Watts News
Monthly Newsletter of the
Olympia Amateur Radio Society
P.O. Box 2861, Olympia, WA 98507
April 2001 Edited by KB6LE (George Lanning) 360-866-2185
email: oars@worldnet.att.net website: http://home.att.net/~oars/
council. A motion was made and seconded to approve the
Minutes of March 25 OARS budget. The motion passed.
Meeting Allan spoke of the need to formalize the ARES/RACES
The meeting was called to order at 19:00. organization. A tentative organizational chart would consist
of the following positions; EC, AEC, EOC, Red Cross,
The members introduced themselves. There were Medical, Events and a PIO.
several guests in attendance, a couple of whom were
Boy Scouts that had just completed the radio course that It was said that there had been a request made to have a
KI7SS provides. HAM report directly to KGY in the event of another
emergency. This issue will be reviewed to determine a
There was no old business to discuss. proper response to it.
There was a brief discussion on the Dan Philip requested that a 6 Meter
failure of Senate Bill SB 5002. radio be considered for the EOC. He
Watts Inside
There was no new business brought feels that this would enhance
forward. The formal segment of the ! Communications Academy . . . 2 communication between ARES and
meeting ended at 19:30. the Red Cross when needed.
! Intruder survey response . . . . . 2
KI7SS provided an interesting video on ! April meeting program . . . . . . . 2 Allan stated that the county
the Clipperton Island DXpedition. commissioners had requested a listing
! Treasurer’s Report . . . . . . . . . . 3 of equipment wants and or needs for
– Dan Crane KB7DFL ! Vice President’s notes . . . . . . . 3 the ARES operation. DEM has also
! Quake survey summary . . . . . . 3 asked for information regarding this.
! Aerials and where to stick – Dan Crane KB7DFL
ARES/RACES them . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Board Meeting ! Net check-ins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Minutes April 5 ! Spectrum Protection Act . . . . . 5
New word for today
! AO-40 spinup under way . . . . 6 Intaxication: Euphoria at
The meeting was called to order at
19:00. There were seven people ! ISS slide show . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 getting a tax refund, which lasts
attending. ! The divorce . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 until you realize it was your
Allan passed out a proposed budget ! OARS Directory . . . . . . . . . . . 7 money to start with.
for the year to be supplied to the SAR
April 2001 WATTS NEWS — Page 1
Price said that more than 400 separate reports, nearly all
from United States amateurs, detailed more than 1000
Classes offered at Com- separate instances of apparent unlicensed operation. An
analysis suggests that nearly half of the transmissions
munications Academy 2001 originated in the US. Of the remaining reports, most
The APRS presentation at the 2001 Communications appeared to document transmissions originating in Latin
Academy in Seattle is Apr 21, Saturday, at 1515. More America.
great presentations are planned on Saturday and Sunday. “The variety of languages, dialects and beam headings
Everyone interested in emergency communications is relating to these transmissions clearly indicates that this is
invited to attend. The FEMA communications van will be a worldwide problem,” Price said. Surveys by
there Saturday. If you have not seen this mobile monitoring-system administrators in other IARU Region 2
command post, it’s awesome! countries confirm this conclusion, he said.
For more information, check out this website: ARRL has shared its data with the FCC. Price points out
that before the Commission can take any action, an
http://www.kb7tbf.com/Academy/Classes/Classes.htm offending transmission must be documented and its source
— Dave Dobbins, via Paul KC7LA found. “Given the changeable nature of 10 and 12-meter
propagation, especially at the top of the sunspot cycle, this
is not an easy task,” Price said. He said the FCC cannot
make its sophisticated HF direction-finding facility available
Overwhelming response to for routine intruder-signal searches.
Intruder Survey Price said the FCC relies on the Amateur Service to be
self-policing and has indicated that it is most likely to act in
The response to ARRL’s call last fall for reports of
suspected unlicensed operator situations when amateurs
apparent unlicensed operation on 10 and 12 meters has
themselves document the cases.
been “overwhelming,” according to Brennan Price,
N4QX, administrator of the ARRL Monitoring System. Price said active use of the bands by licensees is the best
The survey last October 1-14 was initiated in response to way to discourage unlicensed operation.
an increasing number of complaints from the amateur
“It is not easy or quick work, but it has been successfully
community.
done in the past,” he said.
— ARLB012
OARS OFFICERS FOR 2001
President Dan Crane KB7DFL 459-1564
Vice President Lee Chambers KI7SS 866-0800
Secretary Amy Wong KC7FED 438-7411
Treasurer
Member at Large
Ed Fitzgerald
Larry Watkinson
N7WW
KC7CKO
491-2289
943-4352 April OARS Meeting Program
ACTIVITIES
Ted Buehner, Warning Coordination Meteorologist with the
RFI Committee Frank Materiale W7CL 456-3682
Repeater Trustee Jeff Withers W3GE 273-8614 National Weather Service (NWS) in Seattle will present
Information Net Dave LeFevre KC7FEC 456-7825
ARES Net Allan Jones W7SAY 352-7516
and discuss, in a fast-paced, fact-filled presentation, the
OLY Packet Node Larry Ikenberry K7APT 943-7208 NWS partnership, NWS operations, Washington weather
Rick Taylor K7CAH 943-6793
OARS BBS George Lanning KB6LE 866-2185 hazards, the Skywarn weather spotter program, and much
Newsletter George Lanning KB6LE 866-2185
Ladies' Luncheon vacant more.
Store Receipts Barbara McRoberts KB7OSX 438-2965
Classes Lee Chambers KI7SS 866-0800
Equip. Custodian vacant V.P. Lee KI7SS will be in Spokane during the night of this
program. Ken, K7TAG, invited the presenter and will
REPEATERS: 147.36 MHz 224.46 MHz 441.40 MHz
introduce him.
PACKET: 145.07 MHz 147.40 MHz
Membership is open to all interested radio amateurs.
Yearly dues are: $20 for individual, $25 for family.
April 2001 WATTS NEWS — Page 2
When did you FIRST get on the air: 15 stations within
Treasurer’s Report the first half hour.
As of 3/31/01
Did you lose commercial power?
GENERAL FUND (checking account) 7 YES 12 NO
Previous balance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 2,239.50 If yes, how long were you without commercial pow-
Income . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 334.75 er? from 4 to 14 hours
Expenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88.00 If yes, were you able to operate your ham radio
equipment without commercial power for that entire
Ending balance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,486.25 period?
REPEATER / PACKET FUND (savings account) 12 YES 1 NO
Previous balance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 910.94 What Ham related duties did you perform? (Include
monitoring): Radio operations at EOC, Red Cross radio
Income . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.85 room operations, County Complex operations, Group
Expenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00 Health, Red Cross shelter operations, mobile damage
assessment, running messages, monitoring net, net
Ending balance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 917.79 control, repeater control operations, checking in with the
State EOC via APRS and HF, monitoring HF (State
— Ed Fitzgerald, N7WW, Treasurer EOC), and monitoring other frequencies.
How many miles did you drive related to those Ham
Notes from the Vice President related duties? (Total)344 miles.
Another Technician class is planned; interested people What Bands and Modes did you operate? 2m, 220,
should call 866-0800. This class will meet during the 440 FM voice, 2m APRS, HF voice (3.987 MHz), 40
weekday, over two weeks. (The last class was Meters
completed March 24 and resulted in about 20 new
licenses, many of whom are 12 to 14 year old Boy Did you experience interference?
Scouts in Troop 266.) 1 YES 19 NO
Upcoming events include: support for the yearly
If YES, how was it resolved? Turned off packet
Simulated Emergency Exercise, the YMCA 10K, the
machine at EOC (interference with 2M)
MS Walk-A-Thon, the Capitol City Marathon, an
SCCA Road Rally, Field Day, and the Lakefair
Did you use any non-ham modes of communications?
Parade.
(i.e. internet, phone, CB, fax, etc.)
— Lee, KI7SS 16 YES 4 NO
If YES, what modes: Red Cross Lo Band (47.42 MHz),
text messages via digital cell, phone, cell phone, cable
Quake Survey summary email, email, county radio, internet, 800 MHz trunked
Thurston County ARES/RACES 28 Feb 01 system
earthquake debriefing survey questionnaire
Did you lose phone services?
There were 24 questionnaires returned. The answers 11 YES 11 NO
are summarized here. Some answers have been
consolidated and some have been combined into
generalized comments.
April 2001 WATTS NEWS — Page 3
Type of service No Service Difficult to access Good work at EOC, good work in general for Ham and
service Red Cross communications, good coordination of
Wire Based 3 hour ave. 4.5 hour ave. services and fast response, good preplanning, damage
Analog cell phone 4 hour ave. 5 hour ave. assessment and shelter operations via Ham
Digital cell phone 4 hour ave. 3.5 hour ave. communications, net well organized and disciplined, good
operator availability, good message handling, “most
Were you able to access the Internet (Email, etc?) everything,” observation of net procedures and protocol,
12 YES 5 NO 4 N/A EOC activation, no misinformation or gossip passed.
What did you observe that could have been done
What type of access do you have? (Cable seemed
better?
reliable, dial up depended on phone system)
Listen before transmitting (especially first few minutes),
General Topic Questions were essay in nature. They additional use of Ham radio for information, better
are included here in no particular order: they are not assignment of operators (notification of when to monitor
presented in order of importance. The attempt was to and when to stand down and check back in), clarification
provide a complete picture of the comments given. of stand-down status (making sure that ARES was
Some overlap of comments was included, a few were completely de-activated and not just sent home for the
combined into a single idea. Comments were reworded evening) , improve PR after the event to promote Ham
to a general nature (“need to keep radio handy”). If activities, better control operator activity, better
any comments were omitted, it was inadvertent awareness of non-RACES Hams and their availability,
(except that comments such as “I was out of town” need procedures for passing non-emergency traffic
were excluded). (controlled by net control station), link could have been
dropped on repeaters (saving power at Crawford) and
GENERAL TOPICS
220 used for a command net (freeing 2m for more
What lessons did you learn? non-emergency traffic), first station on air should have
assumed net control, asking for regular status reports
Cell phones go down, phones get incoming calls better
from stations, clarification of mission for individual
than outgoing, keep radio in car / available, need
operators, need emergency frequencies outside of
clarification of ARES mission for operators,
OARS area, need to check battery condition more often,
re-establish contacts with decision-makers at remote
clarification of emergency and priority traffic restriction,
locations (Med Net comment), fax machine with
ARRL ARES Field Manuals need to be filled out in the
auto-dial can work well for longer text messages, need
EOC and at home, discussion with EOC included
additional ham operators in county locations, need Red
discussion about self-activation of ham resources at
Cross lo band radio in the EOC, need to be able to
KGY.
remotely monitor power status at Crawford Mt, local
hams want some procedures available for passing — Allan J Jones
non-emergency traffic, APRS is good for passing short
messages to the State EOC, need to keep fresh
batteries on hand and upgrade power supply, need
practice to verify communication ability (non-ham
Aerials and where to stick them
frequency item), 2m packet unit at EOC interferes with There are a great many types of antenna and most of
the 2m voice, need internet communication ability in them function best when they are erect. This is because
Radio Room at EOC, need paperwork (log in sheets of ‘standing-waves’ which produce energy in a vertical
and message forms) handy in EOC (so that the plane. Energy in the horizontal plane requires ‘ly-
operator can find them quickly in an emergency), need ing-down waves’ and this is why most of the radiated
to replace microphone in the EOC 2m unit (tone and received energy is termed ‘ecstatic’ rather than
buttons on back tend to get pushed and interfere with ‘magnetic.’ (Kirchhoff's fourth and fifth laws of
self-immolation present a heated argument on this
voice transmission).
subject.)
What did you observe that was done right?
April 2001 WATTS NEWS — Page 4
One of the most famous aerials is the diamond-shaped known as ‘dirty.’ However, fortunately there is one
“Ron Bick” aerial, named after its inventor Ron Bick aerial which can be used effectively to ‘clean up’ these
of Watford, England. This aerial is very good but, ‘dirty’ signals. This is, of course, the very well-known
because of its size, it has two main disadvantages — it Carbolic Dish.
is difficult to erect vertically, and it is of limited use in
— found on the Web 4/1/02
fast-flying jet aircraft.
Another aerial that deserves a mention is the Log
Periodic — so I have mentioned it.
OARS Net check-ins
I will now move quickly onto the three ‘pole’ antennas,
namely the monopole, the dipole and the tripole. The The following stations checked in on the OARS General
last-mentioned can be disregarded as it is not now in Information Net in March 2001.
use. The reason for this is fascinating, but I can't AA7YD AB7NE AB7PS K7CEZ
remember what that reason is. The monopole is very
useful for LF, MF and HF but has limited usefulness at K7TAG KA4VVA KB6ZBS KB7DFL
VHF frequencies where one should use the stereopole KB7JD KB7NMU KC7CKO KC7FEC
if maximum enjoyment is required.
KC7LA KD7ISO KF6GAQ KI7SS
At this point the reader may feel that there has been
some neglect of the technical aspect of aerials. This is N7AGG N7EIM N7JHJ N7SSD
true and the author intends to deal with the dipole in N7TPT N7WW W3GE W7SAY
depth technically, but at the same time try to satisfy the
natural curiosity of the non-technical reader. W7SIX W7UUO
The word ‘dipole’ is a composite of two Latin words, The net meets at 7:30 every Tuesday evening on the 3
‘di’ meaning ‘six’ and ‘pole’ meaning ‘sticks.’ So it linked OARS repeaters: 147.36, 224.46, and 441.40
can be easily seen, even by the most ignorant, that a MHz. All Hams are invited to check in.
dipole is made from six sticks. As the reader will
already know from my in-depth study of the Log
Periodic, six sticks will have a much wider aperture Amateur Radio Spectrum
than only one stick. Now we come to the technical bit.
Pushing these sticks into the ground at regular intervals Protection Act Introduced In
will give a quasi-omniphysical deltoid stub-matching Senate
line-of-sight high incident ground-wave. If three of the
‘sticks’ are coated with an intensely ionised P material The Senate version of the Amateur Radio Spectrum
and the other three coated with un-ionised N material Protection Act of 2001, introduced earlier this month in
then Zowie! — it's instant Receivesville man. (It is the US House, now is officially S.549. Republican Sen.
hoped that the reader will forgive the author for Michael Crapo of Idaho introduced the bill in the US
occasionally lapsing into the vernacular, particularly Senate March 15.
when excited.)
Democratic Sen. Daniel Akaka of Hawaii was a
Another thing about aerials that must be remembered cosponsor. The bill has been referred to the Senate
is feeder independance. If the feeders of dipoles are Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee. In
spread apart it changes the natural independance of the introducing the Senate measure again this year, Crapo
aerial from 75 Ohms to 250 Megohms. As is commonly and Akaka referred to the importance of Amateur Radio
known, it is impossible to hear anything with that sort in providing communication in times of disaster.
of resistance in the aerial feeder. So best not to do it.
S.549 is identical in its wording to H.R.817, introduced in
Other types of aerial in constant use are the ‘Bever- the House of Representatives March 1 by Rep Michael
age’ (called the ‘T’ aerial in Britain). This is also called Bilirakis of Florida. If approved by both chambers and
a long wire and is 1.5 inches long at 16 GHz. The signed by Pres George W. Bush, the Spectrum
Inverted X is also famous but not much in use as Protection Act would require the FCC to provide
no-one can decide which way up it is supposed to be. equivalent replacement spectrum should it ever
reallocate primary Amateur Radio spectrum to another
Finally, we move on briefly to microwaves where there
service. The same requirement would apply if the FCC
are special considerations to be taken into account.
acted to diminish any secondary amateur allocations or
Microwave and satellite signals can ‘bounce around’
all over the place and can become what is technically
April 2001 WATTS NEWS — Page 5
to make additional allocations in ham bands that soft error had occurred and was corrected by the on-
diminish their utility. board EDAC, or Error Detection and Correction unit.
Bilirakis and Crapo introduced the Spectrum Protection — ARRL Bulletin ARLS006
Act in a past session of Congress at the request of the
ARRL. The League's Legislative and Public Affairs ISS Slide Show now on OARS
Manager Steve Mansfield, N1MZA, says he's
encouraged by the fact that the Spectrum Protection
web site
bill is getting a head start with early introduction in both The web site now includes a spectacular set of pictures
chambers this time around. from the International Space Station. Click on the link
More information on the Spectrum Protection Act, you will find near the top of the main page. The slide
including the full text of the bills, is available on the show was put together as a PowerPoint presentation; it
ARRL Web site: should be viewable using either Netscape or Internet
Explorer. In case you forgot, the OARS site URL is:
http://www.arrl.org/govrelations/arspa.html
http://home.att.net/~oars/
— ARRL Bulletin 11
Thanks to Dave LeFevre, KC7FEC, for sending me the
PowerPoint file.
AO-40 spinup under way — George Lanning, KB6LE
While using the onboard magnetorquing system to
adjust AO-40's attitude, AO-40 ground controllers
were able to bring the spin rate from nearly 18 RPM
The divorce
down to 1.8 RPM — the planned final value. Now, A problem in communications
they're planning to raise the spin rate to 5 RPM to
check excessive attitude change. A judge was interviewing a woman regarding her
impending divorce, and asked, “What are the grounds for
Citing what he called “some confusing results,” your divorce?” She replied, “About four acres and a nice
AMSAT-DL President and key AO-40 project team little home in the middle of the property with a stream
member Peter Guelzow, DB2OS, said AO-40's attitude running by.”
had changed faster than the experts believed possible.
“No,” he said, “I mean what is the foundation of this
Ground controllers theorized that the effects of drag at case?” “It's made of concrete, brick and mortar,” she
perigee were much higher than anticipated. The extra responded.” “I mean,” he continued, “What are your
drag at perigee might have been caused by Earth's relations like? “I have an aunt and uncle living here in
atmosphere ballooning outward in response to solar town, and so do my husband's parents.”
activity. As a result, it was decided to spin up the
spacecraft to compensate for the too-rapid changes in He said, “Do you have a real grudge?” “No,” she
attitude due to drag. replied, “We have a two-car carport and have never
really needed one.”
“This will give us additional breathing space,” Guelzow
said. Ground controllers have commenced a five-peri- “Please,” he tried again, “Is there any infidelity in your
gee magnetorquing sequence to raise the spin rate to 5 marriage?” “Yes, both my son and daughter have stereo
RPM. “In addition,” Guelzow said, “preparations to test sets, and we don't necessarily like the music, but the
the arcjet thruster, as soon as accurate attitude is answer to your question is yes.”
determined, are under way.” “Ma'am, does your husband ever beat you up?” “Yes,”
Further plans for orbit correction and commissioning of she responded, “about twice a week he gets up earlier
AO-40 will depend on how the arcjet tests go. If the that I do.”
arcjet tests are satisfactory, initial transponder Finally, in frustration, the judge asked, “Lady, why do
operation could be attempted before summer. you want a divorce?” “Oh, I don't want a divorce,” she
AO-40's telemetry data stream halted briefly late last replied. “I've never wanted a divorce. My husband does.
week. “Because of the recent very high solar activity, He says he can't communicate with me.”
the AO-40 team at first thought that the IHU-1 had — David, ZL3AI
crashed,” Guelzow said. It was later determined that a
April 2001 WATTS NEWS — Page 6
OARS Directory By Name
Name Call Address City ST ZIP Phone
Jack Barber W1PRT 4316 Chambers Lake Dr. SE Lacey WA 98503 360-438-5921
Ruth Barber K1IIF 4316 Chambers Lake Dr. SE Lacey WA 98503 360-438-5921
James Belluomini KD7GZM 9101-186 Steilacoom Rd SE Olympia WA 98513 360-491-3766
Ben Bennett N7IVM 1212 Tabitha Ct NW Olympia WA 98502 360-705-8533
Jon Bennett W7LWB 7132 Hawks Prairie Rd NE Lacey WA 98516 360-459-0697
Frank Bergess KD6ZBS 427 Sawmill Ct SE Olympia WA 98513
Dave Blohn KD7KQD PO Box 998 Rochester WA 98579
Sandy Blohn KD7LIN PO Box 998 Rochester WA 98579
Ruth Bolstad KC7QHK 700 Black Lk Blvd SW #135 Olympia WA 98502 360-754-7433
Duane Bradford WB7ROZ 204 Shadow Ln NE Olympia WA 98506
David Bushell KC7AIJ 1908 Thurston NE Olympia WA 98506 360-754-4588
Bob Campbell WA7RDJ 9101-24 Steilacoom Rd. Olympia WA 98513 360-491-6460
Sharon Campbell N7DHE 9101-24 Steilacoom Rd. Olympia WA 98513 360-491-6460
George Carle N7ARY 1809 Centerwood Dr SE Olympia WA 98501 360-943-3536
Chris Chambers KA7BNS 908 Narnia Lane NW Olympia WA 98502 360-866-0800
Kristopher Chambers KC7ZWN 908 Narnia Lane NW Olympia WA 98502 360-866-0800
Lee Chambers KI7SS 908 Narnia Lane NW Olympia WA 98502 360-866-0800
Marie Chambers KC7MNM 908 Narnia Lane NW Olympia WA 98502 360-866-0800
Morgan Chambers KC7VNY 908 Narnia Lane NW Olympia WA 98502 360-866-0800
James Cox W7QIS 2727 Canterbury St Springfield OR 97477
Lois Cox KB7HTX 4818 Belwood Dr. NE Olympia WA 98506 360-357-6256
Daniel Crane KB7DFL 4310 Glen Terra Dr. SE Lacey WA 98503 360-459-1564
Ken Dahl K7TAG 1120 Palomino Ct SE Tumwater WA 98501 360-534-9357
Rick Damitio W7DOY 7023 Mullen Rd SE Olympia WA 98503 360-491-2587
Curt Dawell 1708 Ann St Olympia WA 98506 360-357-2771
Tom Dennis KA4VVA 1919 Evergreen Pk Dr #18 Olympia WA 98502 360-754-6651
Ken Elfbrandt AA7MX 918 Corral Lane SE Tumwater WA 98501 360-357-4447
James Elliott AA7OH 3455 Martin Way #18 Olympia WA 98506 360-456-5571
Gary Ernest N7HKI 2718 24th Ave. SE Olympia WA 98501 360-352-2503
Isabel Ernest KA7WIC 2718 24th Ave. SE Olympia WA 98501 360-352-2503
Jim Felix KC7MNK SE 2311 Cole Rd Shelton WA 98584 427-9266
Dorothy Ferris W7ZPS 2318 Boulevard Ct. SE Olympia WA 98501 360-357-2219
Ray Ferris W7ZOW 2318 Boulevard Ct. SE Olympia WA 98501 360-357-2219
Bill Fill KD5IC 3 Fair Oaks Dr Conway AR 72032 501-327-0337
Dora Anna Fill NI5D 3 Fair Oaks Dr Conway AR 72032 501-327-0337
Ed Fitzgerald N7WW 5006 Lacey Blvd. SE Lacey WA 98503 360-491-2289
Gard Forester KF6GAQ PO Box 8721 Olympia WA 98509 360-438-9860
Robert Goodnow N7JHJ 4017 Indian Summer Dr SE Olympia WA 98513 360-456-2427
Helen Hannigan KB7JDL 2409 Morse Rd SE Olympia WA 98501 360-352-9189
Mark Hannigan K7CEZ 2409 Morse Rd SE Olympia WA 98501 360-352-9189
Ron Hill W7NN 10624 Zephyr Ln SW Olympia WA 98512 360-352-7779
Allan Jones W7SAY 2752 Stratford Ln SW #3532 Tumwater WA 98512 360-352-7516
Bob Keppler KE7HA 1120 Chestnut SE Olympia WA 98502 360-943-1368
Dorlene Keppler N7HFS 1120 Chestnut SE Olympia WA 98502 360-943-1368
Sharon Kinder N7SSD 502 S. Edison St. Olympia WA 98501 360-943-6187
George Lanning KB6LE 4129 Green Cove N.W. Olympia WA 98502 360-866-2185
David LeFevre KC7FEC 3737 Golden Eagle Lp SE Olympia WA 98513 360-456-7825
April 2001 WATTS NEWS — Page 7
Paul Leach N7GGX 2030 Cardinal Lane Lacey WA 98503 360-438-5777
Charles Lindberg KD7BXD 925 Surrey Trace SE Olympia WA 98501 360-754-9844
Robert Lyon AA7YD 7734 Nottingham Ct SE Olympia WA 98503 360-459-9263
Sara Lyon AB7PS 7734 Nottingham Ct SE Olympia WA 98503 360-459-9263
Mark Matthies N7EIM 900 Grant St SW Tumwater WA 98512 360-943-1624
Keith McDonald N7JSK 10337 Carney Dr. SE Olympia WA 98501 360-352-2514
Keith McIntosh K2SAR PO Box 788 East Olympia WA 98540
Matt McKibbin AB7OF 4020 14th Crt NE Olympia WA 98506 360-438-3396
Barbara McRoberts KB7OSX 9101-68 Steilacoom Rd SE Olympia WA 98513 360-438-2965
Dick McRoberts WB9ZIP 9101-68 Steilacoom Rd SE Olympia WA 98513 360-438-2965
John Moore N7GMC 2407 Tyndell Circle SW Tumwater WA 98502 360-357-6234
Kathleen Moore KC7RHK 2407 Tyndell Circle SW Tumwater WA 98502 360-357-6234
H.J. Motomatsu WB7AKL 5107 Matsu St NW - Trlr Olympia WA 98502 360-866-7975
Wallace Music W7UUO 5305 Stikes Ct. SE Lacey WA 98503 360-491-0354
William Palmer K7WJP 19100 Huntington St SW Rochester WA 98579 360-273-4528
Paul Patton K7JJY 4031 21st Ave SE Apt 219 Lacey WA 98503 360-943-3701
Ghery Pettit N6TPT 3131 Leeward Ct NW Olympia WA 98502
Bill Phillips AB7PT 1111 Archwood Dr SW #279 Olympia WA 98502 360-754-0271
Charles Scovill KC7FEE 6625 Bellevista St NW Olympia WA 98502 360-866-1961
Rollo Shaw AB7NE 1809 Sawyer St SE Olympia WA 98501 360-754-9682
Kenneth Smith W7HRY 7627 Cooper Point Rd NW Olympia WA 98502 360-866-2507
Thom Solberg N7KTG 3067 60th Ave SE Olympia WA 98501 360-456-3297
Kip Stilz K7KIP 4625 Norcross Ct SE Olympia WA 98501 360-456-4949
Brett Taylor KC7OQJ 3720 Wesley Loop NW Olympia WA 98502 360-866-0683
Paul Taylor KC7LA 3720 Wesley Loop NW Olympia WA 98502 360-866-0683
Rick Taylor K7CAH 613 N. 5th Tumwater WA 98512 360-943-6793
Bill Tilton K7OKC 506 South King St. Centralia WA 98531
Deloise Tilton KB7GEG 506 South King St. Centralia WA 98531
Steve Ward WC7I 5034 Meridian Rd. NE Olympia WA 98506 360-456-4249
Kathy Watkinson KC7OQM 1405 9th Ave SE Olympia WA 98501 360-943-4352
Larry Watkinson KC7CKO 1405 9th Ave SE Olympia WA 98501 360-943-4352
Chuck West KC7SPZ 9315 Deerbrush Ct SE Olympia WA 98513 360-459-8790
Al Williams K7PUC 706 Frederick St NE Olympia WA 98506 360-753-1328
Jeff Withers W3GE 6010 193rd Ave SW Rochester WA 98579 360-273-8614
Lisa Withers KB7PNX 6010 193rd Ave SW Rochester WA 98579 360-273-8614
Dona Wolfe N7HOE 4848 Marian NE Olympia WA 98506 360-459-9447
Tom Wolfe N7HOD 4848 Marian NE Olympia WA 98506 360-459-9447
Amy Wong KC7FED 1416 Dogwood St SE Lacey WA 98503 360-438-7411
Is you name missing from this list?
If so, you may have forgotten to pay your 2001 OARS dues.
You can mail your check for $20 ($25 for family) to the OARS
PO Box printed on the cover page, or give it to treasurer Ed
Fitzgerald at any OARS meeting.
April 2001 WATTS NEWS — Page 8
May 2001
OARS CALENDAR
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
April
1 2 3 4 5
S M T W T F S 7:00 PM ARES Net 7:15 AM Breakfast at
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Nickelby's 600 Trosper
8 9 10 11 12 13 14
15 16 17 18 19 20 21
7:30 PM OARS Net Rd. Tumwater
22 23 24 25 26 27 28
29 30 10-10 CW QSO Party
YMCA 10K/2 mile Fun Run
6 7 8 9 10 11 12
7:00 PM ARES Net 9:00 PM K6RY West 7:00 PM Fort Lewis Deadline for Watts CQ-M International DX
Contest
7:30 PM OARS Net Coast Qualifying VE testing News inputs EMS Walk
Run 7:30 PM ARES/RACES FISTS CW Spring Sprint
Training Meeting
Oregon QSO Party
13 14 15 16 17 18 19
CQ-M International 7:00 PM ARES Net 12:00 PM Ladies'
DX Contest 7:30 PM OARS Net Luncheon at Prime
Oregon QSO Party Connection
20 21 22 23 24 25 26
Capital City 7:00 PM ARES Net 7:00 PM OARS 7:00 PM Fort Lewis
Marathon 7:30 PM OARS Net meeting at Thurs- VE testing
ton County
Courthouse
Mason County SAR Ham Radio Crash Class
27 28 29 30 31 June
ARCI QRP Hoot Owl 7:00 PM ARES Net S M T W T F S
1 2
Sprint CW 7:30 PM OARS Net 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
10 11 12 13 14 15 16
17 18 19 20 21 22 23
24 25 26 27 28 29 30
Printed by KB6LE on 4/12/2001
OARS Membership Application O A R S Meeting
Wednesday, April 25, 7 PM
“ New Date_________________
“ Renewal ARRL member ?_______ “National Weather Service”
Call Sign ___________ License class _________ Ted Buehner
Name _________________________________
Address _________________________________
Thurston County Courthouse
City, St. __________________ZIP____________ Building 1, Room 152
Home phone ____________________________
Day phone ____________________________
Email ____________________________
Annual Dues: $20 ($25 family) — first year prorated by
number of months. An Invitation
If family membership, please attach above information for If you are a Ham who has received this newsletter, but
each family member. are not yet a member of OARS, you are cordially
invited to join us. Submit the membership application at
Send to: OARS
the left to OARS at PO Box 2861, Olympia WA 98507,
PO Box 2861
or bring it to an OARS meeting and see Treasurer Ed
Olympia, WA 98507
Fitzgerald.
OARS
PO BOX 2861
OLYMPIA WA 98507
If the date
on your
address
label is
marked in
red, it is
time to
renew!