Testing in the Long Beach - California area

The Associated Radio Amateurs Of Long Beach provides amateur radio testing for $5.00 on the third Saturday of each month at 9:00 AM.

The New testing location is at the Red Cross 3150 East 29th st. Long Beach.

Pre-registration is recommended through Louise Chapman, N6ELK, at   N6ELK@AOL.COM .

Walk-ins are also welcome.

If any special accommodations are needed,  you must register in advance to insure your
needs can be met and the necessary staff is available to assist.

Any questions contact the ARALB VE in charge Steve Snider  KJ6FWQ@ARRL.NET



If your club or group is providing testing on a regular basis please email your notice to
KI6DZV@GMAIL.COM

Largest Amateur Radio Contest this weekend!!! October 26-27, 2013

The weekend of October 26 is expected to be quite radio active depending on the propagation.  According to CQWW Contest  Director Randy Thompson - K5ZD, "the CQ WW is the largest Amateur Radio competition in the world with over 30,000 participants."

Contacts will be made via Single Sideband and/or CW that weekend beginning  0000 UTC Saturday and ending at  2359 UTC Sunday.

The contact exchange will include call call sign and RS report plus CQ Zone number (see map below) of the station location. 

For rules and more details go to: http://www.cqww.com/

Where Can I find a class to prepare me for my Amateur Radio License in my area?

Many have asked how to located classes to prepare me for my Amateur Radio License.

For the most part, this is a self study method and students can either enroll in an extended class or a 2 day class over a weekend depending on how local radio clubs prefer to teach.

The American Radio Relay League has a great page to help you find a class in your area.

Here is the link:  http://www.arrl.org/find-an-amateur-radio-license-class

Say "HI" to Juno as it orbits the Earth today

NASA's Juno spacecraft will fly past Earth on October 9, 2013 to receive a gravity assist from our planet, putting it on course for Jupiter. To celebrate this event, the Juno mission is inviting amateur radio operators around the world to say "HI" to Juno in a coordinated Morse Code message. Juno's radio & plasma wave experiment, called Waves, should be able to detect the message if enough people participate. So please join in, and help spread the word to fellow amateur radio enthusiasts!

 http://missionjuno.swri.edu/hijuno/

CHIRP - MACINTOSH - PROLIFIC DRIVER SET UP

Great news for Mac users who want to program their radios using CHIRP!!
Looks like you can be up and programming the radios supported by CHIRP in about 20 minutes.

This just in from my friend, Chris Kiouftis.

 I just finished figuring out chirp on mac

Go here and follow CHIRP Instructions for MAC OS 10 Minutes
http://chirp.danplanet.com/projects/chirp/wiki/Download

Then go here and follow instructions for prolific driver 10 Minutes
http://www.xbsd.nl/2011/07/pl2303-serial-usb-on-osx-lion.html

I do not have anything to personally test this but Chris tells me that it works like a charm!


Versions of CHIRP also run on Windows and Lynux.
CHIRP Website:   http://chirp.danplanet.com/


 Chirp supports the following radios:

AnyTone
AT-5888UV (in daily builds)

Alinco
DR-03T
DR-06T
DR135T
DR235T
DR435T
DJ596T
DJ175T

Baofeng
F-11 (in daily builds)
UV-3R
UV-5R
UV-82 (in daily builds)
UV-B5/B6 (in daily builds)
BF-888 (in daily builds)

Icom
IC-80AD
IC-2820H
ID-800H
ID-880H
IC-208H
IC-2200H
IC-91/92AD
IC-V/U82
ID-RPx000V/RP2x
IC-2100H
IC-2720H
IC-T70
IC-T7H
IC-T8A
IC-Q7A
IC-W32A
IC-746
IC-7200
IC-7000
ID-31A
ID-51A (in daily builds)

Jetstream
JT220M

Kenwood
TH-D7A/G
TH-D72
TH-F6A
TH-F7E
TH-G71A (in daily builds)
TH-K2
TK-7102/8102/7108/8108 (in daily builds)
TM-271A/281A
TM-D700
TM-D710
TM-G707
TM-V7A
TM-V71A

Puxing
PX-2R (UHF)
PX-777
TYT
TH-UV3R
TH-UVF1

Yaesu
FT-60R
FT-90R (in daily builds)
FT-817/ND
FT-857/D
FT-897
FT-1802M
FT-2800M
FT-7800R
FT-7900R
FT-8800R
FT-8900R
FTM-350R (in daily builds)
VX-2R (in daily builds)
VX-3R
VX-5R
VX-6R
VX-7R
VX-8R

Wouxun
KG-UVD1P/UV2D/UV3D
KG-UV6D/UV6X

CALIFORNIA QSO PARTY October 5-6, 2013

48th Running Of The CQP!

October 5-6, 2013

The California QSO Party (CQP) is the premier state QSO party held every year on the first weekend of October.  The Northern California Contest Club (NCCC) has sponsored CQP since 1974.  CQP has traditionally opened the annual contest season by providing an opportunity for contesters to prepare for the ARRL November Sweepstakes since the format is similar.

For all the details and resources check out their website at:

http://cqp.org/