Inside This Issue President's Message Message from Jim, ARRL Director Oahu Emergency Coordinators Renewal Form Calendar of Events W5YI VE Session after HARC Meeting FCC'S HATFIELD TELLS HAMS TO "WALK THE WALK"

JULY IS A HARC MEETING MONTH! Mark your calendar - PLEASE ATTEND! Saturday July 15, 2000 0900-1030 Columbia Inn on Kapiolani Blvd

President's Message
Here we go again
John D. Peters K1ER
President HARC

It appears that the backlog of New Licenses, New Hams and Newly Upgraded Hams has finally been worked away. The ARRL VEC claims to be caught up as does W5YI VEC. As many as 30,000 applications appear to have been processed.

We Welcome and Congratulate everyone who either got a new License or Upgraded.

Francis K. Fong, formerly AH7FF, is now WH6F.
Francis Blatt, KH6KH is Extra Class.
Joan Peters, KA4DPW is General Class.
Sandy Pigg, WH7K is Extra Class.

There may be more, but I have not heard about it. WELL DONE to each of you. Great work, now use your new privileges on the air.

If anyone is not a member of ARRL, consider joining. QST really is getting better. If you don't like something they've done, you'll have more influence as a member. AND, if you DO like something they've done, WRITE and tell them so.

Battleship Missouri ARC or BMARC news. The BMARC is alive and well. For those who are interested there is a working party on the 15th of July to work on completing the work in the main Radio Room to get the club station on the air. If you are not doing anything after the HARC meeting, perhaps you'd like to spend the afternoon on the MO. The BMARC has a new callsign, it's now KH6BB. A very suitable callsign for the BB-63 and a good memorial to our friend Bola Lowe (SK).

If you are interested in more information about the BMARC, ask Lee Wical or Ned Concklin at the HARC meeting. Or send John Peters an Email. Both HARC and BMARC want every interested Ham as members. We are not in competition.

July 15th is also "Museum Ship Day" on the air. Tune around and you'll hear dozens of stations on the air from Battleships, Carriers, Cruisers, Submarines and other ships which are now museums. More details have been in WorldRadio and QST. But why read, just get on
the air and TUNE.

A W5YI VE testing session will follow the meeting on July 15th for those desiring to upgrade their licenses or try for a new one. Contact Lee Wical KH6BZF for more details.

The club repeater KH6WO/R on 146.18/78 is the new club repeater. Try it. The new machine is much better at rejecting intermod and front-end overload so you should receive better service.

The club beacon station station is receiving SWL reports from all around the world. KH6WO (beacon) is part of the NCDXF world wide system and you can read all about it on the internet. http://www.ncdxc.org and click on beacons. Want to know which bands are open to any area, this is one way to find out.

In case you have not noticed the HF bands have been great. 10 meters is open everyday and a station from the extremely rare country of Bhutan, A52JN, has been calling CQ on 21295 with no takers. You have to be on the air and tuning around if you don't want to miss something. If you have not tried just listening on the HF bands, and seeing how many countries you can hear AND WORK, you really should try it. Caution, Dxing will occupy your spare time.

On the subject of DX. The two DX Clubs are alive and well.

The Hawaii DX Association, with members on all islands and some from far away, has nominated a DXCC (CARD) Field Checker for Oahu. More news when the appointment has been made and he's ready to work.

The Honolulu DX Club is looking for members on Oahu. If you're a DXer, we want you. Contact John K1ER or Lee KH6BZF for information.

The OAHU Hamfest is still being actively planned with the date set for November 11, 2000. This is Veterans Day (ARMISTICE DAY) and a holiday. More information about the event will be published closer to the date. We expect it to be larger than last year, more activities, talks, DXCC card checking, Swap Meet, etc. The location is near the Yacht Club on the road that goes past the ARIZONA Memorial and the USS BOWFIN Museum. Both the HARC and KARC support this event. Warren Munro KH6WM is the best source of information for this event.

If you're not having fun, you're doing it wrong.
73 John

JIM'S NOTE

Jim Maxwell Pacific Division ARRL Director

Hi to all the HARC members. I am considering a visit to Hawaii to coincide with the HAMFEST in November. It will depend on the number of other club visits and ARRL related activities, which can be part of a trip. I cannot spend ARRL travel funds for only one event. Believe it or not, ARRL is not rich. But we ARE interested in you and Amateur matters in Hawaii. I hope to see many of you this fall in person. In my view, these are the key items of current interest to the Pacific Section ---

1. Welcome to all the new Generals and Extras. You'll notice the number of /AG or /AE is way down as the FCC adds the upgrades to it's database. But it is very important for every old timer (any age) to make every ham with either a new license or an upgrade and new privilieges feel WELCOME and WANTED. If you hear a mistake, remember when you started, and in a very kind way help him or her. NOT "hey LID get back in your band" but "I think your phone band starts at ….." If you hear slow CW on 14020, try to QSO and help the new guys learn, he'll get faster with practice and encouragement. Just like you did.

2. Welcome (again) to the new Hawaii DX Assoc and the revitalized Honolulu DX Club. The Battleship Missouri ARC has also joined our ranks, and a Honolulu Chapter of QCWA is waiting for a charter. It's a pleasure to see a DXCC Field Checker nomination. WELCOME!

73, Jim Maxwell W6CF

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W5YI VE Session at HARC Meetings
The W5YI VE team formerly headed by SK Dick LaChance is now headed by Lee Wical KH6BZ.

The VE Session will follow the HARC Meeting. If you have any question, contact Lee. The fee is $6.65 set by the FCC. You need your current license and a copy of it, plus a photo ID, if you plan to upgrade.

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FCC'S HATFIELD TELLS HAMS TO "WALK THE WALK"

The FCC's Dale Hatfield, W0IFO, predicts a bright future for Amateur Radio. But the Office of Engineering and Technology chief says that amateurs "will be under a certain amount of pressure" to justify their free use of the
radio spectrum. As a result, he said, it will be more important than ever that hams actually fulfill their service, good will and educational roles--not just talk about them.

Hatfield offered his observations as keynote speaker for AMRAD's 25th anniversary dinner June 17 in Virginia. Hatfield told the gathering, "the key issue for the amateur service is maintaining access to an adequate
amount of spectrum." While emphasizing that he was not suggesting any immediate threat, Hatfield said hams will have to do a better job of justifying their current allocations.

Hatfield said hams should actually engage in experimentation to advance the state-of-the-art, provide communication and train operators for emergencies, encourage international cooperation and good will, and offer an important technical educational outlet. "Or, to use a bit of slang, it seems to me that it will be even more important for all segments of the amateur community to 'walk the walk' not just 'talk the talk'," he said.

Hatfield encouraged his audience to explore advanced techniques that conserve spectrum, especially digital techniques. As the rest of the telecommunications world transitions to digital techniques, Hatfield said,
"the amateur service will look antiquated if it is not making progress in that direction as well."

Hatfield also said software defined radios could facilitate "a new era of amateur experimentation" and, in many ways, represent "a final merger" of radio communications and computers.

The text of Hatfield's prepared remarks is available on the FCC Web site at
http://www.fcc.gov/Speeches/misc/dnh061700.html

FCC Weekly report from Riley Holingsworth in on the Internet

Every Sunday there is a new 4 minute audio report from Riley Holingsworth, Special Counsel for Amateur Radio posted to the Internet. It is worth taking the time to listen every week and understand the extent to which the FCC IS back in the Amateur Enforcement business. You'll find the current weeks report at: http://www.rrsta.com/rain/ "RAIN" is the Radio Amateur Information Network and contains other tidbits of possible interest as well.

Or you can just read it for yourself.

The FCC Enforcement logs are all posted to the ARRL Webpage and you can find them at: http://www.arrl.org/news/enforcement_logs/

The ARRL Members Only Web Page is enough to make joining ARRL worth the money!

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OAHU EMERGENCY COORDINATORS

FROM MIKE WILEY

Shortie Cagalawan NH6UW Skywarn h 540-6888

Joe Esprecion WH6CYB REACT
h 836-1627 bigjoe1058@aol.com

Fred Fortin KH7CR ARES/Red Cross
h 531-4046 ffortin@hmsa.com

Ron Hashiro AH6RH State RACES
h 533-7530 rhashiro@gte.net

Charlie Lum Kee KH6AB HealthComm
h 373-3932 clumkee@usa.net

Mike Wiley WH7T SATERN
h 941-2794 mwiley@lava.net

Bev Yuen AH6NF Oahu RACES
h 262-2845 bevyuen@hawaii.rr.com

Call Mike if you have a question or want to get involved. You may want to save this list of Email and phone numbers so you have it when the next storm hits Hawaii.

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Editor:

HARC, John D. Peters K1ER k1er@arrl.net.
98-1547 Akaaka Street
Aiea, HI 96701-3051

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