[handiham-world] Handiham World Weekly E-Letter for the week of 22 April 2009
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Welcome to Handiham World!
Pat in shirt and tie, holding handiham coffee mugState of the program:
Where we are in these tough economic times.
Is there anyone out there who doesn't know there is a worldwide recession?
It seems like the tough economic times have reached into every corner of the
world and every part of our existence. You cannot turn on the news these
days without hearing about some company laying off hundreds or thousands of
people, some bank going under, or some other negative economic news. As you
might expect, non-profit organizations and programs of those organizations,
like the Courage Center Handiham System, are certainly not immune from the
hard economic times.
So far this year we have had to ask one staff member to retire, and we have
had to eliminate the job of "Student Coordinator", where Jerry Kloss, N0VOE,
put in so many wonderful years of dedicated, caring service to our members,
especially those members who were just getting started in amateur radio
studying for their Technician licenses. Fortunately, we have been able to
turn the Student Coordinator position into a volunteer job, and Jerry is
still able to help us by working from home and welcoming those who are just
getting in to amateur radio by contacting them on the phone or by e-mail.
Still, we are down by one staff member in the office because of this change,
and volunteers can have other priorities. That is a big trade-off, but what
do you do when money is short?
Then there is the remaining office staff, where hours have been cut back. We
have had to eliminate office hours on Fridays. Even so, on the remaining
days we can still provide most of the same services that we did before, only
it sometimes takes a little longer. But who knows what the economy will do
over the next year or two?
One big program change was that we had to cancel our plans to offer a
California Radio Camp in 2009. The money just isn't there. We hope to not
just eliminate that camp session altogether, but the only thing we can do is
hope that better economic times will increase the value of our endowment
fund and that our donors will continue to support us. Like many other
nonprofit programs, we have money invested in a fund and use the interest to
help pay the costs of running the program. Since the value of everybody's
investments is down, that affects us as well and means that less money than
ever is available to use for operating funds.
Believe me, membership fees and the small amounts of money brought in by
program fees and equipment sales do not come close to covering the cost of
running the Handiham System. On the plus side, the Internet has enabled us
to serve more people in a more cost-effective way. Not only can we offer
audio and other services online, but the Internet offers a quick and easy
way to interact with our members to get questions answered and things done
much more cheaply than by using older methods. If it weren't for the
availability of the Internet, I'm not sure that we could ever keep up with
our work! Nonetheless, there are things that remain in our program that
still end up costing a lot of money. We need a certain amount of office
space, we have storage for donated equipment, there are the ongoing costs of
running any office; things like the cost of the space calculated by square
foot that we use within Courage Center, the various utilities like
electricity, phone, and Internet service, and the cost of office supplies.
None of that stuff has gotten cheaper over the years.
We are optimistic that the upcoming Minnesota Radio Camp will be
well-attended and successful. The camp is expensive to produce and operate,
but it remains one of our core services, as does the distance education in
amateur radio that we have always done. There are other services that we
have offered over the years that simply cannot be sustained in the future.
While we can offer excellent amateur radio access through the Handiham
Remote Base station running the Kenwood TS-480, it is getting more and more
difficult to offer refurbished used equipment directly to our members on a
loan program. There are a couple of reasons for this change. The elephant in
the room is eBay, where used amateur radio equipment gets traded and sold
these days instead of being donated to us. Even though we have a dedicated
volunteer, K0CJ, who comes in every week to help us with donated gear, there
is still a cost to maintaining storage space and using staff time to manage
the program of donated equipment. Sometimes weeks will go by with absolutely
nothing coming in. This is one area where I, as the manager of the program,
must make the hard decision to change the fundamentals of this service. My
feeling is that it is better to offer our new hams who pass their Technician
license exams at radio camp brand-new handheld radios instead of trying to
support the used equipment program. I would like your input on this. Do you
think you have other ways to save money and continue to offer the same
services?
Finally, I want to take this opportunity to remind everyone that the
Handiham program has always been primarily a volunteer operation. It began
that way in 1967 and has always depended upon volunteers to help with our
mission of "hams helping hams", whether it be to get licensed, learn more
about their equipment and operating, helping to get newcomers on the air,
and helping people with disabilities make friends and learn how to
communicate using technology. That remains our mission; the question is how
do we best maintain our strengths to carry it on into the future? I know it
is a downer, but we have to consider the budget and work within the money
and resources that we have available. If we can raise more money in this
summer's upcoming Handiham appeal, it will certainly help. I welcome your
ideas and, as always, your support whether it be as a financial donor,
active Handiham member, or one of our very much appreciated volunteers.
Now let's move on to our next story. To introduce it, I want to remind you
of a really popular phenomenon these days: MMRPG's. You are probably saying
to yourself, "What the heck is an MMRPG?"
Although we have mentioned this term in the past, many of us probably have
no reason to really use it or remember what it means. An MMRPG is a "massive
multiplayer role playing game". Typically, it is a video game with Internet
connectivity in which many participants from around the world interact in
the game's virtual reality. Participants can communicate with each other,
take on roles as "avatars", becoming the character that best suits their
personality, and work their way through whatever mission or purpose the game
theme might include. These things sometimes involve quests and battles,
individuals working alone or in groups, and, as you might expect in a game,
competition for a high score.
So you might ask a second question, "What does this have to do with amateur
radio?"
I'm glad you asked that question! An MMRPG involves communication in a
virtual environment. Everyone who participates in the game knows that the
experience is one of virtual reality, and that if you participate you are
not really fighting swordfights and climbing mountains, even though you
might be doing those things while you are playing the game. Still, you are
communicating with others who are playing the massive multiplayer
role-playing game. The communication is real. The experience is fun. And
there is something out there for amateur radio operators that is able to
provide a virtual amateur radio station in a world of virtual amateur radio
propagation where multiple participants can be "on the air" as part of a
virtual shared experience. This is the same concept as the massive
multiplayer role-playing game, except that it is for amateur radio. The
system makes use of the CQ100 interface developed by VE3EFC. So, with that
little introduction, I will let an enthusiastic user tell you more about it
in our next story.
Patrick Tice <mailto:wa0tda@xxxxxxxx>
wa0tda@xxxxxxxx
Handiham Manager
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CQ100 puts the fun back in radio
CQ100 puts the fun back in radio (interface screenshot)
Screenshot: CQ100 interface, courtesy VE3EFC
I?ve got my ham radio hobby back!
Cq100 makes this contester and rag chewer of 32 years glad to be a ham once
again!
By Trippy Brown, WD8OEP
?QRZ, is the frequency in use?? I asked, and then unkeyed the transmitter. I
heard nothing, so I gave a CQ call on 20 meters.
The first time there was no response. I sent another CQ call and unkeyed the
transmitter.
I wondered, ?Is this thing even getting out??
Then, to my amazement, I heard, ?Whisky delta 8, Oscar, echo, papa, this is
victor united 3 victor Quebec united; you copy??
Did I copy him? He was 5 and 9 plus, and no QRM or QSB! I had worked my
first DX QSO from India! I had never worked India since I got my ticket in
1977!
His name is Mrinal and his QTH is Calcutta!
Folks, I was in ham radio nirvana! Where did I make this wonderful contact?
On something that many hams say is not radio, but for people who live where
they can?t have any HF antennas up or for people going mobile or portable
using a laptop computer, and who have an internet connection, either through
dialup, broadband, or wireless, it sure is ham radio to all of us, and that
place?
Cq100, of course!
In a time when HF band conditions are absolutely horrible, and folks are
getting out of our glorious hobby because of it, and in a time when folks
are sick and tired of talking local on 2 meters, and in a time when band
conditions on HF are so bad, with contesters not being able to hear each
other, and still wanting to participate in contests, I, this ham who lives
in an apartment building where I have tried every HF antenna known to
mankind and none of them worked, was now sitting here, working the world!
I could have sent him a QSL card and gotten one back, but I don?t get into
QSL cards.
I also participated in the Michigan QSO party, and worked 7 contacts, one
after the other, too! So much for not being able to participate in
contesting anymore; now I could contest again!
CQ100 is a wonderful program that lets licensed hams use their desktop or
laptop computer as an HF rig, virtually!
You read that right.
Folks, I don?t have to worry about sunspots, or band conditions being
terrible. They never are! What about QRM? It never exists, because of
digital tuning. Every time you press the right or left arrow key, you go up
or down 1 kHz at a time, and if there is a station a kHz below or above you,
you don?t hear that station! So much for splatter!
QSB? What QSB? No stations fade on my receiver, none at all!
So, if you haven?t tried cq100, please do me a favor and go and try it, and
you?ll be hooked like I am!
I?m not getting paid for this article either, but I know a good thing when I
use it!
Now I?ve been a ham, who is an avid contester and rag chewer since 1977, and
to be honest, I was going to let my license expire this time. I couldn?t
work HF, and that?s my bread and butter; that?s where I have all my fun! I
was going to sell all my equipment and just get out of the hobby.
Then a ham told me about cq100.
So, I thought to myself, what do I have to lose? If it doesn?t work, I?ll
just get out of the hobby, no big deal.
So, I went to?
http://www.qsonet.com
?and downloaded and installed it on my Windows XP laptop. I?m a blind ham,
so I had to find a workaround because my screenreader, (the piece of
software that reads the screen to me), wouldn?t read the checkbox to accept
the license agreement. But then another blind friend of mine who is a
computer geek, more than I am, told me how to check the box and agree to it,
using some keystrokes I didn?t know about!
So I installed it, and since I already had an account set up with Doug,
VE3EFC, the inventor and author of cq100, I clicked on the cq100 icon on my
desktop, and a box came up for me to type my password. It knew my call sign
already, since Doug strictly enforces the rule that hams must send a copy of
their license to him, or they don?t get to use the software.
So I made that CQ call on 20 meters, and I began a QSO with my new Indian
ham friend!
It?s even better than EchoLink, because you have no ports or routers to
configure. You just go to the web site, set up your account, then download
and install it, and you?re up and running with a free trial for 3 months! If
you like it, it?s $32 a year, that?s it!
Anyway, back to my QSO with VU3VQU: We had about a 30 minute QSO. Then, in
the middle of it, another ham, KB8RWI, Mike in Cadillac, Michigan, broke in.
Now we had a round table!
?But Trippy?, people say, ?this isn?t real HF, and you don?t have an antenna
up!?
Oh, I know that, and I also don?t have any SWR issues, and I don?t have to
worry about tuning rigs, and I don?t have to worry about tubes blowing up on
old rigs, and I don?t worry about weather problems causing my antenna to
blow down, or wet connections, making my SWR go through the roof, either!
Yes, my friends, that?s the joy of it. Now I can just be a ham and have my
contesting or rag chewing fun, and none of those things to worry about.
Yes, I?ve got my ham radio hobby back, and now I can say I am in it to stay!
I can go mobile or portable, too. Right now though, I?ve been using it from
my home location.
So if you contesters are looking for a place to make your Q?s, there it is!
You rag chewers out there, if you?re tired of QRM and QSB and bad band
conditions, download and install the cq100 software, you?ll be saying, ?Man,
I got my hobby back!?
There are over 200,000 hams who use it worldwide, and now it?s heading
toward 300,000!
Now that I?ve got my contesting fever again, I subscribed to Bruce Horn?s
contest calendar, which you can get via email. Bruce, WA7BNM, is an avid
contester, like me.
Now that I had my hobby back, I couldn?t wait to fire up my computer and get
on the HF bands, and my first chance would come April 18, 2009, working the
Michigan QSO party. I absolutely love that contest!
So, on Saturday evening, I fired up the laptop, and went on 20 meters. I
worked 7 stations in a row! These folks were new to contesting, but they
wanted to learn, so I told them about the contest, and they gave me the
exchange that I needed! I worked 3 states and 2 DX countries that night.
The West Virginia station told me, ?I?m going to have to use this when our
QSO party comes up in June.? I worked a station in California, who told me
he was a contester and would use it to work the California QSO party in
October.
Now, I can?t wait to get Bruce?s emailed contest calendar each week, because
now, I will be able to work different contests I?m interested in!
More and more hams will not be able to put up antennas, because we?re all
getting older now, and many apartment buildings, condos, and nursing homes
don?t let you put them up. But now, every ham has an HF alternative.
With cq100, you can run phone, CW, and PSK31. I?ve worked the world and had
many QSO?s and many round tables!
I have no antenna problems any more, and I get on HF any time I feel like!
Oh, is it liberating!
I can work 10, 15, 20, 40, 75, and 80 meters!
My antenna is the internet, and by the way, any of you folks out there
having TVI problems? I have no more TVI problems with neighbors. I don?t
have problems hearing stations through static crashes, as well! I can work
HF anytime and anywhere that I want.
In a time when our ham radio hobby is declining, and young people like
computers and voice chat, more than putting up antennas for HF, and all the
problems we hams face, such as antenna restrictions, let?s give these
youngsters something about ham radio they can relate to, and they can relate
to computers and the internet, right?
You can even use VOX, or PTT, your choice!
For CW, cq100 lets you use your keyer, a straight key, or the built-in
keyboard on your computer to send anywhere from 5 to 100 words per minute.
If you?re a contester, I hope to work you real soon on the HF bands. If
you?re a rag chewer, I hope to have a nice QSO with you, very soon!
Where will I be contesting and rag chewing in my shack? I?ll be doing it on
cq100!
73, and I?ll see you on the air real soon!
Trippy Brown, WD8OEP
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Avery's QTH - Powering the HT
Smiling Avery with cup of coffee.A question heard quite often is, "I have a
144/440 MHz handheld radio and what should I use for powering it? Should I
buy very expensive rechargeable batteries to replace the bad ones?"
This depends on what a person is going to be doing with the HT. Those
rechargeable types seem to go out with no warning just when most needed
while working a marathon race. The alkaline ones will start getting weaker
and weaker giving a warning that they need to be replaced soon. I have
always preferred to get the battery sleeves for the HT and use the "AA"
alkaline batteries just because they can be found nearly everywhere. If a
rechargeable is down during an event, just where you do charge it? You
don't! Better have a couple of fully-charged spares handy. A person can
purchase a lot of alkaline batteries for the price of one rechargeable, too.
Okay! So I use my HT in a car. I use a car cord so that while in the car,
the car's power source also powers the HT. Should the car have a problem
with its battery going bad, I can just unplug the car cord and use the self
contained batteries in the HT to call for assistance. While in the car I
also use an outside antenna which gives the HT much more range than just the
rubber ducky antenna most HT's come with. At times I also have an amp that
bumps the HT's power up to around 35-40 watts from its original 5 watt
rating. This helps when I am on the very outskirts of a repeater and need to
get into a net or something.
This same idea can be used if you want to use your HT as a base unit. With
the connectors in use these days, it is very quick and easy to switch things
around. From a belt clip to a car and back to a base can be done in no time
at all. The HT will know if the battery pack is alkaline or rechargeable and
whether the car cord or charger is plugged in or not, so it's pretty hard to
mess up the connections.
Your little handheld radio can do more than you think, if you just figure
out how to keep it powered up!
So for now,
73 & DX from K0HLA, Avery
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Meteor scatter alert: Lyrids are putting on a show right now!
Our friends at Space Weather News for April 21, 2009 are reporting that
there is meteor activity this week from Comet Thatcher. Meteor scatter
operation via amateur radio may be possible. Here is part of the story:
Earth is entering a stream of debris from Comet Thatcher, the source of the
annual Lyrid meteor shower. Forecasters expect the shower to peak on
Wednesday, April 22nd, with a display of 10 to 20 meteors per hour over the
northern hemisphere. Occasionally, Earth passes through a dense region of
the comet's tail and rates surge five- to ten-fold. In 1982, for instance,
observers were surprised by an outburst of 90 Lyrids per hour. Because
Thatcher's tail has never been mapped in detail, the outbursts are
unpredictable and could happen again at any time.
The best time to look, no matter where you live, is during the dark hours
before dawn on Wednesday morning April 22nd.
Read the whole story here:
http://spaceweather.com
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Found: Free online learning resource for Windows XP
We credit WA0CAF for this great find: Free online audio training for those
who wish to learn the Windows XP operating system.
Windows XP is commonly used in business and home computing, and is still
being sold on those new little "netbook" computers. Many users prefer it to
the newer Vista operating system.
The online audio lectures are offered by ATI, Access Technology Institute.
You can read the inspiring story of how ATI began here:
http://www.accesstechnologyinstitute.com/about.html
As ATI suggests, you can make a donation to help defer costs. Information
about doing so is on the website.
Ready to take the course in either MP3 or WMA audio formats? Here's the
link:
http://accesstechnologyinstitute.com/Access/WindowsXP/index.html
Thanks again to WA0CAF for sharing this great find!
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Times Online reports that macular degeneration therapy is developed by Brits
Times Online reports that macular degeneration therapy is developed by Brits
The Times Online reports that British scientists have developed the world?s
first stem cell therapy to cure the most common cause of blindness, macular
degeneration. It is predicted to be become a routine, one-hour procedure
that will be generally available in six or seven years? time.
Read more at the Times Online site:
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/health/article6122757.ece
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WØDXCC and Contest Central 2009
<http://www.handiham.org/node/202> HF conditions might improve
It's A FULL Day dedicated to HF Contesting and DXing!
ON4UN on Low Band DXing
N6BV on HF antennas
K9LA on Sunspots and propagation
NC0B on HF receivers
N0AX on Contesting
DX Banquet featuring Desecheo DX Expedition and multiple operators from
there including W0GJ and K0IR as speakers
Last year, the W0DXCC event was held in conjunction with the ARRL Dakota
Division Convention, and the Courage Center Handiham System was present. For
budget reasons, we do not plan to have a booth this year,
http://www.rahrahrochester.com/events/2009_W0DXCC_and_Contest/index.aspx
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Accessible QRZ
Problems accessing the QRZ.com website if you are blind? Just use their
email service! Hap Holly, KC9RP, writes to tell us how:
I frequently use the QRZ email lookup service. I simply leave the subject
line blank; in the body of the message I simply type "lookup", followed by
the call sign ... all on one line with no punctuation or other text; then I
send the message to lookup@xxxxxxxx Literally within a minute I receive an
email with some information. Below is an example of what I get when I looked
up my call sign:
Here is the information that you requested:
Call: KC9RP
Name: ALANSON P HOLLY
Addr1: 964 S 3RD AVE
Addr2: DES PLAINES, IL 600166203
Country: USA
Coords: -42.046993 S -87.890581 W Grid: EE67bw
Class: Advanced
Codes: HAI
Issued: 2008-04-22
Exp: 2018-06-30
Previous: WD9GJQ
Email Addr: (The email address is here in plain text if the holder of the
callsign has entered it, but we have not reproduced it in this publication.)
Thanks to Hap for this easy lookup method. It also allows you a way to
simply store the email message containing the information on a given
callsign if you want to do so.
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Wednesday Evening EchoLink Net
Wednesday Evening EchoLink Net happy guy with headset
Tonight you will have an opportunity to meet your friends on the Handiham
net. Please join us and check in or simply listen in, as you see fit:
When:
Wednesday evenings at 19:30 hours Minnesota time (7:30 PM)
GMT: Thursday morning at 00:30 Z
Where:
145.450 MHz N0BVE repeater (Minneapolis-St. Paul)
Node 89680 (EchoLink worldwide)
IRLP node 9008 (Vancouver BC reflector)
WIRES system number 1427
Everyone is welcome. You do not need to be a member, and the net is relaxed,
friendly, and informal.
By the way, our Net Manager Howard, KE7KNN, reminds us that we need net
control stations for the Wednesday evening net and for the Monday through
Saturday morning net. If you are in the Twin Cities, all you need is a radio
that can get on the 145.45 N0BVE repeater, and if you live outside the RF
area, you can still be net control via EchoLink, IRLP, or WIRES.
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This week at Headquarters:
· Minnesota Radio Camp application forms are online! The sooner we
hear from you, the better -- if you are planning to join us at this summer's
session. One of the summer camps that had been held at Courage North in
previous years has been canceled, which means that people who could not get
into that session may want to apply for the Radio Camp. Incidentally, you
can e-mail us with your ideas for projects and topics at the upcoming
Minnesota Radio Camp session. Thanks for all your ideas so far!
The waterfront at Lake George
Join us this August at Minnesota Radio Camp.
Download the camp application package, which contains information pages and
the forms you need to apply for camp. Camp starts on Sunday, August 16, and
finishes on Sunday, August 23. It's a week of extraordinary fun, during
which you can earn your ham radio license or just get on the air. And it can
cost as little as $240 for the week. There are two choices for formats,
either Microsoft Word or Adobe PDF.
* Download Word Forms <http://handiham.org/manuals/forms/mncamp/word/>
* Download PDF Forms <http://handiham.org/manuals/forms/mncamp/pdf/>
* Not <http://www.handiham.org/node/358> sure? Take a photo tour!
Having trouble downloading or have questions about Radio Camp or Handihams?
Just email Pat, wa0tda@xxxxxxxx, anytime.
Office hours this week: Our office is open the usual hours, but Nancy is not
in the office again until approximately May 5. Staff may not be able to
answer all of the phone calls, but please leave a message and we will get
back to you. Avery is in Mondays and Wednesdays. Pat is in Mondays,
Tuesdays, and Thursdays. Jerry, in his volunteer capacity, returns phone
calls and emails daily. The Friday audio lectures will come out as usual.
The website will be updated daily, usually multiple times a day as news
breaks.
* New in Operating Skills:
* The May, 2009 issue of QST magazine is in audio digest for our blind
members. Meanwhile, the April CQ, QCWA Journal, and Worldradio digest audio
is online for our blind members.
* Volunteer reader Ken Padgitt, W9MJY, reads the April "Doctor is in"
column from QST for our blind members.
* Login to the <http://handiham.org/user> member section of the
Handiham website and find the magazine digests in the Library. The QST, CQ,
and Worldradio digests have been read by Bob Zeida, N1BLF.
* Stay in touch! Be sure to send Nancy your change of address, phone
number changes, or email address changes so that we can continue to stay in
touch with you. You may either email Nancy at hamradio@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx or
call her toll-free at 1-866-426-3442. Mornings are the best time to contact
us.
Reminder: Handiham renewals are now on a monthly schedule - Please renew or
join, as we need you to keep our program strong!
You will have several choices when you renew:
* Join at the usual $10 annual dues level for one year.
* Join for three years at $30.
* Lifetime membership is $100.
* If you can't afford the dues, request a sponsored membership for the
year.
* Donate an extra amount of your choice to help support our
activities.
* Discontinue your membership.
Please return your renewal form as soon as possible.
Your support is critical! Please help.
The Courage Handiham System depends on the support of people like you, who
want to share the fun and friendship of ham radio with others. Please help
us provide services to people with disabilities. We would really appreciate
it if you would remember us in your estate plans. If you need a planning
kit, please call. If you are wondering whether a gift of stock can be given
to Handihams, the answer is yes! Please call Nancy at: 1-866-426-3442 or
email: <mailto:hamradio@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
hamradio@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Ask for a free DVD about the Handiham System. It?s perfect for your club
program, too! The video tells your club about how we got started, the Radio
Camps, and working with hams who have disabilities. Call 1-866-426-3442
toll-free.
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Pat, WA0TDA
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