New Mexico Section News for January 2011
Hero’s Club
Robert Fox, KA5VRV
Christopher Aas, NB5T
William L Nohrn, N5UNB
Raymond J Caraveo, N5IZV
Evan R. Newlon, WB5HAM
Stuart Simon (Stu) K2QBU
Jess Wright, W5QDW
The “Hero’s club” is a listing of those generous hams who have contributed equipment for our efforts to get radio clubs into the schools and encourage the students to become active hams. The donated equipment will be available to any school Amateur Radio club in the state. A licensed Amateur will be needed as the custodian of the equipment. Welcome to our newest contributor Jess Wright, W5QDW.
***I would like to remind everyone to check out the New Mexico Section web page www.arrl-nm.org. Thanks to Mike Pendley, K5ATM for the design and implementation of the site. . If you are not set up on the site contact Mike Pendley, K5ATM at k5atm@arrl.net.
*** Diane Nihart, KE5UHB, is still working to get the ARRL Teacher’s Institute here in Albuquerque. This is a very important offering by ARRL and we need as much support as we can get. Please contact Diane at dewnihart@comcast.net, or the Section ASM for Education Richard St John, K5RSJ, at rstjohn@q.com.
***Mike Langner, K5MGR, who is our Public Information Coordinator, has prepared a presentation which he gave to the Oasis program in Albuquerque titled “Introduction to Amateur (Ham) Radio”. Oasis is a life-long learning organization for the 50+ set. The presentation was so well received that Mike put it into a CD format with video and audio. This could be used by any club to promote Amateur Radio. Mike will be happy to provide a CD to any group that would like a copy. You can contact Mike at k5mgr@arrl.net.
***CHRIS DRUMMOND, KC5IZR has a new repeater up and running in Rio Rancho. The frequency is 443.700 + offset with a PL of 162.2 Hz. Chris would like to know what his coverage is in the Albuquerque area.
***January 4 to 6 – Mesilla Valley ARC held a Tech Class at the clubhouse. 12 passed their Tech. The class was made up of three students from the Las Cruces Fire Department, two LC-PD officers, three students from the NMSU PD dispatch office, and two emergency managers from Dona Ana County, as well as the NMSU Dep. Chief and his wife. The Emergency Coordinator for NM Department of Homeland Security region 6 was also a student. The class included four private citizens with ties to the emergency response field. We also helped the City of Las Cruces chief radio tech get his Technician license and he is already working on upgrading to General. The class was taught by George Kopp (KD5OHA), Bob Bennitt (AD5LJ), Alex Burr (K5XY), Kevin McNelis (K5KMC), and Dave Hassell (WA5DJJ). The test was administered Thursday afternoon by John Hempling(N5WQ ), Sandy Hempling (KJ5Q ), Dave Anderson (K5DLA ), Joe Ostrowski (KI5FJ ) and Henry Schotzko (AD5FE). Thanks to Vern Vonheeder, WV5N and Cash Olsen, KD5SSJ.
*** January 8 & 9 – The High Desert ARC – held a Technician License class (Saturday & Sunday). Class was held at the FEMA/US&R/NM-TF1 warehouse classroom at 5880 Office Blvd, NE, Albuquerque. 20 passed the Tech exam and 3 passed the General. Thanks to Marty Soffran, NM5M, and the club for the class and the new hams.
*** January 15 – The High Desert ARC VE Team held an amateur radio license exam session for all three-license classes. The session was held at the Northwest Albuquerque Police Substation on Ellison (same location as the monthly club meeting). 3 passed the Tech, 3 passed the General and 2 passed the Extra. Thanks to Marty Soffran, NM5MS, and the High Desert for this service. Keep up the good work folks.
***January 22 – Pecos Valley ARC held a VE testing session at the Clubhouse. They had a total of nine applicants testing. They had one pass the Tech and two pass for General. Thanks to Paul Toro, N5DCT and Donna Paul, KD5IXL. Great job and thanks for the info.
***January 29 – 16th Annual Winter Tailgate Swapfest – Sponsored by the 146.58 simplex gang was held at the Amtech Technology Center – 8600 Jefferson St. NE, Albuquerque. The tailgate was a great success and very well attended. Even folks from Socorro came up for it. Thanks to Gary, KH6JTM and the 146.58 simplex group.
***January 29 – Bernalillo County ARES – An Amateur Radio Digital mode class was held at the Bernalillo County EOC, and there were 30 people in attendance. Attending were people from Las Cruces, Socorro, Torrance County, Santa Fe, Corrales, Rio Rancho, Albuquerque and the State of Pennsylvania. The class focused on the FLDIGI software from W1HKJ and RMSExpress from the Amateur Radio Safety Foundation, Inc. There will be another digital mode class scheduled in Bernalillo County in the near future. Thanks to Jay Miller, W5WHN, for teaching the class, Bill Boedeker, NM5BB, who assisted and Gary Surad, K5BIQ for providing the BCEOC class room.
Coming Attractions
***February 19 – High Desert ARC – will hold a testing session at 10:30 AM at the NW Albuquerque Police Substation (same place the club meets) on Ellison. The club will do a VE testing session before each monthly meeting starting at 10:30 AM. Contact Marty Soffran, NM5MS, 410-3992
*** March 27 – The Mesilla Valley Radio Club (MVRC) will be operating Special Events station K5B in conjunction with the 22nd Annual Bataan Memorial Death March Marathon held at the White Sands Missile Range from 1000Z to 2300Z. The station will operate from the MVRC clubhouse. Information about the event can be found at: http://www.bataanmarch.com. There will be a special K5B QSL card available for any station that requests one. A sample of it will be posted on the K5B Web page as soon as it is finalized and approved by the event’s management. The K5B Web page is: http://www.n5bl.org/bataan. The event was an outstanding success last year. K5B will be operating on or near the following frequencies:
- Seventy-five meters: 3.893 Mhz
- Forty meters: 7.225 Mhz
- Twenty meters: 14.330 Mhz
- Fifteen meters: 21.337 Mhz
Requests for K5B QSL cards can be sent to the following address:
Special Events Station K5B
c/o Mesilla Valley Radio Club
P. O. Box 1443
Las Cruces, NM 88004-1443
U.S.A.
***March 25 to 27 – Technician Level Class Friday March 25th 6p-9p, Saturday March 26th 8a-5p, and Sunday March 27 8a-5p Bernalillo County Atrium Building 6840 Second Street NW Albuquerque, NM 87107 – Contact Mike Rose, KE5MJM, 505-610-9563, ms_rose28@msn.com
***May 1, 2011 – Run for the Zoo – Information/volunteers: please contact Ed Ricco, n5li@arrl.net. 247-4866(h); 768-7314(w).
***May 15, 2011 – Santa Fe Century – Information/volunteers: please contact Ed Ricco, n5li@arrl.net. 247-4866(h); 768-7314(w).
***June 4, 2011 – Albuquerque Century/Tour de Cure. – Information/volunteers: please contact Ed Ricco, n5li@arrl.net. 247-4866(h); 768-7314(w).
***June 11 to 19 – General Level Class – 2 weekends Saturday June 11th 8a-5p, Sunday June 12th 8a-5p, Saturday June 18th 8a-5p, and Sunday June 19th 8a-5p Bernalillo County Atrium Building, 6840 Second Street NW Albuquerque, NM 87107 – Contact Mike Rose, KE5MJM, 505-610-9563, ms_rose28@msn.com
The Net Counts for January are:
NET NAME CONTACTS QSTs
NM Roadrunner Net: 1234 119
NM Breakfast Club: 1193 120
Caravan Club Net: 73 7
Rusty’s Raiders Net: 637 93
Valencia County ARA Net: 66 11
Yucca Net: 722 36
Four Corners Net: 580 40
High Desert ARC Net: 20 5
SCAT Net: 761 102
220 Ragchewers Net: 103 6
40 Meter Anchor Net: 92 0
(Many thanks to Don Grab, K5BIS, for keeping track of all the nets and reporting each month.)
If you do not see your net here send your end of month numbers to Don Grab, K5BIS! I would like to see the ARES nets represented as well.
For a listing of all nets in New Mexico, please go to www.arrl-nm.org
ARRL Silent Key Report, January 2011
Name, Call, and Address of Silent Key:
GARY L DIAMOND, K5FSB
ALBUQUERQUE, NM 87110
Reported by: Brian Mileshosky, N5ZGT
HARVEY G BRIGGS, WA6HWQ
Bosque, NM 87006
Reported by: Bill Firth, KE5TOB, Goose Gaussion, K5EMH, Paul Ridley, N5PR
WARREN A RUNNELLS, N5OFT
RIO RANCHO, NM 87124
Reported by: Don Grab, K5BIS
JACK R PAULE, W5JRP
SANTA FE, NM 87501
Reported by: Don Grab, K5BIS, Roland Bibeau, K1DVA
Several club newsletters are sent to me and I greatly appreciate receiving them. I have also received information from people for inclusion in the newsletter. Be sure to give me all the information. Don’t assume I know names, calls, dates and locations. They are all important. This is your Section and what you do is important. If your club does not have a PIO please get one and let me know the important things your club is doing. Have a great month.
Don – W5FHA
Thought For The Day: Don’t lose / Your head / To gain a minute / You need your head / Your brains are in it / Burma-Shave
