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The SinePost The Monthly Newsletter of the Eastern Connecticut Amateur Radio Association
A Message from the President
October 2016
Hello members and associates of ECARA.
This month we will hold our meeting at the Quinebaug Valley Communications
Center in Dayville, CT. At last month’s meeting, I passed out the ECARA /DEMHS
Communications Operator ID Cards. I will have the remaining cards with me at this
month’s meeting, so you can pick yours up there if you weren’t at the last meeting.
On October 15, 2016, ECARA members will host the annual Scouting Jamboree on
the Air for local scouts at the Jesse Hay –Waldron Camp at 108 Mountain Hill Rd
North Grosvenordale, CT. We will set up a couple of HF stations on Friday night,
and will operate from 10 AM to 6PM on Saturday. The call sign we will be using this
year is K1MUJ. We are registered with the international JOTA site under K1MUJ.
We had fun last year at this event, and assisted about 75 scouts operate the stations
and communicate with other scouts across the world. Hopefully the band conditions
will cooperate. We will also be using the K1MUJ repeater for scouts to get exposure
to repeater operation. If you can’t make the event, please make contact with our local
scouts on the repeater.
See you at the meeting.
73,
K1CSP
John Szamocki
2016 Officers President
John Szamocki
Thompson, CT K1CSP
Vice President Tiffany Phillips Danielson, CT
KC1BLH
Secretary Peter Johnson
Danielson, CT
K1NLX [email protected]
Treasurer Frances Rollinson Pomfret Center, CT
KB1DNO
Permanent Trustee Ed Shekleton
Willington, CT
K1ZE
Trustee
Dr Mike Therrien
Putnam, CT
N1MD
Trustee Vincenzo Mazzarella
Danielson, CT
KB1JDX [email protected]
Member at Large Al Lafleur Quinebaug, CT
K1AGL
Member at Large Christy Johnson
Danielson, CT
N7BEO
NEXT MEETING
QUINEBAUG VALLEY
EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS
1249 Hartford Pike, East Killingly, CT
06243 Get Directions
Monday 7PM, October 10
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ECARA Monthly Meeting 9/12/16 at Camp Waldron, N.
Grosvenordale, CT.
Meeting called to order at 1903 hrs.
Attending Members:
K1CSP, John KB1DNO, Frankie
K1NLX, Peter KC1BLH, Tiffany
K1ZE, Ed N1NNP, Mimi
KA1MPG, Jon N7BEO,Christy
KA1MPI, Ron
Visitors, Guests & Past Members: none
K1CSP presiding. Quorum established to conduct business.
Secretary’s Report:
Motion made to accept the July and August minutes as
published in the August & September SinePosts; seconded and
carried.
Treasure’s Report:
For the months of July & August; beginning balance:
$8008.19; receipts: dues – $19.12; none; expenses: liability
insurance - $320.00, annual PO box fee - $48.00; ending
balance: $7659.31. Motion made to accept the July and
August Treasurer’s Reports as read; seconded and carried.
Old Business:
Discussion of options for replacement/repair of the long
wire HF dipole antenna at the Camp Waldron Jessie Hay
Lodge. Installation of a ~15ft pipe mast as a gable mount,
or a small pedestal mounted tower secured to the gable
were discussed in more detail. The option of a weighted
line on the anchor tree at each end was not recommended
if the balun needed to be fixed at the center to a pipe mast
due to the dynamic asymmetric lateral forces that may be
applied to the balun during high winds. A proposal needs
to be developed for presentation to the Lodge directors for
approval. Ctc: K1CSP
The Brooklyn Fair was briefly discussed indicating that
several visitors were interested in the Tech course starting
this month. Club awaiting report from KB1JDX.
New Business:
BSA/GSA JOTA event to be held 10/15-16. Set up of 2
HF & 1 VHF stations at lodge on 10/14 discussed & need
for volunteers to man 10AM to 6PM operation next 2
days. KA1MPG, KA1MPI, N1NNP, K1ZE, K1JFT on
board; K1AGL to be contacted by K1CSP, others
welcome. K1CSP will coordinate with W1EQ for press
coverage. Ctc: K1CSP
Flea market 2017 discussed. The Southington club has
posted that their event will be on 3/19 so it was
recommended that our event should be scheduled for 3/18
(as in the past). Venues for the 2017 event were
discussed: Elk’s Club, only has round tables requiring that
rectangular ones be rented & brought in); E Putnam FD is
not big enough to accommodate & would not have
enough tables anyway; St Joseph’s Hall, Dayville (2016
fee $150) has space & parking issues but should remain
an option; Thompson Community Center ($75 fee) has
plenty of space, parking & tables but 6AM opening may
be issue, K1CSP to inquire further.
Tech class to start 9/21 and to continue each Wed for
10wks. Ctc: KB1JDX
The Thompson Community Day on 9/25, is from noon to
4PM, and the trailer will be there. Volunteers needed.
Ctc: KB1JDX
As the SinePost transitions to KC1BLH, she has created
the new SinePost email address: [email protected]
which will be used for distribution and service requests.
Spouse of silent key WA1LP contacted club and offered
equipment to club for flea market. Equipment was picked
up by K1CSP & K1ZE.
No updates were available for the DMR system at this
time. It was also reported that the recent VHF contest had
very limited activity.
The club received a first place award for the VHF contest
held in September. Named scorers in the award were
W1UJ, N1WK, KR1U, KE1LI, K1CSP, K1ZE, KB1TIM
for a total of 28,044 points. Award certificate filed with
club secretary.
Potential 2017 field day locations were identified:
Thompson (Pasay Rd), the ball field next to QVEC, and
Pomfret Recreational Park. Ctc: KA1MPG
Good of the order: need more use of the K1MUJ repeater
Meeting adjourned at 2005hrs.
A shout out to all those who put in the time & effort to make this club great!
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Brooklyn Fair
Thompson Community Day
A big shout out to Vinny KB1JDX, Phil KB1JQA, and
anyone who volunteered at these two great events that gain community awareness for our hobby and club!!!
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ECARA Calendar of special events 2016: Club meetings held every second Monday of each month.
Event Date Purpose Contact/Net
Control Attendance
O’Putnam Road Race 3/13 Safety & communications KB1JDX 6 attended
ECARA Flea Market table set-up 3/18 8PM, St Joseph’s church hall, Dayville K1NLX 8 attended
ECARA Flea Market 3/19 Club fund raiser K1NLX ~doz attended
VE Session 3/19 Examination for those needing ham license KB1JDX 3 VEs
ECARA Breakfast #1 3/26 Social event, Main St Grille, Putnam
0900 K1NLX 23 attended
Monthly meeting at QVEC 4/11 Monthly business agenda at 911 facility K1CSP 23 attended
Jog with Judy 5/7 Safety & communications K1AGL 4-6 ops needed
Sky Warn Class TBD Storm spotting & reporting, Location TBD TBD Anyone interested
Woodstock Road Race 5/30 Safety & communications KE1LI 10 attended
VE Session 6/8 Tests for new Techs and license upgrades KB1JDX 6 attended
DKH 5K Road Race 6/18 Safety & communications KE1LI TBD
Kid’s Day 6/18 Demonstration and promote Amateur Radio
services to youth (1-7PM) K1CSP Numerous OPS attended
ECARA Field Day 6/24-26 Contesting & emergency readiness KA1MPG Couple dozen + attended
Annual ECARA Picnic 8/13 Socialization, and business related activities
(if any), BYODrinks K1CSP 13 attended
VJ Day Parade 8/14 Safety & communications KB1JDX TBD
Brookyn Fair 8/25-28 Promote Ham Radio to public KB1JDX
Thompson Community Day 9/25 Promote Ham Radio to public KB1JDX TBD
Harvester 5K Road Race Sep Safety & communications TBD
Woodstock Road Race Oct Woodstock Academy TBD
Monthly meeting at QVEC 10/10 Monthly business agenda at 911 facility K1NLX
ECARA Breakfast #2 Oct Social event, Main St Grille, Putnam
0900 K1NLX Members, family & friends
BSA/GSA JOTA 10/14-16 Promotion of ham radio for emergency
communications K1CSP Half doz volunteers
ARRL 2016 Simulated Emergency Test (SET)
TBD Exercise in emergency communications N1CLV
Dazzle Light Parade 11/27 Safety & communications (rain date TBD) TBD
ECARA Election of Officers & Xmas Party
12/12 Social & administrative event; officer election 6PM @ Classic Pizza, Rt6, Brooklyn
K1NLX Members, family & friends
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Membership Application Form:
Eastern Connecticut Amateur Radio Association
Membership Application / Renewal
New Membership; Renewal Membership Today’s Date:
If you are already a “Ham”, please complete below then
the yellow area:
If you are an aspiring “Ham”, please complete below then
the yellow area:
ADDITIONAL INFO (not required, but
helpful)
PLEASE SELECT ONE:
CALL SIGN: FIRST & LAST NAME: YOUR DOB:
INDIVIDUAL
($20/yr)
LICENSE CLASS:
STREET ADDR: SPOUSE NAME:
FAMILY ($30/yr)
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ECARA Treasurer, PO Box 63 Dayville, CT 06241, Phone # 860 928 5147, Fax # 860 928 3844