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1 Genesis ARS Newsletter April 2017 image.gif Editorial Hope all are doing well! Summer is coming! Are you ready? Hope so!! Get your antenna work done now before it's too hot to do anything except talk!! I'm hoping to get my HF antennas upgraded soon and add a couple of VHF beams also. Looking into more "serious" power backup capabilities too. One system in the car will include a 750/1500 watt inverter(got the inverter already), a 100 amp hour AGM battery and a 30 watt solar panel with charge controller(got the panel and controller). The house backup will include 100 amp hour AGM batteries(2) 1500/2500 watt inverter and 100 watt solar panels(2) with charge controller. N1IR photo Don't forget the meeting, last monday of every month! 73 de Bob ka1nma :::::::::::::::::::::::;::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: I hope the club will forgive the lateness of the newsletter. I lost my dear Mother and best friend earlier this month! It has been a very difficult time for me! I enclose the last picture of her taken at home before she passed on. A number of Genesis members knew her. Ellen S. Perkins RIP Well Hello from Jack W1AKN, Summer is right HERE practically :) The Genesis ARS Boy Scouts in the Sky volunteers, will be practicing for the May 6thScouts in the Sky event at the Plymouth Airport. Well this Sat 4/29, the team will meet at the GARS meeting room and finish the Radio Merit Badge presentation. The presentation consists of 9 displays providing a graphic representation of the 9 modules / requirements for the BSA Radio Merit Badge. A Genesis Volunteer will take each scout thru the presentation and give a brief detailed description to give the scout the info needed to achieve the radio merit badge. The presentation will include both a GOTA VHF station and an active HF station that will serve to complete the BSA RMB requirements.

2 Any GARS member wishing to share some of their QSL cards can bring them to Chris N1IR, Mike KG1U, or Jack W1AKN and they will be sure to include them in the gift bags the scouts will be receiving as they leave the presentation. I have only mine and need at least 4 more hams for 30 QSL cards each ham! Please consider donating some QSL cards for the scouts???!!! There is something all GARS members can do to help in the Scouts in the Sky effort the scouts need to make 5 contacts each, so it would be great if some of you could standby the repeater the day of May 6 and listen for the scouts and help them achieve their 5 contacts. The HF station, also set up in addition to the GOTA VHF station will be operating on 10 meters at or about MHz in order to provide some of the required 5 contacts and anyone equipped for 10 meters operation is asked to listen for scouts there as well. The thinking is to provide both FM and SSB activity for the scouts to get a well rounded demonstration of several modes of operation. Presently we have ZERO no volunteers to be on N1ZIZ or 10 meters for these kids? In closing, I would like to remind all to spread the word - Genesis is presenting the General Class training course May 13th and 20th. We have 9 students currently registered and have room for a few more! So, spread the word and let's make a big effort to raise the level of Generals in the Plymouth area :) See you all at the Genesis ARS Sat 4/29, 9am until noon, training session. We will prep for the big show the following weekend! Genesis ARS photo FYI: Think 2017FD - its coming soon to a amateur radio club near you :) 73 de Jack W1AKN Genesis ARS Vice President w1aknatarrl.net Genesis ARS photo Starting in January of 2017 are the monthly Speaking Engagements to be delivered at each monthly Genesis meeting, last Monday evening each month. The meetings begin at 7PM sharp with brief business session then right into the speakers presentations. Please plan to join us for one of these or heck, come to all of them. Genesis membership is not required. Here is the current speakers schedule: FYI: July thru Aug will be unavailable due to summer activity and people s unavailability. *Please feel free to join us at one or all of these meetings / speaking engagements Genesis ARS membership is not required!

3 Speaker schedule is as follow: 5/29/ Tentative Field Day Operations N1IR 6/26/ Field Day Report The Genesis Amateur Radio Society looks forward to seeing you at the meetings! Genesis Meetings: Last Monday of the month 7 PM sharp with brief business session (no longer than mins.) Presentation to start at 7:15 PM sharp Plymouth Airport Community Building ( Gate 2 entrance) Green metal building to the right of the control tower at main gate (gate 2) entrance on the far right side of the building Park at far right of parking lot closest to entrance 246 South Meadow Road, Plymouth, MA Minutes for GARS meeting March 2017 Meeting was called to order at 7:30pm Pledge of Allegiance given and Moment of Silence for Silent Keys Secretary s Report: Members present voted to except Secretary s Report as submitted. Treasurer: Treasurer gave the financial report that was voted by members present to except as presented. Committees: No Reports Given Old Business: Repeater - The repeater was inspected by a technician who diagnosed several issues including damage to the cans and cabinet. Upon testing, it was noted that there has been a noticeable reduction of output power over the last 4 months. No parts are available to make repairs other than to the cans. It was proposed to replace the present repeater with a 1 year old ICOM ICHR5000 repeater with less than 50 hours of prior use. The repeater will also include the expertise of WG1U, who is professionally experienced with this equipment. After discussion, the members present voted to approve the purchase of the repeater. Annual Dues: As of March 1, the annual dues have gone from $20 to $25. Upcoming Events:

4 BSA in the Sky will be held on May 6, GARS will be holding sessions for the Radio Merit Badge at the event volunteers are needed for the event. Please contact Chris Johnson or Jack Buckley if you are interested in volunteering. General Class Lisence Class May 13, May 20 at Middleboro Library ARRL Kids Day June 18 Field Day June Old Colony Council JOTA October 14, 15, 16 at Camp Squanto, Carver MA. Saturday Classes: The next class will be on Home Generator Systems and held Saturday, March 25 in the Community Room at Plymouth Airport. Respectfully Submitted Derrick ARS kb1wfp derekmbennettathotmail.com GENESIS Secretary Say "hi" to my former next door neighbor "Scot" if you hear him on N1ZIZ. His call is N1JSM. N1JSM photo :: Links Genesis Web Site American Radio Relay League E - Ham QRP Groups Ham Universe (a ka1nma favorite) AC6V.com (another ka1nma favorite) N1IR Electronics Website

5 QRZ Any suggestions? me!! For reference: Here are some of the details from the group of GENESIS officers and members with official charge as it relates to leadership and effort: Chris N1IR, GARS Education Officer educational activities second to NONE and more to come Bill K1JZX extraordinaire (the books) GARS Treasurer and money manager Mike KG1U, GARS WEB ZHAR the Genesis Web presence has changed for the good dramatically Bob KA1NMA, GARS Editor Genesis has a Newsletter (nicely done KA1NMA) in which to advertise our organization (Bragg) Kevin K1KOD health and well being GARS Repeater Officer and overall Genesis Paul N1KFD, GARS Marketing more cash in the till, (Marketing now has a manager) Derek KB1WFP GARS Secretary Organized like NEVER before, migrating all GARS data to professional Access Database Kevin KA1UNP FD2016 Chris N1JKO captured for all time GARS Photog still working on the photos from GARS Photog Yup more Genesis FD 2016 moments Eric N1WCO GARS Facebook Mgr maintain a professional outward appearance to the public (nice job sir) Owen (Lefty) KB1CGP GARS Caretaker and Master at Arms always got an eye on Genesis Bob N1COP GARS President and CEO providing divine guidance with occasional ass whipping Jack W1AKN GARS Vice President asset To Be Determined Fred, Paul, Clayton, Marian, David, Walt, Derek, Bob, and Clayton most recently but there were many over the past several months that helped make Genesis Amateur Radio Society Fun and Invigorating again!

6 Calendar of Events May 06, 2017 The Boy Scouts "Scouts in the Air" event is scheduled for May6th all day at Plymouth Airport. May 5,6, 2017 NEAR-fest May 13 & 20, 2017 GENESIS General Class license course the 13th and 20th of May 2017 and VE session to end the event. May 19-21, 2017 Dayton Hamvention June 2-4, 2017 Museum Ships on the Air (MSOTA) weekend 0000Z June 2 through 2359Z June 4information at June 24, 25, ARRL August 18-27, 2017, Marshfield Fair. September 8, 9, 10, 2017 ARRL New England Convention, Boxboro, MA November 4th, 2017 Bourne, MA FARA November 25, 26, 2017 WARC Plimoth Plantation Special Event. Whitman Winterfest Hamfest 2018, TBD. Volunteers welcome/requested. If you know of any other upcoming events, ka1nma - skywarn007atgmaildotcom< For sale/wanted For Sale: Yaesu FT-857D - Comes with extension kit, Heil footswitch adapter and quick user guide. Asking $700. Contact Noah - KB1VWZ kb1vwzatgmail.com For Sale: HyGain 18HT 50 Foot Self Supporting Vertical. Used. Goes for $940 new at DX Engineering, will sell for $ Some minor parts will need replacing.

7 Contact DaveRing, n1eaatarrldotnet For Sale: (1) FT-857D practically brand new, never used, with MARS CAP, original box with all the contents intact, unit still has remaining factory warrantee asking $ Looks and functions like new! (1) FT-101E with AM filter and near perfect condition. The face plate looks so good it is like new. Comes with ext spkr, ext VFO, and digital display $ (1) Heathkit # SA-2060A antenna tuner in great shape, recently sent out for cleaning and calibration $ (1) IC-718 with MARS in very nice condition. Rig works great just got it back from a friend that needed a temp rig and he reported it to be A OK. $ (1) IC-R75 HF receiver looks and works great $400 (1) Yaesu VR5000 with DSP module very good condition $500 This is the 100KHz thru 2.6GHz dual channel receive general coverage all mode receiver originally $ (no longer available) was $800 plus $153 for DSP = The Yaesu VR-5000 provides sophisticated wideband reception. Coverage is from 100 khz to 2600 MHz (2.6 GHz) less cellular, in AM, FM- Narrow, FM-Wide, LSB, USB and CW. This radio features a real-time bandscope that can display: 0.1, 0.2, 0.3, 0.5,1.0, 2.0, 2.5, 5.0 or 10.0 MHz. of spectrum. You get 2000 alphanumeric memory channels grouped into 100 banks. Contact Jack W1AKN w1aknatarrldotnet Next meeting date: Next Meeting - Monday May 29th at 7:00 PM- Hope to see you ALL there!! If you have anything of interest to the club, let me know! ka1nma - skywarn007atgmaildotcom 73 de Bob ka1nma x Sent from the GARS News Desk