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The DXer
October 2014
The Official Publication Of The Northern California DX Club
October Meeting
Thursday October 16
Holder’s Country Inn
998 S. De Anza Blvd
San Jose 95129
www.holderscountryinn.com
5:00pm Socialize
6:00pm Dinner
7:00pm Club Meeting
Program:
“The Next Generation Of Vertical
Antennas” by Tom Schiller, N6BT
& “A Founders Day Celebration”
by Mike Flowers, K6MKF
& Add’l Guest Speaker, see page 4
President’s Letter
By Mike, K6MKF
Dear Fellow NCDXC Members,
I was sorry to miss our September meeting,
but I did really enjoy attending my 50th High
School Class Reunion in Hagerstown, MD. It
was great to see old friends again, many of
whom I had not seen for 50 years. And, as
predicted, I did visit Hiram Percy Maxim’s
gravesite in the Rose Hill Cemetery in the
South End of town.
I am a former member of the Antietam Radio
Association, and the ARA made the effort
to have this memorial plaque placed on the
Old Man’s gravesite. I’ve always been quite
amazed that my little Western Maryland
hometown is the final resting place of Hiram
Percy Maxim, W1AW, co-founder of the ARRL, and ‘The Old Man’, as he signed his many
contributions to the early QSTs.
The ARRL is celebrating the 100th Anniversary of its founding this year, and that celebration
came to Santa Clara Marriott Hotel as Pacificon 2014, October 10th through the 12th. October
10th is also the date of the 68th Anniversary of the founding of the NCDXC! The NCDXC had
our table there to promote the Club; to commemorate our 68 years of operation; to recruit
new members and to demonstrate our support to DX and DXers around the world. We took
20 copies of our Membership Application, and all were taken by prospective new members.
Seven new applications were submitted while we were at the table. And we all got to meet
Tony’s, K6BV, guest Mai, E41MT, the only YL licensed in Palestine. Thank you to our Members
who helped our Club with our Pacificon efforts.
Attending Pacificon and visiting W1AW’s gravesite brought to mind our debt to the Founders
of the Northern California DX Club and to those who have sustained the Club’s operations
through the years. The NCDXC has been in continual operation for 68 years – so long that, for
many of us, the Club has just always been there.
I can tell you from experience that Amateur
Radio Clubs are not perpetually self-sustaining
organizations, but rather require a lot of dedicated
effort and care to continue operating. When I was
first licensed in Poughkeepsie, NY in 1968, I joined
the Poughkeepsie Amateur Radio Club (PARC) and
it seemed to me to have all the ingredients for
success. We had about 60 Members, many of
whom were very knowledgeable and skilled E.E.s
at IBM, and the monthly meetings were packed
with enthusiastic attendees. I remember a lot
of interesting speakers and very lively technical
discussions. The PARC repeater was very popular
and busy with activity. Now there is hardly a trace
of that Club anywhere to be found.
So to celebrate our continued success as a DX
Club for the past 68 years, we are going to have
a Founder’s Day Celebration during our October
meeting.
I have been researching each of our Charter
Members and I’ve found some interesting
information about each of these deserving
DXers. At our October Meeting I’ll introduce
each of our Founding Charter Members and
present a bit of their backgrounds. I hope the
Membership finds this as interesting I as have while
doing the research. Also, I have invited each of the NCDXC Past Presidents to attend our
October meeting so that we can recognize them and present them with a small token of our
appreciation for their service to our Club.
On the current DX front, Zorro was QRV as E30FB – Eritrea! From his reports he gave out a
lot of ATNOs while he was there. I hope some of our Club Members got him in their logs. I
heard him a couple of times, but he was much too weak for me to call. More importantly, he’s
made great progress in his talks with the Eritrean government, so his humanitarian efforts
can continue there, and we can all look forward to a larger and better equipped Dxpedition to
Eritrea in the future. 30M, 12M and 10M have been great lately, with C21GC, Nauru, T30D,
Western Kiribati, 4W/G3ZEM, Timor-Leste and S79KB, Seychelles – just to mention a few!
There’s also good news from our friends on the Heard Island Dxpedition team. They have
found a new, faster and less expensive vessel, and have changed the dates of their Dxpedition
to early November until mid-December, 2015 for better propagation. See all the details and
other news at www.heardisland.org .
Tromelin Island 2014, FT4TA, is scheduled to QRV beginning October 30, 2014 and is scheduled
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to run until November 10th.
We have some exciting DX opportunities in our near future! I wish
everyone Good DX, and I hope to see you at our October, 2014 Regular
Meeting and Founders Day Celebration!
73 de Mike, K6MKF
Thank You For Your Pacificon Efforts!
A special thank you to our NCDXC Members who made
our Pacificon efforts such a success. We took 20 copies
of our Membership Application to Pacificon, and all the
applications were taken by prospective new members,
and seven completed applications were turned in.
Sheryl, WW6G
Russ, K6KLY
Ross, K6GFJ
Bob, W6OPO
Rob,AG6RK
Jim, K8JRK
Tony, K6BV
Dick, W6KM
Don, AA6W
73 de Mike, K6MKF
Dick, W6KM and Bob, W6OPO Man NCDXC’s Booth at Pacificon
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More Pacificon Photos
ARRL President Kay, N3NR & Mai,
E41MT. Mai is the only licensed
YL in Palestine.
Russ, K6KLY Checking Cards
Pacificon Photos Courtesy of Mike, K6MKF
Welcome New Member
The following new member was voted
into NCDXC during the last meeting:
Don McKee, KE6DM
Welcome to NCDXC!
Mai, E41MT & Tony, K6BV
IDXC 2015 Hotel Reservations Open
The Hotel Online Reservation system
for IDXC 2015 has been activated:
http://dxconvention.com/index.html
Additional Guest Speaker at October Meeting
Gerald Youngblood (K5SDR), President & CEO
Gerald Youngblood founded FlexRadio Systems in April 2003
to develop and market the industry’s first Software Defined
Radio (SDR) products to the amateur radio market.
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K6MKF DX Box Score
9/29/2014
DXCC
Slots
Slots/DXCC
Worked
299
1332
4.5
Confirmed
298
1112
3.7
% Conf
99.7%
83.5%
DXCC Challenge
1090
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Don
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
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NCDXC Featured Member of the Month
Here is kind of a prelude to what I hope to be doing for the DXer. Over 10 years ago or so, I
tried to showcase members of the DX club. You can look back at old issues of the DXer and see
how it was done. The feature will be short as a great number of our members have nice blogs
on QRZ.
It was fun and seemed to be enjoyed by most of the members. For several reasons I dropped
the feature, even though I was asked to continue. But now seems to be a great time to resume
the feature in the DXer. I can’t promise that it will be a monthly feature as often the Editor has
just too much to include, but time allowing for all we will pick it up once again. So I hope you
won’t be bashful if approached, or even if you would like to be featured, please let me know.
Remember not all of us have a hugh Radio Shack and Antenna Farm. You would be surprised
on how many of us have a modest layout. 73 .................. Dick, W6KM
DXer Profile: K6BV, Tony Dowler
I commandeered Bob, W6OPO to go to Pacifica with me to see Tony’s station. Tony had mentioned that he was trying to decide where he would install his new GAP Titan DX antenna. Bob
always had good ideas and I knew he would like to see the new station layout.
Well, I will never complain again about how small my home lot is. Tony has a real challenge,
not only because his lot is small, but it drops off at the back at a severe angle! To add to that,
in addition he has very High Power lines really close to the house. Tony had already eliminated
most suggestions as he only has a few options. His main antenna is the KLM KT-34A. Now let
me point out in spite of all these obstacles, Tony has been a determined and dedicated DXer.
He is a real doer and involved club member.
His current count is 297 Mixed and he still finds time to to be the current President of the San
Francisco Radio Club. He has taken part in many special event SF club activities and adventures. For lots more details go to his QRZ site. I want to add that Tony is very involved in the
NCDXC as a Director and he is working hard on the committee for the 2015 International DX
Convention.
73 .................. Dick, W6KM
Tony, K6BV is On The Air ...
... Another One is In The Log!
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Tony, K6BV’s QTH
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Correspondence From Members
To the Editor: CQ Magazine [email protected]
To the Editor: QST Magazine [email protected]
Sirs
I have been thinking about the cost of #1 Honor Roll. Not in dollars – we will all continue to contribute
to expeditions and Foundations, I hope, as we seek the hardest of entities.
I am thinking of the moral and ethical cost.
At 333, the Top, for me, is feasible: Scarborough, Athos, Pratas, Glorioso, Chesterfield & Ducie – all 6 are
feasible.
Number 7 for me, North Korea, will come on the air, it seems to me, when the Family running the
country needs another Dennis Rodman farce to show the world they have “normalcy” in their national
gulag. The world will see the stage set capital of Pyongyang and the naïve will accept that as
representative of the country or, worse, as “proof” the country is normal and getting better.
The in-depth reports and films, however, provided by citizens who have managed to smuggle news out
or escape, paint a far different, horrific picture of unimaginable torture, public beatings and starvation
heaped upon the populace by their rulers, now for 3 generations. Hundreds of thousands of North
Koreans populate the death camps. Children there betray parents for crumbs of food, parents kill
children in the camps to survive, friends betray each other just to live another day. Clearly the ruling
family demands this level of insanity. Citizens outside the camps also starve while an elite few live large.
Children, abandoned by starving parents, die on the streets each day, well out of sight of the controlled
tourist groups. All is well in the capital, the ultimate theater of the absurd. A kid with nuclear weapons
and a desire to unite Korea provides a final nuance to the play.
Fear and repression on a national level, mindless mass obedience and punishment, born into and finally
dead in a labor camp, multiple generations of a family imprisoned for failing to kneel before this
generations Glorious Leader, this is the multi- generational madness of North Korea.
I read the same blogs, Club newsletters and opinion pieces you likely have on numerous “weighty ham
issues”. I know the fact that ham radio does many good things outside the US and helps others; in near
every case this is true. I believe, however, that no amount of “normal” activity, including a ham radio
event on the part of North Korea will change, much less improve, the lives of these oppressed people. It
likely will, however, further delude those who buy into the current veneer of lies and, worse, further
embed the family. This is not Burma after Pol Pot –they at least hid it from the world. No, this is
multiple generations of evil, papered over with elaborate and calculated theater for world consumption.
A ham radio show would be a farce that will add to their game and falsely portray a country as open
and free. Perception will be taken as reality.
So, I have come to this new place. First, and for the record, I take nothing away from those who have P5
in the log from years past when very little was known to the outside world and North Korea was just one
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of those “closed” places like Nepal. Now the world knows better and some personal decisions may well
be needed. I, for one, will not work it when it inevitably comes on the air. Should a regime change occur
as in Myanmar, fine, I’ll see you in the pile-up as I know I can work Asia.. In this case though, I am
making a not-so-silent boycott of something I have pursued since 1958 – the Top of the Honor Roll.
Having P5 is just not something I want to live with if adding to the deception is the price.
I would also hope Newington would see daily human slaughter as sufficient reason to drop them from
the list until things change radically for the better. Three generations, Newington, of psychopaths
starving and killing millions of their citizenry. What does it take to move you? What or who are you
afraid of? The old guard around you? What does it take, another generation of Uns? Two? Three?
And spare me, please, the arguments of Eritrea,Iran, Iraq, the Sudans, Russia, China et al. Yes, there are
vestiges of such repression in many countries today. To various degrees, though, each of these places
have change over these same years, some good, some bad; each of these countries have an element of
access and egress for its citizens and others, have an element of push back against repression, have an
internet for world news access, have an element of a growing educated class and most important an
element of knowing about and seeking a better or different future. North Korea is an absolute level of
closed, multigenerational suppression and cruelty, exceeding in “thoroughness” I believe, prior and
existing cruel regimes . A global ham boycott seems appropriate to me. To each his own, of course, and
this is mine.
JIM K8JRK
The Northern California DX Club and editor assume no responsibility for statements made herein by correspondents. Statements by correspondents do not necessarily reflect the views of the Club or the editor.
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Software Defined Radio Lecture
An Introduction to Software Defined Radio
by Jeffrey Pawlan, WA6KBL
A Distinguished Lecturer in the IEEE MTT Society
Thursday, November 13
Location:
Building: Aristotle Room
Keysight (Agilent) Technologies
5301 Stevens Creek Boulevard
Santa Clara, California
6:00PM to 8:00PM
6:00 - 6:30PM, Networking and Snacks
6:30 - 8:00PM, Presentation
Free Admission for All
This lecture will begin with the definition, history and evolution of Software Defined Radio (SDR). RF/microwave engineers will find it clear and understandable because analogies will be made to conventional classic
radio systems and components. The lecture will introduce the concepts of oversampling and undersampling as
it applies to SDR. There will also be an introduction and explanation of the firmware and software portions of
SDR. A comparison with state-of-the art conventional analog circuitry will be shown. Several live demonstrations of SDR will be presented.
Software Defined Radio (SDR) is the culmination of advances on several fronts and probably the most significant area of development in radio systems today. The entire worldwide cellular system uses SDR. NASA and
the US military communications are now almost exclusively using SDR.
In addition to his more than 40 years of work experience in analog, RF, and microwave engineering, Jeffrey
Pawlan has been licensed as WA6KBL for 54 years. He has loved VHF, UHF, and microwave design, construction, and operation since 1961 when he first upgraded.
DX IS! The Best of the West Coast DX Bulletin - Unsold Copies
Back in 1980 after WA6AUD shut down his highly popular West Coast DX Bulletin, my brother,
W5DV, and I compiled and published a book, entitled “DX IS! The Best of the West Coast DX
Bulletin”. We thought that we had fulfilled all of the requests for it within just a few months,
but we still get occasional inquiries about its availability, more than 30 years later.
During a recent move, I found a supply of unsold copies, still in new condition. We have
arranged to make these available through Amazon at:
http://www.amazon.com/The-Best-West-Coast-Bulletin/dp/B002ODDJ0Y/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8
&qid=1408745485&sr=8-1&keywords=DX+IS!+The+Best+of+the+West+Coast+DX+Bulletin
While we do not expect a major demand for it after 30 years, we want interested parties to be
aware of its availability. We have a very limited supply and when these are gone, that’s it.
73 de W6OGC Jim Allen
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The West Coast DX Bulletin is back!
Ross Forbes, K6GFJ
Hugh Cassidy’s (WA6AUD) entire collection of the West Coast DX Bulletin is now available on line. The Northern California DX Club has every issue from 1968 up to the final issue in July 1979 available on its web site. Go
to WWW.NCDXC.ORG and click on the icon for the West Coast DX Bulletin archives.
Classic Cass – 40 Years Ago in the West Coast DX Bulletin
From the October 29, 1974 Edition:
“… it is still wonderful to sit in your home and talk with someone half ways around the world …” Some things never
change.
See other great articles in the West Coast DX Bulletin Archive at http://ncdxc.org/pages/wcdxb.html
Forwarded by Mike, K6MKF
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NCDXC Honor Roll Ladder - 331 to 340 Current Entities
All Entity Counts Must Already Be Confirmed With LOTW-QSLs or QSL Cards
Call Sign
K6TA
Curr
340
DXCC
377
Chal
2785
160m
215
80m
297
40m
332
30m
306
20m
339
17m
327
15m
333
12m
310
10m
323
6m
3
K5YY
W6OAT
N7NG
K6RIM
K5JB
K4UEE
K6ANP
N6JV
W6CUA
K6XN
AJ6V
K6SQL
W6DPD
NI6T
K6MD
W6KM
K6KLY
N6TV
KX6C
KC6AWX
W6EKR
K6ESL
K6GFJ
W6CYX
N7TW
W6OD
AC6HY
K6CTA
N6TA
W6NWS
K6UM
340
340
340
340
340
340
340
340
340
340
340
340
340
340
340
340
340
340
340
340
340
340
339
339
339
339
339
338
337
337
337
375
373
372
367
367
365
365
360
357
355
354
354
353
352
351
351
349
349
349
348
348
346
357
353
348
343
342
345
355
347
346
2679
2670
1902
2336
198
146
173
45
293
284
211
173
248
328
262
301
303
291
151
289
340
339
322
339
318
323
169
311
283
336
272
327
301
296
137
267
293
320
203
275
102
7
2
9
2780
1418
2823
1885
1802
939
249
77
189
18
13
16
281
168
263
166
140
118
330
223
318
244
217
153
286
77
321
180
148
2
339
320
338
340
332
282
310
84
329
188
222
6
324
238
334
322
292
201
276
40
313
132
177
1
307
187
325
294
258
160
78
4
93
1
3
32
330
89
100
290
213
42
292
152
11
72
227
72
151
233
14
322
9
282
1
23
273
145
14
137
181
43
255
156
209
311
142
100
318
167
91
299
237
214
188
242
62
293
198
51
4
1
310
3
19
310
221
27
148
161
74
283
215
268
330
166
100
260
204
48
322
311
37
215
248
69
310
269
159
303
5
12
324
339
256
100
335
272
63
337
338
132
225
278
184
321
315
210
329
11
12
18
21
287
57
65
186
149
42
180
123
1
16
174
4
101
253
1744
2036
2108
144
40
130
199
140
217
286
167
174
302
327
249
189
256
302
202
130
221
283
KI6CG
K6KO
AG6Q
W6QUV
K6YP
K8JRK
K6BZS
KY6R
N7RC
N6ATD
337
337
336
335
335
333
333
333
331
331
343
340
349
340
337
342
340
338
342
335
1827
2307
79
159
178
103
243
1
41
62
288
101
43
153
257
309
285
294
100
277
146
242
247
238
260
157
238
121
328
321
322
100
316
275
293
285
311
295
199
251
2287
733
1123
1493
1927
153
229
100
168
17
145
122
171
215
193
302
100
304
41
174
207
270
257
59
26
146
178
283
268
269
100
228
67
199
184
187
853
1
84
113
251
60
166
40
138
1288
2785
737
465
2451
1058
354
2383
1527
436
1028
1789
527
1726
1670
230
1
102
42
5
64
113
263
5
21
269
23
164
19
270
27
107
250
105
2
37
4
1
1
3
60
69
58
1
3
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NCDXC DX Ladder - 330 Current Entities or Less
All Entity Counts Must Already Be Confirmed With LOTW-QSLs or QSL Cards
Call Sign
K6IPM
Curr
329
Chal
1529
DXCC
332
160m
80m
74
40m
158
30m
20m
318
17m
265
15m
293
12m
191
10m
229
6m
1
N6TQ
K6SIK
N6NU
N3RC
K6MM
N6PF
K2RD
W6JJW
W6DR
K6DY
W6YD
K9YC
AA6VB
KE1B
W6OPO
WX6W
W6GX
K6MKF
W6PK
WK6RF
W6RK
W6EKR/M
N6BM
W6GJB
K6BV
EA2RY
NR6M
N6WM
NE5EE
328
328
325
323
322
320
318
315
314
314
314
311
308
306
306
305
304
294
294
293
291
291
289
288
286
281
279
273
260
2067
1950
1546
1832
1558
1709
1736
787
1286
971
57
28
27
52
37
21
76
174
160
120
141
111
105
149
3
102
12
19
192
170
83
23
26
60
16
9
39
79
4
25
65
4
62
3
87
255
213
212
211
198
195
230
75
181
18
5
243
169
175
99
76
160
75
52
44
200
4
105
129
13
142
71
151
245
191
143
188
138
174
93
26
93
1
313
314
262
302
300
294
299
233
269
224
204
290
230
285
252
204
276
224
239
213
263
189
241
201
149
210
214
229
251
250
193
239
187
253
204
97
88
160
257
267
187
246
191
209
246
123
192
187
114
226
147
200
174
105
220
196
120
151
153
97
159
139
88
139
142
166
1
15
2
3
6
264
129
238
123
27
223
155
89
3
162
71
181
112
27
117
184
146
279
277
247
282
250
259
272
158
227
206
127
270
185
254
200
109
259
252
176
166
196
196
230
185
179
242
216
203
235
235
153
168
140
199
161
71
52
148
2052
1390
1543
980
595
1469
1128
762
618
1284
574
1158
921
478
1114
963
1236
602
336
334
328
334
330
329
321
317
318
314
319
313
313
310
308
311
306
298
296
300
293
299
290
290
289
283
279
275
262
AD6HF
KJ4Z
N6MM
N6DVR
AE6RR
AG6HE
WD0FAA
K6ML
W6NN
N6NKT
WB6VYH
K6MMM
K6TU
AI6RE
WT6X
259
256
240
240
239
233
233
230
222
221
188
164
156
146
143
539
490
769
412
719
841
559
392
554
631
334
509
426
318
384
262
258
242
245
241
233
234
231
223
223
188
164
158
146
144
1
25
23
73
76
65
9
74
92
86
19
70
47
8
87
82
13
71
195
218
144
167
120
188
174
113
79
157
174
121
138
120
74
109
91
29
39
115
32
91
129
27
49
58
69
15
1
9
49
56
150
94
83
159
101
128
187
117
142
140
151
77
133
105
60
43
65
12
39
122
20
44
102
23
44
27
55
11
5
21
8
20
6
14
3
41
14
36
2
31
10
1
31
20
77
7
132
114
20
1
15
4
19
1
1
1
5
39
10
1
4
4
8
4
1
196
139
109
31
23
69
37
4
122
81
56
77
1
80
18
35
1
29
11
27
9
3
16
1
1
4
16
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226
107
175
76
25
183
165
71
88
13
135
28
17
75
126
132
3
36
19
70
63
68
120
126
118
128
120
45
62
104
82
112
62
81
43
6
1
5
8
13
4
1
4
4
2
2
2
6
49
1
3
2
6
2
2
3
2
4
18
2
3
1
1
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KU6W
N6OI
AK6Y
W6MSB
K6MP
KE6DM
PJ2/W6DR
141
130
116
95
75
34
19
388
265
215
182
123
63
25
141
130
116
96
75
34
19
2
1
3
29
1
7
1
3
56
10
29
5
27
2
6
1
2
117
63
81
42
32
22
5
12
7
9
4
120
82
38
55
32
22
9
3
15
5
3
64
81
46
55
18
12
17
1
2
2
How To Update Your DX Ladder Numbers
• For all DXCC and band counts, only include QSOs for which you already have LOTW-QSLs
or QSL cards.
• Entries in the ClubLog NCDXC DXCC League are imported into DX Ladder if the member is
registered at http://www.clublog.org and member log is uploaded at least once per year.
• Members who prefer not to use ClubLog: please use the web form at:
www.ncdxc.org/pages/dxladder.html . Band information is helpful but not required.
• “DXCC” column includes current and deleted entities, the “Curr” column has current only.
• The Chal (Challenge) count is the sum of the current entity band counts (no deleted entities) and is automatically calculated in the DX Ladder spreadsheet.
• Participation in DX Ladder is available to NCDXC members only.
Items For Sale By Russ, K6KLY:
Contact Russ, K6KLY: k6kly at sbcglobal dot net, Tel: 510-852-0002
Yaesu MD-200 Microphone, top Yaesu mic, Like New, Non-smoker, $169 + shipping as needed
Item Above is from Estate of W6EIO
Daiwa CN801 Power/SWR meter, New in sealed box. $139.00
1.2 GHz Yagi For Sale By Rob, AG6RK:
Contact Rob LaNoce, AG6RK: robsendemail at yahoo dot com
Mirage/KLM Model 1.2-44LBX 1.2GHz yagi, 18.2 dBd gain,
12’ boom, 7.5’ turning radius., new in original box. $50
Items For Sale By Tony, K6BV:
Contact Tony Dowler, K6BV: (650) 359-8888
Kenwood TL-922A Amplifier Good Condition, price negotiable
Kenwood R-2000 Receiver (no mods) $200
ICOM IC-706MkIIG (Clean) $600
Drake MN-2700 1Kw Tuner $ 200
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Amplifier For Sale By Phil, AC6HY:
Contact Phil, AC6HY: ac6hy at redshift dot com, Tel: (831) 455-1630
If you want me to call you, just email me your phone number
King Conversion SB220 6m Amplifier, Looks Brand New $1100
With 60 watts of drive into a dummy load it produces 1300 watts output
My M2 6m antenna Model 6M2WLC will go with the amp
Mics For Sale By Larry, W6OD:
Contact Larry, W6OD: w6od at sbcglobal dot net
Two Yaesu DESK Model MD-1 Mics, $90 each
Looking for an SK447 Air Chimney if anyone has one
Antenna For Sale By Jim, N6DVR:
Contact Jim, N6DVR: n6dvr at arrl dot net, Tel: 209.923.0596
Force 12 C3-ss Tri-band 10/12/15/20
Only 3 years old $400 or offer
(on the ground because changed to SteppIR)
Items For Sale By Harry, KX6C:
See Harry’s Complete For-Sale List at www.verinsky.com/dxerlinks/for-sale-by-harry.pdf
On Consignment at Ham Radio Outlet’s Sunnyvale location
Included in HRO’s Consignment Web Page at www.hamradio.com/consignment.cfm
Yaesu FT- 817D, Yaesu mic, HF Plus 50, 144 & 430 MHz like new $400
Heathkit SB-221, 2kw amplifier with 10m, in tip-top condition $800
Kenwood 830S and VFO 230, excellent condition $650
All items with manuals. Pickup from Ham Ratio Outlet in Sunnyvale
Items For Sale By George, N6NKT:
Contact George Williams: N6NKT, n6nkt at yahoo dot com
Hy-Gain TH-7DX, 7 Element, Tri-Band, 10/15/20M $300
Manual available at http://www.hy-gain.com/support.php?productid=TH-7DX
Down from Palo Alto ARC office, disassembled and located in Cupertino
KLM KT-34, 4 Element, Tri-Band, 10/15/20M $200
Booton 92EA RF Voltmeter $200
Send Your DX-Related Swap/Sale Listing to: dxer at ncdxc.org
To prevent outdated listings, ads will run for only one issue unless otherwise requested
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Items For Sale from Estate of Jettie Hill, W6RFF, SK:
Best Offer (Suggested Prices Below)
Kenwood TS-870-AT with Headphones and 2 Microphones - $900
MFJ-4245MV Switching Power Supply - $180
MFJ HF SWR Analyzer Model MFJ-207 - $60
Hy-Gain Antenna Rotator Direction Controller Plus 2008 - $400
Kenwood DC Switching Power Supply KPS-15 - $70
MFJ Menu Driven Memory Keyer Model MFJ-492 - $60
Heathkit HM 2140A - $50
Antenna Dipole 80 Meters, 50 Ft. High With Hand Crank
(will need to be taken down by buyer)
Mosley TA-33M/TA-40KR With Tower M7-40, 2 Section Crank $600 (Discount If Take Down)
Cushcraft A3S 20/15/10 Meter Beam Antenna (Was In Process Of Being Built) - $350
Almost All Equipment Is In Place At The Roseville House And Working, Including Antenna
Please Call Ahead: Chris Hill 916-501-3624
73, Fred K6DGW
Jettie Hill, W6RFF - Silent Key
With deep regret we record the passing of
Jettie Hill, W6RFF on September 21 at age
93. He was first licensed in 1938 and joined
NCDXC in 1974. Jettie operated mostly CW,
was on the DXCC Honor Roll with 340 DXCC
entities confirmed, and earned Worked all
Zones and 7 Band DXCC. He served as ARRL
Section Communications Manager Santa
Clara Valley section, Vice Director Pacific
Division, and Section Manager Sacramento
Valley section.
“We lost another grand operator Jettie Hill, W6RFF became a SK on 9/21. I remember Jettie
running the Slow Speed Traffic Net in the 70’s where I got my CW practice. Such a patient
man…” - Bob, W6OPO.
“I was 26 when I started a modem company called Vadic. When we had products to ship
we hired Jettie as QC Manager. He did a great job and retired about 10 years later and he
moved to Sacramento. I lived in CUPERTINO (still do) and one day saw a beam on a tower. I
went to the front door and was surprised to Jettie. We became ham buddies. He helped me
get approval from City Hall to erect my tower. I last saw Jettie at this years DX Convention
and he was in good spirits. Jettie will be missed by everyone that knew him.” - Tom, NW6P
More information is at: www.arrl.org/news/past-sacramento-valley-scm-santa-clara-valleysm-pacific-vice-director-jettie-b-hill-w6rff-sk
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Upcoming Meeting
Thursday Nov 20: “Pignology” by Nick Garner,
N3WG at Holder’s Country Inn, 998 S. De Anza
Blvd, San Jose 95129
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Box 608, Menlo Park, CA 94026-0608
Club URL
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Club Repeater W6TI/R:
Frequency/offset: 147.360 Mhz +, pl 110.9
Control Operator: Richard Crouch, N6RC
Maintenance: Peter Grabosky, W6OOL
Trustee: Peter Grabosky, W6OOL
Net Manager: Open
Club simplex: 147.54 MHz (suggested)
2014-2015 Northern California
DX Club Officers:
President: Mike Flowers, K6MKF
Vice President: Rob LaNoce, AG6RK
Secretary: Sheryl Harkleroad, WW6G
Treasurer: Don Ferguson, AI6RE
Directors:
Ross Forbes, K6GFJ (Past President)
Tony Dowler, K6BV
George Williams, N6NKT
John Miller, K6MM
Bob Lanning, W6OPO
Appointments:
Chat List Postmaster: Rob LaNoce, AG6RK
(listadmin at ncdxc.org)
Club Historian: Ross Forbes, K6GFJ
Database Co-Managers: Bob Lanning, W6OPO
and Phil Verinsky, W6PK
DX Convention Chairperson for 2015:
John Miller, K6MM
DXer Editor: Phil Verinsky, W6PK
(dxer at ncdxc.org)
QSL Card Mailings: Dick Letrich, W6KM
Web Hosting & Webmaster:
John Miller, K6MM (k6mm at arrl.net)
QSL Card Checkers:
Russ Bentson, K6KLY (ARRL)
Andreas Junge, N6NU (ARRL)
Charles McConnell, W6DPD (ARRL and CQ)
Rusty Epps, W6OAT (CQ)
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