Serving Tooele County
The October Elmer Night will be held on Zoom only. No in-person meeting this month. The topic is Volt-Ohm Meters (VOM or Multi-Meters). What they are, why do you need one, how to use them, what’s the difference between the Harbor Freight model and something a lot more expensive.
The Zoom info:
Join Zoom Meeting
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Meeting ID: 435 849 1946
Passcode: sundown879
Greetings!
The monthly West Desert Amateur Radio Club meeting is tomorrow, Wednesday, October 6, 2021 at 7:00 pm at the Emergency Operations Center located at 15 East 100 South in Tooele, Utah. Topics will include upcoming events and how to become ARES certified.
The meeting will also be streamed on Zoom. See below for the Zoom information.
HELP WANTED: Need a couple of amateur radio operators willing to set up portable operations on Saturday, October 9th from 9am until around 5pm. The need is at the Tooele Wigwam 4 Canyon Rd, Tooele, UT 84074. The Scout radio merit badge is being taught that day. As part of the merit badge requirement, the scouts need to talk on the radio. Of particular interest would be operators to set up HF operations and make some shortwave contacts. Please help this activity! Contact Roland K7OJL (435) 849-1946 to sign up.
Zoom Information:
Join Zoom Meeting
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Meeting ID: 435 849 1946
Passcode: sundown879
Upcoming Opportunities!
The Stupid Pony Lehi to Wendover Bicycle Race on October 8
We’ve been asked to provide radio communications for this bicycle race which will follow the old Pony Express trail from Lehi to Wendover. We’ll need radio operators at the start line, at Simpson Springs, Fish Springs, Gold Hill, and the finish line at the Wendover Airport. There will be between thirty and forty racers.
Start line in Lehi: one operator with a radio to get the list of racers who did not start. Will need to be at the start line at 6am and will be finished by 7am.
Simpson Springs: At least one and preferably two operators with a radio from 9am to noon.
Fish Springs: At least one and preferably two operators with a radio from 11:30 to 5pm.
Gold Hill: At least one and preferably two operators with a radio from 2:30pm to midnight
Finish Line at the Wendover Airport: Need operators from about 9am until midnight. I’d like to set up three shifts of 5-hours with at least one operator on each shift.
If you are interested in being involved in this support activity, please contact Roland Smith at 435-849-1946 or rolandksmith@gmail.com
Club Meeting on October 6
This meeting will be a business meeting on the topic of ARES … what is it, how do you become ARES certified, what certifications are needed and how to get them …. Both in-person and Zoom will be available.
REMINDER: West Desert Amateur Radio Club Elmer Night tomorrow, Wednesday, September 15, 2021 at 7pm. In-person at the EOC building 15 East 100 South in Tooele or via Zoom (info below).
Topic: WinLink
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Meeting ID: 435 849 1946
Passcode: sundown879
Greetings!
The West Desert Amateur Radio Club will hold their September meeting on Wednesday, September 1st at 7pm at the Emergency Operations Center located at 15 East 100 South in Tooele, Utah. The featured speaker will be Pat Malan N7PAT, the newly elected ARRL Utah Section Manager. I had the opportunity to have an extensive conversation with Pat a week ago. Come to the meeting (or tune in on Zoom) as I’m certain it’ll be an interesting presentation and meeting.
The meeting will be a ‘hybrid’ meeting. I encourage you to be in-person if that works for you. We will also stream the meeting on Zoom, and a recording of the meeting will be available on the Club’s YouTube page a few days after the meeting.
The Zoom info:
Roland Smith is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.
Topic: WDARC Zoom Meeting
Time: Wednesday, September 1, 2021 at 7:00 pm Mountain Daylight TIme
Join Zoom Meeting
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Meeting ID: 435 849 1946
Passcode: sundown879
SB QST @ ARL $ARLB021
ARLB021 FCC Application Fees Unlikely to Go into Effect Until 2022
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From ARRL Headquarters Newington CT August 17, 2021
To all radio amateurs
SB QST ARL ARLB021
ARLB021 FCC Application Fees Unlikely to Go into Effect Until 2022
The schedule of FCC amateur radio application fees likely will not
go into effect before 2022. FCC staff confirmed during a recent
virtual meeting with Volunteer Examiner Coordinators (VECs) that the
agency is still working on the necessary changes to the Universal
Licensing System (ULS) software and other processes and procedures
that must be in place before it starts collecting fees from amateur
applicants. Earlier this year, the FCC said it would not start
collecting fees from amateur applicants before this Summer. The new
estimate is that the fees won’t go into effect until early next
year.
Once it’s effective, the $35 application fee will apply to new,
modification (upgrade and sequential call sign change), renewal, and
vanity call sign applications. All fees will be per application.
Administrative update applications, such as those to change a
licensee’s name, mailing, or email address, will be exempt from
fees. ARRL VEC manager Maria Somma, AB1FM, said Volunteer Examiner
(VE) teams will not face the burden of collecting the $35 fee.
“Once the FCC application fee takes effect, new and upgrade
applicants will pay the exam session fee to the VE team as usual,
but they’ll pay the $35 application fee directly to the FCC using
the FCC Pay Fees system,” she explained. When the FCC receives the
examination information from the VEC, it will email a link with
payment instructions to each successful candidate who then will have
10 days from the date of the email to pay.
The FCC Pay Fees system can be accessed at,
https://apps2.fcc.gov/Batch_Filer/login.cfm .
After the fee is paid and the FCC has processed an application,
examinees will receive a second email from the FCC with a link to
their official license. The link will be good for 30 days. Licensees
also will be able to view, download, and print official license
copies by logging into their FCC ULS account. The FCC no longer
provides printed licenses.
Licensees can log into the ULS with their 10-digit FRN (FCC
Registration Number) and password at any time to view and manage
their license and application, print their license, and update
anything in their FCC license record, including adding an email
address.
FEE SCHEDULE:
INDIVIDUALS –
$35 FEE: New, modification (upgrade and sequential call sign
change), renewal, and vanity call sign applications. All fees will
be per application.
NO FEE: Administrative updates, such as a change of name, mailing or
email address, or license cancellation.
AMATEUR RADIO CLUBS –
$35 FEE: New, renewal, trustee change, and vanity call sign
applications. All fees will be per application.
NO FEE: Administrative updates, such as a change of name, mailing or
email address, or license cancellation.
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There are several noteworthy events coming up and your participation is highly encouraged and needed!!
1. The annual West Desert Amateur Radio Club summer picnic on Saturday, August 7th
2. Repair of the Antenna at the Wendover LDS Church on Tuesday, August 10th (4 volunteers needed)
3. The Cystic Fibrosis Cycle for Life on August 21st (volunteers urgently needed!)
4. The 2021 Gran Fondo Bicycle Race on August 28th. 15 volunteers needed. This race is in Tooele County!!
5 WDARC September Club Meeting on September 1st at 7pm. Guest speaker will be Pat Nolan, newly elected ARRL Utah Section Manager
6. Tooele Technical College 5k Race on September 18th. 5 volunteers needed
Here’s the details:
The annual West Desert Amateur Radio Club summer picnic on Saturday, August 7th
The picnic will be held at the pavilion across from the golf clubhouse in Stansbury Park, the same location as last year. WDARC is furnishing hot dogs, hamburgers, condiments, water, and lemonade. This event is for families, so bring your whole crew! We are asking families to bring a side dish to share, large enough for 10 people. There will be a hidden transmitter hunt after the dinner.
Repair of the Antenna at the Wendover LDS Church on Tuesday, August 10th
The antenna is mounted on a lamp pole and needs to be replaced. The cheap coax has snapped off the antenna. The project will be to replace the antenna with a J-Pole and run new coax into the building. The lamp pole can be unfastened and tilted over to do the replacement. The manpower is needed to lower the antenna safely and then get it safely back up and secured in place. The plan is to leave Tooele at 8:30am, be in Wendover at 10am, and be done there by noon. Please contact Roland K7OJL at 435-849-1946 or rolandksmith@gmail.com to volunteer.
The Cystic Fibrosis Cycle for Life on August 21st
This annual event is held in Summit County and is a lot of fun. Volunteers are desperately needed to provide communications from the various rest stops / aid stations. All you need is a hand-held radio and we’ll help you get it programmed with the repeaters being used for the event. You can sign up at
https://www.google.com/url?q=https://forms.gle/5tevDBCwuBCRugck9&sa=D&source=calendar&ust=1624471728041000&usg=AOvVaw1z3vkknQTs030GJopxgWvE
The 2021 Gran Fondo Bicycle Race on August 28th
Finally!! A bicycle race in Tooele County! The race starts and ends at the Utah Motorsports Campus. There are three race distances: a 100 mile, a 100 kilometer, and a 50 mile race. The 100 mile course goes out Mormon Trail through Rush Valley, over to Dugway, back over Johnson Canyon, up route 36 to Stockton, across South Ridge to Mormon Trail and back to UMC. Volunteers are needed for ten rest stops, preferably two operators per rest stop. Since this is in our back yard, WDARC has committed to supplying a minimum of 15 amateur radio operators to support the event. Communications will be on the Tooele linked repeater system and a handheld radio will be sufficient for all but one location. A training session will be held in advance. For more information, go to
https://www.google.com/url?q=http://granfondosaltlake.com/&sa=D&source=calendar&ust=1624474695553000&usg=AOvVaw0IpLefI4Dm9DV8zAEPdNX5,
Sign up at
https://www.google.com/url?q=https://forms.gle/P8qKPUFrAvvGTL9eA&sa=D&source=calendar&ust=1624474695553000&usg=AOvVaw2QsLk3pQ11_Y6JrEjOI0PD
and have a great time supporting a great event.
WDARC September Club Meeting on September 1st at 7pm
The monthly club meetings will start on September 1st at the Emergency Operations Center located at 15 East 100 South in Tooele. The monthly Elmer Nights will also start on the 3rd Wednesday of each month.
The program for September will feature the newly elected ARRL Utah Section Manager, Pat Malan N7PAT. He was elected last spring and takes over as Section Manager from Mel Parks who was the Section Manager for the past 22 years. Pat has a great vision for the future of the ARRL in Utah. This will be an important club meeting! The meeting will be an in-person meeting as well as live-streamed on Zoom.
Tooele Technical College 5k Race on September 18th
This is an inaugural fundraising event for Tooele Technical College. They’ve asked WDARC to provide communications during the race. This will be all simplex hand-held radio communications. We will need five volunteers for the race. Sign-up forms will be available in a few weeks.
Please Volunteer! Build Your ARES Skills!!
The West Desert Amateur Radio Club will hold our annual ARRL Field Day on Saturday, June 26th at Settlers Park in Tooele. The festivities will start with setup at about 9am and will conclude with takedown around 8pm that evening.
We encourage you to join us at the park for any or all of the day. Please bring chairs!
Settlers Park is located on 520 South, just behind the defunct La Fonterra Restaurant on South Main Street in Tooele. There is plenty of parking and a nice playground for the youngsters.
We will have at least two transceivers set up for people to operate in the Field Day on-air activities. Thousands of amateur radio operators will be on the air trying to contact you! There will be a licensed control operator at the radio to help you make contacts with the other participants. Anyone, licensed or not, will be able to get on the air.
There will be three build projects available as well.
1. A 2-meter Slim Jim Antenna ($8.50 list, $6.75 to members)
2. A Slim Jim antenna enclosure ($10.50 list, $9.45 to members)
3. A signal attenuator ($15.00 list, $13.50 to members)
4. A tape-measure 70cm yagi ($8.00 list, $7.20 to members)
Place your orders on the survey form linked below. We will only order as many kits as are ordered by June 20th. Any orders after that will be delivered after Field Day.
FOOD! Every Field Day has Good Food! The Club is providing hamburgers, hot dogs, condiments, and plasticware. We’re asking those attending to bring a side dish to share. Please indicate on the survey form what kind of a side dish you’ll be bringing.
Please fill out the survey form: https://forms.gle/zYZfrfezBVPwi9dZ9
And PLEASE COME! This is for sure the Amateur Radio Social Event of the Year!
Thanks!
Roland K7OJL
President, West Desert Amateur Radio Club
(435) 849-1946
Greetings! Our June business meeting will be held in-person (and available on Zoom) at the Emergency Operations Center located at 15 East 100 South in Tooele. In addition to the normal business of the Club, we will discuss the upcoming activities and specifically Field Day. There will be several projects available to build as well as the opportunity to get on the air and make HF contacts all over the country.
The Zoom info for those who can’t be at the meeting in person:
Roland Smith is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.
Topic: WDARC Zoom Meeting
Time: Wednesday, June 2, 2021 @ 7:00pm
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/4358491946?pwd=ekhDeFlKRkNPcXhDUkhnUVJ3QVVKZz09
Meeting ID: 435 849 1946
Passcode: sundown879
As discussed at Elmer Night last evening, the 2pm daily net has been suspended. Depending on interest, we may start the net back up next winter.