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Calendar of EventsSept 11th Membership meeting @ Pueblo ESC 6:30 pm. Sept 28th ARES meeting @ Pueblo ESC 6:00 pm. (ARES meetings are now on the last Thursday of the month) October 9th Membership meeting @ Pueblo ESC 6:30 pm. October 20-22 Boy Scout Jamboree-on-the-Air All meetings are now being held at the new Pueblo County Emergency Services Center 101 W. 10th St. Pueblo, unless otherwise noted. It is at the corner of 10th and Main.  

   

Club Notes Huerfano County has approved our request to install a UHF repeater on Capitol Hill in Walsenburg. The Rattlesnake Butte repeater is going to get the repeater replaced. We had one donated. More later… Membership badges are available. If you want one, it will be provided free of charge to members. Please contact AD0JL (richard@ad0jl.com) with your name and call sign. The next batch will be printed before our regular meetings. The 88 Repeater is back online and is located at the 12 Mile tower site. Our website is now at www.puebloradio.org! The old addresses will still get you there for a while. We will be discontinuing pueblohamclub.org at the end of this year but pueblohamclub.com will remain active for a few years due to the renewal date. Also look for us on Facebook!

Volume 2 ‐ Number 9                                                                                          September  2017 

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Repeaters and Nets

PHC Repeaters, ND0Q Trustee:

146.790 – offset 88.5 Tone , Baculite Mesa (Skywarn and primary) 145.115 – offset 88.5 Tone, Pueblo. 146.880 - offset 88.5 Tone, 12 Mile 146.730 – offset 88.5 Tone, Rattlesnake Butte - Down temporarily due to wind 447.950 DMR 12 Mile, Stand Alone 447.175 DMR Jackson Hill, Stand Alone 447.600 –offset 88.5 Tone, Walsenburg Coming Soon!

Nets:

PHC NET:146.79 - Wed @7:00pm local; 145.115 backup ARES NET:146.79 – Sun @7:30 pm local; 145.115 backup ARES Simplex Net 146:580 Thurs 7pm. No net on last Thurs of the month due to the ARES meeting.

NEW HAMS! Checking into a net is one of the best ways to ease into the hobby. It is also a

good way to learn net procedures should you want to get involved in emergency

communications.

PARC Minutes for 8/19/17

There was no regular meeting in August and no action taken during the Corn Feed.

The treasurer’s report shows an account balance of $2362.39.

Submitted by Stanley Clark WB0JRG secretary.

Editors Note: The Corn Feed was a heap of fun! If you missed it we hope you can make it next year!

Agenda for 09-11-17

PARC AGENDA September 11, 2017 

SECRETARY REPORT: 

TREASURES REPORT: Carrie 

OLD BUSINESS. 

Repeaters.  Chas 

July meeting  

New Business: 

Boy Scouts 

Tape recorder  

Upcoming actives   

If you need to put something on the 

agenda please let me know by the 11th 

Any other business: 

Motion to adjourn? 

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Boy Scout Jamboree on the Air

Just as Field day is the largest weekend in ham radio, it is no surprise that scouting has its equivalent. The PARC is

pleased to be assisting in this year’s event.

What is JOTA? When Scouts want to meet young people from another country, they usually think of attending a World Jamboree. But few people realize that each year more than a million Scouts and Guides "get together" over the airwaves for the annual Jamboree-on-the-Air (JOTA). During the 2014 event, worldwide Scouting participation included 1.1 million Boy Scouts and 200,000 Girl Guides/Girl Scouts, for a total participation of over 1.3 million--the largest Scouting event in the world.

Modern technology offers Scouts the exciting opportunity to make friends in other countries without leaving home. JOTA is an annual event in which Boy and Girl Scouts and Guides from all over the world speak to each other by means of Amateur (ham) Radio. Scouting experiences are exchanged and ideas are shared via radio waves. Since 1958 when the first Jamboree-on-the-Air was held, millions of Scouts have met each other through this event. Many contacts made during JOTA have resulted in pen pals and links between Scout troops that have lasted many years. With no restrictions on age or on the number of participants, and at little or no expense, JOTA allows Scouts to contact each other by ham radio. The radio stations are operated by licensed amateur radio operators. Many Scouts and leaders hold licenses and have their own stations, but the majority participate in JOTA through stations operated by local radio clubs and individual radio amateurs. Some operators use television or computer-linked communications. We will have more information in the next issue.

Disaster Communications. Why Being a Ham Matters AD0JL

Coming up on the anniversary of the terrorist attacks on Sept 11. 2001, it is important to remember the role that Ham Radio has in disasters. Probably the biggest recent event so far for ham radio emergency operations was Hurricane Katrina. This event alone showed the resilience of amateur radio when hams were the first to be up and running and able to get information in and out of the affected areas. It also was responsible for a huge resurgence of the hobby and a large increase in licensed operators. We saw ham radio operators step up again most recently with Harvey hitting South Texas and now with Irma aiming at Florida which will be nearing landfall as this is published.

Besides being the first stations able to get communications in and out of affected areas, amateurs provide communications for Red Cross shelters, provide auxiliary communications for local governmental agencies and also handles other radio traffic necessary to assist whenever possible. In the hurricane areas, ham operators also provide regular weather reports to the Weather Service. Here in Colorado, Ham operators assisted with the Beulah, Hayden Pass, and Junkins fires. While we think as Field Day as being a fun thing to do, it is also tests our ability to set up and operate a station as we might during an emergency. Remember, when all else fails, there is always Ham Radio.

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TUBES TUBES TUBES! The Pueblo Ham Club has a large inventory of vacuum tubes for sale. If you need tubes, please contact Jon Fredericks at 719-547-7537. Prices vary. For sale two new lightning surge protectors. OPEK Model LP-350A Coaxial Surge protectors. Price is $32.45 each. This is what you need to protect your equipment from lightning. Contact Stan Clark WB0JRG at 719-250-1619 or see him at the next meeting. Old style FCC AMATEUR licenses and Skywarn IDs available. All license classes now available! Personalized replications of the 1970s and 80s FCC licenses and laminated photo Skywarn IDs are now available. Licenses are $15 for a printed copy. Message AD0JL for more info. Skywarn IDs are $10. Visit www.ad0jl.com for more info or email richard@ad0jl.com 719-251-0418

AD0JL will be willing to trade graphics and web design services for any used radio odds and ends. Contact Richard at richard@ad0jl.com or at 719-251-0418

Remember if you would like to place an ad for something to sell or are looking for something to buy, please contact AD0JL on the 79, richard@ad0jl.com, or at 251-0418 No calls before noon or after 9pm, please.

Wanted! Your photos! We need pictures of our events, past present and future for the website and the archives.

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PARC Organizational Structure

      

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The GRIDLEAK is published by the Pueblo Amateur Radio Club, INC., P.O. Box 92, Pueblo, CO 81002. The deadline for articles submitted for publication is the 20th of the month prior to the article being published. Members are encouraged to submit original articles. Please send all correspondence to the above club address. Permission is granted to reprint any article in the GRIDLEAK as long as credit is given to both the original author and the GRIDLEAK. All submissions are considered the opinion of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of Pueblo Ham Club In. or the Editor. Articles are considered for editorial content and the PHC is not responsible for technical or editorial errors. Richard Holmes AD0JL Editor. Email articles to Richard richard@ad0jl.com A KEY TO GETTING

THIS OUT ON TIME IS FOR PEOPLE TO GET ME THEIR INFORMATION IN ON TIME. FRIENDLY REMINDER...IF THE

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TO THE EDITOR!

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