North Shore Repeater Association An ARRL N E W S L E T T E R Special Services Club *Electronic edition* Winter Edition - December 1993 Editor: Ken Smith AA1DR [This Newsletter is printed on recycled electrons] Mail: 505 Paradise Rd., Suite 115 Swampscott, MA 01907 Packet: AA1DR @ K1UGM.MA Internet: ken.smith@channel1.com SPECIAL NOTICE Bring your whole family to the NSRA Christmas Party. When: Monday, December 13 at 6:30 pm. Where: Cy Tenny Club in West Peabody Contact Ken Smith AA1DR for more info (617-581-9812) See page 1 for more details. --- Inside this issue Ni-Cads can be dangerous - Here is a real life example of how exposed battery contacts could cause a tragedy Motorola files suit - One of the largest communications companies in the world files a lawsuit claiming infringement of copyrights. Amateur radio on cable TV- Members ready a video tape to air on public access channels. Packet...an endless beta test - Is packet becoming less reliable? Instant temporary license - The FCC is planning on implementing an 'instant' license so new hams can operate immediately. Alkaline chargers, the TRUTH - Informative report reveals why you might want to save your money. Novices get entire 220 band - The FCC has proposed expand Novice privileges on the 220 band. *This issue also includes an application for membership for you to print. --- What is the NSRA? ------------------------------------------------------------------- The North Shore Repeater Association is a 24 year old non-profit Amateur Radio (Ham Radio) Organization based on the North Shore of Boston, Massachusetts. We currently have just under 300 members and own and operate 4 amateur radio repeaters and a packet radio Node. (see TRUSTEES section for frequencies and locations) If you would like to recieve a hard copy (looks A LOT nicer!) of the NSRA Newsletter (12 pgs) or if you would like more information about the NSRA, contact Ken Smith AA1DR Phone 617-581-9812 Internet: ken.smith@channel1.com Packet: AA1DR @ K1UGM.MA.USA ------------------------------------------------------------------- NSRA Christmas Party ....Don't miss it! MENU Fresh Garden salad Spaghetti with meat sauce Meatballs Garlic bread Coffee On December 13th the NSRA will hold the annual Christmas Party and Spaghetti Supper. This is a great time for all so bring along the whole family. Supper will be served at 6:30PM and the cost is $4 per person paid at the door. The desert will be pot luck so donations of desserts would be greatly appreciated. The regular meeting will begin as usual at 8:00PM. Following the regular business meeting will be the NSRA Annual Christmas Gift Exchange. Bring a gift valued between $2 - $5 and we'll show you how we swap gifts in an unusual way. If you plan to attend, please call Ken Smith AA1DR at 617-581-9812 so we are sure to prepare enough food. See you there! --- Club officers President: Eric Cottrell WB1HBU 617-599-8572 Vice President: Dave Crawford KA1LSJ 508-745-8183 Director: Ken Smith AA1DR 617-581-9812 Secretary: Joe Carty KA1EXZ 508-744-1514 Treasurer: John Graves WB1EHL 508-526-1400 Trustees 145.09 Node Dave Carnevale KA1USI 508-927-5875 145.47 Danvers Mark Hannon KA1LQX 508-774-5534 224.38 Danvers Tabitha Carty N1IEQ 508-744-1514 442.80 Danvers Herb Ryan W1KVQ 508-468-2780 146.88 Salem Chuck Bergman KA1KFQ --- The NSRA Sunday Night NET Be sure to check into the NSRA NET for the latest news and comments from other members. It is an informal net where you can ask questions, disseminate news, and list ham radio items that you have for sale. You do not have to be a member to participate. Usually there is a topic of discussion chosen near the beginning of the net so check in early to suggest an interesting topic. The NSRA Net features NEWSLINE, a 10 minute recorded amateur radio news update. Newsline is heard weekly all over the country.... and now including 145.47 on Sunday nights at 8:30! When: Sunday nights at 8:30pm Where: 145.47 Danvers Repeater --- Have you renewed? If you have not already replied to the renewal notice, please use the form near the end of this 'electronic edition' to renew your membership in the NSRA. We hope to make this a year to remember and your support will help make that possible. --- Local Volunteer Examiner Exams From the KY1N Memorial List, Chick KC1OX Editor (KC1OX @ WB1DSW.NH) December P 11 Marlboro MA Bob KD1GG 508-485-7006 11 Braintree MA Philip K1UPY 617-329-6446 11 Brewster MA Henry KZ1V 508-255-2818 11 Falmouth MA Geoffrey KA1IOR 508-548-0969 11 Nashua NH Jim WW1Y 603-673-7395 12 Gloucester MA Rick WZ1B 508-283-2278 18 Melrose MA Scott WB1F 617-322-7654 22 Cambridge MIT MA Nick KA1MQX 617-253-3776 January 3 Cambridge Lotus MA Bob N1KDA 617-593-1955 P 5 Acton\Boxboro MA Dave K1MBO 508-263-3712 8 Falmouth MA Geoffrey KA1IOR 508-548-0969 9 Gloucester MA Rick WZ1B 508-283-2278 12 Billerica MA Bruce W1LUS 508-851-2886 15 Melrose MA Scott WB1F 617-322-7654 19 Cambridge MIT MA Nick KA1MQX 617-253-3776 20 Salem NH Denise ----- 603-434-4490 "P = PREREGISTRATION MANDATORY = P" please check with the contact person as some dates are tentative --- Amateur Radio - Use it or lose it! Recently the Chief Field Engineer of the FCC, Vince Kajunski, gave a talk at the October NSRA meeting. In this talk he deplored the lack of use and experimentation on the allocated ham bands. The HF bands are pretty well used but the world above 2 meters suffers a lack of activity. Historically, the ham has always pioneered the higher frequencies. We were first to operate below 200 meters. We were the first to operate the VHF and higher frequencies above 10 meters. We explored the region from 300 MHz to 1000 MHz. All of this before 1940. Since that time ham experimentation has dropped significantly. We Leave this to the commercial interests. We seem to have become a group of users depending upon Kenwood, Icom, Yaesu, etc. to provide us with equipment. And even if equipment is available, we don't use it to its fullest extent. In your circle of friends, how many take advantage of 220, 900, 1296 and other SHF bands? How many have experimented with microwave? What about laser communications? We seem to have been taken up with the computer revolution. Packet, Amtor and Pactor seem to occupy our interests. These techniques are equally applicable to 220, 440 and 1296. Lets populate these frequencies. If there is a sufficient interest, I will start assembling a 1296 repeater for experimentation. Equipment is available. The commercial interests are breathing down our neck. They took half of the 220 band, they want 900 MHz and they are sniffing at 1296 to say nothing of the satellite frequencies. In summary, lets try to become more active on the least used bands. Use it or lose it!! -Herb Ryan W1KVQ --- Technician Class instructor needed Would you like to help amateur radio and the NSRA grow? Can you communicate clearly? Do you have one night a week free? We would really like to hear from you. The NSRA will again be sponsoring a Novice/Tech class and we are in need of a person to teach the class. You will have plenty of help from others in the NSRA, including myself. I would teach the class again but I don't have free nights anymore. Last year was my first time teaching a class and it was great fun. I helped some really nice people get their license and it's a great feeling. Even better than that, I made new friends and to this day have kept close contact and watched them become great amateur radio operators. I will be there for whoever takes on this task and I have had people volunteer to assist the instructor. We have all the materials needed to run the class and you do not have to be a rocket scientist to teach a class. The material is designed to guide the teacher as well as the students. Please contact Ken Smith at 617-581-9812. --- Ni-Cads can be dangerous! By Skip Douglas, KA9DDN This is a very serious warning to all users of Alinco HT's, especially those using DJ-180 and DJ-580 models. The warning is also for all other users of rechargeable battery powered equipment. Please carefully read and understand the contents of this article. The charging terminals on the batteries used on at least the two Alinco HT models listed above present a SERIOUS DANGER. The terminals are NOT diode-protected against external short circuits. The manual provided with your Alinco radio points this out, but definitely without enough emphasis and description of possible consequences. Aaron Douglas, N9UBF, (my son) dealt with a nearly disastrous situation on Saturday, October 30, 1993. His Alinco DJ-180T handheld 2-Meter radio was on his bed along with items from his school bag. One of these items was a common spiral-bound notebook. Somehow the radio (or the notebook) was moved around on the bed until the two charging terminals of the battery were shorted by the wire spring which makes up the binding of the notebook. Within TEN SECONDS the battery case and the wire spring were so hot that the paper of the notebook and the blanket surrounding it were BURNING!! The case of the battery pack was partially melted. Just ask Aaron to show it to you, and you will be astounded. Fortunately, Aaron happened to be on the bed and noticed the smoke and small flame in time to extinguish it and prevent much more serious consequences. I am absolutely positive that if this had happened with nobody around, my family and I would be without a home today. Think how serious this could be if the battery were inadvertently placed in your pocket along with keys or change. I guarantee you that you would NOT be able to get the battery out fast enough to avoid a serious burn. When Aaron took the battery outside to cool, he could barely hold on to it, and this was after removing the short circuit. I, as a result of our experience, highly recommend the purchase and use of a soft case for the Alinco HT's. A suitable case should be purchased or made for any spare batteries you may have as well. An alternate to the use of a case is to NEVER place the radio or spare battery on any surface other than something like a hard table which is clear of conductive junk. You probably are asking yourself: "How can a small low voltage battery pack which we all use be so dangerous?" It is because the type of batteries used in most HT (and other portable equipment) battery packs is a type called Nickel-Cadmium (commonly called Ni-Cad). All Ni-Cad batteries characteristically have a very low internal resistance. This means that the batteries can deliver extremely high levels of current when externally short circuited. Actually, this characteristic is really what makes Ni-Cad batteries so good for use in applications with a high current requirement such as radio transmitters, motorized tools and toys, etc. We just need to be aware of the possible problems associated with Ni-Cad batteries. It just so happens that most Ni-Cad battery packs don't normally have exposed charging terminals connected directly to the batteries like the Alinco packs do. The Yaesu FT-23/73 family, for example, uses an internal diode to block current flow if the charging terminals are externally shorted. To test whether or not your HT battery pack charging terminals are safe or not, use a volt meter to measure voltage at the charging terminals of a fully charged battery pack. If you read a voltage, you have a dangerous situation like that described above. CAUTION: Almost all Ni-Cad battery packs have exposed terminals when not connected to the radio or other device they are intended to power. Thus all precautions outlined in this article apply to almost every Ni-Cad battery pack which is separated from the device it goes into. Be SAFE and Prosper.... -Skip KA9DDN@WB9TYT --- W1FXX Silent Key SALEM - November 3 - Alban (Al) V. Guenette, W1FXX, of Salem has become a silent key. Al was frequently found on the afternoon NET on 145.47 and was affectionately known as 'Big Al'. He will be dearly missed. --- Motorola Files Infringement Suit SCHAUMBURG, IL -- Motorola, Inc. said that it filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles against two firms and three individuals for infringement of various Motorola copyrights and trademarks and misappropriation of Motorola secrets. The complaint alleges that Communications Consultants Systems, a company called "CCW", Harold Pick, Gerard Pick and Milton Bell, copied copyrighted software to modify identification codes in Motorola two-way radios that the defendants sold to others. This enabled them to illegally use the radio communications systems operated by either Motorola or its legitimate customers without paying Motorola for that use. The modified radios were sold or rented as genuine Motorola products. The case centers principally on the unauthorized copying of proprietary Motorola software designed to program individual customer two-way radios and communications systems, related trade secrets and the trademarks used by Motorola to identify the source of the products it markets and sells. "This action is part of a program to enforce Motorola's intellectual property rights against their unauthorized, illegal and misapplied use. We continue to strive to protect the rights of our customers -- from public safety agencies to small businesses -- who rely on the integrity of their radio communications systems," says Anthony J. Biell, manager of software protection for Motorola's Land Mobile Products Sector. "The unauthorized use of Motorolas' proprietary software could compromise the performance of our customer's systems. In the case of public safety, that could result in serious consequences." -ARRL HQ --- Amateur Radio on Local Access Cable A 3/4 inch video tape of "The New World of Amateur Radio" has been obtained from the ARRL and is being edited to include the NSRA address and a contact telephone number. We will be working with the local cable carriers to have this tape aired on all local access channels in the area. Ken Uloth, KA1TKZ, is doing the editing. --- ***CONNECTED to Packet Radio Packet - an endless beta test. By Ken Smith AA1DR I have been using packet for a few years now. Packet has made it possible for me to communicate with many people around the country right from my PC. Recently, I have come to realize that packet is not as reliable as I thought. A perfect example of this is if you send out a multiple part bulletin. You are guaranteed to be inundated with replies saying, "I got part 2, 4, and 5 but never saw part 1 and 3". I guess this means that for every 5 bulletins I send out, only 3 will likely get to all the BBS's I intended. That's 60%....not good. I now understand why I see people sending more than one copy of a SALE bulletin out to USBBS. They are hoping that at least one of them will get there. And then there are the messages that I send to the Syracuse, New York, area that take 9 days to get there. It's not like this all the time. Some messages get there in under a day. The same goes for messages which must travel to the west coast. I have seen messages go from here to there in a day or so. Other times they take 2 weeks. Something that has been happening more and more lately is dupes. I log onto my home BBS to get my messages. "Look, a message from Andrew....and another....and another." The problem is.....these are all copies of the same message. Somewhere along the line the dupe checking process just isn't working here. Yes, the "Message -ID" is the same on all of them so it wasn't user error. At least the sudden flow of messages with no message text have slowed down. I heard that may have been an FBB configuration problem. Aside from the message delays and quirks, something else happened which really annoyed me. It started when a friend of mine, N1KWU, moved to California. We wanted to keep in touch using packet, since we both have packet capabilities. I would send him a message using his complete packet address and would never hear back from him. After sending about 5 or 6 messages and not getting any response, I called him on the phone. It seem that he hasn't seen a single message from me. I did get a message or two from him but they were usually incomplete. It wasn't until a few months later that I found the problem. In between him and I there is a BBS that is attempting to "streamline" the packet system. This system is using a combination of the J-Comm database and the WP database. Each time it receives a private message to forward, it will automatically look up the packet address using these databases and replace the address that you put with the message. If the WP and J-Comm info doesn't agree then the message is addressed to a BBS near the local geographical area of the mailing address listed in J-Comm. Have I lost you yet? You might be saying to yourself, "what's wrong with that?". The big problem arises if you relocate and have to change your home BBS. It doesn't take that long for the WP info to get updated but it does take months for the J-Comm info, which is based on the FCC database, to get up to date. Since this system will default to the J-Comm information, all messages addressed to you will NOT go to the address that they were originally sent to. They will get dumped on one of the major BBS's back in the area of where you used to live. This is exactly what was happening to all of the messages that I was sending to N1KWU in California. Even after tracking the problem down, the SYSOP of the stream- lined" BBS told me that, "If [N1KWU] has moved, perhaps he needs to advise FCC of that fact." and "this BBS will continue to forward any messages received here for [N1KWU] to either WB1DSW in Kingston, NH or K1UGM in Boston, MA." I kindly asked him if he would update the packet address to the correct one and was told, " If you like, I can set up the program here to refuse messages to or from you so that they can go to other BBSs." Now what kind of response was that? He can sit there and configure his system to not accept messages from me, but he can't update a packet address? What is this lately with unfriendly SYSOPS? People like this have good intentions but they are creating more problems than they realize. This idea about replacing the address on a message is a waste of time and will not "streamline" or improve the packet system in any way. To this day, I am still having problems getting mail back and forth from my friend. I could go on about the other little things but they are trivial compared to.the what I have mentioned here. I think I will change the tagline at the end of my packet messages to read 'Packet - an endless beta test'. Ken Smith Packet: AA1DR @ K1UGM.MA.USA.NA Internet: ken.smith@channel1.com --- Instant 'Temporary' License Proposed The FCC has proposed temporary operating authority to unlicensed persons who pass the examination for a new amateur operator license. The temporary operating authority would begin when the exam is passed and an application for a license is filed, and last until a full-term license is received from the FCC (not more than 120 days). The temporary operating authority would not be available to anyone whose license has been revoked or suspended or who has been involved in other enforcement proceedings before the FCC. Under the proposal, the Commission also would reserve the right to cancel such temporary operating authority without a hearing if a need to do so arose. Those operating under the proposed new rules would use call signs determined by the initials of their name and by their mailing address. The prefix for each such call sign would be WZ followed by a number indicating the appropriate Volunteer Examiner Coordinator region. The Commission said it believes this system ''would be useful to the amateur community, yet practical to implement.'' The FCC also said it was making the proposal ''to better serve new amateurs and to increase productivity in the processing of license applications.'' The proposal, assigned PR Docket 93-267, was based on a petition for rule making made in July by the Western Carolina Amateur Radio Society (WCARS) VEC of Knoxville, Tennessee (RM-8288). ARRL Headquarters Editors note: If you are for or against this proposal, please contact the club Director, Ken Smith. We will be preparing a response on behalf of the NSRA and your input is requested. --- For Sale For sale by Otto Persson, KB1EF, phone 508-744-7870 6 Commodore 64's with disk drive and monitors. All in working condition. 3 Commodore 128's. Two of these are in good shape and one would be good for parts. --- Alkaline Battery Chargers - The REAL Truth. By Brett Miller N7OLQ You may have seen the info-mercial on TV staring Dick Clarke, which advertises a product called Super Charger, by Buddy L. It claims that this charger will recharge ordinary, alkaline batteries, such as Eveready, Duracell etc. The product is not related to Rayovac's new rechargeable alkaline system. I ordered the portable model 8001 in early July, and it arrived in late October. I have heard much debate over whether alkaline chemistry can be recharged, and I was very skeptical about this product. It cost around $40. Construction The device is made in China. It appears to be fairly well made. It has a switch on the side to select either Alkaline or NiCad charging. I opened the unit up and found a 28-pin custom IC, that bears the name of Buddy L. There are some other common passive components and 4 transistors. There are 4 LEDs on the unit to tell you when each battery is finished charging. ON = charging, SLOW BLINK = done, and FAST BLINK = battery can't be recharged The charging scheme seems to be constant current at 14 mA. No AC component was observed on the DC output. How does it work? Test #1 My first test was to take some slightly used AA Energizer batteries with a starting no-load voltage of 1.4v. I put these in a 2-cell flashlight and ran it for 1 hour. The resting no-load voltage was now 1.23v. I put them in the charger and charged them up. One of cells stopped charging after 30 minutes, while the other took over an hour. The final no-load voltage of the 2 "recharged" cells was 1.27v for one of the cells and 1.33v for the other. Recharging the cells a second time did not raise the voltage any. In fact, it caused one of the cells to drop in voltage. The manual says that 1 hour in a flashlight is a pretty heavy drain, but the batteries could last "0 to 2 times longer". So maybe my test was too tough for the charger. I think the increased voltage after the charge may be no more than the natural recovery process of the batteries. Test #2 I took 2 AA Energizer Alkaline batteries with an initial voltage of 1.59 v. each, and placed them in my Sony portable CD player. The manual states that the batteries should last 5-8 times as long if I recharge them after each 1 hour of use. After 1 hour in the CD player they each measured 1.39v. I also put another set of batteries in the CD player and ran them for 1 hour. This second set is my control set. Instead of recharging the control set, I just let them recover on their own, for the same time as the other cells took to recharge. I repeated this process until the batteries were dead. Table 1 All batteries were from same mfg. lot (recharge) (self-recovery) Super Charger set Control Set Fresh Batteries . . . . . . . . 1.59 v. 1.59 v. After 1 Hr. in CD player. . . . 1.39 v. 1.37 v. Recharge/self-recovery (55 min) 1.44 v. 1.43 v. Second hour in CD player. . . . 1.30 v. 1.30 v. Recharge/self-recovery (200min) 1.44 v. 1.40 v. Third hour in CD player . . . . 1.27 v. 1.25 v. Recharge/self-recovery.(20 min) 1.33 v. 1.33 v. Fourth hour in CD player. . . . 1.26 v. 1.26 v. Recharge/self-recovery.(120min) 1.35 v. 1.34 v. Fifth hour in CD player . . . . 1.21 v. 1.18 v. Recharge/self-recovery.(125min) 1.33 v. 1.31 v. Sixth hour in CD player . . . . 25 min (died) 14 min (died) Recharge/self-recovery.(120min) 1.30 v. 1.29 v. last run in CD player . . . . . 8 min (died) 6 min (died) The Bottom line Send it back! As you can see, the charger made no real difference in how long the batteries lasted. Alkaline batteries normally go up in voltage slightly when they are taken out of use (load removed). It seems that this Super Charger does nothing that the batteries won't do by themselves. Battery operated devices are normally used for portable applications. If you follow the manual, you would need to remove the batteries every few hours (or every 15 minutes for some devices) and recharge them! The inconveniance of this makes using the Super Charger a real waste of time (not to mention trying to keep track of how long you run each battery operated device). I did not test this for Nicads. $40 for a NiCad charger is a bit steep. Brett Miller N7OLQ Packet: N7OLQ @ N6LDL.#NOCAL.CA.USA Internet: brett@micromed.com Editors note: Thank you Brett for saving many folks from wasting their hard earned money on stuff like this. --- Novices To Get Entire 220 Band The FCC has acted to expand privileges for Novice class licensees on the 222-MHz band as well as to create a subband for ''weak signal'' work on that band, in PR Docket 92-289, in response to petitions for rule making from the ARRL. The changes will allow Novice operation in the entire 222-225 MHz band; Novices currently have access to 222.10-223.91 MHz. In making its proposal to the FCC, the League said expanding Novice privileges to include the entire 1.25 meter band made sense since Novices already are permitted to use SSB and CW on portions of the HF bands, and there was no reason why they should not be permitted to utilize those same modes in the entirety of the 222-225 MHz band, where other licensees use those modes. The FCC agreed with the ARRL, saying that it was a good idea to let Novices ''become proficient in a wider variety of amateur service operations,'' and to give them ''more flexibility in selecting the mode of transmission.'' At the same time, the FCC denied a proposal to allow Novices to be licensees and control operators of repeaters on both the 222 and 1240 MHz bands. The Commission had in fact proposed such privileges in its NPRM in 1992, but the ARRL argued against the idea, saying such privileges were not justified by the technical proficiency demonstrated by Novices on their examinations and that they would blur the distinctions between the Novice and Technician class licenses. The League also proposed that a ''weak signal'' segment be established at the bottom end of the 222 MHz band, -- at 222.0 to 222.15 MHz, similar to what previously existed at 222.00- 222.50 MHz. The League said its proposal was in response to amateurs' loss in August 1991 of 2 MHz of the band (220-222 MHz) to the land mobile service and that a weak-signal subband, which could not be enforced through voluntary agreements or formalized band-planning by amateurs, was necessary to allow amateurs to carry on experiments in propagation and operating techniques. The FCC agreed that this proposal had merit and acted accordingly. The new rules are not yet in effect. -ARRL HQ --- 145.47 Trustee Report The repeater is running 65 watts from the top of the water tower in Danvers. We have removed the receivers pre-selector for repairs. We added a new pre-amp but it did not do a very good job, So we removed it. We are looking into replacing the receiver to improve it's "Ears", that will happen soon. Thanks goes out to the Technical Committee for their fine work on all of the machines. Special thanks to Bob KA1EUK for the use of his expertise and his fancy gear. Also, thanks to Herb W1KVQ for his very loyal leadership, and years of experience. As a long time Trustee of the 145.470 Repeater I am I am very proud of the work the Technical Committee does. We are also looking for Control Operators for the 145.470 repeater. We are searching for two or three members who agree to assist the Trustee in the legal operation of the repeater. They will be required to act out there duties any time they are using the repeater. All those interested please contact KA1LQX (Mark) at 508 774-5534. Please do not call before 10am. I like to sleep in. Hi Hi. 73's KA1LQX Mark --- Adam N1QCA - New Activities Chairperson Adam Seligman, N1QCA, has been appointed Activities Chairperson by President Eric Cottrell, WB1HBU. Adam has been very active in the NSRA since joining only a few months ago. He has taken part in the recently revived Fox Hunts and is Net Control for the Sunday evening NSRA Net on the Danvers repeater. Adam has some great ideas about club events and he needs your help. If you would like to help organize upcoming NSRA club events then please call Adam at 617-598-4568. --- NSRA Resource List Below is a list of members who can help you with your questions. Their specialties are listed below their names. If you would like to be added to the NSRA Resource list, please call Ken AA1DR at 617-581-9812. Eric Cottrell WB1HBU Satellite, packet radio Packet: WB1HBU @ K1UGM.MA Internet: eac@world.std.com CIS: 76327,515 Phone: days 617-926-4900 x258 eve 617-595-1986 Jim Cavanaugh KD1FW NTS, RACES Packet: KD1FW @ K1UGM.MA Phone: 508-531-1934 after 5PM Dick Calderone KX1N Russian DX Packet: KX1N @ K1UGM.MA Phone: 508-774-2716 Ken Smith AA1DR Packet and voice communications, PC configuration, Direction finding, Technician Classes, NSRA Public relations Packet: AA1DR @ K1UGM.MA Internet: ken.smith@channel1.com Phone: 617-581-9812 --- Place Your Ad Here! The NSRA newsletter is now accepting advertising! To help offset the cost of production and distribution of this quarterly newsletter, and to better serve our membership, we are now accepting business card sized advertisements for the hard copy version of the newsletter. The ads must be ham or electronic related or can be a professional ad from a club member. This newsletter has over 300 readers, based mostly on the North Shore. The North Shore Repeater Association is a nonprofit organization with many goals and principles, one of which is "To encourage participation in the Radio Amateur Civil Emergency Service (RACES), the Civil Defense organizations and any other nonprofit services where quality communications will result in benefits to the community and amateur radio." The cost of a single (3.5" x 2") ad is as follows: Single issue $15 One year (4 issues) $50 All our advertisers, who are not club members, will receive a copy of each newsletter in which their ad appears. For more information please contact Ken Smith at 617-581-9812 --- S p r e a d the word... Explicit permission is granted to reproduce or distribute by electronic or other means, in whole or in part, any material appearing herein provided credit is given to the author and this publication including issue date. --- MEETINGS The NSRA meets on the second Monday of the month at the Cy Tenny Club in West Peabody. Doors open at 7:00pm and the meeting starts at 8:00pm. Come and see the faces behind the microphone, participate in our prize raffle, and enjoy some refreshments and good conversation. As always, you do not need to be a member nor a Ham to attend. Talk-In: 145.47 Danvers Repeater. See you there! --- North Shore Repeater Association Application for membership Date: __________ __ New __ Renewal ARRL member? Y N Callsign: _________ Class: ___________ Year first licensed: _________ Name: _______________________________ Name on air: _____________________ Address: _________________________________________________________________ City: _______________________ State: ___ Zip: ________ Phone (home): ___________________ (work): _________________ Your capabilities (bands, modes etc.): Other hobbies and interests: Referred by (if any): ____________________ Type of membership requested (check one): __ Full __ Student (fulltime) __ Associate (additional family member) If Associate, callsign of the Full member in your houseold: _____________ If FULL or STUDENT, will you need a personal speed dial number assigned to you? Y N Full = $15 Student = $5 Associate = $1 New members add $5 one time initiation fee. Amount enclosed: Please mail your check or money order to: NSRA Membership PO BOX 3724 Peabody MA 01961-3724 This has been the North Shore Repeater Association Newsletter Electronic Edition. Editor: Ken Smith Packet: AA1DR @ K1UGM Internet: ken.smith@channel1.com Tel: 617-581-9812 *******************************END***************************