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North Jeffco Amateur Radio League
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President: DJ Rasco - KC0UDX
Vice President: Steve Adcock - KF4KNF
Secretary: Stan Adcock - KF4ELP
Treasurer: Dan Rasco - KD0GMA


Jefferson County Colorado, USA
Population est: 527,000
ARRL Grid: DM79


The North Jeffco Amateur Radio League was founded in 2008 by a small group of local ham radio operators who realized together, they could share knowledge and improve the hobby of Amateur Radio. The League's goals are to promote amateur radio in our local community, provide free public service communications, and foster membership education.

All area ham operators are invited to attend our monthly meetings, participate in on-air nets and enjoy major events such as Field Day. If your interested in amateur radio but have not yet taken steps to obtain your license, we are here to help! Any of our members can assist with technical questions, hands on training, and will even help find a testing location to get you on the air in no time.


Participate in our on-air nets!
2nd and 4th Thursday
of each the month @ 7pm
145.700 Mhz Simplex
Join us at our next meeting!
We meet the 1st and 3rd
Thursday of each month @ 7pm
College Hill Library - Room L263
3645 West 112th Ave. Westminster, CO 80031

Colorado QSO Party - 9/4/10

The 2010 Colorado QSO Party is Saturday September 4th. Hours are 1200 UTC on 4 September 2010 until 0400 UTC on 5 September 2010 (6:00 AM to 10:00 PM MDT September 4th).

Put Colorado on the air by participating in this fun contest which has become one of the more popular annual events for Colorado hams. Stations both in and outside of Colorado will be trying to work as many of the 64 Colorado counties as possible. There are awards for many different categories and modes. Full details and rules can be found at:
http://www.ppraa.org/coqp/index.php


BARCFest Sept 26, 2010

The Boulder Amateur Radio Club will be hosting BARCFest 2010 at the Boulder County Fairgrounds (9595 Nelson Rd) in Longmont, CO on September 26, 2010. Admission is $5 for adults and children under 12 are free. Doors open at 8 AM and VE testers will be onsite to perform licenses testing at 10AM sharp. Additional information can be found at:
http://www.qsl.net/w0dk/barcfest_files/barcfest10.html


President LOA

Our President DJ Rasco, KC0UDX is currently on a leave of absence while serving with the US Army in Afghanistan. The North Jeffco Amateur Radio League would like to take this opportunity to thank DJ for his service to our nation. We are all looking forward to his safe return. (On the left Dan Rasco, KD0GMA proudly stands next to his son DJ)


As of November 6, 2008 all NJARL members should be setup with their own club email accounts. If you did not receive login info please contact Steve Adcock, KF4KNF for assistance. The new email system supports up to 2GB of email per user and currently has virus and spam filtering enabled. We also have the ability to black list problem addresses for all NJARL accounts should the need ever arise.

To contact other members simply email that member's callsign@northjeffcoarl.org


Upcoming Events
Sept 2, 2010Meeting @ FRCC Room L263 Westminster, CO
Sept 4, 2010Colorado QSO Party
Sept 9, 20102 meter net @ 7pm 145.700 Mhz
Sept 11-13, 2010ARRL September VHF QSO Party
Sept 16, 2010Meeting @ FRCC Room L263 Westminster, CO
Sept 18-19, 2010ARRL 10 GHz and Up Contest
Sept 23, 20102 meter net @ 7pm 145.700 Mhz
Oct 7, 2010Meeting @ FRCC Room L263 Westminster, CO
Oct 14, 20102 meter net @ 7pm 145.700 Mhz
Oct 16-17, 2010Scouting Jamboree On The Air
Oct 21, 2010Meeting @ FRCC Room L263 Westminster, CO
Oct 28, 20102 meter net @ 7pm 145.700 Mhz
Nov 4, 2010Meeting @ FRCC Room L263 Westminster, CO
Nov 6-8, 2010ARRL November Sweepstakes (CW)
Nov 11, 20102 meter net @ 7pm 145.700 Mhz
Nov 18, 2010Meeting @ FRCC Room L263 Westminster, CO
Nov 20-22, 2010ARRL November Sweepstakes (Phones)
Nov 25, 20102 meter net @ 7pm 145.700 Mhz
Dec 2, 2010Meeting @ FRCC Room L263 Westminster, CO
Dec 3-5, 2010ARRL 160 Meter Contest
Dec 9, 20102 meter net @ 7pm 145.700 Mhz
Dec 11-12, 2010ARRL 10 Meter Contest
Dec 16, 2010Meeting @ FRCC Room L263 Westminster, CO
Dec 23, 20102 meter net @ 7pm 145.700 Mhz


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The American Radio Relay League (ARRL) is the national association for amateur radio, connecting hams around the U.S. with news, information and resources.


09/03/2010 05:04 PM
Massachusetts ARES Prepares as a Now-Weakened Hurricane Earl Approaches

Robert Macedo, KD1CY, ARES SKYWARN Coordinator and Eastern Massachusetts ARES Section Emergency Coordinator, provided this report on the afternoon of Friday, September 3:

The following is a situation report from the Eastern Massachusetts ARRL Section on Hurricane Earl. The good news is that Earl has weakened to a Category-1 hurricane. The other good news is that its track remains on target with ...


09/03/2010 01:36 PM
New Interim Chief Takes Over Air Force MARS

 The Air Force Military Auxiliary Radio System (MARS) organization has a new “interim” Chief. Outgoing USAF MARS Chief Allen Eiermann, K3LSR, retired at the end of May and was replaced by TSgt Jason E. Sandifer. Sandifer is a systems manager stationed at the Air Force Network Integration Center (AFNIC) at Scott AFB, Illinois. AFNIC is the headquarters of the national Air Force MARS organization...


09/03/2010 10:39 AM
The K7RA Solar Update

Over this past week, four new sunspot groups appeared. Group 1101 was already in place since August 24, and 1102 emerged on August 29. On September 1, two new sunspot groups -- 1103 and 1104 -- appeared, and on September 2, sunspot group 1105 arrived. Through August 26-September 2, the daily sunspot numbers were 23, 11, 11, 25, 28, 27, 51 and 52 and these same eight days saw the relative total ...


09/03/2010 08:00 AM
Surfin’: Hurricane Hamming

By Stan Horzepa, WA1LOU
Contributing Editor

This week, Surfin’ makes plans for emergency communications of the hurricane variety.  

As I write this, Connecticut and the Northeast are looking down the barrel of Hurricane Earl. It looks like my neck of the woods will only receive a glancing, but powerful blow, but points south and east of us will not be so lucky.

Having lived through direct hits fro...


09/02/2010 12:13 PM
Hurricane Earl Heading for North Carolina, Hurricane Warnings Issued for New England

Hurricane Earl -- once again a Category 4 storm -- is currently aiming for North Carolina’s Outer Banks. At 11 AM (EDT), Earl is located about 300 miles south of Cape Hatteras and 765 mles south of Nantucket Island, just off the coast of Massachusetts. Earl is now moving north at a speed near 18 MPH, and is expected to turn north-northeast with an increase in forward speed on Friday. The center...


09/02/2010 09:04 AM
New D-STAR Repeater Now in Place in ARRL Laboratory

The ARRL Lab has installed a D-STAR (Digital Smart Technologies for Amateur Radio) repeater in the Lab at the ARRL Headquarters building. Operating with an output of 147.390 MHz, positive offset, the W1HQ D-STAR repeater is a local repeater with a modest footprint covering the Hartford-New Britain, Connecticut area. The antenna is on the roof of the Headquarters building with the repeater locat...


09/01/2010 03:31 PM
Earl Possibly to Upgrade to Category 4 Storm, US Atlantic Coast on Alert

On August 30, Hurricane Earl intensified into a Category 4 hurricane -- sustained winds 131-155 MPH -- before leveling out back into a Category 3 storm. But even as a Category 3 hurricane, Earl is still a major storm with hurricane-force winds extending outward up to 90 miles from the center, and tropical storm force winds extending outward up to 200 miles. According to the National Hurricane C...


09/01/2010 02:37 PM
ARRL to Close in Observance of Labor Day

ARRL Headquarters will be closed in observance of Labor Day on Monday, September 6. There will be no W1AW bulletin or code practice transmissions that day. ARRL Headquarters will reopen Tuesday, September 7 at 8 AM Eastern Daylight Time. We wish everyone a safe and festive holiday weekend.


09/01/2010 10:53 AM
ARRL in Action: What Have We Been Up to Lately?

Compiled by S. Khrystyne Keane, K1SFA
ARRL News Editor
news@arrl.org

This feature -- including convenient Web links to useful information -- is a concise monthly update of some of the things ARRL is doing on behalf of its members. This installment covers the month of August.

ARRL Sections along the Atlantic Coast are watching and monitoring the progress of Hurricane Earl, with many assisting WX4NHC...


09/01/2010 09:58 AM
James Garland, W8ZR, Wins August QST Cover Plaque Award

The winner of the QST Cover Plaque Award for August is James Garland, W8ZR, for his article “The StationPro Master Station Controller.Congratulations, James! The winner of the QST Cover Plaque award -- given to the author or authors of the best article in each issue -- is determined by a vote of ARRL members on the QST Cover Plaque Poll Web page. Cast a ballot for your favorite article in the...




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