and turn
left Then turn left into the Mobile Home Park
Theory exams are multiple choice Priority mail is used to send paperwork to ARRL who sends data to
FCC via electronic mail thus assuring the fastest possible service on new licenses which typically arrive
in about two weeks
BRING Two IDrsquos one with photo Taxpayer ID Number (Social Security Number) or FCC Registration
Number (preferred) Fee $1500 per test session Bring Exact change Original and copy of Amateur
License if upgrading Talk in on 14694 repeater
Walk inrsquos only no pre-registration
More Info Contact Charles (559) 431-2038
4364 E Ashlan Ave Fresno Ca 93726
Phone (559) 227-2986
Shop at SPARKYrsquoS for all your electronic needs
Everything in electronics for
HOBBYIST
DO-IT-YOURSELFER EXPERIMENTER
Professional and Amateur Radio publications
Since 1963
Shortwave radios-Parts-Tools
Computer Accessories-LAN-Data Comm Cables and wire
Fresno Amateur Radio Club
Page 14
FRESNO AMATEUR RADIO CLUB INC
PO Box 5912 Fresno CA 93755-5912
Send To
FARC DUES ARE $1500 PER YEAR FOR FULL MEMBER-SHIP Additional family members in the same household
are $500 each per year Make checks payable to FARC and send to
PO Box 5912 Fresno Ca 93755-5912
Upcoming 2010
Fresno Amateur Radio Club
Activities and Events
No Board Meeting this month
Sept 10th FARC Club
Meeting
2010 Fresno Amateur Radio Club Application
Date ______
Name _________________________________________ Callsign _________
Address ___________________________________ State ____ Zip ____________
Home Phone ___________________ Business Phone _______________________
Occupation ______________________________ Birth Date _________________
Spouses Name ______________________ Anniversary Date _________________
License Class _______________________ First Year Licensed ________________
Email Address _______________________________
I am interested in serving on one of the committees Please contact me with more details _____
FARC ndash PO BOX 5912 FRESNO CA 93755-5912
Fresno Amateur Radio Club
Page 4
Local Amateur Radio Repeaters Organization Call Sign Frequency Offset PL
AARC WB6QDN 146610 - NONE
CARP K6ARP 147675 - 1413
CARP N6JXL 224380 - 1413
CARP K6ARP 444725 - 1413
CARP NI6M 440350 + 1413
CONDOR WB6BRU 224900 - 1567
FARC W6TO 146940 - NONE
FARC W6TO 223940 - NONE
FARC W6TO 444200 - NONE
FRESNO N6MTS 145230 - 1413
KINGS ARC KA6Q 145110 - 1000
KJ6KO KJ6JO 92766259020125 - 1462
MADERA ARC W6WGZ 147180 + 1462
MADERA ARC W6WGZ 441175 - 1462
QCWA WQ6CWA 146850 - 1413
QCWA WQ6CWA 443250 + 1072
RACES N6HEW 147150 + 1413
SJVARS KE6JZ 146820 - 1413
TURLOCK ARC W6BXN 147030 + 1000
WA6NIF WA6NIF 444100 + 1000
WINSYSTEM K6JSI 146790 - 1000
Birthdays
Steve Basset NA6G 927 Jerry Chandler K6PKO 925
Tim Bornemann N6SUZ 909 Dennis Freeman K6YLN 925 John McGraw AE6QR 805
Anniversaries
Tom amp Tammie Reinhart N6MQG 917 Arlen amp Karin VanFossen WB6VAF 922
Jim amp Elaine Clymer WS6X 904 Lewis amp Astrid Roberts KI6YWX 903
Don Hoff WB6TFU passed away 12 August 2010 He had just undergone surgery to correct a mitral
valve (heart) defect He had spent quite a few hours in surgery and gone to ICU where he passed away
Don and I and others had participated in a 1973 UCP Telethon see picture
Don was a retired deputy sheriff
Recently he had not been that active on the air but he had been a long time member of the Fresno Ama-
teur Radio Club
Sent in by Stuart Holm WB6VRJ
Fresno Amateur Radio Club
Page 5
FARC AUGUST BBQ Hosted by Ken and Gwyne Holden
VISIT W6TOCOM
Fresno Amateur Radio Club
Page 6
If you want help with DX you can
contact the local members of the Central California DX Club for
some assistance Charles W6DPD 431-2038 Perry K6XJ 299-2802 or Jim WS6X 292-8353 can give
you advice The big thing about finding DX is to tune the bands
Check out the Central California DX Club Web page at httpwwwccdxcorg for information and useful links
The local DXrsquoers meet on the first Saturday of
the month for breakfast at Carrowrsquos 4280 N Blackstone in Fresno The group gathers be-tween 0700 and 0800 All are welcome
Check out wwwspaceweathercom and
wwwsolarcycle24com for information on the solar cycle The higher the solar flux and the
lower the A and K Indices the better the band conditions The sun is not cooperating by providing sunspots at this time there are
lots of blank days
October 10 2010 should be the date for new entities for the DXCC list as some of the Netherlands Antilles become independent or
their status changes within the Dutch govern-ment There probably will be 2 deletions and
up to 4 additions Operations from the new entities are being planned now to begin on 101010
In 2011 people in the southern Sudan will
vote on whether to become independent from Sudan If the vote is for independence Southern Sudan could return to the DXCC
List
The address of the Sixth District QSL Bureau is P O Box 970 Fairfax CA 94978-0970 You can send up to 10 address labels and
$070 for each envelope to the address above They will put 1 unit of First Class
postage on the envelope
Postage rates around the world are con-
stantly changing To see current rates go to h t t p w w w q s l n e t w 9 o l
IRC_Charthtm where you can find the cur-rent postal rates for most of the countries of the world IRCs can be ordered online from
the US Post Office
If you donrsquot get a DX Bulletin and you belong to ARRL you should register on the members only web page and check the box for the
ARRL DX Bulletin This one is emailed each Thursday Or you can go to the ARRL web
page in the News Bulletin section and view the bulletins there You can also read the OPDX Bulletin or the 425 DX Bulletin on the
web Search OP DX Bulletin or 425 DX Bulle-tin to get the URL You can subscribe to the
Daily DX Weekly DX or QRZ DX too These bulletins will keep you informed of DX opera-
tions and QSL information The following operations are scheduled
Afghanistan T6TL and T6JC Oct 2010 to May 2011
Bahrain A92IO now through August 2011
Wake Island KH9WA2YUN now through 2010
Djibouti J28AA now for at least a year
Djibouti J28JV soon for at least a year maybe 2
Lebanon OD5DL6SN now to December 2010
South Shetlands DT8A now to February 2011
Angola D2CQ February 2010 for a few years
Aves Island YV0A early 2010
Marion Island ZS8M May 15 2010 to April 2011
Rwanda 9X0TL July 21 to September 2010
Egypt SUHA3JB September to November 2010
Gough Island ZD9GI October 2010 for 1 year
Conway Reef 3D2C October 1 to October 10 2010
St Maarten PJ7 beginning October 10 2010
South Cook Is E51NOU Oct 18 to Nov 13 2010
Sable Island CY0 October 22 to November 1 2010
Greenland OX October 20 to October 30 2010
Australia VK100WIA Now through October 31 2010
Botswana A2 October 21 to November 4 2010
Senegal F5NFV6W Oct 25 to Nov 1 2010
Kermadec ZL8X November 19 to December 5 2010
Norwegian Antarctica 3Y8XSZ Nov to Dec 2011
Jarvis Is N5E Scheduled for Nov 17 to Dec 1 2010
Niue ZK2A November 19 to December 3 2010
Norfolk Island VK9N Dec 5 to Dec 12 2010
THE DX CORNER by Charles McConnell W6DPD
Charles
W6DPD
Fresno Amateur Radio Club
Page 7
Juan Fernandez XR0ZN postponed to the end of Spratly
Islands DX0DX January 6 to January 24 2011
South Orkney Islands VP8O January 27 to February 8
2011
Sierra Leone 9L5MS March 2011
Jan Mayen JX July 4 to July 14 2011
Watch the DX Bulletins for up to date informa-
tion As the time for the operation is at hand watch the DX Summit (wwwdxsummitfi) for listings There are a number of state QSO par-
ties each year Check the contest corral in QST
or the ARRL web page State QSO parties are a good place to collect states for your Worked
All States award ARRL Log Book of the World now supports the Worked All States Award
Good luck tune the dial and listen
This solar charging project was inspired by Jim
Clymer WS6X
So far my solar system is working great The DieHard battery is a sealed AGM type with 3 year warranty
Basically you start with the combined 60 watt
panels wired up to the controller thru a shut-off switch and a 10 amp fuse thats inside the control panel From the output of the control
panel it goes to a 100 amp resetable circuit breaker connected to the positive post of the
battery
Then I just connect a wiring block that has all
the radios wired to the battery I do have a 200 watt inverter if I need to use it for an AC item
I will be adding 2ea 3 12 LCD displays for
voltage from the panels and the battery Also will add an ammeter of the same display size to the circuit Taking a long time to get them
from China Jim Erbe WA6NIF
Fresno Amateur Radio Club
Page 8
FRESNO ENCOMM ARESRACES by Dan Pruitt AE6SX
Irsquom happy to say there are
some new faces taking the
lead with ARES The County
has also made some
changes that we have yet to
see culminate CERT is con-
tinuing the excellent training
with another class this
month SATERN is growing
with in the Salvation Army
We are planning a Birthday Party for ARES later
this month
Lewis Roberts KI6YWX has put his skills to work
and taking the lead on our training His Computer
skills will also benefit in the Administration Ini-
tially he is creating a database with each memberrsquos
training status and updating contact information so
if you havenrsquot filled out a recent application expect
to do so in the near future Next he will be imple-
menting training focused on the basics such as traf-
fic handling and net procedures
Fresno County has been infected with monetary
shortfalls like most of the state and nation This
means an increased interest in various Volunteer
organizations One hurdle we have to clear is that
it also means that an intense game of musical
chairs has been added to the management teams
Some have retired others promoted and new hires
have replaced known contacts The good thing is
that we have a chance to renew our commitments
and new protocols will be engaged Irsquom hoping to
expand on this next month
CERT is continuing their 911 classes to add to their
over 800 trained graduates This class will start 21
September For more information contact Citizen-
CorpsFresnogov This is a great basic awareness
course and a must have if you want to do more
than radio during a disaster
The Fresno Salvation Army is expanding and is
finding that during a disaster an understanding of
SATERN and a reserve will be needed in the case of
an extended event To rectify this interested per-
sons are in the process of earning their Technician
Licenses They are discovering a whole new world
that was not apparent to them prior to this class I
personally find it gratifying to see the wide-eyed
response The Salvation Army is also offering a
Disaster training class on the 18th of September
For information contact Captain Dwaine Breazeale
KG6SYA
dwainebreazealeuswsalvationarmyorg
We are having a Party You are invited to come
see the operation at the Citadel and celebrate 75
years of ARES We will be on the air as K6CME and
will have some informational forums that you can
participate in and learn from There will also be
cupcakes This will be 25 September from 9 AM to
1 PM All are welcome non-hams as well Come
and see what ARES and EmComm are all about
For more information infofresnoarescom
The ARRL is revamping the ARECC Level 1 course
to be out after December It is no longer being of-
fered online however we can still certify Level 1
completions locally We will then be offering our 3rd
Level 1 Class in November The date is yet to be
established and will be tailored within reason
Please contact me using ldquoLevel 1rdquo as your subject
at ae6sxarrlnet
73 de Dan AE6SX
NET Monday 1930 hrs local on 147150+ PL
1413
Monthly The 4th Thursday of each Month
Salvation Army Citadel 1854 N Fulton 1900 hrs
Training meeting
EmComm and Coffee 0830 hrs 3rd Friday Yo-
semite Falls Cafe on Blackstone and Shaw
Web wwwfresnoarescom or wwwfresno-
racesnet You can contact us directly at
infofresnoarescom
DAN PRUIT
AE6SX
Fresno Amateur Radio Club
Page 9
FARC AUGUST BBQ Hosted by Ken and Gwyne Holden
Fresno Amateur Radio Club
Page 10
I just saw the Fresno ARC Inc on the arrlorg
web site and I noticed that you offer help for
newcomers I have updated the free ham ra-dio practice exams available from Copasetic
Flow The practice exams now allow users to construct customized tests that focus on the exam questions they havenrsquot yet answered or
the exam questions they havenrsquot yet answered
correctly
Study material exists for several of the exam questions and more study material is
being added on a daily basis
You can see all the practice tests at
h t t p c o pa s e t i c f l o w s a p p s po t c o m
There is an embeddable version of each of the practice tests These can be placed di-rectly on your website so your readers can
practice for an exam without ever leaving your site The embeddable versions of the
exams can be found at the following links
Technician General Extra
Finally you can also find the tests Face-
book at
h t t p w w w f a c e b o o k c o m a p p s
applicationphpid=140851685938025
Please let me know if you find them handy or
if you think of any ways to make it better Itrsquos all free I hope it can help you new mem-
bers Thanks 73 de KD0FNR Hamilton Carter
PS The tests were mentioned recently on
kb6nucom at h t t p k b 6 n u c o m n e w - o n l i n e - t e s t
you can also see comments about the practice
exams on the QRZ forums httpforumsqrzcomshowthreadphp
Fresno Amateur Radio Club
Page 11
This is a description of how I built my first wire an-tenna using 450 ohm window line The idea was to make an antenna that I would be able to use on both the 40 meter and 20 meter bands using my limited knowledge of antenna building electronics and sol-dering I wanted to use the antenna in the phone sec-tion of the two bands
The first thing I did was to purchase 100 feet of the 450 ohm window line wire
Next was to cut it in two equal 34 12 foot sec-tions I intentionally cut it longer than what I thought it should be to allow for tuning I then stripped the insulation from one end of both 34 12 foot sections of the wire Then I twisted the two exposed wires together I purchased a center insulator to attach the two sides of the antenna One 34 12 oot section would attach to each side of the insulator and 50 ohm coax would be used to feed the window line antenna I am using 50 ohm coax to feed it to more closely match the 52 ohm impedance of the inverted V
I then placed the twisted ends through the eye of the insulator And twisted the wire braid from the insulator and the antenna together
OK This is where you may get a little chortle as my soldering skills might not be very goodbut each wire was soldered to the braid and a good connection was confirmed with an ohm meter reading I then wrapped the soldered wire connections in black pvc electrical tape The outside layer of the electrical tape was the coated with a light coat of PVC cement The PVC cement melts the tape and makes for a kind of heat shrink wrapping The picture above was taken afer the cement had dried completely
HOW DOES IT WORK
Well I havent raised it up the push-up pole just yet I plan on doing that in the next week or so I will update this site as I get it up and tuned After some research I will be tuning the longest wire first (40m) and then the 20m Check back here for updates Of course your comments are wel-come and appreciated Just CLICK HERE to send me an email
2040 Meter 450 ohm Window Line Dual Band Inverted V Dipole Wire Antenna by
KI6QEL
Fresno Amateur Radio Club
Page 12
There is only one contest results to report this month 2010 ARRL International DX Contest (Phone)
FARC Club members are shown in yellow
CONTEST RESULTS By Dave Smith W6TE
Dave Smith
W6TE
2010 ARRL International DX Contest (Phone)
Displaying entries for Section=SJV
Call Score QSOs Mult Class Power 1-Band Section Club
1 KT6YL 198468 448 149 S C SJV NCCC
2 AA6K 170328 379 151 S B SJV MLDXCC
3 N2NS 126405 265 159 SA SJV NCCC
4 N6YMM 109500 303 125 S C SJV
5 KE6SHL 71595 218 111 S B SJV
6 N6ZM 43845 188 79 S C SJV NCCC
7 N3RC 32562 139 81 S B SJV NCCC
8 K6AAB 29388 159 62 S B SJV NCCC
9 W6SX 26112 131 68 S C SJV NCCC
10 W6DPD 22680 140 54 SA SJV NCCC
11 K6YV 21762 122 62 S C SJV NCCC
12 K6LE 14175 105 45 SA SJV NCCC
13 K6CSL 7560 74 35 S B SJV NCCC
14 NA6G 3321 43 27 S B SJV NCCC
15 K6MI 510 17 10 S A SJV NCCC
16 K6UMO 432 17 9 S B SJV
17 KD6CPA 12 2 2 S 20 SJV
Stuart Holm WB6VRJ
I just talked with John W6JWK Pritchett He had back surgery and I believe three vertebrae fused they also removed 2 bone spurs each of which was the size of an acorn he is getting
along just fine and even doing a bit of walking now and then
Fresno Amateur Radio Club
Page 13
2010 AMATEUR RADIO EXAMS
UNLICENSED THRU EXTRA CLASS
Sponsored By the FRESNO Volunteer Exam (VE) TEAM
And The
FRESNO AMATEUR RADIO CLUB INC
AMERICAN RADIO RELAY LEAGUE
Exams for all Amateur license classes will be conducted on the following dates in Fresno California All
exams are given on Saturday and begin at 930 AM
Nov 13
LOCATION Bonaventure Mobile Home Park 1724 Minnewawa Ave Clovis CA 93612-2545 Exams
are held in the community room
DIRECTIONS From Highway 99 South of Fresno exit Clovis Ave Go north to Shaw and turn left on
Shaw to Minnewawa Turn right on Minnewawa and then left to the Mobile Home Park From Highway
41 or Highway 99 North of Fresno take Shaw Ave exit turn right (East) to Minnewawa Ave and turn
left Then turn left into the Mobile Home Park
Theory exams are multiple choice Priority mail is used to send paperwork to ARRL who sends data to
FCC via electronic mail thus assuring the fastest possible service on new licenses which typically arrive
in about two weeks
BRING Two IDrsquos one with photo Taxpayer ID Number (Social Security Number) or FCC Registration
Number (preferred) Fee $1500 per test session Bring Exact change Original and copy of Amateur
License if upgrading Talk in on 14694 repeater
Walk inrsquos only no pre-registration
More Info Contact Charles (559) 431-2038
4364 E Ashlan Ave Fresno Ca 93726
Phone (559) 227-2986
Shop at SPARKYrsquoS for all your electronic needs
Everything in electronics for
HOBBYIST
DO-IT-YOURSELFER EXPERIMENTER
Professional and Amateur Radio publications
Since 1963
Shortwave radios-Parts-Tools
Computer Accessories-LAN-Data Comm Cables and wire
Fresno Amateur Radio Club
Page 14
FRESNO AMATEUR RADIO CLUB INC
PO Box 5912 Fresno CA 93755-5912
Send To
FARC DUES ARE $1500 PER YEAR FOR FULL MEMBER-SHIP Additional family members in the same household
are $500 each per year Make checks payable to FARC and send to
PO Box 5912 Fresno Ca 93755-5912
Upcoming 2010
Fresno Amateur Radio Club
Activities and Events
No Board Meeting this month
Sept 10th FARC Club
Meeting
2010 Fresno Amateur Radio Club Application
Date ______
Name _________________________________________ Callsign _________
Address ___________________________________ State ____ Zip ____________
Home Phone ___________________ Business Phone _______________________
Occupation ______________________________ Birth Date _________________
Spouses Name ______________________ Anniversary Date _________________
License Class _______________________ First Year Licensed ________________
Email Address _______________________________
I am interested in serving on one of the committees Please contact me with more details _____
FARC ndash PO BOX 5912 FRESNO CA 93755-5912
Fresno Amateur Radio Club
Page 5
FARC AUGUST BBQ Hosted by Ken and Gwyne Holden
VISIT W6TOCOM
Fresno Amateur Radio Club
Page 6
If you want help with DX you can
contact the local members of the Central California DX Club for
some assistance Charles W6DPD 431-2038 Perry K6XJ 299-2802 or Jim WS6X 292-8353 can give
you advice The big thing about finding DX is to tune the bands
Check out the Central California DX Club Web page at httpwwwccdxcorg for information and useful links
The local DXrsquoers meet on the first Saturday of
the month for breakfast at Carrowrsquos 4280 N Blackstone in Fresno The group gathers be-tween 0700 and 0800 All are welcome
Check out wwwspaceweathercom and
wwwsolarcycle24com for information on the solar cycle The higher the solar flux and the
lower the A and K Indices the better the band conditions The sun is not cooperating by providing sunspots at this time there are
lots of blank days
October 10 2010 should be the date for new entities for the DXCC list as some of the Netherlands Antilles become independent or
their status changes within the Dutch govern-ment There probably will be 2 deletions and
up to 4 additions Operations from the new entities are being planned now to begin on 101010
In 2011 people in the southern Sudan will
vote on whether to become independent from Sudan If the vote is for independence Southern Sudan could return to the DXCC
List
The address of the Sixth District QSL Bureau is P O Box 970 Fairfax CA 94978-0970 You can send up to 10 address labels and
$070 for each envelope to the address above They will put 1 unit of First Class
postage on the envelope
Postage rates around the world are con-
stantly changing To see current rates go to h t t p w w w q s l n e t w 9 o l
IRC_Charthtm where you can find the cur-rent postal rates for most of the countries of the world IRCs can be ordered online from
the US Post Office
If you donrsquot get a DX Bulletin and you belong to ARRL you should register on the members only web page and check the box for the
ARRL DX Bulletin This one is emailed each Thursday Or you can go to the ARRL web
page in the News Bulletin section and view the bulletins there You can also read the OPDX Bulletin or the 425 DX Bulletin on the
web Search OP DX Bulletin or 425 DX Bulle-tin to get the URL You can subscribe to the
Daily DX Weekly DX or QRZ DX too These bulletins will keep you informed of DX opera-
tions and QSL information The following operations are scheduled
Afghanistan T6TL and T6JC Oct 2010 to May 2011
Bahrain A92IO now through August 2011
Wake Island KH9WA2YUN now through 2010
Djibouti J28AA now for at least a year
Djibouti J28JV soon for at least a year maybe 2
Lebanon OD5DL6SN now to December 2010
South Shetlands DT8A now to February 2011
Angola D2CQ February 2010 for a few years
Aves Island YV0A early 2010
Marion Island ZS8M May 15 2010 to April 2011
Rwanda 9X0TL July 21 to September 2010
Egypt SUHA3JB September to November 2010
Gough Island ZD9GI October 2010 for 1 year
Conway Reef 3D2C October 1 to October 10 2010
St Maarten PJ7 beginning October 10 2010
South Cook Is E51NOU Oct 18 to Nov 13 2010
Sable Island CY0 October 22 to November 1 2010
Greenland OX October 20 to October 30 2010
Australia VK100WIA Now through October 31 2010
Botswana A2 October 21 to November 4 2010
Senegal F5NFV6W Oct 25 to Nov 1 2010
Kermadec ZL8X November 19 to December 5 2010
Norwegian Antarctica 3Y8XSZ Nov to Dec 2011
Jarvis Is N5E Scheduled for Nov 17 to Dec 1 2010
Niue ZK2A November 19 to December 3 2010
Norfolk Island VK9N Dec 5 to Dec 12 2010
THE DX CORNER by Charles McConnell W6DPD
Charles
W6DPD
Fresno Amateur Radio Club
Page 7
Juan Fernandez XR0ZN postponed to the end of Spratly
Islands DX0DX January 6 to January 24 2011
South Orkney Islands VP8O January 27 to February 8
2011
Sierra Leone 9L5MS March 2011
Jan Mayen JX July 4 to July 14 2011
Watch the DX Bulletins for up to date informa-
tion As the time for the operation is at hand watch the DX Summit (wwwdxsummitfi) for listings There are a number of state QSO par-
ties each year Check the contest corral in QST
or the ARRL web page State QSO parties are a good place to collect states for your Worked
All States award ARRL Log Book of the World now supports the Worked All States Award
Good luck tune the dial and listen
This solar charging project was inspired by Jim
Clymer WS6X
So far my solar system is working great The DieHard battery is a sealed AGM type with 3 year warranty
Basically you start with the combined 60 watt
panels wired up to the controller thru a shut-off switch and a 10 amp fuse thats inside the control panel From the output of the control
panel it goes to a 100 amp resetable circuit breaker connected to the positive post of the
battery
Then I just connect a wiring block that has all
the radios wired to the battery I do have a 200 watt inverter if I need to use it for an AC item
I will be adding 2ea 3 12 LCD displays for
voltage from the panels and the battery Also will add an ammeter of the same display size to the circuit Taking a long time to get them
from China Jim Erbe WA6NIF
Fresno Amateur Radio Club
Page 8
FRESNO ENCOMM ARESRACES by Dan Pruitt AE6SX
Irsquom happy to say there are
some new faces taking the
lead with ARES The County
has also made some
changes that we have yet to
see culminate CERT is con-
tinuing the excellent training
with another class this
month SATERN is growing
with in the Salvation Army
We are planning a Birthday Party for ARES later
this month
Lewis Roberts KI6YWX has put his skills to work
and taking the lead on our training His Computer
skills will also benefit in the Administration Ini-
tially he is creating a database with each memberrsquos
training status and updating contact information so
if you havenrsquot filled out a recent application expect
to do so in the near future Next he will be imple-
menting training focused on the basics such as traf-
fic handling and net procedures
Fresno County has been infected with monetary
shortfalls like most of the state and nation This
means an increased interest in various Volunteer
organizations One hurdle we have to clear is that
it also means that an intense game of musical
chairs has been added to the management teams
Some have retired others promoted and new hires
have replaced known contacts The good thing is
that we have a chance to renew our commitments
and new protocols will be engaged Irsquom hoping to
expand on this next month
CERT is continuing their 911 classes to add to their
over 800 trained graduates This class will start 21
September For more information contact Citizen-
CorpsFresnogov This is a great basic awareness
course and a must have if you want to do more
than radio during a disaster
The Fresno Salvation Army is expanding and is
finding that during a disaster an understanding of
SATERN and a reserve will be needed in the case of
an extended event To rectify this interested per-
sons are in the process of earning their Technician
Licenses They are discovering a whole new world
that was not apparent to them prior to this class I
personally find it gratifying to see the wide-eyed
response The Salvation Army is also offering a
Disaster training class on the 18th of September
For information contact Captain Dwaine Breazeale
KG6SYA
dwainebreazealeuswsalvationarmyorg
We are having a Party You are invited to come
see the operation at the Citadel and celebrate 75
years of ARES We will be on the air as K6CME and
will have some informational forums that you can
participate in and learn from There will also be
cupcakes This will be 25 September from 9 AM to
1 PM All are welcome non-hams as well Come
and see what ARES and EmComm are all about
For more information infofresnoarescom
The ARRL is revamping the ARECC Level 1 course
to be out after December It is no longer being of-
fered online however we can still certify Level 1
completions locally We will then be offering our 3rd
Level 1 Class in November The date is yet to be
established and will be tailored within reason
Please contact me using ldquoLevel 1rdquo as your subject
at ae6sxarrlnet
73 de Dan AE6SX
NET Monday 1930 hrs local on 147150+ PL
1413
Monthly The 4th Thursday of each Month
Salvation Army Citadel 1854 N Fulton 1900 hrs
Training meeting
EmComm and Coffee 0830 hrs 3rd Friday Yo-
semite Falls Cafe on Blackstone and Shaw
Web wwwfresnoarescom or wwwfresno-
racesnet You can contact us directly at
infofresnoarescom
DAN PRUIT
AE6SX
Fresno Amateur Radio Club
Page 9
FARC AUGUST BBQ Hosted by Ken and Gwyne Holden
Fresno Amateur Radio Club
Page 10
I just saw the Fresno ARC Inc on the arrlorg
web site and I noticed that you offer help for
newcomers I have updated the free ham ra-dio practice exams available from Copasetic
Flow The practice exams now allow users to construct customized tests that focus on the exam questions they havenrsquot yet answered or
the exam questions they havenrsquot yet answered
correctly
Study material exists for several of the exam questions and more study material is
being added on a daily basis
You can see all the practice tests at
h t t p c o pa s e t i c f l o w s a p p s po t c o m
There is an embeddable version of each of the practice tests These can be placed di-rectly on your website so your readers can
practice for an exam without ever leaving your site The embeddable versions of the
exams can be found at the following links
Technician General Extra
Finally you can also find the tests Face-
book at
h t t p w w w f a c e b o o k c o m a p p s
applicationphpid=140851685938025
Please let me know if you find them handy or
if you think of any ways to make it better Itrsquos all free I hope it can help you new mem-
bers Thanks 73 de KD0FNR Hamilton Carter
PS The tests were mentioned recently on
kb6nucom at h t t p k b 6 n u c o m n e w - o n l i n e - t e s t
you can also see comments about the practice
exams on the QRZ forums httpforumsqrzcomshowthreadphp
Fresno Amateur Radio Club
Page 11
This is a description of how I built my first wire an-tenna using 450 ohm window line The idea was to make an antenna that I would be able to use on both the 40 meter and 20 meter bands using my limited knowledge of antenna building electronics and sol-dering I wanted to use the antenna in the phone sec-tion of the two bands
The first thing I did was to purchase 100 feet of the 450 ohm window line wire
Next was to cut it in two equal 34 12 foot sec-tions I intentionally cut it longer than what I thought it should be to allow for tuning I then stripped the insulation from one end of both 34 12 foot sections of the wire Then I twisted the two exposed wires together I purchased a center insulator to attach the two sides of the antenna One 34 12 oot section would attach to each side of the insulator and 50 ohm coax would be used to feed the window line antenna I am using 50 ohm coax to feed it to more closely match the 52 ohm impedance of the inverted V
I then placed the twisted ends through the eye of the insulator And twisted the wire braid from the insulator and the antenna together
OK This is where you may get a little chortle as my soldering skills might not be very goodbut each wire was soldered to the braid and a good connection was confirmed with an ohm meter reading I then wrapped the soldered wire connections in black pvc electrical tape The outside layer of the electrical tape was the coated with a light coat of PVC cement The PVC cement melts the tape and makes for a kind of heat shrink wrapping The picture above was taken afer the cement had dried completely
HOW DOES IT WORK
Well I havent raised it up the push-up pole just yet I plan on doing that in the next week or so I will update this site as I get it up and tuned After some research I will be tuning the longest wire first (40m) and then the 20m Check back here for updates Of course your comments are wel-come and appreciated Just CLICK HERE to send me an email
2040 Meter 450 ohm Window Line Dual Band Inverted V Dipole Wire Antenna by
KI6QEL
Fresno Amateur Radio Club
Page 12
There is only one contest results to report this month 2010 ARRL International DX Contest (Phone)
FARC Club members are shown in yellow
CONTEST RESULTS By Dave Smith W6TE
Dave Smith
W6TE
2010 ARRL International DX Contest (Phone)
Displaying entries for Section=SJV
Call Score QSOs Mult Class Power 1-Band Section Club
1 KT6YL 198468 448 149 S C SJV NCCC
2 AA6K 170328 379 151 S B SJV MLDXCC
3 N2NS 126405 265 159 SA SJV NCCC
4 N6YMM 109500 303 125 S C SJV
5 KE6SHL 71595 218 111 S B SJV
6 N6ZM 43845 188 79 S C SJV NCCC
7 N3RC 32562 139 81 S B SJV NCCC
8 K6AAB 29388 159 62 S B SJV NCCC
9 W6SX 26112 131 68 S C SJV NCCC
10 W6DPD 22680 140 54 SA SJV NCCC
11 K6YV 21762 122 62 S C SJV NCCC
12 K6LE 14175 105 45 SA SJV NCCC
13 K6CSL 7560 74 35 S B SJV NCCC
14 NA6G 3321 43 27 S B SJV NCCC
15 K6MI 510 17 10 S A SJV NCCC
16 K6UMO 432 17 9 S B SJV
17 KD6CPA 12 2 2 S 20 SJV
Stuart Holm WB6VRJ
I just talked with John W6JWK Pritchett He had back surgery and I believe three vertebrae fused they also removed 2 bone spurs each of which was the size of an acorn he is getting
along just fine and even doing a bit of walking now and then
Fresno Amateur Radio Club
Page 13
2010 AMATEUR RADIO EXAMS
UNLICENSED THRU EXTRA CLASS
Sponsored By the FRESNO Volunteer Exam (VE) TEAM
And The
FRESNO AMATEUR RADIO CLUB INC
AMERICAN RADIO RELAY LEAGUE
Exams for all Amateur license classes will be conducted on the following dates in Fresno California All
exams are given on Saturday and begin at 930 AM
Nov 13
LOCATION Bonaventure Mobile Home Park 1724 Minnewawa Ave Clovis CA 93612-2545 Exams
are held in the community room
DIRECTIONS From Highway 99 South of Fresno exit Clovis Ave Go north to Shaw and turn left on
Shaw to Minnewawa Turn right on Minnewawa and then left to the Mobile Home Park From Highway
41 or Highway 99 North of Fresno take Shaw Ave exit turn right (East) to Minnewawa Ave and turn
left Then turn left into the Mobile Home Park
Theory exams are multiple choice Priority mail is used to send paperwork to ARRL who sends data to
FCC via electronic mail thus assuring the fastest possible service on new licenses which typically arrive
in about two weeks
BRING Two IDrsquos one with photo Taxpayer ID Number (Social Security Number) or FCC Registration
Number (preferred) Fee $1500 per test session Bring Exact change Original and copy of Amateur
License if upgrading Talk in on 14694 repeater
Walk inrsquos only no pre-registration
More Info Contact Charles (559) 431-2038
4364 E Ashlan Ave Fresno Ca 93726
Phone (559) 227-2986
Shop at SPARKYrsquoS for all your electronic needs
Everything in electronics for
HOBBYIST
DO-IT-YOURSELFER EXPERIMENTER
Professional and Amateur Radio publications
Since 1963
Shortwave radios-Parts-Tools
Computer Accessories-LAN-Data Comm Cables and wire
Fresno Amateur Radio Club
Page 14
FRESNO AMATEUR RADIO CLUB INC
PO Box 5912 Fresno CA 93755-5912
Send To
FARC DUES ARE $1500 PER YEAR FOR FULL MEMBER-SHIP Additional family members in the same household
are $500 each per year Make checks payable to FARC and send to
PO Box 5912 Fresno Ca 93755-5912
Upcoming 2010
Fresno Amateur Radio Club
Activities and Events
No Board Meeting this month
Sept 10th FARC Club
Meeting
2010 Fresno Amateur Radio Club Application
Date ______
Name _________________________________________ Callsign _________
Address ___________________________________ State ____ Zip ____________
Home Phone ___________________ Business Phone _______________________
Occupation ______________________________ Birth Date _________________
Spouses Name ______________________ Anniversary Date _________________
License Class _______________________ First Year Licensed ________________
Email Address _______________________________
I am interested in serving on one of the committees Please contact me with more details _____
FARC ndash PO BOX 5912 FRESNO CA 93755-5912
Fresno Amateur Radio Club
Page 6
If you want help with DX you can
contact the local members of the Central California DX Club for
some assistance Charles W6DPD 431-2038 Perry K6XJ 299-2802 or Jim WS6X 292-8353 can give
you advice The big thing about finding DX is to tune the bands
Check out the Central California DX Club Web page at httpwwwccdxcorg for information and useful links
The local DXrsquoers meet on the first Saturday of
the month for breakfast at Carrowrsquos 4280 N Blackstone in Fresno The group gathers be-tween 0700 and 0800 All are welcome
Check out wwwspaceweathercom and
wwwsolarcycle24com for information on the solar cycle The higher the solar flux and the
lower the A and K Indices the better the band conditions The sun is not cooperating by providing sunspots at this time there are
lots of blank days
October 10 2010 should be the date for new entities for the DXCC list as some of the Netherlands Antilles become independent or
their status changes within the Dutch govern-ment There probably will be 2 deletions and
up to 4 additions Operations from the new entities are being planned now to begin on 101010
In 2011 people in the southern Sudan will
vote on whether to become independent from Sudan If the vote is for independence Southern Sudan could return to the DXCC
List
The address of the Sixth District QSL Bureau is P O Box 970 Fairfax CA 94978-0970 You can send up to 10 address labels and
$070 for each envelope to the address above They will put 1 unit of First Class
postage on the envelope
Postage rates around the world are con-
stantly changing To see current rates go to h t t p w w w q s l n e t w 9 o l
IRC_Charthtm where you can find the cur-rent postal rates for most of the countries of the world IRCs can be ordered online from
the US Post Office
If you donrsquot get a DX Bulletin and you belong to ARRL you should register on the members only web page and check the box for the
ARRL DX Bulletin This one is emailed each Thursday Or you can go to the ARRL web
page in the News Bulletin section and view the bulletins there You can also read the OPDX Bulletin or the 425 DX Bulletin on the
web Search OP DX Bulletin or 425 DX Bulle-tin to get the URL You can subscribe to the
Daily DX Weekly DX or QRZ DX too These bulletins will keep you informed of DX opera-
tions and QSL information The following operations are scheduled
Afghanistan T6TL and T6JC Oct 2010 to May 2011
Bahrain A92IO now through August 2011
Wake Island KH9WA2YUN now through 2010
Djibouti J28AA now for at least a year
Djibouti J28JV soon for at least a year maybe 2
Lebanon OD5DL6SN now to December 2010
South Shetlands DT8A now to February 2011
Angola D2CQ February 2010 for a few years
Aves Island YV0A early 2010
Marion Island ZS8M May 15 2010 to April 2011
Rwanda 9X0TL July 21 to September 2010
Egypt SUHA3JB September to November 2010
Gough Island ZD9GI October 2010 for 1 year
Conway Reef 3D2C October 1 to October 10 2010
St Maarten PJ7 beginning October 10 2010
South Cook Is E51NOU Oct 18 to Nov 13 2010
Sable Island CY0 October 22 to November 1 2010
Greenland OX October 20 to October 30 2010
Australia VK100WIA Now through October 31 2010
Botswana A2 October 21 to November 4 2010
Senegal F5NFV6W Oct 25 to Nov 1 2010
Kermadec ZL8X November 19 to December 5 2010
Norwegian Antarctica 3Y8XSZ Nov to Dec 2011
Jarvis Is N5E Scheduled for Nov 17 to Dec 1 2010
Niue ZK2A November 19 to December 3 2010
Norfolk Island VK9N Dec 5 to Dec 12 2010
THE DX CORNER by Charles McConnell W6DPD
Charles
W6DPD
Fresno Amateur Radio Club
Page 7
Juan Fernandez XR0ZN postponed to the end of Spratly
Islands DX0DX January 6 to January 24 2011
South Orkney Islands VP8O January 27 to February 8
2011
Sierra Leone 9L5MS March 2011
Jan Mayen JX July 4 to July 14 2011
Watch the DX Bulletins for up to date informa-
tion As the time for the operation is at hand watch the DX Summit (wwwdxsummitfi) for listings There are a number of state QSO par-
ties each year Check the contest corral in QST
or the ARRL web page State QSO parties are a good place to collect states for your Worked
All States award ARRL Log Book of the World now supports the Worked All States Award
Good luck tune the dial and listen
This solar charging project was inspired by Jim
Clymer WS6X
So far my solar system is working great The DieHard battery is a sealed AGM type with 3 year warranty
Basically you start with the combined 60 watt
panels wired up to the controller thru a shut-off switch and a 10 amp fuse thats inside the control panel From the output of the control
panel it goes to a 100 amp resetable circuit breaker connected to the positive post of the
battery
Then I just connect a wiring block that has all
the radios wired to the battery I do have a 200 watt inverter if I need to use it for an AC item
I will be adding 2ea 3 12 LCD displays for
voltage from the panels and the battery Also will add an ammeter of the same display size to the circuit Taking a long time to get them
from China Jim Erbe WA6NIF
Fresno Amateur Radio Club
Page 8
FRESNO ENCOMM ARESRACES by Dan Pruitt AE6SX
Irsquom happy to say there are
some new faces taking the
lead with ARES The County
has also made some
changes that we have yet to
see culminate CERT is con-
tinuing the excellent training
with another class this
month SATERN is growing
with in the Salvation Army
We are planning a Birthday Party for ARES later
this month
Lewis Roberts KI6YWX has put his skills to work
and taking the lead on our training His Computer
skills will also benefit in the Administration Ini-
tially he is creating a database with each memberrsquos
training status and updating contact information so
if you havenrsquot filled out a recent application expect
to do so in the near future Next he will be imple-
menting training focused on the basics such as traf-
fic handling and net procedures
Fresno County has been infected with monetary
shortfalls like most of the state and nation This
means an increased interest in various Volunteer
organizations One hurdle we have to clear is that
it also means that an intense game of musical
chairs has been added to the management teams
Some have retired others promoted and new hires
have replaced known contacts The good thing is
that we have a chance to renew our commitments
and new protocols will be engaged Irsquom hoping to
expand on this next month
CERT is continuing their 911 classes to add to their
over 800 trained graduates This class will start 21
September For more information contact Citizen-
CorpsFresnogov This is a great basic awareness
course and a must have if you want to do more
than radio during a disaster
The Fresno Salvation Army is expanding and is
finding that during a disaster an understanding of
SATERN and a reserve will be needed in the case of
an extended event To rectify this interested per-
sons are in the process of earning their Technician
Licenses They are discovering a whole new world
that was not apparent to them prior to this class I
personally find it gratifying to see the wide-eyed
response The Salvation Army is also offering a
Disaster training class on the 18th of September
For information contact Captain Dwaine Breazeale
KG6SYA
dwainebreazealeuswsalvationarmyorg
We are having a Party You are invited to come
see the operation at the Citadel and celebrate 75
years of ARES We will be on the air as K6CME and
will have some informational forums that you can
participate in and learn from There will also be
cupcakes This will be 25 September from 9 AM to
1 PM All are welcome non-hams as well Come
and see what ARES and EmComm are all about
For more information infofresnoarescom
The ARRL is revamping the ARECC Level 1 course
to be out after December It is no longer being of-
fered online however we can still certify Level 1
completions locally We will then be offering our 3rd
Level 1 Class in November The date is yet to be
established and will be tailored within reason
Please contact me using ldquoLevel 1rdquo as your subject
at ae6sxarrlnet
73 de Dan AE6SX
NET Monday 1930 hrs local on 147150+ PL
1413
Monthly The 4th Thursday of each Month
Salvation Army Citadel 1854 N Fulton 1900 hrs
Training meeting
EmComm and Coffee 0830 hrs 3rd Friday Yo-
semite Falls Cafe on Blackstone and Shaw
Web wwwfresnoarescom or wwwfresno-
racesnet You can contact us directly at
infofresnoarescom
DAN PRUIT
AE6SX
Fresno Amateur Radio Club
Page 9
FARC AUGUST BBQ Hosted by Ken and Gwyne Holden
Fresno Amateur Radio Club
Page 10
I just saw the Fresno ARC Inc on the arrlorg
web site and I noticed that you offer help for
newcomers I have updated the free ham ra-dio practice exams available from Copasetic
Flow The practice exams now allow users to construct customized tests that focus on the exam questions they havenrsquot yet answered or
the exam questions they havenrsquot yet answered
correctly
Study material exists for several of the exam questions and more study material is
being added on a daily basis
You can see all the practice tests at
h t t p c o pa s e t i c f l o w s a p p s po t c o m
There is an embeddable version of each of the practice tests These can be placed di-rectly on your website so your readers can
practice for an exam without ever leaving your site The embeddable versions of the
exams can be found at the following links
Technician General Extra
Finally you can also find the tests Face-
book at
h t t p w w w f a c e b o o k c o m a p p s
applicationphpid=140851685938025
Please let me know if you find them handy or
if you think of any ways to make it better Itrsquos all free I hope it can help you new mem-
bers Thanks 73 de KD0FNR Hamilton Carter
PS The tests were mentioned recently on
kb6nucom at h t t p k b 6 n u c o m n e w - o n l i n e - t e s t
you can also see comments about the practice
exams on the QRZ forums httpforumsqrzcomshowthreadphp
Fresno Amateur Radio Club
Page 11
This is a description of how I built my first wire an-tenna using 450 ohm window line The idea was to make an antenna that I would be able to use on both the 40 meter and 20 meter bands using my limited knowledge of antenna building electronics and sol-dering I wanted to use the antenna in the phone sec-tion of the two bands
The first thing I did was to purchase 100 feet of the 450 ohm window line wire
Next was to cut it in two equal 34 12 foot sec-tions I intentionally cut it longer than what I thought it should be to allow for tuning I then stripped the insulation from one end of both 34 12 foot sections of the wire Then I twisted the two exposed wires together I purchased a center insulator to attach the two sides of the antenna One 34 12 oot section would attach to each side of the insulator and 50 ohm coax would be used to feed the window line antenna I am using 50 ohm coax to feed it to more closely match the 52 ohm impedance of the inverted V
I then placed the twisted ends through the eye of the insulator And twisted the wire braid from the insulator and the antenna together
OK This is where you may get a little chortle as my soldering skills might not be very goodbut each wire was soldered to the braid and a good connection was confirmed with an ohm meter reading I then wrapped the soldered wire connections in black pvc electrical tape The outside layer of the electrical tape was the coated with a light coat of PVC cement The PVC cement melts the tape and makes for a kind of heat shrink wrapping The picture above was taken afer the cement had dried completely
HOW DOES IT WORK
Well I havent raised it up the push-up pole just yet I plan on doing that in the next week or so I will update this site as I get it up and tuned After some research I will be tuning the longest wire first (40m) and then the 20m Check back here for updates Of course your comments are wel-come and appreciated Just CLICK HERE to send me an email
2040 Meter 450 ohm Window Line Dual Band Inverted V Dipole Wire Antenna by
KI6QEL
Fresno Amateur Radio Club
Page 12
There is only one contest results to report this month 2010 ARRL International DX Contest (Phone)
FARC Club members are shown in yellow
CONTEST RESULTS By Dave Smith W6TE
Dave Smith
W6TE
2010 ARRL International DX Contest (Phone)
Displaying entries for Section=SJV
Call Score QSOs Mult Class Power 1-Band Section Club
1 KT6YL 198468 448 149 S C SJV NCCC
2 AA6K 170328 379 151 S B SJV MLDXCC
3 N2NS 126405 265 159 SA SJV NCCC
4 N6YMM 109500 303 125 S C SJV
5 KE6SHL 71595 218 111 S B SJV
6 N6ZM 43845 188 79 S C SJV NCCC
7 N3RC 32562 139 81 S B SJV NCCC
8 K6AAB 29388 159 62 S B SJV NCCC
9 W6SX 26112 131 68 S C SJV NCCC
10 W6DPD 22680 140 54 SA SJV NCCC
11 K6YV 21762 122 62 S C SJV NCCC
12 K6LE 14175 105 45 SA SJV NCCC
13 K6CSL 7560 74 35 S B SJV NCCC
14 NA6G 3321 43 27 S B SJV NCCC
15 K6MI 510 17 10 S A SJV NCCC
16 K6UMO 432 17 9 S B SJV
17 KD6CPA 12 2 2 S 20 SJV
Stuart Holm WB6VRJ
I just talked with John W6JWK Pritchett He had back surgery and I believe three vertebrae fused they also removed 2 bone spurs each of which was the size of an acorn he is getting
along just fine and even doing a bit of walking now and then
Fresno Amateur Radio Club
Page 13
2010 AMATEUR RADIO EXAMS
UNLICENSED THRU EXTRA CLASS
Sponsored By the FRESNO Volunteer Exam (VE) TEAM
And The
FRESNO AMATEUR RADIO CLUB INC
AMERICAN RADIO RELAY LEAGUE
Exams for all Amateur license classes will be conducted on the following dates in Fresno California All
exams are given on Saturday and begin at 930 AM
Nov 13
LOCATION Bonaventure Mobile Home Park 1724 Minnewawa Ave Clovis CA 93612-2545 Exams
are held in the community room
DIRECTIONS From Highway 99 South of Fresno exit Clovis Ave Go north to Shaw and turn left on
Shaw to Minnewawa Turn right on Minnewawa and then left to the Mobile Home Park From Highway
41 or Highway 99 North of Fresno take Shaw Ave exit turn right (East) to Minnewawa Ave and turn
left Then turn left into the Mobile Home Park
Theory exams are multiple choice Priority mail is used to send paperwork to ARRL who sends data to
FCC via electronic mail thus assuring the fastest possible service on new licenses which typically arrive
in about two weeks
BRING Two IDrsquos one with photo Taxpayer ID Number (Social Security Number) or FCC Registration
Number (preferred) Fee $1500 per test session Bring Exact change Original and copy of Amateur
License if upgrading Talk in on 14694 repeater
Walk inrsquos only no pre-registration
More Info Contact Charles (559) 431-2038
4364 E Ashlan Ave Fresno Ca 93726
Phone (559) 227-2986
Shop at SPARKYrsquoS for all your electronic needs
Everything in electronics for
HOBBYIST
DO-IT-YOURSELFER EXPERIMENTER
Professional and Amateur Radio publications
Since 1963
Shortwave radios-Parts-Tools
Computer Accessories-LAN-Data Comm Cables and wire
Fresno Amateur Radio Club
Page 14
FRESNO AMATEUR RADIO CLUB INC
PO Box 5912 Fresno CA 93755-5912
Send To
FARC DUES ARE $1500 PER YEAR FOR FULL MEMBER-SHIP Additional family members in the same household
are $500 each per year Make checks payable to FARC and send to
PO Box 5912 Fresno Ca 93755-5912
Upcoming 2010
Fresno Amateur Radio Club
Activities and Events
No Board Meeting this month
Sept 10th FARC Club
Meeting
2010 Fresno Amateur Radio Club Application
Date ______
Name _________________________________________ Callsign _________
Address ___________________________________ State ____ Zip ____________
Home Phone ___________________ Business Phone _______________________
Occupation ______________________________ Birth Date _________________
Spouses Name ______________________ Anniversary Date _________________
License Class _______________________ First Year Licensed ________________
Email Address _______________________________
I am interested in serving on one of the committees Please contact me with more details _____
FARC ndash PO BOX 5912 FRESNO CA 93755-5912
Fresno Amateur Radio Club
Page 7
Juan Fernandez XR0ZN postponed to the end of Spratly
Islands DX0DX January 6 to January 24 2011
South Orkney Islands VP8O January 27 to February 8
2011
Sierra Leone 9L5MS March 2011
Jan Mayen JX July 4 to July 14 2011
Watch the DX Bulletins for up to date informa-
tion As the time for the operation is at hand watch the DX Summit (wwwdxsummitfi) for listings There are a number of state QSO par-
ties each year Check the contest corral in QST
or the ARRL web page State QSO parties are a good place to collect states for your Worked
All States award ARRL Log Book of the World now supports the Worked All States Award
Good luck tune the dial and listen
This solar charging project was inspired by Jim
Clymer WS6X
So far my solar system is working great The DieHard battery is a sealed AGM type with 3 year warranty
Basically you start with the combined 60 watt
panels wired up to the controller thru a shut-off switch and a 10 amp fuse thats inside the control panel From the output of the control
panel it goes to a 100 amp resetable circuit breaker connected to the positive post of the
battery
Then I just connect a wiring block that has all
the radios wired to the battery I do have a 200 watt inverter if I need to use it for an AC item
I will be adding 2ea 3 12 LCD displays for
voltage from the panels and the battery Also will add an ammeter of the same display size to the circuit Taking a long time to get them
from China Jim Erbe WA6NIF
Fresno Amateur Radio Club
Page 8
FRESNO ENCOMM ARESRACES by Dan Pruitt AE6SX
Irsquom happy to say there are
some new faces taking the
lead with ARES The County
has also made some
changes that we have yet to
see culminate CERT is con-
tinuing the excellent training
with another class this
month SATERN is growing
with in the Salvation Army
We are planning a Birthday Party for ARES later
this month
Lewis Roberts KI6YWX has put his skills to work
and taking the lead on our training His Computer
skills will also benefit in the Administration Ini-
tially he is creating a database with each memberrsquos
training status and updating contact information so
if you havenrsquot filled out a recent application expect
to do so in the near future Next he will be imple-
menting training focused on the basics such as traf-
fic handling and net procedures
Fresno County has been infected with monetary
shortfalls like most of the state and nation This
means an increased interest in various Volunteer
organizations One hurdle we have to clear is that
it also means that an intense game of musical
chairs has been added to the management teams
Some have retired others promoted and new hires
have replaced known contacts The good thing is
that we have a chance to renew our commitments
and new protocols will be engaged Irsquom hoping to
expand on this next month
CERT is continuing their 911 classes to add to their
over 800 trained graduates This class will start 21
September For more information contact Citizen-
CorpsFresnogov This is a great basic awareness
course and a must have if you want to do more
than radio during a disaster
The Fresno Salvation Army is expanding and is
finding that during a disaster an understanding of
SATERN and a reserve will be needed in the case of
an extended event To rectify this interested per-
sons are in the process of earning their Technician
Licenses They are discovering a whole new world
that was not apparent to them prior to this class I
personally find it gratifying to see the wide-eyed
response The Salvation Army is also offering a
Disaster training class on the 18th of September
For information contact Captain Dwaine Breazeale
KG6SYA
dwainebreazealeuswsalvationarmyorg
We are having a Party You are invited to come
see the operation at the Citadel and celebrate 75
years of ARES We will be on the air as K6CME and
will have some informational forums that you can
participate in and learn from There will also be
cupcakes This will be 25 September from 9 AM to
1 PM All are welcome non-hams as well Come
and see what ARES and EmComm are all about
For more information infofresnoarescom
The ARRL is revamping the ARECC Level 1 course
to be out after December It is no longer being of-
fered online however we can still certify Level 1
completions locally We will then be offering our 3rd
Level 1 Class in November The date is yet to be
established and will be tailored within reason
Please contact me using ldquoLevel 1rdquo as your subject
at ae6sxarrlnet
73 de Dan AE6SX
NET Monday 1930 hrs local on 147150+ PL
1413
Monthly The 4th Thursday of each Month
Salvation Army Citadel 1854 N Fulton 1900 hrs
Training meeting
EmComm and Coffee 0830 hrs 3rd Friday Yo-
semite Falls Cafe on Blackstone and Shaw
Web wwwfresnoarescom or wwwfresno-
racesnet You can contact us directly at
infofresnoarescom
DAN PRUIT
AE6SX
Fresno Amateur Radio Club
Page 9
FARC AUGUST BBQ Hosted by Ken and Gwyne Holden
Fresno Amateur Radio Club
Page 10
I just saw the Fresno ARC Inc on the arrlorg
web site and I noticed that you offer help for
newcomers I have updated the free ham ra-dio practice exams available from Copasetic
Flow The practice exams now allow users to construct customized tests that focus on the exam questions they havenrsquot yet answered or
the exam questions they havenrsquot yet answered
correctly
Study material exists for several of the exam questions and more study material is
being added on a daily basis
You can see all the practice tests at
h t t p c o pa s e t i c f l o w s a p p s po t c o m
There is an embeddable version of each of the practice tests These can be placed di-rectly on your website so your readers can
practice for an exam without ever leaving your site The embeddable versions of the
exams can be found at the following links
Technician General Extra
Finally you can also find the tests Face-
book at
h t t p w w w f a c e b o o k c o m a p p s
applicationphpid=140851685938025
Please let me know if you find them handy or
if you think of any ways to make it better Itrsquos all free I hope it can help you new mem-
bers Thanks 73 de KD0FNR Hamilton Carter
PS The tests were mentioned recently on
kb6nucom at h t t p k b 6 n u c o m n e w - o n l i n e - t e s t
you can also see comments about the practice
exams on the QRZ forums httpforumsqrzcomshowthreadphp
Fresno Amateur Radio Club
Page 11
This is a description of how I built my first wire an-tenna using 450 ohm window line The idea was to make an antenna that I would be able to use on both the 40 meter and 20 meter bands using my limited knowledge of antenna building electronics and sol-dering I wanted to use the antenna in the phone sec-tion of the two bands
The first thing I did was to purchase 100 feet of the 450 ohm window line wire
Next was to cut it in two equal 34 12 foot sec-tions I intentionally cut it longer than what I thought it should be to allow for tuning I then stripped the insulation from one end of both 34 12 foot sections of the wire Then I twisted the two exposed wires together I purchased a center insulator to attach the two sides of the antenna One 34 12 oot section would attach to each side of the insulator and 50 ohm coax would be used to feed the window line antenna I am using 50 ohm coax to feed it to more closely match the 52 ohm impedance of the inverted V
I then placed the twisted ends through the eye of the insulator And twisted the wire braid from the insulator and the antenna together
OK This is where you may get a little chortle as my soldering skills might not be very goodbut each wire was soldered to the braid and a good connection was confirmed with an ohm meter reading I then wrapped the soldered wire connections in black pvc electrical tape The outside layer of the electrical tape was the coated with a light coat of PVC cement The PVC cement melts the tape and makes for a kind of heat shrink wrapping The picture above was taken afer the cement had dried completely
HOW DOES IT WORK
Well I havent raised it up the push-up pole just yet I plan on doing that in the next week or so I will update this site as I get it up and tuned After some research I will be tuning the longest wire first (40m) and then the 20m Check back here for updates Of course your comments are wel-come and appreciated Just CLICK HERE to send me an email
2040 Meter 450 ohm Window Line Dual Band Inverted V Dipole Wire Antenna by
KI6QEL
Fresno Amateur Radio Club
Page 12
There is only one contest results to report this month 2010 ARRL International DX Contest (Phone)
FARC Club members are shown in yellow
CONTEST RESULTS By Dave Smith W6TE
Dave Smith
W6TE
2010 ARRL International DX Contest (Phone)
Displaying entries for Section=SJV
Call Score QSOs Mult Class Power 1-Band Section Club
1 KT6YL 198468 448 149 S C SJV NCCC
2 AA6K 170328 379 151 S B SJV MLDXCC
3 N2NS 126405 265 159 SA SJV NCCC
4 N6YMM 109500 303 125 S C SJV
5 KE6SHL 71595 218 111 S B SJV
6 N6ZM 43845 188 79 S C SJV NCCC
7 N3RC 32562 139 81 S B SJV NCCC
8 K6AAB 29388 159 62 S B SJV NCCC
9 W6SX 26112 131 68 S C SJV NCCC
10 W6DPD 22680 140 54 SA SJV NCCC
11 K6YV 21762 122 62 S C SJV NCCC
12 K6LE 14175 105 45 SA SJV NCCC
13 K6CSL 7560 74 35 S B SJV NCCC
14 NA6G 3321 43 27 S B SJV NCCC
15 K6MI 510 17 10 S A SJV NCCC
16 K6UMO 432 17 9 S B SJV
17 KD6CPA 12 2 2 S 20 SJV
Stuart Holm WB6VRJ
I just talked with John W6JWK Pritchett He had back surgery and I believe three vertebrae fused they also removed 2 bone spurs each of which was the size of an acorn he is getting
along just fine and even doing a bit of walking now and then
Fresno Amateur Radio Club
Page 13
2010 AMATEUR RADIO EXAMS
UNLICENSED THRU EXTRA CLASS
Sponsored By the FRESNO Volunteer Exam (VE) TEAM
And The
FRESNO AMATEUR RADIO CLUB INC
AMERICAN RADIO RELAY LEAGUE
Exams for all Amateur license classes will be conducted on the following dates in Fresno California All
exams are given on Saturday and begin at 930 AM
Nov 13
LOCATION Bonaventure Mobile Home Park 1724 Minnewawa Ave Clovis CA 93612-2545 Exams
are held in the community room
DIRECTIONS From Highway 99 South of Fresno exit Clovis Ave Go north to Shaw and turn left on
Shaw to Minnewawa Turn right on Minnewawa and then left to the Mobile Home Park From Highway
41 or Highway 99 North of Fresno take Shaw Ave exit turn right (East) to Minnewawa Ave and turn
left Then turn left into the Mobile Home Park
Theory exams are multiple choice Priority mail is used to send paperwork to ARRL who sends data to
FCC via electronic mail thus assuring the fastest possible service on new licenses which typically arrive
in about two weeks
BRING Two IDrsquos one with photo Taxpayer ID Number (Social Security Number) or FCC Registration
Number (preferred) Fee $1500 per test session Bring Exact change Original and copy of Amateur
License if upgrading Talk in on 14694 repeater
Walk inrsquos only no pre-registration
More Info Contact Charles (559) 431-2038
4364 E Ashlan Ave Fresno Ca 93726
Phone (559) 227-2986
Shop at SPARKYrsquoS for all your electronic needs
Everything in electronics for
HOBBYIST
DO-IT-YOURSELFER EXPERIMENTER
Professional and Amateur Radio publications
Since 1963
Shortwave radios-Parts-Tools
Computer Accessories-LAN-Data Comm Cables and wire
Fresno Amateur Radio Club
Page 14
FRESNO AMATEUR RADIO CLUB INC
PO Box 5912 Fresno CA 93755-5912
Send To
FARC DUES ARE $1500 PER YEAR FOR FULL MEMBER-SHIP Additional family members in the same household
are $500 each per year Make checks payable to FARC and send to
PO Box 5912 Fresno Ca 93755-5912
Upcoming 2010
Fresno Amateur Radio Club
Activities and Events
No Board Meeting this month
Sept 10th FARC Club
Meeting
2010 Fresno Amateur Radio Club Application
Date ______
Name _________________________________________ Callsign _________
Address ___________________________________ State ____ Zip ____________
Home Phone ___________________ Business Phone _______________________
Occupation ______________________________ Birth Date _________________
Spouses Name ______________________ Anniversary Date _________________
License Class _______________________ First Year Licensed ________________
Email Address _______________________________
I am interested in serving on one of the committees Please contact me with more details _____
FARC ndash PO BOX 5912 FRESNO CA 93755-5912
Fresno Amateur Radio Club
Page 8
FRESNO ENCOMM ARESRACES by Dan Pruitt AE6SX
Irsquom happy to say there are
some new faces taking the
lead with ARES The County
has also made some
changes that we have yet to
see culminate CERT is con-
tinuing the excellent training
with another class this
month SATERN is growing
with in the Salvation Army
We are planning a Birthday Party for ARES later
this month
Lewis Roberts KI6YWX has put his skills to work
and taking the lead on our training His Computer
skills will also benefit in the Administration Ini-
tially he is creating a database with each memberrsquos
training status and updating contact information so
if you havenrsquot filled out a recent application expect
to do so in the near future Next he will be imple-
menting training focused on the basics such as traf-
fic handling and net procedures
Fresno County has been infected with monetary
shortfalls like most of the state and nation This
means an increased interest in various Volunteer
organizations One hurdle we have to clear is that
it also means that an intense game of musical
chairs has been added to the management teams
Some have retired others promoted and new hires
have replaced known contacts The good thing is
that we have a chance to renew our commitments
and new protocols will be engaged Irsquom hoping to
expand on this next month
CERT is continuing their 911 classes to add to their
over 800 trained graduates This class will start 21
September For more information contact Citizen-
CorpsFresnogov This is a great basic awareness
course and a must have if you want to do more
than radio during a disaster
The Fresno Salvation Army is expanding and is
finding that during a disaster an understanding of
SATERN and a reserve will be needed in the case of
an extended event To rectify this interested per-
sons are in the process of earning their Technician
Licenses They are discovering a whole new world
that was not apparent to them prior to this class I
personally find it gratifying to see the wide-eyed
response The Salvation Army is also offering a
Disaster training class on the 18th of September
For information contact Captain Dwaine Breazeale
KG6SYA
dwainebreazealeuswsalvationarmyorg
We are having a Party You are invited to come
see the operation at the Citadel and celebrate 75
years of ARES We will be on the air as K6CME and
will have some informational forums that you can
participate in and learn from There will also be
cupcakes This will be 25 September from 9 AM to
1 PM All are welcome non-hams as well Come
and see what ARES and EmComm are all about
For more information infofresnoarescom
The ARRL is revamping the ARECC Level 1 course
to be out after December It is no longer being of-
fered online however we can still certify Level 1
completions locally We will then be offering our 3rd
Level 1 Class in November The date is yet to be
established and will be tailored within reason
Please contact me using ldquoLevel 1rdquo as your subject
at ae6sxarrlnet
73 de Dan AE6SX
NET Monday 1930 hrs local on 147150+ PL
1413
Monthly The 4th Thursday of each Month
Salvation Army Citadel 1854 N Fulton 1900 hrs
Training meeting
EmComm and Coffee 0830 hrs 3rd Friday Yo-
semite Falls Cafe on Blackstone and Shaw
Web wwwfresnoarescom or wwwfresno-
racesnet You can contact us directly at
infofresnoarescom
DAN PRUIT
AE6SX
Fresno Amateur Radio Club
Page 9
FARC AUGUST BBQ Hosted by Ken and Gwyne Holden
Fresno Amateur Radio Club
Page 10
I just saw the Fresno ARC Inc on the arrlorg
web site and I noticed that you offer help for
newcomers I have updated the free ham ra-dio practice exams available from Copasetic
Flow The practice exams now allow users to construct customized tests that focus on the exam questions they havenrsquot yet answered or
the exam questions they havenrsquot yet answered
correctly
Study material exists for several of the exam questions and more study material is
being added on a daily basis
You can see all the practice tests at
h t t p c o pa s e t i c f l o w s a p p s po t c o m
There is an embeddable version of each of the practice tests These can be placed di-rectly on your website so your readers can
practice for an exam without ever leaving your site The embeddable versions of the
exams can be found at the following links
Technician General Extra
Finally you can also find the tests Face-
book at
h t t p w w w f a c e b o o k c o m a p p s
applicationphpid=140851685938025
Please let me know if you find them handy or
if you think of any ways to make it better Itrsquos all free I hope it can help you new mem-
bers Thanks 73 de KD0FNR Hamilton Carter
PS The tests were mentioned recently on
kb6nucom at h t t p k b 6 n u c o m n e w - o n l i n e - t e s t
you can also see comments about the practice
exams on the QRZ forums httpforumsqrzcomshowthreadphp
Fresno Amateur Radio Club
Page 11
This is a description of how I built my first wire an-tenna using 450 ohm window line The idea was to make an antenna that I would be able to use on both the 40 meter and 20 meter bands using my limited knowledge of antenna building electronics and sol-dering I wanted to use the antenna in the phone sec-tion of the two bands
The first thing I did was to purchase 100 feet of the 450 ohm window line wire
Next was to cut it in two equal 34 12 foot sec-tions I intentionally cut it longer than what I thought it should be to allow for tuning I then stripped the insulation from one end of both 34 12 foot sections of the wire Then I twisted the two exposed wires together I purchased a center insulator to attach the two sides of the antenna One 34 12 oot section would attach to each side of the insulator and 50 ohm coax would be used to feed the window line antenna I am using 50 ohm coax to feed it to more closely match the 52 ohm impedance of the inverted V
I then placed the twisted ends through the eye of the insulator And twisted the wire braid from the insulator and the antenna together
OK This is where you may get a little chortle as my soldering skills might not be very goodbut each wire was soldered to the braid and a good connection was confirmed with an ohm meter reading I then wrapped the soldered wire connections in black pvc electrical tape The outside layer of the electrical tape was the coated with a light coat of PVC cement The PVC cement melts the tape and makes for a kind of heat shrink wrapping The picture above was taken afer the cement had dried completely
HOW DOES IT WORK
Well I havent raised it up the push-up pole just yet I plan on doing that in the next week or so I will update this site as I get it up and tuned After some research I will be tuning the longest wire first (40m) and then the 20m Check back here for updates Of course your comments are wel-come and appreciated Just CLICK HERE to send me an email
2040 Meter 450 ohm Window Line Dual Band Inverted V Dipole Wire Antenna by
KI6QEL
Fresno Amateur Radio Club
Page 12
There is only one contest results to report this month 2010 ARRL International DX Contest (Phone)
FARC Club members are shown in yellow
CONTEST RESULTS By Dave Smith W6TE
Dave Smith
W6TE
2010 ARRL International DX Contest (Phone)
Displaying entries for Section=SJV
Call Score QSOs Mult Class Power 1-Band Section Club
1 KT6YL 198468 448 149 S C SJV NCCC
2 AA6K 170328 379 151 S B SJV MLDXCC
3 N2NS 126405 265 159 SA SJV NCCC
4 N6YMM 109500 303 125 S C SJV
5 KE6SHL 71595 218 111 S B SJV
6 N6ZM 43845 188 79 S C SJV NCCC
7 N3RC 32562 139 81 S B SJV NCCC
8 K6AAB 29388 159 62 S B SJV NCCC
9 W6SX 26112 131 68 S C SJV NCCC
10 W6DPD 22680 140 54 SA SJV NCCC
11 K6YV 21762 122 62 S C SJV NCCC
12 K6LE 14175 105 45 SA SJV NCCC
13 K6CSL 7560 74 35 S B SJV NCCC
14 NA6G 3321 43 27 S B SJV NCCC
15 K6MI 510 17 10 S A SJV NCCC
16 K6UMO 432 17 9 S B SJV
17 KD6CPA 12 2 2 S 20 SJV
Stuart Holm WB6VRJ
I just talked with John W6JWK Pritchett He had back surgery and I believe three vertebrae fused they also removed 2 bone spurs each of which was the size of an acorn he is getting
along just fine and even doing a bit of walking now and then
Fresno Amateur Radio Club
Page 13
2010 AMATEUR RADIO EXAMS
UNLICENSED THRU EXTRA CLASS
Sponsored By the FRESNO Volunteer Exam (VE) TEAM
And The
FRESNO AMATEUR RADIO CLUB INC
AMERICAN RADIO RELAY LEAGUE
Exams for all Amateur license classes will be conducted on the following dates in Fresno California All
exams are given on Saturday and begin at 930 AM
Nov 13
LOCATION Bonaventure Mobile Home Park 1724 Minnewawa Ave Clovis CA 93612-2545 Exams
are held in the community room
DIRECTIONS From Highway 99 South of Fresno exit Clovis Ave Go north to Shaw and turn left on
Shaw to Minnewawa Turn right on Minnewawa and then left to the Mobile Home Park From Highway
41 or Highway 99 North of Fresno take Shaw Ave exit turn right (East) to Minnewawa Ave and turn
left Then turn left into the Mobile Home Park
Theory exams are multiple choice Priority mail is used to send paperwork to ARRL who sends data to
FCC via electronic mail thus assuring the fastest possible service on new licenses which typically arrive
in about two weeks
BRING Two IDrsquos one with photo Taxpayer ID Number (Social Security Number) or FCC Registration
Number (preferred) Fee $1500 per test session Bring Exact change Original and copy of Amateur
License if upgrading Talk in on 14694 repeater
Walk inrsquos only no pre-registration
More Info Contact Charles (559) 431-2038
4364 E Ashlan Ave Fresno Ca 93726
Phone (559) 227-2986
Shop at SPARKYrsquoS for all your electronic needs
Everything in electronics for
HOBBYIST
DO-IT-YOURSELFER EXPERIMENTER
Professional and Amateur Radio publications
Since 1963
Shortwave radios-Parts-Tools
Computer Accessories-LAN-Data Comm Cables and wire
Fresno Amateur Radio Club
Page 14
FRESNO AMATEUR RADIO CLUB INC
PO Box 5912 Fresno CA 93755-5912
Send To
FARC DUES ARE $1500 PER YEAR FOR FULL MEMBER-SHIP Additional family members in the same household
are $500 each per year Make checks payable to FARC and send to
PO Box 5912 Fresno Ca 93755-5912
Upcoming 2010
Fresno Amateur Radio Club
Activities and Events
No Board Meeting this month
Sept 10th FARC Club
Meeting
2010 Fresno Amateur Radio Club Application
Date ______
Name _________________________________________ Callsign _________
Address ___________________________________ State ____ Zip ____________
Home Phone ___________________ Business Phone _______________________
Occupation ______________________________ Birth Date _________________
Spouses Name ______________________ Anniversary Date _________________
License Class _______________________ First Year Licensed ________________
Email Address _______________________________
I am interested in serving on one of the committees Please contact me with more details _____
FARC ndash PO BOX 5912 FRESNO CA 93755-5912
Fresno Amateur Radio Club
Page 9
FARC AUGUST BBQ Hosted by Ken and Gwyne Holden
Fresno Amateur Radio Club
Page 10
I just saw the Fresno ARC Inc on the arrlorg
web site and I noticed that you offer help for
newcomers I have updated the free ham ra-dio practice exams available from Copasetic
Flow The practice exams now allow users to construct customized tests that focus on the exam questions they havenrsquot yet answered or
the exam questions they havenrsquot yet answered
correctly
Study material exists for several of the exam questions and more study material is
being added on a daily basis
You can see all the practice tests at
h t t p c o pa s e t i c f l o w s a p p s po t c o m
There is an embeddable version of each of the practice tests These can be placed di-rectly on your website so your readers can
practice for an exam without ever leaving your site The embeddable versions of the
exams can be found at the following links
Technician General Extra
Finally you can also find the tests Face-
book at
h t t p w w w f a c e b o o k c o m a p p s
applicationphpid=140851685938025
Please let me know if you find them handy or
if you think of any ways to make it better Itrsquos all free I hope it can help you new mem-
bers Thanks 73 de KD0FNR Hamilton Carter
PS The tests were mentioned recently on
kb6nucom at h t t p k b 6 n u c o m n e w - o n l i n e - t e s t
you can also see comments about the practice
exams on the QRZ forums httpforumsqrzcomshowthreadphp
Fresno Amateur Radio Club
Page 11
This is a description of how I built my first wire an-tenna using 450 ohm window line The idea was to make an antenna that I would be able to use on both the 40 meter and 20 meter bands using my limited knowledge of antenna building electronics and sol-dering I wanted to use the antenna in the phone sec-tion of the two bands
The first thing I did was to purchase 100 feet of the 450 ohm window line wire
Next was to cut it in two equal 34 12 foot sec-tions I intentionally cut it longer than what I thought it should be to allow for tuning I then stripped the insulation from one end of both 34 12 foot sections of the wire Then I twisted the two exposed wires together I purchased a center insulator to attach the two sides of the antenna One 34 12 oot section would attach to each side of the insulator and 50 ohm coax would be used to feed the window line antenna I am using 50 ohm coax to feed it to more closely match the 52 ohm impedance of the inverted V
I then placed the twisted ends through the eye of the insulator And twisted the wire braid from the insulator and the antenna together
OK This is where you may get a little chortle as my soldering skills might not be very goodbut each wire was soldered to the braid and a good connection was confirmed with an ohm meter reading I then wrapped the soldered wire connections in black pvc electrical tape The outside layer of the electrical tape was the coated with a light coat of PVC cement The PVC cement melts the tape and makes for a kind of heat shrink wrapping The picture above was taken afer the cement had dried completely
HOW DOES IT WORK
Well I havent raised it up the push-up pole just yet I plan on doing that in the next week or so I will update this site as I get it up and tuned After some research I will be tuning the longest wire first (40m) and then the 20m Check back here for updates Of course your comments are wel-come and appreciated Just CLICK HERE to send me an email
2040 Meter 450 ohm Window Line Dual Band Inverted V Dipole Wire Antenna by
KI6QEL
Fresno Amateur Radio Club
Page 12
There is only one contest results to report this month 2010 ARRL International DX Contest (Phone)
FARC Club members are shown in yellow
CONTEST RESULTS By Dave Smith W6TE
Dave Smith
W6TE
2010 ARRL International DX Contest (Phone)
Displaying entries for Section=SJV
Call Score QSOs Mult Class Power 1-Band Section Club
1 KT6YL 198468 448 149 S C SJV NCCC
2 AA6K 170328 379 151 S B SJV MLDXCC
3 N2NS 126405 265 159 SA SJV NCCC
4 N6YMM 109500 303 125 S C SJV
5 KE6SHL 71595 218 111 S B SJV
6 N6ZM 43845 188 79 S C SJV NCCC
7 N3RC 32562 139 81 S B SJV NCCC
8 K6AAB 29388 159 62 S B SJV NCCC
9 W6SX 26112 131 68 S C SJV NCCC
10 W6DPD 22680 140 54 SA SJV NCCC
11 K6YV 21762 122 62 S C SJV NCCC
12 K6LE 14175 105 45 SA SJV NCCC
13 K6CSL 7560 74 35 S B SJV NCCC
14 NA6G 3321 43 27 S B SJV NCCC
15 K6MI 510 17 10 S A SJV NCCC
16 K6UMO 432 17 9 S B SJV
17 KD6CPA 12 2 2 S 20 SJV
Stuart Holm WB6VRJ
I just talked with John W6JWK Pritchett He had back surgery and I believe three vertebrae fused they also removed 2 bone spurs each of which was the size of an acorn he is getting
along just fine and even doing a bit of walking now and then
Fresno Amateur Radio Club
Page 13
2010 AMATEUR RADIO EXAMS
UNLICENSED THRU EXTRA CLASS
Sponsored By the FRESNO Volunteer Exam (VE) TEAM
And The
FRESNO AMATEUR RADIO CLUB INC
AMERICAN RADIO RELAY LEAGUE
Exams for all Amateur license classes will be conducted on the following dates in Fresno California All
exams are given on Saturday and begin at 930 AM
Nov 13
LOCATION Bonaventure Mobile Home Park 1724 Minnewawa Ave Clovis CA 93612-2545 Exams
are held in the community room
DIRECTIONS From Highway 99 South of Fresno exit Clovis Ave Go north to Shaw and turn left on
Shaw to Minnewawa Turn right on Minnewawa and then left to the Mobile Home Park From Highway
41 or Highway 99 North of Fresno take Shaw Ave exit turn right (East) to Minnewawa Ave and turn
left Then turn left into the Mobile Home Park
Theory exams are multiple choice Priority mail is used to send paperwork to ARRL who sends data to
FCC via electronic mail thus assuring the fastest possible service on new licenses which typically arrive
in about two weeks
BRING Two IDrsquos one with photo Taxpayer ID Number (Social Security Number) or FCC Registration
Number (preferred) Fee $1500 per test session Bring Exact change Original and copy of Amateur
License if upgrading Talk in on 14694 repeater
Walk inrsquos only no pre-registration
More Info Contact Charles (559) 431-2038
4364 E Ashlan Ave Fresno Ca 93726
Phone (559) 227-2986
Shop at SPARKYrsquoS for all your electronic needs
Everything in electronics for
HOBBYIST
DO-IT-YOURSELFER EXPERIMENTER
Professional and Amateur Radio publications
Since 1963
Shortwave radios-Parts-Tools
Computer Accessories-LAN-Data Comm Cables and wire
Fresno Amateur Radio Club
Page 14
FRESNO AMATEUR RADIO CLUB INC
PO Box 5912 Fresno CA 93755-5912
Send To
FARC DUES ARE $1500 PER YEAR FOR FULL MEMBER-SHIP Additional family members in the same household
are $500 each per year Make checks payable to FARC and send to
PO Box 5912 Fresno Ca 93755-5912
Upcoming 2010
Fresno Amateur Radio Club
Activities and Events
No Board Meeting this month
Sept 10th FARC Club
Meeting
2010 Fresno Amateur Radio Club Application
Date ______
Name _________________________________________ Callsign _________
Address ___________________________________ State ____ Zip ____________
Home Phone ___________________ Business Phone _______________________
Occupation ______________________________ Birth Date _________________
Spouses Name ______________________ Anniversary Date _________________
License Class _______________________ First Year Licensed ________________
Email Address _______________________________
I am interested in serving on one of the committees Please contact me with more details _____
FARC ndash PO BOX 5912 FRESNO CA 93755-5912
Fresno Amateur Radio Club
Page 10
I just saw the Fresno ARC Inc on the arrlorg
web site and I noticed that you offer help for
newcomers I have updated the free ham ra-dio practice exams available from Copasetic
Flow The practice exams now allow users to construct customized tests that focus on the exam questions they havenrsquot yet answered or
the exam questions they havenrsquot yet answered
correctly
Study material exists for several of the exam questions and more study material is
being added on a daily basis
You can see all the practice tests at
h t t p c o pa s e t i c f l o w s a p p s po t c o m
There is an embeddable version of each of the practice tests These can be placed di-rectly on your website so your readers can
practice for an exam without ever leaving your site The embeddable versions of the
exams can be found at the following links
Technician General Extra
Finally you can also find the tests Face-
book at
h t t p w w w f a c e b o o k c o m a p p s
applicationphpid=140851685938025
Please let me know if you find them handy or
if you think of any ways to make it better Itrsquos all free I hope it can help you new mem-
bers Thanks 73 de KD0FNR Hamilton Carter
PS The tests were mentioned recently on
kb6nucom at h t t p k b 6 n u c o m n e w - o n l i n e - t e s t
you can also see comments about the practice
exams on the QRZ forums httpforumsqrzcomshowthreadphp
Fresno Amateur Radio Club
Page 11
This is a description of how I built my first wire an-tenna using 450 ohm window line The idea was to make an antenna that I would be able to use on both the 40 meter and 20 meter bands using my limited knowledge of antenna building electronics and sol-dering I wanted to use the antenna in the phone sec-tion of the two bands
The first thing I did was to purchase 100 feet of the 450 ohm window line wire
Next was to cut it in two equal 34 12 foot sec-tions I intentionally cut it longer than what I thought it should be to allow for tuning I then stripped the insulation from one end of both 34 12 foot sections of the wire Then I twisted the two exposed wires together I purchased a center insulator to attach the two sides of the antenna One 34 12 oot section would attach to each side of the insulator and 50 ohm coax would be used to feed the window line antenna I am using 50 ohm coax to feed it to more closely match the 52 ohm impedance of the inverted V
I then placed the twisted ends through the eye of the insulator And twisted the wire braid from the insulator and the antenna together
OK This is where you may get a little chortle as my soldering skills might not be very goodbut each wire was soldered to the braid and a good connection was confirmed with an ohm meter reading I then wrapped the soldered wire connections in black pvc electrical tape The outside layer of the electrical tape was the coated with a light coat of PVC cement The PVC cement melts the tape and makes for a kind of heat shrink wrapping The picture above was taken afer the cement had dried completely
HOW DOES IT WORK
Well I havent raised it up the push-up pole just yet I plan on doing that in the next week or so I will update this site as I get it up and tuned After some research I will be tuning the longest wire first (40m) and then the 20m Check back here for updates Of course your comments are wel-come and appreciated Just CLICK HERE to send me an email
2040 Meter 450 ohm Window Line Dual Band Inverted V Dipole Wire Antenna by
KI6QEL
Fresno Amateur Radio Club
Page 12
There is only one contest results to report this month 2010 ARRL International DX Contest (Phone)
FARC Club members are shown in yellow
CONTEST RESULTS By Dave Smith W6TE
Dave Smith
W6TE
2010 ARRL International DX Contest (Phone)
Displaying entries for Section=SJV
Call Score QSOs Mult Class Power 1-Band Section Club
1 KT6YL 198468 448 149 S C SJV NCCC
2 AA6K 170328 379 151 S B SJV MLDXCC
3 N2NS 126405 265 159 SA SJV NCCC
4 N6YMM 109500 303 125 S C SJV
5 KE6SHL 71595 218 111 S B SJV
6 N6ZM 43845 188 79 S C SJV NCCC
7 N3RC 32562 139 81 S B SJV NCCC
8 K6AAB 29388 159 62 S B SJV NCCC
9 W6SX 26112 131 68 S C SJV NCCC
10 W6DPD 22680 140 54 SA SJV NCCC
11 K6YV 21762 122 62 S C SJV NCCC
12 K6LE 14175 105 45 SA SJV NCCC
13 K6CSL 7560 74 35 S B SJV NCCC
14 NA6G 3321 43 27 S B SJV NCCC
15 K6MI 510 17 10 S A SJV NCCC
16 K6UMO 432 17 9 S B SJV
17 KD6CPA 12 2 2 S 20 SJV
Stuart Holm WB6VRJ
I just talked with John W6JWK Pritchett He had back surgery and I believe three vertebrae fused they also removed 2 bone spurs each of which was the size of an acorn he is getting
along just fine and even doing a bit of walking now and then
Fresno Amateur Radio Club
Page 13
2010 AMATEUR RADIO EXAMS
UNLICENSED THRU EXTRA CLASS
Sponsored By the FRESNO Volunteer Exam (VE) TEAM
And The
FRESNO AMATEUR RADIO CLUB INC
AMERICAN RADIO RELAY LEAGUE
Exams for all Amateur license classes will be conducted on the following dates in Fresno California All
exams are given on Saturday and begin at 930 AM
Nov 13
LOCATION Bonaventure Mobile Home Park 1724 Minnewawa Ave Clovis CA 93612-2545 Exams
are held in the community room
DIRECTIONS From Highway 99 South of Fresno exit Clovis Ave Go north to Shaw and turn left on
Shaw to Minnewawa Turn right on Minnewawa and then left to the Mobile Home Park From Highway
41 or Highway 99 North of Fresno take Shaw Ave exit turn right (East) to Minnewawa Ave and turn
left Then turn left into the Mobile Home Park
Theory exams are multiple choice Priority mail is used to send paperwork to ARRL who sends data to
FCC via electronic mail thus assuring the fastest possible service on new licenses which typically arrive
in about two weeks
BRING Two IDrsquos one with photo Taxpayer ID Number (Social Security Number) or FCC Registration
Number (preferred) Fee $1500 per test session Bring Exact change Original and copy of Amateur
License if upgrading Talk in on 14694 repeater
Walk inrsquos only no pre-registration
More Info Contact Charles (559) 431-2038
4364 E Ashlan Ave Fresno Ca 93726
Phone (559) 227-2986
Shop at SPARKYrsquoS for all your electronic needs
Everything in electronics for
HOBBYIST
DO-IT-YOURSELFER EXPERIMENTER
Professional and Amateur Radio publications
Since 1963
Shortwave radios-Parts-Tools
Computer Accessories-LAN-Data Comm Cables and wire
Fresno Amateur Radio Club
Page 14
FRESNO AMATEUR RADIO CLUB INC
PO Box 5912 Fresno CA 93755-5912
Send To
FARC DUES ARE $1500 PER YEAR FOR FULL MEMBER-SHIP Additional family members in the same household
are $500 each per year Make checks payable to FARC and send to
PO Box 5912 Fresno Ca 93755-5912
Upcoming 2010
Fresno Amateur Radio Club
Activities and Events
No Board Meeting this month
Sept 10th FARC Club
Meeting
2010 Fresno Amateur Radio Club Application
Date ______
Name _________________________________________ Callsign _________
Address ___________________________________ State ____ Zip ____________
Home Phone ___________________ Business Phone _______________________
Occupation ______________________________ Birth Date _________________
Spouses Name ______________________ Anniversary Date _________________
License Class _______________________ First Year Licensed ________________
Email Address _______________________________
I am interested in serving on one of the committees Please contact me with more details _____
FARC ndash PO BOX 5912 FRESNO CA 93755-5912
Fresno Amateur Radio Club
Page 11
This is a description of how I built my first wire an-tenna using 450 ohm window line The idea was to make an antenna that I would be able to use on both the 40 meter and 20 meter bands using my limited knowledge of antenna building electronics and sol-dering I wanted to use the antenna in the phone sec-tion of the two bands
The first thing I did was to purchase 100 feet of the 450 ohm window line wire
Next was to cut it in two equal 34 12 foot sec-tions I intentionally cut it longer than what I thought it should be to allow for tuning I then stripped the insulation from one end of both 34 12 foot sections of the wire Then I twisted the two exposed wires together I purchased a center insulator to attach the two sides of the antenna One 34 12 oot section would attach to each side of the insulator and 50 ohm coax would be used to feed the window line antenna I am using 50 ohm coax to feed it to more closely match the 52 ohm impedance of the inverted V
I then placed the twisted ends through the eye of the insulator And twisted the wire braid from the insulator and the antenna together
OK This is where you may get a little chortle as my soldering skills might not be very goodbut each wire was soldered to the braid and a good connection was confirmed with an ohm meter reading I then wrapped the soldered wire connections in black pvc electrical tape The outside layer of the electrical tape was the coated with a light coat of PVC cement The PVC cement melts the tape and makes for a kind of heat shrink wrapping The picture above was taken afer the cement had dried completely
HOW DOES IT WORK
Well I havent raised it up the push-up pole just yet I plan on doing that in the next week or so I will update this site as I get it up and tuned After some research I will be tuning the longest wire first (40m) and then the 20m Check back here for updates Of course your comments are wel-come and appreciated Just CLICK HERE to send me an email
2040 Meter 450 ohm Window Line Dual Band Inverted V Dipole Wire Antenna by
KI6QEL
Fresno Amateur Radio Club
Page 12
There is only one contest results to report this month 2010 ARRL International DX Contest (Phone)
FARC Club members are shown in yellow
CONTEST RESULTS By Dave Smith W6TE
Dave Smith
W6TE
2010 ARRL International DX Contest (Phone)
Displaying entries for Section=SJV
Call Score QSOs Mult Class Power 1-Band Section Club
1 KT6YL 198468 448 149 S C SJV NCCC
2 AA6K 170328 379 151 S B SJV MLDXCC
3 N2NS 126405 265 159 SA SJV NCCC
4 N6YMM 109500 303 125 S C SJV
5 KE6SHL 71595 218 111 S B SJV
6 N6ZM 43845 188 79 S C SJV NCCC
7 N3RC 32562 139 81 S B SJV NCCC
8 K6AAB 29388 159 62 S B SJV NCCC
9 W6SX 26112 131 68 S C SJV NCCC
10 W6DPD 22680 140 54 SA SJV NCCC
11 K6YV 21762 122 62 S C SJV NCCC
12 K6LE 14175 105 45 SA SJV NCCC
13 K6CSL 7560 74 35 S B SJV NCCC
14 NA6G 3321 43 27 S B SJV NCCC
15 K6MI 510 17 10 S A SJV NCCC
16 K6UMO 432 17 9 S B SJV
17 KD6CPA 12 2 2 S 20 SJV
Stuart Holm WB6VRJ
I just talked with John W6JWK Pritchett He had back surgery and I believe three vertebrae fused they also removed 2 bone spurs each of which was the size of an acorn he is getting
along just fine and even doing a bit of walking now and then
Fresno Amateur Radio Club
Page 13
2010 AMATEUR RADIO EXAMS
UNLICENSED THRU EXTRA CLASS
Sponsored By the FRESNO Volunteer Exam (VE) TEAM
And The
FRESNO AMATEUR RADIO CLUB INC
AMERICAN RADIO RELAY LEAGUE
Exams for all Amateur license classes will be conducted on the following dates in Fresno California All
exams are given on Saturday and begin at 930 AM
Nov 13
LOCATION Bonaventure Mobile Home Park 1724 Minnewawa Ave Clovis CA 93612-2545 Exams
are held in the community room
DIRECTIONS From Highway 99 South of Fresno exit Clovis Ave Go north to Shaw and turn left on
Shaw to Minnewawa Turn right on Minnewawa and then left to the Mobile Home Park From Highway
41 or Highway 99 North of Fresno take Shaw Ave exit turn right (East) to Minnewawa Ave and turn
left Then turn left into the Mobile Home Park
Theory exams are multiple choice Priority mail is used to send paperwork to ARRL who sends data to
FCC via electronic mail thus assuring the fastest possible service on new licenses which typically arrive
in about two weeks
BRING Two IDrsquos one with photo Taxpayer ID Number (Social Security Number) or FCC Registration
Number (preferred) Fee $1500 per test session Bring Exact change Original and copy of Amateur
License if upgrading Talk in on 14694 repeater
Walk inrsquos only no pre-registration
More Info Contact Charles (559) 431-2038
4364 E Ashlan Ave Fresno Ca 93726
Phone (559) 227-2986
Shop at SPARKYrsquoS for all your electronic needs
Everything in electronics for
HOBBYIST
DO-IT-YOURSELFER EXPERIMENTER
Professional and Amateur Radio publications
Since 1963
Shortwave radios-Parts-Tools
Computer Accessories-LAN-Data Comm Cables and wire
Fresno Amateur Radio Club
Page 14
FRESNO AMATEUR RADIO CLUB INC
PO Box 5912 Fresno CA 93755-5912
Send To
FARC DUES ARE $1500 PER YEAR FOR FULL MEMBER-SHIP Additional family members in the same household
are $500 each per year Make checks payable to FARC and send to
PO Box 5912 Fresno Ca 93755-5912
Upcoming 2010
Fresno Amateur Radio Club
Activities and Events
No Board Meeting this month
Sept 10th FARC Club
Meeting
2010 Fresno Amateur Radio Club Application
Date ______
Name _________________________________________ Callsign _________
Address ___________________________________ State ____ Zip ____________
Home Phone ___________________ Business Phone _______________________
Occupation ______________________________ Birth Date _________________
Spouses Name ______________________ Anniversary Date _________________
License Class _______________________ First Year Licensed ________________
Email Address _______________________________
I am interested in serving on one of the committees Please contact me with more details _____
FARC ndash PO BOX 5912 FRESNO CA 93755-5912
Fresno Amateur Radio Club
Page 12
There is only one contest results to report this month 2010 ARRL International DX Contest (Phone)
FARC Club members are shown in yellow
CONTEST RESULTS By Dave Smith W6TE
Dave Smith
W6TE
2010 ARRL International DX Contest (Phone)
Displaying entries for Section=SJV
Call Score QSOs Mult Class Power 1-Band Section Club
1 KT6YL 198468 448 149 S C SJV NCCC
2 AA6K 170328 379 151 S B SJV MLDXCC
3 N2NS 126405 265 159 SA SJV NCCC
4 N6YMM 109500 303 125 S C SJV
5 KE6SHL 71595 218 111 S B SJV
6 N6ZM 43845 188 79 S C SJV NCCC
7 N3RC 32562 139 81 S B SJV NCCC
8 K6AAB 29388 159 62 S B SJV NCCC
9 W6SX 26112 131 68 S C SJV NCCC
10 W6DPD 22680 140 54 SA SJV NCCC
11 K6YV 21762 122 62 S C SJV NCCC
12 K6LE 14175 105 45 SA SJV NCCC
13 K6CSL 7560 74 35 S B SJV NCCC
14 NA6G 3321 43 27 S B SJV NCCC
15 K6MI 510 17 10 S A SJV NCCC
16 K6UMO 432 17 9 S B SJV
17 KD6CPA 12 2 2 S 20 SJV
Stuart Holm WB6VRJ
I just talked with John W6JWK Pritchett He had back surgery and I believe three vertebrae fused they also removed 2 bone spurs each of which was the size of an acorn he is getting
along just fine and even doing a bit of walking now and then
Fresno Amateur Radio Club
Page 13
2010 AMATEUR RADIO EXAMS
UNLICENSED THRU EXTRA CLASS
Sponsored By the FRESNO Volunteer Exam (VE) TEAM
And The
FRESNO AMATEUR RADIO CLUB INC
AMERICAN RADIO RELAY LEAGUE
Exams for all Amateur license classes will be conducted on the following dates in Fresno California All
exams are given on Saturday and begin at 930 AM
Nov 13
LOCATION Bonaventure Mobile Home Park 1724 Minnewawa Ave Clovis CA 93612-2545 Exams
are held in the community room
DIRECTIONS From Highway 99 South of Fresno exit Clovis Ave Go north to Shaw and turn left on
Shaw to Minnewawa Turn right on Minnewawa and then left to the Mobile Home Park From Highway
41 or Highway 99 North of Fresno take Shaw Ave exit turn right (East) to Minnewawa Ave and turn
left Then turn left into the Mobile Home Park
Theory exams are multiple choice Priority mail is used to send paperwork to ARRL who sends data to
FCC via electronic mail thus assuring the fastest possible service on new licenses which typically arrive
in about two weeks
BRING Two IDrsquos one with photo Taxpayer ID Number (Social Security Number) or FCC Registration
Number (preferred) Fee $1500 per test session Bring Exact change Original and copy of Amateur
License if upgrading Talk in on 14694 repeater
Walk inrsquos only no pre-registration
More Info Contact Charles (559) 431-2038
4364 E Ashlan Ave Fresno Ca 93726
Phone (559) 227-2986
Shop at SPARKYrsquoS for all your electronic needs
Everything in electronics for
HOBBYIST
DO-IT-YOURSELFER EXPERIMENTER
Professional and Amateur Radio publications
Since 1963
Shortwave radios-Parts-Tools
Computer Accessories-LAN-Data Comm Cables and wire
Fresno Amateur Radio Club
Page 14
FRESNO AMATEUR RADIO CLUB INC
PO Box 5912 Fresno CA 93755-5912
Send To
FARC DUES ARE $1500 PER YEAR FOR FULL MEMBER-SHIP Additional family members in the same household
are $500 each per year Make checks payable to FARC and send to
PO Box 5912 Fresno Ca 93755-5912
Upcoming 2010
Fresno Amateur Radio Club
Activities and Events
No Board Meeting this month
Sept 10th FARC Club
Meeting
2010 Fresno Amateur Radio Club Application
Date ______
Name _________________________________________ Callsign _________
Address ___________________________________ State ____ Zip ____________
Home Phone ___________________ Business Phone _______________________
Occupation ______________________________ Birth Date _________________
Spouses Name ______________________ Anniversary Date _________________
License Class _______________________ First Year Licensed ________________
Email Address _______________________________
I am interested in serving on one of the committees Please contact me with more details _____
FARC ndash PO BOX 5912 FRESNO CA 93755-5912
Fresno Amateur Radio Club
Page 13
2010 AMATEUR RADIO EXAMS
UNLICENSED THRU EXTRA CLASS
Sponsored By the FRESNO Volunteer Exam (VE) TEAM
And The
FRESNO AMATEUR RADIO CLUB INC
AMERICAN RADIO RELAY LEAGUE
Exams for all Amateur license classes will be conducted on the following dates in Fresno California All
exams are given on Saturday and begin at 930 AM
Nov 13
LOCATION Bonaventure Mobile Home Park 1724 Minnewawa Ave Clovis CA 93612-2545 Exams
are held in the community room
DIRECTIONS From Highway 99 South of Fresno exit Clovis Ave Go north to Shaw and turn left on
Shaw to Minnewawa Turn right on Minnewawa and then left to the Mobile Home Park From Highway
41 or Highway 99 North of Fresno take Shaw Ave exit turn right (East) to Minnewawa Ave and turn
left Then turn left into the Mobile Home Park
Theory exams are multiple choice Priority mail is used to send paperwork to ARRL who sends data to
FCC via electronic mail thus assuring the fastest possible service on new licenses which typically arrive
in about two weeks
BRING Two IDrsquos one with photo Taxpayer ID Number (Social Security Number) or FCC Registration
Number (preferred) Fee $1500 per test session Bring Exact change Original and copy of Amateur
License if upgrading Talk in on 14694 repeater
Walk inrsquos only no pre-registration
More Info Contact Charles (559) 431-2038
4364 E Ashlan Ave Fresno Ca 93726
Phone (559) 227-2986
Shop at SPARKYrsquoS for all your electronic needs
Everything in electronics for
HOBBYIST
DO-IT-YOURSELFER EXPERIMENTER
Professional and Amateur Radio publications
Since 1963
Shortwave radios-Parts-Tools
Computer Accessories-LAN-Data Comm Cables and wire
Fresno Amateur Radio Club
Page 14
FRESNO AMATEUR RADIO CLUB INC
PO Box 5912 Fresno CA 93755-5912
Send To
FARC DUES ARE $1500 PER YEAR FOR FULL MEMBER-SHIP Additional family members in the same household
are $500 each per year Make checks payable to FARC and send to
PO Box 5912 Fresno Ca 93755-5912
Upcoming 2010
Fresno Amateur Radio Club
Activities and Events
No Board Meeting this month
Sept 10th FARC Club
Meeting
2010 Fresno Amateur Radio Club Application
Date ______
Name _________________________________________ Callsign _________
Address ___________________________________ State ____ Zip ____________
Home Phone ___________________ Business Phone _______________________
Occupation ______________________________ Birth Date _________________
Spouses Name ______________________ Anniversary Date _________________
License Class _______________________ First Year Licensed ________________
Email Address _______________________________
I am interested in serving on one of the committees Please contact me with more details _____
FARC ndash PO BOX 5912 FRESNO CA 93755-5912
Fresno Amateur Radio Club
Page 14
FRESNO AMATEUR RADIO CLUB INC
PO Box 5912 Fresno CA 93755-5912
Send To
FARC DUES ARE $1500 PER YEAR FOR FULL MEMBER-SHIP Additional family members in the same household
are $500 each per year Make checks payable to FARC and send to
PO Box 5912 Fresno Ca 93755-5912
Upcoming 2010
Fresno Amateur Radio Club
Activities and Events
No Board Meeting this month
Sept 10th FARC Club
Meeting
2010 Fresno Amateur Radio Club Application
Date ______
Name _________________________________________ Callsign _________
Address ___________________________________ State ____ Zip ____________
Home Phone ___________________ Business Phone _______________________
Occupation ______________________________ Birth Date _________________
Spouses Name ______________________ Anniversary Date _________________
License Class _______________________ First Year Licensed ________________
Email Address _______________________________
I am interested in serving on one of the committees Please contact me with more details _____
FARC ndash PO BOX 5912 FRESNO CA 93755-5912