╨╧рб▒с;■  &■                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   ¤       ■   ■     !"#$%■   '■                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   Root Entry            ■               ■               ■               ■   ■   ■   ■   ■                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   ■       └FMicrosoft Word 6.0-Dokument MSWordDocWord.Document.6■ рЕЯЄ∙OhлС+'│┘0|8 @ L X d pщ¤0@цЙ─╠@@ё)╘@■ ╒═╒Ь.УЧ+,∙оD╒═╒Ь.УЧ+,∙о\щ¤щ¤▄еe-└ e 9ЖB 6@╞@╞╞A┌A фAЇA>2BTYLHMay-June2018pages15-back coverSection3 I hope that each of you will take the time to attend some hamfests in your area. They are all different, so it is hard to know which ones you will like the most. Photo left: John Brier, KG4AKV holds small beam antenna outdoors at a hamfest next to station wagon & building. Rita, NE0DB writes: It's Springtime in the Rockies! Erine, AC4YL entered 2 teams in the YL Ops SSB Sprint, which consisted of Ria N2RJ; Catherine AC4YL entered2 YL teams for the YL Ops SSB Sprint, which consisted of Ria, N2RJ; Catherine, AC4YL; Melanie, AG4YL; & me. Catherine was my 3d contact; we were both thrilled. In April our club provided Communications for a 5K/10K race. Not only the normal communications, but with a Mesh Network. We had 5 IP cameras set up along the course, enabling us to stream real-time pictures of the race in progress to a computer at the pavilion at Net Control for all to enjoy. On April 15 I entered the ARRL Rookie Roundup. Due to other special events, it was difficult to work contacts Ц I made 4. As you all know, band conditions have been poor during the last few weeks. From my little house on the high desert of Colorado to yours, 33 Rita, NE0DB Photo below: Rita & her Mesh Dish. 12 foot tall mast with dome dish atop, in front of Chevrolet SUV. Rita stands with hand on mast; wears open winter jacket & wide brimmed hat. There's snow on ground. Page 15 YL Harmonics May-June 2018 CQ Dog X-Ray Ц getting our pets in on the act Consult Part 97 of the FCC Rules & you'll find everything spelled out there regarding unlicensed 3d party operations in your shack. But what if the 3d party happens to possess a license? & what if that 3d party is not a guest but a reliable regular? Licensed or not, what if that very same 3d party intermittendly interrupts your QSOs with a variety of demands? УWalk me.Ф УFeed me.Ф УRub my belly.Ф When the assigned license is a New York State dog license, forget getting answers from the FCC Цyou need to consult the AKC instead. At least that's what Ziggy, our Shih-Tzu, might recommend. I'm General Class in my shack but when Ziggy's in there acting like a control operator, I'm not more than 2d Class. While I still need to buy a more comfortable chair to replace the butt-numbing wooden wonder that's propped me up through a few contests & special events, Ziggy has been curled up by my desk, ensconced in his own plush bed (1 of 6 at home) I've warned him that УwoofФ is one of those 4 letter words forbidden on air & even constitutes malicious interference. I've told him that snoring above a level of S2, now matter how blissful it may sound, is indisputably QRM. I've reminded him firmly that I'm happy to pause & let him Уanswer the callФ but that he needs to reciprocate for me when I am on HF, especially during those rare moments when 10 meters is open to some promsing DX. Still, there is an advantage to having a dog in the shack, cuteness & companionship aside. His breed hails from a part of the world I have yet to work Ц China & Tibet, well, most of Asia Ц & maybe he has some insider information that can help me break through the chatter. Maybe too he'll just brfing me good luck. He'll need a bit more training - УSitФ, УFetchФ, УTune UpФ, УPush to TalkФ. & of course УstayФ, which he'll do anyway. Unless I put my headphones on, though, it's possible I still won't hear Beijing or Yunnan Province anyway. Those contacts may be as evanescant as Shangri-La itself, eclipsed by something not even best filter can fix; the icnessant licking & slurping dogs are infamous for. Hey, I'll take my chances. As long as Ziggy stays tin the shack with me, he'll never end up in the doghouse. 33, Caryn, KD2GUT Centered & boxed below copy, cartoon radio tower with circular audio beam emanating from top, square handie-talkie radio. Page 16 YL Harmonics May-June 2018 VE News Suzanne, VE7IM, writes: May & June are the months we put the finishing touches on our flower & veggie gardens. Then we hang over then looking for then celebrating the firstshoot or flowerbud. By the time we all get ths Harmonics issue I imagine summer will be in full swing. Bringing lots of visitors &, I hope, a few nice little excursions for you as well. Field Days, Ham Fests, the works!! I hope to attend the Convention in Oklahoma City this coming August. Have been to Oklahoma just once before & found it a nice friendly city. We spent a great deal of time at the Western Heritage Museum & of course had a flutter on the Quarter Horses. We also rented a car & travlled most of the state in the time Allotted to us. Our main reason for being there was to pick up a delightful Border Collie puppy. We brought him home on Alaska Airlines as a Уcarry-onФ!! He was so quiet that hardly anyone knew he was aboard. He grew & developed into a wonderful, well trained working dog. He also spent fun-time on his weekends participating (very successfully) in Sheepdog Trials. His name was OK. 33 Susanne VE7IM Heather VE3HQH writes: Not much to report from here. Glad that winter is on its way out. I know spring must be on its way, as the skunks & raccoons are out & about. Tulips poke out of the ground & the days get warmer. I had a good winter with very little snow but lots of cold winds. I look for more YLs to get on the air as I need more УFavorite SongsФ & more YL contacts for the YLRL & CLARA challenges. Hope to see many of you at Dayton. I haven't been there for several years & look forward to going this year. 33, Heather VE3HQH Page 15 YL Harmonics May-June 2018 Elizabeth VE7YL writes: SPRING has arrived on the west coast - at least 1 day is spring & the next I'm not sure. Rain follows sunshine. The local mountains still get snow much to the delight of skiiers/snowboarders etc. Propagation is still dismal. If we didn't have computers, internet, Echolink or SKYPE we would be back to smoke signals. Easter has come & gone. I tried to hide the chocolate bunnies & eggs, but they keep resurfacing. I will try to give them away; most of my friends try to do the same. I just had an email from family down in Portland; they plan to visit Vancouver next week. Not yet sure how many will come Ц I await details. More than 10 years since I last went down to visit them. No golf for me Ц yet Ц I find early morning tee times are pretty cold. The ladies program did start last Tuesday Ц naturally it poured buckets!! Hope everyone enjoys their spring: I imagine lots make plans for summer travel. 33 VE7YL Helen VA1YL writes: The March CLARA Chatter Party was pretty quiet because propagation was lousy. I did work some lovely YLs & talk to some CLARA members. We changed the CLARA Contest to the CLARA Chatter Party so we didn't scare YLs off. We always chatted when we worked YLs, passsed our contacts around the YLs who were on frequency & set up frequencies to meet on. Lots of the contacts were made on Echolink. I need to get myself on Echolink!! The 2018 CLARA Challenge is to talk to as many YLs as possible. You can work the same YL twice in a month on the same frequency & mode. Please join us on the Nets & see how many YLs you can work. Nets are a good place to find YLs if the Net Controller doesn't mind if you make contacts. The OM has been УhiredФ to teach the Amateur Radio Course to a group of Provincial EMO members. They want to be able to use Ham Radio when the TMR2 system overloads. It was a 60 mile trip to go teach the class; 1 day was cancelled when there was a bad snowstorm. 25 percent of the exam is Regulations; it has been my job to teach that part of the course. Scary, but the group listened well & answered my questions well. They haven't written the exam yet because of the cancelled class. I hope propagation improves soon. 33 Helen Page 17 YL Harmonics May-June 2018 Ann VE3HAI writes: The 3 Amigos (Sarla, VU2SWS; Suzanne, VE7IM, & Ann) have managed to continue their weekly SKYPE sessions in spite of Sarla returning to Mumbai & Ann being in Canmore, AB for a week over Easter. That's the marvel ofelectronics. Annhopes that everyone enjoyed the Easter break. It was minus 19 in Canmore, but the natives assured Ann that Spring was just around the corner. Ann wasn't convinced though; her daughter Jean & son-in-law Kevin headed to Mexico just after Ann flew back to Toronto. Ann wishes everyone good health & happy times going forward. Val, VE5AQ writes: Greetings from Saskatchewan. Hello Everyone, Well it's hoped by the time this reaches the editor's desk & gets put into print, our snow & cold will be gone. It wasn't so much snow that was a problem, it was & is the endless -31F wind chills! I itch to get outside & start work in my gardens. I know it is supposed to be dry this summner again, but I still want to go outside & play in the dirt. This sitting in the house becaue it's too windy to appreciate a good walk, is really starting to play on the nerves. OK, enough complaining. Other things occupy my time. Well by the time you read this our provincial Hamfest will be past. It was held here in Moose Jaw, I was co-host with our local ham club. The SARL (Saskatchewan Amateur Radio League) & the Moose Jaw Amateur Radio Club decided to have it early. The club usually hosts just a flea market in the spring, but this year decided to Go Big. The MJARC will be 96 years old this June & is the oldest continuously running club in the province. SARL will be 66 also in June. We had an awesome turnout with plenty of fleas, great display tables. YLRL alkso had a display table; many of the YLs were very impressed to know they could join their Amnerican sisters if they wished. I saw many applications disappear from the table, so fingers crossed they will be sent in. Unfortunately I don't have pictures, as this is being written well ahead of time. I will send them in later. The CLARA ladies had their Chatter Party on March 13 & 17. We did not have the participation we have had in other years. This was due to propagation. For those who did participate, thank you so very much. The Chatter Party is just a way of keeping in touch with friebnds we have not chatted to in a while, & to introduce many new YLs into the hobby without their being intimidated with a УCONTEST.Ф I think next year I must attempt it om Decholink, especially withn an S9 noise level at my QTH. Oh well, maybe next year propagation will be better. One can only hope. Well this is my rambling for this time. Due to a trip for family matters this year I will be unable to attend the YLRL Convention. I will miss seeing the friends mI met last year in Winnipeg & will be sorry not to meet new friends this year. I have made up for it a bit by making a door-prize which I'll mail shortly to Michelle, W5MQC & I know there will be 1 lucky winner. Thanks everyone; have a wonderful summer. 33, Val, VE5AQ Graphic centered at page foot, 10 figures (column bodies, arms, heads) in a group, each with empty dialogue or thought balloon above head Page 18 YL Harmonics May-June 2018 DX News Dear YL friends, This is already May-June issue. I missed both Jan-Feb & March-April issues so some is old news. Easter has passee, spring is here in Texas in full bloom. The best time of the year as temperature is in the twenties & light breeze. We did a drive through the countryside & saw fields of Texas state flowers. Blue Bonnet like a carpet on the fields. I still work my portable unit on the garge floor & have my USA contacts but no DX. Soon I hope we will find a home so we can put up a beam again. YLRL has their convention in August. I hope some of you can come. It will be a great fun meet. I will be there to greet you. We are more or less OK here Ц Victor is recovered from all his surgeries & chemo; we hope for better. He is active with technical stuff like antennas amplifier & we work CW very often. We collect countries for DXCC Challenge. Last year I got my license for 6 meter band & had fun on this band (worked only 2 US stations Ц too difficult for us!). I slowly come to 2500 points for my Challenge (it is 2390 now).' I am a member of YLRL group on Facebook, so I get some news from there also! I wish you fun with ham radio! 33, Helen, UR5WA We have been busy getting ready for the new season to start. We will have 100 cruuise ships into Lerwick this summer. The lighthouse has opened up for the summer so Ian helps in the cafe. He sees to the guests who stay in the lighthouse, plus the flat for the artist. I do not have time to do much radio. Tony my husband still talks to his friends in England on a Wednesday night. The weather h & was delayed on Thursday night,.as been nice today; we had a bad storm 2 days ago. The ferry did not sail Wednesday night & was delayed Thursday night. Tonight it looked lovely gliding along & passed our house. I hope you all had a nice Easter. 33, Nicki, MM5YLO Lucia CT1YH is now totally off the air, bit I want her to keep all the ties she had with her hobby. She was recentl interviewed by a local CW club that wanted to hear her stories as a CW professional & amataeur icon. I will send the money by post as in the past. As for the magazine by mail I can print it for her. Best regards, 73 Rui Tome', CT1CFN Christine, GM4YMM writes: This year has been a busy one. Went camping with 2 active grandchildren south of Birmingham at the Staffordshire & Worcestershire canal for 2 weeks in May. It was very warm. 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