Wayne Amateur Radio Club - W8WOO
Serving Wayne County Ohio since 1972
We'll be listening on 147.21 (PL 88.5) & 443.175 (No PL) 

HAPPY NEW YEAR
        As you have probably heard by now, the Wooster Amateur Radio Club held an election of Club officers to serve for 2006. As one member observed, "The train went through in a hurry!" The following were elected to respective posts:
                        President                   Russell McQuate     K8RMC
                        Vice President           David Balint             N8IW
                        Secretary, Treasurer   Stan Kinney            N8RNK

        Tom Zilko, N8JBG will move to Past President. Committee Chairpersons can be found on the Club's website at www.w8woo.org.

MEETING REMINDER
        As a reminder, the Club meets on the third Thursday of every month at the Wayne County Communications Center on the corner of Burbank and Oldman roads in Wooster. Meetings start at 7:30pm.

JANUARY MEETING
        January's meeting will be on the 19th and, following the Club's regular business meeting, we are pleased to have a presentation on APRS (Automatic Position Reporting System) as used in the sport of hot air ballooning. Charlie Holt, KB8CMN, a ballooning enthusiast, has put together a lot of data and information that will help you understand and possibly get started with APRS. You won't want to miss this presentation.

TENTATIVE PROGRAM SCHEDULE FOR FIRST HALF OF THE YEAR
        In an effort to spur more Club member activity and to provide a forum where we can all discuss Ham Radio, we have the following presentations and discussions scheduled for the first few months of 2006:

. FEBRUARY - JUNK AUCTION
        Clean up your shack and help the Club at the same time. This is always a fun night and, who knows, you may come home with that treasure you have always been looking for.

. MARCH - UNDERSTANDING DIGITAL MODES
        Dave Balint, N8IW, has consented to lead a discussion and impart some information on several of the more popular digital modes being used in ham radio currently. We may possibly meet at K8RMC's shack so that we can utilize his equipment for this demonstration.

. APRIL - TALKING THROUGH SATELLITES
        Jim Henry, KC8RRT, is putting together a great program on the "ins and outs" of satellite communication. Jim brought his equipment and expertise to our 2005 field day, giving us an added feature to display to the general public.

. MAY - DAYTON HAMVENTION
        Since a good many Club members make an effort to attend the Dayton Hamvention, we may choose to skip the May meeting. We'll keep you informed.

. JUNE - MOHICAN 100 MILE RUN AND FIELD DAY
        These two events have been annual favorites of most Club members. Again, it might make things too busy if we "sandwich" in a monthly meeting. We'll also let you know on this one.     

. OTHER TENTATIVE PROGRAMS
        We are currently trying to set up a presentation by the Red Cross. With all the disaster activity of late, we would do well to "get up to speed" on their programs as they relate to Ham Radio. We are also exploring the availability of setting up a SkyWarn training session. This is very tentative and we'll keep you up to date on our progress.

ANNUAL DUES NOW DUE
        Your 2006 dues are now due. Dues are $17 per year and can be paid directly to the Treasurer.

MANSFIELD HAMFEST
        Your Club has purchased two tables at the Mansfield Mid-Winter Hamfest and Computer Show, February 12, 2006, at the Richland County Fairgrounds. More information can be found on www.iarc.ws. Here is you chance to sell that piece of equipment that is taking up space in your shack and convert it into cash so you can buy more equipment to take up space in your shack. Bring your sale items to the hamfest and help both yourself and your Club. The Club only charges 10% of your sale price to help offset the table cost and fund other programming activities.

OTHER HAMFESTS, SYMPOSIA, ETC.
14 Jan - 20th Annual SW Ohio Digital Symposium, Middletown, OH. Interested in digital communi-cation?  Learn about the mode or become updated on it, etc.  NO flea market.  K8JE plans to attend.
http://www.swohdigi.org/.

14 Jan - ARAY Swap-N-Shop Amateur Radio an And Youth Club, Flushing, MI,
http://www.arayclub.org.

15 Jan - Hazel Park Amateur Radio Club, Hazel Park, MI,
http://www.qsl.net/w8hp.

15 Jan - Scarfest, Sunday Creek Amateur Radio Federation, Nelsonville, OH,
http://www.scarfclub.org.

29 Jan - Tusco Amateur Radio Club, Strasburg, OH,
http://noard.com/tuscoarc.htm.

4 Feb - H.A.R.A. Swap and Shop, Hiawatha Amateur Radio Association, Negaunee, MI,
http://www.qsl.net/k8lod/.

5 Feb - WINTERFEST, Northern Ohio Amateur Radio Society, Lorain, OH.
http://www.NOARS.net.

11 Feb - Annual Swap-n-Shop, Cherryland Amateur Radio Club, Traverse City, MI,
http://www.carc.tc.

12 Feb - Mansfield Mid*Winter Hamfest and Computer Show, Mansfield, OH, Intercity Amateur Radio Club,
http://www.iarc.ws.

19 Feb - Livonia Amateur Radio Club, , Livonia, MI.
http://www.larc.mi.org

DEFINITIONS
        Given the technical nature of the upcoming programs and discussions, your officers would like to help you better understand and utilize the information that they are sure you will glean from the presentations. To that end, they have provided below some definitions that you should read before attending.

BAND-PASS - A circuit designed to allow only certain signals pass through it  . or the arch at the north end of the Ohio State stadium.

ANTENNA - The first whole integer following an nina.

BAUD - The hair condition of K8RMC.

DIP METER - An instrument used to evaluate the average IQ of those persons who participate in field day.

DOPPLER SHIFT - A gear reduction device generally used to get your Doppler moving.

POLARIZATION - The act of moving your ham shack to a geographical point above the artic circle.

PERIGEE - A couple of gee.

RESONANT - To sonant one more time.

TRANSISTOR-TRANSISTOR LOGIC (TTL) - The logic signal from a stuttering transistor.

DX CLUB
        The DX Club meets at various locations on the fourth Tuesday of each month. This month (January), the meeting falls on the 24th and is scheduled to be held at the home of Tom Zilko, N8JBG, at 7:30pm. All hams interested in discussing ham radio and DX are invited.

ANYTHING TO ADD?
        If you have any announcements that you want to put in a newsletter or you feel inclined to write an article, let me know. You can email me at K8RMC@arrl.net  and I'll do my best to get it in writing. I have no schedule as yet for publishing these newsletters but I think I will aim for once a month.