By Bob
Wexelbaum, W2ILP
The photo above shows: from
left to right, Hisao Shono, JA1AA, who was at that time the president of the
Japanese Amateur Radio League (JARL) and editor of Japanese CQ DX magazine,
yours truly W2ILP, at that time a private in the US Army Signal Corp, and a
Japanese student, who was a high speed CW OP.
The picture was taken by Monte L. Brink, K6MDY. Monte and I served at the 181st
Signal Company (8th Army Signal Depot) in
The photo was taken in the home of the student, whose call
sign I do not remember On the right you
can see his receivers, probably military surplus. The rack on the left contains his home brewed
transmitter. In 1954, Japanese companies such as Yaesu, Kenwood and I-Com did
not exist. Japanese hams had to build or
buy ham gear that was not as sophisticated as the best of American made radios
of that time.. Most Japanese hams would
have loved to own the Hallicrafters, National,, Hammerlund or Collins radios
that
I had contacted JA1AA while I was in
After completing my 16 month tour of duty in
This trip to visit the Hams of Tokyo happened in 1954. I was only 20 years old at that time. I since learned from speaking to Japanese
engineers at an IEEE forum in
K6MDY and myself were not the first American GIs who met with
Japanese hams. However we were told that we were the first to come from duty in
INTERRNET LINK OF THE MONTH FOR INTERNERDS
This month’s link was suggested by Dave Ledo, AB2EF. It is the web site of the
ACTING PRESIDENT’S
PAGE
By Gordon, KB2UB
(Vice President)
Our Holiday Party, this year will
constitute the December meeting at Bertuccis, on Route 110, north of the
We hope to meet the expected minimum
of 25 to 30 but if not I suggest that the club underwrite any shortfall. After all it is our money to use and our
social cohesion is very important right now.
Thank you all and please keep Karen in the know.
LATEST NEWS
There
was an early ARRL report that Riley Hollingsworth, special council to the FCC,
was about to retire. The latest report
says that he will remain in his position.
Hollingsworth spoke at an HRU and was well liked by hams because he
enforced the FCC regulations of Part 97.
We can all breathe a sigh of relief because Riley has now declared that
he intends to stay.
PUZZLE
Here
is another cryptogram:-
VOH RHUV
CTN VX PHV
FSTWUH WU VX
AWH. --WVTYWTE FSXZHSR—
Solution
to October’s cryptogram:-
AIRPORT
TRAVEL IS NATURE”S WAY OF MAKING YOU LOOK LIKE YOUR PASSPORT PHOTO.
--AL
GORE--
MINUTES OF GENERAL MEETING – 10/17//2007
Secretary, Karen KC2OPX
This meeting was called to order by
Gordon at
TREASURERS REPORT – Ed, WB2EAV REPEATER REPORT – Gordon, KB2UB
Finances
continue to be in good shape.
Both repeaters are now on the air.
The .745 repeater
conflict is being resolved.
VE REPORT – Bob, W2ILP NET REPORT-
Zack, WB2PUE
4 applicants applied: and passed:; We hope that more
members will be active on the
2 Techs, 1 General, 1 Extra Thursday
night 2 Meter nets.
5 VEs were present:: AB2EF, AB2NT, Propagation was again poor
for the Sunday
KB2QFT, KC2OPX and W2ILP morning 40 Meter
net.
OLD
BUSINESS: We are in the process of
renewing liability forms as required by the Northrop-Grumman recreation
department.. NEW BUSINESS: Planning has started for
the December holiday party meeting which will be held at Bertucci’s restaurant
on Rte. 110 in Melville.
PROGRAM: Our program consisted of three speakers: Tom Carrubba, KA2D, who is our ARRL Section
Manager spoke about emergency coordination, ARES , RACES. and the importance of
Field Day. Phil Lewis, N2MUN, who originated the idea of HRUs, explained about
the planning that is going on for the next
The meeting was adjoined at 6:30 PM
GARC NETS:
40 Meters:
7.289 MHz at 7:30 AM EST Sundays.
2 Meters
(via repeaters): 146.745 MHz (-.600)at
145.330 MHz (- .600) at
[Tone for
both repeaters is 136.5 Hz]
(ARES/RACES) Mondays
MEETINGS
General Meetings of the GARC
are held on the third Wednesday of each month, starting at
The web site of the GARC can be found at http://www.qsl.net/wa2lqo/ Webmaster is Pat Masterson KE2LJ. Pictures of GARC activities, archives of
newsletters, roster of members, and other information about the GARC may be
found there including Field Day pictures.
GARC VE SESSIONS We
are continuing to proctor exams for all classes of ham licenses on the second
Tuesday of each month starting at The present
exams are: Element 2:
Technician Element 3:
General Element 4:
Amateur Extra Class. The fee for 2007
is $14 for all exams taken at one sitting.
Applicants
for upgrades should bring a photocopy of their license and any CSCE and their
FRN number. New, first
time applicants should be aware that their Social Security number will be
required on their application form.
All applicants should bring driver’s license or other picture ID. Until
further notice, VE exams will be at Room: Briarcliffe
in All
applicants should contact W2ILP to preregister so as to confirm
location. If no applicants apply, exam
sessions may be cancelled. For any
information e-mail: - [email protected]
or phone: - (631) 499-2214
Study
material information is available at the http://www.arrl.org or the http://www.w5yi.org web site. All VECs use
the same Q & A pools. Since the
beginning of the VE program the GARC has provided opportunities to take ham
exams monthly, during all twelve months of every year. Bob
Wexelbaum, W2ILP and
the Grumman VE team. |
As most of you may know, I am not an active DX chaser
now. I no longer have a rotatable
tri-band beam antenna. While I do
occasionally experiment with digital modes and make an occasional SSB phone
QSO, I am not what could be called a DX hound…nor do I participate in the
pile-ups that crop up when a new or rare country pipes up on an HF
band. As I always say, “Ham Radio
means different things to different people.” I must admit that, I now spend more time
on the Internet. And so it was an
unexpected surprise when, I received a little snail mail envelope from the
North Jersey DX Association last week.
I remember sending them a check to forward QSL cards to me about 20
years ago. I opened up the envelope
and found four QSL cards: A
Hellschreiber QSO with RV6YZ/6 ( 73, Bob w2ilp (I Like Peace) GRUMMAN
AMATEUR RADIO CLUB OFFICERS FOR 2007 President
Pat Masterson KE2LJ
Retiree 831-971-8761 Vice President Gordon
Sammis KB2UB Retiree 631-666-7463 Secretary Karen
Cefalo KC2OPX 631-754-0974 2Yr Board Member
Zack Zilavy WB2PUE Retiree 631-667-4628 2Yr Board Member
Bob Christen W2FPF
1Yr Board Member
Bob Wexelbaum W2ILP Retiree 631-499-2214 1Yr Board Member
Jack Cottrell WA2PYK
Retiree 516-249-0979 Trustee
WA2LQO Ray Schubnel W2DKM Retiree STANDING
COMMITTEE CHAIRMEN Meeting
Programs Contact a Board Member FCC
Exam Coord. Bob Wexelbaum W2ILP Retiree 631-499-2214
EDITORIAL
Treasurer Ed Gellender WB2EAV X02-14 516-575-0013
2YrBoard Member Dave Ledo AB2EF
IMPORTANT!
As
Gordon Sammis, wrote elsewhere in this newsletter, our general meeting of
December 19th starting at 5:30 PM will be a Holiday Party at
Bertucci’s restaurant,
HRU 2008
Ham
Radio University 2008 will be held at