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KC0IPO AND N0UQZ GIVE AMATEUR RADIO PRESENTATION TO COMMUNITY ALLIANCE MEMBERS IN OMAHA, NE. |
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PHOTOS AND EDITORIAL BY JIM, N0UQZ |
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| ATTENDEE, RANDY, TALKS TO KC0HMI |
GAYLAND, KC0IPO HANDED OUT ARRL, AND LOCAL CLUB INFORMATION. |
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IT WAS THE FIRST WARM DAY THIS SPRING OF 2002 AND YET
THE BUZZ WORD HAD BEEN THAT FELLOW ALLIANCE MEMBER GAYLAND HOLLOWAY
WOULD BE GIVING A PRESENTATION ON THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF AMATEUR
COMMUNICATIONS. WITH THE TEMPTATION TO SOAK UP SOME SUNRAYS ON SUCH A BEAUTIFUL
AFTERNOON WE WERE SURPRISED TO SEE ALL THE SEATS FILLED TO CAPACITY.
SOME ATTENDEES ARRIVING 30 MINUTES EARLY BECAUSE IT HAD BEEN RUMORED
THAT SEATS WOULD BE IN SHORT SUPPLY. WITH A FULL HOUSE IN ATTENDANCE
GAYLAND GOT THEIR ATTENTION BY SAYING THAT AMATEUR RADIO HAS OPENED UP A
WHOLE NEW WONDERFUL WORLD OF NEW FRIENDS, EXPERIENCES AND THE EXCHANGE
OF COMMON INTEREST AMONG FELLOW HAMS, LOCALLY AND WORLD WIDE. TOPICS
COVERED WERE HOW THE IONOSPHERE AFFECTS THE DISTANCE
COMMUNICATIONS CAN BE CARRIED ON. THE DIFFERENT WAVE LENGTHS AND BAND
ALLOCATIONS. JIM, N0UQZ DREW A MAP OF A MOUNTAIN AND EXPLAINED HOW
STATIONS SEPARATED BY A MOUNTAIN CAN TALK AMONG THEMSELVES AND VIA THE
REPEATER ON TOP THE MOUNTAIN COULD EXTEND THE COVERAGE TO THE AND WITH STATIONS
ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE MOUNTAIN. MORE THAN 100 QUESTION WERE
ASKED AND THE QUESTIONS RANGED FROM CELL PHONES AND RF RADIATION, TO
EQUIPMENT COST TO GET STATED AND TO IF THE TEST TO GET LICENSED WAS HARD
TO LEARN. SOME PEOPLE WANTED TO TALK SO WE TURNED ON THE POWER
SUPPLY AND THE 146.36 REPEATER WAS
DEMONSTRATED WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF TOM, N0HME IN COUNCIL BLUFFS,
IA. ABOVE PICTURE SHOWS RANDY TALKING TO TOM, N0HME, USING
GAYLANDS
KENWOOD V7A 2M
/ 440 RIG. JIM, N0UQZ PASSED HIS YAESU VX1R AROUND FOR EVERYONE TO SEE, TOUCH AND THINK THAT THIS 4 OUNCE RADIO THAT LOOKS LIKE A TOY, WAS A TOY! THE SUBJECT OF POWER HAD BEEN COVERED AND WHEN JIM TOLD THEM THAT THIS LITTLE CELL PHONE SIZE RADIO PUT OUT ONLY 500 MILLIWATT COMPARED TO THE CELL PHONES 600, AND WAS COMPARED TO GAYLAND'S ICOM 7H, A 6 WATT RADIO THAT WAS MUCH LARGER. TOM WAS AGAIN CALLED ON THE REPEATER USING THE VX 1R. THEY WERE AMAZED THAT THE RADIO COMMUNICATED WITH SUCH RECEIVER CLARITY AND LOUDNESS. TOM REPORTED THAT THE SIGNAL QUALITY WAS JUST AS GOOD AS WITH THE MORE POWERFUL MOBILE SET ON 5 WATTS POWER. THEY WERE SURPRISED AS MOST OF THEM HAVE HAD DIFFICULTY GETTING THEIR CELLS PHONES TO RECEIVE OR MAKE CALLS FROM WITHIN THIS BUILDING. EARLIER IN THE PRESENTATION JIM HAD EXPLAINED AND DEMONSTRATED A SIMPLEX REPEATER USED IN BALLOON LAUNCHES AND HAD TOLD THEM ABOUT TALKING 3 TO 400 MILES WHEN THE BALLOON WAS UP OVER 75,000 FT. EVERY ONE WAS AMAZED WHEN THEY FOUND OUT THAT THE LITTLE TOY RADIO WAS THE SAME AS THE ONE USED IN THE BALLOON LAUNCHES. AFTER ANOTHER LENGTHILY SESSION OF QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS, GAYLAND EXPLAINED ABOUT FIELD DAY AND SHOWED A VIDEO TAPE OF A PAST FIELD DAY EVENT. |
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| NEXT ON THE AGENDA WAS THE SHOWING OF THE KENWOOD
TS 2000 TAPE THAT TOLD ABOUT ALL THE FEATURES OF A REALLY FULL
FEATURED RADIO. GAYLAND HAD DEMONSTRATED A CODE TONE GENERATOR AND ON THE TAPE THEY WERE ABLE TO HEAR A EXPERT AT CODE SENDING AND GET A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF DIGITAL PROCESSING. VISIT GAYLANDS HOME PAGE HERE |
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CONTINUE TO SPARK THE INTEREST IN HAM RADIO WE CONCLUDED BY EXPLAINING
THE FRS RADIOS AND HOW IT WAS A EXTENSION OF CB RADIO WITHOUT THE SKIP CONDITIONS
OF THE 11 METER CB BAND.
THE FRS RADIOS ARE VERY AFFORDABLE AND WE RECOMMENDED THAT THEY COULD START WETTING THEIR APPETITE FOR THE AMATEUR RADIO HOBBY IMMEDIATELY. |
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| IF YOU WOULD LIKE OUR TEAM TO GIVE YOUR GROUP A PRESENTATION ON AMATEUR RADIO, CONTACT: JIM BAUDO OMAHA, NE. 402-334-5908 EMAIL N0UQZ@YAHOO.COM | |
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