HARC PROGRAMS as of 01/27/2018 November Video – Winlink Digital Mode December Christmas Dinner at the Burien Elks January EMComm discussion Chief Madson February Annual budget & Nominations for 2017 March WSPR Demo Nelson Spohneimer April Emergency Shack Power Larry Shirk May FD Logging and Radio Operation June FD 2017 July 4th of July and FD Review August Solar Eclipse September dBs what they are and how they are used October Auction & video What is WinLink November Video – Winlink Digital Mode December Christmas Party

Agenda Outline General Admin Acknowledgements Updates Merge STAR into HARC On-the-Air Volunteer/Leadership Opportunities Near-Term Events Good of the Order Program (short) Auction Goal – 45 min Goal – 20 & 40 min

General Admin Introductions & Pledge Minutes Treasurers’ Report – 2 slides

Jan. Treasures Report

Acknowledgements Tony – donation of an additional Christmas dinner raffle prize (plus 2 gift baskets/food plates) Bruce re: web updates and Winlink files distribution Bill re: Monday coffees, broadcasts Koda & Bill – Christmas dinner organization Larry, Brian, Duane – officers with assigned jobs! Brian, Duane, Ken, Jim, George et al – Winlink hands-on session

Update Topics (no slides) Christmas Dinner - lessons learned, cost review New Hams update Repeater update – ownership, plans Winlink Hands-on Session (photos later)

HARC/STAR Merge UHF Repeater Ownership Change Purpose – provide more structure & resources to EMCOMM activities STAR becomes Emcomm SIG of HARC Meaning of STAR membership vs HARC membership Repeater Call Signs WA7ST Call Sign

On The Air International Grid Squares – 2 slides 10 meter Contest – 1 slide Contest calendar – 2 slides Propagation updates – 4 slides Tuesday night nets – 1 slide

International Grid Squares ARRL International Grid Chase 2018 Grid squares defined WORLDWIDE in a VHF working group meeting, Maidenhead, England, 1980s Grid square 1 deg Latitude x 2 deg Longitude (~70x100 miles in US) 4088 total in Continental US – we are in CN87 Object – Log as many as possible in 2018 Input grid square in Programs you use and Upload to ARRL LoTW

International Grid Squares

10 Meter Contest Results ARRL 10 METER CONTEST, DECEMBER 10, 2017 3 HOURS OPERATING TIME 19 LOCAL CONTACTS 7 CALIFORNIA 1 NEVADA CALIFORNIA AND NEVADA PROBABLY via SPORADIC E OPENING

Operating Events Calendar 1 FEB 2018 CONTEST CALENDAR   JAN 26-28 CQ 160 M CONTEST, CW EXCHANGE: RST PLUS STATE FEB 17-18 ARRL INTL DX CONTEST, CW FEB 24-25 NAQP RTTY CONTEST EXCHANGE: NAME PLUS STATE FEB 23-25 CQ 160 M CONTEST SSB EXCHANGE: RS PLUS STATE

Operating Events Calendar 2   STATE QSO PARTIES FEB 3-4: VERMONT FEB 3: MINNESOTA FEB 3-4: BRITISH COLUMBIA FEB 24-25: SOUTH CAROLINA FEB 25-26: NORTH CAROLINA (AS ALWAYS, SEE WA7BNM WEBSITE FOR ALL CONTEST DETAILS)

Propagation – Sunspots

Daily Sunspot Number

Propagation – Solar Flux

Daily Solar Flux This is the SFI value used by Winlink’s HF Propagation Predictions (green/yellow/red list of node stations – value of 71 as of Saturday, Jan 20

Tuesday HARC Net Net is now a HARC net Purposes – More frequent community & club awareness Regular use of V/U equipment Broaden # of EMCOMM participants More technical mentoring & discussions (post-net roundtable) Portion of net time devoted to EMCOMM as appropriate Need February Net Control Stations

Opportunities Puyallup table – need volunteers! Volunteer committees Gather/transport club-owned property Staff the table Return unsold property   Tony, Bruce, Brian, Duane Volunteer committees Elections Field Day (may have Food Chair)

Good Of The Order

CHRISTMAS PARTY PICTURES January 2018 CHRISTMAS PARTY PICTURES

WINLINK WORKSHOP AND PICTURES January 2018 WINLINK WORKSHOP AND PICTURES

Program –Yaesu System Fusion Overview (optional) Auction