UCARES

It’s that time again!!  Eagle Mountain Pony Express Days is here.

This event is Saturday,  June 9th., in the afternoon and going late into the night.  Several volunteers will be needed to help with the parade and several needed to help with fireworks watch.  In order to help with the fireworks, it is required to have done the fireworks training.

For more information or to sign up  email Lance at dorkboy13@juno.com

Parade Date: Saturday,  June 9th

8:45 AM – Meet behind the Springville City Police Station at aprox. 100 South Main St.

9:00 AM  – A Public Safety Briefing will take place.  Introductions to the Police officers and Radio Operators and General Parade instructions and rules will be covered.

9:30 AM – All operators are to be in their assigned locations along the parade route.

9:40 AM (Approx)  The parade route is closed to general public access.

10:00 – 11:30 AM – The parade is running.

12:00 – Usually the police dept. will sponsor a small Pizza Party to those who helped out and that will be confirmed the day of the parade.

Equipment and items that will be needed:  2m Radio with earphone.  An Earphone is required.  At most of our ARES public events where noise is expected to be high we have found that earphones are a must.  We cannot communicate efficiently if we cannot hear what is going in an noisy environment.   Extra batteries as a backup.  A pad of paper and a pen or pencil to take quick traffic notes.  E.g. Lost child descriptions etc.  Come to have fun and enjoy the opportunity to serve our community in this capacity.

For more info on this event or to sign up send me an email to w7mjp@ucares.org

Thanks, Michael P.  W7MJP

Title: One Day Technician Class
Location: Howard W. Hunter Law library
Description:
Next Technician License Class will be in Fall, Dates to be announced.  For more information, email Steve at nv7v@ucares.org

Also a reminder the Extra Class question pool changes the end of June.

Title: Squaw Peak 50 Race
Location: Mountains behind Provo
Link out: Squaw Peak 50 Website
Description: Radio operators are needed at aid stations to call in runner times and to help out with emergencies Ham radio operators will be located at the Start/finish area and at aid station 3 (approx. mile 9-10.4, depending on snow), AS/4 (approx. mile 15-16, depending on snow), AS/5 (mile 22, Pole Heaven Gate), AS/6 (mile 25.7 North Fork Hobble Creek Gate), AS/7 (mile 29.6, mouth of Sheep Canyon), AS/8 & Medical Check Station (mile 33), AS/9 Windy Pass (mile 40.4) and at AS/10 (mile 46.4). 4×4 will be needed for aid stations 7 & 8. Station 9 is a 7 mile backpack in. Start times vary depending on station location. For more info, send email to terrygardner@juno.com
Start Time: 05:00:00
Date: 2012-06-02

Title: Sage Riders Motorcycle Race
Location: Jericho, Utah
Link out: Click here
Description: Looking for a few Ham Radio Operators to help out with communications on Saturday May 5th., from 1000
hours till approximately 1700 hours. Assignments will be made about 1030 hours.
This event is a motorcycle race and is a lot of fun to watch.
The race location is past Little Sahara Sand Dunes. It is advisable to drive a high clearance or 4X4 vehicle here, the roads past Little Sahara Sand Dunes
are dirt. There will be dinner served on Friday Night. Plenty of open space to camp. Camping is primitive. For more information, email Michael at w7mjp@ucares.org or Jeff at kb7vsj@ucares.org
Start Time: 10:00:00
Date: 2012-05-05
End Time: 17:00:00

This is a reminder that the Interface for the first Tuesday in April will be a Build it/fix it night.

For those with crimpers, soldering irons, and other tools that can be shared among other HAMS for the night, please bring them.

[Wade] has placed the order for power poles and wire. If your goal for the night is to build the cables for certification or an adapter such as http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EPHjpdHqP9Y please contact him to make sure he has what you need and you know the price.

If you have power poles that need recrimped/resoldered/repaired or other things that you’ve been putting off for the right motivation to get them fixed, bring them along .

Other projects which can be brought in include:

A Quarter wave ground plane emergency antenna (this version doesn’t fold up, but can be easily made and stored in a box) http://www.hamuniverse.com/2metergp.html

An inline voltmeter – I understand that Wade Starks has a limitted number left, not enough for the whole group, so if you’re interested in one, contact him offline wcstarks@gmail.com. Think of it as your gas gauge in the car that lets you know the amount of charge left on your battery so you know when to unplug or switch before you destroy your battery by draining it too far.

Soundcard TNC Adapters – I recommend either the Rascal (1st choice available from www.buxcomm.com , they have released a new version which solves some of the issues with the old case), or the Unified Microsystems SCI-6 kit (www.unifiedmicro.com). I’ll have an example of the older Rascal and the Unified Microsystems adapters at the interface. Keep in mind that it will take some time for delivery if ordering, so order soon.

The copper j-pole http://www.dxzone.com/cgi-bin/dir/jump2.cgi?ID=9284 – We built this at build-it-night last year. Required is a 10 foot section of copper pipe, a copper “Tee” connector, a copper elbow connector, 2 caps, and the so-239 connector for connecting in the wire. I’ll have the soldering torch and pipe cutter if anyone wants to attempt one of these.

The tape measure yagi – Plans at http://www.ccars.org/Projects/TapeYagi/index.htm – We had a couple of successful builds on this one for last years fox hunt. I have the tape measure that several people can still use to create one, but you’ll need to bring your own PVC.

Please respond with what you would like to make this next Tuesday and I’ll try and have a seperate station set up for like minded individuals.

Jeremy
ke7dlt@ucares.org

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Title: Technician License Class
Location: Reuben Clarke law building, BYU
Description: I must limit the size to 40 people so sign up early to reserve a spot.  If you must cancel please let me know
immediately so I can free up a slot for someone else.   If you must cancel please do it as soon as you know
you will not be coming to make room for someone else!!

One Day Ham Radio Class for the Technician (entry level) license.
Saturday,  April 21st, 2012  7:30am to 5pm
E-mail nv7v at ucares.org (preferred) or call Steve or Susan N7QZU (801-465-3983) to let me know if you are coming and
bringing a laptop (please bring one… beg, beg….bring extra laptops if you can).

Don’t forget:

$14 check or cash

Laptop if possible

–2 FORMS OF ID and a Social Security Number– !!

Oh… and just in case I forgot…… don\’t forget to bring two forms of ID, one preferably with a picture. These
qualify as ID: SSN card, driver\’s license, CCW permit, library card and just about any document issued by a government
entity.     Credit cards are not ID.

Start Time: 07:30:00
Date: 2012-04-21
End Time: 17:00:00