F E E D - P O I N T |
The Official Newsletter of the St. John Valley Amateur Radio Association |
March 2000 Vol.10 no.3 |
Letter From Our President Dear Fellow Hams, As I write this on St. Patrick's Day, the temperature is dropping into the teens on a sunny afternoon. It may be below zero tonight, so I guess we have a way to go, even though Spring will have arrived on the calendar by the time you read this. Happy Spring! The chickadees think it is Spring. Early every morning they are whistling their two-note spring songs with enthusiasm. The 8th annual Can-Am Crown Sled Dog Races have been completed. Thanks to the many hams who helped the communications work. The Rocky Mountain Repeater once again enabled the remote checkpoints to communicate with net control and with each other when necessary. There was some interference that came in from Quebec on the tail of our transmissions, but it was a minor problem. N1ZHR covered the Wallagrass Lake Checkpoint. WA1YNZ and KA1CQX took care of Portage. KC1SE had the help of KA1OOW at Rocky Brook. N1HSQ and KA1HEL were at Maibec, and N1QMC and N1ZHQ were at Allagash. Starts of the 250 and 60 were covered by N1UYA and the 30 mile start was covered by N1QMC and N1ZQH. N1JHD and N1ZBX helped with the setups in St. Francis and Allagash. Control Center was operated by N8VJM, who set all the radio and computer gear up in control center, N1PMS, KW1C, N1JHT, N1FCV, and
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KA1VTW. WA1ZQH was prepared
to help, but was not needed because the net was closed soon after he
reported to control center.
Many thanks to all of you, who devoted a great many hours to this "Iditarod of the East". We receive many compliments for the way the Can-Am Crown Sled Dog Races are run, yet we always seek to improve. Elections were held at the March Meeting. Once again you have voted me in as president. I look back to my letter of a year ago, and find that one of my goals has not been met. We are still at a standstill on the school project. I hope by the end of the school year we can have presented some program to the schools. N7GLR has offered to put on such a program. The next step is to contact the schools for scheduling and the ARRL for ideas. 73, N1UYA Address comments, questions, or
suggestions to:
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Schedule of Coming Events
Date |
Event |
Place |
Contact |
Sponsor |
Time |
Freq. |
SUN |
Net |
Madawaska |
VE1PIN |
1800 |
147.300 |
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MON |
Net |
Fort Kent |
N1QMC |
SJVARA |
1930 |
146.64 |
MON |
Net |
Presque Isle |
WA1YNZ |
AARA |
2000 |
146.73 |
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Report Of MARCH SJVARA Meeting Called to Order: 18:30 by N1UYA In Attendance: N1UYA, N1CGV, N1JHD, N1LON , N1FCW, N1QMC, N1PMS, N7GLR, KA7VNR Elections: 15 Ballots returned. Results on page 3. Secretary's Minutes: Motion to waive reading by N1PMS, and seconded by N1LON. Motion passed. Treasurer's Report : Unavailable.
Absence of N1CHF. Balance last month of $497.56 + interest. At the meeting
$60.00 in dues and an $8.00 donation were collected. |
New Business:
Field Day: Tabled TESTING: APRIL 1 IS THE
DATE 10 AM. THIS WILL BE A CLOSED SESSION FOR OUR MEMBERS OFFERING
GENERAL AND EXTRA WRITTEN TESTS. IF ANYONE NEEDS ANY OTHER TEST THEY
SHOULD NOTIFY N1UYA IMMEDIATELY. Next meeting: MON. 3 April 2000, 1830 EST at Community High School, Fort Kent Adjourned @ 19:28 EST by N1UYA with no objection from the floor. Program: A Crossword, Tower Quiz, and the idea for a mobile antenna mount, all from QST, were handed out. Submitted by: N1CGV AND N1UYA |
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In Case You're Interested Xue-Jun Zhang, BD2CR, POBox 80, Fangxiao,Daqing,163161 China would like to contact Amateur Radio Operators who are also amateur astronomers. Anyone who might wish to Elmer a prospective Sudanese ham via e-mail, contact Nader Ali Omer, at n2udo@arrl.net |
Happy Birthday Jim Grandmaison 4-4 Wilburn Scott
4-25 |
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Can-Am Communications At the Can-Am Directors meeting on
Sunday, March21, I brought up the problem of noise in the radio room at the
Pine Tree Lodge. Two solutions have been proposed. The first is that a
dropped ceiling with sound insulation would be a big help. The second is a
separate trailer set up probably by the finish line. The problem will be
solved one way or another before next year. SJVARA MEMBERS
3 N1FCW Dave
Bishop 728-4342 03-31-01
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21 W1BTP Phil Dumond 418 859-3153 03-31-00 23 N1JHD Gil Daigle 398-3348 03-31-00 24 N1QMC Sandra Daigle 398-3348 03-31-00 26 N1FRX Charles Zafonte 834-6273 03-31-01 34 VE1VIO Camille Violette 506 735-8025 06-30-99 X 39 KA1ZOE Louis Albert 834-6247 03-31-00 41 N1LON Leland Roix 728-7657 03-31-01 43 WA1YNZ Wilburn Scott 455-8333 04-30-00 46 KC1SE James Grandmaison 834-3933 03-31-00 51 VE1PIN Bert St-Onge 506 739-9388 03-31-00 61 N1UYA Gale Flagg 834-6670 05-31-00 68 N1HSQ Dean Wiggins 768-8631 03-31-00 69 N8VJM Miles Clouston 834-6866 03-31-00 70 N1PMS Peter Pelletier 834-6903 03-31-00 72 N1ZHR Jeff Pelletier 768-5987 06-30-00 73 N1ZBY Jessica Boutot 834-6848 07-31-00 75 N1RDE Philip Daigle 398-3348 03-31-00 76 N7GLR Charles Ames 895-9012 03-31-01 77 KA7VNR Ruth McKinney 895-9012 03-31-01 78 W4VR Ron Grandmaison 834- 10-31-00 TOTAL = 25 X indicates expired membership |
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For Sale Heavy duty 40' galvanized steel tower, 16" x
16" x 16". Includes mounting hardware. Best Offer. |
Election Results President: Gale Flagg |
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