Tue, 29 Apr 2008 09:43:20 -0600 http://www.sdhams.com/ South Dakota Hams en-us http://www.sdhams.com/images/logo.gif http://www.sdhams.com/ richard@dakotamade.com http://www.sdhams.com/Article59.html Attendance log:WBØRJH Greg Hall KDØS Jim ZahradnicekNØNPO Greg BondAAØLY Tam GatjeKCØTRT Gary DettmanN0ØPIZ John OppKCØZHF Rodney Waln Tue, 29 Apr 2008 09:43:20 -0600 http://www.sdhams.com/Article58.html The Pierre Amateur Radio Club will be sponsoring a test session forTechnician, General, and Extra class licenses.Test fee remains at $14.00. Walk-ins are welcome.Please bring a form of photo ID and if you are trying for an upgrade, bringa photocopy of your existing ham license.DATE: April 12, 2008TIME: 4:00 PMWHERE: Fire station #4, 802 N Pierce, in Pierre.This is just off Harrison Avenue. Look for the tower! Mon, 07 Apr 2008 22:29:11 -0600 http://www.sdhams.com/Article57.html Meeting was called to order at 1930 by President WB0RJHPresent were WB0RJH, K7WKJ, N0HNY, KB0YXZ, KD0S, N0NPO, KB0BWW, W0RTD, KC0WVF, N0OMP, KB0GGM, AA0LY, AND KC0ZHF Wed, 26 Mar 2008 16:36:33 -0600 http://www.sdhams.com/Article56.html Pierre Amateur Radio ClubMeeting MinutesJanuary 10, 2008Attendance log:AAØLY Tam Gatje,KI4NEA Zeke Saukel,NØPIZ John Opp,KCØWVF Jim Ward,WØRTD Eldon Lindquist,WBØRJH,Greg Hall, KDØS Jim Zahradnicek,KCØZHF Rodney Waln,K7WKJ Wayne Jackson,KBØYXZ, Dave Mehlhoff,NØOMP Ed Wallace,NØNPO Greg Bond,Guest David Carini,Guest Mark Rogers.The President, WBØRJH, Greg, opened the meeting at 7:30 p.m. Tue, 22 Jan 2008 08:45:33 -0700 http://www.sdhams.com/Article55.html To download the Amateur Radio Emergency Service Individual Resources/Application click HERE. Mon, 31 Dec 2007 16:10:26 -0700 http://www.sdhams.com/Article54.html MEETING DATE: JAN 12, 2008LUNCH AT PIZZA RANCH AT 12:00 CSTMEETING TO BEGIN AT 1:00 PM CST OR WHEN FINISHED EATING. Mon, 31 Dec 2007 16:01:33 -0700 http://www.sdhams.com/Article53.html Attendance log:AAØLY Tam GatjeKDØS Jim ZahradnicekWBØRJH Greg Hall KCØTRT Gary DettmanNØHNY Steve StewartKCØWVF Jim WardWØRTD Eldon LindquistNØPIZ John OppNØNPO Greg BondKCØZHF Rodney WalnBronson PeshlakaiWBØRJH, Greg, opened the meeting at 7:30 p.m. Sat, 29 Dec 2007 09:19:59 -0700 http://www.sdhams.com/Article52.html The Pierre Amateur Radio Club (PARC) will beholding classes for the entry level technician license course beginning August 14. Classes are scheduled from 6:00PM until 7:00 PM at Fire Station #4 o­n the following dates:August 14, 16, 21, 23, 28, 30, and September 4th. KØPIR has placed a sign upsheet for the test session o­n the PARC website. (www.sdhams.com) To sign up forthe license course simply click o­n (contactus) and fill in your information, or call Gregat 224-6392. At the end of the license course, a VE test sessionwill be held so you can test for your FCC license. KD0S Thu, 16 Aug 2007 08:24:11 -0600 http://www.sdhams.com/Article51.html Meeting was called to order by President Hall, WB0RJH at 1930. Present were Eldon-W0RTD, Jim- KC0WVF, Bob- WB0NNI, Laura- KC0YCB, Elizabeth Hopper (Harmonic of WB0NNI) Greg- N0NPO, John- N0PIZ, Rod- KC0ZHF, Greg- WB0RJH, Chris Boxley, and Jim- KD0S. Wed, 18 Jul 2007 09:18:14 -0600 http://www.sdhams.com/Article50.html Meeting was called to order at 1934 by President Greg Hall, WB0RJH.Present were KC0YCB, WB0NNI, AA0LY, N0PIZ, KC0WVF, WB0RJH, W0RTD, KC0CHG, WD0T, KD0S, N0RQY, KC0OCH, K0PIR, AND KB0GGM. WB0RJH expressed his appreciation of those helping in the May Emergency drill and cited positive comments from others in the after action report. Certificates in recognition of their dedicated service were issued to: Laura-KC0YCB, Eldon-W0RTD, John-N0PIZ, Karen-KC0OCH, Bob-WB0NNI, Vickee-N0RQY, Randy-KB0GGM, Sara-KC0WVG, Greg-N0NPO, Rod-KC0ZHF, Gary-AA0CT, Ed-N0OMP, Jody-WB0QVE, and Zeke-KI4NEA. Thu, 12 Jul 2007 23:02:08 -0600 http://www.sdhams.com/Article49.html Field Day!!! The Pierre Amateur Radio Club will be holding it's annual Field Day event o­n June 23-24, 2007. For more information contact Rich, KØPIR of the Pierre Amateur Radio Club. Ph. 605-945-0325 or e-mail Richard@dakotamade.com. Directions: From the intersection of Garfield (Truck Route) and Hwy 14, travel North East o­n 14/83 for 4 miles. Watch for tower to the south of the highway. This is the location. Street Address is 29563 Hwy 14/83. There will also be our PARC Banner as well. Fri, 15 Jun 2007 08:21:30 -0600 http://www.sdhams.com/Article48.html - meeting started 8:06 P.M., after a debrief of the May 5 exercise by Rob Fines and Jim Z. Good job everyone.- WB0RJH, KCØWKJ, WB0NET, KC0ZHF, KI4NEA, AA0LY, N0NPO, N0PIZ, KC0WVF, KD0S, KB0GGM, KC0CHG, W0RTD, and Rob Fines. Wed, 30 May 2007 12:56:09 -0600 http://www.sdhams.com/Article47.html The Hughes County Emergency manager plans to attend with a review of PARC'sperformance during the latest drill.We will also be discussing ways to improve our disaster communications.Hope to see you there!Jim KD0S Wed, 09 May 2007 20:21:51 -0600 http://www.sdhams.com/Article46.html Our regular thursday meeting will begin at 7:00 PM Thursday the 12th withWeather Spotter/ARES info.Please arrange to attend this meeting.New handheld radios will be available that have both Civil Defense and Hamfrequencies for weather spotters.If you have an old CD radio, it needs to be turned in. Wed, 11 Apr 2007 10:08:25 -0600 http://www.sdhams.com/Article45.html This is just a reminder that we will be having our monthly PARC meeting Thursday evening April 12th at 1900 at Fire Station #4.We will have a briefing by Jim and Rob Fines prior to our regular stated meeting regarding weather spotting.During the monthly PARC meeting we will be discussing the Exercise to be held o­n May 5th.  We need as many volunteers as we can get for this exercise and there will be jobs for everyone.  Since we have members that are multi-tasked o­n this exercise, we will be short those who are also tasked by the CAP.  We have also been asked to provide people to assist with communication from the CAP aircraft, with the Fire rescue boat and some o­ne to act as an evaluator.  So it is imperative that every o­ne attend the meeting that possibly can.Please come and support the group and the exercise. Wed, 11 Apr 2007 10:06:52 -0600 http://www.sdhams.com/Article44.html   Meeting called to order at 19:30- Attendance: KD0S, Jim; KI4NEA, Zeke; N0NPO, Greg; WB0RJH, Greg; KC0CHG, Myra; KC0WVF, Jim; K7WKJ, Wayne; W0RTD, Eldon; N0PIZ, John; K0PIR, Rich; and KB0YXZ, David.- read Feb. minutes, motion made that Feb. minutes be approved~ WB0RJH, KD0S Sat, 10 Mar 2007 17:20:02 -0700 http://www.sdhams.com/Article43.html NEXT PARC MEETING IS March 8, 2007Fire station 4 at 7:30 PM.2007 membership is due.$24.00 per year $12.00 for additional family member.Coffee: PARC members schedule coffee at 10:00 AM Saturdays at Gators in the Pierre mall, and 10:00 AM o­n Thursdays at Hardees Wed, 07 Mar 2007 06:03:44 -0700 http://www.sdhams.com/Article42.html Amateur Radio Club Minutes:  2-8-07meeting called to order In Attendance: N0NPO, KD0S, WB0RJH, KC0TRT, KC0WYF, KC0ZHF, KI4NEA, K0PIZ, and K7WKJ.Treasurer's report: Pierre flower shop bill- $36 for flower to KF0OM's funeral.WB0RJH made motion to pay bill, KDØS offered the second.No big changes in balance and no questions o­n treasurer's reportActivities report: A suggestion was made that we could make an ice fishing special events station. We will come up with a special event station in the spring. Hughes County is planning an exercise o­n May 5th, not sure what involvement we will have now. WB0RJH committed himself to attend the planning meetings. Greg mentioned that the Wx Radar is down; KD0S says he will take care of it. Activities are also o­n the website; "http://www.sdhams.com" Wed, 07 Mar 2007 05:51:50 -0700 http://www.sdhams.com/Article41.html FEBRUARY 24th UPGRADESPARC Volunteer Examiners held a test session o­n February 24th. Examiners at this session were KD0S, WB0NNI, AA0CT, and AA0TS. Those receiving upgrades were:ZEKE, KI4NEA - GENERALLAUREL, KB0PZX - GENERALGREG, N0NPO - GENERALJOHN, N0PIZ - GENERALDAVID, KB0YXZ - GENERALAn upgrade to the General class license will allow the use of voice and digital modes o­n all bands from 10 thru 160 meters in the HF band, while Technician class operators have voice priveleges from 28.300 to 28.500 within the HF bands in addition to the use of all ham frequencies above 30 MHZ. Its time to get those antennas up folks! Wed, 07 Mar 2007 04:38:25 -0700 http://www.sdhams.com/Article40.html This is an invite for targeted audiences to attend a Mass Fatalities Incident Response Course to be held in Bismarck, ND on May 15th and 16th, 2007. Please take the time to read the bulletin and forward to the appropriate agencies within your county. There will be a limited number of individuals South Dakota can send so it will please email me as soon as you can. Once I review the names the individual will be granted permission to register for the class and make their make their own lodging arrangements. The 50.00 registration fee, lodging, mileage and per diem will be reimbursed after the class has been completed. After the person has completed the class and contact my office, they will receive a reimbursement voucher. In order to be reimbursed, the participant will need to send in copies of the registration receipt and lodging receipts. Mileage and per diem will be calculated using the standard mileage rates and travel time. If you or anyone in your jurisdiction that may have any questions, please have them contact me. Again, there will be limited seating for this class so please make sure registrations are done as soon as possible. Tue, 06 Mar 2007 17:38:31 -0700 http://www.sdhams.com/Article39.html On March 22nd, Hughes County/Stanley County Emergency Management, in conjunction with the National Weather Service and the Pierre Amateur Radio Club, will be holding a class for all local weather spotters. Training will begin at 7:00 PM and last approximately 2 hours.Hughes/Stanley CountyWeather Spotter TrainingMarch 22nd, 2007Luthern Memorial Church7:00 PM to 9:00 PM. Sun, 04 Mar 2007 09:27:29 -0700 http://www.sdhams.com/Article38.html Welcome to the world of HF and DX! Sun, 25 Feb 2007 22:05:41 -0700 http://www.sdhams.com/Article37.html There will be VE testing o­n Saturday Feb 24th at 4:00 PM.If you or someone you know wants to test, or just do a paperwork upgradewith the new no code license, please join us at Firestation #4.Jim kd0s Fri, 23 Feb 2007 15:17:47 -0700 http://www.sdhams.com/Article36.html // Destination ax.25 address of beaconBeaconDestination = APNU19-3The BeaconDestination is the AX.25 destination address field. It is typically set to represent a particular software package and version number that makes it identifiable o­n the network. There has been no specific software version type designator given to UIDIGI under the APRS Protocol Specification. However, o­n 20-SEP-02 Bob Bruninga recommended that "APNU" would be utilized for a UIDIGI network node. Thus, the APNUxx identifier is used to represent the controller type as a UIDIGI network node. The APRS Protocol Reference manual is available at www.tapr.org. During a UIDIGI group discussion o­n 19-NOV-05, I suggested using APNU19-3 to represent UIDIGI version 1.93. Normally, this would be an issue for the directional routing specification, but under the new APRS Paradigm Bob stated he was ready to relax the rules o­n these bits and that it was OK to use APNU19-3. Since directional routing is used so little o­n the network, the impact will be minimal. Mon, 19 Feb 2007 17:06:36 -0700 http://www.sdhams.com/Article35.html VE testing will be held at the #4 Fire Station o­n Saturday, February 24thfrom  4:00-6:00 PM.Fire Station #4 is located just off Harrison Ave just below the old WalMart(now Runnings Farm store.)With the new FCC rules morse code will no longer be required for any amateurlicenses. Fri, 16 Feb 2007 09:10:56 -0700