Friday, December 21, 2012

[P-2012-12-21]_PSRG-FUN Blog (2013-01-13)


PSRG-FUN Blog
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  What's Hot??? 
(Updated: 12-21-2012)
Need some Snow for the Season?
How about this...
Looking southwest from the Administrative Building at the road entering Longmire. Thumbnail photo taken from webcam on October 11, 2012.
Longmire
-- Looking southwest from the Administrative Building. View webcam

(see Snowy Mount Rainier on Sidebar ==>)
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    WHAT'S NEW?   
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If you are reading this, then the Mayans' were kidding:
"Gotcha!"
Watch & read the VOA report here!
also:Updated Sidebar:
 [Project Tips] -- Lee's Soldering Tips + Shelley's 2-meter Yagi
Shelley [KF7TBA] dishing up her homemade 2m-Yagi w/ Pesto!



Heard on the Net (recently)
Friday, December 21, 2012 (aka "The End of the World" Day)
Your Friday 9AM NetOps Host: Kingston Bill [KC5WFH]
Check-Ins from the usual suspects and these "new" contacts:
KK7JL -- TIMOTHY A HARLAN
RENTON, WA 98058

http://www.qrz.com/db/KK7JL
W7SAT -- Brett J Mueller -- Mount Rainier (MORA)
Puyallup, WA 98372
http://www.qrz.com/db/W7SAT
Winter Solistice!
From BBC -- In pictures:
Stonehenge marks winter solstice
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-wiltshire-20811844
also check out the Maya calendar -- Ceremonies and parties across the world
for you Opera fans
check out BBC Radio 3 Opera programmes:
  
Opera -- Radio 3 -- Home of the BBC Opera Season: discover what's on and what's coming up across all channels

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio3/opera/
   Opera on 3 -- Radio 3 -- Details of all opera broadcasts on Radio 3, plus

background information on opera, its composers and performers
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006tnpy
   Discover Opera on the BBC -- A Passion for Opera -- Opera on the BBC Search for opera across BBC TWO, BBC FOUR, Radio 2, Radio 3 and News http://www.bbc.co.uk/search/opera


Irene [KF7WUD]'s Snoopy sez: 
"Sign Up for the PSRG Annual Dinner"
Sign Up NOW!
PSRG Annual Dinner
 Saturday, Jan 12,  6pm at the 125th Street Grill.  map info
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Join us on Skype during 9 O'Clock Nets (AM & PM) on the
PSRG's 9-O'Clock Net Skype Group (NO Private Info PLEASE!)
Search for Skype ID = PSRG's 9-O'Clock Net Skype Group (or CQ.K7LWA)
(... join the Conversation!)
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The PSRG Echolink Monitor (Click here)
Quick Link to PSRG's  9 O'Clock Net Check-In Roster

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Irene [KF7WUD]'s Snoopy sez:
"Remember to Check-In on the PSRG Net each Monday at 7:30PM!"
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Puget Sound Repeater Group Website
 (http://web.psrg.org)


Irene [KF7WUD]'s Snoopy sez: 
"Check out Live Stream TV on Sunday on WW7ATS -- below!"

Streaming every Sunday & Thursday Evening @7:00PM on the web!
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Western Washington Amateur Television Society


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An average PSRG 9-O'Clock Net Controller
Remember: Monday Night is PSRG Net Check-In Time!
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Fancy Something New that is Olde?
"Pre-9 O'Clock" Net: Educational Radio Net 
Some of the newer people will not know that Lee [K7NC] and Bob [K9PQ]
did a long running net on PSRG called the
Educational Radio Net.
We had a blog to support the net and it is still a good resource.

Here is the link:
  http://educationalradionet.blogspot.com/


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Weather Announcments via PSRG's Echolink/IRLP Node!

Also, check out the new, cool tools on PSRG.ORG website:
Home
Join
Sponsored Nets:
PSRG Net, Mondays, 19:30
The Nine O’clock net, Each day, 09:00 & 21:00
Seattle Auxiliary Communications Service, Mondays, 19:00
WWATS Amateur Television Net, Sunday and Thursday, 19:00
Events: Annual Picnics Torchlight Parade
Operating Rules
PSRG Store
Mailing Lists
Contact
Echo/IRLP
Weather Announcments
ACS Ham/Seattle Hubs Repeater Current Status
New Back up Repeater
PSRG-FUN Blog

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 WHAT  WAS  NEW (aka The Same Old Stuff)!  
============================================================
Thank you Dapper Farmer Dale [KF7QME] for
THE GREAT PSRG FIRST EGG GUESSING GAME
AND FUND RAISER
For more, see Sidebar: [Farm Report] The GREAT 1st EGG DROP CONTEST
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Revised and added Sidebar Pages:
-- Contest Donation Info --
To send in your donation via postal mail, write to:
Puget Sound Repeater Group
PO Box 77448
Seattle, WA 98177

For additional info, please contact:
Don Abeles [W7UUL] Secretary/Treasurer
Contact: Don
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VIDEO: The Taylor Girls with A Mystery Guest Ending!
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From Steve [N7GWG]'s visit to the Spark Museum on October 14, 2012:
Jessica, Sylvia and I had a GREAT time.. It was S H O C K I N G !!! lol.

Video-01(scary!), Video-02, & Photos
Thanks, Steve, for the great videos & photos!
(Please see FUN Road Trip Idea below)

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New FUN???
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Check out Mike [AE7XI]'s and LW [K7LWA]'s
FUN Road Trip Idea:

SPARK Museum of Electrical Invention!
 (formerly the American Museum of Radio and Electricity in Bellingham, WA)
Exhibits include:
“Franklin’s laboratory” diorama
Early Leyden Jars
Static electricity machines
Experimental electric light bulbs from Edison’s Menlo Park laboratory
Wheatstone and Cooke 2-needle telegraph
Telephone used in first transcontinental call
 Early Marconi wireless sets
The Titanic wireless room
Sarnoff loudspeaker
Crystal Radio Sets
Vacuum Tubes (13,000!)
The “1930s Living Room Diorama”
Radios, radios, radios!
(Notice how radios evolve from “boxes & knobs” to beautiful furniture)
and

a hand-built Theremin by Robert "Bobby" Moog (as in "Moog Synthesizer")
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and did I mention the Radio Room upstairs available for licensed HAM use?


What do YOU think -- Interested?

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Permalinks below -- related to the PSRG Organization

Forget Monday Night Football or the Monday Night Movie or the Iron Chef
Monday Night is PSRG Net Check-In Time!
Check it out, then Check In:
PSRG Net, Mondays, 19:30


Puget Sound Repeater Group Website
 (http://web.psrg.org)

"Pre-9 O'Clock" Net: Educational Radio Net 
Some of the newer people will not know that Lee and I did a 
long running net on PSRG called the  
Educational Radio Net.
We had a blog to support the net and 

it is still a good resource. 
Here is the link:
 
http://educationalradionet.blogspot.com/

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 (includes 2012 Antenna Parties & Field Day photos)
Now on the Sidebar

PSRG-FUN Blog

 

PSRG-FUN Blog

Carol [KF7TNO] and the always locquacious EJ [KF7TNP]p[ffd

PSRG-FUN Blog


 (includes 2012 Antenna Parties & Field Day photos)
Now on the Sidebar


Friday, November 30, 2012

[P-2012-11-30]_PSRG-FUN Blog (thru 11-30-2012)


PSRG-FUN Blog
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  What's Hot??? 
(Updated: 11/30/12 3:30PM)
[GENERAL CLASS In Federal Way THIS WEEKEND!]
(see Sidebar ==>)
 

PSRG Board Meeting Saturday, Dec 8, 2-3:30 pm  at the Salmon Bay Cafe. map
PSRG Annual Dinner Saturday, Jan 12,  6pm at the 125th Street Grill.  map info
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Hope the past holiday treated you well as it did us.
We had plenty of company from Terresa's Daughter and their family on Thursday to my Daughter and her family on Friday to my Brother on Sunday. Also on Sunday, we had another visitor stop by to show us his bird as he dropped it in our back yard. As his Thanksgiving crow laid there on our back lawn, dead, this guy swooped up onto the fence and posed for this pic, then went back, picked up his thanksgiving dinner and took off again. What a treat!!!
I'll mention it during the net tonight...might be neat to share on the FUN blog.
~73~
Darin [KF7TOV]
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Join us on Skype during 9 O'Clock Nets (AM & PM) on the
PSRG's 9-O'Clock Net Skype Group (NO Private Info PLEASE!)
Search for Skype ID = PSRG's 9-O'Clock Net Skype Group (or CQ.K7LWA)
(... join the Conversation!)
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The PSRG Echolink Monitor (Click here)
Quick Link to PSRG's  9 O'Clock Net Check-In Roster
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The International Space Station (ISS) is visible again -- in the AM!
    ISS  Fly-Over   
    (updated 2012-11-22)  

-- Intl Space Station Sightings (Seattle, WA) area --
 Obj +  Date  + Time + Dur(Mins)|Elev + Entry + Exit +
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__[[+]]__TRAINING ALERTS!__[[+]]__
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GENERAL LICENSING CLASS IN FEDERAL WAY
"Upgrade to GENERAL in 1 Weekend!"
Nov 30 through Dec 2, 2012
The GENERAL HAM Licensing Class schedule is:
Friday evening, November 30th 7 - 9 PM,
Saturday, December 1st  8:30 AM to 4:30 PM, and
Sunday, December 2nd  8:30 AM to 2 PM, 

immediately followed by the VE Test session.
Note: "Walk-In" examinees (for All Classes exams) are welcomed!
Please see Sidebar to right: [GENERAL CLASS THIS WEEKEND!]
Daniel Stevens [KL7WM]
Phone: 206-228-9274
E-mail: training(at)fwarc.org
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Breaking HAM News You Can Use NOW!
Inattentive driving could soon cost you $124 in King County
 The Metropolitan King County Council
 has approved a new traffic infraction
 — inattentive driving
with fines that could bring in
about $75,000 next year.

(By-line: byoung [at] seattletimes.com -- originally published Monday, November 5, 2012 at 5:34 PM)
So, can YOU operate an Amateur Radio while driving in WAshington?
What does the WA LAW (RCWs) say?
Thanks to Dixie [N7OYY] for the update!
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(BTW: Dixie recommends keeping a Print Version of this RCW in your vehicle)
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RCWs > Title 46 > Chapter 46.61 > Section 46.61.667

Revised Code of Washington (RCW)
   Title 46 RCW -- MOTOR VEHICLES
      Chapter 46.61 RCW -- RULES OF THE ROAD

RCW 46.61.667 -- Using a wireless communications device while driving.
(1) Except as provided in subsections (2) and (3) of this section, a person operating a moving motor vehicle while holding a wireless communications device to his or her ear is guilty of a traffic infraction.
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     (3) Subsection (1) of this section does not restrict the operation of an amateur radio station by a person who holds a valid amateur radio operator license issued by the federal communications commission.
     (5) The state preempts the field of regulating the use of wireless communications devices in motor vehicles, and this section supersedes any local laws, ordinances, orders, rules, or regulations enacted by a political subdivision or municipality to regulate the use of wireless communications devices by the operator of a motor vehicle.
 Congratulations! 
to the 11 New Technicians & 3 Upgraded Generals(/AG)
who recently attended the
Technician License Training Class+Exam in Ballard
sponsored and organized by
the Philadelphia Church EPP Committee
Email: epp@pcseattle.org

KF7ZHG Nichols, Andrew W
KF7ZHH Bryant, Shelby J
KF7ZHI Cox, Kathryn B
KF7ZHJ Cox, John R
KF7ZHK Brown, Albert L
KF7ZHL Chandler, Jennifer
KF7ZHM Costa, Anthony L
KF7ZHN Johnson, Dale R
KF7ZHO Brown, Daniel T
KF7ZHP Crisalli, Thomas P
KF7ZHQ Davis, Charles
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How about Ian [K7PDP] making the National Media??
Seattle's Living Computer Museum tempts tech tourists

Seattle's Living Computer Museum tempts tech tourists


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Irene [KF7WUD]'s Snoopy sez:
"Remember to Check-In on the PSRG Net each Monday at 7:30PM!"
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Puget Sound Repeater Group Website
 (http://web.psrg.org)


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Streaming every Sunday & Thursday Evening @7:00PM on the web!
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Western Washington Amateur Television Society


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An average PSRG 9-O'Clock Net Controller
Remember: Monday Night is PSRG Net Check-In Time!
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Fancy Something New that is Olde?
"Pre-9 O'Clock" Net: Educational Radio Net 
Some of the newer people will not know that Lee [K7NC] and Bob [K9PQ]
did a long running net on PSRG called the
Educational Radio Net.
We had a blog to support the net and it is still a good resource.

Here is the link:
  http://educationalradionet.blogspot.com/


    WHAT'S NEW?   
 ===================================================
++++ ++++ NEW ++++ ++++

How about Ian [K7PDP] making the National Media??
Seattle's Living Computer Museum tempts tech tourists

Congratulations! 
to the 11 New Technicians & 3 Upgraded Generals(/AG)
(see list under "What's Hot!" above)
 who recently attended the
Technician License Training Class+Exam in Ballard
sponsored and organized by
the Philadelphia Church EPP Committee
Email: epp@pcseattle.org

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Thank you to all who helped
by sharing your expertise, time, and assistance
during the recent training and testing sessions --
because of you
-- our hobby and our communities are enriched!
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Specifically, we acknowledge the following contributions from:
-- All the brave class attendees (especially the new Hams) --
-- Sponsors, organizers, & hosts --
Mike Walsh [W7BMW], helpers & the Philadelphia Church EPP Committee
-- Trainers --
Daniel Stevens [KL7WM] -- lead trainer,
Mike Walsh [W7BMW] & LW Abel [K7LWA];
-- Volunteer Examiners (VEs) --
Jerry Clingan [KC7AUW],
Jim Etzwiler [KD7BAT],
Theresa Edwards [KO7E], &
Karl Leon [N7KUW]
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Class Contacts:
Mike Walsh [W7BMW
Email: epp@pcseattle.org
Be sure to check for your NEW CALL SIGN on the
FCC Universal Licensing System (ULS) (See below)



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Revised and added Sidebar Pages:
-- Contest Donation Info --
To send in your donation via postal mail, write to:
Puget Sound Repeater Group
PO Box 77448
Seattle, WA 98177

For additional info, please contact:
Don Abeles [W7UUL] Secretary/Treasurer
Contact: Don

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 WHAT  WAS  NEW (aka The Same Old Stuff)!  
============================================================
Thank you Dapper Farmer Dale [KF7QME] for
THE GREAT PSRG FIRST EGG GUESSING GAME
AND FUND RAISER
For more, see Sidebar: [Farm Report] The GREAT 1st EGG DROP CONTEST
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 ===================================================
VIDEO: The Taylor Girls with A Mystery Guest Ending!
 ===================================================
From Steve [N7GWG]'s visit to the Spark Museum on October 14, 2012:
Jessica, Sylvia and I had a GREAT time.. It was S H O C K I N G !!! lol.

Video-01(scary!), Video-02, & Photos
Thanks, Steve, for the great videos & photos!
(Please see FUN Road Trip Idea below)

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New FUN???
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Check out Mike [AE7XI]'s and LW [K7LWA]'s
FUN Road Trip Idea:

SPARK Museum of Electrical Invention!
 (formerly the American Museum of Radio and Electricity in Bellingham, WA)
Exhibits include:
“Franklin’s laboratory” diorama
Early Leyden Jars
Static electricity machines
Experimental electric light bulbs from Edison’s Menlo Park laboratory
Wheatstone and Cooke 2-needle telegraph
Telephone used in first transcontinental call
 Early Marconi wireless sets
The Titanic wireless room
Sarnoff loudspeaker
Crystal Radio Sets
Vacuum Tubes (13,000!)
The “1930s Living Room Diorama”
Radios, radios, radios!
(Notice how radios evolve from “boxes & knobs” to beautiful furniture)
and

a hand-built Theremin by Robert "Bobby" Moog (as in "Moog Synthesizer")
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and did I mention the Radio Room upstairs available for licensed HAM use?


What do YOU think -- Interested?

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Permalinks below -- related to the PSRG Organization

Forget Monday Night Football or the Monday Night Movie or the Iron Chef
Monday Night is PSRG Net Check-In Time!
Check it out, then Check In:
PSRG Net, Mondays, 19:30


Puget Sound Repeater Group Website
 (http://web.psrg.org)

"Pre-9 O'Clock" Net: Educational Radio Net 
Some of the newer people will not know that Lee and I did a 
long running net on PSRG called the  
Educational Radio Net.
We had a blog to support the net and 

it is still a good resource. 
Here is the link:
 
http://educationalradionet.blogspot.com/

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 (includes 2012 Antenna Parties & Field Day photos)
Now on the Sidebar

PSRG-FUN Blog

 

PSRG-FUN Blog

Carol [KF7TNO] and the always locquacious EJ [KF7TNP]p[ffd

PSRG-FUN Blog


 (includes 2012 Antenna Parties & Field Day photos)
Now on the Sidebar