Utah Box Elder Thiokol Amateur Radio Club

Pot Luck and Fox Hunt

The club is having a pot luck dinner and fox hunt see the calendar for time location and map. You bring a main coarse plates and utensils provided.

Contact Bob AA7TR with any questions

posted by Dave C @ Thursday, July 26, 2007 0 comments  

Jamborall Communications Friday May 18th, 2007

Jamborall Communications Support at the Golden Spike Arena, Ogden Friday May 18th, 2007

What is needed: There will be a need on Friday for 18-25 people for communications support from 3 pm to 9 pm. They will use as many as we can send and fill in from other areas where needed.

Where to checkin: There will be a Mobile Command post at one of the Terraces. Check in there upon arrival.

Radio Frequencies: 146.90 repeater, pl tone of 123.0 and simplex 145.67. Please set your radio to access the repeater before the event.
The repeater will be monitored. Use this if you need directions to the command post as you are nearing the fairgrounds.

When to be there: Several people will be needed at 3 pm. The rest as soon as you can arrive. Deloss, Brad, Sandra, Boyd, Doris and Mary have currently offered to be there early. Troop checkins begin at 4 pm with most between 5 and 6 pm.

What to bring:
HT with enough battery for up to 6 hours.
Notepad, pencil.
Water, other fluids, food
Hat, chair, sunscreen.
Flashlight

It may be hot if there is blacktop where you are. You will need to be self-sufficient for the time you are volunteering.

Click on icon below for map and instruction on how to get to Jamborall

posted by Dave C @ Wednesday, May 16, 2007 0 comments  

Club News From the Party

New Club Leaders Elected.

President: Bob Anderson AA7TR
Facilitator: Lauren Woods NO7C
Treasurer: Bob Haynie KC7JO

Repeater near Fielding is getting closer to reality.
Technician and General upgrade classes are slated for March.

Thanks to Last Years Officers
President: Bob Haynie KC7JO
Facilitator: Deloss Everton W7TEU
Treasurer: Bob Anderson AA7TR

I will be working to try and update the website

posted by Dave C @ Monday, February 26, 2007 0 comments  

An Opertunity to help the Boy Scouts this Spring

posted by Dave C @ Tuesday, December 19, 2006 0 comments  

FCC Releases Report and Order in "Morse Code" Proceeding

Attention All Amateurs... FCC Releases Report and Order in "Morse Code" Proceeding (Dec 19, 2006) -- The FCC has issued the complete Report and Order (R&O) in the "Morse code" proceeding, WT Docket 05-235. The R&O follows fast on the heels of the Commission's December 15 public notice announcing the elimination of the Morse code exam requirement for all Amateur Radio license classes. The R&O also addresses the ARRL's request to eliminate the disparity between "Tech Plus" licensees (Technicians with Element 1 Morse credit) and Technician licensees -- present and future -- who have not passed a Morse code test.
Full Story

posted by Dave C @ Tuesday, December 19, 2006 0 comments  

FCC to Drop Morse Testing for All Amateur License Classes

Attention All Amateurs... End of an Era: FCC to Drop Morse Testing for All Amateur License Classes (Dec 15, 2006 [REVISED Dec 15, 2006 23:33 ET]) -- NEWINGTON, CT, Dec 15, 2006 -- In an historic move, the FCC has acted to drop the Morse code requirement for all Amateur Radio license classes. The Commission today adopted, but hasn't yet released, the long-awaited Report and Order (R&O) in WT Docket 05-235, the "Morse code" proceeding. Also today, the FCC adopted an Order on Reconsideration in WT Docket 04-140 -- the "omnibus" proceeding -- modifying the Amateur Radio rules in response to an ARRL request to accommodate automatically controlled narrowband digital stations on 80 meters in the wake of rule changes that became effective today at 12:01 AM Eastern Time. The Commission said it will designate the 3585 to 3600 kHz frequency segment for such operations, although the segment will remain available for CW, RTTY and data as has been. In a break from what's been the usual practice in Amateur Radio proceedings, the FCC only issued a public notice at or about the close of business today and not the actual Report & Order, so some details -- including the effective dates of the two orders -- remain uncertain. Currently, Amateur Radio applicants for General and higher class licenses have to pass a 5 WPM Morse code test to operate on HF. Today's R&O will eliminate that requirement all around.
Full Story

posted by Dave C @ Sunday, December 17, 2006 0 comments  

November Club Meeting

Club is working on a new repeater for the fielding area that will be connected to the other two existing repeaters.
Requests were made for what people would be interested in doing next year as a club. Several discussions took place including some interest in learning Morse code.

KD7OUP (Please post comments with what I missed)

posted by Dave C @ Sunday, December 03, 2006 0 comments  

FCC Corrects J2D Error in "Omnibus" Report and Order

FCC Corrects J2D Error in "Omnibus" Report and Order (Nov 28, 2006) -- The FCC today released an Erratum that corrects one error in the recent Report and Order (R&O) in WT Docket 04-140 -- the so-called "omnibus" Amateur Radio proceeding -- that inadvertently limited J2D emissions to an occupied bandwidth of 500 Hz. J2D emissions are data sent by modulating an SSB transmitter. Had it been left to stand, the error would have rendered illegal below 30 MHz PACTOR III at full capability as well as Olivia and MT63 when operated at bandwidths greater than 500 Hz bandwidth, 1200 baud packet, Q15X25 and Clover 2000.
Full Story

posted by Dave C @ Sunday, December 03, 2006 0 comments  

FCC ERRATUM NEW BUREAU

Matter of Establishment of the Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau
And Other Organizational Changes

ERRATUM
Adopted: November 13, 2006 Released: November 14, 2006
By the Commission:
On September 25, 2006, the Commission released an Order, FCC 06- 35.
This erratum corrects several errors in the released text as follows:
34. Section 97.401 is amended by revising paragraph (b) to read as follows:
§ 97.401 Operation during a disaster.
---------------------------------------------------------------
(b) When a disaster disrupts normal communication systems in a particular area,
the FCC may declare a temporary state of communication emergency.
The declaration will set forth any special conditions and special rules
to be observed by stations during the communication emergency. A request
for a declaration of a temporary state of emergency should be directed
to the Chief, Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau.

--------------------------------------------------------------

posted by Dave C @ Wednesday, November 15, 2006 0 comments  

FCC "Omnibus" Amateur Radio R&O Published in Federal Register, Takes Effect December 15

EVISED Nov 15, 2006 15:50 ET

FCC "Omnibus" Amateur Radio R&O Published in Federal Register, Takes Effect December 15

NEWINGTON, CT (November 15, 2006) -- Just a little over a month after the Federal Communications Commission released the Report and Order (R&O) in the so-called "Omnibus" Amateur Radio proceeding, WT Docket 04-140 (FCC 06-149) to the public, a revised version appeared today in the Federal Register. The changes in the R&O will take effect Friday, December 15, at 12:01 AM EST, 30 days after its publication.

As expected, the Report & Order as published this morning clarified two items that had raised some concerns when it was first released last month: That the 80/75 meter band split applies to all three IARU Regions, and that FCC licensees in Region 2, which includes North America, can continue to use RTTY/data emissions in the 7.075-7.100 MHz band.

Still to be resolved are three controversial aspects of the Proceeding:

• Expansion of the 75 meter phone band all the way down to 3600 kHz (thus reducing the privileges of General, Advanced and Amateur Extra class licensees, who had RTTY/data privileges in the 80 meter band, and CW privileges of General and Advanced class licensees)

• The elimination of J2D emissions, data sent by modulating an SSB transmitter, of more than 500 Hz bandwidth (thus making PACTOR III at full capability illegal), and

• The elimination of access to the automatic control RTTY/data subband at 3620-3635 kHz.

The ARRL Board is discussing the possibility of a petition to reconsider several items in the R&O.

ARRL Regulatory Information Specialist Dan Henderson, N1ND, commented: "The release of the R&O in the Federal Register has started the countdown clock. We are all looking forward to being able to use the refarmed frequencies starting on December 15. We are still anxiously awaiting the release of the Report and Order for 05-235, the Morse Code Proceeding. We are hopeful that the Commission will be able to move on that petition and address the outstanding issues in the Omnibus R&O soon."

For more information, see the band chart [917,715 bytes, PDF] and the Frequently Asked Questions on WT Docket No. 04-140. Both have been updated to reflect the R&O as it was published in the Federal Register.

posted by Dave C @ Wednesday, November 15, 2006 0 comments