December 7th, 2012
Valencia County Amateur Radio Station KC5OUR from the VCARA news.
VCARA invites Hams and interested friends to help send Christmas Greetings around the world from Bethlehem, New Mexico. Again this year KC5OUR will operate as a special event station from Bethlehem (Belen is Spanish for Bethlehem) to send Christmas greetings to other Ham stations around the world. You are invited to our new club station in Rio Communities to take your turn at the microphone or for just for a visit. Coaches will be on hand to assist those with Amateur Radio licenses that do not include the HF bands, those who are not yet licensed, and those needing to learn or refresh their HF operating skills. Individuals, groups, families and youth are welcome!
Because many stations will be trying to talk with us rather than we having to hunt for folks, operating our Bethlehem station is a rewarding experience. And, this year the radio wave propagation conditions are great so we hope to make a lot of contacts.
The club station has two radios located in a separate room so the noise of the members and visitors will not interfere with the operators. In addition to being voice messages, one of the radios can be switched to the exciting PSK31 digital mode where communications are from a computer keyboard.
Dates: Operations are planned from 8 AM to 3+ PM for the week before Christmas: Tuesday, December 18th thru Monday, December 24th.
Get on the operator schedule: Call or email Ralph, NM5RC, 821-7636 or nm5rc @ msn.com to get on the schedule. Of course you are welcome to drop by anytime, but getting on the schedule will give you a reserved seat and, if necessary or desired, a coach.
Station location: 302 Rio Communities Blvd, Belen, NM Located upstairs (2nd story – outside entry via covered stairway from west side of building) in adjacent building north of MyBank. Look for our new tower/antenna. Talk-in on the club repeater (146.700, +, 100).
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From KD5OHA in the December 2012 MVRC Local Oscillator: Competitive races are once more being organized in Las Cruces. On Sunday, November 18th, several members of the club set out to prove that Amateur radio operators and horses don’t melt in the rain. We got a little wet but the temperature wasn’t bad. Many thanks to KD5OHA, KC7VHS, Perry, and K5DLA, Dave, who helped as jump judges at the Las Cruces Horseman’s Association Annual Jumps at Isaacks Ranch. Then on November 22 the Las Cruces Runners Club revived the Turkey Trot race which started at La Llorona Park. On the paved runner’s path, the 10K went to the end of the trail near the Calle del Norte river bridge, the 5K run turned around was just south of the I 10 river bridge. There were over 250 runners. Thanks to KD5OHA, KC5SKE, K5DLA, AD5FE, and KF5KHG, all of whom helped with keeping track of the runners on the radio.
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Hero’s Club by Don Wood, W5FHA, past Section Manager
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. There are only three requirements to obtain this equipment. 1) The custodian of the equipment must be 18 years of age or older and a General Class licensee or better, 2) The club must be sanctioned by the school, 3) A member of the school staff must be the sponsor of the club. The school sponsor does not have to be a ham. Available equipment is currently being inventoried and tested. Contact Don Wood, W5FHA (w5fha@arrl.net) for a list of the available equipment or to make your donation.
Hero’s club contributors include:
Robert Fox, KA5VRV; Christopher Aas, NB5T; William L. Nohrn, N5UNB; Raymond J. Caraveo, N5IZV; Evan R. Newlon, WB5HAM; Stuart Simon (Stu), K2QBU with a second donation; Jess Wright, W5QDW – SK; Don Wood, W5FHA; Ray Hill, KB5SF; Robbie Hill, KC5FT; Dan Oppenheimer, WB6CRG SK; John Ryan, NO5LF; Julianne P. King, KD5EFT; Larry Moore, WB5IZW; Judy Moore, KA5CRK; Ray Arvidson, W5RAU-SK; Robbie Arvidson, N4CHK; Roy Venaglia, KD5GBY; Art Priebe, N5ART.
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ARRL AFFILIATED CLUBS IN NM
Alamogordo Amateur Radio Club: The club meets at 8:00am on the first Saturday of the month for breakfast at Alamo Grill. Interested hams are invited to join this informal meal and rag chew. Regular monthly meetings on the third Sunday of each month at 3PM at the Parish Hall of St John’s Episcopal Church, 1114 Indiana Ave. http://www.qsl.net/k5lrw/index.htm
Albuquerque Amateur Radio Club breakfast and meeting at Ropers on 1st Saturday of the month Breakfast at 7AM, meeting at 8AM. Ropers is on the south side of Central east of Wyoming. Next meeting is January 7th, 2013. http://www.qsl.net/albuquerquearc/index.html
Albuquerque DX Association meets on the third Wednesday of each month (except December and the first Saturday in January) at the Copper Canyon Café, 5455 Gibson Blvd SE, Albuquerque. Dinner at 5:30 and meeting at 6:30. http://www.qsl.net/adxa/index.htm
Amateur Radio Caravan Club (Albuquerque) conducts a Net each Sunday evening at 9:00 PM local time on 145.33 and 444.0 Mhz. for the purpose of holding club business, passing traffic, making announcements of interest to Hams and just getting to know each other. Caravan Club meets on the 2nd Friday of the month. Next meeting on Dec 14th at the Heights Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 8600 Academy Road in Albuquerque.
Duke City Hamfest: Tentative date for the Duke City Hamfest is August 9-13, 2013. Stay tuned! http://www.dukecityhamfest.org/.
Estancia Valley Amateur Radio Association meets at the Chili Hills II Restaurant across old Route 66 (Hwy 333) from the TA Travel Center in Moriarty on the second Saturday of each month. Breakfast at 0830 and meeting at 0900. Nets each Tuesday on 146.72 at 7:30 PM. http://qsl.net/nm5ev/
Greyhound Amateur Radio Club (Portales) conducts the Greyhound ARES net every Tuesday evening at 7:00PM on the 147.000 repeater. The club meets the first and third Saturdays each month. Meetings are held in Conference Room 203 in the KENW Broadcast Center on the campus of Eastern New Mexico University. For locations and frequencies see http://org.enmu.edu/enmuarc/events.php
High Desert Amateur Radio Club: next club meeting will be on Saturday, January 19th, at 10:00 AM at the West Albuquerque Police Station, 4051 Ellison Ave. NW, directly across the street from Cibola High School. VE testing is available the 3rd Saturday of each month. See web site for contact and preregistration info. http://www.nm5hd.com/
HDARC ARRL VEC team VE report for November 2012 reported by Marty Soffran, NM5MS, HDARC ARRL VEC liaison:
Nov 10 – Test Session Following General License Class
El 3 – 2 people passed
El 3 & 4 – 1 person passed
Nov 17 – Monthly Test Session
El 2 & 3 – 2 people passed
El 3 – 1 person passed
El 4 – 1 person passed
Los Alamos Amateur Radio Club: sponsors two weekly nets; a Two Meter FM Net that meets on Sunday at 2000 local time on the W5PDO repeater at 146.88 MHz and a Ten Meter USB Net that meets later on Sunday at 2100 local time on 28.440 MHz. Meetings the second Friday of each month at CD-1, 4017 Arkansas St, Los Alamos. Meeting starts at 8PM but get there early! http://www.laarc.org/
Mesilla Valley Radio Club (Las Cruces): Next meeting January 5th at the Club House. Breakfast at 8 AM, meeting at 9 AM. Wednesday nets at 1845 on 146.64 repeater. http://n5bl.org/lo.html
Mid Rio Grande Amateur Radio Club (Albuquerque): Meetings on the 2nd Sunday of the month at APD’s Northwest Area Command across from Cibola High School at 1300. The MRGARC also meets for coffee at Quarters on the west side. No meeting for December as there will be a potluck dinner on Dec 8th. Check their calendar at http://nm5mr.com/.
Mimbres Valley Radio Club, Deming: Next Club Meeting December 12th at 6:00 PM at Deming High School. http://www.mimbresvalleyradioclub.com/index.html
New Mexico Big River Contester specializes in…….contesting! More info contact aa5b@arrl.net
New Mexico SAR Support Team, Albuquerque. Breakfast meetings at Copper Canyon Café at 5455 Gibson Blvd the second Saturday of each month at 0730, meeting at 0800. Next meeting December 8th. http://nmsarsupport.org/
Pecos Valley Amateur Radio Club (Roswell) will conduct VE testing on December 15, 2012. See their web site for requirements. PVARC holds their business meetings on the first Thursday at 7:00 PM at PVARC Headquarters at Cahoon Park and conducts the Yucca net every evening at 7 PM on the 147.18 repeater. http://www.qsl.net/w5zu/
Santa Fe Amateur Radio Club: SFARC meets every Saturday morning for breakfast at 7:00AM local time at the Pantry Restaurant in Santa Fe, located at 1820 Cerrillos Road. http://w5sf.com/index.html
Sacramento Mountains Radio Club meets the second Sunday of each month at 2 PM at the James Canyon VFD. This entire week they are conducting Technician classes with testing to follow — good luck to all the prospective new hams! Check their web site for net times and frequencies at http://sacramentomountainsradioclub.org/.
Sandoval County ARES Meetings on the 3rd Monday of each month at 1900 – location varies between Station 1 and Station 5 in Rio Rancho or the County Transportation Bldg. Net on Monday, except the 3rd Monday, on 147.10, 443.0, 443.1 and 147.08 repeaters (plus the Bern-Co ARES repeaters) at 1930. SCARES will conduct elections at their January 21st meeting. http://www.nmscares.org/
Sierra Blanca ARC meets monthly, usually on the fourth Thursday of the month, at the Alto Lakes Golf and Country Club, 1 Country Club Drive, Alto, NM at 6:00 PM. Next meeting is January 24th at 6:00 PM. http://www.sbarcnm.org/meetinginfo.html
Socorro Amateur Radio Association: SARA meetings are held, beginning at 1930 hrs local on the second Wednesday of each month (except December) in the Socorro County Annex, 198 Neel Ave. Use front door, turn right go to the back of building. Annual Banquet on December 12th at the Bodega Burger Co. on California Street at 6 PM. http://www.socorroara.org/ for info.
The Eastern NM Amateur Radio Club, Clovis: Meetings on the 2nd Saturday of each month at the Disabled American Veterans Hall at 220 W Fourth St in Clovis at 10 AM. Weekly ENMARC net on Thursday at 7 PM on 147.24+. For local frequencies and other info about the club visit http://www.ka5b.org/index.html
Taos Amateur Radio Club For a complete listing of Taos area repeaters and other club info go to http://www.taosarc.com/index.html
Totah Amateur Radio Club serving the Four Corners area will have their next meeting on Thursday, December 13that Fire Station 6 at 7:30 PM with a presentation by Doug, NQ5G, on coax connectors. http://totaharc.org/
Upper Rio FM Society, Inc. (Albuquerque). The Upper Rio FM Society, Inc., (URFMSI) will hold its next quarterly meeting on Tuesday, January 8, 2013 at 7:00pm in the Fellowship Hall of the Immanuel Presbyterian Church located at 114 Carlisle Blvd., SE, in Albuquerque. Visitors and as well as members all welcome. http://www.urfmsi.org/wp/
Valencia County Amateur Radio Association (Belen): Next meeting November 27th at 7PM at the VCARA Clubhouse located at 302 Rio Communities Blvd, Belen, NM. Wednesday evening net on 146.70 at 8PM. At the VE testing on Saturday, December 1st Della upgraded to General, Emmaline (11 years old) passed Technician. Congratulations to you both. Club Christmas Party: Saturday, December 15, 2012 from 6:00 – 9:00 pm @ the Clubhouse. http://kc5our.com/wordpress/
Net Traffic Reports for November (reported by ARRL ASM Don Grab, K5BIS):
NM Roadrunner Tfk. Net: 1420/61
NM Breakfast Club: 1232/70
Caravan Club Net: 55/5
Four Corners Net: 597/57
Yucca Net: 600/26
Rustys Raiders Net: 487/85
Valencia Cnty.ARA Net: 54/20
SCAT Net: 971/165
Red Cross NM. Radio Net: 68 Checkins.
Bernalillo County ARES had 4 sessions with 70 checkins (reported by NM TM Jay Miller, W5WHN)
Coming Attractions – mark your calendars!
January 26th, 2013: 18th Annual Albuqueruqe Winter Tailgate at the Transcore-Amtech Technology Center 8600 Jefferson Street NE, Albuquerque, NM 87101 sponsored by the 146.58 Simplex Group. http://www.arrl.org/hamfests/18th-annual-albuqueruqe-winter-tailgate for additional info.
June 28 – 30 2013: Rocky Mountain Division Convention, Estes Park, CO. http://www.hamconcolorado.org/wordpress/
August 9-13: These are the “working dates” for the 2013 Duke City Hamfest http://www.dukecityhamfest.org/
July 17-20, 2014. Dateline August 29, 2012 NEWINGTON, CT – ARRL, the national association for Amateur Radio®, announced the organization will hold its national Centennial Convention in Hartford, Connecticut, July 17-20, 2014. The Convention will mark 100 years of the ARRL’s founding in Hartford. The theme for ARRL’s Centennial year is “Advancing the Art and Science of Radio — since 1914.”
Silent Key Report:
No Silent Key reports were received this month.
General Information
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73, Bill W5YEJ/100
