February 6, 2013
NM Section Web Pages. When the Section web site was initially set up pages were reserved for clubs/organizations to lay out their own information. First is the calendar; if you would like to add an event to the calendar visit the “instructions” drop-down then read the instructions under “Add Event”. Next are the club/organization specific pages. If your club already has a web site that’s good. You can still enter your basic club info such as date, time and place of meetings, contacts and a link to your private page. If your club doesn’t have a web site this is a good place to put it and it wont cost you anything. Read the drop-down, “Organizations Help”, then send me (w5yej@arrl.net) a note and we’ll get you signed up with your own login so you can edit your respective pages on the Section site. No one other than you or your club is responsible for the information on your club/organization web page.
AB5WJ on the mend. Frank went in for treatment of myastenia gravis in middle December. Since that time Kennie and a lot of friends (and a few doctors) have been doing what they can to get Frank back on his feet and back home. Kennie has been sending regular status reports and her most recent indicates Frank may be home about the 10th of February. Get well, Frank!
2013 Field Day Packet Available: June 22 and 23 are the Field Day weekend this year. It’s not too early to start your planning and get your group together for this fun event. http://www.arrl.org/news/2013-field-day-packet-now-available
Soliciting volunteers for the DCHF. Ed James, KA8JMW, NM Section Assistant Section Manager and Chairman 2013 Duke City Hamfest
This year’s Duke City Hamfest will be held in Albuquerque on August 9th & 10th; the DCHF is enjoyed by numerous amateur radio operators around New Mexico and surrounding states, seeks to grow its volunteer organizing team.
This is a call for anyone who might be interested in becoming part of this fun and friendly group.
No prior experience organizing a hamfest is necessary, and new hams wanting to get involved are especially welcome. The Duke City Hamfest is looking
for folks who enjoy any of ham radio’s many facets including QRP, homebrewing, public service communications, DXing, club leadership, ragchewing, technology, VE exams, etc. We encourage and welcome new ideas to expand or improve the annual event.
You do not need to reside in Albuquerque to get involved.
We are especially looking for individuals associated with as many New Mexico ham clubs as possible (especially outside of Albuquerque).
The time commitment is typically minimal (monthly meeting; remote participation by teleconference is possible, plus group communication via email listserve), and the group supports each other as a team, making it easy for new or time-constrained folks to get involved.
If you would like more information, or are interested in becoming a part of the Duke City Hamfest team, please drop us a line at chairman@dukecityhamfest.org
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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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NEWS FROM OUR ARRL AFFILIATED CLUBS IN NM
The information below is taken from club web sites or direct emails received from club members. Members may feel free to email or call me any time with their current club activities……..W5YEJ
Alamogordo Amateur Radio Club Hamfest: 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. Next VE session March 2, 2013, 11:30 AM at the Otero County Fairgrounds. For more info contact Ellen Pote , AE5PP at arrl.net . 29th Annual Hamfest coming up on August 31st at the Otero County Fairgrounds in Alamogordo. 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 March 2, 2013. Co-sponsor of the spring tailgate at TransCore on April 27th. http://www.qsl.net/albuquerquearc/index.html
Albuquerque DX Association now meets on the last 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 PM. 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 February 8th at the Heights Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 8600 Academy Road in Albuquerque with a special presentation from the FBI.
Duke City Hamfest: The Duke City Hamfest is set for August 9-11, 2013. Details coming soon. 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. Web site could use update! 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. Greyhound is getting ready to install their VHF & UHF repeaters at Redlake. For locations and frequencies see http://org.enmu.edu/enmuarc/events.php
High Desert Amateur Radio Club: next club meeting will be on Saturday, February 16th, at 10:00 AM at the West Albuquerque Police Station, 4051 Ellison Ave. NW, directly across the street from Cibola High School. There will be a presentation by Rocky Mountain Division Directory, Brian Mileshosky, N5ZGT, on antenna modeling. VE testing is available the 3rd Saturday of each month. See web site for contact and pre-registration info. From HiDarc web site, “The next Explora Museum’s Adult Night will be February 8th, 2013 from 7 PM to 10 PM. The theme is “Valentines” and should be very interesting. http://www.nm5hd.com/
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! OO KJ5KU reports hearing unusual activity on 446.0. Please keep in mind this is a National Calling Frequency and should not be used for retransmitting other repeater networks. http://www.laarc.org/
Mesilla Valley Radio Club (Las Cruces): MVRC is making plans for Field Day, June 22-23, and their Bean Feed coming up on April 28th.Next meeting March 2nd 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 1:00 PM. The MRGARC also meets for coffee at Quarters on the west side. Next meeting Feb 10th at 1300 with a presentation by Larry Goga, AE5CZ, on DV in the HF bands. AB5WJ should be back home in a few days. Check their calendar at http://nm5mr.com/.
Mimbres Valley Radio Club, Deming: Next Club Meeting February 13th at 6:00 PM at Deming High School. Check in on the club net on Tuesday evenings at 0200Z on 3852 kHz. 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 February 9th. http://nmsarsupport.org/
Pecos Valley Amateur Radio Club (Roswell) 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. PVARC will be monitoring the Pecos Valley Stampede on February 23rd. There will be a half marathon, 10K run/walk and 2 mile run/walk. Coordinator is Sandra, KE5PPP. VE testing temporarily on hold while Paul, N5DCT, is recovering from his illness. http://www.qsl.net/w5zu/
Santa Fe Amateur Radio Club: Meets every Saturday morning at 7:00 AM at the Pantry Restaurant, 1820 Cerillos Road in Santa Fe. Look for a bunch of hams sitting at a long table in the back room. SFARC is preparing to add VHF to their D-Star rack currently operating on UHF only. http://w5sf.com/meetings_activities.html
Sacramento Mountains Radio Club meets the second Sunday of each month at 2 PM at the James Canyon VFD. Breakfast schedule for 2013 is first and third Fridays at the Western Café, the second Friday at the Mayhill Café and the fourth Friday at the Weed Café and fifth Friday at the Western Café. 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 7:00 PM – 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 7:30 PM. SCARES conducted elections at their January 21st meeting. New officers elected are: Ronney Sluga, KB0PMY, president; Terry Breitenfeldt, N7EXB, vice president; Ron Reder, NM5AA, treasurer; Ron Guerrero, KF5MTU, secretary. 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. SBARC is conducting General training and testing beginning February 19th. Contact VEC(at)sbarcnm.org for more information or to sign up for this class. Use email subject “2013 General Class License Training” http://www.sbarcnm.org/
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. Next meeting is February 13th at 19:30 at the Socorro County EOC. Coffee every Saturday 8:00 to 9:30 at McDonalds. 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 Next meeting February 13th at 6PM in the Kit Carson board room. For a complete listing of Taos area repeaters and other club info go to http://www.taosarc.com/index.html
Totah Amateur Radio Club Totah ARC meets on the second Thursday of every month at Farmington Fire Station 6, 3101 West Main at 7:30 PM. Next meeting February 14th at 7:30 PM. According to Don Cooper, N5GOL, D-Star is coming to Farmington soon. http://totaharc.org/
Upper Rio FM Society, Inc. (Albuquerque). The Upper Rio FM Society, Inc., (URFMSI) will hold its next quarterly meeting on Tuesday, April 9th, 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. Upper Rio is now operating both VHF & UHF modules on D-Star. The latest is VHF at 146.86 which was the old phone-patch only repeater located at the Hub near the Truman gate. http://www.urfmsi.org/wp/
Valencia County Amateur Radio Association (Belen): Next meeting February 26th at 7PM at the VCARA Clubhouse located at 302 Rio Communities Blvd, Belen, NM. Wednesday evening net on 146.70 at 8PM. VE testing February 9th at the club house 9:00 AM to noon. http://kc5our.com/wordpress/
Net Traffic Reports for January (reported by ARRL ASM Don Grab, K5BIS):
NM Roadrunner Tfk. Net: 1499/50
NM Breakfast Club: 1367/110
Caravan Club Net: 58/9
Yucca Net: 874/78
Four Corners Net: 641/56
Rustys Raiders Net: 470/81
Scat Net: 980/175
Red Cross NM Radio Net: 682
Valencia Cnty. ARA Net: 50/22
Coming Attractions – mark your calendars!
March 17, 2013: Bataan Memorial Death March, White Sands Missile Range, http://www.bataanmarch.com/
April 27, 2013: Spring tailgate sponsored by Albuquerque Amateur Radio Club and Albuquerque Radio Caravan Club, TransCore parking lot.
April 28, 2013: Annual Bean Feed, Mesilla Valley Radio Club, 6609 Jefferson, Las Cruces. http://n5bl.org/index.html
June 22 – 23, 2013: Field Day 2013 http://www.arrl.org/news/2013-field-day-packet-now-available
June 28 – 30 2013: Rocky Mountain Division Convention, Estes Park, CO. http://www.hamconcolorado.org/wordpress/
August 9-10: DCHF 2013, Albuquerque NM. http://www.dukecityhamfest.org/
August 31, 2013: Alamogordo Amateur Radio Club 29th annual Hamfest 7 AM to 2 PM, Otero County Fairgrounds. http://www.qsl.net/k5lrw/hamfest.htm
Jul 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, CT, July 17 – 20, 2014. The Convention will mark 100 years of the ARRL’s founding in Hartford. The theme for the ARRL’s Centennial year is “Advancing the Art and Science of radio — since 1914”.
Silent Key Report reported by Don Grab, K5BIS, NM ASM:
Jack Elliot, W5ZZM, Los Lunas, 1/18
Keith Earl, K5MVC Albuquerque, 1/21
Marjorie Hughes, Albuquerque, 1/26
Bill Pace K5MXQ, Albuquerque, 1/27
Bob Hajek, W9QBH, past Illinois Section Emergency Coordinator, life-member ARRL, life-member APCO and member/secretary Sandoval County ARES passed away on Dec 23, 2012 after a long bout with cancer. Reported by Ron Reder, NM5AA.
Robert Gordon Lockyear, N5BVT, on Jan 4, 2013 in Las Cruces. Bob was an Army veteran during the Viet Nam war and a design engineer at White Sands Missile Range. Reported by Henry Newton, KC5WYA.
General Information
The Section Web site, designed and implemented by Mike Pendley, K5ATM, can be found at www.arrl-nm.org. If your club or group is not yet set up on the web site please contact Mike at k5atm (at) arrl.net and he will take care of you. Our thanks to Mike for the great job he’s doing and many thanks to our web host sponsor, Southwest Cyberport (swcp).
Visit our national organization, ARRL, at arrl.org.
To make sure your club events are reported in the Section News please email me at w5yej@arrl.net.
73, Bill W5YEJ
