THE LOCAL OSCILLATOR - September 2004 NOTE: An HTML version is available at www.mvrc.qzxservices.com. A pdf file of the web edition is available at www.mvrc.qzxservices.com/pdf/LO0409.pdf. It will be easy to print that edition. If you do not have the free pdf reader you can get it at www.adobe.com TABLE OF CONTENTS COMING EVENTS FREE STUFF ITEMS FOR SALE USE OF CLUB STATION ALAMOGORDO HAMFEST BACK PAGE COMING EVENTS Week days 6 m FM net 52.540 6:00AM Mon WTRA Swap net 146.88 8 PM Wed Net 146.64 6:45PM round-table 52.525MHz 8 PM Weekdays Informal get together Mon Wed Fri Munson Center 10AM Tue Thur Wal-Mart E Sept 4 Breakfest 8 AM Club House Sept 4 Business meeting 9:15AM Club House Sept 4 Alamogordo NM Hamfest Sept 11 West Texas ARC Hamfest, Odessa, TX Sept 13 Social Meeting (2nd Mon) 6 PM Golden Corral Sept 15 1st Wed after 2nd Mon Directors at Club House 7:00PM Sept 18 Kingman Hamfest Sept 25 Tailgate Only in Deming, NM. Oct 31 marathon Nov 11 Baylor Pass run FREE STUFF AD5LJ The club has a few items that did not sell at the last three bean feeds. The following are available to club members for free on a first come basis. 1. Aluminum tubing, assorted lengths and diameters. 2. Assorted lengths of ½ and 7/8 Inch Heliax cable. Most of the cables have connectors on each end. The tubing and cables are located at the clubhouse near the storage shed. Please help yourself to whatever you want. ITEMS FOR SALE AD5LJ The club has several excess antennas that are for sale. These items are at the clubhouse and can be examined at the next business meeting. 1. Satellite antenna consisting of 2-meter cross polarized beam, 7-CM cross polarized beam, AZ-EL antenna rotators and one control box. Asking price is $100 or best offer. 2. 2-Meter beam antenna. Asking price is $25 or best offer. 3. 70-CM beam antenna. Asking price is $25 or best offer. USE OF CLUB STATION AD5LJ The board of directors would like to remind all members that the club station is available for member use. The club station currently has two HF transceivers, two 2- meter and one 70-CM transceiver plus assorted antennas. If you don't have an HF station and would like to work HF, please consider using the club station. Arrangements can be made to make the station available to members (general class and above) at any time. All you have to do is talk to one of the officers or me at a monthly business meeting and arrangements will be made to issue you a key to the clubhouse. Do you have a technician level license and desire to try HF? No problem, let a club officer or me know and we will arrange a time for a control operator to be present to assist you. ALAMOGORDO HAMFEST Saturday is the Alamogordo, NM Hamfest at the Fair Grounds north of town. For more info http://www.alamohams.org Contact: Bill Leehan, N5SUM 3101 Thunder Road Alamogordo, NM 88310-4024 Phone: 505-437-9781 Email: n5sum@totacc.com BACK PAGE The newsletter is always looking for articles and notes of interest to the members of the Mesilla Valley Radio Club. Please send them to Alex. F. Burr, K5XY, Editor, MVRC Local Oscillator, 695 Stone Canyon Drive, Las Cruces, NM 88011. Small personal ads from members will also be published. It would be helpful if submissions would be made in a machine readable form. MSDOS disks are welcome. Files can also be sent to the Internet address aburr@aol.com. The club has a web site maintained by WA2NIJ at http://www.zianet.com/mvrc. OFFICERS Pres Tim Linn KD5SSF 521-0486 kd5ssf@arrl.net VPr Bob Deal KD5PPP bob-verna@zianet.com Sec Carleton Talbot KC5MRM (915)877-3538 kc5mrm@zianet.com Tres Charlie Welch W5TLU 524-3412 cwwelch@usa.net BOARD Communications Karl Larsen K5DI 524-3303 k5di@zianet.com Education Joe San Filippo WZ5R 521-7574 sanfilippo@zianet.com Special Events Cash Olsen KD5SSJ 382-1917 KD5SSJ@zianet.com Newsletter Alex Burr K5XY 522-2528 k5xy@arrl.net Repeaters Brad Sacca KD5SKE 382-4380 sheikyerbouty@msn.com Facilities Bob Bennett AD5LJ 382-0148 rbennett@zianet.com JOIN THE CLUB To join the Mesilla Valley Radio Club, renew your membership, or to support the repeaters, please complete the form below and send it with dues ($25 single, $35 family per year) to: Treasurer, MVRC, Box 1443, Las Cruces, NM 88004. Name: Address: Call: Class of License: Phone: E-Mail Address: ARRL Member? Yes? No?