March 8, 2015
N5VA goes SDR
Members of the Albuquerque Amateur Radio Club are responsible for operating the VA station, N5VA, located at the Albuquerque VA Hospital. Dick Powell, AD5CS, gave a presentation at the last meeting of the AARC describing the new HF equipment to be installed at the VA station. Codan Radio Communications headquartered in Adelaide, Australia was selected by the VA as the manufacturer of the Envoy HF software defined Smart Radio transceiver which has digital voice capability with interfaces for TCP/IP allowing remote operation. The 125W transceiver will operate into a Codan Code 411, 2-30 MHz Terminated Folded Dipole or the Codan 3040 Automatic Whip Antenna. The package also includes the Envoy SmartLink for wireless interface to the radio from remote consoles or handsets any place in the world. According to Dick some VA sites will also be equipped with the Codan 500W Power Amplifier which he hopes to have at the Albuquerque location.
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Overheard on MVRC email list
After digging to a depth of 10 feet last year outside Buffalo, New York, scientists found traces of copper cable dating back 100 years. They came to the conclusion that their ancestors already had a telephone network more than 100 years ago. Not to be outdone by the New Yorkers, in the weeks that followed, a Los Angeles, California archaeologist dug to a depth of 20 feet somewhere just outside Oceanside.
Shortly afterward, a story in the LA Times read, “California archaeologists, reporting a finding of 200 year old copper cable, have concluded that their ancestors already had an advanced high-tech
communications network a hundred years earlier than the New Yorkers.” One week later, the local newspaper in Ruidoso, New Mexico reported, “After digging 30 feet deep in his pasture near the community of Ruidoso, New Mexico. Juan Villa, a heck of an engineer and a self-taught archaeologist, reported that he found absolutely nothing. Juan has therefore concluded that 300 years ago, New Mexico had already gone wireless.”
Just makes a person proud to be from New Mexico!
(Thanks to W3GWU)
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We’ve had a couple of fiber cable cuts in NM over the past few years which affected different parts of the State (Lincoln County on one, Doña Ana on another and yet one more in the town of Bernalillo). The suspected vandalism in AZ in late February caused serious outages for a large number of people. Here’s the AP article:
By Sarah Jarvis and Jerod MacDonald-Evoy, The Arizona Republic 9:02 a.m. EST February 26, 2015.
PHOENIX – Phoenix police are investigating an act of vandalism that left many in northern Arizona without Internet access for much of Wednesday, authorities said.
A Centurylink fiber-optic line had been “deliberately cut” in New River north of Phoenix around noon, according to police and a Centurylink spokesman.
Employees from Centurylink told police they stared receiving complaints of interrupted cable and internet service at about noon and, upon checking their system, determined the cause of the outage was coming from the area of New River and Circle Mountain roads, according to Officer James Holmes, a Phoenix police spokesman.
When employees inspected the cable conduits there, they found that someone had cut completely through the cable, causing the service disruption, Holmes said.
The service disruption, which lasted into the evening hours, meant all incoming and outgoing voice communications were down for areas north of Carefree Highway, up through the central corridor along Interstate 17 to Flagstaff and Page. Some areas were without internet, as well.
Flagstaff Police Sgt. Margaret Bentzen said that 911 calls were still working during the outage but non-emergency calls were not coming through.
As of Wednesday evening, most services had been restored and officials stated that customers still experiencing difficulties should try turning their modem off and on.
Customers in Anthem and Black Canyon City will continue to experience difficulties until around 3 a.m. Thursday, officials stated.
“We are working as fast as we can,” Centurylink spokesman Alex Juarez said. “Customers are the priority at this point.”
Police are investigating but did not immediately have any suspect or possible motive, Holmes said.
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High Desert Wows the Kids
On February 20th, we set up our station for STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) Day at Carlos Rey Elementary School. Our team consisted of Ed Poccia, KC2LM, Larry Elkin, NY5L, John Scott, KF5ROL, Terry Zipes, W4RCN and Jerry Aceto, K6LIE. We presented classes to three groups between 9 am and 1 pm.
We had a great time and even made a contact on 20 meters with a station in Southern California, where three of the kids got a chance to talk on the radio. It was a great QSO and the kids were impressed. Ed Poccia delivered a portion of the presentation on propagation, explaining to the kids how signals can travel great distances. Each of us delivered a portion of the presentation. We all had a great time with the kids who asked some very good questions. We also had requests to present at other schools. It just keeps growing!
On Wednesday, March 4th, we held a training session at the Museum of History and Science. This session was a training program for the Docents and Hosts to introduce them to Amateur Radio and the equipment on exhibit at the K5MUS museum station, so they would be able to explain the hobby to museum visitors. This program also worked out extremely well, with lots of questions from those present. We had 17 volunteers in attendance. This was the first time we used the Ham Radio program designed by Ed Poccia and presented as a Power Point presentation. Jerry Aceto, K6LIE, Terry Zipes, W4RCN, Ralph Meyerhein, W5EEI and John Scott, KF5ROL gave Ed’s presentation.
(From the HDARC newsletter K6LIE)
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QCWA meetings are held on the second Saturday in March, June, September and December at Twisters on Eubank at Commanche at 12:30 PM. Next meeting on March 14. http://www.qcwa.org/
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The YL Breakfast is held on the 2nd Tuesday of each month. We meet at The Village Inn on Wyoming, just south of Menaul, on the east side of Wyoming. The ladies have a table on one side of the room and the guys have another table on the other side. We do this so the guys don’t hear our secrets! Pat Wood, KE5FVS
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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; Ken Mazze, N5JUQ; Kermit Goettsche, KB5HA; Jim Koch, NH6YH, Kathleen McCaughey, KG5PX.
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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 me any time with their current club activities……..W5YEJ
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Alamogordo Amateur Radio Club: Regular monthly meetings on the third Sunday of each month at 3PM at the New La Luz Volunteer Fire Dept., 51 JJ Henry, La Luz. The club participates in emergency planning and training with the local officials (city and county) and works with local civic groups to assist whenever communications are required for special events. Tech and General Classes: New classes will begin on February 16th at the La Luz Fire Department. Class starts at 7pm and will run until 9pm. If you are interested in attending please drop us an e-mail at alamoradioclub@gmail.com
The 31st annual hamfest is on the way! Look for information on this page in the near future: http://www.qsl.net/k5lrw/hamfest.htm
http://www.qsl.net/k5lrw/
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Albuquerque Amateur Radio Club: The Albuquerque Amateur Radio Club meets the first Saturday of the month at Vick’s Vittles for breakfast. Next meeting April 4th. Where is Vick’s you say? Vick’s is on the south side of Central — just east of Wyoming. See a map and a photo here. The meeting starts at 8AM but folks show up around 7AM to order breakfast and visit. The Albuquerque Amateur Radio Club sponsors N5VA – A Veterans Affairs Amateur Radio Station. The station is located in a courtyard on the New Mexico VA Health Care System campus.
http://www.qsl.net/albuquerquearc/index.html
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Albuquerque DX Association 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. The Albuquerque DX Association is an ARRL sanctioned club that supports amateur radio activity in New Mexico. As the name of the club suggests, we are generally interested in DX contacts, but we also have members who participate in contesting, DXpeditions, emergency communications, and other areas of amateur radio activity.
73, Bill, K8TE
http://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/adxa/info
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Amateur Radio Caravan Club (Albuquerque)
ANNOUNCEMENT – Monthly meeting this coming Friday night: The Amateur Radio Caravan Club will hold its monthly meeting this coming Friday the 13th of March, 7:00 PM, at the Heights Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 8600 Academy Rd NE (SE corner of Academy and Moon). We typically gather at the Presbyterian Church around 6:30 PM to rag chew a bit and watch the coffee perk. Come early and catch up with your fellow Caravaners. Guests are always welcome!
PROGRAM – Mike Langner K5MGR will speak on the History of Broadcasting. Mike, retired after a career in broadcast radio, offers his insight on the topic in a very entertaining way. Those who have heard him speak in the past say this is a very fascinating talk and not to be missed!
Caravan Club-Net – On Sunday evenings at 9 PM, the Caravan Club Net is on 145.33 MHz and 444.00 MHz for the purpose of holding club business, passing traffic, making announcements of interest to Hams and just getting to know each other. Please join us on the net. We welcome all licensed hams.
Upcoming Events:
April is a busy month with the New Mexico QSO Party contest where hams worldwide are trying to contact us hams in New Mexico. This is followed by the Caravan Club hosting its annual Spring Tailgate at the end of April where hams meet to buy or sell radio equipment and maybe swap a few lies.
WEEKLY CARAVAN CLUB NET – Every Sunday evening at 9 pm: Club members and guests are invited to join in on the Caravan Club Net, this and every Sunday at 9 pm. Mingle with club members and guests and hear about the latest club news and events. Or just check in and say hello. Hosted by Roy KD5GBY. Linked Caravan repeaters are at 145.330 (- offset) and 444.000 MHz (+ offset), both with a 100 Hz PL tone.
Visit our web site at www.caravanradio.org for more info.
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Carlsbad Amateur Radio Club (Carlsbad NM): The Carlsbad ARC local net is on every Tuesday at 6:30 pm on the local 146.88 .repeater. Tune in for news and views and the latest QSTs! Also Net-wise, Local 10Meter net Wednesday 8PM on 28.420 MHz.
Don’t forget the Wednesday night West Texas ARES net on 147.12 repeater at 9:00 pm CDT!
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Duke City Hamfest: Watch the web site for the latest DCHF August 7 -9, 2015 info: http://www.dukecityhamfest.org/.
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Estancia Valley Amateur Radio Association:
The Estancia Valley Amateur Radio Association (EVARA) holds a club net every Thursday night (7:00PM) on the 146.72 repeater (-600 KHz shift,100Hz CTCSS) located in the Tijeras/Manzano Mountains. Club members are checked in first with club business/discussion. Following that portion of the net, any Ham operator is invited to check-in and join the discussion. The Torrance County ARES net immediately follows the EVARA net. Hope to hear you!
The Estancia Valley Amateur Radio Association (EVARA) holds its monthly club meeting on the 2nd Saturday of the Month. Meetings begin at 9:00 AM at the home of Daniel (KD7UFS) located at #5 Steer Trail (aka McCall Ct), Moriarty, NM. Steer Trail begins at the first left off of Green Road (aka A106) as one travels north after turning off of the I-40 Frontage Rd. The Green Rd – I-40 Frontage Rd interchange lies north of the western I-40 Business & I-40 interchange. http://qsl.net/nm5ev/
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Gila Amateur Radio Society, Silver City. The Gila Amateur Radio Society is a small club, located in Silver City, New Mexico. GARS operates a 2 meter repeater on 146.98 MHz with a CTCSS tone of 103.5. The repeater is located atop Black Peak north of Silver City at an elevation of approximately 9,000 feet MSL in the Gila National Forest. The repeater is solar powered and consists of a Kenwood TKR-750 commercial repeater. All licensed amateurs are welcomed to use the repeater and enjoy a friendly QSO with any of the locals that may be nearby.
Members of the Gila Amateur Radio Society occasionally hold a net on Sunday evenings at 20:00 local (08:00 pm). This net is available to pass formal and informal traffic into and out of Silver City, Grant County, and surrounding areas. All licensed amateurs are welcomed.
For more information please contact the Gila Amateur Radio Society.
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Greyhound Amateur Radio Club (Portales) The Greyhound ARES Net meets every Tuesday evening on the Midway Repeater (147.000 MHz frequency, 67 PL) to chat and to prepare for emergency communications. The club welcomes all amateurs, near and far, to check in and say hello. Don Criss, KE5UIA, is the net control station. Join in at 7:00 p.m. on the Midway 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. Don’t forget the Thursday evening workshops at the Ham Shack! For more info see: http://org.enmu.edu/enmuarc/events.php
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High Desert Amateur Radio Club by Jerry Aceto, K6LIE:
The next regular meeting of HDARC will be on Saturday, March 21st, at 10 AM. We meet in the Community Room of the APD Northwest Area Command station on Ellison 1 block west of Coors Bypass.
At our February meeting, there was a question on election procedures. A comment from the floor
mentioned that we must wait 30 days before electing the Vice President. We thoroughly checked the
constitution and by-laws and found nothing to require a 30 day notice of candidacy for any position.
We have one nominee for Vice President, Terry Zipes. Since Terry had no opposition, he should
have been voted in by acclamation as Jerry Aceto was for President. That would have left the position
of Secretary open. Jim Kajder was nominated and he accepted the nomination. Since he was
also unopposed, he also should have been voted in by acclamation. We will start off this month’s
meeting with finishing our elections, which should have been taken care of last month. The President
will ask if there are any additional nominees for Vice President. Same goes for Secretary should
Terry be elected. This will end the matter and we can continue on.
The K6LIE 224.48 MHz repeater has been moved to a new location in the northeast heights and now has excellent coverage. Note that we’ve added a PL of 100 Hz to eliminate intermod suspected of being generated due to close proximity to the Crest electronic site. For more on the 222 MHz band and other articles see our latest award-winning newsletter, the January 2015 issue, in pdf format.
VE Testing is available the third Saturday of every month in the Community Room of APD Northwest Area Command Station at noon. Next session is February 21st.
For the month of February we had 10 people take the test with the following results:
5 people passed the Technician Element 2
1 person passed the General Element 3
Overall results:
5 Technician
1 General
Congratulations to all who passed, and to those who did not, keep on studying.
Thank you to the VE’s.
Rick Rood KF5JAJ FTL-IFH
HDARC VE Liaison
Coffee every Wednesday at 1 pm at Flying Star in Corrales.
Breakfast every Thursday morning at Flying Star in Corrales at 7:30 AM.
Go to www.nm5hd.com for details on our club and our activities.
73… Jerry Aceto, K6LIE
President – High Desert ARC of New Mexico
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Los Alamos Amateur Radio Club usually meets the second Friday of every month at CD-1, 4017 Arkansas St., Los Alamos, NM 87544. Members begin arriving at 7:00 PM. The meeting begins at 8:00 PM. LAARC sponsors two weekly nets; a Two Meter FM Net that meets on Sunday at 2000 local time on the W5PDO repeater on 146.88 MHz and a Ten Meter SSB Net that meets later on Sunday at 2100 local time on 28.440 MHz USB. More info and to check out the capabilities of our emergency communications trailer, go to http://www.laarc.org/
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Mesilla Valley Radio Club (Las Cruces) Meets on Saturday mornings at 06:00 AM for an informal at Village Inn on Telshore. Informal at Wal-Mart at 10:00 AM on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. MVRC net on 146.64 repeater at 6:45 PM on Wednesdays. Next regular club business meeting on April 4th at the club house, breakfast at 9 AM, meeting at 10 AM.
See info for the Special Event Station K5B honoring the 2015 Bataan Memorial Death March at http://www.n5bl.org/bataan. This event will be held March 22nd, 2015.
Annual Bean Feed on April 26th, 2015 at the club house.
http://n5bl.org/lo.html for more info and calendar.
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Mid Rio Grande Amateur Radio Club (Albuquerque):
Mid Rio Grande ARC held a Technician license class for the Cyber Academy for the month of February. The exam was given by the Malapais VE team and 6 passed their Technician license exams, One walk in took the General and the Extra and walked out an Extra. The club VE group, Malapais VE group still gives amateur exams on demand. We give exams to anyone any day and time 356 days a year. The exam team also gives all commercial exams on demand as well.
Club meetings are on the 4th Saturday of the month at the APD NW command building across from Cibola HS on Ellison Blvd. Coffee klatch meetings are at the Village Inn in Rio Rancho across from INTEL off 528 every Wednesday at 12:00.
Frank Warren Sr AB5WJ
http://nm5mr.com/.
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Mimbres Valley Radio Club: The Mimbres Valley Radio Club was established to provide an association for persons sharing a common interest in amateur radio. It is the continuing purpose of the MVRC to further the exchange of information and cooperation between members, to promote radio knowledge, fraternalism and individual operating efficiency, and to so conduct club programs and activities as to advance the general interest and welfare of amateur radio in the community. Club Meetings: For location and times check our web site: http://www.mimbresvalleyradioclub.com/index.html
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New Mexico Big River Contester specializes in…….contesting! More info contact aa5b@arrl.net
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New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science Amateur Radio Club, Albuquerque
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New Mexico SAR Support Team, Albuquerque. Breakfast meetings at Copper Canyon Café at 5455 Gibson Blvd the second Saturday of each month at 0700, meeting at 0800. If you have an ATV/snow mobile or four wheel drive or want to provide communications and other support for SAR from our team trailer or work as a SAR dispatcher please come join us at the Copper Canyon Café, 5455 Gibson Blvd. Meetings the second Saturday of each month. Next meeting March 14th. Breakfast at 0700, meeting at 0800. This will be our official Annual Meeting. http://nmsarsupport.org/
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Pecos Valley Amateur Radio Club (Roswell): The Pecos Valley Amateur Radio Club (PVARC) is located in Roswell, NM and serves Roswell and the surrounding communities. The club operates under the call sign W5ZU and is open to all who are interested in the hobby of amateur radio. We work to promote and support the hobby of amateur radio in the Chaves County area through fellowship, education, outreach and community support. We invite you to learn more about us here at our web site, on our nightly VHF net, at our Saturday Coffee Klatch or at one of our regular meetings.
We meet monthly on the first Thursday. Meetings start at 7:00 PM at the PVARC Clubhouse at 403 N. Richardson in Roswell, NM. All are welcome to attend the meetings. Come on down and say hi.
http://www.qsl.net/w5zu/
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Rocky Mountain Ham Radio, New Mexico: http://www.rmham.org/wordpress/
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Sacramento Mountains Radio Club meets the second Sunday of each month at 2 PM at the James Canyon VFD on Hwy 82 east of Cloudcroft. Next meeting April 12th. The Club meets every Friday morning at 8am for a breakfast get-together. On the 1st and 3rd Fridays of the month, the breakfast is held at the Western Cafe in the Village of Cloudcroft. The 2nd and 4th Fridays of each month, the breakfast is held at the Mayhill Cafe in Mayhill. If there is a 5th Friday of the month, that breakfast is held at the Western Cafe. Net Saturday at 7 PM on the SMRC linked repeater system.
For information on testing and classes check our web site at http://sacramentomountainsradioclub.org/
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Sandoval County ARES Meetings on the 3rd Monday of each month at 7:00 PM at the Rio Rancho Fire and Rescue Administration building, 1526 Stephanie Road in Rio Rancho. Net on Monday, except the 3rd Monday meeting night, on 147.10, 443.0, 443.1 and 147.08 repeaters (plus the Bern-Co ARES repeaters 145.13, 442.050 and 145.15) at 7:30 PM. All repeaters require a 100 Hz PL.
More info at http://www.nmscares.org/
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Santa Fe Amateur Radio Club: The Santa Fe Amateur Radio Club has been around for more than 50 years. Our membership is wide and diverse and everyone is welcome. We meet face-to-face every Saturday morning for breakfast at the Pantry Restaurant, 1820 Cerillos Road in Santa Fe. We’re always happy to meet hams or interested persons. Visit our Meetings/Activities and Newsletter pages for times and places and other up-to-date info. http://w5sf.com/
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Santa Fe Amateur Radio Emergency Service (SFARES) by Donald Hinsman, N4VIP.
Santa Fe County ARES (SFARES) sponsors a monthly Net at 1900 on the Tuesday prior to the second Saturday (the nominal date for SFARES Meetings) of each month on the Santa Fe Amateur Radio Club’s linked repeater system using repeaters on Tesuque Peak (146.82, -600), St. Vincent’s Hospital (147.20, +600), Elk Mountain (147.30, +600) and San Antonio Mountain (146.76, -600). Tesuque Peak, St. Vincent’s Hospital and Elk Mountain all use an access tone (or PL) of 162.2 Hz while San Antonio Mountain uses an access tone (or PL) of 67.0 Hz. In addition, there is a 440 link atop Tesuque Peak at 442.825 MHz (+5.0 MHz, 131.8 Hz tone.) The purpose of the SFARES Monthly Net is to provide regular tests of member stations and to refresh net communication skills. While primarily for the benefit of SFARES members, any station within range of the Net is always welcome to check in. We especially welcome inquiries from stations about the Santa Fe ARES organization.
SFARES Meetings are on the second Saturday of the month and are held at the Santa Fe Sheriff’s Posse Building at 3213 Rodeo Road, Santa Fe, NM and start at 0900. Meetings normally include an informational lecture, training, administrative matters and finish between 1030 and 1100. SFARES has a club radio station (W5SAF).
SFARES serves as Net Control for the twice-monthly NM D-RATS Nets. NM D-RATS Nets occur twice monthly on the first and third Wednesdays of the month. Access will be on internet RATflector W5MPZ [Type: Network, Host address: w5mpz.org, Port: 9000], (NM Statewide ARES RATflector). D-RATS is a program that integrates all software functions needed for ARES groups. The software utilizes internet or radio or both. “Or” means it doesn’t require a radio but can use one. Thus D-RATS is doubly useful. The NM D-RATS Net uses a parallel voice net to assist with training. The voice net uses D-STAR Reflector 055A that can be linked through any D-STAR repeater. Net Control will assist those without D-STAR voice access through the D-RATS chat function. All NM ARES members are strongly encouraged to participate in NM D-RATS Nets. The D-RATS software is free (http://www.d-rats.com) in Windows, Linux or MacOS with detailed instructions in the files section D-RATS Operating Guide 0.3.3.pdf and a Quick Set Up.pdf for the basic settings you need to get started using D-RATS.
SFARES also participates in the weekly D-STAR Net that meets on each Thursday starting at 2000 local on Reflector 055A. Normally, all D-STAR repeaters in New Mexico are linked allowing all D-STAR users to participate in the weekly Nets. The D-STAR Net is an Affiliated Net of the ARRL National Traffic System. The D-STAR Net discusses matters relevant to D-STAR, D-RATS as well as Emergency Communications. http://www.qsl.net/sfares/ for more info.
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Sierra Blanca ARC: The Sierra Blanca Amateur Radio Club is an organization of Amateur Radio operators based in Ruidoso, New Mexico, located in the Sacramento Mountains in the south-central part of the state. Join us for our weekly breakfast gathering on Saturdays at El Paraiso Mexican Restaurant in the Sierra Mall, Ruidoso. We start showing up when the restaurant opens at 8AM and testing about 1 hour later. Meet friends or make new ones, have a good breakfast, take the test, and leave with your new license on its way.
2015 Annual Meeting Information: Thursday, July 23, 2015 at 6:00 PM MDT. Location to be Determined.
In addition to a weekly breakfast gathering, we provide radio communications support during local emergencies, such as search and rescue missions and wildfires, as well as for various public service events in Lincoln County, NM. The club also sponsors two linked open VHF repeaters on 146.920 (-, 100Hz0 and 145.450 (-, 100Hz). Lincoln County ARES/RACES nets on 146.61 (100 Hz, – input) every Wednesday at 7 PM.
If you are planning an outdoor event that ranges over highways, streets or trails in Lincoln County, we offer our FREE services to provide:
Participant location tracking,
Communications for logistics, and
Rapid response in the event of mishap.
SBARC will administer exams on any Saturday with 48 hours advance notice. Details at: http://www.sbarcnm.org/
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Socorro Amateur Radio Association: SARA Meeting: 19:30 hours local on Wednesday, March 11, 2015 in the Socorro County EOC, 198 Neel Ave. Program: TBA
QRV Fridays: Friday, March 13th at the Twisted Chile. It is always a good idea to check the SARA web page (www.socorroara.org) for developments as QRV Friday approaches.
Weekly Socorro ARES net at 20:00 hours local on Wednesdays (except on the second Wednesday of each month) on the SARA Repeater [146.68(-)]
Socorro County ARES Meeting for the NM Section ARES & RACES HF net: March 15, 2015, at 1930 hrs local in the Socorro County EOC, 198 Neel Ave. Plan to assemble 15 to 30 minutes before the net is called.
2015 Socorro Hamfest Tentatively Scheduled for Saturday, October 3, 2015
http://www.socorroara.org/
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The Eastern NM Amateur Radio Club Clovis: Our monthly meeting is held on the Third Saturday of each month at the new meeting hall. Meetings will be held at the Disabled American Veterans Hall located at 220 West Fourth St. Meetings will still start at 09:00 am (09:00 hours). Weekly ENMARC net on Thursday at 7 PM on 147.24+. We are here to serve the Amateur Radio community in the Eastern New Mexico area. If you need help getting started in amateur radio, or just some help with a radio or project, please call on us. Also anyone wishing to test for a license or upgrade, PLEASE give us a call. We will schedule a test for only one person if necessary. We are here to serve and advance the Amateur Radio community in the local area. For local frequencies and other info about the club visit http://www.ka5b.org/
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Taos Amateur Radio Club
Our club holds a monthly net on the fourth Wednesday of each month at seven p.m. We usually begin on Picuris (club channel 1, 147.120 +/67.0) and use the MICKEY repeater (club channel 14, 444.875+/123.0) as a back-up.
Next monthly meeting is the second Wednesday of the month, 6 to 9 PM, at the Emergency Operations Center.
All operators are welcome; see you there, 73, TaosARC. (For a complete listing of Taos area repeaters and other club info go to http://www.taosarc.com/index.html)
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Totah Amateur Radio Club: Totah ARC meets on the second Thursday of every month at 7:30 PM at Farmington Fire Station 6, 3101 West Main at 7:30 PM. Join us for breakfast most Saturdays at 7:30 AM at Los Hermanitos east in Farmington.
http://totaharc.org/
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Upper Rio FM Society, Inc. (Albuquerque). The Upper Rio FM Society, Inc., (URFMSI) will hold its next quarterly meeting on Tuesday, April 14th at 6:30 PM in the Fellowship Hall of the Immanuel Presbyterian Church located at 114 Carlisle Blvd., SE, in Albuquerque. Interesting programs and presentations usually follow the business portion of the meeting. Topics are announced in the membership mailing that occurs before each meeting. Please enter the church from the northern most entrance.
An updated and fully scalable repeater map has been uploaded. The printable list of all repeaters that can link to the Upper Rio has also been uploaded See the Analog Repeater page.
For a complete rundown of repeaters upgraded in 2014, read the President’s Corner in the October edition of the club newsletter when it becomes available on the web site.
http://www.urfmsi.org/wp/
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Valencia County Amateur Radio Association (Belen): VCARA net is conducted on Wednesday nights at 8 PM on the 146.70 repeater. VE testing March 14th, 9 – noon at the club house. Next club meeting March 24th at the Club House at 7 PM.
Tri-county ARES Net: Meets each Thursday at 7:30 PM on URFMSI repeaters for coordination of Socorro, Torrance and Valencia County ARES members and other interested amateurs. All stations are welcome to check in.
73,
Charlie, NM5CL
President, VCARA
http://kc5our.com/wordpress/
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Net Traffic Reports for February (reported by ARRL ASM Don Grab, K5BIS):
NM Roadrunner Traffic Net: 1170/43.
NM Breakfast Club: 994’86.
Caravan Club Net: 65/8.
Yucca Net: 512/58.
Four Corners Net: 602/34.
Rustys Raiders Net: 494/53.
Valencia County ARA Net: 45/21.
SCAT Net: 931/229.
Boat Anchor Net: 63/9.
Tri-County ARES Net: 72/7.
ARES Simplex Net: 9/2.
KC5JBO Memorial Simplex Net: 122 Checkins.
144 Mhz. SSB Net: 48 Checkins.
432 Mhz. SSB Net: 29 Checkins.
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Coming Attractions – mark your calendars!
March 13 & 14th 2015: 2015 Green Country Hamfest, Claremore, Oklahoma. http://www.greencountryhamfest.org/pdf/Flyer_2015.pdf
March 14, 2015: West Texas Section Convention (Midland Texas 2015 St. Patrick’s Day Hamfest) http://hamfest.w5qgg.org/
March 22, 2015: Bataan Memorial Death March Marathon, SES K5B, Las Cruces. http://www.n5bl.org/bataan/ and http://www.bataanmarch.com/
April 11, 2015: The New Mexico QSO Party. 8 AM to 8 PM MDT, Saturday, April 11th. http://www.newmexicoqsoparty.org/
April 11, 2015: April Hamfest at DeVry, Phoenix, AZ. http://www.arca-az.org/
April 17-19, 2015: E.S.C.A.P.E. 2015, Las Cruces Convention Center, NM. Nmsarc.org
April 25, 2015: Spring Tailgate, dawn to noon, TransCore parking lot, 8600 Jefferson NE co-sponsored by the Amateur Radio Caravan Club. http://caravanradio.org/
April 26th, 2015: Annual Bean Feed in Las Cruces, http://n5bl.org/lo.html
June 6, 2015: 2015 White Mountain Hamfest, Show Low, AZ. http://www.kachina-arc.org/
June 12, 2015: West Gulf Division Convention, Irving, TX. http://www.hamcom.org/
June 27-28: ARRL Field Day 2015. http://www.arrl.org/field-day
July 31, Aug 1 & 2, 2015: Utah Hamfest, Ruby’s Inn, Bryce Canyon UT. http://utahhamfest.com/
August 7-9, 2015: Duke City Hamfest, http://dukecityhamfest.org/
October 3, 2015: Socorro Hamfest at the Socorro Fire Academy. Banquet October 2 at Bodega.
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Silent Key Report (Reported by ARRL ASM Don Grab, K5BIS):
There were no Silent Keys reported this month.
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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 set up your login information. 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 and our Section web site at arrl-nm.org
I would like to hear what your group is doing. Please email me at w5yej@arrl.net. Please submit items by the 5th of the month to be included in the Section News.
73, Bill W5YEJ
