READING__RADIO__CLUB__E-MAIL__NEWS

Volume IV.............Number 03...........Mar. 6, 2001

W3BN................................................W3CCH
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THIS E-MAIL NEWS IS DESIGNED TO BE
READ DIRECTLY OFF YOUR MONITOR

Edited by: Rich Ahrens, W3WJC

The RRC BOD invites timely comments, suggestions, and
contributions to this e-mail news.
Please send input by e-mail. . . . . . [email protected]

THE RRC WEB PAGE ADDRESS IS:

http://www.readingradioclub.org


IN THIS MARCH 06, 2001 ISSUE
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+ MARCH 17, 2001 BREAKFAST ANNOUNCEMENT
+ LAST MONTH'S MEETING - de W3UQC
+ RRC BOD MEETING - JANUARY 9, 2001 - de W3UQC
+ PAST PRESIDENT WALT HORN, W3OKX, RECOVERING
+ 2000 PA QSO PARTY - "PRELIMINARY RESULTS"
+ NEW RRC MEMBERS - ( WA3BHE )
+ RECENT RRC MEMBER LICENSE UPGRADES
+ TRANSMITTER HUNT SCHEDULED FOR MARCH 11, 2001
+ DONATIONS RECEIVED FROM RRC MEMBERS
+ COOL WEB SITE - de WA1LOU and W6DLF
+ DID YOU KNOW
+ OTHER NEWS & INFO
+ RRC MEETING ON THE AIR
+ OFFICERS - ADDRESSES - RPTR ACTIVITIES


NO MEETING AT THE AG CENTER THIS MONTH

PLAN ON ATTENDING THE MARCH 17 BREAKFAST

FOR $8 ADVANCE TICKETS CONTACT:

VP Art Becker, W3JZN
610.689.4454 or [email protected]

Secy. Al Brailer, W3UQC
610.775.5056 or [email protected]


RRC SPRING BREAKFAST - M A R C H 1 7
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March 17, 2001 is the date of this year's spring RRC
Breakfast event. As we have done before, we will return to
Chef Alan's Restaurant & Lounge for another, all you can
eat, breakfast buffet and a friendly social Ham Radio
morning. The group starts assembling at 8:30 a.m. with
breakfast served at 9:00 a.m. Tickets are $8 paid in
advance and $10 at the door.

Reading Radio Club
" BREAKFAST MEETING "
Saturday March 17, 2001
CHEF ALAN'S
RESTAURANT & LOUNGE

6th & Penn Avenues, West Reading, PA

8:30 to 11:30 a.m. In our own dining room
Buffet breakfast served at 9 a.m.

$8 advanced $10 at the door

All Radio Amateurs and friends are invited

We will have a mini-auction of older Heathkit gear and some
other Amateur Radio items.

In addition, we hope that the 2000 PA QSO Party mugs,
plaques, and certificates will arrive in time to be awarded
at the Breakfast.


WHY DO WE HAVE SPRING AND FALL BREAKFASTS ?

A good question, the answer of which, may have been
misplaced since the RRC Spring and Fall Breakfasts started
back on March 12, 1994.

One obvious answer is that these Breakfast events are a
great opportunity for fellowship among the Radio Amateurs
of Berks County.

Another answer could be that this is an opportunity for the
Hams of the area to take their XYL, or significant other,
to an event that is social in nature, and not just Ham
Radio focused.

Yet, another might be that this is a chance for all of the
Ham clubs of Berks County to come together once or twice a
year.

However, as I recall, the PRIMARY reason was to provide the
members of the RRC a daylight opportunity to get together
for a Ham Radio meeting.

Seven years ago, several RRC members indicated that they
did not want to come to the Friday evening meetings,
because they did not like driving home when it was dark.

The BOD suggested that we have a daylight meeting two or
three times a year (Field Day is one of these daylight
meetings). Give and take discussion came forth, and eureka,
the first RRC breakfast meeting back on March 12,
1994.....That is the rest of the story.


LAST MONTH'S MEETING JANUARY 12, 2001
===================================================
By: RRC Secretary Al Brailer, W3UQC

President Harry Hoffman, W3VBY, welcomed everyone to our
February meeting, which was attended by 42 including six
guests.

Everyone, including the guests, introduced themselves with
name and call.

Harry, W3VBY, introduced one new member, Mark L. Schropp,
Jr., N3RVK, of Schuylkill Haven, PA. Mark used to be a club
member from 1994 to 1998 and is returning after an absence
of 3 years.

President Harry, W3VBY, had several new member club badges
to hand out as follows:
Bob KB3FNX (not present)
Ed N2AQJ (not present)
Larry WB3GTP (not present)
Dan KB3FSC (not present)
Amy KB3FSD (present)
Michael KA3MVN (not present)

Harry, W3VBY, spoke about the VE exams held last month on
Saturday January 27, 2001 at the Fire Training Bldg. Harry
mentioned that Cal Wagner's daughter and wife both now have
their Amateur Radio License. Congratulations.

As the result of the survey taken at the last monthly
general meeting, we are going to have five or six decent
door prizes at each meeting. The first three door prize
winners automatically become the clean-up committee for the
evening.

Tickets for our March 17, 2001 Breakfast at Chef Alan's are
$8 each in advance and are available from Art Becker,
W3JZN, or Al Brailer, W3UQC.

President Harry Hoffman, W3VBY, asked, how many in
attendance have personal computers and how many have Email
capability. Pennsylvania Governor Ridge has recently signed
legislation to eliminate, for a week, the 6% state sales
tax on the sale of a new computer system, starting on
Sunday February 18 and running to February 25, 2001.

Harry, W3VBY, asked Rich Ahrens, W3WJC, to give us an
update on our RRC Repeater. Rich reported that everything
is working fine. Rich also mentioned that you should be
careful, not confuse intermodulation problems in your own
rig, with problems at the repeater site.

On another subject, Rich, W3WJC, said he has been in
contact with Riley Hollingsworth, K4ZDH, and has given
Riley various meeting dates but so far, no agreement as to
what day Riley will be able to attend one of our RRC
meetings and speak to us.

President Harry, W3VBY, passed around a sign-up sheet for
Field Day 2001, to indicate what station they would like to
operate, or help-out. We need CW, phone, digital,
satellite, and solar power stations. We also are in need of
a chairperson to coordinate all Field Day activities.

Harry, W3VBY, had a report on last month's survey. Someone
said, "we were not doing enough technical things." In the
future, we will have meetings that will have technical
discussions on items such as PSK31 and antennas.

An eleven-minute video was shown on "ELECTRICAL SAFETY
PRINCIPALS AND PROCEDURES"
A. Electrical Shock
B. Preventing Electrical Shock
C. Think Safety

For our Show & Tell, President Harry, W3VBY, had with him a
simple three-wire tester, shown as Figure 6 on page 16 of
the February 1976 issue of QST. Harry, W3VBY, also had with
him an "AC Ground Fault - Voltage Probe" Harry explained
it's use to determine the Hot wire, Neutral and Ground
wires. In addition, he described samples he had of
three-wire power cable, a duplex-grounded outlet, circuit
breakers and a Ground Fault Indicator.

Harry, W3VBY, went over the Technician Class questions from
a RADIO SHACK manual, regarding Electrical Safety.

Rich Ahrens, W3WJC, was operating his computer after the
meeting was adjourned for those who wanted to signup for a
ULS (Universal Licensing System) number.

Walt Horn, W3OKX, said, if you ever get to go to Europe,
you will find that some city streets may have D.C., or 25
or 40 or 50 or 60 cycle power. You just have to be very
careful.

Being no further business, the meeting was adjourned about
9:15 p.m.

Plenty of refreshments were available for all.


RRC BOD MEETING - JANUARY 9, 2001
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By: RRC Secretary Al Brailer, W3UQC

BOD Members In Attendance:
(1) Rich Ahrens, W3WJC; (2) Art Becker, W3JZN; (3) Al
Brailer, W3UQC; (4) Dave Hill, W3DWH; (5) Harry Hoffman,
W3VBY; (6) Walt Horn, W3OKX; (7) Jim Nicholas, WA3FYR.

BOD Members Not In Attendance:
(1) Charlie McCreary, K3DTD, and (2) Bob Plummer, W3RP.

Visitor:
(1) Dave Wallner, W3DAW - Assistant Treasurer.

1. The meeting was called to order by President Jim
Nicholas, WA3FYR, at 7:30 p.m.

2. Jim Nicholas, WA3FYR, read the Highlights of the
December 5, 2000 Board Meeting. A motion to accept by Dave
Hill, W3DWH, was seconded by Harry Hoffman, W3VBY.

3. Treasurer Dave Hill, W3DWH, passed around copies of the
Summary Report. A motion to accept by Walt Horn, W3OKX, was
seconded by Harry Hoffman, W3VBY.

4. The Board decided to inquire at Chef Alan's Restaurant
for our spring breakfast. A motion to accept by Harry
Hoffman, W3VBY, was seconded by Walt Horn, W3OKX.

5. The club officers for 2001 were determined by the Board
as follows: President, Harry Hoffman; W3VBY; Vice
President, Art Becker; W3JZN; Treasurer, Dave Hill, W3DWH;
Secretary, Al Brailer, W3UQC. Dave Wallner, W3DAW, was
appointed Assistant Treasurer.

6. On behalf of the Board Members, Walt Horn, W3OKX,
thanked Jim Nicholas, WA3FYR, for serving as President of
the RRC for 1999 and 2000.

7. Treasurer Dave Hill, W3DWH, passed around the proposed
Budget for 2001. A motion to accept the proposed budget for
2001 was made by Walt Horn, W3OKX, and was seconded by
Harry Hoffman, W3VBY.

8. As of this date, 56 club members have paid their dues
for 2001.

9. The Board determined that the dues structure should stay
the same as it has been.

10. Walt Horn, W3OKX, suggested a system of "What needs
changing" in the RRC. Walt will be at the January 2001
meeting to explain the details. The Board decided NOT to
have the idea of Walt's published in the RRC E-MAIL NEWS. A
motion was made to accept by Walt Horn, W3OKX, and seconded
by Art Becker, W3JZN.

11. Jim Nicholas, WA3FYR, said the video for the January
meeting will be 25 minutes long and will be on the
launching of AMSAT Satellite AO-40.

12. The January meeting will be held in the new Social Hall
at Kissinger's Lutheran Church. Jim Nicholas, WA3FYR, and
Harry Hoffman, W3VBY, will bring the snack food.

13. Rich Ahrens, W3WJC, will contact FCC's Riley
Hollingsworth, K4ZDH, to find out if he can attend either
the April 20th or May 18th General Meeting of the RRC.

14. A motion was made by Rich Ahrens, W3WJC, and seconded
by Walt Horn, W3OKX, to send $52.00 to NEWSLINE.

15. Rich Ahrens, W3WJC made a motion, and seconded by Walt
Horn, W3OKX, to have Treasurer Dave Hill, W3DWH, send new
member badges with the 2001 dues reminder.

16. Entertainment for the year's meeting was discussed.
March -Spring Breakfast; April or May - Riley
Hollingsworth, K4ZDH; June - Field Day; August - outdoor
auction; October - Fall Breakfast; November - BOD
Nominations; December - elections and Door Prizes.

17. Being no further business, the meeting was adjourned at
9:15 p.m.


PAST PRESIDENT WALT HORN, W3OKX, RECOVERING
===================================================
RRC member and past President Rev. Walt Horn, W3OKX, is
recovering after cardiac surgery that took place at The
Reading Hospital and Medical Center (RHMC).

Walt went in for some tests on Wednesday February 21, 2001,
and wound up receiving a new heart valve and three heart
bypass grafts on Wednesday February 28.

On March 1, Walt's XYL Millie, KA3YRO, told us that Walt is
making a GREAT recovery after the four-hour surgery.

I spoke with Walt on the telephone on Sunday March 4 and he
sounds like he is doing well, he did mention that the
mattresses at the RHMC are too hard!

As you read this, Walt should have been released from the
RHMC and recovering at his daughter's home. If you would
like to drop a card or note to Walt you can send it to his
home address: 2642 Bernville Road, Reading, PA
19605-9642.

We are all routing for Walt to make a quick and complete
recovery, and get back to the active and involved Walt,
W3OKX, that we all know.


2000 PA QSO PARTY - "PRELIMINARY RESULTS"
===================================================
Based on a preliminary posting at the following Web page:

http://www.qsl.net/narc/paqso.htm

Your RRC had a good showing in the 2000 PA QSO Party held
back on October 14 and 15, 2000. There were seventeen RRC
members sending in their score on behalf of the Reading
Radio Club. This is the same number of entries that we had
in 1999.

Here are the seventeen entries with their preliminary
scores:

1) Hal Messer, K3ATO - 192,330
(Multi-Multi station with Roger Schropp, N3IVY)
2) Craig Huntsinger, K3CWH - 105,455
(Multi-Single station with Mel Salzman, W3MEL)
3) Rich Ahrens, W3WJC - 42,679
4) Duane Redline, W3UQH - 37,128
5) Keith Redline, N3KLJ - 31,835
(Mobile Station operating in several counties)
6) Dave Hill, W3DWH - 28,466
7) Larry Stamm, WB3EVL - 24,770
8) Nelson Kase, N3ZBI - 21,568
9) Jim Nicholas, WA3FYR - 13,950
10) Bernie Shaffer, KF3DO - 11,372
11) Larry Shepherd, K3LS - 11,224
12) Bob Hartman, K3YVT - 9,996
13) Rudy Goretski, KW3T - 7,675
14) Stan Parr, W3MJR - 6,584
15) Al Brailer, W3UQC - 2,840
16) Jeff Griffith, KB3EIS - 1,218
17) Greg Griffith, KB3EJX - 285

The RRC total for 2000 appears to be 549,375. In 1999, we
had a total score of 611,092 points.

In general, the individual RRC member's scores were
somewhat lower then in the 1999 PA QSO Party.

However, special mention should be made of the excellent
percentage increase over their 1999 scores made by Nelson
Case, N3ZBI (1,640 vs. 21,568), the Multi-Single station of
Craig Huntsinger, K3CWH; and Mel Salzman, W3MEL (51,725 vs.
105,455); and Stan Parr, W3MJR (4,806 vs. 6,584). NICE WORK
GUYS.

Hal Messer, K3ATO, and Roger Schropp, N3IVY, ran a
Multi-Multi station and improved their score over the
previous year's effort (190,460 vs. 192,330).

There were some new stations submitting their scores for
the RRC this year: Larry Shepherd, K3LS; Jeff Griffith,
KB3EIS; Greg Griffith, KB3EJX, and Bob Hartman, K3YVT. We
hope to hear these stations on the bands again, during the
2001 PA QSO Party.

We will publish the top ten club scores when the official
"final results" are published sometime in the next month or
two.

Thanks to all the members that joined in this RRC team
effort. I hope you had a good time.

Mark your calendar now for the year 2001 PA QSO Party
scheduled for October 13 and 14.


NEW RRC MEMBERS
===================================================
At the March 6, 2001, RRC BOD meeting the following Radio
Amateur was voted into membership:

Richard R. Fegley, WA3BHE (General)
123 Denton Street
Reading, PA 19605-2800
610.921.2127
[email protected]

The RRC is pleased to welcome Dick back to the
organization.

After the March 1, 2001, dues deadline the
RRC membership stands at 116.
Twenty-one members chose not to renew their membership
(about a 15% loss).

100 Full Members
16 Associate Members
0 Supporting Member

91 RRC Members have e-mail capability
81 RRC Members have their nine-digit FCC ULS number
69 RRC Members are members of the ARRL
51 RRC Members have an ARRL.NET e-mail alias
38 RRC Members have spread sheet EXCEL 97 capability


RECENT RRC MEMBER LICENSE UPGRADES
===================================================
None that we could find or that anyone informed us about.

For VE Testing opportunities, please check into the RRC
MEETING ON THE AIR on Friday evenings at 8:00 p.m., on
146.910 MHz.


TRANSMITTER HUNT SCHEDULED FOR MARCH 11, 2001
===================================================
The first RRC Transmitter Hunt of the 2001 season is
scheduled for (WX permitting) Sunday March 11, 2001. The
Fox for this hunt will Transmitter Hunting Committee
co-chairpersons Jeff Griffith, KB3EIS, and Greg Griffith,
KB3EJX.

The hunters will assemble, for the start of the hunt, at
the Mt. Penn Fire tower at 1 p.m. The hunt will end at 4
p.m. local time.

Please check the RRC 146.91 MHz repeater for last minute
details.


DONATIONS RECEIVED FROM RRC MEMBERS
==================================================
Thanks to the following thirteen RRC members for including
an extra donation with their 2001 dues payment. The amounts
varied from $2 to $32, for a total of $131.50. (Alphabetic
order by last name).

John Bachman, Jr., N3VKI
Mary Davis, KS3A
John Freeman, K3CBE
Art Gantert, W3OLG
Rudy Goretski, KW3T
Dave Hill, W3DWH
Richard Kemmerer, KD3GU
Russ Moyer, W3JUZ
Ray Plymyer, NV3K
Roger Rehr, W3SZ
Bernie Shaffer, Jr., KF3DO
Larry Shepherd, K3LS
Joe Wojciechowski, N3OOH


COOL WEB SITE
==================================================
I found this month's COOL Web Site right on the ARRL Web
page dated March 3, 2001.

Stan Horzepa, WA1LOU, a Contributing Editor to QST directed
us to a COOL Web page provided by the Audio Services
Division of the FCC's Mass Media Bureau that can be used to
calculate antenna Height Above Average Terrain (HAAT). Stan
went on to say that Dave Flack, W6DLF, clued him into this
page.

What the page will do is calculate the HAAT as it relates
to the average height of the surrounding terrain in a
10-mile radius of your antenna or your repeater's antenna.
This is a great Amateur Radio tool.

Why did I find this Web site interesting ?

Back in 1973, the FCC put some new repeater rules in
effect, and all repeaters had to be re-licensed. One of the
requirements was to submit HAAT, Effective Radiated Power
(ERP), and Radiation Pattern calculations. The members of
the Repeater Technical Committee worked hard and long to
come up with all of the required submissions (a total of 52
pages).

In 1973, a paper topographical map was used to make the
forty measurements that were required to calculate the
HAAT. The committee came up with a HAAT for the six meter
repeater transmitting antenna (yes, the repeater was on six
meters in those days 52.575 MHz receive and 52.680 MHz
transmit) of 651 feet.

Lets spin the clock ahead to the year 2001, and go to the
following Web page:

http://www.fcc.gov/mmb/asd/bickel/haat.html

For drill, you may like to input the RRC W3BN repeater
location, and antenna information.

Latitude:
40 22 32 North

Longitude:
75 53 17 West

- - Enter the height (in meters) of the antenna radiation
center above mean sea level:
347.5 meters = (1140 feet) x (0.3048)

- - Enter Number of Evenly Spaced Radials, or Select a
number:
SELECT 8 (every 45)

Scroll to the bottom of the Web page and click
"Submit Query"

Wait for the "Results:"

Calculated HAAT = 202 meters
(Antenna Height Above Average Terrain)

Converting 202 meters to feet:

(202 meters) x (3.281) = 663 feet

In the year 2001, the FCC confirms the HAAT data supplied
by a bunch of crazy Amateur Radio Operators 27 years ago.

651 feet vs. 663 feet, as we use to say "is close
enough for government work."

You can also do some neat plotting of signal strength
contours from your antenna using this Web page. You will
need to know your ERP in kW. Let me suggest the following
parameters as a starting point:

Option 2
360 (every 1)
VHF TV Channels 7-13 (174 to 216 MHz)
Nondirectional
Show Individual Radial HAATs, Distances to Contours, Area
Within Contours.
dBu Contours: 30 40 50 60 70
Map Size = 1.5 degrees (height & width)
Relative Scale = 20
Continental USA
Click: "Plot Contours on a Tiger Census Map"

Wait, this will take a few minutes.
Have fun.

FYI:
Decibel A ratio of two levels, based upon a logarithmic
scale. Often abbreviated as dB.

dBu The voltage relative to 0 dBu. 0 dBu is defined as
0.775V

WE CAN ALWAYS USE SOME MORE COOL WEB SITES

If you know of a great Web site, please pass the address
along and we will consider posting your favorite Ham Radio
related site, so that we may all enjoy viewing and using
the Web page.


DID YOU KNOW .....
==================================================
.....that RRC member Dudley Christian, WA3JXW, received
some nice words of appreciation from the EPA ARRL Section
Manager Eric Olena, WB3FPL, on page 115 of the March 2001
issue of QST. Here is what Eric had to say: "There are many
Hams who do a tremendous amount of work and good deeds and
yet do not wish to take any official credit for all of the
good things that they do. For instance, Dudley, WA3JXW, has
been handling traffic in and out of the Berks County area
for years without a thought of getting recognition for his
work. We should all take the time to say thank you to each
of these selfless individuals who give so much to Amateur
Radio. Without the vast volume of work that these people do
we would be sure losers."

.....that we need a RRC member to collect the VE testing
opportunities and give a report on the Friday evening "RRC
Meeting On The Air." We thank Larry Stamm, WB3EVL, for
doing this task for the last fourteen months. However,
Larry can no longer do this for the Club. If you would like
to help, I am sure Larry would be willing to share with you
how he collects the testing information each week. You can
contact Larry at [email protected]

.....that I could use some news reporters for this RRC
E-MAIL NEWS passing along information about the members of
the RRC.


OTHER NEWS & INFO
===================================================
President Harry Hoffman, W3VBY, has the following five RRC
ID badges to hand out at the March 17, 2001 Breakfast
Meeting:

BOB KB3FNX
DAN KB3FSC
ED N2AQJ
LARRY WB3GTP
MICHAEL KA3MVN


E-MAIL ADDRESS CHANGES
If you change your e-mail address, please inform the RRC
at: [email protected]


RRC MEETING ON THE AIR
===================================================
Check into the RRC MEETING ON THE AIR on the Friday
evenings that we do not have an in-person meeting. The net
on 146.91 MHz starts at 8:00 p.m. with the latest NEWSLINE
report from the West Coast. We then have the exchange of
RRC, local, and general Amateur Radio related information.
The last part of the net is a roll call where we usually
have 50 to 60 stations check-in. The net has been in
operation since January 22, 1994. On Friday March 2, 2001,
we had session number 296 and had fifty-eight stations
check in.

The next READING_RADIO_CLUB_E-MAIL_NEWS
will be sent out late on Tuesday April 10, 2001.


Rich Ahrens, W3WJC
[email protected]

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Pres: Harry Hoffman, W3VBY [email protected] (01)
VP: Art Becker, W3JZN [email protected] (02)
Secy: Al Brailer, W3UQC [email protected] (02)
Tres: Dave Hill, W3DWH [email protected] (03)

Other BOD Members:
Rich Ahrens, W3WJC [email protected] (01)
Bob Plummer, W3RP [email protected] (01)
Jim Nicholas, WA3FYR [email protected] (02)
Walt Horn, W3OKX [email protected] (03)
Charlie McCreary, K3DTD [email protected] (03)

The two-digit number, in brackets, to the right of the BOD
member's e-mail address, is the year that their term ends
on December 31.

Trustees:
W3BN: Bob Plummer, W3RP [email protected]
W3CCH: Harry Hoffman, W3VBY [email protected]

Web Master:
Dave Schearer, K3BN [email protected]

RRC WEB PAGE
===================================================

http://www.readingradioclub.org

http://www.qsl.net/w3bn

If the above Web sites do not work, try the following
"MIRROR" sites:

http://www.enter.net/~reahrens/index.html

http://members.nbci.com/Readingradio/index.html

http://www.enter.net/~dschearer/w3bnindex.html


Send ALL U.S. Mail pertaining to
the Reading Radio Club to the following address:

READING RADIO CLUB INC
PO BOX 13777
READING PA 19612-3777


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INFORMAL BREAKFAST CHAT NET
Monday through Friday at 9 a.m.

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(other then Club meeting nights)


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