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Next
Meeting
The
next meeting of the Ak-Sar-Ben Amateur Radio Club
will be held on November
14th at 7:30 at the Red
Cross
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VE
Session
The
next VE session sponsored by the Ak-Sar-Ben ARC will be
held on Tuesday November 25
at 6:30 p.m. at the Red Cross at 81st and Spring Streets
here in Omaha.
Hum
Hum Online
The
August Ham Hum was the
first to be published EXCLUSIVELY on the web site! If you
or someone you know would still like to have the Hum mailed,
please contact a board member,
the Ham Hum Editor,
or the membership committee.
You must contact us to get the newsletter in the mail.
Nebraska Section News
Keep up with what is going on in the Nebraska Section from
our section manager KEØXQ read about other amateur radio
clubs in Nebraska. Click
here to read the latest! You must be an ARRL member
to get this!
News
from ARRL HQ
ARRL
"Logbook of the World" Goes Live!
ARRL 2003 Frequency Measuring Test Set for November
FCC
Asks Power Company to Try Harder to Resolve Noise Complaints
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Scouts
Work Toward
Radio Merit Badge
Nearly
50 Boy Scouts got a taste of Amateur Radio and got a start
on their Radio merit badge at Mahoney State Park over JOTA
weekend.. Thanks to Ak-Sar-Ben ARC members AEØEG,
KØCTU, ABØYW and NØTRK, along with
WØERT, each scout completed 3 of the 8 requirements
including talking on an amateur radio station. Since it
was also JOTA, finding someone to talk to was not a problem.
The scouts talked to Pennsylvania, New York and Canada.
In between rushes of scouts, the operators talked to W1AW
and even a Ukranian station. Several of the boys were anxious
to complete the merit badge. It was a lot fun! Watch for
some Scout related updates real soon!
Nominations
The
AARC is looking for a few good hams to lead the organization.
The requirements are simple. The candidates must be an AARC
member,
the candidates must be willing to do their best to help
make the AARC an even better amateur radio club, by taking
part as a leader. Contact the leadership
of the AARC with your request to be considered as a nominee
as a board member of club officer.
CTCSS
Requirement
The
KØUSA 146.940 MHz repeater now requires a CTCSS
(PL) tone of 131.8 Hz to access the input frequency. Click
Here more information about CTCSS
. The repeater is also operating from the downtown location.
The ID is slightly different, with an "E" added
to the end for the CW ID to indicate it is the east location.
When the west location is up and operating it will have
a CW "W" added to its ID. The courtesy beeps
are also slightly different. The system now is boasting
and alternate input at Apple Hill and 156th and Maple
with a voting system selecting the strongest signal. Keep
up the good work WBØCMC and NØUP and all
the other people who help with the repeater.
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The
October Ham Hum
is now
Available Online
Broadband
Over Power Line
Learn
more about BPL and its impact on amateur radio! Then get
involved. Don't sit back and let someone else fight this battle.
This is ours to win or lose.
FCC
Invites Comments on Six Morse Code-Related Petitions
The
FCC has invited public comments on six separate Morse code-related
petitions for rule making, some of which would altogether
eliminate Element 1, the 5 WPM Morse test, from the Amateur
Service rules (Part 97). World Radiocommunication Conference
2003 (WRC-03) made optional the requirement to prove the ability
to send and receive Morse signals to operate below 30 MHz.
Two other more recently filed petitions--one from No Code
International and another from two amateur licensees--are
expected to be put on public notice in the near future. Check
the ARRL web site for more information.
Ham
Radio In the News
Ham
radio is in the news more often than you might think. Here
is a selection of stories of Ham Radio in the News:
Ham
radio club donates skills for LOTOJA race
Ham
radio operator careful
Local heroes' efforts often unnoticed
Have
a Field Day: Why you should try ham radio
Getting
ham radio out of the MOST
Ham
radio operators step into the breach when tech failed
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The
Ak-Sar-Ben Amateur Radio Club, Inc. of Omaha, Nebraska
is a general interest amateur radio club. With well over 300 members
there is someone involved in every aspect of amateur radio. We make
a special effort to participate in providing communications support
for public service events, Field Day, and teaching classes for those
who wish to obtain an amateur(ham) radio license or upgrade their
license privileges. The club sponsors regularly scheduled Volunteer
Examiners as part of the ARRL VEC program. The club also hosts an
annual auction in the spring of the year and a flea market in the
fall There is evidence of the club as far back as the 1920s and has
a long history of community service and promotion of ham radio in
the city, county and state. The current club was started in 1945 the
club has been affiliated with the ARRL since that time The club has
hosted the Midwest Division Convention in 1985 and in 1994. Recently
the club participated in the Kidz Explore event in Omaha which was
attended by over 77,000 people. The AARC is also planning a radio
merit badge program for the Boy Scouts. The club operates two repeaters
under their KØUSA callsign, 146.940 and 224.940. Both repeaters
are open for all licensed amateurs to use. The 146.940 repeater is
home to Midlands ARES and Douglas County ARES nets.
