Our ARRL Southwest division director Dick Norton had just returned from the national ARRL Board meeting and brings news, information and some of his personal back to the membership gathered in the Arizona Desert. Several Amateurs rigged up an Amateur television transmitter and two meter radio transceiver allowing those of us with a simple television receiver to view/listen to the talk and ask questions or respond via 146.550 simplex. I was able to record the transmitted video with a small video camera so be aware that it is a “Hand-Held” recording. There were some technical difficulties a few of the ATV team some of mine, the audio is marginal, the questionable video centering (my issues) and the presentation is lengthy, nearly one hour.
Quatzpause, Day 6
6:50 am, PT, Waking up to mostly sunny skies, looks to be a beautiful day. listened in on the morning Net 8am our time
Quartzpause, Day 5
7:30 pm PT, I’m getting ready to join Zoom chat tonight.
4:30 pm PT, Nice relaxing day for my wife and I. Just monitoring local traffic on my HT. Ken working on different projects on his RV. Mark KM6AHY.
2:15 pm PT, Rain stopped for now, sun shinning in and out of cloud cover.
11:30 AM PT, Ken KC6WOK has HF station running in his RV. Still raining on and off.
8:40 am PT, It’s still raining! On and off anyway. Just enough to put a damper on all our activities. No stations setup and running. We’re just bunkering down, staying dry and warm.
Quartzpause, Day 4
6:40 pm, PT, Well, that’s it for today. Ken and I are calling it a night. Escaping to our RV’s to get warm. We’ll miss you on the Zoom tonight. See you tomorrow, hopefully the weather will be better. GN all.
5:30 pm PT, Winds are picking up. Current temperature 57°. We are off the air for now.
For an update on antenna setup, see TCARA QuartzFest (QuartPause)2021
11:50 am PT, Things are starting to get wet. Here comes the rain!
11:00 am PT, George Cox WB6OEB makes contact with WG6OTA on 40M
We will be monitoring 7.225 MHz, 40M, LSB and 14.225 MHz, 20M USB at 11:00 am PT.
Day 4 is met with overcast and slight breeze. Solar panels not happy.
Quartzpause, Day 3
5:00 pm, PT, Ken Mixon KC6WOK makes a contact with George Washburn K6EXE from San Jose, CA
1:50 pm, PT, Monitoring 40M, 7.225MHz, LSB, and/or 14.225 USB
9:35 am, PT, Breakfast done and setting up more antennas!
Quartzpause, Day 2
5:30 pm PT, QSY 40M, 7.210.0MHz, LSB
12:19 pm PT, We are monitoring 40M, 7.250MHz, LSB and 20M, 14.245MHz, USB
11: 30 am PT, With four antennas up, we’re almost ready to Get On The Air!
Here’s our exact location of the campsite.
Quartzpause, Day 1
We made it there! We’ll start setting up stations tomorrow first thing in the morning.
Stay tuned!
Silent Key
It is with heavy heart that we announce the passing of Michael Horgan, KN6ENV/SK. As a member, Michael participated in many events including radio in the park, swap meets and club meetings. He was always a joy and inspiration to our club. He will be greatly missed.
Congratulations to our member Jose Marquez, KN6LIJ for passing his Amateur Extra exam!
