December 2023 In-Person Club Meeting
All,
Hope everyone had a great holiday!
For the December 2023 in-person club meeting, we'll be starting at 6pm with a short session by Cyndi (KK7AZD) on nets.? Cyndi will be talking about how to check-in to a net as well as various terminology.
Our in-person meeting will follow at 6:30pm.? Here is a Google Meet link for those who wish to join virtually.? This link will be good for both the 6pm session as well as the 6:30pm club meeting.
Remember, we're voting for the 2024 club officers at this meeting and results will be given after 7pm during the meeting.? Current voting club members should have received a ballot from HamClubOnline.? These are secure ballots and your votes are anonymous.? We will also be passing out ballots during the club meeting for those who would prefer to vote in-person.? You can also email president@... or secretary@... if you would prefer to vote that way.
Google Meet URL: ?
Thanks,
Charlie / K7AKT
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Thanks for the story. Someday will get my DMR up and running, maybe 2024 will be the year¡
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On Dec 23, 2023, at 5:07?PM, D Dale Beaty Jr, N6ZCM <ddalebeatyjr@...> wrote:
? Hello All!!! First I have to say going with Charlie to Hogback is always an Adventure!! Couple trips back we got to the top and could not open the door to the shack. We used his winch, we beat on it! It was quite cold, we thought it was frozen shut. We almost pulled the whole frame out of the building LOL!!! Next trip we tried again, then SOMEONE had the idea to turn the handle! BOOM the door opened!!! No one has ever used the handle, so some hiker, we guess, tried the handle and turned to the Lock position!!? This trip 12/23/23 (20 degrees) the gate at the bottom was really frozen the key would not tun, so Charlie had a shop vac we used the hose, Charlie held it against the vent of his Jeep with the Heater on Full heat and Fan speed, I held that FROZEN lock (brrrrr) and held the other end to it and heated it up, took all of 5 minutes and the Key turned lock opened, THEN the gate Pin that holds the gates together was Ice frozen, this time Charlie kicked about 4 times BOOM pin came out!! Hey, but the door of the building opened right UP!!! SO I swapped out the Motorola RKR-1225 (it was having some serious problems) with a Kenwood TKR-850 35 watt repeater. All went well, till we tried to test with someone in K-Falls... no one could get in or hear it!!! WHAT????? Oh crap put the TX cable to the RX of the duplexer and the RX to the TX!!! DOHHHHH... swapped the...? Yeah?it is WORKING!! So back in operation linked to East Klamath County, Douglas County in Sutherlin and 3 repeaters in the Medford/Grantspass?area along with Cave Junction. 6 GMRS Repeaters linked the 7th one in Phoenix/Ashland coming online in the next few weeks! Wish to express my sincere appreciation to Charlie and K-Bar-A ! Without all of you, my dream of having a repeater?system in Klamath County would not have happened!!! I was able to talk on the New DMR repeater from Beatty, my FIRST DMR contact EVER was Dennis in Sprague River. Thank You Dennis!! A lot of neat things coming in the future!! ?
-- D. Dale Beaty, Jr. 818 652 1298 N6ZCM
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Hello All!!! First I have to say going with Charlie to Hogback is always an Adventure!! Couple trips back we got to the top and could not open the door to the shack. We used his winch, we beat on it! It was quite cold, we thought it was frozen shut. We almost pulled the whole frame out of the building LOL!!! Next trip we tried again, then SOMEONE had the idea to turn the handle! BOOM the door opened!!! No one has ever used the handle, so some hiker, we guess, tried the handle and turned to the Lock position!!? This trip 12/23/23 (20 degrees) the gate at the bottom was really frozen the key would not tun, so Charlie had a shop vac we used the hose, Charlie held it against the vent of his Jeep with the Heater on Full heat and Fan speed, I held that FROZEN lock (brrrrr) and held the other end to it and heated it up, took all of 5 minutes and the Key turned lock opened, THEN the gate Pin that holds the gates together was Ice frozen, this time Charlie kicked about 4 times BOOM pin came out!! Hey, but the door of the building opened right UP!!! SO I swapped out the Motorola RKR-1225 (it was having some serious problems) with a Kenwood TKR-850 35 watt repeater. All went well, till we tried to test with someone in K-Falls... no one could get in or hear it!!! WHAT????? Oh crap put the TX cable to the RX of the duplexer and the RX to the TX!!! DOHHHHH... swapped the...? Yeah?it is WORKING!! So back in operation linked to East Klamath County, Douglas County in Sutherlin and 3 repeaters in the Medford/Grantspass?area along with Cave Junction. 6 GMRS Repeaters linked the 7th one in Phoenix/Ashland coming online in the next few weeks! Wish to express my sincere appreciation to Charlie and K-Bar-A ! Without all of you, my dream of having a repeater?system in Klamath County would not have happened!!! I was able to talk on the New DMR repeater from Beatty, my FIRST DMR contact EVER was Dennis in Sprague River. Thank You Dennis!! A lot of neat things coming in the future!! ?
-- D. Dale Beaty, Jr. 818 652 1298 N6ZCM
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Yeaaaa got it program in my boafeng 1801
On Thu, Dec 21, 2023 at 10:21 PM DENNIS H WORDEN, N7DHW < dhw1950@...> wrote:
Thanks, appreciate the new repeater and your work !
Dusty N7DHW
On 12/21/2023 6:56 PM, Charles Boening
/ K7AKT via wrote:
The Hogback DMR Repeater has been put into service!!
I've
provided a screenshot below from the Anytone CPS software.?
I've highlighted the most important parts for talking to the
repeater.
Time
Slot 1 can dynamically join various Brandmeister talk groups.?
We are not connected into the TGIF network.? Only
Brandmeister.
Time
Slot 2 has our local KBARA talk group of 313876.? You won't
find that talk group listed anywhere as it's not an official
talk group but instead our repeater ID.? It's what was
recommended to use for a local talk group without having to
officially register one.? You just program it in, and it
should work.? We have tested it.
Here
is a link to some information about the repeater: ?
Good luck!
Charlie / K7AKT
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Thanks, appreciate the new repeater and your work !
Dusty N7DHW
On 12/21/2023 6:56 PM, Charles Boening
/ K7AKT via groups.io wrote:
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The Hogback DMR Repeater has been put into service!!
I've
provided a screenshot below from the Anytone CPS software.?
I've highlighted the most important parts for talking to the
repeater.
Time
Slot 1 can dynamically join various Brandmeister talk groups.?
We are not connected into the TGIF network.? Only
Brandmeister.
Time
Slot 2 has our local KBARA talk group of 313876.? You won't
find that talk group listed anywhere as it's not an official
talk group but instead our repeater ID.? It's what was
recommended to use for a local talk group without having to
officially register one.? You just program it in, and it
should work.? We have tested it.
Here
is a link to some information about the repeater: ?
Good luck!
Charlie / K7AKT
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Our pleasure.?
Terry (KA6DNO) was with me on the hill today.? Couldn't have done it without him.
Thank you to Jim (WO7V), James (KJ7UPY) and Chuck (KJ7KWR) for assistance with testing.
Here's the rack after the installation.? Terry and I installed a new fused power distribution panel while we were there.? That will make things safer when adding, changing or doing equipment maintenance.
Yes, the GMRS repeater is crooked.? LOL.? I meant to fix it but forgot.? I'm headed to Hogback with Dale Beaty on Saturday.? We'll fix it then.
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On 2023-12-21 18:59, Cyndi Albro, KK7AZD wrote:
What a nice Xmas present!
Thank you, Charlie and your helpers!? Happy Holidays, everyone!
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73 | Cyndi | KK7AZD | Chiloquin by Agency Lake
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This is great! ? Thank you Charlie and everyone else who has worked on this.
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On Dec 21, 2023, at 6:59?PM, Cyndi Albro, KK7AZD <KK7AZD@...> wrote:
?What a nice Xmas present!
Thank you, Charlie and your helpers!? Happy Holidays, everyone!
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73 | Cyndi | KK7AZD | Chiloquin by Agency Lake
HH 6100001191 | HOIP 100097
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Wes Owen / W1WTO
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What a nice Xmas present!
Thank you, Charlie and your helpers!? Happy Holidays, everyone!
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73 | Cyndi | KK7AZD | Chiloquin by Agency Lake
HH 6100001191 | HOIP 100097
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The Hogback DMR Repeater has been put into service!!
I've provided a screenshot below from the Anytone CPS software.? I've highlighted the most important parts for talking to the repeater.
Time Slot 1 can dynamically join various Brandmeister talk groups.? We are not connected into the TGIF network.? Only Brandmeister.
Time Slot 2 has our local KBARA talk group of 313876.? You won't find that talk group listed anywhere as it's not an official talk group but instead our repeater ID.? It's what was recommended to use for a local talk group without having to officially register one.? You just program it in, and it should work.? We have tested it.
Here is a link to some information about the repeater: ?
Good luck!
Charlie / K7AKT
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Thank you for the follow-up.? Hope the turnaround is quick.??
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-------- Original message -------- From: "Marshall J Alexander, KJ7TRW via groups.io" <mja533@...> Date: 12/17/23 18:26 (GMT-08:00) Subject: Re: [k-bar-a] Yasesu VX-6R/E
After more experiments concluded something is broke in radio. Called Yasesu tech support and they agree something is broke. Fortunately had a few months left on three year warranty. Sent it on for repairs. Thanks for your help all¡ On Dec 10, 2023, at 6:54?PM, Cyndi Albro, KK7AZD <KK7AZD@...> wrote:
?Greetings Marshall,
Sorry to hear about your trouble with your handheld.? Just so I'm on the same page: do you have receive challenge on the Hogback repeater only or is it all channels, repeater or simplex?
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73 | Cyndi | KK7AZD | Chiloquin by Agency Lake
HH 6100001191 | HOIP 100097
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After more experiments concluded something is broke in radio. Called Yasesu tech support and they agree something is broke. Fortunately had a few months left on three year warranty. Sent it on for repairs. Thanks for your help all¡
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On Dec 10, 2023, at 6:54?PM, Cyndi Albro, KK7AZD <KK7AZD@...> wrote:
?Greetings Marshall,
Sorry to hear about your trouble with your handheld.? Just so I'm on the same page: do you have receive challenge on the Hogback repeater only or is it all channels, repeater or simplex?
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73 | Cyndi | KK7AZD | Chiloquin by Agency Lake
HH 6100001191 | HOIP 100097
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I would like 1 in blue, will bring $10.00 Tuesday night? .KK7NIG
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Sent: 12/16/2023 3:06:05 PM
Subject: Re: [k-bar-a] 3D printed callsigns
I'll take mine in Serif Bold. Thanks
Dusty N7DHW
On 12/16/2023 1:55 PM, Erik KD6RRR
wrote:
Hello again everyone,
Ok here are the fonts; only three at this time
until he can upgrade to the more expensive version of his CAD
software.
Thank you all for your interest and support of
this for my boy!
73, Erik KD6RRR
Hello everyone!
My oldest son, who is a serious introvert and has a mild
form of autism, is working on a project for his high
school involving having to create a small business idea,
setup a business plan, acquire needed tooling, design a
specific product, and then try to attract customers, all
while recording the various business and financial records
and such to prove the idea can sustain itself.
He has chosen 3D design and printing. His first product-
ham callsigns!
If you'd be interested in having him produce a callsign
display for you, please let me know. He doesn't have much
confidence in regards to what to ask for them cost wise,
if anything at all. He's managed to figure out it's a
couple of dollars of raw material/equipment costs per
callsign. I've been trying to convince him of the need not
sell himself short as far as the work he has to put into
it to design them in CAD, program the printer, the various
other overhead costs involved, and to look forward as far
as keeping the project sustainable.?
So he has finally decided on a price of one for $10 or
two for $15. I'll attach some images for examples. He
currently can make them in blue, red, black, or white. The
white ones can be nicely painted using acrylic paint.
Let me know if you'd like one!
73, Erik KD6RRR
 
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I'll take mine in Serif Bold. Thanks
Dusty N7DHW
On 12/16/2023 1:55 PM, Erik KD6RRR
wrote:
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Hello again everyone,
Ok here are the fonts; only three at this time
until he can upgrade to the more expensive version of his CAD
software.
Thank you all for your interest and support of
this for my boy!
73, Erik KD6RRR
Hello everyone!
My oldest son, who is a serious introvert and has a mild
form of autism, is working on a project for his high
school involving having to create a small business idea,
setup a business plan, acquire needed tooling, design a
specific product, and then try to attract customers, all
while recording the various business and financial records
and such to prove the idea can sustain itself.
He has chosen 3D design and printing. His first product-
ham callsigns!
If you'd be interested in having him produce a callsign
display for you, please let me know. He doesn't have much
confidence in regards to what to ask for them cost wise,
if anything at all. He's managed to figure out it's a
couple of dollars of raw material/equipment costs per
callsign. I've been trying to convince him of the need not
sell himself short as far as the work he has to put into
it to design them in CAD, program the printer, the various
other overhead costs involved, and to look forward as far
as keeping the project sustainable.?
So he has finally decided on a price of one for $10 or
two for $15. I'll attach some images for examples. He
currently can make them in blue, red, black, or white. The
white ones can be nicely painted using acrylic paint.
Let me know if you'd like one!
73, Erik KD6RRR
 
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One blue serif bold for myself please.? Thanks again, Dan KK7HNO
On Sat, Dec 16, 2023, 1:55 PM Erik KD6RRR < kd6rrr@...> wrote: Hello again everyone,
Ok here are the fonts; only three at this time until he can upgrade to the more expensive version of his CAD software.
Thank you all for your interest and support of this for my boy!
73, Erik KD6RRR Hello everyone!
My oldest son, who is a serious introvert and has a mild form of autism, is working on a project for his high school involving having to create a small business idea, setup a business plan, acquire needed tooling, design a specific product, and then try to attract customers, all while recording the various business and financial records and such to prove the idea can sustain itself.
He has chosen 3D design and printing. His first product- ham callsigns!
If you'd be interested in having him produce a callsign display for you, please let me know. He doesn't have much confidence in regards to what to ask for them cost wise, if anything at all. He's managed to figure out it's a couple of dollars of raw material/equipment costs per callsign. I've been trying to convince him of the need not sell himself short as far as the work he has to put into it to design them in CAD, program the printer, the various other overhead costs involved, and to look forward as far as keeping the project sustainable.?
So he has finally decided on a price of one for $10 or two for $15. I'll attach some images for examples. He currently can make them in blue, red, black, or white. The white ones can be nicely painted using acrylic paint.
Let me know if you'd like one!
73, Erik KD6RRR
 
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Hello again everyone,
Ok here are the fonts; only three at this time until he can upgrade to the more expensive version of his CAD software.
Thank you all for your interest and support of this for my boy!
73, Erik KD6RRR
Hello everyone!
My oldest son, who is a serious introvert and has a mild form of autism, is working on a project for his high school involving having to create a small business idea, setup a business plan, acquire needed tooling, design a specific product, and then try to attract customers, all while recording the various business and financial records and such to prove the idea can sustain itself.
He has chosen 3D design and printing. His first product- ham callsigns!
If you'd be interested in having him produce a callsign display for you, please let me know. He doesn't have much confidence in regards to what to ask for them cost wise, if anything at all. He's managed to figure out it's a couple of dollars of raw material/equipment costs per callsign. I've been trying to convince him of the need not sell himself short as far as the work he has to put into it to design them in CAD, program the printer, the various other overhead costs involved, and to look forward as far as keeping the project sustainable.?
So he has finally decided on a price of one for $10 or two for $15. I'll attach some images for examples. He currently can make them in blue, red, black, or white. The white ones can be nicely painted using acrylic paint.
Let me know if you'd like one!
73, Erik KD6RRR
 
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I'll take three for $25. One each in red, white & blue. Contact me for shipping info.
Jeff AG7FQ
On Fri, Dec 15, 2023 at 11:40?PM Erik KD6RRR < kd6rrr@...> wrote: Hello everyone!
My oldest son, who is a serious introvert and has a mild form of autism, is working on a project for his high school involving having to create a small business idea, setup a business plan, acquire needed tooling, design a specific product, and then try to attract customers, all while recording the various business and financial records and such to prove the idea can sustain itself.
He has chosen 3D design and printing. His first product- ham callsigns!
If you'd be interested in having him produce a callsign display for you, please let me know. He doesn't have much confidence in regards to what to ask for them cost wise, if anything at all. He's managed to figure out it's a couple of dollars of raw material/equipment costs per callsign. I've been trying to convince him of the need not sell himself short as far as the work he has to put into it to design them in CAD, program the printer, the various other overhead costs involved, and to look forward as far as keeping the project sustainable.?
So he has finally decided on a price of one for $10 or two for $15. I'll attach some images for examples. He currently can make them in blue, red, black, or white. The white ones can be nicely painted using acrylic paint.
Let me know if you'd like one!
73, Erik KD6RRR
 
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Where am I? Why am I? Is this fun?
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I am interested in seeing the different font types and I am interested in doing 2 different call signs is the price different for 2 call signs?
How about a blue one just like yours.
Bobby AG7FR
Hi Erik? What a great?idea! I'll take one of each both in red? Thanks brother.?
Walt KK7DRL?
On Fri, Dec 15, 2023, 9:40 PM Erik KD6RRR < kd6rrr@...> wrote: Hello everyone!
My oldest son, who is a serious introvert and has a mild form of autism, is working on a project for his high school involving having to create a small business idea, setup a business plan, acquire needed tooling, design a specific product, and then try to attract customers, all while recording the various business and financial records and such to prove the idea can sustain itself.
He has chosen 3D design and printing. His first product- ham callsigns!
If you'd be interested in having him produce a callsign display for you, please let me know. He doesn't have much confidence in regards to what to ask for them cost wise, if anything at all. He's managed to figure out it's a couple of dollars of raw material/equipment costs per callsign. I've been trying to convince him of the need not sell himself short as far as the work he has to put into it to design them in CAD, program the printer, the various other overhead costs involved, and to look forward as far as keeping the project sustainable.?
So he has finally decided on a price of one for $10 or two for $15. I'll attach some images for examples. He currently can make them in blue, red, black, or white. The white ones can be nicely painted using acrylic paint.
Let me know if you'd like one!
73, Erik KD6RRR
 
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Re: Ham Radio License Testing Today
I plan to be there.
Brandon
On Sat, Dec 16, 2023 at 06:45, Jim English, WO7V < jamesdenglish@...> wrote: For those of you who would like to upgrade or obtain your ham radio license, we are testing today for all Ham Radio license classes at 1:00 PM in the conference room behind the WaFed building on South Sixth Street. Also if you are a VE we could use a couple of volunteers.
73,
Jim WO7V
- "Too much order is really horrible. You've gotta balance it out with disorder and chaos." - Ben Chestnut, Founder of MailChimp
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Re: Ham Radio License Testing Today
I plan to be there, Jim.? I believe Chad AB6CL plans to be there so you have your couple of VE.
Someone by the name of Larry may take the Tech and General exam....will see.
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73 | Cyndi | KK7AZD | Chiloquin by Agency Lake
HH 6100001191 | HOIP 100097
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Ham Radio License Testing Today
For those of you who would like to upgrade or obtain your ham radio license, we are testing today for all Ham Radio license?classes at 1:00 PM in the conference room behind the WaFed building on South Sixth Street.? Also if you are a VE we could use a couple of volunteers.??
73,
Jim WO7V
- "Too much order is really horrible. You've gotta balance it out with disorder and chaos." - Ben Chestnut, Founder of MailChimp
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Wes Owen, W1WTO
Erik KD6RRR