Two Club events have been successfully completed and the Club gained points. Field Day went well and Russ (KI7PG) and Scott(W7CQD) did very well on CW. Phone left something to be desired, and maybe next year the phone people can use the beam and the CW use the new B&W antenna. But, we had fun and that was important. Seventeen showed up to set-up, operate and some came to visit. Two VIPs came representing ARRL, K7CEX and our N7NVP. We had 235 contacts, 43 States worked and the full report will be given at the next Club meeting. Special thanks to Russ(KI 7PG) and his wife for providing their QTH and super great food. The picnic table they provided was filled with goodies like baked beans, cold slaw, potato salad and a most delicious chocolate cake. Thanks to a nice donation from Norm (N7SI) plenty of KFC was enjoyed plus the cost of the Potty which was ordered by Susan (AB7MD). While our Club generator sat as stand by, Ron (N7EM) lent us his 2KW generator which worked great. Tnx Ron it served us well. Hopefully, next year more members will turn out to help. Hint? Once again tnx to all who helped and participated.

I’m glad to report that our 5KW generator is sold to Club member Margo(AC7QI).

The Kingston 4^th of July Parade was a grand success. Seven members showed up to provide great communications. It worked out better than last year and I guess the lessons learned helped. All went off like clockwork. Tnx to those who helped.

The meeting next week will be the Field Day report, W6QJI’s report on the proposed anniversary operation for the end of WWII to be held on 1 Sept at the Naval Undersea Museum. A DVD on World Radiosport Team Championship 2002 from Finland will be shown and any business will be conducted and plans for the Auguest library exhibit will be finalized. Hope to see many more members at the meeting. It’s your Club and your support is needed. By the way, ARRL’s web site has some great Media Player presentations on Ham Radio that can be downloaded. Check it out!

73, (Rev) Jerry Turner, K9CCZ , President, NKARC.

This is a reminder that the August 10^th presentation meeting will be a picnic and a "swapfest" in the patio shelter at Viking Park. The club is responding to the request to assign one meeting as a gadget sell/exchange meeting. Keep sorting through the material in the shack and in the garage and help make the XYL happy. This is the chance to pick up those pieces needed but could not be afforded at market price. Remember—one man’s surplus ("garbage") is another man’s treasure

The club will provide hot dogs and coffee. Russ Swank already has a pot of beans simmering. Members who attend are asked to bring a dish of some kind: salad, side dish, dessert, drinks, or what have you.

Everybody is invited including spouses, friends, girlfriends and children. Come on down and swap stories about the one that got away. (DX contact that is).

URGENT: Please remember that this meeting will start at 6:00 p.m., not 7:30 as our other meetings.
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The number of storms and natural tragedies throughout the world alerts us to the possible need for emergency communications. The media have reported a number of instances where amateur radio provided the only communications as order was being restored to the stricken area.

The Kitsap County Alternate Communications System (ACS) was established to provide coordinated emergency communications when the need arises. The VHF net meets on Sunday nights on the 145.43 Mhz repeater (negative offset with PL tone of 179.9) at 1930 local. The HF net meets on 28.330 Mhz at 1900 local and packet meets at the same time on 145.01 Mhz. Check in on any or all of these nets and keep posted on what is happening in your county regarding emergency communications.

If you are interested in joining the Kitsap County ACS, contact Jerry Turner, K9CCZ, for information and applications

My Father in Law, Rudy Knaack age 88, W7FGQ, has been a HAM since he was 16 years old. He is no longer able to use his equipment since he is suffering from Alzheimer's disease. I would like to get the equipment into the hands of people who will appreciate the equipment. Any money we are able to get will go to his grand children's education.

1. Yaesu FT100 HF Transceiver w hand microphone ., with Astron 7.5a Power Supply, also has icom ic-sm5 desk microphone & Optimus pro x5 speaker

2. Yaesu FT90R VHF/UHF Micro Mobil Dual Band FM Transceiver w cable & antenna

3. Yaesu FC 20 Automatic Antenna Tuner

4. Astron SS25 25a Power Supply

5. SGC 239 Automatic Antenna Tuner

6. JPS NIR 10 Signal Processor - noise/interference reduction unit

7. Ramsey 2200 Oscilloscope

8. HP 427a Voltmeter

9. HP 3476a Digital Voltmeter

10. Bird Wattmeter w/ misc Slugs :

MHz     Pwr

100-250 10

400-1000 10

400-1000 50

200-500 250

1-2.5 gig 5

100-230 100

100-250 50

 2-30 1000

2-300 100

I can be reached at 360-373-9414.

Doug Berger

2926 Pawnee Dr

Bremerton, WA 98310

Please notify the club secretary to update the roster if you changed your address, call sign or e-mail address. Include your phone number so that you can be contacted in case of emergency or for assistance. This will insure that you will get the latest news via the club newsletter. Either notify Horace at the meeting or drop a card to NKARC at PO Box 2268, Silverdale, WA 98383-2268. You can also send the changes via e-mail to Horace or Bob Tomas at bobtomas@sprintmail.com.

Jul. 13th -- Presentation meeting -- 7:30 PM– Viking Park Clubhouse – World Radiosport Team Championship 2002 from Finland.

Jul. 16th -- VE testing Community Room, Poulsbo Library, 700 NE Lincoln St., Poulsbo. Doors open at 9am. Picture ID, original and photocopy of current amateur radio license and pending CSCE's needed. Cost of session is $14.00. Cash only – No checks accepted. Questions please call Horace, K7ORY at 360-779-2215.

Jul. 27th – Business Meeting – 7:30 PM – Viking Park Clubhouse

Aug, 10th – Annual Club Picnic/Swapfest – 6:00 PM – Viking Park Clubhouse and Gazebo – See article in newsletter

Aug. 20th -- VE testing Community Room, Poulsbo Library, 700 NE Lincoln St., Poulsbo. Doors open at 9am. Picture ID, original and photocopy of current amateur radio license and pending CSCE's needed. Cost of session is $14.00. Cash only – No checks accepted. Questions please call Horace, K7ORY at 360-779-2215

Aug. 24th – Business Meeting -- 7:30 PM – Viking Park Clubhouse

Visit the NKARC domain at: http://www.nkarc.org and take a look at what is there.

If you have any items advertised on the site and they have been sold, please notify the webmaster to remove them. If you have any questions or ideas, email webmaster Bill,W7ARC at: webmaster@nkarc.org.

NKARC is always looking for interesting topics for the presentation meetings. Many new modes of operation have been introduced into amateur radio. If you have an interest in these modes, let us know so we can schedule it.

In the sixth annual event that has become known as the "Night of Nights", historic Morse code radio station KPH will return to the air in commemoration of the last commercial Morse message sent in the United States.

This year's Night of Nights is special: it's the 100th anniversary of KPH, KSM will appear on the air for the first time and four other US coast stations will be on the air, several of them on MF in addition to HF.

KPH, the ex-RCA coast station located north of San Francisco, will return to the air for commemorative broadcasts on 12 July at 1701 PDT (13 July at 0001 GMT), 6 years and one minute after the last commercial Morse transmission in the US. These on-the-air events are intended to honor the men and women who followed the radiotelegraph trade on ships and at coast stations around the world and made it one of honor and skill.

Transmissions are expected to continue until at least midnight PDT (0700GMT).

Veteran Morse operators, including former KPH staff members, will be on duty at the receiving station at Point Reyes, CA listening for calls from ships and sending messages just as they did for so many years before Morse operations were shut down.

The transmitters are located 18 miles south of Point Reyes in Bolinas, CA at the transmitting station established in 1913 by the American Marconi Co. The original KPH transmitters, receivers and antennas will be used to activate frequencies in all the commercial maritime HF bands and on MF as well.

Many of the KPH transmitters will be 50s vintage RCA sets. KSM will use a 1940s vintage Press Wireless PW-15 transmitter on 12Mc. Power output will be 4 to 5kW. The transmitting antennas include a Marconi T for MF, double extended Zepps for 4, 6 and 8Mc and H over 2s for 12, 16 and 22Mc.

KPH will send traffic lists, weather and press broadcasts as well as special commemorative messages, many of which will be sent by hand. At other times the KPH and KSM "wheel" will be sent to mark the transmitting frequencies.

KPH is operated by the Maritime Radio Historical Society in cooperation with the Point Reyes National Seashore, part of the National Park Service.

Frequency information for the stations may be found on the Maritime Radio Historical Society Web site at http://www.radiomarine.org . BT

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It costs approximately 70 cents per copy to print a newsletter and postage to mail it. Receiving your newsletter electronically helps keep publishing costs down allowing the funds to be used for other club projects

SEATTLE, WA, Jul 8, 2005--The Earth-facing disc of the sun went through a tremendous change over the past couple of weeks, ranging from a sunspot number of zero on June 26 to a reading of 192 on July 4. Along with this, geomagnetic conditions were very stable, an ideal combination for HF operators. The average daily sunspot number for the previous reporting week was only 19, but it jumped to more than 154 this week--a huge change. Average mid-latitude A index was lower by two points, with the planetary A index down by nearly five.

This is an example of how--even toward the solar cycle minimum--there can still be tremendous variation in activity from day to day. Those graphs you've seen of sunspot cycles are generally smoothed out using a moving average. In other words, if you draw your graph of daily sunspot numbers with every dot or section of line representing an average of the readings from the 90 days before and the 90 days after that date, the squiggly line tends to smooth out. This sort of representation helps us to visualize trends, and pay less attention to the day-to-day variations.

The July 4 sunspot number of 192 was the highest reading since November 26, 2003. Having the number go from zero to 192 is quite a jump, especially when we observe the last time prior to November 2003 that the sunspot number was zero. This was clear back on the other side of sunspot cycle 23 on January 7-9, 1998.

Someone wrote me about the big increase in sunspots, and mentioned a NASA article referenced in this bulletin a couple of months ago, entitled "Solar Myth." The message was about the fantastic conditions, how 15 meters has been open into the evening and that even lulls in the solar cycle can have spurts of activity. The article bears another reading.